The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 868

now.

Xia Yuan was climbing the back mountain with four platoons of soldiers. The steep mountain was somewhat risky.

Fortunately, there are many trees growing on this steep mountain, which can serve as support points for their climb.

Xia Yuan moved vigorously, carrying the gun behind him, and carrying a bundle of ropes on his body. He used his hands and feet to grab the branches and step on the soft slope. The snow crunched, and the stones under the snow loosened. From the steep mountain Roll up and down.

The soldiers were silent.

The enemy is right above them, and if they say anything, they risk being exposed.

Xia Yuan looked back and exhaled. Adrenaline began to surge. He turned on his night vision. The mountain was terrifyingly steep.

I patted the snow off the rocks, dug it with my fingers, stepped on a foothold, and climbed up with a little force.

"It's really dangerous."

Xia Yuan exhaled hot air and looked up at the trees growing on the edge of the nearby cliff. He took off the rope on his body, flicked it with a little force, put the rope on the tree trunk, pulled the other end to fix it, and stepped on the steep rope. Climb up the cliff.

I first looked around and saw that the enemy had not placed any guard posts here, and the enemy's defenses could be seen in the distance.

He also heard the conversations of his enemies.

The enemies here also already know the news of Tokugawa's fall, and at this moment, there are rumbling sounds from other directions. I am afraid that the enemies have already attacked here.

At this moment, the enemies on the battlefield were already in panic, and all of them could not sleep and lost their sleep.

However, they did not realize that the third company had touched the bottom of their position.

Xia Yuan went up first, threw the rope down, and pulled the others up while being vigilant.

When everyone came up, they lay on the ground and looked around vigilantly. Xia Yuan was not in a hurry to attack the enemy. They wanted to wait for the signal from the third company commander.

However, the necessary pre-war arrangements must still be made.

The first was the enemy's machine gun bunker. After Tokugawa fell, the enemies in the rear had already received the news. Regardless of whether they were large or small positions, they all put a lot of effort into deploying firepower.

However, the Li Puppet Army does not have as good equipment as the US military. The machine gun bunkers of the Li Puppet Army are all made of concrete. The machine gun bunkers of the Li Puppet Army are relatively simple. They mostly use local materials, cut down trees, and use sandbags to increase defense. This reduces the falling of artillery shells to a certain extent. The impact comes.

However, reducing the impact of artillery shells does not mean that you can completely avoid being destroyed by artillery shells.

The dark night seemed rather irritable amidst the rumbling sounds of the distant mountains.

The Li Puppet Army on the position had no intention of sleeping. The enemy had already reached the door and they had no time to sleep. People were in panic. No one knew what would be waiting for them next.

suddenly.

A sharp roar came from the sky.

A soldier of the Li Puppet Army raised his head and shouted in panic. The voice he opened his mouth to shout was swallowed up by the deafening roar. One of their machine gun fire points was knocked out by the sudden appearance of the shell, but it was not knocked down. The sandbags placed above They all exploded, and the logs that served as supporting points were broken.

The soldiers inside were all killed by one shell.

Before they could recover from the shock, figures appeared one after another in the dark night-shrouded mountains and quickly approached their position.

"enemy!"

The Li Puppet Army on the mountain finally reacted, and a flare was launched into the sky. In an instant, the entire position was like daylight.

This group of Li puppet troops clearly saw the attacking enemies, and were horrified to find that these enemies were less than a hundred meters away from their position. Under the instruction of the commander, they hurriedly fought back. Bullets flew into the mountains. The soldiers bent down and bowed their heads. He leaned forward and quickly approached with the gun in hand.

The supporting soldier squatted on the ground and shot at the enemies on the mountain, while the two soldiers alternated covering the advance.

All the attacking soldiers pressed toward the enemy's position in an orderly manner.

In the rear, after the enemy's firepower point was knocked out, Xia Yuan immediately signaled the soldiers to start taking action. The soldiers responsible for blasting the enemy's firepower point rushed over as quickly as possible and entered the enemy's trench. The enemy who was caught off guard was stunned, and was then bayoneted. throughout the body.

A soldier opened the grenade, counted three in his hand, inserted it into the enemy's firepower point, turned around and flew to the ground.

A burst of gray gunpowder smoke erupted from the trench, and there was no movement from the machine gun fire points.

The soldiers responsible for blasting the enemy's firepower points were progressing smoothly. The enemy was already panicking. After such a disturbance, they flew away like a frightened bird at the first touch.

Xia Yuan took Xiao Heping and Zhou Mao into the enemy's rear headquarters.

