On October 22, the 42nd Army was ordered to advance to the south of Changjin with its main force to prevent the troops of the "United Nations Army" on the Eastern Front from detouring to the Jiangjie through Changjin, and to ensure that the main force of the Volunteer Army on the Western Front carried out counterattack operations.

On the 23rd, the 124th Division was ordered to seize Hwangcaoling south of Changjin Lake, and the division immediately transported one battalion of the 370th Regiment by car and advanced to Caofangling and Yantaifeng south of Hwangcaoling on the morning of the 25th, and defended together with one artillery brigade and one armored wing of the People's Army to resist the attack of the capital division of the South Korean Army.

In the Huangcholing Resistance Battle, more than 2,700 enemy troops were annihilated in 13 days, successfully resisting the fierce attack of the South Korean Army.

Then the 1st Marine Division took over Changjin Lake, and the 9th Corps divided and surrounded the 1st Marine Division.

"Yellow Grass Ridge."

Wu Qianli looked at the mountains in the distance.

Yu Congrong put away the map and said: "Through Huangcaoling, it is the Watergate Bridge, if we hurry up during the day, we should be able to reach the Watergate Bridge this evening." ”

Wu Qianli looked at the glimmering sky and said: "It is not suitable to rush during the day, especially near Huangcaoling, there are more US planes, we can't stay on the top of the mountain for a long time, speed up the advance, and strive to reach the valley ahead before dawn!" ”

The valley ahead was a valley formed by two high mountains, covered with rocks and a thick layer of snow, and before dawn the Seventh Interspersed Company was hidden between the valleys in front of them.

The soldiers found some dry branches to put underneath, spread a layer of dry leaves on the top, put the bedding on the dry leaves, and the two soldiers lay on the futon, and covered it with a futon, you hold my feet, I hold your feet, and sleep like this.

After fighting continuously, Rao is Xia Yuan felt extremely tired, and after the tense spirit relaxed, he quickly fell into a deep sleep.

But before he could sleep, he was woken up by a noise.

"U.S. military planes!

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"U.S. military planes!

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The volunteer soldier in charge of reconnaissance slid down the mountain, ignoring the stones and snowflakes under him, and shouted.

In the distance, the roar of the engines of US military planes could be heard.

Xia Yuan woke up reluctantly, he couldn't take care of his things, he couldn't put his shoes on, and the soldiers scattered in the valley, stepping barefoot on the snow to find cover, and then lying down on the snow, holding the gun in his hand.

The planes roared past, dropping napalm bombs on the surrounding hills, and the heat wave spread from the mountains, burning flames one after another, scorching the ground, melting the snow and ice, and molten snow dripping from the stones, and black smoke everywhere from a distance.

Even on the valley where they were hiding, two napalm bombs were dropped, this was the first time Xia Yuan saw the exploding napalm at close range, the scorching flames burst out on the mountain, spreading all the way from the south end to the north end, instantly connected into a sea of fire, the black and red flames instantly rose dozens of meters high, the heat wave rolled in, the snow twenty centimeters thick melted instantly, the snow close to the center of the napalm directly vaporized, and the rolling heat wave accompanied by the red light rising from the flames directly enveloped the valley.

The snow under the volunteer soldiers was also melting rapidly, and soon there was no trace of snow on one side of the mountain, but it was a scorched earth.

The heat wave baked the cheeks and dispelled the cold all over the body, but it could not dispel the coldness in the hearts of the volunteer soldiers

U.S. planes come and go as fast as they come.

Wu Qianli got up and shouted, "What's going on!?" You okay! ”

Xia Yuan looked at the soldiers in the second platoon, made sure that it was okay, and said, "The second platoon is fine!" ”

Yu Congrong also shouted: "The row is fine!" ”

"The third row is fine!"

"The four rows are fine!"

Lei Gong stood up, stretched out his hand and touched the stone that still had residual warmth, looked at the mountain that was bombed by napalm, and scolded: "Grandma, this group of foreign devils bombed like this?" Isn't it a waste of shells to bomb blindly without anyone seeing it! ”

Xia Yuan sat on the stone, wearing shoes, and said with a smile: "Look, the shoes have dried a lot, and the body is cold." ”

Yu Congrong put on his shoes and kicked, "No, it will be warmer if you come a few more times." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he was slapped on the head by Lei Gong, and Lei Gong glared at Yu Congrong: "What do you say, you kid still want to be chased by the plane of foreign devils every day?" ”

Yu Congrong shrunk his neck and didn't dare to speak.

