Chapter 105 Retreat
Snow fell from the sky, as if countless butterflies were flying, and like willow catkins were dancing gently. In a short while, it covered the footprints of the volunteer soldiers and covered the disguise we made.
When the sky gradually became brighter, a regiment of volunteer soldiers had completely disappeared among the snowflakes in the sky.
It is actually very simple to hide under heavy snow. All we have to do is dig a small hole on the ground, then lie in it, and then cover ourselves with branches and leaves. The next thing is to wait there slowly, waiting for the heavy snow to cover all our traces bit by bit.
This is easy, but it is not easy to hide in it at all. Because time is tight, the soldiers dug the pits that they dug are very shallow, and even turning over may push the lid on it. In order not to be discovered by the enemy, all soldiers must hide inside and not make any sound or move. Once discovered by the enemy, our method of hiding is undoubtedly catastrophic, because they can easily kill and burn us to death as long as they set up a few machine guns on the top of the mountain or throw a fire bomb.
The purpose of this is to prevent the US military from discovering our location.
The most important thing for the US military's magnetic tactics is to rely on their mechanized equipment to stick to the volunteer army, adopting the tactics of advancing and retreating, and when the enemy retreats and we advance, we will fight again when the volunteer army is exhausted. The prerequisite for the US military to stick to the volunteer army is that they know our position. If we suddenly disappear in front of them, they will naturally be confused, not knowing whether it is better to advance or retreat.
But it was really uncomfortable to lie in this pit! At first, I didn’t feel anything, but I felt a little over an hour later. Not only did I feel hungry in my stomach, I couldn’t even urinate and defecate...
There was a roar of cars coming from the road. I knew it was a scout sent by the US military. Their mission was to find the location of the volunteers. If we hid in the forest, we would always leave some clues to be discovered by them. They didn't need to know our specific location, they just needed to know which forest we hid in. But they never thought that we would hide under their noses.
At this time, I felt my breathing was not smooth, which made me realize that the heavy snow outside had sealed me tightly and could not even enter the air. I couldn't help but stretch out a finger and poked it up through the gap between the branches. Soon a refreshing cold wind blew in from the hole, making me breathe comfortably.
A few creaking footsteps suddenly came from beside me. The two US soldiers almost pulled their pants away next to me, and then a sound of water coming out... Fortunately, the weather was too cold, and these "water" soon formed ice outside, otherwise it would definitely flow into my shelter...
"Where did these damn Chinese guys go?" a US military complained: "They can really hide, just like mice, and anywhere can be their hiding place!"
"Who knows!" Another US military replied jokingly: "Maybe they are hiding under our noses!"
"I think MacArthur is right! We are tied to the battlefield. If the old guys in the parliament don't stop them and use the atomic bomb to give the red troops, we don't have to suffer fucking hard here!"
"My God, Jim!" Another US military retorted: "You won't really believe what MacArthur said, don't forget that it's not just us who own the atomic bomb. If the Soviet Union also uses the atomic bomb to give us, then he will never have to suffer again!"
After saying that, the two US soldiers laughed and walked away. They were so scared that I was hiding in the tunnel that I was covered in cold sweat. I held the sect tightly in my hand, and just waited for the fastest speed to jump up and kill people to silence me. Of course, if other US soldiers were around, they would definitely be done!
I was thinking a lot in my head, and I watched the sun rise and then slowly set. Sometimes I slept half-awake for a while, but I was worried that I would talk in my sleep or stand up in a daze to reveal my position, so I didn't dare to sleep deeply. The hunger from my stomach made me unable to sleep deeply. During this period, the US scouts also made me nervous for a while, but I was also in danger. In this way, in pain, I finally waited for the night to come, and the US scouts searching outside returned to the camp one after another.
With a few rhythmic bird calls outside, I couldn't wait to open the cover and drill out. Hunger made me dizzy and my feet became weak, but the feeling of freedom was still good. I couldn't help but stand up and move my muscles and bones. The soldiers also came out of the tunnel like ghosts and soon prepared for the battle.
As we expected, the US military has not found our place, so it has not withdrawn. The situation of waiting for our leisure and forcing us to start a war during the day has been successfully reversed by us. Now the initiative is in our hands again. Just wait for the command of the Commander Chu, the soldiers will attack the US military in front of us. Of course, it would be better if it wasn't hungry.
But what surprised the soldiers was that just as the soldiers were working hard to rush forward to fight, the order to retreat came one by one.
"What? Retreat?" Hu Zi couldn't help but complain: "I was so hungry that I was about to go up and fight to grab something from the Americans to fill my stomach, why did I retreat without a single shot?"
