The Bright Sword of Changjin Lake becomes stronger

Under the personal command of Brigadier General Myron, the US military once again launched a more violent attack on the Volunteer Army's defense line.

Facing the surging U.S. soldiers, Wu Qianli commanded the soldiers to respond calmly and repelled the U.S. attacks time and time again.

Finally, they persisted until night, and Brigadier General Myron's troops suffered heavy losses.

The attack was forced to temporarily stop.

Brigadier General Myron summoned his main officers and cursed them.

"You're a bunch of trash. You've lost all the honor of being a soldier."

"We have been fighting for so long without even breaking through the Chinese army's defense line. We have lost so many troops in vain. How can I explain to the headquarters?"

The U.S. military officers present were all blushing after being scolded, and they lowered their heads and did not dare to say anything.

After a while, a U.S. military officer argued: "Your Excellency General, we cannot be entirely blamed for this matter. We have really tried our best. However, the Chinese army is too strong and we really cannot defeat them."

"More importantly, they occupy favorable terrain, which led to our repeated offensive failures."

"so……"

"Shut up!"

Brigadier General Myron roared angrily and interrupted him directly.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this now."

"The situation is already like this. There is no point in talking about it any more. Let's discuss the next battle plan."

Brigadier General Myron suppressed the anger in his heart, walked to the sand table, and said: "Although the Chinese army blocked our attack, they are trying to break up the rear. They will definitely continue to retreat northward at night and escape."

"These hateful Chinese troops have made us pay such a heavy price. If we don't let them pay a certain price and annihilate them all, it will be difficult to relieve my anger."

At this time, a US military colonel asked: "Your Excellency, General, you mean that while they are retreating, we can launch a new round of offensive and take the opportunity to defeat them."

Brigadier General Myron nodded and said, "Yes, this is our best opportunity to annihilate the enemy."

"Let's take a look. If they want to retreat north, they can only choose to take this road. We have now occupied this place and this area."

"As soon as their main force starts to retreat, we can go around here, quickly pursue them, and launch an attack on them."

"By that time, they will be eager to retreat and will not dare to continue to struggle with us. They will definitely retreat all the way."

"And we can take advantage of this opportunity to annihilate these hateful Chinese troops in one fell swoop."

A US military colonel quickly reminded: "Your Excellency, General, is this too risky?"

Brigadier General Myron frowned and said, "A risk? Do you think this is a risk?"

"But there is no risk in war. We have just experienced a disastrous defeat. If we don't find a way to make up for it, we will all become sinners."

"Can you achieve military exploits by being timid? Only by forging ahead can you achieve military exploits. Do you understand?"

"yes sir!"

The U.S. military officers present responded honestly.

Brigadier General Myron continued: "You don't have to worry. They retreat on their own initiative. If we take advantage of the situation to pursue them, we will definitely win. There is no danger at all."

"So just wait and make great achievements with me!"

"If we win this battle, we will all become heroes of the United States. Otherwise, we will all become criminals. Once we are held responsible for the defeat, we may be sent to a military court."

"So I don't need to tell you what to do next!"

"yes sir!"

Brigadier General Myron said with a serious face: "Every unit is ready for battle. All the most elite units will be mobilized for me."

"Closely monitor the movements of the Chinese army. Once we find signs of retreat, we will immediately conduct roundabout pursuits from the left and right flanks."

"Be sure to catch up with them and annihilate them all."

"yes sir!"

Brigadier General Myron continued: "If the entire battle plan is affected because of a certain person, don't blame our ruthless military law."

"yes sir!"

The U.S. military officers present responded in unison.

Brigadier General Myron waved his hand and said: "Go back! After you go back, prepare well and do your best to fight this battle with all your strength. Do you understand?"

"yes sir!"

The U.S. military officers present responded again, then turned and left.

Staring at the sand table in front of him, Brigadier General Myron sighed helplessly and said: "This should be our last chance. No matter what, we must not let the Chinese army on the opposite side run away this time."

………………

At the same time, the frontline headquarters of the Volunteer Army.

The leader pointed to a simple map and said: "Currently, we are blocking a division of the US military, as well as the British 29th Brigade and the 25th Brigade. The distance is not too far away and can come to support at any time."

"And our retreat has been cut off. The main force is preparing to get out through the gaps in the US military's encirclement."

"Because we were responsible for breaking the line and were left behind, the situation was even worse."

"If we follow the original route and continue heading north, we may encounter the U.S. military's roundabout troops and be intercepted here. By that time, the main force will probably have broken out."

"Then the main force of the US military may go all out to deal with us. Our troops are sparse. Once we are surrounded by heavy US military forces, the situation will become very bad."

"So I called everyone here today just to discuss what to do next and how to get out of the encirclement of the US military."

Wu Qianli said: "If the US military does not pursue us, we can first get rid of the main US military force in the south, retreat to the north dozens of miles away, and then look for opportunities to get out of the gaps in the US military encirclement."

"But the problem now is that we cannot guarantee that the US military will not pursue us when we retreat."

At this time, the chief of staff said: "The US military generally does not choose to launch attacks at night, so it is unlikely that they will pursue it."

"But the question is, even if they don't pursue us, if we retreat to the north, will we still have a chance to break out tomorrow night?" "They will catch up again during the day tomorrow."

