The enemy did not launch an attack, they just fired guns and mortars at our position, and I even suspected that their heads did not stick out when they shot.

This is easy to understand. During this period, Americans have had snipers dying under the guns of our soldiers every day. No matter who knows that there are a large number of sharpshooters lurking on our positions.

The saying "New soldiers are afraid of artillery, veterans are afraid of guns" still makes some sense. After the war has been fought, the US military opposite us can barely be considered veterans! The guns that veterans are afraid of are guns like us that can destroy an enemy with one bullet. Moreover, the artillery fire of the Volunteer Army is insufficient, and even if they want to be afraid, the US military has no way to fear it.

Seeing that the enemy had no intention of charging at our position, I immediately ordered the troops on the surface position to be pulled back, leaving only a few observers on the top just in case.

"Bao, bah..." Zhang Xiaoyu ran back with the soldiers all over the dust, and cursed: "Didn't this damn American, have you said you've been in a truce? Why did you fight just by just fighting? Without saying a word, you'll hit our artillery position as soon as you hit!"

"Yes!" Wang Yuehan nodded and said, "Looking at the enemy's bombing, the artillery and aircraft cooperated well, and launched an attack on our artillery positions almost at the same time. This shows that the American devils had planned it for a long time. They were afraid that they were constantly spying on our military information during the negotiations and were ready for attack. Once the time was ripe, they would attack our strategic points on the excuse that the negotiations were not going smoothly! Our artillery was not prepared, and the artillery tunnels had not been built yet. I am afraid that there would be a lot of losses now!"

"The Americans are so cunning!" Yang Zhenshan couldn't help but say angrily: "And they are not trustworthy!"

"Tsk!" Zhang Xiaoyu said while slapping the dust on his body: "Tell me confidence with the American devils! That's not the easier way to get a tiger with any skin!"

"Please fight with a tiger!" Wang Yuehan reminded with a smile.

"Yes, yes! It's just about tiger fur!" Zhang Xiaoyu raised his chest and grinned with a smug smile: "Staff Officer Wang told me last time, and it's just right now! How about it? I'm still a bit like a cultural person! No, I have to read it a few more times so that I won't forget it again next time, with tiger fur and tiger fur..."

With a coaxing sound, the soldiers all laughed at Zhang Xiaoyu's self-righteous look.

"By the way! Captain Cui!" After a smile, Wang Yuehan asked with confusion: "Did Commander Wang fall into a deadlock because of the negotiations?"

"Team Commander Wang said it was because of the prisoner of war! I didn't know much about the others!" I pretended to be confused.

Actually, I know the prisoner-of-war crisis in history. Since the warring parties set the military dividing line, the negotiations then entered the agenda for exchange of prisoners of war. This was originally a very simple thing. The warring parties would have to release each other's prisoners of war in accordance with the Geneva Convention. Article 118 of the Convention clearly stipulates: "After the war, prisoners of war should be repatriated without delay." So there is no complicated point at this point.

But the problem lies in the fact that the United Nations forces have more than 200,000 prisoners of war, several times that of prisoners of war in our hands.

So the US military put forward a ridiculous statement, requiring one-on-one exchange of prisoners of war.

This statement is ridiculous because it is undoubtedly a ruthless trampling on the Geneva Convention. What is even more shameless is that the United States was one of the parties to sign the Geneva Convention that year. Therefore, even the Americans themselves felt that this statement was untenable, and finally the voluntary repatriation of prisoners of war appeared.

The so-called voluntary repatriation of prisoners of war refers to asking whether the prisoners of war are willing to go home.

US President Truman named him: "As I have always insisted, we must never give up on the South Koreans who stand on us and on our free side. So I will never agree to any solution to violate the will of prisoners of war and send them under the rule of the Communist Party." "We must never exchange the price of sending prisoners of war to the truce."

Therefore, the abuse of prisoners of war by the United Nations army was about to begin. The US military did a very good job in this regard. Instead of taking action, they handed over the "question" of prisoners of war to the South Korean army. Everyone knows what the "question" of prisoners of war will be like...

At this time, I was thinking, maybe when I first entered the North Korea, I should have targeted more prisoners of war, and not released them in large quantities! But think about it, in the case of extremely shortage of supplies at that time, if a lot of prisoners of war were captured and not released, it would mean that our volunteer soldiers would starve more people to death, and this did not seem to change the result!

"Captain Cui!" As I was thinking, a correspondent ran up and saluted me and said, "Telephone number of the division headquarters!"

"Come on!" I patted my butt and stood up, waved to Wang Yuehan and Zhang Xiaoyu, and walked towards the company command center.

