Chapter 17 Small casualties, big results! (Six Geng)
More than ten mortars, five or six boxes of artillery shells, and two boxes of bullets were quickly piled on the ground. The squad leader of the fourth platoon and the third squad couldn't help but be curious: "Did you really annihilate a company of American troops?"
Xia Yuan raised his voice and said, "Then there is still lies. You will be punished for lying."
"Awesome!" the squad leader of the fourth platoon and the third squad exclaimed.
At this time, the third group of secret sentry soldiers hurriedly ran to the No. 1 position and rushed into the tunnel. They happened to meet the fourth platoon leader who was transporting sand and gravel. "Platoon leader, where is our company commander?"
"I'm resting. What's going on? I'm so anxious. Did something happen over there at No. 7 position?" The fourth platoon leader was shocked when he saw the soldier in front of him running out of breath and covered with sweat. He quickly asked
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The soldier gasped, "Platoon commander, wake up the company commander quickly, Comrade Xia Yuan, Comrade Xia Yuan is back driving a foreign Japanese truck."
"What! Comrade Xia Yuan is driving a truck owned by foreigners!" The fourth platoon leader was stunned, and quickly put down the basket in his hand, "Follow me."
The two walked through the tunnel and came to the lounge. Captain Gao was resting on the table with a map in front of him. The kerosene lamp gave off a dim glow. The female comrades from the art troupe and the medical staff were all resting in the tunnel, four rows apart.
He ran over and gently shook Captain Gao awake.
"Company commander, Comrade Xia Yuan is back."
As soon as he heard that Comrade Xia Yuan was back, Captain Gao's sleepiness disappeared. He looked at the resting female comrades and hissed: "Go out and talk."
Arriving outside the tunnel, Captain Gao asked, "What's going on?"
The fourth platoon leader said: "Chu Wazi, come here and tell the company commander what's going on."
"Company Commander, Wang Wazi and I were on duty when we suddenly heard an enemy truck approaching Position No. 7. When he and I were hesitant, the truck suddenly lit up. I asked Wang Wazi to call the squad leader and I touched it myself.
I went over to check, but I didn’t expect the people in the car to find me.”
"He got out of the car, and when I saw it was Comrade Xia Yuan, he told me to call the company commander and set off with two platoons of soldiers. He said he was going to move supplies!"
Chu Wazi quickly told what happened not long ago: "Company commander, please take someone to take a look. I see that there are mortars in that car!"
"That's true!" Captain Gao asked quickly.
"It's true! Xia Yuan said that lying would be punished!" Chu Wazi nodded firmly.
"I guess something happened to Xia Yuan and the others!"
Company Commander Gao immediately issued an order without delay: "Fourth Platoon Commander, you call the Third Platoon Commander to stop digging tunnels, bring weapons and equipment, and assemble at Position No. 1! In addition, order the First and Second Platoons to prepare for battle.
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"yes!"
Company Commander Gao hurried back to the lounge, woke up Instructor Lin, called him outside, and told Instructor Lin what had just happened.
When Instructor Lin heard this, he was a little confused: "What's going on? Didn't you ask them to catch their tongues?"
"I don't know what happened. A young soldier came back and said that Xia Yuan was driving a foreign Japanese car and pulling several mortars."
Company Commander Gao smiled bitterly: "This kid made such a big mistake in his first operation. I just ordered three and four platoons to form a team. Let's go over and take a look now."
Instructor Lin said: "I'm going to put on clothes."
On position No. 1, more than seventy soldiers from three and four rows gathered quickly. The first and second rows were responsible for digging tunnels during the day, so the defense and guard posts of the position were handed over to the soldiers from the third and fourth rows. At night, the third and fourth rows were responsible for digging tunnels.
Tunnels were dug, and defense and security posts at night were handed over to the first and second platoons.
Position No. 7 is the forward position, which is more prominent. It has always been defended here by four platoons and three squads.
"Report to the company commander, the three platoons have assembled!"
"Report to the company commander, the four platoons have assembled!"
Company Commander Gao said nothing more and said: "Let's go!"
The team formed two columns and quickly set off in the direction of position No. 7.
Company Commander Gao was a little anxious. Instructor Lin said: "Old Gao, walk slower."
Company Commander Gao said: "Can I go faster? What did the reconnaissance squad do tonight? Why did they suddenly pull back a truck of mortars? If I don't solve this problem quickly, I feel like I'm scratching an itch and I'm restless.
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Instructor Lin could only shout: "Speed up!"
The soldiers didn't know what was going on. They followed the team in front and quickly arrived at position 7. They passed through position 7 and continued walking forward. From a distance, they saw the car Chu Wazi mentioned.
"Report to the company commander! Instructor!"
Xia Yuan waited and waited. When he saw someone finally arrived, he stepped forward and saluted.
Company Commander Gao hurriedly asked: "Xia Yuan, what happened? Where did you get the foreign Japanese car? Where are the others?"
