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Chapter Twenty-Eight: Ma Pingli

Commander Pang and his soldiers successfully crossed the Beihan River through the underwater bridge, and then Division Commander Zheng also arrived with a large army. There were people carrying *** boxes, and even mules and horses dragging cannons, and for a moment the sound of water, shouting, and neighing of horses became one.

I couldn't help but be secretly frightened when I saw this, although there was muffled thunder and gunfire from far and near from time to time. But making such a loud noise is still easy for the enemy to detect.

"It's Master Zheng!" Captain Pang, who was standing beside me, shouted, and soon greeted the bridge.

I looked at the bridge, and then I understood the reason why Commander Pang was able to recognize Master Zheng so quickly this night, Master Zheng and Political Commissar Wu were leading a horse across the river! Affection is their mount.

"Division commander, political commissar". When Zheng Qigui and Wu Chengde walked across the bridge, Head Pang and I saluted them in unison.

"Hmm". When Senior Commander Zheng saw that it was me, he couldn't help but pat me on the shoulder happily: "Deputy Battalion Commander Cui is also here!" Thanks to you! ”

"Yes! What a rush! Wu Chengde also said with a smile: "Just now, Master Commander Zheng and I were still worried, and we didn't know where to cross the river, but I didn't expect Deputy Battalion Commander Cui to send someone to inform us immediately that we had occupied an underwater bridge!" I said Deputy Battalion Commander Cui, you are like a worm in our stomach, you know what we need! ”

Everyone laughed happily when they heard the words of Political Commissar Wu, but only I couldn't laugh, although I let the soldiers of the Bishi successfully cross the Beihan River and reduce the losses, but if the Tian Division was still surrounded and annihilated as in history, then the people I rescued this time were not empty.

Thinking of this, I decided to try again, so I 'stood up' and saluted and said: "Report to the division commander and political commissar, our army is now facing the US 1st Division and the US 7th Division, the left flank is the puppet 6th Division and the puppet Capital Division, and the right flank is the US 2nd Division and the US 24th Division

"Comrade Shibucui!" Master Zheng patted me on the shoulder and said, "We have also considered these issues, and the final decision is to focus on the overall situation and resolutely carry out the orders of our superiors!" ”

"Master Zheng!" I still said unwillingly: "The general goal of the military department is also to let us evacuate safely, but when they are not in a hurry to grasp the enemy's situation, the battle plan formulated will inevitably lag behind, I hope that Division Commander Zheng can base it on the actual situation of our army,"

"Deputy Battalion Commander Cui". Before I could finish speaking, Division Commander Zheng interrupted me: "It's not up to you to decide what kind of situation it is, and the orders issued by the military department naturally have the reason of the military department." You're forty years, and if you're going to retreat, I'm not going to stop you! ”

As he spoke, he pulled his horse back and left.

I don't have anything to say when Master Zheng says this. But I know that this order from the military department is not justified.

From the information, I know that it was when the Corps was moving from Gutanling to Shajinhe today and passing through the area east of Shanyangli that enemy planes blocked and bombed it all night, and Deputy Commander Wang Jinshan and others rushed through the blockade area by enemy planes by car, but two cars carrying radio stations were burned down, and the radio personnel and confidential personnel ran away, so the Corps and the various armies interrupted their command for three days. The military headquarters was unable to get the latest orders from the Corps because it had lost contact with the Corps, so it had to insist on carrying out the original orders of the Corps.

As a result, there was a scene that is now very helpless, and everyone knew that if the Han Division did not withdraw, it would soon fall into a heavy siege, but the military headquarters ordered that the second division should be fortified in situ and continue to cover the retreat of the dog troops.

When Wu Chengde passed by me, he shook his head and said, "Don't blame the division commander, he is the one who is most worried about the safety of Tian Shi, but he can't disobey the orders of his superiors, and he is worried about it!" ”

At this time, I only heard a "sudden sound." The enemy's scout heard the movement and fired a flare in this direction, and the sky suddenly lit up, and the soldiers who were crossing the river on the bridge were immediately *** under this bright light.

