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Submachine guns, light machine guns, heavy machine guns, mortars, recoilless guns...... There were also countless bullets, bread, canned food, compressed biscuits...... This Yankee is really generous. On this airdrop, more than 20 boxes of guns and ammunition were dropped, and the soldiers' eyes were straight. It's no wonder that some people will say that the last thing the US military lacks on the Korean battlefield is ammunition!

At this time, Regiment Commander Chu and Political Commissar Chen Ye also arrived, and they were dumbfounded when they saw so much ammunition, which was enough for the volunteer soldiers to use in one army.

"Quick, put out the fire!" Or is Political Commissar Chen Ye thoughtful, so much ammunition and supplies are here, in case the enemy discovers a burst of artillery fire, it will not be a joy in vain. The soldiers were reminded by the political commissar to shovel the snow with sapper shovels and extinguish the fires.

"Lao Chu!" Looking at so much ammunition, Chen Ye lost his mind for a while: "With so much ammunition, I can't finish it, and I can't take it away, wouldn't it be unjust if it was discovered by the enemy and blown up!" ”

"It's easy to do!" Commander Chu smiled and said: "You can bring as much as you can, and the rest will be disguised, and when the big army comes, won't it be done?" As for those who eat......"

After a pause, the head of Chu pretended to ask Chen Yedao: "I said Lao Chen!" Do you think it's more convenient for the fighters to carry it in their stomachs? This will also free up more space to bring more bullets! ”

"This ......" Chen Ye was speechless for a moment when he was asked such a question, how could the soldiers not hear the overtones in Commander Chu's words, and rushed to the boxes of biscuits and bread with a cheer......

But before he could eat a few bites, a communication soldier ran from the top of the mountain and shouted: "The puppet army has retreated, the puppet army has retreated!" ”

"Mother! Why is the puppet army so unbeaten! Commander Chu scolded and ordered: "All of them are there, immediately bring weapons and ammunition to block the enemy, leave a company to protect the ammunition, and ensure the safety of all ammunition!" ”

"Yes!" The warriors answered. With bread and biscuits in his mouth, he hurriedly freed his hands to pick up bullets.

I swallowed the bread in my mouth so haphazardly that I was almost out of breath, and then grabbed the magazine and shoved it into the bullet bag. Bread is meant to fill the emptiness of the stomach, but bullets are meant to fill the emptiness of battle...... Now that I've fulfilled both of these aspects, I'm a little flirtatious, and I feel like I'm a rich man. Looking at Huzi again, it is even more exaggerated, grabbing a machine gun and stuffing the magazine into his arms......

The soldiers rushed to the high ground with enough ammunition, and after setting up their guns, they looked down, and the first thing they saw was the flashing lights of cars, both roads. At the foot of the mountain, there were already a few scattered deserters running in a panic, but everyone knew that it was not worth revealing their positions for the sake of those deserters, so everyone waited quietly.

Finally, with the roar of motors, a procession of cars, tanks, and people turned out from the foot of the mountain, and for a moment the sound of motors, horns, and tanks roared, shouting, and scolding, boiling and shouting like a vegetable market.

I looked through the sight at the enemy ranks, and saw that every car was full of people, and even there were several standing on the pedals next to the cockpit, which made the cars look bulky and wobbly on the bumpy road, giving the illusion that they would tip over at any moment. Precisely because there are too many people loaded. And from time to time, the infantry in front of him blocked the way, so that the speed of the car was very slow, and even the rifle walking next to it could catch up with it by running a few steps.

And when the vanguard of the puppet army was about to arrive at our ambush site, something unexpected happened to the soldiers, and the north side of the road was also lit up with dazzling lights, and then under the surprised eyes of the soldiers, dozens of trucks full of American troops drove towards us with tanks as the lead.

Later, we learned that because the US command believed the telegram we sent, thinking that the puppet army was desperately resisting the Chinese army on the front line, it transferred an armored battalion to reinforcements.

