Tonight we had a meeting that lasted more than an hour. Come to the place where you don't rush to correct typos and incoherence, please also ask for a big big sea!

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Early the next morning, the fighters of the 538th Regiment took some dry rations and ammunition with them and set out on the march again.

Perhaps because armistice negotiations had just resumed, the march was surprisingly calm. There are no enemy planes in the sky, and there is less smell of gunpowder in the air, and the road is full of lush woods and colorful Jindalee flowers.

This time we marched lightly, because with the end of the enemy's aerial strangulation battle, the supply of the volunteers was much easier. Besides, our task is also to go to the front as a non-combat unit to teach combat experience to comrades in other units, and the other side is responsible for supply, so we really don't need to bring so many things. All the heavy weapons were replaced with rifles or submachine guns, and even the dry rations were only brought for three days. This made our march very fast.

The further south we went, the fewer vibrant flowers and trees followed, and gradually, all we saw were scorched earth, barren mountains, bombs, and some corpses that had not had time to be cleaned up. After most of the march, the distance became more and more empty, and then the field of vision widened, and in front of him was a large plain. In the distance, a tall, steep mountain rises to the south of the plain.

I know that this plain is the Pingkang Plain, and the high mountain is our destination, the Wusheng Mountain.

Goseongsan Mountain was the northernmost apex of the "Iron Triangle" of the Korean Peninsula at that time. The so-called "Iron Triangle" is the abbreviation of Cheorwon, Pyongkang, and Jinhua counties. It just forms an equilateral triangle, Pingkang is located at the north apex of the triangle, in the defense line of the squadron, Jinhua and Tie principle are located at the east and west apex of the triangle, respectively, in the joint ** defense line. The "Iron Triangle" is the choke point of the transportation hub between the east and west coasts of Korea, and the Wusheng Mountain is the commanding height of the "Iron Triangle." Whoever controls the Wusheng Mountain will have the "Iron Triangle" area in control and will also have the initiative in attacking and defending the central front.

More importantly, just as Mt. Maleang is the gateway to the Pyongyang Plain, Gosungsan Mountain is also the gateway to the Pyongkang Plain, and once this high ground with an altitude of more than 1,000 meters falls into the hands of the enemy, it means that the armored forces of the U.S. Army can gallop freely on the Pyongkang Plain, and the volunteers will be in danger of defending nearly 200 kilometers on the entire Pyongkang Plain. More importantly, the Pyongkang Plain is also located in the middle of Korea, and once the Pyongkang Plain is lost, the entire defense line of the Volunteer Army will be divided into two here, and the eastern and western fronts will lose contact and will not be able to support each other.

"Regiment Commander......" When the sky was about to darken, Li Guoqiang walked a few steps to catch up, pointed to the Wusheng Mountain that was getting closer and closer, and said: "I heard the guide of the People's Army say, that is our destination Wusheng Mountain?" ”

"yes!" I pretended to be confused and replied, "The guide said yes, what are you asking me for?" Can I be more familiar with the terrain than a guide? ”

"I, I didn't mean that!" Li Guoqiang scratched his head and said, "Commander, look at that mountain, it's steep!" There are also a lot of mountains and hills next to it, and it is obvious that it is easy to defend and attack, and the American devils can choose this place to attack? Let's also come here to pass on our experience...... Behold! This place is not to dig a tunnel, and the enemy will not even want to take it! ”

"What?" I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, because I already knew that the U.S. military would definitely attack here. only to know that the result was not what Li Guoqiang thought. But even Li Guoqiang, who has been fighting for so many years, thinks so, what about the other fighters?

In fact, many troops stationed in the Wusheng Mountain area in history had the same idea as Li Guoqiang, so there were a large number of casualties due to lack of preparation. If there is a natural risk of the Five Holy Mountains and sufficient preparations......

"Comrade! Homosexuals! Just as I was thinking, two volunteer soldiers suddenly appeared in front of us and waved at us: "Comrade, may I ask if you are from the 538th Regiment?" ”

"That's right! What are you from? Li Guoqiang opened his voice and replied.

"But it's time for you!" The two soldiers couldn't help but be overjoyed when they heard this, and quickly greeted us, shook our hands warmly, and said: "Comrade, we are from the 77th Division of the 26th Army, and our division commander is afraid that you have gone too far, so let us wait here for a day!" ”

"Hmm! Is it there? "I couldn't help but feel a little strange when I heard this, and looked at the Wusheng Mountain in the sunset, which was at least a few kilometers away! But think about it, we are here to impart experience, not to the front line......

"Yes! It's called Mana Cave. One of the fighters replied: "Our division headquarters is located here." Comrade, is your head Cui here too? ”

"I am!" I replied casually.

