The situation in Tunnel No. 1 was slightly better. The interior space was large and there was a steady supply of wet mud. The soldiers smeared the wet mud on their faces, wrapped the mud with cloth to block their mouths and noses, and made wet mud masks.
, fight against the enemies outside the tunnel.
After two days of attacking and failing to capture it, the enemy concentrated artillery fire on the tunnel entrance in an attempt to blow up the tunnel and starve the volunteer soldiers in the tunnel of asphyxiation. At this time, the second tunnel entrance dug by Xia Yuan became useful.
Demonstration appeared, they dug the second tunnel entrance to let air in, and at the same time waited until the enemy's artillery fire ended, then quickly dug the tunnel entrance.
The entrance to the No. 1 tunnel was so difficult, but other tunnel entrances were even more difficult. Since there was no backup tunnel entrance, the enemy's shells collapsed the tunnel. The volunteer soldiers risked their lives and braved artillery fire to dig out the tunnel entrance. When the enemy
When they tried to destroy the tunnel again, the soldiers rushed out to fight with them again and again until they defeated the enemy.
The U.S. military, which had powerful ships and cannons, tried its best to deal with the volunteers in the tunnel. This made the enemy furious. They adopted another method, which was to dig holes from the top of the tunnel. After digging, they dug out from the tunnel.
The ones above threw grenades, explosive packets, gas bombs, and incendiary bombs at the soldiers in the tunnel.
From top to bottom, it was difficult for the volunteer soldiers in the tunnel to hit the enemies above from below. They could not throw grenades up, and it was impossible to shoot the enemies above them with direct fire from machine guns. After brainstorming, the volunteer soldiers came up with a way.
That is to use the direct firepower of the mortar to shoot at the enemy. The gunner climbed to the entrance of the tunnel, held the gun body with one hand, and loaded the bomb with the other hand. The shell exploded on the roof of the cave, causing huge damage to the enemy.
, after finding the trick, the gunner will use this method whenever he hears the enemy digging in the ground above his head, and the enemy will no longer use this method.
The United Nations military spent a lot of effort and used various vicious methods. Not only did it fail to eliminate the volunteers in the tunnels, but it actually enhanced the volunteer soldiers' tunnel combat experience.
Starting from the 20th, the enemy occupied the surface position. Until the 23rd, they continued to deal with the volunteers in the tunnels. Every night, Xia Yuan would lead the volunteer soldiers to attack the enemies on the fortified positions.
Each time, a large number of enemies were eliminated, many enemy bunkers were blown up, and huge casualties were caused to the enemies.
At night, the enemy strengthened its defense of the surface positions, making it increasingly difficult for the soldiers in the tunnel to attack. Even Xia Yuan could feel that the enemy's firepower had become extremely fierce.
The number of enemies on surface position No. 1 has increased to a reinforced battalion, because since the US military occupied Shangganling, every night, surface position No. 1 will encounter a fierce attack by the volunteers. The ordinary three to five bunkers cannot stop it.
When the enemy attacks, it often takes two hours for the enemy to blow up the bunker. And no matter how many soldiers are sent, the casualty statistics after the war are shocking.
The United Nations troops strengthened the defense of Position No. 1, which they themselves called the Devil's Position.
Reinforcements from the rear also arrived in the tunnel, and the soldiers in each tunnel were replenished. The fighting enthusiasm of the soldiers was like a blazing flame. Tunnel No. 1 was supplemented by two squads of troops, and the injured soldiers were finally able to
Rest and rest, but the enemy's strength on the surface position has been expanded, and any counterattack must be carefully considered.
In late October in North Korea, the air was getting colder. It was okay in the tunnels, but there were gusts of cold wind blowing at the entrance of the tunnels. In addition, the enemy strengthened their surface positions and built bunkers one after another. Without the artillery reinforcements, the tunnel soldiers had no choice but to
Retreat to the tunnel and continue to hold on.
The enemy strengthened the defense on the ground at night, but the soldiers in the tunnel figured out a new method. If the small unit did not go out for activities at night, they would have to arrange the sentry outside the cave entrance. There were not many soldiers in the tunnel, so
Work shifts were often required, but as a result, the weather was very cold and the soldiers did not have time to rest, which was very taxing on the soldiers. In order to solve the problem of going out to harass the enemy at night, the soldiers came up with various ingenious methods.
For example, use a machine gun to suddenly fire a few rounds of bullets outside, or throw cans and boxes outside to make noise, etc., so that the United Nations troops think that the volunteers are going to counterattack, and the enemies who fall into the trap will fire all their weapons at once for an hour or two, etc.
