Chapter 28: The Tunnel

Chapter 28: The Tunnel

Although the latent problem has not been solved for the time being, the plan proposed by Liu Shunyi may be the only way to attack the 902.8 heights, so a special 'gate' for the sneak attack on the 902.8 heights of the army soon began to be formed under Liu Shunyi's 'manipulation'.

In terms of fighting, I may be better than Liu Shunyi, but I don't know anything about organizing and integrating troops. In addition, I also believe in Liu Shunyi's ability in this regard, so I let go of this matter and 'handed it over' to Liu Shunyi to do.

Liu Shunyi did not disappoint me, and after a series of actions such as a few days of selection, retorting, and political inspection, a special list was quickly placed in front of me.

I flipped through it casually, and saw that it recorded in detail the surname, place of origin, combat experience, and specialties of each soldier, and the thick book made my head a little big.

So he simply pushed this list aside, and said to Liu Shunyi with a wry smile: "I said Deputy Head Liu, you should tell me about it, and ask me to look at these lists, even if I look at them for three or five days, I can't see any fame."

Li Pinghe took the list and flipped through it, and also shook his head and said: "It's also thanks to Deputy Head Liu's ability, it only took a few days to 'get it so clear'"

"That's the case...... Liu Shunyi smiled modestly and said: "Considering that the main task of this army is to capture the enemy's position first and hold on until the arrival of reinforcements, this is undoubtedly a battle to win more with less, so each member should be a veteran with rich combat experience, and the political position must be very firm." Otherwise, there is a high risk that the entire force will be dragged down and the effect we expect will not be achieved. Therefore, I 'drawn' 225 fighters from various units of the 538th Regiment, and I registered all of them in this list. Originally, we planned to lurk one or two companies on the enemy's 902.8 heights, but due to the heavy attrition of our troops in the last battle, we could only make up this number."

"Hmm!" I nodded, the soldiers of the 538th Regiment were originally the 'elite' of the 60th Army, and at this time, taking out the 'elite' from the soldiers of the 538th Regiment is undoubtedly 'refined' and seeking 'refined'. Although the number of such a unit is small, I believe that it can display strong combat effectiveness at any time

"The establishment of this company is the second battalion and the seventh company, because there are many soldiers from the second battalion" Liu Shunyi opened the list with his hand, pointed to the name at the top of the first page and said: "So the company commander of this unit, I think it is most appropriate for Comrade Li Guoqiang to serve as the company commander."

"What? Li Guoqiang is also on the list? And a company commander? "When I heard this, I couldn't help but look at the list in doubt, but no, it was clearly written: "Company Commander: Li Guoqiang", I didn't pay attention when I flipped through the list just now......

Li Pinghe couldn't help asking: "Who will command the second battalion?" ”

"For the time being, it will be commanded by Deputy Battalion Commander Wang Xin," Liu Shunyi replied.

Most of the fighters of this force were from the 2nd Battalion, which was expected. Hu Biao's troops of the first battalion suffered heavy casualties a few days ago because of the attack against Van Vliet, and many of Li Weiqiang's troops of the third battalion had just come up to participate in the training, so the main force was naturally Li Guoqiang's second battalion.

I believe in Li Guoqiang's ability, and it is certainly appropriate for him to lead this army, but is it not ...... for the second battalion to do so

"Whether this unit can capture the enemy's position, and then successfully hold the position and wait for reinforcements to arrive, is directly related to whether this battle can achieve the final victory," Liu Shunyi explained: "So I think it is necessary to let Comrade Li Guoqiang serve as the company commander, so that this unit can enter the state faster and better, on the other hand, because of Comrade Li Guoqiang's two box cannons ......."

"Oh" Although Liu Shunyi didn't say everything, Liu Shunyi and I both understood.

In a sneak attack, especially in a sneak attack in which you fight more with less and hold on for hours after taking your position, it is inevitable to engage the enemy in close quarters. Obviously, at this time, the two box guns in Li Guoqiang's hands can play a great role.

