The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 186 537.7 Highland Beishan First Stage Counterattack
After the soldiers saw the appointment documents, cheers came from the tunnel. They were happy for Xia Yuan, happy for Xia Yuan. The person they admired became a battalion commander from a recruit in less than a month. This is something that makes the soldiers very happy and happy.

A tall young soldier squeezed up to Xia Yuan and said, "Comrade Commander, my name is Li Xiangze. There are many units in the tunnel. I am willing to be responsible for the registration and register everyone!"

After a brief introduction by Li Xiangze, this comrade is a cultural teacher of the battalion department, an educated youth who has undergone severe tests on the battlefield.

Xia Yuan immediately made a decision: "Okay! I will leave the grade work to you!"

"Yes!"

Li Xiangze said happily, "By the way, Comrade Battalion Commander, it would be even better if you could give me a health worker, because there are many wounded who pretend to be uninjured and register to participate in the counterattack, and they must be checked."

Xia Yuan asked around, there was no hygienist in the tunnel, there was no way to meet this requirement, but the registration started quickly.Except for the seriously wounded who were unable to move, the rest of the soldiers sat up. Party members took out their party cards, and members of the regiment took out their team cards. Everyone described their positions and combat experience like a report, like an oath loudly expressed his determination.

The person who was mediating disputes for others just now walked up to Xia Yuan, took out his party ID card, and reported, "Comrade Battalion Commander, my name is Sun Shangyong. I am a party member. I joined the party at the front line of the Huaihai Campaign in 1948. I have been a soldier, Squad leader, has fought 1950 or [-] battles, joined the Volunteer Army in [-], and now holds the position of Secretary Chief, I hope the party will entrust me with the most dangerous and arduous tasks!"

Xia Yuan was deeply moved by his resolute and powerful tone. He said, "Can you command a war?"

"Yes! I believe it won't be worse than those 'wazi' platoon leaders!" He answered Xia Yuan confidently.

Xia Yuan nodded, "Okay, there will be tasks assigned to you later."

"Yes!" He replied emphatically.

After registration, several people were worried, and one by one went to Xia Yuan to express their attitude and asked them to give them combat missions. Facing the enthusiastic attitude of comrades, Xia Yuan answered them in the affirmative, and then he talked to the tunnel again. Every fighter in the group shook hands and encouraged each other individually.

Before dawn, Li Xiangze successfully registered. Xia Yuan took the registered roster and looked at the names from different companies. There were only 13 correspondents in each company, which shows the variety of personnel sources.

After a brief discussion, he organized the personnel in the tunnel into five squads. In addition to the three combat squads, there was a complete squad composed of lightly wounded people, and the last squad was seriously wounded who repeatedly asked to participate in the battle. So turn them into a backup class as well, the fifth class.

The atmosphere in the tunnel changed. The noises and groans of the wounded were replaced by the sounds of wiping guns and twisting grenade caps. The quarrels disappeared. People from so many different organizational units were closely united. Together, everyone has a common wish: to destroy the enemy, stick to the tunnel, and overwhelm all enemies!
When the night came, Xia Yuan decided to take the soldiers out to practice their hands and get in touch with each other.

Li Xiangze was appointed as the squad leader of the first squad, Sun Shangyong was the squad leader of the second squad, and the squad leader of the third squad was himself. He used the time when he came over to observe the enemy situation in the No. [-] position, and built a simple position model in the tunnel with sand. As an enemy bunker.

He gathered the two squad leaders together and said: "Tonight's battle plan is still a small counterattack. One squad will go first. There is no need to blow up the bunker. Your task is to deal with the enemy and destroy the enemy while protecting yourself. The vital strength, do not take the initiative to attack, do not sacrifice blindly!"

Li Xiangze assured: "Yes! Comrade Battalion Commander! Guaranteed to complete the task!"

The orders of the second squad and the third squad are almost the same, they are all small-scale counterattacks, just fight, don't attack, don't sacrifice.

The wounded also eagerly found Xia Yuan and asked for their orders. Xia Yuan said in embarrassment: "Tonight's task is to get in touch with everyone. We still have a long time to persist."

The current stage is the counterattack on the 597.9 highland. Their task here is still to rely on the tunnel, stick to the tunnel, and deal with the enemy. The counterattack of the small group of troops at night is very smooth, especially after the battle of the third squad is over, the soldiers are excited. He ran into the tunnel and told about the combat performance of Camp Commander Xia.

