The beacon of youth

West Point Military Academy produces generals, and is called the cradle of generals in the United States. This is not empty talk. The school motto of country, honor, and responsibility is deeply implanted in the minds of every student, and has also invaded their souls. . **

Under the arrangement of God, Li Qiwei caught up with the two world wars. He started as an infantry lieutenant and was already a division commander when World War II broke out. He was also the most famous infantry division No.80 in the United States. Tough was adapted into an airborne division and became the most elite combat unit of the U.S. Army.

From the beginning of the battle in Sicily, Ridgway led his soldiers to the major battlefields in Europe until he participated in the most famous and brutal Normandy landing battle. By the end of World War II in [-], he had already commanded an army.

Born in a military family, he graduated from the most famous West Point Military Academy. From a low-level second lieutenant to the deputy chief of staff in charge of the army, Li Qiwei is familiar with almost every branch of the army. Astute is renowned throughout the U.S. military.

Matthew-Ridgway is a great figure in American history.

An unsuitable phone rang, breaking the rare silence in the room. The leisurely Li Qiwei frowned slightly. This is a dedicated phone directly to the staff headquarters. There is nothing major about this phone. will ring.

On the other end of the phone was his old classmate and his immediate boss, Army Chief of Staff General Collins.

Collins' phone call was very simple, but the amount of information revealed in it was huge: "Matthew, something big happened in the Far East. Walker died, and the Pentagon asked you to go to a meeting immediately."

Walker is the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army's Eighth Army.

As the deputy chief of staff in charge of operations, Li Qiwei knew Walker's position very well.Knowing that Walker is commanding hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops to fight the Communist Army in a place called North Korea in the Far East, and the commander was killed?It shows that the fighting situation is already very serious.

Walker died, and the Pentagon asked him, the deputy chief of staff in charge of operations, to go to a meeting immediately. The content of the meeting could easily be guessed by the shrewd Ridgway.

There is no doubt that Ridgway's guess was accurate, taking over Walker's position and going to North Korea to command the U.S. Eighth Army to fight against the Communist Army.The Pentagon's order was simple and straightforward.

Li Qiwei, who has experienced many cruel battles, only took a photo with his wife and children before boarding the plane specially prepared for him. Accompanied by the roar of the propellers, he got off the plane and entered the vast night.

The military situation is urgent, and he has to rush to report to his old superior.Li Qiwei's old superior was also the principal of West Point when he was in school, MacArthur, the commander of the United States Far East.

Li Yong's squad only has more than 200 people, but he can mobilize more and more forces. He is the deputy director of the General Logistics Department of the Volunteer Army.The level is too high.It was so high that no one believed it at the beginning, and many jokes were made. It was only after a long time of contact that everyone gradually realized that there was such a very young senior leader in the Volunteer Army, and he was also very capable.

Among the combat troops from the Yalu River port to the front line, there are very few who do not give Vice Minister Li Da face, including organizations at all levels of the Korean People's Army.

Jin Yingzi, a female soldier of the People's Army who has been following the squad, has played a very important role. She is no longer just the leader of the squad.She is also the translator and liaison officer of the small team, and even Li Yong has praised this girl for her ability many times.Is a rare hand.

However, Jin Yingzi's compliment to Li Yong didn't seem to catch her attention. In her words, hehe, what's so happy about being praised by a young man in his 20s.

For this matter, the second son of Chang Ning, who was often with her in the third row, quarreled with her many times. Of course, there must be no result.

Li Yong has too much work to do. He has to be responsible for the food and drink of the entire volunteer army, and he is also responsible for transporting a large number of weapons and equipment to the front line. It's time to start.

Li Yong is very clear that the three battles that are about to start will be very difficult, and the logistics gap between our army and the US military is still too large. The ammunition and food for the sky, in the most popular way, is that you have to carry the guns and people by yourself, and fight the enemy with your own weight of tens of kilograms.

Only then did Li Yong understand what happened to the week and week offensives recorded in later generations. A single soldier carried food and ammunition for four days. Seven days is already the limit of the physical strength of the soldiers.

Seven days is a limit, the limit of the volunteer army's offensive operations. Li Yong knows this, and Li Qiwei, the commander-in-chief of the US Eighth Army, who is about to take office, will soon be able to figure out this truth. There were four battles after three battles.

