The enemy did not attack, they just fired a burst of guns and mortars at our positions, and even I have some suspicions that their heads did not stick out when they fired.

This is easy to understand, the Yankees have been dying at the guns of our fighters every day for a long time, and no matter who knows that there are a large number of sharpshooters lurking in the positions of our troops.

There is some truth to the saying "recruits are afraid of guns, veterans are afraid of guns".

The war has been fought so far, and the US troops opposite us can barely be regarded as veterans by now! The gun that the veteran is afraid of is the gun that we use to destroy an enemy with one bullet. What's more, the artillery fire of the volunteer army was already insufficient. Those U.S. troops can't be afraid even if they want to.

Seeing that the enemy had no intention of charging our positions, I immediately ordered the troops on the surface positions to be pulled back, leaving only a few observers on top just in case.

"Bah" Zhang Xiaoxiao ran back with the soldiers covered in dust, and scolded as soon as he opened his mouth: "This *** Yankee, didn't you say a truce?" How do you say that you can fight? Don't say a word. Hit our artillery positions with a dozen! ”

"yes!" Wang Yuehan nodded and said: "Looking at the enemy's bombing, the artillery and the aircraft coordinated very well, and almost at the same time launched an attack on our artillery position, which shows that the American devils have premeditated, and they are afraid that they are constantly spying on our army's military situation while they are still negotiating." And ready to attack, as soon as the time is ripe, launch an attack on the strategic points of our army under the pretext that the negotiations are not going well! Our artillery was defenseless, and the artillery tunnels had not yet been built. I'm afraid it's a lot of losses now! ”

"American Jia is really cunning!" Yang Zhenshan couldn't help but say indignantly: "And you don't talk about faith!" ”

"Cut!" Zhang Xiaoxiao patted the dust on his body and said: "Talk to the American devil about confidence!" That's not the same as that...... It's easier for a tiger to ask for a skin! ”

"Seek skin with the tiger!" Wang Yuehan reminded with a smile.

"Yes, yes, yes! It's with the tiger's 'fur' skin! Zhang Xiaoxiao 'straightened' his chest, grinned a little stunned, and said, "Staff Officer Wang told me once last time. Now it's time to use it! What do you think? I'm still a bit like a cultural person! No, I'll read it a few more times, so as not to forget it next time, and know the tiger's 'hair' and the tiger's 'hair'..."

Coaxing, looking at Zhang Xiaoxiao's self-righteous appearance, the soldiers all laughed.

"That's right! Captain Cui! After laughing for a while, Wang Yuehan asked with doubt: "Is there any reason why the negotiations have reached an impasse?" ”

"Commander Wang said that it was because of the prisoner of war problem! I don't know much about the rest! "I'm pretending to be confused.

Actually, I am aware of this prisoner of war crisis in history, since the two warring sides drew the military demarcation line, the negotiations have then entered the agenda of the exchange of prisoners of war. It would have been a very simple matter, and the 'belligerents' would have released each other's prisoners of war in accordance with the Geneva Conventions. The old article of the Convention clearly states: "The war is over. Prisoners of war should be repatriated without delay. "So there's nothing complicated at all at this point.

But the problem lies in the fact that there are more than 200,000 prisoners of war in the hands of the United States, which is several times that of prisoners of war in our hands.

As a result, the U.S. military put forward a ridiculous argument calling for a one-on-one 'exchange' of prisoners of war.

This argument is ridiculous, because it is undoubtedly a ruthless violation of the Geneva Conventions, and what is even more shameless is that the United States was one of the signatories to the Geneva Conventions that year. Therefore, even the Americans themselves found this argument untenable, and finally the talk of voluntary repatriation of prisoners of war appeared.

The so-called voluntary repatriation of prisoners of war refers to asking prisoners of war if they would like to return home.

U.S. President Truman Trum famously said, "As I have always insisted, we must never abandon the South Koreans who are on our side with freedom." So I will now absolutely not agree to any solution that will send the prisoners of war against their will to the rule of the *** party. We must not exchange the price of sending prisoners of war to suffer *** or enslavement in exchange for an armistice. ”

As a result, the abuse of prisoners of war by the United States was about to begin, and the US military did a very good job on this point, they did not do it themselves, but "handed over" the matter of "questioning" prisoners of war to the South Korean army. Everyone knows what the South Korean Army, which hates the KPA and the Volunteer Army to the core, will be like when they "ask" prisoners of war.

At this time, I was thinking, maybe when I entered the DPRK, I should aim to capture more prisoners of war, instead of releasing prisoners of war in large quantities! But think about it, in that kind of desperate supply situation at the time. If a lot of prisoners of war are captured and not released, it means that more of our volunteer soldiers will starve to death. This doesn't seem to change the results either!

"Captain Cui!" As I was thinking, a correspondent ran up to me and saluted, "Divisional phone!" ”

"Come on!" I patted *** and stood up. Chao Wang Yuehan and Zhang Xiaoxiao beckoned. He walked to the company headquarters.