Perhaps because of their natural arrogance, or because they thought they were the saviors, the American GIs drove their cars as fast as they could, ignoring the defeated puppet troops, and regardless of whether the space in front of them was too narrow, they just honked their horns and drove all the way forward.

The puppet army did not dare to provoke these American troops, and the cars and tanks hurriedly avoided it, but what they didn't expect at this time was that the puppet army convoy from the other road happened to retreat here, and they also broke in in a panic. For a while, the intersection of the "Ya" word under the high ground where we were located was chaotic, and people, cars, and tanks were jammed together, and it soon developed into the largest traffic jam in history.

"Hit!" Where would Captain Chu let go of such a good opportunity. At the first order, the soldiers opened fire, and in an instant the sound of gunfire and artillery rang out.

The soldiers were holding American equipment in their hands...... Oval grenades were thrown down in rows, and mortars and recoilless guns were aimed at enemy cars and tanks.

The soldiers all knew that they were the "culprits" who caused this traffic jam, as long as those American troops were disabled, those puppet soldiers said that they would not be able to run away, so the soldiers' machine guns, grenades, and artillery all greeted the American troops one by one! It only caused the United States to scream and become a mess.

The U.S. military found that the situation was not good, and several cars in the tail immediately turned around and wanted to run, but the volunteers have always focused on fighting a war of annihilation, and the mortar gunners have long been prepared for this, and a row of shells quickly blew up the fleeing cars into a pile of scrap metal, and at the same time cut off the retreat of the U.S. troops.

On the other hand, the soldiers of the puppet army did not bother to waste their firepower on them, so they almost did nothing, but they shouted louder than anyone else, fled faster than anyone else, and hured all the cars and tanks back. They were frightened by the sound of gunfire in front of them, and they no longer cared about the fact that more volunteers were coming around behind them......

The U.S. military still has some quality, and they quickly turned off all the headlights under the order, but then they soon found out helplessly that the headlights of the puppet army on the opposite side just shone them clearly.

......With a series of explosions, the cars and tanks of the US army were hit and set on fire by the volunteer soldiers, and the valley was soon filled with the smell of gasoline and choking smoke, and the roaring light of the fire illuminated the entire valley red, and at the same time illuminated the panicked American troops.

The planes of the enemy came to reinforce in the sky, but all they saw were the American troops and puppet troops who were beaten like ants on a hot pot, and sometimes they would drop a few flares, but they were helpless to find that our positions were too close to their gathered troops, and a bomb was dropped. Maybe there will be more of them killed by blowing up.

At this time, I realized that I had really made a mistake, I knew that I would have to take a recoilless gun to play, and no matter how bad it was, I would have to take a machine gun and play like a tiger "da-......da" to have fun! It's like this rifle in my hand, "......bang bang" to hit the old man for a long time before knocking down a few. When people used to be a bunch of bombs, a lot of bullets fell into the sky!

This is an unequal war, the US troops and the puppet army at the foot of the mountain are crowded together and cannot move, and a single grenade can blow down a dozen of them. What's more, the puppet army also completely exposed the US military to the light, while the volunteers hid in the dark and occupied a favorable terrain, even if the US army fought back, it was no goal, and the volunteers practiced their marksmanship as much as they could like a live target, only to hit the US army without the power to fight back, and many US troops fled together in the puppet army, but they soon found out that they had made another wrong choice, because a louder shout of killing soon sounded in front......

In this battle, more than 1,000 puppet soldiers were killed and wounded, more than 500 US troops were killed, and more than 2,000 prisoners were captured.

(I would like to pay tribute to all the volunteer soldiers of the 352nd Regiment of the 118th Division of the 40th Army in this section, which almost completely annihilated the US armored battalion that went to reinforce the puppet 8th Division in the Hengcheng counterattack, and only three survivors of the battalion survived.) ）

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Nibbling on biscuits, nibbling on bread, and eating canned beef with all the color and flavor. The soldiers talked and laughed about the great victory they had just fought. After the battle, the soldiers hurriedly cleaned up the battlefield and took cover in the forest before dawn, so that they had time to relax and eat the food dropped by the American army.

