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"No matter how much, you move quickly and move to my place tomorrow." Li Zongren said, "Commander of the 2nd Corps and Commander of the 5th Army, you should get the troops up first."

Chapter 50, get ready for a political solution

Taiwan, Chiayi City.

"Xiao Hong, calm down and tell me what happened in Yushan."

After the landing opened the situation, the 20th Army moved its headquarters from the landing field to Chiayi City. The 20 divisions under the 3th Army, the 58th and 59th Divisions continued to attack Tainan and Kaohsiung in the south; From Chiayi City to the east, the troops divided into companies and crossed the central mountain range to cut off the communication line on the east side of Taiwan Island.

The current traffic in the plains of Taiwan Island is acceptable, and there is no road at all in the central mountain range. The 60th Division must walk up the mountain all the way. The heaviest equipment it carries is 82 mortars and bulk 108mm rocket launchers.However, it is not a big problem to cut off the traffic line on the narrow and flat land on the east side of Taiwan Island.

60师分散穿插出去不到24小时，有一部分穿插部队出了一些状况。军长张翔翼在嘉义见的就是从山中返回的60师179团1营1连的一名排长。

Xiao Hong——Hong Qingshu saluted, then stabilized his mind, organized his language, and said to the commander:

"Our squad was attacked at the southern foot of Yushan Mountain, and the second squad leader was eaten by natives."

Zhang Xiangyi: ...

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The 60th Division enters the mountain from the east of Chiayi City, and the road around the island can be seen on the east side of Dali Island. The straight-line distance is 70 kilometers, but the whole journey climbs the mountain and many mountains have to detour and cannot walk in a straight line. The time is 60 hours.

The Gaoshan ethnic group in Taiwan was formerly known as Taiwan Shengfan and Fanren.About the history of these aborigines, there are very few written records left. It is known that they lived widely on Taiwan Island before the Han people came to Taiwan Island. Later, they were unable to beat the Han immigrants. By the beginning of the 20th century, only those living in the deep mountains remained. minority tribes.He doesn't know how to farm, fishes and hunts for a living, and hates all foreign populations—whether Han Chinese, Dutch, Japanese or Americans, they all pick up spears and stab them without distinction.

Before the launch of the Taiwan campaign, the former pointed out that the particularity of Taiwan's mass base had been taken into account—it was particularly poor, and the landing troops had repeatedly emphasized the need to be vigilant and watch out for attacks.There are now more than 200 million people in Taiwan who have evacuated from the mainland. Except for a small number of them, most of them went to Taiwan voluntarily.How can it be possible for those who support the People's Liberation Army to go to Taiwan voluntarily.Therefore, the principle of the landing force is to have as little contact with the common people as possible, especially those where the new immigrants live must be careful, and don't go directly to the village to contact the villagers and ask for help.

However, the former pointed out that relatively speaking, the old aborigines are more neutral than the new immigrants.The Gaoshan people living in the Central Mountain Range are poor and have nothing, so they should be less threatening and won't have much hatred for our army.

The result, um, was eaten.

Zhang Xiangyi: "How many natives, no, Gaoshan people attacked you at that time? What were your troops doing at that time?"

"Yi Lian walked eastward from the gentle slope in the south of Yushan Mountain. The road was very narrow and the road conditions ahead were unknown. To speed up, four platoons were divided into three roads. We walked in a row and found a native in a tree not far away. He yelled and yelled at us, and said something he couldn't understand. We saw that he didn't have a gun in his hand, but only a spear, so we didn't think too much about it, and we talked to him a few words, maybe he also listened I don't understand, let's move on."

