Chapter 149: Blowing Up the Artillery Position
"We're not coming back from here, and when we're gone, you can put the rope up here, but leave a spare rope. E. Be careful at night that little devils may climb up from this side of the cliff. Liao Fan thought that they could sneak attack the little devil, and the little devil would definitely try to find out his flaws, at least Liao Fan thought that he didn't leave any flaws, and the only shortcoming was the lack of troops.
Liao Fan took more than 300 people and slid down the cliff under the cover of night, and the soldiers guarding the cliff collected the rope after receiving the signal.
"Brother Fan, if you go another five hundred meters, the little devil's artillery position will be within the range of our mortars." The commander of the first artillery company suggested that only 500 meters forward would be enough.
Liao Fan shook his head and rejected the suggestion of the company commander: "The artillery position of the little devil is a depression, and we are right under the cliff, so it is difficult for our shells to hit the artillery position of the little devil." ”
"Brother Fan, what should we do then, do we want to keep going?" A company commander asked.
"Didn't you get a task this afternoon? Our target is not only the artillery position of the little devils, but also the headquarters of the little devils, the camps, the ammunition depots and the like, these targets will affect the entire battle situation, since they have come out, we have to make a big one. "Since it's a little devil, you have to be ruthless, how to get rid of hatred and how to fight.
"Brother Fan, you pulled us out to use us as a shield, right?" The second company commander knew that Liao Fan couldn't hold back as soon as he started fighting, but today he stayed obediently in the third line of defense, until he knew Liao Fan's specific purpose, and he understood that Liao Fan was here to have a good time. ”
"Hehe, you're very smart, it's a pity to let you be a company commander." Liao Fanpi didn't smile.
"Brother Fan, you just didn't say anything to me." When the second company commander heard Liao Fan's tone, he knew that he was going to be in trouble now.
"Company Commander Zheng, your company will take the lead, let's go to the northwest first, don't go too fast, the guys in the artillery battalion are heavy, don't fight the little devils after the time, get tired and lie down first." Company Commander Zheng is a company commander of the Second Regiment, who was originally deployed on the third line of defense, and now follows Liao Fan out to carry out tasks together.
"Brother Fan, why should we go in the northwest direction, so that we will be farther and farther away from the little devil's position." Company Commander Zheng wondered that the little devil's camp was not in this direction at all.
"Don't fucking talk nonsense, let you go, remember to let the vanguard be smart, the little devil's patrol is not vegetarian." Liao Fan reminded.
Company Commander Zheng led a company of soldiers in front, and although the two artillery companies did not have much ammunition, they also carried a lot of weight. The soldiers walked while Liao Fan calculated the time. Even if Liao Fan knew the surrounding terrain well, it was too dark to find any markers, so Liao Fan had to use the degree of their walking to calculate how far they had walked in order to match the nearby terrain.
"Brother Fan, where have we been?" The company commander raised his head and looked around, not knowing where they were now.
"Don't you know if you can't talk during the march?" Liao Fan kicked the company commander.
In this way, more than 300 people walked for nearly three hours with their heads down, and they also encountered a patrol of little devils in the middle.
"Company Commander Zheng, order everyone to rest on the spot for ten minutes, you can eat something to replenish your strength, but you are not allowed to make any noise." Liao Fan sped up and caught up with Company Commander Zheng who was exploring the way ahead.
Ten minutes later, Liao Fan ordered the troops to go east, this time they were very smooth, and they did not encounter the patrol of the little devils, but when they stopped, it was already early in the morning, whether it was the commander of the company Zheng who was exploring the road in front, or the two artillery companies carrying heavy guys, they were already sweating profusely.
But without Liao Fan's order, they couldn't stop.
"Tell the brethren to work harder, climb the hill ahead, and we will reach our destination." Liao Fan urged the two company commanders.
Finally, after more than half an hour, they climbed a hill, but everyone was stunned, and it was no longer dark in front of them, but a little fire flashing.
"Brother Fan, you are really a god!" Company Commander Zheng had already thrown himself to the ground at this time, and the two artillery company commanders were also stupid, they walked with their heads stuffed for so long, and they actually went around the back of the little devil.
"Why are you stupid, why don't you hurry up and set up the cannon." Liao Fan had already given them the coordinates of the target when he assigned the task.
The two company commanders hurriedly urged their subordinates to quickly set up the guns, as long as they waited for Liao Fan's order, they could shoot out all the shells in their hands at any time.
However, Liao Fan did not give the order to open fire for a long time.
"Company Commander Zheng, you take the soldiers of your company to walk east for half an hour, marking the big tree in the east. If nothing happens, send a soldier back and report it, and you will be there with men. ”
"Yes, Brother Fan!" Company Commander Zheng replied.
"Brother Fan, the artillery company has already aimed at the artillery position of the little devil, and it can be fired at any time." A company commander reports.
