Chapter 10: Ke Gu's Three Victories in Three Battles

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  Fleming, who had come out of the tent, was astonished to find soldiers running wildly everywhere, some in their underwear and holding guns, others unarmed, as well as officers shouting and cursing amidst repeated loud explosions.

  Machine gun bullets from afar wove a fierce web of fire in the night sky, and not far away, cannon fire formed massive muzzle flames. At this time, English shouts were heard, and it turned out that Lin Fuzhe, the commander of the 7th Regiment of the 6th Division, had come to find him with other regimental officers.

  "Major Fleming, our troops are under attack by an unknown enemy at night, the enemy's offensive is fierce and firepower is strong, we can't hold on for long." Just as Lin Fuzhe was speaking in a panic, a shell suddenly exploded a nearby car into the air, the shockwave from the explosion of the shell and gasoline sent Fleming and Lin Fuzhe tumbling to the ground.

  After a while, they all crawled up, spat out the mud in their mouths, and Lieutenant Kim Myung-gwang, Lin Fuzhe's deputy officer, was hit by an unknown fragment. Dark red blood flowed from his waist on his back, and under the reflection of the flames that had been bombed, it flowed everywhere. Kim Myung-gwang kept screaming for help, then was hastily carried away by medical soldiers with a stretcher.

  "Commander Lin, if we continue like this, our army will be completely annihilated. Quickly gather the troops, organize firepower, and drive back the enemy, then organize a breakout. Under the arrangement of Fleming and Lin Fuzi, the officers around Lin Fuzi took two or three guards and dispersed to organize the troops."

  Soon the enemy began to organize troops, firepower and organized resistance began to strengthen, however, our artillery fired after trial shots, like rain, shells whizzed down, flames rose in the night sky, and the puppet army suffered heavy losses.

  Fleming and Lin Fuzi got separated while escaping the bombardment, when the surroundings were filled with the sound of "da da" bugle calls, followed by thunderous shouts of killing. Instantly, Fleming was thrown into a state of extreme anxiety, he grasped at a passing second lieutenant like a drowning man clutching at a straw.

  Before he could finish saying "Enemy attack, where is your battalion commander?" in his poor Korean, the South Korean lieutenant respectfully said: "Advisor, the enemy has launched a general offensive and our army can't hold on. We are breaking through in all directions. Our battalion commander has already broken through and left. Please follow me quickly."

  Just then, a white object splattered Fleming's face, blinding his eyes. When he wiped the white stuff off his eyes with his sleeve, he found that the lieutenant had already slumped down, and his head was blown open. As more and more white objects flowed out, Fleming suddenly realized what it was and squatted down to vomit.

  "Major, your war is over. Please drop the gun from your body and raise your hands." A fluent English voice sounded as Fleming raised his head, a dozen or so rifles with gleaming bayonets were pointing at him.

  When the dawn broke, the Independent Regiment and 118th Division's 353rd Brigade were still chasing after the scattered enemy troops. The 2nd Battalion of the 1st Regiment had surrounded over 300 enemy soldiers in a valley, who kept firing outwards and engaged in fierce exchanges with our troops. However, when a tank arrived and fired one shot...

  The enemy's hiding place raised a white flag, and then a fake army major slowly walked over with his hands up. After the request to see the highest commander was satisfied, he saw the fourth company commander Li Daishi. The major took off his clothes and stuffed the gold bars, banknotes, gold watch, and binoculars wrapped around his waist into Li Daishi's arms, begging him to give them a way out.

  Li Daishi was stunned, then called the instructor and clerk to register the items and told him through translation that Chinese soldiers did not accept a single penny or item from prisoners of war, these things would be handed over to the North Korean government. The moved major hurriedly shouted into the valley, and more than 300 people led by Lin Fuzhe, the commander of the 7th Regiment of the 6th Division, surrendered and laid down their arms to Li Daishi.

  When Li Yi learned that the fake Seventh Regiment Commander Lin Fuzhe and US Major Advisor Fleming had been captured, the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. The battle results were reported to Zhi Si, and Deng Deputy Commander smiled at Peng Laozong and said, "This high-ranking official is not bad, and the fake Sixth Division Seventh Regiment has also been completely annihilated."

  More than 3,300 enemies were annihilated, and our army suffered more than 500 casualties. The Sixth Division of the Puppet Army was completely annihilated. Half of the goal of this campaign has been achieved."

  The old general didn't have any reflections, he just pointed to the map and said that whether the 39th Army and the Independent First Division's main force could annihilate the enemy's First Division in Yunshan, and whether the 38th Army could timely insert into Junyi Liangchuan line to block the enemy's rear was the key to this battle.

  At noon, the campsite that had already quieted down was just a mess, with corpses all over the ground, burning cars and tents still smoking, as well as groups of prisoners being escorted away, only reflecting that this was a battlefield that had just experienced intense fighting.

  "Name" "Fleming"

  "Rank" "Army Major"

  "Unit" "Eighth Army, Advisor to the ROK 6th Division"

  "Translate, I am a civilized person. I have been to university, I have a wife and children, I own a 180-acre farm, I have a good life, please don't kill me." "Kill you, why?" "Does the Communist army need a reason to kill people? Weren't the German and Japanese armies sent to Siberian labor camps by the Soviet Union?"

  I heard that many people were randomly shot and killed by the Soviets on the streets! Isn't that right?" "Haha, our Chinese Communist Party-led army has never had a history of killing or abusing prisoners of war since its founding. Many of our soldiers are former captives themselves, because our party's education and propaganda have made them understand."

  Our army fights for the people's happy life, is to fight so that we will no longer be exploited by feudal lords and capitalists and foreign invaders, so when they join our army, they fight bravely and tenaciously, because they are fighting for themselves.

  Fighting for the hundreds of millions of people like him across the country. During the war, there were many Japanese prisoners of war who, under the education of our party and army, recognized the nature of Japanese imperialism and joined the anti-war alliance one after another.

  When Fleming learned of the Chinese army's prisoner policy, he couldn't help but shout "Long live the Chinese army!" In the POW camp, he actively helped the Chinese manage the prisoners. When the war ended and both sides exchanged prisoners, Fleming insisted on staying in China. Despite American persuaders' repeated attempts to persuade him, telling him of the benefits and rewards he would receive upon returning home, Fleming was unmoved. He even used diplomatic relations to bring his wife and children to China.

  Due to the Cold War at that time, the United States and other capitalist countries portrayed China and the Soviet Union as brutal nations that devoured people without spitting out bones, while their armies were depicted as burning, killing, looting, and committing all sorts of evil deeds. As for prisoners of war, they were either sent to labor camps or shot dead.

  In the eyes of Westerners, the mysterious Eastern continent, especially after the Nanjing Massacre and Death March by the Japanese were widely reported, Americans were very suspicious of China's prisoner policy.

  Years later, in a US military manual, it was written that learning to endure torture is necessary because not every army treats prisoners of war as well as the Chinese do; just in case you're unlucky, this training is necessary.