The leaves are astringent, hard to swallow, and have little nutrition. Eating them can only keep the soldiers from feeling hungry.
Battalion Commander Han sat next to Company Commander Zhang and said: "Now we are working in a group of ten people and will use the opportunity in the enemy's blockade to rush out. Maybe a few more will rush out."
Company Commander Zhang chewed the leaves, frowned tightly, craned his neck and swallowed a mouthful of leaves, exhaled and said: "Batalion Commander, this should have happened a long time ago. Go organize it now."
There were not many people left in the third battalion, so two groups were organized.
Company Commander Zhang took the team leader Guo Wenzhi, correspondent Zhang Chunfa, health worker Liu Xianyu, translator Lao Cui and eight soldiers from the Eighth Company who stayed in the camp and rushed forward.
We can't walk on the highway, so we can only walk on mountain roads. We have to walk silently along the gaps between enemy positions at night, when there is no moonlight. At dawn, we hide in a bush and remain motionless. When we are thirsty, we lick
dew.
When it gets dark, keep walking.
After walking for more than twenty days, we arrived at Dacheng Mountain in the upper west of Huashan County.
Zhang Chunfa, the correspondent of the investigation, shouted: "The battalion commander is in front!"
Company Commander Zhang took a closer look and saw that more than ten people led by Battalion Commander Han were moving in this area. The joy of reuniting did not last long. They needed to consider the problems they faced next. He was lost. Not only did he lose his direction,
I don't even know where my current location is.
However, there was not only the battalion commander in the team, but also Wang Jinfang, the deputy instructor of the artillery battalion. Seven of them were North Korean laborers from the upper west. Company Commander Zhang felt a little excited, thinking that with the help of these North Korean comrades, there would be a lot of hope for a breakout.
Although they had great hopes, they didn't expect that these seven people would eventually ruin their big breakout event.
Company Commander Zhang and Battalion Commander Han looked around and felt that the environment was good. Dacheng Mountain has high mountains and dense forests. It is very convenient to hide. It can be attacked when advancing and defended when retreating. The terrain is also quite good.
Battalion Commander Han said: "Old Zhang, there is no chance of breaking out for a while. I think this is it. Let's settle here first and wait for the sixth battle. As soon as our large army comes, we will join them immediately.
, how’s it going?”
Company Commander Zhang said: "This is the only way."
There is really no good way now.
Once the two of them got together, they planned to stay in the Dacheng Mountains and fight guerrillas.
More than 20 people, they established the D branch. All D members held a meeting and jointly elected Battalion Commander Han as secretary of the D branch, and Company Commander Zhang and the artillery battalion instructor as branch WEI members. The troops lived in two ravines and interacted with each other.
related and taking care of each other.
In order to solve the food problem, after settling in, Captain Zhang took his correspondent, translator, health worker, and four soldiers to a field in a village ten kilometers away to pick up the corn, beans, and rice left by the local people, and then left them
The IOU promised that when I return to the team in the future, I will return the money to them.
In two days, we gained quite a lot, enough for everyone to eat for a while.
On the third day, Captain Zhang was taking his people to the small village to pick up some.
Something happened.
That morning, after Captain Zhang got up, he went outside to use the toilet. As soon as he squatted down, he heard loud gunshots from where he was camping. While he was stunned, he saw the enemy rushing toward him, shouting as they rushed.
Upon seeing this, Captain Zhang ran up the mountain quickly. As he ran, he felt his right leg tighten and numb for a while, and then it felt like he had been hit by a stick. He didn't have time to see what was going on. The enemy behind him was chasing after him.
, continue running up the mountain.
The enemy looked at Dacheng Mountain with its high mountains and dense forests, and did not dare to pursue them up the mountain.
It wasn't until the gunshots stopped and he felt that no one was chasing him from behind that Captain Zhang fell to the ground. His right leg was dripping with blood, and a bullet hole was particularly eye-catching. He had been shot. He tore off a piece of cloth from his body and cut his leg.
Wrapping around, I found a wet stick on the spot, leaned on the ground, and walked little by little towards the camp.
When they returned to the camp, they found that the correspondent and health worker had died. Their own guns and the correspondent's automatic rifle had also been confiscated by the enemy. Even the food they had collected for two days had been taken away. Soldier Huang Qifu was injured.
, soldier Li Cai said to him while running: "I will report to the battalion commander."
That night, Battalion Commander Han brought his people over, and together they buried the fallen comrades, and then carried Company Commander Zhang and Huang Qifu to their camp for treatment.
