"But in general, you completed the mission of the 77th Division this time pretty well!" Then Commander Pang nodded at me with praise and said, "Although you have not made any outstanding contributions in teaching tunnel experience, you have assisted the 77th Division in forming a cold gun force and fought a few beautiful battles, which can be regarded as a satisfactory answer..."

"Hey! That's not true!" Commander Wang said dissatisfied: "Comrade Xiao Cui is still of great help to us in teaching the experience of tunnels! Now our entire division and even the entire army know the meaning and method of using tunnels to fight the enemy! Commander Pang, don't belittle yourself anymore!"

"Sir Wang, don't praise this kid!" Commander Pang couldn't help but smile and said, "The 538th Regiment's experience in teaching tunnel combat was done by soldiers of the 538th Regiment. How could he do his credit? I heard that this guy was in the 597.9 and 537.7 He was instructed to dig one tunnel after another, without any experience. He also opened a blacksmith furnace and made explosives, which made the soldiers on these two high grounds not learn anything and could only dig tunnels. I heard that he had dug something recently... The 'Invincible tunnel' was so big that it could hold 200 people. The water and food stored inside were enough for more than 200 people to eat for a month. You said we were here to fight, and we were not hiding and seeking with the enemy. The tunnel could be self-defense! So much trouble, what's the use of doing such a big thing?"

"Teacher Pang, this..." I couldn't help but want to explain when I heard this, but I didn't know what to say after opening my mouth. Should I tell him that in the Battle of Shangganling a few months later, our army will suffer significant losses due to lack of water and food? If I say that, I'm afraid that Commander Wang, Commander Pang, wouldn't think I'm crazy.

"Okay, okay, I'm not blaming you!" Commander Pang smiled and said, "This is Commander Wang who has a good temper and trusts you. How can you do whatever you want on those two high grounds? If it were me, I will stop in two half of the time. This will almost torture the soldiers and miners..."

"Ah?" I couldn't help but look at Commander Wang when I heard this. Seeing that he smiled disregardlessly, I knew that Commander Pang was right. I couldn't help but secretly thank him. Fortunately, this was the case. Otherwise, my tunnel fortifications on Shangganling might not have been able to develop to this scale.

"The mission is completed. Let's go back to the army with me after two days of rest!" The next sentence from Commander Pang made me even more stunned.

"Teacher..., are you going back now?" I looked at Teacher Pang in surprise and said, "My tunnel is not yet..."

When I said this, I suddenly remembered that Commander Pang did not support me at all, and did not agree with me in building the tunnel, so I hurriedly stopped the following.

"What? Are you addicted to building tunnels?" Commander Pang shook his head and smiled, "Do you still want to build those tunnels into your family? You are reluctant to return to the army if you live here?"

"Hahaha..." Commander Wang was amused as he heard this: "If this is the case, it would be great! If Captain Cui is willing to stay, I will take charge. No matter how you do the two high grounds, it will be fine to build your home!"

"Then, that's not..." I found myself in a dilemma again.

"Talk the serious business!" Commander Pang smiled for a while and said seriously: "We received the order from our superiors. In two months, the troops will start to rotate one by one. Several corps that were resting in the country will soon enter North Korea to take over our battle. The superiors mean that we will fight another battle before we return to China. Each unit will choose three or five targets and capture several frontier positions of the enemy."

"Yes! I also received the order from my superiors!" Commander Wang nodded: "The superiors' decision makes sense! The strategic purpose of this is to make our army smoothly switch defenses. The second is to provide some combat experience for the troops receiving and defense. More importantly, it is to prepare a buffer zone for the troops receiving and defense, so as not to be caught off guard by the enemy because they were not familiar with the terrain and were not prepared!"

It turned out that I was about to change my defense. After hearing this, I quickly realized that it would not take long for the Volunteer Army to "keep contact" in the United Nations Army, which was stalemate, would soon end.

"This will be a huge battle, but the target of the attack is limited to front-line easy-to-determinate positions!" Commander Pang continued: "This battle is a full-scale attack by our front-line troops. Its scale is no less than any previous battle, but the attack depth is only a few miles or even less. What we are fighting for is not the land, but to kill and damage the enemy as much as possible, so we strive to fight an annihilation war and resolutely annihilate it when the enemy counterattacks!"

"Xiao Cui!" Commander Wang patted my shoulder and said, "This battle is still under planning. Don't let the soldiers know for the time being, so as not to have some negative impact!"

"Yes!" I stood up and understood what Commander Wang meant.

The consequences of this leak will firstly prepare the United Nations army, and secondly, it will inevitably have some negative impacts in the hearts of the soldiers. Especially the news that they have to change defenses and return to China. If the soldiers know that this is the last battle before returning to China, some people will strive to make contributions and return home to glorify their ancestors, and some people will think of saving this life and spending the rest of their lives. No matter which idea is, it is not advisable on the battlefield, and it may cause the soldiers to be distracted and sacrifice their lives.

