Chapter 160: Plan

This is a dark night with a few stars. Such a night is undoubtedly extremely beneficial to the 180th Division deep behind enemy lines, because the only light on those stars can illuminate the warriors' way forward without being so bright that they can expose their positions.

The soldiers were jogging all the way on the mountain road, and they were all very careful not to make noises. With experience in guerrilla warfare, they seemed to be very good at not making noises during the march. For example, half a pot of water hung on their bodies, and they would make a "ding ding dong dong" sound when walking. They stipulated that when they were resting, they would only drink the same pot of water, and they had to drink it all. This would ensure that the kettles on the soldiers were either empty or full.

The US military did not realize that we would move from the Eastern Front, which can be seen from the lack of pursuers behind us. Of course, this has to be thanked to Captain Zhou and his team for their cover and the firepower that attracted the enemy.

In such mountainous areas of North Korea, it is actually very simple to make the enemy misunderstand that the main force of our division is to move to the western front. Commander Zhou and his team only need to take his soldiers to hide in the forest to fight guerrillas. No one knows whether the unit hiding in the forest is a regiment or a division. I think Commander Zhou and his team did this, but the result of this is that they will be regarded as the 180th Division by the US military and the puppet army, and once again use the forces of several divisions to surround them tightly...

Commander Zhou's sacrifice brought us safety. After marching all the way through the middle of the night, we never encountered any obstacles except for several US military convoys transporting ammunition supplies to the front line and the logistics troops lying in tents. Even the reconnaissance planes in the sky were disdainful to shoot flares in this place. After all, these places were just crushed by US tank tracks. If there was any airplane to shoot flares here, it would only cause the clamor of those awakened American soldiers.

"Stay on the spot!"

"Stay on the spot!"

...

At this time, the orders were heard from the front, and the entire army quickly stopped. Each soldier stood there consciously and lay down quietly. Although the communication equipment and communication methods of the volunteer soldiers were simple, they summarized an effective set of methods and tacit understandings for conveying information in the war. In this regard, I think any army on the Korean battlefield is not as good as the volunteers.

"What's going on? Why did the team stop?" Commander Zheng asked quickly.

Because the team I led was the object of protection for Captain Pang, during the march, we were only a few steps away from the division-level leader who was also the object of protection.

Listening to Commander Zheng's words, I couldn't help but shake my head. The words he asked were actually meaningless, because Commander Pang would soon send a correspondent to report the situation to him. After all, he is the supreme commander of this unit, and there are many things that need to be known and obtained his consent.

As a teacher, he would not know these things, but he couldn't help asking these words, which only means one thing, that is, he has already lost some progress and retreat. The words he asked were just exaggerating his annoyance and impatientness.

"Teacher Zheng!" As I expected, a black shadow ran down from the front and reported the situation to Commander Zheng. But what I didn't expect was that it was Captain Pang himself who came to report the situation this time, which also made me realize that the situation I encountered this time was a bit tricky.

"What's the situation?" Before Captain Pang could speak, Commander Zheng couldn't wait to ask.

"I found a team of American devils' logistics troops stationed next to the road ahead!" Captain Pang replied: "Da Qing looks like 40 people..."

"Then let's go around! What are you reporting?" Teacher Zheng couldn't help but feel a little unhappy when he heard this.

"But..." Captain Pang said with some grievance: "That group of American devils just blocked our intersection. I asked the guide. There are no other mountain roads in this area. If you want to go around, heading north is the front line of the American devils, heading south is the North Han River..."

"Um!" After hearing this, Commander Zheng understood where the problem was. It was impossible to walk north across the US military's front line, and the target would undoubtedly be exposed soon. Going south to cross the North Han River. Not to mention the danger of darkness, the sound of the soldiers' water flowing is enough to make the US military notice something!

"How to solve it now?" Commander Zheng couldn't help asking. Commander Pang couldn't help but be stunned. He came to report in person just to know the instructions from his superiors, but he didn't expect Commander Zheng would ask him like this.

"I think it's all I can do is to hit!" Political Commissar Wu continued.

"If you fight, the target will be exposed soon!" Captain Pang said: "We have just escaped from the encirclement of the US military. Several enemy divisions are only more than ten kilometers away from us. If the target is exposed at this time, it is very likely that all the efforts will be wasted!"

