Let the book review area see that some book friends want to see Fengjiao and Zhang Taofang compare a few times against the 'hole' of the armor Wei Zhang Lao only went to the battlefield in a strong year, and it is still more than a year away. The Cold Gun and Cold Cannon Movement ran through the entire middle and late stages of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea until the end of the Korean War. It was not too late for Zhang Lao to go to the battlefield at that time.

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Chapter 24 Water Storage

The move of carrying a notebook to the battlefield and drawing down the objects he saw proved to be effective in actual combat. Because he can not only serve as a reference for the soldiers when they go to the battlefield again. More importantly, this method can be used to strengthen and train the volunteer sharpshooters who have always been rough and leafy into snipers who are good at observation.

This and ... Ever since the soldiers knew that I had found the snipers of the U.S. Army by painting, they all devoted themselves to painting. They took advantage of the darkness of night to enter the lurking position in the early hours of every day, carefully observed the positions of the US troops, and did not return until it was dark.

Not only that, but they also spontaneously organized drawing competitions between groups and classes. Of course, they are not comparing who paints beautifully, but who paints things in detail and comprehensively. Some soldiers even took advantage of the rest time to review the scenes they had drawn on the battlefield several times, or silently memorized them, and when they went to the battlefield the next day, they quickly compared the opposite battlefield with their memory.

I really admire the kind of 'spirit' of the volunteer soldiers, once they think something is right. Once they feel that something is beneficial to the country and to the destruction of the enemy, they will be willing to work hard to learn and practice, and they are still the kind of "door" that drills into it.

In modern times, I have heard the story of some volunteer scouts, saying that before entering the DPRK, in order to better 'blend' into the enemy's troops to complete the reconnaissance mission, the whole army was stunned to practice Korean, and after more than two months, they were so proficient in Korean that they could walk in the queue of the puppet army and chat with the puppet army, and the puppet army could not recognize it.

I'm a journalist in modern times, and of course I need to know a few foreign languages, but no matter which one of them, I have to learn them for at least a few years! And I don't dare to say that when I go into the local area and chat with people, others will not be able to hear it",

So when I first saw this material. I don't believe it at all. I don't believe in those volunteer soldiers who have fought with guns all their lives. It took more than two months to learn a 'door' foreign language. But now I can't help but believe it, because in order to be able to better kill the enemy on the battlefield, the soldiers don't learn like we fished for three days and dried nets for two days in college, they all learn with the mentality of fighting and working hard! Hustle, for example, now, the cold-gun warriors lurk in the ice and snow for more than a dozen hours a day. I came back and went to war again after only four or five hours of rest, and I couldn't stand it without saying anything else.

Not to mention, sometimes they can really see some clues, and once as soon as they entered the battlefield, several soldiers found that there was a small snow mound on the enemy's position for some reason, and there was no trace of shell explosion around that small snow mound. So the fighters quickly judged that it was man-made. Two bullets passed, and sure enough, a poor American sniper was shot! It's just that he's afraid of the cold, so he wears more clothes."

This result made the soldiers simply ecstatic. In their words, it is not good to defeat an ordinary Yankee, but to defeat a Yankee's sharpshooter, that is called ability!

So the three positions and three squads once again staged a vigorous competition to find American snipers, but they took pity on those American snipers, some of them were afraid of hard work and wanted to enter the position during the day, but after paying the lives of four people. Finally, they didn't dare to do it anymore, because every day there were more than a dozen pairs of eyes staring at their positions on each position!

Those young master soldiers of the Yankees! Even if the snipers have been trained to lurk in difficult conditions, they have never tried to lurk in such a cold environment for more than ten hours. So they had the courage to enter the lurking position at night. But it's often because you can't stick to the end and you lose your goal.

On the other hand, the Volunteer Army had a great advantage in endurance, and after a period of time, this unit under my command actually killed and wounded only one and killed and killed eight American snipers."

