Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Chapter 149 Another group of flags were seized!
At dawn on New Year's Day, Lieutenant General Ridgway left Seoul in a jeep and sped north.

His eyes were bloodshot and his face looked extremely ugly.

Ridgway never dreamed that the Volunteer Army would launch such a large-scale offensive shortly after he took office.

All night long, the phone at Lieutenant General Ridgway's headquarters kept ringing, and telegrams came in like snowflakes.

The Volunteer Army achieved a breakthrough along the long defense line that stretched hundreds of kilometers from west to east in just a few hours.

The South Korean army, which was at the forefront and served as cannon fodder, suffered heavy losses, with two divisions almost suffering a devastating blow.

Ridgway still clearly remembered that on the first day he arrived in Seoul, the old South Korean man surnamed Li vowed to him that he would personally dispatch 100,000 civilian workers to build a defense line as strong as steel on the front line.

However, this so-called iron-clad defense line only held off the Volunteer Army for a few hours before it was completely broken through and was simply vulnerable.

Lieutenant General Ridgway was furious. He really doubted whether this old man surnamed Li had any misunderstanding of the word steel. Was this steel? It was more like a pile of sand.

Lieutenant General Ridgway even wanted to find this old guy and give him two hard slaps in the face.

They are such stupid teammates, no wonder we lost so badly before.

As the jeep shook, the two grenades hanging on Lieutenant General Ridgway's body kept swinging back and forth.

This was also Ridgway's habit. He hung two grenades just for the soldiers to see. The purpose was simply to let the soldiers on the front line see that he, the general, was always fighting with them.

The situation at the front was tense. In order to understand the specific situation, Lieutenant General Ridgway, who had not slept all night, prepared to rush to the front early in the morning to understand the situation so as to make the most accurate response plan.

Lieutenant General Ridgway suddenly remembered something and asked, "If I'm not mistaken, Walker had a car accident near here, right?"

"Yes!"

The driver replied: "It's nearby, but I don't know the exact location."

"Please rest assured, sir. I will be careful."

Ridgway said: "That's not what I meant. I just think it's a pity that Walker died! This unlucky guy."

Later, General Ridgway rushed to the 9th Army Headquarters on the front line. After understanding the situation, Lieutenant General Ridgway ordered all troops to hold the defense line with all their strength and resist the attack of the Volunteer Army.

However, what happened next was completely out of Ridgway's control.

After the Volunteer Army broke through the enemy's blocking line, they advanced with unstoppable force.

Even though the U.S. military tried its best to stop the enemy, it was unable to withstand the fierce offensive of the Volunteer Army, and its defensive positions were constantly breached.

Hundreds of thousands of main forces of the coalition were defeated and retreated continuously to the south.

The brave volunteer soldiers marched forward triumphantly and gradually approached Seoul.

During the fierce battle, the 116th Division advanced rapidly and unstoppable.

The 347th Regiment made a roundabout way and successfully blocked a British troop near Bugak-ri.

The regiment commander sent out a company to seize a commanding point blocked on the road, completely cutting off the enemy's retreat.

This British army unit was also elite, and they immediately organized their troops to attack the high ground with all their might in order to open up a path for a breakout.

The enemy also understood that if they were delayed here and the main force of the Volunteer Army caught up, only destruction would await them.

The enemy's artillery fire was very fierce, and shells kept falling on this small hill like raindrops, and the entire hill was completely engulfed in a sea of ​​fire.

However, the brave volunteers always held their positions and fought the enemy to the end as long as they had a chance to survive, repelling the enemy's attacks again and again. After a fierce battle, the enemy was also blood-thirsty and launched an attack regardless of casualties in order to survive.

The battlefield was littered with enemy corpses, and the company guarding the high ground also suffered heavy losses.

In the fierce battle, the instructor died and all the platoon leaders died.

The company commander was also seriously injured and dying. There were no cadres left on the battlefield at this moment.

The company commander, lying in a pool of blood, looked at the bugler Xiao Zheng who was bandaging his wounds and said weakly, "Don't worry about me, go and command the battle."

Xiao Zheng gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, I'm in charge of the position, and the enemy won't be able to take it away."

At this moment, there were only 13 people able to fight on the position. Xiao Zheng divided the people into several groups and asked them to guard different positions.

The enemy soon launched another attack. The soldiers relied on the high ground and looked down from above, trying their best to block the enemy's attack.

After a fierce battle, the enemy's attack was repelled again.

However, several more soldiers died, and now there were only seven people able to fight on the position.

Under the siege of the main force of the 347th Regiment, the enemy also suffered heavy losses. Knowing that a disaster was imminent, the enemy once again launched a fierce attack on the heights, attempting to seize the heights and break out.

A large number of enemies rushed up like mad dogs. Xiao Zheng was not afraid of danger and shouted loudly: "Comrades, the position was won with the blood of comrades, and we must not let the enemy take it away."

At this moment, due to the long battle, the soldiers had very little ammunition left.

When the bullets are used up, use grenades, explosive packs, and blasting tubes.

But these ammunitions were quickly exhausted.

At this moment, there were only seven soldiers left on the position, and they were out of ammunition and food.

But even so, the soldiers did not retreat a single step. All of them raised their bayonets, ready to fight to the death with the enemy who was rushing towards them.

Xiao Zheng looked at the massive enemy that was about to charge forward, so he picked up the bugle and blew the charge.

"Tick-tick, tick-tick, tick-tick, tick-tick..."

When the loud charge sounded, the attacking enemies were suddenly frightened and stopped, looking at the mountain in horror.

Xiao Zheng continued to blow the charge horn with all his might, but the soldiers did not rush out directly.

When the enemy heard this familiar horn, they were so frightened that they dared not charge forward anymore and began to retreat one after another.

Once one person started to retreat, the other enemies would follow suit, leading to a rout.

Xiao Zheng kept blowing the charge bugle until blood came out of the corners of his mouth.

They did not stop until the attacking enemy was defeated all the way to the road.

In fact, the seven soldiers had already prepared for the worst and were ready to fight the enemy at any time. They did not expect that the enemy would be frightened and retreat on their own initiative.

At this time, the enemy's doomsday had come. Under the full siege of the main force, the main force of the British 29th Brigade Royal Rifle Regiment that was blocked here was annihilated in one fell swoop by our brave volunteers.

The flag of this regiment known as the "Green Tiger Regiment" was also successfully captured by our brave volunteer army.

(End of this chapter)