"We walked for more than ten minutes, and suddenly a lot of arrows shot out from the jungle, and four or five soldiers were hit by arrows. We retreated to avoid approaching the dense forest, but then many natives ran out from the bushes, some with bows and arrows, Some had spears. I didn't give the order to shoot at first, and we didn't fight back until their spears got stuck. The second squad leader got an arrow in the leg and was dragged away by the natives. In addition, we had 4 soldiers Injured by arrows and two soldiers stabbed by spears. We retreated temporarily and called other troops on the walkie-talkie. After waiting for more than an hour, the second row came to meet us on the mountain road, and then began to search the mountain. We found the natives When I was in the village, the second squad leader was already boiled in a crock."

"How did you deal with those natives?"

"Our two platoons attacked the village in three directions. When the guns fired, the natives ran away. We captured 115 people, about 200 escaped, and killed 4 natives. The captured natives have been brought back to Chiayi."

……

Xiamen Qianzhi has received four or five reports of being attacked by natives.Some were dragged away and eaten by the natives, some stepped into the bamboo stick formation and a dozen or so depletion personnel had to retreat the same way, and some fell into the trap.

Seeing that Suyu's face was not very good-looking, Zhang Zhen said with relief: "In fact, it has little impact on our actions. A total of 2 people were killed and more than 50 people were injured. Interspersed, retreating two companies will not affect the operation. There are more companies retreating than lost companies.”

Well, so far, 3 companies are in a state of being lost, and another 5 companies were once lost, and they only found their way again by contacting the headquarters with company-level remote walkie-talkies.

"Our mass policy on the island of Taiwan needs to be reconsidered, at least the troops should be more cautious." Su Yu said.

"The situation of Taiwan's indigenous high-mountain ethnic group is very complicated. We do not have class hatred with them, but because of cultural deviation, it is not easy for them to accept us for a while." Ye Hui, the commander of the 10th Corps stationed in Xiamen for a long time, has the most thorough research on the situation in Taiwan. Explained, "When a mountain group appears nearby, the commander of the army should shoot into the sky. Facts have proved that the effect of firing the gun first is very good. If possible, try to avoid the settlements and control areas of the high mountain group. Things to pay attention to It is the mountain people who do not live by farming. If you want to find the traces of cultivated land before detouring, it may be too late. The signs of the activities of the fishing and hunting peoples are the felled trees, the bones of wild animals that have been eaten, and the pits..."

Zhang Zhen recorded what Ye Hui said and sent it to the troops.

"Beijing also sent a telegram." A staff officer said.

"We insist on the principle of not provoking the aborigines of the high mountain group encountered by the troops on the way, but if the aborigines attack our troops, we must resolutely fight back, and we must not let the combat operations be hindered because of the aborigines' troubles. For the captured aborigines , or beat or scold him, but don't release him for the time being, give him enough living supplies, and take him to the plains for centralized custody. Zhou."

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South Korea, Daegu.

"New York Times" reporter Ahmedov Fandi, with his camera, was waiting here for the troops of the 40th U.S. Army Division pulled out from the military demarcation line after the armistice.

On April 4, the armistice agreement was signed. The troops of both sides followed the agreement and each retreated 10 kilometers within 24 hours. In the western front area, the US army withdrew its reconnaissance post from the north bank of the Han River to the south bank, and our military reconnaissance post withdrew from the North Plain of the Han River to Dongduchuan and Baochuan.

After the retreat, the U.S. military will of course continue to adjust its troops. According to the plan, after the signing of the armistice agreement, the Ministry of National Defense will prepare to transport part of the troops back to China for disbandment. The 40th U.S. Army Division is the first to be shipped back to China according to the queuing sequence. Of course, it is also the first to withdraw from the front line to the rear. .

Fandi waited for a while, and the first convoy of the 40th Meibu Division appeared, rumbled southward, and stopped at the logistics station where Fandi was.

"Is it from Division 40?"

……

"Excuse me, are you a unit of the 40th Infantry Division?" Fandi asked again.

Several U.S. soldiers who were in Ge You lying position on the truck bed raised their eyes to look at Fandi, but they were unwilling to speak, and then lowered their eyes and continued to pretend to be dead.

It was only then that Vandy noticed that these soldiers were all haggard, with disheveled hair protruding from their steel helmets, and beards at least two inches long.

