The Bright Sword of Changjin Lake becomes stronger

after dawn

The US military dispatched a large number of aircraft to bomb the volunteer troops.

Without air superiority, in order to avoid unnecessary losses, the volunteers could only temporarily stop the pursuit, and each unit took the opportunity to hide and rest nearby.

The Gangqi Regiment also handed over the prisoners to the main force and rested in hiding on the spot.

After fighting all night, the soldiers were all tired and hid in a nearby valley. After eating and drinking, they began to fall asleep.

Although they were sleeping in the wilderness, the soldiers had no complaints.

Fortunately, the weather is getting warmer now, so I don’t have to suffer so much anymore. It’s much better than last winter at Changjin Lake.

After all, at that time, with temperatures as low as tens of degrees below zero, the soldiers were crawling on ice, sleeping in the snow, and sleeping in the wilderness.

After a good sleep, when everyone woke up, it was already evening.

At the regiment headquarters, the key officers of the seventh regiment gathered together and began to discuss the current war situation.

Wu Qianli pointed at the map and said: "Currently, the assault is progressing most smoothly in our direction."

"Our troops have formed an assault unit, which is like a sharp knife, piercing deeply into the enemy's body."

"I estimate that we will continue to launch attacks in the future to expand our results and completely defeat their defense."

Mei Sheng nodded and said: "I agree with you. Judging from the current situation, we will continue to launch attacks tonight, so we must also prepare for battle in advance."

Wu Wanli came closer and asked, "Brother, hasn't Zhisi's order come down yet?"

Wu Qianli shook his head and said: "Not yet, but it should be soon."

Yu Congrong said excitedly: "Yesterday's battle was enjoyable and the harvest was not small. The morale of the soldiers is high now, so they should continue to fuck!"

As they were talking, the correspondent rushed to the Gangqi Regiment station and conveyed the order.

According to the instructions, the Gangqi Regiment will cooperate with friendly forces to carry out the insertion mission again and boldly advance behind enemy lines.

After receiving this order, Yu Congrong was very excited and said with a smile: "Okay! This time we can let go and fight the enemy again."

Wu Qianli stared at the map and said: "According to this instruction, Shisi's intention is to take the opportunity to completely defeat the enemy in front of him."

"And we need to further detour and penetrate behind the enemy's rear, directly to their rear, and turn them upside down here."

"In this way, we can cooperate with the main force to completely defeat the enemy in front of us and continue to advance the battle line south."

Mei Sheng nodded and said: "However, the enemy should have reacted and will definitely strengthen the defensive forces in this direction, so there will definitely be a fierce battle next."

Wu Qianli immediately ordered: "Notify the entire regiment immediately, prepare for battle in advance, and set off immediately after dark."

"Yes!"

Mei Sheng stared at the map carefully for a while and said, "According to the instructions from our superiors, we will continue to penetrate behind enemy lines along this route this time."

"Judging from the situation on the map, this road is not easy to walk."

Wu Qianli said enthusiastically: "There is absolutely no way that a few high mountains can block our progress."

After dark, under the leadership of Wu Qianli, the Gang [-]th Regiment set off again and began to make circuitous moves toward the enemy's rear.

After several hours of rapid march, the Gangqi Regiment successfully penetrated dozens of miles behind the enemy.

At this moment, Pinghe was lying on the top of a mountain, looking at the large enemy camp in the distance, and couldn't help but frown.

I thought to myself: "Is the penetration too harsh this time? I penetrated directly into the enemy's lair."

Just this camp alone is estimated to have at least one battalion of troops.

An enemy battalion may have as few as 800 men, but most may have more than 1000 men.

Pinghe observed it carefully, and then whispered to Wu Jin next to him: "Take someone to keep an eye here, and I will report to the group leader."

Afterwards, Pinghe quietly went down the mountain. At this moment, the main force of the Seventh Regiment had arrived at the foot of the mountain and was hiding in a forest to rest and wait.

Pinghe ran up to Wu Qianli and said, "We penetrated too hard this time and went straight to the enemy's lair."

