The heavens start from Changjin Lake

After the 113th Division received the combat order, it quickly began preparations.

The 112th Division approached Xichuan from the east of Xichuan, planning to bypass the enemy's flank and cut off the enemy's retreat.

Just when the plan was getting started in an orderly manner, a telegram from the 112th Division aggravated the leaders' caution about the initial battle.

After the headquarters of the 112th Division passed Manpo, they lived together with a division headquarters of the Korean People's Army. At this time, Manpo had been bombed by enemy planes, and the town was enveloped in raging fire. The firelight reflected half of the sky and the valley. All red.

After the Chinese and North Korean armies met, they were extremely enthusiastic about each other. The 112th Division headquarters invited the cadres of the People's Army Division Headquarters to have a meal and asked them about their combat experience on the battlefield. The 112th Division heard that the enemy had occupied Xichuan. Then he asked the comrades of the People's Army what kind of enemies they were and how many there were.

The comrade of the People's Army replied: "They are black troops."

"Black troops?" The comrades in the volunteer army were quite different. They had seen white people before, but this was the first time they saw black people, so they asked: "How many people are there?"

"Thousands of people, about one regiment."

Is there a 'black regiment' of the US military in Xichuan? This was very different from the Volunteer Army Headquarters' report that there was a battalion of puppet troops. The cadres and comrades of the 112th Division had a premonition that this situation was very important and promptly sent a telegram to the military headquarters.

This surprised the comrades in the military department, and they immediately sent scouts to plan a sneak attack to see if they could catch the tongue.

The soldiers of the military reconnaissance team went to Caochu Station and fought with the enemy, but no prisoners were captured. Coupled with the intelligence errors, the situation in Xichuan was unclear at the moment, and the 38th Army was also unable to figure out the situation in Xichuan. In the end, it is the puppet army or the US military.

This is the first battle of the 38th Army when it enters North Korea. The cadres and comrades at the top and bottom of the military headquarters are united and want to fight this battle well and fight it beautifully. Therefore, when it is not clear how to deal with the enemy in Xichuan, All very cautious.

This is not because the Thirty-eighth Army is afraid of the enemy, but when the enemy's intelligence is unclear, whether it is a puppet army or a US military, it would rather fight it as a US military regiment than underestimate the strength of the US military.

Any contempt or underestimation of the enemy may result in huge sacrifices.

Adhering to the principle of "know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger", cadres and comrades are particularly cautious about the first battle after entering North Korea.

"Fight according to the estimated combat plan of a US military regiment, tell the 112th Division to prepare immediately!"

The order was issued. After accepting the combat mission, the 112th Division quickly made combat deployments. The 334th Regiment took a train to Jiangjie. Because the station was bombed, they had to walk instead. On the way, they accepted an attack from the east side of Xichuan. offensive mission.

The 335th Regiment crossed the Yalu River early and evacuated and rested on the banks of a large east-west river east of Manpu.

That afternoon, after the 335th regiment received the order from the division, the regiment leader looked at the document, raised his head and said to the regiment chief of staff: "Let us quickly approach Xichuan."

"This is not a big problem. We are not far from Xichuan."

The regiment chief of staff raised his head, his face was tanned by years of fighting, and the cold wind blew on his face, which was tense and full of anticipation.

The deputy leader couldn't hide his excitement: "The fight has finally begun. We have been waiting for a long time. Grandma, after being bombed by Yankee planes for so long, we can finally vent our anger."

The commanders and fighters of the 335th Regiment seemed very excited. The first battle abroad was bound to be fought beautifully.

The 112th Division was responsible for the task of cutting off the enemy's retreat after detouring on the flanks.

The 113th Division was responsible for the main offensive mission. The 113th Division was also the vanguard division of the 38th Army. After receiving the combat mission, the division commander quickly contacted the vanguard regiment. Party discipline ordered Comrade Zhang Fu, the director of the radio station, to bring the radio and accompany him. The 337th Regiment attacked Xichuan.

In the early days of entering the DPRK, some radio operators were worried that the enemy would detect the location of the radio station and attract aircraft bombings. They had many doubts about their work.

Comrade Zhang Fu is a brave, skilled and conscientious comrade. It is most appropriate to entrust him with the task of contacting the main attack group.

In fact, there is no need for the radio station to be afraid of being measured by the enemy. During a battle, there are many troops and many radio stations. There is one radio station in every three to five square kilometers or seven or eight square kilometers. The enemy often measures and cross-measures repeatedly before he can measure the position. To give a rough idea, it is impossible to measure accurately.

