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However, the US military was not stupid. In order to prevent the volunteer soldiers from trying to get close to the tanks and carry out explosions, the US soldiers standing behind the tanks directly opened fire to provide cover.

As for the machine gunners on other tanks, they also carried out cross-fire, causing heavy casualties to the volunteer army's demolition team for a while.

After seeing this phenomenon through the telescope, the division commander Jiang Chao was also quite angry and anxious.

His heart was bleeding as he watched the volunteer soldiers falling one after another.

The sharp-eyed He Yuzhu also noticed this phenomenon and immediately ran to the commander Jiang Chao.

"Commander, if this continues, our soldiers will suffer heavy losses."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chao rolled his eyes at He Yuzhu.

"You don't need to tell me that, brat. I know the losses are huge, but if we don't stop these tanks, we won't be able to hold our position. If the defense line here is breached, it will affect the entire 38th Army and even the First Corps. You have to hold on even if it costs your life."

Hearing this, He Yuzhu boldly expressed his thoughts.

"Master, I have an idea."

Jiang Chao: "Oh...what's your idea? Tell me quickly, I know you have a lot of clever ideas."

He Yuzhu: "Division Commander, I think we can use the trenches as strategic depth to destroy the enemy's tanks. After their tanks enter the trenches, we will blast them. This will reduce the exposure of our volunteer soldiers' blasting team and greatly improve the efficiency of the blasting."

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, Division Commander Jiang Chao immediately realized that this was a good idea, and immediately ordered the entire army to adopt a defensive tactic and wait for the tanks to enter the trench area before carrying out the blasting.

As this order was issued, the members of the volunteer army's blasting team who had been showing up in public began to retreat.

When the US tanks passed through the trenches, what was waiting for them were the explosive packs of the soldiers of the demolition team hiding near the trenches.

As these US tanks were destroyed one after another.

For a time, the US military's combat plan to use a cluster of tanks to open the way failed.

Without the support of tanks, the volunteers of the 113th Division hiding in the trenches immediately leaned out, raised their carbines and machine guns and began to fight back.

The American soldiers, without the protection of tanks, were knocked down in an instant by the dense firepower network of the Volunteer Army.

They rolled back to the US military positions howling in agony, and the enemy's first wave of offensive was broken up by the 113th Division.

Seeing this scene, the commander Jiang Chao couldn't help but praise He Yuzhu.

"He Yuzhu, you are really amazing. With your brain, it would be a pity if you don't become a staff officer."

He Yuzhu touched his head awkwardly when he heard Jiang Chao's compliment.

"Master, you are too kind."

Before He Yuzhu and his men could come to their senses, the angry U.S. military immediately dispatched air support. Half an hour later, a large number of fighter jets appeared on the other side of the sky.

A US military flight group of about 80 US fighter planes appeared over the frontline positions of the 113th Division of the Volunteer Army. They directly dropped a large number of incendiary bombs and high-explosive bombs.

He Yuzhu immediately pulled the soldiers beside him and hid directly in the air-raid trench.

In an instant, the entire 113th Division's frontline defense positions were engulfed in flames. Some volunteer soldiers had no time to dodge and were burned to death.

Because the battle line was too long and weapons and equipment were limited, the Volunteer Army's air force and anti-aircraft artillery units did not receive reinforcements.

The light machine guns on the ground cannot effectively strike fighter planes in the air.

Therefore, the volunteer soldiers of the 113th Division could only watch as the American planes dropped various bombs and flew away.

Subsequently, the US 3rd and 4th Divisions once again assembled a large number of US soldiers and attacked the defensive positions of the 113th Division.

There seems to be an attitude that they will not give up until they capture this place.

After this air raid, the front-line positions of the 113th Division were completely silent and there was no news for a while.

The U.S. military thought that this time it would be a sure thing to take over this defense zone, just as they were approaching the first line of defense trench area.

The volunteer soldiers, who had been silent for a long time, raised their guns and fired again, and a large amount of firepower poured towards them.

This attack instantly stunned the US military. They never dreamed that the combat effectiveness and fighting will of the volunteer soldiers were so tenacious.

After half an hour of fierce fighting, the US military's second offensive was repelled again.

This also made the commanders of the US 113rd and 3th Divisions at the front of the 4th Division's position realize that the Volunteer Army's position in front of them was a hard nut to crack and was really not easy to chew.

As night fell, the U.S. military temporarily stopped its offensive.

At this time, He Yuzhu was lying on the ground, gasping for breath. After a whole day of fighting, he felt a little exhausted.

The yellow sweat on his head kept flowing down, but before it reached the ground, it instantly turned into ice due to the severe cold weather, just like a layer of "cream" on his face, which indirectly caused him to get frostbite.

But he didn't care about that at this moment, and shouted loudly into the trench: "Dadan, Qiangzi, Goudan, are you all right?"

As soon as He Yuzhu finished speaking, three echoes came one after another in the trench.

"Deputy Captain, we are fine, we are still here."

When He Yuzhu heard this voice, he finally felt relieved.

Because Zhang Dabing, Chen Qiang and Li Goudan are his personal soldiers, and they are all the oldest soldiers in the guard company. They basically eat, drink, defecate and urinate together, and have a very good relationship. Zhang Dabing is currently the platoon leader of the 1st platoon, and Chen Qiang and Li Goudan are the squad leaders in the team.

Then He Yuzhu struggled to stand up and began to check on the other soldiers in his guard company.

After the Battle of Qifeng Mountain, half of their guard company was lost, and the subsequent troops have not been replenished. In fact, their company has now been merged with the reconnaissance company, which has suffered serious casualties, and there are still about 100 people.

But in reality, He Yuzhu was in charge of only more than 30 people, a platoon of soldiers, who were basically from his original guard company.

He made a rough count and fortunately, except for one soldier who was killed by a stray bullet, the others were still alive.

Compared with the casualties of other troops, the company where He Yuzhu was located was considered to be relatively better off.

This was also due to He Yuzhu's modern combat thinking. The way he dug trenches was very unique. Not only were they very deep, but they were also air defense trenches. It was precisely because of this that they did not suffer too many casualties when the enemy's aircraft attacked and artillery bombarded them.