The instructor of the Second Company said: "Here, what happened? How come such a big explosion came from the enemy's position."
A cadre at the battalion headquarters said: "Could it be that there was a fire? The foreign devils set the forest on fire and burned themselves."
"It's unlikely. If there was a fire, the enemy would be able to react, but it was obviously caused by the explosion first."
Captain Lei continued to look through the telescope and said: "The explosion sound has become much quieter, not as intense as when we just went up the mountain."
He turned his head and quickly asked the soldier beside him: "How long did the explosion last?"
The soldier said: "It must have been ten minutes. At first, the soldiers thought it was thunder in the distance. It wasn't until fire appeared in the sky over there that everyone realized that this was not the thunder of rain, but the enemy's appearance over there.
Problem."
Instructor Shao pondered and suddenly raised his head: "Could it be related to Comrade Xia Yuan and Xiao Qin!? They have been out for investigation for several hours, and it is almost dawn."
Everyone was a little shocked. For a moment, they felt that it might be related to the two of them, but for a moment, they thought that it had nothing to do with them.
Battalion Commander Li said calmly: "This matter cannot be concluded so early. The US artillery positions are heavily fortified. We have not even touched their positions. They may not be able to find them if they go. Moreover, there are only two of them, and there are only two of them."
How to complete the task of blowing up the enemy's artillery positions? This is impossible to accomplish."
After thinking for a while, he said: "We need to wait until the two of them come back and ask them about the information they went out for investigation before drawing a conclusion."
After a pause, he continued: "Having said that, if the location of the explosion is the enemy's artillery position, then the battle after dawn will be beneficial to us. Let's go back first. The regiment commander is following the third battalion towards us. It was almost before dawn.
If we can arrive, it is estimated that Comrade Xia Yuan and Xiao Qin will have returned by then."
Captain Pang of the 538th Regiment was following the regiment headquarters and was rushing to the 336.8 Highlands. The Third Battalion was marching in front of them. They were going to reach the 336.8 Highlands at dawn to block the American troops who were trying to assist the east. On the way, Captain Pang,
He also did not forget to convene a meeting to discuss the current difficulties faced by the May 38th Regiment.
There is nothing more than food, ammunition and medicine, which are the necessities for soldiers to march and fight.
"The first battalion suffered the most casualties in the whole regiment, and medicines were very scarce. There were not many medicines left in the regiment. Without medicines, the wounded could not receive assistance. Without food, the soldiers had to fight hungry, and there was not much ammunition."
These difficulties troubled Commander Pang all the time. He asked the army commander for supplies. I heard from Lao Wang of the 539th Regiment that he had already had to go through it once. The division headquarters was also suffering, and basically everything that could be taken out had been taken out.
Yes, they can only find ways to overcome difficulties.
This is a very troublesome matter. Where can we get food, medicine, and ammunition? Needless to say, the division commander, Lao Wang of the 539th Regiment has already passed it.
During the meeting, some cadres suggested that they could be seized from the enemy.
This proposal was rejected by Commander Pang: "The scale of the corps' operations is huge, and the amount of materials seized from the enemy is limited and cannot be supplied to all troops. If this method was feasible, all the corps would have followed suit."
Material issues have never been properly resolved.
Just when the 538th Regiment rushed to the 336.8 Highlands, the commanders and soldiers of the first battalion headquarters of the 336.8 Highlands looked dull. Just now, Xia Yuan and the scout Comrade Xiao Qin came back. As soon as Comrade Xiao Qin came in, he even saluted
They all forgot about it and told them with excitement that the enemy's artillery position had been blown up by them.
This news shocked them extremely. They did not expect that the enemy's artillery position was really blown up by Xia Yuan and Qin Shoutian.
It would be hard to believe that a task that was impossible to complete was actually completed by two people. Who would believe it, but after listening to the two people's accounts, they felt even more incredible.
Not only did they enter the ravine and explore the enemy's specific strength, they even entered the enemy's artillery positions, used grenades to attack east and west, detonated the enemy's gasoline barrels and artillery shells, and successfully blew up the enemy's artillery positions. This sounds like a myth.
Same story.
But the two of them described all the processes and details so clearly that people have to believe that what they said is true.
Battalion Commander Li was filled with emotion: "It's really surprising. The foreign devils probably didn't expect that their artillery position was blown up by just two people."
