After eating this large bowl of salt along with sorghum rice, the soldiers gained strength and became more energetic when carrying food. They all wanted to deliver delicious food to the soldiers on the front line as soon as possible.
At this time, Zhao Mingming ran over with part of the guard platoon and said: "The situation up front is very bad. We just received comrades. The enemy is attacking here. We already have troops engaging in firefights with the enemy. Our superiors have issued orders.
A new order was issued, all cars must transport the wounded, and no more food should be sent to the front."
Everyone was stunned when they heard the news.
Liang Yulin said anxiously: "Comrade, the soldiers on the front line are still hungry and fighting the enemy, and the division commander is still waiting for our food."
What should I do? There is no radio station that can contact the division headquarters.
For a moment, everyone was at a loss.
The soldiers in the guard platoon at the military station all had their guns unsafe. It seemed that the situation was already very urgent. Zhao Mingming said: "Comrade, don't go back any more. Quickly bring the lightly wounded members of your division to Hua Hua."
Sichuan transfer."
Seeing that everyone was very surprised and motionless, he quickly said: "Comrade, don't hesitate, act quickly."
There is really no other way now. The enemy is coming, and there are still a large number of wounded in the military station.
Food, wounded, you can only choose one.
Liang Yulin and Wang Shaowu had no choice but to lead the team to take care of the compressed medical records they had just moved. They ran along a small ditch and found a field hospital built in the mountains. They saw some minor injuries in the field hospital.
member.
When the wounded saw that they were coming from the 180th Division, they were very happy. Some of them had gauze wrapped around their bodies, so they stood up and applauded desperately.
One man stood up staggeringly, stood at attention, saluted, and said, "Director Liang, my injury has healed. Would you like to take me back to the front line?"
At this time, another man stood up with difficulty, limped up and said, "I am from the 2nd Battalion of the 539th Regiment, please let me go back too?"
"Come on, you see, your legs and feet are not strong enough yet. An Xin is here to recuperate. My injury is healed, let me go back first!"
"What? You can do it, but I can't? I can at least load a bullet and throw a grenade, huh!"
"Director Liang, just take us back. We promise not to cause any trouble to you on the way."
There were a lot of wounded in the field hospital. When they saw Liang Yulin and others, they all gathered around, eager to return to the front line.
Liang Yulin stepped forward, waved his hand, and first calmed everyone's excitement, then said: "Okay, stop arguing, comrades, we are not here to take you back to the front line. I can understand everyone's mood.
Our division is working very hard right now, and the casualties have increased greatly. Comrades, think about it, it was so difficult for the division to transport you to a safe place. If I really let you go back, it would be causing trouble to the division. Comrades on the front line
While fighting the enemy, we have to take care of you, right? Therefore, only by recovering from your injuries can you avoid causing trouble to the troops. When you recover from your injuries, I promise to take you back."
"Director Liang, we listen to you."
After Liang Yulin finished speaking, the soldiers became less excited and calmed down a lot. Wang Shaowu was counting the number of people, for fear that one person would be left behind. There were a total of seventy-two wounded. Everyone packed their things. Liang Yulin said: "Members of the squad
Each person is responsible for taking care of four wounded people. If a wounded person is left behind and something goes wrong, he or she will be held responsible and set off."
In this way, after organizing the wounded, Liang Yulin, Wang Shaowu and others immediately began to move.
The road was already crowded with retreating people and vehicles, and it was noisy. I didn’t know which unit was busy retreating. Liang Yulin and the others asked and found out that they were from the 179th Division. They also had a large number of wounded people who needed to be transported, so they followed.
Let's go forward together. Without a guide or a map, we only have one direction to move north.
There were many brother troops moving north along the way, and the order was very chaotic, but it was not very chaotic. No one made any noise, and they all moved on silently.
Enemy planes often attack suddenly, and bombed Soviet GAZ cars can be seen everywhere, some still burning.
This was not like a retreat, but more like a great escape. On the way to escape, the atmosphere in the army was very depressing, and there were too many wounded. Soldiers often fell down suddenly while walking on the road and never stood up again.
I heard people say that Chunchuan was lost.
Food could not be raised, and Liang Yunlin did not bring back any news, so he did not know what the situation was.
The sky was gradually getting dark, and the military headquarters had not yet sent back the telegram. The leader of the cooking squad came to the division headquarters carrying a steaming pot and begged:
"Teacher, please eat something. You haven't eaten for several days. How can you survive if you don't eat?"