"The sound of the tart and the gunfire soon rang out, and strings of water 'flowers' appeared on the surface of the river, and immediately more than a dozen soldiers fell in pools of blood and were washed away by the river.

I ran to a tree by the river, put my rifle up in the tree, looked through the scope in the direction the gunfire came from, and then "slammed the trigger a few times, and then suppressed the gunshot."

They're just scouts, and they don't have a lot of firepower. And the sparks on the muzzles of their guns are noticeable against the pitch black background, so it's not very difficult to do that. But when I put away my rifle, I found that all the volunteer soldiers beside me looked at me incredulously, not including Commander Pang.

"God for you!" Commander Pang walked up to me with an incredible expression, glanced at the rifle in my hand and said, "It's really better to hear than to see, I've heard that you have fought the enemy's sharpshooter before, and now it seems to be true."

I also came to speak politely to him in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Commander Pang, quickly order the soldiers to speed up and cross the river, the enemy's scouts have discovered us, and their artillery fire will come soon!" ”

"Hmm!" Commander Pang nodded, and soon ordered: "Pass the order, speed up and cross the river, and blow up the heavy equipment that you can't bring on the spot!" ”

"Yes!" The soldiers answered and passed on the orders one by one, and the troops crossing the river on the bridge soon picked up speed.

But the order is the order, the volunteers have very little heavy equipment like cannons, and a few 'doors' cannons are reluctant to lose them, so although Commander Pang gave the order, when the troops were almost gone, there were still a few volunteers who drove a mountain cannon pulled by a mule to the water bridge. If the mule could walk, it would be nothing, but when the mule came to the bridge, he was startled by the sound of gunfire. No matter how much people pulled and whipped, they just stood in the middle of the river and shouted, and the soldiers who blocked behind couldn't cross the river.

Before we could rush to the rescue, we heard a strange roar, shells exploded around the bridge, and a series of soaring water columns immediately exploded around the underwater bridge, and after a while the cannon sound gradually stopped, but when the smoke cleared, there was nothing on the bridge.

Gunfire soon rang out, and in the darkness it was impossible to tell how many of the enemy were attacking us. I don't know which unit it is, but I guess it's also the capital division of the puppet army.

The U.S. troops did not dare to attack the volunteers at night, and even if they found the volunteers, they would have fired a burst of artillery fire. The other units of the puppet army found that the volunteers did not run at night, so they would attack the volunteers at night, and only the capital division of the puppet army fought with the Eighth Route Army during the War of Resistance against Japan.

But the volunteers have never been afraid of night battles, especially on rainy nights like now. This was precisely the time when the enemy's artillery and tanks were difficult to play a role, so Division Commander Zheng only left a battalion to block the enemy approaching us, and the other troops still entered the designated place to deploy along the river as originally planned.

During the march, I couldn't help but ask Commander Pang with a glimmer of hope: "Commander Pang, where are the fierce divisions and Yang divisions who came to meet our army now?" ”

"The heart master is still far away!" Commander Pang frowned and said: "There are still two days to go, but now it has been blocked by the 'insertion' of the US Second Division, and the Ding Division is not far from us, just on the first line of Maji Mountain, Water Conservancy Peak, and Shapingli, and it is said that it has also done it with the US Seventh Division!" ”

I reached out to 'touch' the map in my arms, but I thought that I couldn't see it in the dark night, and it was inconvenient for the large army to light a fire during the march, so I had to continue to ask: "How far are they from us?" ”

"It's a big deal!"

