"XXXXX." Shi Qian cursed at the enemy across from him, but his voice obviously couldn't suppress the roar of the Gatling gun across the line.
There were several bullet holes on the left shoulder of the Second Platoon Commander's military uniform coat. From the position, if the enemy's machine gun moved down or to the right by another ten centimeters, the bullets would not only make a few meaningless holes on the military uniform, but they would also make a few holes in the Second Platoon Commander's heart or neck.
Even as such a lucky person, the Second Platoon Commander was not happy at all. He looked sad and angry, and his killing intent was surging. The comrades who went with him to flank the enemy just now were not so lucky. Five of the vanguards who accidentally fell into the enemy's fire trap were immediately knocked down. After they were carried down, they found that three of them were injured and two had been killed. This company had participated in the war that swept through the West Coast. In the past ten days, they had traveled thousands of miles, attacked cities, and killed many enemies. In such a battle, there had never been a situation where five of them were knocked down at once, and two of them were killed.
The Second Platoon Commander gritted his teeth and said to Shi Qian, who was still angry, "Company Commander, let's mobilize the troops to kill those people and avenge our comrades."
"Wait a little longer." Probably because he had relieved a lot of pressure after cursing, Shi Qian didn't want to attack at all. Not only the company commander, but the entire company also didn't fire a single shot at this time. The soldiers lay quietly behind the bunker and didn't intend to point out their position to the Americans by blindly shooting.
"Why?" the Second Platoon Commander asked in surprise.
"It's dark now, and we can't use our advantage. The enemy is a resident here. We'll be at a disadvantage if we attack at night. We'll fight when we have the advantage tomorrow morning. "Shi Qian analyzed the current situation for the Second Platoon Commander.
The Second Platoon Commander was no longer a rookie, and after thinking about it, he was right. The enemy seemed to have made arrangements long ago. If the Liberation Army rushed to attack in the middle of the night, the result would probably not be good. If the enemy had other machine gun positions lying in ambush, the attacking troops would immediately suffer another loss. If it was daytime, these problems would be much easier to deal with. Just the enemy's fierce attack alone would allow the snipers to accurately kill their machine gun positions. Since it was only killing the enemy for revenge later, the Second Platoon Commander could accept Shi Qian's explanation.
Although he said so, Shi Qian felt a little uneasy in his heart. The enemies he had encountered before were simply too weak to withstand a single blow, but this time, the enemies were finally of the standard that they should be. In such a situation, the enemy probably wouldn't simply make a rigid defense, right? If the enemy took advantage of the geographical advantage to carry out an infiltration attack, it would be really disturbing.
However, the order from above was quickly sent to the front line. The troops adjusted their deployment and firmly sealed off the enemy in this area. They would annihilate them after daybreak. After that, the enemy Formation was established. and controlled. of. and, the enemy was established.
Encirclement required good communication, so the troops that were already engaged in battle with the enemy did not advance but instead retreated. They used occupied positions that were conducive to the encirclement to complete the mobilization of troops.
Of course, the construction of the encirclement was not always like this. Retreating and adjusting, the vital points that should be occupied could not be neglected at all. "Yang" Qian Wei army from "Commander" the enemy 'Wei "Wei. The infantrymen dragged the same carbon steel mortars, while the motorcycles dragged the heavy machine guns and the carbon steel 75 mm cannons carefully behind the infantrymen.
"Wei" Jianjun "was anxious as he looked at the troops moving with difficulty. It was a good thing that the company could get heavy firepower support, but these carbon steel weapons were too heavy. It would be a big problem to transport them. After Wei Jianjun scanned the heavy weapons, his eyes fell back on the forward direction. What he was most worried about was that the Americans would suddenly attack. The troops in motion were probably at their most vulnerable.
What he thought came true. A group of figures appeared in front of him. From that direction, he could tell that it was the Americans. Wei Jianjun had no choice but to accept the challenge.
The soldiers lay on the wet stone ground by the lake and began to attack the people who rushed out with their rifles. Not long after the gunfight, Wei Jianjun's mood gradually improved. The enemy's timing was good, but their ability was poor. The bullets were quite messy. Wei Jianjun, who had not participated in the battle, ordered, "Let the troops attack a target in a combat group."
The Liberation Army was no longer the kind of aimless shooting. Basic shooting skills had to be trained with bullets. The ammunition reserves of the Liberation Army were enough for each soldier to shoot more than a thousand rounds in three months. The strength of the Liberation Army did not rely on the glory of their predecessors, but on the huge amount of money invested.
As Wei Jianjun expected, it didn't take long for the Americans who were shooting at the Liberation Army to decrease their firepower. There were some screams and screams coming from the other side. The Liberation Army's firepower was about to overwhelm the Americans and deal them a big blow. After a while, the gunfire from the Americans' side actually stopped. Based on the movement, it seemed that the Americans had escaped from their position.
