The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Battalion Commander Li raised his head, stared at Company Commander Lei, and asked, "Sneak attacking the enemy's camp is fine, but the problem is to send more people and who is appropriate."

The commander of the second company said: "Commander, leave it to our second company, I will take a squad with me!"

The commander of the third company rushed to shout: "No, the second company has suffered huge casualties after today's tough battle, so the second company cannot be allowed to go."

"It's not suitable for anyone to go, only for us to go together!"

Company Commander Lei raised his voice, overshadowing the voices of the second and third company commanders, and said: "First platoon leader Xia Yuan has fought many fortifications and interspersed battles, and has rich combat experience. He recently arrived in North Korea and fought big and small. I participated in a lot and performed well. This is obvious to all. Ma Shunyao, the second platoon leader, was born as a machine gunner. , the third platoon leader, Chen Lie, was born as an Orion. He played with guns since he was a child, and within 200 meters, he can shoot wherever he points. The three of them are also experienced veterans."

He turned to look at Commander Li and said, "Don't go too many people, too many will easily expose the target, too few will not be able to complete the task, I suggest that Xia Yuan come over and say, don't forget, when he called 336.8, he took The six men wiped out two platoons of U.S. troops and blew up two enemy bunkers."

The second company commander and the third company commander stopped talking, and there were quite a few capable people in their company, but compared with the first company's platoon leader, they were nothing compared to the first company's platoon leader. The people who led the two combat teams were wiped out. Two platoons of the U.S. Army took down two enemy bunkers and helped them take down the 336.8 highland, but few people can compare.

"Then call him over."

Battalion Commander Li had already acquiesced in this action, just as Company Commander Lei said, waiting is waiting, why not find something to do, even if it is to harass the foreign devils, so that they will not live in peace.

I don't know when Zheng Dazhen, the machine gunner of the second company, and Wang Xiaoliang, the small man of the first company, got together. Maybe they are both from Sichuan, they are fellow villagers, and they have a common topic. In the trench, against the cold trench wall, the uneven feeling made Wang Xiaoliang twist his body.

Zheng Damo looked at Xia Yuan in the distance and asked, "Is that your platoon leader?"

"Ang, that's our platoon leader, a great hero." Wang Xiaoliang looked at Xia Yuan's back with adoration in his eyes, his stomach growled, making him look away, and asked, "Are you hungry?"

"I'm not so hungry, I've worked hard, I'm fine, I won't be hungry when I fall asleep."

After finishing speaking, Zheng Dazhen shook the water bottle on his waist, and the sound of water could no longer be heard, and he drank it all.

Wang Xiaoliang took down his water bottle, handed it to him and said, "I still have half a bottle left, you can drink it."

Zheng Damo took it, and he was not polite, drank it with a few sips, took two long breaths, felt comfortable, put the lid on and threw it to Wang Xiaoliang, and said, "Oh, I don't know what's going on in my hometown. I want to have a bite of Malatang."

After Wang Xiaoliang heard this, he grinned at the corner of his mouth, smiled like a child, and said, "If a bowl of authentic Malatang is placed in front of me now, I am willing to exchange all the food on my body."

Zheng Damo glanced at the almost shriveled grain sticks hanging around his neck, and said, "You're quite clever, little brat. How much grain do you have on your body? I'd rather use ten days of fried noodles in exchange."

Wang Xiaoliang touched the shriveled grain strips, and found that they were all shriveled, with only a small piece bulging out, probably enough for three meals.

"Hehe, it's gone. I don't know when the next food distribution will be. It's okay to let me eat some small Sichuan peppers now."

Zheng Damo said with a smile.

Wang Xiaoliang also said: "Yes, I am really homesick now. When the army was in Anton, I should have bought a bunch of dried chilies to take with me. Now my mouth is dry and I have no taste."

They looked in the direction of the motherland, recalling the taste of eating Sichuan cuisine. Now everyone’s food is almost consumed. Some people are reluctant to eat the last bit of food, so they tighten their belts tightly. I was hungry, and I was too tired from work just now, so I fell asleep on the ground.

The people around them didn't wake them up, so they tried to help them do a little bit first, and let them sleep for a while before waking up, and there was still time.

Zheng Damo was blown by a gust of wind so that he no longer recalled Sichuan cuisine. He looked back at the dark battlefield opposite, and suddenly, he said to Wang Xiaoliang: "There are not many Sichuan people left in the army. If I die tomorrow, I will die." There’s still one day’s ration left here, and I’ll give it to you.”

