Artillery fire, bayonets, blood and corpses, shouts of killing, screams, gunfire"

Suddenly, I sat up from the head of the bed, and after a long pause, I realized that I was dreaming, and then looked at the clean quilt on my body, the basin on the simple desk and wooden chair in front of the bed, the scarf, and the boiling kettle on the ground.

This is a small mountain village more than 30 kilometers away from the front line, and it is a base arranged by the higher authorities for us to temporarily reorganize our divisions.

In the summer and autumn defensive battles, although we achieved a complete victory, because the soldiers of the Han Division gritted their teeth and fought desperately not to retreat a single step on the position, the battle attrition was very serious under the repeated attacks of several ace units of the enemy. Originally, there were more than 8,000 people in the division. After this battle, there were only more than 4,000 left. In particular, our nephew group was still more than 3,000 people when it went out. So far, after counting the number of people, there are only more than 700 people who still have the ability to fight.

Because of such heavy casualties, and because of our brilliant victory on the front line, the superiors let us temporarily withdraw to the second line to rest. Let's take advantage of this time to familiarize ourselves with the new weapons in Yiping's hands and replenish some new soldiers.

In the days since I came down from the battlefield, although I couldn't hear the gunfire here and the sound of the cannon was far away, for some reason, I couldn't get a good night's sleep.

Looking at the liberation shoes that I just received by the 'bed'. I can't help but feel a little nostalgic for the pair of military boots that I took from the U.S. Army. The deerskin military boots of the U.S. military are not easy to get soaked by rain, not to mention that they are not easy to get wet. Even if it is soaked, it is easy to 'dry', but liberation shoes are different, the feet are warm, and the net feels cold and cold when you wear it. And even if you walk a few steps in the grass with 'dew' water, you will 'get wet', and if you get wet, you have to bake it in the fire for half a day before it dries.

If it weren't for the fact that the boots were broken, even the heel would not have been repaired. I really don't want to replace it.

But this idea must not be known to Li Ping and that guy, otherwise he may say that I am asking for the seedlings of capitalism.

I put on my shoes and got up from the bed, and I felt more comfortable when I got out of the warm water in the kettle and washed my face and wiped my body. As soon as I sat on the wooden chair, I was stunned by the map on the table.

North Korea! Just such a small place, on the map the entire Korean Peninsula is not as big as a province of China, but I didn't think that it is such a big place, but there are twenty countries in a mess here. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of 'life' lives and countless combat materials have been left here. It is not an exaggeration to say that this war is a mini-world war.

But I am proud that China played a pivotal role in this small world war, and the whole world looked up to us.

Isn't it? The Volunteer Army here is almost a single country, including 18 South Koreans

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Although there are not many troops in other countries except the US military and the puppet army, they are all 'elite', plus the navy and air force. It is a miracle that the volunteers were able to remain invincible in such a situation, and even almost drove them into the sea.

In the First World War, China was the victorious country. However, China, as the victorious power, not only did not receive any indemnities after the war, but many places were forcibly divided by the foreign powers in the name of Lend-Lease.

In World War II, China was also the victorious power. But the result seems to be no different from the last time, and the so-called victorious countries signed an agreement to divide the interests without informing the Chinese representatives.

In these two world wars, although China won the war, it gained humiliation.

But now, only a few years ago, only six years before the end of the Second World War, in this small place, we Chinese have told these eighteen countries with our own actions

Dignity is not given by you, it is our volunteer soldiers, our *** people, fought with blood and life!

"Captain Cui! You're awake." Zhang Mingxue may have heard the sound inside, and opened the black cloth in front of the 'door' and walked in: "Master Pang came just now, and he didn't wake you up when he saw you sleeping." He asked me to tell you, and when you wake up, go to the division headquarters! ”

"What? Has Master Pang been here? I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, and immediately stood up and took off the belt buckle hanging on the wall: "How did you do it?" Master Pang didn't wake me up when he came. This still makes the division commander wait for me! "Then, that's not what the division commander 'handed over'?" Zhang Mingxue replied with some grievances.

"You little ghost!" I couldn't help patting Zhang Mingxue's head: "Looking at you, you're 'very' clever, aren't you?" I don't know how to work around at all! ”

It's funny to think about it, and I'm still learning how other cadres call the guards "ghosts." "I'm not a few years older than Zhang Mingxue!

couldn't wait to take Zhang Mingxue out of the wooden house. Outside the 'door', the cold autumn breeze and the warm sunshine. The autumn leaves on the mountain and the Jindalai flowers of various colors made me feel the beauty of Korea for the first time. But while feeling this beauty, my mood is not relaxed. Because I know that this beauty can be preserved. All in exchange for the blood and lives of the warriors.

Along the way, the volunteer soldiers who were 'drilling' outside the 'gate' saw me and saluted me one after another. I couldn't help but drift a little adrift. I was thinking in my heart that if there was no war, it would be better to live respectfully like this, than to be a woman in the eyes of a woman in a modern society. But I suddenly remembered the big truth that Li Pinghe said a few days ago, and then thought about it will be ten years in the near future***, forget it! It's still modern, but the trouble is that I don't know how to go back!

