The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 118 Scout Xia Yuan's First Night Operation

He didn't expect to go to the reconnaissance class tonight. Xia Yuan thought that in the remaining few days, he would dig a well to get through, but he didn't expect things to turn around.

Previously, he had thought about how to convey information about the enemy's attack target to his superiors, and the final way of thinking was to tell his superiors through the enemy.

The most direct way he can think of is to fight on the unnamed high ground, capture the enemy's combat diary, or capture prisoners.

It's a pity that the stick soldiers stationed on the unnamed highlands. You must know that in the Korean battlefield, the US military does not regard the stick soldiers as human beings. Why is there a big difference between the number of casualties calculated by the US military after the war and the number of casualties calculated by our army? The number of casualties is much higher than the US military statistics.

That's because there are stick soldiers among the enemies killed by our army, but the US military doesn't count the stick soldiers in it, it only counts the casualties of its own family, but it doesn't count the stick soldiers in it.

Not only did they not count the stick soldiers, they also did not count the casualties of soldiers from other countries.

It is for this reason that Xia Yuan does not think that the stick soldiers stationed on the unnamed high ground can know the next step of the US military's battle plan. Only by capturing the enemy's commander can they obtain the enemy's next step plan. Of course, if they can find a The notes of commanders above the lieutenant officer can also write out the next battle plan by imitating handwriting.

Xia Yuan thought about it seriously, and felt that this method was not very feasible, and he still had to grasp the US military's tongue to obtain the enemy's next battle plan.

Thinking about it, Xia Yuan yawned, and decided to squint for a while to recharge his mind, and wait until tonight to look at the action plan of the reconnaissance team.

It was getting dark very quickly, Xia Yuan spread the mattress on the floor, and slept on the floor. This sleep was quite heavy, and he hadn't had a good rest during the period of time travelling, and the quality of sleep was not very good. Just to make the action better tonight.

At dinner time, Squad Leader Hu found Xia Yuan, woke him up, and took a bowl: "Eat something, I have to go out tonight, and I have to eat enough to have the strength to work."

Xia Yuan nodded: "Hey."

"Eat slowly."

Squad leader Hu looked at Xia Yuan, who was devouring his food, and sat beside him, rolling a cigarette, "Scouts are more dangerous. When performing missions, you must pay attention to safety."

"Squad leader, don't worry, I will come back safely."

"Ah."

After eating, Xia Yuan held his gun, greeted Squad Leader Hu, Deputy Squad Leader Li, and Platoon Leader Sun, and then went to Company Commander Gao.

"Let's go, I'll take you there now."

Company Commander Gao put down the work at hand, took Xia Yuan to the position, and set off in the direction of No. [-] position. The soldiers he met all said hello: "Company Commander!"

Company Commander Gao led him to the tunnel of the fifth position, "Old Zhou, Lao Zhou, I'll bring you a recruit, you know him."

Lao Zhou is a thin soldier, about 27 or [-] years old, with an American-made submachine gun on his back, and several soldiers around him are also wearing American-made submachine guns. When they saw Company Commander Gao, they got up one after another and looked at Xia Yuan. stay on the body.

Lao Zhou looked up, "Company commander! Comrade Xia Yuan! You are here."

Company Commander Gao nodded: "Well, I'll leave it to you."

Lao Zhou sighed, looked at Xia Yuan, "Sit down first."

Xia Yuan found a place to sit down, hugging his big eight pills, and Commander Gao asked again: "Have you eaten? When are you going to act?"

"Eat it, let's act at nine o'clock tonight."

Lao Zhou replied, "However, we have to go to the reconnaissance spots in advance, and we may start when it gets dark."

"That's okay, try not to waste time, take him with you more, he is still a new soldier, he went to the battlefield once, tonight mainly take him to see how you can fight alone."

Company Commander Gao said again: "Teach him more, some skills."

"Ah."

Old Zhou nodded.

Company Commander Gao simply said hello and left.

Lao Zhou said: "My name is Zhou Xuemin, you can call me Lao Zhou, you can call me the squad leader Zhou."

Xia Yuan: "My name is Xia Yuan."

A very simple-looking soldier beside him said: "We know you, the hero of the Unknown Heights Raid Battle, you killed such an enemy for the first time on the battlefield, we admire you very much."

He said again: "My name is Niu Chong, just call me Lao Niu. Our reconnaissance team doesn't have so many rules."

"Hey, you can just call me Xia Yuan."

After a simple chat, everyone quickly became acquainted. The soldiers all admire those who can fight and are brave. It is also from that period.

