Everyone exclaimed, grabbing hold of things around them and trying to catch Liu Tiezhu and Wang Xiaoliang, but they couldn't catch them at all. The ponchos underneath them actually became an aid to accelerate their descent, making them slide faster.
Xia Yuan heard the noise behind him and turned around to see Wang Xiaoliang and Liu Tiezhu sliding down the mountain one after the other. He stepped out with one foot, pushed hard, and pounced on Wang Xiaoliang accurately, grabbing him with one hand.
They took off their clothes, pulled out their bayonets and inserted them into the ground. The gravel and soil beneath them lifted up, sharp weeds scratched their cheeks, and streaks of blood appeared on their bodies.
After sliding down a few meters, Xia Yuan and Wang Xiaoliang stopped. Liu Tiezhu was also rescued by instructor Shao and Lao Yang.
"The mountain is too steep. It has rained and the mud on the ground is slippery. You must be careful."
Xia Yuan grabbed a wet stick on the ground and said: "Use local materials and use the stick to support the ground. If it slides, grab the stick sideways. The stick may be entangled with weeds and vines, and it will stop.
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Everyone responded, used local materials, cut off some small trees with bayonets to make sticks, and carefully walked down the mountain while holding on to the ground.
After passing through this difficult mountain road, they stopped after a while. They had appeared at the bottom of the mountain. They threw away their sticks and continued to move forward, passing through a wilderness of mountains and roads, dense forests and shrubs, avoiding the American troops stationed on the surrounding highlands.
After advancing for more than ten kilometers, we could see the swaying lights in the distant mountains and forests, the roar of cars, and a world like daylight.
"Going forward is the US military station."
Xia Yuan frowned and looked at it. The enemy's defenses extended horizontally. There were fortifications left by the US military everywhere on the mountains and roads. There were US military light towers on the mountains. There were roadblocks stationed by the US military on the roads. Trucks and armored vehicles shuttled on the roads.
, there were US military inspections and patrols along the way, tanks and armored vehicles were parked on the road, and the lights illuminated the area as if it were daytime.
The camp stretched deep under the light, with all kinds of supplies piled up. The figures of the US military moved among them, including those patrolling, transporting supplies, carrying corpses, and collecting weapons and ammunition.
"So many of them, this area and that area, are all military bases."
They were standing on a high ground where no US troops were stationed. It was only a hundred meters high and had no defensive value. However, for them, they were able to observe the distribution of enemy forces. According to their observations, this area was almost occupied by the US military.
Pieces of spider webs are scattered here.
Everyone looked on, dumbfounded, wondering how many American troops there were.
"A regiment-level combat team must have several thousand troops. The U.S. military we saw in the ravine last time has not yet fully deployed. This is their troop deployment after deployment. The U.S. military we are facing head-on has...
A division."
Although Xia Yuan didn't want to admit it, what they were facing in Jiuluan Mountain was an enemy regiment-level combat team, and the enemy troops facing other lines of defense were all in the same regiment.
The front alone is as strong as one division of the US 7th Division.
The eastern front, that is, the right wing of the 180th Division is the US 1st Marine Division, the left wing is the Pseudo-Sixth Division, and extending to the left is the Pseudo-Second Division and the US 24th Division.
"According to the current development of the situation, the front and left and right wings of the 180th Division have been occupied by the enemy, leaving only the rear."
While thinking, there was a cry of surprise from the soldiers.
"How many people does a division of American troops have to have?"
"I don't know, more than 10,000 people."
"You didn't realize that there are so many in a regiment, but only more in a division."
Instructor Shao asked, "Xia Yuan, you are most familiar with the US military. How many people are there in a US military division?"
"It's almost like our own army."
Xia Yuan's voice was a little heavy.
Everyone looked at each other in silence. A division is equivalent to an army of ours, which means that the enemy's strength in front is more than three times that of ours. In an instant, everyone felt that the pressure on them suddenly became huge.
"What's wrong? Are you scared?" Xia Yuan turned around and looked at them with a smile on his face.
"Company Commander, we are not afraid!" Wang Xiaoliang clenched his fists and said: "We are not afraid that the enemy has better weapons and equipment than us, nor are we afraid that the enemy has more people than us, nor are we afraid of sacrifice. But I am afraid, if I sacrifice, what will happen to the motherland?
