readx; The sergeant's body fell heavily on the trench, making several comrades-in-arms around him look worried, and one of the dark-skinned first-class soldiers hurriedly walked over: "Boss Li, are you okay?" ”

Sergeant Li's body on the ground moved at this time, and then struggled to sit up, and pressed the steel helmet on his head with his hand, and at this time, the left side of his steel helmet already had a very obvious bullet mark. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Taking off his steel helmet and looking at the bullet marks, Sergeant Li, who seemed to be still in a half-dizzy state, shook his head, trying to sober himself up, and muttered in his mouth: "Damn, Lao Tzu is really fateful, this didn't kill me!" ”

As he spoke, he laughed, and the soldiers around him also laughed, and the black man said: "I remember that you were also beaten with a steel helmet a few days ago, but fortunately, this steel helmet is strong, otherwise you will have to lose both lives!" ”

"What steel helmet is strong, I am lucky, I don't believe you try, if the bullet hits the front, it will definitely hit a hole!" Sergeant Li's tone was very disdainful of the steel helmet in his hand, but he had already put on the steel helmet again, this thing was a life-saving guy, although the rifle bullet could still penetrate at close range, even if it couldn't penetrate the huge impact of the bullet, it could impact the person's head into a concussion, internal bleeding and the like.

This steel helmet is the second steel helmet of the Chinese Army equipment, when the second Chinese war, the Chinese Army was equipped with steel helmets on a large scale for the first time, and after the war, it was found that the first steel had some problems, such as the middle distance could not block the penetration of rifle bullets, so it was later re-developed, designed a new shape and used new alloy materials, which took many years of research and development before it was officially equipped in 1936, and replaced the 1923 steel helmet equipped for more than ten years. This steel helmet, like other equipment of the Chinese Army, is first considered to be cheap and suitable for large-scale equipment, so it can only be regarded as average in terms of surname Neng, but the price is relatively cheap enough for a large number of Chinese Army people. Its bulletproof surname is enough to defend against the bullets of the 1916 rifle at medium and long distances, if it is at close range, it is powerless, and the interior is also equipped with an anti-impact lining to avoid the situation that after the soldier's steel helmet is hit, the steel helmet is not pierced, but the person is shocked to death. After all, the head is very fragile, and even if a bullet hits it without wearing a steel helmet, it transfers all the power to the steel helmet, and then from the steel helmet to the head, and the huge impact force is no less than a punch in the face.

But even so, when the combat distance is too close, there are often cases where the steel helmet is pierced or the soldier's head is shocked, in fact, even if the situation is good, but at least there is a slight concussion, and the helmet is hit by an enemy bullet and nothing is Superman.

Not to mention the steel helmet, even if the body armor blocks the bullet, the human body will still be hit by the impact of the bullet, and the light one is painful, and when you are unlucky, you may be crushed by the impact of the bullet and break a few ribs.

Therefore, this steel helmet can only protect the soldier's head from a fatal blow in most cases, and it is definitely not an invincible artifact that is immune to enemy killing.

This Sergeant Li is also unlucky, this war has been hit twice by the enemy's bullets, after the last luck, although it was hit in the front, but the bullet is only the German submachine gun bullet, plus the distance is relatively far, so the head just feels a punch and a little dizzy nothing, and this time the huge impact of the bullet is to bring the whole person backwards, the power is definitely not a submachine gun or pistol bullet, but a rifle or machine gun bullet, so his luck is really good, this time it hit the side, The bullet slashed the side of the helmet, reducing the power of the bullet, otherwise he would have to answer for his life today.

"Damn, the Germans on the left have machine guns, they hit them!" Sergeant Li put on a steel helmet and cursed in his mouth: "Report the direction, the distance is three hundred and fifty, and the direction is ten o'clock!" ”

The communications soldier next to him nodded and said, "I'll let the mortars in the back fire!" ”

This close-range engagement, and has entered the point of hand-to-hand combat, the German large-caliber artillery fire has begun to extend to the depth of the other side, and the support of the Chinese air force is also forced to avoid this area, because now the infantry on both sides is too close, this one will be injured by mistake if it is not good, and when the time comes, a bomb will be dropped, whether it can blow up the enemy or the friendly army depends on whether God can help or not.

However, without large-caliber artillery and aerial artillery fire, the gunfire on both sides has never stopped, the German army uses light infantry guns, mortars, and rocket launchers for close fire support, while the Chinese army uses rocket launchers, recoilless guns, and artillery to run and return fire.

As for the four battalion artillery 1943 assault guns of the 6732nd Infantry Battalion, it is now a more important task, that is, to use as anti-tank firepower, which powerful 105 mm L40 gun on it with sub-caliber deshelling tungsten alloy armor-piercing shells is enough to threaten all the tanks in service in the German army, and against lightly armored targets, a direct high-explosive bomb can destroy the enemy's light armored vehicle targets.

These four 1943 assault guns have become an important anti-tank fire for the 6732nd Infantry Battalion, and in just three hours of official engagement, these four 1943 assault guns have already had a chance to destroy a German No. 4H tank, as well as several other German armored vehicles.

