The US military dispatches more than 200 planes every day and bombards them indiscriminately, which seriously hinders this main supply line of the Chinese and North Korean troops. At this critical moment, the Third Regiment of the First Division of the Railway Corps received an urgent order to go to 29 kilometers north of Honglian on the Man-Pu Railway to carry out the emergency repair task.
The superior asked the 3rd Regiment to get through the throat of the railway triangle in North Korea as soon as possible, so that it could be repaired with the bombing and opened to traffic at night, and the general needed materials to be transported to the front.
Railway Corps 1 Division 3 has been fighting from Yalu River to Linjin River since it entered the DPRK in June of1950+0/KLOC-0. At the beginning of the war, the tasks assigned by superiors were invincible. But this mission is to gnaw hard bones, unlike before.
The division commander said with concern to the head of the third regiment: Li, the enemy concentrated on bombing and bet all the bets on the' 29 km' section. The burden of your group is not light! Opening to traffic at night and crushing the enemy's "strangulation war" depends not only on courage and hard work, but also on wisdom to mobilize the masses and find ways to defeat the enemy.
The 29-kilometer-long section is located in the north of ChangEthan Station, which is an open field. There are rice fields on both sides of the railway, so it is difficult to borrow soil by frying a pit of water.
Before the Third Regiment took over the defense, the emergency repair troops here were digging and filling holes day and night in the face of the indiscriminate bombing of the US military three times a day. The roadbed was blown up and repaired, forming a vicious circle, which greatly affected the opening time. Due to the lack of dry soil and stones, the roadbed has become a soft rubber road even if it is repaired. On the newly-built railway, trains often derail. Train drivers who drive at night call it a sad 29 kilometers.
On the first day the third regiment entered the administrative area, the 29-kilometer section was bombed by several groups of American planes. Bombs fell like hail, and the railway line was full of smoke and fire. The railroad tracks were bent by the explosion, the roadbed sleepers were blown up, and the whole roadbed was almost overturned.
At night, it began to rain sleet again, and the road was muddy and slippery. Zhai Kun, the company commander, and Zhang Dengkui, the instructor, led the commanders and men of the whole company to the emergency repair site. For air defense, commanders and fighters can't light up, and all construction can only be done by hand.
The commanders and fighters first removed more than 20 carriages trapped in the bullet holes along the railway, then dug up the soil to fill the holes, and then laid sleepers and rails. Although the scene was dark, the soldiers paved the tracks with the hard work they practiced on weekdays under the unified password of the cadres. By the time the track was laid, it was already 2 o'clock in the middle of the night.
From that night on, the Third Regiment officially started the arduous, intense and sustained struggle against strangulation on the 29-kilometer section.
American planes are getting more and more fierce, bombing almost every day at regular intervals. Three times a day, 8: 00, 12, 16. More than 200 sorties, during these three periods, American planes dropped more than 400 bombs. The American bombing was so punctual that commanders knew it was almost time as long as they heard the bomb go off.
On the one hand, the U.S. bombing was so punctual because these three periods were daytime and the ground targets were obvious. In addition, three consecutive explosions may also prevent volunteers from making repairs.
This further aggravated the sense of urgency of the railway soldiers. At this moment, it is the most intense stage of front-line counterattack, and equipment, food and ammunition are urgently needed.
To this end, the emergency repair headquarters of the China-DPRK Joint Railway Transport Command directly called the scene, ordered the three regiments to fight tenaciously and carry bullets for emergency repair, and requested to open to traffic before 20 o'clock every night. In this way, grabbing 20 points has become a resounding battle slogan for all companies. All the staff of the third regiment rushed to the scene and worked overtime to compete with the American plane for time and speed.
As the battle goes on, there are more and more difficulties. When Li visited the site every day, he found that the original crater had just been filled up and a new crater appeared again. Just a few kilometers of the line, there are craters everywhere, and the most heavily bombed areas, pit after pit, pit after pit, have become a scorched earth, with fried sleepers everywhere, twisted into grotesque rails and broken shrapnel.
Every night, the soldiers braved the cold of MINUS 10 degrees and the threat of bombing and strafing by American planes, bravely and tenaciously struggled to repair them. High-intensity work makes the soldiers physically weak and unable to keep up with nutrition, which makes more than 0/0 soldiers in each company suffer from night blindness.
Once, Jiulian Company built a crater. Because of the large amount of earthwork, frozen soil is difficult to get, and the material supply is not timely, it was not until 15 that it was rushed through. This makes Li Tuanchang very anxious. He muttered: no! If this continues, another regiment will not be enough!
It was already late at night when Colonel Li returned to the regiment command post after inspecting the scene. At this point, the cold wind rustled against the window. Colonel Li is very tired, but he can't sleep in bed. The construction site of Jiulian Company always plays back in my mind like a movie.
