Chapter 40: Progress

I would like to pay tribute to the description of the struggle of the puppet army agents in the previous chapters, and pay tribute to Comrade Li Zizhong, the reconnaissance hero of the 189th Division, and the reconnaissance unit led by him. In 1953, Comrade Li Zizhong led the reconnaissance company to fight wits and courage with the puppet army agents, and finally defeated the puppet army agent commando and captured the puppet army agent Captain Bai alive. The above plot part is the true deeds of Comrade Li Zizhong, because the plot needs to be changed.

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Chapter 40: Progress

After taking the puppet army agent's nest, my mission has been successfully completed, and the puppet army agents in other positions are not within the scope of my consideration, so I don't need to worry too much. So the fighters returned to the 649.8 heights again and resumed normal training.

It's just that there was a small 'episode' when we came back, and Li Pinghe and Liu Shunyi didn't know where the news came from, and they knew early on that our puppet army agents were about to return to the DPRK in victory. But it is not difficult to do this, with telephones and telegrams, it is only a matter of seconds to get the news to their ears.

So, what surprised me and Li Guoqiang and others was that the soldiers on the 649.8 heights were actually welcomed by Li Pinghe and Liu Shunyi. Of course, for fear of being bombed by the enemy, the number of people who came to welcome them was small and they did not dare to cheer loudly, but their intention still touched the soldiers very much, and also made the soldiers of the Seventh Company and the Cold Gun Unit have pride on their faces.

What surprised us even more was that after returning to the tunnel, we found that Liu Shunyi had also prepared a special 'door' for us to perform a heroic performance of the puppet army secret service unit.

Looking at Liu Shunyi's arrangement, I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, these should have been arranged by me, the head of the regiment, but I only knew that I would take the soldiers to fight, fight and fight...... Except for training, which can be used as a break, there is no program to relax the fighters. It was Liu Shunyi who thought thoughtfully, which also saved me a lot of heart.

"Why don't you go to the lively and lively Captain Cui?" Liu Shunyi excitedly lifted the black cloth at the mouth of the pit and drilled it in and said, "Comrades are waiting for you, let's go and celebrate together."

"Yes" Li Pinghe, who was sitting on the side, also easily pushed his glasses and persuaded: "I said Commander Cui, this time our 538th Regiment can 'show' its face again, and we will uproot the puppet army agents within a few days, and not long ago, these puppet army agents made the guard battalion helpless." Let's fight this time, so that Zhang Xincai and Wang Weicheng have no sound at all, and they don't dare to fight with us anymore."

Zhang Xincai and Wang Weicheng were the commanders of the 540th and 539th regiments respectively, and they were stationed on our left and right flanks respectively. It is said that the regiment commanders in the volunteer army are all arrogant and fierce generals, and they are easily unconvinced, especially between the troops, and they are even more defeated than admit defeat.

Of course, this is not to say that there are many open and covert battles between the volunteer troops. In fact, the volunteer soldiers are very united and tacit when fighting, and even sacrifice themselves to cover the retreat of friendly troops. Just like the Battle of Shangganling, Commander Wang Jinshan did not hesitate to 'hand' the ace troops in his hand to Qin Jiwei's command. This also fully proves that most of the senior commanders of the volunteer army will think about the overall situation, and they will not hesitate to go up when it is time to sacrifice

In fact, there is no need to cite any examples to prove that if a unit like the Volunteer Army, which is more than one level different from the enemy in terms of equipment, is not united enough with each other, then the Korean War will not be able to be fought like this at all.

The refusal to admit defeat between the volunteer units mentioned here should be more appropriately described by the word "good" "sexual" competition, that is, every unit is striving for the first place.

In the corps, the army is the first, and in the army, the division is the first, and the division is naturally the first among the regiments.

The most direct manifestation of this struggle for the first place is which troops are placed in an important position and which troops are placed in a secondary position during a war. Which unit is the main attacker and which unit is the assist.

