Chapter 33: The Prison Break

Chapter 33: The Prison Break

"That's right," Fan Jinqing, the commander of the guard battalion who was standing next to the division commander, replied: "Actually, I can't be sure, the sentry saw a few figures 'touching' the position, and there was nothing after a string of bullets, and the sentry also wondered if he was 'dazzled'

"Did you send someone out there to search for it?" I asked casually.

I know Fan Jinqing, I have to run to the division headquarters twice in three days, and sometimes I will ask about the defense of the division headquarters, so of course I will not be unfamiliar with him, the commander of the guard battalion.

He was born in the Kuomintang Expeditionary Force, and according to his own account, he was captured in the Battle of Qingfengdian, and then developed into a PLA soldier. Division Commander Pang would let such a person serve as his guard, and he was also the commander of the guard battalion, which showed his generosity on the other hand.

What's even more interesting is that later I also learned that among Fan Jinqing's men, one of the soldiers was the one who captured Fan Jinqing from the Kuomintang in the Battle of Qingfengdian, and he also publicized this matter all over the world.

This is a verification of the saying: "What kind of superiors there are, what kind of subordinates there are", this division commander Pang is tolerant, and his guards have become so generous. It's me like this, and it's strange not to dismantle such subordinates

From this point of view, it seems that I am not a good subordinate of Master Pang

"Searched" Fan Jinqing replied: "We sent several teams to search north in several directions, but nothing was found"

Fan Jinqing's answer was already expected by me, if it could be so easy for the soldiers to search, then it would not be an agent.

"Is it that the spy activities have not been determined yet, why are you so nervous?" It seems that there is only one division commander in the division headquarters who does not take this matter seriously, he coughed lightly, shook the cotton clothes on his body and said: "According to me, north of this Wendengli, except for our highlands, it is almost a flat river, that is, there are no highlands and no woods, so someone is hiding in it, and the soldiers should have found out a long time ago, what is there to worry about"

What Master Pang said did have some truth, it was already May at this time, although it was still very cold in North Korea, but the cold snow had begun to melt, and the snow at this time was no longer suitable for lurking. Moreover, the fighters of the guard company are not so easy to deal with, and it is not easy for the puppet army agents to evade their search. It stands to reason that there is nothing to worry about, maybe it is really just the sentinel's eyes.

But I still don't think it's going to be that simple. Because I know that the guards in the guard camp are all veterans, and the sentries are certainly no exception. In fact, keeping a sentry in the guard camp is the top priority, and protecting the safety of the division headquarters is the sentry soldiers, and I believe they will not be mistaken.

The question of "Master Pang" was not yet clear, and there was no point in discussing it, so I asked Master Pang: "The teacher called me this time to ......."

"Well, I almost forgot about the business because of this trouble," Senior Commander Pang smiled and flipped through a pile of telegrams at hand: "I originally wanted to say it on the phone, but I don't need you to run to the division headquarters." But Battalion Commander Fan insisted on letting you come here, saying that it was very likely that the phone call would be monitored by the puppet army agents."

I nodded secretly, Battalion Commander Fan's concern is justified, the monitoring of the telephone in this era is too easy, just take a metal probe and 'plug it in' the phone, and then you can hear everything in the telephone line on the other end. It is even possible to bury these listening telephone lines in the earth, making it difficult for sappers to inspect them.

Master Pang picked out a few telegrams and handed them to me.

I took it and looked at it, only to see that it read: "The Syngman Rhee clique deliberately sabotaged the negotiations and forcibly detained prisoners of war, and the situation on the battlefield may change."

"Syngman Rhee's clique announces that the number of North Korean prisoners of war in the UN prisoner of war camps held in Busan, Masan, Lunsan and Sangmu in South Korea has yet to be verified."

"What? Mass jailbreak? When I saw this telegram, I couldn't help but clench my fists fiercely and scolded: "The Syngman Rhee clique is so hateful that it dares to sabotage the peace talks so blatantly."

