CHAPTER XXXV. 145 Heights
"Bang!" At this time, the rifle rang out.
He knocked down a "Chinese soldier" wearing a British helmet, who looked almost indistinguishable from other Chinese soldiers, but held a bayonet-mounted 38 cover in his hand...... Although it was difficult to tell what kind of gun he was holding under the flare, the length of the 38 cover plus the bayonet reached 1.7 meters, so Zhang Chi did not hesitate to pull the trigger on its owner.
Of course, it is also possible that he picked up the rifle during the fight with the Japanese army, but Zhang Chi would rather kill by mistake than miss it, because once he misses it, this "Chinese soldier" mixed in the Chinese army is likely to cause greater casualties and chaos.
"Bang!" Zhang Chi fired another bullet.
This time, Zhang Chi was very sure that he was defeating a Japanese soldier, although he was also wearing a British military uniform, but he carried a command knife around his waist.
Obviously, this was a Japanese officer mixed in with the Chinese army, and he did not give it up because the command knife would play a large role in hand-to-hand combat. What the Japanese officer did not expect was that it was this command knife that brought him death.
"Bang!" Another gunshot rang out.
The Japanese soldier was exposed because of his figure-of-eight legs...... The Japanese are accustomed to sitting cross-legged or kneeling on the ground, and over time it leads to skeletal deformities and a bit of a figure in the shape of the skeletal walk.
Of course, Zhang Chi will not easily draw conclusions just because he walks a little weirdly, after all, this is a human life. So Zhang Chi kept an eye on him for a moment, and only fired a bullet in time to knock him down just as he was about to plunge his bayonet into the back of a Chinese soldier in front of him.
After the war, Zhang Chi wanted to verify whether he had killed the wrong person, but he could no longer find these corpses, because they had disappeared without a trace in the artillery fire.
Just as Zhang Chi was "picking thorns" in the Chinese army, a burst of gunfire rang out in the direction of Lingbang.
Zhang Chi knew that it was the Japanese army that had infiltrated Lingbang and thought that their main force had been killed, so they launched an attack at the right time.
But what they didn't expect was that the main force of the Japanese army had actually been crushed to the 145th Heights and could not move, so they caused casualties and chaos to the Chinese army. But the confusion was limited and quickly suppressed.
Later, Zhang Chi learned that there were a total of 15 Japanese soldiers who had infiltrated Lingbang, and the one at the forefront was a Taiwanese Japanese soldier...... It is no wonder that the Chinese dialect I heard when I was in the 217 highlands before was so authentic, and it turned out that some of them were Chinese who spoke Chinese since childhood. Of course, these Taiwanese Japanese soldiers are only afraid that they have been brainwashed into not thinking that they are Chinese.
It should be said that the hearts of this group of Japanese soldiers are also too big, originally they only need to disperse and kill people when they see them, which can cause a lot of chaos in Lingbang in this dark night, which is also the meaning of infiltration warfare: infiltrating the enemy's ranks with a small number of troops to cause chaos, and it is even possible for the enemy to misunderstand each other and cause great accidental injury.
However, the Japanese army unexpectedly discovered the battalion headquarters in Lingbang...... As a result, the Japanese second lieutenant who led the team temporarily decided to change the plan to attack the headquarters.
It should be said that this decision was also correct, because attacking the command could throw the command into confusion and eventually make the various parts of the Chinese army fight separately because of the loss of command, but in this way, the Japanese army had to gather the only fifteen men in order to be able to capture the headquarters.
This is a great blessing in misfortune for the Chinese army...... Fifteen people scattered in the Chinese army are definitely much more difficult to deal with than the fifteen people who have been gathered. In addition, the main force of the Japanese army failed to keep up with its attack, so the battle ended in a few minutes, and the fifteen Japanese soldiers were beaten into a sieve without exception.
At this point, although the Chinese army was caught off guard by the Japanese army, it has finally stabilized its position.
Now, it was time to take it back before the Japanese army could gain a foothold on Heights 145.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Pete to shout at Zhang Chi with the phone: "Captain! Major call! ”
"Major!" Zhang Chi took the microphone and answered.
"You guys played well!" Major Walker's angry voice came over the phone: "I have to admit that if it weren't for you, then we would probably all be the Japanese tonight!" But now is not the time to take credit for you. We intend to take back Heights 145, and I order you to cooperate with our attack! ”
"Yes!" Zhang Chi responded.
For the right command, Zhang Chi is of course very willing to cooperate.
From this point of view, this Walker is not a fool yet, at least he knows that a counterattack like this should be as fast as possible. Otherwise, it would have been possible for the Japanese to build fortifications on the 145 heights and receive reinforcements.
THEN THERE WAS AN OVERWHELMING STREAM OF SHELLS POURING TOWARDS THE 145 HEIGHTS, WHICH WERE THE 10 MORTARS OF THE BATTALION AND THE 12 105MM HOWITZERS OF THE DIVISION'S HOWITZER BATTALION. This guy had a range of more than ten kilometers, and each shell was nearly thirty catties, and with a piercing scream, it smashed the 145 heights. Even Zhang Chi and others on the 217 Heights could feel the vibration it brings.
It took nearly half an hour for the cannon to be sold...... It can also be seen from this that the luxury of American-style operations is only to seize a small high ground, and it is also a small high ground with the condescending fire cover of the 217 heights, and it is necessary to bombard it with artillery for half an hour.
But the soldiers, including Zhang Chi, enjoyed this luxury, and the more the shells were smashed on the enemy's head and not on their own heads, the more the better.
As soon as the sound of the artillery stopped, he ordered a few flares to be fired at the 145th Height, and then, regardless of whether there was anyone in sight, the light and heavy machine guns fired at suspicious places on the 145th Height, and in some places they were even cut out by the bullets.
Then, the infantry of the second company and a platoon were very cautious in adopting straggler formations to alternately cover and touch towards the 145th height.
Zhang Chi also raised his rifle to observe Heights 145 through a sniper scope, but he soon found that the Japanese troops on Heights 145 had withdrawn.
This made Zhang Chi a little surprised, because he knew that the Japanese army he was facing was the 18th Division, and its division commander was Mutaguchi Ryoya, who had a "spiritual supremacy" that was almost crazy, so under normal circumstances, the Japanese army did not dare to retreat, but at this time, this Japanese army took the initiative to abandon the 145 position.
However, this is also reasonable, because the 217 heights are pressing the 145 heights to the death, and if the Japanese army does not give up, it will only increase the casualties.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the fighters of the second company to reoccupy the 145th Heights very smoothly.
At this time, Zhang Chi heard Major Walker give an order that he felt incredible: "Continue to attack and seize the 114th Heights!" (To be continued.) )