Chapter 60: The White Tiger Regiment

Chapter 60: The White Tiger Regiment

The battle ended after half an hour without suspense, but the gunfire continued on the 585.2 heights, and it was Li Yongen who was leading his men to "handle" the prisoners.

Most of the time, the volunteer soldiers treated the prisoners preferentially, and sometimes the prisoners were treated even better than the volunteer soldiers. Many veterans of the Volunteer Army who returned to China said that the captured prisoners ate white rice and white noodles, while the volunteer soldiers ate 'jade' rice and were hungry for a full meal.

But the preferential treatment of prisoners also depends on the situation, for example, the sharp knife company of a unit does not keep prisoners. It's actually easy to understand, what does the Sharp Knife Company do? When fighting, it is like the tip of a knife to 'insert' into the puppet army's defense line to open a gap, and they often pull down a long distance from the follow-up troops.

This is the case with the Sharp Knife Company, and so is the situation with us. If there are still prisoners left at this time, we are surrounded by the puppet army, which is tantamount to leaving a time bomb by our side, which may wipe out our entire army at any time.

However, unlike in the past, more prisoners were captured this time. 585.2 Four companies of the puppet army were stationed on the high ground, and except for a few who were killed on the positive slope and out of the tunnel, more than 300 people were blocked in the tunnel and could not move. At the same time, the rough tunnels of the puppet army also determined that they could not hold on, so soon some people stretched out white flags from the tunnels and surrendered.

But they soon found out that it was definitely a mistake for them to surrender, because we immediately 'handed them over' to the KPA fighters headed by Li Yongen.

This is not to say that we are falsely merciful, there is no mercy on the battlefield in the first place, everything is realistic and cruel. For example, the reason why we treat prisoners preferentially is also to prevent the enemy from desperately resisting, the ultimate goal is to reduce casualties, and the ultimate goal is to win......

Having fought on the battlefield for three years, I certainly know this. It was really because we didn't have any deep hatred with the puppet army, so we transferred them to Li Yongen.

"Bang bang bang bang......" The sound of gunfire came from the darkness of the 585.2 heights, and the cold wind brought a faint smell of blood, which made people shiver.

Although I couldn't see it, I knew what was happening on the other side of the col, where the puppet army prisoners were 'forced' by Li Yongen and others to dig a big pit, and then they fell to their knees on the edge of the pit in rows and were shot to death with pistols. The reason why a pistol is used to 'shoot' at close range is to save ammunition and 'medicine' as much as possible...... It may seem cruel, but it's clear to me that we're here to survive in this moment.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a 'fierce' gunfire from the direction of the road to the east, but after a while it was quiet again. Even though I knew I wouldn't be able to see anything, I still got used to 'sexually' holding up the telescope and looking in that direction.

"The regiment commander is the third battalion and the engineer unit is coming" Liu Shunyi flew up to me and reported: "Company Commander Wang sent a telegram that he had successfully received Battalion Commander Li and the engineer troops, and cleared the remnants of the enemy on both sides of the road, and in ten minutes he would join our army victoriously."

"Hmm," I nodded.

This was already expected by me, the three battalions and the engineer units that were left behind, so they were only dealing with a few puppet machine gun positions on the outpost, plus I sent a company to respond, how long could those puppet troops hold under the front and rear attacks.

Ten minutes later, Li Weiqiang's third battalion led the engineer unit to carry a large number of ammunition and ammunition into the 585.2 heights, where there were already tunnels prepared by the soldiers to store ammunition and ammunition. Li Weiqiang only sat in front of me for a while, and then set off again with the soldiers.

Their task was to return to the position with the engineer battalion and cooperate with the soldiers of the 539th Regiment to flank the puppet troops who were fighting on the front line. If the situation allows, the third battalion will bring us another batch of ammunition and 'medicine' left on the road when they return.

