Wusheng Mountain, located in the central part of North Korea, about a kilometer southeast of Pyongkang, about a kilometer north of Kimhwa, is 7 meters above sea level. Early the next morning, accompanied by Wang Yuehan, I climbed the Five Holy Mountains, which were world-famous because of the Battle of Ganling in Heshang.

Wang Yuehan was a staff officer assigned to me by Division Commander Wang to cooperate with my work. I was assigned to him, on the one hand, to solve the problem that I was not familiar with the warriors of the sword division in the position, and on the other hand, to be my guide, to show me the terrain, to give some advice, and to promote the contact between the nephew and the sword master.

This Wang Yuehan is a person thirty miles away, he doesn't like to talk much, he often stands by my side silently, and never takes the initiative to introduce anything to me, and even some important information such as the elevation of some highlands and the number of garrisons is not answered until I ask him.

At first, I was a little puzzled how Master Wang could send such a person to cooperate with us. Because in my impression, if you want to send someone to receive foreign guests, then you must also send someone who understands human accidents and is more talkative! But beside me, this Wang Yuehan looked at even a little wooden association,,

However, after only half a day of contacting him, I have some understanding. It took him less than an hour to assign more than 800 soldiers of our nephew's regiment to the sword division, and all of them were registered, and each soldier was assigned where, where he was located, and with which unit he 'exchanged' experience, all of which were clearly and coherently organized. This kung fu is almost as good as Liu Shunyi, the deputy head of the bracelet group.

From this, I also know the reason why Senior Commander Wang assigned Wang Yuehan to me, which should also be the reason why he can become a chief of staff at such a young age.

This is the difference between modern society and the war years. Sent out to receive guests in modern society. You must be able to speak, drink, sing, and play" But on the battlefield, what you need more is a doer, and you need a person who is efficient.

Wusheng Mountain is the highest mountain in the area, and it took me more than half an hour to reach the top of this steep mountain as I walked and looked at the terrain. Standing on this high ground, you can see the mountains below.

October in North Korea is late autumn, summer is quietly gone, the blue sky is cloudless, and the oncoming mountain wind brings gusts of chill, which I can't help but think of the cold and biting winter here, and also think of last winter, when thousands of volunteer soldiers were frozen to death because they had no equipment and not enough supplies.

This will never happen again this winter, that's for sure, because I know that after the summer and autumn defenses have passed, the U.S. forces have returned to the negotiating table, so the front is relatively stable, and for a long time the two sides have only engaged in small battles for the heights as the negotiations progress. The bombing of our supply lines by US planes has also leveled off with the growth of the Volunteer Air Force and the need for negotiations.

Therefore, the supply of the volunteer army has changed from how much it can be transported in the past to how much it can support in the country.

Facing the cold wind, he stood in front of a cliff, and raised the telescope in front of his 'chest' to look down. At the foot of the mountain, you are surrounded by mountains, and as far as the eye can see, there are rolling highlands. It was supposed to be a place where patches of tall evergreens were supposed to grow. There should have been fiery maple leaves, but due to the previous battle, it turned into a gray-black 'colored' scorched earth and craters.

But that way, I could easily see the high ground below the hill and the ant-sized people on the high ground, and even the enemy's sandbag line and the sunlight 'shooting' from their helmets,"

At the foot of the south of Wusheng Mountain, there is a highland like an open five fingers, two of which are distributed on both sides of Wusheng Mountain like the thumb and index finger, one left and one right, and there is an east-west mountain range connection between the two highlands, forming a natural barrier. These two highlands form a triangle with the Wusheng Mountain, so the US military calls the Wusheng Mountain "triangle stop, I think this is the Zhaokou Heights and the Ping7 Heights that the two sides fought for to the death in history!"

From my point of view, these two highlands are the size of two tables, but who would know, it is these two inconspicuous highlands with a total area of only a blade square kilometer, and a year later, the Volunteer Army and the United Army will invest more than 100,000 troops here to carry out a large-scale battle.

To the west of the Five Sacred Mountains is Douliu Peak and West Mountain. Further west is the Pingkang Valley, which is eight kilometers wide, and from the Pingkang Valley to the north, it is almost a horse Pingchuan into the Pingkang Plain. And it's because of this. The eight-kilometer-wide Pingkang Valley made the volunteers misjudge the enemy's situation.

The U.S. military has always chosen a relatively flat location that is conducive to the deployment of their mechanized troops as a breakthrough, so the volunteers have always thought that if the U.S. army wants to attack Wusheng Mountain, it will definitely choose the Pingkang Valley in the west to attack, so before the start of the war, they laid heavy troops on the two highlands of Xixi Mountain and Douliu Peak, and the artillery in the tunnels is also facing the Pingkang Valley. So until the U.S. army launched an attack, the troops stationed on the two heights in Shangganling were only two companies.

"How many troops have you stationed on Shangganling? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but ask Wang Yuehan beside me.

