Chapter 422: Re-establishing military power

There is a Chinese saying: "Good things don't go out, bad things go thousands of miles away."

This sentence is really perfect for the use of the Sixty Army on the Korean battlefield. For nearly two years, the soldiers of the Sixty Army felt that they could not raise their heads, as if they were inferior to others out of thin air. The ups and downs of it were really hard to explain for a while.

But, in fact, is all this fair to the soldiers of the Sixty Army? Is it fair to the soldiers of the 180th Division?

And who knows that the world only knows the fact that the 60th Army suffered serious losses during the fifth battle of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. People talk a lot about it. They always feel that the 60th Army lost face on the Korean battlefield and humiliated the Volunteer Army.

But who knows that from the situation on the Korean battlefield, China, from the first to the fourth mobile battle, from the mysterious to the lack of logistical power of the Volunteer Army, the "World Offensive" was discovered by the enemy. In addition, the "United Nations Army" later had more reinforcements, and its troops and firepower became stronger and stronger. The Volunteer Army has been taking the initiative to attack, and its strength is obviously not as strong as the US military. It is a matter of time before failure.

To be honest, the defeat of the Sixty Army was largely inevitable. Unfortunately, this inevitable failure was verified by the Sixty Army. What's even more unfortunate is that the 180th Division has heavier burdens, and almost all the main leaders have been replaced. Those generals retreated and those who left no longer had a chance to prove themselves.

But in fact? In that great defeat, who noticed that the Sixty Army was one of the few strong troops on the Korean battlefield?

According to the combat data of the General Staff of Zhishi, during the entire period of entering the North Korea war, the 60th Army achieved great results of killing, wounding and capturing 54,687 enemies, seized more than 180 artillery pieces and more than 6,200 guns. This number is actually quite high among the armies entering the North Korea war, and it can be said that there is a lot of noise. However, because of that battle, these achievements made the soldiers of the 60th Army invaded the cold palace without even having the opportunity to come out.

Here is a thing that can illustrate the embarrassing situation of the soldiers of the Sixty Army at that time. What surprised the world did not happen on the front line, but on the left-behind personnel behind the Sixty Army.

What are the rear-behind personnel? Each combat army actually has a group of logistics officers and soldiers staying in the Logistics Department to provide logistics support to the army.

However, since the 60th Army failed in the fifth battle, their life in the rear was not easy. Not to mention that they could still win battles because of their old age, they helped the soldiers of the 60th Army on the front line to receive good supplies, just by normal slits. Since the defeat in the battle, everyone has changed their face to them.

After the second phase of the fifth battle, whenever the soldiers of the Sixty Army went to collect supplies, they could only communicate with other departments in a humble manner. Often, they would be looked at sideways and faced with disdain. However, when they were receiving and forwarding supplies, they saw that they were as loud as others and swearing and competing with others, and they felt that the depressed feeling in their hearts was emitted.

Once, the left-behind personnel from the rear of the 60th Army went to the front and had already settled down. They were driven out by the people from the 38th Army who arrived later.

Compared with the brothers of the "Long Live Army", the soldiers of the Sixty Army did not even have the courage to say something. As long as they heard the soldiers of the Thirty-Eighth Army all raised their arrogance, they were muttering: "What are the good places to live in if you defeat the war? Let's go cool outside!"

They have no courage to say anything or fight for anything. The army is such a realistic place. If you can win, you can gain everyone's respect, and on the contrary, you have no confidence to speak.

Here, although the 60th Army was later due to various reasons, the biggest reason was that the failure on the Korean battlefield was finally withdrawn, Bloodblade still wanted to tell friends in Sichuan that you should thank the soldiers of the 60th Army. More than fifty years ago, it was this army holding the August 1st Army flag that inserted the five-star red flag into the "Nation of Heavenly Mansion".

Many older comrades in Sichuan should have paid back their memories. How energetic, disciplined and strict soldiers in local military uniforms and Shanxi accents were so energetic, disciplined and strode into this rich place. The scene where the people who entered the city danced yangko, beat the waist drum and shouted and welcomed this mighty and righteous teacher seemed to be vivid in their minds.

