The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 475 Eagle Peak
In fact, at this time, some people have begun to believe it.

But there are also people who hold a dubious attitude.

It doesn't matter, the next thing is the point.

Xia Yuan continued: "The US 24th Division and the Puppet Second Division pursued the 63rd Army. After the 63rd Army retreated, the foreign devils from these two divisions occupied Qingpingchuan. Qingpingchuan is not on the same line as the defense area of ​​our [-]th Division. , This means that the foreign devils may continue to go north, the commander, the deputy commander, during the fourth battle, the foreign devils seized our weakness that we can only carry dry food for seven days and have no logistical supplies, and staged a big pursuit. This time, the battle, I believe the foreign devils will definitely not miss this opportunity."

He whispered: "From the 23th to the [-]rd, no more, no less, exactly seven days, the foreign devils have already started to fight back."

The U.S. military's map is far more detailed than our army's hand-painted map. Xia Yuan pointed at the winding road of Qingpingchuan with a stick, and said: "Go north along this road, even if the enemy's troops are separated at the fork, this fork It’s going to get there eventually.”

Xia Yuan said word by word: "City! God! Hall!"

The atmosphere in the headquarters became tense in an instant, Master Zheng froze in place while smoking, frowning.

Deputy Master Duan seemed to have thought of something, and immediately stood up and pushed away the soil that fell on the table, staring at their map, and sat in a crucial position along the crooked road: "City God's Hall, City God's Hall In Jiguan Mountain."

"Master, the enemy will eventually arrive at the Town God's Hall along this road. The geographical location of the City God's Hall is very special. Looking at all the retreat routes of the [-]th Division, they will not be able to bypass the hub of the City God's Hall. Once the enemy occupies City God Hall, then the retreat route of the [-]th Division will be blocked."

Xia Yuan picked up the stick, looked solemnly, and said, "It's completely blocked!"

Mr. Zheng was smoking a cigarette. He looked very calm on the surface, but he was already anxious inside. He looked at the map calmly, looked at the position of Deputy Mr. Duan's finger, and said, "According to the current speed of the Yankees, probably When will I be able to arrive at the City God Hall?"

Xia Yuan smiled wryly: "I don't know, we don't have any information on the US 24th Division and the Pseudo-Second Division. The most important thing is that even if the US 24th Division and the Pseudo-Second Division were separated, it would not affect the layout of the foreign devils. If I were The commander of the U.S. military, after learning that there is only one division of the Volunteer Army directly in front of me, I will definitely contact these two divisions and ask them to draw one out to deploy defenses along the important ferry of the Han River, so that the City God's Hall is under my control, and the ferry Being in my hands again, the Volunteer Army wants to withdraw, which is tantamount to a dream."

"Old Duan, hold a meeting and study again."

Master Zheng immediately pinched the cigarette in his hand, and immediately said: "Xia Yuan stay here."

Instructor Shao looked at Xia Yuan, and Xia Yuan gave him a reassuring look: "Instructor, go back and rest first."

"Ah."

Instructor Shao left at ease, walked out of the division headquarters, and looked up at the moon in the sky. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he had a vague feeling that a storm was coming.

In the headquarters, the heads of the [-]th Division were sitting around the table. The map was spread out on the table, and two or three kerosene lamps gave off a dim halo. Everyone's expressions were a little dignified. After some explanation, they have realized the seriousness of the matter, and the content of the meeting is nothing less than a little bit.

What should the fate of the [-]th Division do?

In another room, Teacher Zheng brought a cup of hot tea and handed it to Xia Yuan: "Drink some water to moisten your throat."

"Thank you, Master!" Xia Yuan took it with both hands, and took a sip.

"I will leave the speech to you later." Mr. Zheng said again suddenly.

Xia Yuan was obviously taken aback, put down the tea mug, and said, "Master, this."

Master Zheng interrupted him and only asked, "Do you want to come to the division headquarters?"

Xia Yuan's expression was a little frozen, he didn't speak, his mind was buzzing, he didn't expect the teacher to invite him directly, Xia Yuan thought in his heart, it seemed that he didn't have too much to do, even if it was the guess that the enemy was about to arrive at the City God Hall Well, if you think about it carefully, you can imagine that the commander and the others were just attracted by the [-]th division, and they were not able to judge the situation on the battlefield in a timely manner due to the lack of intelligence.

I am just looking at it from the perspective of God in the future.

Instead, Master Zheng went on to say: "You will be a good commander. Even the old Duan may not have a better vision than you. Don't worry. You can think about it and stay at the division headquarters to command the war."