Although most of the soldiers of our 538th Regiment are 'elite' soldiers and strong generals selected by various departments, there is no doubt about their combat effectiveness. But before, when I fought too hard in the battle of turning over, I lost a lot of troops after fighting a few big battles in a row, and the recruits did not replenish for a while.

However, the 539th Regiment and the 540th Regiment have been able to rest and recuperate because they have been in the auxiliary and secondary positions, and have not fought a major battle. So Zhang Xincai and Wang Weicheng began to "fall into the ground" and wanted to compete with us for positions.

Zhang Xincai said: "The 538 regiment is too powerful, our two regiments just watched and didn't fight, and it should be time for us to practice."

Wang Weicheng said: "The 538 regiment has serious attrition, I think they should be allowed to slow down, otherwise it will not be good to hurt their vitality and move their muscles and bones, so let our 539 regiment block it."

It can really be said that Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone, if this main position is 'handed over' to them, how easy will it be to take it from them again? Besides, fighting on the main battlefield, after a long time, it has become the main force instead of the main force. Just like the Battle of Shangganling, Commander Zhang's troops were not the main force, and the original task was also to assist, but it was because the U.S. army unexpectedly chose this place as the main attack point, and it became an ace unit when it was playing.

Of course, this also requires the fighters of this army to have real skills. As the saying goes, one breath can blow out a candle, but it can make a fire burn stronger. Whether this can become the main force and become an ace force depends on whether you are a candle or a fire.

Zhang Xincai said it well, he said that there were still two regiments, and Wang Weicheng, that guy directly said that he gave it to the 539 regiment, what is this, what does it have to do with it, I think that our 538 regiment has fought a few big battles and lost some people, so we are not able to hold the 649.8 heights, yes, the soldiers of the 538 regiment are not as many as them, yes, but the puppet army agents were uprooted in a few days, which fully proves one point: "There are not many soldiers, but 'fine'". It also proves that although our numbers are small, our combat effectiveness is still stronger than theirs

"Captain Cui, Captain Cui......"

"What's the matter?"

Liu Shunyi's cry pulled me out of my thoughts. In other words, no matter who it is, after achieving a result that is enough to make you proud and show off in front of others, most of them will be intoxicated in their hearts. I'm also a mortal, and I'm no exception, and although this isn't my first or best result, it's the fewest casualties I've ever suffered since I joined the war.

I can't control the casualties of Fan Jinqing's guard battalion, and my troops have no casualties except for two soldiers under Li Guoqiang who were injured by the grenades of the puppet army agents because they chased too quickly. Using this achievement to annihilate a puppet army of more than 100 people can indeed make me feel beautiful.

At the same time, it also proves that my training for them is correct and effective, that is, to exchange the least price for the maximum result.

"Commander Cui, the soldiers are waiting for you, go quickly," Liu Shunyi urged.

"Oh" After thinking for a while, I remembered that Liu Shunyi had come to pull me to watch the performance of the art troupe with the soldiers.

"Still not going, let the fighters begin," I replied.

It's not that I'm not interested in watching the performances of the art troupe, I even think that the performances of the art troupe are much better than those on modern TV and movies, although they are not as good to watch and sound, but they are more simple and real, and they are also very close to our battles. Moreover, every day on the battlefield is seen bloodshed and sacrificed, either killed or killed, and in such a situation, it is indeed a pleasure to hear a little beautiful music.

Merely...... At this time, it was already May, that is, the last battle on the Korean battlefield - the summer counterattack campaign was about to begin, but Li Pinghe, Liu Shunyi and others did not know it yet.

"How's the tunnel going?" I quickly turned my attention to the map.

Seeing this, Liu Shunyi didn't dare to say anything more, and hurriedly reported: "Report to the head of the group, the tunnel is nearing completion, except for a mine on the ground that was detonated a few days ago because of too much action, the progress is very smooth."

"Did you detonate a mine?" I asked with some concern, "Didn't there be any problems, did the enemy not find out?" ”

"No" Liu Shunyi smiled and shook his head: "The puppet army didn't find anything at all, they all thought that rats had gnawed their mines."