What Li Yong was worried about was not the three battles, but the fourth battle that followed. The fourth battle was passively fought when the volunteers ran out of ammunition and food. In other words, the volunteers occupied the first three battles. The initiative of the four battles was the opposite. The initiative of the battle was in the hands of the enemy, which is also extremely rare in the military history of the People's Liberation Army.

In the fourth battle of the Korean War, our army fought extremely hard. Some people said that it was like the period of the Red Army. Li Yong's heart was filled with a sense of urgency and powerlessness. He knew the direction of the next battle, but there was no way to stop it. .

For the current plan, we can only do our best to prepare as many supplies as possible for the front-line troops, so that the soldiers can have more protection in the later defensive operations. You know, sometimes a pack of biscuits Both a grenade and a single bullet have the potential to save a soldier's life.

Li Yong has thought of all the ways he can think of. In addition to preparing a large amount of food and ammunition, Li Yong also asked the rear to prepare some straw and planks. Does anyone know why the deputy minister asked the rear to prepare so much straw? Can straw also fight wars?

Straw cannot fight a war, but straw does have a great effect. In the three upcoming battles, our army will break through the enemy's Linjin River defense line. The Linjin River is more than 200 meters wide, and it is easy for soldiers to fight under the severe cold conditions of tens of degrees below zero. Falling down, once falling, it is easy to be frozen by ice and snow on the river surface and cannot move. Spreading straw under the body can solve this problem very well, but at that time the fighting was in a hurry, and the troops could not find so much straw.

Li Yong has done a lot of work similar to this. In short, there is only one purpose, which is to reduce even a little loss of the troops in the next two major battles.

Volunteer Army Headquarters, a large mine is brightly lit. It is strange that the lighting in the mine is not a kerosene lamp, nor is it a wind lamp that is often used in the army, but a very rare electric lamp. .

The electricity was generated by generators specially shipped from China, and the fuel used was gasoline. In the Korean battlefield where every drop of gasoline was precious at that time, it was extremely unusual to use gasoline generators to generate electricity. The guards at the headquarters knew that, There must be something big going on.

There is indeed a big event. This large mine illuminated by electric lights is full of people at the moment. After a rough estimate, there can be dozens of people. It is strange that not only the headquarters of the Volunteer Army are present here The heads of state, as well as some comrades of the People's Army, by the way, there are also a few Soviets with high noses and blue eyes.

This is a tripartite meeting between China, the Soviet Union, and North Korea, and the content of the discussions is undoubtedly the three battles that will begin.

The Chinese representatives are of course the heads of the Volunteer Army Headquarters headed by Boss Peng. The Soviet side is attended by senior members of the Soviet Red Army delegation to the Korean People's Army. All senior personnel participated, including the Supreme Commander, Prime Minister Kim xx.

Since the Korean War, it is the first time that China, the Soviet Union, and North Korea have sat together for a meeting. Especially such a high-level military meeting is also the first official military meeting of the three socialist camp countries. Its political and military significance is extremely important. .

Logically speaking, it is a good thing that the countries of the three socialist camps can sit together and discuss things. It should be a happy thing, but I don’t know what it means. After the meeting was held for a while, the venue was filled with a very Weird eerie atmosphere.

The expressions of the representatives from the three sides were very gloomy, especially Mr. Peng, the commander-in-chief of the volunteer army. What came out.

In the middle of the meeting, the representatives of several parties suddenly stopped talking. More than ten minutes passed in silence, and the atmosphere in the venue was eerily quiet.

A staff member came in suddenly, whispered a few words in Deputy Commander Hong Xuezhi's ear, and then walked out quietly.

Deputy Commander Hong Xuezhi reported to President Peng next to him in a low voice: "Boss, little Li Yong is back, and he will be at the headquarters soon."

Hearing that the beloved general Li Yong had returned, Boss Peng finally showed a slight smile on his ashen face, and said to Deputy Commander Hong Xuezhi in a voice that only two people could hear: "Let him hurry up for a meeting and listen to other people's opinions. "

Li Yong is the deputy logistics minister of the Volunteer Army Headquarters, and his level is high enough to participate in such meetings.

The news quickly spread to Li Yong, who had just rushed back, that the Volunteer Army Headquarters was holding a high-level military meeting in three aspects. Boss Peng asked him to prepare and go to the meeting immediately.

The travel-stained Li Yong broke the tranquility of the meeting place, and all the personnel turned their heads to look at the young soldier who walked in.

Thank you everyone (to be continued...)

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