Li Guoqiang's two box guns are both 20 shots, and the two can shoot 40 shots together, and the 'handsome' fight is almost faster than that of a submachine gun, and it is definitely much more accurate than a submachine gun. I've seen him on the battlefield, and in close combat, he looks like a tiger that pounces on a flock of sheep, and the "trumpet, trumpet, trumpet, ......" will put down a large piece of this mission, and if you count him, the chances of success are immediately much higher

Seeing that I had no opinion, Liu Shunyi continued: "As for the cold gun troops, I requisitioned some sharpshooters from the 538 regiment and other units to supplement, and now there are already 35 people, each squad has about 11 people, and they are assigned to the three platoons of the company. In this way, the whole company has a total of 260 people, and each platoon has about 80 people, and the platoon commanders are Zhang Xiong and Hu Zudi......"

"Wait" Hearing this, I couldn't help but interrupt Liu Shunyi's words and said, "Brother Hu Zudi is a platoon commander? You 'mix' the fighters of the cold gun unit with the combat unit? ”

"Yes" Liu Shunyi nodded, looked at my strange expression, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "What does Captain Cui mean...... Separate them to command? Will it be a separate battle, and there will be no unified command? ”

"Hmm" Listening to Liu Shunyi's words, I couldn't help but be stunned.

Liu Shunyi's worries are justified, because the volunteer army does not have advanced communication equipment like the US military units, and they can talk to each other at will. This is especially true when there are many troops on the battlefield, especially in night battles, and it is difficult to identify each other, let alone unify command

But...... If the cold-gun unit and the combat unit are 'mixed' together, it is obvious that the fighters of the cold-gun unit will lose their mobility 'nature'. In this way, those "killers" who lurk in the shadows and can cause a lot of pressure on the enemy will have their combat effectiveness greatly limited, and their role is just some ordinary fighters with good marksmanship

"Let's separate them" After thinking about it, I decided: "The cold gun unit is under the command of Hu Zudi, and the establishment remains the same. As for the question of contact, this period of time focuses on the coordination between training cold gun units and combat units."

"Yes" Liu Shunyi nodded in response, but his face was still a little difficult. Because it is obvious that for the volunteer army units with backward communication equipment, no matter how well trained and how tacit they are, the coordination between combat units and cold-gun units is still a big problem that cannot be solved

"Report" At this time, a report came from outside the tunnel, and then a volunteer soldier from the logistics unit walked in and saluted in front of me: "Report to Regiment Commander Cui, the equipment assigned to us by the superior has been delivered, please tell the regiment commander what to do."

"Equipment?" I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when I heard this, but I soon understood that this equipment was the carbine with night vision that Commander Pang said a few days ago. The superiors, perhaps for the sake of secrecy, did not let these transporting fighters know what it was.

These worries of the superiors are also reasonable, this batch of night vision devices can be said to be the only batch of high-tech equipment in our army, where can North Korea, which is full of puppet army spies, dare to say so blatantly that it is the delivery of "night vision devices".

Thinking of this, I didn't dare to be slow, so I sat up from the 'bed' and ordered: "Send it to the No. 2 pit immediately"

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In the No. 2 tunnel of the Cold Gun Unit, wooden boxes were carried in by the soldiers. Although Hu Zudi and the others said that they did not dare to 'mess' because they did not have my orders, they all looked directly at the boxes that were nailed tightly.

After the soldiers from the logistics department brought in all the wooden boxes, saluted me and withdrew, I glanced at the soldiers who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, smiled and nodded.

Hu Zudi, they didn't know that this was for them to open the box, so they couldn't help but surround them. But don't look at them all anxious as if they were burning their eyebrows, and when they really arrived in front of the box, their movements immediately became smaller again, and they all carefully pried them with military thorns and iron drills, for fear of 'ruining' the treasure inside.

