The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 109 597.9 Heights
In addition to having such powerful artillery support, it is also related to the main force of this offensive. The main force of this battle is the [-]th Division of the United States, the famous ace division in the United States, known as the "drip division", which means that it is performing tasks. Time has always been as accurate as the 'hourglass' used in time in ancient times.

1952年10月14日凌晨3时30分，著名的上甘岭战役打响。

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The Associated Press reporter released such a message to the world on the same day: 'Commander of the Eighth Army Van Fleet announced in Seoul on October 10: The Jinhua Offensive has begun!This is the most violent attack launched by the coalition forces on the main line of defense of the Chinese army in a year.'

Van Vleet announced the news to the press with great fanfare, and took over the memorized interview with high spirits, showing that he had full confidence in the plan, but he forgot Commander Clark's instructions, and the operation produced routine news reports.

This is not enough, Van Vleet also triumphantly dubbed this operation 'the most violent attack', rather than 'a small-scale operation' when he reported to Clark.Obviously, such explosive words are bound to attract people's attention in the newspapers and add a bit of color to the momentum of the "United Nations Army" operation. This is what Van Vleet wants. Since it is a "showdown" operation , There must be enough action and momentum.

Of course, this kind of high-profile publicity, once the "showdown" plan does not go well or fails, the "mountain transfer expert" will lose face. It is precisely for this reason that after the "showdown" operation, the "gambler" Van Vleet continued to increase , expanding the original small battle to a big one.

The offensive target of the showdown plan is the Shangganling area on the center line of the Korean battlefield.

Shangganling is a small village with only a dozen households at the southern foot of Wusheng Mountain. There are two small hills to the south of Shangganling. The 597.9 highland is on the right and the 537.7 highland Beishan is on the left. The two hills add up to only 3.7 square kilometers.

The battle took place on these two hills.

The system required him to complete the Battle of Shangganling, and even added an identity for himself.

Recruits from the 45th Company of the 135th Regiment of the 9th Division.

The 235th Company of the 9th Regiment is the company stationed on the 597.9 Heights. According to the identity assigned to him by the system, it is estimated that he will set foot on the 597.9 Heights in a short time.

Xia Yuan thought for a while and asked, "Comrade Wang Yongmeng, are you asleep?"

Wang Yongmeng's voice quickly came from the foot: "No, Comrade Xia Yuan, haven't you fallen asleep?"

"Well, I'm about to go to the battlefield, how can I sleep."

Xia Yuan didn't lie. He had fought a positional blocking battle. When fighting in Xinxingli, he led Zhu Weifeng and Li Laicai to hold on to a small slope. Facing the menacing attack of the US military, even if he opened his mouth, he might not be able to resist for a long time. , not to mention the Five Sacred Mountains.

How difficult the battle on the Five Sacred Mountains is, I dare not imagine.

"Comrade Xia Yuan, think about our family members, our compatriots, and the Korean people who have been invaded. We have just been liberated. If the foreign devils come, our homeland will be the same as the Korean people. We have just put our We built our homes, and we can no longer let them destroy our homes."

Wang Yongmeng's voice is very low, his body is relatively thin, and his eyes are particularly bright.

Xia Yuan was silent for a while: "You are right, we are fighting now to prevent our descendants from living in a troubled world."

He asked again: "By the way, Comrade Wang Yongmeng, what date is it today?"

"September 28."

"September 28? There is not much time left before the enemy launches the Jinhua offensive."

Xia Yuan suddenly opened his eyes wide and murmured.

Are you so anxious to give yourself time every time?

In the sky, U.S. fighter planes flew by from time to time. During this period, after nightfall, volunteer soldiers were basically used to the sound of U.S. planes flying overhead. They also gradually figured out the rules of U.S. aircraft bombing. Airplanes need targets, and they rarely bomb and straf blindly, especially in mountainous areas where there is nothing.

Xia Yuan couldn't fall asleep, so he just held the gun and wiped it with his clothes.

Type 50 submachine gun, the bullet is thrown upwards, it is easy to jam, especially once it enters the soil, the gun cannot be fired.

He suddenly missed his big eight grains a little bit, and when he was on the battlefield, he had to get a handful of big eight grains first, and it was best to get more bullets.

It was dawn soon, and they didn't have much rest time. This group of recruits was quickly sent away by the frontline people.

Among them, Xia Yuan, Wang Yongmeng and some recruits were sent to the [-]th Army stationed in the Five Sacred Mountains.

Wang Yongmeng was a correspondent, and Xia Yuan was incorporated as a combatant into the 597.9th Company of the 45th Regiment of the 135th Division stationed on the 9 Heights.

