Chapter 61: The Determination of the Regiment Headquarters
"It's not completely dark yet, so let's do it when it's completely dark."
The enemy does not act at night, this is the enemy's guideline.
Since the entry of the Volunteer Army into the DPRK, marching and fighting have been carried out at night, and at night, it can also provide a layer of protection for the soldiers, so as to promote their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.
In successive battles, the enemy was defeated, and in these few battles, the enemy was able to figure out the path of the volunteers.
The weapons and equipment are not good, but the ability to fight at night is very strong, their soldiers are not like humans, they are not afraid of death, they are not afraid of death, and their will and combat ability are very terrifying.
This period is the pinnacle of the best people.
The enemy is not stupid, as soon as the night comes, he shrinks into the garrison and does not choose to come out.
But the more they did this, the more they gave Xia Yuan a chance.
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While waiting for darkness to fall, the enemy attacked the main peak again.
At the regimental headquarters, Fan Tien En had just received a document from his superiors about the enemy's transfer.
It is recorded on the document that the enemy transferred another regiment from the rear to Feihu Mountain, and was discovered by the soldiers in charge of reconnaissance along the way, and immediately brought the news back to the division, and the division immediately told Fan Tianen this information.
Fan Tianen, who received the news, had a sad face, once this group of enemies and the enemy in front of them converged, then the enemy in front of them would increase to three regiments.
The 8th Wing, which is currently in charge of the offensive, is still in the rear as the 3rd Regiment of the reserve.
This third regiment was to replace the eighth wing at any time and fight a wheel battle with the 335th regiment that was holding on to Feihu Mountain.
Fan Tianen stared at the documents, and he had a premonition that there would be a fierce battle tomorrow, and it was at this critical point in time that they ran out of ammunition and food.
How to stabilize the morale of the army and hold the position? Fan Tianen felt that at this critical moment, the determination of a commander determined the morale of the whole regiment.
With the fighting of the past few days, Fan Tianen found that the enemy's offensive courage all relied on the artillery support and air power in the rear to strengthen his courage, and he also had a hand in organizing infantry, artillery, and air cooperation, but in close combat and night battles, they were as timid as rats, and they were afraid of the volunteers.
He had just interrogated a puppet prisoner, which had been captured on a forward position, and with each counterattack, the fighters would find a way to capture the prisoner for the commander to understand.
This Li puppet soldier wore an overcoat that could not cover his body, his elbows and knees were exposed with dusty cotton, he was covered in dirt, and his face was covered with smoke and dust, and he said tremblingly:
"It's rare to see someone like you who is not afraid of death, we were scared by you, and we ran away a lot, and it was the Warlord who forced us to die......
This is an insurmountable weakness of the aggressor, and overcoming the enemy's shortcomings with one's own strengths is a trick that the commanders of the volunteer army must master, and the soldiers of the volunteer army can even more ruthlessly crush the enemy with a hundredfold courage.
With the determination of "vowing to live and die with the position", hold the position.
Fan Tianen carefully understood the inferiority of the enemy and us, made some comparisons, and after carefully studying it with the political commissar of the regiment, he convened a meeting of cadres to carefully study how to hold the position tomorrow.
As for the idea of the captured materials mentioned by the commander of the first battalion and the commander of the third company, he had long forgotten it, after all, the problems that even his superiors could not solve, how could a hairy boy solve them, even if this kid won some honors.
But none of this can change the course of the war.
Fan Tien En could not put his hopes on an impossible task, he had to be fully prepared to fight the enemy tomorrow.
The political commissar of the regiment pointed out the importance of winning this battle: "Feihu Mountain is the only way for the enemy to go north, and it is an important transportation hub that cannot be bypassed....... The longer we hold our ground in Flying Tiger Mountain, the more time we can move in the rear......
"It is necessary to dig fortifications in a surprise attack to avoid being killed or wounded by artillery fire, and if you can save one person, you can repel several enemy attacks. The most important thing is to collect weapons and ammunition abandoned by the enemy, even the butts of the gun...... stone
Chief, we must be ready to fight the enemy, and we must defeat the enemy with bravery!"
Finally, he said to everyone categorically: "I can swear to you that the regimental command post will never take a step back!"
The eyes of the battalion commander and instructors all converged on Commander Fan, and they felt a strong belief from Commander Fan.
Fan Tianen continued: "You called me to ask for bullets and grenades, just one, I understand your feelings very well......
