The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 392
Due to time constraints, Yilian didn't have much time to hold a meeting. Company Commander Lei just called Xia Yuan, Ma Dagu and Chen Lie to him, and said simply: "We are the vanguard of Yilian, and you all should be aware of this mission. , we must be ready to meet the enemy face to face at any time, and even when necessary, create a safe path for the comrades behind."

The vanguard, to put it bluntly, is that they test whether the road they have chosen is safe. Once they encounter an ambush by the enemy, they will become the rear troops to cover the retreat of the follow-up troops.

Xia Yuan said immediately: "Company commander, let me be the sharp knife of the company!"

Chen Lie interrupted him and said, "Company commander, let us go in three platoons! The last time we carried out an annihilation mission, we didn't go in three platoons. This time we should have three platoons!"

Big Ma shouted: "That won't work. It should be our second platoon. The combat effectiveness of our second platoon is no worse than that of the first and third platoons, and even much stronger. Company commander, our second platoon is the most suitable."

The role of the vanguard in the company is almost the same as that of the battalion. The role is the same. This is also the most dangerous task. When the US military is retreating, there may be a large number of landmines buried on the ground.

In short, the task of being the vanguard is dangerous.

Xia Yuan said in a calm voice, "Don't rob me any more, company commander, the task of being the vanguard must be in our platoon, and the platoon has experienced the baptism of dozens of wars, the War of Resistance Against Japan, the War of Liberation, and even the suppression of wars. Bandits, our first platoon is a sharp knife, we have rich combat experience, and our ability to identify the enemy should be higher than that of the second and third platoons."

Company Commander Lei pondered: "The leader of the first platoon is right. The first row is our company's sharp knife platoon. This is beyond doubt, and the soldiers in the first row are experienced veterans. They are more suitable for the task of being the vanguard."

Chen Lie seemed to want to say something more, but in the end his lips squirmed for a while, but he didn't say anything.

The order had been given, and it was useless what they said.

Only the big guy muttered: "There are a lot of new recruits in the first row."

Xia Yuan squinted his eyes and said: "Recruit, we all came from the egg of the recruit and grew step by step to the present, who didn't come from the recruit, old horse, did you come from the recruit, Bao Jianfeng came from honing , The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. Only after experiencing the baptism of war can they become veterans with actual combat experience."

He said in a calm voice: "Blindly hiding behind the veterans will not only not help them, but will harm them. If a bird wants to learn to fly, it has to get out of the nest, risking being dropped to death and being eaten by predators." Take the risk of learning to fly, just like their recruits, they will not learn their skills unless they go to the battlefield and fight the enemy."

Xia Yuan's words silenced everyone present, even the big man opened his mouth and looked at Xia Yuan in disbelief, as if he had known him again.

Xia Yuan turned his head to look at the astonished Company Commander Lei, and said, "Company Commander, the task of being the vanguard is left to us."

Company Commander Lei woke up from his astonishment, turned around and looked at Instructor Shao, and said, "Since the first platoon leader said so, then the first platoon will be the company's sharp knife platoon and take the lead in carrying out the task of crossing the river!"

"Yes!"

At this time, the first company had gathered in Jiangkou, the second company and the third company were on the left and right wings, and the left and right wings of the first battalion were the second and third battalions, which were part of the [-]th regiment, and the [-]th regiment was the right wing of the [-]th regiment. The [-]th Regiment was the left wing of the [-]th Regiment, and the [-]th Division was laid out with the word "pin" and headed towards the front line.

The river is rolling and rushing.

Xia Yuan turned on the night vision, and it was difficult to see the three slender wires under the Qingjiang River. A row of soldiers stood by the river, watching the tumbling river, with no wavering in their hearts, and they remained firm.

Company Commander Lei brought people over from the right side and said, "I didn't find the iron wire on the right side. It stands to reason that the iron wire crossing the river should be in this area."

Xia Yuan stared at the tumbling river and thought: "If the enemy comes to look for it, the iron wire floating on the river will definitely be found by the enemy. This iron wire must be in the river. Company commander, you can take someone to see if there are any frontline troops on the bank. If you can't find the sign of coming down, jump into the river and search for it."

Lei Lian said: "Good idea, old Shao, let's look for it again."

Xia Yuan said: "I will lead a group to the left to search."