I was relieved that the safe arrival of the Engineer Corps was only part of all our ammunition, but it was the basis for our survival and functioning here. In the unlikely event that something goes wrong on the way, all I can do seems to be to withdraw from the battlefield in time with my soldiers.

That's when I had time to take a closer look at the lower 585.2 heights.

585.2 Heights has a lot of 'sex', and it reminds me of the triangular pyramid that my high school math teacher taught us, like a pyramid. Of course, at this time, I no longer need to use the triangular line theorem or the like to turn over and over on this triangular pyramid under the "'pressure'" of my parents and teachers like in high school, or to calculate its area, volume or perimeter boringly

However, it seems that this triangular pyramid has no way to calculate this, because it does not have a mountain top, so I am completely relieved.

This special shape makes the summit position of Heights 585.2 look large, and it is also evenly divided into three fronts that can be defended on three sides.

After walking to the three sides and looking at them, I understood why Division Commander Pang would let us attach so much importance to this high ground and let a unit like our 538th Regiment defend it.

One side faces the ferry to the south. From this direction, the puppet army's reinforcement uniforms will continue to pour up, but unfortunately, the Beihan River, which is tens of meters wide, will block their way, so all they can do is force their way within our 'shooting' range.

On the other side, it faces the intersection of the Hwacheon-Geumseong highway, and this intersection is very special, one side is a cliff more than 20 meters high, below the cliff is the Bukhan River, and on the other side is a small rocky mountain, so steep that no one can climb it steeply. As you can imagine, it seems that we only need to set up a few 'strong' machine guns on the hilltop position to easily block the reinforcements from the direction of Hwacheon.

And that highway also winds all the way through the foot of the 585.2 highland mountain, and then all the way to the north of Jincheng. Obviously, once the puppet army in the direction of Jincheng is defeated by our army, their deserters will rush from this road towards the 585.2 heights like a flood. On the other side of the 585.2 heights, the deserters are facing them......

It can be said that the 585.2 highland is simply a highland designed by God for us to block the retreat of the puppet army. Of course, the puppet army also recognized the importance of this highland, so they built strong fortifications on this highland. Look at the front of the position, there are trenches, anti-artillery 'holes', tunnels, pillboxes, digging bunkers and even barbed wire and mines...... Obviously, the configuration of the various firing points and pillboxes on the positive slope has been carefully planned, and a large area of 'cross' firepower can be formed to cover an open area one kilometer wide to the north......

The original intention of these designs was obviously to prevent the volunteer soldiers from driving straight into this road, but what they did not expect was that we would break through this fortification from the anti-slope of the 585.2 heights, and these fortifications would fall intact into the hands of our army. This time, the open field in front of him will undoubtedly become the grave of the deserters of the puppet army

"Boom......" After a flash of lightning, a thunderclap sounded in the sky. It's like the explosion of a cannonball......

After saying this analogy, it occurred to me that my current thinking may be different from that of ordinary people. Ordinary people often compare the explosion of artillery shells to the sound of explosions, but I compare the explosion of thunder to the sound of explosions, which may be the difference between the thinking of the people and the thinking of being a soldier.

"Commander Cui, I can find you......" Li Pinghe ran to me past the volunteer soldiers who were rushing to repair the fortifications on the position. The volunteers on the battlefield were all wearing raincoats, which made each of us look the same, so it was really not easy to find me.

"What's the situation?" Looking at Li Pinghe's anxious appearance, I hurriedly asked.

"It's a telegram from Division Commander Pang" In the sound of the howling rain and the sonorous sound of the soldiers building fortifications, in order to let me hear, Li Pinghe had to report to me loudly: "The division headquarters is very satisfied with our performance, but he got the information that the puppet army has also discovered our unit, and sent the White Tiger Regiment of the puppet capital division to move quickly towards the flank of our army, and it will arrive in about half an hour."

"Hmm" I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when I heard this.

White Tiger Regiment? The White Tiger Regiment of the Puppet Capital Division?