His eyes were eager, and he said sonorously: "I don't have bullets or grenades, but I have a determination to live and die with the position, and when the battle is lost, I will take the cadres of the regiment to rush to the position and live and die with the position!"
When the cadres heard this, they said almost unanimously, "Please rest assured, the chief, we will never lose our position!"
At dusk that day, the soldiers of all companies threw themselves into the intense fortifications, especially the soldiers of the 4th and 5th companies who held the main peak, collecting weapons and ammunition from the corpses of the enemy, jumping out of the fortifications to carry stones, sharpening bayonets, and distributing the guns and bullets left behind by the wounded comrades to each soldier.
Liang Renjiang, the machine gunner of the fifth company, picked up a shuttle machine from the collapsed fortification, and happily held it up to show off: "Ha, probably I am the old wealth of the whole company, look at what I picked up, a shuttle machine***, hahahaha!"
Correspondent Zhao Xiaoyi raised a grenade unconvinced, "What are you, Lao Cai is here!"
Deputy Company Commander Qi looked at the pile of stones in front of the fortification with a smile, then patted the gun, patted the stomach again, and said, "The two are equal, they are both singles!"
Everyone laughed.
At dusk, the enemy came up again, and everyone had only cleaned up a small half, and the enemy's shells came over.
"Quick, stop grinding, hide!"
Deputy Company Commander Qi shouted to the soldier sharpening his bayonet, and in the blink of an eye, the enemy's artillery fire engulfed the soldier.
The enemy seemed to be making a final frenzy before dark, dispatching more than 80 planes at once, freezing hundreds of large and small cannons, pouring thousands of shells and bombs on the main position of Feihu Mountain.
In an instant, the Flying Tiger Mountain, which was originally quiet at dusk, was swallowed up by shaking and explosions, as well as the rising gunsmoke, which was more than ten kilometers long, and the gunpowder smoke was billowing on the mountain, the branches and leaves were soaring, and the gunpowder smoke was all over the sky.
At this moment, Feihu Mountain is like a tamed beast, lying motionless between heaven and earth......
Under the cover of artillery fire, the locals rushed up like locusts, at this time, the seemingly tamed beast, as if awakened, rushed out a group of warriors, grenades blew down, the machine *** tilted like raindrops, followed by stones, gun butts smashed the enemy, steel helmets were smashed, brains burst out, bayonets dripping red blood.
In the melee, scout Yang Dexing single-handedly defeated more than 40 enemies, Lu Shengrong was broken his left arm, and he charged at the enemy, Youth League member Zhang Yu's hands were peeled off by shells, and he also asked Zhao Xiaoyi to leave him alone, he wanted
Hold your ground, live and die with your position.
Deputy Company Commander Qi and two people repelled the attack of more than 300 enemies!
The enemy knew that the soldiers had no bullets, and after retreating, they hid in a position more than 30 meters away from the position to rest, and when they were resting, they almost rushed up again, and all the soldiers of the fifth company swore not to retreat, vowing to live and die with the position.
When the bayonet was bent and the stone was gone, he clasped it with his fingers, bit it with his teeth, and struck his head hard, and the sound of fighting continued from dusk to night.
The position is still firmly in the hands of the 335th Regiment!
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When the sky was completely dark, the mountains and fields fell silent, and only one squad of soldiers remained on the position of the third company.
Each platoon starts to set off according to the predetermined position.
Xia Yuan led a dozen people into the forest, they used weeds to weave hats and stay on top of their heads, smeared their cheeks with dirt, and everything that could make a sound was unloaded and placed on the position, except for a gun, a few clips tied with ropes to ensure that there was no sound, and there was nothing else on their bodies.
The bushes in the forest are not deep, the autumn grass is withered and yellow, the enemy's garrison is very quiet, in some places there are lights on, telephone lines are connected, in some places bonfires are burned, the beating flames are clearly visible, the enemy's tents are all over the ravines, and there are many barbed wire and mines buried nearby.
Wherever there is a way out, there are enemy sentry posts and secret posts, barbed wire fences, and a large number of mines are buried in places where no one walks, which is used to prevent night attacks by the volunteers.
There are also quite a few machine-gun firing points set up by the enemy, and there are six machine-gun firing points aimed at open spaces and mountains, which can still be seen with the naked eye, and some of the machine-gun firing points set up in the trenches are almost integrated with the earth, and it is difficult to find them without looking closely, and there are actually more machine-gun firing points that are not easy to find than the obvious machine-gun firing points.