"Salute!" Unexpectedly, the two soldiers gave a military salute in front of us in a serious manner

Looking at my puzzled eyes, one of the tall, thin, dark-faced warriors explained: "Commander Cui, we have all heard about your heroic deeds of holding on to Ma Liang Mountain to repel the attack of several ace troops of the enemy, isn't this? In the morning, the comrades of the art troupe also made up an allegro about you! When the soldiers of our division heard that you were coming to teach you combat experience, not to mention how happy they were, they all said that they would learn from you! ”

"I see!" I couldn't help but smile bitterly when I heard this, I didn't expect this to spread so quickly. But...... Why wasn't it our blocking war on the Eastern Front that was spreading? It is said that the battle was even more tragic! But think about it. The enemy of Ma Liangshan is a few of the enemy's ace troops in turn, just like we defeated several of the enemy's ace troops in one go. Now we are famous, I'm afraid because of the defeat of several "famous" troops......

"Captain Cui! Without further ado, let's go to the division headquarters first! Another soldier with a bearded scum on his face said: "Master Wang has asked several times, if it weren't for the fact that he was too busy to leave, he would have come to pick you up in person!" ”

"Don't you dare to do that!" I smiled and led the troops to follow them towards the division headquarters.

In close proximity to the front line, the headquarters of the Volunteer Army was generally hidden in the tunnel fortifications, and this 77th Division was no exception. After following the two warriors on the road for a while, they entered a mountainous area, and then they followed the road over two small hills, and at a distance they saw several men coming out of the tunnel. At the head was an old man with a wrinkled face, a green military coat, and a cigarette between his fingers that was about to burn out and was reluctant to throw it away.

Li Pinghe and I, who were following me, glanced at each other, and the two of them walked up quickly and saluted: "Cui Wei, head of the 538th Regiment of the 180th Division of the 60th Army, and Li Pinghe, political commissar, came to report!" ”

"Welcome, welcome!" The old man at the head warmly shook my hand, nodded and said, "I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Captain Cui, I've heard too much about you, and I also know that you proposed this anticline tunnel fortification, and last night I heard that it was you who was assigned to us by the organization to teach experience, but I was so excited that I didn't close my eyes all night! ”

"It's really the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves!" Another soldier answered: "Listening to Commander Cui's name so well, I thought Commander Cui was at least forty or fifty years old!" I didn't expect it to be such a young man now. Lao Wang, we can't accept the old man! ”

The volunteer soldiers around me all laughed, and I immediately felt a sense of déjà vu. Although these warriors in front of him were all meeting for the first time, they didn't seem to be strangers to them at all. Especially Master Wang, when he smiled, the wrinkles on his face were piled together, kind and kind, which couldn't help but remind me of the old squad leader......

Soldiers are like this, especially soldiers who must live and die together on the battlefield, from the perspective of modern people's reality, that is, people who are in the same boat have to work together. But now I'm more inclined to understand that feeling as a friendship. Friendship between comrades-in-arms. That is, no matter where you come from, as long as you come here and become one of us, it is to live and die together, life and death together.

"Captain Cui, Political Commissar Li, let's go inside and talk!" Master Wang shook my hand again and said, "Other comrades, we have prepared the tunnel, the conditions are relatively simple, comrades will be ordered!" ”

"Master Wang, don't worry!" Hearing this, I couldn't help laughing and said, "None of our soldiers came from the rain of bullets, as long as there is a place to lay down the quilt, they will be able to sleep beautifully!" ”

"That's it! Is that! The crowd laughed again.

When the group walked into the division headquarters, a few kerosene lamps had already been lit in the tunnel, illuminating the tables, chairs, maps, and documents in the tunnel, as well as the radio soldiers who were busy sending messages with headphones in a corner.

"Captain Cui!" Division Commander Wang threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, pointed to a soldier wearing round-framed glasses and a three-sheep's beard next to him and said: "Let me first give a brief introduction, this is Political Commissar Xie Yunshen, that is Wu Xin, Chief of the Intelligence Section, and Deputy Division Commander Lin Xincai......

"Hello!"

"Hello!"

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Master Wang introduced them one by one, and I shook hands one after another, and after shaking them again, I realized that I didn't remember a single name. In other words, the most annoying thing for me is to remember names, because I always feel that names are all unrelated words in a bunch. What a nickname to remember! For example, we always call a small, short roommate "Little Carrot Head", a tall and black "Big Black", and a guy who wears shorts and shows his long foot hair...... It's so vivid and easy to remember!

"Captain Cui!" Senior Commander Wang's words brought me back to my senses, only to see Senior Commander Wang say slightly apologetically: "I know that you have just withdrawn from the battlefield and are resting, and this is a continuous march, so I should have let you rest first." But ......"

"Master Wang, you're out there!" As soon as I stood up, I said, "We are at war, and we are bleeding and dying every day, and it is nothing to suffer like this now!" If you want to rest, just wait for the Yankees and those united ** to be beaten back and then rest! ”

"Well said!" Division Commander Wang nodded and praised: "No wonder several ace troops of the enemy are not pleased under Commander Cui, with Commander Cui's spirit and such pride, there is no enemy who will not be defeated!" ”

After a pause, Master Wang lit a cigarette again and said, "I won't say anything else, let's get down to business." Our 26th Army participated in the fifth campaign, and this summer and autumn defensive battle was the first time we fought a positional battle. And it is still beaten with anti-slope fortifications, and many comrades are not used to it! ”

"Captain Cui!" Political Commissar Xie pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said, "To be honest, we didn't fight this battle well. It's not that we didn't complete our mission and didn't hold our ground, but that the casualties were too great. Under the offensive of US planes, artillery, and tanks, many of our troops have reached the point of being wounded and broken, and some regiments have only more than 400 people left! ”

"Hmm!" I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, even if our 538 regiment fought so hard, there would still be more than 800 people left! How could they be left with just over four hundred people left.

