Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Chapter 201 Defeat the 25th Brigade!
Yu Congrong saw a group of enemies rushing down the mountain from afar. He quickly changed a magazine and was about to rush forward.

Li Guotao grabbed Yu Congrong and said, "Wait a minute!"

Yu Congrong was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

This group of enemies ran down from Hill 471. If we stop them at this moment, they will have no way to escape and might retreat back to the mountain to defend themselves. That would be troublesome.

Yu Congrong understood this and quickly stopped the other soldiers. After waiting for a while, he saw that the group of enemies had already taken the path and were fleeing in panic towards the path heading southwest.

Li Guotao shouted loudly: "Comrades, follow me!"

As Li Guotao spoke, he raised his submachine gun and fired at the enemy in the distance.

The other soldiers also opened fire. Dense bullets swept across, and a group of slow-running enemies were shot into sieves.

"Kill~!"

Amid the deafening shouts and cries of killing, the soldiers continued to charge forward.

Tan Ziwei led a team of people to the foot of Hill 471, looked up, and shouted loudly: "Follow me up the mountain and occupy the hill first."

As he said this, he led a team of people and rushed directly to the top of the mountain.

Li Guotao led his soldiers in pursuit and killing the enemy all the way, leaving corpses all over the ground and blood flowing like a river.

The enemy had been completely defeated and was unable to mount any effective resistance. Only a few fast-running enemies managed to escape.

At this time, the enemy troops in the main position in front saw that there was chaos in the rear and the troops in the camp had all been defeated. Their retreat was cut off and they were all frightened and panicked.

Faced with the fierce offensive of the Volunteer Army from the front, these enemies were gradually unable to resist.

Now that the rear positions have been lost, the enemy is even more frightened and in chaos.

Seeing that the situation was not good, some enemies had already started to run away.

After all, saving your life is the most important thing at this time, and everything else is no longer important.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the main force of the Volunteer Army launched a frontal attack and rushed into the enemy's position.

There were still some enemies on the position who were ignorant of the danger and tried to resist stubbornly, but they were quickly wiped out.

"Kill~!"

The deafening shouts of killing rang out, and the brave volunteer soldiers swept in like a tide, unstoppable.

Those enemies who were lucky enough not to be killed had now completely lost the courage to resist and were running around in panic. The situation was completely out of control.

With the assistance of the Third Battalion, the enemy on the front line of defense was completely defeated and most of them were eliminated.

A group of fleeing soldiers were also blocked by the Third Battalion. Seeing that there was no way to escape, all the enemies raised their hands and surrendered.

In this way, the main force successfully opened a breakthrough from Hill 471.

The main force took the opportunity to quickly penetrate into the enemy's rear and swept the enemy's main position on the left wing.

The main force of the enemy was attacked from both sides, and the brigade headquarters was destroyed. The enemy regiments could only fight on their own without unified command. The three regiment commanders were unable to reach a consensus, which caused a certain amount of chaos.

The situation took a turn for the worse, enemies on all sides began to retreat one after another, and the situation gradually began to get out of control.

After the superior leaders learned of this situation, they immediately seized this rare opportunity and ordered all front-line troops to pursue and kill the enemy with all their might, making sure to take advantage of this opportunity to completely defeat the enemy.

Under the fierce offensive of the Volunteer Army, the 25th Brigade was quickly and completely defeated.

The defeated soldiers began to flee southward in a panic. A large number of them crowded on the road, the scene was chaotic, and the retreat was very slow.

The Volunteer Army was about to catch up, and some frightened enemies had no choice but to abandon their tanks and trucks and flee one by one, hoping to leave here as soon as possible. In this battle, our army won a great victory.

The 25th Brigade was completely defeated and lost more than half of its troops.

In the end, only about two thousand people managed to escape under the cover of US military aircraft.

Our army reaped great rewards. Not only did we destroy thousands of Canadian main forces, making the 25th Brigade unable to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time, but we also seized a large number of weapons, equipment and supplies.

The 9th Corps took the opportunity to push the front line southward for dozens of kilometers.

……

The news quickly reached Van Fleet's headquarters.

Lieutenant General Van Fleet slammed the table and cursed: "What are these idiots doing? They were defeated by the enemy in such a short time and suffered such heavy losses. I think they are just a bunch of good-for-nothings."

A brigadier general next to him said cautiously: "Commander, calm down. The main reason for this disastrous defeat is that the headquarters of the 25th Brigade was attacked by the enemy. All the main officers including the brigade commander, Brigadier General Robin Hood, were killed in the battle."

Lieutenant General Van Fleet said angrily: "Don't explain this to me. Does it make sense?"

“This makes no sense!”

"The fact is that they were defeated, and their defeat had an extremely adverse impact on the entire war situation."

Lieutenant General Van Fleet was furious, and the reason why the old man was so angry was not only because of the defeat of the 25th Brigade.

Because the battles on the Western Front were not going smoothly for the US military.

Our 19th Corps launched a fierce attack from the western front and annihilated a large number of enemies.

The British Army's ace Royal Double Emblem Battalion, the Gloucester Battalion, was completely wiped out, and the British 29th Brigade suffered heavy losses.

The 19th Corps also quickly broke through the enemy's defense line, and the vanguard troops were approaching Seoul.

Although Lieutenant General Van Fleet repeatedly stated that they would not give up Seoul this time, and transferred the Army's most elite Cavalry Division to Seoul for full defense.

However, a large-scale refugee exodus occurred again in Seoul, and hundreds of thousands of local people fled Seoul in panic.

This was their third escape from here in just one year, and it seemed like these guys had gotten used to it.

The front line suffered repeated defeats and the Volunteer Army continued to advance southward, resulting in unstable morale.

This is what makes Lieutenant General Van Fleet most angry. If the situation continues in this trend, it will only get worse.

Lieutenant General Ridgway also reminded Van Fleet that it was possible to abandon Seoul if necessary.

Lieutenant General Van Fleet also understood that Seoul had no strategic location to defend. Under the current situation, from a purely military perspective, it was not a wise move to hold on to Seoul.

Although Van Fleet was a pure soldier and didn't know much about politics, he also understood that military and politics were inseparable, and in fact there was no purely military issue.

Holding on to Seoul has extraordinary political significance, so this old guy is determined to hold on to Seoul.

At this time, a US military officer said: "It's not completely without good news. At least the 24th Division took the opportunity to escape unscathed. Although the losses were heavy, they have basically broken out of the enemy's encirclement."

"The troops are retreating southwards, and some manpower has been preserved for future counterattacks."

"Counterattack?"

Lieutenant General Van Fleet couldn't help but brighten up.

(End of this chapter)