Deputy Division Commander Duan picked up the written report on the table and said, "...formed two combat teams of six people, annihilated two enemy platoons, captured the commander of US Company C, blew up two bunkers, and successfully completed the insertion mission.
, Yes, yes, this platoon leader is really a fierce general. Although he violated the taboo of acting without authorization, he did something that was extremely beneficial to our army."
He raised his head and said: "Master, how do you plan to reward me?"
"Let's discuss merits and demerits separately. After all, everyone is not Platoon Commander Xia. If everyone imitates him and acts without authorization for merit, wouldn't the army be in chaos?"
Commander Zheng knew what he was thinking, "Criticize him first. Criticize him for not observing discipline and acting without permission. And he must be criticized severely. The discipline of the army is the most important. You cannot start this way, otherwise the soldiers will all go and fight for the credit."
Who is still fighting?"
"That's the truth." Deputy Commander Duan said, "What about praise?"
"Of course there is no shortage of praise. After all, they have done such a big thing. Of course, we must also praise them vigorously. We must distinguish merit from fault. The two cannot be compared."
Master Zheng said: "Draft a commendation order and send it to the 538th Regiment to criticize Xia Yuan for his unauthorized actions. At the same time, he highly praised Xia Yuan for leading two combat groups of soldiers to capture the 336.8 Highlands. He will
Zhou Xingyong, Yang Ziqing, Wu Ping, Ji Zhongning, and Han Peng were rated as combat heroes. Xia Yuan acted without authorization and violated discipline, but he also made great contributions and made up for his mistakes, so he was not given the status of a combat hero."
Deputy Commander Duan said with a surprised look, "Would this have a bad impact on Xia Yuan?"
"No." A smile appeared on Master Zheng's face: "Not only will it not happen, but it will arouse his unwillingness to admit defeat. After all, everyone who acted with him has rated him as a fighting hero, but he himself has not. If it were me,
, I will definitely not be reconciled, and I must continue to work hard to show my superiors."
"Ha ha ha ha."
Deputy Commander Duan laughed and said, "Okay, I'll draft it right away."
It took a while for the commendation order to be issued, but the order was issued very quickly. The regiment headquarters was very close to the 336.8 Highlands, and the order could be delivered in more than ten minutes. When the order was received, the sky had darkened, and the US military stopped shelling.
This evening seemed so peaceful.
Not far away from the position of the 1st Battalion of the 538th Regiment, a battalion of the US 10th Army was stationed. There were several tents, the largest of which was in the middle. There was only one person in this big tent sitting on a chair.
He leaned on the table and covered his face with a military cap. There were three cans of beer on the table, which were open. He didn't know if they were still there. He put his two feet on another chair and swayed leisurely.
, the severity and cruelty of the battlefield are not seen at all, just like being on vacation.
A soldier came in from outside the tent door and said to the dangling officer: "Major Rolle, only seven people came back from the reconnaissance team."
When the officer heard this, he suddenly stood up and dropped his hat on the ground without bothering to pick it up. He was Major Rolle, the major battalion commander of the reinforcement battalion of the 1st Marine Division of the U.S. Tenth Army, and the former opponent of the Ninth Corps, Chosin.
After the Battle of Lake Lake, the 1st Marine Division was transferred to the rear to rest and recuperate.
"I wish they had gone to see God."
Major Rohr said in his heart, shook the three cans of beer on the table, and they were all empty, and said: "Bring me two more cans later. Also, what's going on? The shelling lasted for a long time in the afternoon. Normally, they would have been finished long ago.
Okay, how many people are there in the Chinese army on the opposite side?"
"I don't know, Major Rohr. The people who came back said there were many Chinese soldiers on the opposite side," the soldier said.
"Idiot, I know there are many people, I'm asking for the specific number."
Major Rolle cursed.
The soldier said: "I don't know, Major Rohr, these seven people in the reconnaissance team were killed because of the collision. They sneaked back when it got dark. The density of machine guns on the opposite side was very high. From this point of view, we can judge that there must be a lot of them."
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The 1st Battalion moved from Tongguli to the 336.8 Highlands, and captured many light and heavy machine guns along the way. The light machine guns were already equipped to the squad, and the heavy machine guns were fired in rows, but there were not many bullets. Battalion Commander Li wanted to use bluff to confuse the enemy.
Doing so may attract more firepower, but similarly, as the firepower here increases, the firepower on other lines weakens relatively. There is no way, the first battalion can no longer continue the pursuit battle, and can only stay at 336.8
To block the attack on the high ground, their weapons and equipment are quite luxurious. There is a lot of American equipment in the woods behind, and they can equip three ordinary companies.
