The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 110 The idea of ​​digging a well in a tunnel
The cold gun movement began in January 1952. The frontline troops generally carried out cold gun activities to annihilate the enemy, in order to consume a large amount of the vital force of the "United Nations Army" and cover the troops to build positions and fortifications.Each unit selects excellent shooters and gunners to form a sniper team or a joint gunnery sniper team to use rifles or light and heavy machine guns to kill and injure the frontier exposed personnel of the "United Nations Army" positions, and to directly aim at artillery, rocket launchers, and recoilless guns to destroy their civil and wooden fortifications And fixed tank launch points, with field guns and howitzers to shoot small groups of targets in shallow, near and deep depths.

In carrying out sniping activities, snipers flexibly choose shooting positions according to the law of enemy activities, build fortifications in advance, and carry out tight camouflage, effectively displaying firepower.The Volunteer Army and the Korean People's Army killed and injured more than 5 "United Nations Army" in the sniper operations from May to August.Cold gun activities continued until the end of the Korean War in 8.

Xia Yuan fell silent and tapped the wall with the pickaxe, carefully recalling some details of the Battle of Shangganling in his mind.

Shangganling NO.14 broke out, and NO.20 turned to tunnel operations. Relying on the tunnels, night counterattacks and small-scale operations began. The fierce battle that lasted for 43 days began. The soldiers ate, drank, and scattered all in the tunnels. The soldiers began to drink urine. At first, the color of urine was white, then it turned yellow, and later it was brown, blood-colored, and even made of liquid into jelly, which made it difficult to salivate.In order to keep in touch with his superiors, the hoarse walker could only smack his own mouth to moisten his mouth with blood, which is still the case for ordinary people, let alone the wounded.The wound cannot be treated, and cannot be transported to the rear, so the wound can only be inflamed and festered.In order not to affect their comrades in arms, the wounded bit the sheets with their mouths, bearing the pain of the wound, and kept silent.

"Fortunately, fortunately, I have supplemented a lot of battle knowledge on the Korean battlefield before, and this time I traveled to a more familiar battle."

Xia Yuan took a deep breath, half a month was quite limited, he compressed the time for sleep and martial arts, learned English, improved various skills, and learned about various blocking warfare, including Jinhua offensive and Cheorwon blocking warfare.

After 43 days of fierce fighting, the Battle of Shangganling ended.

And now it is the end of September, there is still half a month before the start of the battle. Since you can't participate in the cold gun movement, then try to change the conditions of the No. [-] tunnel.

According to his understanding, at the later stage of the battle, the enemy began to throw grenades into the tunnel, pour smoke, and all available methods were used to force the volunteer soldiers in the tunnel to come out.

But as far as the current situation is concerned, the largest No. 1 tunnel is still a semi-finished product, with only one tunnel entrance, and there are two bifurcations inside. On the basis of the original, it can be increased to three tunnel entrances.

Squad leader Hu looked at Xia Yuan who was lost in thought, and asked, "Comrade Xia Yuan, what are you thinking about?"

Xia Yuan said: "Squad leader, I'm thinking about tunnel warfare!"

"Tunnel warfare?"

Tunnel warfare is a combat method used by anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians on the North China Plain to attack Japanese invaders through tunnels during the Anti-Japanese War.

Tunnel warfare has been continuously developed since Ranzhuang in Qingyuan, Baoding, Jinchaji border area. Joint defense, cooperate with each other, and attack the enemy's combat methods.The tunnel warfare made the originally undefensible Jizhong Plain an important combat area for the Chinese military and civilians to fight against the Japanese aggressors.

Xia Yuan watched tunnel warfare when he was a child, and imagined that he could dig such tunnels one after another to fight against the enemy.

And now, the opportunity has come.

Xia Yuan said to the squad leader: "Squad leader, the tunnel warfare is when you fight the little devils, you dig one tunnel after another underground. I think if it can be combined with the tunnel, will it be effective."

He stared at the tunnels around and said: "Squad leader, I think the tunnels you dug are relatively simple. If the enemy finds our tunnels and blocks our entrances, we will not be able to advance or retreat. I think we can dig two or three tunnels. In order to prevent one tunnel entrance from being blocked, the other two tunnel entrances can still be used. In addition, there must be a place to store water and food. For example, dig a well water in the tunnel to solve the water problem directly in the tunnel. "

Squad Leader Hu turned his head, and said with some surprise: "Comrade Xia Yuan, are you thinking too much? No one can say for sure what will happen in the future. We dug this tunnel to avoid the bombing of US planes. As for what you said about digging two There are three tunnel entrances, the mountain is full of rocks, it is very difficult to dig, it took a lot of time to dig such a large tunnel, and it will take even more time to dig the tunnel you mentioned."

