At the entrance of the cave, traces of artificial masonry still remain

Half a bag of cement was discarded aside, and the hastily plastered concrete was uneven. All this indicates that the cave was built by the British in a hurry.

In addition to this perforation, there is almost no place to get out of the cave, that is, it is a dead hole.

Below the perforation is a straight wall six or seven meters high, and without climbing tools, people and Ben cannot come up.

Cai Huachen saw the tanks under the mountain through the perforation, and this grand scene suddenly made him in a daze. He envisioned if it was not tanks that came down the hill, but a group of infantry. The British hid several heavy machine guns in the cave. Then, these infantrymen crowded on the road will be knocked down in pieces like leeks cut by others. If the British here, knowing that our troops were tanks, they would have prepared anti-tank weapons in advance and suddenly launched an attack on the tank units. The tanks in front were destroyed, and the tanks in the rear did not come. The British, with this advantageous fortification, really wanted to fight our army, and the consequences were simply unimaginable. Not only will the British be able to hold out here for a day and a half, but they will also inflict huge casualties on our troops, and the forward troops will probably not be able to complete their tasks on time.

Thinking of this, Cai Huachen sneered, lowered his head and kicked at a dead Englishman on the ground, "That's it, it's also an old powerhouse." It's simply pediatric. If you want to fight, you have to be patient for a while, and then fight when Lao Tzu is close! Gotcha, expose the target! It's a pity that such a good work is for you. ”

After Cai Huachen kicked twice, he suddenly realized a problem, there will not be only two Britons for such a good fortification! Besides, with such a steep cliff, what do the British live on! No eating, no drinking, impossible. Thinking of this, he suddenly said:

"Zhou Zhen, Jiang Duofu, search again. There must be other openings. ”

The three men returned to the cave.

After a few more searches, there were still no heavy weapons in the cave. Supposedly, the British here dare to call at the tanks, at least there must be some anti-tank weapons! But apart from a few pieces of rotten clothes and a few ammunition boxes, there was nothing else, which meant that the two British infantrymen here dared to scoop up two submachine guns and dare to fire at the tank column!

"It's weird, it's weird! The British are either too brave or outright foolish. Zhou Zhen commented.

"It seems that these guys are really not afraid of death, and they dare to hit tanks with two broken guns." Jiang Duofu co-wrote.

"What is not afraid of death?" Jiang Duofu retorted: "I think it's a fool, if you want to fight, you have to wait for the tanks to pass, and you have to fight an end, catch a team behind or something." Isn't it two hundred and five to fire head-on at the tank group and without anti-tank weapons! Hmph, exposing the target in vain, what kind of boldness is pretending, I said, this is underbeating. ”

"Alright, alright. The two Britons are not as stupid as you say. If you want me to say, they are in a hurry! ”

Cai Huachen began to analyze that the British may not be ready for the fortifications here. The British did not expect us to come so quickly. When the two Englishmen who were watching the hole saw our army coming, they were in a hurry, and they didn't care about any anti-tank weapons or not, as long as they could show their existence.

You know what a dead soldier is! I think these two boys are like. Although it is a mantis arm as a car! But these two guys still have to fight. ”

"Team leader, are the British brave?" Zhou Zhen asked.

"Alright, alright, what does the recruit know about Danzi?" Cai Huachen said with a commander's tone: "It's a war right now, you, a recruit, have only touched the gun for a few days!" What other big words. ”

Zhou Zhen was speechless by Cai Huachen's words. Even though he said that, of course he knew that the British were very good.

Cai Huachen continued, "I'm not done yet! The reason why these two Britons dared to shoot has another meaning. That is, they are only eyeing those of us who are sitting on tanks. They only thought that we, the infantrymen sitting on the tank, did not expect the tank guns to be so powerful. I just want to use this hidden fortification, my hands are itchy, and I want to kill a few of us suddenly. ”…,

"So, two Englishmen are going to beat us." Jiang Duofu interjected and asked.