Thinking about it, I came to the division headquarters unconsciously.

"Come, come, come" As soon as I stepped into the division headquarters, I was summoned by Commander Pang to sit down at the table, and he casually 'pulled' out a newspaper and threw it in front of me and said, "I'll show you the news first."

I took a look at it, and to my surprise, it turned out to be the "Seoul Morning Post", and it was from yesterday. Seeing this, I couldn't help but feel a sigh in my heart, this place is hundreds of kilometers away from Seoul, and it has to pass through the defense line of the US military, so it is really not an easy task to put this yesterday's "Seoul Morning Post" in front of me.

"Look at this!" Seeing that I seemed to be a little confused, Master Pang pointed to the headline and said, "I know you can understand Korean." You don't need me to call it Zhuanze! Look at yourself, see yourself"

"Yes!" I answered, looked intently, and realized that this article was actually written about summer and autumn defensive battles. At the beginning, there is a big black title "Joint *** Command Operation Successfully Concluded", and the summer and autumn defensive war joint *** is named "Command Operation". It clearly says that the joint *** has been fighting for several months. Successfully moved the battle line to the north and occupied square kilometers of North Korea's land.

Hey? Looking at this data, I couldn't help frowning, I remember that the area occupied by the United Nations in North Korea in this battle was more than that! It seems to be more square kilometers, because it is almost half of the 20,000 square kilometers they requested, so I remember more clearly, why is there so much less now,

"It's an interesting battle!" Political Commissar Zhong said with a smile on the side: "It seems that it is not only our volunteers who have won this battle, but also our enemies who have united ***!" ”

"Nonsense!" When I had finished reading it, I threw the newspaper on the table: "These Yankees are really going to put gold in their faces, saying how much land they have managed to move the front north and how much land they have occupied." They also don't want to think about who once again offered to resume negotiations! ”

"That's it!" Master Pang handed me a cup of hot boiling water: "Before the war, what else did they say?" If we want to unilaterally cede 10,000 square kilometers of land, didn't that Ridgway still say, "With their strength, they can reach any demarcation line they want?" Now it's okay, let us lose our temper, and they will forget all these words. Now I understand that what the Yankees say is no different from farting! ”

"Hmm!" Listening to Master Pang's last foul words, I couldn't help but be a little surprised, I didn't expect that such a big person like Master Pang's "official" would come out with such foul language. But think about it, the division commanders and army commanders in the volunteer army are all from wars, and most of them have a low level of education, so it is normal to be violent and rude.

"yes!" Political Commissar Zhong seemed to have been accustomed to this for a long time, and still smiled without changing his face: "At the beginning, they wanted to get 10,000 square kilometers of heart at the negotiation table without a single shot, but they didn't take half of it after paying tens of thousands of people, and they didn't dare to go any further because of the casualties!" ”

"That's it!" Master Pang nodded in agreement: "I can't wait for them to fight for a long time, and if we continue to fight like this, we will be relieved." At that time, they had not yet reached the Yalu River, and all the people were dead, so there was no need for us to bother to destroy imperialism! ”

There was a coax, and the warriors all laughed.

I also thought it was funny to hear this, but it was just a joke that Master Pang said casually. It makes sense to think about it. Yankees' lives are valuable, they can't afford to fight, and if they continue to fight like this, at this rate of casualties, these Yankees will have to bring back the anti-war elements at home.

"It's not easy!" After laughing for a while, Political Commissar Zhong lit a cigarette, looked at the map and nodded, and said, "It's not easy for soldiers!" This campaign. In fact, there are concerns about the organization, but I don't dare to let the soldiers know for fear of affecting the morale of the army! ”

"I'm worried that I won't be able to stop the enemy's planes and tanks!" This, I know in my heart that positional warfare has never been the director of the Volunteer Army, and it has always been avoided by the Volunteer Army, but this battle is 'forced' us to fight positional warfare, and it is strange that there are no organizational concerns.

"That's right!" Political Commissar Zhong nodded and said, "The teaching of history is painful!" In fact, we fought positional warfare, and at that time we were also facing the Kuomintang with superior equipment, and we suffered defeat. But it's really hard to believe that today we are facing a joint *** with equipment far exceeding that of the Kuomintang, and we have actually blocked their offensive, and we have the ability to launch a local ***! ”

I also know what Political Commissar Zhong said about the history of teaching. It was the Guangchang Campaign during the five anti-encirclement campaigns, when Wang Ming's "leftist" opportunism occupied a dominant position in the Red Army, and a tragic positional war was waged in which the so-called "regular" war was used instead of the people's war, and the Kuomintang army, which had the advantage of both strength and firepower, fought hard to the death, and finally ended in defeat, which led to the fall of the central base area and was forced to carry out the famous Long March in history.

Since then, our army has always been dominated by mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare. Positional warfare is basically ignored, and even Chairman Mao has said that "positional warfare is basically useless to us."

