Chapter 69: Deserters from the Puppet Army

Chapter 69: Deserters from the Puppet Army

In my incredulous eyes, under the admiring gaze of the soldiers, the red flag moved in a strange way in the wind and rain towards the summit position of the 522.1 heights. It is strange because its flagpole is the other 'leg' of the red flag bearer, and the red flag bearer has become one with the red flag, and the red flag is a part of the red flag bearer's body. Every time the red flag bearer takes a step forward, we can clearly see the red flag fluttering in the wind.

That tremor trembled in the eyes of every warrior and hurt in the hearts of each of us. Because we all know that it is not only the red flag advancing, but also the blood and heartbeat of the red flag bearer. It seemed to be beckoning to the warriors, as if it was guiding the warriors in the direction and leading them to rush to the enemy's position......

Suddenly, a mortar shell fell near the Red Banner Bearer, and he fell to the ground again.

I slowly closed my eyes, and I felt a little lighter. He gave me an invisible pressure, and I couldn't help but order the soldiers of the 7th Company to rush forward desperately, but I knew that now was not the time to launch a general attack, and if we attacked at this time, it would only make our volunteer soldiers huddle together and 'exposed' under the enemy's guns.

Reason was so, but the bravery of the Red Banner Bearer made me feel the urge to kill him again and again, and it also made me feel that it was a shame to hide behind him, even though I knew that it was not.

Now that he's down, the pressure he's put on me is over, and his pain and persistence can be over. But I soon found out I was wrong

When I opened my eyes again, I was shocked to find that the Red Flag Bearer was still alive. Although I couldn't see him in this mountain of corpses and blood, I was still sure of it, because the red flag was still moving, moving up the hilltop position little by little, step by step. Obviously, it was the red flag bearer who was holding the red flag and climbing to the top of the mountain......

I was once again shocked by his actions and spirit, and I could not imagine how a man could have survived such a dense barrage of bullets and shells, nor could I imagine what had made him have to 'plant' that red flag on the enemy's position, and I could not imagine how a man could have persevered despite so many wounds......

What supports the volunteer soldiers to constantly break through the limits of people?

This question has been in my mind since I came into this world, but after so many years, I have never been able to find a satisfactory answer. So I can only attribute it to the military spirit of our volunteer soldiers.

The spirit of the army does not fall, and the soldiers do not stop. We have such a military soul and such a soldier, so what is there to fear in the world?

Looking at the red flag that was still 'pressing' towards the enemy's hilltop position inch by inch, I could no longer hold out the blood in my 'chest' and yelled at the walkie-talkie: "Comrades, rush in the direction of the red flag."

"Rush"

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One by one, the warriors jumped up from their hiding places, and rushed towards the hilltop position with their guns in their guns and firm steps

The sound of the guns is no longer important, and the sound of the cannons will not be important, and under the 'encouragement' of the red flag bearer, all the soldiers will put their lives on the line, and one thing will ring in everyone's heads, that is, rush to the enemy's position, find out the enemy, and kill them all

The puppet army collapsed under the powerful aura of the volunteers, even if they were the most 'elite' unit of the puppet army, the White Tiger Regiment, even if they were also veterans of a hundred battles, but at this moment, they couldn't withstand the momentum that our army broke out at all, and they were all terrified, and some had even begun to flee

But where can they flee to? Behind is the strong attack of the 539th Regiment of the Volunteer Army, and in front is us like wolves......

The soldiers stepped on the corpses of the enemy and rushed to the top of the hill, using their rifles and submachine guns to shoot frantically at the enemy, and the bayonets stabbed into the enemy's 'chest' again and again, including those puppet soldiers who had already surrendered with their hands raised

The battle ended without suspense, and after the soldiers captured the 522.1 heights, they quickly turned their targets to the puppet army that was still stubbornly resisting the 539th Regiment on the positive slope. The puppet army had already fought very hard against the 539th Regiment, but at this time, the back was suddenly hit by our troops, where could they resist, and in an instant, the whole line collapsed and fled. The 522.1 Heights soon fell into our hands, and after the 538th Regiment and the 539th Regiment triumphantly joined forces, the entire Heights resounded with the cheers of the soldiers.