"That's right." If these two guys hadn't started early and exposed their targets, we would have been the worst. As he spoke, Cai Huachen pointed with his hand, "Perhaps, it may be the two of you or me who will be lying on the ground." ”

"Fuck, these two guys want to hit us!" Zhou Zhen said, walked over and kicked the dead body again.

"Okay, okay, people are dead, and they don't know how much it hurts if they kick it." Jiang Duofu stopped and said.

"There must be an exit from this cave, otherwise, how could the British come in." Cai Huachen said, "Look for it! ”

The three men began to search the cave for the third time.

This will be searched very carefully, and anything that is attached to the wall of the cave will be removed. Gradually, the three of them gathered on two wooden boxes that had been erected at the bottom of the cave.

Cai Huachen turned on the flashlight, shook it on the wooden box for a while, and said to the two, "Lift the wooden box open, the hole must be here." ”

Zhou Zhen and Jiang Duofu laboriously removed the grenade box, revealing a black hole underneath

Cai Huachen smiled, "I said! This is not a dead hole. ”

Zhou Zhen saw that the hole was found, put the gun behind his back, and raised his leg to drill into it.

Cai Huachen grabbed Zhou Zhen, "Slow." Then he said, "You boy, it's too good." In case there are British people hiding on the side, you have to ask the family to reimburse them.

Cai Huachen unhurriedly pulled a grenade and threw it down.

With a "boom", the grenade exploded in the hole, followed by screams from inside.

"Do you hear me, there's really someone down there."

Zhou Zhen was frightened.

Cai Huachen shouted a few times towards the entrance of the cave, "Come out", but there was no response for a long time, and it was estimated that the people inside were killed.

"You two follow behind, keep a distance, don't let people be surprised" Cai Huachen jumped into the hole after speaking, and searched forward with electricity. ”

Inside the cave, a torch had been blown out by a grenade, but there were still sporadic flashes of fire on it.

Cai Huachen held up the flashlight and looked around, and found that there was a radio station against the wall, which was making a cheering sound. He walked over, picked up the radio, handed it to Jiang Duofu and said, "On your back, don't you want a soldier's trophy!" This one is yours. ”

After searching for it, there was only one British soldier in the dark hole, which looked like a radio station. There is nothing else but that.

"Team leader, what do you say this guy is doing here?" Jiang Duofu asked.

Wu Donglong touched his head, thought about it and said, "I guess this guy saw us coming over and reported to the top." ”

"Report, sir, Chinese tanks are coming." Zhou Zhen made a strange sound and learned to speak.

"Retreat, retreat." Jiang Duofu smiled and agreed.

"Don't be beautiful, if the British were so good at fighting, we would have arrived in Manim a long time ago." Cai Huachen shook his head and said, "Keep searching." ”

The three of them continued to walk forward, and after turning a corner, they noticed the light coming in from outside the cave. When I got out of the hole, I saw that the design of this hole was really mysterious, and it was actually covered with a pile of live artemisia grass, which would be difficult to find from the outside if it was not from the inside.

Cai Huachen walked out of the cave and suddenly appeared behind Gu Yuanyi, and the frightened Gu Yuanyi hurriedly took a few steps back.

Before dark, Guan Chonghua finally arrived at the Sharia Fort with the fourth squad.

The ironclad traffic, billowing smoke and dust, and a roaring roar brought a roar of joy in the valley.

Before and after the hillside, under the ditch and in the middle of the artemisia grass, countless Chinese ** people sprung up, brandishing hats and rifles, and ran towards the mighty tank troops.

Cai Huachen, who was riding on the tank, jumped down from the top without waiting for the tank to stop, ran over to meet the soldiers who rushed over, and hugged several fighters. …,

Although it was a short day, it seemed to them to be in a trance like a lifetime away. At this moment, Cai Huachen's three-person combat team could be seen coming back alive, which was unexpected by many people. The same is true for Bai Yanchao. When he sent Guan Chonghua and others to look back, he was also lucky to find Cai Huachen. He doesn't want to abandon any of his fighting brothers, but he also has to face the brutal realities of war.