"Then... let's find a forest to hide and continue the march tomorrow night!" Commander Zheng also made a suggestion.

"Not even!" Captain Pang replied: "We have only left in the middle of the night, and there are still five or six hours before dawn. It is too early to hide. Moreover, the place in front looks like a temporary logistics supply station for the Americans, and will not be able to retreat for a while. If they are still there tomorrow..."

"This is not OK, that is not OK! Then we are still waiting for death?" Commander Zheng was anxious and said something strange. He should have made the decision, but at this time he pushed the problem to others.

"Teacher Commander, Political Commissar!" Seeing this, I couldn't help but run up and suggested: "I think it's more suitable to hit him..."

"Didn't you say that you can't expose your target?" Commander Zheng interrupted me impatiently.

"Teacher!" I explained patiently: "After the Americans started the counterattack, there must be many behind-the-strait comrades who came to retreat without rushing. These soldiers were hungry and hungry. They usually hid in the forest and only came out to attack the US military at night, especially the temporary logistics station of a small US military unit like now..."

"What does this have to do with us?" Commander Zheng's words were already a little angry. I thought it was because he was afraid of being discovered by the enemy, so he would have cursed him long ago.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Cui means..." Or Commander Pang's wise mind. He quickly understood what I meant and asked hesitantly: "Does we pretend to be guerrilla comrades to deal with the American devil in front of us?"

"Um!" As soon as Captain Pang said this, Commander Zheng understood what I meant.

"That's right!" I nodded: "If the US military treats us as a small force to fight guerrillas, then naturally there will be no big reaction."

"Just..." Captain Pang hesitated and said: "The American devils will not be so easily deceived. If they send troops to search, they will soon find the footprints left by our large army. In the dark night, it is difficult for us to wipe the traces while walking. At that time..."

"Captain Pang!" I gritted my teeth and said, "What if we only sent more than 100 people to deal with the fifty American logistics personnel, and deliberately let a few American soldiers go?"

"It's still not possible!" Captain Pang thought for a while, and finally shook his head: "Although this method is good, the US military cannot find the guerrillas that attack them, so they will still send troops to search!"

"What if the US military found this force?"

"You mean..." Captain Pang looked at me in shock.

"That's right!" I nodded and replied, "If the American reinforcements came back and found that this guerrilla team of more than 100 people was still searching for bullets from the US military, or carrying food, and finally chased the tether of more than 100 people in the opposite direction of ours, would they still be interested in searching other directions? A temporary logistics unit was attacked by guerrillas, which was too ordinary for them, and the front-line war was in a tight position, so they would probably not investigate this matter. Of course, I cannot guarantee that the enemy will not be able to reconnaise. This is a gamble. If there is a better way, I would not want to solve it like this!"

After I said that, everyone fell into silence. Everyone knew what this meant. This mission was more cruel than covering. This was to use the lives of more than 100 warriors to keep a secret and hide the whereabouts of the main force of the 180th Division!

"Captain, let's get in!" At this time, a volunteer soldier nearby must have heard of our combat plan, so he ran to Captain Pang without saying a word to ask for the battle.

"Xu An! Do you know what mission this is?" Captain Pang was also a little surprised when he saw him requesting the mission so easily. He thought he didn't hear it clearly!

"I know!" Xu An responded expressionlessly: "Isn't it just to attract the enemy's firepower? Just like Captain Zhou and the others, Captain Zhou and the others can do it, and we can do it too!"

"Yes!" After a while of silence, Captain Pang couldn't help but pat Xu An on the shoulder: "Are you determined?"

"Yes!" Xu An replied in a low voice: "Make sure to complete the task!"

"Comrade Xu An!" Commander Zheng continued, "You are very good at not being afraid of sacrifice and taking the initiative to fight, but you must be clear that if the soldiers become prisoners of war, they must not tell the enemy the whereabouts of the large army!

"Don't worry, commander!" Xu An patted the pistol hanging on his waist and said, "No one in our company is a coward. Who dares to be a traitor? I can't spare him the first one!"

"Okay, that's it!" Commander Zheng immediately ordered: "If you pass the order, except for Company Commander Xu's team, all other comrades will do their best to cover up. When Company Commander Xu's company defeats the enemy, they will immediately cross the highway and follow the original route!"

"Yes!" the soldiers responded and quickly passed the order one by one.
Chapter completed!