The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 413 The Coming Crisis

Deputy Division Commander Duan picked up the written report on the table, ".Formed two combat teams with six people, annihilated two enemy platoons, captured the commander of US Army C Company, blown up two bunkers, and successfully completed the interspersed mission. , this platoon leader is really a strong general, although he has committed the taboo of acting without authorization, he has done things that are extremely beneficial to our army."

He raised his head: "Master, how do you plan to reward."

"There are meritorious deeds, we have to discuss them separately. After all, everyone is not platoon leader Xia. If we all learn from him and act arbitrarily for meritorious service, wouldn't the army be in chaos."

Teacher Zheng knew it well, "Criticize first, criticize him for not observing discipline and acting without authorization, and he must be severely criticized. The discipline of the army is the most important, and we can't start this first, otherwise the soldiers will go to fight for credit. Who still fights?"

"That's the reason." Deputy Teacher Duan said, "What about praise?"

"Naturally, there is no shortage of praise. After all, they have done such a big thing. Of course, the praise must be praised severely. We must distinguish between merit and demerit, and the two cannot be compared."

Teacher Zheng said: "Go and draft a commendation order and send it to the 336.8th Regiment to criticize Xia Yuan's unauthorized actions, and at the same time highly affirm that Xia Yuan led two combat team fighters to lay down the [-] Heights. Zhou Xingyong, Yang Ziqing, Wu Ping, Ji Zhongning, and Han Peng were named battle heroes, Xia Yuan acted without authorization and violated discipline, but he also made great contributions, made up for his mistakes, and was not given the status of a battle hero."

Deputy Teacher Duan said with a look of surprise, "This way, will it have a bad influence on Xia Yuan?"

"No." Mr. Zheng showed a smile on his face: "Not only will it not, but it will arouse his unwillingness to admit defeat. After all, the people who acted with him all commented on the fighting heroes. He himself did not. If it were me , I will definitely not be reconciled, and I must continue to work hard to show my superiors."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Deputy Teacher Duan laughed, "Okay, I'll go to draft."

It took a while for the commendation order to come down, but the order was issued very quickly. The regiment headquarters was very close to the 336.8 highland, and the order could be delivered in more than ten minutes. When the order was received, the sky had already dimmed, and the US military stopped shelling.

The evening seemed so peaceful.

Not far from the [-]st Battalion of the [-]th Regiment, a battalion of the [-]th U.S. Army was stationed. There were several tents, and the largest tent was in the middle. He leaned on him, covered his face with a military cap, and there were three cans of beer on the table, which were opened. I don’t know if there are any more. He put his feet on another chair, swinging leisurely , did not see the harshness and cruelty of the battlefield at all, as if they were on vacation.

A soldier came in from the tent door and said to the swaying officer, "Major Rolle, only seven people from the reconnaissance team came back."

Hearing this, the officer stood up suddenly, dropped his hat on the ground, and didn't bother to pick it up.He is Major Roll, Major and Battalion Commander of the Strengthened Battalion of the [-]st Marine Division of the U.S. Tenth Army. He used to be the opponent of the Ninth Corps. After the battle of Changjin Lake, the [-]st Marine Division was transferred to the rear to rest.

"I wish they had gone to God."

Major Roll said inwardly, shaking the three cans of beer on the table, they were all empty, and said, "Give me two more in a moment, and besides, what's going on, the bombardment in the afternoon is very long, they are supposed to be finished by now Now, how many people are there in the Chinese army on the opposite side?"

"I don't know, Major Rolle. Those who came back said that there were many Chinese soldiers on the opposite side." The soldier said.

"Idiot, I know there are a lot of people, I'm asking for the exact number."

Major Rolle cursed.

The soldier said: "I don't know, Major Rolle, the seven members of the reconnaissance team were killed because of the collision, and the sky darkened and ran back secretly. The density of machine guns on the opposite side is very high. Judging from this point, there must be a lot of them." .”

The first battalion moved from Tongguli to the 336.8 highland, and seized many light and heavy machine guns along the way. The light machine guns had been equipped to the squad, and the heavy machine guns were lined up one by one, but the number of bullets was not many. Battalion Commander Li wanted to use bluff to confuse the enemy.

Doing so may attract more firepower, but at the same time, the firepower on this side is increased, and the firepower on other lines is relatively weakened. There is no way, the first battalion can no longer continue the follow-up battle, and can only stay at 336.8 They are carrying out an attack on the high ground, and their weapons and equipment are quite luxurious. There are a lot of American equipment in the woods behind, and they can equip three ordinary companies.