Before leaving, he said to Guan Chonghua: "You have to try your best to find Cai Huachen and them, and come back early if you can't find them." You can't give up three and take a dozen. ”

Guan Chonghua replied very simply: "You must find Cai Huachen." If you can't find a living person, even if you can't find a corpse, I will carry it back! ”

Bai Yanchao looked at the solemn expression on Guan Chonghua's face, silently patted him on the shoulder, and then said silently: "Second platoon leader, they are all soldiers of your platoon." I understand your feelings, do your best! ”

It's not an emotional impulse, and it's not a show in real life. It is a kind of heartfelt friendship between life and death and comradeship, and it is an awe-inspiring feeling of sacrificing one's life for righteousness. It does not tolerate any selfishness, nor does it have any selfish thoughts, but it is a heartfelt confession of the heart. This kind of mood, this kind of bosom, can only be experienced by those who have experienced artillery fire on the battlefield and faced with life and death in an instant, and it is so true.

As soon as Guan Chonghua stepped off the tank, he was almost overwhelmed by the brothers of the entire 8th Company. Especially the platoon commanders who were the same age as him made a lot of trouble, and the three of them forcibly lifted Guan Chonghua up.

"Guan Chonghua, Guan Chonghua." The crowd shouted in unison.

Isn't the person who can save the hero a bigger hero! This title is naturally Guan Chonghua. Therefore, the soldiers of the whole company are respectful in addition to cheering.

Cai Huachen saw Bai Yanchao standing on a high cliff, smiling at everything that happened here, so he hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd and turned his head to look around for Zhou Zhen and Jiang Duofu.

"Zhou Zhen, Jiang Duofu."

When Zhou Zhen and Jiang Duofu heard the shouting, they hurriedly ran over and asked, "Team leader, what's the matter?" ”

"Follow me." Cai Huachen didn't explain, turned around and ran in the direction of Bai Yanchao.

Zhou Zhen and Jiang Duofu followed closely behind, and the three of them formed a column formation and ran forward.

Cai Huachen took the two of them to stop in front of Bai Yanchao, stood up and saluted:

"Report to the company commander, Cai Huachen's three-person team returned safely."

Bai Yanchao jumped off the ridge, walked towards Cai Huachen, and said with a smile: "It's good, just come back." Stretched out his hand and put down Cai Huachen's saluting right hand, and then asked, "How is it, is it hurt?" ”

"Nope."

Bai Yanchao knocked on the three of them a few times one by one and said, "Good boy, it's really not hurt." Let's get back! ”

"Yes." Cai Huachen agreed, and gave an order to Zhou Zhen and Jiang Duofu, "Turn back and run." He ran into the crowd with the two of them.

Bai Yanchao looked at the three people who ran away, and said to himself, "Well, it's okay." ”

At this time, a soldier ran towards Bai Yanchao with a radio on his back, stopped when he got close and said, "The company commander and the battalion commander are talking to you." ”

Bai Yanchao took the microphone and answered a few "yes, yes, yes" in a row. After speaking, Bai Yanchao turned around and shouted: "Communicator, notify the cadres above the company level to hold a meeting." ”

It was just about dawn when the rumbling of artillery shelling sounded on the open ground more than ten miles away from the Sharia Battery.

A battle against the Sharia battery officially began.

The Sharia Fort is a garrison fort built by the British. It is located on a flat-topped hill southwest of Dong Deng, and is a circular building with a length of about 120 meters, a width of about 70 meters, and a wall thickness of 1.5 to 3 meters. The entire fort is made of steel and cement. The interior is divided into three layers, dark and mysterious. From the outside, it stands tall and majestic on a flat-topped mountain, with only the exposed part of the ground about 6 meters. On the ground floor there is also a basement, a dark passage and so on. Around the ground part, there is an exit from the east, west, north and south. On its top floor there are 10 vents and more than 300 perforations around it. From a distance, it looks like a seamless cement pier. It is equipped with water, electricity, ventilation and other equipment. Moreover, there are a large number of daily necessities stored, which can accommodate nearly 1,000 people for a few months without a problem. …,

After our army attacked Manim, most of the scattered remnants of the British army and some of the officers retreated here, trying to use this strong fortress to hold on and wait for reinforcements to stop our army's advance.