"Brother Fan, the second artillery company has already aimed at the camp of the little devils, and it can be fired at any time." Report of the second company commander.
"After Company Commander Zheng and them have news, we are in action, and now let everyone pay attention to concealment."
The little devil's artillery position is already very close to them, even if the commander of the little devil does not guard against Liao Fan's troops, he will definitely guard against the troops of the Eighth Route Army, since the little devil has not set up a guard on the mountain, there will inevitably be a patrol passing by this side.
Sure enough, Liao Fan and the others didn't wait for the news of Company Commander Zheng, and the patrol of the little devil squad came over from the foot of the mountain.
"Hide quickly, no one is allowed to shoot without an order." Liao Fan watched as a flash of fire staggered and gradually approached them from a distance.
At this time, the atmosphere was extremely tense, Liao Fan was sure that he could hear his heartbeat, he was not sure that the mountain he was on was not within the patrol range of the little devil.
The firelight gradually approached, Liao Fan could even hear the footsteps of the little devil, this hill happened to be within the patrol range of the little devil, fortunately, the range of the little devil's patrol included this mountain, but it did not go from the top of the mountain.
The light of the fire came from afar, and gradually faded away from them. But before Liao Fan could breathe a sigh of relief, a firelight suddenly lit up in front of his eyes, making Liao Fan unable to open his eyes, although Liao Fan couldn't see clearly, but he knew that it must be a little devil.
The little devil grabbed the gun, stuck the torch on the ground, and whispered something to Liao Fan, obviously he didn't realize that there were other people hiding around, otherwise he would have pulled the trigger.
The firelight was too dazzling, and Liao Fan couldn't judge the specific location of the person at all, so he didn't dare to act rashly, in case he missed, everything they did would be wasted.
At this moment, a bayonet pierced the back of the little devil's head, this is a platoon commander under Company Commander Zheng, Company Commander Zheng was on the way to investigate, and this group of patrolling little devils also appeared to Liao Fan's side, he was worried about Liao Fan's safety, and sent a platoon of soldiers to rush back.
"Brother Fan, are you okay?" A few people gathered around and were relieved to see that the little devil was dead.
"Quickly extinguish the torches, and you platoon to the west to defend and prevent the little devil patrol from returning again." Fortunately, Company Commander Zheng sent a platoon of soldiers to rush back, Liao Fan knew very well in his heart, and the little devil soon noticed that a soldier was missing.
"Brother Fan, should we fire now?" A company commander asked.
Liao Fan looked at the time, and now only fifteen minutes have passed: "I can't care so much, open the cannon." ”
More than a dozen mortars roared, and the flames of the explosion illuminated the col.
"Adjust the shooting angle, five rapid shots." On the top of the mountain, Liao Fan could clearly see the impact point.
The shells of the "boom boom" mortar kept falling on the artillery positions and camps of the little devils, and many sleeping little devils were blown up in ashes. But there was no explosion from the artillery position of the little devils.
"How many shells do we have?" Liao Fan's voice almost overshadowed the sound of cannons.
"Brother Fan, there are four more of each mortar." They didn't come out with many shells.
"The mortar of the second company is aimed at the artillery position of the little devils." Liao Fan now had to give up the bombing of the little devil's barracks, and their main target was still the artillery position of the little devils.
Finally, with the assistance of the second company, the artillery position of the little devil exploded, and the flames soared into the sky, and the burning fireball could be seen clearly dozens of miles away.
The second platoon, which was in charge of the defense of the western side, also exchanged fire with the patrol of the little devils.
"The first company commander and the second company commander led the troops to hurry up and meet with Company Commander Zheng, and I went to meet them." Liao Fan loaded his gun, and before the company commander could stop him, he had already rushed out.
"Brother Fan, we cover you, you quickly retreat!" This platoon commander held a machine gun and kept strafing the little devils who rushed up.
"You take a squad and machine guns and retreat up the hill, and the rest take cover." Liao Fan ordered.
"Brother Fan, I don't."
"You fucking bastard, get your machine guns up the hill and cover our retreat." Liao Fan directly pulled the platoon commander over, just avoiding the grenadier of the little devil, "Execute the order!" ”
Liao Fan and the others fought and retreated, and the patrol team near the little devil also began to fight: "Run, don't look back, run hard for me." ”
In the face of the little devil with strong firepower, Liao Fan's only idea was to survive one by one, and he ordered the soldiers to run forward without their lives and meet their company commanders.
"Boom, boom" is the sound of mortar shells exploding, it turned out that after the commander of the first and second companies of the artillery battalion and the commander of the Zheng company, they decisively fired all the shells to cover Liao Fan's retreat.
"Why are you still stunned, waiting to be shot by the little devil?" When Liao Fan and Company Commander Zheng met, their faces were dark, and the three company commanders almost didn't know him.
"Quick, retreat, retreat to the east, and join your regimental commander." Liao Fan urged them to hurry up and retreat.