Chapter 14 Entering the Minefield
"These Americans are really hateful. They actually asked us to stop fighting back and continue to enter this US company north. Captain Thomson's mind is probably in his mind.
"Even if we want a ceasefire, the Korean People's Army on the two hills on the left and right will never give up. We will continue to attack and shoot at us."
Li Douhyun, the commander of the Han army, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat of the convertible jeep, immediately clenched his fists after listening to the report of the combat staff officer Kim Shengji, and clenched his fists, slammed hard on the steering wheel with a "bang", gritted his teeth and complained.
Jin Shengji, who sat back in the driver's seat, asked in a tentative tone: "Battery Commander, what should we do next? Should we do as Captain Thomson mean? As the vanguard, we will quickly pass through this valley called Liangshuidong."
After sighing lightly, Li Douxuan said helplessly: "Brother Shengji, you should know better than me. Although I am a major battalion commander of our Korean army, according to the instructions of my superiors, whenever we encounter major decisions and deployments, we must unconditionally obey Captain Thomson of the US company.
"Now it seems that Captain Thomson insisted on letting our vanguard continue to advance northward and no longer entangled with the Korean People's Army in Liangshuidong. The decision he made was to make all the officers and soldiers of our third battalion jump into the fire pit.
"But there is no way. At this time, we must unconditionally obey Captain Thomson's orders. We will continue to march north while fighting back, hoping to quickly pass through the narrow valley of the Two Water Caves."
After hearing Li Douxuan finish his words, Jin Shengji, who was sitting next to him, immediately took over the conversation and said, "Okay, battalion commander, I'll convey your order now."
Jin Shengji, who was about to get up and get out of the car, suddenly thought of something, changed his subject and continued, "By the way, Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Cui Xingmin, who followed the artillery squadron behind us, said that it is okay to let their artillery squadron fire, but there must be Captain Thomson's order. Otherwise, they will refuse to execute your order from Battalion Commander."
Li Douxuan, who was already angry, heard Jin Shengji sitting next to him say that even the artillery squadron equipped by his superiors did not obey his orders, dared to refuse to execute his orders, and took out Captain Thomson, the captain of the US company who was fighting in concert with their third battalions as a shield.
Even though Li Douxuan was so angry about this, he was still helpless. After beating his chest and stamping, he couldn't help but sigh: "Oh, I understand this. It seems that my battalion commander can only command the officers and soldiers of our third battalion. Shengji, hurry up and convey my order."
Seeing his good friend and old boss looking melancholy, Jin Shengji felt that his little lieutenant could not help, so he jumped out of the car and conveyed the order of battalion commander Li Douxuan to fight back while advancing.
"Squad Leader, look at the second and third rows of our third company ambushed on the hills on both sides of the valley, which have already fired the vanguard of the Korean army. We didn't even fire a single shot, and we have been waiting for almost ten minutes. Should we fight or not?"
Deng Sanshui, a veteran of the third company, asked in an anxious tone to the squad leader Niu Tiezhu, who was separated from him by a soldier.
It turned out that twenty minutes ago, their row of platoons received a temporary command from the third company, Mah, to convey the order from company commander Zhao Yifa, and waited until the enemy opposite them reached a minefield about 100 meters away from them, and then fired the gun.
In addition, we will snatch the mines buried underground and try to blow up more than a dozen large pits on the flat road at the valley floor, so that we can prevent the enemy who are riding in various vehicles on the other side from advancing.
After this temporary order was transmitted to the first row, many soldiers who were eager to fight in the first row felt very confused about this and also caused bad emotions.
However, even so, the soldiers in the first row obeyed this order. When the soldiers in the second and third rows of ambushed on the two hills on the left and right shot, they exchanged fire with the vanguard of the Korean army, one hundred and fifty meters away from them. The soldiers in the first row all stared at them.
As the squad leader Niu Tiezhu dared not neglect the question raised by veteran Yuzi Deng Sanshui. He had just put on a bad face to Sun Lei and immediately turned to smile.
Niu Tiezhu replied politely: "Old Deng, don't worry. The commander Mahe, the commander of our company just now, conveyed the latest instructions of Company Commander Zhao to the soldiers in our platoon.
"Brother Deng, as a veteran, you are older than me, the squad leader in our glorious 'Sharp Knife Company'. As an old soldier, you should be calm. Let's wait for Platoon Leader Liu's orders."
The reason why Niu Tiezhu, who is the squad leader, spoke so politely to the veteran Deng Sanshui in his squad, is that he is no match for veteran Deng Sanshui in terms of qualifications, marksmanship, and knife skills.
Moreover, Niu Tiezhu's marksmanship and swordsmanship were taught to him by Deng Sanshui. Although he did not advocate learning skills in the army, Niu Tiezhu usually treated Deng Sanshui as his master, so he naturally did not dare to show Deng Sanshui his face.
Obviously, Deng Sanshui was very dissatisfied with the answer of his "apprentice" Niu Tiezhu. He shook his head and said disappointedly: "Oh, I think I asked the wrong person. It's useless for me to ask you, the squad leader. When I see the platoon leader later, I'd better ask the platoon leader. If I haven't shot the gun these days, my hands are itchy."
Although all the soldiers in their row pulled the bolts and loaded the bullets, they did not fire a single shot and shot, and were waiting for the combat orders of platoon leader Liu Sanshun.
The leader of the platoon Liu Sanshun, with a pair of blood-filled bull eyes, was paying attention to the every move of the Korean vanguard in front. As long as he moved forward into the minefield, he would immediately issue combat orders to the soldiers of the platoon without hesitation, pulling landmines, firing guns, and throwing grenades.
Suddenly at this moment, Sun Lei, who was holding a 38-large rifle in his hand, said to Deng Sanshui who was next to him with a little excited tone: "Old Deng, look, the vehicle that the enemy on the opposite side, which had just stopped not long ago, has now been restarted, and they are driving towards us."
When Sun Lei, the new recruit from the third company, had just finished speaking, the entire squad of soldiers lying beside him, including the squad leader Niu Tiezhu, all widened their eyes and looked directly at the vanguard of the Korean army that was getting closer and closer to them.
Chapter completed!