Chapter 157: Forged telegram

"Your ideas and suggestions also make sense!" At this time, Commander Zheng finally spoke: "But we are revolutionary soldiers and the people's team. Everything must be based on the interests of the people, and it must be organized and disciplined! What we need now is calmness and confidence. We should believe in the command of our superiors and the reinforcements of brotherly troops!"

After hesitating for a while, he continued, "Actually, I have the idea of ​​breaking through like everyone else, but this idea must be based on the consent of the superior..."

"No problem!" Wu Chengde immediately responded when he heard that Commander Zheng's tone softened, and said, "Let me ask my superiors for instructions! See what they said before making a decision!"

As he said that, Wu Chengde looked at Commander Zheng expectantly, and also hoped that Commander Zheng would nod in the tunnel. However, Commander Zheng just stared at the map in front of him, neither nodding nor shaking his head...

After a while, Wu Chengde gritted his teeth and walked to the radio station in the corner, and said to the radio station soldiers: "Xiao Li, send a message to the military headquarters. Given that our division lacks ammunition and cannot be replenished, our headquarters believes that it is impossible to stick to the waiting for assistance, so he requests his superiors to allow our headquarters to break through..."

When Political Commissar Wu sent the telegram, Commander Zheng did not stop him. Everyone knew that he had acquiesced, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. But with a sound of "beep beep beep...", everyone's heart that had just been relieved quickly became hung again. Because everyone knew that the orders of the military headquarters were particularly important at this time. Once the military headquarters did not agree to break through, the 180th Division would have to stick to the road to aid, and doing so could almost be said to be a dead end.

"Ding bei bei bei..."

The telegram kept ringing, and the cadres in the tunnel were either smoking or looking at the map, and some were walking impatiently on the ground, their faces were filled with anxiety, and the atmosphere in the tunnel was very tense.

Finally, Xiao Li shouted softly: "The military headquarters has called back!"

Immediately, everyone's eyes focused on Xiao Li, and everyone looked at him motionlessly, not daring to make any sound, for fear of disturbing him from listening to the telegram.

After a while, Xiao Li quickly wrote something on the paper. While Xiao Li was writing, someone was helping to translate the password book. Soon, the result of the telegram came out.

Wang Huaying kept standing beside the telegram and watched, and shouted to us excitedly: "The Military Department has approved our breakthrough plan! Order us to break through the northwest and gather at the foot of Yingfeng Mountain. There are 181st Division and 179th Division to respond... Over Yingfeng Mountain is our position!"

"good!"

"Prepare to break through now!"

"Blow it!"

...

When the League officials heard the telegram, they couldn't wait to scream. Some even folded their sleeves excitedly and looked like they were showing off their fists, but only I was as cold as if I fell into an ice cellar.

History has been changed to this by me, why did I still break through to Yingfeng? I thought to myself that in history, the military headquarters did have such a plan to make the 180th Division break through to Yingfeng, and it did send the 181st Division and the 179th Division to pick it up. The military headquarters’ plan looked perfect. The 180th Division rushed from the inside and out, the 181st Division, and the 179th Division fought from the outside, and they could meet at the foot of Yingfeng Mountain, and then successfully rescued the 180th Division.

But the plan is planned. The direction of breaking through is the northwest. Although the breaking distance is the shortest, the position is too obvious, so the enemy was prepared. Not only did they occupy Yingfeng first, but they also continued to increase troops in this direction. The 180th Division used the blood and lives of the soldiers to fight the last bullet and hit the foot of Yingfeng Mountain with heavy casualties. It was only when it found that the 181st Division and the 179th Division had not arrived at all. They were already blocked by the US military to the north of Yingfeng Mountain...

"Teacher Commander, Political Commissar!" Thinking of this, I couldn't help but walk forward and said, "This plan of the military headquarters has a lot to do with whether the 179th Division and the 181st Division can fight to Yingfeng Mountain..."