The Germans on the other side were not Chinese-style heavy mechanized troops, and the tanks of more than 4,000 people they attacked Polycastelon had only one tank company, and this tank company was still incomplete, with only five Type 4H tanks and two No. 4 assault guns. This is said to be a tank company, but in fact it is the strength of a tank platoon, and now after a tank was knocked out by the 6732nd Infantry Battalion, the tank strength of the German army was weakened a lot at once.

While the 1943 assault guns were the main anti-tank firepower, the infantry of the 6732nd Infantry Battalion had to rely on other light weapons for engagement.

In this kind of street fighting, almost both sides are in trenches or ruins, and mortars can use large-angle warp fire to support the front, widening the distance from the front line and ensuring their own safety.

In addition to traditional mortars, recoilless guns and rocket launchers were also the main artillery support weapons for infantry. Needless to say, the Chinese Army, as the first army to develop and serve the bazooka, is widely equipped with bazookas, and its tactical positioning within the army is different from the German Iron Fist series, the main tactical positioning of the Chinese Army's bazooka is not anti-armor, but to strike at fixed fortified targets, to supplement the firepower gap between gun grenades and mortars, and the main engagement distance is between 50 meters and 150 meters.

The recoilless gun, which is the portable anti-armor weapon in the Chinese Army, such as the 1941 recoilless gun, with a caliber of 105 mm, has an effective range of more than 500 meters when firing armor-piercing shells specially produced for it, and the armor-piercing ability has reached more than 150 mm.

Although the bazooka and the recoilless gun have a relatively large similarity, but in fact it is not the same thing, the weight of the bazooka is much lighter, and the range is also very close, not even a hundred meters in the early days, and now the bazooka widely used in various countries is also a range of about 100 meters to 150 meters, and without recoil, the range can reach 500 meters when firing armor-piercing shells, and the range can even reach more than 1,000 meters when launching high-explosive shells, and there is a large gap in accuracy, not to mention the World War II period, even if the rocket in the 21st century has to hit, it is a very difficult thing, and the recoilless gun, except for the recoilless gun in Soviet Russia is not rifled, several other countries are rifled, and also have simple sighting equipment, and the accuracy can be guaranteed to a certain extent.

Therefore, during the operation, the bazooka is assigned to the infantry platoon or even the squad, but the recoilless gun belongs to the battalion artillery, and does not belong to the infantry weapon in the general category, but belongs to the artillery tube. It is precisely because this 1941-style recoilless gun belongs to the artillery officer that some generals of the Chinese infantry department are thinking about developing a 75 mm caliber recoilless gun to allow the infantry to carry it directly into battle, but due to problems such as the choice of surnames and equipment problems, it has not been realized.

In the small town of Polycastron, the armies of China and Germany launched the most brutal war of attrition between China and Germany this century under the eyes of the trembling Greek people!

If it is said that the Chinese Army's use of more than 100,000 troops and tens of thousands of casualties to take Qingdao was a disastrous victory for China, even if it was a big victory that year, but in the past 20 years or so, the Army has very little publicity about this matter, because that foreign war is not too glorious for the Chinese Army, more than 100,000 people beat people and 10,000 people, and they themselves were killed and wounded more than 10,000, while the German army suffered only 2,000 or 3,000 casualties. It was the largest casualty battle in a single battle among the many foreign battlefields of the Chinese Army.

Today, however, the role between China and Germany has changed, and the Chinese Army is on the defensive, and the German Army, which is five times the strength of the Chinese Army, will attack again!

In order to cover the logistical supply channel of the entire 67th Division, the 6732nd Infantry Battalion has no way to retreat!

Major General Xie Chanan of the 67th Division sent a telegram to the battalion commander Weng Shutong, saying: "This battle is related to the victory or defeat of the entire Greek war, and I hope that you will work hard to protect the rear of the army!" ”

Weng Shutong didn't know what to say in the face of such a telegram, the reinforcements of the Third Division would not arrive until two days later, and he had to rely on the strength of one battalion to cover the logistics channel of the entire sixty-seventh Division, and could only use two infantry companies and other battalion units to defend Polycastron. The Germans had 4,000 men, at least 3,000 of whom were coming to attack Polycastron. Faced with the absolute strength disadvantage of the enemy's army, which exceeded his own by five times, although Weng Shutong was calm on the surface, he was becoming more and more anxious in his heart.

In the telegram sent to Major General Xie Chanan at the division headquarters, the tone of the voice was more and more revealing of a kind of despair!

On the afternoon of the 19th, when the Germans had just launched a tentative attack on Polycastron, Weng Shutong sent a message to the division headquarters: "The headquarters will definitely be able to base the enemy army outside the supply channel, and the division seat does not need to worry!" ”

After a fierce battle in the afternoon and night, especially when the Germans took advantage of the superiority in strength and the fact that the 6732nd Infantry Battalion could not get air support at night, the 6732nd Infantry Battalion suffered the largest casualties since its formation, and the 1st Infantry Company, the main force deployed in the defensive line that night, lost 23 people and more than 60 wounded, and overnight, a whole infantry company suffered one-half casualties.

