Chapter 53 The Hygienist
Chapter 53 The Hygienist
Chapter 53 The Hygienist
After the puppet army mistakenly thought that the main direction of our army's attack was the 973 heights and put a large amount of troops and firepower into the 973 heights, the subsequent battle situation was as smooth as I estimated.
The good news of the battlefield came one after another, first of all, the troops of two battalions of the 540th Regiment launched a surprise attack on the 883.7 heights. Prior to this, the puppet army had sent reserves to the 973 heights, and they were simply unable to organize new reinforcements to reinforce the 883.7 heights. After half an hour of artillery preparation, the resistance encountered by the troops of the 540th Regiment can almost be described as insignificant, and it only took more than two hours to successfully capture the 883.7 heights.
It took more than two hours to take a high ground with complex terrain, which was already a very difficult task for ordinary troops. Of course, there is still a certain gap between our Seventh Company and the 902.8 heights won by only one company.
As soon as the 902.8 and 883.7 heights, which were located on both sides of the 973 Heights, fell into the hands of the volunteers, the 973 Heights fell into a situation of being attacked on three sides. The difference between the heights of these high-altitude landmarks is not large, and the soldiers are not far from each other, and the mortars set up by the fighters on the hilltop positions can directly threaten the hilltop positions of the 973 heights and the empty backs and flanks of their defensive lines. made the puppet soldiers guarding the 973 heights panic and had no will to fight.
At this time, the volunteers were not busy attacking, the three regiments of the 180th Division, located on the left flank, front and right flank of the 973 Heights, cooperated with each other, sometimes you hit and sometimes I fought, and sometimes they jointly launched a sneak attack, only to hit the puppet army on the 973 Heights suffered heavy casualties, and felt that their defense line was full of leaks', and there was a possibility that the enemy would suddenly appear on all sides, and each side needed to be defended but could not be prevented.
We really don't need to worry, although the 973 Heights are large and have the highest elevation, their geographical location is actually surrounded by us. In addition, the puppet army's own fortifications also have a lot of deficiencies, and it is impossible to improve them under the interference of our army's artillery fire and our army's sneak attack, so it has actually become a big grave of the puppet army.
In this case, the 973 Heights has become a 'chicken' threat of the puppet army, and the so-called tasteless food is a pity to abandon it.
Every day, the so-called "excellent soldiers of the Republic of Korea" lose their 'lives' here, and the volunteers seem to be able to take down the 973 heights at any time, but they are just unwilling to do so.
Throw it away, 973 Heights is the center of gravity of their "Gyeonggi Fort", and once it is lost, it means that the "Gyeonggi Fort" will no longer exist
After increasing the strength of two divisions and receiving the full support of the US Air Force, the puppet army was unwilling to fail and launched a counterattack on the two lost heights again. But the results can be imagined......
Most of the highland terrain in this area is very complicated, even if you climb from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain with your bare hands, it will take about three hours, and the ice and snow melt and the entire slope is muddy everywhere, making it very difficult for the puppet army to counterattack.
If the puppet army attacked at night, it would be fine. The sight is not good in the night, and we volunteers can't see it even when it's far away. But the puppet army is not good at night fighting.
The reason why the puppet army is not good at fighting at night should be started from two aspects, one is that since the start of the Korean War, most of the volunteers have been fighting at night, and after several years of fighting, the puppet army has been beaten out of psychological barriers, so as long as they can choose the time to fight, they will not choose to fight at night. Another reason is that they can't make full use of the modern equipment in their hands at night. Therefore, the counterattacks of the puppet army were launched during the day without exception.
Launching an offensive in the daylight on such complex terrain can only be described as a nightmare for the puppet army. Although the 902.8 and 883.7 highlands are not steep, the ravines and deep streams go around the slopes, and the puppet army has to circle around these terrains in front of us as soon as they climb up the mountain, and the mud on the road makes it impossible for them to run fast.