With such achievements, Division Commander Wang immediately extended this measure of improving the soldiers' observation ability to a great extent by simply giving them a pen, a notebook, and a telescope to other units, and all units followed suit for a while.

"Captain Cui!" Just as I was looking at the map and thinking about my thoughts, Wang Yuehan excitedly lifted the black cloth and broke in and said, "Captain Cui." It's a great way to use your drawings to enhance your soldiers' observational skills! This is not? Several troops sent telegrams expressing their gratitude! It's only been a few days, and it's working, and it's said that the casualty ratio of the sharpshooters is gradually leveling out! In some places, they are even more than the US military, just like us! ”

"Hmm! Works so quickly? I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when I heard this.

Although my method can be said to be a 'medicine' for the poor observation of volunteer soldiers, I am still a little surprised that it can work so quickly. All the snipers in the U.S. military are professionally trained, and I thought it would take at least a while to catch up with the U.S. military!

"Isn't it?" Wang Yuehan rubbed his hands excitedly and said: "Nail ten, the 'door' army, the code army, and the version army have sent us a letter of thanks!" The experience of the month was invaluable, and it saved a lot of casualties for their troops, and they fought happily. Among them, the jaw army has defeated five enemy snipers in just a few days, and they are still shouting in the telegram to fight happily! ”

"That's good!" When I heard this, I was secretly relieved.

It should be said that this situation is not only the reason why I taught the soldiers to observe, I think a large part of the reason is that the volunteer army sent many more sharpshooters than the American army. Because of the specialization of snipers, the US military has relatively high levels of difficulty, time and requirements for training, which determines that the number of snipers in the US military will not be very large. Putting such a small number of snipers into such a long front will definitely lead to a shortage of manpower. For example, in our positions, the snipers of the US army are only two or three groups.

On the other hand, the number of soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers in Korea is 600,000 to 700,000, and most of them have fought for several years and have rich combat experience. So the sharpshooters on the front line were sacrificed, and soon there will be new sharpshooters on top. Although they are not as good as the professional snipers of the US military in terms of quality, they can be lurking and have good marksmanship. Now that I have learned to observe again, the gap is not as big as it used to be.

In this case, the U.S. military is often a sniper on the battlefield and has to face more than a dozen volunteer sharpshooters, even if the U.S. military finds the location of the volunteer soldier and hits the target. But at the same time, it will also put itself under the guns of the rest of the sharpshooters.

This may be the advantage of being crowded! Volunteer sharpshooters can go to the front in a steady stream. However, the snipers of the US military are one less than one dead, and they are still unable to quickly replenish them in a short period of time, so it is self-evident who will gain the advantage in this war.

"Captain, take you to see a place!" Just thinking about it, Wang Yuehan said a little mysteriously.

"Where?" I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this. I secretly thought that this place is just two highlands and one mountain, and I have been here for more than a month, and I haven't walked anywhere."

"I'll talk about it when we get there!" Wang Yuehan continued to sell Guanzi.

"yes, it's so mysterious!" I patted *** and stood up and quipped, "Do you want to 'blind' my eyes with a black cloth?" ”

"Not really!" Wang Yuehan smiled: "You can't see it anyway!" ”

"Can't see?" When I heard this, I was even more suspicious. With curiosity, he followed Wang Yuehan all the way through the narrow passage, and after a while, he came to a slightly larger tunnel. Only then did I understand what Wang Yuehan meant by being invisible. There was no spark in the black rumbling in the tunnel in front of me, and the infinite darkness inside made people feel chills in their hearts, "I took a few steps forward, and it felt like walking into an ancient tomb newly dug by archaeologists,,

Phew, what do you say about me! Say that the warriors' tunnels are ancient tombs!

"Why don't you light a fire?" I asked suspiciously, but in fact, I was a little weak in my heart.

