The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 181 The third stage of the Battle of Shangganling!
Whether Xia Yuan has such courage, there is no doubt that he has, but it is only there, he can't die yet, he has to destroy the enemy as much as possible to win this victory.

The tug-of-war on the 29th was even more brutal. The almost crazy enemy launched wave after wave of attacks on Shangganling. Xia Yuan led the soldiers in the tunnel to rise up to block the enemy. After a day of fighting, although the surface position of Shangganling changed hands again, But the enemy also paid an extremely heavy price. Only in the first position, according to the mutual statistics of the soldiers, nearly 200 enemies were eliminated, and this did not include the people killed by Xia Yuan himself.

A soldier who was with Xia Yuan said, "The Ninth Company Commander killed at least 200 people!"

Some soldiers also said, "The Ninth Company Commander killed not only 200 people, but probably more!"

Xia Yuan didn't do much calculations. In just one day, he alone consumed more than 700 bullets and more than 300 grenades. Of course, most of the time he used grenades and bullets to suppress the enemy. to the soil in front of the enemy.When the shooting became intense, he had already given up aiming and shot randomly, because the enemy had already pressed in front of him, and the bullets of the machine gun ran out, so he used his rifle to shoot until the gun in his hand was not accurate enough to shoot. The bullets were crooked, so he changed to 50 punch.

Fifty punches don’t feel good in the hand, and the failure rate is too high. Flying dust will often be scattered into the ejection port, and the gun will often fail to fire.

Xia Yuan slapped the body of the gun vigorously, picked it up and slammed it at the enemy, the bullets flew across the position, the shells bloomed on the position, the soil in front of him could no longer be gathered, it was like sand in the desert, mixed with a lot of shrapnel.

Xia Yuan still remembered that when a new recruit first arrived, he was sitting on the ground, holding his shoes and counting seriously, "Five six. Seven. Eight."

A soldier asked him what he was counting, and the recruit replied irritably: "Count the shrapnel. Damn it, I said why the shoes cut my feet so badly, it turns out there are so many poor things in the sand."

The shrapnel in the soil is the size of a pinky fingernail, grab a handful of soil, and the soil is full of these things.

It is already November, but the temperature in Shangganling is very warm, and the soil is hot.

The difficult battle on the 29th was finally over.

Company Commander Dai found Xia Yuan and said: "Commander Xia, you just came back just in time. The superior has issued a new combat plan. Tonight, our army will cover the surface positions with a round of artillery fire, and a company of soldiers will enter The main tunnel, until tomorrow night, will carry out a decisive counterattack against Shangganling!"

Xia Yuan reacted suddenly, and asked, "What date is it today?"

Zhang Xiaosheng said from the side: "Today is the 29th!"

"Number 29!"

Xia Yuan's eyes moved slightly, and he suddenly became excited. He realized that the third phase of the battle at Shangganling had begun.

Because of my joining, the head of the rear knew in advance the information that the U.S. military was about to attack Shangganling on a large scale. Our army reacted first and assembled shells in advance to launch the first stage of attack on Shangganling. Originally, after the general attack on the [-]th, it entered the tunnel on the [-]th. The battle started the second stage of Shangganling, but it came two days earlier. The first stage ended on the [-]th and entered the second stage.

The third stage started on the 25th and lasted until November [-]th, when the Battle of Shangganling ended.

The third stage is the decisive counterattack and the stage of consolidating the position.

After more than half a month of tug-of-war, the U.S. Seventh Division and the Han Second Division were exhausted. Although the U.S. Seventh Division was defeated, its name is still in Shangganling, but it has changed from the main attacking team to assisting the Han Second Division in attacking A week before this counterattack, it was aimed at the United Nations Army and the South Korean Army on the 597.9 Heights.

On the night of the 29th, the prelude to the battle began. The Volunteer Army's long-range artillery fire began to destroy and shoot at the enemy's surface positions in Shangganling. Under the cover of artillery fire, the 86rd Company of the 3th Regiment marched towards the Shangganling tunnel position under the cover of artillery fire to strengthen the troops in the tunnel. , Prepare to cooperate with the inside and the outside in the decisive counterattack.

In the flames of shell explosions, the soldiers of the third company launched flexible movements in front of the enemy with skillful tactical actions. At eleven o'clock, the voice of the commander of the third company, Kuang Junyi, came from the walkie-talkie. They had passed the enemy's 2000-meter line. The fire control area entered the tunnel at the cost of five casualties.

