During the operation, Ma Da saw a 105mm howitzer dragged by the tail of the foreign devil's car, touched the steel helmet above his head, and couldn't help but say: "Lao Xia, do you want to make four howitzers to drag behind, that thing is a good thing, use it well, you don't need to rush to attack the fortifications, one shot over, not to mention that it is piled with sandbags, even the reinforced concrete ones have to be blown up." ”

Xia Yuan smoked a cigarette and said calmly: "No, that thing affects our speed." ”

Dragged the gasoline drum to the devil's weapons and ammunition, Chen Lie and Liu Tiezhu hurriedly ran over, and when they heard the conversation between the two, Liu Tiezhu said: "Platoon commander, don't do artillery, do you want to get some machine guns?" ”

Chen Lie was also thinking, "I think it's okay to engage in machine guns, Liu Tiezhu and I have seen a lot of machine guns of foreign devils." ”

"Shhhhh

Xia Yuan squinted, quickly pulled the three of them to hide, and saw a group of foreign devils walking by from a distance, and they only came out when the foreign devils walked away.

"The machine gun is not good, it is not easy to fix."

Xia Yuan refused again, light and heavy machine guns are useful when they block attacks, but now the 80th Division is about to be surrounded by the enemy, and that thing is regarded as a treasure by many volunteers, just like a cannon, it is large in size, and it is a burden when retreating, dragging down the speed of the march, and it is reluctant to lose it, so it is useful at critical times, and it is a burden at other times.

Besides, if you want so many machine guns, you have to have bullets, and a cart of bullets is a drop in the bucket, just use some light and heavy machine guns, and it really doesn't have much effect to ask for so many.

Xia Yuan's purpose was only ammunition, food, and medicine, and by the way, he would blow up the station of the American devils.

"Alright, keep moving, and set off a fireworks for the American devils tonight."

Xia Yuan threw the cigarette butt on the ground, extinguished it with his foot, looked up at the searchlight on the shelf in the distance, and already had a plan in his heart.

The U.S. military garrison is very large, and with the strength of the four of them, it is obviously an unlikely thing to want to blow up all the U.S. military garrisons, and the only thing that can be done is to blow up some of the American devils' supplies, food and medicine, and that thing won't blow up much after it explodes, and what he wants to blow up are the American devils' shells, weapons and ammunition.

Isn't this thing better than bombing the food and medicine of the American devils after it explodes?

Just as they were moving, a telegram from the military headquarters was also transmitting.

It's just that this telegram was not delivered smoothly, that is, when they were moving, the 180th Division headquarters received this order.

After seeing this telegram, Deputy Division Commander Duan said excitedly: "Great, the order to retreat has finally been issued, and the 180th Division can finally move and rest for a while. ”

Chief of Staff Wang also said: "It's night, but fortunately, the troops are not in a state of exchange of fire with the US troops, and it is easy to withdraw." ”

After speaking, Chief of Staff Wang rubbed his hands, with an unconcealable excitement on his face, these days, the soldiers were still resolutely carrying out their tasks from the beginning of not having enough to eat until the end of the food, everyone in the division headquarters saw it in their eyes and felt pain in their hearts, and now, the order from the superiors to transfer the 180th Division has finally come down.

This kind of expectation, for many days, everyone has been pressed in the bottom of their hearts, and now, the division headquarters is boiling, everyone is relieved, and the 180th Division can finally rest and rest.

Senior Commander Zheng finally showed a smile on his face, this expression was so relaxed, he handed Chief of Staff Wang a cigarette, lit one himself, and exhaled slightly.

For two days, his mood was like condensing into a rock, hard and cold, waiting to burst at any time, waiting for that last moment of desperate death. However, no one in the division headquarters could see that he was hiding deeply.

The two cigarettes burned much slower than the previous two days, and the smoking posture was much more relaxed, which seemed very leisurely.

Chief of Staff Wang and Director Wu were also preparing for a game of chess, relaxing and relaxing, they took out the chess pieces and placed them in a sparse manner.

Gently spitting out a string of smoke rings, Master Zheng looked at the platter that had already set up the chess pieces and began to fight, pondering.

After resting and replenishing, and fighting again, comrades will definitely have better results.

The interpreter also sat on the stool in a relaxed posture, and his spirit relaxed, which had been tense for several days. Radio correspondent Xiao Yin yawned, stretched, and wanted to stretch again, but suddenly, the radio station's transcription signal light turned on.

After the translator Zhao Guobang saw it next to him, he pulled Xiao Yin, Xiao Yin's second lazy waist was only half extended, and he immediately retracted it, put on headphones and began to copy the code.