At night, the moon and stars were sparse, casting a silvery white color on the ground.
Company Commander Zhang felt that he had caused trouble to his comrades, and repeatedly said: "Batalion Commander, don't be slutty, it's just a puncture in the thigh, it will be fine in two days."
Battalion Commander Han looked at his wounds and said, "We don't have medicine now, and we can't keep up with nutrition. I'm afraid we're not as optimistic as you think. Just take good care of him and don't worry about anything. I'm here."
Camp Commander Han really told me that not only did Captain Zhang's wound not heal, but his entire leg was swollen and yellow pus was flowing out.
Company Commander Zhang was unable to move, and Battalion Commander Han led a few soldiers to fight guerrillas, sneaking attacks on American convoys and reconnaissance troops. Every time they seized some food and supplies, they put them in the camp. They also often went down the mountain to pick up food.
Even so, they still maintain an optimistic spirit. Branch D meetings are held every night to summarize the day's meetings and decide what to do tomorrow.
Several months passed, lasting until winter, and the sixth battle was not fought. Company Commander Zhang said to Battalion Commander Han many times: "Batalion Commander, just rush outside and leave me some food and something to burn."
, our troops will definitely fight over!"
Battalion Commander Han said: "Don't talk nonsense, we will never abandon you."
Even if Battalion Commander Han didn't say it, the comrades would never abandon Company Commander Zhang. After he said it once, no one would listen to his request again.
Until one day, Battalion Commander Han said to Company Commander Zhang: "I have decided to prepare enough food for the winter. I will not leave until after winter. By then, the main force should have arrived."
They always believed that one day, large forces would come over.
Winter is coming, and the mountains are covered with heavy snow.
There was no meat, eggs, vegetables, salt, and extreme malnutrition. Company Commander Zhang saw that everyone was suffering from night blindness, some had swollen bodies, and they were all wearing single clothes, shivering in the cold wind. He felt very guilty, feeling that he had brought everyone down.
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More than a dozen people endured this winter. The soldiers shaved and trimmed their hair with bayonets every day. When it snowed and there was water, they put the water in the camp to dissolve it, and simply washed their faces and
To brush their teeth, they had borrowed tools to make fires in the village before, but they only dared to live at night and during the day, because the smoke was too conspicuous.
There is still some darkness at night, so it is not so eye-catching.
One day in early January 1952.
Bang bang!
Two gunshots broke the tranquility on the mountain.
It was the US military search team that came, led by the seven Korean laborers. It turned out that they had surrendered to the enemy and brought the enemy to their camp.
Battalion Commander Han led everyone to retreat to the back mountain. Soldier Wu Jianjun carried Captain Zhang on his back and ran up the mountain. As soon as they climbed to the ridge, the enemy came after them. Captain Zhang asked Wu Jianjun to put him down and escape alone. Wu Jianjun didn't stop, so Captain Zhang struggled to break away.
Wu Jianjun rolled down the snow-covered slope on the back of the mountain. Unexpectedly, there were American soldiers in the ravine. As soon as he rolled down the mountain, he was captured before he could react.
Several soldiers led by Battalion Commander Han would rather die than give in. They used their few remaining bullets to deal with the American Japs. After killing seven American Japs with more than a dozen bullets, they hugged each other and shouted, "I'll still be here when we get down there."
With slogans like "Long live New China!" and "Victory must belong to us!" as you fight the Japanese, he jumped off the cliff.
The wind and snow buried the traces on the mountain ridge.
They seemed to have been here, but they seemed not to have been there.
Dacheng Mountain is finally calm.
They had been waiting for the sixth battle for several months, but they had not waited.
Even though the mountains were covered by heavy snow, they had nothing to eat, and were shivering in the cold wind in their single clothes, they did not have any political wavering. They still looked forward to the sixth battle, when their large forces would fight again, just like the fifth battle.
Just like that in the first battle, the American devils were beaten to a pulp.
Li Mengqi, a native of Guanxian County, was called by the country in March 1951. She wore a large cotton military uniform and crossed the Yalu River with high spirits. She belonged to the 180th Division of the 60th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers.
Logistics Department Field Hospital.