This time, when I walked into Zhang Xiaoxiao's headquarters, the smell was no longer so strong, and things were obviously organized, and shovels, pickaxes and other things were all neatly piled together. Let's see the 'mess' in the tunnel, I'm sorry.

"Report to Senior Commander Wang! I'm Cui Wei! ”

"Captain Cui!" To my surprise, the voice of Political Commissar Xie came from the other end of the phone: "Our army has suffered losses this time, and the US army has actually destroyed the armistice agreement without making any statement, and judging from the coordination of their air and artillery bombing, their attack on our artillery this time was premeditated, and our other troops have also suffered losses!" ”

"Is the loss great?" I asked casually.

As a matter of fact, since the beginning of the talks, the US military has never stopped bombing our artillery positions, air bases, and supply convoys, but the negotiators of the US military did not admit it on a relatively large scale in the past.

It is said that on one occasion, when US negotiators again flatly denied that their planes had penetrated deep into the rear of our troops to bomb strategic targets, two planes, perhaps 'lost', flew over the Pan'men shop and dropped bombs nearby. Only then did the US military finally admit that there was "accidental bombing" on the battlefield. ”

"Our losses are good." Political Commissar Xie replied, "This is thanks to the soldiers of your nephew's regiment! With your help, our tunnels are progressing quickly, so most of the cannons were undamaged, and only a few 'guns' were buried in the earth due to the collapse of the tunnel! ”

"Oh! That's good." I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when I heard this, and Wang Yuehan and Zhang Yu, who were listening on the side, couldn't help but be happy.

"Commissar Xie! Is there a mission? Then I asked a little strangely. It stands to reason that there is no need for Political Commissar Xie to tell me that although I am a regiment commander, I am also the commander of the division, and I am not a combat unit of the sword division! Even if you want to let me know, just send a correspondent to tell me about the situation.

"You're right!" Political Commissar Xie on the other end of the phone hesitated a little: "Commander Cui, I know that it is not very appropriate for us to let you carry out the task, you are the regiment commander, and you are also sent by the brother army to guide our tunnel fortifications, but the Military Intelligence Department has discussed it for a long time, and I still feel that there is no one more suitable for this task except you."

"Commissar! You give orders." I answered, anyway, there is a war everywhere, and it has never been safe to lurk in Shangganling.

"That's right!" Political Commissar Xie explained: "In order to cooperate with the negotiations of the Ban 'Gate' shop, the superiors decided to launch a counterattack against the enemy, and the target was the enemy's artillery position!" So we need to infiltrate enemy positions for field reconnaissance and mark enemy artillery positions on the map! ”

"Commissar! Aren't all these done by scouts?. When I heard this, I couldn't help but be a little suspicious.

"That's true!" Political Commissar Xie said with some embarrassment: "However, since the launch of the Cold Gun and Cold Artillery Campaign, it has become more and more difficult for scouts to pass through the enemy's defense line, especially in recent times, scouts will always be discovered by the enemy when they pass through the enemy's defense line, for which we have sacrificed a lot of soldiers." It must have something to do with the US snipers lurking in the shadows, and that's when we thought "oh". That's when I realized that it was no wonder that I was now required to do even the work of a scout. It turned out that it was because of the US snipers. But come to think of it, most snipers enter the lurking position in the middle of the night, and only one or two snipers on a high ground are watching from a high ground. No matter how capable the scouts are, it will be difficult for them to pass through the enemy's lines from under their noses.

"How? Difficult? The voice of Political Commissar Xie came from the other end of the phone.

"No difficulty!" I 'stood up'.

But I shouted in my heart that I had a headache, if it was a sniper duel, it would be okay to say, but now we have to pass through the defense line where there may be snipers lurking, "The enemy is in the light and I am in the dark, and the bullet will not be high on me because I am a sniper",

"Good!" Political Commissar Xie seemed to be relieved when he heard my promise: "You are going to act next night, and I will have someone send twenty sets of puppet army uniforms and two artillery observers later!" Is there anything else you need?

"Nope!" I shook my head, but quickly replied, "By the way, can you send some more bullets?" I'm running out of bullets! ”

"No problem!" Political Commissar Xie replied very simply, after all, it is not too simple for a division to get together some rifles.

"Captain Cui! This is no joke." Wang Yuehan's face couldn't help but become serious when he heard this, he had been 'mingling' with us on this mountain for so long, and he also knew very well the horror of cold guns and snipers, and now that he heard that we were going to carry out a reconnaissance mission under such circumstances, how could he not know the danger involved.

"I know". I answered, was silent for a while, and then ordered: "Tell Huang Sihu's squad to assemble at the headquarters." And Wang Xianru! ”

"Yes!" Wang Guhan answered, turned around and went to make arrangements.