This time when I walked into Zhang Xiaoyu's command center, the odor was no longer so strong, and the things were obviously sorted out, shovels, pickaxes and so on were all piled up neatly. I think it was Zhang Xiaoyu who knew that we would use the phone frequently during this period, so that we could see the messy tunnels.

"Report to Commander Wang! I am Cui Wei!"

"Captain Cui!" What surprised me was that the voice of Political Commissar Xie came from the other end of the phone: "Our army suffered losses this time. The US military unilaterally tore up the armistice agreement and launched an attack on our army without making any statement. Moreover, judging from the air and artillery coordination of their bombing, their attack on our army's artillery was premeditated, and our other troops also suffered losses!"

"Is the loss very big?" I asked casually.

In fact, since the negotiations, the US military has never stopped bombing our artillery positions, air bases and supply convoys, but the scale was relatively small before, and the US negotiators did not recognize it.

It is said that once again, when the US military negotiator denied that their planes penetrated deep into our rear bombing strategic target, two planes might have lost their direction and just flew over Panmunjom and dropped bombs nearby. This finally made the US military admit that there was a "mistake bomb" on the battlefield.

"Our losses are pretty good!" Political Commissar Xie replied: "This is thanks to the soldiers of your 538th Regiment! With your help, our tunnels are progressing very quickly, so most of the cannons were not damaged, and only a few cannons were buried in the soil because of the tunnels collapsed!"

"Oh! That's good!" I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when I heard this. Wang Yuehan and Zhang Xiaoyu who were listening aside couldn't help but feel happy.

"Political Commissar Xie! Is there a task?" I asked strangely.

It is logical that Political Commissar Xie does not need to tell me this. Although I am a regiment commander, I am also a regiment commander of the 180th Division and not a combat unit of the 77th Division! Even if I have to know about it, just send a correspondent to tell me the situation.

"You are right!" Political Commissar Xie hesitated on the other end of the phone: "Captain Cui, I know it is not appropriate for us to ask you to perform tasks. You are the commander, and you are sent by the brothers to guide our tunnel fortifications. However, after discussing for a long time, the Military Intelligence Department still felt that no one except you were the ones..."

"Political Commissar! Just give the order!" I replied. Anyway, there are wars everywhere, and it has never been safe to lurk in Shangganling.

"That's right!" Political Commissar Xie explained: "In order to cooperate with the negotiations at Panmunjom, the superiors decided to launch a counterattack against the enemy, and the target was the enemy's artillery position! So we need to sneak into the enemy's position for on-site reconnaissance and mark the enemy's artillery position on the map!"

"Political Commissar! Aren't these all done by scouts?" I couldn't help but feel a little confused when I heard this.

"It's true!" Political Commissar Xie said with some embarrassment: "But since the cold gun and cold artillery campaign, it has become increasingly difficult for scouts to cross the enemy's defense line. Especially in recent times, scouts are always discovered by the enemy when crossing the enemy's defense line, and we have sacrificed many soldiers for this. This should be related to the US sniper lurking in the dark, so we thought of you..."

"Oh!" I realized it at this time. No wonder I even had to do the scouts' work. It turned out that it was because of the US snipers. But I think so, most snipers entered the lurking position in the middle of the night. As long as there was one or two snipers on a high ground, they were watching from a high ground. Then no matter how capable the scouts were, it would be difficult for them to pass through the enemy's defense line from their noses.

"How is it? Are there any difficulties?" The voice of Political Commissar Xie came from the other end of the phone.

"No difficulties!" I stood up and responded.

But I kept crying for a headache in my heart. If it was a sniper duel, it would be fine, but now we are going to pass through the defense line where snipers may be lurking... The enemy is in the light and I am in the dark, and the bullets will not hit me just because I am a sniper master...

"Very good!" Political Commissar Xie seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard my agreement: "You are going to act in the evening. I will send you twenty sets of puppet army uniforms and two artillery observers later! Are there any other needs?"

"No!" I shook my head, but quickly replied: "By the way, can I send some eight-piece bullets? My bullets are almost used up!"

"No problem!" Political Commissar Xie answered very simply. After all, it would not be too easy for a division to collect some rifle ammunition.

"Captain Cui! This mission is not a joke!" Wang Yuehan's expression gradually became serious as he heard it. He had been with us on this mountain for so long, and he knew that it was terrible to shoot cold guns and snipers. Now that he heard that we were going to perform reconnaissance missions in this situation, he would not know the dangers in it.

"I know!" I responded, remained silent for a while, and then ordered: "Call Huang Sihu's squad to gather at the command center, and there is also Wang Xianru!"

"Yes!" Wang Yuehan responded, turned around and went to make arrangements.