I didn't go with the soldiers to attack the front slope, but slowly approached the red flag that had been standing on the enemy's position, and then slowly crouched down and looked at the red flag bearers who had fallen under the flag.

The mountain wind was blowing beside me, and the red flag was blazing fiercely above my head, and below it, the red flag bearer held the flagpole firmly with his head and body, and his eyes were still wide open on the enemy position, as if he wanted to see how the soldiers defeated the enemy.

Look at his body again, there is blood and bullet holes everywhere, the military uniform has been reduced to pieces, the two 'legs' are gone, and the two broken white bones in the broken place are extremely dazzling in the bright light of the flares. Behind him, a bloody path of more than twenty meters long was left......

Twenty meters, this may not be much for an ordinary person. However, for the Red Flag Bearer, who has been injured in many places and both 'legs' have been broken, every step is difficult, painful, and tenacious. Blood stained every inch of the ground he crawled through his uniform. With all his strength, he finally 'planted' this bullet-riddled red flag on the top of the mountain, which is our volunteer soldier.

I closed my eyes for him, then slowly stood up and saluted him, saying, "Rest in peace, comrade, we have fulfilled your last wish and taken down the 522.1 heights."

The soldiers beside him also saluted the heroic red flag bearer.

After a long time, I motioned for the hygienist to carry him down, and ordered the soldiers to put away the red flag, because it was part of the red flag bearers, and it was a testimony to the heroism and tenacity of the red flag bearers

"Commander Cui" With a burst of hearty laughter, Wu Min, the head of the 539th regiment, walked quickly in front of me, accompanied by several guards.

Looking at the cannon fodder on his face and his almost hoarse voice, you know that he has suffered a lot in this battle.

"It's really yours, Captain Cui," Wu Min held my hand tightly as soon as he came to me and said, "I've heard all about your results, do you know?" Before this battle, Regiment Commander Zhang and I both worked hard to compete with your 538 Regiment, but after this fight, we realized that we couldn't compare to you even if we were flying, so I was really unconvinced."

"What are you talking about Commander Wu?" I also shook Commander Wu's hand and said politely: "Our regiment was able to achieve such a result, it was entirely because we were lucky to 'insert' into the enemy's rear, if it was your 539th regiment, I think it would definitely fight better than us."

"Eh" Wu Min shook his head and said with a wry smile: "We don't know how many catties we have, just the successful penetration of the enemy's hinterland and the smooth capture of the 585.2 heights is very remarkable, not to mention that it can defeat the famous White Tiger Regiment of the puppet army, if it weren't for the troops of your three battalions coming to accept us, I think our 539th Regiment is still blocked by the puppet army in Jinchengchuan."

"By the way" Wu Min quickly changed the topic and asked suspiciously: "I heard that you also attacked the headquarters of the White Tiger Regiment of the puppet army, and also captured the regimental flag of the White Tiger Regiment...... You're telling me the truth, isn't it true? ”

"Of course it's true," I smiled and pointed to the rows of wooden houses in the ravine not far below, "That's the headquarters of the White Tiger Regiment of the puppet army, and the traces of the battle are all preserved, this White Tiger Regiment is not a vegetarian, if we hadn't knocked out their regimental headquarters first, and didn't blow up their ammunition depot and oil depot, how could the troops of our two battalions defeat one of them?"

"Tut-tut......" Listening to my words and looking at the two rows of wooden houses, Wu Min completely believed that it was true. couldn't help but admire: "Only you guys can fight like this, if we have any of them, it will be enough to show off for a lifetime."

"Head Wu has won the award" Wu Min's exaggerated words made me a little embarrassed.