Then, with a cheer, a carbine with night vision devices appeared in front of the fighters. At this time, although it was daylight, the light in the tunnel was still very dim, and the soldiers who had used this thing did not say a word to connect the batteries to these rifles and play with them.

Some of these soldiers have never seen or used these guns, and they have heard a lot about the 'sexual' abilities of this gun from their comrades-in-arms, and they have long been full of curiosity about this kind of gun that can see things in the dark. Now when these new things are really in front of me, where can I suppress that curiosity, and immediately gather in groups of three or five to ask this and that in front of those experienced warriors. When I don't 'touch' it here, I knock it there, and I feel strange like a hillbilly entering the city

"Captain Cui...... "After opening another box, Hu Zudi took out the contents and grabbed them in his hand, looking at me suspiciously.

I stepped forward and looked through the dim light, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, those things were none other than the miniature walkie-talkies I had captured at the puppet army agent base. At that time, I didn't know where to go after the seizure was handed in, I didn't expect it to be sent with the night vision device at this time, and it was really an unexpected surprise to turn over those walkie-talkies and count them, and found that there were more than forty in total, and they were all equipped with spare batteries.

Suddenly, I knew how to solve the problem of coordination between the cold gun unit and the combat unit

"Deputy Regiment Commander Liu" I excitedly raised the miniature walkie-talkie in my hand to Liu Shunyi, who was standing beside me, and said: "Let the cadres of the Seventh Company take this thing one by one, and the problem you were worried about just now will be solved."

"My concerns?" Liu Shunyi looked at the miniature walkie-talkie in my hand puzzled and said, "The head of the regiment is ...... Unified command of cold-gun units and combat units? Just this thing? ”

"That's right," I won't say much, skillfully put the battery on the walkie-talkie, turn on the switch and match it for myself. Then he threw it to Liu Shunyi casually, signaling that he was also worthy of it.

Although Liu Shunyi didn't understand what kind of 'medicine' I was selling in my gourd, he still 'got' earplugs into his ears according to my intentions. It is said that the volunteer soldiers all wear military caps that cover their ears, and most of them have not had a haircut for many years, so it is really not easy to find their ears and 'get' earplugs in.

I finally got it right, and I said "Hey, Hey......" to the microphone clipped to my collar. At first, Liu Shunyi didn't react, after all, we were very close, and it was not strange to hear what I said. But after a while, he suddenly came to his senses and looked at me with a look of surprise.

"This ...... Is this a phone? Liu Shunyi looked at the light and small box in his hand, and couldn't believe that this thing in his hand that had no wires at all could talk like a telephone. Although the walkie-talkie is also wireless, where have I ever seen such a small one

Liu Shunyi is a cautious person, he seems to want to try the 'sexual' ability of this walkie-talkie, ran away a few steps and "hey" into the microphone twice as I did, watching the soldiers all laugh.

"Really, it's really a phone" 'touched' 'touched' his ears, listening to the laughter in the earbuds, Liu Shunyi had to believe it. He walked up to me, looked at the gadget in his hand and sighed, "Feelings are also paid from the Yankees, it's really a good thing." Just now, we were worried that we wouldn't be able to command the troops in a unified manner, but now we have this thing on our bodies, and we can make phone calls while fighting, and everything has been solved."

"It's not a phone," I replied with a smile, "It's called a walkie-talkie...... Even if you have these things, it doesn't mean that all the problems have been solved."

"What does Captain Choi mean ......"

I looked at the sky, it was almost noon, so I asked for a telescope from Hu Zudi and handed it to Liu Shunyi, said "follow me", and got out of the pit with a rifle.

He took Liu Shunyi and trotted all the way along the 'Jiao' trench, and after ten minutes, he came to the top of the mountain, and the soldiers stationed on the top of the mountain saw me and turned around to salute me.

