October 13th.

It was the eve of the war.

The time of the enemy's general attack was 3:30 a.m. on the 4th.

There are only a dozen hours left before the Battle of Shangganling begins.

The U.S. military camp was filled with cheerful laughter.

Crown.

The planes of their country are roaring.

Ground floor.

The tanks of their country are roaring.

Distance.

Artillery fire was constantly vented on enemy positions.

All the big soldiers knew that when the general attack began, they would follow the planes overhead, the tanks around them, and the artillery fire towards Shangganling, which was about to belong to them.

At the mobilization meeting in front of the station of the big-headed soldiers, their commander proclaimed in a high voice, "On the high mountain of Shangganling, there is a victory that belongs to us, and the enemy will dissipate under our artillery fire, and everyone, you only need to follow our tanks to Shangganling to pick the fruits of our victory, all the enemy's resistance is in vain, our planes, our artillery, will destroy all the enemy's fortifications on the position." ”

"Soldiers, tonight, go and welcome the fruits of your victory!"

The commander of the Eighth Army, Van Vliet, also proclaimed in a high-profile manner: "The Western Mountain, the Five Holy Mountains, an important line of defense leading to the enemy's rear, is a strategic fortress of the enemy, under our prepared plan, the enemy's heavy forces have been concentrated in the Western Mountain, and the Five Holy Mountains in front of us, like a girl on the dance floor, are waiting for us, to capture the enemy's Five Holy Mountains, and the casualties are expected to be less than two hundred, or even less." ”

"After tonight, tomorrow will be a new chapter in history, the defeat we caused in the land of the Korean War will be scattered with the wind, will disappear in the long river of history, and we are the witnesses of opening a new chapter in history, we will pass through Shangganling, attack Xiangwusheng Mountain, pass through the enemy's rear, and even hit the Yalu River."

The U.S. 7th Division and the ROK 2nd Division gathered seven battalions of troops, 16 artillery positions, a large number of aircraft, tanks, armored vehicles, and all kinds of powerful individual weapons.

They are confident, confident, with arrogance.

What about having a tenacious will to fight, can it be compared with our aircraft artillery?

This time, they want to rewrite the situation of the US military's defeat on the Korean battlefield, change the international evaluation of the US military in one fell swoop, and defeat the enemy who has caused them to suffer countless times.

This time, they didn't think the enemy would be able to hold off their attack.

Many soldiers were full of confidence that when the 14th came, they would rewrite history.

Compared with the hot movement of the US military, the volunteers on the 597.9 and 537.7 heights tended to calm down, and at the same time, a new order was issued from the superiors.

"The commander of the 135th Regiment is responsible for commanding the battle on the 597.9 Heights, the commander of the 133rd Regiment is responsible for commanding the area of the North Mountain of the 537.7 Heights, the commander of the 134th Regiment is on standby at the division command post and ready to enter the battle at any time, and the division artillery group is under the unified command of the deputy commander of the 45th Division and the deputy director of the army artillery room!"

Of course, compared with the intense preparations and army movements of the Volunteer Army, the US military is very relaxed, they have the most advanced mechanized troops, and they can basically complete the transfer of the entire general engineering unit in one day.

This is far from being comparable to the Volunteer Army.

In the tunnel of the No. 1 position, only Xia Yuan knew that the total attack time of the US army was three and a half hours after today.

Because there is no combat mission, they are actively preparing for war, the soldiers dig tunnels are also working harder, defending the position is to defend the country, digging tunnels is also to protect the family and defend the country, after leaving the reconnaissance squad, Xia Yuan returned to his two wells, Hu squad leader Wang dug down a lot, but there is still no water, and the humidity of the soil is getting wetter and wetter, and even a trace of water has appeared at the bottom of some relatively deep pits.

This gave Xia Yuan a glimmer of hope that by digging out the well, the environment in the tunnel would be greatly improved.

Outside, there was a sound of quarrel, Xia Yuan raised his head slightly, looked at it, and couldn't see it, so he dug a pit again.

Due to the tense war and the enemy's movements becoming more and more frequent, the female soldiers of the art troupe and the female hygienists of the medical team have already left Shangganling, but they did not expect a female hygienist named Wang Lan to find the company commander and insist on staying in the tunnel.

No, Company Commander Gao and Instructor Lin were doing ideological work on female soldiers, but Wang Lan said: "I don't agree to withdraw to the rear, men fight, we women can do the same, I can treat the wounds of the wounded soldiers, and I will also bandage the wounds of the soldiers!" ”

"Company Commander Gao, you just let me stay, although I participated in five battles, but I only followed the back of the troops' buttocks, I didn't do anything, I didn't make any contributions, I just left, others asked me about what contributions I made on the battlefield, I can only say to bandage the wounds of the wounded."

