Volume 2 The Second Battle Chapter 23 Requirements
"Oh, comrade!" Zhang Kuiyin paused and asked me curiously, "How did you find out that we are your own army?"
"Report to Captain Zhang!" I straightened my body and said to Zhang Kuiyin, "I saw it through the telescope. The Americans standing guard were all holding their guns at a 45-degree angle and smoking cigarettes, while our soldiers were standing straight with their guns over their backs. I guessed it! It must be our soldiers. When I gave the command, it turned out to be true!"
In fact, it's not because of this. I've read in modern materials that before the puppet army tried to escape, the Volunteer Army sent a small team to occupy Wuling Bridge and successfully blew it up. Now the puppet army's deserters are almost fleeing here. According to the time, the Wuling Bridge should be under the control of the Volunteer Army.
"Wow! You are quite observant!" Zhang Kuiyin nodded to me approvingly and said, "How about it? Comrade, are you interested in joining my reconnaissance detachment?"
"Report to Captain Zhang." I quickly replied, "Revolutionary work is the same no matter which unit I am in. I will go wherever I am needed. However... the reconnaissance detachment has many capable people and they don't need one more person like me, so I think I can do a better job of revolutionary work by following Captain Chu."
Are you kidding? This reconnaissance detachment is equivalent to modern special forces, specializing in tasks such as blowing up bridges and railways deep behind enemy lines, or dealing with enemy special forces. If I with my skills were to join this reconnaissance detachment, I would be dead dead.
"You're quite eloquent!" Zhang Kuiyin smiled.
"What? Are you trying to poach people from our group?" Captain Chu joked.
"How can that be possible? That also requires your consent, Captain Chu!"
"Oh, right!" Captain Chu seemed to suddenly remember something, grabbed a handful of biscuits from my arms and said, "These are biscuits we seized on the road, made in the United States. Share them with the comrades to have a try!"
Ah? No way! I watched with a pained look as the biscuits in my arms were snatched away one by one, until there was not a single piece left. Those were all my trophies. I felt like crying but I had no tears... I had lost all my money!
"Boom!" With a loud bang, the troops had just crossed the bridge and soon there was a loud noise behind them , and the Wuling Bridge collapsed into the river with smoke and flames.
The puppet army's retreat route was completely cut off here. To borrow the U.S. military's description of the puppet army after this battle, "the South Korean Second Corps no longer exists" and "just over twenty hours after the war broke out, there was no trace of the South Korean Second Corps"!
The rabbit dies and the fox mourns! If there is wine, I will definitely drink three bowls of wine for these puppet soldiers. We will have one less soft persimmon to pick on in the future.
The sky gradually brightened. In order to avoid reconnaissance and bombing by American aircraft, the troops had to put on camouflage again and walked into the mountain path. However, not sleeping for several days and nights made this march a very dangerous thing. From time to time, a few soldiers would fall silently into the cliff beside the road because they fell asleep and stepped on empty air.
Under normal circumstances, this might have caused some exclamations, but the soldiers were so sleepy that they had no strength to shout. They could only watch their comrades fall into the abyss.
I kept shaking my head or wiping my face with cold snow to keep myself awake. At this time, our biggest enemy was not the planes whizzing overhead, but sleepiness. If we fell asleep, we might never wake up again!
Under such circumstances, Captain Chu did not dare to order the soldiers to hold one another, because he was worried that if one fell, the whole group would fall down with him, so he could only keep whispering to the soldiers to stay awake, but many soldiers still fell asleep...
It wasn't until we got on the road again in the evening that we felt relieved.
Only then did I realize that being able to walk on the road was actually a very lucky thing. And I was surprised to find that I was really talented. I really learned what the old squad leader said, "sleep while walking." I held the marching belt on my comrade's back with one hand, closed my eyes, and mechanically walked forward with my feet. It was really much more comfortable.
Other comrades followed suit, but soon the marching troops became like two chains connected together.
The only downside was that if one comrade fell, a bunch of soldiers would fall to the ground with him, and then there would be snoring on the ground until someone woke us up again.
If there was a smart enemy quietly leading the team in front at this time, I think when we woke up again we would be surprised to find that we had entered a concentration camp where the enemy was holding prisoners.
I don't know how long I walked. On the way, I was like a robot, following instructions. Sometimes I hid in the forest, sometimes I rested and fell asleep on the spot, and then I was woken up again and again. When I woke up, I just followed the team.
I felt that my life was so fragile and insignificant, because most of the time my eyes were closed. In this battlefield full of enemies, I was too sleepy and tired to care about my own life and gave it completely to the team.
Sometimes I even wish someone would shoot me so that I could end this pain and suffering sooner.
"Who is it?" A shout came from the front in the dim light, in Chinese.
"Liberate New China!" Captain Chu shouted excitedly.
“Serve the people!”
Hearing this answer, we couldn't help but cheer up. We opened our eyes and whispered to our comrades beside us: "We're here, we're here, we finally found the unit!"
"Comrade, take us to the division headquarters quickly!" Maybe it was because of the cold or for some other reason, but Captain Chu's voice was trembling, and one could even hear sound of his teeth chattering.
"It's Captain Chu." Two soldiers emerged from the forest and looked at our team in surprise.
They might be wondering about our appearance. Our team had long been like refugees due to exhaustion and sleepiness. Or maybe they knew that we were carrying out the mission of luring the enemy deep into our territory and should be on the other side of the enemy. How could we suddenly appear on this side of the enemy like gods descending from heaven ?
But who cares? We just know that we have finally arrived at our destination and can finally take a good rest!
After following the two soldiers for more than ten minutes, I saw Commander Deng walking towards them quickly with a look of shock on his face, and the guards were left far behind!
"Division Commander!" Before Division Commander Deng could even get there, Regiment Commander Chu saluted from a distance and shouted, "I have a request. Let us get some sleep!"
Without waiting for Commander Deng's approval, he fell to the ground and fell asleep. We also felt light all over and fell to the ground one after another.
