As soon as the battle in Guduli ended, the artillery regiment received a new combat mission, cooperating with the independent regiment to attack the Eagle Ridge Heights controlled by the United Nations Army; Eagle Ridge is not only high and densely forested, but the hidden forts on the top of the mountain are dotted with dots, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and in the regimental headquarters of the artillery regiment, regiment commander Miao Qing is assigning combat missions to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalions and the cavalry brigade.

At the same time, the camp of the cavalry brigade also had a heated discussion on how to attack Eagle Ridge, and the discussion was mainly between Ao Dong and Ao Senjie, Ao Dong took the lead and said, "This Eagle Ridge doesn't look high, let's touch it from the trail in the middle of the night and catch him off guard." ”

"What about our war horses?"

"Of course, take the horse up the mountain."

"What are you going to do right away?"

Ao Dong was speechless, and asked himself, "Yes, it's useless to go on a war horse." Everyone's eyes were on Liu Yizhang, Yizhang smiled and said, "Although we are cavalry, we don't have to ride horses in everything, such as this battle, the woods are so dense, and there are several barbed wire fences in the mountains from bottom to top, our war horses are useless at all, most of you are from the horse training ground in the grassland, you should know that the cost of training a war horse in the country is very large, how can you let the war horse go to death in vain?" Therefore, I estimate that the captain and instructor will not receive specific combat tasks when they go to the combat meeting of the regiment headquarters this time, and at most they will do some logistics services for the artillery. ”

"What is logistics?" More than a dozen recruits asked at the same time.

"Logistics service is to deliver shells to artillery."

"Then won't our cavalry become spectators?"

"Our cavalry is mainly suitable for mobile warfare on the plains, especially encirclement, pursuit and interception, we march fast, so that we have a place for bravery, like this kind of battle, we are almost spectators."

"Then we will charge into battle with the infantry with our guns, can't we?"

"Of course not, infantry, there are millions of them in our country, and what about cavalry? There is only one Zhu De cavalry division in the whole country, and a cavalry regiment is drawn from the Rezhong, Rexi, and Rebei military subdivisions to form a total of more than 1,000 people, and our artillery regiment is only a brigade, a few hundred people, and the cost of training a war horse is very large, and it costs even more to train a cavalry, we have just established the country, and cavalry is as scarce as pilots, how can we use cavalry as infantry? Haven't you always wondered how I, as a person who grew up by the sea, could ride a horse? That's because my family has been raising horses and cattle for several years, and this time I signed up for the army, I didn't expect to have the opportunity to be a cavalryman, but I wrote horseback riding and martial arts in the specialty column. ”

Ao Dong said with admiration, "Yizhang, after you say this, I seem to understand a lot of truths, we have more than 30 recruits, you are the youngest, but you have the greatest ability, you know the most, just arrived on the battlefield and made military achievements, we all obey you!" ”

"Yizhang, we are all willing to fight with you!" Everyone expressed their opinions.

These men from the grassland, the level of education is not high, but they all have no city, since Yizhang and Ao Dong, Ao Senjie private competition, they have been completely convinced, not to mention the first battle after entering the court, Liu Yizhang took the lead, and the heads of the three Yankees fell to the ground with a knife in his hand.

At this time, a soldier shouted, "Captain Lakshin and Instructor Deng have returned from the regimental headquarters. ”

After the cavalry brigade was all assembled, Lakshin said loudly, "Brothers, the main combat mission of our cavalry brigade this time is to cooperate with the second artillery battalion. ”

"Comrades, just now, Captain Lakshin left one thing behind, in addition to announcing the appointment of new cadres, there is also a great joy, the commendation order of our cavalry brigade from the superiors!" "Okay, great!" Without waiting for Deng Jiaju to read out the commendation order, the soldiers couldn't hold back their joy and shouted loudly.