"So our 180th Division is also ready to go to the battlefield! Do you still don't want to go back?" Commander Pang looked at me with a smile.

"When you go back, of course you have to go back!" I joked, "If I don't go back, who will take over the 538th Regiment! I worked so hard to become the leader. If I don't go back, wouldn't I be dismissed?"

Commander Wang and Commander Pang couldn't help laughing as they heard this.

"Report!" At this time, a radio soldier handed a telegram to Commander Wang and said, "This is a telegram sent to us by the People's Army!"

"Um!" Commander Wang's expression immediately became serious when he heard this. He took out the reading glasses from his pocket and put them on. He held the telegram in his hand and then frowned deeper and deeper.

"What's wrong?" Commander Pang asked in confusion as he looked at it.

"Well!" Commander Wang hesitated and said, "This is a telegram sent to us by the intelligence personnel of the People's Army. It said that the intelligence personnel they placed in the enemy team had obtained a reliable news. The US military lost a large number of snipers in the sniper battle in the Wusheng Mountain area and lost face, so he decided to send a special sniper force to our area! As a result, the intelligence personnel of the People's Army could not find out if it was special, and where was the special one... "

"Oh! This is a good thing!" Commander Pang laughed loudly as he heard this: "It is possible to force out the enemy's special sniper unit, which means that you are shooting well in cold guns! Now that you are coming, it's just a matter of getting a shot."

"Are you kidding me or what?" Commander Wang took off his reading glasses and smiled bitterly, pointed at me with his glasses and said, "You are about to take away one of our best sharpshooters, but the enemy will bring up a special sniper unit. Can you still laugh?"

"Teacher Pang!" I stood up and said, "I, I ask to stay! This special sniper unit of the Americans came mainly at the cold gun unit in my hand. I just left like that. That's not to say I'm afraid of them!"

I really can't rest assured that Yang Zhenshan and the others, and at the same time I am full of curiosity about the special sniper unit of the Americans, wanting to see what is special about them.

"Oh, didn't you just say you didn't want to throw the commander away? Why don't you want it right now?" Among the three people, only Commander Pang smiled the happiestly.

"Then... the Americans wanted to compete with us, and I couldn't just run away like that!" I said helplessly: "The regiment commander is important, but the majesty of our volunteer army is more important, right?"

"Don't worry!" Commander Pang laughed and said, "I will keep the position of the 538th Regiment Commander for you. Let Li Guoqiang act as the leader. You can fight me well and destroy the Americans, such a special sniper unit, for me!"

"Yes!" I stood up and saluted Teacher Pang.

Commander Wang also stood up and shook hands with Commander Pang to express his gratitude.

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The next night, when it was dark, the soldiers of the 538th Regiment packed their luggage and lined up neatly on the road to prepare to return to the original troops.

There were many people coming to see him off, most of them were soldiers from the 77th Division. They lived with the soldiers of the 538th Regiment for several months, built tunnels together, exchanged experiences with each other, and even slept together, and had already cultivated a deep friendship. Now they suddenly knew that they would be separated, and they didn't know when they would meet each other on a day. There was no need to say much about the farewell between them.

Of course, I was also included among the people who came to see him off.

The soldiers did not dare to make a sound, in order to beware of the movements caused by the enemy to be bombed. So it was very quiet when they parted. Some silently tightened the marching quilt on the backs for the soldiers, some quietly shook hands and hugged them, and some stuffed a pair of shoes for the soldiers that they had kept for a long time but couldn't bear to wear...

"Help me take good care of my comrades!" I patted Li Guoqiang on the shoulder and said reluctantly: "You can bleed and sweat, but you can't lose the majesty of our 538th Regiment, and you can't lose the face of our 180th Division!"

"Yes!" Li Guoqiang saluted me upright, finally shook hands with me, turned around and ran back to the marching team.

"Go back now!" It's Commander Pang's turn to tell me: "I won't say much about other words, I must come back alive! I will keep the position of the 538th Regiment Commander for you. If you don't come for ten years, I will not spare you!"

"Teacher Pang..." I shook Commander Pang's hand heavily, watched him turn around and climb into the jeep, and then looked at the soldiers who couldn't help but wave to me. My eyes became wet without realizing it.

"Let's go!" After a long time, until the soldiers were not visible, Commander Wang patted me on the shoulder and said, "There is no banquet that will last! It is inevitable that they will be separated."

"Yeah!" I nodded, and finally looked at the direction where the soldiers left, and then I turned reluctantly and followed Commander Wang back.

"I want to tell you something!" Commander Wang said with a serious expression: "I sent a few telegrams to contact the comrades of the People's Army, and asked their intelligence personnel to check where the special sniper unit of the US military is! But there was no result. For this reason, several comrades of the People's Army's intelligence personnel were exposed! It seems that this time, the Americans' tone is still very strict! We cannot take it lightly!"

