Chapter 22: The Verge

Xia Yuan responded and said: "Company commander, the enemy's rifle is a semi-automatic rifle, with a considerable range and power, and the rate of fire is not bad, and the most important thing is that it can replenish ammunition anytime and anywhere." ”

Company Commander Sun was thoughtful for a moment: "You are proficient in using a Type 38 rifle, if you change to an enemy's rifle, will you not be proficient." ”

Xia Yuan shook his head: "Company commander, the enemy's gun is better than the 38 type, I am confident." ”

"Okay, then I'll approve your change of gun." Company Commander Sun took out a brand-new Garand semi-automatic rifle from a bundle of enemy rifles tied up, and handed it to Xia Yuan: "In the future, this gun will be your gun." ”

"Thank you, company commander!"

Xia Yuan couldn't stop being happy.

Don't look at his fighting power, and he comes from the future, but when you go to a world, you have to follow the rules of a world.

Why was the Volunteer Army able to win against the U.S. Army.

Doesn't it say how powerful the firepower of the volunteer army is, no matter how strong the firepower of the volunteer army is, it can be stronger than the US army?

The volunteers relied on the tenacious will to fight, which was the source of motivation for the volunteers to fight protracted, encountered, and blocked wars with the enemy.

Unwavering faith is what guides them all the way forward.

Serious discipline and strong execution.

In the 3rd Division, the 115th Division carried guns, ammunition, and dry rations, and ran 70 kilometers in one night, and the soldiers resolutely carried out the orders issued by the superiors, even if some people ran to death, died of exhaustion, and vomited blood on the way, the soldiers gritted their teeth and resolutely carried out the orders issued by the superiors.

Even this order costs them their lives.

Even this command seems impossible.

Serious discipline.

Don't take a stitch from the masses, don't enter the town, and in the harsh winter, the soldiers wear stars and pillows and sleep on the streets.

All of this, taken together, is the magic weapon of the Volunteer Army to defeat the invincible American army.

Xia Yuan came from the future and resolutely fulfilled these things.

Company Commander Sun and Instructor Hu didn't let him go to the front, so he didn't go.

Only the ferocity of the enemy's firepower overwhelmed the volunteer soldiers from raising their heads, and he was impatient, risking a violation of discipline, to go to the front line and use his rifle to open the way for the fighters to the high ground.

The rewards and punishments of the team are clear, but fortunately, they will make up for their mistakes.

If the eldest elder Liu carries a punishment, he will not be happy in his heart.

Now, everything is complete, the strength is exposed, and the impact is that he has received unprecedented attention, and he can also go to the front line with him in the next three consecutive battles, which is definitely a maverick in the cooking class.

Company Commander Sun said again: "Although it is approved to go to the front line, but accompanied by Lao Liu, you have just joined the company for a long time, you have never fought a battle, and you don't have much combat experience, with him with you, you will grow up quickly." ”

"Yes! Captain! ”

Xia Yuanxing saluted with a gun.

17 a.m. on November 1.

The 39th Army of the Volunteer Army launched an attack on the 1st South Korean Division besieged in Unsan, and fought with the 1st US Cavalry Division that came to reinforce it.

After fierce fighting, most of the 8th Regiment of the 1st US Cavalry Division and the 12th Regiment of the 1st South Korean Division were annihilated on 2 July.

He also besieged more than 700 people directly under the US Eighth Regiment and the Third Battalion in the Zhurenqiao area south of Yunshan. The besieged enemy, with the support of aircraft and tanks, failed to break through the encirclement several times, and surrendered to the volunteers on the evening of the 3rd.

In the battle of Unsan, the 39th Army annihilated most of the US Eighth Regiment, the first part of the Fifth Regiment, and the first part of the South Korean Army, killed, wounded and captured more than 2,000 enemy troops, including more than 1,800 US troops, captured four planes, shot down three enemy planes, destroyed or captured 28 tanks, more than 170 automobiles, and 119 artillery pieces of various kinds.

It dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the US military.

At the same time as the Yunshan was attacked, the 40th Army of the Volunteer Army assaulted in the direction of Yongbyon on the evening of the 1st.

The 38th Army captured the stadium and occupied the courtyard on the 2nd.

The 66th and 50th armies also attacked the suburbs of Gucheng and the south of Sinuiju to attack and contain the 24th Division of the US Army and the 27th Brigade of the British Army.

The "United Nations Army" and the South Korean Army suffered heavy setbacks under the continuous blows of the Chinese People's Volunteers, and fearing that the retreat route would be cut off and the entire army would be annihilated, so they began to retreat to the south of the Cheongchon River on the 3rd of the same month. Using modern means of transportation, the "United Nations Army" withdrew to the south of the Qingchuan River on 4 July.