Commander Zheng put down his pencil, stood up and walked forward, asking: "Squad leader Chen, the officers and soldiers fighting on the front line have been without food for several days. Some chew tree roots and some eat weeds. How can we eat in the division headquarters? These
Bring food to the wounded."
"Sir, where is the food? These, oh, sir, you can see for yourself." Squad Leader Chen sighed helplessly.
Mr. Zheng opened the lid of the pot and found a few weeds and tree roots boiling in the steaming hot water. The boiled water turned green and smelled a bit unpleasant.
"Something is better than nothing, Lao Duan, bring the teapot, let's have a little each to put some food in our stomachs, and have a short meeting by the way."
He turned to Squad Leader Chen and thanked him: "Squad Leader Chen, I'm sorry to trouble you."
Squad Leader Chen hesitated, as if he had something to say. Mr. Zheng said: "Squad Leader Chen, if you have anything else you want to say, just say it. We don't have so many rules."
"Sir, I'll say it." Squad leader Chen sighed and said, "We have been without food for so many days. Many soldiers have no food. They have night blindness and can't see clearly during the day. I'm anxious. Can I?"
We can't ask the logistics comrades to send us some food, even just a little."
This chapter is not over yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading! Master Zheng said in a very embarrassed tone: "Squad Leader Chen, the enemy has blocked our logistics very strictly. Our logistics comrades risked their lives to deliver food to us, but they still can't deliver it."
It's not that I don't want to deliver it, it's that I can't deliver it at all. For these foods, I would like to thank you on behalf of Lao Duan. If there is any news about the food, I will inform you as soon as possible."
Monitor Chen had no choice but to nod, turned and left.
Teacher Zheng looked at Squad Leader Chen's back for a long time, until Squad Leader Chen's back disappeared. Then he came to the division headquarters with an iron pot and asked Lao Duan to take a little bit of it from a teapot to cushion his stomach.
They made an empty table, and each person took a teapot, sat on a stool, and chatted about the situation of each army while drinking.
"The casualties of various units are particularly high. The 539th Regiment, including non-combatants, has less than a thousand people. The 538th Regiment has suffered more than half of its casualties. The 540th Regiment does not have many combat personnel, and more are sent out.
To transport the wounded, the number of people who can continue fighting is decreasing. Many positions have been fought back and forth no less than ten times, and many positions have been lost. Our defense zone is tightening."
Director Wu looked at the report in his hand with a heavy heart.
They had never fought such a battle before, it was too difficult.
"We have been without food for several days, and there is a serious shortage of ammunition. Until now, many soldiers in the positions are holding on with their tenacious will to fight. The casualties in each company are very high. Many companies have no one left, and they are all in the position.
Coexistence is dead.”
Chief of Staff Wang's voice was also very heavy. After speaking, he put his hands on the table.
Xia Yuan didn't finish speaking. He looked at the leaders. The pressure on the frontline soldiers was great, and the pressure on the leaders was even greater. Facing the cold numbers, they were all sacrificed soldiers. Each number represented a fresh line.
In living life, leaders are not likely to show their emotions on their faces, but they are very uncomfortable in their hearts.
"Oh, these roots are quite soft when boiled, just like noodles. Try it, it tastes pretty good."
Teacher Zheng used the branches as chopsticks, chewed the roots, and said happily.
Xia Yuan was surprised and put a bit of it in his mouth to chew. It was dry and hard to swallow, like chewing wax, but Master Zheng still ate happily. On the other hand, the expressions on the other leaders' faces were different, and Deputy Commander Duan's face showed a trace of aggrievedness.
, Director Wu and Chief of Staff Wang’s expressions didn’t change much.
Suddenly, as if he understood something, he laughed dryly: "It tastes really good, Deputy Commander Duan, you should try it too."
"Okay, okay, my division commander, the military headquarters hasn't called back yet, are we just going to wait like this?" Deputy Division Commander Duan felt aggrieved. He couldn't beat him, and he was still working here, wasting, wasting, and wasting the troops.
He just tried his best to reduce casualties.
"Old Duan, don't worry. The military department may also be discussing the feasibility of this plan. No matter what, we can retreat after we have completed the task of blocking the enemy."
Master Zheng smiled, as if he had remembered something, and said, "Oh, by the way, how is the route that Xia Yuan was thinking about?"
