the world is at stake

But in the unilaterally transparent night, these sneaky attempts to approach are obviously no different from sending them to death.

Lieutenant Colonel Callaway received an order from the regiment headquarters, requiring him to block the enemy's attack and maintain the integrity of the defense line.He could only bite the bullet and lead the main force of the battalion to fight out.

'Pershing' took the lead, and eighteen tanks plus a group of heavy-fire armored vehicles launched a counterattack.

The fighting on the battlefield suddenly became extremely tragic and tragic.

In the face of cheating infrared headlights and night vision goggles, the 'Pershing' has a powerful 300mm main gun, but it must zoom in to within [-] meters in order to find the opponent's tank with the help of flares.

Confirming that the main gun of the T-34 was difficult to penetrate the front of the 'Pershing', Commander Luo ordered the armored unit to retreat without hesitation, allowing the infantry occupying the two wings of the mountain road to flank.

The battle suddenly became extremely fierce, with gunshots, gunshots, and roars one after another.But the winding mountain road is really not suitable for armor impact, and the tank can't run fast at all.

Lieutenant Colonel Callaway fired flares on the hillsides on both sides from his command tank, and saw several gray figures moving a hundred meters away.He roared hysterically, ordering the machine gunners to protect the wings.

The M19 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun accompanied the attack, and fired a [-]mm grenade at the gray figure approaching under the flare.The exploding shrapnel easily shredded the exposed Volunteer infantry battery.

On the mountain ridge on one side of the mountain road, other artillery crews of the Volunteer Army with mortars on their backs were tearing apart.Seeing their colleagues sacrificed in the battle, they immediately took out their portable shovels and set up their positions on the spot, combining the gun mounts and barrels they carried.

"Kill that damned M19." The main gunner put the sight on the barrel.But before he could install it, the raging tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft gun under the hill suddenly exploded.

At some point, an SU76 squatted in the shadow beside the mountain road. At a distance of less than 200 meters, it suddenly killed the M19 that was strafing the hillside.

But behind the M19 came a half-tracked M16 anti-aircraft machine gun vehicle and a wheeled M8 armored vehicle.They can't handle tanks, but the SU76 is more than enough against infantry and light armor.

"Hit that 'Greyhound'." The main gunner of the mortar immediately adjusted the steering gear, aiming at the M37 armored vehicle equipped with a 8mm cannon.

The SU76, which was desperately firing, is a crispy skin. It can resist a .[-] caliber machine gun bullet, but it cannot hold a machine gun.

The wheeled armored vehicle was extremely flexible on the mountain road, twisting and turning around the wreckage of the destroyed M19, the muzzle turned - a mortar shell fell from the sky and hit the side of the 'Greyhound'.

The explosion shook the seven or eight-ton 'Greyhound', and the machine gunner in the car shrank from the bombing, looking up to find where the shells came from?

But a second mortar round followed, but missed again, and landed in front of Greyhound. The driver of the 'Greyhound' couldn't hold back the fear in his heart, and couldn't help reversing the car.

But a special armor-piercing projectile from nowhere hit the 'Greyhound', blowing up the armored vehicle that was trying to take advantage of it, and sending up broken parts all over the sky.

The battlefield is too chaotic, and it becomes a mess.

Master Luo, who was commanding at the front line, was overjoyed, "The chaos is good, and the situation is in our favor."

Also on the front line, Lieutenant Colonel Callaway already felt that his defeat was approaching. The machine guns on all the armored vehicles in front of him and behind him were firing desperately, but they couldn't stop the enemies on both wings from tilting their shells towards him.

The accompanying infantry of the U.S. Army got out of touch, and the volunteers surrounded by the two wings were stuck two to 300 meters away.Just running for a distance of at most 1 minute means that the counterattack US tanks are in a tight siege.

"These damned yellow monkeys, where did they get so many light artillery?" Lieutenant Colonel Callaway cursed anxiously, hesitating whether to continue the attack.

The Volunteer Army originally lacked anti-tank weapons, and a small amount of mortars could not deal with heavy-armored iron kings like 'Pershing' and 'Sherman'.They were forced to risk their lives to get close to the tank and bomb the tracks with cluster grenades.

This style of play does not know how many people have to die to succeed once.

But now volunteer artillery groups carrying recoilless guns seem to be everywhere, and they are willing to use expensive special armor-piercing ammunition to attack from 500 meters away.

