Chapter 62: Like a Hose

Chapter 62: Like a Hose

The puppet army is not in a hurry, so it is us who are in a hurry. Obviously, if this continues, although the puppet army will not be able to pull out the thorn in our side, it will be able to easily complete the task, because the ferry and road are already in their hands.

The puppet army has achieved its strategic goal, which means that our task of intercepting the deserters of the puppet army has not been completed. Although the Volunteer Army occupied the dangerous position of Heights 585.2, they compressed us on the high ground because the puppet White Tiger Regiment had a large number of Patton tanks and speedboats.

This is not? More than 20 Patton tanks, plus more than a dozen Sherman and Xia Fei who came later, a total of 37 tanks surrounded the 585.2 heights like an iron bucket and surrounded us. It is conceivable that once the deserters of the puppet army retreat here, all we can do is to shoot some cold guns to increase the casualties of the puppet army, and there is no way to stop their retreat.

"It's not a way for the regiment commander to go on like this......" Looking at the gray 'cloud' and 'cloud' sky outside the tunnel, listening to the sound of guns and cannons getting closer and closer in the north, Liu Shunyi couldn't help but say with some worry: "The higher authorities sent a telegram, saying that the battle situation on the front line of Jincheng is developing very smoothly, and the puppet army can't resist the attack of our army at all, and maybe the whole line will collapse soon."

I understand Liu Shunyi's words, once the puppet army collapses on the whole front, it will be the time for us to play a role, but now we are trapped on the 585.2 high ground and cannot move

"Commander, do you see if it's ......" Li Pinghe said with some hesitation: "Do you organize a commando team to rush down......?"

"Rush down? How to rush? I frowned and said, "Didn't you see those tanks that the puppet army had laid out at the foot of the mountain?" Rushing down in broad daylight? What do we use against the Patton tank? Bombing with a dynamite bag? Hit the enemy's guns with the lives of your warriors? ”

"But what about the tasks 'handed' to us by our superiors?" Li Pinghe said anxiously: "Sacrifice is inevitable, I believe that with the courage and 'spirit' of the soldiers who are not afraid of sacrifice, they will definitely be able to defeat the paper tiger in front of them."

"The regiment commander let us go to the battalion" Wang Xin couldn't wait to say: "The ferry and the second battalion are guarded, I will issue a military order, and I will definitely rush down to take the ferry back."

"Regiment commander, our battalion" Hu Biao grabbed up and said: "The Huachuan intersection is guarded by a battalion, let the enemy rush in and make the battle situation like this, our battalion is duty-bound, regiment commander, don't worry, even if no one in the battalion comes back, you have to pull out those iron lumps."

I gritted my teeth and said nothing, admittedly, there is some truth in what the fighters say. If we were just besieged on the 585.2 heights, and we didn't even try to break through and counterattack, then in the future, our regiment would definitely lose face in the volunteers, especially the 538th regiment, which was the ace of the 180th Division.

I know that after rushing like this, it will not change the result in any way, it is nothing more than sacrificing one's life to preserve the honor of the 538 regiment, or saving one's life to make others laugh

For the soldiers, honor is more important than their lives, so they all know that they can't do it. As for me, I would rather save their lives, I would rather the puppet army deserters slip away in front of us like this, I would rather live up to Commander Pang's expectations, and I would rather not be able to raise my head in front of others......

"Regiment Commander, let's go" Liu Shunyi also persuaded: "It's been more than half a day, and if the puppet army retreats later, it will be too late."

I didn't answer, and after a while I muffled, "Is there any news from the scout?" ”

The so-called knowing that the other side will not be defeated in a hundred battles, and when the battle is 'fierce' before dawn, I sent scouts to inquire about the troop deployment of the puppet army, but there is no news until this time.

Liu Shunyi shook his head and only said two words: "Maybe ......"

