The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 455 Departure
Deputy Division Commander Duan pinched out his half-smoked cigarette and said, "Commander, the comrades fought very tenaciously today. No one complained about the lack of food and ammunition, but there are more and more wounded soldiers. The first battalion The two truckloads of medicines seized won't last long, and if this continues, it will definitely fail, we have to think of other ways."

Master Zheng also had a premonition about this matter. The ammunition can be replenished in time on the battlefield, and wild vegetables can be eaten for food, but it is absolutely impossible without medicine. The soldiers are injured, and they all rely on medicine to survive. The soldiers had no choice but to hold on, but how long they could hold on, not at all.

Today, the backbone capable of fighting has been consumed a lot, and the fighting cannot continue like this.

He looked at the map and came up with a plan, and said, "Old Duan, Lao Wu, Lao Wang, you all come and have a look."

Several people stepped forward and looked along where Mr. Zheng pointed.

Cockscomb hole!
The geographical location of Jiguandong is very good, which is equivalent to the root of the [-]th Division. If they occupy Jiguandong, they will be able to radiate various positions and become a barrier on their retreat path. preparing for the retreat.

At this time, the translator Zhao Guobang stepped forward with a telegram from the [-]th Division sent by the military department: "Master, a telegram from the military department."

Master Zheng took it over and looked at each line carefully: order to call out the Second Battalion of the [-]th Regiment to return to the army's logistics command, cover the military hospital, and transfer the warehouse.

Mr. Zheng didn't speak, just watched the telegram quietly.With the support of a large number of aircraft and artillery, the U.S. Seventh Division focused its attack on Jiuluan Mountain and Tongguli.The [-]th Regiment and the [-]th Regiment fought side by side, bravely resisting the enemy, and suffered heavy casualties. The [-]th and [-]st Divisions serving as mobile defense forces are still far apart, and at least two days' travel is required Lateral movement can enter the intended defense area.

Although some fraternal troops entered the defensive area, they failed to control the main points and roads and organize effective cover. Therefore, there were many air strikes on the entire line of the Volunteer Army's retreat, allowing the enemy task force to take advantage of the opportunity to enter, resulting in the Sino-Korean conflict. The army was very passive during the transfer period.

Another crucial point is that many defensive troops were blocked by the enemy before they entered the defensive area. The enemy had already entered the defensive position one step ahead of them. This situation was very passive.

Seeing that Commander Zheng didn't speak, Deputy Commander Duan grabbed the telegram in his hand, read it carefully, handed it to Chief of Staff Wang, a little puzzled, and said, "Master! How can we still have so many troops? Tomorrow Tell the army commander directly that the [-]th Regiment is engaged in an encounter with the enemy, and how can it be withdrawn in a while."

Master Zheng frowned, and it took him a while to calm himself down. He patted Deputy Commander Duan on the shoulder twice, and said, "Old Duan, please calm down. We should follow the orders of the military department unconditionally. Knowing our situation, the next step will definitely be to let us evacuate the battlefield in advance, our [-]th Division has never compromised in executing orders, an order is an order, and an order is everything."

After a pause, he continued: "Now is a difficult time, no matter how difficult it is, which regiment of the whole division has called and complained, they are all trying to overcome the current difficulties, resolutely implement, and complete the tasks assigned by the military department, so .”

Deputy Division Commander Duan snatched what Commander Zheng had left to say, and said, "Teacher, I didn't mean that. Looking at the current situation, we have already suffered so many casualties, and the organizational system of many companies cannot be preserved. If the dumplings are made, when it comes time to break through, one person will be treated like ten people."

Deputy Division Commander Duan really wanted to convince Commander Zheng that the current team is in a difficult situation, and the gap between the Volunteers and the US Army is very obvious. With the enemy's large-scale long-range artillery support and air power support, the troops suffered huge casualties and their combat effectiveness dropped sharply. , Deploying a battalion at this time is very likely to hit the morale of frontline combat officers and fighters.

Master Zheng certainly understood what Lao Duan meant, but in order to proceed from the overall situation, he resolutely carried out the order of the military department.

"Call back to the military headquarters! The Second Battalion of the 23th Regiment assembled at the military headquarters in the early morning of the [-]rd."