The battalion commander knocked down the enemy's machine gun bunker with one shot, causing the enemy's machine gun bunker to go silent, and two or three shots knocked out the enemy's firepower points. The enemy fired flares. They could see very clearly that the bullet pierced through the enemy's steel helmet with a whizz. Here, the machine gun was shot down by the battalion commander before it fired.

Hu Changdao shouted excitedly: "The battalion commander is a battle hero. He led a squad of legendary recruits who wiped out a company of foreign devils, and the Shangganling God of War who turned No. [-] position into a devil's position. That shot must be powerful!"

The soldiers were excited when they heard it, howled and worshiped Xia Yuan even more.

In this way, three days and two nights passed smoothly. Xia Yuan led them to carry out dozens of large and small counterattacks, destroying the fortifications dug by the enemy on the top of the mountain and destroying the enemy's heavy building on the top of the mountain. Machine guns and bazookas smashed the enemy's plot to destroy the tunnel with explosives, poison gas, and incendiary bombs one after another.

Persisting until the day of the counterattack, Xia Yuan heard the secret words of the commander's attack order on the walkie-talkie:
"Xia Yuan, Xia Yuan, ready for dinner, ready for dinner, do you have chopsticks? Do you have chopsticks?"

Xia Yuan replied confidently to the head of the regiment. After this period of training, the soldiers have shown strong combat effectiveness and a fighting spirit that is not afraid of sacrifice. He believes that these soldiers can complete the combat tasks assigned by their superiors!
Then, the head of the regiment ordered in secret language to launch a counterattack to the No. 537.7 position in Beishan, [-] Heights, at [-] o'clock in the evening.

Every time Xia Yuan talked to his superiors again, the soldiers in the tunnel looked at him quietly, how much they longed for the day of counterattack, and now, the opportunity finally came.

He put down the phone and said loudly: "Comrades! The regiment commander ordered us to counterattack the No. [-] position tonight, and start preparations now!"

As soon as Xia Yuan's words fell, the whole tunnel burst into cheers. The soldiers could no longer suppress their joy. Some stood up holding their guns high, and some stuffed grenades into their waists.The lightly wounded were busy arranging bandages, and the seriously wounded were also supporting their bodies with guns, wanting to join in.

For a while, the tunnel was as lively as the New Year and the festival, and the soldiers were all nervously busy.

The time for the big counterattack is getting closer and closer. The soldiers have already prepared everything, holding their guns and leaning on the ground with the butt of their guns, waiting quietly,
Xia Yuan was looking at the time.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, after the Volunteer Army's artillery bombarded the enemy's surface positions violently, the 'Assault Platoon' organized by sixteen units, following the signal for a counterattack, led by Xia Yuan, headed towards No. [-] The stick soldiers garrison on the position launched an attack, and the No. [-] tunnel was like a volcanic eruption. The soldiers launched an attack to the top of the mountain according to the predetermined plan.

The third squad led by Xia Yuan is the main force of this attack, the first squad led by Li Xiangze is responsible for the left-wing offensive mission, and the second squad led by Sun Shangyong is responsible for the right-wing offensive mission. They will face nearly one battalion in the eighth position. enemy.

And their task is to open the gate of the enemy on the eighth position, cover the second company on the No. 597.9 position on the 11 height to attack the enemy on the 537.7 height.

Xia Yuan quickly sniped and killed the machine gunner in the Firebase bunker, and shouted: "Demolition team, get on me!"

"Yes!"

The three soldiers shouted, and they crawled out of the bunker, carrying blasting tubes and anti-tank grenades, they got out from behind the bunker, and quickly climbed towards the enemy bunker.

Under the cover of all kinds of light and heavy firepower, the three soldiers quickly rushed to the enemy's bunker. Under the gunpoint of the enemy's bunker, a soldier pulled the blasting tube and stuffed it in. Shouted: "Comrades! Go!!"

As early as yesterday, they had cleared the enemy's bunker on the mountain, and during the day, they organized small groups of troops to harass the enemy on the ground from time to time, disrupting their progress in building the bunker. Tonight, the counterattack plan will be issued.

After our army's intensive artillery fire covered the position, most of the enemy's fortifications on the position were destroyed, which relieved the pressure on the assault force. Xia Yuan led the assault platoon to attack the enemy on the position according to the original plan After pulling out the enemy's firepower point on the reverse slope, they quickly climbed over the mountain ridge, built a simple firepower point, and suppressed the enemy on the ground.

