The fifth battle is getting closer and closer, and the division headquarters has not received the combat order from its superiors. Commander Zheng became anxious: "It has been a month since we arrived in North Korea. We will set off at 6 o'clock in the evening on the 21st.
, the fifth battle is about to begin, and our division has not really fought against the American soldiers yet. The other teams have already begun to move towards the combat position, and we have not received any combat orders."
Deputy Commander Duan said: "Old Zheng, calm down. At this time, we must not be anxious. Maybe our superiors have arranged other combat tasks for us."
Chief of Staff Wang came back, walking in a hurry. When the two saw this, they quickly stood up to greet him. Commander Zheng asked: "How is it? Has the superior's combat order been issued?"
Chief of Staff Wang exhaled slightly and said: "Our 180th Division is staying in the rear as a reserve force and continues to defend its defense zone."
Commander Zheng was a little disappointed and said: "The 179th Division and the 181st Division of the 60th Army have all received their combat orders and have moved towards the front line. Only our 180th Division is still staying in place.
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Chief of Staff Wang comforted him: "Old Zheng, don't be too anxious. I think Zhisi must have his intention in making this arrangement."
Deputy Commander Duan also said: "Old Wang is right, we just have to follow Shisi's arrangements."
Commander Zheng thought for a while and said: "The reserve team is the reserve team, and the reserve team also plays sometimes. I just hope that Mr. Sun and Mr. Qin can leave some soup for our 180th Division to drink."
Deputy Commander Duan thought about it and said, "It's probably quite frustrating. During this period of waiting, they were also very anxious. They finally received the combat order this time, and it was their first time to participate in the fifth battle counterattack. They probably had to have a good time.
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In the first stage of the Fifth Battle, the 180th Division stayed in the rear as a reserve force and did not participate in the first stage of the battle.
On the front line, the 1st Battalion and 1st Company of the 538th Regiment fought an annihilation battle against an enemy reconnaissance platoon and successfully destroyed the reconnaissance team sent by the US military. If this US military reconnaissance team sent several more telegrams to their headquarters to report the situation of our army, other
The consequences were disastrous. At this time, the US military did not know that the three infantry divisions of the 179th, 180th and 181st divisions under the 60th Army had been reinforced in this position. The main area for the first stage of counterattack was
Between Tomb Hill and Chunchon in North Korea, the three corps of the 60th Army attacked the U.S. Third Division and the Turkish Brigade in the Yeoncheon area.
All units on the front line were intensively mobilizing, and all artillery pieces were camouflaged with vegetation. When they arrived in position, the volunteer soldiers put leaves and weeds on their heads as camouflage, and walked through the mountains and forests and on the mountains.
Shiji is determined to launch a full-scale assault on the United Nations on the Western Front with three corps and twelve corps. No matter in terms of attack width, troop input or assault distance, the fifth battle is the largest offensive of the Volunteer Army since the entire War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, and the target of the attack is
In order to completely divide and surround the enemy, annihilate five entire divisions of the United Nations Army!
During the preparations for the Fifth Battle, on April 11, the five-star General MacArthur was relieved of his duties, and Ridgway took over MacArthur's command. Van Fleet became the commander of the Eighth Army, and the first thing he did after taking office was
The task was to command the Eighth Army to continue marching north and level the rugged front of the United Nations Army on the map. He did not know that when this order was issued, reinforcements from the Volunteer Army had already arrived at the Korean front and were preparing for the fifth
Battle, not long after he took office, he was about to encounter the largest offensive in the history of the Volunteer Army.
While various units of the volunteer army were mobilizing nervously, the defense area of the 180th Division seemed exceptionally calm. Xia Yuan and the others stayed in the tunnel, eating pancakes and chatting. From time to time, they listened to Xia Yuan telling them stories about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
I went out to train in the evening, and I didn't feel as nervous as before the war at all.
The temperature in the tunnel was very warm, and the soldiers basically did not need to wear cotton-padded clothes when staying in the tunnel. After Chen Lie obtained the Big Eight Pills, he handed over his weapons to the Military Supplies Department, holding the Big Eight Pills in his arms all day long and wiping them frequently.
I ran to the company commander to ask when he would be assigned combat missions, and I couldn't wait to try out the power of the new weapon.
I was disappointed every time. Not to mention the company, the entire 180th Division had no combat missions.
