The Bright Sword of Changjin Lake becomes stronger

Wu Qianli lay on the ground, raised his gun and fired continuously at the defeated enemy troops.

There was a crisp sound of gunfire, and several enemies fell to the ground and died on the spot.

Due to the timely support of the Gangqi Regiment, not only the position was held, but also the enemy's attack was successfully repelled.

Seeing the enemy retreating, Wu Qianli shouted: "Quick, hurry up and restore the position. The enemy will definitely launch a new round of attack."

So the soldiers immediately began to get busy, carrying the wounded off the battlefield and sending them to the temporary medical center for treatment.

After cleaning up the battlefield, the soldiers all hid on the anti-slope position to avoid enemy artillery fire.

Sure enough, the enemy's artillery soon began to bombard the left-wing position, and fierce artillery fire covered the entire hilltop.

After some indiscriminate bombing, the enemy launched a fierce attack again.

Under the stubborn resistance of the Gangqi Regiment, the enemy's attack ultimately failed again.

At the same time, more friendly forces also invested in positions to block enemy reinforcements.

The enemy's reinforcements were all blocked on the outside and could not approach Gloucester Camp at all.

At the same time, the main force of the Volunteer Army was also on the frontal battlefield and once again repelled the main force of the United Nations Army.

The main force gradually arrived in the nearby area.

After learning of the situation, the army commander immediately sent two more regiments to support the attacking regiment, sealing the Gloucester camp.

The other troops also began to set up defenses on both sides of Mudong.

Because it was going to be dawn soon, in order to avoid unnecessary losses, the troops could only turn to defense.

Wait until dark before launching a new round of offensive.

While the enemy stopped attacking, Wu Qianli and the others were not idle and began to seize the time to dig tunnels on the reverse slope position.

Because after dawn, the enemy's artillery fire will definitely be more intense, and only these tunnels can provide them with sufficient protection.

At dawn, Wu Qianli, who was invited to a meeting with the first attack group, returned to the position.

Mei Sheng temporarily put down what he was doing, approached Wu Qianli, and asked: "Captain, how is the situation?"

Wu Qianli said with a smile: "The main force has already arrived. The British Army's Gloucester Battalion is surrounded by us. Now they are surrounded by us like an iron barrel and cannot escape."

Mason frowned slightly and said, "Camp Gloucester?"

Wu Qianli nodded and said, "Yes, it's the Gloucester Camp. We found out from the prisoners' mouths. The information is absolutely accurate."

"This Gloucester Battalion is not simple, not an ordinary infantry battalion."

"It is said that in a war more than 100 years ago, the Gloucester Battalion performed extraordinary feats and received a special commendation from the Queen, allowing them to wear double emblems on their hats, so it was also called the Royal Double Emblem Battalion."

"This is a meritorious battalion of the British army and their ace unit."

Yu Congrong on the side heard the words, nodded and said: "Grandma, no wonder their firepower is so fierce, they are indeed not ordinary troops."

"But no matter what kind of ace unit they are, or whether they are from a meritorious battalion or a double-emblem battalion, this time they will definitely be turned into a death camp and completely disappear from their organization list."

Wu Qianli smiled and said: "You are right. The superiors have also made up their minds to kill this Gloucester camp no matter what."

"However, in order to expand the results of the battle, the superiors formulated a strategy of encircling the points and calling for reinforcements. Since they have been surrounded, it will be a matter of time to deal with them sooner or later."

"And this meritorious battalion is also very important to the British army. After all, his annihilation is directly related to their face problem."

"So the enemy will definitely save this Gloucester camp at all costs."

"So we must take advantage of this opportunity to try to annihilate more of the enemy's main forces and consume their effective strength."

"Not only will the troops of the first attacking regiment be fully engaged in the battle to block the enemy's reinforcements, but there will also be several other regiments in the vicinity that will do their best to carry out reinforcements and consume the enemy's effective strength."

