Chapter 17: The Battle of the Kowloon River (1)

A section of the road leading from Wenjing to Longtoudong is the only way for the Puppet Sixth Division to retreat. The road zigzags along the valley of the Kowloon River, forming two large bends. The Longxing River flows into the Jiulong River here, and there is also a stone arch bridge at the confluence of the two rivers, which is the focus of the defense of the volunteer soldiers.

In fact, in the Korean War, once the enemy's position was known, it was easy to analyze the enemy's march route, because neither the US nor the South Korean army could march without the road. This gave the volunteers the conditions to choose an ideal ambush site, build fortifications and wait for the enemy's arrival.

Just like this time, after knowing that our army was about to face the situation of being surrounded by more than ten times the enemy's strength, Commander Chu chose this terrain that was conducive to our army as the battlefield.

Jiang is still old and spicy, I swung a sapper shovel to shovel up a piece of soil under my feet, and then piled it in front of the trench to shoot it firmly, and I was still thinking about the troop arrangement of Commander Chu.

After all, Commander Chu is a veteran who has fought against Little Japan, and he disperses his troops to various hills north of the stone arch bridge in companies and platoons. For example, my company was alone guarding the high ground closest to the bridge. I was thinking that if we didn't do this, but instead concentrate all the men of a regiment on a hill, then the enemy would easily settle the battle as long as they surrounded the foot of the hill and bombarded by planes and artillery.

But now, there are only a few hundred people on each mountain, and even a few dozen people on some hills. The personnel were so scattered, and the high ground guarded by the volunteers was so large, that it was almost impossible for the enemy to solve the battle with aircraft and artillery.

"Platoon Commander Cui!" The old squad leader patted me on the shoulder behind me.

"The trenches are deep enough, dig into them." The old squad leader pointed to the small hole he had dug on the inside of the trench that was half a man high and one person deep, and said: "Dig such a small air-raid shelter and put a few logs on it, and you don't have to worry about the Yankees' aircraft cannons!" There is also a place to put ammunition! ”

"Oh, so there's still this mystery." I secretly praised in my heart, I really didn't notice this one-man bomb shelter just now, it dug a hole in the inner wall of the trench, even if the bomb hit the trench directly, as long as it did not explode directly at the mouth of the bomb shelter, it would be difficult to kill the soldiers hiding inside.

And the ammunition is also safe to put inside, it will not be accidentally detonated, and even people can hide in it to rest, blocking the wind and rain, and there are really a lot of benefits. It is no wonder that in many battles to resist US aggression and aid Korea, after the positions of the volunteers have been bombed by the US army many times, there are still soldiers who stick to their positions.

"Platoon Commander Cui!"

Following the voice, there were a few people sitting around a map on the side of the hill not far behind, and I saw them when Commander Chu held an impromptu meeting last night to discuss my promotion to platoon commander, and one of them smiled and waved at me.

"Comrade, please be seated!"

"Comrade sit here!"

Before I could get closer, they enthusiastically gave up their seat, and a short, sturdy, dirty-faced warrior caught up with me and pulled me to his side, much to my embarrassment.

"Comrades!" The tall and thin man said with a smile: "Because of the tight war, we haven't been able to get to know each other well, but needless to say, everyone should also know this platoon commander Cui Weicui who broke into the enemy formation alone and caused chaos in the enemy!" ”

"How can you not know?" The soldier who pulled me to sit down smiled: "I was watching from the side, I was only a few meters away from the Cui platoon commander, and I tried to stand up and charge several times but was pressed down by the enemy's bullets, how did I never expect the Cui platoon commander to slide down like that!" Catch up with Ming'er and I also want to try the trick of Platoon Commander Cui. ”

"yes!" Another volunteer soldier with a mustache also looked at me with admiration and said: "Platoon Commander Cui's marksmanship is accurate, he slid fast on the snow, and he shot one and knocked one down, and later used both hands to break the necks of two puppet soldiers at the same time. I said Platoon Commander Cui, you have to teach me this kung fu, and I can worship you as a teacher! ”

Saying that, he really hugged my hands and made a look like he wanted to apprentice, which made everyone laugh, and I was a little crying and laughing, and I didn't know how to deal with it.

"There's not much time, let's get down to business!" The tall and thin man laughed for a while, then straightened his face and said: "Platoon Commander Cui is a newcomer, let me introduce first, I am Zhang Shuguo, the commander of the second company, and this joker is the platoon commander Zhao Yongxin......"

"I'm Liu Mingquan, the leader of the second platoon." Without waiting for the company commander to introduce me, the soldier sitting next to me smiled and stretched out his black hand to me, and I shook it awkwardly, feeling that there was an extra layer of dirt on my hands.

It turned out that they were the company commander, deputy company commander, instructor, and platoon commander of each platoon, and I couldn't help but secretly scream ashamed, I have joined the company for almost two days, although I am familiar with the regiment commander and political commissar, but the backbone of my company has just met.

"Hmmm! Let's get down to business. Company Commander Zhang cleared his throat, pointed to the map in front of him and said, "This battle is not easy to fight!" In the north, there is the main force of the puppet Sixth Division, and in the south, there are enemy rescue troops, and Commander Chu estimates that there will be at least one division. The task of our company was to hold the position, blow up the stone bridge over the Longxing River when the enemy's rescue force arrived, and do our best to prevent the enemy from crossing the river in cooperation with the 163rd and 219th heights. What are the opinions of the comrades? ”

"No comment!" Liu Mingquan raised his fist and said: "Kill as many enemies as they come, and promise not to let them cross the river!" ”

"Company commander!" Looking at the road on the map passing between the 219 heights and the 121 heights where my company is located, I couldn't help but say with some emotion: "The most lacking thing in our army is bullets, do you think we can blow up the bridge later, let some puppet troops cross the bridge and then get him some guns and ammunition?" ”

"No problem! That's what I think, too. Company Commander Zhang nodded and said: "There are many enemies, and we will definitely have a shortage of ammunition if the battle develops. ”

"That's it!" Zhao Yongxin said with a smile: "No one else can cross the river, so of course those who cross the river have to pay some bridge tolls, what does it mean!" ”

Zhao Yongxin's words once again aroused everyone's laughter, and the atmosphere suddenly became very harmonious! It's just that what I don't know is that my suggestion almost stabbed Da Louzi, and I sacrificed several volunteer soldiers for it, which made me regret it in the future marching career.