Everyone was also filled with emotion. It was hard to believe what they had heard, but the details the two told were very detailed, and there was no way people could not believe it. Even though the whole march was full of mystery, what about passing through the enemy's minefield?
Passing the enemy's sentry and hiding under the enemy's searchlight, the grenade was thrown more than a hundred meters away and accurately landed on the enemy's gasoline barrel.
Everything is full of wonder.
But it happened that there was a huge explosion in the enemy's artillery position. It was a fact. They all saw it. This makes people believe that the two men really blew up the enemy's artillery position. Not only that, but also the deployment situation of the US troops in the ravine.
Xia Yuan also understood it thoroughly.
"The enemy of a battalion has tanks, armored vehicles, trucks, motorcycles, and fire points on the mountain and halfway up the mountain. The front is heavily defended. There are mines on the ground. There are tanks and armored vehicles on the front, as well as fortifications built with sandbags.
, I will definitely not be able to defeat them."
Xia Yuan said: "However, the enemy's artillery positions were blown up by us, which will definitely have a certain impact on the subsequent US military attack."
Battalion Commander Li nodded, "The bombing of the artillery position will delay the US military's attack to a certain extent, which is beneficial to us. You two have made a great contribution."
Although blowing up the artillery position cannot influence the overall direction, it will bring huge changes to the first battalion. The first battalion is already facing a shortage of various supplies, and in front of them is a regiment of US troops plus a battalion of US troops.
One division of the US Army can be equal to one corps of our army, and one of their regiments can be equal to one division of our army.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The main reason is that the weapons and equipment possessed by the US military are too advanced, and our army can only rely on its higher strength than the US military to implement the strategy of division and encirclement.
That is to use the many against the few to completely annihilate them.
In blocking battles, our troops often fight with fewer troops against more troops.
Without artillery support, the U.S. military will lack the most effective means of attacking our positions. It may be possible to change the situation faced by the first battalion. This is crucial. As long as the 538th Regiment holds back the U.S. troops aiding from the east, it may be possible.
Can have some impact on the Eastern Front.
It was almost dawn. Company Commander Xia Yuan, Commander Lei and Instructor Shao came out from the battalion headquarters. In the hazy night sky, there was already a glimmer of light in the far distance. Ink-colored clouds floating in the sky could be vaguely seen.
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"You did a great job this time. The battalion commander and I didn't have high hopes for your reconnaissance, but we didn't expect you to give us such a big surprise. You blew up the enemy's artillery position. This is a big job."
Credit."
Captain Lei had a lingering smile on his face.
Instructor Shao also said: "After blowing up the enemy's artillery position, it is difficult for the enemy's artillery to cause much damage to us at dawn."
Xia Yuan thought for a moment and said: "Company commander, instructor, I went to investigate last night and did not find the enemy's reinforcements. That is to say, the enemy's reinforcements are still on the way, and the enemy's artillery position I blew up was only
It's just that the US troops in front of us will also have artillery when the enemy's reinforcements arrive."
These are not the only things he worries about, he worries about too many things.
Instructor Shao looked at Xia Yuan, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "You have done a good job. What the next battle will be like depends entirely on God. I believe that we will overcome the difficulties.
Win this battle."
Xia Yuan looked at the company commander and instructor. No matter how powerful the enemy they faced, they always had the belief of victory on their faces.
He was looking at Highland 336.8. A bright sunshine shone on the high ground, like hope tearing through the dark clouds. Facing the bright sunshine, Xia Yuan threw away all the worries in his mind. The volunteers who died in the Korean battlefield
The number of soldiers is very large, and the volunteers are not gods. They are facing countless defeats. It is the volunteer soldiers who have sacrificed needlessly one after another to turn the tide.
They will also worry when facing a powerful enemy, but after worrying, they still rush towards the enemy with the idea of victory.
They don't even know whether this battle will be won. They only know that the motherland is behind them.
As early as the morning of the 19th, United Nations Commander Ridgway made a series of analyzes and judgments based on the situation reported by each unit and the photos sent back by the Air Force. Now the expectations on the front line have achieved his ideal results, indicating that Sunday
The offensive has been effective. Whether it is the western front, the central front, or the eastern front where the Volunteer Army mainly attacked in the second phase, the Volunteer Army's offensive has obviously slowed down. This is inseparable from the Volunteer Army's logistical disconnect.
