Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Chapter 199: A rare opportunity!

At the same time that Li Guotao and his men raided the enemy's headquarters, Lei Gong, with a dozen soldiers, launched a sneak attack on an enemy outpost on a nearby path.

Therefore, after Li Guotao and his men retreated, they followed this path and retreated into the mountains.

With the speed of the Volunteer Army, the enemy tanks could not get in, and the infantry could not catch up even if they wanted to pursue them.

However, just as the soldiers of the Seventh Company had climbed over a mountain, the scout in front reported: "Report to the company commander, the enemy has been spotted ahead, blocking the road."

Upon hearing this, Li Guotao hurried over and saw a large number of enemies gathered at a fork in the road at the foot of the mountain. The retreat route was planned in advance. There were no enemies here before, and it seemed that this group of enemies had just arrived.

The soldiers of the Third Battalion divided into several groups to launch a surprise attack on the enemy camp. The enemy also sent out several pursuit troops to hunt down the retreating volunteers. This group of enemies had just searched and pursued here.

Li Guotao observed the situation for a while, then said to Lei Gong: "Dad Lei, set up the cannon and fire a few shots at him."

Lei Gong immediately ordered the soldiers of the artillery platoon to set up all three mortars.

"Three rapid shots! Fire!"

Following Lei Gong's order, the gunners stuffed the shells into the gun barrels one after another.

"Dong dong dong~!"

A dull gunshot rang out, and the mortar shells flew towards the distant enemy with a sharp whistle.

"Boom~! Boom~!"

Violent explosions continued to sound, and the enemy was caught off guard and knocked down by the sudden artillery shells.

Li Guotao was not interested in fighting, so he led his soldiers to retreat in another direction.

It was night time, and they were deep in the mountains and forests. The volunteers moved much faster than the enemy.

Therefore, it is unlikely for these enemies to catch up with them.

"Captain~! The deputy commander wants to talk to you."

Li Guotao quickly took the walkie-talkie and said, "Deputy Commander, I'm Li Guotao."

Tan Ziwei quickly asked, "What's the situation?"

The scouts had already determined the location of the enemy's headquarters, and the most important task this time was to raid the enemy's headquarters.

The previous attacks by Wu Qianli, the Eighth Company and the Ninth Company were just preludes.

Li Guotao's Seventh Company is the real killer.

Li Guotao smiled and said, "Reporting to the deputy commander, our unit has successfully completed the raid mission and the enemy's headquarters has been successfully destroyed by us."

"And there's an unexpected surprise. Preliminary judgment shows that this enemy headquarters is the headquarters of the 25th Brigade. They killed an old foreigner, who should be their brigade commander."

Tan Ziwei was overjoyed when he heard this and asked, "Are you sure?"

Li Guotao said: "I'm not sure, but we took his shoulder straps and asked someone who knows to take a look, and we should be able to confirm it."

"But I am 90% sure that guy is the enemy's brigadier general."

"Great!"

Tan Ziwei said excitedly: "Li Guotao, you have made great contributions again this time."

Li Guotao asked: "What should we do next?"

Tan Ziwei said: "The main force is launching an all-out attack. If we really destroy the enemy's brigade headquarters, the enemy will lose unified command, which will inevitably cause morale shock. This is our best opportunity."

"You must immediately rush to the designated assembly point. The entire battalion will gather and act in unison."

"understand!"

After the call ended, Li Guotao looked up at the surrounding situation and determined the location of the meeting place, but he couldn't go there directly.

Because there are still many enemies around, you must avoid them first.

However, this time, Li Guotao did not continue to make trouble. Even if he had the opportunity to attack, he held back. While hiding from an enemy army, the enemy who was originally searching in the valley suddenly gathered and retreated.

"Why did they withdraw suddenly?"

"do not know!"

Li Guotao observed for a moment and said, "Looking at the direction they retreated, they must have retreated and given up the search."

"Perhaps the rest of the enemy troops have also withdrawn."

Yu Congrong asked: "What should we do now?"

Li Guotao said, "Let's meet up with the battalion commander first."

After this group of enemies retreated, Li Guotao and his men had no more worries. They went straight through the valley and quickly rushed to the gathering point. As expected, they did not encounter any other enemies along the way.

At this time, Tan Ziwei, Wu Qianli and the people from the 8th and 9th companies all arrived at the designated location in advance.

Tan Ziwei asked, "Has the Seventh Company not arrived yet?"

Wu Qianli said: "It should be soon. The enemy who were searching have already withdrawn."

"Report, the Seventh Company is back!"

"Let Li Guotao come over immediately."

Not long after, Li Guotao hurried over.

Tan Ziwei asked, "Did the journey back go smoothly?"

Li Guotao smiled and said, "Everything is going well. These foreign devils are stupid. Now that they are deep in the mountains, we can do whatever we want, right?"

"Earlier, you led away the enemy's headquarters. The assault on the headquarters went smoothly, and we didn't encounter any trouble during the retreat."

Tan Ziwei smiled and said, "Good job."

"We have just contacted the main force. Our superiors ordered us to concentrate our forces and attack Hill 471 from behind to assist the main force in opening a breakthrough from this side."

"The enemy's headquarters has been destroyed, and they will inevitably lose unified command. As long as we successfully open a breakthrough, the enemy's entire defense line will completely collapse."

"There is no time to lose. We must set off as soon as possible and launch the attack as soon as possible."

Tan Ziwei then took out a map, pointed at it and said, "Later, if we follow this route, we will reach Hill 471 in about half an hour."

"Check your weapons and ammunition in three minutes, then set off."

"Yes!"

In fact, at this moment, the enemy's command center was destroyed, and the rear was attacked one after another, causing the enemy troops on the front line to panic.

The Volunteer Army has been intensifying its offensive and attacking the enemy's defenses, and the fighting has been quite fierce.

In fact, at this moment, the Canadian army's defense line, whose morale was unstable, had shown signs of loosening.

Half an hour later, the soldiers of the Third Battalion successfully arrived near Hill 471.

Hill 471 is located behind the enemy's defense line, and in front of it is a fierce fighting battlefield. The Volunteer Army is attacking the enemy's defense line fiercely.

If the Third Battalion can capture this high ground, it can attack from both sides together with the brother units and create a breakthrough from here.

Tan Ziwei carefully observed the situation and asked, "Do you have any opinions?"

Wu Qianli pointed to the road next to Hill 471 and said, "There are many enemies at the foot of the mountain. Once we launch an attack, these enemies can quickly reinforce the mountain."

"It won't be that easy for us to take Hill 471 by then."

Li Guotao put down the telescope and said, "Then we won't attack Hill 471."

(End of this chapter)