Preamble:
On December 31, 1950, the third battle of the Korean War broke out, the enemy and us have carried out many battles, the outbreak of the battle made the soldiers exhausted, after a few days of rapid marching, the soldiers of the 341st Regiment of the 114th Division rested on the spot under the order of the political commissar, and saw the political commissar of "Staff Officer Guo" who had been lying on the haystack to rest, and the political commissar did not think much about falling asleep directly against the other party.
It wasn't until the next day that when he heard that a soldier under his command had captured a South Korean battalion commander and taken prisoner, he found out that he had made a big oolong last night, "Why are you?" After hearing this, the soldier couldn't help but wonder, how did the political commissar know the south Korean battalion commander, and what kind of misunderstanding was there?
Breaking through three directions, the enemy fled in the wilderness
On the night of December 31, 1950, the artillery fire of the Volunteers was fiercely launched at the enemy, and the enemy did not expect that the third attack of the Volunteers would come so quickly, and even the weapons and equipment that the US army was proud of were insignificant at this moment.
In just half an hour, the large force of the Volunteer Army had already broken through the three lines of defense of the US army, and Li Qiwei's strategic defense line looked like a papier-mâché tiger after repeated defeats in battles.
The 38th Regiment of the 114th Division of the 340th Army took only ten minutes to build a pontoon bridge over the river, and the soldiers quickly crossed the pontoon bridge to fight the enemy on the opposite side, and even after crossing the bridge, it took only ten minutes to break through the enemy's forward position.
The 342nd Regiment, which also received the task of advancing, was even more direct, the soldiers did not choose to build a pontoon bridge but endured the cold and biting temperature and flowed directly through the water, and after arriving on the other side of the river, the assault troops of the 342nd Regiment immediately adjusted their combat state to confront the enemy and eliminated the enemy in front in a short time.
Due to the rapid attack of our soldiers, many enemy troops fled in a hurry, and they did not even have time to get weapons and equipment, and some enemy soldiers even threw away their second life guns and ammunition in order to escape faster, just to reduce the weight on their bodies.
And the soldiers who led the way of our army were so fast that they were confused with some enemy troops who had time to flee or were slow to flee.
The speed of the 114th Division's march and the enemy's inflincessant defeat caused the 341st Regiment, as the rearguard, to encounter many enemy stragglers and deserters along the way, and the number of American prisoners in the ranks increased as the pace of advancement.
However, most of the enemy troops did not dare to choose to fight the volunteers head-on, but after a sudden chance encounter, they scrambled to choose to flee into the mountains and forests, and fled in the wilderness.
Because of the large distance between the 341st Regiment and the large army along the way, in order to catch up with the pace of the large army, the soldiers of the 341st Regiment were in a hurry except to stop and fight with some scattered troops.
Later, because of the combat mission and the time was very tight, the soldiers of the 341st Regiment had no time to take care of those prisoners, and most of the soldiers were exhausted after several days of marching, and some soldiers even practiced the stunt of snoring while marching.
This shows the hardships of the soldiers on the battlefield, but there are also some interesting accidents interspersed with this hardship, which is one of the few sources of happiness for the soldiers.
Mistaken for "Lao Guo"
"Yo, Lao Guo, you're really looking for a good position. "On the night of January 3, 1951, the 341st Regiment had just crossed a high mountain and engaged in a short fire battle with the enemy, and came to a relatively open area, where the soldiers were extremely tired after several days of marching.
In order to let the soldiers have a better combat state, political commissar Zhang Zhenming decided to take a short rest here for a while, although the weather is cold and freezing, the soldiers are not picky, generally where to go to stop where to rest, and this place happens to have some haystacks, compared to the cold earth, the soft haystacks are an excellent resting place.
The fighters, who had just been instructed to rest, leaned close to the haystacks, snuggled up to each other to keep warm, closed their eyes and fell asleep. Zhang Zhenming had already reached the limit of his body, and he came to a haystack to rest, but found that there were already people here.
The other party was wearing a US military coat, the brim of the hat was pressed very low, and the night was dark, Zhang Zhenming did not see the other party's appearance clearly, but vaguely saw that the other party's face was very similar to Chief of Staff Guo in the team, so he took the initiative to greet the other party.
However, the other party didn't pay attention to him, Zhang Zhenming thought that the other party must be very tired and had fallen asleep, so he didn't say much about relying on the other party to lie down and make up for sleep.