Major Rohr did not care at all about this, "We will add more 105 howitzers tomorrow morning, and we must completely eliminate the Chinese army on the front before ten o'clock tomorrow morning."
Outside the tent, another soldier walked in. He was a U.S. Army lieutenant, holding two cans of beer in his hand. He came to deliver beer to him. He put the beer on the table and said: "Major Roll, reinforcements are coming soon."
It's almost here, and we are asked by Shangfeng to seize the position tomorrow. The aviation force will have three planes to conduct reconnaissance on the opposite position."
Major Rohr's confidence in victory grew again and he said: "Haha, that's great. Tomorrow morning, at 7:40, we will start the first round of shelling!"
When the 1st Battalion attacked Highland 336.8, the US military did not fully grasp the exact strength of our army. In the face of sudden attacks, the US military always responded hastily. If the weapons and equipment were not superior to the volunteers, I am afraid it would be like the Descendants of the Sun.
, shattered at the first touch. Syngman Rhee's five divisions on the eastern front had been beaten to pieces. Only the US military was resisting and retreating to the rear in an orderly manner.
During World War II, Germany had a pig ally called Italy, and during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the U.S. Army had a pig ally like the South Korean Army.
The seven people who came back from the reconnaissance team drew a sketch based on their memory in the afternoon and gave it to Luo Er. There were only a few red circles marked on the sketch. There were several volunteer soldiers guarding this position in the red circle. It was just
There are not many troops.
Major Rolle looked at the picture with satisfaction, put it into his arms, covered his face with his military cap, and swung his legs on the chair again.
On Highland 336.8, various units of the 1st Battalion are digging trenches. Like the division headquarters, tonight they did not rest all night, going up and down, extremely nervous. After the small-scale attack by the US military during the day, they did not even fire artillery. Anyone can do it.
It can be seen that this is the calm before the storm.
The sound of shoveling became one, and rows of soldiers Wang Xiaoliang were also digging in front of the door. "Oops," suddenly, he shouted, and the shovel hit a stone, which shocked his jaw and caused severe pain.
The engineer shoveled and used the butt of a submachine gun to hit the spot hard. The temperature dropped sharply at night and the ground was frozen hard. After a few hard hits, not much soil fell out, but he was very tired.
"It's too hard, I won't dig it anymore, bah!" Wang Xiaoliang rubbed the tiger's mouth and gasped. He sat down and grabbed a small handful of fried noodles and stuffed it into his mouth. He couldn't do it.
On the position to his left, someone kicked him and said, "Kid, get up quickly. If you don't dig, you will stand here tomorrow morning and blow up your son of a bitch!"
When Wang Xiaoliang heard that he was also from Sichuan, he said: "Who are you, and why are you kicking me?"
The man turned his face, and there was an unusually obvious black mole on the left side of his face, and said, "You little brat, you are so heartless. I helped you in the ambush of the last seven people this afternoon." After saying this, he touched it with his engineer shovel.
He glanced at the Czech light machine gun behind him.
Wang Xiaoliang seemed to have come to his senses and said, "Oh, there were a few American soldiers who attacked me and the squad leader in the end. It was you who helped us deal with it."
After speaking, he stood up and shook hands with the man.
After Wang Xiaoliang was knocked down by the air wave of the grenade, only Tan Zhanbiao was left in the position. The two machine gunners of the second company saw the emergency and ran over quickly. They set up their machine guns at a distance from the front and started.
Shoot and knock down the enemy.
Wang Xiaoliang added: "It turns out you are from the Second Company. We have met before, but I don't know your last name."
"My surname is Zheng."
The man said, he pointed at the mole on his face again, and then said: "Everyone calls me Zheng Dazhi, from Qingchong."
Wang Xiaoliang said: "Comrade Lao Zheng, you and our teacher have the same surname. We are still fellow villagers, both from Sichuan."
Zheng Dazhao said: "Why don't you stop digging? I'll tell you how to do it better."
After saying that, he grabbed the engineer's shovel to demonstrate to Wang Xiaoliang, shoveled a small hole in the lower area, poked the engineer's shovel in, and pressed down hard, and the frozen-hard soil above was pried away, and a small piece of
The soil just fell down.
Wang Xiaoliang seemed to understand. He dug according to the method Zheng Dazhi taught him, and it turned out to be much better than before.
Everyone piled the shoveled soil on the bunker, pounded it tightly with shovels, and compacted the soil as thick as possible. Such simple fortifications can withstand some bullets at critical moments.
