The 998 Heights are located in the east of the courtyard on the east bank of the Qingchuan River, which is the commanding heights of the Golf Course, Delhi and Valence Triangle areas, adjacent to Feihu Mountain and Jiulong Station in the southwest, and is closely connected with Yuefeng Mountain in the east.

The defending enemy is a company of Li's puppet army, and in order to cover the actions of the main force, the volunteer army is bound to take the 998 heights.

In this way, it can cover my *** transfer in a planned way, and it will not reveal the intention of permission retreat.

Dusk on November 13.

The 8th Company of the 334th Regiment accepted the task of capturing the 998 heights, because the mountain was high and steep, and it was not easy for the team to move, so they decided to act at night, surprise the enemy, and seize the position.

On this night, the cold wind was blowing, the stars were all over the sky, and the 998 Heights were shrouded in darkness, like a huge screen, standing in front of the comrades of the Eighth Company.

The soldiers of the third platoon, under the leadership of the platoon commander, quietly pulled the bushes and thorns, and in the camouflage of the night, they touched the top of the mountain.

The enemy also seems to have received the corresponding information, and learned that the volunteers have been restless recently, and may launch an attack on the 998 heights these days, as for the time, their commander told them that it is likely to be at night.

Therefore, at night, the enemy on the 998 heights did not sleep well and tensed up.

As if to embolden themselves, their machine guns on duty clicked from time to time, and tracer bullets were thrown into chains of colors in the night sky.

The crooked beating was right, and Yang Xuewen, the deputy squad leader of the eighth class, suddenly felt a numbness in his hand, and when he touched the sticky, he suddenly realized that he was injured by a stray bullet.

In order not to affect the mood of his comrades, and at the same time, not to affect this battle, he gritted his teeth and did not say a word, just bandaged it briefly and continued to climb.

During the climb, the thorns and branches on the road brought great difficulties to the soldiers, and many of them had their hands and cheeks cut, but no one made a sound, and they all gritted their teeth and said nothing.

The advancing troops remained silent at all times, except for the rustling of dry grass by the wind.

At this moment, they were getting closer and closer to the enemy, and they could even hear the enemy's voice vividly, and they were about no more than twenty meters away from the enemy.

The cold wind was howling, the enemy did not notice that the volunteers had touched them, and a machine gun on duty fired at the dark ravine as usual, and under the tracer bullet, he could vaguely see that there seemed to be something next to him, he rubbed his eyes and fixed his eyes.

Oops.

The third platoon commander knew that he was exposed, and shouted: "Hit!"

Suddenly the grenades flew sideways, the enemy was caught off guard, and even the machine gun was gone, and the three rows of soldiers stood up bravely, and rushed to the enemy position with a gun, and a soldier who followed from behind saw the machine gun in the machine gun point, and was very happy, seeing that the other fighters were pursuing the enemy, he temporarily gave up the idea of taking the machine gun, and cleared the position first.

At this moment, the enemy on other hills on the 998 Heights was also attacked by the platoons of the 8th Company of the 334th Regiment.

The third platoon of warriors was the first platoon to take down the enemy's hill, and sensing that the battle on the other hill had begun, the third platoon commander immediately ordered the soldiers not to stop and continue to climb!

Along the steep ridge, they withstood the enemy's artillery fire and machine-gun fire, and cooperated with the first and second platoons to capture six hills in succession and approach the main position.

The three platoons were surrounded on three sides, and their offensive was quite ferocious, the soldiers sacrificed their lives to charge the enemy, and the fighters of the demolition group rushed forward one after another, and the 998 position was captured that night, and the whole company quickly arranged to garrison the hill and enter the garrison.

The 8th Company was also the company of the 334th Regiment responsible for pinning down and luring the enemy, the same as the 3rd Company, but their tasks were more difficult and their conditions were more difficult.

A platoon of comrades who held the front, they had to face not only the enemy's aircraft artillery, but also the cold and hunger.

The position was covered with snow, three-tenths of the soldiers froze their hands and feet, and with the blockade of artillery fire and enemy aircraft, sometimes the cooking squad could not deliver food to the position in time.

Each person can only eat one bowl of rice in three days.

But such hunger and cold simply could not take him

We are overwhelming.

When the commander of the eighth company mobilized the soldiers to hold on, he said, "These difficulties are caused by the enemy, as long as you overcome these difficulties, you can defeat the enemy!"

The work of borrowing grain was also very difficult, sometimes the cooking squad could only send a few catties of bud rice, which were distributed to each person, and one person could only eat a few dozen grains, and none of the soldiers ate much, and humbled to each other, and the healthy comrades gave their share to the wounded comrades to eat, and tightened the belt around their waists and finished the work.

