Chapter 859: The British
What is the 38th parallel!! Li Yong explained to everyone countless times, but most of the people in the squad were still confused, because the soldiers didn't know what longitude and latitude were, let alone what longitude and latitude weft were, and among those who couldn't understand it was company commander Li Yuming.
Li Yuming thought about it and didn't figure out what the warp and weft lines were, and then he simply didn't want to, no matter what line he had, whether it was 38 or 46, he should not save zài, the brigade commander said that what the 38th line was drawn by the Yankees, why is the line drawn by the Yankees so famous, Lao Tzu will also draw a line in the future, it will be called the 37 line, and it will also be famous.
What Li Yuming didn't expect was that their squad had already crossed the 38th parallel and was advancing to the 37th parallel, and their goal was getting closer and closer.
The parliamentary government is not large, but it is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there are railways and highways intersecting each other, which is an extremely important transportation node in the geographical location, and in order to save time and provide support for the front-line troops, the US military has set up a temporary supply point here.
Thanks to the great development of industrialization, the industrial production capacity of the United States before the war has reached nearly seven times that of the old empire Britain, after the end of World War II, the United States, which is intact and unharmed, has become the center of the world's industry, and more than 70 percent of the production capacity of the Western world is concentrated in the United States, and the overall ∑ of the country has developed to an unparalleled height. The U.S. military that came to Korea to fight also appeared to be extremely generous and wealthy.
The government's supplies are piled up, with countless weapons, food, ammunition, oil, clothing, etc., and a large number of trucks dedicated to transporting them. But that's it, this supply point was not taken into account by the US military. The big bosses in the United States think that such a small thing is very limited, but it is just a drop in the bucket.
After the Chinese launched their third large-scale offensive operation. The parliamentary government far in the rear also panicked, and all kinds of news flew all over the sky, and the defense line that was originally boasted to be impregnable was broken through by the volunteers in one fell swoop, and the United Nations army on the defense line was even more chased like a lost dog.
Who knows when the Chinese will be able to fight, and for a time rumors are flying, some people say that Chinese soldiers are very hard, a handful of fried soybeans can make them fight for a day, and some people have heard that the Chinese can run through the wheels of the United Nations-army car with two legs. I don't know if it's true or not.
An order from Shangfeng made the defenders of the parliamentary government panic instantly, and the news revealed from the order was that several lines of defense had been broken through, and the Chinese were getting closer and closer, this news was simply crazy, what are hundreds of thousands of UN-troops doing? Are they all eaten for nothing?
Most of the troops stationed in the area of the parliamentary government are logistics troops, and there are very few combat troops, so how to deal with them once the Chinese come over.
God forbid, in order to preserve strength, the Americans pushed several Korean divisions to the front. Then he ordered the American defenders around the parliamentary government to retreat quickly, and at the same time destroy all the materials while retreating, so that the Chinese could not get any benefits.
Too much money is capricious, and the piles of materials will be destroyed as soon as an order comes down. There is no feeling of distress, but the destruction of materials also takes time to complete, and who dares to guarantee that the Chinese will not suddenly appear at this time.
Let's run right away. I'm afraid to leave the materials to the Chinese and destroy them. I was afraid that I would lose time and be given dumplings by the Chinese, so when the American young master soldiers in the area of the parliamentary government were suffering from gains and losses, a savior appeared. The parliamentary government came with a battalion of British.
The British in the United Nations Army were in third place, only fewer than the Americans and Koreans, and in order to reflect the demeanor of a great power, the British transferred several battalions of soldiers from Hong Kong while several main brigades were participating in the war, and one battalion was stationed in the parliamentary government.
The British have their own little abacus, and it is okay to help the Americans fight the war, but the money has to be paid by the boss, and there is a supply depot for the United Nations army in the area of the government, so we don't have to worry about eating and drinking, so we can let a new battalion be stationed there, and the British government can save a lot of money.
Could it be that capitalist Britain is also bent over five buckets of rice?
The answer is yes, Britain is not the same Britain as it used to be, I think the British Empire was terrible, the sea and land were dominant, and the colonies were all over the world, when the United States declared independence, the British Empire burned Washington in a rage, but that was 200 years ago, the scenery at that time had long been thrown into the Pacific Ocean by the arrogant British, and now the Western Alliance is the Americans in charge, and the big brother of the sunset has become a follower.