He knew Lao Duan's character, irritable and impatient, Chief of Staff Wang was a good mediator, the two of them could complement each other and complement each other.

Xia Yuan's appearance made Mr. Zheng truly love talents, and he was able to infer more things through only a small amount of information, and even saw the importance of the City God Hall at a glance.He originally placed the [-]th Regiment in Jiguan Mountain because he took a fancy to the special location of Jiguan Mountain. Just like what Xia Yuan said just now, no matter which direction the [-]th Division retreats from, the Town God's Hall in Jiguan Mountain is theirs. A hub that cannot be bypassed.

Mr. Zheng's evaluation was already very high, but Xia Yuan knew that he was a few catties and a few taels, so it was fine to make suggestions. The real decision had to be Mr. Zheng and the others. After much deliberation, Xia Yuan didn't reply. time.

The conference room was relatively quiet. Deputy Teacher Duan and the others stared at the map with solemn eyes. There were two new flags on the map.

The US 24th Division and the Pseudo Second Division.

They were attacking northward along Qingping River, and at a fork in the road, the enemy's troops separated and went northward, pointing directly at the Town God's Hall.

pat, pat.

The sound of footsteps came, and everyone got up and looked in one direction: "Teacher!"

Master Zheng motioned for everyone to sit down, and then introduced: "Xia Yuan, commander of the first battalion and first company of the [-]th Regiment, everyone has heard about him. He is a good soldier. He will also attend today's meeting."

Master Zheng turned his head and said to Xia Yuan: "There is an empty seat over there, please sit."

Xia Yuan sat quietly on the stool, everyone's eyes focused on him for a moment, and then moved away.

Teacher Zheng said: "Just received the latest information. With the retreat of the 63rd Army, the US 24th Division and the Puppet Second Division went all the way north along the position after the retreat of the 63rd Army. Their final destination may be our City God's Hall. The City God's Hall is It is an inescapable hub on our division’s retreat route, once the enemy occupies the Town God’s Hall, it will be equivalent to completely cutting off our army’s last retreat route.”

He sighed, and continued: "As of now, our division has become a lone army, with a lot of casualties, serious wounded cannot be resettled, lack of logistical supplies, and surrounded by enemies on three sides. It's not good, so we have to discuss how to fight tomorrow's battle!"

After Mr. Zheng's voice fell, everyone in the meeting began to whisper, discussing the current situation facing the [-]th Division.

Chief of Staff Wang thought about it, and said: "Master, do we still have to follow the orders of our superiors? If we stick to the south bank of the Han River for three to five days, maybe we will miss the best time to retreat."

"But if you retreat, you are disobeying the military order, and the wounded have not been transferred. If you really want to retreat, what should you do with the wounded? What about the orders from the superiors?"

Director Wu said in a calm voice, "The most important thing is that we have lost contact with the Corps. Where is the Corps now? We have retreated. It is hard to say what kind of crisis these enemies will cause all the way north."

Deputy Commander Duan said: "If you want me to say, just abandon the position, cross the Han River, and re-establish a position on the north bank of the Han River, with Chunchuan as our back, we still have a chance."

Director Wu said: "I'm afraid that the US military has already occupied the ferry at this time."

Deputy Division Commander Duan asked: "Have the investigators returned? How is the situation on the Han River?"

Chief of Staff Wang said: "The situation on the Han River is not optimistic."

Xia Yuan sat quietly in his seat, listening to their conversation while thinking about what happened tomorrow.

In history, the time when the [-]th Division really started to cross the Han River was tomorrow night, but in fact it was too late to start retreating tomorrow night.

In just one day on the 24th, not only the Town God's Hall fell, but Zhiyanli, where the City God's Hall continued to go north, was occupied by the 24th Division. In the northwest of the [-]th Division, a thick wall was formed, and the [-]th Division The retreat route was blocked.

Looking at the map, Xia Yuan found that besides Zhiyanli, there is another retreat route, that is, the retreating cave. Follow the retreating cave to the northwest, you can reach Mapingli, and you can break through the encirclement after passing through Mapingli. , Zhiyanli and Mapingli on the map are only half a finger away. Zhiyanli is occupied by the US military, and Mapingli will also be occupied by the US military in a short time.

At this time, Deputy Commander and the others were still discussing, Deputy Commander Duan pointed at the map and said, "Master, maybe we can retreat to the south bank of the Han River first, and form a new line of defense relying on Jiguan Mountain and Chenghuangtang."