Wei Jianjun made a few gestures, and a three-man team jumped out of the temporary place used to shelter the bullets. They covered each other and headed toward the American position. Wei Jianjun made a mental note of this operation. It took a lot of courage to sneak over like this. Military promotion depended on military merit. If he turned a blind eye to these brave actions, it would only hurt the combat effectiveness of the troops. There was no reason for the company commander to blindly encourage others to die all day, but when the troops stood up and bravely accepted a dangerous mission, the company commander could not ignore it.
While everyone waited anxiously, the three-man team finally arrived at the position occupied by the Americans not long ago. After a while, they saw a soldier run back with his waist bent. "The enemy left seven or eight bodies and retreated from that position."
"Occupy that place." Wei Jianjun breathed a sigh of relief. The position was good. It was just between the lake shore and the city. If they occupied that position, the carbon steel heavy equipment could continue to move safely for a while.
Just as Wei Jianjun and the others continued to move forward, a fierce battle suddenly broke out diagonally behind them. It was the position of another company behind Wei Jianjun's company. Wei Jianjun was stunned. He instinctively wanted to send someone to check the situation. However, he found that he was actually not worried. Judging from the intensity of the Liberation Army's firepower, the troops were ready before the enemy approached. Since it was not a sneak attack, the Liberation Army obviously could not be defeated by the enemy.
Things went as Wei Jianjun expected. The bullets fired from the direction of the Liberation Army's position did not last long. The fierce and lethal firepower turned to shooting during the pursuit.
Turning back, Wei Jianjun ordered the uneasy soldiers, "Keep moving forward."
The battle went on and on, and every once in a while, some signal flares would be raised from the rear. Different colored signal flares streaked across the night sky, reflecting bright light on the dark water. The meaning of the signal flares was very simple. "The troops are still attacking." This attacking force naturally referred to people like Wei Jianjun and the others who were advancing on the front lines.
The Americans were quite cunning. This group of people did not intend to fight head-on at all. They just fought and then left. At first, they fought for more than ten minutes. Later, probably because the casualties in this kind of battle were relatively high, they simply fired a few shots and left immediately.
Although Wei Jianjun hated this to the core, it had to be said that this was indeed a very effective method. The Liberation Army actually had similar training. When a small unit faced a large enemy force, they could only use this method to continue to harass the enemy and reduce the speed of the enemy's movement.
However, there was a limit to any effort. Enduring the harassment of the Americans, they had to endure the casualties that might occur after a while. Wei Jianjun's company approached the port of Duluth with weapons. The Americans should have known that the Liberation Army was approaching the port, and Wei Jianjun soon encountered a strong obstruction from the Americans.
"Launch the signal flares!" Wei Jianjun ordered. Not long after, the signal flares indicating that "our army has arrived at the combat target" rose into the air. Under the brief illumination of the red and green lights, Wei Jianjun not only saw many people at the port, but he could also see signs of enemy ships moving on the lake. It seemed that the Americans were using ships to sneak behind the Liberation Army in the middle of the night to launch an attack. This was the situation that the Liberation Army was most unwilling to see. This was the United States, not China. Troops fighting in unfamiliar areas had to minimize the occurrence of accidents. The Liberation Army's complete encirclement was to reduce accidents to the level of a simple offensive and defensive battle, and the measures taken by the Americans were to increase the uncontrollable nature of the battle.
Wei Jianjun subconsciously adjusted his helmet. He felt that there were really people among the Americans who understood the situation. Even if his subordinates were the US troops with terrible combat effectiveness, the commander here could still make the best decision in line with the principles of combat. Realizing this, Wei Jianjun felt that he had to wipe out the US troops this time. If he let such a guy escape, it would be like letting a tiger return to the mountain.
Seeing that the 75 mm cannon and mortars had been set up, Wei Jianjun decisively ordered, "Open fire!"
As the night grew darker, news of the battle came back one by one. Qi Rui looked at the marks drawn on the map by the staff officers according to the news. These marks were forming a more and more complete encirclement, completely surrounding the port city of Duluth.
Qi Rui completely trusted the troops, so wherever the marks went, the encirclement must have been completed. As the war became more and more like a traditional infantry battle, Qi Rui only felt that his mood was becoming more and more stable. What would happen next was something that had been proven in many exercises.
At dawn, the Liberation Army would launch an attack on the enemy. The narrow Great Wall City in the encirclement would first be cut into two sections, and then these two sections would be cut into two sections according to the situation. The Liberation Army would carry out a heavy encirclement and annihilation of a quarter of them until they were all wiped out. After killing this part of the enemy, the troops would eliminate the other quarter, and then the remaining half would be divided into two and eliminated section by section. Eat one, grab one, and watch one. This was a very traditional tactic.
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