…… Call it to use, and thank the book friends who voted for the monthly ticket and rewarded the book before the chapter. Hair products have mosquito book friends feel that this is more 'messy', so the soldier changed to send it once a month, the soldier is recording every day, and at the end of the month, he will post the thank you in the work!

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Chapter 39: Killing the Captives

Hide the cars one by one. He also made detailed notes of the location of the grain, bullets, shells, and guns, and sealed the hole with earth.

Record these in case you need to replenish *** or food, so that you don't dig several 'holes' and can't find what you want.

At this time, it was already dawn, but fortunately, all the attention of the US military planes was focused on the front line, and they did not send planes to this place to reconnoitre, otherwise they would definitely be suspicious when they saw one military vehicle after another driving into the mountain 'hole'.

Then the soldiers carefully erased the wheel prints and footprints in the valley, and rushed to the village with all their American equipment, boxes of bullets, and sacks of food. This time, the things they were carrying were much heavier, but the soldiers seemed to be moving faster than they had been without them. Actually, it's not just the fighters, but even I feel this way.

I didn't have anything on my body before, and I walked lightly, so my heart was empty! To be honest, I was really afraid of running into the enemy at that time, even if I encountered a company of the puppet army, I had to think carefully in my heart whether the bullet was enough to hit them one by one, or whether it was enough to hit the distance of rushing to them to fight bayonets. So a few days ago, even if I walked on the mountain road, I felt a little embarrassed and obscene.

Now, the bullet bag was filled with more than 30 magazines and more than 200 rounds of ammunition, five grenades hung from my waist, the dry food bag was stuffed with compressed biscuits and bread, and I was carrying a large bag of rice. And if it's not enough, you can go back to the Lie 'Girl' Mountain to get it, and then you have the confidence in your heart, and you only think that no matter how many enemies come up, you can dare to do it!

To be honest, I have seen a lot of scenes in the war until now, and what I am afraid of is not death. It's not that there are many enemies, the most feared thing is that there are no bullets and no food, so I feel that if this life is gone because there are no bullets and no food, it is not worth it!

While thinking about it, he hurried back to the village in more than 20 minutes, and at this time the few villagers in the village were busy in the fields, picking dung and digging the ground. There is a strong rural atmosphere in the air. Most of the villagers, including the elderly, women, and children, were startled at the sight of a team with guns approaching from afar, but when they recognized that it was us, they smiled and waved at us, and several children ran to us, shouting in the Korean dialect that the soldiers did not understand: "They brought a lot of rice!" ”

"What are those?

"It's canned, it's delicious, my brother brought it to me to eat!"

For the first time, I found myself liking the atmosphere with the smell of feces and the noise of children, and I even longed for it.

"Company commander, you're back." With a shout, Chen Liang and other soldiers came out of the village, helping the soldiers carry the food on their backs.

"Hey! You're still ahead of us." I couldn't help but be a little surprised to see Chen Liang, but considering that we had been tossing around in the Lie'nü Mountain for so long, it was not surprising that Chen Liang came to the village first.

"We're only here for a while." Chen Liang replied. At first, I saw that you hadn't come back yet, and I thought something had happened to pick you up, but then I saw a few comrades coming back with a large number of prisoners, and I was relieved! ”

"What could happen? Ren Fengyou accosted on the side: "Let's come back in the puppet army's car." It's fun! It's the first time I've been in a car, and it's a good thing. It's such a long way, it's there in the blink of an eye, and it would be nice to be able to sit a little longer."

"Isn't that easy?" I quipped, "Wouldn't it be nice to get a driver among the captives and drive one out?" But remember to unload the things in the car before leaving, I don't want those babies to accompany you to blow up the Yankees' plane! ”

The soldiers only let out a burst of laughter when they listened, and Ren Fengyou also smirked and 'touched' his head.

"Company commander, we're making a lot of money this time!" Chen Liang patted a box of bullets on his shoulder and said, "I heard that there are more than sixty cars!" Are there really so many?

"That's still false". Ren Fengyou, who was in charge of classification and statistics, said again: "There are a total of sixty-three vehicles, five are howitzer shells, seventeen are food, and the rest are all bullets, machine guns, or something, don't you see that we have several more 'Ting' machine guns and 82 artillery 82 mm caliber mortars?" If it weren't for the fact that there are so many and heavier of these things, each of us would have to carry one.

"We didn't have any casualties, did we? I asked casually.

There were no casualties! ”

"There were no casualties".

The platoon commanders must have counted the number of people a long time ago. So he quickly answered, but only Guo Zhongtian was silent for a moment, and then replied slowly: "Report to the company commander, Comrade Zhang Xuefu of my platoon has died, he is responsible for guarding the puppet army vehicles, at that time, we only focused on the puppet army on the car, and a puppet army came out from behind. In order not to alarm the puppet army on the car, Comrade Zhang Xuefu covered the enemy's mouth with his only hand. Forcefully let the enemy stab him more than a dozen times without saying a word, and even stuffed his whole hand into the enemy's throat before he died."