"In the valley ahead, there is an enemy camp with one or two thousand enemy troops."

"And there may be other enemy troops stationed nearby."

Hearing this, Wu Qianli couldn't help but frowned and said, "It's not easy to deal with so many enemies!"

Mei Sheng said: "Now we are in the enemy's rear area, and the enemy situation around us is unclear. It is not appropriate to act rashly."

Wu Qianli nodded and said, "I think so too. It's best to find out the specific strength of the enemy and contact the main force before deciding how to take action."

Mei Sheng said: "I have sent correspondents to contact other brother troops."

Wu Qianli observed the surrounding terrain and said: "It is relatively hidden here. The troops will be on standby and make plans based on the specific situation."

At the same time, the rest of the friendly forces also rushed to the nearby area.

The friendly forces sent out several groups of scouts to get a clear picture of the surrounding area before dawn.

The enemy that Pinghe discovered was indeed a battalion of enemy troops, and there were other enemy troops nearby.

However, the enemy troops of this battalion are located on the periphery of their large army, in a prominent position.

In other words, the other main enemy forces are all located to the southeast of them.

As a result, Wu Qianli made a prompt decision, telegraphed the friendly forces, and cooperated with them to gradually attack the enemy battalion, forming a situation of encirclement.

Although it only surrounded one battalion, the enemy's battalion had nearly 2000 people, and its firepower even exceeded that of friendly forces, so our army did not have an advantage.

At this time, the sky was gradually getting brighter. Facing the enemy's air superiority, our army simply did not dare to launch an attack during the day.

The troops could only hide and wait on the spot. Fortunately, the surrounding area was surrounded by undulating mountains and lush vegetation, and our troops were good at hiding, so the enemy did not find any trace of our troops.

At this time, Mei Sheng had already contacted the commander, and the main force would continue to advance south after dark.

Therefore, Wu Qianli decided to cooperate with the existing friendly forces to launch an attack on the enemy that night to cooperate with the main force.

At this moment, the main force is still dozens of miles away.

If everything goes normally, the troops can advance to their location in one night.

Now that the enemy has learned the lesson, they will gradually retreat when faced with the Volunteer Army's attack at night.

But they retreated at most thirty kilometers, because according to their judgment, thirty kilometers was the farthest distance that the volunteers could attack overnight.

After daybreak, they will take advantage of their powerful artillery fire advantage and switch to defense.

After dark, the enemy will retreat again according to the actual situation.

Li Qiwei's tactic was to delay time, because he firmly believed that the Volunteer Army's attack could only last a few days.

After a few days, they will lose the ability to attack because they will run out of ammunition and food.

As long as they persist until that time, they can concentrate their superior forces and launch a counterattack, thereby defeating the Volunteer Army.

I have to say that Li Qiwei's tactic is quite effective.Although our army is constantly advancing, it is basically in a flat push and not many enemies are annihilated.

Therefore, we cannot annihilate the enemy on a large scale. Once the volunteers lose their offensive capabilities and the enemy launches a counterattack, the situation will be very unfavorable to our army.

Faced with this situation, the boss was also worried.

Staring at the map in front of him, the boss couldn't help but sigh and said: "This old fox Li Qiwei is really difficult to deal with."

"If this continues, our advantage will only gradually be lost."

Chief of Staff Xie said: "At present, the progress of the various units is relatively smooth. The three armies are showing a flanking attack and are gradually approaching Seoul."

The boss frowned and said, "There is another problem that we have to consider."

"That is, if our army advances too far south, will the enemy land at Incheon again and cut off our rear?"

"It is entirely possible that the enemy has absolute air and sea control."

The reason why the Northern Korean troops were defeated so quickly and so miserably was because MacArthur carried out the Inchon landing, which suddenly exposed the Northern Korean troops to enemies from both sides.

The boss is also worried about this problem now, because the enemy's sea and air forces are too strong. If they carry out landing operations again, our army will not be able to prevent the enemy's main force from landing.

This is like a sharp sword hanging over the heads of the volunteers and may be swung down at any time.

