Chapter XVII Recommendations

The Americans were repulsed by us only once, and they seemed to realize that we were a hard nut to chew, and in the following time they never charged our positions again, and they didn't even bother to shoot at our positions with artillery.

This may be because they know that it is the volunteers who are stationed here, not the People's Army, and they also know that the volunteers always have a way to avoid their fire, as the American army itself said: "Although we ploughed the Chinese positions several times with artillery fire and incendiary bombs, we always thought that there could be no more people living on this high ground, but when we charged." But they will always be fiercely attacked by the Chinese. They are like rats, like cockroaches, and they can't finish fighting! From modern sources, I know that the US military unit in front of our army is the US Second Division. Although they are also a unit transferred from the country and have no experience in fighting with the volunteer army before, the US military is superior in their advanced communication equipment, and the combat experience and information of various units can be shared quickly and well, so after determining that the frontal enemy is Chinese, they quickly made a decision that other US military units would make.

So we were once again in a situation where we had no battle to fight, and although there were constant gunfire and explosions on both sides of the position, our position could not see a single charging enemy.

Climbed to the top of the mountain with Deputy Commander Liu, raised the telescope and looked at the high ground on both wings of us. After a round of artillery preparations, the US military always had a way to 'get' a few tanks in front of the position for protection, and then the mortars, recoilless guns, rocket artillery, and even anti-aircraft machine guns all bombed and strafed the KPA positions one by one.

This is the tactics of the US military in the sea of fire! After Van Vliet came to power, the U.S. military seems to have learned to be obedient, anyway, *** is no longer restricted, if you can solve the problem with ***, the Yankees will not be stupid enough to carry bayonets, hold guns and risk their lives to charge,,

As soon as they saw a figure, all kinds of weapons would bombard in that direction, not to mention the fortifications built by the People's Army.

On the other hand, the People's Army's long-range artillery covered half of the fortifications they had worked so hard to build, and the remaining half was left to be used as targets for the US military's direct-firing guns.

Although the destructive power of the direct-fire cannon is not as great as that of the long-range artillery, it is superior in that it has a high degree of 'precision'. As long as the U.S. troops saw that there were still fortifications, they would '' all kinds of artillery and aim at them, and all that would be left after the smoke cleared was some ruins. The most powerful is the Bazooka rocket launcher, which 'fires' incendiary bombs that can always turn the KPA's positions into a sea of fire. Even if the KPA is already hiding in the tunnel, if the mouth of the tunnel is blown up by this thing, the soldiers inside will either be burned to death by the flames that have penetrated into it, or they will be suffocated by the air in the tunnel.

To tell the truth, in the early days of the Korean War, the volunteers were also deeply affected by these direct-firing guns, and the soldiers of the volunteers at that time did not know what kind of weapons these were, so they called them "front-line guns." The so-called "pre-battle artillery" is the artillery that is specially moved to the front of the position. The Volunteer Army had a long time on the "front artillery." There is nothing to be done about the destructive power of the bombardment fortifications, and now it is the KPA that has nothing to do with them.

In the aperture of the telescope, we could see that the US troops were approaching with tank cover in the front and 'firing' at tank guns, rocket artillery, and machine guns, and in the rear, they were 'indiscriminately' firing recoilless guns, mortars, and anti-aircraft machine guns with long ranges. Only the KPA position was hit, sometimes one side exploded, and sometimes that side turned into a ball of flames. KPA fighters continue to fall in pools of blood or die in burning flames. The screams of KPA soldiers were everywhere around the mountains. Especially those ignited by incendiary bombs, the cry was terrible and persistent, and it reverberated in the mountains for a long time. What's even more infuriating is that the U.S. troops are close to being covered by tanks. Far away from the 'shooting' range, the KPA has nothing to do with them.

However, the fighters of the People's Army can also be said to have fought tenaciously, and they refused to give up their positions in such a disadvantageous situation, and they suffered a number of casualties and then made up for them from the rear, as if they were using their flesh and blood to resist the advance of the US troops.

There is also a reason why the KPA will resist the US military with their lives in this way, and this reason is that the land under their feet is already theirs, and the Yankees have taken a step forward, and North Korea has one less step on its land. In fact, the People's Army fought a very stubborn battle in history.

Although they retreated eight kilometers, with their tactics and disadvantages, eight kilometers is not a long distance.

This is also a difference between the People's Army and the Volunteer Army. In many cases, the People's Army will defend every inch of their own land with their lives. But the Volunteer Army is more focused on victory. Strategically, space is often traded for time, such as the retreat of the fourth campaign and the retreat of the fifth. Sticking to one point is often a strategic point that has to be kept. For example, Cheorwon.

