Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Chapter 205 What a bargain!

Li Guotao led the soldiers of the Seventh Company and took advantage of the gap when the enemy patrol left to occupy the Wumazhi Heights.

Yu Congrong observed the scene and said, "It seems that although the enemy built fortifications here, they did not stay for too long and withdrew."

Li Guotao said: "It is better to be cautious. Let the soldiers spread out and carefully check everywhere to see if there are any traps such as booby traps buried by the enemy."

"Yes!"

Li Guotao also personally inspected the position carefully.

But after careful examination, nothing abnormal was found.

Yu Congrong frowned and said, "It seems there is no trap."

Li Guotao was also puzzled and said, "That's strange. Why did the enemy build fortifications here but not send troops to garrison?"

Yu Congrong sighed helplessly and said, "I'm afraid only they themselves know what the hell this is. Who knows what these bastards are up to?"

Li Guotao raised his head and looked into the distance. He could already see bursts of artillery fire rising from the northern sky.

At this moment, the main force of the 9th Corps, with the cooperation of the two Northern Dynasty Corps, has launched a full-scale offensive against the puppet army positions defending the front.

Li Guotao immediately ordered: "Pass the order down, build fortifications immediately and prepare for battle."

"Yes!"

At this point, Li Guotao was too lazy to guess what the enemy was up to and decided to defend Wumazhi first.

According to Li Guotao's guess, under the fierce attack of the main force of the Ninth Corps, those puppet troops would not be able to hold out for long and would probably collapse across the board soon.

In fact, Li Guotao and his men were really overthinking this time.

The enemy did not set any traps or conspiracy here. This situation was completely an accident.

In fact, the generals of the puppet army were not good-for-nothings. They were stationed in the county for defense. Liu Zaixing, the commander of the third corps of the puppet army, noticed the importance of Wumazhi from the beginning, so he sent a troop to garrison and built a defensive position on the mountain.

However, this nearby area was exactly the border between the US and puppet army defense zones. To the west was the US military's defense line, and coincidentally, the place called Wumazhi was right within the US military's defense zone.

The place called Wumazhi was the vital throat for the main force of the puppet army to retreat, so the puppet army sent people to guard here.

But for the US troops in the west, this place has no strategic significance at all, because even if the US troops in the west want to retreat, they will not take this road, but will take another road to the west.

Therefore, there is no need for the US military to defend Wumazhi at all.

Liu Zaixing sent troops to build a defense line at Wumazhi, which naturally attracted the attention of the US military. The situation was reported to Major General Byers, commander of the 20th Army of the US Army.

After receiving the news, Major General Byers said impatiently: "Why did the South Korean army come to our defense zone?"

"We don't need their assistance. Please ask them to leave our defense area immediately."

Just like that, this puppet army had just built its position at Wumazhi and had not even had time to sit down when it was driven away by the U.S. military.

It can be seen that these American soldiers also disliked these stupid teammates very much. They were afraid that they would cause some unnecessary trouble if they were stationed in their defense zone, so they drove them away directly.

For the US military, Wumazhi is just an insignificant place on the edge of the defense zone, and the US military has not stationed any troops here.

Liu Zaixing also negotiated with the US military about this matter, but their American father was very arrogant and would never listen to their advice.
Major General Byers thought: Are you telling me what to do? Who the hell are you?
Therefore, they simply ignored the puppet army's negotiations, and the matter was eventually left unresolved. This ultimately resulted in a situation where Wumazhi, a strategic location that was extremely important to the puppet army's Third Corps, was left without any troops defending it.

So although there were some remaining puppet army fortifications there, there was no one there.

Li Guotao and his men could not have known this situation before, and they were always worried that it was an enemy conspiracy, but in fact they were worrying too much. In general, it was the lack of tacit cooperation between the US and puppet troops that caused this oversight, and Li Guotao and his men took advantage of it and easily captured the strategic location of Wumazhi, which also played a decisive role in the subsequent battles.

The signalman ran over with a walkie-talkie on his back and said, "Company commander, the battalion commander wants to see you!"

Li Guotao quickly took the walkie-talkie and said, "Battalion Commander, this is Li Guotao."

Wu Qianli said: "The US military patrol is coming, kill them."

"Yes!"

Li Guotao loudly ordered: "Everyone hide and prepare for battle!"

"Yes!"

All the soldiers hid in the trenches, motionless, waiting for the enemy to come and kill them.

As they patrol here every day, the US military patrol did not find anything unusual.

The only anomaly was that some time ago, a group of reckless Korean troops came here to build positions, but were driven away by them.

Therefore, the US patrol team was not on guard at all and drove to the foot of Wumazhi Mountain in such a swagger.

Li Guotao saw the right moment and shouted, "Fight!"

"Da da da~!"

A burst of dense gunfire rang out, and bullets flew towards the enemy like raindrops.

At the same time, several grenades flew past in a rotation.

"Boom~! Boom~!"

Violent explosions rang out one after another, and two armored personnel carriers and a jeep were completely destroyed.

The enemies in the car basically did not react at all. They were either shot to death or killed by grenades.

The gunfire gradually stopped, and several soldiers rushed down with guns in hand. After a careful check, they confirmed that all the enemies had been killed, and then retreated to the mountain.

Li Guotao said: "In this way, we have been exposed."

"Continue to reinforce the position and prepare for battle."

"Yes!"

Li Guotao raised the telescope and looked towards the north. Their main purpose in seizing Wumazhi was to cut off the retreat route of the puppet troops in the north.

But they also had to prevent a counterattack by the US military in the southwest.

The next task is still very heavy. Fortunately, the terrain of Wumazhi is good, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is not too difficult to defend this place.

Moreover, the 8th and 9th Companies of the 3rd Battalion were also lying in ambush nearby, ready to support the 7th Company at any time.

Yu Congrong said: "From the current situation, there is indeed nothing abnormal here."

Li Guotao said with a smile: "Although we don't know why this situation occurred, there is no doubt that we have picked up a big bargain this time."

Yu Congrong smiled and said, "Now that this road is blocked, where can those puppet troops escape to?"

(End of this chapter)