I have heard of this 26th Army, its predecessor was the Eighth Column of the East China Field Army, and the Eighth Column is the main force of the East China Field Army, and it is said to be one of the five columns with the strongest ability to attack fortifications in the East China Army. He once captured Ma Liwu alive in the Lunan Campaign, captured Li Xianzhou in the Laiwu Campaign, Meng Lianggu bravely fought and interspersed, broke through Kaifeng City in the Eastern Henan Campaign, and was invincible in the Huaihai decisive battle to attack Zhuangwei and liberate Shanghai......

But such a strong force will suffer such heavy casualties on the Korean battlefield. Although they did not lose their positions, as Political Commissar Xie said, even if they win, it will be a crushing victory!

"Here's why! We think this has a lot to do with the fact that the soldiers did not use the anticline tunnel fortifications well! Division Commander Wang took a puff of cigarette and said heavily: "Our army is very unaccustomed to fighting defensive warfare, especially this kind of defensive warfare that uses anti-slope operations. When our superiors asked us to build anticline tunnel fortifications for combat, many soldiers were resistant. Some of the soldiers said, 'What kind of fortification is this?' It is common sense for soldiers to seize the commanding heights, and as soon as we came up, we gave up the commanding heights to the enemy, how to fight the next battle! Some of the fighters said: 'We are all in the tunnels, and the enemy can suffocate us to death with just a few grenades, so what kind of battle is there to fight?' ’。 ”

"Yes! Many comrades do not understand and do not trust such fortifications! On the battlefield, a lot of problems naturally arise! Political Commissar Xie said: "There are many soldiers who have coped with the situation when digging tunnels, and as a result, the tunnels built are not strong enough to withstand the heavy artillery bombardment of the Yankees, and some soldiers are unwilling to hide in the tunnels although they have tunnels......

Listening to me, I seem to understand that the 26th Army will suffer such a big loss, as I know, they are one of the five columns with the strongest offensive ability in our army, but it is precisely because they have a strong ability to attack the fortification, so the tactical thinking of fighting a movement war and slamming into the bush in the past has taken root in their heads, and now they are suddenly asked to fight a defensive war, and they are still fighting a defensive war on the anti-inclined plane, which makes them very uncomfortable for everyone from top to bottom.

Therefore, although they built anticline fortifications according to the requirements of their superiors, they were tactically out of touch with the fortifications, and they still fought the same way as they had charged in the past.

"These problems are easy to solve!" Thinking of this, I nodded and replied: "The soldiers have not used this tactic before, and it is normal for resistance to appear now, as long as we can change their concepts and make them realize the benefits and effects of anti-slope tunnel fortifications, their concepts will soon change." ”

"That's what I thought too!" Li Pinghe said next to him: "Our 538 fighters have repelled the enemy's many attacks with this anti-slope tactic, including several ace units of the enemy, and we can use our own personal experience to tell the comrades of the 26th Army the importance of this kind of fortification." The core of this fortification. It is to save yourself to kill and injure the enemy. When the fighters realized this, they naturally had the motivation to use such fortifications to fight. ”

"Makes sense!" After Division Commander Wang and Political Commissar Xie glanced at each other, they nodded in agreement: "Commander Cui, the task of imparting experience to the soldiers is entrusted to you." What are you going to do? ”

"The best thing to do is for us to go to the front and build fortifications with the soldiers!" I immediately replied: "There are many things that are taught on paper and cannot be learned, and the most direct thing is to show them, and after they are finished, you can also give them a rehearsal to see how we use those fortifications to fight." I think that only by doing this can it be better and faster for the warriors to learn to use such fortifications to fight the enemy! ”

"That's right!" Li Pinghe also agreed: "There are more than 800 people in our regiment, and it is enough to assign them to your division to impart experience. ”

"Good! That's it! Master Wang immediately nodded and held my hand and said, "Then it's hard work, I'll wait for your good news!" ”

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"Deputy Head Liu!" As soon as I came out of Division Commander Wang's division headquarters, I immediately ordered Liu Shunyi: "Immediately convene a meeting of battalion-level cadres!" ”

"Yes!" Liu Shunyi responded, and soon summoned the battalion commanders and instructors.

"Comrades!" After glancing at the cadres gathered in front of me, I said in a voice that could not be opposed: "Starting tomorrow, we will disperse to the troops of the 77th Division to build fortifications with them. I just want to say that everyone should focus on building tunnels and pass on experience. To make it clearer, I have to use all manpower and material resources to do a good job of the tunnel fortifications for me! Moreover, from tomorrow onwards, I will give the drawings of the tunnel fortifications one after another, and you will do the works according to the drawings, understand? ”

"Yes!" Although the warriors did not understand my intentions, they still responded in unison. ~！

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