It's also a little embarrassing to say, I have been hiding from the tunnel for a long time, and then I realized that I will still be afraid of the dark",

"Just go in and find out!" Wang Yuehan still refused to solve the mystery.

"Uh-huh!" I cleared my throat and strengthened my courage, and I mustered up the courage to step into the tunnel, which was so dark that there was no light at all. But as I walked, I felt that something was wrong, and at first I felt the walls of the pit on both sides, and then I felt that I had walked into an open field. But there was still no light at all. Stretched out his hand to the side and 'touched', and sure enough, he couldn't 'touch' the pit wall.

"Stand upright! Salute! "Just when I was doubting 'confusion', a few commands and the salute of the soldiers suddenly sounded in the tunnel. Then the fire flickered. The whole tunnel suddenly brightened. I was stunned by what appeared in front of my eyes then:

A pit that could accommodate at least a hundred warriors appeared in front of my eyes, on the walls and tops of the tunnel, logs were neatly arranged, and every few steps there was a torch blazing, and the fire lit up the whole pit red. There were two rows of heavily armed volunteer soldiers holding guns and standing tall in front of me and saluting, as if they were being inspected by me.

If this project were in modern times, it might not be a big deal. But this was in the fifties, when there was no modern equipment, and it was still a battlefield with very rudimentary tools, and the soldiers only relied on shovels and crosses with their hands to dig out this tunnel inch by inch. And I was amazed at how fast it was.

"Captain Cui!" Wang Yuehan explained to me on the side: "This is the first cantonment tunnel built by the soldiers day and night, which is enough to accommodate 200 soldiers, and we have also built fireproof, waterproof, anti-artillery, anti-poison, cold-proof and other functions according to your requirements, and we have also accumulated a lot of materials here, look,"

As he spoke, Wang Yuehan pointed to the bags of grain on the side wall of the tunnel and said, "This is dry food." It's enough for two hundred fighters to live for half a month, and there are some ***, for safety, we opened another pit for storage, right next door! ”

"Good, good!" I kept nodding my head and shouted at the volunteer soldiers who were standing in two rows: "Comrades, you have done a good job! You have won another war on another battlefield, and I hope that you will continue to make persistent efforts to build up for us to fight the enemy more effectively in the future

Lishan is multi-faceted, firmer, and more benevolent tunnels, things! “ “※

"Yes!" The fighters responded in unison.

"Captain Cui!" Wang Yuehan then asked: "Look at what else needs to be improved in our tunnel!" ”

"Hmm!" I nodded and walked a few steps deeper into the tunnel, and said, "I just heard that there is a accumulation of materials in the tunnel, why haven't I heard you talk about water storage?" ”

"Water storage?" Hearing this, Wang Yuehan couldn't help but be a little puzzled and said: "Captain Cui, this water is still needed to store it, we have it at the foot of the mountain, right?" ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "What if the enemy occupies a surface position, and then sets up a few 'strong' machine guns on a high place to control the water source?" ”

"This," Wang Yuehan was speechless as soon as I said this.

My fears are not unfounded, in fact, in the upcoming Battle of Shangganling, water is the biggest problem. Although there are several springs at the foot of Shangganling, under the control of the US military, the soldiers trapped in the tunnels have no way to get close. Even soldiers desperately sacrifice their 'lives' to grab a pot of water for their comrades-in-arms also happens from time to time.

"But Captain Cui!" I thought about it for a while. Wang Yuehan said embarrassedly: "This grain is easy to store. It's okay to throw a bag into the pit. How is this water stored? ”

"Counselor Wang! We can make barrels! Soon a fighter proposed.

