By the time they moved to safety, He Sanliang's division had already suffered more than half of the casualties. Li Ziyuan intercepted and dragged the troops here, and more than half of them were also killed or wounded. After all the shells were gone, the division's mountain artillery battalion was basically blown up. But in any case, not only did the troops rush out without even a single wounded person left safely.

He also brought back more than 400 prisoners of the US and South Korean troops, as well as heavy machine guns and mortars. However, at this time, the troops were already empty from the stomach to the chamber of the gun. At this time, both the receiving troops and the breaking troops had run out of food from top to bottom.

After joining up with the receiving troops, although the amount of captured American rations was large, it could not sustain so many people. The supplies could not keep up, and it could be said that the troops at the front were starving. Not only did the breakthrough troops commanded by Li Ziyuan run out of food at this time, but one of the divisions that responded to them, from the division commander, political commissar to the soldiers below, had been out of food for two days.

As the army commander, Li Ziyuan cannot favor one over the other. The two divisions shared a share of captured U.S. military rations, which was only enough for the soldiers to fill their stomachs slightly. Fortunately, there is not much distance from a safe area. That is, in half a day, you can reach a safe area.

Although everyone was hungry, the army commander and division commander were also hungry as they were. The horses of the chiefs of all ranks, carrying the wounded on their backs, fought on the same march as themselves, so none of the warriors complained, and everyone encouraged and supported each other to turn to the rear.

After entering the defense area of the brother troops, Li Ziyuan, who had not slept for a long time and was already extremely tired, almost fell headlong in the face of the food brought over, without even looking at it. When several soldiers of the guard company hurriedly carried him to the air-raid shelter, they found that the commander had slept and could not sleep.

And the troops who broke through with Li Ziyuan were both cadres and soldiers. From He Sanliang, the division commander, to the most ordinary soldiers below, they didn't care about the heat and cold on the ground, let alone the meals that had been prepared by their brother troops. Lying on the ground and snoring. Even the dense gunfire not far away could not wake them.

The acting commander of the Corps, who originally heard that Li Ziyuan had come out and was ready to come to offer condolences in person, could only dispel his original thoughts after receiving the report from the troops below. Ordered the logistics organs to immediately replenish ammunition and food for Li Ziyuan's department. And arrange the troops, do a good job of guarding and air defense.

After Li Ziyuan broke out, the rest of the troops who were left behind the enemy by the rapid counterattack of the US army also successfully broke through and came back one after another. Several divisions far away in the 37th parallel not only succeeded in breaking through, but even brought back a lot of wounded. It was only after the arrival of the last unit that had returned in formation that the stone in the acting commander's heart fell to the ground.

When he saw Li Ziyuan, the acting commander almost didn't recognize him, and at this time, he was emaciated and could even be described as skinny, with a scruffy beard. Seeing Li Ziyuan, who was almost driven to a dead end by himself, Rao is acting commander is like a raging fire, and he doesn't even rub sand in his eyes, but he also feels a little guilty.

However, the meeting between the two was not very pleasant. Because he was accused of being right-leaning by the director of the political department of the Corps, Li Ziyuan had a big quarrel with the director of the political department. Let him not sit in a high position, and go to the front-line combat troops to run often. Without understanding the specific situation, don't make a lot of nonsense here and give others hats everywhere.

There is nothing wrong with carrying out orders, but it is called blind command to let your troops drill into the enemy's circle. Instead of self-examination of their own responsibilities, they blindly push the responsibilities downward. Pressing the troops below and taking responsibility for the mistakes of the command from above. His director of the political department is quite unqualified.

If you don't dare to offend the leaders of the corps, you will beat the board on the people below, and you are considered a qualified political work cadre. If he had been replaced, he would have become a traitor and a deserter. Li Ziyuan's words stimulated the director of the old qualification political department. After an argument, he almost didn't have a heart attack on the spot.

Li Ziyuan is not untargeted, every sentence and every word is blocked by the old qualified director of the political department. Li Ziyuan has a well-founded case, and every word he says has a telegram as proof, so that the director of the political department has nowhere to refute if he wants to. Since then, Li Ziyuan and the director of the Political Department have always had the same relationship.

In Li Ziyuan's army, during the war in Korea, the director of the political department never went to Li Ziyuan's troops. And Li Ziyuan also openly threatened that he would never welcome anyone from the Political Department of the Corps. In particular, the director of the political department, who likes to wear hats on others, is sparse in all other things, and he resolutely does not welcome it.

In fact, the director of the political department, there is a lot of looseness. The organizer of the 129th Movement of that year, a political cadre with old qualifications. Before being transferred to Li Ziyuan's Corps, he was also the director of the Political Department of the Corps. Although he has never been a chief official, he is an outstanding political cadre.

But for Li Ziyuan, he can't accept the word right-leaning anyway. Because this is not only about him personally, but also from the beginning of the North Han River Resistance Battle to the breakout of the encirclement. Those martyrs who died on the battlefield, and the future of their subordinates who strictly carried out their orders. Once this hat is buttoned, then it is difficult to say what awaits the fate of these cadres.