Politics, politics! Now I know why it was Political Commissar Xie who gave the task instead of Senior Commander Wang. Because Division Commander Wang also knew that this mission was actually inappropriate in the evening event, the two sides had just entered a state of war, and the vigilance on the defensive line would definitely be stricter than usual. Our troops, who can play a big role in the cold-gun battlefield, were sent out on reconnaissance missions in this way. There is a good chance that the whole army will be wiped out and any valuable information will be obtained.

Moreover, the most scientific purpose of the mission we are carrying out at the risk of our lives may be just to be able to return the face at the negotiating table. At this moment, I realized that the fire and smoke of gunpowder on the entire Korean battlefield were just a move on the negotiating table of the Banmen' store!

"Here's the situation," command. I pointed to the map on the wall and said to the heavily armed warriors, "Our mission is this time. It is to reconnoiter enemy artillery positions through enemy lines

"What?" As soon as I said this, all the soldiers threw suspicious 'confused' eyes at me, even the always calm Huang Sihu was no exception.

"Captain! Our unit is not suitable for reconnaissance missions! After being silent for a while, Huang Sihu finally spoke: "I don't care about my own safety, I'm thinking about the soldiers." At this time, the soldiers have all developed the ability to shoot cold guns, and we have successfully suppressed the snipers of the US army, but now we are letting us carry out reconnaissance missions.

"I think it's a good fit." I'm saying things against my will, this is the helplessness of being a cadre. As a soldier, you can also vent your heart's complaints. However, to be a cadre is to turn the dissatisfaction and 'complaints' of the soldiers into fighting spirit.

So I continued: "It makes sense that our superiors have assigned us to carry out this task. Because now on the enemy's lines, there is a possibility that enemy snipers are lurking. We are the most familiar with stealth operations, and we also have a wealth of experience in fighting enemy snipers, we know the horror of enemy snipers, that is not for us to go, who else can go? ”

As soon as I said that, the warriors were speechless.

"What's more," I continued, "some of these missions have not been carried out by other units, but there have been several reconnaissance units that have suffered a lot of losses because they have no experience in fighting US snipers when they carry out their missions." Can you bear to let the Scouts' comrades continue to die in vain at the hands of the enemy? ”

At this time, the puzzled and dissatisfied looks on the faces of the soldiers were long gone, and they were replaced by shame.

"Captain! You give the order." Huang Sihu stood up and said, "It's because my ideological consciousness is not high enough that I have discredited our class." We should unconditionally obey the arrangement of our superiors, and I will review it after completing the task! ”

"Yes! Commander, you can arrange the mission! ”

"Let's promise to complete the task and never say a word!" The fighters followed suit with their determination.

"Hmm!" I nodded.

The sincere and simple votes of the fighters made me feel a little ashamed. Because it gives me the feeling of cheating on them. But on the other hand, I also know that as a soldier, you often can't do what you want.

"Here's how I plan it." Motioning for the soldiers to be quiet, I continued, "Judging from our experience of cold guns during this time. The time for the enemy snipers to enter the lurking position was about the same as ours, and it was about four o'clock,"

The warriors all nodded. Needless to say, this is in fact the best time to enter the latent position. Going early means having to endure more hardships in the wind and snow; Went late. I am not in a hurry to find a suitable place to lurk, and the sky has begun to lighten.

"According to our observations, U.S. military sentries tend to start lazy after twelve o'clock!" I continued, "So I think. The best time for us to pass through the enemy's line of defense should be between twelve o'clock in the evening and four o'clock in the morning. ”

The soldiers had no objections, and during this time they were on the battlefield every day to observe the US troops on the opposite position, and they had already clearly grasped the work and rest rules of the US troops.

"So I decided, we'll set off at 1 a.m." I said, "This is the time when the American troops are sleeping and dying, and the snipers have not yet come up, so we will take advantage of this gap to pass through the enemy's positions!" The fighters had to move quickly, because we only had two hours."

"Commander, isn't there four hours?" Some soldiers asked suspiciously.

"It's really four hours." I replied, "But we have to spare about two hours for the snow to cover our footprints." Otherwise, as soon as the American snipers come up, they will find that they have passed through their lines! ”

"Hmm!" Listening to my explanation, it dawned on the warriors.

"This is where we're sneaking in," I said, pointing to a spot on the map.

As soon as Huang Sihu saw the location I was pointing to. I couldn't help but exclaim: "Regiment commander, that's the enemy's position." There are minefields and silk nets, and American devils are stationed, how could we choose this place to sneak into

"That's right". I nodded: "There is a saying that the most dangerous place is the safest place. It's because it looks difficult to sneak in from here, so the enemy will let their guard down, so we have a chance of success! ”

After a pause, I continued: "Although I don't know where Comrade Scout sneaked in from. But I don't think they will choose the enemy's position, and we have to absorb this bloody teaching. Still have questions? ”

"Nope!" The warriors replied.

"Excellent! Now let's all go back and rest, and leave on time at one o'clock in the evening! ”

"Yes". The warriors answered. He turned around and walked out of the tunnel.

Looking at their backs as they left, I couldn't help but sigh. After this mission, I don't know how many of them will be seen."