Look around and hear a sound coming from the right.

"found it!"

A row of soldiers approached quickly, it was actually a precipitous terrain, the bank was steep, and it was necessary to jump off, the river bank was overgrown with weeds, muddy, the river was icy cold, the shoes soaked into the skin, penetrated into the bone marrow, the soldiers Slightly shivering, they stared at the cold river and reached the edge of the river. They saw three iron wires that went deep into the river. There were three thick wooden stakes deep in the river. They were left by the frontline troops. There was no mark. steep.

The discoverer was naturally Xia Yuan. Relying on his powerful night vision and eagle eyes, he searched carefully in the tumbling river water, and finally found three slender iron wires, which swayed left and right with the tumbling river water.

Xia Yuan looked around and made sure that the first row had arrived, and said, "Company Commander, let's set off first, and when we reach the river bank, we will use the whistle as our signal."

"Okay! Be careful, the frontline troops have begun to withdraw one after another, and the enemy has begun to pursue them. There are gaps in many areas. I am afraid that we will encounter the enemy. If you cross the river, you will encounter a large number of enemy troops. Don't be rash. action!"

"Yes!"

Xia Yuan nodded heavily, wrapped the food strips on his body around his neck, carried the guns and ammunition on his shoulders, and shouted: "A row of orders, let's go across the river!"

After all, he took the lead in jumping into the river, and suddenly he was shocked. The cold river water instantly soaked the cotton pants, and the wet and cold cotton pants were tightly attached to the skin. Trembling uncontrollably, he took a deep breath, stabilized his body, reached out and grabbed a wire, and began to feel forward.

Lao Yang followed closely behind, and the first, second, and third squad leaders led the soldiers into the icy river.

The rocks at the bottom of the river are distributed unevenly. After moving forward for a while, I encountered a piece of sand. When I stepped down, the sand sank slightly, and the water was surging. The sand was quickly washed away. The water was already waist deep. People's actions become heavy.

Fortunately, it is not the rainy season. There was rain in the past few days. The weather has improved a lot these days. Although there is no rain, the weather has been gloomy and the Han River has become gentle, but the river water in early May is still cold. The weather was gloomy, the temperature dropped a bit, and it was still very cold.

Xia Yuan observed the mountains on the opposite side and ordered the soldiers to speed up.

Wang Xiaoliang's teeth chattered from the cold. After dark, the temperature in North Korea dropped a lot. The cold river water made the body's temperature lose quickly. They held on to the slender wire tightly, fighting against the river water and the weather at the same time. On the other hand, we must always be vigilant against the enemy on the other side of the river.

Without any danger, they crossed the surging Nujiang River and reached the other side of the river. Wang Xiaoliang lay on the grass in a state of collapse.

"Stand up and be vigilant!"

Liu Tiezhu squatted on the ground, twisted off the water stains on his pants, stood up quickly, grabbed the gun and looked around vigilantly.

Wang Xiaoliang quickly got up, ignoring the heavy trousers, holding the gun and staring ahead vigilantly. The platoon leader was observing, when he heard the platoon leader say: "Everything is safe, go blow the whistle."

Wang Xiaoliang saw their deputy platoon leader standing by the river, blowing the whistle in his hand.

The whistle sounded melodiously, and the troops behind should start crossing the river.

Xia Yuan spoke again: "Let's move on and occupy these high grounds first."

A row of three squads went to the top of the mountain in a three-three combat formation. They crossed the bank and found a large number of destroyed barbed wire and mines. The bare ground was exposed, and most of the trunks of the trees were blown to pieces.

There was a fierce battle here.

Xia Yuan led them to the top of the mountain quickly, observed the two small hills in front of him, and quickly ordered: "Tan Zhanbiao, you take a row to the right hill to watch, Niu Fengyang, you go to the left hill, Pay attention to vigilance, others, stand by and wait for the follow-up troops to catch up before setting off."

"Yes!"

The first row and the second row went down the mountain in the dark, and then climbed to the two small hills in front, where they shouldered the task of guarding the front row. On the top of the hill, Xia Yuan had already observed the surroundings and made sure that there were no US troops around. Only then did I feel relieved to arrange two platoons to go to guard.

He stood on the top of the mountain and looked into the distance. He could faintly hear the rumble coming from the front line, like thunder, continuously rippling among the mountains.

