Chapter 341 Fight Again Thirty-Sixth Division Sixth

After three successive fire preparations, a total of more than an hour, the infantry finally launched an assault, and five infantry battalions began to attack from all sides of Huti Hill. The full-text and ad-free novels are all biquge.infobiquge.info on the Aishang Novel Network

The reason why the independent brigade was able to launch an attack from both sides and behind Huti Mountain was because the 123rd Brigade and the 165th Brigade of the 36th Division were pinned down, otherwise the 123rd Brigade and the 165th Brigade relying on the main position would form a cross fire with the 28th Brigade on the mountain, although Li Yong's independent brigade was numerous, it was impossible to attack him from both sides and from behind, which was also the main reason why the division commander Zhong Song arranged it this way, and it was not easy for the PLA to gnaw it off from the defensive position of the front triangle relying on each other.

Zhong Song, the commander of the 36th Division of the Kuomintang, was indeed a very experienced commander, and setting up a defensive position in this way caused some trouble for the Northwest Field Army, which wanted to eat it.

After the campaign was launched, Commander Wang strictly ordered the other two main brigades of the second column (the Fifth Brigade and the Sixth Brigade) to protect the flank security of the independent brigade, and not to let the enemy fire even a single bullet at the soldiers of the 28th Brigade who were concentrating on attacking the 28th Brigade on Huti Mountain.

How can the Kuomintang troops under the mountain not be able to help the main position of Huti Mountain? There is only one answer, that is, to put enough pressure on the enemy's two brigades under the mountain, so that they can't help if they want to, so after the battle started, the attacks of the 5th and 6th brigades were extremely fierce, and the attack waves were repeated again and again, and it was already very difficult for the two brigades under the mountain of the 36th Division to withstand the attacks of the PLA, where would they still have the heart to help others? I can't help if I want to.

On the frontal position of Huti Mountain, behind the soldiers of the 5th and 4th Battalions who launched the attack, the large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns of the machine gun battalion blew like a violent wind, and the rotating bullets "chirped" into the ground where the Kuomintang soldiers were lying on their stomachs.

Blood, broken corpses, and the howls of wounded and dead soldiers spread all over the position, shooting, shooting, crazy shooting, it is necessary to suppress the enemy's fire, it is better to make them unable to even lift their heads, as long as our commandos rush to do it, no one in close combat can be the opponent of the PLA.

Most of the firepower of Gao Xiang's howitzer battalion was used on the positions where the fourth and fifth battalions were about to assault, and after more than an hour of artillery bombardment, nearly 10,000 shells were all smashed on the defensive section of the new 28th Brigade of the Kuomintang, and even the stones were shattered, not to mention any trees and soil. A foot down to the soil can end the foot and neck, this is the soil, in such a ground there is simply no way to dig fortifications.

Not to mention these junior officers and soldiers, even the division commander Zhong Song and the senior officers who have fought for many years have never seen it, and it has only been nearly a year and a half since Hu Zongnan attacked Yan'an, and the PLA has developed to this kind of course, which really makes these Kuomintang officers afraid.

Now Wei Gang's machine gun battalion is swept again, looking at the corpses that died one after another around him, the souls of the Kuomintang soldiers lying on the ground are trembling like sifting chaff, isn't it, this is too scary, what kind of gun is the Eighth Road? can fight so hard, if you touch it, you will die.

It is not surprising that these soldiers guessed so, of course, the weapons of the independent brigade were all captured, but there was no time in the Kuomintang army that was equipped with so many anti-aircraft machine guns, and it was normal for these soldiers to have doubts in their hearts, and the troops of the People's Liberation Army were able to suppress the Kuomintang army in terms of firepower, which was a leap forward and a turning point in the comparison of forces between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

Breakthroughs, attacks, explosions, continuous blasts, explosive packs and cluster grenades, if you really can't do it, use the baby bazooka, and the dull sound of explosives and grenade explosions is continuous.

Each combat battalion of the Separate Brigade has its own platoon of heavy machine guns and mortars, which allows the front-line commander to call for cover of their own fire at any time.

After many additions and trainings, the most commonly used walkie-talkies in the army have been equipped with platoon-level units, that is, the platoon commander and deputy platoon commander can call for rear fire.

According to brigade commander Li Yong's idea, walkie-talkies and other communications equipment should be equipped in every infantry combat squad, and each squad of the independent brigade should have a full strength of 20 people, and a combat squad of 20 people can call for fire support in the rear when it encounters difficulties that it is difficult to solve by itself.

Although the independent brigade cannot reach this level even if it is a unit that starts by grabbing its own home, and snatching the enemy's communications equipment in battle is an important task of the independent brigade, no matter how hard the fighters try, they still cannot meet the needs.