The [-]nd Battalion of the [-]th Regiment had a total of more than [-] people. If they evacuated from the position, the enemy would definitely be alert, and the next situation would only become more difficult. Everyone in the division knew that.

Just when the Second Battalion began to transfer to the military headquarters, on the night of the 22nd, on the right wing of the 63th Division, the 63rd Army had already begun to move to the rear. After the retreat of the [-]rd Army and the [-]th Army on both wings, the left and right wings of the [-]th Division will be completely exposed.

On such a large defensive front of 150 kilometers, there is only one [-]th Division still standing firm. So far, the [-]th Division has not received any retreat orders from the superiors of any party. Without a retreat order, they are still resolute Executing the order issued by the military department: defend on the spot and prevent the enemy from committing crimes in the north.

This balance will eventually be broken on the second day.

On the high ground of 393.1, Xia Yuan looked at his watch, raised his head to look at the sky, the world shrouded in darkness, the humidity was very high, a gust of cold wind was blowing, mixed with cold raindrops.

"How are Comrade Wu Ping and Comrade Zhou Xingyong?" Xia Yuan asked when he saw the visitors.

"The arrangements have been made. The second company commander sent Comrade Wu Ping and Comrade Zhou Xingyong to the rear."

Instructor Shao smoked a cigarette and asked, "Are you ready to take action?"

"Well, let the soldiers change into enemy clothes and rain capes, and we are ready to go."

Xia Yuan calmly looked at the wilderness around him, and nodded seriously.

"it is good!"

A company of soldiers assembled quickly, and the only remaining soldiers were old acquaintances.

Ma Dagu, Chen Lie, Lao Yang, Tan Zhanbiao, Liu Tiezhu, Sun Changgui, Wang Xiaoliang, cooking squad leader Lu Guangnan, cooking squad soldier Zhao Songming, machine gun company soldiers Sun Xianda, Fu Weiquan, and Si Jize.

"Captain."

Sun Xianda, a soldier of the machine gun company, saluted.

"Are you going too?" Xia Yuan asked.

The three of them nodded, and Fu Weiquan said: "Company commander, we still have cannons, and we still have four unfired shells. Maybe we can help at critical moments."

Xia Yuan thought for a while, then nodded: "Okay, leave one mortar, just take two shells, and leave the remaining two shells for the second company."

While talking, Cui Lianchang came with people, and several soldiers were armed with weapons and equipment, and there were grenades in the boxes they were carrying.

"Commander Xia, these are the grenades we brought from the rear. You must come in handy. These guns and ammunition are submachine guns captured from the U.S. Army, and there are a lot of bullets. Take them with you."

Two boxes of grenades fell on the ground. After opening, they were full of grenades and two boxes of bullets. The yellow-orange bullets exuded a dim luster in the dark night.

"Company Commander Cui, there is no need for grenades. You have to keep these and use them to stand firm. We just need to add some bullets."

Now is the time when there is a shortage of food and ammunition. There is a high probability that these two boxes of grenades were saved by Erlian. I really don’t know that it will be more difficult for Erlian to defend the position after taking these grenades.

Company Commander Cui said: "Commander Xia, we have also seized a lot of grenades from the US military. The grenades must be enough. You must take these with you. They may be used when you cross the enemy's blockade."

Xia Yuan shook his head and said: "Commander Cui, we have no intention of confronting the enemy head-on. If the US military's rear is well-defended, we will choose to take a detour. This kind of people cannot penetrate the enemy's defense line and cannot attack hard. We must outsmart them."

After a pause, he said: "So, everyone can't carry too much ammunition, just the right amount of ammunition. Maybe after we go, we will come back after seeing the enemy's tight defense."

Company Commander Cui pondered: "Okay, you decide how much you bring, we will provide you with weapons and ammunition."

"Then thank you in advance."

Xia Yuan squatted down, grabbed a handful of yellow-orange bullets, and said: "The submachine gun has five magazines, and the rifle has six magazines. Just enough is enough. Don't be greedy for too much, and don't let the ammunition you carry affect your marching. speed."

"Yes!"

"Each person catches two grenades and uses them at critical moments."

"Yes!"

The soldiers began to pack their weapons and ammunition, and they were ready to go in a short while.

Xia Yuan walked up to Company Commander Cui and said, "Company Commander Cui, then we will set off first. If all goes well, we will be able to pass through the US defense line tonight and touch the rear of the US military. , if it doesn’t work, we will withdraw and hope that we will not be treated as enemies by then.”