"Company Commander, I'll tell you on the way! Just leave two soldiers to watch these mortars. Let's set off now!"
Xia Yuan opened the door and got on the car, "Company Commander, I told you on the way to let the soldiers get in the car first."
"Everyone is welcome, get on the bus! If you can't sit on it, run forward!"
After Captain Gao responded, the soldiers from the third row crowded into the car, and the soldiers from the fourth row followed behind the car. Company Commander Gao and Instructor Lin squeezed into the co-pilot and asked about the situation tonight.
But Xia Yuan actually turned off the car lights, started the car and turned around.
Company Commander Gao was a little surprised: "You drive without turning on the lights?"
Xia Yuan smiled and said: "Company commander, don't worry, I can see the road clearly at night."
The car started and set off in the direction of Cangshan Mountain, Xiaganling Mountain.
The soldiers followed the car.
Instructor Lin asked: "What did you do tonight? How did you bring back so many mortars?"
Xia Yuandao: "Company commander, instructor, isn't our mission location Cangshan? There is a company of foreign devils stationed in Cangshan. I observed the situation in Cangshan and found that the foreign devils' guard posts were very loose, so I asked Squad Leader Zhou to lead people from the weak guard posts.
We moved through the back mountain, killed the enemy's guard posts in the back mountain, and reached the enemy's living quarters and artillery positions along the way."
"I found that most of these foreign devils lived in the tunnels, so I asked Lao Niu and the others to put on foreign devils' clothes and attack the foreign devils in the tunnels. Those foreign devils who were not dead knew that enemies were dressing up in their clothes and attacking them.
But they didn’t know where we were, so I took Lao Niu and they put black guns among the enemies, and the enemies shot at us, and some of the bullets hit the foreign devils on the other side, and then they got into chaos."
"I also destroyed all the wires and light bulbs on the position. The enemy could not distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. We only knew that the enemy was wearing our own clothes. In addition, we were causing trouble. When we encountered the foreign devils, we would shoot and throw grenades, which scared the foreign devils.
If you see your own people, shoot them."
"We fought for three hours, and the fight was almost the same. Squad leader Zhou rushed in with his men and wiped out the remaining enemies. In this way, we killed a company of enemies at the cost of slightly injuring two soldiers!"
Company Commander Gao and Instructor Lin's expressions became shocked.
Company Commander Gao looked shocked: "A dozen of you killed an enemy company!!!"
Immediately afterwards, he said excitedly: "Okay! Okay! Okay!" He turned to look at Instructor Lin: "Instructor, you can hear that the reconnaissance squad killed an enemy company at the cost of slightly injuring two soldiers!"
Instructor Lin smiled and said: "I heard it, I heard it. The next class award is no longer available. I guess the lesbians from the art troupe will have to stay for two more days."
"Hahaha!" Captain Gao smiled happily, and his previous uneasiness was swept away: "Great! The reconnaissance squad gave me a huge surprise! By the way, how many people did you capture?"
"More than ten, as well as the enemy's wounded." Xia Yuan added: "Company Commander, I also heard the content of the foreign devils' conversation. The enemy's target is probably Shangganling!"
"Can you understand the foreign Japanese's birdsong?" Captain Gao was very surprised.
"Okay." Xia Yuan nodded: "In 1951, the war was fierce. I had long wanted to join the army to defend my family and the country, so I asked my father to buy me a bird song book and read it.
After studying for a year, I can understand some basic words."
Instructor Lin said: "This is important information. If, as Xia Yuan said, the enemy's goal is Shangganling, then the value of this information will be immeasurable. It will have a significant impact on our army's defense of the Five Sacred Mountains and changes in the deployment of each division.
play a key role.”
At the beginning of May 2nd, the 12th Army and the 15th Army switched defenses. The 15th Army was stationed in the West Mountain, Five Sacred Mountains, and Pyongkang areas. To the west was the 38th Army, which was known as the "Long Live Army" and was stationed in the Cheorwon area.
After Van Fleet failed in the fifth battle, they have been preparing for a bigger battle, and their goal is the Iron Triangle!
The iron triangle is Pingkang, Cheorwon, and Jinhua. The left side of the triangle is the 38th Army, the right side is the 15th Army, and the bottom is the United Nations Army. Van Fleet once said that the iron triangle controlled by the Chinese army has always been a major problem for him.
This plan is also aimed at the Iron Triangle.
After gaining insight into the actions of the US military, Commander Qin of the 15th Army determined that the target of the US military's offensive was Xishan Mountain. In the early stages of the Shangganling battle, the focus of the Volunteer Army's defense was also Xishan Mountain. This was due to Van Fleet's use of blindness.
On the western front, a pincer offensive was launched against the Western Mountains, while on the eastern front, landing ships were sent to make a false landing to attract the attention of the 15th Army, thus distracting attention from the Ganling area on the Five Sacred Mountains.
Van Fleet's plan was relatively successful, because it was not until three days after the battle of Shangganling that Commander Qin of the 15th Army realized that the enemy's target was Shangganling!
