The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 490 Arrival
"You bring these cans, we still have more, don't worry, it's enough to eat, and there are so many of you, how can you do with four cans."

Fortunately, they brought a lot of food from the stick soldiers' positions, ammunition was second, less medicine, and even fewer military uniforms for the stick soldiers.

Instructor Shao insisted that the two soldiers had just received a box of canned food, and they desperately wanted another box of canned food.

"Comrade, thank you. You must be careful when you pass by. When we were reconnaissance in the front, we encountered the enemy's reconnaissance troops. When you pass, you must pay more attention."

"Thank you for reminding us, we will pay attention."

"Goodbye then!"

Everyone saluted each other, and the two comrades went into the dense forest with a can of food in their arms.

"What a lovely comrade."

"Yes."

Xia Yuan also nodded with emotion, and said, "Instructor, let's go on."

"Ah."

After driving more than ten kilometers forward, they encountered an ambush by the enemy. Fortunately, there were their comrades nearby, who surrounded them and wiped out this group of stick soldiers. Unfortunately, the left two wheels of a truck were captured by the enemy. The bullets in the car were pierced and dumped to one side. There were a lot of ammunition, medicine and food in the car.

They could only move the supplies to another truck and distribute the excess supplies to the scouting force.

Saying goodbye to them, everyone set foot on the road to the City God's Hall again, and finally drove for two hours on the winding road without any danger. Before dawn, they finally arrived at the City God's Hall. Captain Luo followed them We came to the City God Hall together.The commander of the third battalion who met them was the battalion commander of the third battalion of the [-]th regiment whose surname was Xu, and everyone called him battalion commander Xu.

In the Town God's Hall, the headquarters of the [-]rd Battalion of the [-]th Regiment was set up in a simple earthen house, with a map hanging on the wall, and a map model on the ground. A few stones and weeds represented everything.Battalion Commander Xu stood in front of the map and said to Xia Yuan next to him: "You guys are here. I've been worried about what happened to you on the road. The regiment commander has transferred the order from the division to me. Let's cooperate." all your actions."

After a pause, he said: "The current situation is not optimistic. According to the news sent back by the scouts from the front line, a division of the US military is moving in the direction of the City God Hall, which is more than 80 kilometers away from the City God Hall. Arrive at the City God’s Hall. There are only two companies in the City God’s Hall, and another company is deployed on the high ground on our left wing. It is almost impossible to resist a division’s US attack. The location of the City God’s Hall is very Important, but the terrain is very unfavorable to us."

Battalion Commander Xu asked curiously: "I don't know if the division commander has any other instructions besides cooperating with the action."

Xia Yuan pondered, and said: "Commander Xu, give up the City God Hall."

Battalion Commander Xu was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Is this an instruction from the division commander?"

Xia Yuan shook his head, "Although the teacher didn't say that, he basically meant the same thing. The distance from City God's Hall to Zhiyanli is tens of kilometers. The road at this distance can't go around Yingfeng Peak. Give up City God Hall and station at Eagle Peak."

Battalion Commander Xu said in a heavy voice: "Give up the City God's Hall. If the US troops occupy the City God's Hall, even if they occupy Yingfeng, we will be helpless in the face of the mechanized US troops."

"I will try my best to slow down the progress of the US military and buy more time for the [-]th Division."

Xia Yuan looked at his watch and said, "Tonight, the [-]th Regiment and the [-]th Regiment will cross the Han River and deploy defenses in the north of the Han River to stop the enemy, and we will hold Yingfeng, which is the way for the [-]th Division to retreat. Even if the U.S. military occupies Zhiyan-ri, it will be no problem as the last line of defense.”

Yingfeng is very important. As long as Yingfeng is not lost, on the road from Chenghuangtang to Zhiyanli, if the U.S. military wants to attack, it will be subject to bullets from Yingfeng and irregular volunteers. Attack, the US military will definitely have a headache.

"Hold the pace of the US military's advance." Battalion Commander Xu was stunned for a moment, and said, "Comrade Xia Yuan, maybe we can defend the City God's Hall together, and it will be the same if we persist until night."

"Commander Xu, we can't hold on, even if we have twice as many troops, we can't hold on. We can only block the enemy on the road, harass the enemy, and make the enemy stop. As long as they slow down, The later you arrive at Chenghuangtang, and Chenghuangtang is still a long way from Zhiyanli.”