How to solve the problem of construction progress? Li Tuanchang repeatedly asked himself in his mind. He suddenly remembered what the teacher had said, that we should rely on wisdom to defeat the enemy. He immediately opened a window and patted his thigh excitedly, thinking, yes, we should mobilize the cadres, soldiers and technicians of the whole regiment to brainstorm, find ways to confront the US military, change the old emergency repair methods, and do everything possible to shorten the emergency repair time and strive for the opening time.
Colonel Li rolled over and got out of bed, looking through the emergency repair records these days and thinking hard. The craters bombed by American planes are getting bigger and bigger, with a diameter exceeding 10 meter. If the fill needs 300 to 400 cubic meters, can you cross it with a dry bridge first? A novel idea suddenly flashed through his mind. Wouldn't it save a lot of time to use small bent and sleepers to transport in Liang Xiu first and then fill the soil later?
The next day, Li Tuanchang told the idea to Jianqun's deputy political commissar and Ye Ding's chief of staff. They also think they can try. At the same time, they decided to mobilize all technical cadres and commanders to discuss together and let everyone offer suggestions.
Through discussion, we not only affirmed the new method of repairing the crater with small bent, but also put forward many reasonable suggestions, forming a craze of using local materials and carrying out technological innovation activities.
The new method of repairing crater with small pillow bend and pillow beam was successfully tested for the first time. Blasting was carried out at 16 in the afternoon, bent was erected at 19 o'clock, and the track was laid and opened to traffic at 20 o'clock, which achieved the requirement of grabbing 20 points.
Grasping this typical example, the group held on-site meetings one after another to promote experience. Seeing that after the emergency repair was opened to traffic, military supplies were continuously transported to the front line, the soldiers were deeply encouraged and the momentum of emergency repair was even greater.
In order to shorten the on-site emergency repair time as much as possible, all companies try to complete some emergency repair work before the damage and outside the emergency repair site.
Everyone prepares the small bend of sleepers in advance and hides it near the line with other emergency repair materials for emergency repair. In order to solve the problem of stone shortage, various companies have also launched the stone movement. Whether you come back from work or from air defense, you are not empty-handed. Everyone brings a stone to the scene.
Companies also made their own soil rail benders to straighten the fried rails and reuse them. The blacksmith's stove is also processed day and night, and the fishtail rice, spikes and torches are all repaired and reused.
Some companies also use bomb skin to make shovels, picks and so on. To supplement the lack of tools. In order to reduce the damage of railway tracks when they are bombed, some companies remove fishtail bolts when they are not open to traffic during the day and reassemble them before opening to traffic at night.
Liu Min, the company's fifth company commander, invented the rail detection shovel, which can detect whether the rail is broken when patrolling at night, thus avoiding traffic accidents. Peng Naifa, the squad leader of No.9 Company, invented the adjustable screw wrench, which provided convenience for repairing and tightening fishtail bolts at night and greatly improved the work efficiency.
Chang 'an Guo Dong, a worker in the fourth company, invented a universal track ruler, which can measure both the gauge and the level. Zhou Fengqing, the deputy company commander, put forward the method of nailing at night and painting nails with white ash, which was accurate and fast when nailing.
These advanced experiences were promoted in time in the group. For these good deeds, we also compiled cultural programs and performed cultural performances, which set off a wave of commendation for advanced and meritorious deeds in the whole regiment, effectively promoting the completion of the emergency repair task.
Just as the emergency repair work was victorious in all aspects, an unexpected unfortunate incident happened.
Comrade Wang Guiliang, the battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion, was killed when a time bomb exploded while checking the line. Colonel Li immediately rushed to the second battalion and called on all cadres and soldiers to subdue the time bomb, completely defeat the American imperialists and avenge the battalion commander!
In order to prevent the volunteers from carrying out emergency repairs, the US military dropped a time bomb before the bombing, then threw a blasting bomb and buried the time bomb with the bombed soil. These time bombs buried in the soil may explode at any time when the volunteers are carrying out emergency repairs, killing the volunteers and affecting the repair work.
At the beginning, the officers and men of the third regiment used the old method to deal with time bombs. Each company sent a time bomb reconnaissance team to hide on the hill near the railway to see how many time bombs were dropped by American planes, and then inserted a small red flag next to the time bombs; After the U.S. plane left, the organizers dug up the time bomb and pulled it away, detonating it in a distant open space.
However, staring at hundreds of bombs with eyes will inevitably lead to omissions, and some time bombs have not been found when they are handled. Although no casualties were caused, Colonel Li was reminded that the old method didn't work. So, Li Tuanchang called on all the staff to give advice and find a way.
At this time, there was good news. Li Yunlong, the monitor of the fifth company, successfully dismantled the time bomb. Colonel Li immediately called Li Yunlong and asked him to pass on his experience to everyone, and asked him to pass on his technology to more people.