The quarrel between the two people is incompatible, and even the political commissar of the Corps can't mediate. Even later, in addition to going to the Corps for a meeting, Li Ziyuan didn't even step into the Corps Headquarters. His old superior, who was also the acting commander of the Corps at this time, failed to make Li Ziyuan bow his head after several persuasions in the Taihang Mountains.

Even the commander of the Third Corps, who had not taken office due to illness, could only smile bitterly in the face of this situation after his health roughly recovered and officially took over the command. This veteran commander, who served as the commander of the Taiyue Military Region during the Anti-Japanese War, understands very well the reason why Li Ziyuan is so angry.

Although the army under Li Ziyuan's current command was based on the army where Li Ziyuan was originally located, it was formed by his old foundation when he was in the Taiyue Military Region. If it was really dumplings made by the US military and eaten, it would embarrass the commander. And he thinks that Li Ziyuan has nothing to find fault with in terms of command, except that he does not mechanically obey the command of his superiors.

This time, the director of the political department of the Corps did not go overboard. If you lose the battle, you will hit the board on the subordinates, which is an unpopular practice in itself. But this director of the political department is also his old partner and old subordinate, and there are some things that he is too easy to say.

In the end, the veteran commander, under the circumstance that the two could not reconcile, finally considered the needs of the war and asked the Zhi Division, and transferred the director of the political department back to the country. With the transfer of the director of the political department, the feud between the two men finally ended.

After the end of this battle, as the situation gradually stabilized. In the face of the new tactics of the US military, the volunteers also adjusted their own tactics. The planned sixth campaign was canceled, and the two sides switched to a tug-of-war between their respective areas of control. The scale and number of large-scale battles have been greatly reduced.

However, Li Ziyuan commanded the army and has always assumed the role of the main force. In several major battles, almost all of his troops participated. From the defensive operation to the final battle of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, the Jincheng counterattack was almost not left behind. As his superiors and himself became more and more accustomed to the combat methods of the US military, the battles became more and more beautiful.

Originally, light weapons were still mainly 79 and 65 calibers, but a number of Soviet-made* weapons were supplemented. All of them have been replaced with Soviet-made weapons, and all the miscellaneous weapons in the whole army have been eliminated, except for the barge guns used by some cadres and the * used by the guards.

In fact, for the troops, they were reluctant to return the Zhongzheng and Type 38 rifles in their hands and replace them with Soviet-made Mosin Nagant rifles. The Soviet-made rifle-fixed bayonet was not used to the troops themselves, and it was too cumbersome for the troops. Moreover, the Soviet-made rifle has not changed its performance compared to the Chinese formal and the 38 type.

Soviet-made light machine guns were also considered too bulky by the fighters. Compared to the Czechs, except for the 47-round disc which has a larger ammunition load, the rest are so bulky, especially when transferring and charging. Soviet-made * and Soviet-made Guolunov heavy machine guns, the fighters liked it very much.

Although during the Civil War, the troops had captured weapons that the Soviet Union had provided to them during the Anti-Japanese War, as well as similar water beads and turntable machine guns from the puppet army. At least for Li Ziyuan, the army commander, and He Sanliang, the division commander, Soviet-made rifles, light machine guns, and even heavy machine guns are no strangers. We all know the advantages and disadvantages of these light weapons.

But no matter how good the weapon is, it is in vain if there is no guarantee of ammunition. In particular, the whole army has begun to completely replace Soviet-made weapons, and the domestic production of 79 bullets is decreasing, and the production of Soviet-made light weapons and ammunition has been switched. The Japanese-style six-five and seven-seven bullets, as well as the barge gun bullets, could only be used in stock. Coupled with the obedience cultivated over the years, the troops still changed their outfits according to orders.

However, only light weapons were replaced, and as for the artillery weapons, they were mainly Chinese-made 82 mortars and Jin-made 36-type mountain artillery. Only a part of the Soviet-made * guns were supplemented, as well as Soviet-made 76.2-mm field guns. However, some American-made light weapons that were used as trophies were retained by Li Ziyuan and assigned to various reconnaissance units.

All units have been reequipped, and for the first time, the caliber of light weapons and equipment has been completely unified. It is no longer the same as in the past, and light weapons and ammunition cannot be used universally within an army. The six or five bullets were gone, and the rest of the troops who used seven or nine bullets had no way to help. Even if the ammunition replenished by the superiors cannot be transported for a while, the army can adjust it at will.

This is undoubtedly a great step forward for the PLA, which has always used whatever weapons it seizes. At least not in wartime, rifle bullets have to be raised in multiple calibers. There were even cases where recruits loaded Hanyang-made rifle bullets into the guns, causing damage to the guns.

Soviet-made weapons have shortcomings of one kind or another, but they have achieved a unified caliber for the whole army, and their replenishment is guaranteed. For the volunteers who had seven or eight rifle calibers alone at the time of entering the DPRK, the logistical pressure was greatly reduced. There is no need to deal with some weapons that are short of ammunition but have no replacement weapons, and several military districts have gone through the mountains and seas to turn over the bottom of the arsenal in order to transfer ammunition.