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

Originally, their strategic focus was on Europe, but now, due to the Korean War, they are stuck in this quagmire and cannot extricate themselves. This is completely contrary to the fundamental interests of the United States.

Therefore, the only option for the Americans is to stabilize the front line near the 40th Parallel as much as possible, to defend instead of attack, to replace the previous crude fortifications with a large amount of concrete and steel bars, to build a large number of permanent bunkers at the frontier positions, and even to lay out minefields, and to establish three lines of defense, namely the Tinnitus Line, the Wynn Line and the Kansas Line. The tactical depth of the three lines of defense is nearly kilometers.

By September 1952, North and South Korea had been in a stalemate for 9 months. Both sides were relatively restrained and no large-scale fighting occurred.

With the end of the rainy season in North and South Korea, the Volunteer Army Command and the North Korean People's Army planned to take the initiative and launch a tactical counterattack against the US-China Joint Forces in order to target the possible next local offensive. They finalized the combat plan on the 14th of that month.

This is also the first time in nearly 10 months that the Volunteer Army has deployed a large number of troops after the end of five battles.

At this time, to the north of Baimashan, the 38th Army, which was ordered to serve as the main attacking force, was ready to go. Their combat goal this time was to capture Baimashan ahead.

As for the defense line of Paektu Mountain, it is the 9th Division of the North Korean Army.

Liang Xingchu, commander of the 38th Army, planned to use his 113th Division to attack the west side of Baimashan, the 114th Division to attack the east side, and the 112th Division to serve as a logistical support force to support the two divisions in front.

After a month of thorough preparation, on October 10, all combat units had moved into their designated locations.

As the company commander of the guard company directly under the 113th Division, He Yuzhu naturally followed the 1st Army to the front line.

I don’t know what’s going on, but his eyelids have been twitching these past few days and he always feels like something big is going to happen.

This abnormal phenomenon made him very puzzled. As the saying goes, if the left eye twitches, it means good fortune, while if the right eye twitches, it means disaster. He Yuzhu never believed in such feudal superstitions before.

However, after this incredible thing happened to him, he had no choice but to believe these fictitious things.

He looked at the vast Baimashan Mountain in front of him, wondering what he was thinking.

Suddenly, a voice sounded behind him.

"He Yuzhu, what are you thinking about?"

Upon hearing this, He Yuzhu immediately turned around and looked back, and it turned out to be the division commander Jiang Chao.

He immediately returned a military salute to Jiang Chao.

"Master, why are you here too? What's the matter?"

Jiang Chao smiled slightly when he heard this.

"Nothing, I originally wanted to come and see the terrain of Baima Mountain, and I happened to see you here too.

By the way, the weather has turned cooler recently, and the new cotton-padded clothes sent by the logistics troops should be arriving soon. Remember to pick them up then."

When He Yuzhu heard Jiang Chao mention the word "cotton-padded clothes", a memory suddenly emerged in his mind. He finally understood why his eyelids had been twitching. So this was the reason.

Jiang Chao was quite surprised to see He Yuzhu with a strange expression in front of him, and asked him again,

"He Yuzhu, what's wrong with you today? Why do you feel weird?"

He Yuzhu heard this and immediately waved his hand.

"Master, I'm fine. I'll come see you later. I have something to do now, so I'll leave for a while."

As soon as he finished speaking, He Yuzhu ran back to the area where the guard company was located, found a secluded place, and began to try hard to recall something about the cotton-padded jacket.

It turned out that according to the memory of the previous life, there was a traitor named Gu Zhongjiao in the 38th Army. Because of his advance disclosure, the South Korean troops stationed in Baimashan had taken precautions and preparations, which also led to the 38th Army's defeat in Baimashan and became the first to suffer a defeat in the counterattack campaign.

Speaking of this dragon in the valley, this guy is a typical traitor and a beast.

This guy is considered a veteran, and is also a deputy platoon leader under the 114rd Battalion of the 3th Division. He is a cultural instructor and a civilian.

However, this person was a typical coward. In order to get promoted as soon as possible, he chose to take shortcuts and volunteered to apply to become a commando in the camp. Naturally, he was accepted.

But when he was about to go to the battlefield, Gu Zhongjiao regretted his decision. He was actually a typical talker, and when he was really asked to bleed and sacrifice, he became cowardly.

As the weather turned cooler, the logistics department sent new cotton-padded clothes to the front line. The instructor of the 3rd Battalion thought that the commandos could get theirs later, so he temporarily withheld them. When Gu Zhongjiao found out about this, he became extremely dissatisfied and resentful.

He thought that the camp did this because they thought their commandos were a suicide squad, sending themselves to die, and that dead people don't need cotton clothes. His inner dissatisfaction grew day by day, and finally he even had an extreme idea: "If you don't treat me as a human being, then I will do the opposite." He immediately chose to speculate, chose to be a traitor, and betrayed his motherland and comrades.

In fact, the purpose of the instructor of the 3rd Battalion doing this was simply to distribute it one day later.

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When He Yuzhu thought of this, his whole back became wet. He really wanted to go directly to his commander Jiang Chao and tell him the truth, but he considered that if he told him these things rashly, the other party would definitely not believe him, and he had no evidence, and it would only backfire.

To this end, he decided that he must find a way to cut the tofu so that both sides were smooth.

He then directly mobilized all the volunteer soldiers of the guard company and quickly came to the division commander Jiang Chao.

"Commander, I have something to report to you."

Jiang Chao was also quite surprised to see He Yuzhu coming back, and immediately asked him,

"He Yuzhu, what are you up to? Just tell me what you want to say."

He Yuzhu nodded and got straight to the point.

"Division Commander, it's like this. The day after tomorrow our 113th Division will launch an attack on Baimashan. I want the brothers in the guard company to act as the eyes of our division and go to Baimashan to explore the enemy's strengths and weaknesses. This way we can learn more about the enemy and increase our chances of success in the subsequent offensive."

Jiang Chao refused without even thinking about it.

"He Yuzhu, I understand your idea, but I don't agree. You are the guard company responsible for the security of the division command post.

As for the work of scouting the enemy, it will naturally be handed over to the reconnaissance company."