"What?" I couldn't believe it: "You mean, "The sword master is only half a night's journey away from us?" If we go there, can we join them before dawn? ”

"Hmm!" Commander Pang understood the meaning of my words, nodded and replied: "The order of the higher authorities is to deploy defenses along the river, what can we do!" Stop thinking about it and get ready for a fierce battle! ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but smile bitterly: It's another order, and there are too many opportunities for this division to break through. But it's because of the execution of these dead orders. It led to the heaviest losses since the founding of our army. If Zheng Qigui comes, "he will not be subject to foreign military orders", then,

But there are not so many ifs. Now the book is like what Captain Pang said. It's useless to think about this, so let's prepare for the fierce battle that is coming!

Half an hour after the march the troops reached the position designated by the division headquarters. As soon as I entered the position, the soldiers began to build fortifications non-stop, and I took refuge in a mountain 'hole' in a hurry, and looked at the map with my flashlight on.

I know from Commander Pang that our nephew's regiment is guarding the area west of Shangxiafang 'Cave' and Xishangli, and the concave regiment is fortified in the Mingyueli and Jiu'lip Daishan areas, and continues to block the enemy's northern attack in the 'Ji' Guanshan and Beipeishan areas, and the whole division is defending in a line. I found their locations one by one on the map, and then when I found the location of the Okanashi, I couldn't help but frown.

The Koukou Division was only thirty miles away from the Tian Division, and originally, the Tian Division could have retreated to it, and the left flank of the Sword Division was fortified side by side, and the two armies could cover each other's retreat; However, the current situation is as follows: Tian Shi protrudes thirty miles of the entire front, and is not only in the dilemma that there are no other armies on both flanks to cover the enemy on three sides, but also some retreating volunteer troops and wounded troops in the rear of the battle line, as well as friendly and neighboring troops; The knife division did not form a unified defense line, and the gap between the joints was too large, and once the American troops took advantage of the weakness to 'insert' in, they persuaded the rear of the division. That is to be caught in a siege.

It was precisely from the junction of the Yang Division and the Hurry Division that the US Army 'inserted' in, and after occupying Mapingli and Wuyuenanli, it completely cut off the connection between the Yang Division and the Yang Division.

Right! It's Mapingli, and I found the location of Mapingli on the map. There is a road from Chuncheon to Maping-ri.

Although the U.S. 2nd Division and the U.S. 14th Division, which were originally on the right flank of the kindergarten division, gave up their heavy equipment on foot because we blew up the Hongqiao Highway, the U.S. 1st Marine Division and the U.S. 7th Division, which were located in front of the kindergarten division, were able to follow the road from 'Chun' to Mapingli and go straight to Wuyue Nanli. In this way, not only can the connection between the Yang Master and the Tian Shi be cut off, the Jianshu is dry and the concave is said to shake off the different body clams, and the reading is good to go to the Waichuan Gong to cut off, and the back road sect of the persuasion teacher has become a pair of four sides. Thinking of this, I didn't say a word, turned around and ran high. After asking several soldiers, they finally found Regiment Commander Pang in a simple tent made of black cloth, and it was assumed that the air-raid 'shelter' had not yet been dug in a hurry, so such a tent could only be used as a temporary command post.

After shouting and getting permission to report, I lifted the black cloth and hurried in.

The temporary headquarters was very simple, there was nothing but a kerosene lamp and a map, and Commander Pang was discussing something with Political Commissar Qi on the map. See me walk in. I couldn't help but nodded at me with some surprise: "Deputy Battalion Commander Cui, due to the lack of troops, I have no choice but to arrange you to the front line."

"Captain Pang!" I interrupted Captain Pang in a hurry and said, "I'm not here to complain to you, you teachers are all killed." If I still have complaints in the front-line battle, is it still human words? I'm coming."

"Well said!" Political Commissar Pan also stood up straight, nodded at me and said, "It's rare that Deputy Battalion Commander Cui stays and fights side by side with us

"Alas!" I couldn't care so much about the urgency of the military situation, so I walked straight to the map and said to Commander Pang and Political Commissar Pan: "Regiment Commander, Political Commissar." You see. Our division was withdrawn from the 'Chun' River. At that time, our enemies were the US First Division and the US Seventh Division, which means that the US First Division and the US Seventh Division were in 'Chun' Sichuan at that time. Now we are retreating to the Bukhan River to deploy along the river, we are taking the mountain road, while the US army is a fully mechanized force, and they are taking the road. There are two roads north from Chunchuan One straight into the line of the 4th Division, and I don't think any commander would do that, so the other one."

