Chapter 8: Heavy Mandate
They had arrived at Langtou Town, a small riverside town in Andong City, Ningliao, which was next to the Yalu River and across the river from North Korea, and the air had become colder.
"Let's get off and assemble in a company!" Gather! Assemble all of you!"
The sound of assembly was heard from the station in the distance, and the whole carriage vibrate, and the soldiers got out of the carriage and assembled in the open space of the station.
There were no lights on the station, it was pitch black, and the wind was blowing the soldiers' faces like knives.
Company Commander Lei's voice came from the front: "One battalion and one company assemble! One battalion and one company assemble!"
Xia Yuan lightly kicked the soldier who was still confused, and shouted, "Quick, get out of the car and gather!"
The soldiers got off the train with their weapons in their arms, and looked at this border town curiously, but unfortunately it was too dark, and there was no lighting equipment, and all they saw was a vague shadow of the building, and they could vaguely see that they were in a border town, but the train did not enter the town, but stopped outside the town, which was a simple railway station.
It is estimated that it was also to prevent being bombed by US planes, and even the lights were not turned on.
The soldiers all gathered in the dark, and some soldiers didn't know that they were standing in the wrong line, until they heard their company commander shouting the number of their company, and then they looked for the sound and touched it.
The first battalion and the company were all in one carriage, and when they got off the train, they heard the voice of the company commander Lei, and after assembling, they were taken to the rest camp, and they set off on March 13, and when they arrived at their destination, it was already March 18, and they were to have a three-day rest here.
On the way to the camp, there was a rumbling sound from the far southeast, the sound lasted for a full minute, the soldiers looked in the direction of the source of the sound vigilantly, and the soldier who was responsible for leading them raised his head and said, "This is another American devil's plane that has discovered our logistics and transportation troops, and is bombing the logistics and transportation troops."
Company Commander Lei asked, "On this big night, can US planes fly?"
The soldier said: "I can fly, but the vision is not good, I have been here for more than two months, and I often hear the news that the logistics and transport units were bombed by planes, and the transport troops generally transport supplies in the middle of the night, and the American devils know that we are transporting materials at night, so they specially dispatch some bombers at night to bomb our logistics routes, and the pilots of the American devils bomb very accurately, I often hear the news that our convoy was damaged by US planes, and we lost a lot of supplies, and sometimes we can't find the remains of the driver comrades in the car, all of which were shattered by U.S. shells."
Wang Xiaoliang clenched his fists: "We not only want to avenge Wang Huzi's mother, but also avenge the comrades who died on the battlefield in Korea!"
The warriors were indignant, "Yes! We must give the American devils a little color, and let them know that we are not easy to mess with!"
The soldier said, "You have to be careful when you go over there, because their planes will drop a kind of incendiary bomb, which can explode into a sea of fire when it falls, and I have heard from the wounded who came down from the front line that that can directly burn people to ashes, and you can't even find people, so you must be careful when you go."
The warriors were in their hearts.
Company Commander Lei said, "Thank you comrade for reminding me."
The soldier who led the way said, "No thanks, many comrades who fought with the American devils for the first time just didn't know it, and thought it was an ordinary shell, but the result was ...... Alas."
He sighed and said, "These are all lessons, and the company commander told me that when I am asked to take over the troops fighting in Korea, I must tell everyone this knowledge, but when you are resting here, your superiors will also send some soldiers who have fought with the American devils to tell you some of the methods of the American devils."
The soldier took them to the resting barracks and said, "Comrade, rest here, for tomorrow the higher authorities will come down." You go to the front, you must be careful."
Instructor Shao said gratefully, "Thank you, comrade, you should also pay attention to your own safety."
"Don't worry."
The warrior waved his hand and turned to leave.
Instructor Shao turned to the soldiers of the first company: "Enter the room and choose a bed, everyone should sleep quickly, the bed is not enough, two people can sleep together."
Some of the tired warriors entered the room, picked a random bed, laid out the cotton bedding, did not take off their clothes, and fell asleep on the bed.
Following.
The sky was a little dark.