This coke broke the volunteer soldiers who were guarding the position, and they used mortars to hit those who were far away, and rifles when they were close, and the Mosin Nagant in the hands of the soldiers 'shot' the range was long, so they used the puppet army that was circling around on the inclined plane as a target to hit the troops of a battalion of the puppet army, and often let the mortars blow up part of it halfway up at the foot of the mountain, and let the rifles be partially knocked out before the troops were deployed in the front line of our army, and when the real attack was launched, the people were almost exhausted, and the morale was gone, and the number was less than half of the number when they set off......
As a result, the puppet army often had to move up two or three groups of people, and it was necessary to launch a decent attack under the cover of US aircraft. But after not attacking twice, it was almost dark on this day, and they had a psychological fear of the night, so they had to retreat back with their tails between their legs.
The battlefield has been glued for six or seven days, and although the puppet army now has much more troops than us, and the two additional divisions plus the original puppet fifth division, which was almost beaten by us, have two to three times the strength of our troops, and we also have the full support of the US Air Force, but there is nothing they can do about us.
Then the puppet army finally took the initiative to abandon the 973 heights, which were surrounded by us on three sides. They retreated in such a hurry that they left a large number of dead bodies on the high ground that had not been in a hurry to bury them. Because the environment was very 'damp', the corpses soon began to decay and emit a foul smell.
Of course, these corpses are not something that our 538 regiment needs to think about. I will know this, it is all because Wu Min, the commander of the 539 regiment, specially called me and complained: "I said Brother Cui, what the hell is your idea, you can't fight in turn with our 539 regiment, just wait to go up the mountain to collect the corpses of those puppet soldiers, this stinks so much that Lao Tzu can't eat for two days......"
The 539th Regiment has been in charge of the front of the 973 Heights, because the frontal defense of the 973 Heights is very perfect, and in addition to the two feints in the whole battle, the rest of the time is basically to play guns and blow trumpets to attract the attention of the puppet army. Of course, there is also the need to wait for the puppet army to retreat and build a position on the 973 heights. But it's not so much about building a position as it is about digging a grave. Because they 'spent' two whole days to search for the stinking corpses and organs of the puppet army and bury them. It's no wonder that Wu Minhui, as the head of the regiment, is dissatisfied.
After finishing, Wu Min didn't forget to add: "Brother Cui, we have to take turns to do this good thing, if there is such a job next time, you will remember to arrange for Lao Zhang's regiment, and other troops will call us 'corpse collection professionals', and next time we will set up our 539 regiment, I and your brother have nothing to do."
When I hung up the phone, I only had a helpless wry smile on my face. Which unit will be assigned to what task is not something that I, the commander of the 538th Regiment, can say. Wu Min didn't dare to vent his dissatisfaction with Master Pang, so he came to me to complain
At this time, Liu Shunyi handed me a telegram and said: "I just received a telegram from the division headquarters, the troops of our regiment who are responsible for the task of penetrating and 'interspersing' have blown up two bridges near the Valley of the Three Acts, blocking the retreat of the puppet army, and the troops of the 540th Regiment pursued all the way, and the retreating enemy could only swim and flee south, and countless people were drowned. Sun Tongjian, commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 35th Regiment of the enemy, and more than 250 people were cornered and captured by our troops. In the course of the pursuit, the comrades of the 540th Regiment captured more than 50 'guns' of various artillery, more than 700 guns, 60 cars, 25 tanks of various types that were blown up, and other materials."
"Okay" heard Liu Shunyi's report, and a cheer immediately broke out in the tunnel.
This is something we have planned for a long time. In fact, our penetrating forces have been lurking near the Valley of the Three Acts for three days, and they could have blown up those two bridges a long time ago, but they have waited until now because of my orders.
The reason is very simple, if the bridge is blown up too early, the puppet army can choose to hold on to the 973 Heights for a few days and retreat after the bridge is repaired. The result of this is nothing more than to make the sappers of the puppet army 'spend' a little more effort.
