Chapter Seventy-Six: Darkness

Chapter Seventy-Six: Darkness

"Regiment Commander" When I was thinking hard about how to deal with the puppet army, Hu Zudi carried a carbine with a night vision device into the anti-artillery 'hole' and reported: "The puppet army has been assembled, and I believe that it will soon attack our army's position."

"Then go and observe the enemy's movements, pay close attention to the enemy's movements, and report as soon as there is a situation" Without waiting for me to answer, Liu Shunyi gave an order on my behalf.

"Yes," Hu Zudi, who was panting, answered, and without saying a word, he '' the gun and got out again.

"Commander......" Li Pinghe said with some hesitation: "Are we ...... The Breakout ...... Considerations"

No one spoke, and the warriors all turned their eyes to me.

I know what the fighters mean, and in fact, it is natural to think about breaking out at this time. It seems that we can no longer play any role here, and the puppet army not only has many more troops than us, but also 'inserts' into our soft threat. I believe that any commander who is not fighting to the death will think of breaking through this road.

Of course...... I've thought about it too. And I believe that the purpose of the puppet army is to open a one-year gap in the encirclement, so if we use artillery to blow up a bloody way for us to break through, I believe that the puppet army will not embarrass us too much. They are not in a hurry to escape, where is there time to chase and kill us......

But

I'm still worried about the previous point, if the puppet army in front of me is allowed to escape, will it affect the entire history and delay the end of the Korean War?

If it weren't for this, I would have led the soldiers out a long time ago, whether it was from my own perspective or from the perspective of preserving the lives of the soldiers, I would have done this, even if Master Pang pressed me with a military order, it would be useless to hold on here, I have never been a person who obeys orders

But...... I don't dare take that risk. Although I know that even if I take the soldiers out to kill, history will probably still follow the original trajectory, but in case...... What should I do if history doesn't follow the original route after I get out? What if we only need to hold on for a few more seconds, and the volunteer army will be killed? That doesn't mean that I have harmed the lives of more than 300 soldiers, or even my own, and harmed thousands of volunteer soldiers and even the process of world peace

The slogan of world peace may seem like a big one, but the reality is that it is. More than a dozen belligerents are trapped in this, and if this war is allowed to continue, it is very likely to become a third world war. And all of this is coming to an end, can I risk this for the sake of these 300 lives?

"Commander, make a decision quickly, it's not in a hurry to come later" Liu Shunyi looked at me with some puzzlement, in fact, not only Liu Shunyi, but also Li Pinghe, Li Guoqiang and others were also full of doubts and 'confusion' on their faces. What they don't understand is how I, who have always been very simple in giving orders, are hesitant to do this now. What they didn't know was what kind of struggle I was going on.

"Regiment Commander" Li Guoqiang 'pulled' out the box cannon 'inserted' in his waist and said: "If you give an order, if you break through, let our seventh company cover, and our seventh company still has more than 50 people, to ensure that the puppet army will be dragged on the position."

"No" I shook my head, and finally made a decision: "We will hold on the 585.2 heights and live and die with the position"

The fighters did not speak out against it. It can be seen that they are not afraid of death, but waiting for my orders. If I gave the order to break out, they would gladly comply. And if I had ordered to hold on, they would not show any weakness.

"Regiment Commander" only Li Pinghe said a little unbearably: "Do we think about it again, the soldiers are very tired, and we have little chance of holding in this situation......

"Don't think about it anymore," I said through gritted teeth, "from now on, all we have to think about is how to resist the enemy's likely attack."

"Yes," the fighters responded.

Liu Shunyi thought about it, then pointed to the map and said: "The enemy on these two sides of the north and east is easy to deal with, as long as we deploy a few soldiers and artillery observers equipped with night vision devices to cooperate, we can mobilize artillery fire to knock them down, and the fortifications on these two sides are also relatively strong, and then arrange a large company to defend, I believe that we can still defeat the enemy, but the enemy in the south is ......."

Speaking of this, Liu Shunyi kept his mouth shut, but the soldiers all understood the difficulties involved. The soldiers all fought fiercely for a day and a night without any rest, and during this period, they had to constantly avoid the bombardment of the puppet army's artillery fire, and every soldier was seriously overdrawn physically. A company defends the front, and the anti-slope is only more than a hundred people at most, and more than a hundred exhausted fighters can withstand the charge of a battalion of the puppet army?

Hard fighting is definitely not good, I also realized this, manpower is limited after all, just as the puppet army death squad-style charge also does not work, only bravery and fearlessness often do not benefit on the battlefield, so we must outwit the victory......

How can you outwit it? I couldn't help but cast my eyes into the darkness outside the tunnel, when it was raining heavily, the thunder and the explosion of the puppet army's artillery 'intersected' with each other, and the fire and lightning produced by the explosion appeared and disappeared from time to time, and it was impossible to distinguish between them. Occasionally, a few rays of searchlight would 'shine' on, but it was so insignificant in the layers of rain that the light we saw was not as bright as the flashlight.

Darkness is darkness

This is where I can take advantage of it, looking at the empty 'hole' outside the tunnel with poor visibility due to the layers of rain, and I can't help but feel a sense of déjà vu in my consciousness.