Xia Yuan got up early in the morning and ran with the soldiers, this town has become a militarized town, and cars loaded with supplies can be seen everywhere on the road, with weeds as camouflage, all kinds of materials are camouflaged in the mountains, and the soldiers of logistics and transportation are busy, and when they see Xia Yuan, they all stop.
A little logistic soldier asked, "Comrade, what part are you?"
Lao Yang shouted, "We are the first battalion and one company of the 538th Regiment of the 180th Division of the 60th Army."
The logistic soldier asked, "Comrade, are you going to the front?"
Lao Yang replied: "Yes!"
The little logistical soldier hurriedly ran over and said, "Comrade, can I trouble you with something?"
Lao Yang said, "Comrade, you said, if you can help, I will definitely help."
The soldier hurriedly took out a crumpled photo from his arms, handed it to Lao Yang, and said eagerly: "Comrade, the person in this photo is my brother, he has not heard from him since he joined the army, when my mother is dying, she must let me find my brother, I heard that my brother followed the army to North Korea, so I also came, but because I am a logistics soldier, I can't go to the front line, so I trouble comrades, can you help me ask, if you can't find it, forget it."
Lao Yang glanced at the person in the photo, it was a face he had never seen before, and he was not easy to decide on this matter, he turned his head to look at Xia Yuan, Xia Yuan took the photo and looked at it, and couldn't help but put it in his pocket, saying, "Comrade, I'll help you with this matter!"
The little soldier's face showed excitement: "Comrade, thank you, my name is Chen Shuxiang, my brother's name is Chen Shusheng, there should be twenty-seven, if the comrade finds him, tell him that his mother misses him very much, but he can't see him again, and when he fights away the American devil in the future, let him go to his mother's grave to see his mother, my mother hasn't seen my brother for seven years, and her last wish before dying is to see my brother, but she hasn't seen him either."
In the end, they all chose to serve the motherland, but let the old mother at home wait for them year after year, and many soldiers failed to rush home when the old mother was dying and missed the last look of the old mother.
Xia Yuan said solemnly: "Comrade, don't worry, I will definitely help you ask when you get to the front line."
Chen Shuxiang sighed and said, "I am a motor soldier of the third company of the 67th Division's combat artillery battalion."
"Chen Shuxiang, Chen Shuxiang."
The logistics in the distance called him again, Chen Shuxiang ran over, and when he was halfway through, he turned around and waved his hand, with a bright smile on his face: "Comrade, thank you."
Xia Yuan waved his hand.
Lao Yang asked a little anxiously: "Lao Xia, we haven't talked about this matter yet, how can you find it, if you can't find it, how should we explain it to others."
Xia Yuan said: "People always have to have hope, since he found us, we can't let his hope be dashed, that is when his mother died, you and I have a mother, we have relatives, he will have such last words when his mother dies in the future, we go to find lost relatives, ask for help, and are rejected everywhere, then the hope in our hearts will gradually be shattered."
After a pause, he said, "Leave this matter to me."
Wang Xiaoliang said on the side, "Platoon commander, and me."
The soldiers shouted in unison, "Platoon commander, and us."
Lao Yang opened his mouth and said, "That's okay, I'll accompany you to find it."
Xia Yuan nodded heavily and shouted, "Keep running!"
Chen Shuxiang, who was in the distance, moved the materials to the car, and listened to the slogan of 'one-two-one', which came from afar, and couldn't help but stop and look.
The soldier in the car asked, "Chen Shuxiang, tell me about looking for your brother."
Sue the comrades over there?"
Chen Shuxiang nodded: "I told them, they promised to help me find it."
The soldier said, "But North Korea is so big, how can they find it?"
Chen Shuxiang turned around, picked up the ammunition box in his arms and handed it to him, and said, "Whether you can find it or not, there is always a little hope that it is not, last night the transport unit of the company was bombed by the plane of the American devils again, I am worried that I will die on the soil of North Korea one day, and no one will remember my brother at that time."
The soldier loaded the ammunition box into the car, and his heart suddenly became a little heavy, and he comforted, "It's okay, I'm sure your brother must still be alive, and he will definitely go home."
Chen Shuxiang raised his head and showed a smile on his face: "I also believe that my brother is still alive, let's hurry up and load the car, there is still a transportation task at night."