In fact, I also know that the 539th Regiment under him is also a strong force with outstanding achievements, and in the War of Liberation, it also completely annihilated the 248th Regiment of the Kuomintang's American weapons and equipment, setting a battlefield record of 1:50, which has not been broken by any unit of our 60th Army so far.

"Okay, okay, it's not going to be a waste of time" We laughed for a while, Wu Min took out his pocket watch and looked at the time and said: "Originally, I wanted to visit the headquarters of the White Tiger Regiment of the puppet army and learn from your valuable experience, but now that the deserters of the puppet army are about to arrive, we all need to prepare well for this 522.1 highland...... Need our help defending? ”

I know what Wu Min means, this 522.1 highland is a highland that was not originally planned, but this highland, which was originally dispensable, has now become important because the puppet army has built a road. At least it is the link between the 538th Regiment and the 539th Regiment, and Wu Min means that he is actually asking me if I have enough troops to defend.

"We can handle it," I replied, "just playing the 'drug'......"

"Help you bring it" Before I could finish speaking, Wu Min replied with a smile: "When Battalion Commander Li accepted us, he mentioned that you still have a large number of ammunition 'medicine' in the rear, and when we came, we organized migrant workers to bring them to you by the way."

"Yo" I couldn't help but be overjoyed when I heard this: "That's really thank you Captain Wu"

"You still told me such a foreign thing" Wu Min pretended to be a little dissatisfied and said: "You are careful that I am not happy, so I swallow your bullet 'medicine', and see what you use to deal with the puppet army."

With a coax, the surrounding warriors let out a knowing laugh.

Time was pressing, and after the soldiers roughly cleaned up the battlefield, they immediately began to build fortifications on the 522.1 heights.

Among the three battalions of the 538th Regiment, Wang Xin's second battalion served as the main force in the battle with the White Tiger Regiment, although it defeated the White Tiger Regiment, but the attrition was serious; Hu Biao's battalion not only served as an assist when fighting the White Tiger Regiment, but also independently attacked the 522.1 heights. Although the casualties of the other companies were not large, the second company that attacked the hilltop position suffered heavy casualties, and the first battalion had already been exhausted after two battles in succession. Only Li Weiqiang's three battalions, their task was to cooperate with the 539 Regiment to fight, and what they did was to stab the puppet army in the back, and with the main force of the 539 Regiment, their casualties were not large.

Based on the fact that the 585.2 Heights are the main direction for the puppet army to escape, there is a junction to Hwacheon and a ferry for the puppet army to flee south, so I arranged the 3rd Battalion as a new force to 585.2 Heights to defend with the 2nd Battalion. The newly captured 522.1 heights were 'handed over' to Hu Biao for independent defense.

After a few words of 'handing' to Hu Biao, when I had just returned to the 585.2 heights with the Seventh Company, there was a whistling sound of shells in the sky. I soon realized that it was a deserter from the puppet army, for the howling was coming from the north. The artillery from the north was either a puppet deserter or our own troops. But obviously, the volunteer soldiers of the 20th Corps must have known that the 585.2 heights were already in our own hands at this time, so the only ones who hit us * could only be the deserters of the puppet army.

And I also heard that the explosions were not dense, and the explosion points were very 'chaotic' and 'chaotic'. It is believed that the deserters of the puppet army did not bring much artillery with them when they fled in a hurry.

When I ran back to the regiment headquarters all the way, the sky was gradually brightening. It's just that in this rainy season, even if the sky is dawn, it is gray, 'cloudy', and not much different from the evening.

This battle time is well set, if it is according to common sense, the offensive war launched on the initiative will not generally be chosen in the rainy season. The reason is simple: the rainy season has many negative effects on the attacking forces. For example, rivers rise, landslides obstruct traffic, and rain can easily cause ammunition and weapons to be damp...... And so on, and even when attacking the high ground, the fact that the road is just "slippery" will greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of the troops.

However, the volunteers prefer to choose the rainy season to launch an offensive, and the reason is also very simple, that is, when it rains, US planes cannot take off.

