Chapter 41 Steady and fierce

In the tunnel of the division headquarters, there were a large group of people sitting in a crowded manner. They were the commanders and political commissars of the 180th Division, including me and Li Pinghe. Stalin's death was not a trivial matter, so Commander Pang immediately held an emergency meeting.

Before the meeting began, the cadres in the tunnel were talking, and Commander Pang frowned, looking at the map silently, and looking through the documents from time to time, looking through what to look for...

The atmosphere in the tunnel was tense and depressed for a moment, because no one knew that the situation on the Korean battlefield was already very good for our army. As the main force of the United Nations, the US military had already wanted to retreat at this time, and because Eisenhower made a promise during his campaign to end the Korean War decently and as soon as possible, the more time went on, the more unfavorable the credibility of the US military and Eisenhower.

Of course, although there are the Seung Wong Group that constantly interferes with and undermines negotiations for its own interests, anyone knows that they will not cause any storm without the support of the US military.

The fact is indeed the case. According to what I know in modern times, when Syngman Rhee wanted to break away from the United Nations and work alone, expressing dissatisfaction with the US military and even fighting against the Americans, the US government even considered whether to assassinate Syngman Rhee, or control the Syngman Rhee group, and then replace it with a new puppet.

So under this situation, we seem to just need to keep this situation and wait slowly.

But things are impermanent, but at this time, there were major problems within the Soviet Union. If this problem occurred before the Volunteer Army changed clothes, it might not have a big impact. But now the Volunteer Army has changed clothes, and most of the equipment comes from the Soviet Union, which undoubtedly affects the whole body!

More importantly, this issue will also make the negotiations more confusing.

The US government, which has always been cunning, will naturally not miss such a good opportunity. They who originally wanted to continue to make concessions at the negotiating table will of course become stronger at this time; the US military, who originally planned to replace the Seung-man regime, will continue to support South Korea at this time.

The Americans did not want to fight the Korean War, but hoped to end the Korean War more decently and give American citizens a better explanation.

"Comrades!" Commander Pang finally spoke. He stood up and took a long breath, straightened his chest as if he was brave enough to face something, and said firmly: "I believe that all the comrades have received the telegram and know what happened! Yes, Comrade Stalin died of illness. The Soviet side's intention was to solve their internal problems first and have the intention to end the war as soon as possible!"

With a coaxing sound, the cadres in the tunnel drove around.

Although the soldiers were prepared for a long time, they were a little unwilling to accept the result when they heard the result. Another meaning of ending the war as soon as possible was to hand over the initiative to the enemy, and they would have to make concessions at the negotiating table...

"Comrades!" Commander Pang raised his hand to signal the comrades to calm down, and then said: "The superior means that it is obvious that the US military has no intention of fighting and is eager to end the war by relying on negotiations. However, the puppet army insists on using various methods to attempt to disrupt the negotiations, and does not hesitate to force the prisoners of war in disguise, and even repeatedly threatens to rely on the puppet army's own strength to unify North Korea. Given the bad behavior of the puppet army and their lack of sincerity in negotiations, the superiors decided to teach them a lesson so that they can understand that it is impossible to unify North Korea by relying on the puppet army alone, which is overestimating their own abilities! It also makes them understand that the pace of peace cannot be stopped. This is the call of the Korean people, even the people of the world, and the wish of the people of the world! Anyone who violates this call and wish must be resolutely defeated!"

"Okay! Fuck him!"

"Whenever you don't accept it, you'll hit anyone!"

"Just because they want to unify North Korea, they don't call themselves a pound!"

...

As soon as Commander Pang finished speaking, the cadres expressed their approval and expressed their shame for the puppet army's desire to do it alone.

By the way, the soldiers have long heard of the actions of the puppet army, such as the forcibly detaining prisoners, shooting prisoners, and agents... The soldiers were all indignant about the puppet army's behavior that openly undermined peace and violated the negotiation agreement. However, in order not to destroy the overall situation of the negotiation, they kept it in their hearts. At this time, when they heard Commander Pang say they wanted to fight, they could not resist the anger in their hearts. Everyone rolled up their sleeves and raised their hands to curse. Regardless of whether they fought or not, they would vent their anger first.

I didn't say anything because all this was what I expected.

At this time, two people looked at me, one was Commander Pang and the other was Li Pinghe.

I know why they looked at me. Commander Pang looked at me because I decided this plan to fight the puppet army. I have mentioned the benefits before that it can deepen the conflict between the puppet army and the US army, and also speed up the process of ending the war. But I think that if it weren't for Stalin's death, my superiors would never agree to my plan.

The reason is very simple. If everything is normal, the volunteers do not need to attack, they just need to defend and wait, and make the Americans anxious. We don’t have to fight for the lives of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of volunteer soldiers to risk this risk, just to make the war end soon. If so many lives are piled up, it is not worth it even if the war ends a few days earlier.

