Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Chapter 107 The dark moon and high wind kill the night!

About half an hour later, Wu Qianli and a few others climbed up a hillside where volunteer soldiers were already lurking.

When Yu Congrong heard that Wu Qianli had arrived, he walked over cautiously and lay down next to Wu Qianli.

Wu Qianli asked casually: "How is the situation?"

Yu Congrong pointed to the woods at the foot of the mountain and said, "The enemy is hiding in the woods at the foot of the mountain."

"We sent a few people to lurk nearby and keep an eye on them!"

"According to the news we just received, as we expected, the enemies are probably asleep now."

"The enemies who were originally on the tanks all got off the tanks and hid in the tents to sleep."

Wu Qianli observed the woods at the foot of the mountain and saw faint flashes of fire in the woods, but the distance was too far and the specific situation could not be seen clearly.

Wu Qianli showed a hint of sneer on his face. These enemies really couldn't stand any hardship at all. It was agreed to be an ambush, and with this fire, wouldn't everything be exposed?

You really take us for fools!

But this damn weather is really too cold. In this remote place, even if we light a fire, everyone is frozen like a grandson.

The situation of the volunteers was even worse. They did not dare to light a fire to keep warm at night and could only rely on their tenacious will to hold on.

A large number of soldiers suffered from frostbite in all units, and many even froze to death.

Fortunately, Li Guotao took advantage of every opportunity to provide the Ninth Corps with a large number of cotton-padded clothes and quilts, which reduced a large number of casualties. Otherwise, there would have been more people freezing to death or suffering frostbite.

This winter, the Changjin Lake area was too cold, not to mention the poorly equipped volunteer army.

Even with sufficient logistical supplies and better heating equipment, the U.S. military still suffered from frostbite during the entire Battle of Chosin Reservoir.

This shows how bad the conditions were at the time.

Of course, Wu Qianli didn’t know this, but a group of soldiers in the Seventh Company also had frostbite on their hands and feet, but these soldiers still insisted on being on the front line.

Yu Congrong rubbed his hands and said, "Speaking of which, this day is really too cold. No one can stand it."

Wu Qianli nodded slightly, raised his wrist to look at his watch, and said, "It's almost time. We should quietly approach and eliminate this group of enemies first."

Yu Congrong nodded, then waved his hand, and dozens of soldiers immediately carefully followed a path and groped their way down the mountain.

Under the personal leadership of Wu Qianli, the soldiers successfully reached the outskirts of the enemy camp.

It was a dark and windy night, and the soldiers were experienced, so everything went smoothly and the enemy was unaware.

The camp was not big. After all, there were only a few dozen enemies. However, the six tanks they were equipped with posed a great threat to the volunteers.

Unfortunately, at this time, all the enemies on the tanks got off the vehicles and hid in the tent with a brazier to sleep.

Because they had received news that the Volunteer Army had burned down the Watergate Bridge, the enemy was certain that the Volunteer Army would not launch an attack tonight.

This group of enemies had been watching here for so long that they were already sleepy and tired. They entered the tent, got into their sleeping bags, and soon fell asleep like dead pigs.

Wu Qianli led his soldiers to lurk around the enemy camp and did not launch a direct attack, but waited for an opportunity.

Not long after, faint sounds of gunfire and explosions were heard from the direction of the Watergate Bridge. According to the original plan, the volunteers who were ambushed near the Watergate Bridge opened fire on the enemy forces on the Watergate Bridge.

The enemies did not spare their ammunition and immediately opened fire at various suspicious locations at the foot of the mountain, deliberately provoking the troops stationed at the Watergate Bridge.

At once, more than a dozen machine guns opened fire and mortars fired dozens of shells in succession.

Hearing the noise in the distance, Wu Qianli smiled. He was waiting for this moment. In this way, even if they were accidentally discovered by the enemy and fired their guns, they would not be discovered by the garrison at the Watergate Bridge under normal circumstances.

Because the sound of gunfire on their side was so loud, they couldn't hear the gunfire a kilometer away at all.

Wu Qianli waved his hand and directly gave the order to attack.

Yu Congrong personally led several soldiers and took the lead in sneaking into the enemy camp.

The four enemy soldiers on duty were warming themselves around a fire.

Yu Congrong and his men approached quietly, and before the four enemies could react, they knocked down all four and cut their necks with one knife.

Afterwards, Wu Qianli led dozens of soldiers and quickly sneaked into the enemy camp. The troops were divided into several groups and they sneaked into the enemy's tents one after another.

The soldiers were experienced and had penetrated into the enemy's tough position. They used daggers to send all the sleeping enemies to hell.

Everything went quite smoothly.

Dozens of enemies were killed!

At such a critical moment, Wu Qianli did not think about capturing any prisoners, because their troops were limited and there were no extra people to guard the prisoners at this time.

And according to the plan, their ultimate goal was to capture the Watergate Bridge. In order to prevent accidents, the best way was to kill them all.

Anyway, they didn't lay down their arms and surrender, so this doesn't count as killing prisoners.

As an excellent commander, Wu Qianli would never do something that violates discipline, such as killing prisoners.

Yu Congrong ran up to Wu Qianli excitedly, grinned, and said, "Captain, everything has been solved."

Wu Qianli nodded with satisfaction, walked directly to the six tanks, and said with a smile: "With these big guys, it will be much easier to take down the Watergate Bridge."

Yu Congrong nodded and said, "But we can only move two tanks at most."

After all, there were very few people in the volunteer army who could drive tanks at that time. Wu Qianli and his men had to select several times in advance from all the remaining soldiers of the 7th and 9th companies before they could barely gather enough people to drive two tanks.

Wu Qianli said: "Two! That's enough!"

"Get on the tank!"

"Raid on the Watergate Bridge!"

"Yes!"

Yu Congrong asked: "What about the other four tanks?"

Wu Qianli ordered: "Place the explosives and be ready to detonate them at any time, but not now."

"understand!"

Yu Congrong smiled and said, "We should catch the enemy off guard before they can react."

Afterwards, Yu Congrong arranged several soldiers to place explosives on the remaining tanks and detonate the tanks' fuel tanks and shells so that the four tanks could be destroyed at any time.

After all, this thing is too big, and the roads are basically occupied by the enemy. It is really difficult to drive them all away, so they can only be blown up to prevent the enemy from taking them back.

All of this was in Li Guotao's plan, but he still missed one thing. If he had known this earlier, he should have come here and blow up the four tanks himself, so that he could complete the task of destroying 20 tanks as soon as possible.

However, Li Guotao felt that he could play a greater role in the south of the bridge, so he took the third squad to the south.

(End of this chapter)