Chapter 11: Interviews
Before Ma Da could speak, Li Mengqi continued: "That's the case, I want to interview you today, you injured a US plane two days ago, as we are the first comrades to fire at the enemy, what do you think?"
Ma Da was stunned, "What the hell, hurt the enemy plane?" It's impossible, when I shoot, the enemy's plane is already high, the bullets can't reach, and even a small matter of shooting can be transmitted to your field hospital, what do I have to interview, just a small platoon commander, I want to interview you to visit our company commander, our company commander is the big hero."
When Ma Da heard that it was for the purpose of injuring the US plane, he could not admit it, but he knew very well that when he shot that night, the planes of the American devils had already climbed high, and the bullets could not reach, and they flew away before the shuttle was finished, and the ghost knows if he was injured.
If he really injured the plane of the American devil, it would be a great achievement, Ma Da is not greedy for merit, he does not feel that he hit the plane of the American devil, if he admits this, he will receive the credit of unknown comrade, and his ideological consciousness is very high.
This kind of answer was a bit unexpected by Li Mengqi, she thought that this comrade would talk more about the situation that night, but it turned out to be such an answer, and she was not to be outdone, "Why are you a comrade like this? Tell me about it, I'm here on a mission."
Ma Da waved his hand again and again: "Hey, I'm really sorry, I also have a mission, it's really not a big deal to shoot at the enemy, I can't report it to our division, I just shot, it's too small, it's too small."
Li Mengqi continued: "Isn't the 538th Regiment resting now? Please support my work, and it will boost everyone's morale by writing about it."
When Ma Da heard this, he was immediately unhappy: "I said, Comrade Xiao Li, is there no wounded to take care of in your field hospital? You have to come for an interview for such a trivial matter as shooting? No, just shoot it, not really."
Li Mengqi tilted her head a little stubbornly and stared at Ma Da's face: "Ma Da Da! If you don't say anything today, I won't leave!"
When Ma Da heard this, he said that this girl has a very delicate and beautiful face, but people are not simple at all, it seems that if she is not settled today, she will not leave.
Just when Ma Da was worried about how to take Li Mengqi away, a voice came back, and it was the commander of the first battalion who shouted: "All stand up and move on!"
For Ma Da, it was simply a lifesaver, "Hehe, Comrade Xiao Li, I'm really sorry, our first battalion is going to be pulled out again, and there will be a period later."
After speaking, he hurriedly stood up and shouted, "The people in the second row are all up, keep moving!"
Then he left without looking back.
"Hey, hey."
Li Mengqi continued to shout in disappointment.
The big horse's two legs ran fast, and he slipped into the team and disappeared.
Li Mengqi did not complete the interview task, but Ma Da left a deep impression on her, she was not polite at all when she spoke, she was full of curiosity about this soldier who was taller than others, especially when she shook hands just now, she felt the calluses on her index finger, it was very hard, it was left over the years of firing and shooting.
Ma Da ran away, ran to the side of the platoon, and complained to Xia Yuan: "This Comrade Xiao Li is really incomprehensible, just call me a nickname, and write this little thing about shooting in the newspaper, I will shoot at the enemy, as for this interview, I won't interview me like this."
Xia Yuan pursed his lips and smiled, "You, you don't know how blessed you are, how many soldiers want to be in the newspaper, but they can't get it, this is a very glorious thing."
Ma Da waved his hand: "I don't have that awareness, Comrade Xiao Li said that I injured the enemy's plane, when I shot last night, the American devil's plane had already climbed, and the bullets didn't know where they hit for a long time, how could it hit the enemy's plane, maybe it was a soldier who hit it, but the credit fell on my head."
He said, "I can't do this kind of thing that gives credit to others."
Xia Yuan patted Ma Da, for the character of this good brother, there is still nothing to say, it is the spleen
The smell is a little bit, but in addition to this, the whole body is a plus.
"Alright, hurry up and hurry, it's only been two days, and there's still a long way to go."
The 180th Division was divided into three routes and set off towards its destination, Yichuan County, with the division headquarters and field hospitals following their 538th Regiment; on the way forward, after a gap of more than 10 or 20 minutes, the sound of US planes would be heard in the sky, the volunteers lacked air supremacy, and the US planes were as unscrupulous as entering a no-man's land on the logistics route of the volunteers.
