Chapter 145 Beihan River

The soldiers were all shocked when they saw this scene. After a while, they reacted and cheered. Only I looked at everything in front of me speechlessly, at the collapsed high ground, at the river water stained with blood, and the corpses around the high ground!

"It's the old squad leader!" Hu Zi walked to me and said.

I nodded slowly, knowing that no one else could do it except the old squad leader. I seemed to see him with serious injuries and blood all over his body, and I seemed to see the pain of him climbing into the tunnel with his last breath, and I seemed to see the smile on his face when he finally ignited the lead of the explosive pack...

At this time, a few people suddenly stood up from the pile of dead people next to the ditch. The soldiers quickly recognized that they were the only remaining soldiers in Zhao Yongxin's company, so they hurriedly ran up and helped them over. What surprised me was that one of them was Zhao Yongxin. It seemed that this kid had a very good life.

"Report to Deputy Battalion Commander Cui... We have completed the mission!" Zhao Yongxin, covered in blood, stepped forward and reported in front of me, and then his whole body became soft and collapsed on the ground.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Cui!" Huzi walked to me and reported heavily: "There are only seven people left in the company of Commander Zhao, three of whom were seriously injured. We have no medicine, so we are afraid..."

"Arranging someone to send them to the rear for treatment immediately!" I ordered: "As long as there is still a little chance, you can't give up!"

"Yes!" Hu Zi responded and went to make arrangements.

Looking at these soldiers covered in blood and wounds, and looking at the earth and rocks buried with the US "Tank Commando", I don't know what to say. They are a group of great people. Without their bravery and their spirit, my methods would never have become a reality.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Cui!" Ren Fengyou walked to me and reminded: "The Americans will definitely not be willing to lose so many tanks. They will soon send planes to retaliate. Should we retreat..."

"Yes!" I nodded and ordered: "The whole army will move, target the Beihan River!"

"Yes!" Ren Feng responded reflexively, but soon asked in confusion: "Deputy Commander Cui, the North Han River is only half a day away, why don't we retreat?"

"No, don't retreat!" I gritted my teeth and replied, "We are going to find the 180th Division!"

"But Deputy Battalion Commander Cui!" Ren Feng looked at me embarrassedly and said, "There are only more than 100 people in our three companies. The soldiers are so tired. Moreover, the food, explosives packs, and anti-tank grenades are gone, and the bullets are almost finished..."

"Execute the command!" I didn't explain much, so I put out this best sentence.

"Yes!" Ren Feng responded and said no more.

I knew in my heart that soldiers like Ren Feng had raised difficulties, that is, it was really difficult. Marines, wars, rain, food shortage, and bullets... It was not easy for soldiers to persevere until now under such difficult conditions. Moreover, Ren Feng was also right to have some worries. A team without food and bullets seemed to have little effect on the battlefield. But only I knew that even if we were exhausted, we would have to go there, because the 180th Division had not yet escaped the danger of being surrounded and annihilated.

The troops embarked on the road of marching again, and several volunteers or People's Army teams continued to pass by us along the way. Although our team had only more than 100 people, it was nothing in the huge volunteer army, but the mud and blood on the soldiers attracted the attention of the soldiers from other troops.

We looked like we were climbing out of the pile of dead people. At a glance, we knew that it was a team that survived a fierce battle. Only such teams on the battlefield will be respected by our comrades.

I marched along the map with the team. Although there were also planes that encountered enemy, our team was too small. The American pilots didn't take us seriously at all. Anyway, there were retreating volunteer troops everywhere along the way, and they could kill more volunteers with the same number of bullets and bombs, so even if the enemy planes were discovered, we flew away without hesitation. This made us march very safely during the day, and finally arrived at the Beihan River smoothly when it was dark.

There is a characteristic of the rivers in North Korea, that is, whether it is Linjin River, the South Han River, or the North Han River we are now walking, they will eventually merge into North Korea's most famous river - the Han River. The characteristic of this North Han River is that it flows from the Yalu River from north to south through the entire North Korea, and when it enters South Korea, it changes its direction and injects into the Han River. It is the only river that crosses the entire North Korea, and the North Han River is therefore named.

At this time, the section of the Northern Han River we marched was this small section near Chunchuan that changed its direction, and it was precisely this small section that caused the soldiers of the 180th Division to suffer heavy casualties here.

According to historical records, when the 180th Division received the order to retreat, all the ferry sites in the North Han River were occupied by the enemy. So, as he had no choice, the entire division could only smuggle to the north bank of the Han River with a few wires. Unfortunately, it was discovered by the enemy's reconnaissance plane at this time, which attracted large-scale bombing from the enemy. This time, the smuggling was killed by the enemy's artillery fire and washed away by the flood. Among the soldiers, there were more than 600 soldiers.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Cui!" Seeing that I had not stopped the march after reaching the Beihan River, Ren Feng couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Where are we going to? Is this Beihan River already here?"