But now the situation is different. The Soviet issue determines that we must speed up the process, and there is a chance that we will change. So my plan is taken for granted and has value again.

The reason why Li Pinghe looked at me was even simpler. He had argued with me before whether it was necessary to secretly dig a tunnel on the enemy's 902.8 high ground. Now the facts have proved that all this preparation is completely necessary. This gives us a killer weapon that can quickly capture the enemy in front of us and open the gap in the enemy's defense line!

"Comrades!" When the soldiers were quieter, Commander Pang continued: "Don't think there is no good or bad to fight the puppet army. You must know that these guys of the puppet army are more stubborn than the Americans. If they don't beat them, they will not admit defeat honestly! Moreover, with the help of the Americans, the puppet army has excellent weapons, equipment, and firepower levels that are no different from those of the US military. The troops have also increased a lot, reaching 16 infantry divisions, and one division is being expanded. Together with its sea, the air force has a total of more than 640,000 people. Position fortifications have also increased generally. Perhaps we were afraid of our tunnel fortifications on Shangganling. We found that the puppet army's positions also built a large number of tunnels or tunnel-style covers! We stole the division from us!"

With a coaxing sound, the soldiers all laughed proudly, and many of them even turned their eyes to me. Because they knew that I was part of Shangganling.

"I want to remind comrades to pay attention..." After the soldiers laughed for a while, Commander Pang then said seriously: "Comrades, you must not underestimate our opponents, because the puppet army has already had rich experience and lessons to be beaten!"

The soldiers laughed even louder.

"This is how our army is arranged!" Commander Pang waved, and a guard brought a kerosene lamp to the map so that the soldiers could see clearly.

"There are six armies participating in the front line of our army!" Commander Pang pointed to the map and said, "From west to east, they are the 46th, 1st, 23rd, 24th, 67th and 60th armies. In terms of joint ***, from west to east, they are the 1st Marine Warfare Division, the 2nd, the 9th, the Capital Division, the 6th, 8th, 5th, 20th, 12th, 11th, 15th, and the 45th armies on the front line. The total strength of the front line is more than 700,000.

The instructions given to us are that the purpose is mainly to eliminate the enemy, train the troops, learn from experience, cooperate with the negotiations of Panmunjom, and pay appropriate attention to improving the existing positions. In this basic spirit, the superiors require each unit to choose one or two targets of the enemy facing each other. The target's defending enemy shall be limited to no less than two platoons and no more than one battalion, and shall be able to 'steadily and fiercely'."

After a pause, Commander Pang continued to explain: "Step by steadily, first, be prepared for a long-term battle and cannot be rushed to achieve success. Second, after the counterattack begins, be prepared to fight the enemy with two to three large-scale revenges across the line. Fierce attack means to let go of war with the enemy whenever you are ready to deal with any counterattack of the enemy. Strike hard and fight hard. You must do the 'if you don't fight, you will be ready, you will be annihilated, you will be attacked, and the code will be solid. "

I couldn't help but wonder when I heard the words of Commander Pang. This did not seem like the combat plan I accidentally drew on the combat map. In fact, that plan was the Battle of Jincheng in history. But what Commander Pang said now is a bit different from the Battle of Jincheng...

I stared at the map blankly, and after thinking about it, I quickly understood.

The puppet army's front line near Jincheng looked like a prominent pocket at first glance, and at the top of this pocket was Jincheng. Both ends of the bag were Jinhua and Wendeng, whom we were stationed.

For such a front, anyone knows that the best way to fight is to break through the enemy's defense line and threaten Jinhua's rear. Once the two armies are allowed to hold the bag, then the enemy of Jincheng will be surrounded and annihilated. Even if they cannot hold the bag, Jincheng's puppet army will have to retreat one way.

But why didn't Commander Pang's plan do this? I think this should be confusing the enemy's sight.

What we will think about, and of course the enemy will also think about it. If we attacked Jinhua and Wendeng as soon as we got into battle, we could guess what we wanted to do even if the enemy was a fool. The most likely result of this was that the puppet army sent a large number of reinforcements in Jinhua and Wendeng and organized an unbreakable line of defense. Of course, this was not what we wanted.

Fighting will allow the enemy to see through our army's combat intentions, but it will not work without fighting! Over the past few months, the puppet army has built solid fortifications on the front, with a defense of several kilometers. In other words, in front of us, not only the 902.8, 973 and 883.7 highlands are in front of us, but in the places with highlands, there are fortifications and forces of the puppet army. This may also be an important factor in the puppet army's strategic locations in Wendeng and Jinhua.

If we don't fight, once we launch a general attack on Jincheng, the volunteer army will have no way to break through the puppet army's deep defense depth in one fell swoop.

So for the sake of the present, we can only slowly grind it. The troops on the entire front all retaliatedly selected one or two targets to fight, and only target the enemy below the battalion. This will not attract the enemy's attention and let them see through our strategic intentions, and can slowly grind the enemy's defense in depth to prepare for the final battle of Jincheng.

