Chapter 9 A Different Kind of Regiment Headquarters

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Chapter 9 A Different Kind of Regiment Headquarters

The tunnel, which was used as the regimental headquarters, was obviously repaired by the soldiers.

Logs more than one person tall are neatly arranged at the top and sides of the tunnels like soldiers standing guard, and in some places they are even nailed to the boards to prevent the gravel and sand from being shaken off by the shells. The little 'bed' for me to rest was no longer built up haphazardly with shell boxes, but was nailed together with logs one by one, apparently to avoid being damaged by shells. There are also the desks, the four corners made of logs are 'inserted' deep into the ground, giving people a solid and solid feeling at first glance. There are closets, chairs, kerosene lamps, hangers, washbasins, vents, and even an ashtray dug out of a tree

Looking at all this, I couldn't help but be moved by the 'spirit' arrangement of the soldiers. Although all this is still very simple compared to modern me, I know that these are the most practical and durable things on the battlefield, and they are all painstakingly thought up by the soldiers. More importantly, they are a piece of the hearts of the warriors

"Are you still satisfied?" Li Pinghe asked.

I looked around at the warriors standing beside me, all of them looking at me with smiles on their faces and anticipation. I nodded movingly: "Satisfied, very satisfied, thank you, comrades"

At the sound of the coaxing, the warriors laughed happily, and their expressions seemed to tell me that being able to get my affirmation was their greatest happiness.

"It took a lot of time for the comrades," I casually patted the soldiers on the shoulders and said, "Probably not to build this nest for me, and not even to fight?"

"How can it?" Li Guoqiang said with a smile: "It's not a day or two since we built a tunnel, just build such a thing, can we still fight?" ”

"Commander Cui, don't worry," Zhao Shunyi responded: "With me watching, fighting and training are indispensable." Your nest, the soldiers heard that Regiment Commander Cui was coming back, and took advantage of the rest time to give you a round. It didn't take long, but we were here for two or three days, and all the comrades were able to do their best, and I ordered them to rest, but they refused to ......."

"Well, it's not good to affect the rest."

"Then how can it affect the rest" Hu Biao said with some indifference: "Originally, we thought that this time we would go to the front line and fight the enemy again, but we didn't expect to stay like this every day and be idle."

I walked around the spacious and bright tunnel twice, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "You guys are embarrassing me, if this superior comes to our regiment headquarters to take a turn, he will definitely think that I am doing specialization, only the People's Army, the cadre's tunnel will be like this, another day, I have to let Commander Pang give it a bloody spray."

"Don't worry, the head of the regiment" Li Guoqiang smiled: "Master Pang, he knows"

"What? He knows? He knows that he still wants you to do this? "I can't help but feel a little weird.

"What are you lying about? This is not? Li Guoqiang pointed to the ashtray and said: "This thing is still the idea of Master Pang, he said, Commander Cui has suffered a lot on Shangganling, and this trip back makes him live better and more comfortable, and that is also as it should be."

When I heard this, I couldn't help but be silent. It is not the cadres who are specialized in the ranks of the volunteers, in fact, there are many cadres who have a harder time than ordinary soldiers in order to be able to set an example and play an exemplary role. In this team, it is actually those who are about to go to the battlefield and those heroes who come back from the battlefield who can be specialized.

Soldiers who are about to go to war get special treatment because they are likely to never return; Heroes who come back from the battlefield can be specialized because they have built meritorious deeds. Although this specialization is so insignificant, it is indeed a piece of the warrior's heart.

"Comrades" saw that the time was almost up, and Li Pinghe shouted to the soldiers: "Commander Cui has also been on the road all night, and he has encountered some troubles on the way, and now he is tired, comrades, let's go back first and let Commander Cui have a good rest."

Listening to Li Pinghe's words, the soldiers no longer insisted, and after saying goodbye to me, they retreated.

After the soldiers retreated, Li Pinghe said to me: "With me and Zhao Shunyi watching the troops, you can rest assured, and you will talk about other things in the evening."

He saluted me and withdrew.

After the soldiers retreated, the tunnel became empty in an instant, leaving me in a daze to sigh at all this.

I've been on Shangganling for a long time, so in my mind's mind, I always thought that the battlefield should be gunsmoke, scorched earth, dead corpses, and mud...... But I didn't expect the contrast to be so big, so my head couldn't turn a little.

Reports

At this time, there was a 'female' voice outside the 'door', which made me realize that it was Lin Xue, and hurriedly called: "Come in"

"Report to the head of the regiment" Lin Xue's serious appearance after coming in made me want to laugh a little, she was holding a bowl in her hand, so she didn't salute, but only 'straightened' up and said: "Company Commander Jiang said that Commander Cui must be hungry after a night of travel, let me boil a bowl of porridge and send it to the regiment commander."

Hearing this, I couldn't help laughing out loud anymore, and said breathlessly: "Jiang ...... Jiang Lian Commander, Jiang Changshun ...... That muscular 'fleshy' man, he will make you porridge...... Haha......"