This day is a day of celebration for the Ninth Company. The recruits sent by the superiors arrived, and the instructors of the Ninth Company came to pick them up. This time, four recruits joined the Ninth Company. The number of recruits was large at first, but the distribution It is not enough to give it to an army, and it is very good to be able to assign 2-3 recruits to a company.

The Ninth Company was assigned four recruits.

At that time, the Five Sacred Mountains were a stepping stone. The U.S. military was doing things at the negotiating table in Panmunjom, and the Volunteer Army was also actively responding and taking the next step, especially ideological work.After the Jinhua offensive started, the U.S. military showed its fangs, and their goal was Shangganling.

Due to the solid ideological education and sufficient material preparations before the war, the troops' sense of honor and victory confidence were greatly enhanced. The No.15 army was full of fighting spirit and morale, and everyone was proud to participate in the Shangganling battle.Volunteer army commanders called the defense of the Five Sacred Mountains "the gate to defend peace", and proposed that "after the Five Sacred Mountains connect to Beijing, everyone will strive to make great contributions", vowed to "do not write the list of heroes, but paint the stele of martyrs", and determined to "consolidate the steel position , Play hero troops', especially after the first superhero appeared in Shangganling of the Five Sacred Mountains. During the battle of Shangganling, grenades, grenades, blasting tubes, and explosives were fired at critical moments to kill the enemy, and they sacrificed their lives to blow up enemy bunkers and block enemy gun holes. become a common phenomenon.

For them, sacrificing in this way is extremely honorable!
After the instructor of the Ninth Company arrived, he looked at the four recruits with a smile on his face, "Welcome four comrades to join the Ninth Company. I will take you to Shangganling first. When we arrive at Shangganling, we will hold the company admission ceremony."

Jiulian's instructor is very enthusiastic, "My name is Lin Weiguo, you can call me an instructor, how about you?"

"Instructor, my name is Wang Yongmeng! You don't think I'm small, but I'm brave! Fighting is absolutely unambiguous!"

The one who introduced himself first was Wang Yongmeng. He was small and tall only reaching Xia Yuan's shoulders, and his eyes seemed to be hiding a star, bright and bright.

Instructor Lin smiled and said, "Hey! Yes, you can be a communication soldier!"

When Wang Yongmeng heard this, he quit immediately: "Instructor, I want to fight on the front line."

Instructor Lin said: "Our company is short of a communication soldier. You are small and run fast. Cats can't be bombed by the enemy in the bomb crater. If you are someone else, you can't do it if you want to. What kind of soldier should you be? Not a soldier. Fighting on the front line A soldier is a person's hands, so the communication soldier is the blood vessel connecting the brain and hands, every person and every position are very important and indispensable."

Wang Yongmeng had no choice but to respond: "Yes!"

"Report to the instructor, my name is Zhao Fengshou."

The person who spoke was a very simple-looking man, a little older, about 27, with callused hands, arched back, dark-skinned man, not tall, a little taller than Wang Yongmeng, 1.7 meters five.

Upon hearing this, Instructor Lin exclaimed in admiration: "A good name, food is the paramount necessity of the people, and nothing makes everyone happier than a bumper harvest. That's right."

"Hey" Zhao Fengshou touched his head honestly.

"Report to the instructor, my name is Dai Zhicheng!" Dai Zhicheng is from Shandong, with a loud voice, like thunder. During the training of recruits, his voice was the loudest, and he was also trained as an orderly.

Instructor Lin said with a smile: "The voice is loud, and you can be a messenger on the battlefield."

"Instructor, I just want to be a messenger." Dai Zhicheng said with a smile.

Instructor Lin looked at Xia Yuan, and Xia Yuan said, "Report to the instructor! My name is Xia Yuan! My family is from Sichuan!"

"Sichuan? That's right. I hope you can inherit the spirit of the Sichuan army, who is brave and good at fighting, brave and tenacious, and not afraid of sacrifice!"

"Yes!"

Instructor Lin led them through the Five Sacred Mountains and walked up the hillside. He pointed to a huge mountain in front of him and said, "That's Shangganling, where we were stationed in the past."

This is the first time Xia Yuan has seen Shangganling. It is a huge mountain. The rolling mountains form highlands one after another, like five fingers spread out. Below the mountain are a few sparse houses. On the left is 537.7 North Mountain, and on the right The prominent hill is the 597.9 highland. Standing on the main peak, you can see the criss-cross trenches on the 597.9 highland and the tunnels on the reverse slope one after another.

Among them, the Nine Company is stationed at the 597.9 Heights.