In the sky, the roar of U.S. military aircraft was heard again, and the bombs made a sharp whistling sound as they fell freely, and exploded among the distant mountains.

The U.S. military’s harassment and bombing, they are not sure where the volunteer troops in the rear are, they can only carry out harassment bombing on some places where there may be volunteer troops. Once they encounter resistance from the volunteers, this will become a key bombing area for the U.S. Air Force .

While waiting, Xia Yuan began to think about what happened in the second stage of the fifth battle. The second stage was due to the fact that the first stage had not yet been able to eliminate a large number of enemies and achieve the effect that Zhisi wanted. In addition, the frontline volunteer soldiers Ammunition and food have been exhausted, and the enemy may suddenly counterattack while the volunteers are tired.

Xia Yuan understands the saying: "The best defense is offense!"

Shiji adopted such a strategy.

Looking at the continuous mountains, he had a new feeling in his heart. After experiencing the first stage of the fifth battle, the front of the entire Korean battlefield was concave in the west and protruding in the east. In the west, a network of heaven and earth was deployed under Seoul, resulting in an empty defense on the center line and the east line. The overall defense line said that it sloped from southwest to northeast, exposing the flanks of the east line. On the Eastern Front, there are only five divisions of the Korean Army and a small number of American troops.

This is the focus of the second phase of the Fifth Campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Shortly after the end of the first phase of the fifth campaign, the Nineteenth Corps continued to oppress Seoul from the front and contain the main force of the US military. The Third Corps and Ninth Corps quickly moved eastward. It was planned to open a breach from the Eastern Front.

The [-]th Army is still in charge of defending the center line and blocking the United Nations forces that reinforce the Eastern Front.

At this time, Li Qiwei misjudged the Volunteer Army's strategic offensive intentions. He believed that the Volunteer Army's next main attack direction was the center line, which also paved the way for the [-]th Division to be surrounded by the US military.

Everything at this time looks very normal. The US military is planning, and the volunteers are also planning.

In order to cover the transfer of the main force to the east, on May [-], the [-]th Corps began a feint attack on Seoul.

The second phase is proceeding in an orderly manner.

At this time, the three infantry regiments of the [-]th Division had just crossed the North Han River and were rushing to the front line. In the sky, the fighter jets of the US Air Force were harassing various areas where there might be volunteer soldiers. The roar echoed from the valleys far and far away. When it came, it was like thunder came from a very far away place, and the rumbling sound continued to spread.

A row of fighters was walking quickly through the forest in a three-three battle formation. Xia Yuan turned on the night vision and observed the surroundings attentively. Lao Yang just followed, staring at the other direction, passing through the silent forest. The soldiers ignored the rumbling sound and proceeded cautiously.

After six hours of traveling overnight, they were getting closer and closer to the front line, and the sound of bombs dropped by the U.S. Air Force was much clearer. It is full of valleys and ridges, and a large number of mountains are charred and black. The valleys after being bombed by US aircraft are in a mess.

Through valleys, over mountains, under the eyes of the U.S. Air Force, and under the roar of the road.

There was no danger along the way. In the first stage of the fifth battle, the entire U.S. military was retreating to the rear. Even if there were enemies who had not withdrawn in time, they were interspersed and surrounded by volunteers, and they completely lost contact with the enemy's large forces. [-] It took the division three days to arrive at the battle site. The construction division pointed out that the left, middle and right three-wing infantry regiments had already entered the designated locations.

Master Zheng was smoking a cigarette, staring at the map spread out by the confidential secretary, and said, "How is the situation of each unit?"

The Secretary of the Minutes replied: "Master, each unit has entered the designated combat positions, and is currently investigating the deployment of the enemy's forces."

Master Zheng reminded: "Inform all troops to hide themselves, keep silent throughout the whole process, and keep silent. We will hide under the enemy's nose for eight days until the second stage of counter-offensive begins. During this period, all departments must not Expose yourself."

The Secretary of Minutes replied: "Yes!"

Before leaving, Master Zheng called him again: "Notify the logistics, and do a good job of guaranteeing the logistics materials. This is a tough battle. We will completely tear apart the US military's front and cut off the US troops on the east and west lines. Once the battle starts, it will end soon." I don't know when it is, food and ammunition must be sufficient!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)