Under the leadership of Li Yunlong, the 3rd Regiment set up a bomb disposal team and successfully dismantled many bombs. When demolition and blasting, the bomb disposal team unloaded the detonator, took out the explosives to cut the mountains and blast the rocks, and supplemented the rubble and ballast, which made the roadbed more solid and the rubber road became a solid railway. The bomb skin was sent to the blacksmith's furnace to make emergency tools such as shovels and picks, and then made into pots, shovels and kitchen knives. The soldiers said happily: the time bomb is full of treasures, and its use is not small!
Because each company has changed into a small bent frame to repair the crater and eliminate the time bomb in time, the repair speed is greatly accelerated. The third regiment won the initiative in the struggle against strangulation. In this case, the Third Regiment timely adjusted its troop deployment and labor organization, and asked all companies to further improve the speed of emergency repair while ensuring the quality of emergency repair.
In order to improve the speed of emergency repair, companies have made all kinds of preparations by grasping the interval between the bombing of American planes. According to the previous experience of emergency repair, the commanders and fighters made various types of sleepers in advance and distributed them reasonably along the line. They also dug mountains and blasted rocks, and prepared a lot of flaky and ballast along the way.
Every blacksmith works day and night, repairing damaged equipment and making special-shaped fishplates, spikes and torches. Companies have also entered into mentoring contracts to teach and learn from each other, which further improved the technical level of emergency repair and the ability of line maintenance, thus increasing the driving speed.
In this way, the third regiment is not only open to traffic every night, but also meets the requirements of grabbing 20 points and meeting the needs of military transportation in front. The situation against strangulation is getting better and better, so the third regiment was praised by its superiors.
Although the US military dispatched a large number of planes to bomb the 29-kilometer section, it was not completely destroyed. By looking at the results, the US military found that the speed of emergency repair by volunteers was faster than that of bombing, so more planes were dispatched for bombing.
65438+February 19, the US military dispatched 208 sorties and dropped 460 bombs, which made the 29-kilometer area full of craters again.
With the bombing of American planes again and again, the telephone in the regiment command post rang. The teacher ordered the third regiment on the phone: it must be repaired and opened to traffic before midnight! There is an emergency military transport tonight, and we can't delay it!
Director Deng of the railway bureau at the station will also call later and ask anxiously: Lao Li, the bombing is very fierce today! Are you sure you want to fix it?
Colonel Li replied with a smile: don't worry about us yet, as long as you promise to start on time.
Before dusk that day, the north wind roared and it snowed heavily. Goose feather-like snowfields swirl, and soon the earth turns white. This makes Colonel Ali a little worried. American planes bombed the railway so badly and the weather was so bad. Can the emergency repair be completed as scheduled tonight? He and the technicians braved the heavy snow and rushed to the scene.
When they arrived at the second battalion, they were pleasantly surprised to find that their emergency repair task was almost completed. Li Tuanchang led the technicians to check the quality of the project and rushed to the 3rd Battalion.
Before I got to the 3rd Battalion site, I heard a tinkling sound on the road. This voice once again excited Li Tuanchang's heart. The repair speed of 3rd Battalion is not slow at all. They are already laying tracks and nailing.
By the light of the snow, Li Tuanchang saw a burly soldier, carrying two sleepers, running towards the roadbed. A closer look turned out to be Wu Daleng, a famous strongman from 3rd Battalion.
Wu Da was stupefied when he saw the head of the regiment coming. He wiped the sweat on his forehead and greeted him cheerfully: Chief, you are here!
How's it going? Work hard in the snow!
What are you afraid of when it snows? Iron bullets have never blown up our steel transportation line!
You fixed it so quickly, well done! Colonel Li's praise strengthened Wu Da's words: thanks to the new method of repairing crater with small bent frame, it is fast and labor-saving, and the task can be completed ahead of schedule. Now American pilots are worried to death. Look, they reported the funeral before dawn and didn't go back until after dark.
Wu Dalan's voice did not fall, which caused the soldiers on the scene to laugh.
When Colonel Li and his party arrived at the command post of 1 battalion, it was already past 22 o'clock at night. He happily called Director Deng: Now it's my turn to help you pay the bill. Is the train ready?
Comrades and drivers at the station certainly don't want to fall behind the railway soldiers. In less than half an hour, when three regiments of officers and men braved the goose feather and snow to walk on the line and leaned over the railing to listen, there was a slight tremor in the distance.
Li Tuanchang couldn't restrain his joy and couldn't help shouting: It's open to traffic! Comrades!
Hearing this, the officers and men also shouted. In their cheers, a loud whistle pierced the silent night sky. A train passed by, and then the second and third trains came. ...
In the night, those cannons and tanks covered with grass-green canvas and with barrels held high flashed in front of the three regiments one by one. That night, a * * * 2 1 military vehicle passed by.
The Third Regiment gave full play to its courage and wit in the anti-strangulation war. With the cooperation of anti-aircraft artillery units, it bravely repaired the 29-kilometer section between Longyuanli and Dong Quan, and completely defeated the US military.