All the negative effects of the rainy season on the warriors pale in comparison. And...... While the rainy season has a negative impact on us, it will also affect the puppet army. For example, the puppet army that is fleeing is also suffering from the rain.

"Head Cui, you're finally back" Li Pinghe couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw me.

"What's wrong?" Looking at Li Pinghe's nervous appearance, I couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

"You don't know yet?" Li Pinghe replied: "The puppet army deserters have arrived twenty minutes ago, and the puppet army reinforcements have also arrived, it is the puppet seventh division, the whole division is here, I just wanted to send you a telegram."

"It's time to come," I nodded. Counting the time when the deserters of the puppet army came, it should be when we just laid down the 522.1 heights.

Originally, the deserters of the puppet army launched a surprise attack on our army at this time, so the situation in front of us will be very serious, because there is only one battalion on the 585.2 high ground with insufficient troops and ammunition and ammunition, and we have just won the 522.1 high ground and have an unstable foothold. If they launch a surprise attack at this time, there is a good chance that we will be overwhelmed.

Then, with the cooperation of the puppet 7th Division located in the south, it is very likely that a gap will be opened in our defense line to allow the puppet army to escape calmly. It's no wonder that Li Pinghe is in a hurry to be like this, he is also a person who has fought for several years, of course he will clearly see this. But now, we can calmly deploy our troops and replenish our ammunition.

However, it seems that it is no wonder that the puppet army deserters, they are also the lost dogs who were defeated and retreated by the 20th Corps of the Volunteer Army, and they have been exhausted by the almost non-stop fighting for a day and a night, and we certainly cannot expect them to be as brave as the White Tiger Regiment

But that doesn't seem to be what I'm hoping for

I won't say much about the enemy's troop disposition, and I'll walk to the map right away.

"On the south bank of the North Han River are the three regiments of the Puppet Seventh Division," Liu Shunyi said, pointing to the map, "They deployed and built artillery positions at three positions: 551.6 Height, 522.1 Height, and 585.2 Height. It's clear that they're doing it both ways. The first is to cooperate with the puppet army besieged by our army to break through, and the second is to prevent our army from crossing the river"

"Hmm," I nodded approvingly.

What Liu Shunyi said is very reasonable, but it is not so easy for the puppet army on the south bank of the North Han River to cooperate with the puppet army to break through, and their biggest difficulty is that they cannot pass through the North Han River, which is blocked in our middle.

Of course, I wouldn't have a problem if they were to force it. It's just that it's easy to come over and hard to go back. In the current situation, the puppet army will not only be completely 'exposed' to our guns in the process of crossing the river, but will also face the danger of being surrounded by the volunteers of our 20th Corps and unable to go back

"What about the deserters of the puppet army?" I asked casually again.

"This ...... I don't know very well," Liu Shunyi said with some embarrassment: "Our reconnaissance unit has caught a few tongues, some say it is a regiment, some say it is a division...... And the numbers are all different, we only know that the puppet army has a certain number of cars, artillery, and some tanks. But the tanks are scattered in the crowd and it is difficult to organize "

"Hmm," I nodded. I have seen the appearance of the puppet army deserters, and now it is quite orderly, in the first three battles, we were beaten so that the guns rang out here and ran to that end, and the guns ran to this end, like headless flies everywhere. For deserters in such a situation, it is really difficult to find out their numbers.

"Defend according to the original deployment," I said, pointing to the Bukhan River on the map, "Arrange observers along the line of the Bukhan River or on a high place, and always pay attention to the movements of the puppet army on the south bank of the Bukhan River, so as to prevent them from building pontoon bridges and smuggling in the blind spots where our army is observing." As soon as the pontoon bridge is found, immediately organize mortars to destroy it "

"Yes" Liu Shunyi answered, turned around and conveyed the order.

The big battle to block the deserters of the puppet army is about to begin, the so-called trapped beasts are still fighting, of course the puppet army will not be so easy to submit, and in order to escape, they will definitely use all their resources to desperately break through. So this battle is destined to be a river of blood again