"He's a good comrade!" I couldn't help sighing, I remember that Zhang Xuefu was a wounded soldier, his left hand was blown off by a cannonball in the battle, he was originally the vehicle of the puppet army, but on that day the black fork was a tense battle, who would notice that he only had one hand!

Thinking of this, I can't help but be afraid for a while, the whole battle last night can be said to have gone surprisingly well. But I didn't expect that there was such a danger hidden behind this smoothness! If it weren't for this volunteer soldier named Zhang Xuefu who gave up his life to cover the enemy's mouth last night, then the consequences would have been unimaginable.

At that time, I think Zhang Xuefu was holding a military spur in his hands, if he had two hands. He could have covered the enemy's mouth with one hand and plunged the stab into the enemy's chest with the other, but he didn't. So he resolutely threw away the military thorn in his hand and covered the enemy's mouth, in fact, he knew very well in his heart that the moment he chose to lose the military thorn, it also meant that he lost his life...

The reason why the volunteers are called the loveliest people is precisely because there are countless soldiers like Zhang Xuefu who sacrifice their lives for the motherland and the people at any time!

"Notify the units to have a meeting!" Before I could sit down as soon as I entered the village, I ordered.

"Yes!" Chen Liang answered, turned around and went to summon people.

More than a dozen squad leaders and platoon commanders soon gathered in my hut, and the soldiers all had the joy of victory on their faces, and their eyes were full of confidence and admiration when they looked at me.

I know that they all come from different units, and they don't know me or the fighters around them, although such a unit does not lack courage but lacks cohesion, and at the same time they are also skeptical about my ability as a "frequency guide", but after the cooperation and unprecedented victory in this battle, the soldiers not only increased their understanding of their comrades, but also strengthened their confidence in my ability as a "leader". For us, this is another part of this battle. Harvest it!

"Comrades!" I nodded and said, "This fight." With the joint efforts of our whole company's soldiers, at the cost of sacrificing one person. After capturing more than 100 puppet troops and seizing more than 60 cars and a large amount of equipment, it can be said that we fought a very successful battle and achieved a great victory! ”

"Well played!"

"Fight hard!"

Some of the fighters clenched their fists, some applauded.

"But," I continued, "in this battle, we also lost an excellent fighter, and he was Comrade Zhang Xuefu. ”

Before I could finish speaking, the soldiers fell silent again, most of the soldiers had been fighting on the battlefield for several years, accustomed to killing the enemy and sacrificing, but they still couldn't get used to the departure of their comrades.

At the same time, after a pause, I continued: "After this battle, I think the puppet army will not give up, they have lost such a large number of supplies, they will definitely send troops to search,"

"It's just right to come! What are we afraid of when we have guns and bullets? ”

"That is, fight with them and avenge Comrade Zhang Xuefu!"

"That's not what I'm worried about!" Looking at the impulsive looks of the soldiers, I couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It doesn't matter if we fight with the enemy, but what about the supplies hidden in the mountain 'cave'?" Let's fight the enemy like this, who will 'hand' them over to the big army? Not to mention. We fought with the puppet army like this, and it will affect the fellow who has taken care of us for so long! ”

"That's it!" Chen Liang also answered: "It doesn't matter if we fight with the enemy, but what about our fellow countrymen?" Think about how Little Japan and the Kuomintang dealt with the villagers who helped us in the past! ”

"Hey! Company commander, give the order! Ren Feng snorted and said impatiently: "We are all rough people, we only know that we don't think so much about fighting, this left is not another is not" You just tell us what to do, don't you do it? We'll all listen to you! ”

In a trance, the company commander gave the order! ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but smile bitterly: "According to my meaning, we have to withdraw from the village and take cover in the mountains, our team has too big a goal in this village, let's just get in the middle of the night tonight!" In the first half of the night, we still have to complete a task, and everyone must take care to take everything with us before leaving, such as bullets and bandages. In particular, canned food, bread and other things must not be left behind, nor can they be distributed to the villagers, so give the villagers some rice! Be careful not to give too much. lest the enemy find out and become suspicious, but harm them, and the rice bag cannot be left! ”

"Yes!" The comrades responded one after another.

"There's another question!" I thought about it and finally decided to say this problem: "It's about the more than 100 puppet soldiers we have captured, I have thought about it, if we want to transfer, we can't take these prisoners with us, in case one or two run away, all our people and things will be ***!" We can't let them go, these captives know where we hid the car, and they also know that the fellows here have helped us, if we let them go,

When I say this, the warriors understand what I mean. They all fell silent and didn't speak.

"But the discipline of our troops," a soldier asked in a whisper after a long time.

"Discipline is discipline!" I gritted my teeth and responded, "There are special circumstances besides discipline, aren't they?" Now the situation is that if you don't kill the captives, you won't be killed. It is very likely that our 60 or so truckloads of supplies will be ***, and the villagers who have taken care of us are very likely to be killed by the reactionaries, and even our whereabouts are very likely to be ***! ”

"I agree with the company commander!" Chen Liang first said: "Comrades, think about it, that batch of *** and grain is a lot of wealth for our troops!" How many comrades are there because there is no Li. "Starved to death how many comrades died in the enemy's guns because there were no bullets. Ding...'Gate' has all been in a war, and I think we have encountered a lot of such situations! Therefore, I think that with those supplies, our troops can sacrifice a lot less comrades, and if we release those prisoners, those bullets will fall into the hands of the enemy again, and they will once again become weapons to kill our comrades! Haven't we become murderers who killed those comrades?