There was a loud bang, and the soldiers in the pit all burst out laughing.

"Here," Liu Shunyi quickly pointed out the location of the tunnel on the map, and said: "Now the tunnel has been dug more than 30 meters deep, and it is only more than 10 meters away from the forward position of the puppet army, because it is difficult to transport timber, it is easy to be discovered by the puppet army, so I did not dare to take this risk, which caused the tunnel to be less solid, and I was a little worried that they could not withstand the bombardment of artillery fire."

"This is okay," I nodded, "The tunnel is on the enemy's positive slope, and it is difficult for the US artillery to reach it, and the location is not far from the position of the puppet army, so it is unlikely that their artillery will bombard these places."

"That's what I said, but we're going to send the Seventh Company, what if it'......"

I understand what Liu Shunyi meant, the 538 Regiment is the trump card unit of the division, and the Seventh Company is the trump card unit of the 538 Regiment, so the Seventh Company is definitely a great asset of the Volunteer Army. Wouldn't it be a misservice for such a unit to hide in a tunnel and be buried by a burst of shelling......

"If you can't bear the child, you can't trap the wolf," I gritted my teeth and asked, "How many days will it take to finish?" ”

"It will take more than ten days to see the progress," Liu Shunyi replied, "because they were getting closer and closer to the enemy's forward positions, the soldiers were worried that the sound and vibration of digging tunnels would attract the attention of the puppet army sentries, so they had to slow down."

"How many more days?" I couldn't help but frown.

As far as I know, the summer counterattack campaign started in May, and I can't remember exactly what day, but it's the beginning of May, and if it takes more than ten days, it is very likely that it will not be in a hurry. And the Seventh Company still needs time to enter the pit to prepare......

"Can you speed things up?" Thinking of this, I couldn't help but ask, "It's better to finish it in a week."

"Regiment Commander" Liu Shunyi couldn't help but wonder: "There is no problem in completing the project within a week, but it is very likely that the tunnel will be exposed, and if it is exposed, it will not only be a problem of casualties in the reconnaissance platoon, but all our efforts will be in vain."

"Hmm," I nodded.

I know Liu Shunyi, he usually doesn't mention difficulties, but if he really does, it will almost reach the point of powerlessness. And he was right, in such a hurry, in case the tunnel is exposed, then it will be back to the original point again.

"This ......" After thinking about it, I said to Liu Shunyi: "Immediately contact the artillery, shoot cold artillery at the enemy's position, use shells to distract the enemy's attention, and at the same time use the sound of artillery to cover up the sound of the soldiers digging tunnels, but we must mark the location of our tunnels clearly for the artillery comrades, so that they can pay attention to avoid them."

"Yes," Liu Shunyi responded, and immediately went to make arrangements.

To be honest, this is not a very good idea, although it is very likely to deceive the puppet army by firing the artillery company to catch up with the progress, but the sudden intensification of the shell bombardment may be to tell the enemy that our generals have launched an attack and let them prepare in advance. However, in order to be able to dig the tunnel in time before the start of the battle, so that the troops of the 7th Company had to lurk into the enemy's forward position, they had to do this.

I 'rubbed' my aching eyes, and my forehead, which had been a little tightened from thinking for too long, and I involuntarily stepped out of the tunnel, wanting to breathe some fresh air to sober myself up.

As soon as I walked out of the tunnel, a round of applause and cheers came from the Seventh Company Tunnel, and I couldn't help but sigh to myself: Seeing that the war is about to end, I don't know how many of these bitter soldiers will return to our own motherland alive in the end.

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The sound of the "boom ......" cannon sounded without a sound, and it was a cold cannon fired by our army's artillery. The Cold Cannon had no goal, its purpose was only to cover the soldiers who were secretly building tunnel fortifications on the 902.8 heights.

As soon as I sat up from the bed, Xu Yongwei handed me a cup of steaming boiling water.

