The beacon of youth

After being a military officer for a long time, Li Yong naturally carried a convincing temperament, as if he had changed roles in an instant, and his tone of speech seemed to return to the independent brigade.

The issue of debate seems to be very complicated, but it is only so after a careful analysis. The most important thing is to see whether the [-]th Regiment can clean up the minefield in the short interval of shelling. Therefore, Li Yong also asked Captain Wu who was most familiar with the combat effectiveness of the regiment on specific issues.

The tone of Li Yong's speech and inquiries are typical of the way superiors treat subordinates, and the commanders at all levels of the [-]th and [-]th regiments naturally regarded Li Yong as the head of the superior, because he grasped the matter in a few words The key to this is that this is the basic quality of an excellent commander. It is impossible for someone to pass by and make soy sauce. The members of the [-]th Regiment are not fools.

Head Wu Baoguang subconsciously asked, "How long will our artillery preparation last?"

After asking this sentence, Wu Baoguang also regretted a little. Can a person who is much younger than him know the preparation time of our army's artillery fire? This is a top secret in the army.

Li Yong smiled, because almost all the shells were brought up by him, so there is no need to keep them secret now:

"Commander Wu, our logistical capabilities are poor, we don't have enough shells, and some of them were destroyed by American planes during the transportation, so the artillery preparation only takes 10 minutes. That is to say, if you want not to reveal the intention of the troops, you must Clear the minefields within 10 minutes, otherwise it will be time for the large forces to attack."

"Two 10 minutes. Two 10 minutes, a minefield of 100 meters." Captain Wu Baoguang didn't ask Li Yong why he knew the timing of our shelling in such detail, but muttered softly in his mouth.

A little while.Head Wu looked at Li Yong as if he had made great determination: "Chief, we are confident that we will clear the minefield within 10 minutes."

"Reason?" Li Yong didn't believe Wu Baoguang completely just because he said he was confident. Fighting a war is not a joke, nor is it just a random decision.

Head Wu Baoguang replied loudly: "Report to the leader, because our regiment has a fighting hero Zhang Caishu, I believe he will be able to complete the task."

Head Wu mentioned a soldier, the fighting hero Zhang Caishu.As if saying that he was a warrior would bring him great confidence, his tone became firmer.

The commanders of the third, fourth and sixth regiments on the side also agreed: "Yes, we have the battle hero Zhang Caishu. We will definitely complete the task within the specified time, and we believe in him."

It seems that it is indeed not easy for an ordinary soldier to bring confidence to so many commanders.Li Yong asked in a deep voice: "A brief introduction to his situation."

Wu Baoguang: "Report to the chief. Zhang Caishu is a veteran of our regiment. He joined the army in [-]. He is a veteran of the anti-Japanese battlefield. He has experienced countless battles and made many achievements. He is a well-known demining expert in our regiment, division and even the entire army. , There are countless landmines cleared by him, and this mine clearing mission will definitely be completed with him.”

A family has an old man and a treasure.The veterans who came down from the anti-Japanese battlefield are too precious, and the three, four and six regiments are really not easy.A bit of a family background, there is the reconnaissance hero Zhang Guohan in front, and now there is a demining expert Zhang Caishu. Having such a veteran can really make the commander feel confident and speak with a firm tone.

Just as both the enemy and us are making intensive preparations, New Year's Day in [-] is approaching.

The cold wind whizzed past, and the entire banks of the Linjin River turned into a world of silver-white ice and snow. The temperature suddenly dropped to nearly minus [-] degrees. A veteran volunteer soldier in camouflage was lying on the mouth of a tunnel, observing the situation with a telescope.

He is said to be old not because of how old he is, but because it can be seen from his actions that this is a veteran who has been tested on the battlefield, and he has chosen a good observation point.

What is a veteran, he is called a veteran who has survived hundreds of battles. He doesn't seem to feel the biting cold wind and the low temperature in the severe cold. It is an open land, covered by snow and ice.

This open land is nearly 100 meters wide. It is on our side of the Linjin River, right in front of the attack position of the [-]th Regiment. The voice of the regiment leader Wu Baoguang rang in his ears from time to time:

"Old Zhang, the time given to you is only 10 minutes. After 10 minutes of artillery preparation, our regiment will start to attack. If there are any difficulties and requests, we will definitely solve them by the regiment party committee."

That's right, this old soldier is Zhang Caishu, the fighting hero of the [-]th Regiment.

There is no need to use a heavy hammer to beat the drum. Head Wu Baoguang did not say that you must complete the task, etc., nor did he give any rigid orders. He just explained to Zhang Caishu the situation and difficulties that the whole group will face.

Zhang Caishu knew that there were countless deadly landmines buried in this large minefield, and he only had 10 minutes to clear the way for the whole regiment to attack. This was Zhang Caishu's mission, and no one could take it away.

