Outside the tent stood two guards wearing steel helmets, and unlike the other American soldiers, both of them wore an armband on their left arm, which was supposed to be a special guard for the general.

"Get out of the way, I have something important to report to the general!"

"No! You can't go in there! ”

"Get out of the way!"

At this time, someone was arguing at the door, and the noise was very loud, Almond frowned, put down the newspaper in his hand, opened the tent curtain, and asked, "What's the matter!" ”

When the guards saw Almond coming out, they gave a standard American military salute and said, "General, the two of them have to come in, and if I don't let them in, they want to break in!" ”

Almond looked at the two men, nodded slightly, and asked, "You are"

One of them immediately saluted and said, "Your Excellency, General, I am a battalion commander of the 1st Marine Division, my name is Luoer, and he is the commander of my B Company. ”

Almond felt a little strange: "If there is anything, I can report it to your division commander." ”

Major Rohr's expression was a little embarrassed, and he said, "Uh, General, our division commander Mr. is sleeping, and he doesn't like to be disturbed while he is sleeping. ”

Almond's face showed anger, he was angry that the commander of the 1st Marine Division was asleep at the most critical time of the current battle, and then in order to show his cultivation, he changed the angry expression on his face again, and showed a peaceful expression: "You two come in." ”

The two happily followed Almond into the tent, and the commander of Major Rohr's B Company rolled his eyes at the guards at the door as he entered the tent.

Almond found them two chairs to put down, motioned for them to sit down, and said, "Young Major, what do you want to drink?" ”

Major Rohr sat on his stool, looking a little reserved, "No, General, thank you." ”

Almond patted his head, walked over to the chaise longue at the table, and said, "I'm sorry, young major, I forgot your name again. ”

Major Rohr responded: "General, my name is Rohr. ”

Almond nodded, took a sip of the cold water glass on the table, and said, "Well, Major Rohr, you came here so late today, do you have anything to do with me?" ”

Major Luo Er immediately straightened up and said: "This B company commander caught a Chinese soldier when he was attacking today, and this prisoner gave their unit number, and I realized that we have been fighting with a regiment under this division for the past few days, and I can conclude that they have no reinforcements at all, and they are left alone." ”

Almond listened attentively, nodding his head from time to time, hearing that the other party had obtained such important information, and hurriedly asked, "Where is this captive?" ”

"Later I asked him to take off his clothes for examination, and he resisted, with a bayonet hidden in his clothes, stabbed both of us, and then committed suicide," said Major Rohr. ”

Almond felt a little pity and said, "Your men are very brave, continue." ”

Major Rohr told Almond: "Well, the number of this Chinese army is the 180th Division. ”

Almond seemed to have thought of something, and immediately walked over to a large map hanging on the wall, and the eagle-eyed eyes were glued to the map, looking for something in the dense lines of friend and foe.

Seeing this, Major Rohr and the commander of Company B also stood up after him.

Almond stared at the map hanging on the wall for a long time, then turned to the two of them and said, "Major Rohr, your reaction today is very timely, you can come to me if you have something in the future, they won't stop you again, you two sit down and tell me about the situation in your battalion." ”

Major Rohr showed a hint of joy on his face, sat down and said: "Your Excellency, our battalion has suffered a lot of casualties today, the Chinese's resistance is very stubborn, seven days must be up, I believe that this stubborn resistance will not last long, they do this, it is just a battle of trapped beasts." ”

Almond listened to Major Rohr's words and called the guards: "Borrow a bowl of hot water again." ”

"Yes."

The guards lifted the curtain and turned to leave.

Seeing this, Major Rohr got up and said, "Your Excellency General, it's not too early, I have to go back and take a look, if there is anything in the future, I will come to you again, you rest early, let's go first." ”

Almond was about to keep the two of them, but when he opened his mouth to stop them, they had already stepped out of the tent.