This is like the night when Shangganling does not see the light of day, searchlights and flares cannot allow the soldiers to identify each other, so that when our army counterattacked the surface position of Shangganling, there were "friendly casualties" in which two companies misunderstood. Since there will be "friendly casualties" among our troops in this situation, why can't I make the puppet army troops friendly as well?

That's right, thinking of this, I immediately grabbed the map, looked at the three-edged heights of the 585.2 heights on the map, pondered for a while, and said: "We must concentrate all our forces on the easterly side, and only a small number of troops will be left in the hilltop position."

"What?" The warriors all looked at me in amazement.

Liu Shunyi asked puzzledly: "Regiment leader, is it ...... to fight like this?"

I shook my head and didn't let him continue. Time is tight now, and I only have very little time to set up, so I can't allow others to 'interject'.

After quickly sorting out my thoughts in my mind, I pointed to the position and said: "Our soldiers can defend in various positions at the beginning, and when the battle is in full swing, I will mobilize artillery to bombard the positions in the easterly direction, and the main force of our army must quickly attack in the easterly direction at this time and quickly hide."

"Regiment Commander" Li Guoqiang asked: "In this way, we are easily injured by our artillery shells......

"That's why we're going to dig some anti-artillery 'holes' in advance in the easterly position," I continued: "As soon as our troops moved to the east, all the fighters hid in the anti-artillery 'holes' and waited for orders."

The soldiers listened to my battle plan, and all of them stared at me in confusion, and no one knew what kind of 'medicine' I was selling in this gourd

"Well, regiment commander" Liu Shunyi is worthy of being the deputy commander, he was the first to understand my intentions, pointed to the map and said: "Regiment commander, you keep the puppet army in the north and don't kill the puppet army in the south, do you want to let the two of them ......?"

"Oh" Hearing Liu Shunyi say this, the soldiers quickly understood, and after looking at the map, they couldn't help but be happy.

"yes, that's a good idea."

"That's right, it's so dark, let those dogs beat themselves"

"It's called dog bite dog, and when these two dogs bite almost enough, let's rush out and sit and catch fish...... of the benefits"

"The Fisherman's Profit"

"Yes, yes...... It's a fisherman's profit."

……

Immediately, the soldiers began to discuss excitedly, and when they heard my order to hold on, they were all determined to die. It's nothing to have the determination to die, and what they are most worried about is that even if the soldiers all fight their positions, they won't be able to hold it, which is also a very important reason why they feel that they should break through. But now, after listening to my battle plan, it seems that they see the hope of victory again, although it is still nine deaths, but it is enough to make them excited.

"The regiment has not been ...... for a long time" Liu Shunyi straightened the map and looked at it, and immediately said: "I will immediately arrange for people to go to the east to build an anti-artillery 'hole'"

"Hmm" I nodded, Liu Shunyi always took the time to complete what was within his ability, and I was used to it.

After Liu Shunyi left, I continued to say to the soldiers: "The battle plan has been decided, but I hope that the comrades should also see the danger in this, if the puppet army is not fooled, then our army will not only lose its position, but also be completely annihilated." Even ......"

I paused, looked at the unscrupulous soldiers, and continued: "We may even be laughed at by our comrades in the fraternal units, saying that we retreated in battle and hid in the anti-artillery 'holes' to escape for our lives."

With a coax, the warriors began to talk. I looked at Li Pinghe, and Li Pinghe nodded helplessly and agreed with my statement.

Indeed, the reality is so cruel, the most hated people in the volunteer army are those who are greedy for life and afraid of death, which will be a motivation most of the time, always spurring the soldiers to fight the enemy desperately. But there are two sides to everything, and at this time, it is clear that it is counterproductive. If our plan does not succeed, the end waiting for us is to be found out from the anti-artillery 'holes' by the puppet army one by one and killed, of course, no one will rehabilitate us, even if there are survivors to rehabilitate us, I think it will be used as an excuse......

Of course, this kind of thing is very unfair to the soldiers, but the reality is - there are many such things on the battlefield

For a soldier, the most important thing is the honor of a soldier. It's acceptable to lose a battle, and it's acceptable to lose your 'life', but the most unacceptable thing is that you don't have honor. So as soon as I mentioned this, it immediately caused quite a 'wave' among the fighters.

"Therefore, we can only succeed and not fail," Li Weiqiang said through gritted teeth.

"Yes, you can only succeed, not fail," the fighters raised their fists one after another.

"Even if you lose your 'life', you won't regret it?" I asked.

"No regrets" Li Guoqiang took a step forward, patted his 'chest' and said firmly: "For the safety of the people of the motherland, what is it to lose this old life?" ”

"Even if you leave a lasting infamy, you won't regret it?" I asked again.

This time, the soldiers hesitated, but Li Weiqiang quickly came up again and gritted his teeth and said: "No later teaching, as long as we are worthy of ourselves and our conscience, it doesn't matter how they scold."

"We have a clear conscience," the other fighters agreed.

Only Wang Xin, the commander of the second battalion, lowered his head and was silent, so the soldiers turned their eyes to him.