This has something to do with the fact that there are not many such equipment in the Kuomintang troops, and you have to have someone else to rob it! In addition, other units of the field army are becoming more and more aware of the benefits of this kind of thing, and it is even more difficult to snatch it. (The weapons and equipment of the People's Liberation Army are all looted, and to put it mildly, they are captured, and such a force is the only one in the world)

Assault, constantly assault the position on the mountain, and use Makqin to block the pillbox or firepower point that has not been blown up, several gun holes in the front of a pillbox are used to deal with each Makqin, several Makqin fire together to make pockmarks around the shooting hole of the pillbox, and the shooters inside are also killed one by one, the continuous xìng of the water-cooled Makqin heavy machine gun is very good (although the weight is a little larger, but there is no need to change the barrel frequently), it can provide uninterrupted fire cover for the soldiers, Taking advantage of the gap in the stronghold, the blasting team rushed up, pulled the explosive bag on fire, and then rolled it down.

The battle became more and more fierce, and this new 28th Brigade was the main brigade of the 36th Division of the Kuomintang, and the personnel and officers were selected from several brigades, and they had a certain combat effectiveness, and there was still a direct team of the 36th Division headquarters on the mountain, so it resisted the PLA for a while.

However, the independent brigade of the People's Liberation Army, which had just been formed into an army, broke out with amazing combat effectiveness, and the fighters' individual combat and firepower organization were very well organized, and they fiercely carried out oppressive attacks upward, and the slogans shouted by the fighters were: You are ruthless, I am more ruthless than you, and I am harder than you.

If you want to talk about daring to work hard, these Kuomintang troops are far worse than the People's Liberation Army, and gradually the 28th Brigade on Huti Mountain is a little unable to resist.

Originally, most of the casualties were killed and wounded in the artillery bombardment, and the attack of the independent brigade was carried out from all sides at the same time, which caused a great problem for the troops defending on the mountain, and the small number of troops felt that it was not enough, and Zhong Song, who had no choice, sent all his personal guard troops, including the guard company, out, but there was no way to stop the attack of the People's Liberation Army.

The division commander Zhong Song, who was in the basement, had the green tendons on his head exposed, and he couldn't care about any secrecy requirements with the radio microphone, so he tried to save the big corps commander behind him in plain words: "Hurry up and get close to me, hurry up and get close to me, we have already put the communist army in the area of Huti Mountain, as long as the main force of the corps keeps up, we can inflict heavy damage on the communist army in the northwest, and at least we can destroy the second column of the communist army bandit Wang Zhen." ”

Zhong Song was really right, if the main force of the Kuomintang Corps followed at this time, it would be able to change the battle situation and battlefield situation, and the second column would not only not be able to destroy the 36th Division, but would also be trapped in an extremely passive situation, and if it was not done well, it would also cause heavy losses to itself.

However, things were not as easy as Zhong Song imagined, under the command of Mr. Peng, the Northwest Field Army changed its non-stop retreat and suddenly launched a powerful counterattack against the main force of the Kuomintang's large corps.

The first column of He Bingyan's department, the third column's Xu Guangda department, the fourth column's Zhang Dazhi department, and the sixth column's Luo Yuanfa department, several columns attacked, blocked, and sabotaged the Kuomintang troops from different locations and different positions, and some units even carried out a short counterattack.

On Huti Mountain, the main direction of attack of the second column, the soldiers of the Independent Brigade gritted their teeth and, under the cover of their own uninterrupted firepower, desperately attacked upward, not only in the front of the main attack direction, but also rushed up in several auxiliary attack sections.

The 28th Brigade, which had been violently resisting for a while under the pressure of the officers, was defeated all at once, and the soldiers no longer had the courage to resist in the face of the swarming PLA soldiers.

The soldiers of the independent brigade took the opportunity to rush forward, and Wang Laohu shouted excitedly on the walkie-talkie: "Brigade commander, the enemy has been defeated, we have broken through their last defense line on the top of the mountain, and we are about to rush up." ”

In the headquarters of the Shanxia Independent Brigade, the brigade commander Li Yong and the political commissar Wang Chengde raised their hands to each other and patted each other, a big stone in the hearts of these two people was put down, and the next battle should be no suspense, just the length of time: "Pay attention to maintaining the rhythm of the attack, not to increase unnecessary casualties at the last moment, but also to surround Zhong Song's headquarters, and not let this old boy run away again." Brigade Commander Li Yong's voice came out very clearly from the walkie-talkie next to Wang Laohu.

"Don't worry, Zhong Song, this old boy can't run, where can he run like an iron bucket surrounded on all sides?"

In the anti-artillery hole under the big temple on the top of the mountain, the division commander Zhong Song gasped heavily, and his mind was still spinning: "Is this the end of our **?" Is this the end of my 36th Division? What to do? What to do? ”