In the field, there are also enemy reconnaissance troops stationed, and from a distance, you can see that there is a camp tent stationed in the clearing, and it seems that the enemy's defense is dense and impermeable.
However, all the soldiers of the Third Company already know the enemy's situation well, even if it is harassment, Xia Yuan's method for them is to avoid the enemy's vitality point and choose the weak point to harass, the weaker the place, the greater the possibility of the enemy losing ground, the more so, the more panicked the enemy will be.
Therefore, the places they chose for night attacks were the flanks and backs of the enemy, but the geographical location of these places was not very good, and the warriors needed to be very careful.
In addition to being careful, there is also the most important point, they are harassing, not really trying to enter, in addition to choosing the enemy's weak point, their retreat route must also be good, and they must avoid places with bad geographical locations, such a position, although the enemy's defense is not strong, but for the harassing team, when retreating, it will also form an obstacle.
Choosing both the enemy's weak point and the retreat route and the best place for the environment is a great challenge and difficulty for the fighters in charge of reconnaissance.
But these are nothing to Xia Yuan.
He has night vision and eagle eye, standing on the commanding heights, as long as he is careful, he can clearly observe the situation of the enemy's position, and two nights is enough.
And in order to prepare, he has not rested for a long time, and the bags under his eyes are very heavy, but the current battle of Feihu Mountain has been fought for so long, everyone is quite tired, and there are no troops and the 335th Regiment to change guards, at this time, the 335th Regiment is not only fatigued personnel, but also weapons and ammunition.
But their enemies have changed waves, and the state is at its peak.
It can be said that the enemy is preparing to play wheel warfare with the volunteer defenders of Flying Tiger Mountain.
A truckload of supplies is quite critical.
Xia Yuan is not allowed to rest.
With a squad of soldiers, with the help of the camouflage of shrubs, came to a cliff, this is the best entry point, the cliff has to be ten meters high, Xia Yuan chose this place earlier, it is the best place to enter, there is only one enemy sentry here, sweeping over at a glance, two puppet soldiers are smoking, chatting, and their expressions are very relaxed.
The location of this sentry post of theirs is very ideal, there is a cliff in it, and it is impossible for the enemy to fight from here.
But they didn't expect Xia Yuan to choose from this place.
When he entered the enemy's garrison earlier, Xia Yuan had already prepared something to pass through the cliff, which was a rope obtained from the enemy's garrison, and the rope was coiled and placed in a pile of dead leaves under a crooked-necked pine.
Everyone looked at the height of the cliff, because it was too dark, they couldn't see the bottom at a glance, and they were a little afraid in their hearts.
However, looking at the lights below the cliff, I felt a little relieved, at least the height of the cliff was not as high as I imagined.
Xia Yuan tied the rope to the trunk of the tree, and did not do any protection, grabbed the rope in one hand, stepped on the edge of the cliff, and said to the others, "I will go down first, you will go down later, Xiao Heping, Zhou Mao, how are you two?"
Compared with others, the combat ability of the two is not good, and the only advantage is that the two obey orders, follow Xia Yuan all the time, and provide Xia Yuan with all kinds of help.
Fighting with the two of them, Xia Yuan never had to worry about ammunition.
Xiao Heping and Zhou Mao can always do things perfectly.
The faces of the two of them were a little pale at the moment, if they went on like this, there would be no accidents, hearing Xia Yuan ask them, the two gritted their teeth and nodded very hard: "Xia Yuan, don't worry, we can go down."
"Good! Uncle Li, you can let them go down first."
The person Xia Yuan spoke to was Li Delin, the deputy squad leader of the second platoon and the third class, who was not young, in his thirties, and it was right to call him Uncle Li.
Uncle Li's combat ability is not small, when he held his position before, he singled out three puppet soldiers and fought the enemy with a bayonet in one hand.
In this operation, Li Delin was the deputy team.
"Good!"
Xia Yuan grabbed the rope, slowly let go, stepped on the cliff wall with both feet, and then quickly let go, his body fell rapidly, and in less than twenty seconds, he landed steadily on the ground from the top of the cliff, his eyes looked vigilantly at the sentry post in the distance, exhaled, and his eyes swept over the area.
Here, there are mines buried by the enemy.
However, the number of mines is not large and not dense, and it is clear that the enemy has planted mines where they should have been laid, and a small number of mines have been planted in this area for prevention.
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