This is also the issue that the boss is most worried about.

However, in fact, the US military was not prepared for another landing operation at that time.

Because the U.S. government at that time no longer wanted to continue to expand the scale of this war.

So much so that because of the disagreement between MacArthur and the U.S. Congress, not long ago, the U.S. military base camp directly dismissed MacArthur from his position as commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.

Now Ridgway took over this position and became the second commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.

The position of commander of the Eighth Army has been taken over by Lieutenant General Van Fleet.

As our army continues to approach Seoul, the U.S. military is panicking, and there is also the third large-scale fleeing situation in Seoul.

However, neither Ridgway nor Van Fleet have plans to give up on Seoul.

Because this is the capital of South Korea after all, and this is not as simple as giving up a city.

If the volunteers capture Seoul again, the political significance will be far greater than the military significance.

Although Ridgway and Van Fleet are both pure soldiers, they are not completely ignorant of politics.

As for the Volunteer Army, they actually have no plans to capture Seoul again.

Because the boss is worried that the enemy will launch another landing operation.

Therefore, the current situation is also quite delicate. The US military is worried that we will capture Seoul, while our army is worried that the US military will conduct another landing operation.

In fact, neither party has this plan.

The purpose of the war on both sides is also very clear. They both want to eliminate a large number of enemy forces to gain the initiative on the battlefield.

The boss gritted his teeth and said: "Ignore this for now. Each unit will continue to launch attacks according to the original plan and try to eliminate as many enemies as possible."

"Yes!"

……

Soon, night fell again.

The troops followed the order and continued to launch a new round of attack.

After dark, in the temporary headquarters of the friendly forces, the leader said with a serious face: "Order all units to launch an attack immediately!"

"Strive to eliminate this enemy in Mudong as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

A staff officer next to him responded quickly and then passed on the order.

Following the commander's order, the artillery troops concentrated their artillery fire and began to bombard the enemy positions.

"Chirp chirp~!"

Harsh whistling sounds continued to sound, and artillery shells flew quickly towards the enemy's position.

"Boom~! Boom~!"

Violent explosions sounded one after another, and soon the enemy's forward position was covered by mortar fire.

The enemy troops who were suddenly attacked were immediately thrown into chaos.

The enemy surrounded in Mudong was the Gloucester Battalion of the British 29th Brigade. They had retreated and were resting in the nearby area, but they did not expect to be suddenly attacked by the volunteers again.

Inside the battalion headquarters, Lieutenant Colonel Kahn cursed angrily: "Fuck, where did these hateful enemies come from?"

An officer next to him said: "Sir, we don't know where they came from at the moment, but we are basically surrounded by the Chinese army now."

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn shouted: "Request assistance from the brigade headquarters immediately and request reinforcements."

"yes sir!"

The officer responded quickly.

"Reporting to the commander, the brigade commander ordered our troops to hold their position and block the enemy's attack."

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn roared: "Where are the reinforcements? We need reinforcements."

The officer replied: "The brigade commander has begun to mobilize troops to support us. Let us wait patiently."

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn immediately ordered: "Pass the order, all troops must stick to their positions, and no one can take a step back."

"No matter what, we must block their attack."

"yes sir!"

At this moment, the Gloucester Battalion was basically surrounded, and it would not be easy for them to escape.

Therefore, there is only one way before them, and that is to stand firm and wait for help.

However, although Lieutenant Colonel Kahn was angry, he was not too worried because the nearby troops were not too far away from them and should be able to arrive in time to support them.

Moreover, they have a strong firepower advantage. As long as they hold on desperately, the volunteers may not be able to break through their defense line. At least that is what Lieutenant Colonel Kahn thinks.

So fierce fighting broke out again.

Under the leadership of Wu Qianli, the Gangqi Regiment began to attack the British positions from the northeast.

In order to hold their position, the British army also desperately exported firepower to resist the attack of the volunteers.

Under the strong firepower of the British army, the volunteer army's attack did not go smoothly, and the battle fell into a stalemate for a while. (End of chapter)