Wu Qianli continued: "So we absolutely cannot take this risk and pin our hopes on the US military not pursuing pursuit."

"As the chief of staff said, they will not pursue us tonight, but they will pursue us during the day tomorrow. Then they can still encircle us again."

The chief of staff asked: "What do you think we should do? It's impossible to be foolproof no matter what."

Wu Qianli continued: "If you don't worry about the long term, you will have immediate worries. We must think more carefully so that we can be safer and more secure."

"Actually, I think this kind of breakout warfare is what we are best at. When we were fighting against the Japanese, or in the early days of fighting Chiang Kai-shek, it was common for the U.S. military to be encircled and suppressed again and again. Breaking out of encirclements is also a common occurrence for us. .”

"It's just that this time we have a different opponent."

The chief nodded and said, "Wu Qianli's words are quite good, but they are not exactly the same."

"Because in the past, whether we were fighting the Japanese or Chiang Kai-shek, we were all on our own territory. No matter where we fought, as long as we could break out, we could continue to take root and sprout, and we could quickly find troops."

"But now we are in North Korea, unfamiliar with the place, and we still lack a mass base. Once we reach enemy-occupied areas, it will be difficult for us to obtain supplies, and we will be very passive by then."

"So we still have to break out as soon as possible, meet up with the main force, and move to a safe place."

Wu Qianli thought for a while, frowned and said, "We can't place our hopes on the US military not pursuing us. No matter when, we still have to do our best to be as foolproof as possible."

"But the U.S. military will definitely be on guard, and if we continue to break out as planned, we may be surrounded by the U.S. military again. So we can only change our strategy and take surprise, so that we can completely get rid of the U.S. military's pursuit and succeed. Withdraw."

The chief nodded and said: "Surprise!"

"Surprise!"

Wu Qianli quickly added: "I mean the same thing. In our previous war career, we were able to defeat the enemy repeatedly because of surprise."

"Especially when fighting the Japanese, the enemy was strong and we were weak."

"In the face of the Japanese encirclement and suppression, we defeated their raids time and time again, firstly by relying on the support of the masses, and secondly by relying on surprise and surprise."

The chief then said: "Okay! If we want to be foolproof, we must prepare for the worst in advance."

After everything was arranged, Wu Qianli returned to the Gangqi Regiment position and ordered the soldiers to seize the time to prepare for retreat.

Due to time constraints, the soldiers of the seventh regiment must hurry up now.

Wu Qianli took some soldiers and laid some booby traps on the top of the mountain and on some important road sections in advance.

Then he followed the original plan and began to withdraw from the position with the soldiers of Gang [-]th Regiment.

At the same time, other friendly troops also withdrew their positions and began to retreat to the north.

The US military, under the order of Brigadier General Myron, was always monitoring the movements of our army's positions. After our army retreated across the board, the US military quickly became aware of this situation.

After receiving the news, Brigadier General Myron immediately rushed to the forward position.

Brigadier General Myron ordered: "Immediately order all the troops to pursue me according to the original plan. We must bite them hard and we must not let this Chinese army go."

"yes sir!"

A US military officer next to him responded quickly and turned around to convey the order.

Brigadier General Myron held up his telescope and continued to observe the situation to the north.

Following Brigadier General Myron's order, the US military troops immediately began to pursue.

But when the U.S. troops on the front continued to advance north, they were soon attacked by landmines.

As violent explosions rang out, the leading troops of the US military were killed and injured.

"Reporting to your Excellency, General, the Chinese army has laid a large number of landmines on the only road we must pass. Mines have been laid on all the important roads."

Brigadier General Myron sneered and said: "As expected, I guessed that they would do this."

"Order the engineering troops to clear the mines as soon as possible."

"yes sir!"

At this time, an officer next to him asked: "Your Majesty General, if we waste time like this, we may not be able to catch up with them."

Brigadier General Myron smiled slightly and said confidently: "We have sent troops from both wings to outflank them, not to mention their retreat has been completely cut off."

"They won't be able to escape our encirclement overnight, so we don't have to worry about anything."

Upon hearing this, the US military officer quickly said: "General, you are wise, but you are more thoughtful."

Brigadier General Myron said confidently: "We finally found such a good opportunity, how could I waste this opportunity?"

"I said, no matter what this time, we must annihilate them all. No one can escape."

"Inform the outflanking troops on both wings, ask them to speed up, and bite them as soon as possible. We must not let them escape."

"yes sir!"

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After the order was issued, the volunteer troops in the rear began to retreat rapidly northward.

Looking at the situation to the north, the leader said thoughtfully: "The main force should have begun to break through with all its strength."

The chief of staff next to him replied: "Calculating the time, it should be almost there."

At this time, a soldier ran over quickly and said: "Reporting to the leader, we have just received the latest news. A large number of American troops are catching up from the left and right wings."

"They have formed a pincer attack on us."

The chief couldn't help but frown when he heard this and said: "I didn't expect it! These guys are quite powerful. It seems that we have underestimated this US military."

"Fortunately, Wu Qianli mentioned this before, so we are well prepared."

"Continue to retreat three kilometers and execute according to the original plan."

"Yes!" (end of this chapter)