"Tut-tut......" Huzi patted his stomach after gobbling it for a while, and said with satisfaction: "Happy, fight the enemy hard, eat well!" This Yankee is really generous, not only to send us food, but also to send ammunition for us to fight! I really don't have to say ......."

"Brother Huzi!" At this time, Xiao Shandong came up and said, "I see that a few comrades in your platoon are carrying the planks quite heavy, isn't it?" I don't know how much ammunition I have to bring, so let me help you carry it! ”

"Go, go, go......" Huzi tilted his head. The two tigers glared: "I said Xiao Shandong, do you really don't know or fake don't know?" This signal board is a treasure! With it, the Yankees' plane will throw the equipment down one by one, are you a fool or a drop when you are a tiger, can you give you this cornucopia? ”

Saying that, he was still not at ease, and repeatedly told those soldiers that they couldn't lose the signal board, which only made the old squad leader laugh.

But I was the only one who couldn't laugh anyway, because I knew that after the fight against Yokojo, the next step was Tohei-ri.

In Topingi, the eternal pain in the hearts of the volunteers! This small village within a radius of five miles became the place where the volunteers suffered the heaviest casualties in the Fourth Campaign, and the heavy was so heavy that the higher authorities ordered them to fight, but the grassroots soldiers asked their superiors to "not fight", which was unprecedented in the history of the Volunteer Army, and the price paid by the enemy was only a few hundred people.

After reading the relevant materials in modern times, this battle has always been like a scar in my heart, and I don't want to mention or think about it, but now I have to experience this collision of flesh and steel.

"Battalion commander!" Zhao Yongxin seemed to see that I had something on my mind, so he came up and asked, "What's wrong?" Why are you not happy after a big victory? ”

"Well, nothing! Sleepy! "I vaguely answered and hid under the covers, and this is when I need to think about how I can get the soldiers through this difficult time, and at the same time get myself through this difficult time.

Backward communications equipment and inaccurate judgment of the enemy's situation were the main reasons for the defeat in the Toheeong-ri operation.

The 119th Division of the 40th Army, which was responsible for the unified command of the battlefield, did not even know how many troops had participated in the battle, so it hurriedly started the battle under the orders of the headquarters.

The command always thought that the enemy defending Tohei-ri was only a few hundred men, only ordinary field fortifications, and that the defending enemy was probably already fleeing. So I don't take this Tohei with a diameter of only five kilometers in my eyes at all. However, as everyone knows, the 23rd Regiment of the US Second Division, the French battalion, and its subordinate units are stationed in Tohei-ri, and there are more than 6,000 troops alone, not to mention tanks and artillery. Relying on the tanks and artillery in their hands, they built a solid ring position in Tohei, a veritable steel defense line, rather than an ordinary field fortification as the command believed.

Under the blind optimism caused by the unknown enemy situation and the fact that a great victory had just been fought, the command headquarters made arrangements for the attack on the troops in Toheong-ri like a hodgepodge of improvised organizations, grabbing one regiment from one side and one regiment from there, and successively throwing in as many as eight regiments. The eight regiments were from different units, and they had little contact with each other, and only when they heard the sound of gunfire on the other side did they know that there were friendly units fighting.

The chaotic command and excessive underestimation of the enemy made the Battle of Topingli an eternal pain in the hearts of the volunteers.

"Camp Commander Cui!" Just when I was in the bed trying to figure out how to solve this situation. A communications soldier called me up: "The regimental commander told you to go right away!" ”

Absentmindedly followed the correspondent all the way to the regiment headquarters, as soon as Commander Chu saw me, he hurriedly handed over a document and said: "Battalion Commander Cui, this is a telegram that has just been intercepted by the enemy, and it has been translated into English according to the code book, but no one will understand it, what do you mean?" ”

I couldn't help but feel a headache when I saw it, this was a reply from General Almond, the commander of the US Tenth Army, to the garrison of Tohei-ri, to the effect that they should withdraw from Tohein-ri.

