On the way back, we bypassed the ravine where the enemy was stationed, and arrived at the forward position without any danger.

Platoon Commander Xu had been waiting for a long time, pacing back and forth on the position.

This operation took more than three hours, and Platoon Commander Xu and the others were anxious, and when he heard the good news from the communicator, he rushed to the back mountain with interest, and saw a group of people in the valley approaching quietly.

Joining Xia Yuan, Platoon Commander Xu ordered a platoon of soldiers to hurry up and assist.

"How's the position?" Xia Yuan asked.

"God doesn't know, ghosts don't know, let alone the enemy, the situation is good, I didn't expect you to bring back so many prisoners." Platoon Commander Xu said.

"There's a company commander here, he's a big fish, he should know a lot of information, I think, that's enough for the chiefs to get information." Xia Yuan smiled and ordered the soldiers to start descending the mountain.

They are not safe yet, and Platoon Commander Xu and they are just camouflaging the enemy, after all, they are not safe, and they will still be discovered by the enemy.

They had to hurry up and take the captives and supplies down the mountain, and in order to ensure that the captives did not make a sound during the whole process, the warriors kept their mouths shut, and each warrior watched one and two enemy prisoners.

As soon as he came down the mountain, a group of people rushed out from the bushes in front of him, and they were the soldiers of the Ninth Company.

When they saw the team of the Third Company, they were shocked and speechless.

When he returned to the position of the Ninth Company, the Commander of the Ninth Company felt unbelievable, "You have brought back so many prisoners and captured so much ammunition."

I have long heard that the new fourth platoon commander of the third company has a strong combat ability, but I didn't expect it to be so strong.

The last night raid on the enemy's garrison and the capture of six truckloads of supplies were enough to shock everyone.

And this time, not only did they bring back so many prisoners, but they also captured so many supplies.

Or came back from the rear of the enemy, which is no less than pulling teeth from the mouth of a tiger.

"Platoon Commander Xu, I want to leave a heavy machine gun for the Ninth Company, with this heavy machine gun, it will be much easier for them to hold their positions."

Xia Yuan asked Platoon Commander Xu's opinion.

Of course, Platoon Commander Xu has no opinion, the task of the Ninth Company is important, and listening to the company commander's intentions may be related to the next operation.

When they left, they left the Ninth Company with a heavy machine gun with a few thousand rounds of ammunition, six submachine guns, the same few thousand rounds of ammunition, and a light machine gun captured from the enemy, plus three boxes of grenades.

The Ninth Company Commander excitedly shook the hands of Xia Yuan and Platoon Commander Xu, and thousands of words converged into one sentence: "Comrade, thank you!"

There were a lot of materials seized this time, but their number was limited, and the things they brought back were also limited, so Xia Yuan chose to carry some important things.

Includes submachine guns, ammunition, light and heavy machine guns, machine gun cartridges, grenades, and a small number of infantry***.

The number of prisoners reached two platoons, which was close to the number of three platoons.

This is unprecedented in the case of a scout captive operation.

Even if it is put on the company's operation, it is quite explosive.

From the confessions of these prisoners, the 38th Army obtained important information on the enemy's situation, and also learned from them that Shiji's tactics of showing weakness had worked, and that Macas was preparing to launch the "General Offensive to Go Home for Christmas", and the situation on the front made him rampantly say that he would fight to the Yalu River on Christmas Eve and spend Christmas on the Yalu River.

Since 9 November, the enemy has occupied the positions north of Tokugawa, such as Mt. Hiho, Stadium, Sindong-ri, and Tokugawa, which had previously been recaptured by the Volunteers.

On the Eastern Front, the U.S. Tenth Army also approached the Changjin Lake area.

On the Western Front, the remnants of the puppet 6th Division, the US 2nd Division, the 1st Cavalry Division, the US 24th Division, and the 27th Brigade of the British Army broke up a posture of attacking and advancing to Manpo, Chushan, Bitong, Suju, Sinuiju and other places on the banks of the Yalu River, in an attempt to launch an all-out attack on the Volunteers on Thanksgiving, break through the main defense line of the Volunteers, and drive the Volunteers out of Korea.

The US military, which is extremely aggressive and arrogant, is now dreaming of ending the Korean War.

The military headquarters of the 38th Army, because the first battle in Korea was not fought well, was criticized by the Zhisi, and the whole army held its breath and had to make a name for itself.

Therefore, in the operation of using the 335th Regiment as the backbone, sending small units to maintain contact with the enemy and luring the enemy into depth, the whole army persisted in summing up the lessons and lessons of the first battle while fighting.

