After Zhou Wu received the order from the corps headquarters to take the 11th Army to Hengcheng to rescue the 181st Division that was suddenly besieged by the US army, he felt a little too sudden and powerless, he knew what the state of his team was now, and the battle with the US army and the South Korean puppet army for several days and the long long distance back and forth made the soldiers of the team very tired, and various injuries and diseases caused a large number of non-combat attrition, especially the fat man's division, the combat attrition actually reached more than half, although Shen Lina and Xiao Liu rushed to come, The treatment of the wounded has been greatly improved, but due to the lack of necessary equipment and medicines at the front, some seriously wounded still have to be carried down on stretchers to the field hospital in the rear for treatment, and now they have received an order to go to Hengcheng further south to rescue the 181st Division besieged by the American army, Zhou Wu felt a little difficult, this is something he has not encountered since he joined the army, no matter how ferocious the enemy he encountered before, whether it was the Japanese devil or the Kuomintang army, Zhou Wu did not feel like this, is it because he is old, Still really powerless Zhou Wu secretly thought in his heart, he understood that his opponent was a first-class military power on this earth, with extremely sophisticated weapons and extremely fierce firepower, and he had to be careful step by step, carefully planning every step of the battle plan, in order to avoid being defeated by the enemy on the opposite side, resulting in the tragedy of defeat and death, it didn't matter if he died, but it would be a sin if he affected so many brothers under him Zhou Wu hurriedly convened a meeting of his officers to discuss, and as soon as the fat man heard that his superiors wanted them to go to the south to rescue the trapped 181st Division, he began to complain: "Commander, there are several armies in front of us, as well as several corps of the Korean People's Army, why do you still want us to go to the rescue, isn't it reluctant to seek the near and far?"
As soon as Zhou Wu heard the fat man complain, he hurriedly said to him: "Lao Liu, you are also an old comrade, why are you still not aware of the fact that soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, the superiors let us go up to the 11th Army, there must be their considerations, is it possible that your Lao Liu's vision of consideration is farther than that of the Corps Headquarters, these complaints of yours are just issued by us, if this reaches the top, it is estimated that there will be trouble, don't say it in the future, don't take it as an example."
As soon as the fat man heard this, he immediately shut up and stopped talking, he was straight, he wouldn't go around the bend, he was used to talking straight, and Zhou Wu was also to the fat man, criticism was criticism, and the place that should be taken care of was still taken care of, so the fat man only listened to Zhou Wu's words, even the political commissar Lao Niu and Lao Xu Chief of Staff sometimes he didn't buy it like this, fortunately, the old cow was angry, it didn't matter, he didn't take it seriously, if he ran into a small chicken belly, a political commissar who specializes in the whole person, I'm afraid the fat man will have to suffer at this time Lao Niu smiled and said to Zhou Wu: "Lao Zhou, what Lao Liu just said is not unreasonable, we also wonder, why didn't the superiors mobilize teams closer to the 181st Division to rescue them, I think there is only one explanation, that is, those teams are estimated to have been attacked and surrounded by the US army, and they are too busy to take care of themselves, how can they have the energy to rescue the 181st Division."
Lao Niu's analysis made Zhou Wu nod again and again: "Lao Niu is right, if this is the case, then our halfway to Hengcheng will be even more dangerous, the US army has become difficult to deal with since a change of commander, they are estimated to have touched our life, know our shortcomings, it seems that we have to think about it carefully, we can't think about annihilating them as before, we have to work out new ways to rescue the trapped 181st Division, and at the same time minimize the casualties of our own team" At this time, the chief of staff Elder Xu, who had been silent, spoke: "The current US commander is estimated to be very promising, and he is still an expert, we absolutely cannot be underestimated, the US military in the Pacific theater can turn the entire war situation in just one year, not only the division relies on their advanced weapons and equipment, at that time, the little devil's naval aircraft carrier and combat effectiveness were more advanced than the US military, and they must also be different from others, but we can't find a way yet." ” When Lao Xu said this, Zhou Wu kept nodding beside him, and he asked Lao Xu: "Lao Xu, then in your opinion, what should we do now to rescue the 181st Division trapped in Hengcheng, and try to preserve the strength of our own team from being surrounded by the US army."
Lao Xu was silent for a while, and said to Zhou Wu: "You can't have both fish and bear's paws, not only to rescue the 181st Division from the encirclement of the US army, but also to preserve the strength of your own team, how easy it is to say, the US army has already touched the fighting style of our volunteers, and it is not easy for us to do it this time."
Lao Xu felt that this operation was difficult and risky, of course Zhou Wu knew this risk, so he hurriedly said to Lao Xu: "I know the difficulty, but no matter how difficult it is, we have to carry out the orders of our superiors, we can't watch the 181st Division being surrounded by the US army and annihilated in the Hengcheng area."
"Of course, I can't watch the friendly team being dumplings made by the U.S. military, I thought about it for a while, and felt that in order to successfully rescue the 181st Division besieged by the U.S.
