The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 510 Quarrel
After the large force crossed the river, at 25 a.m. on May [-]th, Commander Zheng commanded the [-]th Regiment to move to the west of Xishanli, the [-]th Regiment and the troops directly under the division withdrew to Mingyueli and Jiuchundai Mountain, and the [-]th Regiment to withdraw to the west of Xishanli. Jiguan Mountain and Beipei Mountain line.

Not long after crossing the river, a fatal message came back from the [-]th Regiment.

The Town God's Hall is lost.

The time of loss was relatively late, probably after ten o'clock in the evening.

Mr. Zheng was smoking a cigarette.

He was clear.

Xia Yuan's plan succeeded, but failed again. The enemy still occupied Jiguan Mountain, but it was later than expected.

The [-]th Regiment also received news that after the loss of the Town God’s Hall, the enemy organized two divisions to attack Jiguan Mountain frantically. hard fight.

Master Zheng immediately sent a staff officer to the [-]th Regiment, and ordered the [-]th Regiment Commander Wang to send a battalion to assist the [-]th Regiment in controlling Jiguan Mountain.

But it was too late.

The US military has completed its deployment in the rear.

The First Marine Division, the U.S. Seventh Division, the U.S. 24th Division, and the Puppet Sixth Division. A large number of U.S. troops and puppet troops were mixed in Jiguan Mountain. Almond obviously figured out the strategic intention of the 24th Division. On the way to the Town God's Hall, they were blocked by the enemy. After fighting for several hours, they broke through the blockade of the volunteers and successfully occupied the City God's Hall.

They gave up the idea of ​​continuing to rest in the past. Under the command of Almond, one part took advantage of the heavy rain and moved to Zhiyanli with mechanized troops to control the highlands along the way, and the other cooperated with the Sixth Korean Division to attack Jiguan Mountain.

In fact, the battle at Jiguan Mountain had lasted for several days. The opponent of the 24th Regiment was the Sixth Korean Division. The addition of the [-]th American Division reversed the stalemate.

It's too late for Master Zheng to send reinforcements now.

As soon as the division headquarters arrived at Xieke Cave, Master Zheng took the binoculars and said to the two comrades-in-arms: "Old Duan, Lao Wu, you all come up the mountain with me."

It is rare to have such an opportunity to observe the enemy's situation. Master Zheng obviously will not let it go. He adjusted the multiple of the telescope to the maximum value for observation. Through the lens, Master Zheng clearly saw the U.S. military vehicles in the Town God's Hall moving north. He counted how many vehicles he could have. With years of battlefield experience, he was able to judge the enemy's strength and their combat intentions.

The Town God's Hall was lost, and everyone in the division had guessed Xia Yuan's current situation. The 24th regiment had already sent a telegram to report the battle situation of the Seventh Company's attack on the US [-]th Division. According to the description of the scouts, the soldiers on the ground The soil has been turned over, and the corpses of the enemy and our own people are everywhere. Blood flows down the high slope to the low places, and the wreckage of tanks and armored vehicles is everywhere.

The seventh company, the first company, and the position coexisted and died.

When seeing this news, everyone's heart is heavy.

Mr. Zheng was smoking a cigarette.

At this moment, gunshots came from the southwest corner of Jiguan Mountain. Director Wu observed the area with a binoculars. He put down the binoculars and said, "Master, something happened to the [-]th Regiment."

The three quickly descended the mountain.

It turned out that the [-]th Regiment had just occupied Jiguan Mountain and was not able to gain a firm foothold when it encountered a fierce attack from the U.S. Army. The battle was very fierce. The third company and platoon cadres stationed in the west of Jiguan Mountain all died. In the end, there were only a dozen or so soldiers left. Consciously organized, still tenaciously stick to the position.

Master Zheng immediately sent a chief of staff to ask the commander Wang of the 2th Regiment to call out a battalion to assist the [-]th Regiment. The sent staff had just left for less than [-] minutes when the sound of gunfire from the direction of Jiguan Mountain suddenly changed. It was extremely intense. From this level of firepower, everyone's first intuition was that Jiguan Mountain was already in danger.

Deputy Commander Duan said: "Teacher, I don't think there is any need for the [-]th Regiment to reinforce Jiguan Mountain. What do you think?"

They are all very experienced commanders, knowing that it is absolutely too late to send reinforcements at this time.

Mr. Zheng knows that Jiguan Mountain must not be lost. According to Xia Yuan, Jiguan Mountain is the only way for them to pass through and reach Eagle Peak. Town God’s Hall is a road, and Jiguan Mountain is also a road. The mountain is farther away, but it is still a road.

Jiguan Mountain is lost, and they really have no way to go.

Master Zheng said eagerly: "Let's go to the [-]th Regiment!"

