During this period, there was not much communication. The guys followed Xia Yuan closely, put the guns on their backs, and tied them tightly. Liu Tiezhu and Wang Xiaoliang were sorting the machine guns. They carried a lot of things, and they had seized a lot of things from the foreign Japanese.
There are fewer bullets, and even the light machine gun has been replaced with a US military BAR automatic rifle, which is actually used as a light machine gun.
The bullets for this kind of machine gun are relatively easy to replenish on the Korean battlefield. Their Czech bullets have long been used up, and the logistics cannot deliver ammunition, so they have long been used as fire sticks, and they have to be discarded.
Liu Tiezhu is so precious that there is nothing he can do if he doesn't throw it away.
The BAR automatic rifle is quite good, with high accuracy, good range and rate of fire. However, Liu Tiezhu, who is used to using Czech light machine guns, often complains to Xia Yuan that this gun does not shoot as fast as a machine gun, nor is it as comfortable as a heavy machine gun.
, all in all, it just doesn’t make sense.
No, Liu Tiezhu was still complaining during the operation. He put the gun on his shoulder and said: "Company Commander, when are you going to get a real heavy machine gun? This thing has too little ammunition."
Xia Yuan tightened the straps on his body and said, "Okay, stop complaining. When we get to the other side of the river, I'll get you a foreign Japanese heavy machine gun to play with."
"real?"
Liu Tiezhu had a look of disbelief on his face.
Ma Daer said from the side: "You are content with what you have done. When has the company commander never done what he said?"
"Hey hey hey, that's a good relationship, it's best to get more heavy machine guns."
Liu Tiezhu laughed.
When entering the water, Xia Yuan looked at Ma Daguo and Liu Tiezhu again and said, "How are your wounds?"
The two of them had been injured in their arms before. Although they had been given medicine, they would definitely not recover after only a few days. During this period of fighting, the two of them were silent. Xia Yuan almost forgot that the two of them had been injured. It was also the two of them just now.
As he was talking, he remembered.
"Company Commander, it's okay. Don't worry."
Liu Tiezhu is like a normal person.
Wang Xiaoliang's eyes were a little more worried. Although he had been given medicine at the US military station before, Liu Tiezhu's wound had already cracked due to the sports and fighting during this period. The medicine did not work and the wound became inflamed. He also said
He gritted his teeth without saying a word.
Ma Daguo's situation is similar to Liu Tiezhu's. It has reached this level. He has not applied medicine in recent days, and the wound may have been infected. He has been moving and fighting in the past few days. Xia Yuan did not pay special attention to the injuries of the two of them. Xia Yuan
Suddenly I remembered that a long time had passed since the two of them applied the medicine.
"When we cross the river and reach the other side, I will not only eat and drink well, but also find a doctor for you to put medicine on your arms again."
Xia Yuan jumped into the river, reached out and grabbed the iron wire, raised it high, and said: "The iron wire is here, be careful when coming down, the water is a bit deep, reaching the waist, and the water in the middle may reach the neck."
Instructor Shao jumped into the water for the second time. The rapid current made his body unsteady and he was about to fall into the water. Xia Yuan, who had quick eyes and quick hands, caught him and pulled him up. Instructor Shao caught him after he fluttered.
There were thin iron wires, and there were uneven stones under my feet.
"It's full of rocks down there. It's really hard to walk. Please be careful when you come down. Don't fall." Instructor Shao stretched out his hand and wiped the water from his face, and then said: "Old Ma, you come down one by one, be careful.
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"yes!"
The guys held hands and carefully jumped into the water. With the help of the people in front, they grabbed the wire and stabilized their bodies.
After everyone jumped into the water, Xia Yuan said again: "Don't make a sound when you get to the other side. The enemy has dug many fortifications and bunkers along the ferry. Their vigilance is still unknown."
Instructor Shao stood behind Xia Yuan and asked: "What is the strength of the enemy on the other side? Is it the puppet army or the US military."
"Puppet army." Xia Yuandao.
"What are the puppet troops afraid of? Aren't all the puppet troops afraid of life and death? This will make it easier for us to move." Lao Ma said grinningly.
Everyone kept nodding. The puppet army is famous for its greed for life and fear of death. The more greedy for life and fear of death, the less effective it will be in a war.
Xia Yuan knew everyone's psychology. During the Anti-Japanese War, he fought the Japanese and saw the puppet army. The puppet army was indeed not that good, but this puppet army was different from the domestic puppet army.