"I still laugh when I know" Lin Xue also seemed to feel that this excuse was really reluctant, and put the porridge on the table angrily: "Eat it quickly, it will be cold later"

said that he turned around and was about to leave, but I pulled him back, hugged him in his arms, and asked in her ear: "Did you miss me?" ”

"You ......" Lin Xue was startled by my move, trembling in my arms like a frightened rabbit, and struggled in panic: "Let go, someone has seen it......"

"Afraid of what?" seized such a good opportunity, where was I willing to let go easily, and said indifferently: "If someone sees me, I will marry you as a wife"

"Think beautifully...... Who, who is going to be a wife" Lin Xue's face was flushed with shame, her voice became smaller and smaller, and she stopped struggling and leaned tightly into my arms.

But actually, as soon as I said that, I regretted it. I can't help but cry out in my heart, oh, this may be a joke in modern times, but now...... This can almost be said to be an oath, in case I don't marry her in the future, it will be a "bad man" and a "bad person", although I still haven't done anything......

At this time, there were a few voices outside the tunnel, which frightened Lin Xue and hurriedly broke free from my arms, and said: "Eat while it's hot, and rest well after eating"

As he spoke, he ran away, leaving me alone in the tunnel.

It took me a long time to come back to my senses, and said secretly: I don't know if he can survive tomorrow on this battlefield, why do you want to think about things so far away, Lin Xue's family background is really good, if I want to stay in this time and space all the time, it seems that it is a good thing to be able to marry her.

Thinking about it like this, I was at ease, and I poured the bowl of heat on the table into my stomach, and suddenly felt that my whole body was hot. After eating and drinking, the whole body was warm, and this drowsiness soon came up, so he put aside his family's ancestral precept that he couldn't sleep immediately after eating, and fell asleep on the 'bed' with his head covered......

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Maybe it was a habit I developed in the hospital, or maybe I was tired from the battle with the puppet army spies last night, but when I woke up, it was already past four o'clock in the evening, and the sun had slowly set.

I couldn't help but think to myself, this time in the hospital is so comfortable that I can sleep for seven or eight hours a night. In the future, we should be careful, if everyone sleeps for seven or eight hours like me, then there will be no need to fight this battle in the future

When I sat up from the 'bed' and put on cotton clothes, I saw the basin next to the 'bed' and the 'wool' towel on the shelf, and I thought that I hadn't washed my face for a long time, and suddenly I had a 'desire' to wash my face. But when I walked to the basin, I saw that the water at the bottom of the basin had already formed ice cubes, and the 'hairy' towel was as hard as a stone, so I reluctantly gave up this idea.

Even if you have a washbasin and a 'wool' towel, it's still very difficult to wash your face. Because boiling water bottles in North Korea are unusable in winter, as long as the boiling water just filled in, as long as it is not used for more than half an hour, the boiling water inside will definitely turn into ice cubes, and then in a few minutes, you will hear a "bang", and the bottle gall will also be bursting by the ice cubes inside......

Therefore, if you want to wash your face at this time, it means that you have to boil the water first, and it is easy to wash your face alone. If the whole army has to wash its face, then we will be busy

Thinking of such trouble, I ended up using the old way and grabbed a few handfuls of fresh snow on the ground and wiped a few handfuls on my face the old way.

It's easy and quick, and it's a great way to refresh yourself. I even thought that in modern times, some people suggested that washing my face with cold water can also be beautiful, and I reasoned that if I insist on washing my face with snow now, I will definitely become a handsome guy in the New Year

"Ask Regiment Commander Zhao and Political Commissar Li to come here" When I walked into the tunnel, I 'handed over' Xu Yongwei, who was standing guard at the mouth of the tunnel. Because Zhao Shunyi is still the acting head of the regiment, I call him the head of Zhao.

"Yes" Xu Yongwei responded, turned around and ran towards another pit.

While Li Pinghe and Zhao Shunyi had not yet arrived, I took off the kerosene lamp hanging on the wall of the tunnel and held it in my hand to look at the map on the table.

At this glance, I couldn't help frowning. As is customary, I first found the heights where our troops were stationed, and then the heights where the frontal enemy was stationed.

The enemy in front of me was the Puppet Third Division, which I knew before, and I did not know their strength as I had not 'confronted' them before, nor had I seen any information about them in modern times.

But I think that judging from the puppet army I came into contact with in Shangganling, the originally vulnerable puppet army has now become a force that can fight and charge, so this puppet third division will naturally not be far behind. Besides, this battlefield is actually a cruel survival of the fittest, if the pseudo-third division has no combat effectiveness, then after so many years, it is impossible for him to still exist on this map in front of me.

But these are not problems, even if the pseudo-third division combat division is not weak, our 180th division is not a vegetarian, and the 538 regiment in my hand is an iron army that has defeated countless ace units of the United Nations army.