Digging trenches is very physically demanding. The trenches must not only be dug deep, but also to prevent enemy shelling. If necessary, anti-tank trenches must also be dug. After digging for more than an hour, the depth has almost reached the ideal position.
In the middle of the earthwork, a loud voice shouted:
"Everyone take a rest."
The sound of shoveling gradually disappeared. Some took off their hats and wiped the seawater from their faces. Some sat on the ground and took a deep breath. This labor intensity was indeed very intense. It had been a day of fighting, and some companies had been working hard.
Fighting in motion, exhausted, now is the time when the human body needs sleep the most, but we still have to build fortifications in a hurry. Some people don't want to get up after sitting down, they just want to sleep.
Some soldiers sat down and fell asleep on the ground holding their guns. Captain Lei came over and woke them up again. Instructor Shao felt sorry for the soldiers and said: "We marched to Tongguli in a hurry, and after two consecutive days of fighting,
We marched all the way to highland 336.8. We encountered the enemy before we could even take a breath. It took a day of fighting to capture the highland. There was no rest yet, and we had to start digging trenches again. Soldiers are still human after all. If this continues, we will still be able to conquer the highland.
He was not killed by the enemy, but his body collapsed first."
Captain Lei smiled bitterly and said: "It's easy to catch cold when sleeping on the ground. Ask them to take out their bedding and rest on the ground first. Pay attention to vigilance at night."
Seeing some soldiers falling asleep as soon as their buttocks hit the ground and tilting their heads, Captain Lei was also heartbroken. War is like this, sleeping in the open air, sometimes having to march and fight for several days in a row, without any time to rest.
Xia Yuan saw the company commander and instructor walking towards them from a distance, touched Ma Daguo and Chen Lie with his feet, then stood up at attention and said hello: "Company commander, instructor."
Ma Daguo and Chen Lie were still sleeping. After all, they were not as strong physically and mentally as Xia Yuan. After sitting on the ground, they fell asleep next to each other like other soldiers, and fell asleep very quickly.
"Stop calling them, let them have a good rest. However, it is not good to sleep on the ground. Spread out the bedding on your body and sleep. The enemy will probably not touch you tonight. There will be a fierce battle tomorrow.
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Captain Lei looked at the resting soldiers around him and said, "We must also pay attention to vigilance at night."
Xia Yuan nodded: "Company commander, don't worry, I'm watching over here and the enemy can't touch it."
"Your words are enough, Xia Yuan, you and Chen Lie have good marksmanship. I won't say more about what happened on the battlefield." Instructor Shao said: "Destroy the foreign machine gunners as much as possible, and use the walkie-talkie to communicate
member."
"clear."
Xia Yuan nodded and said: "Company commander, instructor, after such a long period of fighting, the ammunition and dry food on the soldiers are consumed very quickly. We may not be able to hold on for long, and we will face the situation of running out of food."
Already."
After a pause, he said: "The American devils went to war without any solid food. We also killed many foreign devils and captured many guns, but very few bullets, and almost no food."
Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao looked at each other. They had thought about this problem, but it was not something they could solve. They had to find the regiment commander, or even the division commander, to solve it. Logistics and capital were not something they could consider.
Company Commander Lei said: "I will report the replenishment of supplies to my superiors. We need the soldiers to persist."
He touched his food strips and said, "I don't have much left. Yes, the food is gone. What will the soldiers eat?"
The food problem is indeed a big problem. The ancients said that before the troops move, food and grass must go first. Food and grass are necessary for marching and fighting. Without food and grass, the army will have no combat effectiveness, let alone carrying guns and cannons for hundreds of kilometers to chase.
The enemy tanks and armored vehicles ran away.
Xia Yuan had a plan in mind, but he didn't know whether the company commander and instructor would agree. He said: "Company Commander, the fighting situation on all fronts is relatively difficult now. Even if there is food, we must still focus on the main force. We have to find a way to solve it ourselves."
Food problem.”
"What methods do you have to solve the food problem?" Instructor Shao asked. Since entering the Korean battlefield, the platoon leader has become very different from before.
"Night attack on US military positions."
Xia Yuan said, "The U.S. military does not bring food with them when they go to the battlefield. They have understood our logistical supply difficulties. A soldier can only carry seven days' worth of dry food. Therefore, if they go to the battlefield without slacking on dry food, we will not be able to get supplements from them.
After seven days, the food will be gone and the soldiers will be hungry. If they are hungry, they will have no fighting power."