Learn war in war.

Summarize the deficiencies and make up for them.

According to a letter from Zhi Si to the soldiers of the 38th Army, telling them that the second battle is about to start, and the 38th Army did not perform well in the first battle, and in the second battle, it must fight a beautiful turnaround!

The letter mobilized all the commanders and fighters and resolved to fight the second battle well.

On the evening of 15 November, when the troops of the 38th Army were moving north from the stadium hole, Comrade Zhi Si, deputy director of the Zhi Division, took his staff officers and guards to the command post of the 38th Army in a jeep.

The chief's presence at the front line made the military cadres tighten their scalps, and they suddenly had the illusion that a big war was coming.

The chief first praised the brilliant performance of the 38th Army in luring the enemy into depth, and then talked about the brilliant performance of the 38th Army in the Battle of Feihu Mountain submitted to the higher authorities some time ago, and emphasized the first battalion and three companies of the 335th Regiment.

In the Battle of Feihu Mountain, when all units were short of food and ammunition, and the soldiers had to use gun butts, stones, and the enemy desperately, the 3rd Company submitted a combat plan to Fan Tianen, and the whole company was dispatched to invade the enemy's garrison at night, seizing a large amount of weapons and ammunition, and changing the predicament of the 335th Regiment in terms of lack of food and ammunition.

Otherwise, in the next battle, no one could have predicted what the 335th Regiment would suffer.

In particular, when the enemy has added a new regiment and its strength has increased greatly.

was able to withstand such pressure and successfully complete the task, although the 335th Regiment received an order to retreat the next day, but from the perspective of the time, everyone thought that the 335th Regiment would hold on to Feihu Mountain for a while.

The support of such a batch of ammunition has brought a huge increase to the morale of all the soldiers of the 335th Regiment.

At this meeting, the chief named the third company and praised it, and at the same time emphasized Xia Yuan, the commander of the third company and the fourth platoon of the first battalion of the 335th Regiment, and told the 38th Army that such capable soldiers must be cherished.

The cadres of the 38th Army also elaborated on the transfer of Xia Yuan of the 112th Division, and gave the 3rd Company certain convenience during the operation.

These days, the 38th Army can't figure out how to retreat 30 kilometers, and the battle is very good, why do you suddenly have to retreat? This is not about getting closer to the motherland, but it will bring new disasters to the people of northern Korea, who have just been liberated.

In the process of moving backwards, the military cadres of the 38th Army often encountered lower-level commanders or cadres of organs to get to the bottom of them.

However, this operation was very secretive, and the military cadres could not tell too much detail to the subordinates, nor could they reveal the overall intentions, so they had to answer them like this:

"Victory requires us to do this, and we will go wherever the chief's orders go! As long as we obey the command, I believe that victory will be ours."

When everyone heard it, they immediately understood.

It turned out that the army chief asked them to go here, and it must be a big victory.

These veterans have followed the army for many years, and they know and trust their leaders very well, and they are often proud that the leaders are a tiger general.

After the tiger general came back from Shiji, he has been silent, and everyone knows that the tiger general is thinking about fighting the battle again.

On the 16th, the military headquarters held a meeting of the military party committee at Heshou Rock on the east side of the stadium, and Comrade Liang conveyed Zhiji's criticism of the 38th Army.

At the meeting, Comrade Liang made a review to everyone, and everyone held that the first battle was not fought well, and Comrade Liang could not be blamed for everything, and the responsibility should be shared among everyone.

After all, the Thirty-Eighth Army was led by them.

At the same time, if the first battle was not successfully fought, it is not possible to criticize the division and regimental cadres, and we must be good at guiding everyone to turn criticism into motivation and strive to fight the next battle well.

Division Commander Yang was very sad at that time, because during the first battle, they listened to the rumor that there was a 'black regiment' in Xichuan, which caused their attack to be delayed, so that the enemy in Xichuan had a chance to escape

Yes.

Comrade Liang simply said to him, "Just pay attention next time." And take all the responsibilities and share them among everyone.

The whole army did not complain to each other after the defeat in the first battle, but talked to each other in trust, and they speculated that the 38th Army was an old army and the main force, and the superiors should be strict with them.

At the meeting, the more everyone talked, the more comfortable they became, and in the face of the upcoming second battle, their morale was high, and they were determined to fight the second battle well.

Immediately after that, they convened a meeting of cadres at and above the regimental level to tell everyone about Zhiji's criticism, which would arouse even greater enthusiasm for fighting.