If we can gain insight and make preparations in advance, it may be able to greatly alleviate the living environment of the soldiers fighting inside the Shangganling tunnel, but it cannot change the situation of the battle. The battle of Shangganling will still break out.
The main reason is that the Shangganling area is too narrow. The two highlands combined are only 3.7 square kilometers. In the later battles, both sides adopted the "refueling tactic". The so-called refueling tactic refers to a company or a battalion.
To replenish the troops on the high ground.
In the end, both sides invested more than 100,000 troops in this less than 3.7 square kilometers of land.
Even if Xia Yuan comes from the future, even if he has the memory of knowing the direction of the Battle of Shangganling, nothing can be changed. At this time, we are in the peace negotiation stage, and the two sides are carrying out cold gun campaigns. Even a night raid is nothing more than a company platoon.
Harassment attack for the unit.
Even if Xia Yuan eventually becomes the commander of the 15th Army, he cannot change it.
Because when Marshal Peng returned to China, he gave the order to the commander of the 15th Army that the Five Sacred Mountains are the gateway to the entire volunteer army's defense line. If they are lost, we must be responsible for history. Once the enemy breaks through the Five Sacred Mountains, our army will retreat two hundred kilometers across the line.
The result of this is that the peace negotiations failed.
Defend the Five Sacred Mountains!
Every inch of land must be fought for! No inch of land should be conceded!
Xiaganling.
Cangshan.
Company Commander Gao and Instructor Lin looked at the mountains in front of them in disbelief.
When they reached the mountainside and looked at the pile of supplies transported from the mountain, all the soldiers were convinced that Xia Yuan and his squad had captured the enemy's high ground.
Just then, Lao Niu and others came down from the mountain carrying their things. When they saw Xia Yuan and the company commander, they were extremely surprised: "Company commander, instructor, third platoon leader, fourth platoon leader, you are here."
Company Commander Gao looked at the boxes of supplies in front of him and said, "You guys are doing well, beyond my expectation. Come on, let's go up the mountain. The third platoon leader and the fourth platoon leader will arrange for the soldiers to move the supplies quickly."
Xia Yuandao: "Company Commander, there are still cars in the woods. Find a few soldiers who can drive. Follow me. Don't turn on the lights. I will take everyone to transport the supplies back."
"Third Platoon Commander, don't you have soldiers in your platoon who can drive?"
Instructor Lin shouted.
Company Commander Gao and Instructor Lin led others to the high ground. There were enemy corpses everywhere and bomb craters everywhere. It was obvious that a small battle had just occurred here. Most of the fortifications were severely destroyed, and some American corpses were found.
They were all blown to pieces, and blood flowed blackly all over the ground.
Lao Niu brought Company Commander Gao and Instructor Lin to Squad Leader Zhou, who was in the enemy's main tunnel. He carried a gun and said with a smile: "Company Commander, instructor, platoon leader, you are here, come on, come on.
, look at the tunnels dug by the foreign devils."
After a brief stroll around, Captain Gao couldn't help but say: "The enemy's tunnels are well dug. Compared with ours, they are far behind."
Squad leader Zhou said: "No, company commander, I also seized the radio of the foreign devils. With this thing, you don't even need to set up a telephone line. You can receive the message directly. You can listen to what it says in the chatter and the birdsong of the foreign devils."
Why does it look so weird?"
Instructor Lin smiled and said: "This is the enemy's radio. During the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese had this thing, and many of them had very little equipment. The foreign devils are rich, and each of their companies has one of these radios."
Company Commander Gao said: "Third Platoon Commander, ask the soldiers to move everything in the tunnel down. They must move quickly and return to height 597.9 before five o'clock."
"Yes!" The third platoon leader immediately turned around and made arrangements.
They came to the enemy's artillery position again, and the howitzers looked at them with eager eyes.
Captain Gao stroked the muzzle of the howitzer and said: "This thing is too heavy. Take it last. If you can take it away, take it away. If you can't take it away, blow it up."
"This thing is good, but it's too heavy."
Instructor Lin felt that it was a pity that our army was so short of artillery. These howitzers were enough to form an artillery battery.
Behind the artillery position is the enemy's material storage area. The soldiers are happily carrying materials, and their happy voices can be heard from a distance.
"With so many cans and four tents, the little foreign devil's life is really good."
"What are the four camps? One of them over there is filled with weapons and ammunition. I heard from the soldiers carrying supplies over there that there is also a brand new recoilless rifle."
"Squad leader, come here and take a look. This place is full of meat, meat pickled by the enemy!"
"What kind of meat is this? It tastes so good."
"What are you looking at? What are you looking at? Move them quickly. Move them all away. Move them to our position so that everyone can smell and see them."
"Come on, come on, don't leave any ink marks, move it quickly and work harder."
The camp was very lively. The soldiers were carrying boxes of things outside, and no one was tired. There were so many supplies, and they were very excited.