The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 865 Catching a turtle in a urn
November 26th at five o'clock.

The 112th Division occupied Unsong-ri and other places west of Tokugawa, cutting off the route of the Puppet 7th Division's westward escape and cutting off its connection with the US military and the Turkish brigade.

Half an hour after the 112th Division launched the attack, the 113th Division also launched an attack on the enemy in front of them. The leader of the division believed that the mission was not completed in the first battle, and this time they must make a turnaround at all costs.

Comrade Jiang Chao asked each regiment to prepare to be the vanguard. The vanguard of each regiment was composed of two battalions. One battalion fought and the other battalion advanced.

As the vanguard of the 583th Division, the 755.4th Regiment launched an attack on a battalion of the th Puppet Regiment, quickly captured Highland , repelled the counterattack of an enemy company east of Highland , and took control of Jiangbei. Starting position.

The 755th Regiment continued to advance. After they were lightly equipped, they began to climb over the Highlands.

Most of the mountains in northern North Korea are gentle in the north and steep in the south. The southern slope of Highland 755 is very steep, with ravines on both sides, and there are no roads on the mountain. The soldiers climbed down the branches, and it was so dark that they could not see the bottom at a glance.

In the sky, there were signal flares flying in the distance, and artillery shells flew overhead. No one cared about these, and kept sliding down.

Especially when the comrades in the cooking class carried a big pot on their backs and slipped and rolled down, they made a clanging sound, like a machine gun firing in succession.

They crossed from the east side of Tokugawa to the south of Tokugawa. This was the junction of the Pseudo Seventh Division and the Pseudo Eighth Division. The defense was weak and the progress was very smooth.

Everyone endured the pain and waded forward step by step. The cooking team in front had already gone ashore. The company commander and the team had just reached the center of the river. The third platoon of the rearguard had not yet entered the water. Suddenly, a soldier who came up to the river bank screamed in surprise. A voice: "The enemy is coming from the left!"

The 6th Company of the 338th Regiment fell into the water one by one. They were all soaked. After crossing the river, the cold wind blew, and the wet cotton clothes were frozen hard, and their bodies were also covered with a thick layer of frost. They were jumping up and down. , huddled up, shivering with cold.

But he saw that Comrade Yu Jingshan, the division political commissar, had taken off his shoes, socks and cotton trousers, and loudly said to the comrades around him: "Don't be afraid of the cold. After crossing the river, we will win!"

When crossing the river, like the gay men, she took off her cotton socks and pants and walked into the cold river. Her courage to overcome the cold and hardship was no less than that of the gay men.

The Datong River flows through the southwest and east of Tokugawa. The river here is about 80 meters wide and the water depth is about 1 meter.

She kept her word and won the support of lesbians.

She marched at night, and during the day she washed clothes and boiled water for the wounded. She never felt tired.

There is a bridge under the water for fording.

The river is gurgling and the cold wind is whistling.

They arrived at Xinpingli on the Datong River at 9 o'clock that night. There was a group of enemies warming themselves by the fire on the river. The Eighth Company, which was in charge of the sharp knives of the avant-garde battalion, immediately launched an attack on the enemies on the river. In just over minutes, they destroyed the enemy on the river. The enemy was defeated and a few prisoners were captured.

Female nurse Hao Xiuzhi once went to Haikou before going abroad. She carried as much as the gay man could carry, and she was equally capable of anything the gay man could do.

When I stepped on the pebbles on the shore with my bare feet, it felt like there were a row of nails stuck in the soles of my feet, and it hurt terribly.

As soon as your feet stepped into the water, you couldn't help but shiver. The water was as deep as your knees, and it was bone-chilling, penetrating into your flesh and bones, causing pain.

The military affairs section chief of the 113th Division, whose surname was Chen, was Chen Jindu. He looked at the cold river and felt the cold wind was biting, so he prepared to cross the river on horseback.

Yu Jingshan walked onto the bridge under the water, and Master Jiang Chao also walked into the river.

Thin ice has formed on the river bank, and the water splashed onto the pebbles on the bank and became very slippery.

When the regiment political commissar saw these soldiers, he liked and felt sorry for them. He said to the instructor of the Sixth Company: "Give them a fire to roast them."

In order to prevent the river water from getting the machine wet, the information director Zhang Fu held the machine high on his head and let the cotton trousers underneath get wet from the cold river water.

The first company of the 338th Regiment, which served as the rear guard, took off their cotton pants when crossing the river. Half of their bodies were immersed in the water. Their legs were so cold that they felt as if they had been scratched by sharp claws.

Since entering the DPRK, she has always carried two portions of dry food on her back, one for the wounded and the other for herself. During the continuous march, the soles of her feet were blistered and torn. She could not wear shoes, so she tied them with small ropes. She gritted her teeth and persisted, never complaining.

Chen Jindu admired this spirit of leading by example, so he took off his cotton pants, shoes and socks and waded across the river.

Everyone looked up and saw a dense darkness. There was about a battalion of enemies who came to seize the ferry.