But if the bridge is blown up when the puppet army has already begun to retreat, the effect will be completely different. There is a saying that defeat is like a mountain, and people who have had some social experience know that there are many people who can persist in good times or when they see victory, but there are very few people who can persist when they fail.
I don't know if the commander of the puppet 5th Division is a person who can still be vigilant against 'sex' when the army is defeated, but it doesn't hurt me to try. So a small ambush was arranged again on their way to retreat...... Now it seems that the commander of the pseudo-Fifth Division is indeed not a good commander.
I learned afterwards that the commander of the puppet Fifth Division had suffered a crushing defeat in this battle, and his brigadier general post had been removed on the spot due to improper command.
"Regiment Commander Cui" Li Pinghe handed over another telegram and said: "Commander Wang Jinshan sent a message of congratulations to the 180th Division, and the division headquarters forwarded it to us."
I couldn't help but be stunned, and after receiving the telegram, I read it out loud without reading it: "All commanders of the 180th Division: Congratulations on your victory. With your heroic and tenacious fighting style and witty and flexible command, you attacked the enemy's Gyeonggi fortification in one fell swoop, and pursued the battle line with victory, pushing the battle line to the line of Su'dongli and Sun Youmu. You fought bravely and tenaciously and completed the task with outstanding results, which is your glory and the glory of the whole army."
"Good"
"Good"
"Long live the Chinese People's Volunteers"
"Long live Chairman Mao"
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The warriors in the tunnels let out thunderous cheers, and word soon spread to the tunnels around the heights. But in a moment, the whole highland was boiling. The cheers and slogans rushed to the clouds, and the half-melted ice and snow fell down.
"Commander Cui" Li Pinghe handed me a cigarette and said: "This victory came so quickly, not only we were surprised, but the Yankees were also surprised."
"Huh? What's going on? "I looked at Li Pinghe suspiciously.
"That's the case...... Li Pinghe lit a cigarette for me and explained: "I have just received news from the Ban'men shop that our army has drawn the 902.8, 973, and 883.7 heights that have been seized into the actual military control line of the 60th Army. Our representatives said that they were absolutely okay and generously 'cheered' them to take a look at the Line of Actual Control. As a result, when the US representative inquired, he learned that the puppet army had just withdrawn from these high grounds, and they had suffered heavy casualties.
"Oh, there's this," I couldn't help but be happy listening to Li Pinghe's words.
"Isn't it?" Li Pinghe replied: "Our negotiators have sent a telegram to Senior Commander Pang to express their gratitude, I think Senior Commander Pang will be so happy that he can't find the north at this time."
Saying that, Li Pinghe and I couldn't help laughing.
This was a windfall, and the Yankees now seem to be under pressure to commit troops on the battlefield where an agreement is about to be reached, because it would make a senseless sacrifice for American soldiers. On the other hand, they are under tremendous pressure in negotiating, because the later they sign, the more land will be snatched from the puppet army by the volunteers. Except for providing some air assistance, the U.S. military basically does not want to intervene at this time.
"This battle...... It's almost over," Li Pinghe exhaled a puff of smoke, sighed and said, "After the war, do you have any plans?" ”
"Intended?" I couldn't help but be stunned, I really didn't think about it, but now it seems that I have to think about it again.
Yes, in just over a month, the Korean War will be over, and it is time to think about what will happen after the war. What should I do? I am a person from the modern era, can I really go back to China and live in this era like this? Will I really be able to adapt to life in this era?
It doesn't matter if you know you can live well. As a journalist in modern times, I have heard many stories about the heroes who bombed tanks and fell into poverty, the heroes of the battle slept in pigsties, and the wounded veterans could not afford wheelchairs......