Wang Xiaoliang shuddered when he heard the death word, he was frightened and said nothing.

Zheng Damo smiled and said, "Looking at you like that, what are you afraid of?"

Wang Xiaoliang said: "Then I'm not afraid, and you don't die, okay?"

"Who knows the situation on the battlefield?" Zheng Daji stood up, patted the dirt on his buttocks, grabbed the engineer shovel and said, "Okay, let's work, hurry up and finish this last point."

He turned around to look at the platoon leader of the company. He could see people just now, but now he was gone. He shook his head and started digging trenches.

battalion department.

A group of people surrounded Xia Yuan, and the second company commander said: "Xia Yuan is 26 years old this year. He has been in the team for several years. He has accumulated a lot of money. I didn't expect to fight so beautifully in the Korean battlefield. Even I feel very happy." Accident."

The third company commander said: "I said before that this is a piece of material for soldiers."

"Go, when did you say it? It was obviously Sun Daqing who said it."

"Hahahaha!"

Battalion Commander Li said: "Okay, let's get down to business."

He turned his head and said to Xia Yuan: "Comrade Xia Yuan, we haven't met many times, and I have been impressed with you recently. I always hear Lao Lei talking about you, and my ears are almost callused, hahahaha, come on Come on, Lao Lei said that you came up with the idea of ​​attacking the foreign devils' camp at night, and you have performed very well recently. Your superiors attach great importance to you. If you have any plans, you can just say it. As long as we all think it is feasible, we will do it. If it doesn’t work, it’s fine to discuss it.”

Taking Xia Yuan into the battalion headquarters, Battalion Commander Li pointed to the model on the ground and began to introduce him: "Here is the enemy's garrison that the scouts investigated. Above the battalion level, and on the road dozens of kilometers away from here, there is a regiment of US troops coming towards the 336.8 highland, and here is the enemy's target, the 336.8 highland."

Xia Yuan stared at the model, thinking about countermeasures.

Battalion Commander Li continued: "If you are asked to lead a night attack on this enemy tonight, how many people do you need, how do you plan to act, what is the target of the action, and what do we need to prepare."

Xia Yuan thought for a while, and said, "I haven't investigated the enemy's camp in detail yet, I need detailed information."

Battalion Commander Li immediately said: "Go, call Comrade Xiao Qin over."

"Yes."

After a while, a thinner soldier came, over 1.6 meters tall, with weeds stuck in his hat for camouflage. He was a scout responsible for scouting the US military base. Don't underestimate Comrade Xiao Qin's short stature. During the War of Liberation, he single-handedly entered the reactionary camp, captured the opponent's company commander, and indirectly made all the enemy companies surrender with their guns raised.

Those who can be scouts are all selected soldiers in the volunteer army.

Comrade Xiao Qin came in, saluted everyone in the shack, and said hello: "Hello, Chief!"

"Comrade Xiao Qin, this is the platoon leader, Xia Yuan." Battalion Commander Li stepped forward to introduce Xiao Qin.

Xiao Qin looked at Xia Yuan with a hint of excitement in his eyes: "Hello, platoon leader Xia, I'm in the reconnaissance platoon, and I often hear comrades in the platoon talking about you. You killed many foreign devils and blown up many of them. Bunker, many comrades in the platoon like you very much!"

Everyone was not surprised by Xiao Qin's words. Xia Yuan's performance on the battlefield is obvious to all. With a single gun, he sniped down many foreign devils' bunkers and made great contributions to their task of attacking fortified positions. A rare combat genius.

"Thank you."

Xia Yuan was more reserved, and said again: "Let's get down to business."

Battalion Commander Li nodded: "Yes, it's business. I called you here to tell you about the specific situation of the enemy's garrison."

Comrade Xiao Qin looked at the company commanders and instructors in the shack, as well as the cadres of the battalion department, and immediately realized that the battalion commander and the others might be planning an operation. Without asking too much, he took two steps forward and looked at the Seeing the model on the ground, he squatted on the ground and began to explain to everyone.

"The enemy's position is in a deep ravine more than ten kilometers away. I observed it. The position is very good. The mountains on both sides are steep and it is difficult to go up. The enemy has troops stationed on the mountain, and tanks and armored vehicles are advancing. The intersection of the mountain is lined up, the infantry is stationed, there are searchlight equipment on the mountainside for lighting, and the simple machine gun bunker is used as a firepower point. They have cleaned up the weeds around them and left the surrounding area bare. It is not easy to get in. I even deduce that these The area was also buried with landmines, and because it was too dark and there were many enemy sentries, I didn’t go inside and observed the surrounding area for more than an hour.”