In view of the fact that the opportunity to annihilate the enemy has been lost, that logistical supply difficulties have occurred, and that the strength of the Volunteer Army has not yet been fully exposed, it is estimated that the "United Nations Army" and the South Korean Army will still launch an offensive after a slight adjustment, and the Volunteer Army also needs to rest and replenish, and on the 5th ordered all units on the Western Front to stop the pursuit.

At this point, the first battle of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea began.

In the battle of Yunshan, the 38th annihilated the US army and the puppet army with modern equipment with inferior equipment, and struck at the 1st US Cavalry Division, known as the 'ace army'.

This battle was the key to the overall situation, because the whole army of the 38th Army moved with great speed to capture the areas of Gunyu-ri, Yuanchuan, Anzhou, and Xin'anzhou, cut off the connection between the enemy in the north and south, and resolutely annihilated the 2nd Division of the US Army. ’

This is the first priority, and the rest are second. ’

In order to ensure the safety of the flanks, the enemy desperately prevented the 38th Army from interspersing and advancing to prevent the 38th Army from cutting off their rear routes, so the task facing the 38th Army was quite arduous.

There was a deep ravine on the east side of the course, and the enemy formed a net of fire with artillery fire, tightly sealing the mountain pass and cutting off the access road.

The comrades of the 338th Regiment, who served as the vanguard of interspersed detours, were in such a hurry that they put their overcoats over their heads, turned on their flashlights, and looked on the map for other roads through which they could pass.

The investigators of the 335th Regiment reported this situation to Regiment Commander Fan Tianen in a timely manner, and did not look at the fact that the 335th Regiment and the 338th Regiment were opponents of the challenge competition at the pledge meeting to fight in Korea.

But since they became opponents in the challenge competition, they have been extraordinarily close to each other, and each other has difficulties, just like they have difficulties.

Commander Fan immediately sent two concentric circles to lead the way for the 338th Regiment, these communication circles were clever ghosts, they were good at feeling the enemy's artillery fire patterns, and piercing through the artillery fire.

They led the comrades of the 338th Regiment to break through the blockade area along the edge of the enemy's artillery fire.

Unfortunately, the large forces were not able to follow up.

Comrade Zhang Fu and two correspondents of the newspaper department also passed through the artillery blockade area to catch up with the troops of the 338th Regiment, but that night, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and there were no fingers to be seen, and it was raining heavily.

They did not dare to delay, and they slipped step by step, and walked for a night before climbing from the bottom of the ridge to the top of the mountain to catch up with the troops.

I didn't have time to eat, and I set off with the troops.

They were hungry and cold, gnawing on dry food as they walked, the mountains were overgrown with thorns, the winding trails were covered with thorns, the mountains were steep and smooth, the soldiers' wet cotton clothes were cut by thorns, and blood marks were scratched on their hands, rubbing against their clothes, not to mention how painful it was.

But they believe that "it is glorious to stumble, and it is more glorious to intercept the enemy." ”

It was with this perseverance that the warriors made their way through this thorn-covered area.

At dawn the next day, drenched in a drizzle, the warriors camped in the mountains.

Zhang Fu and the others found the head of the 338th Regiment and the political commissar in a room on the top of the mountain, as well as the radio station left in the regiment.

The regimental commander told them to immediately set up a radio station and report to the division.

Zhang Fu opened the machine and saw that he was almost crying in shock, the machine was soaked in water, the battery was soaked, the radio station could not be used, and the division could not be contacted.

He criticized the petty comrades who kept the radio station: "You are so irresponsible, this is simply a crime." ”

This sentence scared the little comrade into tears.

Zhang Fu sighed, realizing that his tone was serious, he stopped criticizing the little comrade and turned his head to look at Commander Zhu.

Regiment Commander Zhu was also angry, this is related to the combat mission of thousands of people, and he must not be careless, "Comrade Zhang Fu, what should I do next?" Is there any hope. ”

Zhang Fu said with a sad face: "I want to find a way, I don't know if I can do it." ”

He was well aware of the importance of a unit that went deep behind enemy lines and kept in touch with his superiors at any time, but at present the only radio station that could communicate with the division headquarters was broken, and it was useless to be anxious and complain, so he had to actively think of a way.

He didn't have time to dry his soaked clothes, turned on the machine, and after taking measures such as wiping off the water vapor and drying the internal parts, the transmitter was repaired and basically worked.

But the battery still couldn't be used, he pondered repeatedly, removed the broken part of the high-voltage battery, turned on the receiver, and after several attempts, he was finally able to barely work and get in touch with the division.

Zhang Fu immediately finished sending the six-cross telegram that the regiment leader had prepared, opened the receiver and listened to it, but it could not work normally again.