As the distance is extended, the safety factor increases by several orders of magnitude.Even if there is no night vision device, the flares fired on the battlefield alone are enough to indicate the target.

The capped armor-piercing projectile of the T-34 could not penetrate the 120 mm thick slanted armor of the 'Pershing', but the gun crews occupying both sides of the mountain road took advantage of the height and used special armor-piercing projectiles to penetrate it.

The narrow mountain road could not accommodate two tanks driving side by side. The Pershing in front of the head was destroyed, and the one behind had to be dislocated and bypassed from the side.When one more tank is destroyed, the tanks behind will no longer have to move forward, but can only retreat.

But what if the tanks behind were also destroyed?

That is catching a turtle in a urn.

After a 'Pershing' was destroyed, the surviving crew members hurriedly climbed out of the turret.They fled from their chariots in a panic, ran for more than ten meters to both sides of the hillside with their hands up, and if they died, they could still survive.

Lieutenant Colonel Callaway was even more dumbfounded. He found that his powerful armored force could not move forward or retreat.But the battlefield gradually quieted down.

Several American tankers found themselves immobilized and had to ask on the radio what to do next?

Before the distraught Lieutenant Colonel Callaway came up with a trick in the command vehicle, a group of soldiers with guns rushed over from both sides of the mountain road, shouting loudly in the poor English they had just learned, 'Give up your guns and don't kill'.

This Chinese dialect-style English is only a ghost if Americans can understand it, but the meaning of being pointed at the gun is still very clear.

Lieutenant Colonel Callaway didn't know whether to lament his luck or misfortune.He ran into an army unlike any he had ever seen, and ran into it and got kicked.He survived the battle, but became the first prisoner of this army's first battle abroad.

The destroyed 'Pershing' was dragged away by the T-34 on the cable, and the tanks rumbled past, and continued to rush forward to the next target.

Less than half of the armored troops that followed Lieutenant Colonel Callaway's counterattack were killed in a short period of time, and the rest became trophies.

The lieutenant colonel knew that although his battalion still had two tank companies, the defense line was already broken, and it was bound to be defeated in the face of the enemy's front and back.

"It's just that the defeat was too fast."

The lieutenant colonel looked down at his luminous watch. He always remembered the time of 50:37 on October [-], [-] years.

"Less than two hours before the start of the battle, a powerful American armored battalion has lost its combat effectiveness. The battalion commander has been captured. The Seventh Cavalry Regiment is about to face an extremely bad situation."

Volunteer soldiers kept jumping on the tanks, forcibly opening the hatch, and ordered the members of the American vehicle crew inside not to destroy the tanks. The gunner and the commander must raise their hands immediately.

As for the drivers, they can keep them. A division staff officer who can understand English will come and give them an order to drive the tank to the designated place for camouflage and concealment.

The mixed armored force opened the gap, and the reserve team of a whole regiment immediately poured into the defense line of the [-]nd Battalion of the [-]th Cavalry Regiment, reared the other two companies from the side, and immediately continued to attack in depth.

The miracle of the night continues... Commander Luo, who was in command at the front, excitedly inspected the results of dozens of armored combat vehicles, received Lieutenant Colonel Callaway, and asked a question.

"Your armored force is directly under the reinforcement of a regiment, right?"

"Dear Chinese Commander, what you just wiped out was a US tank company that was strengthened by the battalion headquarters."

"Fuck, so many tanks in one company? No wonder the damn Yankees are so savage. Hmm... there is no need to translate this sentence."

Chapter 19

After the US Seventh Cavalry Regiment's defense line in the west of Ruixing County was breached, Colonel Harris, the head of the regiment, felt great pressure.He couldn't figure out why a heavy tank battalion with artillery support couldn't last for two hours?

All the artillery of the Seventh Regiment were bombarding the breach of the Second Battalion in an attempt to close the way for the Volunteers to attack.Harris mobilized two tank companies in reserve and asked for help from the division headquarters.

In the dark night, hundreds of light and heavy artillery were continuously bombarding, and the sound of the rumbling guns seemed to light up the sky in the dark night.

The U.S. artillery even creatively fired the 105mm caliber M1 howitzer at a rate of fire of eight rounds per minute, reaching its theoretical value, and they worked very hard at critical moments.