"Yeah!" I nodded. I couldn't help but wonder, what's the special so-called special sniper force of the US military?

Sniper master? Or a first-hand weapon?

It is unlikely that a sniper master! If you are a sniper master, it should not be called a special sniper unit, but an elite sniper unit.

Then it's the first weapon! But in the information I know, the US military's sniper equipment did not improve much during the Korean War! The gun is still an M1 rifle. If there is any improvement, it is the magnification of the sniper lens. But if it is just like this, it will not be considered special at all!

"But the intelligence personnel of the People's Army still got some things!" Division Commander Wang continued: "After exposing several comrades, they finally got the news that the US sniper unit will enter the battlefield next month. There are still seven or eight days left before, and you still have some time to prepare. If there are any difficulties and needs, just mention people and guns. During this period, we will focus on cold guns and fully support your cold gun troops! We must smash the conspiracy of American imperialism to suppress us in cold gun battles!"

"Yes!" I stood up and responded.

"Go back to the position!" Commander Wang nodded and said, "While there is still time, train the cold gun unit in your hand, I have confidence in you!"

"Yes!" I saluted Commander Wang, turned around and walked towards the 597.9 high ground.

Along the way, I thought about what kind of weapons the US military had, so I called this sniper unit "special", but I couldn't think of it, so I had to give up in the end.

Before I knew it, I had returned to my own command center of the 597.9 Highland. When I walked into the tunnel, I saw that Wang Yuehan, Zhang Xiaoyu and three squad leaders of the Cold Gun Army were already waiting in my command center.

"Captain Cui!" Seeing me back, Wang Yuehan greeted me and said, "We have received a notice from our superiors. I heard that the US military will send a special sniper force to fight us?"

"Yeah!" I nodded.

The reason I haven't told them is because I can't think of what special things are about the US military. Not knowing their special features means that I have no way to do targeted training at all, so it's no different from not saying it.

"It's just right when we come!" Yang Zhenshan waved the gun in his hand and said, "I'm worried that the targets I can fight during this period are getting fewer and fewer. I didn't expect that the American devils are still so concerned, and they will send us a batch of them right away!"

With a coaxing sound, the soldiers were amused by Yang Zhenshan's words.

"Comrades, don't be careless!" I was the only one who didn't laugh. I frowned and said, "We still haven't figured out what tricks these Americans are doing. For this reason, the comrades in the People's Army sacrificed several intelligence personnel! The Americans made this matter so mysterious, and it would not be a waste of nothing, without any reason."

"Captain! I just can't figure it out!" Liu Yawen said with some disbelief: "Isn't this cold gun just a person and a gun? What else can it be? Look, those Americans are just bluffing and trying to scare us!"

Liu Yawen is now the squad leader of the third squad of the Cold Gun Army. After Huang Sihu died, I asked the soldiers of the third squad to select their squad leader by themselves. They happened to choose Liu Yawen as the squad leader. It is said that this was because Liu Yawen knocked out a US sniper while he was cold guns.

The election of grassroots cadres by soldiers rather than designated by superiors is a consistent tradition of the Volunteer Army. In fact, this is also very consistent with the combat methods and habits of the Volunteer Army. Of course, the choice of cadres by soldiers can reflect public opinion and make soldiers feel fair is one of the reasons, but more importantly, it is because the casualties rate of grassroots cadres of the Volunteer Army is extremely high. Sometimes there will be situations where several platoon leaders are replaced by company commanders when fighting. If each of them has to be designated by superiors, it is very difficult for the Volunteer Army with extremely backward communication equipment. At the same time, it is unimaginable that the superiors have to designate new cadres one by one during combat.

"I agree with Comrade Liu Yawen's point of view!" Zhang Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Didn't Chairman Mao say that all imperialism is a paper tiger! What is a paper tiger? It looks quite scary, but if we really want to fight with them, it's not three, and we'll lie down with two punches!"

The soldiers looked at Zhang Xiaoyu's dancing hands and couldn't help laughing again. They only frowned.

The soldiers of this cold gun unit under my command, although the biggest one under me is just a squad leader, they all selected the sharpshooters with the most accurate marksmanship from each unit. The positions in the original unit were not low, such as the squad leader Hu Zudi was a battalion commander. They were all arrogant soldiers and powerful generals! No one would easily conquer anyone. The reason why I could suppress them was half because I had made a reputation before this, and the other half was that they had truly witnessed my marksmanship.

But it is just such a unit that will underestimate the enemy. For example, now, they do not take the arrival of the US sniper unit seriously...

But I know that the US military has lost a large number of snipers in the Shangganling area. After knowing our strength, they will send this sniper force, so there will definitely be their reasons.
Chapter completed!