The warrior nodded, "Good!"
A week later, on the night of Chen Shuxiang, Chen Shuxiang was on a transport mission, and his convoy was discovered by US planes and bombed by US planes; in order to protect the hard-won materials on the car from being blown up by enemy shells, the soldiers in the convoy did not choose to jump out of the car, but stepped on the accelerator and chose to continue to drive forward in the face of the shells dropped by the enemy bombers.
Cars were hit by shells, violent explosions made a loud roar, and billowing smoke billowed up.
Chen Shuxiang grasped the steering wheel tightly with both hands, his eyes were firm, in the face of the indiscriminate bombing of enemy planes and the strafing of heavy machine guns, the idea of vowing to protect this car of materials in his heart never wavered, his feet on the accelerator never let go, driving the car on the highway, and the truck next to him never stopped, they were all guarding the materials on the truck in their own way. The U.S. plane dived, a long string of fire sickles swept down from the sky, mud splashed, rubble cracked, bullets pierced through the front windshield of the car, pierced his body, his brain buzzed, he only felt as if he had been hit by a long whip, without any pain.
Chen Shuxiang looked down, and suddenly found that his stomach had been torn, the blood had infected the cotton pants, the internal organs had already been broken, the mouth was filled with a smell of rust, a mouthful of blood spurted out, sprinkled on the steering wheel, there was a roar next to him, and the shock wave formed by the explosion shook his car, Chen Shuxiang held his breath and lay on the steering wheel, ensuring that the car did not rush into the ditch on the side.
He had already begun to feel his consciousness blurred, but the car was not yet safe, his car was carrying a large amount of ammunition, which could not be destroyed here, without this cart of ammunition, the battle of the front-line comrades would be even more difficult.
Chen Shuxiang seemed to feel that he couldn't hold on anymore, his foot slowly released the accelerator, and in the last few seconds when his consciousness dissipated, he begged in his heart: "Lord Yama, I have never begged anyone in my life, but for the sake of the party and the people, please, give me a few more seconds!"
The car came to a steady stop when it deviated from course and was about to rush into a ditch on the side.
Chen Shuxiang closed his eyes, and at the end of his life, he saved the cart of ammunition.
The truck drivers who were chased and bombed by the US military planes were using their own ways to protect the materials in the cars, and they knew that these materials were donated to the front-line fighters by the people of the whole country to save money, and they could not let this truck be blown up by the US planes, and every truck was blown up by the US planes, accompanied by the disappearance of a truck driver.
And that's just the fleet on the transport route.
At the end of the morning exercise, some veterans who had returned from the battlefield to recuperate from their wounds came to the 180th Division to tell the commanders and fighters who were about to be deployed to the front line how they could deal with the enemy's planes on the battlefield.
"It's very simple, dig tunnels, dig craters, don't dig too shallow, too shallow will still be killed by enemy artillery, the enemy's artillery is very powerful, some cannons can cover dozens of meters, and they will be killed by shrapnel from shells from a long distance. But you can't dig too deep, if it's too deep, if you are buried, if no one around you digs it out for you, you will bury yourself."
These wounded volunteer soldiers told the soldiers of the 180th Division about their experiences and reminded the officers and soldiers of the 180th Division at all times.
"The weapons of the American devils are very powerful, but their people are not good, they are very afraid of death, and our company commander told us to put the enemy in front of us, and then use grenades to blow up, the enemy
When they were bombed by grenades, they didn't fight with us, they all ran away, and then they bombed our positions with artillery, just like plowing the ground, plowing once and then continuing to charge, their charge was not as good as the little devils, everyone was crowded into a group, and our company was able to defend the position, and the American devils rushed up battalion by battalion, in groups of three or five, as long as they dodged the shells and planes, that guy was very easy to fight, and if there were a lot of casualties, they would not fight."
"The American devils grow very tall and look strong, but don't be frightened by their appearance, they are completely paper tigers, strong on the outside, not good at bayonets, they can't fight us, I am alone, I overturned three American devils, what they are most afraid of is to fight with us with bayonets, as soon as the horn sounds, before we can get up from the position, they will run away."
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(End of chapter)