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Chapter 123: Battalion Commander Li

The ensuing battle turned out as I expected, and the Rangers lurking in the rear soon learned that our troops had recovered their surface positions and easily repulsed their reinforcements. So in order to avoid the dilemma of being attacked from both sides, they quickly retreated quietly in the night.

When the US troops retreat, we will also retreat, and this is an immutable law of warfare on the Korean battlefield. With my order, except for a dozen soldiers on the battlefield who left a guard, the rest of the soldiers pulled out their 'legs' and ran towards the tunnel.

Before we reached the mouth of the tunnel, we saw the volunteer troops coming to reinforce at the foot of the mountain.

Looking at the dense figures in front of me, I couldn't help but feel happy. This group of troops who came to reinforce had at least one battalion, and they all had supplies on their shoulders, some carrying *** boxes, some carrying rice bags, and even I saw someone leading a sheep,"

At this time, I thought to myself, I didn't expect that we would be blessed by misfortune this time. The American rangers lurked near the mouth of our tunnel, and the enemy artillery temporarily stopped the artillery blockade for fear of accidental damage. As a result, the volunteer troops who came to reinforce arrived in Shangganling almost without casualties.

But at this moment, I only heard a loud bang from the foot of the mountain.

I looked in the direction from which the sound came from, and saw a bright red fireball explode from the reinforcements, and several soldiers were blown aside by the firelight, and they did not know whether they were alive or dead.

There is no whistling of shells, it's mines!

Thinking of this, I hurriedly shouted at the reinforcement troops: "Go back!" Go back all over! ”

But it was too late, and just as I was talking, two more explosions were heard, and two fireballs of black smoke set off a bloody storm again.

I don't know if it's because the sound of the explosion drowned out my shouting. Or because they didn't know who I was and didn't listen to orders, this reinforcement had no intention of returning. However, they knew that there were mines ahead, so they also slowed down.

But I know that slowing down is the deadliest thing, and that's exactly what the enemy is trying to do in this area.

So I shouted at the reinforcements again: "Speed up!" Leave those mines alone" Before the words fell, there was a whistling of shells in the sky, and then in the helpless eyes of me and the soldiers, one shell after another exploded among the reinforcements.

Without saying a word, the fighters put their rifles behind their backs and were about to run. But I quickly pulled it back.

"Into the tunnel". I shouted loudly and waved vigorously at the soldiers: "All of them, all of them go into the tunnel, and no reinforcements are allowed!" ”

The foot of the hill was littered with mines and artillery shells falling in patches, and there was no point in meeting reinforcements other than to increase casualties. Gao Yongxiang also knew a little bit well, so he also shouted loudly to the soldiers. The soldiers then went into the tunnel one after another.

I took one last look at the reinforcements at the foot of the hill that had disappeared into the smoke of the shells, and sighed secretly: whether you can survive or not is up to you!

This is the Ranger!

Obviously, when the Rangers were lurking in the rear of our army, they thought that our army would have reinforcements, so they laid mines in the path of reinforcements in order not to be attacked on both sides, or to give themselves more time.

I used the U.S. Army's mines when I was in infantry school, and I knew that it was very convenient to deploy. In addition, it was night, and they didn't even need to dig a hole, they just needed to turn the mine to combat gear and throw it on the soft ground. It only takes a company more than ten minutes to easily lay hundreds of mines.

With their ambush breached by us, these mines don't seem to be working. Now, at a critical moment, our reinforcements have suffered heavy casualties.

"Chief of Staff! The chief of staff "someone came up." At this moment, several shouts of Gao Yongxiang came from outside the tunnel.

"Oh!" Hearing that I didn't say a word, I grabbed my rifle and ran towards the mouth of the tunnel.

In the dark night, through the layers of smoke, I looked at the position by the light of the fire emitted by the explosion of the shells, and there were more than a dozen black shadows lying on the ground in the tunnel, sometimes lying on the ground to avoid the shells, sometimes jumping up from the ground and running wildly. It's just that they don't seem to be running in the direction of our tunnel, and it doesn't look like they're going to other tunnels.

"They don't know where the pit is!" Looking at me, I understood that they must be comrades from other units in the division. I have never been to the high ground of Zhukou, and I don't know the direction of the mouth of the tunnel. It's okay to look for it slowly in normal times, but in this dark night and when the enemy is still bombarding, it is not easy to find a dark tunnel.

So I immediately ordered: "Hurry! Bring a few of them in! ”

"Yes!" The two warriors answered, and without a moment's hesitation, plunged headlong into the blazing fire and smoke outside.

The kung fu of these two fighters was really not lazy, they moved quickly in the crater, flexibly dodging the shells to advance, and after a while they ran back with the dozen fighters, Gao Yongxiang and I hurriedly met at the mouth of the tunnel.

As soon as a soldier ran into the tunnel, he sat on the ground with both 'legs' limp, and Gao Yongxiang and I hurried

"Battalion commander! Battalion commander, are you alright! "Listening to the shouts of the other fighters, I realized that we had a battalion commander on our hands.

