Siheyuan: Back to 50 years ago, Shazhu joined the army

At the end of March, after the Chinese Volunteer Army and the North Korean People’s Army completed their blocking and defense missions, all personnel were transferred to the north of the “3th Parallel”.

As for the newly arrived 3rd and 19th Corps of the Volunteer Army, they assembled directly north of the "th Parallel".

The front-line troops were adequately replenished with the addition of these two armies.

When the US Joint Forces saw that the reinforcements of the Volunteer Army had arrived, they stopped their advance. The two sides seemed to have reached a tacit understanding and confronted each other directly on the "38th Parallel".

As of April 4, there were no more large-scale battles between the two sides, which also marked the end of the Fourth Campaign to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.

After two full months of fighting, the guard company where He Yuzhu was located naturally suffered heavy casualties. Of the original 2 soldiers in the guard company, only less than 30 were left. Even He Yuzhu almost died at one point. If he hadn't been wearing that bulletproof vest, he would have definitely gone to see God.

After the fourth battle, the subsequent incoming troops delivered logistical supplies, but they were still fried flour and baked potatoes. The only difference was that there were more pickled vegetables and a small amount of cornmeal.

It can only be said that the quality of the Volunteer Army's logistics was still a bit poor. The root cause was that China was extremely poor at that time, and the country was also tightening its belt to survive. Such logistics was already the maximum guarantee for the country.

Although the dietary problem was not improved, at least the manpower was replenished, and the guard company where He Yuzhu was located was once again fully staffed.

But as he looked at these lively-looking recruits in front of him, he couldn't help feeling a little melancholy, knowing that these young men would soon be buried in this foreign country.

However, the volunteer soldiers finally got a chance to catch their breath. However, in view of the success of the first four battles to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, the Volunteer Army Command was filled with a wrong idea of ​​underestimating the enemy, thinking that the U.S. military was not strong enough, the U.S. military was relatively weak, and the U.S.-China Joint Forces were a paper tiger.

In addition, the weapons and equipment supported by "Big Brother" had just arrived in time, allowing the various army groups that originally did not have any air defense capabilities to be equipped with anti-aircraft artillery divisions, and some even had anti-aircraft machine gun companies.

As a result, the various units of the Volunteer Army had a certain air defense capability. Coupled with the subsequent addition of several main corps, the Volunteer Army assembled hundreds of thousands of troops north of the "38th Parallel", and I felt that I had a great advantage.

It happened that the then US military commander MacArthur had disagreements with his superiors on combat issues, so the position of commander-in-chief of the US-China Joint Forces fell directly into Li Qiwei's hands.

Changing commanders in the middle of a battle is a taboo in military strategy, and Li Qiwei was defeated by the Volunteer Army many times, which led the Volunteer Army Command to mistakenly believe that now was a good time to launch a counterattack.

After a short rest, the Chinese Volunteer Army and the North Korean People's Army launched a counterattack directly against the US Joint Forces on the western front at dusk on the 22nd.

They planned to confront the US Joint Forces head-on with the strength of one corps, and the remaining two corps would directly make a detour from the flanks, intending to divide and encircle the US Joint Forces within the defense line and defeat them one by one.

Currently, the main responsible persons for participating in the counter-offensive are the 5th Corps, the th Corps and the rd Corps of the Volunteer Army. With the participation of these three Corps, the th Battle of the Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea officially started.

The 4th Army, which participated in four major battles, was affiliated with the First Corps. Due to heavy damage before, it did not directly participate in the war at the first time. Instead, it remained in the rear to recuperate as a logistics reserve force.

This time the main opportunities to perform were left to the subsequent corps that were stationed there. They were all gearing up and eager to give the U.S. military a good lesson.

The 113th Division where He Yuzhu was located also took this opportunity to get some breathing time.

For the following period of time, He Yuzhu and others lived a relatively peaceful life. Every day, apart from building fortifications, they also trained new recruits.

However, all they ate was fried flour and a small piece of pickled vegetable. Eating this stuff every day made his stomach feel like it was churning. Especially when he saw several volunteer soldiers vomiting everything out after taking just a small bite, He Yuzhu felt a little bit sorry for it. His thoughts started to become active again. He thought about going into the mountains to hunt again, but this time he did not act on his own. Instead, he went directly to the division command post and found the division commander Jiang Chao.

Jiang Chao was quite surprised to see He Yuzhu coming here suddenly, and immediately asked him,

"He Yuzhu, why are you here? What's the matter?"

Upon hearing this, He Yuzhu immediately explained his purpose.

"Commander, recently our soldiers have been eating fried flour. Some of them have developed serious stomach problems. Most of them are malnourished and pale. If this continues, it will not be good for their health. I came to you this time to make an unreasonable request."

Jiang Chao was stunned for a moment when he heard what He Yuzhu said, but then he immediately thought of He Yuzhu's little thoughts and asked him back,

"He Yuzhu, do you want to go hunting in the mountains again?"

He Yuzhu did not deny it, but touched his head awkwardly.

"Master, you are really a worm in my stomach. You know everything I am thinking."

Jiang Chao frowned when he saw that he had guessed correctly.

"He Yuzhu, hunting without permission is against military discipline. Two months ago, you were not punished. Are you trying to take advantage of me now? Do you want to push your luck further?"

He Yuzhu heard this and immediately started to defend himself.

"Commander, I don't have such an idea. I just want to improve everyone's food. By the way, I also want you, the political commissar, and the leaders of the command post to improve it as well.

After all, eating this every day is not good for our health. Sometimes we also need to supplement some other nutrients, don’t you think so? "

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, Jiang Chao was obviously shaken. In fact, he had had enough of it. Eating this stuff every day made him feel a little nauseous. He also wanted to eat meat, but the military regulations and discipline were there, and he couldn't take the lead in breaking the law.

So he looked to the political commissar Yu Jingshan beside him for help.

Yu Jingshan and Jiang Chao looked at each other and smiled awkwardly.

"Lao Jiang, don't look at me. It's impossible for me to agree to such a blatant violation of discipline."

Then Yu Jingshan started talking to himself.

"He Yuzhu, go and do your thing. As for the hunting in the mountains, I will pretend that I have never heard of it, nor have I ever seen you. I only know that a wounded wild boar rushed into our camp and ran into our stove."

As soon as Yu Jingshan said this, He Yuzhu immediately understood what he meant. He instantly realized that the political commissar agreed, and immediately smiled.

"Okay, Commissar, don't worry, I know what to do."