From a distance, people could be seen swaying on the mountain. When they came to position No. [-], a group of soldiers stationed here were digging fortifications. The fortifications would not be particularly large, and the width was only one meter.

When the soldiers of this class saw Instructor Lin, they all shouted, "Instructor, is this a recruit from our company?"

"Yes, the recruits of our company."

The old squad leader of the tenth position stepped forward, looked at the four recruits in front of him, and said with a smile: "Not bad, not bad, they are all good seedlings for fighting."

"Okay, leave one person behind, and the others will gather in Tunnel No. 1 to hold a ceremony for the four soldiers."

"Hey."

Director Lin led them through other positions on a 597.9 highland. Xia Yuan observed that the trenches of each position were connected together to form a network of positions. Behind each position, there was a tunnel, which belonged to No. 1 position The tunnel is the largest, in the shape of ''F'', with a total length of nearly 1 meters, a height of 80 meters, and a width of 1.5 meters. In the direction of the Five Sacred Mountains.

At this time, the tunnel was still being repaired, and many soldiers were digging with tools. Seeing that Instructor Lin had returned, they shouted: "The instructor is back! The instructor is back."

The soldiers in the tunnel drilled out of the tunnel with tools and came to the No. [-] position. Instructor Lin introduced them: "This is the company commander of our Ninth Company, Gao Xiangyong."

"Captain!"

The four stood still and held their guns in salute.

"Hello, comrades, the instructor has called all the soldiers of our company, and now we are holding the company entrance ceremony."

"Hey."

The ceremony of entering the company was held in the tunnel. The tunnel was not high, and it was only for the soldiers to bend over. The air in the tunnel was also a bit dull. There were many boxes of weapons and ammunition piled up inside, and some cupboards made of empty boxes. A kerosene lamp was placed on the table, and soldiers from the Ninth Company from various positions basically came over.

The four faced the flag of the Ninth Company and took an oath to join the company.

The company admission ceremony ended very smoothly. Wang Yongmeng became a communications soldier, Zhao Fengshou joined the fourth platoon, and Dai Zhicheng joined the second platoon.

Xia Yuan was assigned to the No. [-] Squad, [-]st Platoon of the Ninth Company. The platoon leader was named Sun Yuan. He heard from the squad leader that he was a veteran who had fought in the War of Resistance and Liberation. Sun Yuan called the squad leader of the second squad: "Take the recruits to Familiar with the topography of Shangganling."

The squad leader is named Hu Lei, a Han from Shanxi, and brought Xia Yuan to the 597.9 highland. The 597.9 highland is a triangular mountain peak with a 12-yuan position, numbered 0-11. The 597.9th Division is stationed on the 45 highland The 135th company of the 9th Regiment, one reinforced company, and nearly 200 people were evenly distributed to each position, which was only one platoon or even one squad.

Among them, the No. [-] position is the main position, with a large area and a wide range, and it is the main force of the Ninth Company.

After taking Xia Yuan to learn about Shangganling, he took Xia Yuan back to the No. [-] tunnel, and found him an iron pick, "The No. [-] tunnel is still under repair, and the company commander said that the tunnel should be dug deep. Let the enemy's planes be impenetrable, so that the lives of the soldiers will be guaranteed."

Squad leader Hu knocked on the wall with an iron pick. Xia Yuan collected the gravel and put it in a basket. Squad leader Hu continued to introduce the situation of Shangganling to him and impart experience.

"The foreign devils don't give up, and they will fight sooner or later. You are a new soldier, and it's your first time on the battlefield. When you really fight, you hide in the tunnels. The foreign devils' planes and cannons will bomb you. After the bombing is over, the infantry will charge. "

"When the cannons are bombarded, try not to stick your body to the ground, or your internal organs will be shattered."

Xia Yuan listened carefully.

At this time, there were sporadic gunshots in the distance, and Xia Yuan raised his head to be startled.

Squad leader Hu said with a smile: "Don't worry, this is the comrades on the 537.7 Heights who are sniping the enemy again."

Xia Yuan was a little surprised. He didn't know much about Shangganling. After Squad Leader Hu explained, Xia Yuan understood. Isn't this period of time just a cold gun campaign?
He was a little excited and asked, "Squad Leader Hu, I want to fight the enemy!"

Squad Leader Hu was stunned for a moment, and said, "How can this be done?"

Xia Yuan calmed down. He had already joined the Ninth Company. If he went to the 537.7 Heights, he would violate discipline, discipline, and honor. This is what volunteer soldiers value most. Disorganization and lack of discipline are absolutely unacceptable.

(End of this chapter)