After arriving at the regiment headquarters of the [-]th Regiment, I learned from the head of the [-]th Regiment, Commander Liu, that they had just sent out a Liandu mountain. Master Zheng thought about it for a while, and immediately dispelled his thoughts:

"Don't attack the top of the mountain on this link, and fight westward along the ridge. Otherwise, if the enemy comes down from the mountain, the wounded in Xieke Cave, the large luggage of the division headquarters, and the command post will be easily knocked down by the enemy."

Commander Liu immediately changed the attack plan according to the division commander's order, and the reconnaissance company began to intercept the US troops in the west.

At the same time, the [-]th Regiment was blocking the gap in the north, relying on favorable terrain to resist steadily.

Deputy Division Commander Duan murmured, "Jiguan Mountain must not be fought. One division of the U.S. Army and one division of the Korean Army are all concentrated in the direction of the Town God's Hall. It's too difficult."

After all, there was a flaw in Xia Yuan's plan. He miscalculated. According to Xia Yuan's plan, even if all Qilian sacrificed, as long as the 24th Division of the United States was held back, even if the 24th Division of the United States entered the Town God's Hall at night, it would be because of the night. It is convenient for them to move and give up going north.

The whole night was reserved for the [-]th Division to arm and rest.

But instead of resting, the enemy took advantage of the night to attack Zhiyanli and Jiguan Mountain. The position of Jiguan Mountain was in danger.

The gunshots from the two directions in the northwest gradually became rarer, and there was no sound of shelling. It may be that the heavy artillery of the US military has not yet crossed the river. In this way, the US military only relied on infantry to attack, and the effect was not ideal.

Attacking the northern gap was the [-]th Infantry Battalion of the [-]st Marine Regiment of the Tenth Army, and the commander of the battalion was Captain Carlos.

In the early days of the Pacific War, Carlos was still a second-class soldier in the battle for Wake Island. He grew up in the tempering of gunfire and blood. Today's rank of captain is the result of his bravery and skill. Carlos has never been to a military academy to learn anything. Command skills, but his actual combat experience in the U.S. Tenth Army is not much inferior to officers of the same level. He is a typical professional soldier, not an ordinary man.

Captain Carlos was very popular among the soldiers in the [-]th Infantry Battalion, which is inseparable from his fighting style. Carlos paid a heavy price for being promoted from a second-class soldier on the battlefield to a captain. What the soldiers were facing, so he tried not to take the lives of the soldiers as a trifling matter, and let a large number of soldiers die in order to complete the task.

During the battle a few days ago, the Rolle Infantry Battalion, which was facing off against the [-]st Battalion of the [-]th Regiment, was attacked by our army at night. Major Rolle was punished for negligence in vigilance.From then on the daytime attack was carried out by Carlos' [-]th Infantry Battalion.

Facing the desperate resistance of the first battalion of the [-]th Regiment, Carlos' [-]th Infantry Battalion suffered heavy casualties. Without the help of aviation and artillery, the [-]th Infantry Battalion would have been disabled long ago.

Carlos is very depressed now, the Eighth Infantry Battalion is unable to advance or retreat.At this time, the three mortar crews reported the consumption of ammunition to Captain Carlos. It was not optimistic, and the shells had already been shot.

During the attack just now, the mortar shells were not carried at all, and the gunner shot them all in one breath when the infantry charged in the first round.

"What about the reinforcements?"

"still on the way."

"What about the aviation and artillery, where are they now?"

"The 155 howitzer is too heavy, I think it has been left behind, and the ghost knows when they will arrive."

It was the commander of Company B who spoke.

After the communication infantry on the side finished calling the main station with a walkie-talkie, they said to Carlos: "Captain, the plane is still refueling at the airport, and the aviation brigade said it would take two hours to arrive, even if it can arrive, such a bad thing weather"

Carlos waved his hand, and walked up and down the ground of the circular mountain road in the gap in the north. The soldiers of the [-]th Regiment were in ambush. To be honest, Captain Carlos was very timid against such a difficult opponent as the Volunteer Army, because during this period of time He was terrified of being beaten by the [-]th regiment. Without air support, charging forward would be tantamount to throwing his life in vain, and he could not win a meaningful victory.

Carlos could only helplessly give an order to stop the attack and stand by.

Standby, this is the best explanation for Shangfeng. Before he set off, he already knew about this Chinese army. The [-]th Division was surrounded by the Tenth Army. No matter what, he couldn't escape, so he stood by and stood by. It will not delay the fighter plane.

At the headquarters of the [-]th Division, scouts ran close and reported: "The gaps to the west and north have been blocked, and the enemy cannot get in. Now there is no threat."