At this time, the Sharia battery was not only a stubborn stronghold of the British army, but also formed a strong momentum with Kashaqi and the 336 heights, forming a crossfire network and controlling the road. If you don't scoop down this stronghold, let alone a large army to reach Manim, it will be impossible to pass through. Therefore, the higher authorities ordered that the Sharia battery must be scooped down before dark.

After a burst of heavy artillery fire, the infantry, led by tanks, began to attack the Shari'a battery!

The attacking forces are getting closer and closer, 1,000 meters, 800 meters, 500 meters, 300 meters.

Suddenly, fierce gunfire began to sound from inside the battery. Rockets flew towards the tank with a flash of fire. Patches of bullets rained down on the infantry soldiers who were following behind.

Two tanks were hit and fell crooked on an open field.

The infantry had lost their shelter, and if they rushed any further, it would be no different from ripe rice seedlings, waiting for them to be harvested with a sickle. It must have been cut down in pieces.

Bai Yanchao gritted his teeth and had to give the order to retreat.

The warriors fell backwards, firing at the hill fortress as they retreated.

The first offensive failed.

Bai Yanchao analyzed it, judging from the firepower configuration of the fortress, there was enough for a company of the British army here, and it was equipped with recoilless guns, rocket launchers, anti-aircraft machine guns, light and heavy machine guns and other firearms. If the troops continue to attack hard, the casualties will certainly be heavy.

"Damn, I'll blow up your turtle son first." Bai Yanchao had a good idea and concentrated all the recoilless guns and mortars of the whole company to bombard the battery.

Small cannon shells fell on the battery with a whistle.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

After a burst of shells passed, only many white spots were seen on the walls. The wall facing the direction of the 8th Company's attack did not even open a gap.

Bai Yanchao looked at this anger!

"Damn, you can't beat it with iron. It's iron, and Lao Tzu will also gnaw a hole for you. The small ones can't do it, but I come to the big ones. ”

"Radio, pick me up as the battalion commander." Bai Yan roared loudly.

After Bai Yanchao reported the situation to the battalion commander, he proposed to borrow a few cannons from the battalion.

After a while, the battalion howitzer was dropped.

Six howitzers swung out in a line a few hundred meters away, and a burst of onslaught at the battery.

"Knock, knock, knock"

As the smoke of gunfire rose from the artillery position, the soldiers who were watching let out bursts of cheers. Soon, more than a hundred shells were blown away.

Looking at the Sharia Fort again, it is still speckled and unharmed.

"Give me a shot at close range." Bai Yan was over-fired and gave an order to the artillerymen.

Shooting at close range is a very dangerous maneuver. At the same time as our troops approached, the British troops might have to launch a fire strike on us.

Sure enough, the British troops in the battery saw that our troops were pushing their guns towards the battery, and they were in a hurry, and all their firearms were concentrated and opened fire on the artillery.

An anti-aircraft machine gun of the British army was particularly eye-catching, and the sound of the explosion of the air roared around the soldiers.

The ferocious obstruction of the British troops suddenly left the howitzer in the middle of the road, and it was impossible to withdraw or fight.

Bai Yanchao looked at the guys in his hands, except for small cannons, small weapons, blasting canisters, flamethrowers, these weapons would not pose much threat to the enemy. What's more, the bullets fired could not reach the British army and could not play a role.

Just when Bai Yanchao couldn't think of a good countermeasure, Guan Chonghua moved over, "Company commander, we can stop people from suppressing the firepower of the British army." ”

Bai Yanchao stared at Guan Chonghua and asked, "How to suppress it?" ”

"Shoot cold."