Listening to the roar of the warplanes echoing in the valley, the horse lying on the ground scolded and scolded: "Grandma's legs, this has not gone far, come again, and let me not let me hurry, relying on my own iron bird to fly everywhere, if this is on the ground, Lao Tzu does not blow it up, Lao Tzu will not be surnamed Ma."
The iron bird flew all over the sky, coming every once in a while, and had a great effect on the speed of their march.
Thundered!
A continuous roar came from the other side of the mountain, Xia Yuan raised his head, discerned the voice, and said, "This is coming from the 539th Regiment."
Ma Da grinned and said, "Ma Dan, the 539th Regiment must have been discovered, this broad daylight march is not only ink, but also easy to be seen by this iron bird."
"The best thing to do is to march at night, which reduces the chance of us being exposed," Chen said.
Ma Da put his arms around Chen Lie, "Hey, big brother, but I told the truth, although I don't know what the head of the regiment thinks, but let's just obey the order."
Xia Yuan thought for a moment and said, "This can only explain one thing."
Martha asked, "What's the problem?"
Xia Yuan said: "It may be that the war on the front line is tight, and we have to reach the front line in the shortest possible time."
In the fourth campaign, the enemy general they faced was Li Qiwei, this guy was a good opponent, he had insight into the combat laws of the Volunteer Army in the fourth campaign, at the end of the fourth campaign, when the Volunteer Army began to shrink the defensive line, the United States defended the attack, chased the Volunteer Army to fight, and the fifth battle almost hit Tieyuan, if the enemy hit Tieyuan, history may really be rewritten.
At this moment, the 180th Division is rushing day and night, most likely because it is in the tense stage of the fourth campaign, the logistics supply line is blocked by the enemy's bombers, and the volunteers on the front line lack weapons, ammunition, and food, and urgently need to change their defenses.
The US planes have blocked our army's logistical supply routes, and they have come out of Langtou Town and are on the road day and night, and they are destined to fight wits and courage with the US planes along the way.
It is not surprising that the 539th Regiment was discovered by the US military, the dull explosion sound can be heard across the mountains, the soldiers of the 538th Regiment are still on the way, the 539th Regiment dragged the US planes for them, this is a rare opportunity, but the process is not smooth, at sunset and dusk, they also encountered the bombing of US bombers.
Bombs whistled sharply from the sky and blossomed everywhere between the mountains and forests, and the explosion was deafening.
Obviously, because of the experience of being bombed by US planes last time, the soldiers of the 538th Regiment appeared to be relatively calm this time, and after hearing the roar of US planes, they quickly dispersed among the mountains and forests, and then hid and hid.
The explosion rolled up a large amount of earth, and after blooming like a brilliant flower, the US bomber swooped down, and the two 12.7 mm M3 machine guns on the plane began to spit out tongues of fire, and the long chain of fire was particularly dazzling in the daytime, crackling, and a huge crater was punched out of the ground where it passed, and the four soldiers were unfortunately strafed by the heavy machine guns, soaring into a large area of blood.
The warriors watched in amazement, and they saw that the bodies of the four warriors were like scattered embers, leaving a large patch of blinding red on the ground.
Ma Da took off his hat with cracked eyes and shouted: "Fuck, this is not to the front line and the American devils are desperate, but they were killed by the iron birds of the American devils.
Xia Yuan grabbed the submachine gun in his hand, and simply didn't care whether the range of the gun was enough, and shouted: "A platoon obeys the order, when the enemy plane dives again,
Call me, I can't let go of this group of ***."
Relying on his iron bird to be unscrupulous, if it weren't for the insufficient range of the submachine gun in his hand, he would definitely let this group of American devil pilots taste what a frightening moment is.
The soldiers of the 538th Regiment held their guns tightly in their hands and stared at the clouds in the sky, and the roar of the US planes continued to float from the thick clouds.
Martha said, "What about the iron bird!"
Xia Yuan squinted, opened his eagle eye to observe above the clouds, "Run."
Ma Da was startled: "What, I ran away!!"
