Volume 2 The Second Battle Chapter 19: Turkish Brigade (II)
"Fuck! I don't care what brigade it is. I don't believe we can't get through!" Captain Chu punched the map and said, "Let the troops rest for two hours. We must get through before dawn."
"Old Chu!" Chen Ye lit a cigarette and said slowly, "Don't be impatient. This battle is not easy to fight. If we are not careful, our regiment will fall into the enemy's encirclement."
"That's right, Commander!" I couldn't help but say, "The Turkish Brigade is coming forward. It should be because the puppet troops behind us have retreated. The Turkish Brigade is here to fill the gap. If we rush forward rashly, there will be the fierce Turkish Brigade in front of us and two retreating puppet army divisions behind us. Our regiment will be caught in the middle."
"The pseudo-seventh and eighth divisions behind us are nothing." Chen Ye exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Behind them is our main force chasing us. They are already like frightened birds. It is not difficult for us to escape. We just need to fight back. But..."
"No!" Captain Chu said firmly, "To put it nicely, we should fight back. To put it bluntly, it's just retreating at the last minute. We can't afford to lose face no matter what we say."
I knew that Captain Chu would never accept this plan, so I sniffed and said, "Is there a mountain road to take? Can we go around it? In this way, we may be able to get behind the Turkish brigade and stab them in the back when the main force comes up."
"This plan is feasible!" Chen Ye nodded and said, "Even if we don't fight, we won't be held up here and can find our troops as soon as possible."
"Yes!" Captain Chu also nodded: "That... Where is the comrade from the People's Army? The one who is familiar with the mountain roads, what's his name..."
"Jin Qiulian." I added. I had only known her for a few days, but I remembered the little girl's name quite clearly.
"Yes, yes, yes! It's that Jin Qiulian . Platoon Leader Cui, go and ask her to come over!"
"Yes!" I answered, but it was not easy to find a short-haired girl among the people sleeping on the ground in the pitch-black darkness. I kept calling "Comrade Xiao Jin! Comrade Xiao Jin!" but no one answered. Just when I was worried, I suddenly remembered that someone said that girls are afraid of snakes. I pretended to be terrified and shouted, "Snake! Snake... The snake is on your neck!"
"Wow! Where is it?" A person suddenly jumped up from behind and shouted in a trembling voice: "Where is the snake? My neck, my neck, quickly...quickly take it away!"
It really worked. I knew it was her as soon as I heard her voice. But this really surprised me. Even Jin Qiulian, who was born a hunter, was afraid of snakes. No wonder my first girlfriend broke up with me. I remembered that on our last date, I accidentally wore a snakeskin patterned dress and then secretly hugged her from behind...
"Miss!" I walked over to the frightened Jin Qiulian and said with a deep sigh, "That's a towel around your neck!"
"Eat some snow first to calm your nerves!" I brought Jin Qiulian to the group leader and saw that she was still shivering for a long time, so I felt that I needed to make some apology. But usually at this time we would drink a glass of water or ginger soup or something. Unfortunately, it was too cold here, and hot water and ginger soup were just a luxury for . I had to grab a handful of snow on the roadside instead. Anyway, it was all water in my mouth.
"Tsk!" Jin Qiulian didn't say anything. She was still touching the goose bumps on her hands. She seemed to be really scared.
"Look at you..." Chen Ye rebuked me in a low voice: "Can't you be more friendly and considerate to the comrades in the People's Army?"
"I..." How could the political commissar and the others know the grievances I suffered all the time? But seeing that Jin Qiulian was really frightened, I had no choice but to swallow all my grievances.
"Comrade Xiao Jin!" Captain Chu was impatient and spoke quickly. He pointed at the map and said, "We found a large number of enemies guarding the Wayuan and Tokugawa areas ahead. See if there is a mountain road that can bypass them."
"Report to the commander!" Jin Qiulian answered confidently without even looking at the map: "No."
"No?" The regiment commander, the political commissar, and I were all disappointed when we heard this answer.
"No." Jin Qiulian pointed to a solid line on the map and said, "This is called the Taedong River. This river passes right through Dechuan and Wayuan. All the mountain roads are divided into two by this river. There was originally a suspension bridge ten miles north of Dechuan that could be used to cross the river, but it was set on fire by the enemy before you came. Now there is only one bridge across the river within a radius of dozens of miles, and that is the Wuling Bridge in Wuling."
"Is there no other way?" Chen Ye fell into deep thought again.
Jin Qiulian shook her head helplessly: "The river is not frozen yet. It is impossible to cross the river in such cold weather. We can only cross the bridge."
Are you kidding? Crossing the river... I laughed bitterly. Even if we crossed the river, we would be frozen. It would save the enemy some bullets. But why does the name Wuling Bridge sound so familiar...
Oh no, I suddenly remembered the story of the Korean War in the movie "Surprise Attack" that I watched when I was a child. In order to cut off the retreat of the puppet army, the Volunteer Army sent a small team deep behind enemy lines to blow up a bridge. The name of that bridge seems to be Wuling Bridge. Could it be now...
But it doesn’t matter. I made a little calculation in my mind. If the volunteer army’s small team really blew up the bridge, we wouldn’t be able to cross the river. Then at least we wouldn’t have to travel such a long way to fight a fierce battle, and we could also have a good sleep!
"It's no big deal." Unexpectedly, Captain Chu gritted his teeth and said, "Who cares about the Turkish Brigade? Just fight them first. I've never been afraid of anyone!"
"Old Chu, don't be impatient!" Chen Ye advised, "We have to fight the war and cross the bridge, but we can't force it!"
"Yes, Commander!" Other officers also advised: "Our soldiers haven't had a good sleep for several days and nights. They have been forced to march for such a long time. If the Turkish Brigade really..."
"Fuck!" Captain Chu sat up suddenly. "A Turkish brigade scares you so much? We haven't even seen the enemy yet!"
After that, he gave the order without question: "Take this time to rest and launch the attack in two hours."