The news was good news, but it did not dispel the haze over the headquarters of the [-]th Division. They all knew that all this was only short-lived. Judging from decades of experience in domestic wars, the opponent is fully aware of the current situation , The [-]th Division could not escape, so they simply delayed the pace of attack and never entered through the gap. It was only a matter of time before the [-]th Division was completely torn apart.

The temporary small victory did not make everyone optimistic.

The rain had stopped and there was an earthy aroma in the air.

Mr. Zheng observed the surroundings again with a telescope. The sky was gray and dead, and there were no signs of life such as birds. The northwest wind was blowing. In the past few days, he was fighting on the south bank, leaving sulfur in the sky over there. The smell and smoke were also carried by the wind.

The sky on the north bank of the Han River is getting yellower and yellower. If the sound of gunfire is planted in this environment, it will make people feel extremely scary. Behind the deathly silence, death may be hidden.

Master Zheng put down the binoculars and said to everyone: "The situation is urgent, and now is a rare free time. Now a temporary party meeting is held, and everyone should speak enthusiastically."

In addition to Commander Zheng, Deputy Commander Duan, Chief of Staff Wang, and Director Wu, there are also Commander Pang of the [-]th Regiment, Commander Wang of the [-]th Regiment, Commander Liu of the [-]th Regiment, and Security Section Chief Yan and others.

The current division headquarters is completely different from the conditions at the beginning of the war, and there is not even a decent table.Everyone sat next to each other on the ammunition, and Wen Qingyun, the chief of the minutes, stood and recorded, so that the high-power radio station could not be placed on a few big rocks, and the antenna was held up by a soldier, in order to keep in touch with the superior.

For the safety of the meeting, Section Chief Yan, the chief of the security section, transferred another 30 people from the 20th Regiment to be responsible for guarding within [-] meters.

It may also be that the current situation is not ideal for the [-]th Division. The mood of the big guys is a bit pessimistic, and no one makes a sound.

Under such circumstances, Master Zheng spoke first: "I said, why don't you speak up? Now the enemy doesn't have much time left for us. As soon as the shelling sound appears, you will immediately go back to the team to fight. In the future, I am afraid that there will be no opportunities for meetings like today."

Deputy Teacher Duan was smoking a cigarette at the side, but he didn't make a sound. He and Teacher Zheng disagreed on some decisions, so it should be a little emotional.

In order to liven up the atmosphere, Mr. Zheng joked with Deputy Mr. Duan: "Old Duan, you have been smoking my cigarettes. You used to be stingy, but this time you found an opportunity and got home. Taking advantage of the chaos of the war, you smoked endlessly. Gone."

Deputy Teacher Duan said in a rough voice: "Master, I bought two packs of cigarettes in Anton before I entered the imperial court, and I smoked them all. Now I am troubled, and I will borrow your good cigarettes to smoke. I thank you, and I will promise you in the future." Pay you back."

The people at the scene laughed softly when they heard it. It didn't look like a conversation between a teacher and a deputy teacher.

Teacher Zheng was not annoyed either, and said with a smile: "If you have emotions, why not talk about them now."

After hearing this, Deputy Commander Duan took a puff of cigarette, the fire burned to the corner of his mouth, he smoked it, and threw the cigarette butt on the ground: "Teacher Commander, we have been fighting for these days, and the precious time we have won, I think the allies on the Eastern Front have been withdrawn for a long time." It's far, far away, and the task that our superiors asked us to prevent the enemy from going north has basically been completed, so I suggest breaking out immediately."

Director Wu of the Political Department is doing political work after all. He was afraid that Deputy Teacher Duan would be too extreme, so he immediately persuaded him: "Old Duan, you can't be so impulsive. The superiors naturally have their own considerations. As a party member, we are also a soldier. , there must be a spirit of sacrifice at any time, even if our division is wiped out, it is worthwhile from the overall point of view to cover the transfer of large troops."

Deputy Teacher Duan stared at Director Wu: "What? Go all out? I'm selling my father's land, don't you feel bad!"

Director Wu said: "Do you think you are the only one who feels distressed? Why do teachers have a meeting? Isn't this for everyone to exchange opinions and find a way? You are also an old party member. Why are you so calm at critical moments?"

Deputy Commander Duan said angrily: "Old Wu, you have an opinion on me. After the war, you go to the military party committee to report to me. Now I don't have time to discuss party spirit with you."

Director Wu was helpless: "You man! I"

Master Zheng interrupted Director Wu in time, and said, "That's all, all right, you two stop arguing."

In fact, the two of them quarreled because they were looking for a way out for the army's next step, and they were both anxious.

During a war, it is very common for commanders to quarrel with each other because of differences of opinion. After a while, the quarrel will naturally get better.

(End of this chapter)