Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Chapter 179 Pre-war mobilization!
At this moment, the 27th Army was ordered to move to the northwest of Huachuan, hiding and waiting for the order for the general attack.

Just as Van Fleet had guessed, the Volunteer Army had been accumulating strength in preparation for launching the fifth campaign.

Now the main forces of the 19th Corps and the 3rd Corps have arrived at the front line, and the 9th Corps and the 13th Corps have also been replenished with a large number of new recruits.

However, since the 13th Corps was the first batch of troops to enter North Korea, it had suffered heavy losses in the previous battles. Therefore, in the fifth battle, the 13th Army, the 13th Army and other troops of the 38th Corps that suffered heavy losses retreated to rest and did not participate in the fifth battle. Only the 50th Army and the 13th Army of the 39th Corps were temporarily under the command of the 40th Corps, responsible for protecting the left wing of the 9th Corps and participated in the fifth battle.

The superiors added a large number of troops to the 9th Corps, and Li Guotao's th Company also received dozens of people, bringing the troop strength back to more than people. Although it was still less than when they entered North Korea, it was much stronger than before.

After all, this batch of new recruits are not all new recruits. Among them are some combat backbones drawn from other troops.

Li Guotao discussed with Yu Congrong, Lei Gong and others and decided to restore the Seventh Company to its organization of three infantry platoons plus an artillery platoon, with each infantry platoon having about thirty people.

The platoon leader of the third platoon is Qin Feng, who has just joined the seventh company. He is a key combat force who has just been transferred from China. He was also a platoon-level cadre in his original unit. He has strong abilities in all aspects. His only shortcoming is that he has no experience in fighting against the US military.

To this end, Li Guotao specially arranged Xuan Qiang to serve as the deputy platoon leader of the third platoon, and also transferred a group of veterans from the seventh company to join the third platoon.

Yu Congrong said excitedly: "The war is imminent, I can't wait any longer."

Li Guotao smiled and said, "We now have more than a hundred people in the Seventh Company. We can show our strength in this battle."

Yu Congrong said: "The fourth campaign lasted for more than two months. Although we annihilated a large number of enemies, more than the number of enemies annihilated in the previous three campaigns, we also paid an extremely heavy price."

"And under the enemy's attack, we have now retreated to the area north of the 38th parallel."

"We have deployed more troops this time, and the scale is much larger than the other four battles. This time we will definitely be able to achieve greater results and completely defeat these foreign devils."

Li Guotao nodded slightly and said, "The previous Ridgway was indeed quite capable, which caused us to be very passive in the fourth battle. The newspaper said that Ridgway has been promoted and the enemy commander on the front line has been replaced by Van Fleet."

"I don't know what this guy is like?"

Li Guotao just said this casually. In fact, he knew clearly that Van Fleet was also a very tough opponent. The upcoming fifth battle would be unprecedentedly brutal. For the Volunteer Army, this would be a very severe test.

Even Li Guotao couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Yu Congrong smiled and said, "If you ask me, it doesn't matter who comes. With our strength, no matter who comes, we can still beat him down."

Li Guotao smiled and said, "That makes sense. Even if their God came, it would be the same. He would still beat him up and make him call me daddy."

"We don't need to think too much now, just do it!"

"Yes~!"

Yu Congrong laughed and said, "Just do it."

As they were talking, Zhang Xiaoshan ran in and said, "The battalion commander has notified all company-level cadres to go to the military headquarters at 10 o'clock tonight to hold a pre-war mobilization meeting."

"understood!"

Li Guotao smiled and nodded, saying, "It's finally time to start."

Yu Congrong also looked excited and said, "Based on past experience, it is estimated that the battle will start within a few days."

That night, Li Guotao and Yu Congrong arrived at the venue on time. At this time, cadres from various troops had already gathered together.

Li Guotao and Yu Congrong sat behind Wu Qianli. Li Guotao asked softly, "Battalion Commander, when will the general attack begin?"

Wu Qianli rolled his eyes and said, "I'm the battalion commander, not the commander. How would I know? But it should be soon." Li Guotao laughed and said, "I thought you got the news in advance?"

Wu Qianli said: "Don't worry, it will start soon."

"After you go back, make preparations for the war and be ready to go at any time."

Li Guotao nodded quickly and said, "I understand! Don't worry, the Seventh Company is in my hands, and there will be no mistakes."

Wu Qianli nodded slightly. He was now completely relieved about Li Guotao.

Soon the meeting began, and the army commander stood in the front and delivered an impassioned pre-war mobilization speech.

"The fifth battle is about to begin. According to the instructions of the Zhisi, our goal this time is to annihilate several enemy divisions. This glorious and arduous task falls on the shoulders of the comrades."

"This battle is of great significance because it is the key to whether our army can gain the initiative or not, and the key to shortening or prolonging the duration of this war."

"We must strive to shorten the war because it is in our interest, and we must strive to defeat the enemy because we have the conditions for victory."

"From now on, all of us must mobilize, carry forward the spirit of hard work and overcoming all difficulties, strive to win every battle, and maintain the glorious traditions of the revolution."

"I believe everyone has heard that the enemy has changed its commander again. Now Van Fleet has replaced Ridgway and has become the enemy's front-line commander."

"This is also an extremely arrogant guy. He even openly clamored in the newspapers, welcoming the Volunteer Army's attack!"

"This is a provocation to us and we absolutely cannot tolerate it."

"Since he welcomes our attack, then we should satisfy him! If we don't teach this son of a bitch a lesson, he won't know how powerful our Volunteer Army is!"

"I don't care who he is or how powerful he is. If he dares to challenge us, we will kill him!"

"I firmly believe that with the joint efforts of the soldiers, we will defeat any powerful enemy and achieve the final great victory."

"The Volunteer Army will win!"

"Long live the Volunteer Army!"

"Long live the Volunteer Army!"

……

After listening to the army commander's speech, the commanders and fighters were all excited and their blood boiled.

Even Li Guotao couldn't wait to join the battle as soon as possible at this moment. The time had come to make contributions to the country.

No one wants to fall behind others and lose the opportunity to make merit.

Li Guotao naturally also wanted to do his best to strive for it and make new contributions to the country.

After the meeting, Wu Qianli and everyone were about to leave when they were stopped by someone.

The man held a cigarette butt in his mouth, looked at everyone with a grin, and said, "You little bastards, I'm back again!"

(End of this chapter)