"Shangganling?" Unexpectedly, Wang Yuehan replied with a confused face: "We didn't deploy troops on Shangganling!" ”

"What?" I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, Shangganling can be said to be the 'door' of Wusheng Mountain! The sword master didn't even arrange the soldiers! Xian Xuan thought about it and felt that something was wrong, first, it was impossible for the soldiers of the sword division to make such a low-level mistake, and secondly, I had seen in the telescope just now that there were volunteer soldiers operating on those two heights.

There should be some misunderstanding",

"I'm talking about those two highlands," I asked, pointing to the Mi-7 Highlands and Sukekou Highlands to the south, and asked with some confusion, "Aren't these two highlands garrisoned by our soldiers?" ”

"Hmm! It turned out that Commander Cui was asking about these two highlands." Wang Yuehan suddenly replied: "Some of these two highlands have one company and two platoons of soldiers stationed respectively, but because of the serious attrition, there are only about 100 people on these two highlands!" ”

"What? You only have more than 100 people on Shangganling? I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when I heard this.

"Captain Cui!" Wang Yuehan replied a little confused: "These two highlands are not called Shangganling, Shangganling is there."

As he spoke, he pointed to the valley between the 7th Highland and the Sukekou Highland, and said, "There is a village there, and the name of the village is Shangganling!" ”

"Hmm". It was then that I realized where the misunderstanding was, and it turned out that the Battle of Shangganling was named after the village between the two highlands.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but raise my binoculars and look at the valley between the two highlands, and this time I saw a small village, with only a dozen families, because of the war, the village had already been empty, some of them had obviously been bombed, and only some ruins remained, which could prove that it was originally a house.

"So," I continued, "Did Senior Commander Wang focus his defense on the West Mountain and Douliu Peak in the west?" ”

"Of course". Wang Yuehan nodded and said, "Division Commander Wang has arranged a regiment of troops on the West Mountain and Douliu Peak."

Then he asked suspiciously, "Shouldn't this be?" To the west is the plain, and the Yankee tanks can surround a whole bunch of them at once. To the south is mountainous, and the tanks are coming in one by one along the valley! That's not even one coming out, let's hit one! ”

"What Counselor Wang said makes sense!" Li Pinghe, who was beside him, also nodded in agreement: "With the consistent combat habits of the US military, of course, it will attack from the Pingkang Plain in the west. If we attack from the direction of Shangganling, we can just beat them up! ”

I couldn't help but laugh bitterly when I heard this! It seems that whoever comes to these five sacred mountains to look at the terrain will quickly come to a conclusion: the US army will not choose Shangganling in the south as the breakthrough point, but will launch an offensive from the western mountain area of Pingkang Valley Pass in the west. But the fact is that the US army launched an attack from the direction of Shangganling,"

It doesn't matter how the troops stationed here will be so defended now, because in a few months they will be withdrawn to rest and recuperate. But even the 15th Army that came to take over the defense was also deployed in this way!

This directly led to the incomplete tunnel fortifications in Shangganling, and the insufficient reserves of strategic materials such as grain, water, and other materials. In the early stage of the campaign, there was a shortage of troops, and the main artillery force was not in a hurry to adjust the direction of its 'firing,' and there were only 15 'guns' of small artillery to support the entire Shangganling. In the later stages of the campaign, when the soldiers moved into the tunnel to persist in the battle, the combat materials could not be transported into the tunnel at all, and finally they all reached the point of drinking their own 'urine' liquid, and later even the 'urine' liquid had to be drunk only by the seriously wounded" But then again, if it weren't for my knowledge of history. If I were to look at the terrain and draw conclusions, I would definitely make the same judgment as they did.

"Counselor Wang". I couldn't help frowning, put away the binoculars, turned to Wang Yuehan and said, "In this case, why don't you tell Senior Commander Wang that the two highlands of Shangganling will be used as a demonstration place for our regiment to build tunnel fortifications!" We will dig the trenches on these two heights, and you will dig the other heights in our likeness."

"Captain Cui! That's not a big deal! Wang Yuehan said with some embarrassment: "Didn't you also say yesterday that the soldiers of your regiment should be dispersed among our soldiers to personally guide, so that you can learn better and faster?"

When I heard this, I couldn't help but secretly complain, how could I have known that this was the case yesterday! I just wanted to let the soldiers disperse to the position and control the fortifications of each highland, but I didn't expect to lose the focus on "There are only more than 100 people in the two highlands, and the altitude of each highland is more than 500 meters, if I want to dig the kind of tunnel I want, I don't know how many years it will take!"

Besides, even if I had proposed this proposal yesterday, it would have been an inefficient way to teach it, and no one would have agreed to it. After all, in the current 77th Division, it's not up to me to say.

drip! Thinking of this, I had to scold secretly, what kind of experience is this Raushzi, and now I can't use my own soldiers if I want to,

"Or else!" At this time, I had no choice but to retreat: "I will guide the soldiers to complete the fortifications of these two heights!" However, the number of people in these two highlands is too small, Staff Officer Wang, you go and talk to the division commander to see if you can allocate more manpower to us! ”

"Captain Cui! I'm afraid it's not very suitable! Wang Yuehan said with some hesitation: "These two highlands are very close to the enemy's forward positions, and some places are only more than 200 meters apart, and there are often soldiers who are killed by the enemy's cold guns, out of consideration for your safety."