Everyone knows what this may mean, the puppet army White Tiger Regiment is not an ordinary unit, and it is not a simple matter to reconnoiter in the area they defend.

But as he was talking, suddenly a telegraph soldier shouted excitedly: "It's Platoon Commander Chen......"

"What?" The fighters couldn't help but turn their eyes to the direction of the radio.

The telegraph operator did not dare to be distracted, and quickly copied a series of codes on the paper, and immediately another telegraph soldier opened the code book to translate. In a few moments, a telegram was 'delivered' to me.

I took a look, only to see that there were only a few words written on it, the main force of the puppet army and the regimental headquarters were on the 522.1 heights.

522.1 Highland ...... It didn't take me much time to find its location on the map. To my surprise, its location was not in the direction of Hwacheon, but between the positions of the 539th and 538th regiments......

I glanced at each other with the soldiers, and it was no wonder that the comrades of the reconnaissance platoon did not find it until this time, and they could not imagine that the main force of the White Tiger Regiment had crossed the high ground where we were and 'inserted' into our rear at some point. Obviously, the purpose of this was to sever the connection between the 538th Regiment and the 539th Regiment.

Originally, I hoped that Li Weiqiang's third battalion could cooperate with the 539th Regiment to break through the defense line of the first-line puppet army in one fell swoop...... But now it seems that the only hope is gone.

"Commander, rush" At this time, even Li Guoqiang, who had not spoken, agreed to break through so hard.

I still don't say anything, and one thing is always on my mind: Does it make sense to fight like this? What else can you get but to let the fighters fall one by one under the guns of the enemy? Honor? This thing may be important to the soldiers, and it may be important to the 538th Regiment. But for me, if I exchange my blood and my life knowing that there is no victory, I am not responsible for the lives of the fighters, and I am not responsible for the relatives who are waiting for them to return home

"The regimental commander gives the order"

"Give the order"

……

"Shut up" I was annoyed by the soldiers, and I yelled at them namelessly: "Are you the regimental commander or am I the regimental commander?" Can you take orders or not? ”

When I was so fierce, the soldiers were all silent, and they all stood next to them and didn't dare to say a word.

I pointed to their noses in a sullen voice and said, "If you don't obey my command and feel that my regiment commander is not in proper command, you can ask the division headquarters to replace me as the regiment commander, otherwise you will be less crooked next to me."

The tunnel was so quiet that even the telegraph and telephone men stopped their movements, and only the guns outside the tunnel still rang out without a single sound.

After a long time, Hu Biao said: "Regiment commander, we resolutely obey your command"

"It is to resolutely obey the command of the regiment commander"

"The regiment commander said that we will fight as much as we want"

……

Other warriors followed.

"Hmm" I nodded and said, "Go back to your posts and strengthen the fortifications, don't always think about attacking and attacking......"

"Yes," the warriors replied, and without saying anything more, they each retreated from the tunnel.

After a long while, Li Pinghe handed me a cigarette and said, "Is it necessary to make such a big fire?" The soldiers didn't say that you didn't command properly, they are all people who have been with you for so long, and they can still trust you? ”

I took a deep breath, took the cigarette and lit it and 'smoked' vigorously, saying, "I know they don't mean that, but don't kill them like this, when will they be finished, I need time to think about how to solve this problem"

"I think it's necessary to ask the division headquarters," Li Pinghe suggested.

"Hmm" It took me a long moment before I nodded heavily.

Ask the division, in fact, the best way to shirk responsibility. If the division headquarters tells us to attack, then I will not feel sorry for the soldiers under me, because this is the order of the division headquarters, and the soldiers take it as their duty to obey orders, and I am just obeying orders. If the division headquarters asks us to hold on, then even if we still don't complete the task in the end, then I will have a 'handover' from my superiors.

But I didn't want to do this, because I believed that Master Pang would let us charge and let us find a way to complete the task.