Lieutenant General Walker of the Eighth Army was also aware of the danger and asked the Air Force to dispatch night fighters and bombers to conduct blocking attacks on the target area.

The Volunteer Army has never seen such a violent shelling. The real bullets rained down, and the ground was hot.Multiple designated key roads were completely blocked by artillery fire, and tanks were also unable to pass.

In contrast, although Chang Kaishen's artillery is also a beautiful weapon, it looks like a middle-aged and old man peeing, weak and not worth mentioning.

The 120th division that opened the breakthrough can only use interspersed encirclement to expand the results of the battle, but Master Luo, who is close to the command, is still quite emotional.After joining the reserve team, he observed from a commanding height, and he could see bright spots everywhere within fifteen kilometers of his front.

It wasn't the flame from the muzzle bombardment, or the shell exploding on the ground.

"Why do Americans have so many guns?"

Several staff officers of the division headquarters also followed the division commander, sighing towards the night sky.They have seen the US military intelligence provided by Xiao Jinlang, and they also know that the Americans are well equipped.

But when you actually experience the deafening cannons on the battlefield, you know how terrifying the large-caliber artillery battalions are on paper.

"Send a report to Zhisi, requesting to fight according to a conservative plan." Commander Luo scanned the battlefield with an infrared imager, gritted his teeth and said: "The US army is really different from Jiang's army, and you will suffer if you fight hard."

Judging from the current feedback from the troops, the strength of the US military's firepower is completely consistent with the information provided by Xiao Jinlang, or even worse.

Some grassroots commanders and fighters used the routine of fighting the Japanese Jiang Jun in the civil war against the U.S. military, and immediately suffered a big loss-the M19 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun fired flat, and no one could rush over.

The chairman ordered Zhisi to eat "one horse" of the US military as appropriate, and he could even take advantage of the situation to eat the entire US Eighth Army currently on the battlefield.

Mr. Peng formulated a battle plan. The radical plan was to use bold interspersions to encircle all parts of the US First Cavalry Division overnight and gradually eat them within three to five days.

The night battle lasted for four hours, and it is currently three o'clock in the morning on the 17th.

The results reported by the Forty Army were extremely exciting, and the pre-war plan was basically overfulfilled.There is even an optimistic atmosphere within Shiji, who feels that the US military is nothing more than that.

However, Commander Luo's telegram was sent to the Forty Army Headquarters in Pyongyang, and Commander Wen connected it with several other telegrams and sent it to Zhisi with his own opinions.

"Relying on the careful investigation before the war, our army's various departments, which have a certain advantage in night battles, have achieved great results. However, although the US military performed poorly, its tactical literacy is extremely high, especially the number and application level of technical arms far exceed our army."

Commander Wen just said in the telegram, "The U.S. military has been beaten, but it is by no means powerless to fight back."Now there are only three hours before dawn, so it's time to shrink back. '

At the same time, the battle situation on the front line was sent back to the imperial capital in real time.

Although Xiao Jinlang couldn't participate in the Military Commission meeting, he was able to indirectly express some opinions by virtue of the great benefits he provided to the battlefield——Chairman, just accept it when you see it.At daybreak, the American carpet bombing is really terrible.

Napalm bombs can burn even stones, and if one falls, the entire mountain can be set on fire.

Hurry up to dig tunnels, dig air-raid shelters, dig bunkers, dig anti-slope fortifications, and hide cars and other things by the way, then erect false targets, and set up anti-aircraft guns at key positions.

There is no other way, but to fight hard during the day.

Mr. Luo was waiting at the front line, feeling complicated.

The attack cannot be stopped without orders from superiors.But the enemy's artillery fire is really fierce. Except for interspersed with encircling troops, the frontal attack is becoming more and more immobile.

The communications staff reported the good news by the way: "Commander, our armored unit has captured an American howitzer company, captured nine 105-caliber M1 howitzers, and more than fifty trucks."

The M1 howitzer was used by Chang Kaishen's Central Army, and it was agreed to use it after the PLA captured it.This is the heavy firepower mastered by the Volunteer Army at the military level, but it is used to support a battalion in the US military.

At four o'clock in the morning, Zhisi finally gave the order, "Attack troops pay attention to concealment, choose favorable terrain to build fortifications, and prepare to meet the enemy's counterattack after dawn." '

Commander Luo was overjoyed immediately, and gave an order over the radio: "Order all departments to clean up the battlefield, supply ammunition, and bring back our armored troops. They must be well concealed."