Xia Yuan had already figured out a plan: "They continued to attack northward and went to Zhiyanli. At this time, the sky had already darkened. When they passed Yingfeng, as long as the gun on Yingfeng was fired, the US military had to retreat into the city. In the hall, wait for the dawn, as for what will happen tomorrow, we can only wait until tomorrow, let’s spend today first.”

Battalion Commander Xu looked at the map and fell into deep thought. After about ten seconds, "Okay, then I will listen to you and what we need to do."

"Commander Xu, hand over the seventh company to me, and I will lead them to stop the enemy. The eighth and ninth companies abandon their original positions and go to Yingfeng to build fortifications. Dig tunnels on the reverse slope as much as possible. It doesn't need to be too deep. , can avoid the bombing of US artillery shells and aircraft."

Xia Yuan specifically emphasized digging tunnels on the reverse slope. If the [-]th Division has not received an order to retreat tomorrow due to his efforts today, then he must consider facing the continuous attack of the entire US army on Yingfeng. They have to be ready at all times.

Tunnels on the reverse slope are the most effective means of avoiding US artillery shells.

Battalion Commander Xu replied: "Okay, I will act according to the plan you said, but, Company Commander Xia, with a company's strength, will it be possible to restrain the enemy from moving north?"

Xia Yuan said: "Commander Xu, we have pulled out a lot of ammunition, grenades, and even some landmines from the stick soldiers, and they will always be useful. If it is delayed until the afternoon, judging from the time, it should be almost the same."

In addition to these means of fighting and blocking, Xia Yuan also prepared backhands, hoping that these backhands would not be used, because the backhands were too risky.

"Row."

Battalion Commander Xu took Xia Yuan and Instructor Shao to find Qilian.

The commander of the Seventh Company was named Cai Changjian, and the instructor was named Pang Xueqin. After understanding what Battalion Commander Xu wanted to do, the two agreed without saying a word.

Battalion Commander Xu also started to arrange the garrison of Yingfeng, so he said to them: "You guys just discuss it carefully, and I will arrange other things first."

Before leaving, Xia Yuan stopped Battalion Commander Xu again, and said, "Battle Commander Xu, we have to stay with a platoon to harass the enemy in the Town God's Hall. It is best to plant traps and mines on the way into the City God's Hall. , such as digging anti-tank trenches, it is not so smooth for the enemy to enter."

Commander Xu understood what Xia Yuan meant, and immediately said: "Good way, even if we really don't guard the City God's Hall and hand over the City God's Hall, we can't let the Yankees take it so easily."

Xia Yuan also told Battalion Commander Xu how to make some traps, such as using bamboo and baking the bamboo on the fire to make the bamboo sharper. The inspiration for the trap came from Yue Monkey. There are countless production aspects, and all kinds of weird traps emerge in endlessly.

The second is the anti-tank trenches. After briefly explaining the principle, Battalion Commander Xu basically understood, and left in high spirits to arrange this matter immediately.

After all, time was running out, and the US 24th Division began to move northward. As soon as the day came, US military planes would definitely appear in the sky above the City God's Hall.

There is still some time left before dawn, and they must hurry up every minute.

Chatting with Company Commander Cai and Instructor Pang could only be on the road. The Seventh Company abandoned other personnel. There were 140 fighters. After Commander Xu gave the order, Xia Yuan took them to the truck that was driving over.

Flask, Tie Niu and the cook hadn't left yet, they were chatting with other people in the company, when they saw instructors Xia Yuan and Shao coming over, they stood at attention and saluted to say hello.

The cook said: "Commander Xia, Instructor Shao, Captain Luo asked us to follow you to carry out the task of stopping the enemy."

Instructor Shao glanced at Xia Yuan, saw that he hadn't expressed his opinion, and said, "How can this be done?"

Tieniu said: "Instructor, our squad has become like this, and we have separated from the main force. We have to go back to find the main force. Why don't we just follow you? Our squad leader also asked Deputy Battalion Commander Sun, and he agreed."

Instructor Shao pushed Xia Yuan and said, "Lao Xia, say a few words."