"Hmm!" I couldn't help frowning when I heard this, it's still more difficult now.

But no matter what, this pit must be done. So I gritted my teeth and said, "If other comrades can go, I can go too, and I am responsible for my safety!" ”

"Yes!" Wang Yuehan responded, but continued: "There is another problem, because the attrition of our division is very serious, and when we fought the battle, we were all on top of the guard battalion, so now the manpower is very tight. In addition, the focus of our defense is on Douliufeng and Western Mountain, so there may not be many people deployed, and I don't know Commander Cui

"No problem!" I nodded helplessly and replied, "I can bring in as much as I can!" In the evening, let them assemble at the high ground of the mouth."

"Yes!" Wang Yuehan answered, saluted me, and immediately turned around and went down the mountain.

"Captain Cui!" After Wang Yuehan left, Li Pinghe couldn't help but say with some doubts: "I always feel that you have acted a little strangely in the past two days, our mission this time is not to fight, but to 'exchange' experience with the comrades of the sword army, I see how you are,"

"Commissar Li!" I interrupted Li Pinghe's words and said, "This matter of building a tunnel should not involve ideological and political issues!" ”

"Hmm! This, no! Li Pinghe pushed his glasses a little embarrassed, and the expression on his face was a little unnatural.

"Hmm!" I nodded and didn't say anything more.

In fact, I didn't want to have such a stiff relationship with Li Pinghe, but I was worried that if he continued to ask, I didn't know how to explain it, so I had to use this seemingly arbitrary and stubborn method to interrupt the conversation.

Shangganling!

I raised my binoculars again and looked at the two inconspicuous heights, and I couldn't help but have mixed feelings in my heart, not knowing this. What awaits me in the mountains that will cast countless heroes?"

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That night, I took Zhang Mingxue and Xu Yongwei, two guards, to follow Wang Yuehan towards the Kankou Heights, and as soon as I got close to the Liaokou Heights, I felt that the atmosphere was a little different. In the darkness, I always felt that a few pairs of eyes were staring closely in our direction, and from time to time the enemy's position fired a series of flares at our position, and sometimes a few shots, although they were all targetless, but there was still a feeling that people were back on the battlefield.

This also made me realize that although both sides returned to the negotiating table, they did not stop fighting, but did not launch a large-scale attack on each other's positions for the time being. No one can say anything about shooting guns, shooting *** or something like this. So at this time, it's better not to put yourself at gunpoint of the enemy

He followed Wang Yuehan all the way, and sometimes he had to lie on the ground motionless, and when the light of the flare passed, he would get up and run wildly towards the top of the mountain. In this way, after more than half an hour, I finally 'touched' a tunnel fortification.

There were already a few soldiers waiting at the mouth of the tunnel, and as soon as they saw a few of us coming up, they shouted a code word from a distance, and a pair of code words warmly welcomed us into the tunnel.

"It's Chief of Staff Wang! Chief of Staff Wang is here! I walked down the dark tunnel for a while, and soon came to a slightly larger one. Looking through the light of the pine oil lamp. It was already crowded with volunteer soldiers, who stood up and saluted us as soon as they saw us coming.

"Comrades!" Wang Yuehan nodded and shouted at those soldiers: "Let me introduce you first, this is the head of Cui I told you about." I think that he defeated the attack of several enemy divisions on the Western Front with the strength of a regiment, and severely beat several ace troops of the United Nations at Maleang Mountain, everyone knows about it! ”

"Yes!" The warriors shouted, and they all looked at me with admiration and friendliness. I nodded and smiled at them one by one.

"Comrades!" Wang Yuehan continued: "Do you know why Regiment Commander Cui and they were able to resist the attack of several enemy divisions with the strength of one regiment? Do you know why Regiment Commander Cui was able to block the charge of several ace troops of the enemy? In these battles fought by Commander Cui, a very important point is the anticline tunnel fortification proposed by Commander Cui! ”

Listening to Wang Yuehan's words, the eyes of the soldiers couldn't help but become a little strange, and some even looked at me with half a doubt.

"I know what comrades are thinking". Wang Yuehan said: "Comrades must be thinking, aren't we also using this anticline tunnel fortification?" It's not necessarily useful, is it? Our troops still suffered considerable casualties, didn't they? But comrades, there is nothing wrong with the anticline tunnel fortifications, and the fault is that we are not useful! Today, regardless of the danger to his life, Regiment Commander Cui personally came to our position to 'exchange' with us the combat experience of the tunnel fortifications, and let us extend a warm welcome to him! ”

The crackling applause soon rang out, making me feel like I was going to perform on stage.

"Head Cui, I've handed it over to you!" Wang Yuehan saluted me, and then said with a wry smile: "I heard that you are going to come to 'exchange' experience with the soldiers in person, and the soldiers have asked for help, if I hadn't stopped me, I am afraid that the soldiers of the whole army will come over!" Now there are three hundred and fifty-two warriors."

"Hmm!" I nodded in satisfaction, I didn't think I needed to worry too much, because I still had a full year to go.