Feeling the gaze of everyone, Wang Xin raised his head, looked around in confusion, and replied embarrassedly: "Commander, it's nothing for me to leave an infamy, I just thought about it...... My old lady in the house ......"

As soon as Wang Xin said this, the soldiers also understood, and they all lowered their heads when they thought of their families.

I was also silent, we can do it with a clear conscience, but what about our family? If we are saddled with infamy, what will happen to our families? Not only will they lose their loved ones, but they will also have to be pointed at and poked at the back......

Sighing fiercely, Wang Xin grabbed the snot and tears on his face fiercely, and said, "Fight what you didn't say."

"Hit"

"Commander, give the order"

I nodded heavily, holding back the tears that were about to fall, pointed to the map and said: "In this battle, the key is to let the puppet armies on both sides of the north and south be fooled, let them kill each other, and then we can 'mix' the water, 'touch' the fish, and make trouble' from it, so ......."

After a pause, I glanced at the soldiers, and then I continued: "In order to ensure that the puppet army is deceived, after the main force withdraws from the position, we will leave a part of the soldiers to hold on to the position on the top of the mountain, not too many people, just twenty or sozen." The task of these comrades is to ...... Misunderstanding between the puppet armies on the north and south sides of the hilltop position, and eventually causing them to kill each other"

"The head of the regiment asked me to go"

"Let me go"

……

As soon as I finished speaking, the warriors raised their hands and asked me to fight. There was no doubt that the chances of surviving such a mission were almost zero, but the fighters did not hesitate. I had long expected this result and I had long been accustomed to it.

"Regiment Commander" Li Guoqiang and the other soldiers were quiet before he spoke: "I think this task should be 'handed over' to our Seventh Company combat unit, and my reason is...... The training we received was the American style of play, and so did the puppet army, and we could easily integrate into the puppet army, and even cooperate well with them without suspicion. I'm sure we'll be able to do the job well."

"Hmm," I nodded.

In fact, what Li Guoqiang said is exactly what I have in mind. The training of the Seventh Company, a special unit, from the beginning of its formation, is the same as that of the Yankees. And they are also a special forces, their mission is to infiltrate, assassinate or lurk or the like, and they are also very experienced in disguised as a puppet army, so it can be said that no one can see the flaws when they change into a puppet army uniform, so it is naturally suitable for them to complete this task

I patted Li Guoqiang on the shoulder, then hugged his shoulders tightly and shook him vigorously, wanting to say something but couldn't say anything.

Li Guoqiang, I don't know how long he has been with me, when the 538 regiment began to be formed, he has been the battalion commander in my regiment, and he has not been promoted by any benefit or officer, but now he ......

He is a very capable member of my team, even if I have a thousand and ten thousand reluctant in my heart, but what can I do? There are no eggs left under the nest, and if you don't, the whole plan will probably fail

"I understand, head of the regiment" Li Guoqiang stood still in front of me, and then saluted me dignifiedly, and said: "In the next life, I will still follow the head of the regiment to fight devils."

I gritted my teeth, desperately trying not to let the tears fall from my eyes, and I also stood in front of him and saluted, and said fiercely: "Get ready immediately"

"Yes" Li Guoqiang saluted, turned around and walked out of the tunnel.

The soldiers saluted me one after another, and then went to their respective positions to prepare.

"Regiment Commander......" At this time, several wounded soldiers who had not spoken in the tunnel supported each other to stand up, looked at me with pleading eyes and said: "Regiment commander, let's go up too"

I nodded helplessly, in fact, at this time, I just didn't want to let them go.

As soon as a few wounded soldiers left, the "hole" of the anti-aircraft artillery was empty, and only Li Pinghe and I were left. Although it was safe to be in the anti-artillery 'hole' at this time, and the enemy had not yet attacked, there was no need for me to go out at this time. But when I thought that the soldiers were all outside under the bombardment of the puppet army's artillery, I had no way to continue to stay in the anti-artillery 'hole'. So he grabbed his rifle, stuffed a few magazines into the ammunition 'medicine' bag, and finally checked the pistol and bayonet, and drilled a 'hole' in the anti-artillery with Li Ping and the two

The inside of the 'hole' and the outside of the 'hole' can really be said to be the two heavens of life and death, the inside of the 'hole' is warm and safe, and the outside of the 'hole' is the rumbling of wind and rain and cannons. The whole world is like a fortress of demons seen in fairy tales, almost no place is safe, and almost every inch of land is full of corpses, organs, and blown up weapon parts......

We ran up the 'crossing' trench for a while, and soon came to the top of the hill. The soldiers were busy on the position, some were building fortifications, some were carrying ammunition and ammunition, and more were digging anti-artillery holes in the eastern position. Li Guoqiang gathered more than 20 soldiers of the Seventh Company and assigned tasks......

Of course, the puppet army will certainly not give us much time. Therefore, the anti-artillery 'hole' that the soldiers can dig up can barely hide in a person's small 'hole', but something is better than nothing, and no matter how bad it is, it can block shrapnel.

......At this time, several red 'colored' signal flares suddenly rose in the dark sky. Then I realized that the charge of the puppet army had begun.