Chapter 122: Camp Gloucester

"Hey! I haven't seen each other for a few days, and the changes have been huge. They are all Su-style equipment!"

When following the troops, I roughly looked at the soldiers' equipment and found that the rifles in their hands were all Soviet-made Mosinnagan, and the submachine guns were replaced with all Poposa. In addition to a small number of Czech-type machine guns, they were basically replaced with turntable light machine guns and Guoliunov heavy machine guns.

Although I was prepared, I was still a little surprised to see that all the weapons in the hands of the soldiers changed, which also made the American equipment in Chen Liang and me a little abrupt.

"It's all old guns!" Hu Zi said with some dissatisfaction: "At first, I snatched a submachine gun, but when I tried it, I didn't match it, so I changed my rifle and used it. After a few shots, it was not much better than the 38th Great Gai!"

"Um!" I was stunned when I heard this. The rifles sold to us by the Soviet Union were indeed not good things. At this time, the Soviet army also had to change their clothes. They had to gradually replace the standard weapons with ak-47. So they sold all the broken guns that had been used in World War II that had been melted into the melting furnace as scrap iron. This Mosinnagan also had a single-shot rifle, which was really not much better than the 38th Great Cover.

But it seems that it is not a big brother of the Soviet Union. The volunteer army is a million-dollar army! It is necessary to unify the caliber and let the Soviet Union produce so many new weapons to equip it.

The biggest advantage after the replacement is that the weapon caliber is the same. These Soviet rifles, machine guns, and heavy machine guns are all universal, while the Poposa submachine gun is universal with the bullets of pistols. Compared with the weapons made by the Volunteers in the past, the unified bullets can greatly reduce the pressure on logistics supply, and greatly reduce the complexity of the ammunition and supply system.

In other words, in the future, domestic arsenals only need to produce two types of bullets, one is rifle bullets, and the other is pistol bullets. There is no need to distinguish between the troops and the caliber, just carry these two bullets upwards.

"Our company commander Huzi!" Zhao Yongxin continued at this time: "He is polite to his subordinates, leaving all the guns to his subordinates..."

"I'm not lazy, Hu Zi!" I couldn't help but say to Hu Zi in surprise when I became the company commander!"

"Hey! Isn't that the credit for fighting the Japanese with you guys?" Hu Zi smiled and said, "As far as I'm concerned, it's not a big deal to be a company commander or a platoon leader. As long as I follow our Deputy Battalion Commander Cui to fight, I'll be a soldier. If you don't want anything else, just fight the Japanese with pleasure!"

"Hey! I said, "When will you have a bad mind?" Zhao Yongxin joked, "I look at him. Although I say that, I must think about making more contributions to Deputy Battalion Commander Cui so that I can get faster!"

"What are you saying? Besides, I'm going to turn against you!" Hu Zi was displeased when he heard this. He glared with tiger eyes and said dissatisfied: "You are so embarrassed to say that when you were injured, Commander Chu would transfer you to another battalion as the company commander. Who refused to come? You, do you think I don't know?"

"Then I can't bear to let you go, Hu Zi?" Zhao Yongxin pretended to be a strange tone, which made the soldiers laugh. Even the newly joined soldiers such as Chen Liang and Ren Fengyou couldn't help laughing.

Chen Liang and Ren Feng were a little restrained when they had these newly joined soldiers, but the so-called laughter was less unfamiliar. Our camp had these live treasures jokingly, and after a while, they quickly adapted to our troops, and some even took the initiative to join the ranks of jokes.

"By the way, Company Commander Zhao!" Then I asked Zhao Yongxin in confusion: "Where are we going to? What is the mission this time?"

"I don't know either!" Zhao Yongxin replied: "Originally, our battalion's mission was to intersperse Daofeng Mountain and guard it there. Later, I heard that friendly troops were so strongly pushed by the enemy in Linjin River that they could not pass. Isn't that? Let our regiment go around the enemy and stab him."

"Well? Are Captain Chu and the others here too?"

"Yeah!" Zhao Yongxin nodded: "They are walking on another road, they should have arrived! It is said that the destination is called Castle Mountain, and the battalion commander should be more clear. Why don't you ask him?"

"Castle Mountain?" I was shocked when I heard this. I was about to meet an old opponent now.

When I heard the name of Castle Mountain and thought about it, we are now near the government, I realized that this time I was going to deal with the troops of the 29th Brigade of the British Army.

The 63rd Army of the Volunteer Army was supposed to be held up on the banks of the Linjin River. According to the original plan, they would have arrived in Seoul within 36 hours, but unexpectedly, the 29th Brigade of the British Army on the other side of the river was very powerful. The Volunteer Army was held up here for three days and three nights. In the end, although they wiped out all the Gloucester Battalion, the United Nations Army bought time to redeploy a line of defense.

After the war, military strategists analyzed that if Gross Battalion had not resisted tenaciously for three days here, the fifth battle would have been caught off guard again and captured Seoul to achieve greater results. After all, Li Qiwei and Van Vreet would have thought that this time there would be hundreds of thousands of volunteer troops, and they were all equipped with Soviet-style weapons.

