Chapter 149 The nameless highland has a name (2)

Not only the soldiers, but even Battalion Commander He was a little unhappy - after more than three months of defense, he only made some small attacks, and didn't feel like fighting a big battle!After guarding for more than two months, he already felt that he had 70% to 80% knowledge of the terrain of the enemy's position and the law of the enemy's use of firepower; he dare not say 100%; Rare quality.Coupled with the bravery of himself and the soldiers, and the urgency to fight, he believed that "Old Bald Mountain" could be taken down once he attacked.The soldiers have repeatedly asked him for this task, and he has also reflected his opinions to his superiors.However, the entire battalion was withdrawn for rectification.

He first thought: he should check himself, he must still have many shortcomings.Since he joined the army at the age of sixteen, from soldier to squad leader, platoon leader, company commander, and battalion commander, he has always made meritorious service in every battle, but he has never been complacent.As great is his sense of honor, so great is his humility.If he hung up all the medals and medals he got, he could hang them all over his chest.But he refused to hang them out.He asked everyone to trust him without seeing the medal.When he joined the army, he went with four guns.Although every gun is obtained by breaking a life, he has no intention of showing merit.He just wanted to say: "I came to join the army with all my heart!" One of the four guns was obtained in this way: in a city and on the road in the northeast of the motherland, he killed a Japanese military police who invaded the northeast with a bayonet. , grabbed the pistol and ran.It was twelve o'clock in the noon, and the streets were full of people!He is only sixteen years old!If he had told the story himself, he would have said simply and humbly: "Trust me, I hate the enemy!"

Slowly, he changed from checking his shortcomings to thinking: whether to fight "Lao Bald Mountain" or not, the superiors have their own opinions, how can they be casual!There are not only so many bunkers, firearms, but also tanks on the mountain!It is a new way to combine bunkers with tanks. Can it work without thinking about the style of play first?He smiled, laughing at his foolishness. "The Party and the superior require you to be a battalion commander with both wisdom and courage, not Li Kui who is shirtless and wielding a big axe! That's right!" he told himself with a smile.

As he shaved, he saw how gray and bloodless it was. "Squatting in the front tunnel for three months at a time is enough!" Seeing himself, he immediately thought of the soldiers.Every soldier in the battalion is constantly on his heart.No one can stand a winter without sunshine.Should be switched!The superior's decision is correct!Yes, there is no order to withdraw, and he and every soldier will not say a word of bitterness. They are always inseparable from the gun, and the gun is inseparable from the people.However, people are not made of iron.Don't even the ammunition in the tunnel have to be moved out at any time to pass the wind?How damp it is in the tunnel!You should go down to rest, and then come back to fight "Old Bald Mountain".Only then can you play more beautifully, more tenaciously, and more confidently!Battalion Commander He's heart settled down, and he decided to train his troops well, check the whole battalion carefully, and make up for any shortcomings as soon as possible.A hero is not conceited.He strives for more honors from time to time, instead of indulging in past achievements, so that all previous achievements are wasted.

However, he firmly believed that if he went to fight "Old Bald Mountain", he must lead the fight.He admits his shortcomings, but he also knows his worth.He does not underestimate others, but he also knows that he is indeed qualified to take on difficult tasks. AA So, let us see what the "Old Bald Mountain" looks like. I'm afraid this hill, nearly 300 meters high, is not very beautiful, but it is not bald.According to the soldiers who fought here in the first place, there are many trees growing here, just like the hills all over North Korea with beautiful mountains and rivers, especially on the east slope of the mountain.In this way, even if the face of the hill is not very handsome, the various colors and brilliance of the trees that change with the seasons are enough to be painted.Since the invading troops of the U.S. imperialists came, not only the Korean men, women, children, cattle, sheep, chickens and dogs have been massacred, but even the trees on this hill have been wiped out; .Pick up a handful of soil from the mountain, maybe there is a lot of soil, or there are more fragments of shells!

Therefore, the violent enemy proudly called it "Old Bald Mountain". This area is surrounded by high mountains, including Tiande Mountain and Yeyue Mountain—the famous mountains that we smashed in 1951 in the enemy's so-called "autumn offensive".Among these mountains, there is a small stream here, and a flat land there. Kind-hearted Korean men and women wear simple clothes and work on the stream or on the flat ground all year round.In a small village of three or five people, standing in the sun or on the hillside, there are always the crowing of chickens, and the low crowing of yellow cows calling each other.The young women and girls in colorful clothes who went to the stream to fetch water sang elegant folk songs handed down from generation to generation while fetching water, and then put the black-glazed jug on their heads, straightened their necks, put one hand on their waist, and waved the other lightly, Go to the place with cooking smoke very freely.This is just as a poet described it:

The mountains and rivers are beautiful everywhere, and it’s good to be home anywhere: the river net is full of carps at four o’clock, and the mountains bloom in May; However, the specific materials of these pastoral poems have disappeared like a dream.Just like "Old Bald Mountain", the enemy has blown up these picture-like mountain villages and the fruit trees full of red apples and big chestnuts every year.The creek still flows quietly, and the village has become a piece of scorched earth. The men, women and children who were not killed by the bombing moved to live in caves, braved the artillery fire to gather firewood and cut grass, cultivated and harvested, and supported the Great Patriotic War.They are kind, but also brave; gentle, but also tenacious.They are an unconquerable people.