The enemy has a reinforced battalion in the position, and all kinds of light and heavy firepower are covered like mountains and rivers. The No. 537.7 tunnel on the 597.9 Heights is not as rich as the No. [-] Tunnel on the [-] Heights. There are only two machine guns. Even a bolt-action rifle was used.

During the counterattack in Tunnel No. [-], the soldiers had four fully automatic rifles per capita, as many as one thousand rounds of ammunition, more than ten mortars, more than twenty light machine guns, four heavy machine guns, bazooka, There are twenty recoilless guns, most of which were captured and collected by Xia Yuan, a captured madman. The firepower of the two is completely incomparable.

It is also because of this that this battle is much more difficult than expected. Although Xia Yuan has tried his best to kill the enemy's heavy firepower, but due to poor equipment, even if the enemy gets rid of the heavy machine gun, their 60-gun , recoilless guns, and bazookas can always play a huge role.

At this moment of stalemate, the reinforcements on the No. 597.9 position on the 11 highland successfully broke through the gap formed by the two highlands. When the reinforcements came up, their joining immediately changed the occupation, and they continued to snipe at the enemy's heavy firepower in Xiayuan. During the killing, the Second Company arrived with their bazooka, accompanied by a series of roars, the stick soldiers blocking the line of defense in front of them were quickly defeated, and the soldiers burst out of the bunker with murderous aura. Into the eighth position.

The battle lasted for three hours, nearly two companies of the enemy defense army on the eighth position were wiped out. The position was full of corpses. The soldiers packed up the weapons and equipment scattered on the position one by one. , standing on the battlefield full of gunpowder smoke, calling Hu Changdao's name.

"Commander, Commander, I'm here."

Hu Changdao ran over with excitement on his dark face. He carried several carbines on his back and several bullet bags on his body. He said excitedly, "Look, battalion commander, there are a lot of guns."

Xia Yuan glanced at Hu Changdao and said, "You are allowed to change the gun on your body and pick a good one."

Hu Changdao was overjoyed. He was a recruit, and the gun he issued was still a 50-punch gun with a high failure rate. These guns were produced in our own country, and he felt a little bit reluctant. Apart from his military uniform and the people around him, only the gun on his body came from the country.

"Battalion Commander, I want to keep this gun." Hu Changdao touched the 50 Chong in his hand.

Xia Yuan nodded. It doesn't matter whose gun he keeps. In Shangganling, guns with a higher failure rate are easily eliminated, delaying the opportunity to fight.He looked to one side and saw the commander of the second company and the instructor walking over.

"Captain Summer!"

The two came over, saluted, and reached out to hold Xia Yuan's hand.

"You came in time, we have been suppressed by the enemy, thanks to you." Xia Yuan said with emotion.

"Battalion Commander Xia, it should be thanks to you. You helped us solve the enemy's bunker, so our soldiers rushed down like a broken bamboo." The instructor looked at the weather-beaten battalion commander in front of him with some excitement.

From a recruit to a battalion commander, the only way to take office so quickly is through a brutal battle, and this cruel battle is Shangganling.

Everyone chatted for a while, the second company commander and the instructor left a lot of weapons and equipment for Xia Yuan and the others, and then left. The No. 11 position has been counterattacked, and they must return to No. 537.7 position as soon as possible.This counterattack was undoubtedly successful, and the next [-] Heights will be in repeated competition with the enemy until the end of the war.

The last large-scale attack of the Second Han Division was on October 30th. Since November 597.9th is the day of the US general election, Van Vleet would not watch the loss of the 597.9 highland, and personally went to the front line of Shangganling to give Han The second division cheered, but unfortunately their largest attack was quickly shattered by the counterattack of the volunteer soldiers. On the [-] highland, the second Korean division lost at least two battalions of troops, which is still a conservative estimate.

The Second Han Division on the 597.9 Highland was exhausted, and their division commander realized that this method was not advisable, and continued to send soldiers to the high ground, which would only increase casualties, so the commander of the Second Han Division risked that he would rather go to a court-martial than give up the attack 597.9 highland, only stick to the North Mountain of 537.7 highland.

The current 537.7 highland Beishan is still in their hands.

　Brothers, I seem to be sunny
　　
　
(End of this chapter)