"Head Cui, Head Cui......" Seeing that I didn't answer for a long time, Li Pinghe couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "You have to have an idea, I can tell you, you can't bear Lin Xue, otherwise I won't be done with you"
It turned out that Li Pinghe was thinking about Lin Xue, and then I somewhat understood what Li Pinghe meant, he wanted me to give him a verbal promise to marry Lin Xue when he returned to China
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but hesitate again, to say that it is not a bad thing to be able to marry a beautiful 'girl' like Lin Xue. But what about my parents when I got married? What about my family history? Lin Xue is not an ordinary family, if others don't say it, Li Ping and this brother I can't get by.
"Commissar......" I replied after a long time: "Isn't there still a war now, what are you doing with those 'private' things?" ”
"I'm not a political commissar when I'm not fighting now," Li Pinghe replied unceremoniously: "I'm Lin Xue's brother, and I'm here to discuss 'private' matters with you now."
"I'll talk about that later," I was getting a little impatient.
"Let's talk about it now" Li Pinghe obviously refused to let me go so easily: "I am Lin Xue's brother, I have the right to consider her happiness, and I also have the right to do this Cui Wei, I know that you still have an emotional relationship with a North Korean girl, you must give me a 'handover' generation now"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" I have to admit that I was indeed caught by Li Pinghe and hurt my feet now.
"Am I talking nonsense?" Li Pinghe gritted his teeth, pushed down the glasses on the bridge of his nose fiercely and said: "This North Korean girl has come to you several times before, that was before you met Lin Xue, I can ignore but now she is here, you think about it yourself"
"What? What did you say? I couldn't help but be stunned.
"Jin Qiulian, right" Li Pinghe sat on the chair indignantly, 'smoked' a few puffs of cigarette fiercely, gritted his teeth as if he was suppressing his anger, and said: "She is in the pit of No. 3, and she has been here for a day, because she is afraid of affecting your command of the battle, so she has not sued you." ”
After a pause, he added: "As a brother, I didn't tell Lin Xue, you can do it yourself."
As he spoke, he threw the cigarette butt to the ground, turned around and walked out of the pit.
Jin Qiulian came, and when I heard Li Pinghe's words, my head couldn't help buzzing. It's not that I hadn't thought of this situation before, but I've been busy with the war and don't want to think about it. Although I told Jin Qiulian that it was really nothing, if I really wanted to say that, I would have nothing to do with the traditional and conservative Lin Xue
What's more, these are nothing, in fact, there are all in this era. What's worse is that these two 'women' have got together, and now I don't know what to do
You have to hurry up and let Jin Qiulian go back...... 'female' person, just find an excuse to coax her a few words, and send her back to the hospital, isn't it?
Thinking of this, I pulled back and walked in the direction of the third pit. This Li Pinghe is really interesting, the No. 3 pit is the farthest from the No. 10 pit where Lin Xue is, and he should have a deep meaning in arranging Jin Qiulian in the No. 3 pit tunnel, but I soon found out that I was wrong
"Captain"
"Captain"
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Ten minutes later, when I lifted the black cloth of the No. 3 tunnel and walked in, I saw the wounded all over the ground, and I vaguely felt that things would not be as simple as I imagined.
Jin Qiulian, who was nursing the wounded like a happy rabbit, happily saluted in front of me: "Jin Qiulian, a medical officer of the 2nd Company of the 1st Battalion of the 538th Regiment, reports"
"What?" Listening to me, I couldn't help but be stunned, and it took a long time to react, and said in disbelief: "You...... When did you become a hygienist in the 538 regiment? ”
"** Do you need it" Jin Qiulian squeezed her eyes mischievously at me and explained: "The 180th Division has won several big battles one after another, and a large number of casualties have not had time to be transport......ed.
When my mother heard this, I couldn't help but scream: I really don't want to make meritorious contributions
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I would like to pay tribute to the 180th Division of the 60th Army of the Volunteer Army with the chapters of attacking the 902.8, 973 and 883.7 heights.