The four trucks were full of medicines, and one truck was loaded with grain, including not only canned lunch, canned breakfast, and canned dinner for the US military, but also squid, rice, seaweed, flour, and kimchi for the Korean army.

In addition to sending troops and medical ships from various countries, Xiaori not only provided medical assistance services, but also supported a lot of food for the U.S. and South Korean troops.

Canned luncheon meat American soldiers want to vomit when they eat it, and it is normal to change the taste.

However, the canned luncheon meat that the American soldiers ate and wanted to vomit was out of reach of the volunteer soldiers, who could only chew wild vegetables to fight the American army.

The wounded in the divisional hospital also had nothing to eat, and the hospital's cooking soldiers used hot water to soak the canned food of the US army over and over again, but they were unwilling to let go of any oil and water, and such oil and water boiled wild vegetables were all delicious.

At this stage, the 180th Division's food supply had already been cut off for several days.

Not even fried noodles and sorghum noodles.

"Immediately send this batch of supplies to the hospital, this batch of supplies is tight, can save the lives of many soldiers, as the war progresses, the number of wounded is increasing, this batch of medicine is used in many places, the hospital food is not enough, these canned food can last a day or two."

Division Commander Zheng immediately arranged for the soldiers of the guard squad to drive away the materials on the truck, turned his head to look at Xia Yuan, and said, "You have made another great contribution, but the account that was withdrawn from the battlefield without authorization has not been settled with you." ”

Xia Yuanhe laughed: "Teacher, the merits and demerits are offset, and the merits and demerits are offset." ”

Master Zheng smiled and said, "You kid, okay, then the merits will be offset." ”

"Yes!"

Xia Yuan immediately saluted, and his expression was a little hesitant.

"What's wrong?"

Master Zheng asked with some curiosity.

"Division commander, that's the case, when I captured this batch of supplies, I touched the position of the foreign devils, and I also touched their rear."

"Huh?"

Master Zheng looked at Xia Yuan with some surprise.

Chief of Staff Wang got out of the car, heard Xia Yuan's words, and said, "Do you have any information about the enemy?" ”

Xia Yuan thought for a moment and said: "Division commander, chief of staff, in fact, it's nothing, the enemy has piled up all his troops to the front line, which has caused a more extreme situation, that is, where there are more troops, there are really more, and where there are fewer troops, there are really few." ”

Chief of Staff Wang and Senior Commander Zheng glanced at each other and understood the meaning of what Xia Yuan said.

Chief of Staff Wang pondered for a moment and said, "The enemy's forces are advancing forward, causing their rear forces to be very empty. ”

Xia Yuan nodded: "It's this reason." ”

"Then I'm a little curious how you managed to get these ten trucks out of the enemy blockade."

On the way back, they chatted as they walked, and Chief of Staff Wang was very curious about how Xia Yuan acted.

"After you go back, tell me in detail about your actions, and when you go this time, do you see the enemy's defenses? Tell me what you see. ”

"Yes!"

Back at the division headquarters, Division Commander Zheng called the confidential secretary, took a pen and a notebook, and began to record Xia Yuan's operation.

Division Commander Zheng and Chief of Staff Wang sat on stools with their ears open.

"The enemy attacked our position, and I couldn't stand it when I saw the position, so I thought about taking them into the enemy-occupied area."

"Entering the enemy-occupied area is a very dangerous operation, not to mention a dozen people, even if you go over, if the enemy discovers it, it may be wiped out, your idea is not right."

Chief of Staff Wang thought for a moment, shook his head and said.

Xia Yuan thought about it and said seriously: "Chief of Staff, you all know this reason, and the enemy must also know it, and it is precisely because the enemy knows that the enemy has concluded that we dare not rush, so we can only hold on." ”

"Do the opposite."

Senior Commander Zheng took out a cigarette, handed it to Chief of Staff Wang, signaled him not to speak, gave Xia Yuan another one, and said, "Go on." ”

"Thank you, Commander."

Xia Yuan was a little flattered and put the cigarette on his mouth, took out a match from his pocket, scratched it and put it in front of his mouth, and took a beautiful puff, which was stronger than the cigarette of a foreign devil, as if it was a liquor of different degrees.

"This kid."

Seeing that Xia Yuan was not restrained at all, Senior Commander Zheng and Chief of Staff Wang smiled.

