Chapter XXVIII
Liang Guocheng smiled bitterly, he obviously felt that the company commander didn't like him. He also knew that ordinary combat units were reluctant to bring literate people, and they believed that it would be good to fight a war and work hard, as long as they were loyal to the party and the state, were not afraid of death, and dared to play with the enemy. When cultural people arrive on the battlefield, when the guns don't go off, they will say better than anyone else, and when the guns go off, it is possible to pull their pants in fright.
After dark, the company commander ordered the assembly, the instructor made a simple mobilization, and the troops set off. Liang Guocheng followed behind Company Commander Li, and the further he ran, the closer he felt to the battlefield, the closer the gunfire became, and the sound of gunfire was getting closer and closer. Company Commander Li seemed to have calculated the time, and took the soldiers to run wildly for four hours, and in the second half of the night, they came to a mountain corner, and Company Commander Li asked everyone to rest in place. This is the only way for troops to change their defenses, and it is also the place where the United States and South Korea mainly blockade their artillery in order to prevent the reinforcement of the volunteers. No matter what kind of troops are on the battlefield, they have their strengths or weaknesses. Because the strengths and weaknesses of each commander and fighter of each unit will be reflected in the training of the troops. The training of the troops is reflected on the battlefield. Company Commander Li learned from the previous company commanders that the US artillery's non-stop shelling in the first half of the night was calculated based on aircraft photographs, and after the first round of shelling, the estimated reinforcements were halfway up the hill and the other round of shelling began, so the losses of the troops were too great. After the second half of the night, the shelling was changed to regular interval shooting, and there would be a lot of empty space, and if the gap was grasped, there would not be much loss. The troops took a sheltered rest until the second half of the night, and sure enough, the shelling began to fire regularly, and after one shelling there was a longer time spat. Company Commander Li was a commander who had grown up as a soldier who joined the army in the Liberation War, and he was a bold and careful person. Although the commander of the unit in front had already explained to him the rules of the enemy's troops, he was worried that there would be an enemy observation post halfway up the mountain, so he did not direct the troops to go up the mountain, but sent two groups of soldiers to touch the top of the mountain, and it was not until the soldiers sent back the signal that the enemy observation post had not been found, and he breathed a sigh of relief and gave the order to prepare to climb the mountain. After a while, the shelling began again. Rows and rows of shells, drawn in arcs with whistles, fell on this extremely steep hillside, giving people the feeling of landslides and cracks. After the shelling stopped, Company Commander Li gave an order, and the soldiers lined up in a fan and rushed to the mountain. In the dark night, I couldn't see my feet clearly, I didn't know what I grabbed in my hands, the one in front fell, and the person who caught up later helped me without any kind words; Some had broken hands, and there were almost no warriors who did not have torn clothes. When all the fighters climbed to the top of the hill and entered the tunnel, the shelling began behind. Counting the number of people and losing no soldiers, Company Commander Li smiled with chapped lips.
On the top of the mountain, the traffic heroes were connected to the war heroes, and although they were urged by the enemy's artillery during the day, and there were a few sections that had completely collapsed that could not even cover their calves, Company Commander Li did not understand why the company commander on the mountain did not organize emergency repairs. The company commander from the mountain came to pick them up and led them to a natural cave. Company Commander Li only now understands why the troops on the mountain did not rush to repair the traffic hao; I also understood how fierce the battle was during the day! After a whole day of fierce fighting, more than half of the more than 100 people in a whole company have been killed, and most of the remaining 30 people have taken their shares, except for the seriously wounded, who can now move around only one class. Think of the fierceness of the daytime battle! The company commander on the mountain introduced the defense like Li Lian, the left hand of the mountain is the cliff, and below is a mountain passage, which is also the only passage for the enemy to reinforce the troops surrounded by the volunteers. Because the mountain road is narrow, if the enemy army blindly reinforces with a large force, the volunteer army is condescending, as long as a car or tank is blown up, the troops blocked on the road will not be able to move. There was only a share of beatings, so for several days, they desperately tried to occupy this high ground. Paid a heavy price, leaving countless corpses in front of the position. On the contrary, the volunteer soldiers also used their young lives to compose the dignity of the motherland! The right side of the mountain is full of strange rocks, which is not suitable for combat troops and vehicles, so only the front is the main direction of the enemy's attack. Company Commander Li frowned slightly, he saw that this road was not only suitable for infantry but also tank attacks; Although his troops carried an anti-tank gun, only a few shells were carried.