But Xia Yuan's bravery in the first battle was unanimously recognized by all officers and soldiers of the Ninth Company. Many soldiers admired this recruit very much. The enemy's bunker misfired, buying time for the blasting comrades.

Many soldiers thought that it was their first time on the battlefield, and that they were very heroic if they were able to kill the enemy without shrinking back. They didn't expect anyone to be more heroic than them.

It also proves that some people are born to be soldiers.

It was getting dark, and Lao Zhou called all the soldiers in the reconnaissance squad to start discussing the combat mission tonight.

Lao Zhou spread out the combat map, illuminated it with a kerosene lamp, and said: "Recently, the US military has been moving frequently. After reconnaissance and platooning, it can be basically concluded that the US military is preparing for some moths. They use cars to pull soldiers away from Shangganling during the day. They set off with a full truck and returned with an empty truck. At night, they drove the soldiers back again without turning on the lights, thinking that this would fool us, but they didn’t know that our army had a very clear grasp of their every move.”

"The superior gave us an order, we must grab a big tongue and come back to find out the enemy's battle plan."

"Yes!"

The soldiers of the reconnaissance squad whispered.

He clicked a location on the map, "Cangshan Mountain at the northern foot of Xiaganling Mountain, a company of US soldiers is stationed here. After investigation, we can confirm the basic defense of this enemy. Compared with the Korean army on the unnamed highland, a US army There are more than 200 people in the company, equipped with light machine guns, heavy machine guns, anti-tank firepower and other heavy firepower, and built important defenses such as machine gun bunkers and machine gun bunkers. The two are not in the same order at all. Our goal is the U.S. military in Cangshan .”

"Now I will assign tasks. The first group will go up the mountain from the west side, the second group will go up the mountain from the east side, the third group will go up the mountain from the north side, and the fourth group will go up the mountain from the south side. Xia Yuan will follow me."

"Yes!"

"Attention, once the enemy finds out, retreat quickly."

"Yes!"

"Pack up your equipment." Squad leader Zhou turned his head and looked at Xia Yuan: "It's the second time I'm on the battlefield, so I'm nervous or not."

Xia Yuan shook his head: "Don't be nervous."

"Heh, that's pretty good. The first time I went to the battlefield, I was dragged up by the squad leader. The squad leader said, you flinched the first time, and you will want to flinch the second and third time."

Squad leader Zhou opened the ammunition box in the tunnel, stuffed orange-yellow bullets into his bullet pocket, and said while stuffing them: "If I can be as good as you were when you first went to the battlefield, then the squad leader won't be afraid because of I died."

He was a little embarrassed.

The soldiers of the reconnaissance squad loaded bullets and stuffed grenades without saying a word. The skin of each of them was dark and rough after being exposed to the wind and sun, but they were full of stories. I know how many familiar comrades-in-arms have left me one by one.

They can only turn the grief in their hearts into motivation to support them to move forward.

Xia Yuan suddenly thought of the number '677', which was the number of his last world. 677 is just a series of cold numbers, but behind this series of cold numbers, it represents 677 soldiers.

"Do you need to replenish ammunition?" Squad leader Zhou held a grenade, "I heard from the company commander that you are very good at throwing bombs, even more accurate than grenades, so bring more grenades."

"Hey."

Xia Yuan nodded.

"You use an American-style rifle. We don't have many bullets for the American-style rifle here, and they are all in Tunnel No. [-]. You are also a soldier over there. Did you replenish it when you came?"

Squad leader Zhou asked again.

Xia Yuan nodded: "There are three hundred bullets on my body, enough."

Squad leader Zhou nodded, without saying anything, pulled out a few long strips of cloth from his arms, and stuffed them to him: "Three hundred rounds are too many bullets, and it's inconvenient to carry. Fifty rounds are basically enough. Tighten the body tightly to ensure that the weapons and ammunition on the walking body will not make a sound."

Xia Yuan took the cloth strip, and silently took out the bullets from his body, leaving fifty bullets on his body, and tightened his leggings and clothes with the cloth strip, especially the grenade wrapped around his waist.

Squad leader Zhou said: "You don't need to tighten the grenade so tightly. If you can't take it out in an emergency, just tie it a little to make sure it doesn't make a collision sound."

Xia Yuan nodded, and learned again that going out for reconnaissance does not start with a gun, it still requires a lot of preparation.

After simple preparations, the soldiers of the reconnaissance squad moved briefly to ensure that the weapons and ammunition they carried would not make any noise. Squad Leader Zhou led the soldiers into the night in a hurry.