After receiving the order to defend on the spot for three or five days, a lingering haze hung over the headquarters of the 180th Division, and Xia Yuan took five truckloads of supplies to dispel part of the haze.

"Commander, then I'll continue."

"Say it."

Master Zheng lit a cigarette and clipped it in his hand.

Xia Yuan continued: "As the division commander said, on the contrary, the enemy knew that we would not go, so he naturally relaxed his vigilance, after the reinforcements of the 539th Regiment came, we took a company of the remaining thirteen soldiers, put on the clothes of foreign devils and set off, it was still raining when we left, and the ponchos of foreign devils were draped on their bodies, just like the ghosts in the mountains, they could not be seen, the enemy set up a lot of checkpoints on the road, and there were searchlights of the American army on the mountain. ”

"But this gave us a chance, it was too dark, and it was a rainy night, so when the enemy's searchlight shone through, the road was white, as long as it remained still, the enemy couldn't find it without looking carefully, so we took advantage of the gap between the enemy's searchlights and crossed the road."

"It's as simple as that?"

Master Zheng was a little surprised.

"Division commander, in fact, it is much simpler than what I said, the vigilance of foreign devils is too poor, as long as you don't go to the US military station, more than a dozen people, foreign devils are difficult to find, plus it's raining, visibility is reduced a lot."

After thinking about it, Division Commander Zheng and Chief of Staff Wang thought that the method Xia Yuan said was feasible, more than a dozen soldiers, the target was very small, and the enemy's searchlight was set up on the mountain, although the area of light exposure was increased, in fact, the light shining on the road was already insufficient light source, and it was white, but it was even more difficult to find.

"Go on."

Master Zheng took a puff of cigarette, and the smoke was filled, and he couldn't tell what Master Zheng was thinking.

"In this way, we passed through the defense area of the enemy's front line by road, and the enemy's station was a circular defensive position, and in the second battle, the enemy fought the 1st Marine Division, and the enemy took this kind of circular defensive position, and the enemy also considered that we might take advantage of the rainy night to carry out a sneak attack, so they closed the range of their station, which caused a gap in the joint between the enemy's station and the station."

Xia Yuan said, and couldn't help laughing: "It may be related to the fact that the foreign devil's station was attacked by me a few times ago, which is also possible." ”

"Huh."

Division Commander Zheng and Chief of Staff Wang smiled.

Division Commander Zheng said: "You still know about the second battle, and you even know the defensive posture taken by foreign devils. ”

"When we were resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, the whole country knew that newspapers were even more overwhelming. Xia Yuan was casually confused, and he might not believe it when he said it, but he actually fought the second battle.

Of course, these things can't be shaken out.

It's a secret of its own.

"You can see this from the newspaper, you are also a smart person, why haven't I heard of you in the 180th Division before, it stands to reason that a smart person like you should have already become famous."

Chief of Staff Wang asked curiously.

Such a smart warrior is really rare, but when he was in China, he had fought for such a long time, and he had never heard of Xia Yuan's name.

"Maybe it's been a recent revelation."

Xia Yuan said with a smile.

Chief of Staff Wang and Senior Commander Zheng did not speak.

Xia Yuan staggered this topic and continued: "The wider the joint, the greater our chances, so taking advantage of the moonlight, we passed through, we touched the enemy's rear, and soon found a small road of the enemy, I asked the second platoon commander of our company to keep an eye on the soldiers of a combat group, I took them to continue to touch the back, along the way, I found that the enemy was deployed by American troops on several important heights, and some small hills were without American troops, so I concluded, The rear of the US military must be very empty. ”

"Continuing on, we came to a highway, this highway has a lot of convoys, I originally wanted to take the foreign devil's wire and bury it on the road, blow up the tires of the American army, and then seize a large amount of supplies."

In fact, this was Xia Yuan's original plan, he was not sure to change the situation of the battle with a dozen soldiers, but he was able to lead them to live a good life of guerrillas, specifically harassing their transportation routes in the rear of foreign devils, and casually knocking down a truck, he could seize a large amount of food, ammunition and medicine.

It's just that the plan changed halfway, and he wanted to blow up the enemy's artillery position, but there was another fork in the road halfway.