"Ma Pingli!" Before I could finish speaking, Commander Pang and Political Commissar Pan couldn't help but exclaim.

"It's Ma Pingli!" I nodded and continued: "If I were an American soldier and knew that the enemy army was deployed along the river, I would never put two inferior forces on the front of the enemy, but would use the strength of one division to make the enemy think that we have no troop mobilization, and use the strength of another division to attack along the road, boldly penetrate and 'intersperse' divisions, and cut off the connection between the enemy's troops." ”

"Lao Pang, our division is in danger this time!" Political Commissar Pan couldn't help but raise his head and said: "Mapingli is the army's logistics supply station, in case Mapingli is lost, not only will there be the danger mentioned by Deputy Battalion Commander Cui, but our whole army will soon fall into a situation of no ammunition and no food." ”

"What?" I couldn't help but be taken aback when I heard this: "Mapingli is the army's supply depot?" ”

"Hmm!" Regiment Commander Pang nodded: "Just now, Senior Commander Zheng also sent two companies to Mapingli to receive supplies, if Mapingli is lost, the consequences will be unimaginable!" Deputy battalion commander Cui

Speaking of which, Head Pang didn't go on. He just looked up at me with some apologetic eyes.

Seeing this, I couldn't help but be stunned, and soon understood Commander Pang's thoughts, and hurriedly replied: "Commander Pang, there are only more than 100 people in my troops, even if I am willing to go, it is impossible to stop the enemy from a division!" ”

"Deputy Battalion Commander Cui!" Regiment Commander Pang sighed helplessly: "We can't 'draw' extra troops, and only if you have experience in dealing with Yankees, more than 100 of you can withstand one of our battalions!" Besides, aren't you very successful on the Hongphosphorus Highway? At that time, you still blocked two divisions of the American army, didn't you? ”

"But Captain Pang,

"So be it! The two companies that my division sent to receive rations are under your command. Commander Pang continued without arguing with me: "I don't require you to be able to defend Mapingli, as long as you can block the enemy,

Speaking of this, Head Pang couldn't help but pause, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Just one day!" In a day we will retreat to Mapingli to join you. ”

"Captain Pang!" I shook my head, knowing that this day was not enough time for the kindergarten teachers, because they had been stationed on the Bukhan River for three days in history, so I continued to advise: "The best way now is to move the entire defense line north to the Maping-ri line." This will not only strengthen the connection with the Koukou Division, but also allow the troops to be adequately supplied,"

"We know that, too!" Pan Zhengxiu smiled bitterly: "But the military order is difficult to disobey!" ”

"It's too dead to carry out orders!" Regiment Commander Pang couldn't help but complain: "I don't look at the changes in the situation at all, nor do I look at the actual situation on the battlefield and the actual needs of the operation, and I just mechanically carry out the order. This is going to be a big problem! ”

I know that Commander Pang is talking about Master Zheng, but what can be done about things like this!

Think about it again, instead of staying here and being surrounded and annihilated with Tian Bei. It's better to go to Mapingli and make a big bang, anyway, it's all death, regardless of whether his opponent is a division or several divisions.

So I 'stood up' and saluted and said, "Commander Pang, the military situation is urgent, I will leave immediately!" ”

"Hmm!" Head Pang nodded, looked at me for a while, and then said, "If we haven't withdrawn to Mapingli in a day's time, you can retreat north!" Don't come back. ”

I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, and soon understood the meaning of Commander Pang's words, knowing that he didn't have much hope for this battle. Looking at the always optimistic Captain Pang, it seems that he has become much depressed in just this moment,