This time, the content of the message was not much, it was very brief, and the translator Zhao Guobang took the code and began to translate, and then handed it to Master Zheng.

"Division commander, the military headquarters has an order!"

Division Commander Zheng took off his cigarette and stepped forward to take a look, the expression on his face instantly froze, and the message was very brief: "Order the 180th Division to defend on the spot!" Stop the enemy from attacking north. ”

The atmosphere that had just been relaxed immediately became tense.

With the announcement of the end of the second phase of the Fifth Campaign at 2 p.m., Shiji ordered each corps to leave one corps to resist in the retreat and cover the retreat of the main force.

Before the war, the 179th and 181st Divisions of the 60th Army were transferred to the 15th Army and the 12th Army, but at this time, the 179th and 181st Divisions of the 60th Army were still on the way to be rebuilt, and had not yet arrived at the 60th Army, and the 60th Army had only one 180th Division in its hands.

Naturally, the task of blocking the enemy's northern attack fell on the head of the 180th Division.

In accordance with Li Qiwei's deployment, the United Nations Army, which had not yet shifted the main force of the Chinese and North Korean armies, took advantage of the weakness of the supply difficulties of the Chinese Volunteers, concentrated the strength of 13 divisions of four armies, led by a "task force" composed of motorized infantry, tanks, and artillery, and supported by a large number of aviation units and long-range artillery fire.

Almond commanded the U.S. Tenth Army to move eastward, in an attempt to cut off the 180th Division from the Eastern Front. The puppet 6th Division began to penetrate the rear of the Volunteer Army along the huge gap between the 180th Division's defense line and the 63rd Army's defense line.

At this moment, all the pressure was concentrated on the 180th Division.

Because the 180th Division not only had to face the puppet Sixth Division interspersed in the west, but also the US Tenth Army attacking in the east.

As well as the US 7th Division and the 1st Marine Division in front of them!

Deputy Division Commander Duan pushed aside the box of chess pieces he had just brought over, unfolded the map on the table, and Division Commander Zheng, Chief of Staff Wang, and Director Wu stood in front of the map to observe, and the four of them were all thinking, and no one squeaked.

This order is undoubtedly the most fatal for the 180th Division at this stage.

However, they also knew that the sudden change of the originally established retreat order into an order to block the attack on the spot must have been made by the military headquarters as a last resort, and that only the 180th Division was closest to the enemy among the three divisions at present, and it was only appropriate for the 180th Division to block the attack.

However, at this stage, the 180th Division is short of food, ammunition, medical care, and food, and the number of wounded is increasing day by day. And what to rely on to complete the order of the invincible northern attacker.

Division Commander Zheng was in danger, and once again adjusted the mentality of fighting to the death with the enemy, his eyes became sharp, and he pointed to the map: "On the south bank of the Han River, let three regiments form three lines of defense to resist the enemy's attack!" ”

Chief of Staff Wang was worried: "According to the intelligence from the scouts, the number of enemies we are facing is very large, and the three lines of defense are estimated to be impossible. ”

Master Zheng didn't speak, staring at the message in his hand: ...... Defend in place ...... Prevent the enemy from attacking north...... On the spot...... When the military subordinates give such an order, I am afraid that it is already urgent, and the situation is even more complicated.

Thinking of this, Division Commander Zheng's eyes were sharp, and he no longer hesitated, and said categorically: "It's decided, set up three lines of defense, so that the enemy will be blocked for a longer time, and then convey to the regiments and let them quickly transfer the wounded to the rear, these tasks are done, and they will immediately enter the battle!" Fast! ”

The frontal enemy of the 180th Division is the US Seventh Division entrenched in Yuanfeng to the temple, and the US First Marine Division is located in Shanghuaxi and Sifangyu.

The 180th Division pointed out that after the meeting, it was decided that in order to accomplish the task of blocking the enemy's northward attack, the division adjusted its deployment, and the main force moved eastward, and determined the position as three lines of defense.

The first mandarin peak, Jiuluan Mountain, and Tongguli.

The second new store, Banyi Cave, and Dharma House.

The third road is Zhengping Mountain, Cave Cave, and Hanzhi Valley.

The three lines of defense were spread out to the enemy south of the Han River, and the troops were still on the front line, and Division Commander Zheng immediately ordered: "Stop the attack on the enemy and withdraw quickly!" ”

These days included the 538th Regiment, which needed to retreat backwards and take charge of the 368.9 heights northeast of Jiuluan Mountain, 148 Heights, and Tadong Northeast.

After receiving the order from the division headquarters, the first battalion and one company of the 538th Regiment were still performing their tasks.

Battalion Commander Li looked at the order given by his superiors and walked quickly to the map, his brows furrowed.

Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao hurriedly walked in.

Battalion Commander Li raised his head and said, "You are here, the division headquarters ordered my first battalion to stick to Jiuluan Mountain, Heights 148 and Heights 368.9 northeast of Tadong, which are more than 40 kilometers away from us, and we need to march here urgently." ”

Company Commander Lei stared at the map with a solemn gaze: "Battalion commander, Xia Yuan, they are still on a mission." ”

Battalion Commander Li nodded: "I know, that's why I called you over, the division headquarters ordered that it could not be delayed, I decided to take the first battalion to Jiuluan Mountain, and you stayed in the company to break the rear, and then picked them up, and after receiving them, quickly went to Jiuluan Mountain." ”

Instructor Shao thought for a while, nodded and said: "Old Lei, this is also a good way, if Xia Yuan and they can complete the task in advance, we are still in time, I am afraid that they will not be able to complete the task in advance!" ”

Lei Lian Chang's brows furrowed, he was also worried about this problem, if Xia Yuan and the others couldn't come back in time, Yilian would be delayed here.

After thinking about it, he felt that this was not a problem, and no matter how difficult the problem was, he needed to work hard to overcome it.

Company Commander Lei raised his head and said, "Battalion commander, hand over the task to us, early tomorrow morning, we will ensure that we will arrive at Jiuluan Mountain on time." ”

Jiuluanshan and Tongguli were the places where they had previously carried out their missions, and now they have become the first line of defense south of the Han River, and they have to face the US 7th Division and the 1st Marine Division, and this is an enemy several times higher than the 180th Division, and it is completely unknown whether they can hold their positions.

Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao had no better way, the battalion headquarters had to complete the orders issued by the division headquarters, which was related to being able to successfully complete the task of blocking the enemy's northern attack, and Xia Yuan and the others were still on the way to complete the task, and they were in a dilemma for a while, and they could only let the first company stay to pick up a few people who went to complete the task.

Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao left quickly and headed for the first company's station.

On the way, Company Commander Lei looked at the black clouds that covered the night sky and said, "It's going to rain." ”

Instructor Shao felt that the air was a little dignified, and nodded: "I don't know how Xia Yuan and the others are doing, but I didn't expect that at this time, the task of retreating to the rear was issued, which means that the corps' battle against the enemy is very likely to be over." ”

Company Commander Lei nodded, and only this reason can be justified, the 180th Division is launching a fierce attack on the frontal enemy in accordance with the orders of the corps, and the withdrawal of the team at this juncture is obviously the end of the second phase of the fifth campaign.

"Let's go, go back and have a look, we also have to prepare, after picking up Xia Yuan and them, retreat quickly."

"Well, I hope it doesn't rain too much."

Black clouds crush the city.

North of North Korea, rain poured down on the earth, moistening the scorched land from the shells, and the water level of the Han River began to rise slowly.

The 180th Division remained south of the Han River and deployed three lines of defense to block the enemy's northward attack and buy time for the corps to move.

To the north, there was the 63rd Army, which fought in a coordinated defensive operation. To the east, there were the retreating three corps, and the 179th Division might remain on their east side for defense.

The 180th Division was not fighting alone, and the division commanders were determined to stop the enemy attacking from the north and stop the enemy south of the Han River.

The enemy station, not knowing that the corps had been given the task of retreating, several people were nervously preparing a plan to blow up the enemy's guns and ammunition, and they put gasoline cans next to the enemy's piled up supplies, which was a bit bold to do, and once discovered by the enemy, the consequences would be unimaginable.

In fact, Xia Yuan didn't have a very good plan, there were a lot of enemies, and they could only do it with the help of camouflage, and every time there was no danger.

They were divided into two groups, Xia Yuan and Ma Da in one group, and Chen Lie and Liu Tiezhu in one group, so that the speed would be faster.

"The oil barrels are connected, and once they explode, there will be a chain reaction, not to mention blowing up all the enemy's supplies, blowing up a small half of the guns and ammunition, and our task will be completed."

Xia Yuan wanted to blow up the enemy's station, but that was obviously unlikely, the enemy stationed was not a company, but a regiment, thousands of people, the station was so large that it occupied the entire ravine, he could only complete a small part of the blasting task, and it was almost impossible to bomb the battalion.

Ma Da grabbed a gasoline can, and with great difficulty moved it to the side of the materials piled up by the foreign devils, looking at the truck next to the supplies, grinning.

"If this explodes, it must not be connected to the enemy's truck!"

"It's beautiful to think about, it's a little difficult, there are too many devils' cars, one or two are too few to bomb, but they can't blow up too much."

Xia Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead, smeared a handful of dust, and it was dirty.