Although the fourth campaign has ended, the offensive of the US army has not stopped, and all units of the front line are still encountering fierce attacks from the enemy.

In the 180th Division, the meeting of cadres at and above the company level ended, and the cadres of each regiment, battalion, and company dispersed one after another, and a herald rushed in.

"Report to Director Wu, Zheng Xiaojun of the propaganda team has returned to the team, he is not missing, he is afraid of the plane, he ran to the anti-aircraft machine gun company, and the company commander Li Kaiming took him in for a few days, he may feel that it is not difficult to stay in the anti-aircraft machine gun company to fight the planes of the American devils."

"Hahahaha......"

After the herald said this, several leaders of the division headquarters laughed.

Although Zheng Xiaojun was a 'deserter' for a while, everyone did not hold him accountable, but added a bit of fun.

Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao came back with a heavy heart, Xia Yuan thought that they would rest here for a few days and wait until the fifth battle began, but they didn't expect the order to fight to be issued soon, and their superiors asked them to arrive at the front line tomorrow with the 180th Division and stick to the central Korean front.

This means that the fifth battle may not be long before it starts.

That night, they did not even take much rest, and the first company followed the 538th Regiment to continue southward, and they had to hold the central front together with the 15th Army, fight positional defensive battles with the enemy, and wait for the outbreak of the fifth battle.

When we set off, it was drizzling hazy.

This is a bad sign.

Xia Yuan looked at the sky, his heart couldn't be calm for a long time, he thought of any way, but found that he couldn't change the fate of the 180th Division in the future no matter what, this is a bloody reality, even if he is now a regiment commander, he can't change the fate of the 180th Division.

If we want to change the fate of the 180th Division, we must first change the command of the 3rd Corps, change the commander of the 180th Division, and change the information that was delayed.

And everything cannot be changed by obtaining information about the enemy's counteroffensive from the enemy's mouth.

The radio station was blown up by the U.S. military, causing a delay in the delivery of orders. The misunderstanding of the commander of the 180th Division made the 180th Division miss the best time to retreat, even if Xia Yuan thought of the telegram that changed the fate of the 180th Division, from the perspective of the present, he would choose to stay, and the people of the future blamed them, but they stood on the perspective of God.

"Xia Yuan, Xia Yuan!"

Xia Yuan raised his head from his thoughts and saw that it was Company Commander Lei calling him, so he hurriedly responded, "Here!"

"What are you thinking, you are thinking so much, what's going on, I see that after you came to North Korea, you began to be absent-minded." Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao walked beside Xia Yuan.

Ma Da said, "Lao Xia, this is homesick."

"Go!"

Xia Yuan glared at Ma Da Man, and said: "Company commander, the logistics transport convoys we encountered along the way have all been bombed by US bombers, and the enemy wants to cut off our logistics supply lines, so that our front-line soldiers do not have enough ammunition and food to fight the next battle, I think, if we can capture some food from the American devils in advance, will it be able to help relieve the pressure on logistics, and if there is surplus food, we can also alleviate the lack of food and ammunition for our brother troops."

Instructor Shao said with a smile: "Otherwise, Xia Yuan is an old comrade, such a future foresight is something that many new comrades do not have, Lao Lei, I think Xia Yuan's idea is good, we must hold our ground, but we can't blindly stick to it, we must be improvised, you also heard the meeting of the division headquarters last night, the fourth battle has ended, we may have to start the fifth battle, if possible, we must also prepare in advance."

Company Commander Lei fell into deep thought, raised his head and said, "The starting point is good, but it's too risky, we haven't really fought with the U.S. army, everything about the enemy is unknown, if the superiors don't give a combat mission, we can't rush to attack."

Instructor Shao said, "Adapt to the situation."

In the light rain, they came to the mission site, on a hillside only three hundred meters high, with a winding road below, which was the deployment area of their first battalion, and the second and third companies were stationed near them.

The brother troops on the high ground have retreated, at the foot of the mountain they met, it is a group of gray-faced troops, many of the soldiers' cotton clothes have been boiled, revealing the scorched black cotton thread on the side of the road, the soldiers' heads and bodies are wrapped with bandages, with a little red bloodstains, some of the wounded can not move, they are retreating from the mountain with the support of two comrades, Xia Yuan swept his eyes, a platoon of two squads of soldiers, half of them are wounded, and there are a few seriously wounded.