What should I do if Master Pang really lets us attack? With a sentence of obedience to orders, can you 'deliver' to those comrades-in-arms who died on the battlefield? Is it enough to 'deliver' to their loved ones?

But now it seems that it has reached the point where it is impossible to ask for instructions, so I nodded and said, "You can send a telegram to the division headquarters to explain the situation, please give me instructions."

"Okay" Li Pinghe seemed to understand what was going on in my mind, nodded and walked to the station.

I took a few deep puffs of cigarette and buried myself in the smoke. I'm not one to regret something, because I know it's useless, but this time I did. If I hadn't 'intervened' through the path, the battle would have ended smoothly as the historical development had been, and the officers and men of the 538th Regiment would not have been caught in this dilemma. What am I doing this for?

"Regiment Commander" When I lit the second cigarette, Li Pinghe handed over a telegram and said: "Senior Commander Pang understands the situation, but he did not give further instructions, only saying that 'handover' is your sole responsibility, and Regiment Commander Cui can fight as much as he wants, and all responsibilities will be borne by Senior Commander Pang."

I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, and looked at Li Pinghe with some shock, and then looked at the telegram on the desktop, and it was really just like what Li Pinghe said.

What kind of trust is this, even if the generals are not subject to the lives of foreign soldiers, it is difficult to do it without putting any pressure on Commander Pang. All the responsibility lies with him? Could it be that he is also responsible for my escape with my troops? Does that mean that I can just keep the battle going, and the puppet army White Tiger Regiment can't attack it, and we can't attack it...... Until the puppet army deserters pass by, wait for the large army of our army to arrive, and then everything will be fine?

If I don't, I feel sorry for Master Pang's trust in me

Master Pang is so powerful, he understands his 'sexual' personality clearly, and knows that I am a person who eats soft and not hard, if he uses orders to force me to attack, I will most likely turn my face and deny people for the lives of the soldiers. But now......

I had no choice but to look at the 585.2 heights on the map again, trying to find the 'hole' in the puppet army's defense

The White Tiger Regiment is worthy of being the White Tiger Regiment, looking at the deployment of troops around the 585.2 heights, as well as tanks, speedboats, etc., I really can't find any other places to attack.

To the south, although the puppet army has relatively few tanks, only two or three of them are on patrol duty, and there is only one platoon at the ferry. However, a North Han River was in the middle, and there were three speedboats on the river to reconnoiter back and forth, and two companies of puppet troops on the south bank were deployed. Such a defense made it impossible for us to inflict an effective impact on the enemy at all, because we could not quickly cross the North Han River under such circumstances.

To the north, more than 20 tanks of the puppet army formed a steel defense line in the open field at the foot of the mountain, followed by a battalion of fortifications built by the puppet army. If we rush in this direction, we will not only deal with the strafing 'fire' of the puppet army and tanks, but also a large minefield in front of the position.

In the direction of the Hwacheon intersection, the puppet army just easily swung four or five tanks behind the intersection...... If we were to attack in this direction, we would undoubtedly have to concentrate all our fighters in the intersection and face the enemy's machine-gun artillery fire......

The special terrain of the 585.2 heights is very favorable for our defense, but it also makes it impossible for us to attack the enemy besieging us.

But now, I have to find a way to crush the enemy from this barrel-like siege

We are not trying to break through, but to defeat the puppet army, and I have told myself over and over again: only by defeating them will we be able to block the deserters of the puppet army who retreat later.

How much time do we have? I don't know, at this time I even hope that the puppet army in the direction of Jincheng can hold out a little longer.

We can ignore the defense of the southern side of the puppet army, because the deserters of the puppet army retreated here from the north, and if they can reach the ferry through the open area of the north for a few kilometers, it will actually mean that we are powerless to prevent them from fleeing south. Therefore, the focus of the offensive is undoubtedly on the north.