Facts have proved that in the Korean battlefield, the volunteer army’s radio station was not bombed.

After receiving the task assigned by his superiors, Comrade Zhang Fu quickly led the radio station and his entourage to chase the vanguard regiment. He thought that if he could not find the 337th regiment in time, he might miss the main attack time and delay the fighter plane.

They marched quickly along the way, not caring to catch their breath on the road, and hurriedly finally caught up with the 337th Regiment.

Immediately report the situation of the 337th Regiment to the division headquarters and report that he has arrived safely.

However, the reply from the division headquarters surprised him. The 338th Regiment had already walked in front of the 337th Regiment and asked him to catch up with the 338th Regiment immediately.

This made Comrade Zhang Fu extremely anxious. This place was not far from Xichuan. If we could not catch up with the 338th Regiment in time, the 338th Regiment might have already exchanged fire with the enemy.

Communication in combat is an important means to ensure that commanders understand the battle situation and convey orders. Especially when fighting against modern enemies, the situation changes rapidly. Without radio communication, it will be difficult to capture fighters and control their fate.

Twenty-eighth.

night.

The 17th Regiment of the Vanguard arrived near Xichuan and encountered the enemy. One enemy soldier was killed and one captured. Zhang Fu immediately contacted the division headquarters via the radio. The th Regiment met the enemy at Guandai Cave in the northwest of Xichuan. Encountered, enemies were killed, wounded and captured.

Just when the 338th Regiment encountered the enemy, the 112th Division, which was responsible for cutting off the enemy's retreat, quickly began to advance after receiving the mission.

Whisking and the cold wind was howling, the soldiers of the 335th Regiment were rapidly attacking Xichuan. The 334th Regiment was the vanguard of the 112th Division and was already close to the outer flank of Xichuan.

"Speed ​​up the pace!"

Captain Sun's voice sounded at dusk and sunset.

At this moment, they no longer cared about whether they would be discovered by enemy planes, and wanted to get to Xichuan as quickly as possible.

Fortunately, it gets dark early in North Korea. At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, half of the sky is already dark, and the surrounding scenery dims very quickly.

Zhou Mao accidentally fell into the mud. Xia Yuan picked him up and asked, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay, it's okay, I fell, it's a small problem." Zhou Mao grimaced in pain. His palms swelled rapidly. They had been frostbitten before, and a cut opened. With such a fall, his palms fell to the cold and hard ground, and the cut oozed bright red. of blood.

He put it in his mouth and sucked it. Looking at Xia Yuan's worried eyes, he grinned and said, "It's okay, let's go quickly."

"Keep up, keep up, don't fall behind." Old Liu shouted at the top of his lungs. He turned around and saw the two of them standing there, and ran over: "What are you doing? Did you fall? Is it serious?"

"Squad leader, it's okay. My hands were frozen and cracked. I just fell and started bleeding." Zhou Mao's hands were already red and swollen.

"Hey, it's so serious." Old Liu took one look at it and said in surprise, "It doesn't withstand freezing. When you go back to cook, you can squat by the fire pit and grill it."

"Oh." Zhou Mao nodded happily.

"When you get to the battlefield, I'll find you an American soldier's military coat."

Although they put on cotton clothes and trousers when they entered North Korea, the weather in North Korea was very cold and the temperature dropped sharply. People who had not experienced such cold weather would easily suffer frostbite no matter how thickly they wore it.

Just as they were running forward, the scout in front was running back. Captain Sun saw that he was an old acquaintance and hurriedly pulled him: "You brat, how about going to the division reconnaissance team?"

"Hey, company commander." The little man saw that it was company commander Sun, and his face showed unexpected joy: "You just came here, hurry up and move forward. If you go slowly, you won't be able to catch the meat."

"What the hell, what's going on up front?" Captain Sun asked. "The 334th Regiment has encountered the enemy. They are fighting. The enemies are running for their lives. Go quickly." The little scout said hurriedly: "Company Commander Sun, I won't chat with you anymore. I have to rush back to the division headquarters. Report to the division commander, hey, this foreign devil is like a paper tiger, he will break into pieces at the first touch, and he doesn’t even have the courage to fight."

Saying that, he ran away in a hurry.

Captain Sun looked at the time, it was already 17:13, and immediately ordered: "Speed ​​up!"

At 100: on the th, the th Regiment launched an attack on the enemies of Xichuan. They eliminated the enemies on the outskirts of Xichuan in a very short period of time, captured more than prisoners, and rushed to the city of Xichuan. , there was no black regiment as mentioned by the People's Army. After interrogation, it was learned that the enemy had fled southward as early as o'clock.