Head Wu Baoguang assigned Zhang Caishu two staff officers from the regiment headquarters, and asked the two staff officers to register all the equipment and personnel needed by Zhang Caishu, and then the regiment headquarters directly dispatched them without any discount.

A day is about to pass, and hundreds of thousands of volunteer soldiers have been lying in ambush in the snow-covered trenches for several days, and the time they have to wait is coming.

The hour hand is pointing to 31:[-] pm on December [-], [-]. This is a historic day, because the Chinese People’s Volunteers are about to break through the [-]th parallel drawn by the Americans. It’s still an old saying, no matter you We Chinese can cross whatever line we want whenever we want.

Several artillery groups had already entered their positions in concealment, and all the artillery had torn off their camouflage. The boxes containing the shells were picked apart by the soldiers with bayonets one by one, and the battle was imminent.

Suddenly, the same voice came from the phone line at the root of the tree. Anyone who knew the inside story could hear it. It was the voice of Han Xianchu, the former commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army: "The attack has begun."

The military order was like a mountain. On the north bank of the Linjin River, several artillery groups of the Volunteer Army roared together.

Hundreds of artillery pieces fired at the same time, and half the sky turned red in less than a minute. Groups of artillery shells roared across the Linjin River and landed on the heavily fortified position of the United Nations Army. It was a violent explosion.

Gunpowder smoke, dust, broken steel bars and concrete blocks, weapons and equipment, and various human limbs all flew into the sky with the sound of the explosion.

Bombardment, bombardment, non-stop bombardment, batch after batch of shells were fired, the headquarters of the Volunteer Army issued an order, in order to ensure the smooth crossing of the Linjin River by the shock troops, the artillery must first clear the obstacles, this is a deadly order.

Shells fell from the sky like heavy rain, shrapnel flew across the entire United Nations-army defense line, and corpses lay everywhere, as if they had come to the Shura hell full of death.

Blowing up roadblocks, trenches, bunkers, firepower points, barbed wire, frontiers, depths, and enemy artillery positions, the artillery fire of the Volunteers is as precise as eyes.

Seeing that the position was bombed to pieces, the artillerymen of the so-called powerful United Nations Army never responded, let alone reacted, not even letting out a fart.

Here is the credit of the volunteer scouts. In order to obtain the first-hand information of the enemy, many soldiers like Zhang Guohan did not hesitate to risk their lives to scout the enemy's situation, and thus obtained the first-hand information of the enemy. Looking at the enemy in turn, hundreds of thousands of volunteer soldiers ambushed without knowing it under their noses, let alone any other information.

At the tunnel entrances of the countless assault positions on the north bank, the soldiers watched and laughed, and some simply jumped out and cheered loudly, saying that they wanted to see how the mighty Yankee was bombarded, and did not urinate when he was bombarded Pants, did you cry to go home and find your mother?

No wonder the soldiers are so happy. The troops of the People’s Liberation Army have been bullied by their opponents in terms of firepower since the day they were established. It is time for the army to be bombed, which makes the soldiers feel very unbalanced, and they all hold their breath secretly, and we will bully the enemy once in a while.

I didn't expect this day to come so quickly. The three battles were the first time that our army used artillery on a large scale after entering the DPRK. There were hundreds of heavy artillery with a caliber of more than [-] millimeters. Such large-scale artillery preparations to attack the enemy are devastating and unprecedented.

The soldiers are excited, but not everyone is like this. The soldiers of the 39th Division, [-]th Regiment of the [-]th Army of the Volunteer Army are different from other troops because everyone knows that there are A large minefield laid by the enemy.

Logically speaking, the best way to clear mines is to bombard them with artillery fire. After covering them, the problem can basically be solved, but it doesn’t work now, because first, the supply of artillery ammunition for the Volunteers is in short supply, and the limited ammunition needs to be used by the artillery to attack the important mines on the other side of the Linjin River. The second goal is that the minefield is too close to the tunnel entrance where the soldiers hide, so the artillery at such a short distance cannot guarantee that they will not hurt their own people, so the [-]th regiment can only rely on its own strength to clear the mines.

Zhang Caishu had already prepared. As soon as the gunfire rang out, he led his demining team to separate from the crowd and charged forward. Zhang Caishu shouted as he ran, "Get out of the way, get out of the way."

Zhang Caishu is not a cadre, but he is a celebrity from the [-]th and [-]th Regiment. Most of the thousands of cadres and soldiers know him. Some of them shouted when Zhang Caishu was running forward: "Hey, Lao Zhang, clean it up. If you don't clean it up, look at me." How can I kick your ass when you come back?"

The soldiers of the demining team didn't have time to argue with them. All of them were silent, and rushed forward with all kinds of tools, and rushed out of the tunnel at the beginning of the artillery preparation. (To be continued..)