At this time, in the main tunnel of Shangganling No. [-], a platoon of soldiers from Kuang Junyi's third company entered the tunnel, and they entered the tunnel under the warm welcome of the soldiers in the tunnel.

Xia Yuan, Dai Wannian, Zhang Xiaosheng and other key members of the No. [-] tunnel were in the tunnel to welcome the soldiers who joined the tunnel. Seeing that Kuang Junyi entered the tunnel with a platoon of soldiers, the soldiers in the tunnel warmly greeted the comrades of the third company 's arrival

Dai Wannian said: "Commander Kuang, you can see that you are here. You have worked hard. Come, come, come to the pit."

Kuang Junyi settled down, first observed the tunnel, and couldn't help but sigh the greatness of the tunnel fighters, then looked at Xia Yuan, and said: "This is Xia Yuan, the commander of the Ninth Company, I have heard about your battle deeds in the rear, I finally saw you today."

Kuang Junyi held Xia Yuan's hand, looking at the palm wrapped in black bandages, feeling a little distressed.

He yelled, "Hygienist, hygienist."

Xia Yuan pressed his hand and said: "Commander Kuang, my hand is fine, leave the things for the soldiers who need them."

Kuang Junyi said, "How can this be done?"

Xia Yuan comforted him, stretched out his palm, made a fist, released it, made a fist again, and released it again, and said: "My hand was just burned by the barrel of the machine gun, and there is no problem now, basically much better. "

Kuang Junyi nodded and told the health worker to stop.

The four of them gathered in the lounge in the tunnel, feeling the bombardment from the artillery above their heads, Dai Wannian said with a smile: "After holding on for so long, I can finally fight a hearty counterattack."

In the previous few times, small groups of troops fought. In order to preserve themselves and at the same time effectively destroy the enemy's active forces, the soldiers fighting in the tunnels basically used combat groups or squads as units to harass at night and eliminate Foreign devils and stick soldiers.

Often being pressed and beaten by the enemy's heavy firepower, it is true that a large number of enemies have been eliminated, but their own casualties are not small.

Now the horn of the counterattack is about to sound, the soldiers in the tunnel can't sleep, the fighting enthusiasm is very high, the wounded are preparing the weapons and ammunition to be used in the big counterattack, the soldiers are sitting in the tunnel, using clothes Guns were being wiped in the cleaner parts of the guts, some were wiping off the dust from their faces with towels, and they were tidying up their appearance, as if they were welcoming a major festival, preparing to fight back and welcome victory.

Xia Yuan watched the movement of the soldiers outside, and said with a smile: "After the big counterattack begins, the difficult conditions in the tunnel will be gone forever."

The three had smiles on their faces.

The enemy's guns are the first danger faced by the soldiers, so the difficult conditions in the tunnels are the second danger faced by our soldiers.

Counter the enemy and improve tunnel conditions.

This is the third stage!
With the discussion of the four people all night, the artillery fire stopped, the sky was bright, and the gunpowder smoke filled the entire ridge, and the cold wind blew over the top of the mountain, bringing a chill, but in the tunnel, it was so hot, when the soldiers were resting, , Still discussing how to fight tonight.

When Xia Yuan appeared in front of the soldiers, all eyes focused on him, including the eyes of the soldiers in the original tunnel, and the eyes of the soldiers of the third company who followed Kuang Junyi into the tunnel. Besides curiosity, It's more about worship.

Xia Yuan didn't speak, but glanced at the soldiers in the tunnel, beside him, Company Commander Dai Wannian, Instructor Zhang Xiaosheng, and Company Commander Kuang Junyi stepped forward and stood beside him.

The soldiers in the tunnel stood up, and even the wounded stood up with the support of their comrades. Comrade Wang Lan was mending the soldiers' clothes with needles and threads. Seeing this scene, she also put down the needles and threads and stood in the tunnel.

The artillery fire covered the rear, and the deafening roar could be heard in the tunnel, and the dull sound was continuously emitted in the tunnel, rumbling and spreading non-stop.

The soldiers stood in the tunnel, wearing military uniforms, everyone was dirty from head to toe, and their faces were stained because they were wiped with towels, but their faces were determined, their eyes were bright and glowing, That was a ray of hope.