After finding a position on the top of the mountain, I set up my rifle in the front and whispered to Liu Shunyi: "Take a look"

Liu Shunyi raised his telescope as he said and looked at the enemy's position, and after a while, his face became more and more ugly.

After a long time, he put down his binoculars and sighed and said: "It's because I don't know enough about the enemy's situation, and I didn't expect the enemy's patrols and reconnaissance to be so strict."

"It's not your fault," I patted Liu Shunyi on the shoulder and said: "The reason why the enemy will send so many troops to reconnoiter the positions of the other side is because I am worried that our army will lurk in front of their positions. The so-called eating a trench grows a wisdom, the puppet army has been beaten by us with latent tactics until now, where is there still a reason not to learn to be obedient"

"What Commander Cui said is" Liu Shunyi frowned and said, "Then how should this battle be fought?" Originally, I thought that lurking one or two companies at the front of the enemy's position should not be a problem, but now it seems that ...... It seems that lurking a platoon has difficulty. ”

"This is also my biggest headache these days," I couldn't help but smile bitterly: "There was originally a way, that is, we could shoot cold guns and beat those enemies so that they didn't dare to come out to patrol easily, so that it would be easier for us to sneak in, but the problem was ......"

"The 902.8 highland is much higher than the 649.8 highland we are stationing," Liu Shunyi said, "so if we shoot coldly, we will probably not be able to take advantage of it at all."

"That's right," I nodded, "Although we have 'elite' cold gun troops, we may be able to gain the upper hand in cold gun combat." But that's not what I want, the cold gun troops may suffer losses in the process of cold shooting, and we need cold gun troops to attack the 902.8 heights, so this method doesn't seem to work."

After listening to my analysis, Liu Shunyi also had no idea, and couldn't help but raise the telescope in distress to look at the enemy's position. I also raised my rifle and looked through the scope at the group of puppet soldiers walking in front of the enemy's position.

At this time, several puppet soldiers who were building fortifications suddenly entered my field of vision, perhaps in order to avoid the artillery fire of our army, they were building anti-artillery 'holes'. Those anti-artillery 'holes' look very much like the tunnels on our anti-slope fortifications, but because the main fortifications of the puppet army are built on the positive slope, the anti-artillery 'holes' are also built on the positive slope.

Looking at those anti-artillery 'holes', I couldn't help but be shocked, put away my rifle and hid in the trench and said to Liu Shunyi beside me: "I have thought of what to do"

"How?" Liu Shunyi put away the binoculars and squatted back.

"Digging tunnels, digging tunnels in enemy positions"

"Digging a tunnel?" Liu Shunyi asked puzzledly: "It is difficult for us to lurk at the front of the enemy's position, how can we still dig a tunnel under their noses?" ”

"It's difficult to lurk because the target is big," I replied, "but digging a tunnel is different, a tunnel has only one tunnel entrance, and we can also use wooden planks to seal the mouth of the tunnel, and then cover it with snow, and a dozen soldiers are secretly digging inside, as long as it doesn't 'make too much noise', who knows?" ”

"Hmm" Listening to my words, Liu Shunyi thought thoughtfully for a while, and said hesitantly: "The danger is there, but it seems that you can try."

"Besides," I said excitedly, "we can fire a few shots at the enemy from time to time, or a few shots to cover the sound of the fighters working in the tunnels." And...... The farther away from the enemy's position, the looser the enemy reconnaissance became. We can choose a position that is far away and the enemy's reconnaissance is not so tight, and dig the tunnel all the way to the front of the enemy's position."

"Reasonable" Hearing me say this, Liu Shunyi waved his fist and nodded in agreement: "Just do it, I don't think the enemy would have thought that we would dig a tunnel in front of them under their noses, as long as we act carefully, it is completely possible for us to lurk at the enemy's feet unknowingly."

I raised my rifle and looked at the enemy's position, and I couldn't help but sigh that if we succeeded this time, I am afraid that we would have set a historical precedent