Army, we must break through the encirclement of the U.S.
Army at all costs, and contact the besieged 181st Division in time, so that they can also start to assault towards a point, so that it is possible to break out of the encirclement of the U.S.
Army and achieve the purpose of this operation," Lao Xu said.
Zhou Wu nodded, and subconsciously went to his pocket to take out a cigarette, but found that it was empty, and then remembered that since Shen Lina came to the front, he had confiscated all his cigarettes, and he was not allowed to smoke anymore, Zhou Wu shook his head with a wry smile, and joked to Lao Niu and Lao Xu: "Look at it, my wife is here, and I don't have any cigarettes to smoke, pitiful." ” Lao Xu and Lao Niu laughed: "Lao Zhou, you really don't know how to be blessed in the blessing, Xiao Shen is for your good health, don't smoke, it's not good for your health." ” Zhou Wu also smiled and nodded, the dull and tense atmosphere just now suddenly became relaxed, Zhou Wu said to Lao Xu and them: "That's it, let's first send a reconnaissance advance team to Hengcheng to investigate the situation of the US army and the 181st Division, the large army immediately set off to Hengcheng, there is a key hill north of Hengcheng, from the map, it is a hill on the road to retreat to the 38th parallel, occupy there, you can shake the defensive front of the US army, and take the encircled 181st Division, And it can also hold back the pursuing American troops and block their siege."
Lao Xu and Lao Niu looked at the map carefully along Zhou Wu's hand, and found that the name of this hill is Songtou Ridge, which is just between the road from Hengcheng to Seoul, like an iron tong on the side of the road, if they can quickly occupy and hold there, they will definitely be able to contain the American troops besieging the 181st Division, tear a hole, and rescue the trapped 181st Division Zhou Wu immediately ordered the fat man to prepare the members of the advance team, Lao Xu and Lao Niu hurriedly suggested to him: "Lao Liu's team has suffered a lot of losses, this time the advance team is still drawn from Ge Sanmin, Xiao Zheng and Tian Division, Lao Liu, I think it is better to put them on the flank to attack the US army north of Hengcheng, and fight positional warfare, or Lao Liu and their team have experience, so that they are more sure to rescue the 181st Division." ” Zhou Wu nodded in agreement with this suggestion, and immediately ordered Ge Sanmin, Xiao Zheng, and Division Commander Tian to quickly dispatch more than 100 capable soldiers to form an advance reconnaissance detachment of about a battalion, and immediately rush to the Hengcheng area to reconnoiter the enemy's situation.
As soon as the fat man heard that he was not allowed to do the work of the reconnaissance advance team, he was a little anxious, and hurriedly said to Zhou Wu: "Army commander, do you not let us do the work of the advance team because of the lack of men and horses in our division, although the number of our division is small, but the main force is still there, and the combat effectiveness has not decreased, why don't you let us serve as the main attack?"
The fat man was unconvinced, he had to ask Zhou Wu to give him the main attack task, Zhou Wu was annoyed when he saw it, you fat man, you are really messing around, why do you have to let you play the main attack again and again This time, let you serve as the attack on the flank of the US army, this is too unusual, and there is no discipline The fat man saw that Zhou Wu was angry, and when he shut up, Lao Niu saw the situation, hurriedly came over to play a round, patted the fat man on the shoulder and said to him: "Division Commander Liu, your division has fought very tenaciously in these battles, and has played the prestige of our eleventh army, and now the troops have suffered casualties and urgently need to be recuperated and replenished, so let Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng go up for a while, let them exercise and exercise, you have to give them a chance, otherwise what to do" The fat man still likes to listen to good words, as soon as he heard the statement of the political commissar of the cow, he felt very comfortable to listen, so he hurriedly went back to arrange the task, looking at the figure of the fat man going back, Lao Niu smiled and said to Zhou Wu: "Old Zhou, you were a little anxious just now, although Lao Liu did not cover his words, but there is still a set of wars, but he always let him take the lead, it will be unfair to Ge Sanmin to go on like this, and the team will not be trained, isn't it for nothing to come here in North Korea?"
Zhou Wu nodded and said: "It's me who spoils this old Liu, every time I let him take the lead, now he is used to having problems, political commissar, you are right, it's time to let Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng serve as the main attack, let the fat man's division serve as the main attack for a long time, if it causes our eleventh army to have one leg long and one leg short, it will not be good" Ge Sanmin and his men quickly drew out the best fighting backbones of each division and formed an advance team of more than 400 people, led by the most effective regiment commander under Ge Sanmin, and quickly rushed to the direction of Hoengseong in the south; due to the urgency of the situation, the brothers of the advance team took the risk of starting their actions during the day, first disguised themselves as the South Korean army, and under the guidance of several Korean People's Army comrades who were familiar with the local situation, they swaggered along the main road and set off south in captured American-made trucks.
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