The meeting was held in a big hole, and at the meeting, the deputy comrade glanced at the faces full of anxiety in front of him and said:

"This time, Shiji asked you to retreat thirty kilometers, how did you evacuate? I'm worried that the Americans have hit the Yalu River, aren't they?"

These words reached everyone's hearts, and they all stared at the deputy secretary comrade with wide eyes, waiting for him to continue.

Comrade Deputy Si took a deep breath of cigarette, laughed and said, "I know, what you want is to fight, to fight, to fight, to fight, don't you?"

This is said to everyone's hearts again, Zhiji's criticism of them is quite harsh, as the main force, they naturally have a sense of arrogance, such criticism, not only did not kill their enthusiasm for fighting, but provoked their hearts to hold back a lot of energy, they are thinking of finding the enemy, beating the enemy, and fighting the enemy!

Let Shiji take a look and take a look, their 38th Army is powerful!

But now, the criticism has come down, and the order to retreat has come down.

Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to the border of the motherland, everyone began to get anxious, and if they retreated further, they would have withdrawn to the motherland.

"Comrades, this is an order from the superiors, an order from the Zhiji, and an order from the state, and it must be resolutely implemented!"

Comrade Deputy Si smoked a cigarette, and suddenly his face sank: "I want to criticize your 38th Army, you didn't fight well in the first battle, and Zhi Si said angry words at you, the main force, but you really didn't fight well in the first battle, and you disappointed everyone's hopes for you!"

The comrades at the venue all hung their heads sadly, everyone felt a lot of pressure, Comrade Liang smoked cigarettes one after another, he had been performed by his superiors many times, he had never been criticized, and no superior leaders had criticized him in front of his subordinates.

A few days ago, after the meeting of the Zhiji, he was so sad that he shed tears at night, which was something he had never experienced before, and he felt that he had betrayed the trust placed in him by all the commanders and fighters of the 38th Army.

Now when he heard the deputy comrade mention the criticism of the 38th Army again, he could no longer sit still, stood up and said:

"The 38th Army did not fight well, the responsibility lies with me, I am sorry for the vast number of cadres and soldiers of the whole army, the severe criticism of the Zhi Division, I was not convinced at the time, and afterwards I felt that it was better to criticize! We can't keep fighting with our tails crossed, wrong is wrong, don't emphasize objectivity, we should look for reasons subjectively."

"Drawing experience from the defeated war and fighting the next battle with all our lives, I believe that all the commanders and fighters of the 38th will not admit defeat, and will definitely be able to play the prestige of the volunteers, win glory for the motherland, and become the pride of the people of the whole country!"

Comrade Liang expressed the wishes of all the cadres, and the meeting erupted in warm applause.

Subsequently, leaders at all levels reviewed at the meeting and expressed their determination, vowing to fight a big victory in the second battle.

At the meeting, everyone emphasized the lessons of accepting the first battle, clearly emphasizing the following points:

First, in view of the enemy's situation, it is necessary to have a thorough understanding, strengthen the activities of reconnaissance units, and grasp the enemy's situation in a timely and accurate manner.

Second, it is necessary to strengthen communications and liaison; although the Chinese Volunteers still lack communications equipment at the present stage, the enemy has thrown down a lot of telephone lines along the way, and they can talk by connecting telephones to both ends.

Third, commanders at all levels should command in advance, down to the vanguard regiments, battalions, companies, platoons, and squads, to understand the enemy and the battlefield situation.

Fourth, we must muster up the courage to fight

Proceeding from the overall situation of the campaign, in the combat mission of carrying out the order, we will make a name for ourselves and win glory for the 38th Army, the Volunteer Army, and the motherland!

There is no progress without criticism, and there is no progress without failure.

The defeat in the first battle and the severe criticism of the Zhi Division calmed the minds of the commanders and fighters at all levels of the whole army.

At this meeting, the participants conscientiously summed up the successes and failures of the first campaign, looked for experiences and lessons learned from them, and unified the understanding of the cadres of the whole army.

The victory in the first battle bought time, stabilized the situation, and defeated the arrogance of the enemy.

Similarly, in the combat practice with the US military, everyone also deeply realized that the firepower of the joint army is powerful and extraordinary, and it is far from being comparable to the domestic war.

The group discussed with each other how they could defeat the enemy.

For this reason, they summed up that in order to win this war, it is necessary to establish the idea of protracted warfare, and in the course of the campaign, we should not only think of the victory of our own troops, but also attach importance to the overall situation and the overall situation, seize the opportunity when the enemy's foothold is not stable, boldly make a detour, intersperse, and cut off the enemy's retreat.

Put any action on the overall battlefield and think about fighting a war of annihilation for the sake of the overall situation!

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