"For different targets, we must adopt different combat methods!" Division Commander Pang continued: "The first target is that the enemy's position has solid fortifications and tunnels, and the terrain is favorable. After conquering, I must firmly defend and fight with the enemy to the end. The second type is that the enemy's position is fortifications, but there is no good tunnel or terrain is not very favorable. After conquering, the fortifications must be transformed immediately. Use the first and second echelons to fight with the enemy in a tug-of-war manner until the enemy no longer attacks. The third target is that the enemy's fortifications are not strong and the terrain is not favorable. Then, the "bite" method is adopted, and evacuate immediately after conquering, and choose other targets to attack..."

When I heard this, I understood it and became more determined to have my guess about the strategic intentions of my superiors just now.

Deciding whether the enemy's fortifications are solid or not, another meaning is to seize the key points. This principle is very simple. Only on important high grounds can the puppet army spend time, energy and money to build solid fortifications!

"Come, do you have any questions?" Finally, Commander Pang asked.

"No problem!"

"No problem!"

...

The soldiers answered one after another, but their faces were all a little disappointed.

Of course they were disappointed. They thought they could fight a big battle, but they didn't expect to make such a small fight! But what they didn't know was that these were just preparations for the big battle that would not be long before.

"Since there is no problem, all units will go back and prepare!" said Commander Pang: "Go back and study the combat plan, and report their selected targets and combat plans to the division headquarters before 9 o'clock in the evening!"

"Yes!" The soldiers responded and stood up one after another and walked out of the tunnel one after another.

"Captain Cui, wait a moment!" I was about to leave and was stopped by Commander Pang again.

Commander Pang was silent in front of the map for a while. After all the others left, he raised his head and said to me: "How is it? You know the true intentions of your superiors!"

"I know!" I hurriedly stood up, but thought about it and said hesitantly: "Teacher, do you think you know it! Or don't know it..."

Commander Pang laughed and said, "You kid, don't you think I'm going to kill someone to silence me!"

I couldn't help but smile awkwardly. The battlefield is really unsure. It is related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of volunteers! If I, an insider, leaked the secrets of heaven and let the puppet army agents know, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The volunteer army has always paid attention to the spirit of sacrificing the ego to preserve the big self, and at this point I will not tell me anything.

"Don't worry!" Commander Pang laughed a few times: "Even if no one believes, I won't believe you boy! But... if you have any ideas, just keep them in your heart, don't say anything at all, do you understand?"

"I understand!" I stood up and saluted.

I am not a fool, so of course I understand what Commander Pang meant. To my subordinates, it was to leak the news, and to my superiors, it was to tell my superiors that I was clear about the entire strategic intention, and I might say that my superiors would really treat me...

I won’t think about it anymore! In short, I have experienced the power of the Political Review Department and know that although there are no shortage of heroes in the Volunteer Army, there are also many talents like Li Pinghe!

"How is it? Have you selected the offensive target?"

"I'm going to choose it! It's the 902.8 highland on the front, and I'm ready. But..."

"But what?" Commander Pang smiled, as if my reaction had long been as expected.

"But the superior instructed us to only fight targets below the battalion level." I replied hesitantly: "But at least two battalions of the puppet army are stationed on the 902.8 Highlands!"

"Does the puppet army have two battalions on the front slope and on the top of the mountain?" Commander Pang asked inexplicably.

"That's not...oh!" I slapped my head and immediately understood what Commander Pang meant.

Yes! We were only fighting a battalion on the inclined surface of the puppet army. After being captured at the fastest speed, we followed the instructions of our superiors to stick to the goal with solid fortifications, so of course we must stick to it. It is their business for how many troops the enemy has counterattacked!

There is a saying that goes, "Ginger is still the spicy one", which is really true.

"But..." Then I asked hesitantly: "If we do such a big move, will it attract the attention of the puppet army and disrupt the overall plan of the superiors?"

"I have also reported to my superiors for this!" Commander Pang replied: "I mean that the puppet army also knows that there is a unit in Wendengli that can withstand the all-round attacks of the US ace troops from sea, land, air and tanks, and even helicopters to land special forces to fight. It can also capture all the special forces of the puppet army within a few days, and capture the captain of the special forces alive. If there is such a unit, if we fight harder, it is of course. If we don't fight harder, it will easily arouse the enemy's suspicion! The superiors also fully agree with my idea about this. Do you understand?"

"clear!"

"Have all the tunnels on the enemy's 902.8 high ground have been dug?"

"It can be completed tonight just now!" I replied.

I thought to myself that this was a coincidence, and it was just right to go ahead and I could use it tomorrow night.

"That's good!" Commander Pang nodded and encouraged: "Fight well, fight to show the might of our 180th Division, and give a good start to the brothers!"

"Yes!" I saluted Teacher Pang again.
Chapter completed!