Sure enough, after the American plane rose into the sky, the roar gradually faded away, which made the soldiers who were about to shoot feel extremely aggrieved, and after waiting for a minute, the soldiers on the other side of the sacrifice heard their shouts.
Xia Yuan stood up, carrying a gun and watching from afar, from the moment they stepped on this land, the comrades-in-arms beside them might leave them one by one, and they would continue to fight against the planes and artillery of the American devils with the pain of losing their comrades.
The soldiers did not care about being sad, and the order to continue the march was given again.
On April 7, 1951, after 14 days of rapid marching, all the officers and men of the 180th Division finally arrived at the predetermined position of Yichuan County, and the 180th Division began to rest on the spot and prepare to change its guard.
The 180th Division was placed on the rear front in central Korea, only 30 kilometers from Cheorwon, and parts of the troops were stationed in tunnels on some important heights.
In April, spring had arrived, and the climate in North Korea was still a little cold, and when they first arrived in the tunnel, it was still raining outside, and the soldiers of the first company were resting, and Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao were called to a meeting again, and they didn't know what meeting was held.
Xia Yuan, Ma Da and Chen Lie were sitting at the mouth of the tunnel, and a cold wind blew in, and the three of them tightened their clothes.
Ma Da said, "I don't know how long I have to rest here, I want to fight the American devils."
Chen Lie said, "Don't worry, you will definitely be indispensable when you fight."
Ma Da scratched his head, "Hey, that's a good feeling, when the time comes, you see that I won't throw the American devil to the ground!"
Chen Lie said: "Then the American devils are the same as you, they are all big ones, you have to be careful, don't be reckless, you all know that you are the master of death when you fight with Xia Yuan, but the American devils are different from mountain bandits and reactionaries, their firepower is more fierce."
Ma Da looked at Chen Lie and said, "Old Chen, do you think I look like a fool? I dared to charge when I saw that the enemy could not hold on."
Listening to the conversation between the two, there was the sound of rain in his ears, and Xia Yuan was thinking about what had happened during this period of time.
At the end of the Fourth Campaign, because the battlefield environment was grim and the country was unable to accurately grasp the situation on the battlefield due to the delay of the telegraph, in order to explain the battlefield situation clearly, he returned to China to hold a conference on recruiting people, and then the Third Corps and the 20th Corps entered the DPRK one after another, and together with the 19th Corps, a total of nine corps and 27 divisions of the 19th Corps, which had just entered the DPRK, as the second unit, and even dispatched an antiaircraft artillery division, a war defense artillery division, and three rocket artillery divisions to build an airfield in Korea and gradually modify the light weapons of the Chinese People's Volunteers.
And the day before they arrived in Ikawa-gun, on April 6, Shiji held an internal meeting to discuss the next battle plan.
The general advocated advancing on all fronts and starting the fifth campaign, while some people believed that rushing to carry out the fifth campaign would only make the enemy blindly retreat, just like in the fourth campaign, as the battle line was lengthened, the logistics and materials could not keep up.
They believe that the front should be narrowed and the joint army should be put to the north, and the volunteer army can take the opportunity to cut it off, divide and encircle, and eliminate it as a formation.
Its combat mode is similar to that of the Battle of Changjin Lake.
At the same time, the new troops were not yet familiar with the situation, and the continuous rapid march caused the soldiers to be fatigued, and it was too hasty to go into battle now.
This style of play is undoubtedly the safest, and the general's style of play is very radical and risky, but at that time, Shiji received a piece of information that the United *** is planning to implement a large-scale landing plan on the east and west coasts, once the landing is successful, and with the large-scale northward advance of the land troops, the scene of the Inchon landing will be staged again on the head of the volunteers.
In the end, the general took a firm stand and counterattacked, and he must fight back!
Half a month after the meeting, the fifth campaign broke out.
The purpose of this war was to destroy several enemy divisions, thwart their landing plans, and regain the initiative on the battlefield.
However, the direction of the fifth campaign was unpredictable and uncontrollable.
Xia Yuan raised his head and looked at the raindrops falling from the outside world, listened to the sound of the rain, and gradually fell into a state of silence.
(End of chapter)