bookrebus Chapter 510 Bloody Battle 4 Draws (3)
Chapter 510 Bloody Battle 4 Draws (3)
The attack on the entire west side of the city was launched simultaneously by three regiments of the 1nd Division of the 2st Column.
A total of more than 5000 soldiers were distributed along a 6-kilometer-long front line.
In more than two hours, Pan Hu and his men easily broke through Siping's outer positions.
Pan Hu's battalion moved forward to a small bridge. There were several small buildings across the bridge. They hurriedly crossed the bridge and planned to capture the small buildings.
In a small building, several Kuomintang soldiers cut open the seals on the sacks stacked on the windows and poured them down.
Bags of soybeans fell to the ground, each with full grains, and rolled all over the road.
A group of PLA soldiers didn't notice it and stepped on the soybeans. They slipped and fell to the ground one by one. The soldiers who slipped made it difficult for those who followed to step on the ground. The groups of soldiers piled up more and more.
Da da da, bullets kept spraying out from the small building, and the soldiers fell down in groups!
This made Pan Hu extremely anxious. He didn't realize that the Siping defenders were resisting so tenaciously. He immediately turned around and gave orders.
"Machine guns, grenade launchers, cover!"
The soldiers set up five Browning machine guns and three grenade launchers and headed towards several small buildings!
Pan Hu made a gesture.
The third company commander Huang Jijun immediately understood what was going on. He turned around and shouted,
"Bazooka!"
Seven or eight soldiers in the company carrying rocket launchers quickly came over!
Huang Jijun pointed to a small building on the far left.
"Luo Xu, take two people and blow up that building first!"
The three soldiers immediately rushed out, using the terrain as cover to outflank the enemy.
Luo Xu ran to within fifty meters of the building, took out the rocket launcher and aimed it at the second-floor window that was spewing fire snakes. The closer the distance, the better the penetration of the rocket launcher. His body was tense and his muscles were slightly bulging with tension and determination.
Luo Xu took a deep breath and adjusted his posture and breathing to ensure the accuracy and stability of his shooting. The surroundings were filled with smoke, gunshots and explosions, but his attention was completely focused on the target in front of him.
He pulled the trigger of the Iron Fist rocket launcher. Instantly, a dazzling flame shot out from the mouth of the rocket launcher, accompanied by a deafening roar. The rocket rushed towards the building at an astonishing speed, like a lightning bolt that cut through the darkness.
Immediately afterwards, the rocket penetrated the wall next to the window. With the explosion, a big hole was blown in the entire wall, and flames and thick smoke spurted out from the hole!
This firing point was finally knocked down!
Luo Xu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was now equipped with a rocket launcher. He was a demolition expert in the company. In the past, he had to rush to the bottom of the building and try to throw the explosive packs into the windows to carry out blasting. The death rate of the demolition experts in the company was the highest in almost every battle. But now, blasting missions are much easier and safer!
At this moment, on a street in the north of the city,
A strange scene was playing out.
Tanks and armored vehicles painted with red sickle and hammer logos were advancing along the street, followed by fully armed East Alliance fighters.
On both sides stood rows of Kuomintang soldiers, looking relaxed, holding guns in their hands and firing into the air from time to time!
Two Kuomintang officers brought Yang Daokun and his men to a crossroads and said,
"Old Yang, this is the boundary of our defense zone. In front is the defense zone of the 71th Division of the 88st Army!"
Yang Daokun nodded gratefully.
Ding Shan stood behind him and gave orders loudly.
"Sun Wei, you guys attack from the right, Dao Kun, you guys attack from the front!"
Tanks and armored vehicles continued to rush forward.
At the intersection,
Several circular fortifications were built with sandbags. There were more than a dozen Kuomintang soldiers in each fortification. They looked ahead nervously.
Huge explosions came from the west and south from time to time!
Suddenly there was a rumbling sound from behind.
An officer looked back and said excitedly,
"The tanks are coming! The brothers from the 54th Division are here to help!"
The voice just fell,
A shell flew out from the muzzle of the No. 3 assault gun.
It hit the fortification directly.
Amid the violent explosion, more than a dozen Kuomintang soldiers fell in a pool of blood!
A group of soldiers armed with automatic rifles rushed forward along both sides of the street!
The sound of gunfire continued to ring out!
Wang Yaohui held a telescope and kept observing the battlefield. Each of the three battalions under his command contracted a street and cleaned up the houses one by one. This was the only stupid method they could use to fight street fighting!
In fact, after the end of the Anti-Japanese War and the beginning of the civil war, Wang Yaohui discovered a fact that the battles between the two sides were often head-on wars of attrition, with no tactics at all.
This is because the weapons in the hands of both sides have been greatly upgraded and are generally equipped with automatic firepower. The result of a round of shelling may be the replacement of a company!
Pan Hu was in a three-story building. The street was almost cleared, and his battalion had suffered more than a hundred casualties, with more than 300 enemy soldiers killed and wounded!
Street fighting puts the attacking party in a disadvantageous position. It is very difficult to fight like this!
Pan Hu was still very distressed. The 5th Regiment was the number one main force regiment of the 1st Column, and Pan Hu's st Battalion was the number one main force battalion of the entire regiment. Many of the casualties were veterans with rich combat experience!
A correspondent ran into the small building and found Pan Hu.
"Captain Pan, the regiment commander has ordered us not to stop, but to continue charging forward, like a sharp knife piercing the heart of the Siping defenders!"
"Got it!" Pan Hu sighed secretly in his heart. He picked up the telescope and looked ahead. There were densely packed small buildings made of brick and tile structures. Some were even repaired with concrete. There were enemy troops defending almost every building. If the fighting continued like this, his entire battalion would probably be wiped out today!
At this time, the sound of gunfire coming from the north of the city became more and more intense. What puzzled Pan Hu was that the sound seemed to be getting closer.
There was a loud bang, and on a street diagonally opposite, about 100 meters away, a three-story building suddenly shook, and then a raging fire broke out from inside!
More than a dozen Kuomintang soldiers ran out from the main door on the first floor, with horrified expressions on their faces.
In Pan Hu's building, gunshots came out from several windows almost simultaneously. No one would miss such a good shooting opportunity!
There was a loud "boom" and a deafening explosion sounded like thunder in the air, and the lingering sound lingered for a long time.
The explosion resounded through the sky, as if the whole world was enveloped by this terrifying sound. And just across the street, a four-story building that was originally standing was blown down in an instant!
Along with the dull roar of the building's collapse, countless bricks, rubble and broken glass flew everywhere like raindrops. At the same time, thick smoke rose from the ruins and quickly spread, forming a huge cloud of smoke that covered the sky.
A huge shock wave came.
The building on Pan Hu's side also shook, and everyone was stunned!
"Battalion Commander, those people must be ours!" Company Commander Xue Mingcai said in surprise.
Pan Hu also showed a surprised expression.
"There are troops that are faster than our battalion?"