Mei Sheng nodded and said: "I remember when the mobilization meeting was held before the war, the chief once said that our main task this time is to eliminate the enemy's effective forces and consume their strength, so as to win this war as soon as possible. "

Wu Qianli smiled and said: "However, in the past few days of fighting, although we have advanced relatively smoothly, the enemy is also deliberately conserving strength while retreating."

"So although we have recovered many areas, the number of enemy troops annihilated is not too much."

"And this time around the Gloucester Camp is a good opportunity. We can take advantage of this opportunity to try to eliminate more enemies."

Mei Sheng said: "But we cannot be careless. At dawn, the enemy will definitely mobilize more powerful firepower to cover their infantry for counterattack, and the real test has just begun."

"We must hold our position and take advantage of the opportunity to kill more enemies."

Wu Qianli smiled and said: "Don't worry, we are digging this tunnel deeper and deeper. No matter how fierce the enemy's artillery fire is, it will not have much impact on us."

"If they dare to come, I will let them come back without any return."

At this moment, Wu Qianli was also very energetic and didn't think about anything else. He just wanted to kill more enemies.

And what Wu Qianli hasn't said yet is that the bombing reduction bonus previously rewarded by the system is still there, and he is not afraid of the US bombing at all.

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At the same time, the Gloucester Battalion was completely surrounded, and the main force of the volunteers also came up.

Major General Brody was completely panicked. If the Gloucester Battalion was killed in his hands, then he, the brigade commander, would definitely have done his job.

If not, he might even be sent to a military court for poor command. In that case, he would be really unjust.

So even if he is afraid of the volunteers, now he can only bite the bullet and prepare to fight to the death with the volunteers.

Major General Brody gritted his teeth and said: "No matter what, we must concentrate all our forces to rescue the besieged Camp Kloster. This is related to the face of the empire."

The staff officer next to him immediately poured a basin of cold water on him. "Sir, the main force of the Chinese army has arrived. They have completely surrounded Camp Gloucester. With our strength, we may not be able to rescue them."

When Major General Brody heard this, he wanted to go up immediately and give this bastard a big mouth, but he finally held back.

Because after thinking about it, Brody felt that there was some truth to this. He knew how powerful the volunteers were.

Major General Brody's frown deepened. Although he knew there were many difficulties, the Gloucester Battalion still had to be saved.

The old guy thought for a while and found that there was really no other way. He sighed helplessly and said: "Immediately send a telegram to General Ridgway and request the general to order nearby friendly troops to fully assist us and rescue the besieged Ge." Camp Rost.”

"Enges sir!"

Brody's telegram for help was quickly sent to Ridgway's headquarters.

At this moment, Ridgway was having a meeting with several of his generals at the headquarters to study the current battle situation.

Also present at the meeting was Lieutenant General Van Fleet, who succeeded Ridgway as commander of the Eighth Army.

Li Qiwei said with a serious face: "Guys, don't look at how rampant the Chinese army is now, but the more rampant they are now, the more miserable their deaths will be in the near future."

"Experience tells us that their offensive can only last about a week, and no more than ten days at most."

"As long as we survive this period, when they run out of ammunition, food, and energy, it will be time for us to counterattack. At that time, it will be their time to die."

Van Fleet nodded and said: "General, I very much agree with your point of view. I also believe that in three to five days at most, we will gain the initiative on the battlefield. At that time, we can let these farmers see what It’s called modern warfare.”

"They don't understand the art of modern warfare at all. As far as I know, they don't have a dedicated logistics support force so far. A force that doesn't pay attention to logistics, or can't guarantee logistics supplies, will not be able to win the war. of."

Van Fleet is also a very capable general, but this guy's promotion path is not very smooth. It can be said that he is extremely unlucky.

Speaking of this matter, we have to mention Marshall, who is known as the man who brought the United States victory in World War II.

Most of the U.S. military generals who fought on major battlefields back then were promoted by Marshall.