Minefields can still be solved, and if it's a big deal, just blow up a way with mortars. But how to break through the line of defense made up of tanks and infantry? In my mind's eye, it seems that the soldiers are constantly charging at the enemy's lines, and then falling under the enemy's guns in pieces. This scene seems to have been seen somewhere, yes, even in Tohei, the facts have proved that such a sea of people impact is useless.

How did the volunteer army defeat this White Tiger Regiment in his mother's history?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but be stunned...... How did I forget this, the surprise attack on the White Tiger Regiment sent a reconnaissance platoon to end the regimental headquarters of the White Tiger Regiment, and also blew up the puppet army's oil depot and ammunition 'medicine' depot, so that the puppet army's originally tight defense line collapsed on all fronts.

But this White Tiger Regiment is not the White Tiger Regiment, and now that the White Tiger Regiment has arrived here, can you still use the trick of surprise attack? Even if we could, we were surrounded by water now, and we wouldn't be able to send a reconnaissance platoon out

With a problem that my head could not solve, I paced towards the mouth of the pit with heavy steps.

The pouring rain made the whole world gray and cloudy, and the sky was almost dark at this time, so the visibility was very low, and even the speedboats passing on the Bukhan River could only see a faint shadow, and the puppet army arranged on the south bank was even more gone.

The whole world seemed to be calm, except for the occasional sound of tanks and speedboat motors at the foot of the mountain, which did not feel like a battlefield at all. But I knew it would soon become a battlefield of killing and death. The water of the Bukhan River is destined to be stained red with blood.

At this time, the figures of several volunteer soldiers broke into my sight, one soldier and the other wounded soldier, followed by a hygienist, who seemed to hold something high in his hand. When they got closer, I saw that he was holding an infusion bottle, and the 'medicine' was constantly being fed into the body of the wounded man from the hose......

Rubber tubing? Seeing the hose, I couldn't help but think of the method of the puppet army agents hiding in the water to avoid our army's search, they can use it, why can't we use it?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but be overjoyed, and walked to the map on the table in three or two steps, and then smashed my fist on the map and shouted excitedly: "If you have it, you will fight like this"

"The head of the regiment has come up with a way?" Liu Shunyi and Li Pinghe immediately came up.

"Hmm" I couldn't help but be stunned, I was so confused by my feelings just now, and I didn't pay attention to their existence at all.

"I knew that the head of the regiment would have a way" Liu Shunyi said excitedly: "Commander, let's talk about it, don't play dumb riddles with us"

"Look," I nodded and pointed to the Bukhan River at the foot of the 585.2 Highland Mountain, "In this position, we only need to go down the mountain and cross the road to the Bukhan River, and after the sky is dark, we just need to be careful to avoid the tanks, and it will be difficult for the puppet army to find us."

"Hmm," Li Pinghe nodded.

It's not that the puppet army is not well-guarded, it's that they didn't expect us to sneak into the North Han River at all.

"Go down the Bukhan River...... I pointed my finger along the Bukhan River on the map, and after a while, I came to the 522.1 high ground where the puppet army headquarters was located, and said: "Almost two kilometers away, we will reach the 522.1 high ground where the main force of the puppet army and the regimental headquarters are located, I mean, send a small team to attack the regimental headquarters of the puppet army White Tiger Regiment and blow up the oil depot and ammunition depot that may be stored there."

"Regiment Leader" Liu Shunyi and Li Pinghe looked at each other, and asked with a confused face: "Is this method good, but there are three puppet army speedboats patrolling the Beihan River, and there are puppet troops everywhere on both sides of the river, so our small detachment ...... Can you swim that far without being detected by the enemy? ”

"Who said I let them swim through?" I pretended to smile deeply.

The head of the regiment meant...... "Listening to my words, Liu Shunyi and Li Pinghe were even more 'confused'.

I smiled with relief, and after finding a solution, I felt good, looked at the two people next to me, and uncovered the mystery and said, "Have you forgotten how the puppet agents evaded our search?" ”