When the enemy fires, the soldiers in the tunnel will fire a few more rounds and throw some things, and the enemy will continue to fire for an hour or two. This delays the enemy, greatly shortens the sentry time, and at the same time causes trouble to the enemy.
Later, one time, when Xia Yuan threw things again and made noise, he found that the enemy had stopped moving. It turned out that the United Nations troops had been fighting for a long time. He realized that he was fighting with the air. The volunteers in the tunnel did not fight back, so he ignored these movements.
Pay attention.
When the opportunity came, Xia Yuanyuan immediately led a class of soldiers to attack with lightning speed. He touched the grenades and exploded them randomly, blowing up the enemy's bunker and killing many enemies. This kind of you come and I will
The previous battles left the United Nations troops on the surface with no peace for a moment.
In the ongoing battle at Shangganling, the volunteer soldiers who stood firm and resourceful formed a complete set of position defense tactics based on tunnels. The volunteer soldiers relied on the tunnels to tenaciously block the attack. After the enemy occupied the surface position, the volunteer soldiers relied on the tunnels.
, contain the enemy, and cooperate with the rear artillery to attack the U.S. troops on the ground.
Sometimes when the enemy launches a counterattack, the first echelon will secretly move into the tunnel the night before and use the tunnel as a starting point for the attack to shorten the distance of movement and reduce the casualties caused by the enemy's shelling, and to achieve the suddenness of the counterattack.
, and can flank the enemy with the cooperation of the troops holding on to the tunnel.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Therefore, even if the ground fortifications are lost, it cannot be regarded as the entire position being lost. Shangganling is always in the hands of the volunteers.
The volunteers relied on tunnels to repeatedly compete with the enemy, forcing the United Nations to invest more troops and weapons and equipment, thereby achieving the purpose of killing a large number of enemies and consuming the enemy. During the repeated battles, some soldiers initially lost their surface positions, which was very unfortunate.
Feel good.
It was not until the 24th that news came from the rear that the US Seventh Division had withdrawn. The soldiers in the tunnels sat together excitedly and read out the documents sent from the rear. The instructor proudly shouted: "We have withdrawn the US Seventh Division."
Destroyed!!"
The faces of the soldiers in the tunnel were filled with happy smiles.
Only then did the soldiers understand that sometimes the purpose of giving up superficial positions is to hold back the enemy and annihilate more of them.
Xia Yuan also took this opportunity to put forward the slogans of 'protracted combat, active defense' and 'destroy the enemy and save yourself', allowing the soldiers to use everything available around them to expand the tunnels, make the tunnels stronger and more reliable, and make the underground tunnels
Form an underground Great Wall and drag the enemy down so they can't move.
Under the leadership of Xia Yuan, instead of being defeated by the harsh environment and terrifying enemies, the soldiers in the tunnel became more and more courageous as they fought. From the battle on the 14th to the enemy's change of defense on the 24th, Xia Yuan led No. 1
The soldiers in the tunnels participated in more than 100 large and small counterattacks, and captured more than 50 machine guns, 600 automatic rifles and carbines, and several bullets. The enemy's individual equipment was as high as a company.
After several consecutive days of tunnel fighting, the conditions in Tunnel No. 1 became harsh. In particular, the continuous reinforcements increased the consumption of the tunnel. The personnel were crowded and the wounded were in great pain. The shock of the shelling made the tunnel sometimes unlit and it was dark.
In the middle of the tunnel, the smell of gunpowder smoke, sulfur, blood, feces and sweat made the air filthy and suffocating. The soldiers were crowded in the tunnel. Although the weather outside the cave was minus seven or eight degrees Celsius, the tunnel was as sultry as summer.
The temperature has risen to the point where it is uncomfortable to wear single clothes.
Many tunnels lacked ammunition, food and water. In the most difficult time, each person could only eat half a steamed bun a day. The most serious problem was the lack of water. Tunnel No. 1 was okay because there was a well dug by Xia Yuan earlier.
Although there is no water coming out, the humidity is there. If you put the cloth inside, it will be soaked quickly and water can be squeezed out. Saving some water can solve the basic drinking problem of the soldiers in the tunnel.
The conditions in other tunnels are not so good, especially the conditions for the soldiers in the tunnels in the 537.7 Highlands. The soldiers are so thirsty that they urinate and bleed, and their lips are cracked. Sometimes they can only drink urine to quench their thirst. Moreover, the time continues to extend and the battle is long.
As time went on, the difficulties increased, and many troops held on to the tunnels and fought against the enemy for more than ten days and nights.
Under such unimaginably difficult circumstances, the defending troops remained tenacious and unyielding, closely united, full of confidence in victory, filled with revolutionary optimism, and fought against the enemy with fearless heroism.