Major Rolle didn't care about this at all, "We will add more 105 howitzers tomorrow morning, and before ten o'clock tomorrow morning, we must completely eliminate the frontal Chinese army."

Outside the tent, another soldier walked in. This was an American lieutenant with two cans of beer in his hand. He was here to deliver beer to him. He put the beer on the table and said, "Major Roll, reinforcements are coming soon." It’s almost here, Shangfeng wants us to take down the position tomorrow, and the aviation force will have three planes to go to the opposite position to conduct reconnaissance.”

Major Rolle's confidence in victory grew again, and he said: "Hehe, that's great. Tomorrow morning, at [-]:[-], we will start the first round of shelling!"

When the first battalion attacked the 336.8 highland, the U.S. military did not fully grasp the exact strength of our army. In the face of sudden attacks, the U.S. military has always responded hastily. If the weapons and equipment were not superior to the volunteers, I am afraid that they would be like the descendants of the sun. The five divisions of Syngman Rhee on the Eastern Front had already been beaten to pieces. Only the U.S. Army was resisting and retreating in an orderly manner.

In World War II, Germany had Italy as a pig teammate, and the U.S. Army during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea had the South Korean Army as a pig teammate.

The seven people who came back from the scouting team drew a sketch based on their memory in the afternoon, and handed it to Luo Er for a laugh. There were only a few red circles marked on the sketch, and there were several volunteer soldiers guarding this position in the red circle. There are not many troops.

Major Rolle looked at the picture with satisfaction, put it in his arms, covered his face with the military cap, and swung his legs on the chair again.

336.8 Heights, the divisions of the first battalion are digging trenches. Tonight, like the division headquarters, they will not rest all night, up and down, extremely nervous. It can be seen that this is the calm before the storm.

The sound of shoveling the soil became one, and a group of soldiers Wang Xiaoliang was also digging at the door, "Oh!" Suddenly, he yelled, and the shovel hit a stone, which shocked his tiger's mouth with severe pain, and he left. The engineer shoveled the place just now with the butt of the submachine gun. The temperature dropped sharply at night, and the ground was frozen hard.

"It's too hard, I won't dig it, bah!" Wang Xiaoliang rubbed the tiger's mouth, panting, sat down and grabbed a small handful of fried noodles and stuffed it into his mouth, he couldn't do it.

On the ground to his left, someone kicked him and said, "Little brat, get up quickly, if you don't dig, you'll stand here tomorrow morning and blow up your son of a bitch!"

When Wang Xiaoliang heard that he was also from Sichuan, he said, "Which one are you, why did you kick me?"

The man turned his face around, and there was an unusually obvious mole on the left side of his face, and said, "You little brat, you have no conscience. I am here to help you ambush the last seven people this afternoon." He glanced at the Czech light machine gun behind him.

Wang Xiaoliang seemed to react, and said, "Oh, there were a few American soldiers who attacked me and the squad leader at the end, and you helped us solve it."

After speaking, he stood up and shook hands with the man.

After Wang Xiaoliang was knocked down by the blast of the grenade, Tan Zhanbiao was the only one left between the two of them. The two machine gunners of the Second Company saw the emergency and ran over in a hurry. Shoot and bring down the enemy.

Wang Xiaoliang said again: "So you are from Erlian. We met before, so I don't know your surname."

"My surname is Zheng."

The man said, he pointed at the mole on his face again, and continued: "Everyone calls me Zheng Da Mole, from Qingzhong."

Wang Xiaoliang said: "Old Comrade Zheng, you have the same surname as our teacher. We are still fellow villagers, both from Sichuan."

Zheng Damo said: "Why don't you dig? I'll tell you how to do it better."

After finishing speaking, he held the engineer shovel to demonstrate to Wang Xiaoliang, shoveled a small hole in the lower part, poked the engineer shovel in, pressed down hard, and the frozen soil above was pried away, and a small piece Soil fell down.

Wang Xiaoliang seemed to understand that digging according to the method Zheng Dazhi taught him was much better than before.

Everyone piled the shoveled soil on the bunker, beat it tightly with a shovel, and compacted the soil on top as thick as possible. Such a simple fortification can withstand some bullets at critical moments.

