Traveling through 1937, I came to fight against the Kwantung Army

The sky was shrouded in haze and fear. 22 US B29 bombers, like huge black vultures, roared with death, and pressed towards the Wenhengshan position of the 50th Army on the south bank of the Han River.

The belly of each bomber was loaded with ferocious 1000-pound bombs. The sunlight shining on the planes reflected a cold and cruel light.

As soon as the destination was reached, bombs broke away from the fuselage like raindrops and fell towards the Wenhengshan position below.

The first bomb accurately hit the fortifications at the front of Hill 453. Instantly, flames shot up into the sky, and a huge mushroom cloud carrying soil, rocks and broken defense materials shot straight into the sky. The shock wave generated by the explosion was like an angry buffalo, ruthlessly blowing away everything around, breaking trees in half, and smashing the sandbag fortifications built by the soldiers into pieces.

Then, bombs exploded one after another on the battlefield, and the explosions were continuous and deafening, like the doomsday bell. The earth was repeatedly torn and twisted, and the originally solid land became riddled with holes. The huge craters were like desperate mouths, swallowing up all life.

Bombs exploded one after another, one closer than the other. Dirt, rocks, and wood chips were thrown into the air and then fell down with a crackling sound. Shi Wei, a soldier from the 450st squad of the 3rd company of the 1th regiment, held his gun and tried to find a safer place to hide, but there was nowhere to hide in this small trench.

Suddenly, a bomb exploded not far from him. A blinding white light flashed, and the huge impact threw him directly into the air.

Shi Wei felt like a leaf blown up by the wind, unable to move. When I fell heavily to the ground again, there was a buzzing sound in my ears, and the world suddenly became quiet. He opened his mouth desperately to shout, but he could only feel his mouth opening and closing, and could not hear any sound. Shi Wei slapped his ears hard, but still could not hear anything, and fear instantly surged into his heart!

The bomber finally flew away,

Shi Wei also stood up again. He shook off the dirt covering his body and ran around nervously, shouting as he ran.

After running a long circle, he was the only one alive out of the 453 soldiers in his class on Hill 12!

Wenheng Mountain is the easternmost part of the 50th Army's defense line and is defended by the 450th Regiment. To its east is the Taihua Mountain position defended by the 38th Army.

The entire Wenhengshan position is composed of six high grounds. Faced with the unprecedented firepower intensity of the U.S. military, in order to avoid heavy casualties, the 450th Regiment only placed one squad on each position. After defeating one squad, another would be sent in!

This kind of fighting style is not a tactic of adding fuel to the fire, but rather losing the high ground during the day and then waiting for an opportunity to counterattack and take it back at night, still with only one squad deployed for defense, and repeating this process!

The 50th Army adopted the personnel strategy of "light in front and heavy in the back!" and the firepower strategy of "heavy in front and light in the back!". The troops were deployed in a trapezoidal shape, with one squad pushing up at a time, and the others hiding in the anti-artillery caves on the reverse slope of the high ground at the rear.

Realizing the current situation, Shi Wei hurriedly began to collect ammunition, including a submachine gun, fifteen magazines, three grenades, two boxes of grenades, and a 12.7mm heavy machine gun and four boxes of machine gun bullets!

He picked up the telescope and looked towards Hill 500 on the southeast side, more than 384 meters away. That was the forward salient of the 3rd Company!

This sight made him very angry.

A large group of American soldiers had almost reached the top of the mountain, and the American flag was already flying over the mountain.

Shi Wei took a deep breath and pulled the trigger. Instantly, the heavy machine gun roared like a beast, and hot shells jumped out like a rainstorm. The 12.7mm bullets were wrapped in anger and murderous intent, and shot at the US troops at lightning speed. Every time he fired, the gun body shook violently, and the strong recoil made his arms numb, but he clenched his teeth and held on with his iron will.

Bullets tore open bloody wounds in the U.S. camp. An American soldier holding a submachine gun and about to charge was shot in the chest and flew backwards like a kite with a broken string; another American officer just stood up and wanted to command a counterattack, but the bullet instantly pierced his head, and his brain and blood splattered all over the ground.

In just a few minutes, Shi Wei killed more than a dozen American soldiers. The enemy was caught off guard by the fierce firepower, and the offensive momentum was instantly curbed.

On the 384 high ground, there was a sudden reaction at this time. A soldier appeared and kept throwing grenades from the top of the hill. Plumes of smoke continued to rise among the American soldiers!

After suffering a double blow, the US soldiers hurriedly retreated again!

Shi Wei lit a cigarette and lay down in a bomb crater! He stared at the front indifferently.

The cigarette is not finished yet.

"Boom!" A loud noise broke the dead silence, and a shell dragged a long tongue of fire, like a whistling meteor, and hit the 453 high ground directly.

Immediately afterwards, the bombardment began like a violent storm, shells fell densely, and explosions sounded one after another, continuously, as if to shatter the heaven and earth.

Shi Wei held his head, huddled in the crater, and closed his eyes! He could only feel the ground shaking, but he couldn't hear any sound!

I don’t know how long it took, but the shelling finally stopped!

Shi Wei stuck his head out to look, and sure enough, the American troops at the foot of the mountain had gathered hundreds of people and launched a charge!

He hurried to the front of the heavy machine gun and pulled the trigger. After firing a belt of ammunition, Shi Wei suddenly had an idea. He took off his hat and cotton coat and put them on the heavy machine gun.

The enemy who rushed over was fooled, and bullets flew towards the machine gun like raindrops. Shi Wei took the opportunity to run to the flank, picked up the submachine gun and fired a volley of bullets, and threw grenades everywhere!

In this way, Shi Wei kept changing his position, sometimes at the east end of the position, sometimes at the west end, rolling from one crater to another, and even changing the position of his military cap and cotton coat. The enemy could not figure out how many people were on the position, only seeing machine guns and grenades everywhere, and abandoned more than 50 bodies in a short time and retreated again!

The high ground fell into silence again, and Shi Wei was surprised to find that his hearing had also recovered!

It finally got dark.

Shi Wei got back the cotton coat, which had dozens of bullet holes on it. Helplessly, he had to take off another coat from his fallen comrade!

He held the submachine gun, ate the biscuits and canned food in his pocket, and looked around vigilantly from time to time.

At midnight,

Suddenly, he heard a sound of footsteps coming from nearby!

Shi Wei looked back and saw that his comrades had come up to support him again!

He exclaimed in surprise,

"I'm here, the position is still there!"

The third company commander Bai Muhua was also surprised and happy.

He thought the high ground had been lost, and was planning a surprise attack at night with more than thirty soldiers!

"Good boy, you are amazing. You didn't lose the high ground during the day. This is the first time for our company!"