Company Commander Lei ordered the troops to halt their advance and salute the fraternal units that had retreated from the front.

When the company commander saw the brother troops who came to meet them, he burst into tears with excitement: "You guys go up, but be careful, the American devils are on the other side of the mountain, and the position may be farther away, but I don't know when they will come and take a bite."

Company Commander Lei held his hand tightly and said, "Don't worry, I will lead them to hold your position, you go down and rest."

Seeing this steel contingent coming down from the front line, some of the new comrades in the company were greatly touched, and Wang Xiaoliang said: "It is they who have helped us hold our ground and help our motherland keep the enemy out."

Liu Tiezhu said: "There are only so many people left in one company, how tragic the battle on the front line is."

Commander Lei said, "No matter how fierce the battle is, no matter whether we will die in the future, we must always remember our mission to the Korean battlefield!"

The soldiers said in unison: "Resist US aggression and aid Korea!" Defend your home and country!"

The high ground was a scorched earth, full of impact points and destroyed fortifications, and there was no vegetation on the surface of the mountain here, not a single tree in sight, only the shattered rocks, which had been drenched in a light rain and gave off a faint smell of earth.

Instructor Shao said, "The soldiers have already entered the tunnel to rest, Lao Lei, you should also go and rest."

Company Commander Lei looked at the position in front of him heavily, and said, "Has the sentry on duty at night been arranged?"

Instructor Shao said, "It's arranged, four concealed posts are arranged, three sentry posts are arranged on the position, and the guards are changed every two hours, starting with one platoon."

Company Commander Lei nodded, tightened his already wet clothes, shivered slightly, and sneezed.

Instructor Shao said, "Hurry up and go in, or you'll catch a cold."

Company Commander Lei nodded, after entering the tunnel, he took off his raincoat, the tunnel was relatively warm, the continuous day and night march made the soldiers not rest much, they were already exhausted, as soon as they came into contact with the warm environment, the soldiers lay on the straw in the tunnel and fell asleep.

Xia Yuan hadn't slept yet, his mental head was not bad, and his endurance skills had greatly improved his physical strength, mental strength, and even willpower, he leaned against the somewhat cold wall, and when he saw Commander Lei coming in, he sat up with his body propped up.

"Sit down and rest, after going to the DPRK, I haven't seen how you have rested, and now that we have finally arrived at the place, we have no other tasks except for the task of changing guards, so we will rest here during this time."

Company Commander Lei said.

Xia Yuan smiled bitterly, how could he be in the mood to sleep, his mind was full of the direction of the 180th Division, the feeling of knowing fate but powerless to change fate was something that no one could understand, he didn't know how to tell Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao that his identity situation was too special.

"I'm not sleepy, company commander, go and rest, you've been worried a lot during this time."

Instructor Shao smiled, "Then sleep together."

Xia Yuan nodded, thought for a while, and said, "Okay, sleep together."

Simply throw away all the thoughts in your head, and instead of thinking so much, it is better to think about how to change the fate of some fighters.

There is also a crucial point that cannot change the fate of the 180th Division, that is, what kind of impact will it have on the future if the fate of the 180th Division is changed, Xia Yuan has thought about it

At that time, the environment in which the 180th Division was located was that the entire line of the Volunteer Army began to shrink and turn into a defensive state, and the position of Cheorwon was on the middle line to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and the position of the 180th Division was also on the east side of the central line in Chuncheon, although the 180th Division was surrounded, but indirectly, the 180th Division helped other troops in the rear relieve a lot of pressure.

At that time, the west side of the 180th Division was the 63rd Army of the 19th Corps, and the 63rd Army was a heroic army in the later Cheorwon Blockade, and when the entire 63rd Army retreated from the front line, there was only one reinforced regiment left, and 20,000 people were sacrificed.

When the 63rd Army retreated, it did not notify the 180th Division, resulting in the western side of the 180th Division being exposed, and the enemy turned its guns and surrounded the 180th Division.