"Everyone is gone."

Xiao Heping was the first to rush in. The enemy headquarters was empty. Except for scattered phone lines and documents, there was no one in sight.

"Ran."

Zhou Mao glanced around and turned to look at Xia Yuan.

"Ignore this for now, let's go."

Not finding their commander at the enemy's headquarters, Xia Yuan did not stay here for too long and immediately led the two of them to fight against the enemy's position.

now.

Under the leadership of Gao Lin, the four platoons and one squadron of soldiers became more and more courageous as they fought. The first trench behind the enemy's rear had been captured by them, and they also captured several prisoners.

After Xia Yuan arrived, he led them to quickly counterattack in front of the enemy.

The enemies on the position were already in a frightened state when they were attacked from both sides. After the charge of four rows and one group of soldiers, they quickly fled in all directions.

The enemies at the front were also defeated by the main force of the third company attacking from the front. They were already struggling to hold on and could not stand firm. The backyard was on fire again. This group of enemies quickly retreated, dead and wounded. Surrender of surrender.

After the war, statistics showed that only three soldiers were slightly injured, and they defeated the enemy's position where a company was stationed.

Eighty-three enemies were captured, and various types of guns, ammunition, recoilless rifles, etc. were seized. They had a company of equipment. Unfortunately, this Li puppet army was not equipped with mortars.

"First replenish and eat something."

After capturing the enemy position, Captain Sun was not in a hurry to lead his men away. They found more than a dozen boxes of cans from the tunnel dug by the enemy to store troops. With a wave of his hand, Captain Sun led his men to open the cans and distributed them to the squad leaders, letting the soldiers go first. Replenish physical strength.

Even the volunteers could not bear the continuous marching and fighting, as they were only flesh and blood. Captain Sun felt sorry for the soldiers, and whenever there was a chance to rest, he would seize every minute to let the soldiers rest and replenish.

In comparison, the situation of the 113th Division was more tragic.

The Tokugawa Battle ended on the 27th, and the remaining troops advanced into the trenches.

At 27 o'clock on the 11th, Comrade Liang made specific arrangements for each division. In addition to the th Division and the th Division continuing to attack Junyuli, the th Division received the task of making roundabout turns.

At that time, Zhisi's telegram only ordered the 38th Army to penetrate into Sansuoli and block the enemy's retreat road. However, Comrade Liang and the military cadres did a careful study and found that not only Sansuoli is an important traffic artery, but Long Yuanli is also an important traffic artery.

Although the markings on the map were rural trails, they could not be ignored. The 113th Division was immediately ordered to set off from Tokugawa.

When Jiang Chao received the order, he was notifying all the troops to seize the time. It was time to rest and clean the battlefield. The sudden order left no time for the troops of the 113th Division, which had just experienced a war, to rest and convene a d committee to study. Decided to prepare for departure immediately, and must not delay the fighter plane.

It was decided that the 339th Regiment would leave two battalions to clean the battlefield, and the other regiments would set off immediately, leaving the vanguard to the 338th Regiment.

The leader of the 338th Regiment habitually slept with the phone in hand so that he could answer the phone at any time. The ringing sound woke him up and he quickly grabbed the phone. He recognized the voice of the division commander.

"Order your regiment to set off from Tokugawa quickly. Do you have a map with you?"

"Have!"

The leader of the 338th Regiment immediately stood up, opened the map bag under him, spread out the map, listened to the division commander's instructions, and circled the route on the map.

After the instructions were conveyed, Jiang Chao asked him to repeat them again.

The leader of the 338th Regiment immediately recounted the instructions just delivered by the division commander, and used red and blue pens to circle Longyuanli and Sansuoli on the map.

"This mission is important. You and your regiment should set off quickly. Don't delay!"

"Yes! Promise to complete the mission!"

After putting down the phone, the group leader Zhu Yuehua immediately held a group meeting.

They must immediately go around the southwest of Tokugawa, along the Datong River, and attack Andongshan, Satun, Xingxing Station to Sanso-ri south of Kechuan.

Judging from the division commander's accent, the situation was quite urgent. He measured from the map that Tokugawa was about 72.5 kilometers away from Sansho.

Several regiment cadres did not understand what they were going to do, but according to the regiment leader, when he first received the order, the division commander's accent was solemn and the situation was urgent.

They carried the dining table to the road, and while eating, they handed over tasks to the battalion commanders and instructors.

The battalion commanders and instructors of each battalion conveyed the tasks to the company commanders. They conveyed the tasks while eating, requiring that no one should be left behind. Victory would be achieved if they reached the end.

