Chapter 241 The Volunteer Army’s First Victory
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1950年10月19日，我志愿军4个军及3个炮兵师共计22万余人，分三路跨过鸭绿江与高丽军队一起共同抗击联合部队，
As of November 11, after more than ten days of fierce fighting, our army had driven the joint forces back to the south of the Qingchuan River.
Ending its long-distance offensive posture,
It was the first major victory since entering Goryeo.

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The neighbors who were chatting were a little confused when they heard the first broadcast.
I couldn't believe what was happening.

After the three broadcasts were finished, everyone finally realized that the Executive Yuan had already secretly dispatched 22 troops to the peninsula to help Goryeo, which was on the brink of national destruction.

And right from the start, they gave the arrogant United Forces a severe lesson, dealing a heavy blow to their arrogance.

Upon hearing the good news, the neighbors who had been worried for a long time all cheered.

Even He Daqing said with a smile,

"Zhu Zi, did you hear that? Did you hear that? Our Volunteer Army got off to a good start right from the start, beating the arrogant United Nations forces into submission.
If we can win a few more games, we can rest easy."

Although He Yuzhu had long known that the Volunteer Army had been winning victory after victory against the joint forces in the early stages,

That is, by May or June of next year, due to the fact that the battle line was too long, the material supply was seriously insufficient, and the southern part of the peninsula was more suitable for mechanized troops to fight,
Only then did they stop attacking and switch to defense.

But now, seeing He Daqing and the neighbors cheering from the bottom of their hearts, he was also infected.

"Dad, let me tell you.
Mi Lijian was no match for our Da Xia at all. You see, our volunteer army knocked them down as soon as they took action.

You are not worried now, are you?"

"Don't worry, don't worry,
If we can win once, we can win twice or three times, so I am definitely not worried."

The neighbors nearby naturally heard the conversation between the father and son, and then they looked at He Yuzhu with some curiosity.
"Zhu Zi, from what you said, it seems that you already knew that Da Xia had sent troops.
You hid it very well, kid!"

He Yuzhu knew it, but he didn't dare to admit it.
"How is this possible, Uncle Ding? Our Great Xia's dispatch of troops to Goryeo must be a secret.

I am just a nobody, how could I possibly know such things? I just have confidence in our Daxia, and I think that even if the joint forces cannot defeat our Daxia,

How could I know that the leaders above were so powerful and sent troops directly to Goryeo?

This has never happened before.
Even if I had a hundred courages, I would never have thought that the higher-ups would decide to send troops to fight the foreigners."

After hearing He Yuzhu's explanation, Ding Shengcai couldn't help but smile and touched his head. He also found it a little funny.

"Yes, although Zhuzi is an active member of the branch,
But such important news as Daxia's dispatch of troops is definitely not something that someone of your level can know.

But the pillars,

You have too much confidence in our Daxia.

You have to know that we are facing Mi Lijian this time, which is the number one power, not just some random person. "

"Uncle Ding, you must have enough confidence.

Don’t talk about whether we are a strong country or not. If Daxia cannot defeat the joint forces, it will be us ordinary people who will suffer in the end. We cannot be insecure. "

Now not only Ding Shengcai, but also other neighbors nodded, agreeing with He Yuzhu's statement, "That's right, don't worry about whether the country is strong or not,
Not only do the foreign devils never treat us Daxia people as human beings, even the bald heads don't have any regard for us ordinary people.
Now that we have finally stood up with our heads held high, we must definitely stand on the side of Daxia."

"Yes, since the senior officials in the State Council are not afraid of foreigners, and are not afraid of losing their wealth and glory,

So what do we ordinary people have to be afraid of?

A strong country is a strong country, and those who deserve to be beaten should be beaten. "

"Yes, before liberation, officials in both the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China were terrified of foreigners in order to preserve their wealth and glory.

As a result, we ordinary people are inferior to foreigners when we see them.
Now that we have finally got a group of leaders who are not afraid of foreigners, we ordinary people will naturally follow suit and fight against these foreign devils."

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Unlike the excited common people,
The first victory on the front line made the leaders of the State Council very happy.

However, Goryeo collapsed too quickly, resulting in Daxia's military deployment being completely hasty and the logistical preparations for the war were seriously inadequate.

Although the Volunteer Army has achieved a major victory in the first battle,
However, the consumption of various material supplies is extremely serious and needs to be replenished in a very short time in order to pursue the victory of the joint forces.

In addition, the majority of the second batch of troops entering the peninsula were from the Third Field Army preparing for island landing operations on the southeast coast.
Most of them were only wearing single clothes and pants at this time.

Therefore, the leaders of the State Council are working hard to raise various materials and strive to provide logistical supplies for the soldiers on the front line in the shortest possible time.

When He Yuzhu and his son had just brought home food for the winter and were about to go out to buy coal again,
The broadcast of the Peking Military Control Commission sounded again.

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Therefore, the front-line voluntary headquarters made a request to our rear area.

In a short period of time, at least 650 million kilograms of fried noodles, 52 kilograms of cooked meat, and as many cotton-padded clothes, cotton-padded shoes and other cold-resistant supplies as possible need to be supplied to the soldiers on the front line.

The Beiping Military Control Commission hoped that all the people in the city would take active action and work hard to produce various supplies for the soldiers on the front line.
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Comrades and compatriots, the time has come when Daxia needs us.
I hope everyone can unite and overcome the difficulties together! ”

After the Military Control Commission's broadcast was over, He Daqing turned to look at his son with a puzzled look on his face.

"Zhu Zi, do we have to eat noodles when fighting at the front? If fried noodles are transported from Peking to the front, they will definitely be messy!"

After hearing what he said, He Yuzhu knew that He Daqing must have misunderstood.

So I explained with a smile,
"Dad, you're thinking wrong.
The fried noodles mentioned on the radio are made of 70% wheat and 30% soybeans, corn or sorghum and other grains ground into powder, then mixed in a fixed ratio, added with salt, and fried to make field rations.
It's not the kind of fried noodles we usually make.

And I heard from Brother Lin that when they were in the Northeast,
For quite a long time, this kind of food that is easy to store, transport and eat was used as military rations, which helped them survive.

But Brother Lin also said,

Fried noodles are terrible. Not only will your mouth be full of them, but if you eat too much, you may get night blindness.
That’s why they asked us to cook so much cooked meat.”

(End of this chapter)