Chapter 54: Interspersed Missions

Chapter 54: Interspersed Missions

"Head Cui......" Jin Qiulian ran up affectionately, habitually wanting to hold my hand.

I hurriedly 'straightened' up and shouted, "Comrade Xiao Jin"

"To" Jin Qiulian, who is a soldier, habitually 'straightened' her body.

I glanced at the soldiers lying in the tunnel with a weak heart, and saw that they did not behave abnormally, so I whispered to Jin Qiulian: "Come out, I have something to say to you."

"Yes," Jin Qiulian replied, happily following behind me.

"Comrade Xiao Jin" looked left and right, and after not seeing any very familiar people, I said to Jin Qiulian: "This is the army, you should pay attention to your own behavior, our volunteer army is different from your Korean people, and there is more discipline."

"I know, I have to pay attention to the style problem" Jin Qiulian replied nonchalantly: "Then it's not okay to hold hands, what kind of battle is there to fight?" I sometimes have to carry wounded people."

"Can this be the same?" I said a little angrily: "Carrying the wounded is the first job, not to mention that our troops still have discipline ......"

"Okay, okay" Jin Qiulian interrupted me impatiently, and raised her small mouth a little aggrievedly and said, "I know the head of the group." Rest assured, I won't make it difficult for you. But...... I have one condition, if you don't agree, I don't care so much."

"Conditions?" I just wanted to refuse, but think about the 'sex' of Jin Qiulian, that is, once she is strong, she is not afraid of heaven and earth, and when the time comes, she will really make trouble for the whole army to know, then I don't know how to 'deliver' to Lin Xue.

So I had to endure my anger and replied: "Tell me, what conditions?" ”

"I want you to come and see me once a day," Jin Qiulian smiled evilly.

"Then what if you can't get out of the way in the war?" In fact, the regiment headquarters only has a ten-minute walk to the No. 3 tunnel, and even if you are busy, you will have time to walk every day. I'm worried that if I walk too hard, I will let Lin Xue bump into me one day.

"I don't care, you have to come every day anyway" Jin Qiulian took my hand like a little 'girl' and was coquettish, so scared that I hurriedly broke away.

"Okay" I reluctantly replied, tapped her a few times with my finger, and said, "But you can't do it again."

"A word is a certainty" Jin Qiulian's 'traitor' plan succeeded, and she jumped back into the tunnel.

I couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook my head, it was originally calm and quiet, but we were going to return home after the war in more than a month, who knew that such a Cheng would suddenly come out.

When I turned around and walked towards the regiment headquarters, I made up my mind, in case Lin Xue happened to bump into the No. 3 tunnel, I said that I came to see the wounded.

"Captain Cui...... "I was walking, and a cold voice came from beside me. When I turned my head, it was the Li Pinghe who gave me a headache.

"Have you figured it out?" Li Pinghe's speech has never been so direct, which caught me off guard.

The "political commissar" thought for a moment and replied: "Now is the time of war, I don't want to talk about any 'daughter' and 'private' affairs, and you have seen the current situation, if nothing else, the war will end soon after." As soon as the battle is over, we will return home, what else do you have to worry about? ”

"Hmm" Li Pinghe glanced at me, nodded in agreement and said, "Then Commander Cui will concentrate on commanding the battle and don't be distracted by other things."

I nodded, in fact, this is exactly what I think in my heart, seeing that the war is imminent, I need to calm down and fight the last battle on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea

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The three days passed quickly in intense and hectic work, and the main task of the 180th Division during these three days was to consolidate the high ground that we had just occupied. This is also the task given to us by the superiors in this summer counterattack, that is, to "fight steadily and relentlessly".

It makes sense to "strike steadily and relentlessly", and when this negotiating agreement is about to be reached, every inch of land occupied will move the Line of Actual Military Control (LAC) to the south. This also requires us to be able to hold on to the land we occupy and avoid a meaningless "tug-of-war" with the enemy. It is meaningless to say that there is a "tug-of-war" because apart from increasing the number of deaths on both sides, no one will gain any benefit from the land, and it will not have the slightest impact on the outcome of the negotiations.