As for each company, they can only eat, march, and convey tasks to each squad platoon.

In the 112th Division. One, one, three divisions. When the 114th Division set off, the most nervous ones were the comrades in the logistics unit.

They have a heavy task, not only to deal with the wounded, but also to ensure the supply of food and ammunition for the troops to continue fighting. However, time is very limited. The troops have to set off after the battle without rest, and there is simply no time for the ammunition and food transported from the rear. To distribute, they had to use the supplies captured in the Tokugawa battle to replenish their troops.

When the troops fought against Tokugawa, Yang Chunzhi of the 113th Division took the unarmed driver platoon with him and entered Tokugawa with the combat troops to collect grain and ammunition, and tried his best to use the captured cars to transport the supplies out.

In a small cave in the west of Tokugawa, he led a platoon of unarmed drivers and found nearly 200 trucks loaded with supplies. He immediately led people to drive them out and unloaded the troops' urgently needed food and ammunition to the intersection of the highway. , blocking the road to replenish the departing troops.

The logistics of other units also collected a large amount of supplies and reissued them to the troops in a timely manner. Even tobacco was replenished.

Many soldiers in the combat troops are old smokers. When there is no tobacco, they will roll some leaves.

I couldn't be happier with the tobacco supplement.

After the Tokugawa battle, the 79th Army used the captured enemy equipment and most of the troops were equipped with American weapons. Each squad had two American Tom submachine guns and a light machine gun.

The logistics of the 8th Division also found 5 puppet drivers and U.S. military drivers from the prisoners. They used the captured cars to disperse and conceal the seized materials and replenished them to the troops.

When the troops advanced, they escorted these 13 vehicles, all loaded with ammunition, and followed the troops forward, ensuring the troops' need for continuous fighting.

The American equipment and food and ammunition captured by the puppet troops during the Tokugawa battle provided a material basis for a severe blow to the U.S. military in the second phase of the campaign.

Medical staff everywhere are also busy day and night.

They work just as hard and are just as tired as combat troops. Medical staff often go days and nights without rest.

They stayed in private houses not far from the road at night, with black curtains drawn and gasoline lanterns or horse lanterns lit, risking enemy bombings and rescuing the wounded all night long.

When the 60th Division accepted the roundabout mission and moved into the third hospital, there were still more than seriously injured people in the field hospital who could not be transported away, and some of them were undergoing surgery.

The hospital must also act together with the 113th Division.

After accepting the departure mission, they conducted emergency research and concluded that time was tight and they could neither leave the seriously wounded alone nor follow the troops immediately.

Their responsibility is that wherever the troops fight, their medical rescue work must follow.

Their slogan is: "Everything for the fight, everything for the wounded!"

After emergency research, they made a decision. While contacting the military shelter, they requested to accommodate these severely wounded people. At the same time, they set up four operating tables to perform surgeries and dispose of the seriously injured patients as soon as possible. The whole hospital became nervous and busy until the afternoon. The operation was completed at 4, and the seriously injured were handed over to the military shelter.

At this time, the 113th Division had already moved forward. They had to move faster than the troops in order to catch up with them.

Comrade Gao Zongyuan, the deputy director of the division's logistics department in charge of health work, immediately ordered everyone to move forward lightly, but the medical center team had more than 20 horses and some were carrying two standard boxes on one horse, or four modified small boxes on one horse. medicine chest.

These medical equipment and medicines are necessary for surgery, and they should not be packed lightly in any case. We have to keep the daily items that we carry as simple as possible.

The determination of the whole hospital is to march quickly with light equipment and reach the destination before dawn. 'Because before the battle begins, they must make all preparations for battlefield rescue.

When the regular script of the 113th division was interspersed with twists and turns.

The remaining troops are cleaning the battlefield around Tokugawa. The loot left by a puppet military division can be said to be quite rich.

In addition to cleaning the battlefield, there are also many stragglers entering the mountains and fields. These stragglers need to be searched out. If the troops start to advance forward, the rear will become an important supply line. These stragglers will cause certain problems to the supply line. .

At this time, Shiji informed the 38th Army.

MacArthur and Walker were unwilling to fail and were determined to plug the gap that had been opened by the Thirty-eighth Army and resume deployment in the Tokugawa area, thereby preserving the support points of his two vices.

With its accomplices, the Turkish Brigade and the two battalions of the 1st US Cavalry Division set out from Qichuan to occupy Jiari Ridge in an attempt to prevent the main force of the 38th Army from advancing westward.