When this matter was mentioned, the expression on Deputy Commander Duan's face softened a little and he said: "Commander, this guy is really a genius. Apart from anything else, there is really nothing wrong with the route he set up."
"Oh?" Mr. Zheng looked excited when he came and said, "Tell me about it."
Deputy Commander Duan immediately walked to the map and said: "Commander, look here, this is where Xia Yuan led his company to cross the river. There are three iron ropes. The Korean army has set up defenses here. The strength of the Korean army is about one regiment.
The combat effectiveness is not strong, so Xia Yuan’s plan is to send troops to feign an attack in the east, attracting the enemy’s main force to move eastward, and through this gap, defeat the ferry defenders and move all the way south. After going south, the troops will move eastward and directly attack the Korean army.”
Commander Zheng thought about it: "The plan is relatively simple, but very practical, but we have to consider that the enemy has mechanized troops in the rear. Although the enemy's troops are empty, once the enemy pursues us with mechanized troops and traps us in the east, the situation will be even worse.
No, and according to the previous order issued by the military headquarters, it was mentioned that the enemy on the eastern front included five divisions of the Korean Army. Even if it was defeated by the Third Corps and the Ninth Corps, its size was still not less than four divisions. We only have
How can a division, short of troops and ammunition, ensure that it is not surrounded by these enemies?"
The situation faced by the 180th Division is quite severe.
To the north are mountains criss-crossing the mountains, and the troops of the US Seventh Division have also circled from the east to the north, occupying many key points.
The U.S. 7th Division is pursuing the rear, the Korean 6th Division is to the east, the U.S. 24th Division is to the east, and the 1st Marine Division is to the north.
The decision to break out from behind is indeed a new path, but the situation in the enemy's rear cannot be underestimated. There are five divisions of the Korean Army on the eastern front and hundreds of thousands of United Nations troops on the western front. It seems that the enemy's strength in the rear is empty, but they are mechanized.
The enemy troops could quickly pursue the troops along the highway and re-encircle the 180th Division in one day.
Listening to the conversation between the two, Xia Yuan ate boiled weed roots without saying a word, only to hear Deputy Commander Duan continue: "Sir, this is Xia Yuan's plan. When we cross the river, we will also give the enemy a false impression. Crossing the river
After that, we sent a battalion of troops to move eastward, and sent the division headquarters radio station to follow, frequently transmitting signals to give the enemy the illusion that our main force was moving eastward. When the enemy's pursuit troops were dispatched, we would move northward and choose an opportunity to return.
Cross the Han River."
Commander Zheng was stunned for a moment, lit a cigarette, and thought carefully, "We do not have detailed intelligence about the enemy. If we make a mistake, we will be surrounded by the enemy again."
Deputy Commander Duan smiled and said: "Commander, the current situation is bad enough, what could be worse than the current situation?"
Teacher Zheng was stunned again, looked back at Xia Yuan, then turned to Deputy Teacher Duan and said, "Old Duan, you didn't say this yourself."
Deputy Commander Duan smiled and said, "In short, the current situation is like this. Any plan, as long as there is hope, is worth trying."
Commander Zheng thought and nodded: "That's true, but fighting in this way requires a lot of support."
Xia Yuan listened and suddenly said: "Division Commander, the intelligence problem is actually easy to solve. The U.S. military uses mechanized troops, and the route they choose must be a big road. If they take a small road, they will send aircraft for low-altitude reconnaissance. It is very possible to move through a small road.
Xiao, we just need to send scouts and keep an eye on the situation on the road, and we have a chance."
Commander Zheng looked at the map in silence. What Xia Yuan said was completely reasonable. Small roads, especially mountain roads, are very inconvenient for the enemy's mechanized troops to deploy. Rugged mountain roads will even seriously affect the marching speed. If the enemy learns that we
If the army marches south and crosses the defense line they have built, they will definitely send troops to pursue it. The pursuit route will inevitably choose the main road. The speed is fast and they can catch up with the 180th Division heading south in a short time.
If it were him, he would have let the motorized troops pursue him along the highway, and the gains outweighed the losses by taking the back roads.
If the division headquarters radio station is allowed to frequently transmit signals to confuse the enemy, the enemy's large forces will definitely be confused by our army. When the enemy redeploys, there will inevitably be vacancies in the rear. These vacancies are their retreat routes.
Master Zheng studied the map carefully and felt more and more that the feasibility of this plan was very high. "It's a good plan."
The plan is a good one, but the military has not yet agreed to their plan to go south.