Then, it was the soldiers of the sixty army who wiped out the bandits in the "Tianfu Country" that lasted for hundreds of years in the "Tianfu Country", allowing the brothers and sisters of Sichuan Province to truly enjoy the peace from then on. Peace is hard-won, but never forget those immortal revolutionary soldiers who exchanged their blood and youth for peace.

Unfortunately, later, this heroic unit was cut off in the sequence of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. From then on, we can no longer see this unit guarding the land of our motherland and protecting their fellow villagers.

However, it does not prevent us from understanding their great achievements back then. If they were defeated by the enemy, we would get up there. General Zhang Zuliang's voice was loud and loud on the Korean battlefield back then, and it also represented the voices of all the sixty armies, especially the soldiers of the 180th Division.

But, in fact?

In this offensive and defensive battle between the 883.7 and 949.2 highlands, although the Sixty Army had the opportunity to turn the tables, the 180th Division did not receive this honor because their division unfortunately served as the reserve force of the entire army this time. Is it Zhang Zuliang who did not believe in their combat effectiveness? Or was it the deliberate instruction of the generals at all levels of Zhisi? This is unknown, but it is under this pressure that the soldiers of the 180th Division had subsequent outbreaks.

"What? The 180th Division became the division reserve?"

To be honest, when Wang Yang heard the news, he felt extremely shocked. As a member of the 180th Division, Wang Yang knew very well the suffering this army suffered.

"This is unfair to our 180th Division! Captain, go and talk to Commander Zhang! We finally made such a vote, but in fact we wanted to add glory to our old troops, but when we really went to the battlefield, we didn't let them go, what's the matter?"

In fact, it is not only Wang Yang from the 180th Division. In Wang Yang's special brigade, Li Xiaobu, Ye Cheng and Shi Donglai all came from the 180th Division. Shi Donglai looked at the recruits in the base and could not express anything, but Ye Cheng and Li Xiaobu didn't care about so much, and they all got angry without fighting each other.

"Yes, why do you say that the combat effectiveness of the 180th Division is not good? If it is really not good, then the three of us can still join the Xiaolong Special Forces Brigade? I feel angry when I think of that American consultant who is full of smell. If I had known, I wouldn't have left it to them!"

Li Xiaobu looked resentful. Everyone knew that if Wang Yang and the others had not taken back the enemy's firepower arrangement from the enemy's rear of the 883.7 highland and 949.2 highland, then the Sixty Army would not have been so sure to carry out this battle. However, they did not expect that the 180th Division was finally forgotten by the Sixty Army, which made Li Xiaobu not convinced.

"What a nonsense!"

When Wang Yang heard this result, he felt a little uncomfortable, and even blamed Zhang Zuliang in his heart. He thought that you should also know that I also came from the 180th Division. After our army's careful preparations, we fully thought of it in all aspects. We almost used the troops of an army to eat a regiment of South Korea. This clearly shows that it is a battle that must be victorious, and it is necessary to have a face, but why can't the 180th Division be allowed to join?

"The superiors naturally have the idea of ​​the superiors. After this battle, our 60th Army will have a face no matter what. He raised his head and let the troops make a fortune. He will be able to speak in the troops in the future. Are you afraid that the 180th Division will not have the chance to turn the battle in the future?"

Although I felt uncomfortable, Wang Yang was much more stable than Li Xiaobu and Ye Cheng. The order was an order. As a soldier, it would be done without any discount. If anyone could speak out about the orders issued by his superiors and even questioned them, how could he lead the soldier? So although Wang Yang was unwilling, he still scolded Ye Cheng and Li Xiaobu with a stern face.

"I...I can't figure it out. If the political commissar knows that our 180th Division once again puts the red flag on the enemy's position, I think the political commissar will smile even if he is in the underworld..."