He always carries a small book with him, in which he remembers the officers who he thinks have great development prospects. Probably except for Five-Star Mike, there is no US military officer who is not eager to climb into this small book.

However, Van Fleet was not included in this little book because Marshall made a mistake at that time and mistook Van Fleet for another officer known for his alcoholism. That guy was also named Van Fleet.

Marshall has always been strict and fair, he is known for appointing talents, and caring for deployment, but he, who has always been rigorous, made this little mistake with Van Fleet.

This resulted in Van Fleet not being reused for a long time. Even Van Fleet himself said: "If he always makes mistakes, it doesn't make me unlucky."

So Van Fleet was so unlucky that when World War II was about to end, Van Fleet was just a small regiment leader.

Later, due to his outstanding performance during the Normandy landing and the strong recommendation from Bradley and other classmates, Marshall discovered the mistake and admitted the wrong person.

Every time he thought about this, Van Fleet felt very sad.

Although Marshall discovered his mistake, it was too late. By this time, his military position had been greatly reduced.

His classmates, Eisenhower, Will and Bradley, are already five-stars. He is still just a small group leader. When they were at West Point, the results of these two guys were far inferior to Bradley. .

Not only was he lagging behind his classmates, even his juniors two levels below him, Collins, Ridgway, and Clark were already famous all over the world and in high positions.

Because he had fallen too far behind before, although he had been promoted in recent years and now served as the commander of the Eighth Army, his good disciple Li Qiwei was still his immediate boss.

So when Van Fleet looked at Li Qiwei in front of him, he always felt uncomfortable in his heart, but he couldn't blame others. If he was to blame, he could only blame him for being so unlucky.

A few people were talking when the adjutant came in, holding a telegram and handed it to Li Qiwei.

"General, this is an urgent rescue telegram from the British Army."

Ridgway took a look at the telegram, couldn't help but frowned, and said: "Gloucester Camp is surrounded by the enemy. The situation is very critical. Brody asks us to send troops to assist them and help Gloucester Camp break out."

Van Fleet frowned slightly and asked, "Is it the British Royal Double Emblem Camp?"

Li Qiwei nodded and said, "Yes, that's the battalion. I really don't know how the Brody battle was fought. Mistakes have been happening lately."

"I think this guy is a waste."

Van Fleet said with an arrogant look: "This is not surprising. There are not many generals in the British army who can fight."

"However, this Gloucester Camp is of great significance to the British army. Now that they are in danger, if they are really killed by the enemy, it will still have a huge blow to their morale."

"So my opinion is that if possible, we should try our best to help them break out."

Li Qiwei nodded and said: "It makes sense, you can make arrangements! Try your best to help them rescue the Gloucester Battalion, but we can't affect our entire war situation just because of this battalion."

"understand!"

Van Fleet nodded.

Van Fleet then issued an order, requiring nearby troops to fully assist the Gloucester Battalion in its breakout operations.

Under Van Fleet's orders, nearby enemy forces sent two units to rescue Gloucester's camp.

One of them was the [-]th Battalion of the Philippines. Under the cover of eight British "Captain Centurion" heavy tanks, this unit rushed to Snow Marri in an attempt to capture Snow Marri, approach Mudong, and rescue the besieged Ge. Camp Rost.

However, the volunteers were well prepared and placed the enemy in a valley. They launched a sudden attack, destroyed the two tanks at the head and tail, and fired fiercely at the Philippine battalion down the mountain.

Under the fierce attack of the volunteers, the Philippine troops were instantly killed and wounded.

At this time, the commander in charge of commanding this British heavy tank force was frightened and feared that he would be completely annihilated in the valley.

This guy quickly sent a telegram to the brigade commander Brody, claiming that the road was narrow and their heavy tanks could not pass at all.

He then led the remaining heavy tanks and directly rammed the tanks and trucks blocking the road. He just used the powerful horsepower of the 'Captain Centurion' heavy tank to force a way out, and then escaped.

They even knocked over several Philippine Army light tanks and trucks while escaping. (End of chapter)