In addition to having such a strong artillery support, it is also related to the main force of this offensive, the main force of this battle is the US Seventh Division, the famous ace division of the United States, known as the 'Drip Division', which means that it has always been as accurate in carrying out its tasks as the 'drip device' used in ancient times.

At 3:30 a.m. on October 14, 1952, the famous Battle of Shangganling began.

Then.

On the same day, the Associated Press reporter released this message to the world: 'The commander of the Eighth Army, Van Vliet, announced in Seoul on October 14: The Kim Hwa offensive has begun! This was the most intense attack the coalition forces had launched against the main Chinese defense line in a year......

Van Vleet made a fanfare announcement to the press, and took over the interview with high spirits, showing that he had confidence in the plan, but he had forgotten Commander Clark's instructions to produce routine news reports.

As if that weren't enough, Van Vleet triumphantly described the operation as 'the most aggressive offense', rather than 'a skirmish' when he reported to Clark. Obviously, such explosive words must attract people's attention in the newspapers and add some color to the momentum of the 'United Nations Army's operation, and Van Vleet wants this effect, since it is a 'showdown' operation, there must be enough action and momentum.

Of course, this kind of high-profile propaganda that once the 'showdown' plan does not go well or fails, the 'mountain to expert' will lose face, and it is precisely for this reason that after the 'showdown operation' operation, the 'gambler' Van Vleet continued to increase his weight, expanding the original small battle to a big battle.

The offensive target of the showdown plan was the Sangganling area on the center line of the Korean battlefield.

Shangganling, is a small village with only more than ten households at the southern foot of Wusheng Mountain, there are two small hills in the south of Shangganling, the right is the 597.9 highland, the left is the 537.7 highland North Mountain, the two mountains add up to only 3.7 square kilometers.

The battle took place on these two hills.

The system requires himself to complete the Battle of Shangganling, and even adds his identity.

Recruit of the 45th Company of the 135th Regiment of the 9th Division.

The 9th Company of the 235th Regiment is the company stationed on the 597.9 heights, and according to the identity assigned to them by the system, it is estimated that it will not be long before they will set foot on the 597.9 heights.

Xia Yuan thought for a moment and asked, "Comrade Wang Yongmeng, are you asleep?" ”

Wang Yongmeng's voice soon came from the side of his feet: "No, Comrade Xia Yuan, aren't you asleep either?" ”

"Well, I'm about to go to war, how can I sleep."

Xia Yuan didn't lie, he fought a positional blockade battle, and when he fought in Xinxingli, he took Zhu Weifeng and Li Laicai to stick to a small dirt slope, and in the face of the fierce attack of the American army, even if he opened the hanging, he might not be able to resist for long, let alone Wusheng Mountain.

I can't imagine how difficult the battle of the Five Holy Mountains was.

"Comrade Xia Yuan, think about our families, think about our compatriots, and think about the Korean people who have suffered aggression. We have just been liberated, and if the foreign devils come, our homeland will be the same as that of the North Koreans, and we have just built our home, and we cannot let them destroy our home again. ”

Wang Yongmeng's voice is very small, his figure is relatively thin, and his eyes are unique.

Xia Yuan was silent for a moment: "You're right, we are fighting now to let our descendants no longer live in a troubled world." ”

He asked again: "By the way, Comrade Wang Yongmeng, what day is it today?" ”

"September 28th."

"September 28th? There was not much time left before the enemy launched the Jinhua offensive. ”

Xia Yuanmeng's eyes widened and he muttered.

Are you so anxious to give yourself time every time?

In the sky, US fighter planes flew by from time to time, and during this period, after the volunteer soldiers went into the night, they were basically accustomed to the sound of US planes flying overhead, and they gradually figured out the law of bombing by US planes.

Xia Yuan couldn't sleep, so he simply held the gun and wiped it with the clothes on his body.

Type 50 submachine guns, the bullet is thrown upward, it is easy to jam, especially as soon as it enters the soil, it cannot be shot.

He suddenly missed his big eight grains a little, and when he got to the battlefield, he must get a big eight grains first, and then he said, it is best to get more bullets.

It was dawning quickly, they didn't have much time to rest, and this group of recruits was quickly taken away by the people at the front.

Among them, Xia Yuan and Wang Yongmeng, as well as some recruits, were sent to the 15th Army stationed at Wusheng Mountain.

Wang Yongmeng was used as a communicator, and Xia Yuan was incorporated as a combatant into the 9th Company of the 135th Regiment of the 45th Division stationed on the 597.9 heights.

