Chapter 173: A Night of Life and Death
Liao Fan just smiled at him and didn't say anything, he had already written two suicide notes, one for his brother and the other for Fu Hongyu, he believed that as John, he could shelter all the medical staff in the hospital, and Fu Hongyu could completely survive. E small Ω┡ said'.
The sound of guns and cannons in the east is getting closer and closer, Liao Fan has no soldiers to send, Hu Guoshan on behalf of the wounded in the hospital has repeatedly asked to be discharged from the hospital to go to the battlefield, but Liao Fan has vetoed them, these wounded people are inconvenient, not only can they not play much role after they go to the battlefield, but they can easily become the target of little devils when doing tactical actions, sacrificing their lives in vain, and it is the most inhumane behavior for the commander to let the seriously wounded go to the battlefield.
Looking at the afterglow of the sunset, the burning clouds in the sky seem to be stained red with blood, and the Taihang Mountain in the evening is an ice beauty, and the blood spilled by thousands of soldiers makes her even colder. Liao Fan stood at the door of the headquarters and watched the last ray of sunlight being swallowed up by the mountain, and the night once again gave time to the living.
Liu Chunjian took a cloak and put it on Liao Fan, which was captured by Huang Changsheng when he rescued Political Commissar Liu last time: "Brother Fan, the weather is getting cold, add more clothes." ”
"Chunjian, how is your brother?" Liao Fan tightened his cloak and asked.
After Liu Chundao woke up, Liao Fan told Liu Chunjian about Liu Chundao, and what surprised Liao Fan was that Liu Chunjian only accompanied Liu Chundao in the hospital for one night before returning to the headquarters. At this time, Liao Fan realized that Liu Chunjian had really grown up, and he no longer had to rely on his brother's protection. In the end, Liao Fan handed over to Liu Chunjian the command knife and a Wang Ba box captured by Liu Chundao, the former was a gift from his brother to Liu Chunjian, and the latter was Liao Fan's admission that Liu Chunjian was a soldier.
"I haven't been to the hospital for two days, Sister Hongyu said, as long as you have a good rest, it shouldn't be a big problem." It is already a miracle that Liu Chundao can survive.
"yes, get some rest." Liao Fan didn't know if they still had a chance to rest.
"Brother Fan, let's go inside, it's already cold outside." Liu Chunjian rubbed his hands unconsciously.
"You don't have to worry about me, it's good to be cold, it can keep me clear-headed." The sky was getting darker and the wind was getting stronger.
In the early morning, it once again began to rain on the Taihang Mountain, and on the eastern front position, the little devils attacked in the rain, they knew that the Chinese on the position were already at the end of their strong crossbows, and they had lost their troops in the past ten days, as long as they were the first to attack the Chinese station, they would be warriors fighting the Japanese Empire, and they would be the first to be rewarded by their emperor and the Japanese staff.
"How can this be, why do they still have such a strong point of fire, and those heavy machine gun positions are already covered by our artillery fire, why can they still keep firing." The captain of the little devil was in the telescope and saw the tongue of fire from the heavy machine gun fire point on Liao Fan's third line of defense constantly killing and injuring his own soldiers, but he was helpless.
The artillery fire completely bypassed the second line of defense and extended directly to the third line of defense. The second line of defense on Taihang Mountain was completely ploughed by the little devils with cannonballs, and every meter became scorched earth. Even with the constant cover of aircraft artillery, the little devil has to pay the price of blood for every step forward.
"Rush!" A squadron leader of the little devil commanded the troops to charge with a command knife, and before he could take a few steps, he was targeted by snipers.
"Bang" A crisp gunshot pierced the air and drilled into the chest of the little devil squadron leader, and the muzzle of Mosina's gun was steaming in the drizzle, like a grim reaper, harvesting the little devil's soldiers and officers who entered his sight.
Every time the little devil charges, he almost has to change a new commander, and they don't have the slightest way to target the sniper, because the sniper is not on the main position at all, they are on the two flanks of the little devil, plus carefully camouflaged, it is difficult to show a well-disguised gunner who acts alone in such a complicated weather and chaotic battlefield.
Due to the weather, the offensive of the little devils finally slowed down, but their shells never stopped, and kept falling on the position, Ma Wanzhong in order to reduce the casualties of the troops, only put a platoon of soldiers in the forward position, and the rest withdrew.
In the evening, the rain became heavier and heavier, completely washing away all traces of the day's battles on the battlefield, leaving only the white corpses soaked in the rain to prove that fierce battles had been born here. Night falls again with a curtain of rain.
Seeing that night was falling, Liao Fan kept walking back and forth in the headquarters, he hadn't sat down since this afternoon, and Liu Chunjian had already gone out in the rain to inform the three regiment commanders. The first to arrive at the headquarters was Hu Guoshan, who was wrapped in bandages. Li Weimin and Ma Wanzhong are still arranging vigilance and patrols on the position, although the little devils who have an absolute advantage will not attack in the rain, but they must also arrange everything, which is a necessary military quality for a unit.
"Brother Fan, your headquarters should be repaired well, and you can see the sky when you look up." Hu Guoshan looked up at the roof that had been half blown off by the little devil's shell, and the rain kept drifting in.