Hurriedly checked all the parts of the radio station, it turned out that the battery had no current, Zhang Fu judged that the division station could hear the voice of the group station, but when copying the newspaper, he didn't know whether it could be copied completely and accurately, so he called and called, and repeatedly called for more than 20 minutes before stopping.

Later, I learned that Shitai had already copied it completely on the second time it was issued.

After the shutdown, they took rescue measures on the receiver and battery, and were able to work for a short time.

It wasn't until dinner in the afternoon that they finally received a call back from the division headquarters: "Keep going!" ”

In such a difficult environment, the task of sending and receiving newspapers was completed on time, and the communication between the divisions and regiments was communicated, but Zhang Fu had not been able to sleep and rest for several days and nights, and called the soldiers of the rocking squad to lead him and sleep while walking.

And this is not an isolated phenomenon, in the continuous pursuit of the enemy, many cadres and soldiers also spend their sleep on the march, many times either sleeping in the mountains and ravines and forests, or not on horses and cars.

Without this spirit of enduring hardships and standing hard work, it would have been impossible to achieve victory, let alone today's new China.

The commander of the 113th Division, Jiang Division, led the team over the mountains and mountains, there was no way to follow, and it was completely to open up a new road in the wilderness, and the soldiers were tired and tired, and when they went downhill, one of them could not be controlled, and some of the soldiers fell on their heels.

"Take the unconscious warrior and go."

Many soldiers passed out in a coma, and Division Commander Jiang felt sorry for the soldiers, and he wanted to stop and rest, but stopping to rest would delay time and delay the fighters.

If you don't catch up with the enemy this time, it will be basically impossible to catch up with the enemy again after two days.

The task of the 113th Division was to intersperse detours, they interspersed along the ravine to Songmyeong-dong, camped on the side of the road, and found that the troops of the 112th Division came down from the road.

After the battle of Yunshan, without much time to rest, the superiors ordered to continue the pursuit of the retreating enemy.

Due to the fact that there were so many emergencies on the road, many troops were delayed.

"Comrade, which part?"

Elder Liu took Xia Yuan and shouted at the troops coming from the other side.

"One-one-three-division, what about you?"

The other party responded.

"One, one, two, two." After the elder Liu responded, he asked again: "Why did you come here?" ”

"Damn, the American devil's cannon blocked the ravine, delaying a lot of time." The comrade scolded, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and handed it to the elder Liu: "Okay, I have to chase the troops." ”

"Go ahead."

The elder Liu happily lit a cigarette, turned his head and said to Xia Yuan: "The 113th Division, they are interspersed, we have all caught up with them, it seems that the progress of the 113th Division is a little slow." ”

"Large and small roads are blocked by enemy aircraft, and it is normal for them to not be able to get through." Instructor Hu said on the side: "Xia Yuan, are you tired. ”

"Instructor, don't get tired."

Since Xia Yuan's combat ability was exposed, he obviously felt that his treatment was much better than that of other comrades.

It's not a special one.

According to Instructor Hu's words, the company will focus on cultivating and attaching importance to capable fighters, so as to arouse the mentality of the fighters to be competitive and competitive.

Instructor Hu also said, "It's a good thing that I didn't transfer you over, so that we can teach them a lesson in the future, and we can tell you that the function of people's cooking classes is to cook, and there is no ambiguity at all in fighting. ”

Instructor Hu used this trick to deal with many comrades in the company.

Xia Yuan's status in Lianli can be said to have skyrocketed.

Some people admire, and some people secretly compete, and they must show some real skills in the next battle.

As for jealousy, that's not at all.

The camaraderie between the warriors, which was fateful, was very deep.

Besides, fighting a war itself is a competition to see whose ability is great, and the soldiers all worship powerful warriors very much, so how can they be jealous of the strength of others.

If you are poor, you haven't practiced at home, and you just need to train hard when the time comes.

Up to now, many soldiers in the company want to see Xia Yuan's marksmanship, is it really as Lao Liu said, his skills are amazing, or is it that Da Lao Liu is just to brag and deliberately make up with the instructor to motivate them.

In fact, everyone doesn't really care if it's true or not.

In short, in the next battle, we must make meritorious contributions to the company and win glory for the company.

Instructor Hu came to Zhao Ruilong's side and asked him how he felt.

Zhao Ruilong is a translator after all, and his physical fitness is not as good as that of the soldiers, but he did not fall behind at all when he marched.

Zhao Ruilong always compared with Xia Yuan: "It's okay for such a small warrior, instructor, I'm okay, I can go." ”

Instructor Hu nodded: "If you can't hold on, you must speak out, Xiao Heping, Zhou Mao, you two protect Zhao Translator." ”

"Yes!"

(End of chapter)