The company commander on the mountain seemed to see his concern: "We still have two 82 mortars and some shells. ”
Company Commander Li turned around and said to the communicator: "Order all platoons, * repair the traffic trenches and bunkers, and they must be completed before dawn!" ”
After listening to the briefing, Company Commander Li was enlightened. He rubbed his eyes, which were a little red, and found a rock, wanting to sit down and rest for a while. Suddenly the whistle of shells was heard overhead, a prelude to the first round of attacks in the morning. He hurriedly ordered his troops to shrink and scatter them all into the cave. He himself was at the entrance of the cave, observing the enemy with a telescope. Because it was not yet dawn, the telescope was black and mushy, only the moment when the enemy's shells exploded, suddenly lit up, and then stones flew sideways, some landed beside him, and some flew past his scalp. There seemed to be the roar of a machine in the haze, and he, who had combat experience, immediately realized that it was the enemy tank attacking, and there must be infantry behind the tank. Wait for the enemy's artillery to extend, and immediately order the troops to enter the formation. Dongfang has already spit out the white of the fish's belly, and he has seen the outline of the tank, and the tank can be seen behind the enemy. The soldiers lay in the trenches and counted the tanks, one or two, and more and more clearly saw that five American-made tanks were rushing forward in a fan shape. The anti-tank gun was mounted in the trenches, and this Soviet-style anti-tank gun was more than two meters long and had to be operated by two people, which was particularly troublesome. Company Commander Li lay down next to the anti-tank gunner, and he wanted to instruct the gunner to wait for the tank to get closer before fighting, after all, the deputy shooter alone could only carry a few shells. It's dawn, and you can already see the big nose of the United States. Company Commander Li gave the order to open fire, and the machine guns, rifles, and * spewed out angry tongues of fire, and the mortar guns rang out like crumbling beans. He instructed the anti-tank gunners to aim at the first one and fired, probably at the wrong angle, and the naked eye could see that the tank had hit, but the shell did not explode, and it flew away from the direction with a stroke on the turret of the tank. Both the gunner and the deputy gunner felt sorry and turned their heads to look at him. In fact, it is not uncommon for a single hit on the battlefield to hit the target. "It's okay, aim for it and hit it again!" He encouraged them.
Rumble! The cannon hit the chain, which fell with a clatter, and the tank spun in place and stopped. The driver, gunner, and machine gunner in the tank jumped out of the entrance and exit, desperately ran back, and were wiped out by the volunteers. The enemy lost the cover of a tank, and later the infantry was exposed, and the various weapons of the Volunteer Army killed and injured the enemy even more. Suddenly, the enemy retreated for unknown reasons. First, a salvo of tank guns covered the retreat of the infantry, and then the artillery of the enemy position covered the retreat of the tanks. Company Commander Li immediately ordered the troops to enter the cave, and then there was a deathly silence; Veterans who have fought know that the battlefield is too quiet, and sometimes it is more frightening than the sound of gunfire, because you don't know what will happen next.
In addition to sending an observation post, Company Commander Li was lying at the entrance of the cave, holding a telescope and observing all the time, not knowing what tricks the enemy was doing, for fear that something would happen, so he could find out and deal with it as soon as possible.