Therefore, after the basic strategic objectives of the summer counterattack were completed, the volunteer troops on the entire front from west to east were not busy attacking the new positions of the puppet army, but stopped the pace of the offensive and began to build fortifications.

The 180th Division, as a division of the Volunteer Army, was of course no exception, and after putting down its guns, it plunged into the ranks of vigorously building fortifications.

However, according to the weather conditions, it is not a good time to choose to build fortifications at this time. This is not? The snow and ice on the mountain have almost melted, under the roots of the trees, in the cracks of the stones, in the ravines...... There was gurgling water everywhere. What's even more unbearable is the abundant groundwater, as soon as this tunnel is dug like a water curtain 'hole', the water under the feet rises up, and the water above the head drips. It is no wonder that the veterans who returned alive on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea will fall into a 'hair' disease -- rheumatism 'sexual' arthritis, which is all squatted out of the tunnel.

These are all right, sometimes digging a tunnel into it is like digging a well to dig a stream, and there is no way to hide people in such a tunnel. One is that the water is so cold that no one wants to spend the night in it. The second is that the erosion ability of the stream is very strong, don't look at its thin water and long flow, as long as one is not careful, the whole tunnel will collapse with a bang......

In addition, the high altitude and complicated terrain of the highlands we have just occupied, and the nearby trees have almost blown up the enemy's artillery fire and incendiary bombs, so the logs used to build the tunnels have to be transported from the second-line positions two kilometers away to the high grounds. When it was on the ground, it was okay to say, dozens of them came with axes and slashed into the car. But when you get to the bottom of the mountain, you have to go up one by one on the muddy road.

These problems have greatly increased the difficulty of building fortifications, but fortunately, most of the volunteer soldiers are poor people, so the project is still going very smoothly. It's just that the group of soldiers in the Ninth Company suffered, and a considerable number of people in the Ninth Company, including Lian Changjiang Changshun, are urban soldiers who have never done this kind of heavy work.

However, all of this does not need to be considered by me, the head of the regiment, with Liu Shunyi, the deputy head of the regiment, I have never 'bothered' about things other than the war. All I had to do was read the telegram, answer the phone, and sometimes give one or two inconsequential orders.

This is the routine of my regiment leader, when there is a fight, I can't stop for a moment, and when it comes to halftime, I will also take a holiday. Of course, going to Position 3 every day to see the wounded has also become part of my routine, and I don't want to make any 'mess' at this time. Anyway, being idle is idle, and it's like a walk.

Jin Qiulian also kept her promise, as long as I could go once a day, she would be very satisfied and no longer pester me. It's just that she often sings melodious North Korean songs happily when I walk into the No. 3 tunnel. After coming and going, the wounded soldiers in the tunnel also knew the rules, and secretly said to me in private: "Regiment commander, can you come back a few more times a day, we want to listen to the songs sung by Comrade Jin a few more times."

Listening to the soldiers' request, I couldn't help glaring at Jin Qiulian fiercely, she was good, she still smiled and 'groan' and 'groan' like what can you do with me

Nothing happened between Lin Xue and Jin Qiulian, and sometimes I wondered if I was thinking too much. It is also common for there to be a few 'female' soldiers in the volunteer army, even if they meet, they may not necessarily speak, even if they do, they will not necessarily talk about me, and even if they do, they will not necessarily say that they have such a "hand" with me, right?

This Jin Qiulian may still be able to say it, but then Lin Xue is afraid that others will know, so I don't think I can say anything about it, thinking about it, it didn't take long for me to slowly put my mind at ease.

"Commander Cui" On this day, when I was looking at the map at the regiment headquarters, a telephone soldier reported in front of me: "Division Commander Pang asked you to go to the division headquarters."

"Well, I'll come" I nodded, casually beckoned Xu Yongwei and Zhang Mingxue, and walked out of the pit with my rifle in hand.

On the way to the division headquarters, when I passed by the training ground of the Seventh Company, a scene made me stunned on the spot.

