Chapter 89: Confrontation

Everyone is looking forward to the fact that even if only one battalion of the 113th Division arrives in Sansholi, even if it cannot completely block the retreat of the American troops, cause them a little obstacle, and delay their retreat, it will be a message of excitement.

But so far, the 113th Division has remained silent.

At this moment.

The 335th Regiment did not receive any order to attack, but instead moved to Huaping Station, more than 100 kilometers away, to resist the American troops who were advancing on the Yalu River.

The Third Company also accompanied them and arrived at Huaping Station, and then they learned that their mission was still to lure the enemy deeper.

"The battle hasn't been fought yet, why was it transferred back again." Gao Lin sat on the ground, a little depressed.

"Don't ask so much why, just obey orders."

Xia Yuan wiped the barrel of the gun and stared at the mountains.

From the direction of Huaping Station, the sound of fierce fighting was heard.

They held on to the hill, and they didn't know if any enemy had passed by.

These days, except for a battle in Tokugawa, he is in a hurry for the rest of the time, and in the end, he is also a little depressed in his heart.

This frustration comes from the lack of clarity about the combat mission issued by the superiors.

More often than not, superiors communicate that the task is to specify where a unit is going, either to advance or to retreat, without informing the combat unit of its intentions.

For example, when the initial evacuation of Feihu Mountain was initially evacuated, the superiors only gave the 335th Regiment the task of retreating 30 kilometers, but did not tell them that this was done to lure the enemy deeper and to prepare for the second phase of the campaign.

Another example is the 113th Division, which is interspersed with the 3 Institutes, the task given to them by the superiors is to set off immediately, interspersed with detours to the 3 Institutes, even if the commander perceives the importance of the geographical location of the 3 Institutes through the map, but the superiors still do not tell them the specific purpose.

It was also later through instructions to tell them that Shiji had a specific plan of action.

This is to see the entire battlefield as a running machine, and every unit is a small part, where to go and what role to play, these are all in the commander's mind, but never told to the troops.

A soldier's vocation is to obey orders.

"Platoon commander, the company commander called you over." Zhao Xiaoyi ran over and shouted.

When everyone heard this, they stood up and looked at Xia Yuan with burning eyes.

Zhao Songzhu took the lead and said, "Platoon commander, if there is a new task, we must go to the third shift first." ”

"Hey, Lao Zhao, it's not me talking about you, the last time I captured the prisoners, it was you in the third class, why are you in the third class this time." Zhou Wen was the first to be unhappy, the last time in the small village west of Tokugawa, he was attacked by the enemy's stragglers, that is, they went to the third class early and captured many prisoners.

They only made a few points in the second and first shifts.

This time, I can't say anything about it, and I can't let the third class go first.

Xia Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, the tasks will come one by one, besides, this also depends on whether it is a task." ”

Lianzhi dug a simple trench on the anticline of the North Mountain, camouflaged it with grass and trees, and spread out a map on the ground.

Seeing Xia Yuan coming, Lian Commander Sun got up and said with a smile: "How are you resting?" ”

"It's okay, the aches and pains in my body are much less." Xia Yuan said.

From Tokugawa to Huaping Station, they marched in a hurry, and after a day and a night's journey, everyone was about to run away.

When they arrived here, they found that the mission was only to lure the enemy into the depths, and this group of enemies seemed to have received orders from the rear, and they did not dare to advance to the Yalu River in a big way, so that they were currently in a state of confrontation.

It is also not known when the enemy will attack them.

Xia Yuan is an idle master, and when he has nothing to do, he observes the US troops in the distance.

However, they had just arrived, and the bunkers were still to be dug up, so he didn't have much time to go down to check on the enemy.

When the drowsiness came, he sent a pillow, and Company Commander Sun conveyed the combat mission to him: "You take people to reconnoiter and reconnoitre to see the enemy's defense." ”

Xia Yuan's heart moved, and he nodded: "Guarantee to complete the task!" ”

Instructor Hu stopped him: "Don't act on your own. ”

Xia Yuan said: "Instructor, don't worry, I'll go to investigate the enemy." ”

The weapons and equipment of the three companies are now sufficient, there is no shortage of anything, when fighting Tokugawa, the equipment of their company has also been replenished, after the battle of Tokugawa, although a large amount of ammunition was consumed, but the enemy of Tokugawa left a large amount of weapons and equipment, and the three companies have basically replaced with American-style weapons, and the ammunition has also been replenished.

It can be described as a strong soldier.