He stood there for two minutes, thought about a lot of things, lifted the curtain and said to the guards: "Go and call the commander of the 1st Marine Division, I have something to discuss with him." ”

These days, Almond has been following the deployment of Li Qiwei from the upper peak, advancing little by little, like a silkworm chrysalis, gradually eating away the 'mulberry leaves' of the volunteer army. However, he still knew little about the situation of the Volunteer Army, that is, the feeling of crossing the river by feeling the stones, and the fog ahead, even if he had tried his best to order the troops to collect the opposing army, he only knew that their enemy was the Sixty Army.

The strength of the Sixty Army should not be underestimated, which is why Ridgway formulated this plan. And now, they have a clear grasp that the enemy in front of them is not the 60th Army, but only a division under the 60th Army, which makes him feel a little bit of a spectrum.

Almond pulled down the two small flags on the map and planted them in front of him, which were the 1st Marine Division and the 7th U.S. Division under his 10th Army.

Almond's plan was also very simple, closing the distance of engagement. Now that he knows the enemy's distance strength, it is only a division of the Chinese army that is fighting against him, and he has in his hands the strength of two entire ace divisions.

Almond's impulsive design was to encircle and annihilate the Chinese army.

From the beginning of the Chinese army's entry into the Korean war to the present, there has been no example of destroying an entire division of the Chinese army, and if this time can be successful, then he and his 10th Army will be famous all over the world, and at the same time, they will be ashamed of the defeat in the last battle. The last defeat refers to the second battle, which was defeated by the Ninth Corps of the Volunteer Army, which also included his Feist contingent.

"General, your hot water."

The guard walked in and respectfully placed hot water on the table.

Almond waved his hand, his face showing confidence, he thought it was a rare opportunity from God to make him feel ashamed. Almond thought to himself, how can the strength of a division withstand our army, not to mention that there are 50,000 people in the friendly neighbors to fight together, this battle, he is bound to win!

The hazy sound of the cannon woke up Instructor Shao, sat up in a cold sweat, looked around, the snoring shook the sky, Xia Yuan and they all slept very deeply, it was rare to have such a chance to rest, and the surroundings were very safe, so naturally they had to rest well.

Instructor Shao listened to the sound of the cannon in the distance, he was restless, he couldn't sleep, he got up and wanted to go out for a walk, turned around and saw that Xia Yuan didn't know when he woke up, and just about to speak, Xia Yuan made a silent gesture to him, put on his shoes, he came to Instructor Shao's side, and said in a low voice: "Can't sleep?" Instructor, I'll walk around with you. ”

Away from the place where everyone was resting, Xia Yuan took out a cigarette from his arms, handed it to Instructor Shao, lit one himself, listened to the sound of the cannon spreading from afar, swallowed the smoke, and said, "Instructor, don't worry too much, the current situation is not as bad as imagined." ”

Instructor Shao lit a cigarette, turned his head to stare at Xia Yuan, and said, "Old Xia, I have always wondered how you have changed so much from before. ”

Xia Yuan smoked a cigarette and said vaguely: "It may be that he suddenly opened his mind when he arrived on the Korean battlefield." ”

Instructor Shao was reluctant to do such a mysterious thing, but Xia Yuan's arrival on the Korean battlefield was very different from before, which made even if he didn't believe in this kind of sudden enlightenment, Instructor Shao had to believe that there might really be people in the world who suddenly opened their minds.

Smoking a cigarette, his thoughts were a little bored, and the artillery fire in the distance was particularly fierce, and the enemy's offensive did not diminish with the fall of night, but rather had a feeling of intensification.

Instructor Shao was a little puzzled: "Tonight's foreign devils are different from before. ”

Xia Yuan nodded and said, "It may be that the enemy has discovered that our strength is different from what they actually imagined. ”

In fact, the US troops will really attack the position of the 180th Division on a large scale tomorrow morning, including the departure of Newman's sharp troops, and the US troops will begin to press the territory on a large scale, that is, at the same time, the last retreat road of the 180th Division will be blocked by the enemy, and the US 24th Division will also form the last barrier tomorrow, so that the US 7th Division, the 1st Marine Division, the puppet 6th Division, and the US 24th Division have completed the encirclement of the 180th Division.

As of now, the fighting on the front line has not stopped, and Xia Yuan has no way to change the situation faced by the 180th Division, even if he is standing in God's vision.