The soldiers who held the No. 2 Tunnel on the 597.9 Highland in Shangganling, under extremely difficult and dangerous circumstances, once managed to write to their superiors: "Dear Chief, now we are surrounded by enemies on all sides, and only one side below our feet has no enemies, but we promise
Fight to the end and win, leaders, please rest assured!"
A tunnel in Highland 597.9 was bombed and trampled for a long time by the enemy. The situation was very dangerous. The volunteer soldiers who held on to the tunnel vowed to attack the enemy hard and destroy the enemy's arrogance. They would not dare to approach the tunnel during the day.
A large number of enemies were killed and destroyed in the tunnels, and combat groups were sent out one after another at night to go to the top of the mountain to eliminate the enemies. In thirty-two night raids, they killed and wounded seventy-two enemies at the cost of only three casualties, thus ending the battle.
The focus is pushed from the entrance of the tunnel to the surface position occupied by the enemy.
As the enemy changed defenses, the Second Korean Division took over the defense of the US Seventh Division on Shangganling and was responsible for attacking Highland 597.9. Their methods were more ruthless than the US military. They used far more various types of biological and chemical weapons than the US military and were even more frantic.
The troops who stood firm in the tunnels, under such difficult and difficult conditions, fully developed the spirit of unity and friendship, encouraged each other, cared for each other, and were full of brotherly intimacy. When everyone was dizzy from extreme thirst and hunger
, they imitated the spirit of the old Red Army who climbed snowy mountains and crossed grasslands and endured untold hardships. They also sang songs such as "The Battle Hymn of the Volunteer Army" to boost their fighting spirit. When the soldiers grabbed some water from outside, or the superiors sent people to risk their lives.
When Danger sent some supplies, they all pushed and gave way to each other, trying their best to let other comrades drink and eat more.
Although the enemy's ships were strong and powerful, the volunteer soldiers in the tunnels still successfully withstood the enemy's continuous fierce attacks with their tenacious fighting spirit.
The 24th was destined to be the most difficult day. Their opponent was changed from the US 7th Division to the Korean 2nd Division, but changing opponents could not stop the excitement of the soldiers in the tunnel.
"We defeated the Seventh American Division!"
The soldiers ran around in the tunnel telling each other, the dark soil unable to hide the smiles on their faces at all.
Xia Yuan also had a smile on his face. What is the most meaningful thing about traveling through time? There is no doubt that it is leading the soldiers to stick to the tunnel and feeling the bond between the soldiers. He can trust his back to
The soldiers in front of me.
There is no conspiracy, only pure red spirit.
"Company Commander Xia, we defeated the enemy!" Wang Lan was also very happy. Although she did not fight on the surface, she felt the enemy's cruelty in the tunnels and felt the hardships of the volunteer soldiers in the tunnels.
Groups of people went to the battlefield and never came back, and groups of people were added from outside.
Now that the foreign devils have finally been beaten away, this is definitely a good thing for the soldiers in the tunnels.
Comparable to Chinese New Year.
The instructor's thin face also showed a smile, and he said: "Comrades, we have finally defeated the Seventh Division of the foreign Japanese, but we cannot take it lightly! The US Seventh Division has been defeated, and there are also the US Eighth Division and the US Ninth Division! We
We must work harder to stay in the tunnel and fight the enemy to the end!"
Today, the fighting enthusiasm of the soldiers is particularly high, and everyone has a happy smile on their face.
They said:
"The Eighth US Division? The Eighth US Division is here, so defeat him anyway!"
"Yes! Whoever the division is, if they dare to come, let them taste the power of the weapons in our hands!"
The instructor found Xia Yuan and Dai Wannian, and they discussed, "Tonight, we will reward the soldiers. Take out some canned meat and let the soldiers taste the meat. We will also find a way to send some supplies to the comrades in other tunnels."
Xia Yuan agreed with the instructor's suggestion. These days, the hardships in the tunnels were obvious to all. Most of the materials previously captured were given to the soldiers in other tunnels. Moreover, after the enemy was stationed on the top of the mountain, the defense at night was even tighter. He
Its night combat capabilities have also been greatly restricted.
The enemy on Position Zero put a large searchlight at the entrance of the reverse slope of Tunnel No. 1. The machine gun bunker was also facing the entrance of Tunnel No. 1. It was very difficult to go out or come in, and there was no one in the rear recently.
What order? They were probably preparing for a major counterattack. Every night, the soldiers in the tunnels still withstood the enemy's heavy machine gun fire, and under the leadership of Xia Yuan launched night attacks on the enemies on the mountain.