But this time Li Xiaobu was furious. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. Tears couldn't stop flowing out of his eyes. He squatted on the ground with his head in his arms and shed tears. From his words, Wang Yang finally knew that Li Xiaobu, who was a guard, had actually forgotten the fact that the political commissar he had defended, died along the Han River.

"What are you thinking? Do you think of me not wanting to take revenge? You only think of the political commissar? Haven't I thought of the company commander who took me out? Haven't I thought of the squad leader who taught me how to fight?"

Seeing Li Xiaobu's appearance, Wang Yang couldn't get angry at all. Instead, he walked to him and squatted with him, patted him on his shoulder and comforted him, saying:

"However, we are soldiers. On the battlefield, soldiers take obeying orders as their duty, and we must obey the orders of superiors unconditionally!"

Wang Yang sighed deeply and told Li Xiaobu this truth. When he saw Li Xiaobu gradually calm down, Wang Yang said softly:

"Besides, you actually stand in the position of Commander Zhang. After all, the 180th Division was defeated on the Korean battlefield. This was an important battle for the Sixty Army to turn over. Even if Commander Zhang believes in the combat effectiveness of 180, can other troops believe it? Will the leader of Zhisi be suspicious? So it is necessary to temporarily suffer some grievances from the 180th Division. This is probably the following adjustment made by Commander Zhang from the overall situation!"

After all, as a commander, Wang Yang thought about the problem more deeply than Li Xiaobu. He considered himself in Zhang Zuliang's position, but suddenly felt that the situation of the 180th Division temporarily serving as the strategic reserve team became extremely unreasonable. He even continued to speculate:

"And I think that as long as this battle is fought well, it means that the Sixty Army will regain the position of the main force of the Volunteer Army as the main force. Then, there will be no fear of no wars in the future. This battle will make the Sixty Army turn over and will be used as the main force in the future. Once another battle occurs, let the 180th Division be joined. Wouldn't you say this to make everyone have nothing to say?"

"Captain, are you... what you said is true?"

Li Xiaobu held his head and listened with red eyes like a child. He thought about it for a long time, and gradually he felt the truth in Wang Yang's dialect. He was not too sad for a moment, but just asked Wang Yang with some uncertainty.

"Of course, during the several traffic battles between Commander Zhang and I, I felt that Commander Zhang was definitely not a person who was willing to be burdened. Think about it, once the Sixty Army proved itself again on the Korean battlefield, the 180th Division would not be properly proved. If this cannot be done, it will always be an incomplete flaw of the Sixty Army. Do you think Commander Zhang can agree?"

Wang Yang smiled slightly. He followed this idea to speculate. The more he felt that this possibility was extremely high, and it was very consistent with Zhang Zuliang's psychology, so he became more and more confident.

"I understand, then... I heard from the captain. I was wrong just now. Please punish me!"

Li Xiaobu raised his head and quickly accepted the answer. The key point is that Wang Yang also thought about Zhang Zuliang's ideas well, which made Li Xiaobu feel very convinced. At this time, he lowered his head and apologized to Wang Yang very sincerely.

"The punishment is not needed. We have to go to the battlefield. I will punish you to fight a few more South Korean puppet troops!"

Wang Yang shook his head. Li Xiaobu and Ye Cheng's personalities were relatively impulsive, so although they made a lot of military achievements, their promotion in the Xiaolong Special Forces Brigade was still quite slow. Originally, the five captains were also part of them, but because of their impulsive personality, they did not choose the last one. However, based on Wang Yang's understanding of them, once they went to the battlefield, they were definitely the best warriors.

"Is it an attack on the 883.7 Heights and 949.2 Heights? Isn't that the offensive mission of the various units of the Sixty Army? Can we also take it? What is our mission?"

Originally, they thought that attacking the 883.7 highland and 949.2 highland were all the units of the Sixty Army. Li Xiaobu and Ye Cheng did not expect that there would be a chance to go to the battlefield. But now after hearing what Wang Yang said, it seemed that they were going to go to the battlefield. The two boys suddenly forgot what was uncomfortable just now, and quickly asked Wang Yang. They looked surprised and asked several questions at once.