Actually, I wasn't as surprised as I appeared, I just didn't want Master Pang to feel that I had the ability to "predict".

In modern times, I knew about this "prison escape incident", even better than Master Pang. On the surface, it looks like a prison escape, but this "prison escape" is clearly Syngman Rhee's intention to release the prisoners of war from the prisoner of war camp. The reason was that the U.S. troops stationed nearby did not hear any gunshots, noises, or corpses, so that they did not realize until the next day that a total of 25,000 prisoners of war had "escaped" from the camp.

The Americans, of course, are not stupid, of course they know about the 25,000 prisoners of war, and if they really escaped from prison, then the sound of running footsteps can wake them up. But they did not hear anything, which undoubtedly shows that the prisoners of war "escaped" in an orderly manner and without any panic.

"You kid's head is turning 'very' fast" Master Pang smiled: "At a glance, I can see that this is the 'yin' plot of the Syngman Rhee group, and I, an old man, have to think about it for a long time."

"Hmm" I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, and hurriedly pretended to be stupid and said: "I actually didn't see anything, anyway, this must be the enemy's 'yin' scheme, and what good things can Syngman Rhee's reputation have?"

Master Pang smiled noncommittally, and then said: "A few days ago, the United States side has made great concessions at the negotiating table. They originally advocated the exchange of prisoners of war with us in the same number, which of course did not make sense. After our struggle, we insisted that the prisoners of war should remain in south Korea for screening and so-called 'voluntary repatriation'. Although this is a major victory for our side, we still cannot accept such conditions."

"Of course I can't accept it," I nodded in agreement, "If screening is carried out in South Korea, then where will there be any 'voluntary'"

This reason is obvious, being imprisoned in a concentration camp of the puppet army, and asking them if they are willing to return to their home country under the supervision of the puppet army, is it no different from seeking skin with a tiger?

"Hmm" Division Commander Pang nodded: "With the repeated insistence of our negotiators and the joint efforts of the Chinese and North Korean joint forces, the negotiations have finally taken a major turn. The United States finally agreed that India would serve as the chairman of the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission and provide a guard force, agreed to transfer all our prisoners of war to the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission for screening, and adhered to the principle of voluntary repatriation, guaranteeing that there would be no threats against prisoners of war in the explanation, but this is what happened......"

Although Master Pang didn't continue, I also knew that the thing he was referring to was the "prison escape incident".

The 25,000 prisoners of war, who should have been 'handed over' to neutral countries if they had been agreed, were "escaped". And I also know that it is a coincidence that all the 25,000 people who escaped from prison were North Korean prisoners of war.

Why did only North Korean prisoners of war "escape"? That's because Syngman Rhee also knew that only North Korean prisoners of war could belong to them, and that South and North Korea were originally the same nation, and many of them believed that South and North Korea were originally the same country before the 38th parallel was drawn, and even after the 38th parallel was drawn.

That's why some people living in South Korea are fighting for North Korea, and some people living in North Korea are fighting for South Korea, because they don't think it's treason, they just trust another regime in the same country.

Therefore, after the North Korean prisoners of war were released, they were easily taken in by the people of South Korea and integrated into the life of South Korea, or they were directly incorporated into the puppet army.

This is the "prison escape" incident orchestrated by Syngman Rhee.

In fact, Syngman Rhee's purpose in this incident was not only to detain these prisoners, but his greater purpose was to use this incident to achieve the goal of sabotaging Sino-US negotiations.

Although the US military is very clear about this, it can only eat the yellow lotus dumbly, and it knows its own suffering. This was because all the decisions on the armistice talks were made unilaterally by the US authorities, and it was only after the decision was made that they "consulted" with the Syngman Rhee authorities, and used various conditions, either coercion, or inducement, to force the Syngman Rhee authorities to accept the conditions made by the United States.