Deng Jiaju waved his hand, and everyone quieted down, "Since everyone is looking forward to the award so much, I will first announce the commendation order issued by the Chinese Volunteer Army Command, 'In view of the fact that the cavalry brigade of the artillery regiment directly under the 77th Army successfully completed the task of blocking the enemy in the Guduli raid battle, and won valuable time for the 77th Army and the 2nd Division of the North Korean People's Army to occupy the strategic high ground, the special record of the collective third-class merit, Liu Yizhang, a soldier of the cavalry brigade, took the lead in this attack battle, bravely killed the enemy, strengthened the prestige of our army, and specially recorded his personal third-class merit. ’”

"Wow" The soldiers applauded warmly, Deng Jiaju waved his hand and continued to speak, "The cadre appointment letter has also come down, the commander of the first company of the cavalry brigade is still Hairigu, the commander of the second company is still Ilad, the recruit company is now changed to the third company of the cavalry, and the acting company commander ....." Deng Jiaju deliberately paused, wanting to see everyone's expressions, he found that whether it was a recruit or a veteran, almost all tilted their heads to look at Liu Yizhang, Liu Yizhang held his head high, his military posture was straight, his eyes were bright, Deng Jiaju thought to himself, it seems that Liu Yizhang's promotion is expected, So he loudly announced, "I will no longer be the commander of the third company, and the regiment headquarters will appoint Liu Yizhang as the acting commander of the third company!" Another wave of warm applause, Ao Dong and Ao Senjie stood on the left and right of Yizhang, the two patted Yizhang's back at the same time, Lakshen waved his hand, he congratulated Liu Yizhang loudly with the unique pride of the Mongols, "Brother, good job!" ”

The headquarters of the cavalry brigade was located in a mountain village called Thorn Beach, where many North Korean villagers originally lived, but after several tug-of-wars, the village was destroyed and the people ran out, and the trees in the woods were also blown up unevenly, and the mountains here were relatively flat, which was convenient for cavalry activities.

Everyone sat around the charcoal basin, and Lakshen began to convey the specific operational deployment of the Eagle Ridge battle, "Commander Miao went to the military headquarters for a meeting yesterday, and Commander Wu pointed out that this battle is of great significance, Eagle Ridge is an important gateway to Seoul from Muluyuan, where our 77th Army is stationed, and if you take Eagle Ridge, you can go straight to Seoul, and you can defend Muluyuan if you retreat, so the military department decided to take Eagle Ridge, the main attack force is the independent regiment of Xu Weiguo of the 77th Army, and the assist is the second battalion of our artillery regiment, The Cavalry Brigade was responsible for assisting the Transport Brigade in transporting artillery shells from Muluyuan to the Eagle Ridge front. ”

In the 77th Army, the reason why the artillery regiment is under the direct command of the military department is because of its peculiarities, the climate in North Korea is cold, and in some places it is more than minus 30 degrees, plus there is a lot of snow this winter, some ravines have been filled with snow, the rivers and roads are frozen solidly, the volunteer soldiers lack food and clothing, and there is an extreme shortage of guns and ammunition, all of which have seriously weakened the combat effectiveness of the troops, artillery is one of the few heavy weapons of our army, and it is inseparable from the destruction of the enemy's strong fortifications, and artillery shells are particularly precious and are generally stored in caves near the military headquarters. Far away from the front-line position, it can avoid the bombing of enemy aircraft, and when necessary, it will be transported to the front line in advance by automobile troops.

Lakshin continued, "In this battle, our cavalry brigade decided to participate in the battle with the newly formed third company and cooperate with the second artillery battalion. ”

"Understood!" The three company commanders replied in unison.

Liu Yizhang did not leave the team headquarters immediately, he sincerely asked the two team leaders for advice, "Captain, instructor, it is the first time I have led troops to participate in the battle, and my eyes are black, please ask the two leaders to give advice." Lakshen and Deng Jiaju looked at each other and smiled, Lakshen smiled and said, "Yizhang, the instructor has long expected that you will ask for help, so the team headquarters decided to let the instructor participate in this battle with you, the third company is still under your command, and the instructor is your military adviser, what do you think?" ”

"Great." Yizhang was happy like a child, he stopped and picked up Deng Jiaju and turned around.

"Yizhang, let me go, we'll have to leave soon."