The question is...... The 902.8, 973 and 883.7 heights where our enemy is stationed are the commanding heights of this area, while our positions are relatively low......

"Head Cui" At this time, Li Pinghe and Zhao Shunyi walked in.

I nodded to them, motioned for them to sit down, handed them both a cigarette, and asked, "Tell me about the situation."

Zhao Shunyi lit the cigarette, took a deep breath, pointed to the map and said: "The left and right sides of our army's defense line are the 21st Army and the 67th Army. According to reconnaissance, the enemy facing our army from east to west was the Southern Capital Division, the Southern Sixth Division, the Southern Eighth Division, the Southern Third Division, the Southern Fifth Division, and the Southern Seventh Division. Due to the tense battle in Shangganling some time ago, neither side made much move, and with the victory of the Battle of Shangganling, I think the enemy will be stupid again. ”

"Hmm," I nodded in agreement with Zhao Shunyi's analysis.

In fact, skirmishes on the line of contact between the two sides have never been interrupted, even when the two sides have made significant progress at the negotiating table. However, the battle in Shangganling attracted everyone's attention, causing all the troops on the other fronts to temporarily stop, providing a short 'spring' day for the front. Now, with the end of the Shangganling Campaign, the clashes on other fronts will naturally 'intensify' again.

"Our problem is," Zhao Shunyi said, pointing to the high ground where the enemy was stationed, "the high mountain heights of 902.8, 973 and 883.7 are the commanding heights of this area. Relying on these high grounds, the enemy can look down on us more than 20 kilometers deep on a sunny day, and in peacetime the enemy can take advantage of the terrain to shoot cold guns and cannons at us, which is very unfavorable to our army."

"Hmm" I nodded again, what Zhao Shunyi said was exactly what I had just considered.

Most of the weapons of the puppet army come from the support of the US military, so they will naturally have no shortage of long-range weapons such as high-firing machine guns and large-caliber mortars. Condescending and these ranged weapons, it means that we are in a situation where we are being pressed by them.

There is only one way to change this unfavorable pattern, and that is to grab these high grounds.

So I immediately asked, "If I want to knock down these high grounds, is there any difficulty?" ”

"I've thought about this too...... Zhao Shunyi nodded and continued: "I sent a reconnaissance unit to do pre-battle reconnaissance, and found that the highlands in this area are separated by deep ditches, the terrain is complex, and it is very difficult to move. We calculated that from our position, we would first have to descend the mountain, and it would take about two or three hours to reach the foot of the mountain. Then it will take three or four hours to cross the ditch and go up the mountain, and it will take three or four hours for the troops to deploy. It takes about seven or eight hours to prepare for an attack. If the operation starts at eight o'clock in the evening and reaches the front of the enemy's position, it will already be dawn......"

Zhao Shunyi didn't say anything, but I actually understood it very well in my heart. Our army has always been good at fighting at night, and now if it wants to attack the enemy's high ground, it must fight even more at night. However, according to the results of Zhao Shunyi's reconnaissance, it would take seven or eight hours to descend the mountain and then go up the mountain to deploy troops in the enemy's forward positions, and this is still the time when the enemy has not discovered and intercepted it with firepower.

Unless a single charge can take down the enemy's position, the casualties of the troops will inevitably increase as soon as the day dawns. Even if they were lucky enough to occupy the enemy's position, they did not have enough time to prepare the fortifications and prepare for the enemy's counterattack. The next day's battle will take place in a very difficult situation......

While the "regiment commander" was thinking about me, Li Pinghe couldn't help but ask in confusion: "The task 'given' to us by the superiors doesn't seem to have captured these high grounds, is it better for us to report to the superiors in doing this......

"Political commissar," I explained with a smile: "It is true that the higher authorities did not let us seize these high grounds, but these high places are military important places in this area, and once the battle begins, it will be these high ground that will be occupied first, and the higher authorities will arrange this task sooner or later." We don't really want to fight now, but we just prepare for a rainy day. Didn't Chairman Mao also teach us not to fight unprepared battles?"

"Oh," I said, and Li Pinghe quickly understood.

It should be said that there are many battles, and there will naturally be a kind of military sensitivity, and when you see the deployment of troops on the map, you will naturally want to control the most important place and thus control the entire battle situation. Li Pinghe spends most of his time doing political work, so it is not surprising that he is less sensitive in this regard.

Zhao Shunyi is completely different. The 538th Regiment has only been here for a few days, and he has been able to reconnoiter the situation clearly in such a short time, and even calculate the time to go down and up the mountain, and he really deserves to be a deputy commander

But how can this problem be solved? If you follow the usual way of playing, then you don't have to think about it, it's a lurking battle. But the problem is that the terrain of these highlands is very complicated, and even if we lurk at the foot of the mountain, it will take three or four hours to go up the mountain and deploy our troops, which is not a short time. And the way up the mountain must be full of mines, traps, and bunkers...... In this way, it seems that hidden warfare will not work

How can we bring down these high grounds? I stared at the military map in front of me and pondered......