Even during the talks, the US military was worried that some decisions on the talks would be disclosed, which would be disrupted by premature leaking to south Korea, so they tried to keep them secret. So much so that in some cases, the Syngman Rhee authorities had to find out from our personnel through their spies in North Korea.

Since the Syngman Rhee clique "did not know" about these agreements, and these agreements were not signed with their knowledge, they naturally did not have to be responsible for this "prison break" incident. In addition to the thunderous thunder, the US military has no way to deal with the old fox Syngman Rhee.

This incident soon produced great repercussions in the international community, and was immediately strongly condemned by international public opinion, and countries around the world condemned it as an "act of perfidy," "an irresponsible and desperate attempt to sabotage the armistice negotiations," "jeopardize the peace that the whole world is impatiently looking forward to," "an international traitor who betrayed the cause of peace," and so on......

Because it is the United Nations forces that are actually in power in South Korea, the countries that participated in the war, especially the United States, which is the "leading boss," are also infamous on their backs.

After frowning at the "superiors think ......" Divisional Commander Pang looked at the map and said: "The ambitions of the Syngman Rhee authorities are obvious, and they obviously still have delusions about reunifying Korea by force, and they are blatantly sabotaging the armistice negotiations. Therefore, it is very likely that the puppet army in front of our army will take action, and the higher authorities order us to be careful and take precautions."

"Yes" I responded, thought about it and worried: "Master Pang, is it possible that the activities of the puppet army agents are also related to this incident?" ”

Master Pang didn't react, but Fan Jinqing, who had been listening to the side, suddenly raised his head and looked at me, and couldn't wait to ask, "What did Commander Cui say about this?" ”

"That's right," I replied, "Syngman Rhee has just done such a 'big thing,' and the world's public opinion will definitely focus on Syngman Rhee, so I think it is necessary for the superiors to worry that the puppet army in front of our army will take action." Syngman Rhee actually knew very well that without the United Nations army, his desire to unify Korea by force was just a delusion. That's why he wants to sabotage the negotiations."

"Hmm" Master Pang nodded, agreeing with my statement.

This is actually very obvious, although the puppet army has soldiers, and the quality of the battle has been quite good so far, but if it really wants to independently confront our Sino-Korean joint army, it is still a bit overwhelming. Moreover, their equipment is all 'color' American-style equipment, and the consequence of having American-style equipment is that their military must be centered on the US military, otherwise once the US military cuts off the supply of bullets, artillery shells and other logistics to the puppet army, all the units of the puppet army will almost be paralyzed.

This is also the advantage of China's modern military not relying on any country, unlike some so-called powerful countries, which throw out a lot of money to buy this or that advanced equipment, but we do not know that this kind of behavior will make the military power make a lot of war money at the same time, it will also make its own military subject to others. Such a country has a lot of advanced equipment on the surface, and it looks powerful and beautiful, but in fact it is just a vassal of other countries. If you really want to fight, whether you can fight this battle or not is not up to the Lord

Besides, if Syngman Rhee can really "go it alone", why does he have to work so hard to be angry with his American master? Picking up a gun and hitting it was his goal of sabotaging the negotiations, to get the United Nations on his side and continuing to fight.

"So......" I continued, "I don't think Syngman Rhee will dare to risk the world's condemnation at this time, and it will be a spy activity to openly make any big moves on the front at this time......"

"Oh," Hearing this, Master Pang and Fan Jinqing suddenly responded at the same time.

"Reasonable," Fan Jinqing responded: "Especially for the activities of the agents of our army chiefs, this can hit our army's command system to a certain extent, so as to facilitate their attack in case they really want to 'go it alone'." It can also 'provoke' the joint forces of China and North Korea, make the prospects for negotiations dangerous, and achieve their goal of sabotaging the negotiations, which is really killing two birds with one stone."

"Hmm" Master Pang couldn't help but nod and said, "I didn't think of this, so it seems...... Last night, it wasn't the sentinels who were 'dazzled', but there were really agents active. And it's quite possible that these agents are not targeting me alone, but all the senior commanders they can approach and know where they can tell."