"I don't know where to go!" I replied.

"What? You, don't know?" Ren Fengyou was stunned when he heard what I said.

I nodded helplessly, but my heart was secretly complaining. Although I knew that the 180th Division was going to cross the river in this area, I didn’t know where they were smuggling. There is no record of this in history books. I think the 180th Division also chose a safer and covert nameless crossing the river. It is really difficult to find the specific location. Now I am just leading the troops and walking along the river without any purpose...

"Shh, stop the sound!" At this time, Hu Zi, who was responsible for reconnaissance in front, jogging back all the way and whispered: "Deputy Battalion Commander Cui, I found the enemy in the village ahead. It was too dark and I couldn't see how many people there were. I heard the sound of the puppet army troops!"

"Um!" I was surprised to hear this, because I remember that the US military occupied the ferry along the Beihan River, so how could it become a puppet army this time? But when I thought about it, I quickly realized that the mechanized US military was probably still trapped on the Hongtian Highway! The entire cliff was blown up by us, and there were many heavy tanks buried there. Even if the US military had advanced equipment to open the road, it would not be possible to pass it in a short time.

As soon as the US military slowed down, the puppet troops on the right wing of the 180th Division naturally caught up, so the ferry that was originally occupied by the US military has now fallen into the hands of the puppet troops.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but laugh. The US military has always looked down on the puppet army. This time, it fell behind the puppet army in the race and suffered heavy losses. I wonder what they would think.

But no matter what they think, in short, the US military on the Hong-Physical Highway was blown up by us, and the 180th Division, which was sandwiched among the US and puppet troops, had a much greater chance of breaking through.

"Go to reconnaissance again!" I ordered: "It's better to grab a tongue and ask clearly!"

"Yes!" Hu Zi responded and turned around and left.

"Come back!" Seeing Hu Zi leaving like this, I called him back: "Take a comrade from the People's Army, or you would choose a prisoner who speaks Chinese and is arrested!"

"Yes!" Hu Zi responded with a silly smile, took a guide from the People's Army and ran up.

Hu Zi is the best at catching prisoners. It is said that when he was fighting the Kuomintang, Hu Zi sneaked into the enemy's bunker. Before the enemy could react, he broke the necks of the two people in one breath. The remaining man was so scared that he held a gun and didn't know how to attack, so he obediently became a prisoner.

Later I learned why Hu Zi likes to twist the enemy's neck so much. As he said, no matter where you stab the enemy's mouth, no matter how tightly you cover the enemy's mouth, it will make a little sound. How convenient is it to twist the neck! With a creaking sound, there is no sound, and there is no need to worry that the reactionary blood will dirty his clothes...

"Comrade Park!" After Huzi left, I called Park Jong-sun in front of me and asked, "What is the name of the village in front? Is it a strategic location?"

"I don't know what kind of village it is!" Park Jung-sun thought for a while, shook his head with certainty and said, "It's not a strategic location. If so, I will definitely know its name."

"Well!" I was surprised to hear this. If the puppet army guarded this village, it should have some strategic significance no matter what. But I am very clear about the ability of the People's Army's guides. Their task is to make up for the shortcomings of the Volunteer Army's unfamiliarity with the terrain, so those who will be sent to the Volunteer Army as guides are all people who are particularly familiar with the terrain. Just as Park Chung-sun told me, he was able to keep all the locations and names of strategic locations in mind, and I never doubt this.

"Is there a bridge in this village?" I continued.

"There are indeed bridges nearby, but it's still two or three miles away from here."

"So do I have a boat in this village?"

"It shouldn't be!" Park Jung-sun thought for a while, shook his head again and said, "The people in this area are not rich. There is a stone bridge two or three miles away from here. They don't spend money to build ships, and even if there aren't many!"

I felt it was reasonable when Park Chung-sun said this, but I also felt something was wrong. There was no bridge or ship. What did the puppet army send troops to guard this village? This was when they were pursuing the Volunteer Army and the People's Army, so they should not waste their troops so much.

After a while, Hu Zi came back with the soldier from the People's Army. He reported to me with a bitter face: "Deputy Battalion Commander Cui, he caught two prisoners, but they refused to say anything. The bones of these reactionaries were also hard. I broke their hands and they still refused to say it. I also found this..."

As I said that, I handed over two armbands. As soon as I saw the skull on it, I understood that it was the South Korean Capital Division. Seeing this, I became even more determined. If this place was not a useful place, the puppet army of the Capital Division would not have wasted their troops here.

"But there are not many people!" Hu Zi continued, "I listened carefully for a while and leaned against the small wooden house by the river to find the size of the wooden house, they were only about ten people!"

"Um! There are only about ten?" I felt a little excited when I heard this.