The soldiers felt justified when they heard Chen Liang's words, and they all nodded their heads one after another, but I couldn't help but secretly admire this Chen Liang's eloquence in my heart, why didn't I think of raising these supplies to the level of casualties of the volunteers? Once these supplies are linked to the casualties of the volunteers, the ideological work of the soldiers will be much easier!

"Deputy Company Commander Chen is right!" Thinking of this, I added another handful of firewood and said: "So our current situation is not just as simple as how to treat the prisoners, we should regard him as a war, a war where either the enemy dies or I die, and we are merciful to the enemy." It's cruelty to ourselves. In the future, the superiors will ask about this matter, and all the responsibility will be borne by me alone! ”

"Nope". Ren Fengyou quickly stood up and said, "There is also our share!" ”

"Yes. I also agree with the company commander's approach, and share hardships and blessings."

"The superiors should be punished. Let's take it together! ”

So the matter was settled, and I 'handed it over' to Chen Liang to deal with, and I believe he would handle it well. I just feel sorry for those captives in my heart. Actually, I didn't want to kill them. But unfortunately, they know a lot of things that they shouldn't know, and we are behind enemy lines. For the safety of the troops, I had to do something ruthless. I'm afraid that this is the legendary "people are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves"!

Chen Liang went out with a platoon of soldiers, and after more than half an hour, he returned with the soldiers with bloodstains. Needless to say, they all knew what they did. Shooting may alarm the nearby enemy, so you can only use military stabs, which makes many soldiers 'show' unbearable 'looks' on their faces. I can understand them, they can kill the enemy on the battlefield without frowning, but now they are dealing with unarmed captives",

After an afternoon of rest, in the evening I pulled the troops out again, and the soldiers all brought only a gun, a small number of bullets, and a shovel, and the rest of the equipment was left in the village to be watched by a few soldiers, because this time we were carrying heavy shells.

Came to the mountain of Lie'nv' to open the mountain 'hole' where the cannonballs were hidden, carried out boxes of cannonballs from it, and walked in the direction of Shachangli under the guidance of the uncle.

The distance is not very far, and after an hour, I came to this open land with a length and width of several hundred meters. According to the uncle. Between Shachang-ri and Chizhong-ri. This open field is the only one that can be regarded as a husband, so I boldly guessed that in the future, the artillery battalion position, which would cause heavy losses to the volunteers, would be located here.

It is said that it was because of the fire cover of this armored artillery battalion that more than 60,000 people from the two armies of the Volunteer Army were unable to break through the defensive line of the front line, and all of them were crowded into a narrow strip of land and could not enter again. There was no order to retreat, and the Yankees' planes had no air defense. Moreover, the densely packed group of volunteer soldiers carried out heavy bombing and strafing, causing heavy casualties among the volunteers, and in the end only one reconnaissance company and one battalion were able to break through.

Of course, this would not happen again, and I soon ordered the soldiers to bury the shells in several piles deep in the open field, and then attach two explosive packs to each pile of shells, and then tie in a long fuse, of course, which was also buried in the earth."

Although many fighters were full of doubts about my approach, and I asked a few times, I did not explain much. After only a few sessions of Tai Chi with them, the fighters only thought it was a secret. Then I didn't ask any more questions.

After doing this, the soldiers went back to the village to pack up their equipment and say goodbye to the villagers. Although it was already late at night, the people of the village did not know where to get the news, and the whole village came to see us off. From time to time, he handed some food, and kept telling the soldiers to be attentive and come back to see them. Although the soldiers couldn't understand what they were saying, they nodded their heads frequently with emotion.

The uncle took out a medal and handed it to me, just when I was puzzled, Chen Liang told me that this medal was his son's relic, and the uncle had been risking his life to keep it, and he hoped that this medal could always follow us, and when we completely defeated the puppet army, he would hang this medal on the highest house in Seoul.

I silently accepted this medal, but I didn't know what to say, because I knew that I would never seem to be able to help my uncle achieve this wish, but I was afraid that the one who waited for him in the future would be disappointed!

Out of the village, the soldiers kept turning back and waving goodbye to the villagers who came to see each other off, walking out of this section of the road was very slow, and it seemed to be very fast, and finally in the reluctant eyes of the soldiers, the villagers finally disappeared into the cold and dark night.

At this point, the fourth campaign ended, and the volunteers carried out a variety of battles of defensive defense, campaign counterattack and movement defense, which lasted for a long time. Annihilated more than 10,000 enemy defenders. The enemy advanced an average of 3 kilometers per day at the cost of casualties. The Volunteer Army triumphantly completed the task of defense. Won time. The build-up of strategic reserves was covered, which created favorable conditions for the fifth campaign.

In this battle, the Volunteer Army lost more than 10,000 people in battle.