"Battalion, battalion commander, let's keep retreating south, where are we going to retreat?"

Kim Sung-gil, a combat staff officer of the ROK Army, who was sitting in the passenger seat of the open-top jeep that looked a little shabby, covered his arm with a gunshot wound and asked the battalion commander Lee Doo-hyun, who was sitting in the driver's seat next to him, in a somewhat frightened tone.

Lee Doo-hyun, the commander of the Korean army battalion whose cheeks were covered with dust and blood, glanced at Kim Sung-gil, who was sitting next to him, and said comfortably: "Sung-ji, you don't have to be afraid, we have left the Liangshuidong area now, and the Korean People's Army ambushed there is walking on two legs, and they can't catch up with us."

"Our battalion still had four companies of strength at the beginning, and after the battle of Liangshuidong just now, it is estimated that there are less than three companies of strength left. Now we are retreating south with the US company leading the way, and after driving more than 20 kilometers to the south, we should arrive at a strategic fortress called Wenjing, where our well-equipped 2nd Regiment of the ROK Army is stationed.

"I believe that the Korean People's Army, which fled to the Liangsudong valley to ambush, will definitely not rush to Onjeong with us behind our ass. Otherwise, they will take the initiative to send them to death, you can rest assured, and when we evacuate to Wenjing, we will be completely safe. ”

After hearing this, Jin Shengji, who looked flustered, calmed down and said with palpitations: "Battalion commander, didn't I say, if you didn't order the retreat south in time in the valley area of Liangshuidong just now, it is estimated that our entire battalion will be surrounded by the Korean People's Army ambushed on the high ground on both sides of the valley, and it will be difficult for us to fly even if we have wings at that time." ”

After breathing a long sigh of relief, Li Doo-hyun also said with deep feelings: "Yes, Shengji, sometimes life and death are really just a thought. If we were to evacuate even five minutes late, it is estimated that everyone in our battalion would be wiped out by now, and those who survived would become prisoners of the Korean People's Army. ”

Just as the open-top jeep in which the two of them were riding was about a third of the way in the direction of Onjeong, 20 kilometers to the south, they suddenly heard a South Korean soldier shouting loudly from a military truck 20 meters away behind them: "Battalion commander, battalion commander, we just captured a few prisoners in the process of retreating, and they don't seem to understand the Korean we speak, so I hereby report to you, battalion commander." ”

After listening to this report, the battalion commander Lee Doo-hyun felt secretly curious: It is really strange to see the Korean People's Army in the valley area of Liangshuidong, which has at least two regiments of troops, although the firepower is not very strong, but the combat is very brave, and it is also very good at hand-to-hand white-knuckle combat, this is the first time I have seen the Korean People's Army so bloody and brave and not afraid of death.

Now, all of a sudden, I heard a report from the soldiers that several of the Korean People's Army soldiers we had captured could not understand the Korean language we spoke. This is too funny, isn't it?

Although we are now at odds with each other, we are still one country and one nation after all, but I would like to see whether the captured soldiers of the Korean People's Army really do not understand the Korean language we speak or whether they are too fake to understand the Korean language we speak.

Thinking to himself, Lee Doo-hyun parked his car on the side of the snow-covered road, and he called a soldier who could drive from the military truck behind him to drive the open-top jeep he was sitting in, while he himself climbed into the bed of the military truck behind him.

"The three of them are the Korean People's Army soldiers who were captured by you?" As soon as he climbed into the carriage, Lee Doo-hyun glanced around, then focused his eyes on the three soldiers with drooping heads and wearing shabby green military uniforms huddled in the corner of the carriage, and asked the Korean soldiers next to him.

As soon as Li Doo-hyun's words fell, a South Korean soldier standing next to him hurriedly replied: "Report to the battalion commander, what you said is right, the three of them are the soldiers of the Korean People's Army who were captured by us. ”

When Lee Doo-hyun stepped forward, crouched down, and looked up and down, the three captured Korean People's Army soldiers huddled in the corner of the carriage, trying to find some useful clues through his close observation.

Sure enough, Li Doo-hyun, who had just squatted down for less than a minute, was shocked to find that the numbers of the three soldiers wearing military uniforms outside actually had a line of Chinese characters written on them: Chinese People's Volunteer Army.

Since Lee Doo-hyun was very fond of Confucian culture when he was very young, he had been learning Chinese until he went to high school, and he could not only recognize but also speak Chinese characters that were not very difficult to write.

What's more, in that era, both North Korea and South Korea in the south used a large number of Chinese characters, and the later Korean language began to gradually promote the de-Chinese characters after the Korean War.

After seeing this, he immediately made his head blow up at once, because he originally thought that it was the Korean People's Army that was captured, but now when he saw the number on the uniforms worn by these three soldiers, he realized that it was the Chinese army that ambushed them in Liangshuidong just now.

After figuring out this situation, the doubts in Lee Doo-hyun's heart were solved, in his opinion, the combat effectiveness of the Korean People's Army that had fled to the mountainous areas in the north of the peninsula would not be so strong, and if it was the Chinese army that fought with them, then their South Korean army was really not an opponent.

"You three don't have to be afraid, I am the supreme commander of this unit, the major battalion commander of the Korean army, and my name is Li Doo-hyun." After thinking for a while, Li Doo-hyun first used some stiff Chinese to briefly introduce himself to the three captured volunteer soldiers in front of him.

Immediately afterward, he changed his words and continued to say quietly: "I know you don't understand the Korean we speak, but it's okay. Not only can I speak Chinese, but I can also understand Chinese, so you can tell me if you have any questions.

"As the supreme military commander here, I can assure you that our South Korean army will treat prisoners favorably and will not kill innocents indiscriminately. Of course, the premise is that the three of you must cooperate with our interrogation. Otherwise, in such cold weather, we wouldn't have left this hellish place with three wastes. ”

Then, under the combination of soft and hard tactics and coercion and inducement of the commander of the South Korean army battalion, he learned from the mouths of the three captured volunteer soldiers that a week earlier, the Chinese army, which had been reorganized into the Volunteer Army, had crossed the Yalu River to fight in Korea.

Moreover, today along the Liangshuidong Highway, the Chinese People's Volunteers have gathered more than 10,000 troops and are preparing to continue their advance to the south.

After learning of this important military information, Li Dooxuan, who was stunned, couldn't help but let him gasp, feeling that this military information simply made him feel incredible, because he learned from his superiors that the Chinese army would not enter the DPRK to participate in the war.

Originally, they thought that they would be completely safe after escaping to this strategic place called Wenjing in the south, but in Li Dooxuan's opinion at this time, they may not be safe anywhere they flee, and they may exchange fire with the troops of the Chinese Volunteers who are not good at ambushing at any time.