The ticking of telegrams, the sound of telephone calls, the discussion of the chief of staff, and the 'indiscriminate' of documents and telegrams flying everywhere are ordinary and ordinary days in our regimental headquarters.

Of course, most of the affairs in the regiment can be easily solved by Liu Shunyi, so I, the head of the regiment, except for making some major decisions and planning how to fight, I don't seem to need to think about the rest of the things. In addition, I also 'handed over' the training of the Seventh Company to Li Pinghe, so what I usually do is nothing more than listen to reports, read documents and the like, and if I am really bored, I wipe my gun, and sometimes I will go to see the training of the soldiers......

In fact, to be honest, most of the time I want to see Lin Xue. The beautiful 'girl' on the battlefield is really a beautiful scenery, even if she is training and shooting, and I am worried, if I go less, secretly Lin Xue does not know what kind of punishment will be given to me.

In other words, it is not a good thing to find a 'girl' student who is a soldier to be a 'girl' friend, especially a person like Lin Xue who is very good in all aspects, in case of a fight, it is impossible to say who wins and who loses. If you lose the battle, where do you say my face as the head of the regiment can be placed?

All this made me the only one in the regiment headquarters who seemed to be idle. No, I should say that there is someone who seems to be more idle, and that is the two guards who are always following me without falling behind.

"Xiao Xu" When I was bored, I chatted with Xu Yongwei and Zhang Mingxue, which was enough to form a stark contrast to the busy people in the regiment headquarters.

"I haven't been on the battlefield for a while, have you fallen behind in your ability to kill enemies?" I asked.

"How can it?" Zhang Mingxue hurriedly said: "Commander, the responsibility of the two of us is to protect the safety of the regiment leader, the responsibility is heavy, how dare we relax at all." Whenever I have time, I practice marksmanship and stabbing skills."

"It's ......," Xu Yongwei hesitated.

"What's it? Say ......"

Xu Yongwei and Zhang Mingxue 'exchanged' each other's eyes, and said with some dissatisfaction: "It's the regiment commander, you always don't take us with you to the battlefield, we all feel like we are an ornament."

"That's it" Zhang Mingxue answered: "I also think that I am a gossip, saying that it is to protect the safety of the head of the regiment, but it is useless."

"You can't say that" I couldn't help but regret bringing up this topic a little, so I had to smile bitterly and said: "When I went to the battlefield, it was a cold gun, it was lurking, do you think I can bring someone to protect me?" ”

"We know this," Xu Yongwei replied, "We also know that there can't be someone to protect us, it will expose the target, but you should always take us with you when you fight."

"The two of us promise not to lag behind" Zhang Mingxue raised his fist and said firmly: "We have followed the regiment commander for so long, how many catties and two regiment commanders also know in their hearts, regiment commander, you tell the truth, can we still drag the troops back 'legs' like this?" ”

I know very well the growth of Xu Yongwei and Zhang Mingxue, and when I first met them, they may not be qualified volunteer soldiers. This is also normal, a considerable number of volunteer soldiers have finally grown into a qualified warrior after entering the battlefield under the tempering of blood and fire.

Of course, there are many people who lose the opportunity to become a qualified fighter forever in the process.

Xu Yongwei and Zhang Mingxue are lucky, they rarely go to the battlefield as my guards, but they are also on the front line. This gives them a lot of time and opportunities to learn. By now, I know that their quality is not much worse than that of the soldiers of the Seventh Company.

That's when I realized that maybe I subconsciously wanted to protect them from taking them to battle. It may not be fair to them, because I have deprived them of the right to be a true warrior; Or maybe it's unfair to the other fighters, because if they are less dangerous, they mean that the other fighters are more dangerous......

"Okay" I nodded and said, "I'll take you with me next time."

"Really" Xu Yongwei and Zhang Mingxue couldn't help jumping up with joy, and excitedly 'stood up' in front of me and saluted to express their gratitude.

At this time, Liu Shunyi's face was very ugly and handed over a telegram, and I was stunned when I took it, only to see that it read: "Comrade Stalin died of illness"