I saw Lin Xue and Jin Qiulian sitting on the stones of the training ground, talking and laughing, and they seemed to be chatting happily, and the laughter like silver bells came and went one after another in the gunshots.

How did they meet? Still having such a good time? Looking at me, my head couldn't help but bang, and I couldn't speak for a long time.

"Captain Choi"

"Commissar"

……

The soldiers of the Seventh Company also saw us and stood up one after another, including Lin Xue and Jin Qiulian.

"You ...... Know? I walked up to Lin Xue and Jin Qiulian and asked.

"I know" Lin Xue replied with a smile: "This Comrade Jin is here to find Platoon Commander Wang, I didn't expect her marksmanship to be very good, Regiment Commander, isn't our cold gun unit short of people?" Count it as Comrade Jin."

"Oh" Hearing this, I couldn't help but glance at Wang Xinhe, who was smiling at me, and remembered that Wang Xinhe was originally working as a guard in the hospital where Jin Qiulian was. It's really a coincidence, two people who were originally unrelated, but now they really bumped into each other.

"This ...... Let's think about it later" I dropped a sentence in a gloomy way, and took Zhang and Xu with me as if I was running away.

I came to the division headquarters in a 'mess', and I almost forgot to shout the report. When I walked into the tunnel, I found that the commanders of the other two regiments were waiting for me, and they were talking to Master Pang on the map at this time.

"You're just in time," Master Pang beckoned me to join them.

Strange to say, as soon as I walked in front of the map, my thoughts were quickly thrown into it, and the troubles caused to me by Lin Xue and Jin Qiulian just now were thrown out of the clouds in an instant.

"That's right," Commander Pang glanced at me and said, "The Syngman Rhee clique once again forcibly detained more than 10,000 KPA prisoners and withdrew all negotiators under the pretext of escaping from prison. The instructions given to us by the higher authorities were to target Syngman Rhee's puppet army, which had maliciously sabotaged the armistice talks, and to focus on striking at the backbone of the South Korean army.

The Battle of Jincheng was about to begin, and that was my first reaction. At this time, Syngman Rhee was still screaming that he wanted to work alone, and he was still making such a big move, which clearly showed that it was itchy skin, right?

Sure enough, Division Commander Pang pointed to the map and said: "The higher authorities are determined to focus on the area west of the North Han River, continue to give the remnants of the puppet Eighth Division and the puppet Sixth Division, the Third Division, the Fifth Division and the Capital Division a 'sexual' blow of annihilation, capture the area north of Jiaoyan Mountain and Jinchengchuan, and prepare to fight the enemy's counterattack of one to two second-line divisions, and at the same time capture a number of points in the front of the puppet army's capital division, resolutely stick to the enemy's counterattack, and then attack the positions of one regiment each of the puppet army's capital division and the puppet sixth division according to the situation, and annihilate the defending enemy. Strive to level the front line in Jincheng"

"Okay, just wait to give these puppet soldiers who don't know the height of the sky a little bit to take a look" Wu Min clenched his fists, as if he was indignant that they only "collected corpses" when they fought last time.

"Division commander, let me mention a difficulty" Zhang Xincai, the commander of the 540th Regiment, was a cautious person, he looked at the map and said: "Looking at the position of our 180th Division, it is obvious that the troops of the 70th Division will be equipped to attack the puppet capital division from east to west. We would have to force our way across the Bukhan River, but now is the time when the snow melts and the river is swollen, and the rainy season in North Korea is coming soon. We don't have enough tools to cross the river, and I'm worried that there will be a lot of casualties while crossing the river."

"This problem has been considered by the superiors," Master Pang nodded and replied, "Actually, the superiors have been preparing for this battle for a long time, so they have also fully considered the situation that the river is rising when the rainy season comes. The headquarters of the Chinese People's Volunteers has distributed to us 47 sets of various 'gate' bridges, 2 sets of Soviet-style pontoon bridges, 36 medium-sized rubber boats and folding boats, more than 1,240 pieces of Soviet-style floating water jackets for 200 meters of Pi Prisoner Bridge, and 30 companies of engineers are assigned to them, which are estimated to arrive tomorrow night. ”

"Good guy" As soon as Master Pang's voice fell, Wu Min and Zhang Xincai couldn't help but be overjoyed.