"No," Commander Pang quickly thought of the seriousness of this problem, and immediately said: "I must report this problem clearly to my superiors, and let the commanders of all units be careful of the enemy's spy activities, and Battalion Commander Fan ......."

"To"

"Step up the search for the enemy's secret forces," Division Commander Pang ordered: "If necessary, combat units can also be used, and the enemy's 'yin' must not be allowed to succeed."

"Yes," Fan Jinqing saluted and retreated from the tunnel.

Division Commander Pang immediately went to the radio station and asked the telegraph soldiers to report the situation to their superiors. I was left alone to stare at the map on the table, idle, thinking about the upcoming Battle of Jincheng, and casually took a pencil to sketch on the map, marking the route of several troops to attack Jincheng......

"Yo, this mouth is still so wide open...... I don't know when Master Pang has already stood next to me, looked at my offensive line on the map and said: "Good guy, you want to eat the entire Golden City?" ”

"Hmm......" I couldn't help but be startled when I heard this, and hurriedly stood up and said, "What are you talking about, teacher, I, I'm not blind yet."

Master Pang ignored what I said, his eyes looked directly at the lines I drew, and he didn't speak for a while, and then nodded and said: "You guy, the few lines you draw blindly are so reasonable, if you fight like this, even if the enemy in Jincheng is not beaten by us and flees, they will be surrounded by our legion."

As he spoke, he picked up the eraser and gently wiped the lines I had drawn.

I know why, in the case of a large number of puppet army spies, valuable things must not be left on the map like this, for example, the offensive routes I just marked are actually the offensive directions of our army's various units in the Battle of Jincheng not long after. What if this was left on the map for the puppet agents to find out?

"It's better to defend your position first" Master Pang said with a smile: "What you think about all day long is attacking, attacking, and now that the negotiation situation has made great progress, don't think about attacking so much for the time being."

"Master Pang......" I replied hesitantly, "but I think that it is precisely because of the progress in the negotiations that we should actively consider attacking."

"Oh? How do you say that? "Master Pang looked at me suspiciously.

"The current situation in the United Nations is that the Yankees want to make peace and the puppet army wants to fight," I replied: "And the Yankees must have had a big conflict with Syngman Rhee because of the 'prison escape' incident, didn't Syngman Rhee keep saying that he wanted to go it alone?" Since the Yankees can't convince him, let us volunteers convince him."

"Shall we convince him?" Listening to Master Pang, he was even more puzzled.

"Yes" I nodded and pointed to the map and said, "Anyway, the front-line positions are basically puppet troops now, doesn't Syngman Rhee want to fight?" They also say that they alone can unify North Korea, right? Then why don't we give them a lesson, so that we can teach Syngman Rhee a lesson for him to see, let the people of South Korea see, and let the people of the world see whether he Syngman Rhee is capable of reunifying Korea by force."

"What's more important......" After thinking about it, I continued: "In view of the contradiction between the Yankees and Syngman Rhee, the Yankees also want to give Syngman Rhee a little more power, so that this disobedient follower will suffer a little, so when we fight the puppet army, will the Yankees help or not?" If it helps, of course, the US military will not want to have more casualties on the battlefield where the negotiations will be successful, and it will be vain to start a war; If you don't help...... Will Syngman Rhee hate the U.S. military even more? Has the contradiction between them become more 'intensified'? It's only good for us, no harm."

"Good boy, you," Master Pang clenched his fist and said, "I didn't expect you to be in the pit all day long, and you could 'feel' the conflict of interests of the United Nations Army." It's a good idea, but ...... Don't talk about it for the time being, this plan should be reported to the superiors, and the superiors will make the decision."

"Yes," of course I can do. It's just that what I didn't expect was that the battle plan for the Battle of Jincheng turned out to be my own hand...... Actually, I can't say that it was my hand, but I'm just passing on the information I've seen in modern times