It is not strange for the puppet army to find out about the existence of our army, and it would be strange if they didn't know that such a large unit of ours made such a big movement in their stomachs.

It is not surprising that the puppet army will react quickly, even if the geographical location of the 585.2 heights is not important, a force like ours that goes deep behind enemy lines will be like a thorn in the eye 'flesh', so that the puppet army must be eliminated first.

What is strange to me is that it was the White Tiger Regiment of the Puppet Capital Division that came to deal with us this time......

The puppet capital division is an ace unit of the puppet army, and I have seen its combat effectiveness for a long time, and most of its members are like the special agent captain I captured before, who were trained by the Japanese to fight for the Japanese in the puppet Manchukuo.

The name of the White Tiger Regiment is the first regiment of the "Capital Division", which is one of the first eight regiments formed by the puppet army. He once fought bravely in the garrison north of the "38th Parallel" to block the attack of the People's Army, and won time for other puppet army units to retreat and became famous in a battle, so Syngman Rhee personally awarded the regiment a "Tiger Head Banner", which was named the "White Tiger Regiment" from then on.

Speaking of this White Tiger Regiment, Chinese are only afraid that no one will not know, the Peking Opera "Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Regiment" is already a household name, and the movie is also playing from time to time, everyone knows the story of a reconnaissance platoon of the Volunteer Army attacking the White Tiger Regiment, but now, what I have to face is this White Tiger Regiment?

If this is for me to fight, then where is the reconnaissance platoon that attacked the White Tiger Regiment?

"Captain"

"Captain"

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When I walked into a tunnel that was regarded as a regimental headquarters, Liu Shunyi and the battalion commanders were already waiting in the tunnel.

"Hmm" I nodded, took off my raincoat and handed it to Xu Yongwei behind me, and walked quickly to the map on the table.

"The situation is like this" Because of the urgency of time, Liu Shunyi pointed to the map and said: "According to the information given to us by Division Commander Pang, after the puppet army knew that the 585.2 high ground was lost, it immediately sent the White Tiger Regiment of the puppet capital division to move in the direction of our army. Now we have reached this location, Baiquanli, only twenty minutes away."

"Is it Hwacheon?" I couldn't help but turn to Hu Biao and asked, "How are the preparations for the direction of Huachuan done?" ”

"Report to the regiment commander, it has been basically completed" Hu Biao replied: "Most of the tunnels have been transformed into pillboxes, trenches have been built on the hilltop positions, and infantry mines and anti-tank mines have been laid on the roads."

"Hmm" I nodded, and then asked uncomfortably, "What about the other directions?" ”

"Other directions......" Hu Biao hesitated and said: "Regiment commander, the fortifications facing the direction of the ferry are not easy to 'get', these two ends are high and the middle is low, and the rain is all poured into the south end, this trench will be broken down after digging twice, even if it is dug deep, it is useless, once it is dug deep, it is full of water, we can't hide in the water and shoot guns, right?" ”

"Hmm" I couldn't help frowning when I heard Hu Biao's words, I didn't expect this just now. Moreover, if there is so much water in the south, it will easily cause the ammunition and ammunition to become 'damp' and the guns to jam, and this will reduce the firepower of our army to a great extent. Moreover, the direction of the ferry is the back of the 585.2 heights, and it is also the place where our army has attacked, only this side does not have the cement fortifications built by the puppet army, and this side is undoubtedly our soft threat.