At the south foot of Wusheng Mountain is Shangganling. There is a village of more than ten families in Shangganling. To the southwest of Shangganling is Xiaganling. Xiaganling also has a village of more than ten families. The Ganling area is much higher than the unnamed highland, but the mountain is not steep. The US military has stationed here and built many fortifications.

After several nights of reconnaissance by the reconnaissance team, the mines in the area they were going to pass through were basically found out and cleared, and the enemy's barbed wire fence was cut, leaving a place where they could pass.

After pulling up the mountain for an hour, they quickly crossed the road. In a relatively lush weeds, the soldiers of the reconnaissance squad hid in it. Squad leader Zhou looked up at the sky after observing the enemy's movements through the telescope.

"The moon is not very bright tonight. There are advantages and disadvantages. You must be careful when you act. Do a good job in the investigation and arrangement. If the investigation and arrangement work is not done well, don't be reckless."

Squad leader Zhou patiently reminded: "This is the first time we have acted separately. The target of our action together is too big. If we catch the tongue, we will retreat immediately. It doesn't matter if we can't catch it. Don't insist on it. If it doesn't work in one night, it will only take two nights. "

"Yes!"

After watching the combat teams leave, Squad Leader Zhou turned his head and said to Xia Yuan: "During the operation, you follow me. We haven't figured out the enemy's secret whistle. The position of their secret whistle will change every night. Wait a while before we act. , still needs to be sorted out.”

Only then did Squad Leader Zhou realize that Xia Yuan was lying motionless on the grass, observing the nearly dark Cangshan Mountain in the distance.

Seeing that he didn't move, Lao Niu patted Xia Yuan.

Xia Yuan turned his head, his bright pupils contracted, "Squad Leader Zhou, I know where the enemy's secret whistle is."

Squad Leader Zhou, Lao Niu, and another soldier in action were taken aback for a moment.

The old cow asked a little honestly and surprised: "Xia Yuan, what are you talking about, you know the location of the enemy's secret sentry? How is this possible? We have been figuring out for a few days, and you will know when you come and take a look?"

The other soldier also had a strange expression, as if he was skeptical of what Xia Yuan said.

Squad leader Zhou also didn't believe it, "This matter can't be a joke. You have to know, once our actions are exposed, what will be the consequences? The position of the enemy's secret sentinels fluctuates every night, and the number varies. It all depends on the enemy's mood. One night, I didn’t find out the fixed position of the enemy’s secret sentry, but I knew that there was no law in the arrangement of the enemy’s secret sentry.”

He looked at the dark Cangshan Mountain, which was nearly a kilometer away. He looked through the binoculars, and he could only see the lights from the enemy's tunnels and some machine gun bunkers. Not to mention the dark sentries, there were no enemy guard posts. Find out how much.

Xia Yuan actually said that he already knew the location of the enemy's secret post, and Squad Leader Zhou was a little surprised.

This matter is not a joke.

But Xia Yuan nodded very positively, "I can guarantee with my life that I have observed the enemy's secret post, as well as the enemy's guard post."

He said: "Squad Leader Zhou, if you don't believe me, you can observe according to what I said. The middle position of the two machine gun bunkers on the enemy's high ground is about ten meters down. There is an enemy guard post there. You should be able to see it."

Squad leader Zhou adjusted his binoculars and lay down on the ground to observe. The enemy's two machine gun bunkers were on high ground, made of concrete, with an interval of more than ten meters, and they could form a crossfire network down the mountain. The soldiers of the reconnaissance squad almost touched the two machine gun bunkers. very thoroughly.

"You can see the enemy's machine gun bunker?" Squad leader Zhou's tone became a little astonished, even shocked. If nothing else, just seeing the enemy's machine gun bunker from here can basically conclude that this kid is real Can see the enemy's high ground situation.

You know, this kid is the recruit who was allowed to enter the court and fought a battle. They don't think that the reconnaissance team leaked the news when they were platooning. These actions are secret operations of the fourth platoon, and the combat missions secretly issued by Company Commander Gao.

Only their fourth platoon knows, but it is limited to knowing that the reconnaissance squad carried out reconnaissance missions at night to catch tongues, but where the reconnaissance was carried out and where the tongue was caught, absolutely no one knew. No one would ask, not even the fourth platoon leader.

Lao Niu and another soldier Wu Haixin looked at Xia Yuan with ghostly expressions on their faces.

(End of this chapter)