Xia Yuan smiled and said consolingly: "Old Chen, if you use this weapon in the future, just calm down and take good care of it now."
"Oh." Chen Lie raised his head, glanced at Xia Yuan, and asked with some confusion: "Lao Xia, when did you also like to use a rifle?"
Xia Yuan said: "Whatever gun you use is not a gun. A gun that can hit American devils is a good gun. Although this submachine gun is good, its range is too short and its power is low. If you really want to fight a tough battle, it will not be enough. This gun will do."
The Sharp Knife Platoon is also tasked with attacking difficult problems, and the casualties are undoubtedly the highest. Especially in this battlefield to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, facing the U.S. military with extremely fierce firepower, the difficulty of attacking difficult problems is as high as heaven. Even if the submachine gun is good, there must be opportunities for close dealings.
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He was used to the big eight grains, so if he really wanted to use a submachine gun to hit the enemy's bunker, it would probably be too much.
Big Ma ran over and whispered: "Lao Xia, Lao Chen, I heard recently that we are going to make big moves, but why can't we see any moves from our 180th Division? The 17th Division next door
The Ninth Division and the 181st Division have already set off, and we are still staying in this defense area."
Xia Yuan said suspiciously: "Didn't I just experience a victory some time ago? What's wrong, my hands started to itch again?"
The big man bared his big teeth and said, "Isn't that right? I only managed to kill seven of the more than thirty foreign devils. I haven't fought enough yet and the battle is over."
Chen Lie cleaned the gun, put it behind his back, and said, "You still fired one shot. I haven't even fired one shot yet, and no one has seen it."
When he mentioned this matter, Chen Lie became depressed. He didn't eat the piece of fat that reached his mouth, but let Xia Yuan and Ma Da eat it. He didn't even get a mouthful of soup.
The big man scratched his head.
Xia Yuan said: "You two, stop complaining. We will fight any battles you may have in the future, but we just don't have them for the time being."
It won't be long before the second phase of the fifth battle will begin. As the war progresses, they will be surrounded by the enemy. With the strength of one division, they will fight against the United Nations forces that are several times stronger than ours.
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The war will never end, but people will die.
Time is slipping away bit by bit. On the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea, the fifth battle between China and the United States is about to begin. In the tunnels in the highlands, the rumble of artillery and US fighter jets can be heard from very far away.
From time to time there were sounds flying through the sky, and the roar of bombs falling on the ground made the ground seem to tremble, and the soldiers in the tunnels could clearly hear it.
The close combat between the Volunteer Army and the U.S. Army has not yet developed into a large-scale corps battle.
At this time, the fifth battle had not yet begun. The U.S. military was marching north in an attempt to pull the U.S. battle line into a straight line. The volunteer defenders on various highlands encountered fierce attacks by the U.S. military. Artillery shells rained down on the positions like raindrops.
On the ground, continuous artillery fire was tearing apart the Volunteer Army's defense line. The defenders on the highlands suffered huge casualties. This level of artillery fire was the most violent attack that many Volunteers had ever encountered.
The soldiers sitting in the tunnel heard the roar coming from the front line. It was firepower that the volunteers had never had. They knew in their hearts that this was a counterattack by the US military against them. The ferocity of the offensive was shocking.
Xia Yuan was a little surprised by such a ferocious attack mode. He was familiar with this kind of attack method.
"Van Fleet!"
As early as when he went to Ganling, Xia Yuan had experienced the unconventional bombing methods of this US military general. In the future, there would be a term called 'Van Fleet's ammunition' to refer to what this US military general did on North Korea.
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Before the start of the Fifth Battle to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, as MacArthur was dismissed from his post, the US military general came to the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea. In response to the actions of the volunteers, Van Fleet formulated a series of combat plans and even invested a large amount of ammunition at any cost.
In an attempt to destroy the Volunteer Army's defensive front with intense artillery fire, what the Volunteer Army is suffering now is exactly what this US general has brought. In order to block the Volunteer Army's logistics route, US military aircraft also launched a fierce attack on the Volunteer Army's logistics route.
bombing, and the location where it was bombed was not far from their first battalion's station.
Even in the tunnel, you can feel the noise of artillery fire coming from the front line.