, "'Mao' Zedong Anthology" Vol. 1, No. 1, People's Publishing House, Nag, Year Edition※

"So I think," Commissar Zhong said, waving his fist, "I think that our victory in this battle is not only to defeat the enemy strategically, crush the enemy's attack, but also force them to give up their unreasonable demands. More importantly, this battle also proved that we are fully capable of holding back the enemy's aircraft, artillery, and tanks. This enabled our army to gain initial experience in positional defense and positional offensive operations, and provided an important foundation for our final victory! ”

"The commissar is right!" Master Pang seemed to be in a good mood, stood up, patted me on the shoulder, and said, "Xiao Cui! Speaking of this experience, thanks to you! ”

"Thanks to me?. Hearing this, I couldn't help but be a little suspicious, I just took the soldiers of the brick regiment to fight a blocking battle, if I really want to say that there is any credit, it is to launch a local counterattack! If you have any experience, then the coordinated operation of the three arms of infantry and artillery and armor may be considered some! But as far as I know, I am not the only one who launched a local counterattack, and the soldiers of the fallen army mother's division also cooperated with the air force for the first time to take the enemy's Yamato Island and Yamato Island!

Cooperate with the Air Force! What kind of scene should it be, the MiGs of our army participating in air battles? Or bomb enemy ground targets? That's a lot more majestic than me!

"Isn't that right?" Just when I wanted to see the Air Force of the Volunteer Army with my own eyes, Division Commander Pang smiled and said: "This time, we can also block the attack of the US army in positional warfare, and we think that a large part of the reason is the anticline tunnel fortification you proposed. This battle. Our army can be said to have extended this line of fortification to the whole army, and it has proved to be very effective! ”

It turned out that it was for this again, and I couldn't help but scratch my head in embarrassment.

It is said that this anti-slope tunnel fortification in history has just begun to be used in this summer and autumn defensive battle. But I pushed it forward by a few months and rolled it out in the summer and autumn defensive battles, which greatly reduced the casualties of the volunteers and reduced the area of the U.S. occupation of North Korea."

It's just that these are all anti-cline tunnel fortifications that I didn't invent, and I really can't stand these compliments from Master Pang.

"The situation is like this." After taking a sip of boiling water, Political Commissar Zhong continued: "Now" we have reached an agreement with China and the DPRK on the issue of the military demarcation line and the demilitarized zone. The agreement provides for the military demarcation line between the two sides along the existing line of physical contact, from which each side will establish a demilitarized zone for the duration of the armistice. Therefore. Organizationally, it is judged that there will be a period of stability in the future war situation. Of course, considering that there is a possibility that the negotiations will break down again, the US military may attack again! Therefore, it was organizationally decided that our army should take advantage of this period of stability to build tunnel fortifications on the front line in an all-round way. Prepare for tunnel warfare in case the U.S. forces attack again! ”

Hmm, the battle for road expansion is about to begin! I couldn't help but smile wryly when I heard it.

I remember reading a material in modern times, which made a statistic: during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea. In North Korea, the volunteers built a total of 10,000 kilometers of tunnels, dug trenches, and 'intersected' trenches, and excavated 10,000 cubic meters of earth and rock, and the amount of work was huge. It is said that it is possible to circle the old circle of the earth. This is the days to come. Maybe it will take longer to hold a shovel than a gun.

But

"Division commander, political commissar!" Listening to this, I couldn't help but feel a little strange, stood up and asked suspiciously, "What are you telling me about this?" Aren't we resting now? This digging tunnel has to be dug by the front line! Is there another task? ”

"You're a kid." Hearing this, Master Pang laughed: "You have become 'fine', and you know that there is a task when you listen to our tone!" ”

"Captain! Assign any task you want! Anyway, we haven't been on the battlefield less! "Let's be honest. I'm getting used to it now.

"Hmm!" Division Commander Pang nodded and explained: "That's the case, now we want to promote the anticline tunnel fortifications in the whole army, but this battle is down." It was found that many units suffered a lot because they did not have the experience of constructing anti-cline fortifications and using such anti-cline fortifications for combat. Our troops are huge! Nearly a million people! Therefore, the organization hopes that you, the fighters with rich combat experience, can go to the front line to impart these experiences.

What do you think? ”

"No problem". I agreed in one bite. The orders of the superiors must be carried out if they do not work.

"Comrade Xiao Cui". Political Commissar Zhong said to me earnestly: "The organization also knows that your troops have suffered heavy casualties and are also very tired, and they urgently need time to recuperate. But these are extraordinary times, and I hope you can understand the difficulties of the organization. You can rest assured. The organization has also given full consideration to these problems of yours, so this time you are not a combat unit, and you are only responsible for imparting combat experience, is there any difficulty? ”

"There is no difficulty". I 'straightened' up and replied, "Please *** assign the task!" Where are we going? ”

"Whoa! Here," Master Pang pointed to a place on the map and said, "Five Holy Mountains." If you can, let's go tomorrow."

"What? Five Holy Mountains? "I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, I didn't expect that what I was going to this time was the legendary Shangganling"