, who will protect her."
"Yes, company commander, we sacrificed our lives, who will protect our motherland?"
Liu Tiezhu also asked, Sun Changgui also asked, the soldiers in the cooking squad asked, the soldiers in the machine gun company asked, and even Ma Daguo, Chen Lie, and instructor Shao looked at Xia Yuan, they were also asking and wanted to know.
They are not afraid of sacrifice.
What I am afraid of is that if I sacrifice myself, who will protect the motherland in the future?
When they are here, you can watch, but after they die, you can't watch. What will the motherland look like? Will it repeat the same mistakes? Will the farmers be oppressed again and unable to live a good life?
They are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of this.
Because in order to achieve such a goal, I don’t know how many sacrifices have been made, but now that the motherland has just been established, everything is developing in a beautiful direction.
Why do they go forward one after another, throw their heads, shed their blood, and use their flesh and blood to confront the US military with its torrent of steel? In order not to let the motherland repeat the same mistakes, in order to protect the motherland, and in order to let the people live a happy and healthy life.
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They are afraid that if they die and lose, everything will be over.
"No, we will win, the motherland will be prosperous, and the people will be happy."
Xia Yuan looked firmly at the U.S. troops stationed in the mountains and wilderness, and said: "Our generation shoulders the responsibility of protecting our country and protecting our motherland so that our motherland will no longer be invaded by Western powers. This is who we are.
Mission, we will win, the motherland will be prosperous, and the people will be strong. When the time comes, when Western countries talk about China again, they will be in awe, timid, and afraid, because by that time, we are already strong and have become a powerful country.
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He could imagine that at this time, when the volunteer martyrs sacrificed their lives, they would not even think about whether the war would be won or what the motherland would be like in the future. All they could do was obey orders and protect their homeland.
, even if the hope of victory is so slim.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After listening to Xia Yuan's words, everyone's belief in victory arose in their hearts. This belief will support them and make them move forward more firmly.
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A regimental combat team of the US military is right in front of the Jiuluan Mountain defense line. From this point of view, the enemy's defenses are likely to be lined up. According to Captain Cui, the Tongguli defense line has been lost, which means that the Tongguli defense line has been lost.
The enemy on the defensive line is in a prominent position.
As he led a company of soldiers down the mountain, Xia Yuan began to think about the overall situation. Based on the information currently available, he had basically judged how the 180th Division would fall into the enemy's encirclement step by step.
Once the enemy in the direction of Tongguli starts to attack forward, it will inevitably form a toppling domino and form a chain reaction. Next, it will be Jiuluan Mountain's turn.
Tomorrow's battle will be even more difficult. They may be attacked by enemies from the direction of Tongguli. No one can predict the situation they will face next.
"The enemy's defense lines are lined up, but there are always gaps."
The terrain of North Korea is complex, with many mountains and few roads. The enemies are lined up in a row, and there are also gaps. It is easy for a dozen people to pass quietly. Once there are too many people, there is a risk of exposure. In this position
, only suitable for small-scale troops to pass through.
The road along the way was shrouded in darkness, with a little bit of light shining through, and it was also a vast expanse of white. As the searchlight turned, it quickly disappeared. The drizzle was hazy, and fell on the leaves, gathering into a ball.
The bottom of the leaf condensed and hung into a small drop of water. When the wind blew, the untouched small drop of water fell from the leaf and hit the head of the hidden warrior under the tree.
A dozen figures are lurking in the bushes, waiting quietly for an opportunity. There are searchlights set up by the US military on the sides of this road, and there are also checkpoints set up by the US military on the road to protect the road along the way. After all, it is easy to move forward.
It is the station of the Volunteer Army. The Volunteer Army is better at night fighting, so the US military has strengthened nighttime vigilance, especially on the front line. In order to prevent the Volunteer Army from sneak attacks, they have set up a lot of searchlights on both sides of the road along the way to protect the road.
Ensure that trucks on the highway can pass safely.
Four trucks drove by in the distance, with wounded people sitting on the trucks, their heads wrapped in bandages, or dripping, listlessly. The trucks roared past, and the raindrops fell on their ponchos, making a crackling sound.
, the truck did not go to the enemy's station, but passed through a road extending southward. After passing through the checkpoint, the light became subtle and quickly disappeared.