After the end of World War II, Britain was in ruins, the country that was scorched by the bomber group of the Führer of the Third Reich was in urgent need of construction, and the massive loss of young men made it possible for only one out of ten women to find a man to marry, so Britain should have recuperated and recuperated and stopped fighting for decades, according to the words of the Chinese, hold the nest at home and have children, but a war in the Far East Korea by the United States made Britain who could not let go of the big power frame follow again.
The battalion from Hong Kong surprised the American GIs when they first arrived, because in the bitterly cold Far East battlefield, this group of British Yankees from warm Hong Kong wore summer military uniforms of shorts and shorts.
Damn, the low temperature of dozens of degrees below zero, in North Korea, where you can freeze into sticks when you pee, the British actually let their army wear shorts into battle, are the British upper-class bigwigs, who are known as gentlemen, crazy?
Crazy? No, the lack of money is real, the British Empire, which is withered by industry and agriculture, is really short of money, not only lack of money but also people, lack of strong men, lack of everything, the only thing that is not lacking is the heart of the former empire.
The Americans are not stupid, since the British are poor, it will be easy to do, and if we discuss the government's things, we will give them all to the British, and they will look at it.
A strange thing happened, the Americans who were stationed in the parliamentary government all ran away, and now the British who had just arrived were in charge, and when the Americans left, they said that the British could take whatever they wanted, but there was one condition, the materials that the British could not use must be responsible for destroying.
What's this, the destruction of supplies is not a war, it's not a big deal, the British didn't take the Americans' advice seriously at all.
However, the British, who came into contact with the US military's combat readiness warehouse, were also taken aback, the Americans were so rich, they only had a battalion of more than 500 people from Hong Kong, but the materials left by the Americans were enough to equip two divisions, and the equipment that was enough for tens of thousands of people in the two divisions was abandoned, and the Americans didn't even frown, patted their butts and left.
One battalion of British soldiers was enough to equip two divisions of supplies, and the generosity of the Americans overjoyed the British soldiers who came from afar, and all the qiē were put on, new uniforms, new cotton clothes, and a lot of chocolate and coffee, but no matter how they tossed, there were still too many supplies, and in the end, even the British were worried.
Since it could not be used, of course, it could not be given to the Chinese, but the British, who did not have a strong background, were a little reluctant to destroy it, and in the end, the commander of this battalion decided that he could not use another part, and he really could not even take it and destroy it on the spot.
The Americans left behind not only supplies but also a large number of cars, which were easy to do, and the British soldiers of a newly opened battalion began to load supplies, and according to the British idea, we could not eat and walk, and if we could not even carry our pockets, we had to destroy them.
The British were rushing to transport supplies, and then they also wanted to learn from the Yankees and left, but no matter how fast they moved, they were always delayed because of the supplies, and when a battalion of British soldiers rushed to transport supplies, a small detachment of volunteers was getting closer and closer to them.
Li Yong and the soldiers of the squad had been marching for four or five hours in a row, and according to the map and the actual marching speed, they were not far away from the Uizheng they were going to attack, but the soldiers still saw the boundless darkness and the endless forest.
Wearing a cotton coat covered in ice armor, it is not a joke to march for hours on a snow-covered mountain road, Li Yong asked people to ask Ning Erzi who opened the road in front of him? Whether the guide is lost.
The most feared thing about the night march is that the guide who leads the way gets lost, that is really going to be dead, Li Yong's worry is not unreasonable, the guide Jin Yingzi's home is on the northern side, and he may not be familiar with the road after crossing the 38th parallel, so he must rely more on the map and compass, and compare several aspects to reduce errors.
Jin Yingzi's clear voice came from the walkie-talkie: "Please rest assured, I have been here here, the road will not be wrong, according to my memory, there are still five or six kilometers to go." ”
Jin Yingzi, a female soldier of the People's Army, is very good, not only is she familiar with the roads in this area, but she is also very good, and she has been marching with the team for four or five hours without seeing any signs of not being able to keep up, you know, she has always been at the front of the team with Ning Erzi's third platoon, and the third platoon is also the most expensive platoon among all.
The squad had a total of three guard platoons, namely the first platoon of Sanniu, the second platoon of Xiaocheng and the third platoon of Ning Erzi.
The first platoon leader Sanniu thinks that since we are a platoon, we should go to the front and open the way for the squad, but the third platoon Changning Erzi thinks that Sanniu's opinion is inappropriate, and the third platoon is the most suitable platoon to open the way at the front.
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