Xia Yuan opened his mouth, knowing that his thoughts were too naive.

The original function of the tunnel was to garrison troops, store supplies, and avoid bombing by U.S. aircraft.

Shangganling is not a strategically important place, and has special strategic significance. The enemy will basically not launch a large-scale attack on this place. The current tunnel is enough for the current commanders and fighters of the Ninth Company. It is a thankless task to pay labor and time.

Now that I say that the enemy will attack Shangganling in the future, it is obviously unrealistic. The transmission of information cannot be transmitted without thinking, and methods must be adopted.

Xia Yuan's assumption is that it is best to dig out the water source, but such an idea is somewhat unrealistic.

In Shangganling, volunteers and the enemy once shared a puddle. The puddle was the crater where the enemy’s shells fell, and gradually formed a pool. This shows that there is underground water in Shangganling. If it can be found, the water source problem can be completely solved. .

He was thinking in his heart, and he deeply agreed with what Squad Leader Hu said. After all, he knew some details of the battle. Perhaps the volunteer soldiers stationed in the Shangganling area at the southern foot of the Five Sacred Mountains never thought that the battle of Shangganling, which shocked China and the world in the future, would be here. hit.

"Don't worry, it's enough, but the idea of ​​digging two passages is pretty good." Squad leader Hu was speculative, bent over and said: "I'll talk to the platoon leader."

Squad leader Hu put down the kerosene lamp, took the basket containing gravel and left.

Xia Yuan squatted on the ground, scratched his head, turned around and looked at the tunnel surface in front of him, and touched it with his hands. They were all hard rocks, close to artificial, and it was basically impossible to realize what he said in a short time.

"Even if it's a trace of water, you can't give up."

The tunnel environment in the future will be very difficult. There will be food, but there will be a shortage of water. Not only the No. [-] tunnel, but also the tunnels on the other positions in the future will lack water.

Xia Yuan decided that in the next half month, the main problem is to solve the problem of water shortage!

Just do it!

Xia Yuan reached out and stroked the rock surface, judging the possible direction of the water source through the slippery rock surface. The rock surface in the mountain was extremely cold. It was already October, and it was hot and dry outside, but the tunnel was shady and the walls were icy cold cold.

He chooses the direction by touching with water.

Squad leader Hu hooked back and brought two or three soldiers from the second squad. Seeing Xia Yuan's actions, he asked differently: "Comrade Xia Yuan, what are you doing?"

Xia Yuan turned his head, "Squad leader, I was thinking, if we can find the water source in the tunnel, we no longer need to fetch water from the mountain depression. Water sources are used to meet daily needs, so that we can avoid sacrificing comrades who fetch water.”

"Comrade Xia Yuan, are you thinking too much?" said a soldier from the second squad.

Xia Yuan shook his head: "We are coming from the rear. US military planes have been flying overhead, bombing targets that appear in their sight. The enemy will not let it go. We should make preparations in advance."

He reached out to touch the wall, and then groped the ground under his feet. He retracted his palms and squeezed them into fists. He could feel water stains on his palms.

Xia Yuan raised his head, "Squad leader, touch this place."

Squad Leader Hu touched the ground Xia Yuan pointed at, and it was cold, slippery and cold, "This is, water stains."

"Yes, squad leader, water stains seep out of the ground, which means that there is water in this mountain, but the location is wrong. Dig down towards this place. Even if no well can be dug, a small pool can be dug to solve the problem of the soldiers. There is no need to pour water into the depressions for the water source requirements in the tunnels.”

Xia Yuan nodded: "Squad leader, let's try. If we really find the water source, we can solve the water source problem from the root."

Squad leader Hu looked at Xia Yuan with expectant eyes, and hesitated for a moment: "Comrade Xia Yuan, the task assigned to our second class by the superior is to advance two meters in, and our task has not been completed yet."

Xia Yuan's eyes lit up, "Squad leader, is it possible to dig the water source after completing the task?"

Squad leader Hu said with a smile: "Comrade Xia Yuan, do you have any big ideas about digging tunnels? I can react to the platoon leader, let the platoon leader and the company commander react, and see what the company commander thinks."

"Hey, thank you monitor."

"Comrade Xia Yuan, let me introduce these two fighters to you."

The first night of joining the company soon came. Xia Yuan rested at the entrance of the No. 50 tunnel, holding a Type [-] submachine gun. Squad leader Hu led the recruits, leaning against Xia Yuan, looking at the night sky outside.

The moon and stars are sparse, and it is a fine day tonight.