Instructor Shao observed while saying: "There is a car with wounded people. The enemy is transporting the wounded. Why didn't they drive the car into the station, but instead drove towards the back?"
"This shows that the enemy's hospital is in the rear."
Xia Yuan observed for a while and stared around. The searchlight light shone through, and the mountain forest was pale, as if covered with a layer of silver frost. The dancing and swaying tree shadows passed through everyone's sight.
The light swept across, and it would take a while for it to shine through. This gap was their opportunity. Xia Yuan immediately gave the order, and a dozen figures immediately emerged from the bushes and rushed towards the other side of the road quickly. The foreign devils were not clairvoyant, and they were blind and blind.
, coupled with the hazy drizzle, the visibility was reduced a lot, and more than a dozen black shadows ran across the road without attracting the attention of any enemy.
Crossing the highway and walking along the path in the ravine towards the enemy's rear, Xia Yuan turned on his night vision and eagle eyes, observing as he walked, always on guard against where the US military might appear. After entering the rear, the US military's defense became much looser.
, except for the light source of searchlights shining on the high ground, there are almost no American troops on this narrow path in the ravine and winding mountain road.
Even if they found the figure of the US military on the high ground along the way, the light of the searchlight was shining down, and it was completely white. In addition, the raindrops were falling from the sky. They only had to lie on the ground, even if the light of the searchlight was shining on them.
On them, the enemy couldn't see clearly what was in the mountains. When the light shined on them, it was all white, and nothing could be seen clearly.
The light swept over, and the alert Xia Yuan immediately asked the soldiers to lie down on the ground. When the light swept over, he immediately stood up and left here without stopping for a moment. After passing through the winding and rugged mountain road, Xia Yuan found a field of shells in front of him.
The forest was blown up, the trees were toppled, the weeds were wailing, and the forest was full of bullet points and a scorched black ground.
Xia Yuan squatted on the ground and reached out to grab a handful of wet ashes from the vegetation on the ground. He squeezed hard and turbid water droplets fell to the ground.
"Have you found anything?"
Instructor Shao kept people on alert, squatted next to Xia Yuan, stared around, and asked.
"This place must have been bombed some time ago, but there is no other discovery. We have passed through the enemy's defense area, and this should be the enemy's rear."
Xia Yuan threw the wet ashes of vegetation on the ground, moved his ears slightly, and continued: "Old Ma, come here."
"Lao Xia, what's wrong?" The big man ran over and asked angrily.
"Take two people and go over there to have a look. There should be a road over there to see what the transport troops there are sending. After the investigation, wait for us here."
Xia Yuan pointed in a direction and used the sound to identify the location. He vaguely heard the roar of the car. It was very subtle. It should not be far from their location. If it was determined to be a transportation route, he could go all the way south along this road.
, attacking the opponent's convoy in a no-man's land, and when he set off, he had already thought of a countermeasure in his heart.
"Lao Xia, what are you going to do?"
"I took them to the other side to take a look. The US military's defense area is so large that there must be more than one transportation route. During the day, ammunition was consumed at 7788%. I guess they will not be idle tonight, especially the transportation route."
Xia Yuan said solemnly. What he said made sense. During the day, the US military's artillery fire was particularly fierce. They organized battalion-by-battalion attacks. There must have been a lot of ammunition consumption. Moreover, the enemy troops were advancing forward and they would definitely not bring their baggage with them.
, it must be the mechanized troops that open the way, develop the base, and then transport all kinds of materials to the front line.
"Then you should be careful."
"You should be more careful. There may be small groups of US troops on the highlands on both sides of the transportation route. Keep an eye on the enemy's searchlights and move forward carefully. Also, be sure to pay attention to your steps. The road up the mountain is likely to be arranged by the US military.
If the booby trap is touched, we will be exposed."
"Okay, I understand, I will be more careful."
"Well, just explore for a while. Don't be reckless. Come back immediately after the investigation. Don't linger too much. If you linger for one more minute, you will be in greater danger."
"Okay, I remember what you said. After exploring the enemy's road, we will come back and wait for you here."
After saying that, Big Ma and the three comrades from the machine gun battery quietly got into the bushes.
Watching them leave, Xia Yuan thought and decided to take action himself.