Politics, politics! Now I know why it was Political Commissar Xie rather than Commander Wang, because Commander Wang also knew that this mission was actually inappropriate in military terms. Both sides had just entered a state of war, and their guards on the defense line would definitely be more stringent than usual. Our troops that can play a big role in the cold gun battlefield will be sent out to perform reconnaissance tasks in this way, and they may be wiped out and receive any valuable information.

Moreover, the most important purpose of the tasks we risk our lives to perform may be to repay the color at the negotiating table. At this moment, I realized that the peak fire and smoke on the entire Korean battlefield are just a move on the negotiating table in Panmunjom!

"This is the situation..." In the command center, I pointed to the map on the wall and said to the fully armed soldiers: "Our mission this time is to pass through the enemy's defense line to reconnaise the enemy's artillery positions..."

"What?" As I said this, the soldiers all cast doubtful eyes at me, even Huang Sihu, who had always been calm, was no exception.

"Captain! Our troops are not suitable for reconnaissance missions!" After a while of silence, Huang Sihu finally spoke: "I don't care about my own safety, I'm thinking about the soldiers. At this time, the soldiers have all developed the ability to fire cold guns. We have successfully suppressed the US snipers, but now we are asked to carry out reconnaissance missions... Isn't this giving the initiative to the enemy?"

"I think it's very suitable!" I was saying something against my will. This is the helplessness of being a cadre. Being a soldier can also vent your complaints in your heart. However, being a cadre means turning the soldier's dissatisfaction and complaints into fighting spirit.

So I continued: "It makes sense that the superiors arranged for us to perform this mission. Because now on the enemy's defense line, the enemy's snipers may lurk. We are the most familiar with lurking combat, and we also have rich experience in fighting with enemy snipers. We know the terribleness of enemy snipers. If we don't go, who else can go?"

After I said this, the soldiers were speechless.

"What's more,..." I continued: "This mission is not something other troops have performed, but there are already several reconnaissance units that have suffered a lot of losses when carrying out their missions because they have no experience in fighting with US snipers. Do you have the heart to let the comrades of the scouts continue to die under the enemy's gun in vain?"

At this time, the soldiers looked puzzled and dissatisfied, but they were ashamed.

"Captain! Give the order!" Huang Sihu stood up and said, "It's because I am not very conscious enough that I have slandered our class. We should obey the arrangements of our superiors unconditionally. After completing the task, I will review it!"

"Yes! Commander, you can arrange the mission!"

"We promise to complete the task and will never say a word!"

...

The soldiers also expressed their determination one after another.

"Yeah!" I nodded.

The sincere and simple votes of the soldiers made me feel a little ashamed because it made me feel like I was deceiving them. But on the other hand, I also know that as a soldier, I often cannot act according to my own wishes.

"This is my plan!" I signaled the soldiers to calm down, and I continued: "From our experience in shooting cold guns during this period, the time when the enemy snipers entered the lurking position was similar to that of us. Da Lei was around four o'clock..."

The soldiers all nodded. There is no doubt about this. In fact, this is also the best time to enter the lurking position. Going early means suffering more in the wind and snow; going late, you still don’t rush to find a suitable location to lurk. The sky is already bright.

"According to our observations, the US sentry often starts to be lazy after twelve o'clock!" I continued: "So I think the best time for us to pass through the enemy's defense line should be from late twelve o'clock to four in the morning."

The soldiers had no objection. During this period, they had been observing the US military on the opposite position every day, and had long mastered the US military's schedule.

"So I decided to set off at 1:00 a.m.!" I said: "This is the time when the US military was slept. The snipers had not yet come up. We took advantage of this gap to pass through the enemy's position! The soldiers must move quickly, because we had only two hours..."

"Captain, isn't it four hours?" a soldier asked in confusion.

"It's true that there are four hours!" I replied, "But we must spare about two hours for the heavy snow to cover up our footprints, otherwise the US snipers will find that they have passed through their defense as soon as they come up!"

"Um!" After listening to my explanation, the soldiers suddenly realized.

"The location we sneaked into is here..." As I said that, I pointed to a place on the map.

When Huang Sihu saw the position I was referring to, he was shocked and said, "Captain, that is the enemy's position, there are minefields and barbed wires, and American devils are stationed. How could we choose this place to sneak in..."

"That's right!" I nodded: "There is a saying that the most dangerous place is the safest place. It is because it seems difficult to penetrate from here, so the enemy will relax their vigilance, so we have the possibility of success!"

After a pause, I continued, "Although I don't know where the scouts comrades sneaked in, I think they will definitely not choose the enemy's position. We have to learn from this bloody lesson. Is there any problem?"

"No!" the soldiers answered one after another.

"Very good! Now everyone goes back to rest and sets off on time at 1:00 in the evening!"

"Yes!" the soldiers responded, turned around and walked out of the tunnel.
Chapter completed!