Xia Yuan didn't need to touch the enemy's garrison to get supplies.

Besides, maybe the superiors will take action in the near future, and if he does this, he will startle the snake.

Sometimes, confrontation is also a kind of containment.

Daytime.

The US planes were whizzing overhead, and they could not be at peace for a moment.

At night, the enemy fell silent, Xia Yuan took Xiao Heping, Zhao Xiaoyi and Zhou Mao quietly left the position, got into the field, lay on a piece of dry grass and snow, and quietly looked at the American troops in the distance.

"These foreign devils have a very good life, they live a good life, and they have a hot meal, which is much more nourishing than ours." Zhou Mao held the brim of his hat and squinted his eyes to try to see clearly.

Dancing campfires are flickering enemy figures.

Realizing where they were, there were even a lot more sentry posts.

Around the firelight were makeshift tents.

The Tokugawa enemy had been defeated, but there was no sign of collapse in this group of enemies, and it was evident that they still had great trust in their country.

I guess they all wanted to end the Korean War.

"When the time comes, we will beat them up so that they don't hurt them, they don't know how good we are." Xiao Heping clenched his fists and said through gritted teeth.

Just because of these enemies, so many good comrades in the company were sacrificed like this.

There is no one who does not hate the American devils.

The reconnaissance of the enemy's situation was quite smooth, and the strength of the US troops in front of them was about one battalion, and it was obvious that this was the vanguard of the US army, and the main force was in the rear, and it was estimated that it was a part of the US army and a puppet army, and the strength was about a few thousand people.

The enemy situation is almost touched, and the stars in the sky are no longer visible.

It is estimated that in the second half of the night, the four of them quietly touched back.

Xia Yuan went to the company headquarters and reported the detected situation to the company commander.

The large team of several thousand people is a mixture of the US army and the puppet army, and Company Commander Sun said: "This kind of mixed troops, the combat effectiveness is not so high, relax and see if this enemy will attack tomorrow." ”

After a pause, he asked again: "How are the trenches and anticline bunkers of the four rows dug up?" ”

"It's all arranged, and it's not a problem to resist the bombardment of the American devils." Xia Yuan has put a lot of effort into this, and many times, most of the casualties of the troops come from the enemy's shelling, followed by sacrifice in the process of fighting.

If the casualties caused by the shelling can be reduced, then the follow-up operation is considerable, and the position can be held for a longer time.

"Well, put more snacks in this area, and lead the company in the future, and the experience in this area can also be used."

Company Commander Sun taught by word and deed, and passed on his experience of leading the company to Xia Yuan.

Xia Yuan made a lot of contributions in the Korean battlefield, and even attracted the attention of his superiors, who heard the battalion commander say that the superiors had prepared a commendation order, but they would have to wait until the end of the second battle.

With these military exploits, Xia Yuan can go further in the future.

Back in the platoon, the soldiers were sleeping in the trenches, the cold wind was howling, and the cold was gusting, but fortunately, the fireplace invented by Xia Yuan earlier dispersed the cold in the bomb crater, and the rising smoke entered the pit of smoke, and it quickly drifted clean.

He inspected along the trenches, filled the soldiers with some firewood, and then went into Xiao Heping's bomb crater and squeezed together with him.

Each class has arranged a replacement sentry, and Gao Lin, Zhou Wen, and Zhao Songzhu have done a very good job in this regard, and they don't need Xia Yuan to worry about it.

"Platoon commander, are you back?"

Xiao Heping had just fallen asleep when they came over from the enemy's station, and after a rapid march, they were really sleepy.

He yawned, his eyes bloodshot scarlet, and the whites of his eyes were red.

Xia Yuan made a silent gesture and motioned for him to hurry up and sleep.

Maybe tomorrow there will be a fierce battle waiting for them.

Sure enough, as soon as the sky was bright, there was a sharp whistling in the sky.

Everyone was resting, and then they were awakened by the deafening roar, hiding in the bomb shelter, the dirt above their heads kept falling, and some fighters were directly hit by enemy shells, and the entire bomb shelter collapsed.

Fortunately, the bomb crater was dug thick enough that he was not completely buried, otherwise this would have become a grave pit.

When the shelling was over, the wind was blowing the smoke on the position, and Zhao Xiaoyi's empty voice floated: "The enemy is coming!" ”

The group got out of the crater, lifted their hats and slapped the dirt, and through the smoke of gunpowder, they could see that the enemy was pouring towards the position.