On this day, it was a more celebratory day for the Ninth Company, the recruits sent by the superiors arrived, and the instructors of the Ninth Company came to pick them up, this time the Ninth Company joined the four recruits, the number of recruits was very large at first, but it was not enough to be assigned to an army, and it was already very good for a company to be able to allocate 2-3 recruits.

The Ninth Company was assigned four recruits.

At that time, Wusheng Mountain was a stepping stone, the US military was doing things at the Panmunjom negotiation table, and the volunteer army was also actively responding and taking the next step, especially ideological work. After the Jinhua offensive began, the U.S. troops showed their fangs, and their target was Shangganling.

As a result of the solid ideological education and adequate material preparations carried out before the war, the troops' sense of honor and confidence in victory were greatly enhanced. The morale of the whole army of the 15th Army was high, morale was high, and everyone was proud to be able to participate in the Shangganling operation. The commanders and fighters of the Chinese People's Volunteers called the defense of Wusheng Mountain "the gate to defend peace", put forward that "after the Wusheng Mountain is connected to Beijing, everyone will strive to make great contributions", vowed to "paint the martyr's monument without writing the list of heroes", and resolved to "consolidate the steel position and fight the heroic troops"; especially after the first super-hero appeared in Shangganling on Wusheng Mountain, during the battle of Shangganling, it became a common phenomenon to fire grenades, grenades, blasting canisters, and explosives bags at critical moments and die with the enemy, and to sacrifice oneself to blow up the enemy's bunker and block the enemy's gun hole.

It is an incomparably honorable sacrifice for them to die in this way!

After the instructor of the Ninth Company arrived, he looked at the four recruits with a smile on his face, "Welcome the four comrades to join the Ninth Company, I will take everyone to Shangganling first, and when we arrive in Shangganling, we will hold a ceremony to join the company." ”

The instructor of the Ninth Company was very enthusiastic, "My name is Lin Weiguo, you can just call me an instructor, what about you?" ”

"Instructor, my name is Wang Yongmeng! Don't look at me small, but I'm brave! There is no lake in the war! ”

The first person to introduce himself was Wang Yongmeng, a thin man who only reached Xia Yuan's shoulders, and his eyes were like a star hidden, bright and bright.

Instructor Lin smiled and said, "Young! Yes, you can be a communications soldier! ”

When Wang Yongmeng heard this, he immediately stopped: "Instructor, I want to go to the front line to fight." ”

Instructor Lin said: "We even lack a communication soldier, you are small, run fast, the cat in the crater of the enemy can't blow up, change to someone else, you can't do it, what kind of soldier, not a soldier, the front-line war is a person's hands, then the communication soldier is the blood vessels that connect the brain and the hands, every person, every position, is very important, indispensable." ”

Wang Yongmeng had no choice but to respond: "Yes! ”

"Report to the instructor, my name is Zhao Fengshou."

The man who spoke was a very honest-looking, a little old, about twenty-seven or eighteen, with calloused hands, a hunched back, and dark skin, not tall, a little taller than Wang Yongmeng, as tall as one meter seventy-five.

When Instructor Lin heard this, he exclaimed: "Good name, the people take food as the sky, there is nothing more happy for everyone than the harvest of the banker, not bad." ”

"Hey" Zhao Fengshou touched his head honestly.

"Report instructor, my name is Dai Zhicheng!" Dai Zhicheng is a native of Shandong, with a very loud voice, like thunder, when he is training recruits, he has a loud voice, and he is also trained as a herald.

Instructor Lin said with a smile: "With a loud voice, you can be a herald on the battlefield." ”

"Instructor, I just want to be a herald." Dai Zhicheng said with a smile.

Instructor Lin looked at Xia Yuan, and Xia Yuan said, "Report to the instructor!" My name is Xia Yuan! Home is Sichuan! ”

"Sichuan? Yes, I hope you can inherit the spirit of the Sichuan army's bravery, bravery, tenacity, and not afraid of sacrifice! ”

"Yes!"

Instructor Lin led them through the Wusheng Mountain and walked along the hillside, he pointed to a huge mountain in front of him and said, "That is Shangganling, and in the past it was where we were stationed. ”

This is the first time Xia Yuan has seen Shangganling, a huge mountain, rolling mountains constitute one highland after another, like open five fingers, under the mountain are several sparse houses, on the left is 537.7 North Mountain, on the right is the more prominent mountain is 597.9 Heights, standing on the main peak, you can see the 597.9 Heights crisscrossing the trenches and anticline tunnels on the 597.9 Heights.

The position where the Ninth Company was stationed was the 597.9 Heights.