"The more they fear death, the more they will pay attention to vigilance at night, and the more careful we must be. On the battlefield, their combat effectiveness is indeed not very good, but in terms of defense, they still have no problem."
The South Korean army's night defense is better than that of the US military. Since the outbreak of the Korean War, most of the volunteer army's activities have been carried out at night. The enemies they fight have been screaming, and some enemies have even become frightened at night. This is the case with the Korean army.
, they are too afraid of nightfall, so they will increase their defense efforts at night.
However, their combat effectiveness was not strong. Even if they discovered the volunteers, they would instantly lose their resistance as soon as the charge whistle sounded. On the first night of the second phase of the Fifth Battle, nearly all five Korean divisions fled.
They were scattered into a group and were defeated by the Third Army Corps and the Ninth Army Corps. They pushed the front nearly a hundred kilometers forward on the first night alone.
Although their combat effectiveness is not strong, there is no problem with their night guard posts, and they do a better job than the US military.
Considering that there were only a dozen people on their side, Xia Yuan became more wary of the Korean army on the opposite side.
The turbulent river water kept rolling. Taking advantage of the hazy moonlight, no one noticed them. Xia Yuan and the remaining dozen soldiers of the company grabbed a slender wire and carefully touched the other side of the rolling river water.
The river was rolling and very fast. They were like a lone boat, being beaten left and right by the rolling river. Water spray splashed on their faces. The further they walked, the deeper the water became. It had reached their chests, and the soles of their feet were uneven.
The river was full of rocks, the river was fast, and it was bitingly cold. It was sultry and sweating a lot from the rush before, but now it was so cold that my teeth were chattering.
Even if there is no enemy harassment, it will be very difficult for everyone to walk.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When approaching the middle position, the river water is deeper. The water surface may have been at the belly level in the previous step, but with a plop in the next step, the water surface suddenly submerged up to the neck. Xia Yuan
Holding the wire with one hand and the rifle with the other, he raised the rifle high above his head. In the next step, the water directly submerged his head, leaving only the hand holding the rifle still above the water.
No bubbles can be seen in the rolling river.
"Xia Yuan!"
"Company commander!"
Everyone was shocked and stopped quickly.
The next moment, there was a splash, and Xia Yuan came out again, soaked to the skin, his hat was washed away by the water, his wet hair stuck to his forehead, uneven, and the gun in his hand was still held high.
Spitting out a mouthful of water, Xia Yuan cursed: "Grandma, I choked several times. Be careful where you step. Don't panic if you fall. You must hold on to the wire. If you can't hold it with both hands, throw away the gun."
If you lose your gun, you lose it. You must not lose your life. One life is worth dozens of lives of foreign devils. You still have to defend your home and country while you are still alive! Did you hear that?"
"yes!"
Seeing everyone's response, Xia Yuan felt relieved. His heart was beating fast and he was still frightened. There was really an undercurrent under the river. When he just stepped on the air and fell, he was almost swept away by the water. In the rolling river, no matter how strong he was, he couldn't.
Whatever the effect, we can only leave it to fate. Fortunately, the bottom of the river is not very deep, and we can still get up from the water without any danger.
If the gun is lost at the critical moment, it is lost. Life is the most important thing. Xia Yuan must be vaccinated, otherwise he will fall and still hold on to the gun in his hand.
This time everyone walked more carefully. Everyone's teeth were chattering. One hand was holding up the gun, and the other hand was walking cautiously. The body was constantly shaking due to the water.
"Everyone, please work harder."
Instructor Shao suppressed his voice, but the sound that just came out was swallowed up by the endlessly rolling river water.
When we reached the middle of the river, the water was already submerged up to our necks, and everyone had to raise their heads high. The constantly rolling river water washed everyone's face, and they choked on water several times.
Bang! Zhao Songming, a soldier from the cooking team who was following Lao Yang, suddenly felt a heavy object under the water hit his thigh hard. Coupled with the rolling river water, he fell unsteadily into the water. In panic, the wire broke away.
I lifted my palms, there was a rumbling sound in my ears, my eyes were dark, and the turbid water made my eyes sting.
Faintly shouting was heard.
"Zhao Songming! Zhao Songming!"
"Zhao Songming!"
He vaguely heard the shouts of squad leader Lu Guangnan. Zhao Songming opened his mouth, and a large amount of water poured into his mouth, causing him to choke several times.
The rolling river swallowed Zhao Songming, and everyone groped under the river. Except for branches and stones, there was no sign of Zhao Songming.