In the late period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the full moon offensive of volunteer soldiers was basically thoroughly considered by the US military, and there were more sentries at night, but this did not affect the small-scale annihilation battles carried out by volunteer soldiers at night.

The platoon leaders of the four platoons of the Ninth Company gathered in Tunnel No. 1 and were having a meeting.

First platoon leader Sun Yuan said: "Company commander, the new recruits in our platoon reported a problem to Lao Hu today. I think the suggestion is not bad."

"Oh?" Company Commander Gao became interested, "Tell me."

Sun Yuan said: "The new soldier in the company is Xia Yuan. He has studied the tunnels dug by guerrillas in the plains during the War of Resistance. He said that the tunnels we dug are similar to the tunnels, but they are too simple. If the enemy captures the mountain, we will use our tunnels." Once the entrance is blocked, we will not be able to go in and out, he said, it is best to dig two more tunnel entrances, one on the surface and the other as a hidden entrance."

"He also proposed to Lao Hu the idea of ​​digging a pool. He said that many of the ground in the tunnel were water-stained. , you can dig out the water source."

The second platoon leader said: "Old Sun, is Comrade Xia Yuan's thinking too simple? It's not like you don't know the situation of the tunnels. They are all hard rocks. Don't talk about digging any water sources, just dig a few more tunnels. Mouth is very difficult."

Sun Yuandao: "Second platoon leader, I think Comrade Xia Yuan's idea is very good. Although it is difficult to dig, if it is dug through, the effect will be very significant. With two or three tunnel entrances, once the enemy occupies the 597.9 highland and If we block our tunnel entrance, we will be able to wipe out the U.S. troops on the high ground from other tunnel entrances by surprise!"

The second platoon leader pondered.

Gao Lianchang said: "The idea is very good, so let's discuss and discuss it. It just so happened that the superiors issued a combat theory of digging more tunnels, digging more trenches, and combining tunnels and trenches. The theory needs practice. Maybe we can experiment on the 597.9 high ground. , The theory of tunnel warfare is good. I have heard that tunnels can hide and fight, and the enemy can't see or touch them. We have been stationed in Shangganling for three months now, and the enemy's movements have been very stable. We have Time to dig slowly."

He turned his head: "Instructor, tell me what you think."

Instructor Lin thought for a while and said: "On weekdays, everyone should talk to the soldiers more, brainstorm, think about problems together, and solve them together. This time, Comrade Xia Yuan, Class [-] and Class [-], made a good start. We can't just rely on us when we fight. The commander thinks of a way, many people are powerful!"

He continued: "Digging a tunnel is just like facing the enemy's firepower point. Don't we attack when we see the enemy's firepower point? No, we not only want to attack, but also blow up the enemy's firepower point! Even if it is one Digging bit by bit, this tunnel also needs to be dug, so how about letting Comrade Xia Yuan come over and listen to his opinion later?"

The platoon leaders of the Ninth Company nodded in agreement.

At the entrance of the tunnel, a soldier ran over, "Comrade Xia Yuan, the platoon leader is calling you."

Xia Yuan was resting with squinted eyes, and opened his eyes when he sensed someone approaching, "The platoon leader called me? Comrade, do you know what the platoon leader called me for?"

The soldier shook his head and said, "Comrade Xia Yuan, I don't know too well, just go and have a look."

"Okay."

Holding the gun, Xia Yuan bent down to the depths of the tunnel, and met the platoon leader and instructor of the Ninth Company.

Instructor Lin sat on the ground, waved his hand and said, "Comrade Xia Yuan, come quickly."

After Xia Yuan approached, he squatted on the ground and asked, "Instructor, company commander, platoon leader, you are looking for me."

Company Commander Gao nodded: "Yes, you platoon leader, just told us some of your tunnel ideas, and we all think it's very good."

Xia Yuan's eyes lit up, and he squatted on the ground and said: "Company commander, it's like this. I have learned about tunnels before. The tunnels are like ant nests, criss-crossing. I think, since we have dug the tunnels, why not combine the tunnels with the tunnels?" Let’s combine the tunnels. This mountain is not all rocks. We can dig the weak points. There is no need to dig straight tunnels. It is better to dig a tunnel in front of the position and dig a tunnel on the reverse slope. mouth."

"In this way, when the enemy comes up, we can reach the trench of the position from the front tunnel entrance and quickly strike the enemy."

"In addition to the entrance of the front tunnel, I also noticed that some rocky ground in the tunnel is very wet and has water stains, which means that some water and moisture buried deep in the ground have seeped up. As long as we dig down, we will be able to dig the water source. That way we can avoid taking water from the col."

"Even if the enemy blocks the entrance of the tunnel, we can survive for a while relying on the water source in the tunnel."

(End of this chapter)