In the distance, they could see a figure swaying on the mountain, and when they came to the tenth position, a group of soldiers stationed here were defending the fortifications, which were not particularly large, and the width was only one meter.

When the soldiers of this squad saw Instructor Lin, they shouted one after another: "Instructor, this is a recruit from our company?" ”

"yes, a recruit from our company."

The old squad leader of the No. 10 position stepped forward, looked at the four recruits in front of him, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, they are all good seedlings for fighting." ”

"Okay, leave one person behind, and the others will gather in the No. 1 tunnel to hold a company entry ceremony for the four soldiers."

"Hey."

Director Lin took them through a 597.9 highland and other positions, Xia Yuan observed that the trenches of each position were connected together, forming a seismic network, behind each position, there was a tunnel, when the No. 1 pit of the No. 1 position was the largest, F-shaped, nearly 80 meters long, 1.5 meters high, 1.2 meters wide, there was a fork hole on the left and right, the top was limestone up to 35 meters thick, and the two openings of the tunnel were facing the direction of Wusheng Mountain to the north.

At this time, the tunnel was still being repaired, and many soldiers were digging with tools, and when they saw that Instructor Lin was back, they shouted: "The instructor is back!" The instructor is back. ”

The soldiers in the tunnel drilled out of the tunnel with tools and came to the No. 1 position, and Instructor Lin introduced to them: "This is the company commander of our Ninth Company, Gao Xiangyong. ”

"Company commander!"

The four of them stood still, holding their guns and saluting.

"Hello comrades, the instructor has called all the soldiers of our company, and now the ceremony of joining the company will be held."

"Hey."

The ceremony was held in the tunnel, the tunnel was not high, only for the soldiers to bend over, the air in the tunnel was also a little dull, there were a lot of boxes of weapons and ammunition piled up inside, and there were some cupboards made of empty boxes, and a kerosene lamp was placed on the table.

The four of them faced the banner of the Ninth Company and swore an oath to join the company.

The ceremony ended very smoothly, Wang Yongmeng became a communications soldier, Zhao Fengshou joined the fourth platoon, and Dai Zhicheng joined the second platoon.

Xia Yuan was arranged in the second squad of the first platoon of the Ninth Company, the platoon commander's name was Sun Yuan, and he heard the squad leader say that he was a veteran who had fought the War of Resistance and the liberation, Sun Yuan called the second squad leader: "You take the recruits to familiarize yourself with the terrain of Shangganling." ”。

The squad leader's name is Hu Lei, a Shanxi Han, who took Xia Yuan to the 597.9 heights, the 597.9 heights are a triangular peak, with twelve positions, numbered 0-11, stationed on the 597.9 heights are the 45th Division 135th Regiment 9 Company, a reinforced company, close to two hundred people, evenly distributed to each position, just a platoon, or even a squad.

Among them, the No. 1 position is the main position, with a large area and a wide range, and it is the main force of the Ninth Company.

After taking Xia Yuan to understand Shangganling, he pulled Xia Yuan back to the No. 1 tunnel and found an iron pickaxe for him, "The No. 1 tunnel is still being repaired, and the company commander said that the tunnel should be dug deep so that the enemy's planes can't blow it up, so that the lives of the soldiers will be guaranteed." ”

Squad Leader Hu banged on the wall with an iron pickaxe, Xia Yuan collected the gravel and put it into a basket, and Squad Leader Hu continued to introduce him to the situation in Shangganling and impart his experience.

"This foreign devil doesn't give up, sooner or later he will fight, you are a recruit, the first time you go to the battlefield, if you really fight, you will hide in the tunnel, the foreign devil's plane and artillery will bombard, and after the bombing, the infantry will charge."

"When the cannon bombards, try not to touch the ground, it will shatter the internal organs."

Xia Yuan listened carefully.

At this time, there were sporadic gunshots in the distance, and Xia Yuan looked up and was shocked.

Squad Leader Hu smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's the comrades on the 537.7 high ground who are sniping the enemy again." ”

Xia Yuan was a little surprised, he didn't know much about Shangganling, as soon as squad leader Hu explained, Xia Yuan knew, wasn't this period of time a cold gun and cold gun movement?

He was a little excited and asked, "Squad Leader Hu, I want to fight the enemy!" ”

Squad Leader Hu was stunned for a moment and said, "How can this work?" ”

Xia Yuan calmed down, he had already joined the Ninth Company, if he went to the 537.7 heights, it would be a violation of discipline, discipline, and honor, which is what the volunteer soldiers value most, and it is absolutely impossible to be disorganized and undisciplined.