These river-crossing equipment are enough for the 180th Division, which means that we no longer have to hold on to the wire to cross the river like before. It also means that the days when you had to cross a river and be washed away half of the time in five battles are gone

While everyone was excited, Master Pang looked at me with deep meaning and nodded at me slightly.

I know the meaning of Commander Pang's expression, the reason why the Volunteer Army Headquarters is so well prepared is entirely because of the battle plan I drew in advance. It is precisely because of this operational plan that our army was able to make many preparations in advance and fight a prepared battle

"Our army's mission is to ......" After a pause, Division Commander Pang continued: "Our division crossed the North Han River from the west of the Bukhan River, 2.5 kilometers between Songmur-ri Seosan Mountain and Geumseong River, launched an attack from east to west, and then quickly captured the vast 'Dong', Hosomi-ri, and 551.6 heights, held the Geumseong River bridge, the ferry and the Hwacheon-Geumseong road, divided the troops to the north, and attacked and destroyed the enemy on the 585.2 heights."

Listening to these tasks mentioned by Master Pang, the other two regiment commanders and I couldn't help but 'gasp'. This way down is either a highland, a bridge or a highway, all of which are the only way for the retreat of Jincheng Pseudo. The puppet army has five divisions, and we have all seen the combat effectiveness of the puppet army, and now their combat effectiveness is only stronger than that of the Yankees, and they are all trapped beasts.

I know best what kind of situation it is to be trapped in beast fighting, from one campaign to five battles, the most commonly used tactic of our army is to penetrate and 'intersperse' troops, that is, to cut off their retreat in the enemy's rear. The encircled enemy is faced with the fate of being surrounded and annihilated if he cannot capture the position of our army, so he can often exert super combat effectiveness. Coupled with the fact that the enemy still has reinforcements to come to the rescue, our army can almost be said to be surrounded by enemies on both sides everywhere.

With the strength of one division, we not only had to break through the defense line of our frontal puppet army, but also distributed it in seven positions, including the vast 'dong', Hosomi-ri, and the 551.6 heights, the Jinchengcheon bridge, the ferry, the Hwacheon-Geumseong road, and the 585.2 heights, with an average strength of less than two battalions in each position......

"Questions?" Master Pang is asking knowingly.

"Division Commander" Zhang Xincai was straightforward, and replied without thinking about it: "I'm not cowardly and afraid of death, I mean...... Even if we all die, can we stop the puppet army? ”

"If you can't stop it, you have to block it" Division Commander Pang gritted his teeth and said in a muffled voice: "Judging from the entire battle situation, our army has no extra troops to penetrate and 'intersperse', and the superiors will 'hand' this task to our 180th Division, which is an affirmation of our army's combat effectiveness, and we must complete the tasks 'assigned' to us by our superiors."

"Yes," Master Pang said, and we had nothing to say.

In fact, what Commander Pang said is right, while we are penetrating the enemy, we must also ensure the safety of the defense line. The 180th Division is responsible for penetrating the 'intersperse', which means that the neighboring 179th and 181st Divisions will have to disperse their forces and jointly defend these high ground that we have vacated. Otherwise, the annihilation of the puppet five divisions in Jincheng will make the United Nations army tear open the gap like a flood that bursts the embankment and pour into the defense line that the volunteers have worked so hard to build, it will be more than worth the loss

"I order," Division Commander Pang finally concluded: "It is scheduled that at 21 o'clock on the 13th, the 540th Regiment will be responsible for forcibly crossing the North Han River to break through the defense line of the puppet army, and quickly capture the vast 'Dong' and Hosojian-ri. The 539th Regiment then followed up and occupied the 551.6 Heights and the Jinchengchuan Bridge. The 538th Regiment was responsible for capturing the ferry, the Hwacheon-Jincheng Highway and the 585.2 Heights"

"Yes," everyone responded, only to feel the weight on their shoulders.