This is because the volunteer soldiers are originally good at sports warfare, and defense is also defense in motion; Second, because of the gains and losses of these lands, there is no pain in the sails when people come to play

"Captain Cui!" Liu Shunyi looked at this scene and couldn't help but ask beside him: "It's not a way for the comrades of the People's Army to continue fighting like this!" If we continue like this, the casualties will be too great, and the position will fall into the hands of the American devils sooner or later, so should we go to support?

"I also understand the truth of the 'lip' and the cold teeth, not to mention that the position guarded by the People's Army is the weakness of our position!" Hearing this, I couldn't help but shake my head a little helplessly: "But the People's Army's defense line is so long, we can help the two high ground next to it, but we can't help the other high ground, unless we have more troops than we can take over all their defense lines." With their way of playing, we can't help them at all! ”

"Hmm!" Liu Shunyi nodded, knowing that what I said was the truth. The KPA line of defense was too long, and the flanks were still flanks. If we support one flank, there will be another weak flank, and with our little strength, we will not be able to plug such a big hole.

"There's only one way now!" Looking at the 'color' of the sky that was about to get dark, I couldn't help blurting out: "It's better to teach people to fish than to teach people to be scum, it's an opportunity for the People's Army to get dark, and it's also an opportunity for us!" ”

"Commander Choi means "Commander Kim of the People's Army?" "Liu Shunyi is also a smart person, and he quickly understood the meaning of my words.

"That's right!" I nodded, put away my binoculars, turned and walked towards the bottom of the mountain.

Division Commander Jin's temporary division headquarters was located in Huigaodi, and his residence was arranged by Liu Shunyi, so under Liu Shunyi's guidance, we quickly found Division Commander Jin's division headquarters.

As soon as I walked to the entrance of Kim Jongsong's air raid 'hole' and looked inside, I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, because of this. Although the tunnel was dug by volunteers, I can hardly recognize it now.

The volunteers dug tunnels quickly and sturdily, and did not pay much attention to hygiene. Moreover, the soldiers were all wearing tattered military uniforms, and there were a lot of lice when they flicked them, so they didn't care if the pit was clean or not.

In addition, it has been raining for the past few days, so every pit is almost the same, the pit walls are full of mud, the pit is full of stagnant water, and even the top of the head and the side wall will continue to seep water into the pit in some places.

But the pit of Admiralty Song is different, it can be seen that every log on the wall of this pit is cleaned, and the floor is also paved with logs, and then put tables, chairs, 'bed' quilts in the pit tunnel, put basins, tea sets, and hang two oil lamps, making the whole pit look like a hut where the people live, making people feel like they are home. And "looking at a few pairs of shoes outside the mouth of the tunnel, I realized that I still had to take off my shoes when I walked in,"

Is this *** still like a battlefield? Seeing this, I couldn't help but smile bitterly, this officer of the People's Army will really enjoy it! The soldiers shed blood and died in the front, and the officials were still in the rear, wasting the labor of the soldiers, and paying attention to hygiene and comfort. Liu Shunyi couldn't help frowning when he saw this, and he seemed to be very unaccustomed to this.

"Hey," what are you doing standing here looking around? At this time, the two guards standing at the mouth of the pit looked at us with disdain. Looking at the ranks of these two guards, it seems that they are also majors.

The habit of the KPA is that it can call on soldiers with lower ranks than them at will. There is no difference between the military uniforms of the officers and soldiers of the Volunteer Army, and at a glance they do not know our "officers" at all. Bigger than them.

It is said that once, an officer of the People's Army saw the boss, and because the boss was dressed modestly, he also called him as an ordinary soldier and asked the boss to wash his feet. Later, after learning the true identity of the boss, he was stunned and scared the officer half to death.

Of course, that's all for later. However, it seems that it is not new for these two guards to yell at us so impolitely.

"Hey! What about you? "When the guard saw that we didn't answer, he accentuated his tone, looking at his 'look' and the way he stared at us, as if if if we didn't answer, they would come up and ask us or be unkind to us.

Liu Shunyi couldn't understand Korean and didn't understand what was going on, so I felt uncomfortable when I heard it, so I yelled at the two guards in Korean: "What are you!" If you dare to talk to me like this, I'm here to find you Master Jin. You flash me aside,"

Without saying a word, they pushed the two aside, Zhang Mingxue and Xu Yongwei were also clever, and they blocked them one by one without waiting for orders. Looking at the two of them holding guns in their hands and holding their fingers on the triggers, although the muzzles of the guns were not aimed at the two KPA guards, I still had no doubt that once the KPA guards had the intention of making a move, they would not hesitate to pull the trigger on them.

The two guards also seemed to see that we were not ordinary people, and at this time they dared to say more, but they were so frightened that they stood aside and did not dare to make any moves.

