Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Chapter 106: Captain, it’s time for you to give up your position!
Wu Qianli caught up with Li Guotao and asked curiously, "Are you so confident?"

"Of course!"

Li Guotao said confidently: "Because I always believe that we will win."

"Otherwise, wouldn't I have come here in vain?"

Wu Qianli nodded and said, "It's us!"

Wu Qianli had no idea what Li Guotao really meant by these words. He thought he meant that it was a waste of time to come to the Watergate Bridge.

Li Guotao smiled slightly, and then said: "Besides, I'm afraid we don't have a better solution now."

Wu Qianli nodded and said, "I admit that your battle plan is the best, otherwise we would not agree to your battle plan."

Li Guotao smiled and said, "Then I will not let down the trust of all the leaders."

"Oh~! That's right! Captain, you are now the acting battalion commander. I guess the battalion commander won't be back for a while, so you have to be the battalion commander."

"Since you are now the battalion commander, please let me take over the position of company commander!"

In order to complete the system mission, Li Guotao has been coveting the position of company commander for a long time.

"Haha~!"

Wu Qianli said with a smile: "Before I asked you to serve as a deputy platoon leader, you were afraid that you would not be able to do it well. Why did you suddenly become so obsessed with power?"

"I haven't even left yet, and you're already thinking about my position."

Li Guotao said with a smile: "I suddenly feel that being an official is pretty good, as I can manage so many people."

"Napoleon once said that a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier."

Wu Qianli said unhappily: "Who is Napoleon?"

Li Guotao made up a lie: "There's a bicycle repair shop at the entrance of the instructor's alley."

……

At the enemy position on the Watergate Bridge, Major Severns looked at the burning bridge in front of him with a helpless look on his face.

"The Watergate Bridge has burned down. How are we going to explain this to the general?"

An officer nearby said: "Who could have thought that these enemies were so cunning that they would suddenly attack the Watergate Bridge with incendiary bombs."

"We were caught off guard, so..."

Major Severns said angrily, "Do you think you can get away with this excuse with the general?"

The enemy officer said: "As long as we can quickly repair the Watergate Bridge and not affect the retreat of the army, the general will not really send us to a military court."

Major Severns sighed helplessly and said, "Notify the engineers that the fire has been extinguished and repair the Watergate Bridge as soon as possible."

"Also, send a telegram to the Navy Air Force. We need more aircraft support. When daybreak comes, blow up all the surrounding mountains. I don't believe that we can't kill these bastards."

"Yes sir!"

The officer responded quickly.

Major Severns breathed a sigh of relief and consoled himself: "Although the Watergate Bridge was destroyed, it's not a big problem."

"It's not like there's no good news."

An enemy officer said, "You mean to say that we are not so cold now?"

Sevens rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "I really doubt whether your brain is frozen."

"I mean, they burned the bridge. At least they won't attack again tonight. We should be able to sleep well."

"After resting up and gathering enough energy, we will start repairing the bridge tomorrow morning."

"We need to repair the Watergate Bridge at a faster speed. We have more experience and the speed should be even faster." "I want to make them feel desperate and let them give up on their own."

An enemy captain said: "What the commander said is absolutely right. They should not come again tonight. However, the troops we ambushed earlier did not play any role."

Major Severns asked, "After we repair the bridge, we still have to prevent them from burning the Watergate Bridge again. It is estimated that the general's main force will not be able to reach the Watergate Bridge tomorrow, so they will come again tomorrow night."

"Old man, any good ideas?"

The enemy captain said: "Sir, have you forgotten that their incendiary grenades were captured from us?"

"We had more incendiary grenades, and we were on the Watergate Bridge, high up, so we could certainly throw them farther than they could."

"Today was a complete mistake. We were caught off guard and were ambushed by them."

"If they dare to use the same trick again tomorrow, as long as we find any abnormalities, we can be the first to throw incendiary grenades and burn them all to ashes."

Major Severns nodded and said, "That's a good idea. It looks like we need more incendiary grenades."

"Immediately report to the Gutuli Command and request a large amount of ammunition, especially incendiary grenades. The more the better."

"Yes sir!"

At this time, an enemy officer asked: "Do we need to withdraw the troops ambushed in the woods to the north?"

"Or let them return to the ancient land to rest."

Major Severns said: "Let them rest where they are and be ready to provide support at any time."

"Even at this point, we cannot let our guard down."

"If they can't even bear this little hardship, then they should just take off their uniforms and go home to take care of their children."

"Yes sir!"

……

It's half past twelve in the morning.

At a fork in the valley, Wu Qianli looked at Li Guotao and others and said, "Be careful."

Li Guotao smiled and said, "Don't worry, we are waiting for your movement. When you launch an attack from the north, we will directly attack the enemy's Qiaonan camp from the south."

"Hold the enemy's main force. Once you have dealt with the enemy north of the bridge, we can concentrate all our efforts and attack the enemy south of the bridge from several directions."

"At that time, no matter what, we must destroy the defenders of the Watergate Bridge and completely occupy the Watergate Bridge. Only in this way can we completely blow up the bridge."

Wu Qianli nodded and said, "I know! But you only have one class, I'm afraid!"

"Don't worry!"

Li Guotao said confidently: "A few hundred meters south of the bridge, the enemy has set up a checkpoint to prevent our troops from attacking the Watergate Bridge along the highway."

"There aren't many enemies at this checkpoint. We will kill them first and then launch our attack."

"If things don't go smoothly and we can't take the checkpoint, the enemy will definitely send troops to support us. This will also reduce the number of defenders at the bridgehead and relieve pressure on the general offensive."

"Now our main pressure is still on you. Let's see if you can successfully complete the mission and clear out the defenders on the north side of the bridge."

"As for us? The danger is relatively small. My principle is to never do business that will lose money, so you don't have to worry about our safety at all."

Wu Qianli nodded and said, "Okay! I feel relieved now. Beimian, you can rest assured too. As long as everything goes well, we can definitely kill them all."

In fact, everything had been planned before, and each unit had its own mission.

Everyone was not the kind of person who would like to be fussy. They waved their hands and went their separate ways. Li Guotao and his group of eight went south, while Wu Qianli led a team to go north.

(End of this chapter)