It's the most incredible firepower I've ever seen! Other people's artillery bombed the hills, but they bombed the no-man's land behind the position, and they still used the artillery fire of one division, and one bomb was all night. So, what kind of play is this, and why is it so frustrating? How tragic is a battle of encirclement and annihilation with a difference of nearly ten times in strength and a difference of hundreds in firepower? Today, let's go to the Western Mountains to see how a battalion of the Volunteer Army is surrounded on all sides, and how it fights a majestic peak blockade!
As we mentioned earlier, Durani, the newly appointed division commander of the US 3rd Division, formulated a set of attack plans that even the gods shouted and exaggerated when they heard it, in order to take the Western Mountain in one fell swoop. However, what is incredible is that after a full day of strong attack, not only did they lose hundreds of infantry, but they also did not even take a single forward position of the Volunteer Army. The result of this kind of chicken ribs directly turned Durani into an ant on a hot pot, and it is almost impossible to continue the night battle. Without the support of aircraft and artillery, no one in his hand sent troops even if they went to the military court, so if they didn't fight, as long as the defenders on the hill got supplies, they would immediately be resurrected with full blood, and all the credit for a day's fight would be lost. What to do, just when he was in a dilemma, suddenly his head flashed, and he actually thought of a way to get the best of both worlds. That is, to replace the infantry with gunpowder and cut off the supply route of the 2nd battalion on the western hills, so he immediately contacted the artillery group in the rear to work overtime collectively all night. Pull out the heavy artillery and smash a no-man's land on the north side of the Western Mountain, the goal is to replace the infantry with gunpowder and surround the Western Mountain with a barrage. Obviously, in the face of such a relentless siege by the US 3rd Division, the 77th Division, not to mention the reinforcements, did not even have a chance to inform their teammates to retreat, and when their uncalculated artillery fire continued all night, the real offensive began.
Early the next morning, swarms of warplanes swooped down on the Western Mountains like flies, raindrops of shells fell from the sky, several hills in the Western Mountains were swallowed up by artillery fire in an instant, the gunpowder smoke and black soldiers stirred up by the heavy bullets rolled outward layer by layer like a vicious wolf, and in the flames glowing with golden light, pieces of man-eating shrapnel flew out from time to time, the soil was blown up, the loose rocks were blown up, and the soldiers had temporarily built civil fortifications all leveled. Fortunately, the soldiers who had already learned the artillery fire of the US army all hid in the anti-artillery fortifications on the anti-slope plane, but the huge impact force shook the small anti-artillery hole, and the sand and rain were dimmed again and again, and the teeth of the younger soldiers were shaken out, but the soldiers gritted their teeth and insisted on waiting for the artillery fire to subside. Dozens of minutes later, the American troops, who thought that they had had enough bombing, began to attack, and hundreds of infantry, led by dozens of tanks, launched a volley charge towards the top of the mountain. Who didn't know that in this mound of ruins, a dense rain of bullets suddenly flew in, and they were instantly beaten to the ground. The U.S. troops, who were close to madness, could only call in fighter planes again, blow up the entire hill again, and then charge with infantry.
After repeating this many times, the whole hill turned black, and only a few tree trunks were still emitting green smoke on the mounds of earth. Although many times sent reinforcements at the company and platoon level, they never broke through the blockade of the US army, as the encirclement of the US army shrank smaller and smaller, the firepower on the hill became weaker and weaker, and after the soldiers ran out of ammunition, they fought a white-knuckle battle with the US troops who rushed into the position. Although the mountains were full of charging American troops, none of them flinched, although they were hungry, they had inexhaustible courage, although they knew that they were dying, they did not hesitate, they would have the heart of death, and they had no greed for life. The whole battle lasted three days and three nights, and the US army dispatched a division of tens of thousands of artillery shells to take the western mountain defended by a battalion of the volunteers. This battle can be said to be directly feared by the US 3rd Division, and they did not even dare to attack the plains in the rear, and they built fortifications on the western mountains all day long. However, the 26th Army did not let them go so easily, and a revenge battle that beat them to the point of numb hair officially began!
Please watch the next episode: Western Mountain Defense Battle III, what is the integration of offense and defense!