Bai Yanchao turned to the unreachable fort, "It's so far, can you hit it?" ”

"I'll take people up and use sniping. As soon as the British shoots, we knock out his shooters. As long as the cannon is bought time, the shells pass, and the turtle son is finished. ”…,

Bai Yanchao thought about it, there was no other good way except this method, "Okay! You pick a few people to go over, stay safe! ”

"Yes" Guan Chonghua saw that Bai Yanchao agreed, and happily agreed and ran back to the platoon.

"Cai Huachen, Cai Huachen." As soon as Guan Chonghua returned to the group of fighters, the first thing that came to mind was Cai Huachen.

Guan Chonghua selected five soldiers with good marksmanship from the side of the position, avoiding the sight of the British army, and crawled to a distance of 100 meters from the fort under the cover of artemisia grass.

"Cai Huachen, come to me." Guan Chonghua called Cai Huachen over.

Cai Huachen leaned down in front of Guan Chonghua, Guan Chonghua raised his finger and shot a hole in the fort: "You will give me that anti-aircraft machine gun in a while, as long as it keeps its mouth shut and doesn't speak, it doesn't matter if people die or not." ”

"Yes!" Cai Huachen responded softly.

Guan Chonghua saw that the five fighters were all ready, and sent back a signal to Bai Yanchao that they could attack.

On the frontal offensive position, Shi Zhuzhu gave an order, and six 85 howitzers were pushed forward by the soldiers.

The British soldiers in the battery saw that the cannon was moving forward again, and resumed firing.

The fighters who pushed the cannon had the last experience, and they dodged their bodies against the baffle while pushing the cannon

Bullets rained down on the baffle.

The anti-aircraft machine gun rang out again, and with its tremendous penetrating power, it penetrated the baffles of the two guns and knocked out two fighters at once.

"Hit!" Guan Chonghua, who was hiding in the grass, gave the order to shoot to the soldiers around him.

"Bang Bang!"

Five fighters fired a single shot aimed at the perforation.

After a burst of sniping, the machine guns in several firing holes on the front immediately stopped.

After Cai Huachen knocked out the anti-aircraft machine gun, he found that there was a machine gun on the far left turned towards them, and hurriedly shouted: "Withdraw quickly."

As soon as the shouting was over, a string of machine-gun bullets was fired, and a soldier was shot on the spot.

"Turtle son, I'll tell you to fight." Cai Huachen stopped rolling his body for a moment, and then shot at the shot hole.

"Smack, smack!"

Two bullets passed, one in front of the other, and hit the British shooter in the head and neck. The gunfire in the perforation fell silent instantly.

It was only a brief moment that the British machine guns in the shooting holes came back to life, and they again fired at the artillery.

Immediately afterwards, Guan Chonghua ordered again: "Fight." ”

The five fighters fired again in succession, knocking out the British shooters in the holes again.

This can shake the British troops in the fort. When the machine guns rang out again, instead of howitzers, they turned to the six mid-** people hiding in the grass.

Since the British army had not yet figured out the exact location of these six people, the bullets fired were also chaotic and blind.

Guan Chonghua saw that the British troops and firepower were attracted over, so he ordered the five people: "Retreat fifty meters." ”

The six men retreated, using the cover of artemisia grass, and escaped from the British fire.

After two close attacks, the British troops in the fort became irritable and fired into the grass continuously. The grass blades are flying, and the grass is broken. After a while, Guan Chonghua's hiding place was as if someone had cut it, and all the artemisia grass fell to the ground, revealing the objects on the ground.

"It's dangerous!" Cai Huachen exclaimed.

The howitzer finally waited for the time to fire. Loading shells, pulling the gun tethers, and retreating to conceal, the six howitzers completed the first round of firing almost simultaneously. However, the six shells only made six large white dots on the wall, and the wall that was hit by the shells remained intact and stood on the edge of the fort.