"I'm fine!" The battalion commander tried to stand up, but one of them was unsteady and almost fell to the ground.

Seeing this, I couldn't help frowning, seeing that this battalion commander was not injured at all except for the rubble on his face. That is to say, he would behave like this completely because he was completely frightened by this burst of artillery fire.

If it was an ordinary soldier behaving like this, it would be no problem, after all, anyone who saw the pieces of shells would be afraid, not to mention that his troops could almost be said to be completely wiped out at that moment just now. But he was a battalion commander. As the commander of this force, it is not very appropriate to behave like this.

The soldiers of the volunteer army often stare at the cadres when they fight.

In fact, it should be said that most people in this era have such a habit. That is, no matter what you do, you will stare at the leader, and the people below the leader will follow suit. If the factory director is absent from work for no reason, the employees will think, the factory director can do this, why can't we? So he was absent from work for no reason.

However, it is a pity that this fine tradition has not been passed down to the modern society with the development of society. Otherwise, I think that all the people now drive publicly-funded cars, live in buildings given by developers, and pack two or three *** at the same time.

This habit is in the army, that is, the soldiers take the cadres as an example. Cadres if they are brave. The soldiers will think in their hearts, everyone who is a cadre is desperate, what else do we have to say, so the soldiers will be brave; If the cadres are timid, the fighters will have no bottom in their hearts.

However, even if he ignores the impact of his performance on the soldiers under him, as a battalion commander, he should also consider that the tunnel entrance is narrow, and it is entirely possible that he is slumped on the ground just now, blocking the way for the soldiers behind him to enter the tunnel. This is not a trivial problem on the battlefield, it will bring losses to the troops!

"Comrade! Take me to the chief of staff" I was thinking, but the battalion commander spoke.

As soon as I heard the commanding tone of his words, I felt a little uncomfortable.

Gao Yongxiang also seemed to feel the style of the battalion commander, so he felt unhappy. As soon as he put his hand down, he shouted at him: "Looking for the chief of staff? The one next to you is the Chief of Staff! ”

The battalion commander was so unexpectedly thrown away by Gao Yongxiang that he almost lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground. He just wanted to ask, but he couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Gao Yongxiang's words, and immediately broke free from my hands and 'stood up' and saluted: "Report to the Chief of Staff" Li Zhengyong, the commander of the Bituan Battalion, was ordered to come to reinforcements! ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Camp Commander Li! Welcome, welcome! "I shook hands with Camp Commander Li politely, but I was really not satisfied with his performance just now.

"Battalion Commander Li!" While taking Li Zhengyong to the headquarters, I asked, "How many people have come up from your battalion this time?" ”

"Report to the Chief of Staff!" Li Zhengyong took off his hat full of cannon fodder and said: "There are a total of egg people who came to reinforce this time, and now there are only a few of us left!" ”

As he was talking, the sound of the soldiers being busy came from the direction of the tunnel mouth, and the soldiers received more than a dozen volunteers. I couldn't help but glance at the Li Zhengyong beside me, and a trace of embarrassment flashed on Li Zhengyong's face.

"Battalion Commander Li!" Before I knew it, I came to the headquarters, and I handed him a glass of water: "You guys came this time, I don't know if your superiors have brought any instructions?" ”

"Report to the Chief of Staff!" Li Zhengyong 'stood up' and replied: "The superiors asked me to tell the chief of staff that our army will continue to send people to send food and ***, and will also send reinforcements." The division commander told the chief of staff to hold on, and to drag the enemy to death on the riveting heights and the sudden 7 heights! They must not be allowed to take a step over Shangganling! ”

"Hmm!" Listening to this, I couldn't help frowning, and after a while, I asked, "How much *** and food did you bring up?" ”

"This." Li Zhengyong was silent for a while, then hesitated and said: "Except for the *** we carried, the others were almost lost on the road!" ”

I took out my pocket watch to check the time, it was already past four o'clock in the morning, and it was about to dawn. It will definitely be too late for the division headquarters to organize another supply delivery.

In fact, after restoring the surface position, it is not impossible for our army to only blockade through the artillery fire of the American army, and at the same time, there will be no such large casualties. The reason why it was 'made' like this this time was entirely caused by those mines.

However, if Battalion Commander Li had commanded the whole army to retreat and wait for the enemy's artillery fire to pass before advancing, or if he had moved forward quickly regardless of the mines on his feet, I believe that most of the people and materials would have been able to reach the tunnel. But he didn't, "he just let the mines scare and slow down, which gave the American artillery a chance to fire them 'indiscriminately'." There are mines on the ground, and cannonballs in the sky. It's nice to have dozens of people rushing over alive.

But what can I say about him?

Mistakes in command are like a family matter that is difficult to decide, and I am now proposing the right plan, which can also be said to be hindsight. Besides, anyone on the battlefield, in that kind of environment where artillery rumbles and shrapnel flies, will inevitably make wrong judgments. Even I can't guarantee that if I were to be myself, I would have made the right choice in that situation.