It is understandable that they arranged so few troops to guard a place. The puppet army had just been defeated by the volunteers and fled everywhere. Now it was time for the volunteers to retreat. Several divisions they used to cooperate with the US counterattack were organized in a hurry. In this situation of shortage of troops, it is not surprising that only one squad of people was sent to defend a place.

I was just wondering what the puppet troops in this squad were guarding...

"Huzi, Ren Fengyou!" Thinking of this, I looked up and said to the two of them: "Are you sure to get rid of these guys from the South Korean Capital Division within ten minutes?"

"No problem!" Huzi and Ren Fengyou looked at each other, then nodded at me.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Choi!" Park Chung-sun was shocked when he heard me say this: "There may be many enemies around us. The reason why they dare to send only one squad of puppet troops to stay behind is that they still have troops guarding the bridgehead. The bridgehead is only two or three miles away. Their reinforcements will arrive in just a few minutes. If we expose our target, then..."

"Then we won't shoot! Silently solve the battle. Is there a way to complete the task?" I interrupted Park Zhongshen and asked Huzi and Ren Fengyou.

"Yes!" Hu Zi answered without thinking.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Cui!" Ren Feng hesitated for a moment, looked at me with a little embarrassed and said, "It would be fine if these puppet troops were camping, but they were all in this wooden house. When we push the door, it would be a creaking sound. No matter how dead sleeping, people will wake them up, let alone deal with them silently."

"That's right!" I couldn't help but feel annoyed when I heard this. Why didn't I expect the sound of the wooden door? I was also a person who lived in a wooden house for ordinary Koreans. The creaking of the wooden door was earth-shaking. It would be basically impossible to solve the battle silently under such circumstances. At that time, I was afraid that a large group of puppet troops would really attract, and we still wanted to save the 180th Division! Before they could rescue them, I was in a siege and wait for others to rescue them.

At this moment, two skull-marked epaulettes in my hand suddenly appeared in my sight. I asked quickly: "Huzi, are the two tongues you grabbed sentinels? Are they still there?"

"It's the sentry!" Hu Zi replied, "It's just that their arms were broken by me. I was afraid that they would scream loudly and alarm the other puppet troops, so I put their necks..."

Damn it! I couldn't help but curse in my heart when I heard this. I really couldn't believe that this was done by someone like Hu Zi who would care about killing prisoners with me. But it seemed that he was nothing wrong. In the eyes of the volunteers, there was a difference between the prisoners who surrendered voluntarily and the tongues captured by the soldiers with their own hands! Especially this tongue that would not be beaten to death is a class enemy who is stubborn and fights to the death.

Fortunately, all I need is the clothes of these two sentrymen, not their confessions!

The sound of cannons and gunfires are intermittent, and in the dark night, we can't see the five fingers. Only when a lightning flashes occasionally in the sky can we see the Beihan River not far ahead and the small wooden houses by the river. The river water is roaring not far away, and the heavy rain for several consecutive days has caused it to surge a lot, and it seems to be rising.

Hu Zi and I walked towards the cabin in the uniforms of puppet army sentry. Hu Zi was wearing a small uniform, which made him feel uncomfortable when walking. I brought him here because I took a fancy to his time when his hand was twisting the enemy's neck. Not to mention, this skill is really important to solve the battle silently.

After a while, we arrived at the cabin. When I raised my hand and pushed the door, I was in trouble again. I wonder if the sound of these people from the Capital Division knocking on the door stipulates any codes such as three, two short, one short, and two long. If so, I might be beaten into a hornet's nest as soon as I push this way...

Just as I was hesitating, the door suddenly opened with a creaking sound. Everyone inside and outside the door was startled. Almost at the same time, with a "wow", there was a sound of gun grabbing sound in the room. Hu Zi reached out and wanted to touch the grenade, but I quickly stopped him. Because I found that the puppet soldier in front of me didn't even bring a gun, he just happened to get up and "release the water".

"Hey! I'm scary at midnight, be careful to be beaten to a real ghost!" Sure enough, the guy looked at us, muttered a few times, and then went to work on his own.

I took the opportunity to pull Hu Zi into the wooden house, and then said to the puppet army in the pit in Korean: "Hey, I've changed my guard!"

"So fast? I've just had a while of sleep!" The two puppet soldiers complained, and without much doubt, they carried the rifle out.

Hu Zi and I were lying down at the position they gave up. The feeling of sleeping in the same pit as the enemy was very strange, just like lying among a group of sleeping hungry wolves, making me feel uncomfortable. Thinking of the speed of the puppet soldiers catching guns just now, I couldn't help but play a small drum in my heart. These are all veterans! When sleeping, the guns are always kept away, and when there is any movement, they will quickly make the gun-catching and aiming in the dream. This is definitely not something that a new recruit can do. Can we solve them one by one?
Chapter completed!