Xia Yuan pondered, and said: "I think this is a good thing. Now we are in need of manpower. The joining of the three of them is beneficial to us. It's just that this journey is more difficult. You have to go, Possibly close to death."

The flask said: "What are you afraid of? If there was no Company Commander Xia, we would have died long ago, or we would have been captured by the Han army and tortured by them. Life would be worse than death."

Wang Xiaoliang said from the side: "It's a stick."

The flask snorted, "Yes, stick."

"Then let them join, instructor. After all, the problems we are facing now are quite serious. The three of them can just form a combat team."

Xia Yuan glanced at his watch and said: "Time is a little tight, so it's settled, Company Commander Cai, the supplies on this truck were seized from Bangzi's position and distributed to the soldiers of the Seventh Company. We are ready to go .”

Company Commander Cai and Instructor Pang opened their mouths in disbelief as they looked at the supplies on the truck.

"You people have obtained so much supplies from Han Bangzi's position, we can't even win a single battle without capturing so many supplies."

The commanders and fighters of the seventh company were somewhat surprised. Looking at the company in front of them, which was less than a squad, they were surprised, or surprised, and even more unbelievable. The battle had reached this level, and they understood that they wanted to seize supplies from the foreign devils. , It is too difficult, too difficult, especially the food.

After a battle, you may not even be able to seize a can. Sometimes you are lucky and you will touch some candies from the pockets of the dead American soldiers, but most of them return empty-handed. These Americans went to the battlefield to fight. It seems that they don't carry food, probably so that they can't touch the food when they touch the corpse.

"Leave part of the medicines and food for Battalion Commander Xu, and we will take the rest. For ammunition, bring more grenades and landmines. You won't need bullets. You need to replace your weapons and equipment, but you still need to bring more. There will always be times when it comes in handy.”

The distribution of materials was soon over. There were more than 100 people in the Seventh Company, and a combat team was allocated a can of food. These cans were to be eaten on the road.The [-]th Regiment has also been out of food for several days. These days they rely on wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger. There are thousands of people in their camp. Just food is a huge problem. The wild vegetables around them have long been eaten up. If you want to find wild vegetables, you can only go further afield.

too bitter.

Qilian's cooking team also kept a lot of wild vegetables, just to eat them at critical times. This batch of canned food met their urgent needs.

Cai Lianchang said: "All the canned food is gathered in the cooking team. When we get to the place, we mix the canned food with water, put some wild vegetables, and cook a pot of miscellaneous food."

The monitor of the cooking class replied: "Yes!"

Company Commander Cai found Xia Yuan again and said, "Commander Xia, everything is ready, we can set off."

"Then let's go. Too much time has been lost. If we can find the US military station, then the situation will be even better."

At six o'clock in the morning on the 24th, the sky had just shimmered, and a slanting sun fell on the top of the mountain.

In front of the Tumudong position of the [-]th Regiment, the battle was extremely fierce. The position was bombed by the U.S. Army wave after wave. In the soil, gunpowder smoke continued to emerge.

The casualties of grassroots cadres are too serious, which has exceeded the sum of the war of liberation, and there is only consumption without any replenishment of troops.

The regiment headquarters and political commissar Han are using the phone to contact the front line. The US military's artillery shells continue to fall around, and the flames explode around the fortifications of the regiment headquarters. Dust was everywhere.

"Cough, cough cough!" Commissar Han inhaled a cloud of dust and coughed violently. Just as the phone was put down, the phone rang again: "Hello? Hello? Louder, I can't hear you clearly. Teacher, yes, I'm Han Qiming, what's the matter?"

Master Zheng was in the division headquarters. As soon as the phone was connected, he heard a deafening buzzing sound from the other side of the phone. He was briefly attracted by the sound of the guns, and immediately asked: "Where is Wang Zhicheng! What is the sound just now?" thing!?"

The gunfire from Han’s political commissar has been ringing non-stop. Since night, the US military’s offensive has changed from small to large. They have just retreated tens of kilometers. The enemy is like a tail, biting them tightly. Don't relax, the fortifications have not been completed yet, and a new round of enemy attacks will begin.

The troops in charge of the rear of the palace collapsed too quickly.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to speak, a new shell landed next to the regiment headquarters with a bang. The deafening roar was accompanied by a terrifying air wave, sweeping across the regiment headquarters. Fly around.

(End of this chapter)