Strangely, a white flag suddenly rose from the enemy position, and then a man who looked like a petty officer stood up. He held a small white flag, shook it desperately at the position of the volunteers, and slowly stood up, shouting something in his mouth, because it was too far away to hear clearly. Is it impossible for the enemy to surrender? A soldier raised his gun to aim, but Company Commander Li stopped it. Gradually, I got closer, and finally I saw that he looked like an Asian, speaking broken Chinese, and wanted to talk to the commander.
Company Commander Li was just about to start the station, Liang Guocheng stretched out his hand and held him down, "You are now the supreme chief, you can't take risks!" ”
Liang Guocheng stood up and walked out of the position, and Company Commander Li ordered the machine gun to prepare for cover.
The enemy officer looked at it, and there was no rank on his shoulder: "Please speak for your commander." ”
Liang Guocheng straightened his chest and said, "If you have anything to say to me, I represent our chief." ”
The enemy officer spread his hands and said helplessly: "There are so many corpses in front of the position, and they decompose and produce germs that affect the health of the soldiers on both sides. Our commander suggested that the armistice be held for a morning, and that the corpses of his own soldiers be disposed of. ”
On the ground front, because the enemy army is the attacking side, most of it is enemy corpses and components. If agreed, it meant that enemy soldiers were allowed to move freely in front of the position. If the defense is rarely improper, it is possible that the enemy will take advantage of the opportunity to seize the position.
He thought for a moment and said to the enemy officer: "This matter is too big, I want to report it." ”
The enemy officer spread his hands, turned around and sat down on the rock, took out his cigarette and smoked it.
"I don't know if I'm alive or dead!" Liang Guocheng scolded in his heart as he walked back.
Liang Guocheng reported the request of the enemy officer to Company Commander Li, but he had no idea, he had never encountered such a thing in the past. He reported the request of the enemy officer to his superior commander by walkie-talkie, and soon the superior chief acted out of humanitarian considerations; The wounded and sacrificed soldiers of the troops were also carried down the mountain, and the enemy agreed to a morning of armistice, sternly pointing out that the vigilance should be strengthened to prevent the enemy from raiding the position.
Liang Guocheng went to the front of the position again, conveyed the agreement of the superior commander to the enemy officers for an armistice, and agreed that the two sides would cease fighting at 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. After the armistice came into effect, Company Commander Li arranged for Liang Guocheng to take a few soldiers to help the troops on the mountain carry the seriously wounded to the intersection of the lower mountain road. Only then did he see that on the road to the mountain last night, blood flew in the back mountain, and the stump arms and legs were scattered everywhere; He knew in his heart that this was left behind by the changing troops, and the enemy's shelling was too frequent during the day to clean up and bury the fallen comrades. He returned to his position, and dozens of people in front of him wore military uniforms and white armbands with Red Cross busily carrying corpses. An imbalance suddenly welled up in his heart, and the Chinese were too kind, and if we also proposed a truce, they would not necessarily agree!
The enemy officer appeared at the front of the position again, this time as if he was bolder than just now, and perhaps felt that the Chinese were more credible, and went directly to the distance where the volunteer army position could hear him speak, and said: "Our commander wants to pull away the damaged tank, this thing weighs dozens of tons, and ordinary machinery cannot pull it, so it must be pulled by tanks, I hope your army will not misunderstand." ”
In front of the position, in addition to the one that hit the nest today, there were also two vehicles that were destroyed in yesterday's battle. Company Commander Li felt that this was a pile of scrap metal, and it was still blocking the view of the enemy; Nodding in agreement, he turned around and ordered the anti-tank gunners to prepare for battle in case the enemy tanks hid behind the infantry raid. This is always the case during wars, no matter how many promises the negotiators have, both sides are cautious when they are finished, fearing that the other side will change their minds and suffer losses. Now the Volunteer Army is ready for battle, the enemy army is also ready for battle, and countless machine guns and artillery are also facing the positions of the Volunteer Army. Boom, the tank machine roared up, probably worried that the volunteers would misunderstand, the tank butt was facing forward, and the muzzle was facing away from the position of the volunteers.