Company Commander Dai looked at Xia Yuan and nodded to him. Xia Yuan's eyes were firm and unyielding. He was like a bright star, lighting up the way forward for the soldiers.

Under the encouragement of the three of them, Xia Yuan said: "Comrades, everyone must know me very well. You may have heard of my deeds before you came to Shangganling. Speaking of which, I am the same age as you. It’s almost the same. In war, everyone has fought more than me. To be reasonable, I actually don’t have any special skills. It’s like how you teach me to kill the enemy. The enemy is bursting."

"However, many people don't know what is compared in war. Some people will say that it is compared to weapons and equipment, while others will say that it is compared to logistical materials."

"But I want to say that the comparison is not about these things. It's not about whose country is strong or whose country is weak. It's the will!"

"The will! The will of Shangganling! From the battle in Shangganling to the present, from NO.14 to today! In half a month, I have seen too many soldiers die by my side, and too many companies have been destroyed in Shangganling Our company commander, after being hit by enemy shells and blinded by the enemy's shells, reloaded the bombs according to his feeling, and fought tenaciously with the enemy until the last drop of blood was drained from his body, and the enemy was repulsed. We saw lots and lots of bullet casings under his body."

"Our platoon leader, when the enemy's legs were blown off and the left position was lost, he manipulated the machine gun to cover us, and finally died with the enemy!"

"The fourth platoon leader, the No. [-] position has fallen, in order to cover Comrade Zhao Fengshou's retreat, he fired the last grenade and rushed towards the enemy group!"

"Comrade Zhao Fengshou was tasked with blowing up the bunker in a later attack mission. He threw the blasting tube into the enemy's bunker. When the enemy pushed the blasting tube out, he held the blasting tube against his chest and died with the enemy's bunker. .”

"Han Xianxu, after the bullets ran out, the enemy rushed to the position. In order to block the enemy's attack, he launched a suicide attack on the enemy with a bayonet!"

"Zhu Xinchang, he ran out of bullets, and there were no stones to throw around him. He opened his arms, rushed at the enemy, and wrestled with the enemy."

"Niu Xingcai, Wang Shou, when I was the squad leader, there were only two soldiers left in our squad. They held on to the right side of the No. [-] position, and fell on the left side. After I went to support the left side and came back, I saw them and The position coexisted and died, their remains wrestled with the enemy, they bit the enemy's ears, their bodies were covered with blood holes, when the bullets ran out and the stones were thrown away, they used their own flesh and blood to form a wall, Withstood the footsteps of the enemy's attack!"

"Wang Yongmeng, the recruit who joined the company with me, I have become a hero. He often told me that he would also be a hero in the future. He fought back on the [-]th day and night, and followed the commander of the seventh company to reinforce the comrades in the fourth position. Attacking the enemy's No. [-] position, when the anti-tank grenade did not blow up the enemy's bunker, and he had no weapons, he opened his arms and rushed to the enemy's gun hole, covering the enemy with his body The line of sight bought a little time for the counterattack troops in the rear, and the counterattack troops rushed to the zero position and took the position back."

He said, with tears in his eyes.

Every familiar name rushed to the battlefield under his leadership, and under his watchful eyes, they died together with the enemy, they.

The soldiers listened to the fighting deeds of the heroes, and were touched by the fighting deeds of the martyrs. Their eyes were filled with tears, and some soldiers were already sobbing.

He continued: "During the tunnel counterattack, the No. 11 tunnel was short of water and food. They were so thirsty that they couldn't even swallow biscuits. Eating the biscuits was like eating a pile of iron nails. In order to win the battle and survive, they put They collect their own urine and drink it when they are extremely thirsty. They lick the walls and breathe the cold air on the ground to relieve their thirst.”

"I asked them if drinking urine was bitter. They said it was bitter, but they said it wasn't bitter. They said it was hard during the Red Army's Long March. They could still eat radishes in the tunnels, but the Red Army had to eat grass roots and boil leather belts. Still happy."

With tears in his eyes, Xia Yuan raised his voice and said, "Why, the war is so cruel, why do we still fight? The enemy is so powerful, why do we fight for victory? Isn't it to protect the homeland behind us? The Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, Steal our cultural treasures. The little Japanese devils have come, they burned, killed, looted our homes, robbed us and robbed us of our food, jianyin women, they do all sorts of evil!"

(End of this chapter)