The pungency of the cigarette dispels the boredom in the heart.

The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth.

This is an immutable law since ancient times, I only need to work hard in this direction, the 180th Division will follow the original trajectory, and there should be no problem in breaking through the enemy's position, Xia Yuan thought to himself, and the voice of Instructor Shao sounded in his ears: "Division commander!" ”

Xia Yuan turned his head and walked towards a few people, all of whom were the leaders he saw at the division headquarters, and hurriedly put on a correct posture to pinch out the cigarettes in their hands, he still had great respect for these revolutionary predecessors, especially these commanders, who were able to face such a predicament in such an era and defeat an enemy that was almost impossible to defeat, which was incomparably great.

"Don't lose it, don't lose it, it's a pity to lose it."

Master Zheng hurriedly stopped him, but Xia Yuan's reaction speed was too fast, and when Instructor Shao spoke, he had already reacted, and the cigarette was thrown on the ground, but he saw Master Zheng pick up the cigarette again, looked at it, and said, "This was captured from the Yankees." ”

Xia Yuan nodded: "There are a lot of such cigarettes in the cans of American devils, and there are also a lot of them on their corpses, American devils don't carry food to fight, but they will carry cigarettes to fight." ”

Deputy Division Commander Duan said: "This Yankee is so cautious, they have long had the idea of dealing with us like this, so that our soldiers will not be able to seize food from them." ”

Chief of Staff Wang and Director Wu, who followed behind them, nodded thoughtfully, according to the news transmitted on the battlefield, they had long mastered this characteristic of the US military, but they were helpless.

Deputy Division Commander Duan asked again: "So this is the reason why you kid dares to touch the Yankee position, it's better than me back then, I hit a little devil, the firepower of the little devil is not comparable to the Yankees, this Yankee is much more fierce than the little devils back then." ”

Xia Yuan said: "When I was still a platoon commander, Company Commander Lei led us to fight, and the soldiers couldn't eat enough, so they ate wild vegetables, no ammunition, and had to touch foreign devils, so I thought about how to capture some food, so I hit the devils with my idea." ”

Chief of Staff Wang sighed, "This is the idea of 'no guns, no artillery, the enemy made for us' to the end." ”

Division Commander Zheng said: "But not everyone is like Comrade Xia Yuan, who can carry the supplies of the US military to highlight the danger every time. ”

The crowd nodded.

This kind of thing is easy to say, but it is not easy to really realize it at all, they have an ace division of the US army in front of them, tens of thousands of troops, single-handedly going in to grab supplies, it is completely an act of looking for death, no one will think of going to the position of foreign devils to get supplies. But Xia Yuan thought of it, he not only thought of it, but also did it, drove more than a dozen trucks of supplies back safely, and even borrowed a knife to kill people and wiped out a company of American troops.

Xia Yuan smiled 'honestly', he also completely stood on God's point of view, the U.S. military during the period of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea did a lot of unbelievable things, and it was normal to bombard their own people.

It may be that for Division Commander Zheng, the behavior of the US military is an incredible behavior, but looking at the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea, there is more than one incredible behavior of the US military, including the Turkish brigade that attacked friendly forces.

Xia Yuan looked at Senior Commander Zheng and them with some curiosity, and asked, "Senior Commander, why are you here?" ”

Isn't it looking for me? Xia Yuan felt more or less flattered.

Division Commander Zheng, Deputy Division Commander Duan, Chief of Staff Wang, and Director Wu discussed for more than an hour, and on the basis of the original combat plan, they came up with several methods that were not painful, but it was impossible to say that they could influence the direction of the war.

This is the absolute gap, and no amount of good strategy can make up for it.

Division Commander Zheng thought of Xia Yuan, and he couldn't think of a good way at the moment, so it was better to go around and take a look at this hero who came down from the battlefield by the way, he has a very thorough understanding of the battlefield, maybe come and ask, there will be unexpected effects.

The power of the masses is strong, and since they can't think of it, maybe they can ask others.

It is no accident that Xia Yuan can think of him, this kid's performance on the battlefield is really eye-catching, it can be said that without him, there may be many wounded to sacrifice,

(End of chapter)