mesbooks Chapter 547: Encirclement and Annihilation of Liao's Regiment (2)
Chapter 547: Encirclement and Annihilation of Liao's Regiment (2)
Jinzhou, Nanshan Village,
The trenches were filled with soldiers ready for battle.
Ren Zizhu, a soldier from the 1th Company of the nd Armored Regiment of the st Battle Group, held his automatic rifle tightly in both hands, his eyes filled with regret and anger.
He was a prisoner of war.
To be precise, they were Kuomintang soldiers captured by the Communist Army.
In just one night, I went through a grievance meeting.
Ren Zizhu suddenly came to his senses.
He sat there silently, his thoughts surging like the tide. He couldn't help but recall his family full of suffering: his frail and elderly parents worked hard but still couldn't get enough food; his younger brothers and sisters were unable to receive education due to poverty and could only watch the children of rich families carrying schoolbags to school... These scenes were constantly playing in front of his eyes like a movie.
Then he recalled his experiences as a soldier. The superiors either beat or scolded their subordinates, treating the soldiers as grass; during the march, they forcibly confiscated the people's property, raped women, and wantonly trampled on the dignity of the people... All of this made him feel extremely ashamed and regretful.
"How could I be so stupid?" Ren Zizhu muttered to himself, "I actually worked for such a group of inhumane Kuomintang reactionaries, who didn't even treat the common people as human beings!" At this moment, he finally realized how wrong the path he had been taking was.
Ren Zizhu took out two cans of luncheon meat from his arms and kept rubbing them with his hands, tears streaming down his face. He remembered that when he was in Chiang Kai-shek's army, he could not eat meat once a month, and the officers were all drinking the blood of the soldiers!
After joining the Communist Army, he could eat meat as much as he wanted. The emphasis here was on officers and soldiers sharing the same kitchen. In addition, the personal equipment issued to him was also an eye-opener for him. There were new high-necked thermal underwear, thick new cotton clothes, and even two pairs of socks!
The squad leader's voice roared.
"Prepare for battle! Do not shoot at random!"
Ren Zizhu stretched his head and looked. There was an open area of several kilometers in front of the position, but he did not see any enemy. Two hours ago, not long after lunch, squad leader Guo Jiaxu gathered all the soldiers in the class and informed everyone that the enemy had already set out from Huludao in the morning!
Ren Zizhu felt it was amazing. The Communist army knew almost everything about Chiang Kai-shek's army. How could they fight this war? Fortunately, he had changed sides!
Guo Jiaxu looked at the 16 officers and soldiers in the class and felt a little overwhelmed. There were 11 captured soldiers, accounting for %!
As soon as the Jinzhou Campaign ended, the columns began to replenish their forces on the spot. Due to the serious shortage of personnel, the 1st Battle Group replenished more than 2800 people! Now there are more people than when they set out!
Unfortunately, the tanks have not been replenished yet due to the long journey!
A dark line appeared on the horizon.
The enemy has finally arrived!
Xu Tao, the fifth company commander of the Second Armored Regiment, carefully observed the enemy situation with a telescope.
What surprised him was that
There were many enemies, several thousand strong.
But there is not a single tank or armored vehicle!
He saw many cavalry and carriages,
This is obviously a ragtag army!
These cannon fodders are here to die!
Xu Tao looked at the battalion commander not far away, and he seemed to see a smile on the corner of the battalion commander's mouth!
Even though they only have one battalion defending the village, if the enemy doesn't have tanks and cannons, it will be useless no matter how many of them come!
The enemy is getting closer!
Suddenly, the whistling sound of shells tearing through the air was heard.
Shells exploded in the enemy ranks, instantly raising a cloud of fire and smoke. The huge force of the explosion threw the surrounding enemy soldiers into the air, scattering their limbs and equipment. The land was torn apart, leaving huge craters, and the originally orderly attacking team instantly fell into chaos.
In the flames and smoke, the enemy soldiers screamed in terror and fled in all directions, but the merciless shells continued to fall like raindrops. Every explosion brought destruction, and broken armor, broken weapons and bloody bodies intertwined to form a tragic picture.
In a trench, three artillery observers were holding walkie-talkies and calling non-stop!
Five kilometers behind the Second Battalion, there are three artillery positions of the 11th Artillery Regiment, which are equipped with 48 105mm howitzers!
Xu Tao was watching the artillery bombardment and shaking his head. The intensity of the bombardment was a bit weak. Unfortunately, all the 150mm self-propelled artillery assigned to the regiment had been transferred away!
Chen Zhi, the commander of the 62st Division of the 151nd Army on the opposite side, was dumbfounded. He had never seen such fierce artillery fire. Even the firepower of the Japanese army in the past was far less than this. No wonder Jinzhou fell into the hands of the Communist army!
The three regiments under his command had just deployed their troops and advanced less than 1 kilometer when they were stunned by artillery fire. The ground was littered with dead and wounded soldiers, and the survivors were desperately running back!
The bombardment was not only powerful, but also lasted for a long time, a full twenty minutes.
Chen Zhi immediately mobilized the machine gun team to supervise the battle. He did not dare to retreat because the commander had already given a death order that even if they had to fight to the last moment, they must capture Jinzhou!
After a lot of effort, he gathered more than two thousand people and continued to rush towards Nanshan Village!
Ren Zizhu looked at the approaching enemy, his hand on the trigger, waiting for the order to fire!
At this time, a fleet of aircraft suddenly appeared in the sky.
The 1 fighter planes of the 15st Air Strike Group came roaring in like falcons. The sharp roar tore through the tranquil sky!
Three reconnaissance planes swooped down instantly, and the flames of 12.7mm large-caliber machine guns sprayed out, and strings of bullets rained down on the ranks of Chiang's army. The ground was instantly stirred up with clouds of smoke and dust, and the fearful shouts and painful groans of Chiang's soldiers were intertwined.
Five B5 bombers dropped a string of bombs from the sky at the same time. The bombs exploded one after another in the ground attacking team. The blazing flames shot up into the sky, illuminating everything around. Under this sudden attack, the soldiers of the Chiang Kai-shek Army fled in all directions, trying to find cover. But the ruthless bullets and bombs followed them almost like a shadow, ruthlessly harvesting their lives.
Blood dyed the ground red, and incomplete limbs and broken equipment were scattered all over the ground. Those once vibrant lives disappeared in this cruel war in an instant.
These planes moved very quickly. After a round of air strikes, they immediately flew away from the scene!
Then, on the entire ground, more than half of the more than 2000 soldiers who had been gathered with great difficulty had been killed, and less than 1000 people survived. Moreover, each of them was in a state of despair, kneeling on the ground and crying!
Chen Zhi, who was watching the game from behind, opened his eyes wide, his eyeballs were bloodshot, and his eyes revealed endless shock and fear.
His pupils contracted sharply, and he was deeply hurt by the bloody scene before him.
His lips trembled for a long time, and he really couldn't utter a word!
His entire division was destroyed before it even saw Mao of the Communist Army!
In the trenches, all the soldiers cheered.
Someone shouted,
"Long live the Air Force!"
The others started shouting too!