"It's not the right time for you to come, I was able to sit here and admire the moon the other night." Liao Fan glanced at Lao Hu, and picked up the only chair in the headquarters that was not lame and gave it to Hu Guoshan to sit down.
Hu Guoshan still raised his head and looked at the roof of the headquarters: "This is going to be overhauled, and a basement should be repaired." ”
"Okay, the idea is good, and then we are building two emergency escape routes, so that if you are infiltrated by the little devils, you will not be afraid." Liao Fan didn't expect Hu Guoshan to have a talent for design.
Hu Guoshan adjusted the chair, sat down and looked at Liao Fan seriously: "Brother Fan, you misunderstood what I meant, build a basement to drain the water, otherwise you will not be killed by the little devil, you will be drowned in the rain." ”
Liao Fan almost didn't hold back his internal injuries when he heard Hu Guoshan's words, he thought that Lao Hu was for his safety, but he ended up repairing a basement for drainage.
"Brother Fan, we're here." Ma Wanzhong and Li Weimin entered the headquarters one after the other.
"There's nowhere to do, you two just stand." Before Liao Fan could speak, Hu Guoshan cocked Erlang's legs and looked at the two of them triumphantly.
Ma Wanzhong glanced at Hu Guoshan and said with a smile: "Okay, who made your old Hu a wounded, we have to give priority to taking care of the wounded." ”
"You two don't quarrel, Brother Fan must have something important to announce when he called us over."
"How's the situation on the ground?" Liao Fan asked the two people, "Ma Wanzhong said first." ”
"We repelled five charges from the little devils today, and then the rain became heavier and heavier, and the little devils did not attack until the evening, and we had enough ammunition, but there were a little few grenades." Ma Wanzhong was not excited by the attacks of the little devil with his thighs many times.
"How many fighters are still unwounded?"
Ma Wanzhong lowered his head and was silent for a while before he said: "Together with the soldiers replenished to us by the Logistics Department, there are less than 400 uninjured people in our regiment, and there are still more than 400 lightly wounded people on the position. ”
"Li Weimin, what about your group?" Liao Fan continued to ask.
"Our regiment is okay, there are more than 200 people who are not wounded, and the situation of the lightly wounded is similar to that of the first regiment, that is, Lao Hu's third regiment has suffered relatively large casualties, and they have insisted on holding the front-line position from the beginning, and have not rested, and the casualties are a bit large." Li Weimin glanced at Hu Guoshan, he didn't want to tell the casualty figure in front of Lao Hu.
"It's okay, I'm still holding on, you can tell Brother Fan." Hu Guoshan knew that in this battle, the family of the three regiments was completely wiped out, and it was estimated that the establishment was all disabled.
"Three regiments...... Seventy-two people were not injured, and there were more than 300 people who remained on the ground. Li Weimin glanced up at Hu Guoshan, and saw that Hu Guoshan was looking at him, Li Weimin hurriedly lowered his head, more than 1,600 people, and now only 72 people are not injured.
Liao Fan listened to these numbers and felt more heartache than Hu Guoshan, and when Li Weimin finished speaking, the headquarters fell silent, and the wind and rain did not shake this deathly silence.
"Well, now is not the time to grieve." Liao Fan broke the silence, "Tonight's battle decided our life and death, and it cheered me up." ”
"Brother Fan, is there any new plan?" Ma Wanzhong asked.
"The new news from the special combat team, tonight the special combat team will attack the enemy in front of us, because the leader of the third squadron is too seriously injured and has died, before he died, he only said that Changsheng will fight back with the troops, according to my calculations, although the special combat team cannot change the situation of the battle, but with their ability, coupled with proper command, it is not a problem to take down the command of the little devil." Liao Fan didn't know that Huang Changsheng had pieced together a force of more than 5,000 people.
"Great, as long as you can defeat the command of the little devil, the command system of the little devil will inevitably be disordered. Brother Fan, why didn't you tell us such good news earlier. Li Weimin said.
"I have two arrangements, first, once Huang Changsheng completes the combat goal, the little devils will inevitably concentrate on dealing with them, what we have to do is to help them get out of trouble as much as possible, so I plan to concentrate all the troops, that is, the soldiers who are not injured, and sneak out overnight, as long as they hear the sound of gunshots, they will immediately attack the camp of the little devils." Liao Fan continued, "Second, transfer all the soldiers who can hold guns to our flanks to prevent the little devils from taking advantage of the emptiness of our flanks to launch a sneak attack. ”
"Brother Fan, take over the task of immortality to me." For the first time, Li Weimin fought for the task in front of Liao Fan.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you, the purpose of tonight is to help Changsheng and them achieve their combat goals as much as possible, once they achieve their combat goals, retreat immediately, and bring a few more light machine guns when they leave." Liao Fan said.
"Brother Fan, is there a second plan, in case they don't come back in time, or the operation fails." After Hu Guoshan was injured, he became more and more stable.
No action is foolproof, and everyone here knows that once the action is frustrated tonight, they will no longer have room to fight back.
Liao Fan shook his head gently: "I believe in Changsheng, and I also believe in you." ”