So I nodded and said to Li Zhengyong: "Take the soldiers to rest first, and find an hour to count the materials and people, "I'm afraid of taming the wounded, and Cai will report to me later!" ”

"Yes!" Li Zhengyong saluted me, turned around and walked out of the command post.

"Who is this Battalion Commander Li?" After Li Zhengyong left, I casually asked Instructor Qin beside me.

"I don't know!" Instructor Qin replied, "I've heard of him, though. He came out of a senior step school, and it is said that he had excellent grades in step school and was a party member. He once proposed several combat plans to the Bi Regiment, made meritorious contributions, and was praised by his superiors, so he became the battalion commander! ”

"Hmm, it turned out to be a step school!" I couldn't help but frown as I listened.

It is true that the infantry school has trained many outstanding officers for our army, but I know very well in my heart that just as the students with excellent grades in college often 'get along' after entering the society, the students with very top grades in the infantry school may not necessarily be able to adapt to the bloody battlefield. After all, there is no 'sexual' life in the various exercises in the foot school, but it is a different situation on the battlefield.

Tonight is a waste of work, originally the purpose of our restoration of the surface position was to allow the rear to transport more food and *** up, but I didn't expect it to become an empty space.

"Chief of Staff!" Director Qin then reported to me in embarrassment: "We don't have much left, do we still have to hold on to the position tomorrow?" ”

Listening to Director Qin's words, I couldn't help but feel a big headache, I was expecting to send some *** tonight, but now......

"Is the *** *** enough tomorrow night?" I asked.

Director Qin shook his head slowly: "Now there are only more than two thousand rounds of ammunition left, the average of ten rounds of ammunition per soldier is less than that, and there are only more than two hundred grenades left. There are still some blasters and explosives, but these alone are useless! ”

I understand what Instructor Qin meant, if there is no fire cover from machine guns and grenades to let the soldiers rush forward with blasters and explosive bags, it will be no different from sending them to death. "Don't hold your ground tomorrow!" I reluctantly ordered: "Order the comrades who are on guard on the position to return to the position at dawn tomorrow!" ”

"Yes!" Director Qin responded.

"As for tomorrow night's ***" I thought about it and said, "It's not dawn yet, send a few." The correspondent rushed through the enemy's fire blockade line to report to the regimental headquarters, reported our lack of *** and food to Regiment Commander Zhang in detail, and suggested that tomorrow night's *** should be reinforced by the rear troops as the main force, and our army assisted! And let the correspondent bring back a detailed battle plan so that the two armies can cooperate with each other! ”

"Yes!" Instructor Qin answered, turned around and walked to the headquarters to arrange.

Looking at Instructor Qin's back, I sighed helplessly.

Originally, the Battle of Shangganling could have been given to the enemy during the day, and if we came back at night, the U.S. army would have no way to take us. And because the casualties of the American army are much greater than ours. Soon it will be beyond the bottom line of the pressure they can handle. But now, because of the lack of ***, the battle situation has become confusing.

It is not difficult to imagine that since we did not have ***, the American troops could easily occupy the surface positions at dawn the next day, and then they had a whole day to build fortifications. Although the fortifications built in one day were still insufficient, they could also greatly increase the difficulty of our troops resuming their surface positions.

What's more, the U.S. military not only knows the location of our tunnel mouth very clearly, but also knows the law of our operations every night. They can have fortifications for sexuality.

So this kind of battle will only become more and more difficult, and the more difficult it is,

From modern sources, I know that the Battle of Shangganling in history also developed in much this way. At the beginning, our army still had the ability to compete with the US military for surface positions, and it was not completely sealed in the tunnel by the US army. But in the second stage a few days later, due to the failure of supplies and the large number of casualties, our troops had to retreat to the tunnel.

Once our troops retreat to the tunnels and allow the American troops to build fortifications and firing points on their positions, then their blockade of the tunnels will be unprecedentedly tight. It is said that during this period, in order to send a little material to the soldiers in the tunnel, the 15th Army finally used the 'elite' military headquarters guard company.

I don't know how powerful the military guard company is. But I've seen the guards who protect the boss, and I think that as a guard protecting the military department, it shouldn't be much worse than the guard who protects the boss!

However, it was such an 'elite' force, and when it passed through the enemy's blockade area, it was only a man before it set out, and when it arrived at the tunnel, it was only counted as a man, and the casualty rate was as high as 75 percent. Among those who died was Wang Lu, the instructor of the guard company who had followed the commander for five or six years.

Since its establishment, the 15 th Army has fought hundreds of battles of all sizes, but it has never used a military and police company, and the losses in the first battle have been so heavy that until the end of the battle, the army commander Qin Jiwei was still bitter about this.

It can also be seen from this that after our army retreats to the tunnel, it is very difficult to send a little material to the tunnel.

But now, I can only watch the situation become more and more urgent and unable to do anything.

No way! I slammed my fist the location of Shangganling on the map, and secretly made up my mind that I must take advantage of the enemy's blockade to transport some supplies into the tunnel. , If you want to know what will happen next, please log in to Muscle Call, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!