The 23rd Regiment of the US 2nd Division stationed in Toping-ri was under the jurisdiction of the US Tenth Army, and presumably they also realized that they were surrounded by Chinese troops and wanted to withdraw from Toping-ri, so they called General Almond, the commander of the 10th Army, for instructions, and this telegram came to my hand.

I know what it would mean if I told the truth about this telegram. "The commander of the U.S. Tenth Army agreed to withdraw the garrison in Tohei-ri!" If this news reaches the command of the Volunteer Army, then the command will be even more convinced that "there are not many enemies!" ”。

And I also know that soon after, when the garrison in Topingli was about to withdraw, Li Qiwei personally gave an order to the commander of the 23rd Regiment of the United States: "Do not retreat, stick to Topingli!" In addition, he threatened General Almond: "If you withdraw from Tohei-ri, I will withdraw you first!" ”

What to do? I muttered to myself, and if I said it truthfully, I was the murderer who indirectly killed the soldiers who died in Tohei. If you don't say it, it's disobeying military orders and concealing military information!

"What's wrong? What do you mean? Head Chu urged impatiently.

"Well, there's a word I don't know very well." I hesitated, but finally gritted my teeth and said, "To Colonel Freeman, the commander of the 23rd Regiment, I hereby order that your regiment is not allowed to retreat and hold on to Topingli!" Our Air Force will give you priority support! Almond, commander of the U.S. Tenth Army. ”

After reading the telegram, I broke out in a cold sweat, and now I am not only hiding the military situation, but I am afraid that I am still lying about the military situation. I made up my mind that if my superiors wanted to punish me one day, I would be sure that my English was not good and I didn't understand it correctly.

"Hmm!" Hearing this, Chen Ye couldn't help but be stunned for a moment: "The head of the twenty-third regiment? So the enemy stationed in Tohei-ri has a regiment? This is very different from what the superior said about the enemy, who has only one battalion at most! ”

"And the U.S. military also ordered to hold on, and the Air Force gave priority to support!" Regiment Commander Chu frowned and said, "There are more than 4,000 people in a regiment of the US army, and this is going to be a big deal!" No, you have to report the situation to your superiors quickly! ”

I wanted to add at the end that it was not only a regiment of the American army stationed in Toheiri, but also a French battalion and its affiliated troops, a total of more than 6,000 people, but I swallowed the words as soon as I got into my mouth. If I were asked by Head Chu and Political Commissar Chen Ye how I would know, then I would be at a loss for words. At that time, if he is caught as a spy and goes to the political office to "take classes", it will not be wronged.

On the way back, I couldn't help but feel better.

The position of Topingli is too important, the battle of Hengcheng caused the American army and puppet army on the Eastern Front to retreat on all fronts, but only Topingli was nailed to this salient like a nail, so that the volunteers could not continue to advance.

For the Volunteer Army, once the Tohei-ri was taken, the forces of the four armies could drive straight into the repetition of the previous three battles and threaten the enemy's rear.

For the U.S. military, if Toheong-ri is lost, there will be a gap in the front they are advancing peacefully, and the influx of volunteer soldiers from the gap will most likely cause their entire front to collapse.

As a result, the small village of Toheiri suddenly became a battleground for both sides of the war.

It is precisely because of the importance of Tohei-ri to the entire campaign that I know that the "misread" information just now will not make the command abandon the offensive plan, but at least it can also remind the command that they will no longer rashly and indiscriminately transfer troops to attack.

Back in the shelter, the soldiers who had fought all night were already asleep on the snow, and I dragged my tired body into the bed, but my mind kept thinking - what awaits me in Tohei?