The company commander immediately ordered the platoon commander: "Run and seize the beachhead quickly!"

A row of soldiers ran without hesitation, running fast in the river, splashing waves flying high and far away.

They rushed ashore, grabbed their rifles, picked up their machine guns and opened fire.

The third platoon set up their machine guns on the ridge in Jiangbei and fired fiercely.

The soldiers didn't even bother to wear cotton trousers. They rushed towards the shore with their buttocks bare.

The squad leader Chen Yanrong led a group of soldiers and rushed forward with their buttocks bare while flicking grenades.

When the enemy heard the gunfire, they looked around, not knowing what was going on. When the first grenade exploded in the enemy group, killing several enemies on the spot, the Li puppet army reacted belatedly. In the dark night, it was unclear how many volunteers there were, so they could only fight in a hurry.

The third platoon fired a machine gun attack from the southeast, suppressing the enemy.

All the available men in the company opened fire in unison, sending the enemy scurrying around and cornered.

The company commander took the opportunity to shout: "Comrades, charge, capture more prisoners and perform more meritorious deeds!"

The soldiers' morale was high and they rushed forward like tigers.

The comrades in the cooking class were not to be outdone. Squad leader Wang Haiqing held the grenade tightly and raised his hand: "Comrades, rush forward and capture the prisoners. Don't let the enemy escape!"

"Catch more prisoners and perform more meritorious deeds!"

The soldiers rushed at the enemy from all directions. After a burst of grenades exploded, in the thick black smoke, the enemy raised his hands and lowered his head, becoming a prisoner.

In addition to those who were beaten to death, they captured more than 140 people alive. At this time, they remembered that they had not put on cotton pants and shoes and socks.

Those prisoners who were wearing bulky clothes were trembling with cold war. They were surprised and embarrassed to see all the volunteers wearing only their underpants.

They didn't expect that they would be caught by a group of naked enemies.

Taking prisoners "naked" is quite rare even on Chinese and foreign battlefields.

After the 113th Division crossed the river, they embarked on a combat march. Each company had the same mission and was ready to serve as a sharp knife company at any time and fight alternately.

When encountering an enemy, they will never hesitate to fight, and they will not be blocked by the enemy. They will insert themselves into the predetermined area as soon as possible to cut off the enemy's escape route.

Along the way, they defeated the positions of two battalions each of the Puppet Second Regiment and the Puppet Eighth Regiment, quickly inserted into the south of Tokugawa, surrounded Tokugawa and defended the enemy. dawn.

The search company and guard company of the Pseudo Seventh Division blocked the road leading to Tokugawa.

The sharp knife company of the third battalion of the 338th regiment followed the mountain ridge to the enemy's rear, and a burst of grenades defeated the enemy.

They chased the enemy into the village and captured more than fifty prisoners at once, while all the others escaped.

The calves that the enemy had snatched from the Korean people were still being boiled in the pot, and the telephones had not even had time to be evacuated.

The soldiers of the third battalion pursued for three kilometers at once, and at 8 o'clock on the 26th, they entered the south of Dechuan and occupied the Jinanli, Zhelifeng, and Longdong Nanshan areas, cutting off the connection between Dechuan and Ningyuan and contacting the enemy. The retreat southward was Sunchuan.

The 114th Division on Tokugawa's front, after the 112nd and 113th Divisions launched an attack, launched an attack on the enemy in front of them at 8:00 pm on the 25th, attacking the pseudo-7th Division's defense line from the north of Tokugawa.

The commander and political commissar of the 114th Division paid close attention to the offensive operations of the entire division, and the battle of the 114th Division also progressed smoothly.

The 340th Regiment launched a fierce attack on the enemy in Beishan of Tangdong, and fought fiercely until five o'clock the next day to occupy the enemy's position, and then defeated one unit each of the puppet second and third regiments.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the Tiema Mountain and Sanfeng areas were captured.

The 341st Regiment launched a fierce attack on the enemy on the north mountain of Fayangdong and captured them in one fell swoop.

The enemy's advance was blocked by fierce artillery fire. In order to launch an attack, the enemy moved the artillery to the north of Tokugawa, so the artillery fire from the north was quite fierce.

The Army Chief of Staff believed that the enemy had always relied on artillery fire and aircraft to embolden them. Taking away its artillery would be equivalent to taking away the enemy's courage. After the extent of the shelling, the experienced commander judged that the enemy had heavy artillery and could not pass through the complex In mountainous areas, you can only go along roads and need to be towed by trucks.

Its position can be measured based on the sound of the cannon.

After interrogating the prisoners, it was found that they were the 105th Howitzer Battalion of the 7th Division, and their position was north of Shaping Village.

The entire 114th Division strongly agreed with the destruction of the enemy's artillery positions. After discussion, it was decided that the attacking force would be led by a battalion from the 341st Regiment and advance lightly to seize the enemy's artillery positions first.

They flanked the enemy's artillery positions!

