"Please rest assured, my Xia Yuan has made a military order here, and I will definitely block the footsteps of the US 24th Division and block it from the City God Hall!"

Xia Yuan's eyes were firm, and he cheered up.

Master Zheng lit a cigarette and asked, "Who else can do this besides you?" ”

Xia Yuan thought about it and shook his head.

Deputy Division Commander Duan said: "Xia Yuan has a lot of experience in operating behind enemy lines, and he is also the most suitable to lead the company to intersperse behind enemy lines, and even drive out more than a dozen truckloads of supplies from the enemy's station. ”

Everyone thought about it, it was really like this, just the seizure of a large amount of materials from the US military was not something that ordinary people could do.

If you were someone else, you really wouldn't be able to take a dozen people like Xia Yuan to touch the foreign devil's station, and drive out the truck full of supplies.

After thinking about it, there were few such company commanders in the division.

"Then this matter will be handed over to Xia Yuan to do, do you have any objections?" Master Zheng was holding a cigarette, and the smoke that slowly rose floated in front of him, and he couldn't see his eyes.

Everyone nodded, without any objections.

Master Zheng looked at Xia Yuan again and asked, "When are you going to act?" ”

Xia Yuan glanced at the time and said: "Just tonight, the sooner the better, tonight we have to cross the Han River, if you can't cross the river during the day, you will be discovered by US military planes." The riverside ferry may already have stickers or American troops. ”

"Time is of the essence, so it is decided." Division Commander Zheng nodded, and asked Chief of Staff Wang again: "Whose company is the closest company to the division headquarters?" ”

Chief of Staff Wang said: "The closest company to the division headquarters is the 8th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 539th Regiment, but there is still a certain distance from the division headquarters, and it will be two hours later at the latest. ”

Master Zheng muttered: "Two hours." ”

Xia Yuan's eyes moved slightly, and he said: "Division Commander, it's too late for two hours, we have to cross the river, and then arrive on the Qingpingchuan Highway in the shortest possible time, two hours is too late." ”

"Then don't transfer the troops here, if the 540th Regiment is not still in the north of the Han River, let the 540th Regiment send a company to cooperate with Xia Yuan's operation."

Deputy Division Commander Duan gave an idea, and the big guys listened to it and unanimously agreed.

Chief of Staff Wang said, "Let the preparations for the city god hall be connected." ”

Master Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "Call the commander of the 540 Regiment, tell him about this matter, and notify the preparatory company of the City God Hall to cooperate with Xia Yuan's action at any time." ”

"Yes!"

That was the end of the meeting.

The fate of the 180th Division has not been changed, but the opportunity to change the fate of the 180th Division has been in the hands of Xia Yuan, and the main reason why the 180th Division was finally besieged was that the US 24th Division completely blocked the road for the 180th Division to retreat, resulting in the 180th Division being unable to retreat through the retreat hole and unable to retreat through Eagle Peak.

When he came to the entrance of the division department, before Xia Yuan left, he said to the division commander: "Division commander, you still have to contact the army commander, Yingfeng is related to the safety of the 180th Division, and a force must be sent to be responsible for receiving it at the foot of Yingfeng Mountain." ”

Master Zheng asked him, "Aren't you too sure?" ”

Xia Yuan shook his head: "Division commander, I have made a military order, I will try my best to prevent the US 24th Division from going north, but the battlefield is not only the US 24th Division, once the US 24th Division begins to outflank the rear of the 180th Division, it means that the enemy chose the 180th Division and gave up the opportunity to go north, the road from Chenghuangtang to the retreat hole is open, it is a huge gap, even if I block the US 24th Division, but there are also the US 7th Division, the pseudo 6th Division and the 1st Marine Division, not to mention these three divisions, The enemy also has a pseudo-second division that can be mobilized. ”

Senior Commander Zheng's eyes moved slightly, and he immediately thought of the key to it, and said, "Are you worried that even if you stop the 24th Division of the United States, these divisions may continue to dispatch?" ”

Xia Yuan nodded and said: "That's right, now all our troops are retreating northward, the U.S. army is unimpeded all the way, they can deploy troops at any time to deal with us, if the U.S. 24th Division stagnates, the pseudo-6th Division can also continue to go north to assist the U.S. 24th Division to continue to attack north, besides, the 1st Marine Division is attacking Chunchuan from our left flank, I estimate that Chunchuan will not last long." ”

Division Commander Zheng said: "According to the news from the scouts, although the 179th Division in the direction of Chuncheon has retreated, they have retreated to the periphery of Chuncheon and are deploying on the periphery of Chuncheon. ”

Xia Yuan smiled bitterly: "What I'm worried about is that the 179th Division won't be able to hold out at that time, just like the 63rd Army." ”

Division Commander Zheng may not have known another reason for the retreat of the 63rd Army. The most critical reason for the retreat of the 63rd Army was that its flanks were exposed, which caused the 63rd Army to be attacked on three sides and had to abandon its position and retreat to the rear.