After such a fuss on the plane, the soldiers also sobered up a lot, Wu Qianli looked at the sky and said, "Let's cook on the spot, and after eating, go forward for a while, and see if we can arrive when it gets dark." ”

"Hey."

Several cooking soldiers began to dig stoves to make fires for cooking, other soldiers went to pick up some dry firewood, and the reconnaissance soldiers lay on the scorched ground, cautiously observing the surroundings, and the soldiers gathered together in twos and threes, resting and chatting.

Xia Yuan sat on a rock, chatting with the soldiers in the second platoon, Yu Congrong held the gun and inserted it, "What are you talking about?" ”

The deputy platoon commander smiled and said, "Talk about how the platoon commander became a big hero." ”

Yu Congrong sat on the stone, his nostrils were facing the sky, and he almost crossed Erlang's legs, "This is not simple, dare to fight, kill more foreign devils, and you can become a big hero!" ”

"Cut~"

This caused the other fighters to sigh for a while.

A soldier shouted: "Platoon Commander Yu, we all know what you said, the key is how to kill more foreign devils and make more meritorious contributions." ”

Yu Congrong spread his hands, "I have to ask your new platoon commander and ask how people fight." ”

Looking at the hopeful eyes of the soldiers, Xia Yuan smiled and said: "Actually, it's similar to what Lao Yu said, the American devils are just like that, aren't they taller than us, their weapons are better than ours, and the iron bastards who left them and the big birds in the sky, they are not as good as us, you look at the current battle, they are not still beaten by us." ”

After a pause, he said: "It's actually very simple to say, that is, grasp the opportunity, calm down, not reckless, and hold on." ”

"Dogs? Can dogs still fight? ”

Some of the fighters are unknown.

"It's not a wolf dog, it's a stealing Gou."

"Isn't that a coward?"

Xia Yuan smiled, "No, cowards are greedy for life and afraid of death, and I'm talking about another kind, the so-called Gou is to calm down, not reckless, hide yourself with all the means you can use, carefully observe the terrain, find a suitable position to hide yourself, shoot at the enemy at the best time, change the place when you shoot, and don't let yourself be discovered by the enemy while destroying the enemy. ”

"Why is this, because once you shoot in one place and expose yourself, the U.S. troops will stare at you, block your retreat position, and if you don't get the enemy's artillery to bombard you, shoot a different place to avoid staying in one place for too long and being targeted by the enemy."

"In a war, only if you are safe, the enemy is not safe."

Why did there appear so many individual kings during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, in addition to their excellent individual skills, their thinking is also extremely sensitive, and they always know what they want to do next and how to do it, so as to ensure their own safety.

"In fact, my combat experience is not as good as everyone's experience, everyone is a veteran, I can't teach you a lot of things, I know that the situation on the battlefield changes very quickly, I like to find out the enemy's position before acting, and according to the situation on the enemy's position, determine several routes for a safe retreat, this is the preparation work to be done sufficiently, so that when we get to the battlefield, once we fall into a passive situation, we have to have several ways to selectively retreat."

Xia Yuan continued: "A proper retreat and detour are also for a better attack. ”

The soldiers listened very carefully, and Xia Yuan said it very seriously, he summed up his combat experience in the past few times, and there were not many summaries, most of them were precautions when he was a single soldier.

In fact, in those days, due to the lack of weapons and equipment, the soldiers could only be forced to fill up the skills of individual soldiers, and he had the honor to brush the influence of the 1964 all-army competition.

It is also tragic to say that it is a last resort to shoot with one hand on the left and right, and once the right hand is injured, the left hand can continue to fight.

Xia Yuan can not teach much, mainly talk about his own combat experience, every soldier has his own combat experience, understand each other, learn from each other's strengths, chat for a while, the cook beckoned everyone to eat together, the soldiers still keep their own jars, fill some noodles Lake sat on the stone and began to eat.

This is a steaming meal, with two branches as a fast child, the soldiers eat in full swing, Mianhu Hu Hu makes some salty canned food, to the mouth only salty, but also a little prickly, the taste can not be said to be too good. But for the volunteer soldiers who are accustomed to eating fried noodles and potatoes, this is already a rare delicacy, with a small amount of vegetables and diced meat, and if you are lucky, you can even eat a piece of beef.

A small jar of Huhu is their lunch, which is not enough to eat enough, but it can ensure that they can take in some nutrients, and they also have some fried noodles on them, which they can eat on the road.

