eurekapd Chapter 506 Summer Offensive (8)
Chapter 506 Summer Offensive (8)
Xi'an County,
The sky was overcast,
It's already eleven o'clock at night.
In the compound of the Second Battalion's headquarters,
Wu Feng had already taken off his military uniform and was going to bed.
The room was a little stuffy, so he fanned himself with a palm-leaf fan.
Thinking back to the battle during the day, I still feel that I underestimated the opponent. I didn’t expect the Kuomintang army to be so tenacious, which led to considerable losses today!
Somehow,
A sudden feeling of uneasiness came over him.
He habitually took out copper coins from his bag and was about to tell fortunes when he heard bursts of gunfire. Wu Feng's face changed immediately and he quickly stood up and put on his military uniform!
At this moment, fierce fighting broke out in the north and east of the city.
The enemy concentrated three regiments of the 207th Division of the Youth Army and two regiments of the new 22nd Division, totaling more than 9000 people. Under the unified command of Dai Pu, the commander of the 207th Division, they rushed from Gongzhuling and Kaiyuan and attacked Xi'an County at night!
After all, Meihekou is one of the five strategic locations. Once Meihekou is lost, Siping, Shenyang and Changchun will be under the threat of the Communist army's northern and southern armies!
The north of the city is where the first company of the second battalion is stationed.
Jia Hongqiang, a soldier from the seventh squad of the first company, was the secret sentry tonight. The position he chose was more than a hundred meters away from the visible sentry, on the roof of a dilapidated house!
There were two soldiers at the sentry post and three bonfires were lit nearby, so as soon as the enemy rushed over, Jia Hongqiang saw them and immediately fired two short bursts of shots!
The gunshots also woke up other soldiers in nearby companies, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides in the north of the city!
After Jia Hongqiang used up a magazine, he quickly jumped down from the roof. His warning mission was completed.
He kept jumping and running towards the yard where the class lived. Class leader Lu Chen just happened to rush out with his men. They quickly began to seize favorable terrain to stop the sneak attack of the Kuomintang army!
During the daytime fighting in the north of the city, many civilians had already fled from many houses!
Jia Hongqiang found an empty room and hid there!
After a while, he heard noisy footsteps outside the house, followed by conversations. He knew that the enemy had arrived!
Jia Hongqiang took out a grenade and threw two out of the window! Taking advantage of the light of the explosion, he fired a long burst of shots!
Although the Kuomintang troops who attacked at night were numerous, they were in the open while the Communist troops were in the dark.
If they were not careful, bullets and grenades would burst out of the houses on the roadside, causing their casualties to increase rapidly. In order to advance into the city, they had to start clearing house by house!
In the city, Wu Feng, Chen Chao and Yuan Canhai had never thought that the Kuomintang army would dare to fight a night battle, which was the Communist army's strong point.
As there were too many nationalist troops, Yuan Canhai decided to send a telegram for help.
The only one we can count on now is the 3th Division of the 9rd Column, which is the closest to here. They are in Dongfeng County, about 100 miles away from here!
In the second half of the night, the soldiers were still fighting bravely, but Dai Pu, who was not good at night combat, saw that the casualties were too heavy, so he ordered all units to suspend the offensive, surrounded the county city of Xi'an, and waited for the arrival of dawn!
In the city, Yuan Canhai, Chen Chao, and Wu Feng were waiting anxiously. The 9th Division finally called back and ordered them to hold on and wait for reinforcements. Since the battle to attack Dongfeng County had already started overnight, the reinforcements were estimated to set out at dawn at the earliest and would not arrive until tomorrow afternoon!
The room was dead silent. All three of them were silent. After a series of fierce battles, there were still a thousand defenders in the city who could fight. No one knew how long they could hold out after daybreak!
Wu Feng suddenly remembered that before setting off, the commander once said that anyone in danger could send a message to him directly, so he immediately called the telegraph operator!
At night, Yin Xinjun happened to be in the aviation school. After finishing the flight training in the afternoon, he taught and summarized more than a dozen Class A pilots who had trained for more than 50 hours in the evening. He was busy until after 10 o'clock!
After receiving a call from the Security Command, Yin Xinjun immediately went to the airport. He chose a German Ar 96 two-seat trainer aircraft and specially called Zhang Wenjiu to join him!
At the critical moment, he still believes in the quality of German products!
The plane, piloted by Zhang Wenjiu, rushed into the sky. It relied on a radio compass to navigate at night. After an hour and a half of flight, Yin Xinjun commanded the plane to circle at an altitude of more than 3000 meters, constantly listening to the sounds on the ground and adjusting the direction.
There was no reference point, and except for the occasional firelight, the ground was pitch black.
After estimating that they had reached the location, Yin Xinjun commanded the plane to begin descending. When it reached 900 meters, he opened the glass cover of the cockpit from the back seat, flipped over and jumped out!
This is his latest secret weapon, the parachute!
So when his men were on a mission, he told them to tell him if they were in danger, because he had a parachute and could provide quick support.
After jumping, Yin Xinjun adjusted the parachute again to land in a safe place with no one around him for hundreds of meters! Then, he put away the parachute and looked at his watch. It was 3:10 in the morning.
He took out the tracked armored vehicle and ran towards the south. Just now in the air there he could hear the concentrated breathing of thousands of people!
When he walked to a distance of two kilometers, he saw a large area of tents by the help of the campfire. From the clothes worn by the sentries, Yin Xinjun immediately judged that he should have found the target!
So, he took out a Grizzly self-propelled artillery vehicle. He had at least one weapon of all specifications!
Yin Xinjun was a little excited. He hadn't been to the battlefield for a long time and today he was back to his old job. Although his main energy was now focused on industrial production, he would still take action if his subordinates were threatened!
With a loud bang, a 150mm large-caliber shell flew out of the muzzle! It landed steadily in the densely packed tents. With the huge explosion, the three tents within a radius of meters were blown away by the shock wave. Dozens of dead bodies were lying on the ground, and some of the wounded were howling in pain!
After firing a shell, Yin Xinjun immediately switched to a mortar and advanced 500 meters forward!
At this moment, the barracks was in chaos! All the officers and soldiers were woken up, and many of them rushed out of their tents and ran around!
Coincidentally, this is the headquarters of the 207th Division and a reinforced regiment!
Dai Pu, the commander of the 207th Division, hurriedly put on his uniform. He roared angrily,
"Go check it out for me, who is so careless?"
Since there was only one explosion, many officers in the division headquarters thought that the ammunition depot had exploded due to careless supervision!
An officer came running up and said,
"Oh no, Commander, it seems like there's artillery fire!" Just as the words fell, whizzing sounds continued to be heard, and artillery shells fell into the military camp again!