Volume 1: The First Battle Chapter 25: Pursuing the Victory
The gunfire in front of us gradually became sparse, and the shouts of killing also went away to the south. It was expected that the puppet army could no longer hold on and began to retreat. This was expected. If it was during the day, the puppet army's full American equipment could still take advantage, but at night they could only fight the volunteers. With their little quality, how could they compete with the volunteers who had fought hard battles?
"What's going on?" I looked at the old squad leader and others packing their luggage at the same time, and asked in confusion: "Are we going to set off again? Didn't you receive the order?"
"Platoon Leader Cui!" The old squad leader laughed and said, "You don't understand our regiment commander Chu's bad temper. Follow him and don't be afraid of not having a fight."
"That's right!" Zhao Yongxin also laughed and said, "Our Captain Chu is like Zhou Baopi, he takes advantage of every opportunity and will never miss a chance to get in."
"Comrades!" Hu Zi swallowed his saliva and shouted, "I haven't had enough of the American beef yet, let's go grab some canned food!"
As expected by the old squad leader and others, before Hu Zi finished speaking, the call for assembly came from outside the door...
"Comrades!" When I was hurriedly organizing my equipment and joining the team, Captain Chu had already started speaking.
"Comrades!" Perhaps because of the pain, Captain Chu's voice was not loud, but it was full of unquestionable determination: "Our troops suffered heavy casualties in this battle, but we successfully prevented the retreat of the enemy's Sixth Division, creating conditions for our army to encircle and annihilate the Sixth Division. Let me tell you a good news, the Sixth Division has been defeated by our army!"
"Good, good..." The soldiers burst into cheers.
"The military situation is urgent, so I'll be brief." After a pause, Commander Chu continued, "Because my regiment has suffered heavy casualties, the division headquarters asked us to rest on the spot, but I refused. Do you know which unit the puppet army on the other side of the river is? Do you know which unit the puppet army on the other side of the river is? It's the puppet 8th Division, the puppet 8th Division that caused heavy losses to my regiment. Can we let them go?"
"No, no!"
Captain Chu's face flushed, he raised his fist and said loudly: "We were at the front when blood and sweat were shed. Now it's time to capture puppet soldiers. Can we fall behind?"
"No, no..." the soldiers shouted loudly.
"Okay, distribute the bullets and go!"
I was in so much pain. No matter how reluctant I was, no matter how much I didn't want to fight, my weak voice was still completely drowned out by the high morale of my comrades...
After receiving three magazines and a bayonet from the company commander, they set out with the troops. At this time, the bullets from the rear had not yet been delivered, and the Type 38 rifles in the hands of the soldiers were facing the embarrassing situation of having guns but no bullets. As they were about to pursue the South Korean puppet 8th Division, many of them had no choice but to replace them with the M1 rifles they had just captured from the puppet army.
Look, even Hu Zi has changed.
However, he was not as excited as other comrades. Instead, he complained unhappily: "I am used to using the Type 38 rifle, so it's a bit awkward to use this one!"
"Boy!" He seemed to suddenly remember something, stared at me with a pair of tiger eyes and shouted: "How come you can use any gun? And each one is more accurate than the other..."
"I...I don't know either!" In fact, I was also wondering, I had never played with a gun before, how could I shoot wherever I wanted?
I haven't eaten enough for a few days. After I finished the can of food, I now recall the aroma of the beef and feel even hungrier. I'm so hungry that I'm seeing stars and my legs are weak. It feels like I'm floating on the ground when I walk.
We floated across the Jiulong River, and the scene became chaotic. In the night, there were volunteers running around everywhere, and from time to time, a few confused puppet soldiers would rush in front of us, and only after seeing that we were volunteers would they obediently raise their hands and surrender their weapons.
Just a moment later, two more guns were on Hu Zi's back, and he was still mumbling, "Bao, why aren't there any cans?"
I broke out in a sweat. These puppet soldiers who think their equipment is too heavy and they can't run fast were lucky enough to carry guns. Who would even carry canned food?
"Eh? Where is our unit?" the old squad leader exclaimed, and we realized that we had lost contact with the regiment headquarters. There were only the old squad leader, Hu Zi, and .
"I think the troops must be ahead." Hu Zi was probably very hungry, so he pointed to a path ahead and said, "Aren't there a lot of footprints? We can't fall behind, or else all the cans will be snatched away!"
After saying that, he couldn't wait to run towards the path. We had no choice but to follow him. But what we didn't expect was that this run brought us some credit!
Eight of us ran forward. We were so tired and hungry that we didn't want to think much. We just kept lifting our legs and taking steps. We didn't know how long we had been running, maybe a few hours. The more we ran, the fewer people there were. The more we ran, the more we felt something was wrong. Suddenly, there was an explosion in front of us, and we all stopped at the same time.
"Maybe we ran into puppet troops." The old squad leader lowered his voice and asked me, "We may have lost contact with the troops, Platoon Leader Cui, what should we do?"
I was stunned when I heard that. I realized that I was now the most senior "official" among the eight people and their leader. I smiled bitterly in my heart. A few days ago, I was still a rookie in their eyes, but now I can give them orders. I looked at Hu Zi again. Although he always called me "boy" and "boy" at ordinary times, when there was something, he still looked at me seriously and waited for my order.
"Let's go up and check the situation first." I thought for a moment and lowered my voice and said, "Be careful to stay hidden and try not to expose yourself."
"Yes!" The soldiers responded in a low voice, following me silently, crouching down and moving towards the sound of the explosion.
The military of different countries has different regulations on military officers. Most troops adopt regulations to protect military officers because they believe that military officers are the core of a team and the backbone of leadership and decision-making, so they encourage soldiers to protect their superiors on the battlefield.
But the Volunteer Army was different. Their equipment was relatively backward, and victory in battle depended largely on the bravery and morale of the soldiers. The officers who rushed in front of the soldiers could undoubtedly greatly improve the morale and courage of the soldiers. Therefore, the Volunteer Army stipulated that officers below the battalion level should rush in front of the soldiers.
As a platoon leader, I was the first to rush in. But you know what, as a journalist in modern times, I have never been a leader. Now I am a leader, even if I am only leading eight people, but it is really exciting!
We walked carefully along the snow covered with footprints, turned two small corners and hid under a big tree. We slowly poked our heads out and looked. The scene in front of us really scared us...
At least two hundred puppet soldiers were busy in a village, some were burning documents, some were moving things. There were also several howitzers emitting black smoke nearby. The explosion just now must have been the sound of them blowing up the cannons.
"What should I do?" I asked myself in my heart, but I couldn't say this out loud, because at this moment, I am the leader...