"Didn't the telegram be explained very clearly?" Commander Zheng seemed to be in a better mood and quickly replied: "There are two brothers from the divisions coming to pick them up, and crossing Yingfeng Mountain is our position."

"But there is still a difference between the plan and the reality, if..."

"Comrade Xiao Cui!" Political Commissar Wu laughed: "Just as Commander Zheng said just now, we must believe in the command of our superiors and the reinforcements of brothers. We must have confidence in the organization and our own troops!"

"But..." I still wanted to argue, but soon I found that no one was willing to listen to me. Everyone, including Captain Pang, was discussing how to break through and when to break through, rather than whether to break through from this direction.

I realized that our breakthrough plan was allowed by the military headquarters, which was already a huge breakthrough, so no one would care whether the breakthrough plan of the military headquarters was reasonable. And this plan seemed very reasonable. But they didn't consider that we knew that breaking north was the shortest route, so don't the enemy know? They would arrange a large number of tanks, cannons, mines, barbed wire, and bombing and reconnaissance here. Not to mention that no one would respond after the outbreak, even if someone responded, the 180th Division in history hit the foot of Yingfeng Mountain, the entire division had less than 2,000 people.

What to do? I stood aside and thought about the solution, but after thinking for a long time, there was no solution at all. I couldn't help but stand aside with depression and frowned. I only looked at the regiment leaders and the political commissars formulated a breakthrough plan, allocated troops to attract enemy firepower, interfered with and cover troops...

Finally, the time was set, and the entire army broke through as planned at dusk.

When they walked out of the division headquarters this time, the leaders and political commissars were completely different from the last time. They were talking and laughing, or threatening to compete with who had fought more American devils. Commander Pang also walked in front with his head held high and his chest as if he had won a battle. I was the only one who was a wilted cabbage, anxious but didn't know what to say!

After saying goodbye to other regiment commanders and political commissars, regiment Pang seemed to feel my emotions and turned around and asked, "What's wrong? Deputy Commander Cui, don't you agree with breaking through?"

"Well! It's nothing, nothing!" I responded with some distress. It turned out that a glimmer of hope could convince Captain Pang, but now seeing him full of confidence, even this only hope was shattered. What's more, I know that even if Captain Pang can convince Captain Pang, it would be useless. Commander Zheng would still unswervingly execute the orders of his superiors.

"Don't worry! Deputy Battalion Commander Cui!" Commander Pang patted my shoulder and said, "We will definitely be able to break through successfully. I know that most of your troops are injured and very tired. Don't worry, I will do my best to protect you from breaking through safely!"

"Captain, I..."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Commander Pang interrupted me: "Your troops were killed and injured because of our 180th Division. If it weren't for you, our 180th Division would have long been unaware of the situation. If I could not bring you out alive, then I, the regiment commander, shouldn't do it!"

After a pause, he continued, "How many hours are there before dusk! Go back and tell the soldiers, let them eat well, rest well, and be prepared to break through!"

"Yes!" I had no choice but to respond and drag my heavy steps towards my troops.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Cui, how are you doing?"

"How is it? Are you going to break through?"

"What tasks have you arranged for us?"

...

As soon as I returned to the tunnel, the soldiers asked all the questions, but I didn't even have the energy to answer them at all. It was not until I was anxious that I said in a depressed voice: "Break through before dusk, and now I will rest for me!"

After saying that, he walked into the tunnel alone, leaned against the tunnel with a gun in his arms and pretended to be asleep. Seeing this, the soldiers were tactful and didn't bother me. They either squatted or sat in the tunnel without talking. When the air was immediately filled with an unbearable silence.

"Woo!" At this time, a strange roar came, and a few shells exploded one after another outside the tunnel. Hu Zi couldn't help but cursed: "Mom, the shells are all hit here, these damn Americans!"