In fact, the confrontation between the enemy and us in the 38th parallel in the entire fifth battle was like black and white side by side in a straight line, from the west to the east, at the end of the second campaign, our army was unable to organize a more fierce attack, and retreat was inevitable, the white son in the north was the first to retreat, and as soon as the white son in the north retreated, the black son advanced, and then it was able to threaten the white son on the other side.

As a result, the entire line of defense of the Volunteer Army fell like dominoes. The 60th Army on the left flank of the 63rd Army was originally a defensive line deployed by three divisions, but in the second stage, Zhiji intensified the attack on the five divisions of the Korean Army in the east, and transferred the 179th Division and the 181st Division of the 60th Army to the east to reinforce the 12th Army and the 15th Army, resulting in the 180th Division remaining in the defense line that was originally deployed by three divisions.

The 180th Division could not cover the entire position even if the three regiments were laid out, which led to the widening of the gap between the 180th Division and the 63rd Army, and the puppet 6th Division took advantage of the weakness to penetrate from the position of the junction to the depths, and the left flank of the 63rd Army was exposed.

As soon as the right flank of the 60 th Army withdrew, the enemy facing the right flank advanced northward, and then threatened the right flank of the 63 rd Army.

For various reasons, the retreat of the 63rd Army was inevitable.

Master Zheng didn't hear Xia Yuan's voice, he was thinking about whether the 179th Division was as Xia Yuan had guessed.

Although the 60th Army and the US Army fought for the first time, the 60th Army was also a trump card in China, and it had fought devils, reactionaries, bandits, agriculture, and hometowns, and was almost omnipotent, and he was still very confident in the 179th Division.

Looking at Division Commander Zheng's expression, Xia Yuan scratched his head, and he didn't know how to explain to Division Commander Zheng that tomorrow the US army will really turn on the offensive, almost a frantic attack on the position of the Volunteer Army, and the enemy in front of the 180th Division, the US 7th Division, has a unit interspersed with the rear, and the US 7th Division's attack will not be the same as that of the 1st Marine Division.

However, the 179th Division faced an ace division of the 1st Marine Division, and the ace division that attacked on a large scale could not be resisted by the 179th Division, and the speed at which Chuncheon fell was very fast.

Xia Yuan felt that he should not tell the division commander about this matter, the fall of the 179th Division was only to block the route of the 180th Division's retreat from Chunchuan, but Chunchuan was not a good retreat route, and the retreat from Chunchuan was a retreat to the eastern front, and at this time, all the corps of the Volunteer Army were moving closer to the position of the Golden Triangle, and Tieyuan in the Golden Triangle had hoarded a large number of supplies, and the retreat to the central part was also to replenish supplies and rest temporarily.

However, when retreating to the east, it was still necessary to take a detour to the west, the route was too far, and the 180th Division was still fighting tenaciously for three days without food, and the soldiers were tired and dizzy, and many soldiers suffered from night blindness because of malnutrition, and they could not see it in the daytime. Not to mention that if you are engaged in long-distance movement operations, you may not need to be killed by the enemy, and you will be exhausted to death first.

After saying goodbye to the division commander, Xia Yuan immediately went to the station of the first company, and he wanted to tell Instructor Shao about this matter.

Instructor Shao sat on the bed smoking a cigarette, and when he saw Xia Yuan coming, he quickly got up to inquire about the situation.

Ma Da, Lao Yang, Chen Lie, and Tan Zhanbiao also woke up and followed Instructor Shao to catch up.

"Company commander, what's going on? What did the division commander ask you? Lao Yang hurriedly asked.

"We're going to pull out!"

Xia Yuan muttered.

Everyone was shocked, and they started again, this is not just the division headquarters, they haven't rested yet.

However, they didn't ask again this time, only to see Instructor Shao nodding at Xia Yuan, all this was self-evident, the big guy quickly ran to the shed to pack up his weapons and equipment, and immediately ran out after packing up his weapons and equipment, and the eleven soldiers were assembled.

Ma Da Zhuang, Chen Lie, Lao Yang, Tan Zhanbiao, Liu Tiezhu, Sun Changgui, Wang Xiaoliang, Lu Guangnan, the leader of the cooking squad, Zhao Songming, a soldier of the cooking squad, Fu Weiquan and Si Jize of the machine gun company.