While Xia Yuan and the others were waiting in the tunnel, the Volunteer Army's logistics supply line was severely bombed by U.S. bombers. In order to maintain the smooth development of the fifth battle, the general invested a large amount of troops, manpower, livestock, and even in the logistics supply line.
It was the North Korean people who joined the team of transporting supplies. They transported food, medicine, weapons and ammunition to the tunnels on the front line.
But similarly, as the logistics team's transportation intensity increased, U.S. bombers also began to launch more intense bombings on the Volunteer Army's logistics supply routes.
At this time, there were only a few days left before the fifth battle to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea began. Batch after batch of supplies had been delivered to the volunteers on the front line, but these supplies were not enough to sustain the entire fifth campaign!
With the entry of the Third Corps, the 20th Corps, an anti-aircraft artillery division, a combat artillery division and three rocket launcher divisions into North Korea, the total strength of the Volunteer Army to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea has reached more than 700,000 people. A large-scale, with the Corps
The consumption of weapons, ammunition and food required for the unit's full-line counterattack is a very terrifying amount. Without sufficient logistical supplies, it is impossible to support the fifth campaign.
The weather at night was gloomy and terrifying, and a continuous buzzing sound came from above the thick clouds.
Under the clouds, the dark world is shimmering with little lights, and the visibility is not very high. A long-long logistics transportation force is nervously heading to the front line under the cover of the night. Donkeys, mules, cattle, horses and other livestock are mixed in.
Among the transport teams, carrying or pulling large amounts of supplies, there were Korean people in national costumes waving long whips in their hands to help drive the cattle and horses.
In addition to livestock, there are also carts filled with various ammunition or grains that can only be pushed by manpower. This cart is not light. It is very difficult for seven or eight soldiers to push one cart forward on the road.
, it is better to say it is a road than a dirt road. The road that has been blasted by artillery shells or bomber bombs is full of impact points. If the person in front is not careful, a car will get stuck in it, and soldiers and Korean people from all sides will surround it.
, throw some stones into the pit as cushions, a few soldiers pull in front, and a few soldiers push behind, and there are more than thirty carts made of wood like this.
This is a huge transportation route. There are five companies responsible for the transportation, and there are also many art corps soldiers with slogans and violins on their bodies. There are many men and women. Although their clothes are not much different from those in ordinary battles,
But it is obvious that their faces are much cleaner than ordinary warriors, their hands are much slender than ordinary warriors, and they are younger than some warriors.
They worked in twos and threes to help push the cart, or took turns carrying ammunition boxes.
These young people are students from China. Since the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the whole country has been united and united as one heart. If they have money, donate money, if they have food, they will send their children to the battlefield. These young people are full of passion and are determined to serve.
Motherland, with their dreams of music and love for their motherland, they resolutely left school, put on military uniforms, and went to the battlefield with their musical instruments.
Musical instruments are their weapons, and music is their magic weapon to inspire people. They are a piece of green grassland in the tenacious will of the volunteer soldiers, a beam of sunshine that drifts down from the battlefield shrouded in artillery fire and filled with gunpowder smoke. They use their enthusiasm to serve the volunteers.
The soldiers performed so that they could no longer feel hesitant and lonely on such a cruel battlefield.
After performing for the volunteer soldiers on the front line, Lin Qingxue also joined the logistics transportation team. The logistics transportation team was too short of people, and their art troupe had no tasks after the performance. Many comrades from the art troupe chose to go to the logistics team.
The transportation team, here, they saw the other side of war and the side where people's hearts come together.
Lin Qingxue helped push the car with some difficulty. She was covered in sweat. From time to time, the roar of enemy bombers could be heard above her head. The buzzing sound was like a huge stone, pressing heavily on all the soldiers. They were staring at the soldiers.
At the risk of being discovered by enemy bombers, they moved forward with difficulty in the dark night.
Suddenly, a beam of bright light in the distance was projected from the clouds, and in an instant, the whole world lit up.
The flares dropped by the plane lit up the dark night sky, reflecting the logistics team like a long rumbling. The sudden flares alerted the logistics and transportation personnel below, and they instantly became alert.
In the sky, the invisible bomber seemed to be nearby, and the sound suddenly became loud, as if it was pressed down by a stone.
The experienced soldier's pupils shrank. This was when the enemy bomber dropped to altitude and began to dive.