I also felt something was wrong in my heart, so I turned around and ran towards the regiment headquarters.
"Captain!" As soon as I found Captain Chu, I couldn't wait to whisper: "Have you just retreated like this?"
"Yes!" Commander Chu nodded in the darkness: "Just just received the telegram, the US military on the Western Front had been forced to retreat by our army. At 9 a.m., our army had safely withdrawn to the north bank of the Han River. Our mission has been completed!"
"Captain!" I frowned and said, "We... can't just retreat like this!"
"What's wrong?" Hearing this, Commander Chu couldn't help but look at me in confusion: "When will you retreat if you don't retreat at night? Could it be that you have to wait until dawn before retreating? Didn't you say in the morning that we have no food and little ammunition? Why are we... this time again..."
"Captain, I'm not talking about this!" I couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I'm talking about the enemy's magnetic tactic..."
"Magnetic tactics? What magnetic tactics?"
"Um!" After Captain Chu asked this, I realized that he had let go of the words again. He hurriedly covered up: "This, this... this is the name I gave to the enemy's tactics! Commander, you can also see that this American war is different from usual. If they don't fight with us at night, they stick to us and ask us to do it everywhere during the day. So when we retreat, the enemy will follow us slowly. We are walking, they are taking a car, we are tired and hungry, but we are still? When will we start fighting?
"Oh?" Hearing this, Captain Chu and Political Commissar Chen Ye were stunned for a moment. Since entering the North Korea war, the volunteers have always been chasing the Americans, and no volunteers have been chased by the Americans, so they were all surprised when they heard this.
After a while, Commander Chu nodded thoughtfully and said, "If the Americans really look like what Captain Cui said, it would be really hard to deal with."
"The name of magnetic tactics is quite appropriate!" Political Commissar Chen Ye couldn't help but look at me in confusion: "I said Comrade Xiao Cui, the American tactic has not been used yet. How did you know that they would fight like this?"
"Oh, this..." I couldn't help but speak for a while after hearing this. I thought for a long time before answering, "I guessed it too, right? Yesterday, the Americans didn't fight us at night. They retreated for thirty kilometers, waiting for us to die of exhaustion for a night, but it was daytime again. So I thought, if we retreated like this, they wouldn't be stuck in the back, and we just waited for dawn to catch up and come for us!"
"It's really..." Chen Ye couldn't help but quip when he heard this: "I said to Comrade Xiao Cui, you've been fighting with Americans for more than ten years. You'll know what to do when they stick their butts!"
"This..." I couldn't help but touch my head awkwardly. If we talk about the understanding of the US military tactics, volunteers' tactics and prophets, I, a modern person who has read a complete set of Korean war materials, is really unscrupulous.
"So this time..." Leader Chu couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed when he heard what I said: "Can we still not be able to retreat?"
"As far as that goes..." Chen Ye gritted his teeth and said, "I had to use a company to block the US military and cover the retreat of the large army!"
Everyone couldn't help but feel silent when they heard this, because everyone knew what this retreat would mean for the company that was in the cover mission.
"No" Thinking of this, I shook my head: "There is a better way. As long as we make the US military think we are still attacking, they will retreat thirty kilometers. Then we can withdraw safely!"
Spring in North Korea is very cold, even colder than winter. Some people say that the coldest time is not when it snows, but when the ice and snow are about to melt. Now I finally know how correct this sentence is.
At this time, the snow had stopped and the soldiers returned to the tunnel. Although there were no snowflakes covering the traces we had just walked out, it was no longer important, because in the dark no one would pay attention to whether there were some messy footprints on the hillside, and no one would care whether there were some lids woven by dead branches and leaves on the hillside. Of course, no one would see the volunteer soldiers hiding under these lids ready for battle.
It is actually not easy to deceive the US military. They are not fools. It is not that they will retreat thirty kilometers after we carry out a feint. They will send scouts to keep in touch with us at all times and constantly report on our military location. Once they find that our army has begun to retreat, their large troops will soon turn around and follow us.
So this time, our goal is their scouts.
It was very dark and cold at night, and the whole space seemed to be frozen into a pitch-black piece. Suddenly, a few faint sounds of logging and clanging sounds of hitting stones came from afar. It seemed that someone was building fortifications there. Although the sound was not very obvious, it still attracted the attention of the highly nervous American soldiers.
The US military may be afraid of being beaten by the volunteers at night, so they are very sensitive to the slightest sound at night. Often, as long as the volunteers blow the trumpet, they will shoot desperately, and do not look at anyone or not. Of course, they will not be exceptional this time.