When the howitzers fired, the British troops in the battery heard the roar and were simply frightened. They were in disarray, screaming and fleeing deeper inside. After the cannon sounded, they found that the wall was only trembling for a while, and it was still acting as a barrier. …,

At this time, all the British troops were happy, and they realized that this was a thrilling shelling, and these attacking mid-**** people could not scoop them at all, because they could not penetrate the battery. So the British army came to their senses, and their weeping faces burst into smiles, and they ran back to the holes with a howl!

While roaring arrogantly, he recklessly fired at the artillery who was preparing to fire a second time!

This time, the British troops inside the battery changed their tactics. They aimed anti-aircraft machine guns and several heavy machine guns at the howitzer group. The other two machine guns were drawn to suppress the grass and prevent Guan Chonghua from cooling their guns again.

The fierce strafing of the British anti-aircraft machine guns did not give the 85 howitzers a chance to reload shells at all. The artillerymen were beaten and lay on the enemy, and they had no power to fight back.

Guan Chonghua and the others were hindered by heavy machine guns, and they could not get to the front of the battery, and the sniper mission could not be achieved.

Bai Yanchao realized the danger of a stalemate, so he organized the whole company of light and heavy firearms to fire at the battery to cover the artillery retreat.

Suppressed by strong fire, the artillerymen dropped six guns and hastily withdrew to the starting position

Twice in a row, Bai Yanchao was annoyed, but he couldn't think of a better way to attack for a while. In desperation, he had to ask his superiors to dispatch Dakoujing artillery again.

The frontal assault on the Sharia battery was temporarily halted.

To the southwest of the battery there was a station. In order to prevent the British troops here from escaping from the station after the fort was captured by our army, Bai Yanchao decided to scoop down the station first, so that the enemy of the fort would be completely surrounded. When the large-caliber artillery arrives, pick up the remnants of the enemy here.

After a meeting of the battalion headquarters to study it, the task of seizing the railway station was given to the second platoon.

Guan Chonghua moved towards the railway station with the reinforced second row.

A team of forty or fifty men marched forward in two columns on the open ground, and as soon as they crossed the unnamed heights in front of them, the station was exposed to the sight of our troops.

After a rapid march, the warriors rushed to the bottom of the hill.

After arriving here, the queue began to be chaotic, and I didn't care who was in front and who was behind, although everyone was panting and weak, but they didn't forget the honor, and they all wanted to be the first to rush to the top of the mountain at the first time.

The warriors are all fighting bravely, you are faster than you, I am faster than you. Even a few soldiers who were carrying shells were unwilling to be defeated, and even called Cai Huachen and their group of pure infantry into a board.

Just as the second platoon was speeding towards the nameless heights, suddenly, gunshots rang out from the top of the mountain.

As soon as the shots rang out, several fighters who rushed in front were immediately knocked to the ground.

When the soldiers found that there were British troops on the mountain, they began to exclaim, "Lie down, lie down, there are British troops here." ”

The warriors in front lay down, and there were people rushing up behind.

Cai Huachen pulled a soldier who was passing by to the ground and shouted: "You don't want to live, didn't you hear that there were British troops up there!" ”

The second platoon was pinned down on the hillside and could not move.

Guan Chonghua observed the ground type, called Gu Yuanyi and said, "Fourth squad leader, take your squad to copy it over and scoop the mountain down for me." ”

"Yes!" After Gu Yuanyi replied, he turned around and shouted to the soldiers on the hillside, "Class 3, follow me." ”

As soon as the shout came out, more than a dozen figures suddenly floated from the ground.

Gu Yuanyi didn't say much, and the cat leaned over to the south side of the nameless heights. A dozen people in the back followed closely in a straight line.

A British soldier on the top of the mountain spotted Gu Yuanyi and the others, and after shouting a few times, he held a submachine gun and shot at these people.

When Cai Huachen saw it, he quickly lay on the ground and fired back at the British army.

"Bang Bang!"