I was so surprised that I leaned against the tunnel and pretended to sleep. The enemy's shells hit here, which shows that their encirclement is getting smaller and smaller, and breaking through is an imperative thing. But the direction of breaking through...

It should be said that among the five enemy divisions surrounding the 180th Division, the worst combat power was the pseudo-6th Division in the south. The pseudo-6th Division has been fighting since the first battle until now. Not only is his soldiers very tired, and he was severely injured by the volunteers several times, and he has been severely injured. If he breaks out in this direction, the 180th Division can easily highlight their encirclement. But because this direction will make our army farther and farther away from the main force, it is completely out of consideration. I think this is also the reason why the US military will arrange the pseudo-6th Division to guard this direction with confidence!

But Sun Tzu's Art of War is not the saying "Attacking one is unprepared and unexpected." It is not? The more the Americans feel that we cannot break through this direction, the safer we will break through this direction. Moreover, the sixth Pseudo-Second Division would not have expected that we would break through the south. Their combat effectiveness was not strong. If we could choose this direction to break through, it would become a surprise soldier, disrupting all the deployment of the US military and causing them to be in chaos. Then we would take advantage of the situation again...

But now can I change the fact that the combat plan has been formulated? I will convince Commander Zheng not to obey the orders of the military headquarters to break through the direction of the pseudo-Sixth Division? Even I think this is impossible!

I lay in the tunnel in a chaotic manner for several hours. I heard the sound of cannons outside and the sound of gunfire became louder and louder. I was so anxious that I was so confused that there were a group of ants crawling and biting.

In desperation, I was thinking: "Or, tell Commander Zheng about my identity as a future person! I'm afraid he doesn't believe it, well! What else will happen in the future? At least it will make him believe that I have the ability to predict the future... By the way! Political Commissar Wu will draw his gun and kill his horse before breaking through the siege, so as to show that he will live and die with the soldiers and will not escape alone. In fact, Political Commissar Wu failed to break through successfully, but led his troops to fight guerrilla attacks on the mountain for several months, and finally died heroically.

If I told Commander Zheng about this in advance, and when Political Commissar Wu really killed his horse and made a vow, Commander Zheng would believe that I had the ability to predict the future. Then I would tell him that the 180th Division would not be able to break through like this, and would be wiped out! He should have no other thoughts at that time!"

Thinking of this, I suddenly turned on the quilt on my body and walked out of the tunnel. I knew that I would tell Commander Zheng this way that he might be regarded as a lunatic, but for the safety of the 180th Division, I didn't care about that much.

When I walked out of the tunnel, I found that the sun in the west was already hanging on the top of the mountain and could not hold on. So I quickly accelerated my pace and ran towards the division headquarters. From time to time, a few shells exploded beside me, but I didn't care about lying down to cover it up, and ran to the division headquarters without stopping.

What disappointed me was that Commander Zheng was not in the division headquarters, and there were only a few radio soldiers in Xiao Li in the tunnel, sitting in front of the already organized radio station, looking through the telegram boredly, as if waiting for something.

"Where is the commander?" I asked anxiously.

Xiao Li shook his head and said, "It should be to prepare for a breakthrough, maybe I will come back later!"

"Um!" I couldn't help but stomp my feet in a hurry when I heard this.

"Are there any important things reported?" Xiao Li also knew that I had attended a conference at the troupe level or above several times, and my identity was extraordinary, so he enthusiastically moved a chair over and said, "Don't worry, just wait here for a while!"

"Yeah!" I nodded and thought to myself that I had to do this. It was really not easy for the soldiers outside to run around and find someone. Maybe they would go around in circles.

So I sat down as Xiao Li said, but then I realized what it means to rest! I was so anxious that I was not standing, but I only saw Xiao Li and the others a little funny.

At this moment, I suddenly saw several telegrams written with shorthand symbols on the table. I couldn't help but have an idea. Then I sat down and took a deep breath, pretending to be relaxing, and took a telegram and said, "What are these words? Why is Qili strange!"