Castle Mountain is not far away. The soldiers marched quickly under the dense gunfire and arrived at their destination for more than two hours. In the night, looking at the high grounds standing in front of them, it is easy to guess which one is Castle Mountain, because it is very special. Although it is not high, it is very steep. Just like a castle built manually in Western European movies, you can tell at a glance that it is a high ground that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Unfortunately, this high ground is now in the hands of the enemy.

After passing the command, we lined up to enter the camp. There were no trenches or sandbags. The soldiers seemed to have just arrived, but what surprised me was that there were many wounded soldiers and corpses. The camp was full of blood and corpses, which seemed to have just passed a fierce battle.

Soon I saw the familiar figure of Captain Chu. He was standing at an air-raid shelter with his hands crossed and scolding someone.

Xu Feng waved at me and took me to run up in three steps and two steps. The two shouted a report in front of Captain Chu. Captain Chu just nodded casually, but still pointed at the volunteer soldier with his head in anger and scolded him: "Your mistake directly led to more than 100 casualties. This irresponsible attitude has caused very serious consequences and has also had a very bad impact on our troops. You should reflect on your mistakes..."

"Hmm?" Chen Ye saw me just after he walked out of the air-raid shelter, and couldn't help but say unexpectedly: "It's Deputy Battalion Commander Cui, are you still alive? When did you come back?"

"Report to the political commissar, just come!" I answered with one step forward.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Cui?" At this time, Commander Chu noticed me standing aside. He stared at me for a long time before cursing again: "Ball, why didn't you come early? We have lost about a hundred people, do you know?"

"Ah?" I was stunned when I heard this. I was scolded for some reason.

"I said Lao Chu, just let Xiao Zhao go!" Chen Ye persuaded, "This matter cannot be blamed on him. Who made you so impatient? Before you figured out the situation, you pulled the troops up! Come on... Everyone goes in and talks!"

As he said that, he pulled Commander Chu and a few of us into the air-raid shelter without saying anything. The fire was on the shelter, which was very bright and warm. Just like what I saw in the past, there was a table with shell boxes, two simple benches nailed with wooden boards, and a map was placed on the table as usual, with a kerosene lamp hanging on it, and a shabby cup next to it. The hot water inside was slowly emitting hot steam.

"Translation, translate a ball!" Captain Chu's anger seemed to have not completely disappeared. After entering the hole, he sat on the small stool and scolded again: "I also said that the enemy only has one company, and the troops pulled up and had a full regiment!"

As he said that, maybe he had scolded him, Captain Chu picked up the cup in a muffled voice and poured it into his mouth. Although Xu Feng and I were confused, they did not dare to ask more questions, and they didn't know what to say, so they had to stand aside awkwardly.

"This is it!" Chen Ye looked at the map for a while and pushed the glasses on his nose and explained: "When we first arrived here, the scout caught an enemy sentry. When he asked him about the British, the 29th Brigade of the British Army, what was it... Gloucester Battalion. He asked him how many people there were in front of him. He said that there was a company. Commander Chu didn't want to call two companies and go up. Unexpectedly, there was almost a regiment of the British army guarding the front. After this battle, more than half of us were killed or injured. Later, I asked clearly that the British army guarding in front was a regiment of the British army, and Xiao Zhao treated a regiment as a company!"

I couldn't help but smile bitterly when I heard this. No wonder Captain Chu shouted to me just now, "Why didn't you come early!", but it turned out that something was wrong with the translation.

"Now we finally figured out the situation of the enemy!" Chen Ye lit a cigarette and pointed to the map and said, "In front of us is the British Gloucester Battalion, stationed in Heights 148 (Cast Hill), Heights 182 and Heights 144 respectively. Each of the three high grounds has a company of the Gloucester Battalion and its affiliated artillery units. On their left is the 1st Battalion of the Royal Ramp Regiment that we fought against, and on the right is the 1st Battalion of the Amberland Flintlock Regiment and a small number of Belgian troops. Our main task is to capture the Gloucester Battalion and clear the way forward for the comrades of the 63rd Army!"

"How is the Gloucester Battalion compared to the rifle regiment?" Xu Feng couldn't help asking. Last time our regiment had fought with the rifle regiment and the Royal British Tank Battalion near the government. He still remembered the combat effectiveness of the rifle regiment.

"Only high and not low!" Political Commissar Chen Ye couldn't help but frowned: "The comrades in our two companies rushed forward in unknown circumstances. More than 100 people were killed or injured in just half an hour. It seems that this Gloucester Battalion is not easy to deal with!"

"More than 100 people were killed or injured in half an hour?" Even Xu Feng couldn't help but gasp when he heard this. Even if the volunteers were not prepared, he had to let the volunteers die or injured more than half of the time in this dark night. There was no need to think that it would be possible to have an extremely high hit rate.

In fact, it is not necessary for political commissar Chen Ye to say that I know that this Gloucester battalion is not easy to deal with. From the information I have seen in modern times, I know that this Gloucester battalion is the ace of the British army. It has a history of 150 years. As early as the British army's war to break through the siege and turn defeat into victory. The British King was awarded the hat badge of the entire battalion with the words "Royal Army" engraved with the "Royal Army" by the King of England. Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the battalion all wore two cap signs, one in the front and the other in the back, which was called the "Royal Army Double Camp".