At the same time, as soon as the volunteer soldiers saw the burnt villages and the bomb craters in the paddy fields, they became more determined to charge.How many helmets and skeletons of the invaders are thrown on Tiande Mountain and Yeyue Mountain! Like cabbage, there are clusters of hills surrounded by high mountains on all sides.The places with these hills are called Shangpufang and Xiapufang.This is our frontline position in this area.The mountain ridges we are guarding are from east to west, and the foot of the mountain on the west side is almost inserted into the Yigu River.Crossing the river to the west is still a mountain, which is our second line.Our front-line positions have bad terrain, and we are fighting with our backs.Or how often squad leader Ruogui called Yi Guchuan a "tripping horse rope".This small river made our troop movement and material transportation encounter great difficulties. The 50-heavy machine gun on "Old Bald Mountain", not to mention other firearms, stared at the ferry of the small river day and night. "Old Bald Mountain" itself is not tall, but it is a head taller than a group of hills here, and controls our overall position east of the river.

Aren't the mountain beams we are guarding from east to west? "Old Bald Mountain" is from north to south.The foot of our easternmost mountain is on the belly of the enemy's position!The distance between the forward positions on both sides is only more than 200 meters!Someone is coughing here, but it is really heard over there.Every time the enemy shows his face, we will give him a cold shot! Battalion Commander He often went to scout the terrain at night.He went up from the foot of the mountain on the east side of us - it required a lot of walking on both sides, and it was easy to step on landmines.From the enemy's mountain belly, he touched the mountain chest.There are barbed wire fences on the chest of the mountain, seven in some places, eleven in others; the widest one is more than 40 meters wide.The barbed wire fence looks like a deformed Christmas tree, with many things hanging on it-flares, bombs, incendiary bombs and gasoline bottles, which light up, explode and burn when touched.The battalion commander gently touched the front of the barbed wire fence, observing the atmosphere, feeling out the terrain, seeing the bunkers he could see, and so on.

On his head is the main peak of "Old Bald Mountain". For the sake of convenience, let's call the main peak "Twenty-six".To the north, there is a mountain leg that stretches straight into the flat and wide area; this is the "Twenty Seven".To the south, there is a mountain depression down from the main peak; in the past, the mountain rises again, very steep; at the end there is a small hill, but it is almost as high as the main peak; this is the "Twenty-Five".From the "Twenty-five" to the "Twenty-seven" there is a total of more than 1,000 meters.If you draw a flat map, the shape of the mountain is quite like a sickle: "Twenty-seven"

The number is the head of the knife, the back of the knife is numbered "26", and the handle is numbered "25". Inside the barbed wire are ditches and bunkers of different sizes and structures, as well as bunkers that can be both fixed and mobile—seven or eight tanks.From Battalion Commander He's and other observations, it can be concluded that there are always about 200 bunkers on this thousand-meter-long hill!Inferred from this number, there are at least sixty heavy machine guns on the mountain, not to mention other firearms.If the interspersed firepower of these sixty guys are fired together, I am afraid that even a vigorous Xiaoyan can't fly over!The slopes on our side were steep. What about the other side of the mountain?Battalion Commander He only saw it after he captured the main peak.Contrary to the front of the mountain, the slope on the back of the mountain is not big, so it is easy to run up.The enemy has built a road to the top of the mountain, and cars and tanks can come and go.There are barracks, hideouts, dining rooms, and warehouses on the slopes and at the foot of the hills, all protected by small bunkers. After descending the eastern hillside, there is an open land, with roads leading to the frontier positions, and also to Seoul and Kaesong.Across this wide area, there are some relatively high mountains, which are the deep positions of the enemy.There are artillery groups on these mountains, supporting the "Old Bald Mountain" at any time.In this way, "Old Bald Mountain" is the barrier of the enemy's main position. It is easy to understand why this bald mountain is a place of great military contention.It is in the hands of the enemy, and we are under control, and we dare not raise our heads for ten miles or so.Moreover, the enemy can come down and take our positions at any time.On the other hand, if it is in our hands, we control the enemy, like a sharp knife piercing their heart. As for the Yigu River, it comes from the northeast, flows due west on the north side of our frontier mountain, then turns a hard bay, turns south, and washes the foot of our western mountain day and night.Although the river is small, usually less than ten meters wide and two meters deep, it has a strong temper.When it rains, when the snow melts, it will soar, and even the bridge will be washed away. The steel mountain and the naughty river are our positions in the middle.How can we not want to attack the "Old Bald Mountain"! Why not attack now?This is beyond the knowledge of Battalion Commander He, Squad Leader Chang and the soldiers.