But Zhang Zhenming obviously saw that the other party was wearing a US military coat, why did he not become suspicious and lie down beside the other party to sleep with peace of mind? This is because the supplies of the volunteers are relatively poor.
When the U.S. troops were wearing military coats and leather boots, eating compressed biscuits and drinking coffee, our soldiers relied on single clothes, fried noodles and other materials to resist the difficulties.
Many soldiers suffered from frostbite because they did not have cotton clothes to protect them from the cold, and later the soldiers would also seize the supplies of the US army and rely on the supplies of the US army to solve the problem of food and clothing.
Therefore, many volunteer soldiers will have US military coats on them, which is why Zhang Zhenming slept with "Lao Guo" without any worries.
"Commissar, it's time for us to go. The few hours of rest passed quickly, Zhang Zhenming was woken up by the guards, and when Zhang Zhenming was about to get up, he saw Lao Guo who was still sleeping on the side.
"Get up, Lao Guo, let's continue on our way. While speaking, he pushed the other party with his hand, only to see that the other party shrank back and still didn't respond to a word, "Forget it, Lao Guo may be too tired, let him rest for a while." ”
The true identity of "Lao Guo".
After he left, the sleeping "Lao Guo" raised the brim of his hat slightly, as if to confirm whether Zhang Zhenming really left, but Zhang Zhenming did not notice these small movements of "Lao Guo".
Just as "Lao Guo" was about to get up and leave, he heard a rush of footsteps again, and he immediately pressed the brim of his hat to his face again and continued to pretend to sleep. "Why is Chief of Staff Guo still here?" A small soldier of the reconnaissance company who followed the rear of the team also found the sleeping "Chief of Staff Guo" when he passed by the haystack.
His words attracted the attention of Cao Dianzhen, the commander of the reconnaissance company, "The chief of staff is quite well equipped, including US military coats and US military leather shoes. He thought so in his heart as he walked forward, and suddenly Cao Dianzhen noticed that something was wrong, "The shoes of the American army!" The coat can be worn by the soldiers regardless of size, as long as it is cold.
But the shoes are wrong, the shoes are all sizes, how can it be so coincidental that the leather shoes of the US army are just right for our soldiers, and even if they find shoes of the right size, the soldiers generally do not choose to wear them, so it seems that there is something wrong with this person.
Cao Dianzhen made a gesture to the soldiers of the reconnaissance company who were still on the road, and some of them pretended to continue to hurry and deliberately made the sound of leaving the footsteps, while the other part of the soldiers quietly approached the "sleeping" person, and the weapons in their hands were aimed at him.
At that time, "Lao Guo" felt that the volunteers had left, so he lifted the brim of his hat again to check the situation, and what he saw was a black muzzle, and immediately this "Lao Guo" was frightened out of his mother tongue and made a move to escape.
But how could the volunteer army let him succeed easily, several people controlled the people when they were sure that the other party was not Chief of Staff Guo, and Cao Dianzhen found a soldier who could understand South Korean to talk to the other party. Only then did he learn that this man was actually the commander of the South Korean artillery battalion, because the team was scattered by the troops of the previous volunteers, and he fled alone in a panic.
But he never thought that he happened to meet the soldiers of the 341st Regiment, in order to save his life, he pretended to be a soldier of our army to hide in the haystack to "sleep", he never fell asleep, wanted to find a suitable time to escape, and finally survived Zhang Zhenming but waited for the reconnaissance company.
"Political commissar, Cao Dianzhen captured a battalion commander in South Korea. Zhang Zhenming, who got the report, was excited, the position of the battalion commander was not low, and if he could ask something, it would definitely help the march of the large army, so he hurriedly asked the other party to be escorted in front of him.
When the battalion commander of South Korea was escorted in front of Zhang Zhenming, Zhang Zhenming was dumbfounded, "Why are you!" The words he blurted out made everyone present puzzled, especially Cao Dianzhen.
He thought that he had arrested the wrong person, but how could the political commissar know the battalion commander of the enemy army, after seeing everyone's doubts, Zhang Zhenming not only laughed out loud, but also told the story of sleeping with the enemy last night, and then praised Cao Dianzhen for his meticulous observation and vigilance.
Subsequently, under the surprise interrogation of several people, the battalion commander trayed out all the information he knew, which provided a certain degree of help for the strategic deployment of our army in the future, and the fact that Zhang Zhenming slept with the enemy also became an interesting story that was passed on by the soldiers on the march.
No matter how difficult the conditions, the soldiers of our army never complained about the environment, and the soldiers used their own flesh and blood and even their lives to escort the security of the country.