In the past, there were not so many radio equipment, and division orders could only go to the regiment.Below the regiment, they can only rely on the messengers to run errands, and wait for the order to be conveyed in place for at least a few hours, and it is really dawn.

It's good now, the radio equipment goes directly to the platoon, and some troops even go to the squad.The superior ordered the defense, and half an hour later all the troops participating in the battle received it.

The concealment of the concealment, the digging of the pit, the retreat of the retreat.

The mixed armored unit as a fist slipped back the fastest thanks to its good mobility.

However, two T-34-85s had mechanical failures, and one was destroyed in the shelling. It had to remove the infrared headlights and blow up the gunner's sight, which could not be removed on the spot.

Mr. Luo was so distressed to death when he learned about it.This is his fist, and now his fingers have been broken off.

As for the captured U.S. howitzer company, let the U.S. driver "voluntarily" drive it back, and all the artillery, shells, and even various supplies will be included in the artillery regiment directly under the army.

If it was a little later and waited until the day to respond, the U.S. military planes would immediately come over and blow up the artillery and trucks to pieces, and not a single wheel would be left for the volunteers.

The Second Battalion of the Seventh Regiment of the U.S. Army was taken down, and the battalion headquarters was also mopped up by soldiers of the Volunteer Army.

Maps, radio stations, etc. were all confiscated, and the battalion transport platoon was also arrested, and a large amount of military supplies were seized.The field cans alone filled several tents.

The soldiers tried their best to load the cans onto trucks and transport them away, together with the ambulance station of the battalion headquarters, as well as fuel in oil barrels, and even several field cooking vehicles.

Copying the enemy's home is the most enjoyable.

The soldiers of the Volunteer Army have opened their eyes. They never thought that there are so many good things in a battalion.In their view, even their own military-level units may not be able to provide such sufficient protection.

Where is this to fight?Clearly to travel.

The Yankees even brought ice cream from Tokyo for a bite to eat.

In the tent of the enemy's battalion headquarters, in addition to military supplies, the soldiers also found some canned black powder.Thought it was a baby.Take a sip, it's as bitter as Chinese medicine - throw it away!

It was later learned that it was Jamaican coffee brought by the captured Lieutenant Colonel Callaway from his hometown, a luxury.

The battlefield gradually subsided, and the Volunteers seized the time to dig fortifications, and the anti-aircraft, artillery and camouflage needed to be stepped up.At most one or two soldiers with walkie-talkies can be placed on the commanding heights, and the main force has to be hidden.

The U.S. military, which had been frightened all night, was also powerless to fight back, and could only watch the time and hope for dawn soon.But at this moment, Lieutenant Colonel Callaway, who had just been captured for a long time, got a "great news".

"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, we have decided to release you and several US military officers." Commander Luo of the 120th Division said solemnly.

Lieutenant Colonel Callaway was still in a trance, his mind was in a mess.Hearing that he was going to be released, he didn't know whether to be happy or surprised, "Release me? Why?"

"During the battle, we took in hundreds of prisoners, more than half of them were wounded. Our medical conditions are limited. From a humanitarian standpoint, in order to protect the rights and interests of the wounded, we decided to send them back to your army for care."

These words are really serious, and they couldn't be more serious—Xiao Jinlang's detrimental move persuaded the chairman several times before Zhisi gave this order.

Human life is at stake, humanitarian, isn't that a good reason?

It is true that the medical conditions of the Volunteer Army are poor. They kill each other on the battlefield, but the wounded soldiers are innocent.

"We also hope that your army can return our prisoners and wounded." Master Luo kept a straight face, trying not to laugh, "This will benefit both of us."

Lieutenant Colonel Callaway looked at his watch, it was almost five o'clock, and it would be dawn soon.The U.S. fighter jets and bombers must have already taken off, just waiting for the first ray of morning light in the sky to drop bombs on the volunteers.

So you told me to exchange prisoners?We've been beaten all night, and there's a ghost prisoner!

Nima, it's too shameless and despicable!

Is there such a shame in fighting?

Sending back the prisoners will consume the entire day, and you will beat me up again at night.Tomorrow you'll be playing the game again, won't you?

I have seen through the tricks of you yellow monkeys a long time ago, and I will never be fooled.

and many more……

Words cannot be so absolute.

Lao Tzu is also a prisoner.