Chief of Staff Wang looked at Chuncheon's position and said: "There is Chuncheon's [-]th Division to the east. We can get in touch with the [-]th Division to discuss the issue of coordinated defense. Since we know the enemy's situation in advance, we can do it in advance. to deal with it."

Everyone’s opinion is the same. Now that we know that the 63rd Army has retreated, the US 24th Division and the Puppet Second Division will reach the City God’s Hall all the way north, and even pass through the City God’s Hall, all the way north to reach Zhiyanli and Mapingli. If the pass is lost, their retreat will become more difficult.

Master Zheng nodded thoughtfully, then glanced at Xia Yuan who had been silent all this time, and said, "Xia Yuan, what do you think of the old Duan's plan?"

Xia Yuan thought about it, and said: "Master, if you want to retreat to the rear, it is better to continue to retreat."

Continue to retreat?

Everyone stared at the map, and continued to retreat to where they could retreat.

The rolling mountains and meandering rivers continue to Huachuan.

Huachuan is also a very famous place on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea.

That is the famous Hwacheon Blocking Battle, which belongs to the second phase of the fifth campaign. The encirclement of the [-]th Division is the beginning of the second stage, and the Cheorwon Blocking Battle is the duet of the second stage. The Huachuan blocking battle is a trio.

Huachuan is the place where the Ninth Corps and the [-]st Marine Division fought for the second time. The battle was particularly fierce, but it was also fought very beautifully, and the [-]st Marine Division was once again severely defeated.

"Hua Chuan."

Everyone's eyes were attracted by Hua Chuan.

Deputy Teacher Duan stared at Xia Yuan, his eyes were a little strange, Deputy Teacher Duan said: "Huachuan is too far behind, do you really want to retreat to Huachuan? This already belongs to our rear, right?"

Deputy Commander Duan immediately made a judgment and continued: "This is too risky. Let's not talk about whether we can retreat to Huachuan. Even if we can retreat to Huachuan, how should we defend it? If we can't defend it, the enemy relies on Huachuan and blooms everywhere. Threatening Jinhua from the east, pointing directly at Cheorwon."

Hwacheon is next to Jinhua, and Jinhua-Cheorwon-Pyeongkang is called the Golden Triangle, and the position of this golden triangle is very important.

What Deputy Division Commander Duan said made sense. The mechanized troops of the U.S. military could not be resisted by relying on two legs at all. The U.S. military could go north along the road without obstacles.

"The [-]th Division cannot continue to retreat, it is too risky to do so."

Master Zheng also considered the pros and cons, "You can retreat, but not too much. Huachuan is the rear of our army. Now all troops are retreating to the rear. We can't go around Huachuan. We really let the enemy go." When we go to Huachuan, I don’t know what problems will arise.”

Everyone nodded, but they didn't blame Xia Yuan. When anyone didn't raise an opinion not to be adopted, the meeting was to let everyone express their opinions and make choices through discussion. They also expressed their own plans, which were basically not advisable. War is not a child's play, there are too many factors to consider.

Xia Yuan shook his head, stretched out his hand, and said: "Master, we are not withdrawing from Huachuan, but here!"

The location he pointed to was a huge mountain range between Town God's Hall and Zhiyanli, Yingfeng!
In history, the City God’s Hall was lost during the day on the 24th. This was the last life-saving straw that cut off the [-]th Division’s continued resistance to the enemy. That night, the [-]th Division began to cross the river. The [-]th Regiment met and began to discuss the retreat plan.

The military headquarters of the [-]th Army studied carefully and ordered the [-]th Division to retreat along the route from Tuidongli to Mapingli. When the [-]th Division set off for Tuidongli, it suddenly resumed the relationship with the Third Corps. However, the order of the Three Corps completely changed the fate of the [-]th Division.

The Third Corps ordered the 24th Division to stop on the spot and cover the retreat of the wounded. The [-]th Division had already walked halfway and had to turn around and return to Jiguan Mountain to deploy defenses. Not long after that, another bad news came. Occupied, Mapingli fell and was occupied by the [-]th US Division.

In the end, the [-]th Division's breakout plan was to break out from Yingfeng. The order issued by the [-]th Army also ordered the [-]th Division to break out from Yingfeng, saying that there would be our army there, and at the same time ordered the [-]th Division And the [-]st Division moved to Yingfeng.

At this stage, there was a serious order time difference. The communication of the [-]th Division was almost cut off by the enemy, and there was a delay in the order transmitted by the [-]th Army. This delay almost ruined the [-]th Division.

(End of this chapter)