A good opportunity to annihilate the enemy was lost.

The 335 regiments chased after them, but only caught the base of the tail, and intercepted five cars, all of which were filled with biscuits, sugar, whiskey and other food and drinks.

"Special numbers, these guys must be horses, they run so fast."

Fan Tianen rushed to the only fighting site and spat angrily when he saw the three prisoners captured and the six puppet soldiers killed.

Xia Yuan and the others stood halfway up the mountain, holding their guns and watching from a distance. The one company that was fighting just now was the First Company. The Third Company ran slowly, allowing the First Company to gain the advantage.

"Old Sun, let's go to the city. Maybe the enemy hasn't escaped yet." Instructor Hu was a little anxious. He finally ran into the enemy, but he didn't fire a shot and didn't get any credit.

The commander's order came again.

"Attack the city!"

Everyone just ran with the company, almost without stopping since entering the court, and they were panting and out of breath.

When I ran into Xichuan City, I could no longer see the enemy.

"What's going on, where is the person?"

"Go search!"

Captain Sun did not believe in evil, so he led the first platoon to search from the left, and asked the second and third platoons to search from the right.

Old Liu was not idle. He carried a big black pot on his back and ran forward with seven or eight soldiers from the cooking team: "Hurry up and keep up. If you run too slow, you won't be able to get good things. Oh, the stuff in the American cabinet It’s just good, it has everything.”

Xia Yuan followed unhurriedly, scanning the house.

It was found that most of the houses here were intact, and telephone wires could also be seen. This shows that the enemy fled in a hurry and neither destroyed the houses nor ripped out the telephone wires.

"Grandma's belongings all ran away, leaving nothing behind."

Captain Sun was in a barracks. He took off his hat and gasped, "These guys are dog-nosed. They ran away after smelling the smell before we arrived."

Everyone was in a bad mood. After running for so long, they thought they could kill a few more sticks or American soldiers. Unexpectedly, after marching for many days, Xichuan turned out to be an empty city.

"It must be the Forty Army. The Forty Army engaged the enemy in Wenjing a few days ago, severely damaging the enemy and arousing the vigilance of the enemy in Xichuan."

Instructor Hu thought of the great victory not long ago.

He was right. The Forty Army severely damaged the enemy in Wenjing, causing them to be alert and flee in panic. In fact, the difference between the two was not that long. The most important reason was that they did not understand the enemy too well. Be cautious. When issuing orders, you think too much, resulting in missing the best opportunity to attack.

"What should we do now?"

Everyone stared at each other.

"Take a rest first and wait for orders from superiors." Captain Sun put his hat back on, "Instructor, you watch first, I will go find the battalion commander."

"Clean up, take a break, drink water, and take a breath." Instructor Hu agreed and shouted to the soldiers.

Everyone was leaning against the wall, sitting on the ground, drinking water, going to the toilet, and some were not idle, searching everywhere.

Old Liu was curious about Yankee things and found a lot of leftover cans. He opened them and searched, and found one or two leftover cigarettes and leftover sugar cubes.

"Xia Yuan, Heping, you all come here."

Old Liu called the soldiers from the cooking class to him and took out a dark, half-bitten piece of food from his pocket.

Xia Yuan took a look and knew clearly that it was a piece of chocolate.

"What is this, monitor? It's so dark."

Everyone has never seen this thing before.

"You guys have a taste." Old Liu laughed and carefully opened it with his hands, and everyone shared some.

"Here, boy Xia, it's yours." Old Liu left a big piece for Xia Yuan.

"Squad leader, you eat, I won't." Xia Yuan shook his head.

"Just take it if I ask you to. There is no such good food for you in China." A smile appeared on the dark face of the elder Liu.

Xia Yuan had no choice but to accept it, but instead of eating it, he secretly put the chocolate in his pocket.

Everyone put it in their mouths, with surprise on their faces.

Xiao Heping screamed strangely, "Squad leader, it's delicious. What is this? It tastes weird."

"It's a little bitter at first, but then it's fragrant and sweet."

"It looks pitch black, like coal. I didn't expect it to taste so delicious."

Everyone was talking about it and asked where the old man Liu was found.

Old Liu spread his hands and said, "There is no more leftovers from the American devils."

"Look for it again."

Then, everyone found some cigarettes, sugar cubes, breakfast tea, biscuits, instant coffee, etc., as well as the leftover canned meat from the canned food left by the Americans. They were a little disgusted and threw them away.

At present, their supplies are not so scarce that they can eat the leftovers of the enemy.

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Just then, the whistle outside sounded. (End of chapter)