"This is a shorthand!" When Xiao Li and others saw that I was interested in these symbols, they enthusiastically explained: "Use these symbols to quickly write down the telegrams the leader wants to send."

"That's it! It's fast and convenient, and there's no mistakes!"

...

"Oh! Oh..." I pretended to be ignorant. In fact, I am a journalist in modern times, so I don't know how to learn shorthand. If I listen to others' words while recording in the notebook during an interview, the speed of writing Chinese characters will definitely not keep up with the speed of others' speaking, so shorthand can come in handy. Of course, there are many modern equipment now, so shorthand learning is not that important. But it is different for this era. Not only does this era not have those advanced equipment, but the characters used are traditional Chinese characters with many strokes. Therefore, in order to write down the telegrams that the leader wants to send, it is very important to write down shorthand in order to be comprehensive, fast, and without any missing.

"You radio soldiers are really capable! You also have this profound skill!" I took a pen and pretended to learn the shorthand symbols on the telegram, and kept praising: "If you want to talk about the importance of these radio soldiers, it is not worse than those who are fighting on the front line. Sometimes, you will gain a lot of initiative for us after a little time, so many people will die in our army! I really want to learn this skill..."

Although even I think this flattery is a bit awkward, but I still cheered Xiao Li and a few radio soldiers who are praised by me.

After drawing this telegram for a while, I finally drew both sides of the whole paper. Then I drew two thick horizontal lines for the two sentences written in shorthand symbols, handed them to Xiao Li and said, "Comrade Xiao Li, see if I write these two sentences correctly?"

Then he handed the pen to him: "Why do you translate the contents of these two shorthand sentences and write them down, and I can learn and learn in comparison!"

"Finish!" Xiao Li happily took the paper and pen, and couldn't help but exclaim: "It's not bad! Comrade, there is only one word wrong, everything else is right!"

"Hi!" I pretended to be a little ashamed and said, "I have drawn one word at a time to the telegram, but this is wrong..."

In fact, I made the wrong word on purpose wrong, so as not to make Xiao Li suspicious.

Xiao Li raised his pen and wanted to translate the content of the telegram on the paper, but after turning it over both sides, I found that I had written it all over. So he took a blank telegram paper and wrote on it: "To the 180th Division, at dusk, the entire division kept the radio silent, broke south, and then the camera moved towards the direction of the government!" The signature was the name of the army commander Wei Jie (Telephone).

I couldn't help but feel happy after watching Xiao Li finish writing, but unfortunately, I didn't expect that Xiao Li was so enthusiastic that he drew a cross on Wei Jie's character "Wei" and then put the correct shorthand symbol below.

What a fucking mistake! Seeing this, I couldn't help but curse, "Can I be wrong in other places?" Why did I mistake the name of the army commander? If this is shown to Commander Zheng, if he becomes suspicious, he will ask Xiao Li...

So after receiving the message, I was considering whether I would make up for the murder to kill people to silence them, and then disguised as an accident in the tunnel by the US military cannon. But after biting my teeth for a long time, I still couldn't make up.

I had no way to attack my comrades, even to save the entire division. So I had to sigh and throw the telegram to the ground. It seemed that I could only do it as planned, and this time it was a waste of effort.

"Xiao Li! The mule is here!" A shout came from outside the tunnel, which made me realize that these radio soldiers were waiting for the mule to transport the radio station.

Xiao Li responded and walked out with a few radio soldiers carrying the radio station and the documents. But before they could pack the things, they heard a loud "boom!" sound, and a shell exploded outside the tunnel. I rushed to the entrance of the tunnel and saw that people, mules... were all covered in blood and blood. The radio station also turned into a pile of scrap iron, and the documents were flying all over the sky, floating down in scattering.

I rushed into the tunnel again, flipping through the ground for a while before I found the forged telegram. No, it cannot be said that it was forged, it was written by Xiao Li himself...
Chapter completed!