He drew two crooked lines on the ground with his hands. Stones were placed on both sides of the lines to represent mountains, and the center of the lines represented valleys. Put up some small stones and say: "These are the enemy's camps and the location of the troops. They are surrounded by mountains and tanks and armored vehicles. It is not easy to touch them."

The location chosen by the enemy is very particular. The mountains on both sides are easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is easy to go up to the sides of the top of the mountain from the valley, but it is difficult to go up to the top of the mountain from all sides, and there are enemy tanks and armored vehicles on the mountain pass. , I am afraid that there are still landmines buried on the ground, and there are machine gun fire points on the mountainside of the mountain pass.

If you fight, you will definitely not be able to get in.

"In this way, it is not easy to attack the enemy at night. We can't hit the enemies on the high ground on both sides alone. When we attack from the intersection, we have to face three layers of enemies. The first layer is The enemy placed mines and tanks and armored vehicles on the mountain pass, and the second floor is the machine gun bunker on the mountainside of the pass. Although these machine gun bunkers are not concrete structures, it is not easy to destroy them.”

The second company commander explained the key point in one sentence, and he continued: "The most difficult thing is the third floor. The enemies on the mountain, the mountains and the mountains, the enemy only needs to deploy firepower in a position that we cannot attack. If we are condescending, we cannot hit them. , they can beat us."

The instructor of the third company shook his head: "It's impossible to get in."

The others did not speak, but the dignified expressions on their faces already showed their mood at the moment. Indeed, it is very unlikely that the third-tier enemy would even send out a small army, or even the entire first battalion.

Company Commander Lei frowned and said, "If the enemy's defenses are like this, how will we fight this night attack?"

Comrade Xiaoqin knew that the meeting of the battalion headquarters was likely to attack this enemy at night, so he said: "Chief, the enemy has a lot of machine gun bunkers on the mountainside, so I infer that the enemy's strength is above the battalion level. There are more than a dozen vehicles, equipped with lighting equipment, if you want to attack at night, you must first destroy the enemy's searchlights and blow up the firepower points on the mountainside, otherwise the firepower points on both sides of the mountainside can form crossfire."

After a pause, he said, "Not only do we need to destroy the enemy's firepower points, but also the enemy's tanks and armored vehicles. The task is too heavy. If there are guns, it will be easy to deal with the enemy on the mountain."

The commanders and fighters of the battalion headquarters are dumb. They only have small-caliber mortars with a small number of shells. It is not an easy task to accurately hit the enemy's bunker. There will always be deviations. Firepower points on the mountain and on the mountainside.

Battalion Commander Li stared at the crude defense map drawn by Comrade Xiao Qin with a sad face, and thought over and over again, but he didn't come up with one or two. No matter how you look at it, it's an almost impossible task. Fortunately, he hasn't reported it to the regimental commander yet. , otherwise the leader agrees, they will be completely framed, and they will die if they don't fight.

Xia Yuan squatted on the ground and was still thinking.

Battalion Commander Li said: "Xia Yuan, the enemy's defenses are very tight. If it can't be done, they will disperse. Our superiors have not assigned us the task of attacking the enemy at night."

Lieutenant Commander Lei and Instructor Shao also started to retreat. There was no way, the strength of both sides was here, and this enemy was very smart, knowing how to use the terrain to deploy defenses, turning the entire ravine into a military fortress made of reinforced concrete Same.

This is completely different from what they thought.

At this moment, Xia Yuan is staring at the enemy on the ground to deploy their defenses. It feels like a circular defensive position. The core of mines, infantry, tanks and armored vehicles is placed in the ravine. Such a tight defense situation is similar to the battle of Changjin Lake. After the [-]st Marine Division was divided and surrounded by the Ninth Corps, each department adopted the same defensive posture.

"Is the [-]st Marine Division on the opposite side?"

Xia Yuan squinted his eyes, the smell was very familiar, he didn't expect to encounter it after being isolated for so long.

The loophole of this circular defensive position is that the enemy gathers all the core things and puts them in the middle, including artillery, various materials, guns and ammunition, fuel supplies, and headquarters. If the enemy has powerful artillery strikes, it can directly make the enemy The center blooms.

It's a pity that the Volunteer Army's firepower means are really limited, and it is difficult to bloom from the center of the enemy's defensive position.

It now appears that the enemy's defense is indeed impeccable.