After the battalion was heavily besieged by the volunteers in history, some people said that if Gloucester Battalion could still break out of the siege this time, then their hats would not be two hat signs but four hat signs, but unfortunately they failed to get what they wanted this time.

I was thinking that if you could see a hat badge from behind, it would seem funny, but this army is not a joke, because although they only have more than 700 people, they can be under the heavy siege of more than 20,000 people of the 63rd Army of the Volunteer Army for three days and three nights.

And I guess, our battalion will be the one who will take the lead this time, otherwise Political Commissar Chen Ye would not have introduced the situation to us in such detail.

Sure enough, after a while, Political Commissar Chen Ye said to Xu Feng: "Because you have experience in fighting with the British army and have successfully defeated the British rifle regiment, the regiment headquarters decided to hand over the task of attacking Castle Mountain to your battalion. Before dawn, you must take down Castle Mountain and build fortifications to defend Castle Mountain to prevent the enemy's counterattack, artillery, and air force bombing. Are you confident?

"Have confidence!" Xu Feng replied almost reflexively, but I was secretly complaining in my heart. Castle Mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Although there are four companies in our battalion that are four times more than the British troops on Castle Mountain, in such a terrain, it is not said that there will be more people to win. Now I don't know how many comrades will die by my side.

"Your mission is very important!" Commander Chu stood up and said, "Highland 148 (Cast Mountain) is just behind the Highland 182 and Highland 144. The three highlands form a triangle to support and cover each other. Although the comrades of the 63rd Army successfully broke through the enemy's fire blockade several times and penetrated in, they were soon beaten back by the enemy on the Highland 148, so it is necessary to capture the Highland 148. Can the task be completed?"

"Make sure to complete the task!" This time, I and Xu Feng stood up together. Anyway, the task has been completed, and even if it is completed, it must be completed. If it cannot be completed, there is no other choice.

He hurriedly summoned the cadres in the camp to hold a short meeting and formulated an offensive plan. The soldiers quickly walked up with guns.

In fact, it is impossible to formulate an offensive plan or a battle, that is, which company will be assigned to attack in which direction, and then the charge will blow, and then everyone will rush up under the cover of machine guns and mortars.

Because one direction is under the cover of the firepower of the enemy's other two high grounds, this attack arranged three companies to attack in the east, west and north directions.

If the American or puppet troops are guarding this mountain, I would not take this attack seriously. Three companies beat the enemy and one company, right? What if it is easy to defend and difficult to attack? Rush to a certain position and swing the grenade upwards, rushing up with a bayonet, and solving the problem in a few strokes. But now the British Gloucester Battalion is stationed on it...

When I thought that even if they were besieged by a volunteer army and attacked for three days and three nights, only 59 people died in the end, and most of the rest surrendered at the command of the commander because they did not have bullets, I couldn't help but feel a little worried.

So I also disagree with Xu Feng's attack plan, but what can I do if I don't agree with it? The mission has been issued, and it is only three or four hours before dawn. Now, even though I know the danger, I have to bite the bullet and even if I know there is sacrifice.

At this time, I was already the deputy battalion commander, and I could have let the company commander take the soldiers to charge on the battlefield, so I didn't have to go to the battlefield in person, but after thinking about it, I was still worried, so I came to Chen Liang's main attack side with a sniper rifle alone.

Since I restored my position as deputy battalion commander, Chen Liang, the deputy company commander, has naturally been promoted to company commander. I summoned their company, so I was worried that if I was not there, it would make the company's people disintegrate.

Sure enough, when I slowly climbed to the hidden place of the soldiers, many soldiers around me recognized me. I heard the soldiers shouting in a low voice in an excited tone along the way: "It's Deputy Battalion Commander Cui, Deputy Battalion Commander Cui is here!"

Their morale seemed to be much higher just the moment they saw me.

Morale is sometimes like a person's emotions. In essence, it does not need to change anything, but it can move emotions from one extreme to another. Just like me now, I don't have to take them to charge at all. All I need seems to be just coming to this battlefield to make the morale of the soldiers high.

The soldiers did not know what kind of enemies they were facing, nor did they know what difficulties they would face. When they saw me coming up, they became more confident and eager to try, showing their faces in front of their comrades.

I hope this will not cause them to suffer greater losses! I was worried in my heart, but I didn't dare to say it; I knew how powerful the British troops stationed on the high ground were, but I didn't dare to say it...

I remember some veterans said this: "The more afraid of death on the battlefield, the faster they die!" So there is no need for me to say this to damage their morale and confidence and make them have some concerns.

"How is the situation?" I climbed forward and found Chen Liang, and asked in a low voice.

"It's so quiet!" Chen Liang seemed to see the difference between this army, frowned and replied, "There was no flares, and there was no sound, as if he was waiting for us to go up."

I wanted to say "Be careful!" to him, but in the end I swallowed this sentence.
Chapter completed!