"But we don't need to worry too much," Liu Shunyi continued: "Although the defense of our army on the side of the ferry is relatively weak and the terrain is relatively flat, it is divided into two by the North Han River, and it is difficult for the puppet army to launch a continuous 'sexual' attack from this side." If they want to do this, they can only build a pontoon bridge on the Bukhan River to force their crossing, and now it is the rainy season when the river is rising sharply, and the Bukhan River is also within the range of our army's 'shooting' attack, if the puppet army attacks like this, it will undoubtedly suffer heavy casualties. ”

What Liu Shunyi said was undoubtedly true, but it did not reduce the anxiety in my heart at all. Just as when the 180th Division forcibly crossed the North Han River, the puppet army guarding the south bank did not think that our army could force the crossing under such circumstances, but in the end they still paid a heavy price for their carelessness

So I immediately ordered: "In any case, we must not take it lightly, if we cannot dig trenches on the top of the mountain, we should dig on the slope, and if we cannot dig on the slope, we will dig at the foot of the mountain, there will always be places where the water will not be flooded, we must allocate firepower and act immediately if the time is urgent."

"Yes," the crowd responded, saluted me, and then retreated from the mouth of the pit in a hurry.

And I have eyes that are staring motionless at the map on my desktop, and my mind is constantly drifting in modern sources: How is it possible? The White Tiger Regiment actually moved here, and it became my opponent? Didn't its regimental headquarters end up with our army's reconnaissance platoon? If I'm not mistaken, this reconnaissance platoon was led by a deputy platoon commander named Yang Yucai, and the unit to which it belonged was the 203rd Division of the 68th Army, which was responsible for penetrating the 'interspersed' on the right flank

That's right, at this time, I already knew the whole battle situation well, and in front of Jincheng, it was a strong attack by the overwhelming 'sexual' forces of the ten divisions of the 20th Corps of our army. On the left flank, our 180th Division is responsible for penetrating the 'interspersed', while on the right flank it is the 70th Division and the 203rd Division, because the station of the puppet capital division is just in the way of their penetration, so it will be difficult for them to penetrate and 'interpenetrate'. This is also the reason why there are more 'interspersed' troops on the right flank, but relatively few tasks are assigned.

Their task is undoubtedly very arduous, because even if it is an ordinary battle, it is normal to attack a division of the puppet army with twice or three times the strength, not to mention that they are still facing the ace troops of the puppet army, and they have to complete the task of penetrating and 'interspersing'.

But in history, they still successfully completed the task, as the Chinese people are well aware, the 203rd Division in charge of the main attack when tearing apart the defense line of the puppet army, sent a team composed of 12 excellent scouts, dressed in puppet army uniforms, along the highway to quickly 'insert' into the enemy's depth, and directly took the first regiment of the puppet army's capital division - the puppet army's most 'elite' "White Tiger Regiment" regimental headquarters. As a result, the defense line of the puppet capital division collapsed on the whole line because there was no one to command

A force of only 12 people, ah, it's hard for me to imagine a 12-man army, even if it can successfully penetrate into the enemy's troops, what can they do, but they did it, this small unit not only destroyed the "White Tiger Regiment" approval system, "disrupted" the puppet army's defense system, captured the "White Tiger Regiment" proud of the "Tiger Head Banner" (the "Tiger Head Banner" is still stored in China's ** Military Museum), and can still get out of the way......

No one can believe this story, it's like a pool of heaven and night, but the heroic volunteer soldiers have done it

But...... Now that the "White Tiger Regiment" has been transferred to attack the 585.2 heights where we are stationed, can that reconnaissance platoon still surprise attack the White Tiger Regiment like in history?

The answer is clearly no. Since the White Tiger Regiment has been transferred here, the surprise attack on the headquarters of the White Tiger Regiment will not have any significance for the 203rd Division to complete its task.

Then I quickly thought that the 180th Division's penetrating 'interspersed' troops should have been blocked by the puppet army on the Jinchengchuan Bridge and made slow progress, so that the puppet capital division would not panic and transfer the White Tiger Regiment to snatch back our 'meat' thorn

Can it be ...... However, I took a regiment of 'elite' troops to 'intervene' through the mountain road, occupied the 585.2 heights, and blocked the retreat of all the puppet troops

I don't know if I'm right, but I do know one thing very clearly: we're going to face the legendary White Tiger Regiment soon