The soldiers of the cooking squad are basically sacrificed, and the backbone of the first company is still preserved, and they are all people with great lives, but they also know in their hearts that their people are still together, and they may be separated by yin and yang tomorrow, they know better than anyone else, but they seem very calm.

Not long after the assembly, Division Commander Zheng and the soldiers of the reconnaissance squad found them, "This is some dry food that our comrades have gotten, and you can take it to eat on the road." ”

Xia Yuan glanced at it and said, "Division Commander and Deputy Division Commander Duan haven't eaten canned food for a long time, right?" ”

Master Zheng smiled: "You still think about us, it's good to have this heart, we are not hungry, unlike you, we don't waste much physical strength when we sit and lie down, you still have to cross the river, and you have to hurry, how can you do it if you don't eat enough." ”

Xia Yuan shook his head: "Division commander, I know the situation at the division headquarters, a truckload of supplies can't help much, many wounded people need nutrition, they need these foods more than us, the division commander give them these food." ”

"Let you take it." Master Zheng said: "These foods are all given to you by everyone, and your task is much more difficult than ours. ”

"Division Commander, everyone is Deputy Division Commander Duan, and these rations are also saved by Deputy Division Commander Duan."

Master Zheng didn't speak.

Xia Yuan understood in his heart and said, "Commander, let's give these foods to the wounded, they need this more than us." ”

Master Zheng smiled: "You are still starting to educate me now, these rations are their rations for a week, that's it, they rely on drinking water every day to satisfy their hunger, the squad leader of the cooking class is surnamed Xu, and the food given by the squad leader Xu was hidden by them and secretly sent to the hospital. ”

The big guy turned his head to look at the canned food in the hands of the soldiers who saw them off, it was a canned food that many soldiers were reluctant to eat, although they captured a lot of canned food from the front line, but many soldiers in the rear needed canned food, they had a can as dry food for two days to eat, and there was still some food in the food strips on their bodies, which was enough.

Unexpectedly, before the mission departed, the division commander personally brought people and food to them.

And these foods are still eaten by the chiefs.

Everyone's hearts were full of emotion.

Wang Xiaoliang suddenly spoke: "Chief, our task is not arduous, these foods are still the chiefs!" ”

The big guys spoke.

Master Zheng was full of emotion, "What lovely warriors, these foods are humble to each other. ”

Xia Yuan deeply agreed: "Yes, so division commander, let's bring these foods to the wounded, and when we get to the rear, I will take them to capture the canned food of the American army." ”

"Can you do it?" Master Zheng asked.

"Division commander, it's still very easy to get some food, but the amount will not be too much, if a company eats and drinks, a cart of canned food will do, or even more, but for a division, a cart of canned food is obviously not enough."

Xia Yuan said.

Master Zheng looked at him silently.

Xia Yuan shrugged his shoulders and said, "Commander, then I'll do my best to get more canned food." ”

"If you can, don't be reckless, you have a division of U.S. troops in front of you, and I'll let people bring back these foods."

Senior Commander Zheng sighed slightly again and said, "You, I didn't plan to let you go, you are more suitable to work in the division headquarters." ”

Xia Yuan said with a smile: "Division commander, in fact, I also thought I was suitable for the division at first, but if I think about it carefully, I am still suitable for the front line, and that is my battlefield." ”

Master Zheng didn't say anything more, patted Xia Yuan's shoulder, and just said softly, "Come back alive." ”

Xia Yuan restrained the expression on his face and nodded heavily: "Try your best." ”

Division Commander Zheng left, he didn't say anything, his steps were obviously a little heavy when he left, Deputy Division Commander Duan and Chief of Staff Wang were waiting for Division Commander Zheng in the distance, seeing him coming, Deputy Division Commander Duan looked at the food in the hands of the soldiers and said, "Didn't he ask for it?" ”

"He's smart." Master Zheng said: "He immediately guessed that these foods were rations for a few of us, and he refused to ask for them, and he said it so loudly that the soldiers of the company heard it and shouted that they didn't want it." ”

As he spoke, he smiled slightly bitterly: "This soldier is smart, but it's a pity that he didn't stay at the division headquarters." ”

Deputy Division Commander Duan smiled and said, "Division Commander, he likes the front line." ”

Division Commander Zheng shook his head: "That's not good, this guy's role in staying in the division headquarters is much greater than staying on the front line, and when the battle is over, I must transfer to the division headquarters." ”

The crowd nodded.

Chief of Staff Wang asked, "What about these foods?" ”

Master Zheng raised his head and said, "Send it to the hospital!" ”

(End of chapter)