If the 180th Division is allowed to break through, then this enemy will not turn its guns, but the whole army will press the border and go straight to the iron triangle of Cheorwon-Jinhwa-Pyongkang, and those who have learned about the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea should know that this iron triangle is a plain area of Pingchuan, and once the US armored vehicles and tanks enter here, then the entire front line of the Volunteer Army will shrink back several hundred kilometers and shrink to the rear of Pyongyang, which is equivalent to fighting five battles, and the result is to return to the Battle of Unsan.

Similarly, the east flank of the 180th Division was the 179th Division, and they were unable to resist the attack of the US troops, and after retreating, the US troops pursuing them turned their guns and surrounded the east side of the 180th Division, while behind the 180th Division, the puppet 6th Division penetrated through the gap between the 180th Division and the 63rd Army, and went around to the rear of the 180th Division, completely cutting off the retreat of the 180th Division and completing the encirclement of the 180th Division.

If there is no 180th Division, then the puppet Sixth Division can continue to move forward and intersperse, and it may be like a sharp knife, completely cutting the battlefield on the Western Front and the Eastern Front from the middle.

From the perspective of the overall situation, although the 180th Division was surrounded, in order to encircle the 180th Division, the US army also dispatched a large number of troops, which indirectly reduced the intensity of the pursuit on the central front.

Xia Yuan does not have the overall view of a senior general like a general, he just has a vision of God from modern people, and knows the fate of the 180th Division, many people want to change the fate of the 180th Division, Xia Yuan is no exception, but if the fate of the 180th Division is really changed and the 180th Division retreats in advance, then who will hold the defense line of the central front, the American Seventh Division of the US Army, and the puppet Sixth Division of the puppet army can chase the ass of the volunteers in great strides.

Perhaps another division of the Volunteer Army may remain to take on the task of breaking off.

Maybe it could be a different story.

Xia Yuan couldn't predict the future scene.

So, is it still changing?

This is undoubtedly the most painful for Xia Yuan.

At night, he had nightmares again, dreaming that he had returned to Shangganling, dreaming that they had not held their positions, that the American troops had set foot on Shangganling, Van Vleet had succeeded, and in the face of the steel torrent of the American army, the volunteer soldiers formed a wall comparable to the Maginot Line in the plain area with their flesh and blood, and the blood gathered into a river, and there were severed limbs and stumps floating on the surface of the bloody river.

Xia Yuan woke up from his dream covered in sweat, gasped heavily, wiped the sweat on his forehead, untied the opening of the cotton clothes in front of him, and came to the mouth of the pit, where the cold wind outside blew in, and his whole body was transparent.

"Platoon Commander."

It was Wang Xiaoliang who was on guard at the mouth of the tunnel.

Xia Yuan sat on the ground, took out a pack of Daximen from his pocket, and threw one to Wang Xiaoliang: "Do you know how to smoke?"

Wang Xiaoliang took the cigarette and shook his head: "Platoon leader, let me give it a try."

"Try a fart, bring it."

Xia Yuan said a little irritably.

Wang Xiaoliang threw the cigarette butt to Xia Yuan again, Xia Yuan caught it and put it in his mouth, struck a match, and the faint light of the fire was extinguished after two flickers with a cold wind blowing in from the mouth of the tunnel.

"Grass!"

Xia Yuan scolded, and scratched it irritably, this time he covered it with both hands, and then lit the cigarette in his mouth, took a deep breath, the smoke passed through the mouth, entered the lungs, and spit out from the lungs through the nose, Xia Yuan sat on the ground relaxedly, he suddenly understood why people smoked.

Wang Xiaoliang looked at Xia Yuan.

Xia Yuan looked at him while smoking a cigarette and said, "Wang Xiaoliang, how do you feel about being a soldier?"

Wang Xiaoliang said without thinking: "It's very good, it feels like home here, everyone is very nice and motivated."

"Are you afraid of death?"

He smoked a cigarette and asked again.

"I'm afraid of death."

"Then why did you still join the army, when you went abroad, you were asked to stay at home, why didn't you agree?"

"I'm afraid of death, but I'm even more afraid of the American devils coming in."

「...... Then let me ask you a question."

"Platoon commander, you ask."

"If one day you were to sacrifice your own life in exchange for the survival of the whole company, would you be willing?"

There was a brief silence......

"Yes! It's worth it!"

Is it worth it?

(End of chapter)