Digging trenches is a very labor-intensive task. The trenches must not only be dug deep, but also be able to prevent enemy shelling, and even dig anti-tank trenches if necessary. After digging for more than an hour, the depth has almost reached the ideal position. In the middle of the earthwork, a loud voice shouted:

"Everyone rest for a while."

The movement of shoveling the soil gradually disappeared. Some took off their hats and wiped the sea water on their faces, and some sat on the ground panting heavily. Fighting while exercising and being exhausted, now is the time when the human body needs sleep the most, but there is still a rush to build fortifications. Some people don't want to get up after sitting down, just want to sleep.

Some soldiers sat down and held their guns and fell asleep on the ground. Captain Lei came over and woke them up again. Instructor Shao felt sorry for the soldiers and said: "March to Tongguli in a hurry, and after two consecutive days of fighting, I marched all the way to the 336.8 highland. Before I had time to catch my breath, I encountered the enemy. After a day of fighting, I won the highland. There was no rest, and I had to start digging trenches. After all, the soldiers are human. He was not killed by the enemy, but his body collapsed first."

Lieutenant Lei smiled wryly, and said: "Sleeping on the ground is easy to catch a cold, let them take out the bedding, and rest on the ground first, pay attention to the vigilance at night."

Seeing some soldiers fell asleep as soon as their buttocks hit the ground, and their heads tilted, Company Commander Lei also felt distressed. This is how wars are. Sometimes they have to march and fight for several days in a row, and there is no time to rest.

Xia Yuanyuan saw the company commander and the instructor walking towards them, touched Ma Dagu and Chen Lie with his feet, stood up and said hello: "Company commander, instructor."

Big Ma and Chen Lie were still sleeping. After all, they didn't have Xia Yuan's strong physical fitness and spirit. After sitting on the ground, like other soldiers, they fell asleep next to each other, and fell asleep very quickly.

"Don't call them, let them have a good rest, but it's not good to sit on the ground and sleep, spread the bedding on your body to sleep, the enemy probably won't touch it tonight, and there will be a fierce battle tomorrow. "

Company Commander Lei looked at the resting soldiers and said, "Also pay attention to the vigilance at night."

Xia Yuan nodded: "Company commander, don't worry, with me watching over here, the enemy will not be able to touch it."

"Your words are enough, Xia Yuan, you and Chen Lie have good marksmanship, so I won't say much about the battlefield." Instructor Shao said: "Eliminate the machine gunners of the foreign devils as much as possible, and contact them by walkie-talkie." member."

"clear."

Xia Yuan nodded, and said again: "Company commander, instructor, after such a long time of running around and fighting, the ammunition and dry food on the soldiers are consumed very quickly, and we may not last long, we will face the situation of running out of food gone."

After a pause, he said, "The American devils did not bring dry food when they fought. We also wiped out many foreign devils. We captured a lot of guns, but very few bullets, and almost nothing to eat."

Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao glanced at each other. They had thought about this problem, but this problem was not something they could solve. They had to find the regimental commander, or even the division commander. Maybe they could solve it. Logistics and capital were not something they could consider.

Company Commander Lei said: "I will report to my superiors about the replenishment of supplies, and the soldiers need to persevere."

He touched his grain stick and said, "I don't have much left. Yes, the grain is gone. What do the soldiers want to eat?"

The food problem is indeed a big problem. The ancients said that food and grass go first before soldiers and horses are moved.Food and grass are essential for marching and fighting. Without food and grass, the army will have little combat effectiveness, let alone carrying guns and running for hundreds of kilometers, chasing enemy tanks and armored vehicles.

Xia Yuan had a plan in mind, and he didn't know if the company commander and the instructor would agree. He said: "Company commander, the fighting situation on all fronts is relatively difficult now. Even if there is food, we must be close to the main force. We have to find a way to solve it ourselves." lack of food."

"What method do you have to solve the food problem?" Instructor Shao asked. Since he went to the Korean battlefield, the platoon leader has been very different from before.

"Attack US positions at night."

Xia Yuan said, "The U.S. military does not bring food to the battlefield. They have figured out our logistics difficulties. A soldier can carry dry food for at most seven days, so if they go to the battlefield without slacking off food, we cannot get supplements from them. After seven days, when the food is gone, the soldiers will be hungry, and if they are hungry, they will have no fighting power."

"This is the opportunity for the U.S. military."

(End of this chapter)