"Tutu..." At first, a few flares were fired, but unfortunately, the distance was too far and they could not see anything.
Perhaps they were having ideological struggles, or they were throwing coins to decide who to go. More than half an hour later, a vague sound of motors came from the road to the U.S. military.
The rumbling sound was getting closer and closer. It wasn't very loud, at most two or three cars, and the sound of tanks was not heard. Perhaps the Americans realized that tanks were not suitable for being deployed at night on the land of North Korea. Such heavyweights would only block their escape route.
Finally, after turning a few turns, several dazzling lights passed through the darkness to illuminate the road ahead. Through the gap between the dead branches, we could see three military vehicles appearing in front of us one after another, first a jeep, followed by two convertible cars. They drove very slowly and were very careful. The jeep was equipped with an anti-aircraft machine gun, and the machine gunner was nervously pointing at the front with the muzzle. Each of the car behind was equipped with a searchlight, and the observer was holding the searchlight and shining straight around. Dozens of American soldiers on the car were holding guns and waiting for the battle.
This is a reconnaissance platoon of the US military. Because they have strong firepower and advanced communication equipment, their reconnaissance is usually based on squads and platoons, which also gives us a chance to capture them alive.
With a "squeak...", a US military body lying in a pool of blood in the middle of the road stopped the entire convoy. The US military seemed to feel the danger. They jumped out of the jeep, pointed the corpse at the corpse with guns and slowly approached him, but when they flipped over the corpse, they couldn't help but be stunned. The corpse had already been frozen and stiff, and was a veritable American soldier.
And just then, just as all their attention was focused on the corpse, hundreds of tattered Chinese soldiers suddenly rushed out of the snow around them, pointing their heads with black muzzles.
I ran to the jeep as fast as possible, pointing the sniper rifle in my hand at a communications soldier holding a walkie-phone in the car. He was about to report to the command center, but my eyes made him realize clearly that as long as he dared to say a word, I would pull the trigger without hesitation.
"Shit!" I heard the frustrated curses of the American soldiers after being confiscated. They never thought we would hide here only a few hundred meters away from their defense line, and they had passed by several times during the day. Some of them had just crawled out of their warm sleeping bags and were not in a state yet!
But the soldiers didn't care about so much, and soon found all the bullets and food on their bodies, then stuffed them into their mouths and tied them up and threw them on the car, and then pushed the cars to the side of the road to hide them. Of course, except for the communications soldier, he and the walkie-phone on his body were the main targets of this operation!
"Go!" With the order, the soldiers began to retreat. In fact, I really wanted to bring those intact cars. I was so hungry that my feet were weak and I couldn't walk. How good it would be to use a car to take steps! But when I thought that the car with the lights turned on was too big, it was easy to be discovered by the enemy plane this night, I reluctantly gave up this idea.
"What's your name?" I ran and asked the correspondent soldier beside me in English.
"Wheeler! John Wheeler." Seeing that I could speak English, the American soldier couldn't help but look at me unexpectedly.
"Very good!" I replied, "I can guarantee your safety, but only if you have to do what I said, do you understand?"
"I understand!" Wheeler nodded, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes. Maybe he didn't understand what usefulness would be for a small communication soldier like him. We captured all the people in their platoon but only brought him one.
But he soon understood, because his walkie-talkie rang: "Hound, Hound, I'm an Eagle, report the situation!"
Wheeler raised his step phone and was about to speak, but stopped again, looking at me nervously.
"Everything is normal!" I whispered in his ear.
"Eagle Eagle, I'm a hound, everything is normal, no enemies are found!" Wheeler answered quickly.
"Very good! Keep moving forward until you find the enemy!"
"Yes! Sir!"
I smiled bitterly in my heart. What this commander didn't know was that the hunting dog not only discovered the enemy, but also "fighted" with the enemy.
More than half an hour later, I saw that it was almost done, so I turned around and ordered to Wheeler: "Report to your sir, and found a large number of enemies, which is a bit exaggerated!"
"I understand!" Wheeler nodded and turned on the walkie-talkie: "Eagle Eagle, I'm a hound. Oh my god, there are Chinese people everywhere, at least tens of thousands of people, please retreat! Please retreat!"
"Please allowance!" The voices on the walkie-talkie also became nervous: "Continue to observe the enemy situation and report to me at any time!"
"Yes! Sir!"
Seeing Wheeler's voice was not only nervous, but his movements were also very realistic. After he put down the walkie-phone, I couldn't help but praise him: "I have to say, Mr. Wheeler, you have a talent for acting!"
Chapter completed!