If you are thirsty, you will eat snow, the 998 highlands are not low, the mountains are covered with snow, and when it is cold, three or five comrades are huddled together to keep warm.

In the evening the enemy stopped attacking, there was no fighting, everyone huddled together, looking at the starry sky, and some warriors said that it was the closest they had come to the stars.

The instructor will take the soldiers to sing the "March of the Iron Army", which is regarded as the military song of the 38th Army.

"Iron troops, steel heroes, steel will, steel hearts......

Their voices were low, but they echoed in the night sky, bringing their hearts to the years of old battles, to the vast wilderness of the motherland...... On this cold and frozen land of North Korea, they did not have the slightest fear in the face of the joint *** of the torrent of steel.

In such a low singing, their hearts were filled with unprecedented pride and glory.

Following.

The locust-like enemy is once again attacking frantically on the 998 heights.

After repulsing sixteen enemy attacks, only seven fighters remained in a platoon of positions.

They knew that they could get reinforcements if they immediately rushed to the main position, but the main position was also suffering from the enemy's frantic attack, and the transfer of any soldier would weaken the combat effectiveness of the main position.

They were determined to accomplish this daunting task on their own.

Comrade Gao Rong, the leader of the first squad, said to the surviving comrades of each class: "Don't look at the fact that there are only seven of us, even one person can hold the position! Holding the position means winning the war, you can't be sloppy, and when the enemy comes up, fight hard!"

At this time, there were only four grenades left in the platoon, and the bullets had already run out, but they always believed in their strength, cheered each other on, and solemnly swore on the position: "Swear to live and die with the position!!"

When the enemy rushed up again, the machine gunner Wang Guoan, who was wounded in the head, held on to the machine gun and fired fiercely at the enemy who rushed to the position.

A large number of the enemy fell, and behind them, six fighters shouted loud slogans, held rifles that had run out of bullets, rushed forward to fight the enemy, and once again repelled the enemy's attack.

In this way, with the belief of swearing to live and die with the position, the soldiers of the 8th Company repelled 17 frantic attacks by the enemy who were ten times higher than their own, and firmly controlled the 998 position in their own hands.

After the Eighth Company completed the defensive task, it moved to Miaoxiang Mountain with the regiment, but unexpectedly the enemy quietly touched up, and no one noticed.

The troops walked all night, and the regimental headquarters stayed in Niuyan Cave, and there was a big mountain behind the village, so the regiment ordered the second company to go to the commanding heights behind the village occupied by a platoon.

The next day, when it was time for the troops to go up the mountain for air defense, the director of the regiment's political office and the elder of the combat unit, Qian Qian, walked together, and suddenly found that there were people on the mountain, who did not look like their own people, and the director said in surprise:

"Old Qian, are you one of our people on the mountain? Why is the backpack round?"

Lao Qian hurriedly picked up the binoculars and looked at them, and said in surprise, "Oops, how is the enemy!"

It turned out that the second company went to a platoon and did not occupy the commanding heights, and stayed halfway up the mountain, but the enemy who secretly followed occupied the commanding heights, and the regimental headquarters was in the village below the commanding heights.

The situation was extremely critical, and if the enemy reacted, the regimental headquarters would face great danger, and while he was talking, the enemy opened fire on the village.

After receiving the order, the deputy regiment commander immediately called the third battalion and commanded the third battalion to launch an attack on the commanding heights from the east and the second battalion from the west.

Since the enemy was on the head of the regimental headquarters, they did not dare to delay for a moment, and the two battalions that received the order quickly and lightly armed.

Less than an hour after the battle began, the enemy was not supported, fled in a hurry, and was killed

The 2nd, 6th, and 8th companies captured more than thirty enemies.

North side of Kowloon.

With the 335th Regiment in the car, the three companies were stationed, and a fierce blocking battle began.

In charge of the vanguard was the strength of one regiment of the enemy, two or three thousand men, enough to crush three companies.

In the face of an enemy whose strength is ten times higher than their own, the previous battle plan is no longer feasible, and if the enemy presses them on a large scale, they will not be able to withstand it at all.

For this, they need new combat schemes.

Company Commander Sun discussed with Instructor Hu for most of the day and summoned the four platoon commanders for a meeting.

The crowd discussed a battle plan.

Relying on the rolling hills, they set up defensive lines on the high ground, with four platoons occupying three high slopes as positions, and controlling important communication roads below their positions.

Fortified around the high ground on both sides of the road, they were able to take care of each other in the event of an attack.

This plan was also supported by the regimental and division headquarters.