After the 180th Division was surrounded by the enemy, in order to solve its worries, the comrades from the field hospital were asked to leave first with the seriously injured. Li Mengqi and Lin Qingxue followed the large troops from the hospital to move behind. At 14:00 pm on the 26th
, they merged with the Third Branch of the Military Hospital and were stationed in the large valley of Mapingli. At this time, the director received the order to break out. Under normal circumstances, the hospital was protected by troops, but at this time, the troops were trying their best to organize the enemy
The situation was extremely urgent and there was no way to protect the wounded. The enemy's encirclement situation had basically formed, and the hospital could only evacuate on its own.
Fortunately, after the 180th Division Field Hospital broke out, the enemy's focus was on the 180th Division. The interface of the enemy's encirclement circle had not been completely sealed. Commander Zheng once again ordered the logistics agencies, hospitals and service personnel to arrest the enemy.
Take this opportunity and rush out.
The director assigned the 243 wounded to each doctor, nurse, and health worker, and asked them to lead the wounded to break out. Not long after the order was issued, a stray bullet from the enemy fell into the hospital team.
An explosion occurred next to the dean, and he was seriously injured.
The gunshots all around were getting closer and closer, and the enemy was about to come up. Li Mengqi was responsible for the evacuation of seven wounded people, including a seriously injured person who was unconscious and a wounded person with a punctured chin. Comrade Xiao Zhang and Lin Qingxue followed the others.
The doctor breaks out.
Among the other five people, one soldier lost an arm, one had a leg injured, and three had head injuries. The task was too difficult, but at this time, Li Mengqi had experienced the baptism of the battlefield and did not know what fear was. She only had one thought
, take all comrades out!
The thin and delicate man didn't know where he got the strength. He carried six people on his back and set off on the road. Her target was the gap in the enemy's encirclement circle to the north.
She followed the large group of people and walked together. Some people ran fast and some ran slowly. Soon everyone ran away. As she walked, there was a gunshot behind Li Mengqi, very far away from her.
Recently, Li Mengqi was startled. When she looked back, she saw the dean lying in a pool of blood, surrounded by a group of doctors and nurses. Everyone was sobbing.
I heard from the doctor that it turned out that the dean lost too much blood after being seriously injured. He was worried about being captured by the enemy and used as a prisoner, and worried that he would drag down other people, so he resolutely shot himself. Li Mengqi shouted and came to the dean.
In front of him, the dean recognized Li Mengqi. She was a nurse in the hospital and a reporter for the 180th Division newspaper, so he was very impressed by her.
Knowing that he could not survive, he said to Li Mengqi: "Xiao Li, I have handed over all the wounded to you. I'm sorry, you are tired... You must take them out."
After saying that, he closed his eyes and lost his breath. The doctors and nurses around him were sobbing secretly, feeling sad.
With tears in her eyes, Li Mengqi followed the others to bury the dean. Then she gritted her teeth, carried the wounded on her back and continued moving forward. The enemy's bullets and artillery fire fell from time to time among the breakout team, and they flew past.
, and exploded with a rumble.
During her days on the battlefield, Li Mengqi had already developed a unique skill. By listening to the sound, she could tell how far away bullets and shells were from her. When she felt they were very close, she immediately threw herself on the wounded. When the danger passed, she took another
He led them forward. Just stumbling like this, four hours later, they actually broke through four blockades.
Li Mengqi had just placed her six wounded comrades in a hiding place when she suddenly discovered that the wounded man with a leg injury had not followed.
Li Mengqi suddenly became anxious, "You guys wait here, I'll go look for him."
After placing the wounded, Li Mengqi hurriedly searched for the way he came. Not long after he ran out, only a kilometer away, a group of enemies appeared in the distance. They spotted Li Mengqi and fired at her wildly with their guns. This flexible man
The girl dodged cleverly. She ran quickly and finally found the wounded man in the impact point of a cannonball. Just as he was about to get up, the enemy fired a bullet. Li Mengqi only felt tightness and numbness in his scalp.
, his eyes darkened, and he fell down.
She didn't know how much time had passed. When she was confused, Li Mengqi heard a burst of crying. It was the wounded man crying. He was crying very sadly. She asked weakly: "What are you crying for?"
The wounded man said sadly: "I thought you were dead because you were trying to save me..."
Li Mengqi showed a miserable smile, "It is my responsibility to save you. When the dean died, he told me to let me take care of you. There is nothing to cry about. Leave quickly, leave me alone, and go find
Hospital, look for our team. Quick, I order you to leave quickly!"
This wounded man was only seventeen or eighteen years old. He was very young. His thin face was dark, and his eyes were filled with tears. He said stubbornly: "I want to take you with me, I can't go alone!"