"Then for me to take them up to a high ground closest to the road, first destroy the enemy's communications, so that they lose contact, only when the enemy's communication is broken, the enemy will believe the fact that we are coming, I asked the instructor to take people to ambush in the direction of the high ground, with the light bulb extinguished as a signal, as long as the lights on the enemy's position are extinguished, they will fire at the enemy's position."

Xia Yuan simply told the division commander and the chief of staff about the plan of the operation, and both of them felt incredible after listening to it.

Destroying the enemy's communications can actually attract long-range artillery fire, in fact, there are instructors with a company of soldiers to pour fuel on fire, so that the enemy mistakenly thinks that the volunteers have occupied the position, especially the appearance of mortars, our army is equipped with a large number of mortars There are not many troops, either important companies, or artillery groups.

Most of the time it was the main force, so as soon as the mortar sounded, the enemy panicked, and Xia Yuan fanned the flames in his ears, and the commander of the US army issued an order to seek long-range artillery support.

"And the most important thing is that these foreign devils are eager to be comfortable."

"What do you mean by that?"

Chief of Staff Wang and Division Commander Zheng looked at each other.

Xia Yuan said with a smile: "The troops of the U.S. Army are strange, similar to the national army, many soldiers who go to the battlefield are not voluntary, when the U.S. soldiers charge, there are superintendents in their rear, as long as they see the U.S. troops who want to turn around and flee, they will shoot them, division commander, chief of staff, do you say that such a force can win the battle?" ”

Division Commander Zheng shook his head and said: "The troops that need to be supervised by the supervision team are the most vulnerable, but unfortunately this period is different from the time when we fought the reactionaries, when we fought the reactionaries, many people did not want to fight us, and they were also pointed at guns in the head, and even at night, many reactionaries touched our positions and surrendered. ”

Chief of Staff Wang said: "It's still good to have the same language, they are all Chinese, and as soon as they talk about it here, the military spirit over there will be shaken." ”

"Yes, so if this American army wants to win the war, it has to rely on their firepower."

Division Commander Zheng smoked a cigarette and said with a smile: "It is worthy of being a hero who fought with the US army on the front line, this observation is very intuitive, but is this different from your plan?" ”

Xia Yuan said: "Division commander, do you know, no one wants to go to the front line, they are all afraid of death, after all, it is different from World War II, the US army fought well in World War II, it was with family hatred and national hatred, now they are invaders, the mentality is different, plus life is getting better and better, many people are greedy for comfort, many soldiers who came to the Korean battlefield were deceived and wanted to finish the war quickly and go home quickly." ”

"After all, after fighting World War II, the United States has suffered many casualties, and now it is fighting aggression, the more greedy people are for life and fear of death, the more likely they are to panic in the face of unexpected situations, plus I am fanning the flames on the side, do you think the commander of this Yankee can make the right choice?"

Xia Yuan said, sighing again, "I just didn't get useful information from foreign devils." ”

Division Commander Zheng and Chief of Staff Wang laughed.

"Smart, adaptable, and seized eleven truckloads of supplies, amazing, when I was your age, I was just an ordinary soldier, but you can use the psychology of the US military to make a fuss, not bad, now there are too few and too few commanders and fighters like you who are good at thinking and adapting, I feel that it is a bit condescending to let you be a company commander."

Senior Commander Zheng was in a good mood, the haze dissipated a lot, and after listening to Xia Yuan's story, he had a new understanding of the company commander of the sharp knife company in front of him.

Able to be literate and martial.

To be reasonable, Division Commander Zheng wanted to keep him at the division headquarters, but such a soldier was obviously more suitable for the front line.

Thinking about it, Division Commander Zheng already had the idea of waiting until the battle was over to promote Xia Yuan to battalion commander.

Suddenly.

Bang bang bang!

A noisy burst of gunfire came from a long distance, followed by a loud burst of gunfire, which was also mixed with the sound of Soviet-made PPS submachine guns of our volunteers, which startled everyone in the division headquarters to stand up, and everyone present heard the gunfire coming from outside.

Xia Yuan reacted faster, and immediately said, "Commander, I'll take a company to take a look." ”

Master Zheng said: "Don't worry, Lao Duan went to see it, he took the guard squad, there is no problem, you must be tired from running around all the way, Xiao Li, you go and take Comrade Xia Yuan, arrange a place for them to rest, let them rest and rest." ”

"Yes!"

An organ cadre on the side responded, "Comrade Xia Yuan, follow me." ”

(End of chapter)