"It's still my old job, let's go and snipe!"'

Wang Yang shook his head with a wry smile, but he was speechless to these two guys. As long as he heard that there was a war to fight, they seemed to have every cell in their bodies jumped up, and the questions and resentment just now were all the same.

"Sniper?!"

Li Xiaobu and Ye Cheng looked at each other a little, and asked them to attack the position to attack and attack? Or at night, although there are possibilities, the role of the sniper is not very obvious in this case. In addition, the enemy must have a lot of cannons and heavy firepower, which is undoubtedly very unfavorable to the battle of the Xiaolong Special Warriors. They did not understand the intention of the superiors to issue this order.

"Yes, sniper!"

Seeing their stupidity, Wang Yang knew what they were thinking. He couldn't help but smile and asked, "You only know that they are fighting positional battles, but you shouldn't forget that before the attack, our troops were still lurking at the front of the enemy's formation for a whole day, right?"

"yes!"

Ye Cheng still didn't understand. He couldn't help scratching his head and finally asked Wang Yang: "But what does this have to do with our Xiaolong Special Forces Brigade? Could it be that we also let us lurk at the forefront of the position?"

"No, you guys have to know that this is the first time that a team of more than 3,000 people lurks in the attack area, and it is under the enemy's eyelids. If the enemy sends a patrol team or sets up some reconnaissance patrol at the forefront of some position, is it possible?"

Wang Yang smiled and decided to remind them that these two kids would understand.

"Oh...Captain, I understand..."

Ye Cheng had a little more ghost ideas than Li Bu. He listened to the words of Wang Yang, and then thought about the battle examples that had appeared in the lurking past, he immediately understood: "What superiors meant is to let us conduct field snipers on the enemy's patrol team at the forefront of our army, right?"

“The answer is correct!”

Wang Yang smiled, and then said to the two guys: "I understand, why don't you prepare? The battle will begin soon!"

"It's night now!"

Li Xiaobu was stunned and looked at the weather. It was already nine o'clock in the evening. Is it a bit too exaggerated to go into battle at this time?

"Li Xiaobu, you guy is stupid. If you don't lurk at night, would you hide under the enemy's eyelids in broad daylight? How can you fight this battle?"

Ye Cheng understood much more than Li Xiaobu. He looked at Li Xiaobu angrily, pulled him away: "Hurry up, our Xiaolong Special Forces Brigade has time to attack. The captain asked to prepare for the departure within five minutes, get ready to go!"

Wang Yang smiled and shook his head. The soldiers of the Xiaolong Special Forces Brigade are now becoming more and more conscious. They are no longer the same as when they were first established. At that time, Gao Xiaodong and Wang Yang said whatever they said, but now they have turned some regulations and requirements into regulations. The soldiers all know that they act in accordance with regulations. This is definitely a huge progress for a regular special forces.

Five minutes later, the Xiaolong Special Forces Team was ready. This time, the special forces soldiers who came to the 883.7 highland and the 949.2 highland to assist the 60th Army in combat, including the first brigade and the third brigade led by Li Zhonghua, as well as the first brigade of Xu Weiguo and Fu Rongyi's fifth brigade. At this time, the Xiaolong Special Forces Team was different from the past.

Due to the special care of the overall equipment, the soldiers' weapons are quite rich. Generally speaking, the soldiers often have several sets of weapons, including submachine guns and Mosin Gandhi sniper rifles, and some advanced heavy weapons are also equipped in the brigade. However, this time the special soldiers went to sniper, and it was at night, so each soldier brought Mosin Gandhi sniper rifles and night vision scopes into the position.

On the night of June 10, 1953, this day was specially selected by the Department of the Volunteer Department. On the 883.7 high ground and 949.2 high ground, there was no starlight in the sky. It was nearly 600 meters away. If the enemy had not observed it deliberately, it would be impossible to clear objects ten meters away from them.

At this time, in addition to Wang Yang and others silently sneaking into a sniper front about 400 meters away from the enemy positions in the 883.7th Highland and the 949.2 Highland, the front of the 535th Regiment of the 179th Division of the 60th Army and the 542nd Regiment of the 181st Division, four battalions, fifteen and a half infantry companies, and four machine gun companies all quietly entered the lurking area. The battle was unprecedentedly powerful, and the volunteer army also set a precedent in world military history, using more than 3,500 people to lurk, and began to attack the enemies of the 883.7th Highland and 949.2 Highland.

More than 3,500 people lurked, and under the enemy's eyelids, although extremely dense grass and shrubs have grown under the positions of the 883.7 and 949.2 highlands, and tunnels that the volunteers once secretly dug on the ground, it is absolutely terrifying to use a whole of thousands of people to lurk for a full twenty-four hours.

Only with super discipline and arduous fighting will, could one dare to carry out such a task. At that time, only the Chinese volunteer army dared to make such a bold attack action in the world. Judging from the situation at that time, no matter whether the final attack war of the Sixty Army was successful, this lurking battle was the best touchstone for determining the combat capabilities of the Sixty Army.

At twelve o'clock in the evening, our supportive artillery also entered the position in secret. The "Katyusha" artillery once again included the enemy's position in the attack range of our artillery fire. However, this time our artillery fire has obviously been greatly strengthened. More than 300 "Katyusha" artillery and more than 400 artillery fires of various colors are waiting for the arrival of the general attack order at any time.

The longer the battle is, the reality shows that it is becoming more and more beneficial to our army. For the Chinese Volunteer Army, which only uses millet and earth guns and cannons, the process of war is a process that allows our volunteer army to mature as soon as possible. It fully attracts the US military's combat philosophy, and at the same time, after strengthening its own advanced equipment in sea, land and air, the combat effectiveness of the volunteer army is far from comparable to when Wang Yang and others carried out the fifth counterattack.

What is even more terrifying is the pragmatism of the Volunteer Army. Chairman Mao’s military term was rank by our generals many times on the Korean battlefield. "It is better to cut off one finger than to hurt his five fingers." He used the strength of an army to wipe out an enemy regiment, so this battle will definitely become a nightmare for Colonel Choi Young-gyu, the leader of the 27th Han Regiment, and his soldiers.

"Company Commander, if I sacrifice, please hand over all my relics to the party organization. If we don't take the position, we will never come back!"

"Don't worry, the company commander, even if the fire is on his body, even if we hit the enemy's cold gun, we will never snort in lurking. This is all the allowances I have since joined the army. If I sacrifice, please give it to the party for help. This is my final party dues."

"Instructor, this is my letter of determination and a suicide note left to my family. If I sacrifice, please tell my family that I sacrificed to defend the motherland. Please forgive me for not being able to go home to fulfill my filial piety to the two elders!"

“…”

Each of the 3,500 volunteer soldiers wrote their own letter of determination when they found out, leaving behind the most steadfast oath. In order to win the battle and to make the Sixty Army fight a beautiful turnaround, the soldiers had long put their lives and death aside and would never look back until they conquered the 883.7 highlands and 949.2 highlands.

The soldiers' determination seemed to move the world. That night, everything was silent, and the dark night without stars became the best barrier for the soldiers to lurk. However, as expected, under the firepower reconnaissance of the South Korean soldiers who were timid and afraid, and panic all day long, the lurking volunteer soldiers still encountered a series of trouble.

Facing the darkness, the South Korean soldiers on the 883.7 highlands and 949.2 highlands felt a bizarre fear. The darkness was the world of the volunteer army. Just like the raids of the enemy a few days ago, the enemy had great doubts about their so-called "never destroyed" front. So from 11:00 to 12:00, they thought that the volunteer army was most likely to appear, they began aimless cold guns and cold cannons.

War is cruel and unpredictable. Comrades from the meteorological department predicted the weather, but did not predict the madness of the enemy before they died.
To be continued...