The appearance is rough, but the clothes on these soldiers are all meticulous. Up to now, no one has taken off their helmets, and all of them are wearing body armor.

Thick and heavy body armor made of nylon and steel plates.Without Kevlar material, the body armor of this era can be much heavier than later.

"It's the 40th Division. Satan has forgiven us. We can go home." A soldier finally spoke.

……

"Excuse me, how long have you been on duty in North Korea?" Fandi asked the American soldier who was still willing to speak.

"Five months. If there is no truce, I will be there for another four months."

"It's been more than three days since the truce. You retreated to a safe place and still wore helmets and body armor. Is it necessary?"

"They have been part of my body for the past five months," said the soldier. "Even though I knew I was safe now, I tried to take off my body armor and helmet yesterday, but as soon as I walked out of the barracks house, I couldn't help shaking. , terrified, and couldn’t even walk. I struggled to go back and put on the body armor and helmet to feel better. They were all the same as me.”

"Is it because you encountered some bad stimuli during your time on the front line?"

"Of course. It was a very bad thing. During my second week at the front, Eddie, Frank and I got together in the evening to share the cigars brought in by the postal package. We each lit a cigar and just After taking the first puff, a series of explosions sounded all around... Later, the company commander told me that the Chinese fired 12 rockets at us. The body armor on my body was studded with three pieces of shrapnel, and my right arm was scratched by the shrapnel A three-inch gash. Eddie's left foot was gone from the knee down, and rocket fragments had cut the gash neatly like a cutting machine. A shrapnel had lodged in Frank's chest, and the shrapnel had lodged right in his heart… …and died of bleeding before the medics arrived. Since then, I have always worn a helmet and body armor, day and night, waking and sleeping.”

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On the western front of the Korean peninsula, the [-]st U.S. Cavalry Division was the first to withdraw from the front line and assembled in Cheonan City to get on the train and drive to Busan.

Christie, editor of the U.S. Navy's "Sailor" magazine, at the station in Cheonan.The second-class people come to see the withdrawal of the third-class people... because the navy did not make much action after the signing of the armistice agreement, it is better to look at the US Army after the armistice.

When the first tank passed Krestie's eyes, he could barely recognize it as an M46 Patton.Although Christie was the editor of the Navy magazine, he must have remembered that "Patton" didn't look like this.The original round turret on the tank is almost invisible, and the tank soldiers welded a cage with steel bars outside the turret. This steel cage is almost as wide as the tank, with a coverage of 330 degrees - only the front barrel and the sides of the barrel A very small angle without a steel cage.The distance between the steel bars of the cage is very small, less than 2 inches. The cage encloses the turret, and there are some sundries around it, which seem to be daily necessities for tank soldiers.

Not only the turret has changed drastically, but the tank body is almost invisible.This tank and the next few tanks were carefully hung with side skirts, starting from the upper semicircle of the road wheel to protect the upper edge of the car body, and the tank soldiers also welded a layer of drums with steel bars outside the side skirts. up the cage net.The front of the car body has also been modified, and there are many iron boxes hanging in disorder, and spare track shoes are hung outside the boxes.

The whole thing does not look like a tank, but an illegal building made of moving steel bars.

"If you want to survive, you have to add these things to the tank." The tank commander poked his head out from the top of the turret, Christie said.

"Do you think we still have the indestructible steel monster in our hands? No." The driver chattered to the reporter, "This is just an iron coffin that can walk. We were ordered to guard the south bank of the Han River to prevent any Chinese or North Korean troops from crossing the river. .Although we dug a protective wall one meter deep, the tanks can only expose the turrets in most cases, and the firepower can cover the Han River, but the Chinese army has a lot of ways to deal with us. They will launch a small rocket from 2 miles away, officially The name is Anti-Tank Missile... just shakes, spins and flies towards our tank, and boom!"

"Then can you counter the Chinese attack?"