"Wood is not good!" Wang Yuehan shook his head and said: "We lack tools now, it is very difficult to do, and even if we make it, it is relatively rough, and there is no guarantee that it will not leak." Store the water in it. Maybe one day it will leak, we don't know! ”

Listening to me, I can't help but feel embarrassed, I know that the upcoming Battle of Shangganling will last for more than a month. For such a long time, it was clearly inappropriate to store water in wooden barrels, and it was also inefficient. If it's an iron bucket, it's pretty much the same. But where did the iron bucket come from on this battlefield? Let the warriors make iron cylinders? It's not easy. There are a total of about 100 people on this Shangganling, and it is still suspected that there is a shortage of manpower to dig the tunnel, and now they have to 'draw' out the iron cylinder.

"That's right!" Thinking of the iron cylinder, I suddenly became clever, and said to Wang Yuehan: "Make a call to the division headquarters and ask if there are any empty gasoline barrels, and if so, give us dozens of them!" ”

"That's right! I didn't think of that! Wang Yuehan patted his head and said, "Yes, we won't have it!" The auto soldiers in the rear brought supplies every time. It's going to throw us a lot of gasoline barrels! We've all used it to fortify the trenches, and it's even better to use it to store water! I'll do it in the evening,"

At this time, there was a sudden rumbling sound of planes outside the tunnel, and Wang Yuehan and I couldn't help but change our faces, turned around and ran towards the outside of the tunnel.

Run to the mouth of the pit and poke your head out to take a look. I saw dozens of planes in the air, including fighters and bombers, flying towards the depth of our army's position. Before we could 'figure out' what was going on, we saw the bombs dropped by the planes, the dives and dives, and in an instant, the whistling of aerial bombs, the sound of explosions, and the sound of machine gun strafing' became one after another, and the incendiary bombs also exploded one after another, only hitting a mountain forest in the rear with blazing fire and black smoke everywhere!

Then the whistling of the shells soon became quieter, and the shells exploded in pieces in the mountains and forests, and the fighting did not stop for a long time.

"What's going on?" I asked Wang Yuehan beside me suspiciously, his face looked a little pale, as if he knew something. "Something's wrong!" Wang Yuehan gritted his teeth, pointed to the mountains and forests that were being bombed by the US army, and said: "That is the artillery position of our army!" ”

"What?" I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this. Doesn't this mean an armistice? How could these Yankees still dispatch so many planes to bomb our artillery positions so blatantly,

"Captain! Chief of Staff Wang! At this moment, Zhang Xiaoxiao ran out of the tunnel in a rage and shouted at us: "The division headquarters has called. I tell you to go at once! ”

"Hmm!" Without saying a word, I took Wang Yuehan and ran towards Zhang Xiaoyue's company headquarters, thinking in my heart as I ran, could there be something wrong with the negotiations! The more I thought about it, the more I realized that "in the later stages of the Korean War, all military operations were linked to negotiations." Sometimes the two sides of the negotiations are at a stalemate at the table, and there is a fight on the battlefield, and sometimes there is progress, and there will be a period of peace. So now, most of the time there is something wrong with the negotiations.

What could be the problem?

With suspicion, I ran into the company headquarters in three steps and two steps, and when I took the phone, I shouted to "stand up": "Report, I'm Cui Wei!" ”

"Captain Cui!" The voice of Division Commander Wang came from the other end of the phone, and his first sentence confirmed my thoughts: "The negotiations have reached an impasse on the issue of 'handing' prisoners of war, and the US army has now bombed our artillery positions, and it is very likely that they will launch an attack on your forward positions." I order, you immediately organize the fighters into battle! ”

"Yes!" I answered, and after hanging up the phone, I immediately ordered Wang Yuehan and Zhang Xiaoxiao: "Pass the order down, and everyone is ready for battle!" Withdraw all the cold-gun troops, one platoon goes to the surface position, and the rest of the troops are on standby in the tunnels! ”

"Yes!" Wang Yuehan and Zhang Xiaoxiao responded and turned around to make arrangements.

Looking at their departing backs, I couldn't help but sigh, and the honeymoon period of more than a month of negotiation was over. After that, it will enter the stage of stop-and-stop. , If you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the Courage Horn , more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading