Chapter 15 Chapter Fourteen Steel Troops

Cheorwon has a bearing on the overall situation.Guarding Tieyuan, Xiao Yingtang was in a hurry.At the critical moment, Yang Dezhi showed the trump card of the 63rd Army. Peng Dehuai: Tell Fu Chongbi, if he loses a regiment, I will make up for him a regiment, and if he loses a division, I will make up for him a division! At all costs, stick to Cheorwon!Some companies have only two people left.Yang Dezhi told Fu Chongbi with concern: The troops should be allowed to have gains and losses... The remaining 58 members of the "Eighth Special Gong Company" blocked the attack of a division of the enemy.Peng Dehuai: I will send you new clothes, new equipment, cigarettes, alcohol, and various canned food!At the end of the battle, the 63rd Army replenished 13,000 veterans at once.

On May 28, the headquarters of the Nineteenth Corps in Jiuhuali. In response to the fact that the enemy took advantage of the opportunity of our volunteers moving north to implement their "magnetic tactics", the Volunteer Army Headquarters immediately made careful deployments in terms of our army's transfer, blocking, and fighting lines according to changes in the enemy's situation: the 6th of the 19th Corps The 13th and 64th armies and the first corps of the People's Army were divided into left, middle, and right routes to move to Weichuanli and the area north of Lianchuan; the 65th army performed blocking tasks.

Peng Dehuai made a special call to Yang Dezhi and repeatedly stated: In order to ensure the safety of the Yeoncheon and Cheorwon front lines and cover the transfer of the Third Corps of the brotherly troops, the 65th Army must persist in the blocking missions in the Uijeongbu and Cheongpyeongcheon areas for 15 to 20 days. sky. Yang Dezhi is very clear: the Yeoncheon-Cheorwon line is an important communication line in the western part of Korea, with both roads and railways.And Cheorwon is the main supply station for our volunteers to hoard supplies.Once occupied by the enemy, it will cut off the connection between our east and west fronts, directly threatening the ongoing transfer of our entire army.The task of the Sixty-fifth Army is very difficult!Now, the 65th Army has held on for 4 days under the condition that food, ammunition, and soldiers are relatively consumed.However, the request from the headquarters is to allow the Sixty-fifth Army to block it for 15 to 20 days!Thinking of this, Yang Dezhi couldn't help but sweat for the 65th Army...

At this moment, the phone rang quickly—it happened to be from Xiao Yingtang, commander of the 65th Army.From the phone, Yang Dezhi clearly heard Xiao Yingtang's rapid breathing.Before the words came out, Yang Dezhi's nervousness increased a bit. Xiao Yingtang reported: The enemy has concentrated several times the strength of the Sixty-fifth Army, equipped with air force, tanks, and artillery, and made continuous forcible assaults.At present, the troops have suffered heavy casualties. Some positions have been lost, and some troops have been forced to retreat 20 to 30 kilometers. They have now retreated to the area north of the Hantan River...

This is an extremely serious situation that has the potential to jeopardize the entire campaign! Yang Dezhi had a premonition of the seriousness of the situation, so he decisively instructed Xiao Yingtang on the other end of the phone: "Mr. Xiao, I will immediately dispatch the 63rd Army to support you. Now I order your department to overcome all difficulties and strictly follow the Fight against Shiji's request and never let the enemy advance half a step!" Yang Dezhi's tone was firm and his attitude firm. However, when Yang Dezhi reported the situation to the headquarters of the Volunteer Army, he was full of worries and felt very heavy: the 63rd Army, without rest and without any supplements, was destined to suffer a big loss if it blocked the fierce and powerful enemy. Unable to keep it... In this regard, Yang Dezhi truthfully reported to Peng Dehuai.

On the phone, Peng Dehuai categorically said to him: "Tieyuan Blocking War can only be won, not defeated! Please tell Fu Chongbi, if he loses a regiment, I will make up for him; if he loses a division, I will make up for him! At all costs, stick to Cheorwon!" Indeed, at this critical juncture, as far as the current situation is concerned, the 63rd Army is facing many difficulties, and the head of the corps is well aware of this.The 63rd Army has been fighting continuously for more than a month since it broke through the Linjin River.In addition to the serious shortage of weapons, equipment and supplies, combat and non-combat attrition are also quite serious.Troop attrition during combat was normal.Domestic warfare can be replenished as it is fought, but it is basically impossible in North Korea.On the front of their defense, there were more than 47,000 people in the four divisions commanded by Van Fleet at that time, with an average of more than 700 people per kilometer; while the 63rd Army had only 24,000 people, with an average There are only more than 370 people on the road.In terms of weapons and equipment, the enemy had more than 1,300 artillery pieces of various types and more than 180 tanks, supported by the air force, while the 63rd Army had only 240 pieces including the 60th artillery, and had neither tanks nor aircraft.That is to say, the Sixty-Third Army must stop the enemy, which has a clear advantage in equipment and has nearly twice as many troops, in front of itself, so that they cannot take a step forward.And the blocking time is not 1 or 2 days, but 10 to 15 days.This is President Peng's order. "Military orders are falling like mountains", there is no room for it.

Leading comrades such as Army Commander Fu Chongbi and Political Commissar Long Daoquan, who are on the front line of the blocking war, are also well aware of the current severe struggle situation. When the 63rd Army accepted the mission, Commander Fu Chongbi personally rushed to the first echelon of the army to carry out forward command.They first built temporary field fortifications in an area 20 kilometers deep and 25 kilometers in front, laying the foundation for preventing the enemy from advancing. After careful preparation, the Sixty-Third Army's implementation plan of various arrangements for completing the blocking mission was quickly reported to the Corps headquarters.Fu Chongbi pointed out in the report: In terms of troop deployment, we should adopt the method of deploying troops in depth and deploying fewer troops and stationing more troops, and use multiple combat teams to entangle with the enemy at the front so that the enemy cannot approach our main position prematurely; In terms of tactical use, combined frontal and flank counterattacks, and sent small troops to harass the enemy at night, and so on.

After Yang Dezhi carefully read the battle plan of the 63rd Army, he felt infinitely relieved. From the bottom of my heart, this combat plan of the 63rd Army is concise and clear, with effective measures and in line with the actual situation.From this, he found that his subordinate commanders have greatly improved in the art of commanding, adapting to the new environment, new conditions, and new combat objects since they entered the court, especially after the first phase of the campaign. . Yang Dezhi excitedly said to Zheng Weishan, the deputy commander who was immersed in the study of the 63rd Army's combat report: "Well, that's right. It seems that the battle is getting bigger and bigger, but the battle command is getting more and more detailed."

"That's right, it's called war training people!" Zheng Weishan continued. After a while, Zheng Weishan suddenly said to himself: "No, Fu Chongbi didn't raise any difficulties in the report? Don't..." "Don't worry about it? Are you worried that Fu Chongbi underestimated the difficulties?" Yang Dezhi asked hastily. "..." Zheng Weishan didn't speak. "In my opinion, Fu Chongbi and the others deliberately didn't mention it. They know the current situation of the Corps." Yang Dezhi went on to say, "I think we should take the initiative to ask them this question."

"Yes, let's ask separately. We need to ask specific questions and solve specific problems." Li Zhimin said, "As for political work, I will ask Xianrui." "There are indeed a lot of logistical problems. In my opinion, in the current situation, logistical work can only be done by relying on no one, and everyone needs to work together." Zheng Weishan said. During this period, the logistics department of the Corps has been abolished, and most of the comrades in the logistics department have been enriched into the logistics headquarters of the Volunteer Army and several logistics branches established. The logistics supply has been implemented by sub-parts.The supply of the Nineteenth Corps was the responsibility of the Third Division.Yang Dezhi suggested that it is necessary to call the comrades in the branch to let them know about the current tasks and logistical difficulties of the 19th Corps.

Li Zhimin joked as if he said: "I came to find them. Mr. Peng said before the five battles started: this battle is won, half of the credit is for all the commanders and soldiers, and half for the logistics. The half of the credit is so easy to get." Is it?!" Yang Dezhi said to everyone: "The biggest difficulty of the 63rd Army, in my opinion, is the lack of troops. It is most practical for us to give them some help in this regard. I want to draw some people from the team directly under the Corps to give them. You guys What do you think?" Everyone agrees. Yang Dezhi found Fu Chongbi on the position of the 189th Division.When Yang Dezhi asked what difficulties he had, Fu Chongbi smiled.He said: "There are a lot of difficulties! But the army leaders have studied it, and everyone's unanimous opinion is not to mention any of them." Yang Dezhi said: "You said you didn't mention one thing, but you mentioned a lot. We studied it and decided to draw 500 people from the team directly under the Corps for you!" Fu Chongbi did not speak for a while. "Did you hear what I said?" Yang Dezhi pushed Fu Chongbi, and said loudly, "500 for you. I told them to recruit as many veterans with combat experience as possible for you." Fu Chongbi was very excited.He almost shouted: "We will immediately convey this decision of the corps to every soldier. Please rest assured the leader of the corps. We will never let Van Fleet step into Cheorwon!" In Cheorwon, a tragic and tragic blocking battle has begun. The 187th and 189th Divisions of the 1st Echelon of the 63rd Army built echeloned deep defensive positions along both sides of the Lianchuan-Cheorwon Highway; 188th Division as the second echelon, deployed in the Yiguchuan and Chutunli areas west of Cheorwon, and formed an anti-airborne force here. On the first day, the U.S.-Lee Army commanded by Van Fleet conducted a full-day tentative attack on the 63rd Army's positions with part of its forces, and then switched to a full-scale attack.Relying on the support of powerful artillery fire and the cover of tank groups, the enemy gradually increased its strength and carried out multi-faceted and multi-level rounds of attacks. As soon as the two sides exchanged fire, the fighting became extremely fierce.The 189th Division fought very hard. After some positions were captured by the enemy, they were retaken by me, and this happened several times a day.In this way, the 189th Division fought hard for three days and three nights, and the basic position was still firmly in their hands.But some positions were breached by the enemy, some teams suffered heavy casualties, and some battalions even lost their combat effectiveness... Cheorwon became the focus of attention of the leaders of the Volunteer Army at all levels. Commander Yang Dezhi asked for a call to the headquarters of the 63rd Army, and he told Fu Chongbi: "Your task is to defend and block, not to hold on to a certain position. You should allow the troops to gain as much as they lose, and regain what they lose. The key is to Resist the enemy in general!" Peng Dehuai was also closely watching the positions of the 63rd Army. He found Yang Dezhi on the phone and said, "The troops are doing well. Tell Fu Chongbi to love and cherish the soldiers, and pay attention to preserving their combat effectiveness." ... On the fifth day of the battle, the first battalion, one company and two platoons of the 563rd Regiment of the 188th Division had just entered the position. above the mountains.The first battalion and their second platoon had won the honorable titles of "Steel Battalion" and "Special Service Platoon" respectively in domestic combat. On June 5, after the second platoon repelled two frontal attacks by about one battalion of the enemy during the day, at night, the enemy turned around and attacked the second platoon with a battalion of troops. By midnight, there were only 8 people and 15 rounds of ammunition left in the platoon. At this time, the enemy rushed up again.They carried forward the indomitable spirit and fought the enemy with bayonets, gun stocks, sticks, and stones to the death, repelling the enemy's counterattack again.On June 5 alone, the second platoon killed more than 100 enemies! On the position, the bullets of the 8 people have all been shot, and there are only a few grenades left. Seeing that the enemy is about to launch a new round of attack, at this time, the deputy platoon leader Li Bingqun said to the soldiers: "Comrades, we are surrounded by the enemy on three sides." Surrounded, there is a cliff more than 5 feet deep behind us, now it is impossible for the eight of us to break through; to fight, there is no bullet; to fight face to face with the enemy, they are too many, and if they fail, they will be captured. We are the "Steel Battalion" Soldiers of the Special Merit Platoon must not discredit the heroic unit, nor shame the motherland! I propose, I would rather jump off a cliff than die as a prisoner!" The soldiers responded with one voice: "Death is not a prisoner!" Therefore, they left a party leader and 2 soldiers to cover, and Li Bingqun led the other 4 soldiers to the cliff firmly... After completing the cover task, the remaining 3 soldiers also jumped off the cliff. Among the eight warriors, three survivors were retrieved by the army after jumping off the cliff and being injured. At the beginning, the 63rd Army reported to the head of the Corps that they had sent people to look for Li Bingqun and other comrades, but they could not find them.The cliff was more than 5 feet deep, and it was probably sacrificed.Political commissar Li Zhimin was very angry after hearing this, and asked them to continue searching. He was very excited and said: "Tell the Political Department of the 63rd Army that they should report the names of eight comrades and sort out their deeds. The Corps must praise them very well and give credit to these comrades!" Later, I learned from the list in the report that these eight comrades were: Li Bingqun, Zhai Guoling, Luo Juncheng, Hou Tianyou, He Chengyu, Cui Xuecai, Zhang Qiuchang and Meng Qingxiu. In the positions of the 563rd Regiment of the 63rd Army, the 3rd Battalion and 8th Company also played very well.They used their troops flexibly, used tactics wisely, and fought continuously for 4 days and nights with a heroic, tenacious and indomitable fighting spirit. At the cost of 16 casualties, they killed and wounded more than 800 enemies, and repelled 15 large-scale attacks by the enemy. position.After the war, they won the title of "Eighth Company of Special Meritorious Service", and the commander of the company, Guo Enzhi, was awarded the honorable titles of "First Class Combat Hero" and "Special Hero". At dawn on June 5, there was a faint sound of artillery in the distance. Guo Enzhi, like the soldiers, has marched and fought almost every day for more than 40 days since he broke through the Linjin River.It stands to reason that if you haven't closed your eyes for two days and two nights, it's time to rest.However, how can you sleep with a heavy burden on your shoulders?He leaned against the ammunition box at the entrance of the shelter, his eyes fixed on the front of the trench, as if an enemy would suddenly come out there.The sound of rumbling guns was getting closer and closer. He rolled up his sleeves and looked at his watch, oh, it's almost 5 o'clock!It's time for the enemy to move out!He stood up abruptly and got out of the shelter. It was broad daylight.Rose-colored clouds appeared in the east, and golden rays of morning glow radiated from the clouds. What a beautiful early summer morning in North Korea!At this time, in the motherland, relatives may be carrying plows to the fields, wearing work clothes to enter the factory, and carrying small schoolbags to school... But in North Korea right now, there are wars everywhere, and the eyes are full of scorched earth... "Report to the company commander, there is about one company of the enemy, and they are almost at the foot of the mountain." The voice of the reconnaissance team leader interrupted Guo Enzhi's thoughts. "Tell the second row to get ready, the first row not to expose the firepower, and hit hard according to the predetermined plan!" As soon as Guo Enzhi's voice fell, the enemy's shelling began. boom!boom!boom!Shells exploded one after another in the second row.Suddenly, on the 200 heights, the sky was covered with smoke and dust, and there was a sea of ​​fire; the woods were shaved, and the land seemed to have been plowed; the crazy enemy poured tons and tons of steel without hesitation. As soon as the bombardment was over, a large black mass of enemies emerged from the poplar forest.Some carried guns on their backs, some leaned on guns, and some carried bullet boxes, all of them swaggered and climbed up.Probably they thought that there was no power on the mountain that could stop their progress. The enemy climbed closer and closer, and the soldiers in the second row stared angrily, holding the grenade with the lid open tightly in their hands. Only 20 meters away... "Fight!" Following the command of Instructor Su, a row of grenades flew into the enemy group and exploded violently.The enemy was hit by this sudden blow, and ran back.Immediately afterwards, the machine gun roared, and the 60 guns rang out. The fierce firepower caused the enemies to fall one by one, and the rest scrambled and crawled back. "Good fight! Good fight! For the sake of the Korean people, beat that bastard so hard that he can't come and go!" Guo Enzhi shouted loudly on the summit. When it comes to battles, his voice is particularly loud, running east, shouting east, running west, shouting west, fighting all night, he can agitate all night, fight one day, he can also agitate all day. Hearing the company commander's trumpet voice, the soldiers in the second platoon put on all their strength and defeated the enemy twice in a row. In front of the position, wisps of green smoke were gently shackled on the tree stumps hit by the artillery fire and on the clothes of the enemy's corpses.After cleaning the battlefield, the soldiers are nervously repairing the fortifications, waiting for the next round of the enemy's attack. Guo Enzhi got into the shelter and reported the battle situation to the battalion commander on the phone. The battalion commander's words were very clear in the earphones: "You gave the enemy a big blow and wiped out more than 60 at once. Good fight! However, Guo Enzhi, the enemy touched The nose will not be reconciled, it will definitely hit..." "Yes, Battalion Commander, don't worry, we will deal with as many enemies as they come, and make sure to give him a receipt every time!" "Haha!" After a burst of laughter, the battalion commander reminded him again, "When dealing with such an opponent, you need to use your brain more. The more victorious you are, the more calm you must be... Wait a minute, the trainer will talk to you." The instructor told him that he must pay attention to the role of the party branch as a battle fortress, actively carry out meritorious service competitions in the positions, inspire the revolutionary heroism of the cadres and soldiers of the entire company, and ensure the successful completion of the blocking mission.At the end, the instructor especially amplified his voice: "Hey, let me tell you some good news. The Korean people and the People's Army just sent us a large amount of ammunition and food." "It's really timely rain! As long as you have enough ammunition, it doesn't matter how long you fight!" "Okay! I'll send someone to deliver ammunition to you right away!" "I'll tell Quanlian immediately to crack down on the American bandits, and thank the North Korean people for their support with practical actions!" Guo Enzhi put down the phone excitedly. Not long after, the enemy shells came roaring again, more fiercely than last time.In an instant, the nameless highland became a sea of ​​flames. As soon as the artillery stopped, smoke rose from the battlefield.Guo Enzhi casually greeted the 60th gunner and the heavy machine gunner: "Go, go to the first row!" Seeing the company commander's greeting, Old Wang, the machine gunner, put the machine gun weighing several tens of kilograms on his shoulder with a "hum", and said while running, "Company commander, should I have enough fun this time?" "Cough! I'm still worried that you didn't call me! Hurry up and follow me!" At the branch committee last night, the cadres of the company specifically studied the characteristics of the enemy: strong firepower, and love to engage in group attacks.If the enemy's firepower is strong, we will reinforce the fortifications; if the enemy likes to engage in group attacks, we will skillfully use firepower to beat him up.Guo Enzhi also came up with an idea: the enemy will attack the second row alone, and the first and third rows should not expose their firepower, so that the enemy can't figure out our details. This will not only help us kill the enemy with sudden firepower, but also avoid the enemy artillery fire.Everyone agreed with him.Just now the second row was fighting fiercely, but not a single shot was fired in the first row. Guo Enzhi ran to the unnamed high ground and began to quickly organize firepower.He said to Squad Leader Song of the 60th Artillery Squad: "When you hear me firing the first shot, you fire four rounds at the densely packed enemy to drive them into the middle. Then hit it hard in the middle with one shot, understand?" Then he said to the machine gunner Lao Wang: "When I fire the second shot, your machine guns will sweep in the middle and drive those free boys to both sides." After finishing speaking, Guo Enzhi turned to the deputy company commander: "When my third shot is fired, your counterattack team will go out and kill them all hard!" As soon as everything was arranged, a company of enemies came up.After suffering a loss, I gained a little insight: I saw these guys looking around, dawdling, and climbing up like snails. It seems that the enemy is much less timid. The enemy was still fifty or sixty meters away from the position. Before they could disperse, Guo Enzhi raised the pistol in his hand, and there was a "beep", and the 600 cannon flew "Hang", "Hang", "Hang", "Hang" Four shells were fired, one in front of the enemy, one in the back, one in the left, and one in the right.The living enemies squeezed desperately into the middle. At this moment, there was a "snack", and the fifth shell exploded right in the center of the enemy group, causing the enemy to fall in a big circle in a crooked manner. "Ba" fired another shot, Pharaoh locked the trigger tightly, and the heavy machine gun beeped, shooting 150 rounds in one breath, and a "human alley" was opened in the enemy group. Just as he was fighting vigorously, Guo Enzhi yelled at the machine gunner: "Hey, Lao Wang, how did you fight?" "Hit the enemy's head!" Pharaoh opened his mouth and replied. "No, that's too much of a waste of bullets. The enemy is attacking from the bottom up. One is lower than the other. It should be hit like this!" After finishing speaking, Guo Enzhi lifted the body of the gun upwards, pressed the muzzle, and the angry bullet passed through the first one. The belly of the enemy, then through the chest of the second enemy, and then through the head of the third enemy, one bullet pierced three, and the three ghosts pierced into a bunch of candied haws. The enemy was stunned and did not dare to take a step forward.At this moment, Guo Enzhi's third shot rang out. "kill!" The two counter-attack teams, led by the deputy company commander, went down the mountain like a tiger and rushed straight down. The bayonet flashed coldly, and the bullets rolled towards the enemy group like a torrential rain. ten. Repelling the enemy's attack, Guo Enzhi immediately realized that the defeated enemy would definitely retaliate with artillery fire.He immediately ordered the trumpeter to blow the retreat horn.The counterattack team had just entered the hole, and with a piercing roar, a shell fell in front of the position.Immediately afterwards, countless shells hit the sky and covered the sky like hailstones, shaking the whole mountain. "Smoking!" Guo Enzhi rolled a "trumpet cigarette", leaned against the cave wall, and smoked it hissingly.The artillery fire outside the cave became more and more urgent. Guo Enzhi took a long puff of smoke and said, "Please forgive the enemy artillery, so that we don't need to cut down trees and build a deer camp!" A burst of laughter echoed in the artillery cave. Guo Enzhi is always so humorous and funny.The soldiers were with him, even when they were fighting, they were happy.Marching on a rainy night the day before yesterday, the muddy mountain road was steep and slippery. I always felt that my feet were pricked when I walked, and the pesky pebbles kept getting stuck in the sandals.He raised his foot and touched it, bad!It's too late! Touch the shoe again, there is also a hole.He became cruel, threw it away, and felt a bit more agile when he walked.At dawn, someone asked him: "Company commander, what kind of shoes are you wearing?" Guo Enzhi looked down, heh! From the calf to the soles of the feet were covered with black mud. He lifted his legs with a smile: "Our high-waisted black leather shoes are shiny and shiny!" The company commander of optimism, everyone likes him from the bottom of their hearts. Towards dusk, the artillery fire gradually subsided. After Guo Enzhi reported the battle situation for the day to the battalion, he took advantage of the situation and sat on a cannonball box behind his feet, stroking his forehead back and forth with his hands covered in black mud, thinking about how to actively and proactively annihilate the enemy. The fighting life has gradually cultivated his temper: he cannot bear the enemy rampant in front of him. The enemy has been honest for a while, and he can't feel at ease for a moment.At this time, a question was churning in his heart: what on earth is the enemy going to do now?Although he had sent out a reconnaissance team a long time ago, his thoughts could not calm down. "Report!" A black figure flashed into the cover department, and from the voice, it was recognized that it was the leader of the reconnaissance team. "How is it?" the company commander asked hurriedly. "The enemy is digging fortifications at the foot of the mountain." "Heh! You son of a bitch, I want to dig a good fortification and make it the starting point for tomorrow's attack." "Company commander, kill it!" The third platoon leader standing aside said. The light shone on Guo Enzhi's tired and resolute face, and he raised two thick eyebrows: "Hmph! The toad wants to eat swan meat—it's a beautiful idea." He jumped out of the shelter and ordered the artillery squad leader Song: " Aim at the guy digging fortifications at the foot of the mountain, and beat him up hard!" The gun squad leader didn't even use the gun mount, he knelt down on his left leg, and held the 60 gun barrel, hey!throat!throat! … Dozens of shells were fired in succession. After a while of excitement, the comrades of the reconnaissance team came up with guns behind their backs, clapping their hands and laughing. Guo Enzhi's face sank: "What's the matter with you, it doesn't count if you carry a gun behind your back, and you're happy like this!" "Company commander, why not be happy, we have reimbursed all the enemies who dug the fortifications." The scouting team leader said and gestured: "We were watching in the woods, and suddenly our 60 guns slammed down like a bang and a bang. , I saw a group of eight enemies, nine groups, fell down around the shell crater "cracking"..." Before he could finish speaking, another soldier took up the challenge: "Hey! That's okay! Those who were crushed to death were so frightened that they didn’t even take the shovel and ran away.” The soldiers spoke vividly, which made Guo Enzhi amused.He turned his head and beat Squad Leader Song's chest and said, "Listen, sharpshooter! After the battle is over, I will give you credit!" "Haha!" Everyone burst into laughter, and Squad Leader Song was too happy to keep his mouth shut. At this moment, a soldier ran over to report: "Company Commander, I found someone speaking Chinese below." "Speaking Chinese?" Guo Enzhi stretched his neck vigilantly and listened, and indeed there were not very fluent Chinese mixed with the foreign language below. "Okay! You speak Chinese, I just want you to listen to it!" Guo Enzhi frowned, thinking about it. As soon as he turned around, he shouted loudly to the platoon commander standing opposite: "First Battalion Commander—" The inexplicable address confused the platoon leader: why is the company commander joking at this time?I saw Guo Enzhi hastily waved his hands and shook his head to speak first: "Your battalion must pay attention to concealed firepower, and when the enemy enters the firepower circle, resolutely destroy them! Do you hear me clearly?" "Understood!" A platoon leader responded loudly knowingly. Guo Enzhi shouted to the third platoon leader again: "Your third battalion fights in the same way as the first battalion, do you hear me clearly?" "Yes, Comrade Head, I understand." The third platoon leader's voice was particularly loud. There was such a bluff shouting on the mountain, but the mountain was silent.There is a saying: Soldiers never tire of cheating. The enemy was terrified after hearing this: Yes!It turned out that there was a regiment of the Volunteer Army on the top of the mountain, and they couldn't complain that they failed to attack after a day of four consecutive attacks. How can 4 companies attack a regiment? ——The enemy is still secretly complaining. Late at night.The tired moon seems to have hid in the clouds to rest, leaving only a few stars on guard. Guo Enzhi carried a gun and dragged his tired legs as he patrolled the battlefield back and forth.He felt a little sore in his bones, a little swollen in his head, and his eyelids seemed to be glued, and he always wanted to stick together.At this time, if you can sleep, even if you only sleep for 5 minutes, how beautiful it is!But no, he thought that the soldiers were digging fortifications yesterday, and today they were fighting fiercely all day. At this time, they were still guarding and repairing the fortifications, and they were more tired than himself.Thinking of being tired, he suddenly came to his senses: We defend and the enemy attacks, they must be more tired than us.If we make the enemy a little more tired, won't we be more sure of victory?Ok!When the enemy is tired, we fight and use offense as defense. This is the best defense. A proactive plan formed in Guo Enzhi's mind.He gently greeted the third platoon leader. "What's the matter, company commander?" The third platoon leader immediately ran to him. "How did you play today?" "How?" The leader of the third platoon was a little aggrieved and said, "The second platoon laid down two companies, the first platoon wiped out two companies, repelled the enemy's 5 attacks in a day, but the third platoon didn't get hit. Why don't the platoon leaders explain it to the comrades!" "If you are told to fight first in the third row, then there is no objection to the first or second row? There is a priority in everything!" "Sequentially? Company commander, what task are you giving us now?" The third platoon leader felt the company commander's thoughts. Guo Enzhi smiled slightly: "Let you poke the hornet's nest!" "Poke a hornet's nest?" "Yes!" Guo Enzhi leaned closer to the leader of the third row, and said in a low voice, "Now the devil is sleeping in the poplar forest, you lead a team to go in and beat him hard, so that he can't live in peace!" "Yes, I'll go right away." The third platoon leader cheered up and became happy. "Hush! Be gentle. Be quiet, quick, and decisive!" The third platoon leader set off with 4 soldiers.All around, except for the occasional sound of a gust of wind blowing the leaves, there is no movement at all.They quickly came to the poplar forest next to the road.Found a bunch of sleeping American devils.The leader of the third platoon counted them, and there were 10 in total. Knowing that they were on guard, he quietly told the eighth squad leader: "If they don't move, ignore them; if they don't move, take them all away!" Then he led the other three Soldiers, tiptoe around the enemy's security squad.They were moving forward when they suddenly heard crying in front of them.Push aside the branches and take a look: Hey!On the lawn, there was about a company of devils lying in disorder.Some held guns, some rested on guns, and some leaned against trees, sleeping like dead pigs, snoring harshly.The one who cried was probably a half-dead wounded soldier.According to the original plan, the attack team took off all the grenades in a leisurely manner, unscrewed the cover, and threw them out together.The grenade exploded in the group of enemies who were dreaming, and the enemy was thrown into chaos.Then, the bullets of the automatic gun were scattered towards the enemy like popping beans.The stunned enemies ran around crying and howling like ghosts and wolves.The attack team yelled "Kill!" to the east and "Come on!" so that the devils didn't know where the volunteers were coming from. Just as the grenade exploded, the devil's security squad stood up abruptly.But they hadn't figured out the east, west, north, south, and the eighth squad leader's automatic gun "chug-chug" swept it away, and those guys lay down again. Standing on the mountain, Guo Enzhi heard the sound of grenades, thinking that the night attack had succeeded.After a while, five people came up with happy faces and brought the captured trophies. At this time, the enemy's machine guns and carbines rang out in the mountains, and they were fighting happily. Early in the morning, the enemy drove five tanks, two jeeps and two battalions from the direction of Lianchuan.On the road far away, there are still countless black spots squirming. All signs indicate that the enemy is about to attack in an all-round way.Guo Enzhi readjusted the deployment, divided the three platoons into two halves, and strengthened the positions of the first and second platoons respectively. Just after the adjustment, the enemy began to attack.It was the same as yesterday, except for a batch of corpses left by the enemy on the mountain, they didn't catch a hair. The troops were about to enter the anti-battery cave to defend the artillery, and suddenly the comrades of the reconnaissance team came to report out of breath. "Company commander, the defeated enemy is shouting Chinese at the foot of the mountain..." "What?" Guo Enzhi asked. "They shouted..." The comrades in the reconnaissance team breathed a sigh of relief, "They shouted: Don't attack if you can't make it, just blow the mountain with cannons!" "Stop attacking, use bombardment?" Guo Enzhi frowned, paused for a while, and suddenly shook his head and said with a sneer: "Hmph! You cunning guy, set a trap to make us fall for it!" "It must be a trick played by the enemy. If you really want to hit us with a cannon, will you still yell like this?" The third platoon leader standing aside agreed with the company commander's analysis. "That's right. We are studying the enemy, and the enemy is also studying us. We are learning the law of the enemy, and the enemy is also learning the law of us. It seems that the enemy has mastered the law of our anti-gun, and wants to trick us into the cave. It’s good to sneak attack the position. We just give them an irregularity, and we will use our tricks, and hit them coldly!" When Guo Enzhi said this, he decisively issued an order: "Don't enter the cave, prepare to continue fighting!" Sure enough, when the enemy stopped shelling, a company of troops sneaked up.These stupid guys thought that the volunteers would be fooled by such a scam.How did they know that when they climbed to the front of the position, they suddenly heard a "hit", and grenades, rifles, submachine guns, and machine guns fired together, and the enemy knocked down one piece after another like cutting wheat. The commanders at the foot of the mountain thought that they would definitely be able to attack this time, but when they looked through the binoculars, they became distraught and furious, and frantically drove the reserve team to charge up one batch after another. The battle is getting fiercer. Guo Enzhi held a submachine gun and fought from the first row to the second row, and then from the second row to the first row. He appeared wherever there were many enemies.The soldiers were all red-eyed, and some simply took off their clothes and beat them shirtless.After more than 3 hours of fierce fighting, they repelled 5 attacks from a reinforced battalion of the enemy.Layer after layer of enemy corpses were piled up in front of the two positions. However, the red-eyed enemies still rushed forward like a tide, and kept throwing grenades on a row of positions.Amidst the explosion, a machine gunner fell down, and more than 20 devils took advantage of the momentum and rushed forward.Seeing that the position was about to be opened, Guo Enzhi's heart hit his throat.He rushed over and was about to grab the machine gun, but the new soldier Xiao Shu stepped forward first, raised the machine gun, and sprayed out fire dragons, the "human wall" in front of him suddenly collapsed again. Suddenly, Xiao Shu staggered, and blood gushed out from his chest. "Squad leader, catch the machine gun!" Guo Enzhi shouted and held Xiao Shu in his arms. "Company commander, let me go... let me go... fight for the Korean people..." "Xiaoshu—Xiaoshu—." Guo Enzhi called repeatedly. Xiao Shu gradually closed his eyes. "Comrades, avenge the Korean people, avenge our comrades-in-arms, beat them hard!" "Revenge!" "Revenge!" "Revenge!" There was a tragic and passionate cry from the battlefield. An unusually serious situation has come.A platoon leader sent a code word from the unnamed highland: "Comrades, we still have 50,000 rounds of ammunition!" Guo Enzhi was surprised when he heard it. According to the predetermined code word, that is to say, there are only 50 rounds left in a row Bullet out.Before this, he had asked the battalion several times for phone calls, but the phone lines had been cut off by the enemy.The enemy of a company has occupied the commanding heights on the side and rear, and the bullets cannot be transported!Guo Enzhi hastily raised his voice and roared: "Comrades! Throw the devil down with a stone!" Guo Enzhi shouted, picked up a big stone weighing several tens of catties next to the fortification, pointed it at the devil's head, and slammed it down. He smashed it down hard.只听得“哎呀”一声，鬼子往后一仰，立即像一堆烂泥摊在地上。滚落下去的石头又接连砸倒了几个。 “砸呀！”战士们都照着连长的办法，睁圆眼睛，搬起石头，对准敌人，一起往下砸。只见石头撞击着鬼子，鬼子夹杂着石头，满山乱翻乱滚。有的鬼子丧了性命，有的砸得鼻青脸肿，还有的给沙土迷住了眼睛，像猴似的不住地擦。 美国鬼子哪里见过这样的战法，一个个全部怔住了，再也不敢往上冲。 勇士们用石头征服了敌人，心里有说不出的高兴。 “叭！叭！叭！”忽然，从二五五点一高地的左侧后，传来一阵枪声。 郭恩志扭身一看，不好！占领制高点的那股敌人从后面包围过来了。 “共军没有子弹了，抓活的啊！” 正面的敌人听见山后响起枪声，知道是他们的人包抄上来了，霎时像皮球打了气，又蹦了起来：“抓团长！捉活的！” 八连腹背受敌，情况十分危急。郭恩志两眼闪射出一团怒火，他手一挥：“重机枪，掉转枪口，堵住后面的敌人！” “连长，重机枪滑机了，剩下100多发子弹，一下子就会打出去。” “把第6发子弹抽出来，一下打5发！” 机枪手老王急忙每隔5发抽一发子弹。果然，机枪5发一断，5发一断地叫着。侧后的敌人被阻在山腰里。 正面敌人冲上来了。战士们继续用石头阻击着敌人。Hit!Hit!敌人又一次被压住了。可是，战士们手中的子弹、手榴弹打光了，战壕附近的石头也打光了。战士们“咔嚓”“咔嚓”都上了刺刀，目光一齐集中在连长的脸上。 郭恩志沉着地命令同志们检查一下自己的弹药。检查结果：全连只有他剩下12发子弹，三排副还有一颗反坦克手雷。其余的枪膛、弹夹、手榴弹袋，全都是空空的。 郭恩志看了看表。战前上级指示，这次战斗是机动防御，尽可能争取时间，拖住敌人。现在，全连用16个人伤亡的代价换取了杀伤敌人800 多名的胜利，争取了两天一夜的时间，完成了上级交给的阻击任务，应该保存实力，转移第二线继续战斗。 郭恩志根据支委会的决议，迅速组织了突围力量。可是能下山的道路，敌人己围得水泄不通，敌人兵力薄弱的地方，又尽是悬崖绝壁。 跳崖，一个主意在郭恩志脑子里闪过。突然，阵地侧后响起枪声，敌人被吸引过去了，郭恩志借此时机，迅速带领部队，穿过树丛，来到了悬崖口。 “同志们，我们只能从这里跳崖突围了。现在，我和三排长先跳，在前面开路，指导员和三排副负责掩护全连。跳！”话音刚落，郭恩志俩人纵身跳了下去，大家也紧跟着往下跳。刚到崖下，敌人就发觉了，10多个鬼子持枪向他们扑过来。 “抓团长！” "..." 三排副胳膊一抡，扔出了全连最后的仅有的一颗反坦克手雷。“轰”的一声巨响，七八个鬼子倒下了。“杀——”郭恩志大喊一声，带着战士猛扑过去…… 夕阳衔山。落日的余辉映照在高台山上。 郭恩志和战士们披着晚霞，胜利地回到了营指挥所。张营长惊喜而激动地一下抓住郭恩志的膀子，使劲地晃动：“打得好！打得好！你们58个人战胜敌人一个师，不简单那！” 六十五军虽然在第一次阻击战中没有打好，但他们吃一堑长一智，在这次阻击战中，打得坚决，打得英勇，打得顽强。涌现出了“攻如猛虎、守如泰山”的英雄五连及“独胆英雄”徐申等一批先进单位和英雄模范个人。 铁原、涟川地区的阻击战整整打了13天！为志愿军总部迅速调整新的战略部署赢得了极其宝贵的时间。6月10日，志愿军总部发布命令：第六十三军、六十五军已完成阻击任务，撤出铁原地区。 第二天，彭德怀风尘仆仆地专程赶往第六十三军休整地——伊川。 此时，战士们刚刚从一线下来。一个个身上不知被火烧烤了多少遍，不知被荆棘划了多少次，甚至不知被子弹穿了几个洞，战士们的军装已是衣不遮体，一丝丝，一缕缕，上面布满了“窗户”。有的战士上身赤背，下身只剩一条短裤。一个个蓬头垢面，胡子拉茬。一张张黝黑的脸庞上，一样布满血丝的眼睛，放射出一样自豪的光。 彭德怀来到战士们中间，带着少有的微笑，疼爱地望着一个个勇士，深情地和他们一一握手。彭总激动地对大家说：“同志们，你们打得好，打得好啊！你们吃了不少苦，我们牺牲了不少的好同志。祖国和人民忘不了你们，祖国和人民感谢你们！” 在临离开六十三军的时候，彭总问傅崇碧有什么要求，傅崇碧说：“部队减员太严重了，有的连队只剩下一两个人。” “给你补。给你补些老兵，能打仗的老兵。”彭总说。“你还要什么？” 傅崇碧说：“有兵就什么也不要了。” “不，”彭总说，“要给你们发新衣服、新装备。祖国人民送来了大批慰问品，有酒、有烟、有各种罐头，很快给你们运来，这些东西一定要先发给战士们——当然，你们这些首长也有一份喽！” 不久，从西北地区调来的1.3万名老兵补给了六十三军。