Due to the strong combat effectiveness of the four platoons and the presence of Xia Yuan, they will separately fortify two compact positions next to each other.

The remaining positions were fortified by one, two, and three platoons.

The enemy arrived violently, and they first tested with the strength of a platoon, but as a result, this platoon entered their ambush circle, and there was no return, and a platoon of more than 30 people was annihilated.

Annoyed and angry, the enemy called in planes and heavy artillery, and bombarded the hills on both sides of the road for half an hour, igniting the dead grass on the entire mountain, and the raging fire spread to other areas, and the thick smoke that covered the sky and the sun reflected the day as if it were dusk.

As the shelling ended, the choppy enemy poured towards the positions.

Our army still played the old tradition, waited until the enemy was twenty meters closer, and opened fire on the enemy in unison, and the enemy who was hit head-on wanted to return fire, but the fire of the four platoons was fierce, and Xia Yuan continued to shoot at the enemy, and every minute, every second, the enemy's casualties increased.

A company of the enemy, having held out for twenty minutes, fled frantically down the hill because of heavy casualties.

Annoyed and enraged, the enemy again bombarded the positions of the four rows with heavy artillery fire.

At this time, the four rows of positions were empty, and all of them were hiding in the bomb shelters dug in the rear, which were connected to the forward positions by means of communication trenches, and when the enemy shelling was over, the fighters drilled out of the bomb shelters and went to the positions to set up defenses.

In this way, the casualties of the four platoons by the enemy's artillery fire were reduced to a minimum.

Of course, the other platoons also adopted this plan, but they did not have such a strong combat capability as the fourth platoon, and it was not easy to strike at the enemy, but they also repelled several enemy attacks in a row and evaded the enemy's three artillery shells.

Twilight.

The sun was obscured by the smoke and smoke that obscured the sky, and there was not a single speck of smoke in sight, and the smoke rolling in the sky was like a thick black cloud.

Repelling the last wave of enemy attacks, the warriors' cheeks were blackened, and when they looked over, only two eyes were floating.

"How much sacrifice?"

It's night.

The squad leaders came to the bomb crater in the rear with the glory strip, and Xia Yuan sat on the ground and looked at the three of them.

Gao Lin said: "Three soldiers were killed in the first squad and two were slightly wounded."

Xia Yuan nodded: "The first squad is holding the forward position, such casualties are already the lowest, what about the second shift?"

Zhou Wendao: "One person was killed in the second shift, two were slightly injured, and one was seriously injured."

Xia Yuan said, "Properly place the seriously injured."

Zhao Songzhu, the leader of the third squad, said: "Two people were killed in the third squad, one was slightly injured, and there were no serious injuries."

Xia Yuan nodded: "Six soldiers were sacrificed in the first battle today, and the battle in the future will be even more difficult, tell the soldiers that if the position is lost, it will be lost, and we will fight back, and saving our lives is the key."

Right now, they have sufficient ammunition and combat effectiveness, and they will give up if they give up the forward position, there is no need to defend the forward position, even if the rear position is lost, Xia Yuan can counterattack with a wave of people.

For the sake of the position, huge casualties were inflicted, and the gains outweighed the losses.

Of course, in accordance with that

For the enemy's company to attack, it is perfectly possible to adopt this plan.

As soon as the enemy's strength increased to a battalion, the situation changed, and they had no choice but to give up.

Xia Yuan passed on his thoughts to the squad leaders.

The enemy has few troops, and if they occupy it, let them occupy it.

When there are many troops, they will defend to the death.

Don't fight for your life unless you have to!

After hearing this, the three squad leaders nodded, and after handing in the glorious strip, they hurried back to their positions.

Rest well tonight, tomorrow is another tough battle.

......

Sun Tzu said, "Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles."

Knowing the enemy in battle is a prerequisite for victory.

In the first battle, the volunteers suffered the loss of misunderstanding the enemy's situation, and it was not enough to rely only on the information reported by their superiors and provided by friendly troops, but they had to personally grasp the enemy's situation in front of them in order to gain the initiative.

Therefore, after the first battle, Shiji held a summary meeting.

Learning war from war is an old tradition of our army.

At the summing up meeting, the differences between the enemy and us in the main positions, intelligence, and the superiority of our army were discussed, and the shortcomings in the first campaign were explained in detail, and then sent to all armies to elaborate on the mistakes made by each army in the first stage.

Among them was the miscalculation of the enemy situation of the 38th Army.

So.

Before the second battle, Shiji sent a telegram urging all units to actively carry out comprehensive reconnaissance activities to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, understand the enemy's situation, and grasp the enemy's situation.

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