Due to the large-scale mobile warfare carried out by the Volunteer Army, the food carried by the soldiers has been nearly a week and is about to be exhausted.
This was a huge opportunity for the United Nations forces. Ridgway was about to launch an all-out counterattack to pursue the team that he considered to be the poorest and most vulnerable team in the world. He proudly arranged for the U.S. Tenth
The Army, the Ninth Army, the Eighth Army and other units began a full-scale counterattack on the morning of the 20th.
In the second stage, Li Qiwei judged that the focus of the Volunteer Army's attack might be on the center line. With his deployment, the frontal enemy force of the 180th Division increased from 50,000 to 100,000.
The 180th Division is not only facing the major crisis of a sharp increase in enemy troops. Also, in order to resolutely implement the offensive orders issued by superiors, the 180th Division pursues the US military and has become out of touch with its neighbors to the left and its friends. It is like a
The word "convex". In addition, Shisi transferred the 179th Division and the 181st Division to move eastward. As a result, even if the 181st Division was lined up in a row, it could not fill the vacancy in the center line. Many areas were incapable of filling the gap.
The situation of holding on to troops also paved the way for the Puppet Sixth Division to penetrate from the joint position of the 63rd Army and the 180th Division, go around behind the 180th Division, and intercept the 180th Division's retreat.
At six o'clock in the morning on the 20th, there was a faint light in the sky.
The entire Volunteer Army defense line suffered a fierce attack from the U.S. Army. From the west to the east, the 1st Cavalry Division launched a fierce attack on the positions of the 65th Army. The 25th U.S. Division attacked the 64th Army's positions frontally. The U.S. 24th Division led the
The Pseudo-Second Division attacked the positions of the Sixty-third Army, and the Pseudo-Sixth Division began to attack northward from the junction between the positions of the 180th Division and the Sixty-third Army, interspersing all the way.
Major Luo, who was in front of the 538th Regiment, arrived at the artillery position early. Although the artillery position was blown up by the volunteers last night and a large number of artillery shells and artillery were lost, he also quickly contacted the rear to pass on false information and let the rear airdrop
Lots of ammunition.
At the same time, a reinforcement regiment arrived with ten 105mm howitzers. Everything was ready again. Major Rohr took out the sketch drawn by the reconnaissance team yesterday and gave it to an artillery lieutenant. The artillery lieutenant opened the drawing and looked at it.
He made a few red circles and nodded to Major Roll. The two looked at each other, smiled evilly, and ordered the four howitzers to adjust their positions.
In the distance, the roar came from far to near. Above their heads, dozens of planes appeared. They were very high away from them, but the roar was huge. They looked up inadvertently. They saw it was a US Air Force B29 bomber.
Major Er unconsciously gave an American military salute to the position of the plane, and the corners of his mouth leisurely cracked.
He is bound to win the 336.8 heights.
Soon, these bombers flew to the blocking position of the 1st Battalion of the 538th Regiment. Some soldiers were awakened by the roar of these planes. They covered their eyes with their hands and looked up at the sky. Judging from the high ground, they were not coming to bomb them, but were flying straight.
After passing the position they were holding, they flew towards the rear.
Xia Yuan squinted his bloodshot eyes and watched the group of planes disappear over their position and rush towards the rear of the volunteer army. He could even imagine what they were going to do. This bomber brigade was going to bomb the blockade rear.
The purpose of the roads along the way was to cut off the supply lines to the rear of the volunteers. As soon as the battle started in the morning, they discovered that the blood vessels connecting the front and the rear had been cut off by them.
From the beginning of the war until now, enemy planes have often flown overhead, and they have long been used to it.
The people who woke up stared at these planes. They had a lot of bloodshot eyes and looked very bad. They had not rested for a few hours from the last time they finished work yesterday until they woke up now. They did not check the number of planes or anything else, but just stared blankly at the group of people.
The bombers flying away may be thinking, when will we get a plane?
"Get up, check the weapons and ammunition. The comrades who wake up wake up the comrades next to them and cheer up. At dawn, the enemy may attack at any time!"
Company Commander Lei and Instructor Shao stood up from the ground. Their eyes were full of blood, their complexions were gray and vicissitudes of life, their beards were covered with tea, and their eyes were sunken in their eye sockets. Their long-term malnutrition made them look unusually thin and emaciated.