"It turned out to be Captain Cui!" Cai Wang stepped into the tunnel and heard Jin Zhongsong's signboard-like soft voice: "Why didn't Captain Cui come in advance!" What a disappointment! ”

"Hmm". Glancing at the depths of the tunnel, I realized that the two majors of the intelligence department, Jin Mingguo and An Jinxue, were also here, and they were 'standing up' towards me at this time.

"Major Jin and Major An are just right here!" Xie, the time 'wave' wastes time, so go straight to the topic! , Master Jin, nonsense, I'll go to your army and make a suggestion this time. Jin Shaoxiang and Major An also saw our anti-slope tactics, and I think they reported it to you as well! For the sake of the KPA fighters, I think you should change your tactics and build fortifications on the anti-slope as soon as possible, instead of fighting US imperialism on the anti-incline as you are now."

"Well, it turns out that your tactic is called anti-slope tactics." Hearing this, Jin Zhongsong said: "Commander Cui is right, the two majors also reported to me about your combat situation just now, I also admire this tactic of your army, and at the same time, I fully agree with the implementation of this kind of fortification in our army." But we also have our problems! After listening to the report, I went to your position and found that such a tunnel fortification could not be completed in a day or two. I was thinking, now that the enemy is fighting in front of us, if we give up the positive slope to the enemy and use part of the anti-slope fortifications to deal with the American army, plus we have never fought such a battle and have no experience, will it be too dangerous to do so, which will not only lose a lot of land, but may also backfire,"

"Hmm!" I also feel justified when I hear Kim Jong Song say this, our anticline fortifications were built before the enemy came, and these tunnels, passages, ridges and other fortifications have been put together for more than ten days, and we have also gone through a period of drills, so the soldiers can fight handily. Now if the Yankees are allowed to rush up and occupy the top of the mountain, using all kinds of advanced weapons to condescendingly strafe at the top of the mountain, it may really backfire as Kim Jong-song feared.

"But Master Jin!" Then I remembered that when we first built the anti-slope fortifications, it was not so complicated, that is, it was completed in one day, and it could also effectively repel the attack of the American army, so I went on to suggest: "Our leader once said that to fight a war is to save yourself and destroy the enemy, and if you fight the enemy on the positive slope like you are now, you can't even save yourself, so how can you destroy the enemy?" So I think your anticline work should be done, but I don't have the time to do it like we do. But in fact, you don't have to build fortifications like us, you just need to move the field fortifications from the positive slope to the reverse slope, and dig a few more air raid 'holes' where you can hide. ”

"What Cui Ranchang said is reasonable!" Major Jin 'straightened' up to Jin Zhongsong and said: "Senior Commander Jin, although we are holding our position on the positive slope and not giving an inch, we cannot hit the enemy, and our casualties are more than ten times or even dozens of times that of the enemy. If we move our position to the anti-slope as Commander Cui said, even if we may not be able to compete with the enemy because of our poor position and backward equipment, we can at least hit the enemy, and if we can't, we can fight them with bayonets."

"Master Jin". I added a handful of firewood next to me and said: "In terms of combat experience and building fortifications, I can ask our Deputy Regiment Commander Liu to give you guidance, but our fortifications were built by him, and he is very experienced in this area." And it is almost dark, and if you move quickly, your fortifications will begin to take shape at dawn the next morning. If you are still worried about whether such a fortification can be held, you should first use the two high ground near us as a pilot, and once you can't hold it, we promise to help you take back the position! ”

"Not really!" Jin Zhongsong was a little embarrassed by what I said, and hurriedly said with a smile: "We are all comrades, what else do we share with each other, Commander Cui is already very 'excited' to help us like this, how dare you ask you to help us regain our position?" However, this is not a trivial matter, not to mention that even if one of our divisions changes its tactics to block the attack of US imperialism, the impact on the entire defense line will still be insignificant. So I'm going to report this matter to my superiors, and when the results of the discussion come out, I'll give a reply to Head Cui! ”

"Hmm!" I nodded in agreement with Kim Jong-song's words, and at the same time changed my opinion of the Kim Jong-song in front of me. In other words, although I don't like the bureaucratic style of these officials in the People's Army, these guys seem to have some ink in their stomachs. For example, the things that Kim Jongsong considered are more comprehensive, and they all seem to make some sense.

But think about it, if the KPA officials were all waste, then it would not be possible to beat all the South Korean puppet troops to Busan as soon as the fight began. "Captain Cui!" When we walked out of the tunnel of Admiralty Song, Liu Shunyi couldn't help asking: "Do you say that the comrades of the People's Army will build anticline fortifications according to what we say?" ”

"Yes!" I glanced at the fortifications around me and said with confidence, "Unless they can't get along with themselves, they will!" ”

As a matter of fact, just from the fact that Kim Jong-song wanted to set up the division headquarters on our position, we can know that they have long recognized the role of anticline fortifications in their hearts.

Then it was only a matter of time before the anticline fortifications were built!