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Chapter 9: Hiding Soldiers

Everyone was silent, and after a long time, Chen Ye habitually lit a cigarette and said, "If you want to fight hard, will the losses of the troops be too great?" ”

Although Chen Ye said so, everyone actually knew very well in their hearts that this was not only a matter of big losses, if the puppet army on the other side of the river had stronger firepower, it would be a question of whether our regiment could rush in front of the enemy, and even if they rushed to the enemy, there would be no more than a few people left, and there would be no way to charge the enemy's pillbox. It's just that the volunteer army has never said this kind of words that destroy their own prestige and increase the morale of the enemy, so Chen Ye mentioned it so "tactfully".

"There are difficulties." Instructor Zhao, who was sitting next to me, said: "For example, in our company, there are less than one-third of the veterans, and the rest are recruits who don't know anything, they have not undergone any military training, and they have to fight such a tough battle as soon as they come up, so I'm afraid it's a little ......."

Everyone knows what is going on, and there is no need for Instructor Zhao to say anything.

"It's not just your company that's the problem!" Chen Ye nodded and said: "After two battles, the other companies have more or less casualties, and nearly 400 of the more than 1,000 people in the whole regiment are supplementary recruits, and the combat effectiveness of our regiment will be discounted!" ”

"Can you change the river crossing point?" Someone suggested.

"It's similar at other river crossings." Regiment Commander Chu shook his head and said: "The puppet army is deployed along the front line of the Imjin River, and the other troops who are responsible for the first attack will face our situation. In addition, a large number of migrant workers were organized to build fortifications, and the more time passed, the stronger this line of defense became. ”

"Can you ......?" I whispered, looking at the map.

"Can it be anything?" When Head Chu saw me speak, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and Political Commissar Chen Ye and others all looked at me. Maybe it's because my premise advice is very effective, and now they're a bit used to waiting for me to come up with ideas.

"Captain!" I hesitated, compared to the map and said, "When we attack, we will pass through the plain on the north bank, if the enemy has enough firepower, we will not be able to cross this plain alone, not to mention the Imjin River behind, as well as cliffs, mine arrays, etc." ”

"You still need to say that everyone can't look if they have eyes?" Head Chu glared at me angrily.

"Company Commander Cui!" Chen Ye gestured at me with the flashlight in his hand and said, "Tell the point, say the point!" ”

"That!" I paused and said, "Can we ambush this plain?" Then as soon as the time came to attack, we rushed forward from the plain, and it wouldn't take long to reach a hundred meters of the river, if we wanted to rush fast, we would cross the river in less than a minute, and the enemy had not yet reacted! Besides, as soon as we cross the river, we will be under the cliff, that is the dead end of the artillery fire, and the enemy's artillery will not be able to hit us, right? At night, let's fight with the puppet army for light equipment, who is afraid of whom? ”

"Ahh Commander Chu and Chen Ye glanced at each other: "We just thought about hiding the troops in the forest, why didn't we think of hiding this army in the plains?" ”

"But it's not easy for these thousands of people to hide in the plains!" Chen Ye frowned and said, "If the enemy is accidentally discovered, it will reveal our combat intentions." ”

"Commissar!" I reminded, "Isn't it snowing all the time?" Let's climb over and dig a few tunnels when it's dark, and then climb back before dawn, and the snow will be completely covered at once, and if the enemy doesn't send someone to walk around, we really won't find anything across the river. It won't take a few days like this, and if you hide a troop of more than 1,000 people, it's not a problem to hide artillery! ”

"Yes, yes, yes......" Head Chu slapped his fist and said: "That's it, you kid has a way!" Let's do it tonight! ”

"Lao Chu!" Chen Ye said with a smile: "This matter is not in a hurry, it has been the middle of the night tonight, those recruits can't stand it, and the day is almost dawn, if we can't get this snow to cover our traces, we will fall short!" ”

"Yes!" Only then did Head Chu realize that he was too anxious, and smiled embarrassedly: "Then change it to tomorrow night!" ”

"I said Lao Chu!" Chen Ye looked at me and nodded and said, "This suggestion made by Company Commander Cui is very good, I think we have to report to our superiors, if it is comprehensively promoted in our first attack force, it will definitely greatly reduce the casualties of our troops." ”

"That's right." Commander Chu said excitedly: "Now, I will definitely be able to catch those puppet soldiers off guard!" ”

After a pause, Commander Chu said to us again: "It's so decided, pull the soldiers to the mountains to hide tonight, and start acting tomorrow night!" All battalions and companies must be optimistic about their own soldiers, and they must ensure that no soldier is left behind, and strictly keep secrets! Anyone who divulges secrets will be punished with a revolutionary record! ”

"Yes!" The soldiers responded very simply, knowing that after fighting like this, the negative influence of the original harsh terrain on them disappeared in an instant, and they were more confident in speaking.

"Not bad! Company Commander Choi! On the way back, Instructor Zhao looked at me with some incredulity and said, "I've only been here for a day, and I saw that you have made another great achievement!" ”

"Hey! So how can it be considered meritorious? "I can't help but blush, in fact, this is really not the idea, in modern materials, this third battle to force the Imjin River is fought like this, even if I don't say it at this time, I will come down when the instructions from the superiors are exactly the same.

"How can this not be considered meritorious service?" Instructor Zhao shook his head and said: "You are still modest, if it weren't for your method, if our troops rushed through, I don't know how many people would die!" This, this is almost in time for a victory! ”

Instructor Zhao said excitedly, but I couldn't hear a word, and at the same time, I couldn't be happy at all. Because I know that the price of crossing the 38th parallel this time is heavy. When we returned again, there were already more than 50,000 volunteer soldiers lying there and could never come back, more than 50,000 people, more than 50,000 enthusiastic volunteer soldiers, close to one-sixth of the casualties in the entire Korean battlefield, and they could never come back because of a political word!

But what can I do? The time given to me was too short for me to change the whole situation, and at the same time I was not able to do it, because I was only a small company commander now.

I can only painstakingly recall every detail of the fourth battle, hoping that with my limited strength, I can save the lives of some more volunteer soldiers!