"Don't worry, the position will be handed over to us, you must be careful when you go."

"Yeah!" Xia Yuan nodded heavily, and shouted back, "Comrades, let's go!"

The night is hazy and the drizzle is drifting.

A company of more than a dozen soldiers carried weapons and equipment, changed into American rain capes and military uniforms, got into the dense forest, and disappeared into the night until they disappeared.

Instructor Lin said: "I'm afraid it will be bad luck for them to go this time."

Cui Lianchang sighed, and said: "Xia Lianchang is a person who can do great things. His ideas are very good. Instructor Shao told me that if we didn't arrive, the position would have been lost. He deployed defenses on the mountainside. When blocking the enemy, he had already made plans to retreat down the mountain and penetrate behind the enemy. Our arrival made him see the hope of holding on to the position, so he gave up the previous plan and led the people to fight up again. If it were us, we would probably have to fight a platoon, but we might not be able to blow up all five enemy tanks."

After a pause, he said, "In his situation, no one has done better and more decisively than him."

What he said was true. A dozen soldiers resisted a battalion of enemy's fierce counterattack, and faced the enemy's fierce artillery fire, and responded calmly. If it were them, they would have lived and died with the enemy long ago.

The deputy company commander was surnamed Sun. When he came up, he just saw the company disappear and heard the conversation between the two. He stepped forward and said: "The company commander has won several battles. It is clearly written in the newspaper. The company commander is best at He is a very good fighter who fights interspersedly and attacks fortified positions. Do you still remember the ammunition sent by the division to the regiment headquarters? I heard that it was the company commander Xia Yuan who led the fight. He took three people and touched the foreign devils' camp , drove away four cars."

It was only then that everyone remembered that Company Commander Xia had seized the ammunition for reinforcements from the division headquarter alone.

After serious consideration, several people looked at each other. Instructor Lin said: "If you say this, the chances of Company Commander Xia passing through the enemy's defense area are still very high, and even touched the enemy's transportation route. It is the same as the previous few times. It's not easy to get supplies for a few cars."

Cui Lianchang nodded and said: "This matter is beyond our control. I only hope that Xia Yuan and the others can have a smooth journey."

A few people stood there, looking at the forest shrouded in darkness, it was dark.

In this forest, more than a dozen figures are shuttling, each of them is handsome and handsome, their cheeks are blackened by gunpowder smoke, their flesh is raised and cracked, and the firearms under the poncho exude a lustrous luster.

"Xia Yuan, if we go this way, we will collide with the enemy head-on. Their attack direction is directly in front of us. Do we need to go around?"

Stopping to rest, Instructor Shao squatted beside Xia Yuan, staring at the faintly radiant mountains in the distance, and could vaguely hear the roar of the car.

"Let's take a look at the US military base first, check the strength of the US military, and then make plans."

Xia Yuan pursed his lips, opened his eagle eyes, and said while observing: "If possible, there is no need to detour, let's go directly through the enemy's position."

"Is it too risky to do so?" Instructor Shao frowned.

"Instructor, in my opinion, according to Lao Xia, we entered the foreign devils' camp earlier, and we directly stopped the truck of the foreign devils and asked them to take us in. Since Lao Xia wanted to do this, there must be a way. "

Big Ma grinned and said patiently.

Instructor Shao relaxed his frown slightly, thought for a while, and said, "Since this is the case, then I will listen to you."

"Well, I mainly want to see the strength of the foreign devils." Xia Yuan nodded, stood up and turned around, seeing that everyone was resting, said: "Continue to set off!"

Everyone stood up immediately, packed up simply, and continued to head south along the complicated mountain road.The mountain road is extremely rugged, and there are no roads on the ground. The rocky and muddy mountain roads make the ground more complicated.

"careful!"

Wang Xiaoliang stepped on a piece of muddy ground, slipped suddenly under his feet, fell back on the ground, and slid down the hill uncontrollably. The flustered Wang Xiaoliang grabbed what he could grab, and after a while, he grabbed a handful Grass, the body still did not stop.

Liu Tiezhu pulled it quickly with quick eyes and hands, never thought that he would not catch Wang Xiaoliang, and fell to the ground himself, rolling down the mountain.

(End of this chapter)