Standing on the mountain, I saw billowing smoke billowing from the distant sky, a continuous mountain was burned to the top of the mountain, and the scorched earth in the vast snowy world looked so conspicuous.

After crossing several mountains, you can hear the sound of gunfire and artillery in the distance, intertwined, and constantly coming from the distant mountains. In the sky, you can see US fighter planes hovering in the sky from a distance, and the planes are constantly strafing and bombing, and the mountains are so black that you can't see a single white.

The smoke of gunpowder was thick and the smoke of wolves was everywhere.

U.S. artillery shells continued to explode on that hill, and the sound was like a dull lightning spot.

"It should be the area around Huangcaoling."

Yu Congrong took the map and looked at it.

Wu Qianli didn't speak, looked at the time on the watch seized on his wrist, looked at the sky again, squinted his eyes and said, "We received the task of blowing up the bridge!"

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It was obvious that there were their brother troops blocking the enemy in the area around Huangcaoling, and it was a blessing to be able to come back alive after such intensive bombardment.

The 7th Interspersed Company also had a mission on its part, and it was obviously impossible to reinforce the brother troops of Huangcaoling.

Command above all else.

Rushing to the Watergate Bridge is the top priority.

It was getting late, the wind and snow came suddenly, the cold wind swept the goose feathers and the snow fell one after another, the soldiers lowered their heads, hugged their bodies, and advanced along the winding mountain road, the snow on the ground covered the calves, trampled and creaked, the section of the mountain suddenly became steep, and the soldiers supported each other one by one, against the wind and snow.

Xia Yuan breathed the cold air, even if he was wearing cotton clothes, he could feel the cold, as for his feet, his shoes were already soaked, and his feet were numb from the cold, cold, and unconscious.

He lowered his head and wiped the watch on his wrist, took off a piece and handed it to Wu Wenxiang, "Old Wu, on the strap." ”

"Where's the watch?"

Wu Wenxiang put on his watch with some surprise.

"What was seized earlier was given to our company commander." Xia Yuan exhaled and rubbed his frozen stiff palms, "I've been walking for another three hours, and it's estimated that I'm almost there." ”

Wu Wenxiang is an honest Shandong Han with a strong local accent, rich combat experience, honest and enthusiastic, and honest and honest. He touched his watch very happily, "Yes, it's been almost a day and a night, it should be almost there, this watch is so beautiful, platoon leader, thank you." ”

"What's polite, the watch can be on time, in battle, the concept of time still needs to be clear."

"You're right, when we used to fight, we didn't have watches, we all looked at shadows."

Wu Wenxiang touched his watch with some love, nodded and said, "This is the first time in my life that I have my own watch." ”

Xia Yuan turned his head to look at Wu Wenxiang, and said with a smile: "The things on the foreign devil are good, let's go and seize them." ”

Wu Wenxiang showed a sincere smile on his face: "Hey! ”

Xia Yuan knew that the Watergate Bridge had crossed Huangcaoling, but he didn't know the specific location, Yu Congrong was holding the map, and he was still groping in front to lead the way, and the line was a little long.

Not long after he and Wu Wenxiang finished chatting, Xia Yuan's ears moved, and he seemed to hear something keenly, Xia Yuan motioned to Wu Wenxiang to wait, walked through the team and walked forward to Wu Qianli and said, "Company commander!" I heard gunshots! ”

Wu Qianli quickly shouted: "Alert! ”

"Stop in one row and two rows!"

"Stop in three rows and four rows!"

Wu Qianli turned his head to look at Xia Yuan: "Did you hear it right?" ”

He knew that Xia Yuan's ears were very sensitive, and he had heard the US planes twice in advance before, and this time he heard the sound of gunfire, obviously it was not an auditory hallucination, it was very likely that he really heard it.

Xia Yuan nodded: "Over this mountain!" ”

Wu Qianli waved his arm and signaled to move forward, and the originally slow-moving team seemed to be activated, and the soldiers ran quickly towards the top of the mountain with their guns in hand.

Turning over a slope again, what appeared in front of Qilian was a thick iron pipe, spreading from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, the water valve station of the diversion power station was attached to the concrete bridge, the bridge deck was not wide, only able to accommodate a tank to pass through, under the bridge was a bridge pillar made of concrete, and there were several searchlights on the bridge deck that continuously swept the diversion iron pipe and the slope under the Watergate Bridge.

On the slope under the Watergate Bridge, a small team was launching a fierce attack on the American troops at the Watergate Bridge, but they also suffered heavy casualties, and the American shells continued to fall on the slope like raindrops.