Lu Guangnan, who was following Zhao Songming, blamed himself extremely, his tears mixed with the river water: "I should be optimistic about him, I should be optimistic about him, he is only nineteen years old, nineteen years old."
Instructor Shao said: "Lao Lu, this is not your fault, it is not your fault. Maybe he is still alive, but was washed away by the water. If he is still alive, he will definitely find our troops."
Lao Yang also advised: "This kid is a man of great fortune and will not die so easily."
Everyone is also trying to persuade me. Looking at the vast river, I can’t see the end, and I feel unsure.
Another man was lost, and Xia Yuan felt a little heavier in his heart. When Captain Lei died, he hoped that he could lead the company to get better and better. Not only did he fail to do so, but he pushed the company into a pit of fire.
But if he doesn't take people to the City God's Hall, it is inevitable that the City God's Hall will fail.
Xia Yuan thought to himself and said: "Keep going!"
Lu Guangnan gathered his emotions and looked at the vast river, constantly turning over it. Everyone looked at it, but no one could see what he was thinking. Although everyone was sad, they never showed it.
Lu Guangnan took a deep breath, looked away, and just grabbed the wire, very hard.
"There are too many holes in the water. Follow me and don't fall behind."
Xia Yuan was completely exploring the path in the water, and his foot would miss at any time. There were a lot of debris under the water, which rushed over with the rapid current and kept hitting his legs.
Instructor Shao said: "Be careful."
"As long as you cross the middle of the river, it's fine. It's not that dangerous near the shore."
Although they are facing many dangers now, fortunately the biggest danger has not come. Soldier Zhao Songming was swallowed by the river in the middle of the most turbulent place, while the others passed through without any danger.
The puppet troops on the other side did not discover them. In addition, the geographical location of the barbed wire area was poor and inconvenient for stationing, so the Korean army did not discover them.
He knew in his heart that the 180th Division's crossing of the river tomorrow night would be the most cruel. A dozen of them were holding on to a piece of iron wire, while the tens of thousands of people in the 180th Division were separated on the south bank of the Han River, relying on only three slender iron wires.
Xia Yuan could not help much, he could only risk his life. The 24th Bomei Division would not be able to capture Chenghuang Hall tomorrow.
Blah blah blah, blah blah.
The Korean soldiers on the river bank listened to the water lapping at the bank. The air was filled with boredom. The wind beside the river was actually chilly. Two Korean soldiers sat on the ground, smoking cigarettes and looking at the river in the distance. The Korean soldiers behind them were all
I took off my clothes and slept comfortably in my sleeping bag.
"The Chinese won't be able to cross the river tonight. They are fighting fiercely with the Americans who are fighting in front of us. It would be better if we both lose. Maybe we can still take the credit."
"Our commanders would not dare to steal credit from the Americans."
"He is so cowardly. He is like a grandson in front of Americans. Our squad leader said he is a dog to Americans."
"Okay, after all, the Americans are here to help us."
"Help us, you think too highly of them. They only think about themselves. When did they treat us as human beings? Our women were bullied by them and tried to reason with them, and they beat us to pieces."
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On the shore of the rolling river, twelve figures were approaching, crouching silently on the reverse slope. Xia Yuan pushed aside the weeds in front of him and looked at the two stick soldiers sitting on the grass, chattering something.
From time to time, one or two sounds that sound like Chinese characters pop up.
After a little observation, he determined that there were only two stick soldiers here. Xia Yuan waved his hand and directed Lao Yang to lead two men to get behind the stick soldiers' buttocks and kill them.
Old Yang understood, and called Lu Guangnan and Si Jize, a soldier from the machine gun company, to climb over the reverse slope, got behind the two stick soldiers, pulled out the bayonet from his waist, held it behind his back, and stepped closer to the ground carefully.
Xia Yuan reached out and pulled out his bayonet from behind. Once the two stick soldiers discovered them, he immediately rushed forward and killed one of them first no matter what.
At the same time, he was also vigilant about his surroundings. The stick soldiers had dug a bunker to the riverside. About fifty meters away from them, he saw a machine gun bunker hidden in the darkness. He could vaguely see the machine gun through the machine gun hole.
A moving figure in the bunker.
Xia Yuan had no doubt that as long as the slightest movement came from here and alerted the stick soldiers, the machine gun bunker would probably open fire here.
He must be careful at all times.
Lao Yang is an experienced veteran, and it can be said that practice makes perfect in this skill, so it is best to leave it to him. Xia Yuan, on the other hand, is vigilant and will shoot down the enemy's machine gun bunker at any time.