After receiving the task, the 341st Regiment quickly broke through the enemy's fire blockade, penetrated deep into the enemy's territory, and arrived at Shaping Village at 4 o'clock on the 26th. It surrounded the enemy's artillery positions and then used the 4th company to break into the village and reach the artillery battalion command post, capturing more than 40 enemy battalion commanders.

The fifth company cut off the connection between the enemy's artillery position and its command post, and annihilated the enemy's first unit in the north of the village.

The Sixth Company took advantage of the situation and rushed into the artillery position, destroyed the enemy's artillery position, annihilated the enemy, and defeated the first part of the pseudo-8th Regiment that came for reinforcements.

In this battle, they captured more than 50 cars, 11 howitzers, and several artillery shells, eliminating the enemy's artillery threat to the th Division. The battle developed quite smoothly, completely exceeding the expectations of the commanders and soldiers of the th Division, and also made them Morale is high.

After losing the cover of artillery fire, the enemy appeared panicked and retreated steadily.

The 114th Division fought until 11:00 on the 26th, occupying the Doumingdong and Mali areas in northern Tokugawa, completing the task of suppressing the enemy in Tokugawa.

At eight o'clock that day, the enemy dispatched more than 30 vehicles and moved westward from Tokugawa. It seemed that they wanted to go to the Puppet 7th Division, the US 25th Division and the Turkish Brigade west of Tokugawa.

The 112th Division had already occupied Tokugawa Nishi. Not long after this enemy group left, they were ambushed by the 334th Regiment on the river bridge. At this time, the 7th Tokugawa Pseudo Division was belatedly aware of it. react to.

They have been surrounded by volunteers!
When the 38th Army launched attacks on three sides of the Tokugawa enemies, the Tokugawa defenders sensed the danger of being surrounded and sent out emergency telegrams twice to ask for help from Lieutenant General Walker of the U.S. Eighth Army.

However, Walker was still immersed in the fantasy of victory in the "Christmas Return General Offensive" and believed that the panic of the Tokugawa Puppet Second Army would hinder the development of the entire North Korean general offensive.

He felt that he knew it well, and based on days of reconnaissance by the US Air Force, they did not find any signs of counterattack by the 38th Volunteer Army in front of the Puppet Seventh Division. All signs proved that the Volunteer Army was retreating steadily, was in disarray, and was retreating. Towards the jungle.

Therefore, in the face of the urgent call for reinforcements from the Tokugawa defenders, they were just fooled by the volunteers' attacks in the east and west.

He called back twice in Pyongyang and Sunchon, both of which ordered the Puppet Second Army to ignore this kind of harassment that did not harm the overall situation and to focus on the overall victory.

He also told the commander of the Puppet Second Army that if the enemy jumped, let them jump, and they wouldn't be able to stay for long.

What he didn't know was that when he sent the telegraph order, the roundabout troops of the 38th Army were already quite close to Tokugawa and were still lurking in the woods or hidden places, waiting for the successful attack of the frontal troops.

After the 335th Regiment occupied Unsong-ri, they relied on the fortifications left by the enemy to set up defenses in Unsong-ri and surrounded the Tokugawa enemies.

The Third Company removed the machine guns from the captured enemy armored vehicles and set them up on a mound. Since they didn't know when the enemy would come, Xia Yuan led the soldiers into the forest and cut down the trees. Three squads were used as the standard. , three machine gun fire bunkers were built.

The structure of the bunker is based on trees, and the top is covered with sandbags, soil and weeds as a camouflage.

In order to prevent enemy reconnaissance planes from discovering their position, he ordered the soldiers to look for branches and grass to cover the position above the trench, and the fresh soil dug out should also be properly disposed of.

During their preparations, the sound of artillery fire from the direction of Tokugawa rumbled incessantly across the vast sky and earth. The rumble echoed in the valleys, causing the snow on the ridges to fall.

The battle was fierce.

At this time, other divisions of the 38th Army launched an attack on Tokugawa's Puppet Seventh Division.

Xia Yuan shoveled the shovel into the soil hard and wiped the sweat from his face. He was afraid that it would not be long before the Tokugawa Puppet Seventh Division's defense line was completely broken by them.

At that time, the Tokugawa River will be like a burst dam, 'flowing' in all directions.

The soldiers on the position raised their heads and looked in the direction of Tokugawa. Zhao Xiaoyi ran over and said, "Platoon leader, the 334th Regiment just won a big victory. The enemy formed a convoy and came towards us. The warriors of the 3rd, 3rd and 4th regiments were defeated."

Regiments three, three, and four were just in front of them, surrounding Tokugawa.

And their regiments of three, three and five were in Yunsongli to prevent the enemies on the west from reinforcing Tokugawa.

"It seems that Tokugawa's enemies have realized that they are surrounded."

Xia Yuan said to everyone.

"We should have realized it a long time ago. Hey, let's see how they escape." Gao Lin played with the camouflage on the trench and said cheerfully.

"What is this called, catching a turtle in a urn!"

Zhao Songzhu stood up and looked towards Tokugawa.

Very heroic.