"I also want to contribute to the country!"

Company Commander Gao had a headache, and Instructor Lin said patiently: "Comrade Wang Lan, when you bandage the wounds of the wounded, you are already contributing to the country, how can you say that you have not contributed?" The war is about to start, and one of your female comrades is left in the tunnel, it is not safe, and the enemy may attack at any time. ”

"Instructor, you men can do it, I can do it too!" Wang Lan said stubbornly.

Company Commander Gao said: "Comrade Wang Lan, this is not a question of whether it is okay or not. ”

Wang Lan stood up, straightened her posture, and said with a firm gaze: "I'm not afraid of sacrifice!" I am also a glorious volunteer soldier! Resist US aggression and aid Korea, protect the family and defend the country! ”

She sang again with a clear voice: "Majestic, high-spirited, across the Yalu River ~ Keeping peace and defending the motherland is to protect the hometown ~ The good sons and daughters of China unite together ~ Resist US aggression and aid Korea and defeat the wolf of US imperialist ambitions!" ”

Company Commander Gao and Instructor Lin glanced at each other.

Wang Lan hit the railway while it was hot: "Company commander, instructor, we have sung the war song of the Volunteers to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the good sons and daughters of China are united, you can surround the motherland, and so can I!" ”

Instructor Lin thought for a while and said, "Old Gao, forget it, let Comrade Wang Lan stay first." ”

Company Commander Gao was a little distressed and said, "If you stay like this, there will be problems." ”

Wang Lan's eyes were firm: "Company Commander Gao, I'm not afraid of problems, the enemy dares to come in, and I also fight with the enemy with a grenade!"

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After a pause, she said again: "I'm afraid that when I go home, others will ask me what contributions I have made on the Korean battlefield, but I haven't made any contributions, and this is what I'm afraid of." ”

Seeing this, Company Commander Gao couldn't say anything more, so he had to agree to let Wang Lan stay in the tunnel.

It's getting late.

The No. 1 tunnel has been changed from the original two tunnels to four tunnels, and the tunnel mouth is still three.

The main reason is that digging a tunnel and digging a well are two completely different concepts, digging a tunnel is simple, but digging a well is different, in addition to relying on luck, but also digging deep, digging accurately, digging out water.

At this time, the time for the enemy to launch a general attack is getting closer and closer.

On the evening of the 13th, there was no difference for the volunteers on the position, the soldiers who had eaten dinner were still carrying out their original work, Xia Yuan continued to dig his well, and in some of the deeper positions, he stretched out his hand to wipe it, and his hands were full of water stains.

This means that his well is not far from coming out.

"Instructor, I continued to go to the forward position to reconnoitre, the firepower of the US army has suddenly become fierce in the past two days, and it is very likely that the foreign devils are already preparing for such a change."

Instructor Lin nodded: "Okay, you must pay attention to safety." ”

Company Commander Gao nodded, and took four squads of soldiers to the front of the position to reconnoiter as usual, and before he arrived at the forward position, he felt that the enemy's searchlight was exceptionally bright tonight, which made Company Commander Gao strengthen his vigilance. The soldiers set off in earth-gray coats, and the company commander Gao stood there still and pondered carefully, until the last soldier disappeared in the darkness at the foot of the mountain, and then he took the correspondent Comrade Wang Yongmeng down the mountain.

Company Commander Gao led his men deep into the mountains and forests, and under the cover of night, he looked through binoculars at the enemy camp in the distance, and the forward positions of the 'United Nations Army' were noisy and the car motors roared all night. In order to prevent the car from turning on its lights and exposing the target in front of the artillery fire of the volunteers, the enemy has been using searchlights to illuminate the road for the car.

The unusually bright lights, noisy human voices, and roaring motors indicate that the enemy will not be too quiet tonight.

"These foreign devils are very strange tonight, and the situation is a little different from what I see on weekdays." Company Commander Gao observed carefully, compared to the past, the enemy's camp was not like this, and the foreign devils were very peaceful on weekdays.

But tonight, armored vehicles and tanks can be seen through the afterglow of the enemy's searchlights, and the most important thing is that the enemy's vehicles do not turn on their lights.

Such an abnormal situation made the senior company commander, who had been in the army for more than ten years, instantly realized.

After carefully observing the unusual movements in the enemy camp, he returned to Shangganling with the soldiers.