The pressure on the 6732nd Infantry Battalion was unimaginable to the outside world, and in the face of the absolute superiority of the German army, after an afternoon and a night of fierce fighting, by 6 o'clock in the morning of the second day, the battalion had lost more than 70 men killed and more than 200 wounded, accounting for nearly half of the more than 600 troops deployed by the battalion in Polycastron. At dawn, Weng Shutong was forced to take the risk of transferring a platoon of troops from the 2nd Infantry Company and the 4th Infantry Company deployed on the periphery at dawn, regardless of the security of the outlying positions.

At seven o'clock in the morning of the second day after a night of hard fighting, Weng Shutong, who had not closed his eyes all night, dictated the contents of the report to the division headquarters to the signal corps with red eyes: "Last night, the enemy launched a night attack on the headquarters of at least 2,000 people, and was forced to abandon Xicheng District at midnight. Now although the enemy army has retreated slightly, but the enemy army will gather heavy troops to attack again, now the subordinate officers and men have suffered more than half of the casualties, and there are 73 soldiers who died for the great cause of China's rejuvenation overnight, and the next wave of attacks by the enemy army is imminent, and it is not a pity for the post to die for the great cause of the party and the country, lest the division destroy the great plan of annihilating the enemy, and it will be difficult for the staff to die at that time. I also hope that the division will give tactical guidance to the division! ”

In the onslaught of the enemy five times as many times as large as the enemy, even though more than half of the casualties were inferior, and the 6732nd Infantry Battalion did not give up an inch of land, which was enough to prove their determination to fight to the death, which can already show that the 67th Infantry Division is worthy of being one of the elite units of the Chinese Army as one of the few standing mechanized infantry divisions.

But even if he fights to the death and doesn't retreat, he still can't stop it, which makes Weng Shu feel how he can not be in a hurry!

Soon after, the headquarters of the 67th Division replied: "The Air Force has been asked to increase its support, and the 3rd Division has sent a battalion of lightly armed and rapid march, which is expected to arrive in Erdi tomorrow evening. ”

What he didn't know was that the main force of the 67th Division was no better than the 6732nd Infantry Battalion, and the Germans were attacking Alexandria in order to counterattack Alexandria, which was to attack from east to west, and launched a fierce attack with more than twice the strength regardless of casualties, plus the 67th Division's logistics channel supply was not smooth, even though the air force carried out airdrop material support, but it still could not meet the huge needs of an entire division, There is a shortage of ammunition, a serious lack of physical strength among the soldiers, and more importantly, the 67th Division cannot retreat, it has to complete the strategic task assigned by the coalition command: to cut off the supply retreat channel of Thessaloniki and create favorable conditions for the annihilation of the Thessaloniki defenders!

Weng Shutong did not receive reinforcements from the division headquarters, so he could only continue to use the strength in his hands, in addition to all the front-line combat soldiers going into battle, even the auxiliary troops in the rear also took guns to the front line, so as to alleviate the shortage of front-line troops.

However, at noon, the Germans, reinforced by a tank company, launched another onslaught on Polycastelon, and the Germans even attacked with the same Soviet and Russian troops as they did, completely ignoring their own casualties, although the soldiers fell one by one, but there was no idea of letting the German generals stop the onslaught. Because the Germans were more anxious than the 67th Division, seeing that Thessaloniki was about to be surrounded, there were tens of thousands of German-Italian troops in it.

In the evening, Weng Shutong once again sent a telegram to the division headquarters, saying in the telegram: The headquarters has lived up to the great trust of the division and has defeated as many as seven enemy attacks, but when night is approaching and our troops lose air support, the enemy will inevitably launch another large-scale night attack. The hundreds of Chinese soldiers under his command will fight to the death and will never lose an inch of their position until the last drop of blood is shed. The division will also carry guns into battle and swear to live and die with Polycastron!

It is said that there is the term jade crushed in the army, and in the Chinese army, there have been several cases of battalion-level troops being surrounded and annihilated, and at the last moment, commanders will use such a word "coexistence and death" to indicate that at the last moment, it is either hopeless to break through or the last person in the battle. And Weng Shu, as a lieutenant colonel and battalion commander, in the Chinese army tradition of officers above the school level not going into battle, when he also went into battle with a gun, the battle situation was basically irretrievable.

After sending a message to the division headquarters, Weng Shutong began to unfold the letter paper amid the rumbling of cannons, and then wrote in the dim light:

"Father: When I was a child, I heard adults say, 'The rise of China will trample on the blood of the enemy!'" I deeply believe that Fang Congrong swears to help the rise of China with the blood of the enemy and me. Now that the rise of China needs my blood, how can I refuse it, I have decided to use my own blood to help the great cause of China. Martyrdom for the great cause of the party and the country is extremely glorious, and adults can understand it, but I am afraid that my mother will be sad, and I hope to comfort her. Another Zixiang is young, and he needs to be disciplined more in the future, and he should be allowed to follow the road of Rong Ma again if he wishes. At this point in the book, remembering Chunxuan's appearance, I can't bear to cry on the paper, even if I want to write a book, it will stop here. Unfilial piety respects Jin'an. ”