"Grandma has a leg, even such an enemy dares to go up, platoon commander, I will take people to fight back and guarantee to beat them down." Zhao Songzhu, the third squad leader, volunteered.

"Don't worry, there aren't many enemies, I'm going to eat them all."

Xia Yuan's eyes moved slightly, and he immediately began to arrange the battle.

He arranged the first and second squads on the left and right sides of the position, and directly transferred the third squad to the anticline, so that the position they had been stationed in the middle was empty.

The enemy stepped into the position with the smoke of gunpowder, and found that there was not a single enemy in the trenches that were lined up and crossed.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! The back ones keep up! ”

The attack went quite smoothly, and the squad leader in charge of supervising the battle motioned to the people behind him to follow.

The enemy's strength was about a company or so, including the Warlords, and after entering the position, they quickly burrowed into the trenches, pulled out their sapper shovels, and began to expand the bunker fortifications.

Eating a company with a platoon, it is estimated that only Xia Yuan dares to think about it.

He assigned combat missions to the first and second squads, they were responsible for containment, the third squad was responsible for feints, and the real main force was himself.

The enemy of a company is really not enough, his combat ability far exceeds that of any soldier, and it is really more than enough to deal with the enemy of a company.

Bang, a gunshot rang out, and the squad leader of the overseer fell to the ground.

The sudden gunfire also caused the soldiers of Li's puppet army to fall on their stomachs, staring around through the battlefield filled with gunsmoke, and the crackling gunshots soon rang out.

When the first and second squads were pinned, they each sent two battle groups to run behind the enemy's ass and block the enemy's retreat.

Xia Yuan took Xiao Heping through the crooked traffic trench, threw grenades behind the bunker, and as the smoke filled the air, the enemy's fire was suppressed, he and the two of them quickly rushed out, and smoothly entered the end of the trench, where you can clearly see Li Puppet Army lying on the ground.

The three frontal squads were responsible for the diversion, attracting enemy fire.

"Grenades!"

The two of them carried a large number of grenades on their bodies, specifically to provide supplies for Xia Yuan.

He held ten grenades, his eagle eyes opened, swept the position, remembered the enemy's position in his mind, clenched the grenades, gritted the pull ring with his teeth, and threw the grenades out.

The air over the position was filled with gunsmoke, and the enemy did not notice the direction in which the grenade was thrown, and Xia Yuan threw the grenade high enough and far enough that the grenade exploded above the enemy's head.

A makeshift machine-gun fire point was instantly silenced.

This was far from enough for a platoon of soldiers to annihilate a company of Li's puppet army, Xia Yuan signaled the two to be on alert, and he began to kill.

Deadly grenades were thrown out of his hands, and the thrown grenades formed a minefield, shrouding the sky above the enemy's head.

The enemy was bombed and screamed repeatedly, and could no longer withstand the pressure, and began to hide in the trenches.

But this deadly grenade, as if it had eyes, landed precisely on the top of the enemy's head, and the fragmented shrapnel could cover a position of three or four meters.

These grenades are domestically made, and there is no concept of offensive defense yet.

And the grenades of the US military are divided into offensive and defensive types.

The lethality of offensive grenades is average, after all, it is for attacking, covering the soldiers to charge the enemy's position, and the radius of destruction is mostly within ten meters, or even shorter.

Defensive grenades, on the other hand, are designed to cover the retreat of the soldiers, and the radius of destruction can reach twenty or thirty meters, which requires the pitcher to have cover.

This is also very reasonable, otherwise, in the process of attacking, it will be all soldiers, throwing out a defensive grenade, and even killing and injuring their own people.

Grenades don't have that much of a concept, they are lethal when thrown, and the rising smoke can also form a cover to block the enemy's line of sight.

The features are pretty good.

When the enemy's resistance was weak, Zhao Xiaoyi blew the whistle of the attack, the soldiers of the three squads jumped out of the bunker, the three-three system battle formation was scattered, the tactical leap forward, alternately covering the creeping forward, each soldier had a strong individual ability, and the three fighters formed a combat group, which could easily resist the attack of the enemy's platoon.

Or even a company.

And at this moment, it is to show the strength of the three-three system battle formation.

Xia Yuan is responsible for giving fire suppression, and each combat group has the ability to provide fire support and fire cover.

On the contrary, the enemy's resistance is weak and confused, some are hiding, some are retreating with a shot, and some have already begun how to retreat.

Since Xia Yuan wanted to eat this group of enemies, it was impossible for him to let them retreat and take Xiao Heping and Zhou Mao out of the hidden position.