At this time, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

Company Commander Gao reported the observed enemy situation to the commander of the 235th Regiment who was responsible for commanding the 597.9 heights, "Regiment Commander, this is the situation, the foreign devils' actions tonight are really a bit abnormal, I estimate that they are very likely to do it tonight." ”

The regiment commander smoked a cigarette and frowned: "Since we saw that the enemy's target is Shangganling, we have been secretly reconnoitring, and the movements of the US army are becoming more and more frequent, not only in the West Mountain, but also in the Wusheng Mountain, and the intention of the US army to attack the east and the west is becoming more and more obvious, especially in the past two days, the US army has suddenly intensified its offensive against the West Mountain, and at the same time, the frequency of bombing and shelling by US aircraft is also getting higher and higher, all these signs show that the battle is very likely to begin." ”

"Gao Xiangyong, you remember! The more this time, the more you and Lin Weiguo have to calm down, the offensive method of the US army has been confirmed as early as the first five battles, and it is basically no different from the offensive method of the little Japanese devils, I don't need to teach you in this regard, you have been commanding the war for several years. ”

"But there's one thing you have to remember for me!"

"Position! Don't lose it! ”

Company Commander Gao said solemnly: "Regiment commander! You can rest assured! I promise to complete the tasks assigned to me by my superiors! ”

Putting down the phone, the company commander Gao said: "Instructor, immediately comrades and platoon commanders come over for a meeting!" ”

The content of the meeting was aimed at the defense of the 12 positions, and Company Commander Gao said: "The offensive mode of the US army is almost the same as that of the Japanese army, artillery bombardment, aircraft bombing, and bombardment are accompanied by the enemy's infantry charge, or infantry coordination, and our way is that when the enemy's artillery sounds, they will drill into the tunnel, the artillery will stop, and immediately rush out of the tunnel, and each platoon and squad will hold on to the position area that has been divided, and give the enemy fire strikes. ”

Everyone had a solemn look on their faces, and they had realized that war was very likely to come.

"The superiors asked us to hold our positions, no matter the time, even if we ran out, we must put the enemy in front of the position!"

Company Commander Gao's expression was solemn, "Behind us is our motherland, and the security of the motherland falls on us, and we must win this battle!" ”

In the tunnel, Xia Yuan also stopped digging the well, and lay down on the futon with his gun to rest, he had to recuperate enough energy to cope with tonight's battle.

Squad Leader Hu went to the meeting again, and in the past two days, memories of all sizes have been held continuously, and the soldiers in the tunnel have basically realized that the battle may be coming.

The 597.9 Heights consist of three small hills, the highest peak in the south, which the 'United Nations Forces' call the 'Triangle Mountain', across the mountain from the U.S. Army. Zhao Fengshou and the fourth platoon held the No. 2 position, the direction was northeast, and the tunnel built was deep and narrow, winding and tortuous.

Zhao Fengshou had clearly sensed that something was wrong tonight, and after the platoon commander came back, he quickly held a meeting of the squad leaders in the tunnel of the No. 2 position, and the positions they held included the No. 2 position, the No. 11 position, and the No. 7 position, and the meeting was mainly aimed at the defense of the three positions.

Zhao Fengshou sat in the tunnel, holding the gun tightly, not sleepy at all, the deputy squad leader of the first class bent over to him, sat down and said, "What's the matter, can't you sleep?" ”

Zhao Fengshou nodded dullly.

The deputy squad leader smiled and asked, "Have you ever been on the battlefield and fired a gun?" ”

Zhao Fengshou shook his head sullenly.

The deputy squad leader said: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, the first time you go to the battlefield, it is inevitable to be nervous, you have also seen this situation, the enemy is likely to attack within these two days, the battle has started, don't be afraid, because as soon as you are afraid, the more fierce the enemy will be, you will be more fierce than the enemy, more ruthless!" ”

He said: "Just like Comrade Xia Yuan, he went to the battlefield for the first time, but he fought fiercely, and he screamed at the enemy, you have to learn more from him, let's fight, who is more ruthless!" ”

Zhao Fengshou turned his head to look at the deputy squad leader, and said seriously: "Deputy squad leader, don't worry, Comrade Xia Yuan fought a very wonderful battle in the first battle when he first joined the company, and I can do the same!" I'm not going to hold our class back. ”

"I'm going to be a hero too!"

The deputy squad leader looked at him and nodded: "I believe in you!" You can definitely become a battle hero! Go to sleep, when the battle starts, it's probably impossible to sleep. ”

"Good!"