Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Chapter 207: Complete Annihilation of the Enemy's Third Army
The three puppet army divisions on the front line were completely defeated by the volunteers, and a large number of defeated soldiers fled south in a panic.

The Corps Command immediately ordered all units to pursue the enemy with all their might and strive to destroy as many enemy forces as possible.

After learning the news that Wumazhi was occupied by our army, the superiors ordered that we must hold Wumazhi at all costs and stop the enemy's fleeing troops.

At the same time, troops were immediately dispatched to support the Third Battalion to ensure the safety of Wumazhi.

At the same time as the Ninth Corps launched the attack, the Third Corps also launched a large-scale counterattack against the US military defense line in front of it to contain the US military's strength and prevent them from reinforcing the puppet army forces in the east.

As the battle progressed, it became larger and more intense.

At this moment, more and more enemy troops were gathering in the Wumazhi area.

Liu Zaixing, commander of the puppet army's third corps, issued orders to recapture Wumazhi at all costs so that their main force could retreat successfully.

The puppet army, having received the death order, had no choice but to launch a fierce attack on Wumazhi at all costs.

A large number of puppet troops rushed over like a group of mad dogs, screaming and yelling.

Li Guotao hid in a trench and shouted, "Concentrate all your firepower and hit me hard!"

"We must not let the enemy rush over."

"Da da da~!"

Amid the dense gunfire, bullets rained down on the enemy like raindrops.

"Puff puff puff~!"

Dense bullets fell into the enemy crowd, immediately setting off a bloody storm.

Sharp screams rang out one after another, and the enemies that rushed up fell down in groups like cut wheat.

This time, these puppet troops also burst out with amazing combat effectiveness.

In order to open a breakthrough, the puppet army attacked desperately.

The supervision team set up machine guns and forced the puppet soldiers to charge continuously.

Because they received a death order and they must recapture Wumazhi.

Moreover, they all knew that if they failed to recapture Wumazhi, they would not be able to escape at all and would be dead.

Behind them were the black muzzles of the supervisory team's guns. These puppet soldiers had no choice but to rush forward desperately. They would die anyway, so these guys really fought for their lives.

Under the command of Li Guotao, the soldiers of the Seventh Company relied on favorable terrain to repel the enemy's fierce attacks time and time again.

The battlefield was filled with smoke and was littered with enemy corpses.

Although more and more enemies were gathering here from the north, due to the terrain restrictions, no matter how many troops the enemies had, they were unable to deploy them.

They can only charge forward company after company, which is tantamount to suicide.

The soldiers of the Seventh Company were all blood-thirsty and kept shooting at the enemies rushing towards them. When the enemies got close, they used grenades to attack them.

Faced with these crazy enemies, the soldiers showed no mercy. Since they volunteered to die, they would send them to hell.

Li Guotao was also very clear about the current situation. He had to hold his position and block the enemy's offensive, so that none of the puppet troops would escape.

Tan Ziwei and Wu Qianli also commanded the troops of the 8th and 9th companies to tie down the enemy's forces on the periphery, but now the enemy's forces were too numerous.

The role they played became smaller and smaller, and the pressure faced by Li Guotao's Seventh Company naturally became greater and greater.

Fortunately, Wumazhi had a favorable terrain. Relying on the favorable terrain and the tenacious resistance of the soldiers of the Seventh Company, the enemy could not do anything to them for the time being and could not capture Wumazhi at all. The battle fell into a stalemate for a while, and the battlefield near Wumazhi was already covered with enemy corpses.

In order to recapture the Wumazhi position, the enemy lost thousands of troops, but was never able to capture Wumazhi.

When the fierce battle was in full swing, a loud charge horn suddenly sounded in the distance.

"Kill~!"

Then, deafening shouts of killing were heard, and the main force of the regiment finally arrived.

More than 2,000 soldiers roared loudly and suddenly launched a fierce counterattack against the enemy from the west.

At this moment, the puppet soldiers, who had already been frightened out of their wits, were even more terrified after discovering this situation.

Thinking that the main force of the Volunteer Army had caught up, many enemies gathered in the north were so frightened after hearing the noise that they immediately abandoned their heavy equipment, plunged into the mountains, and fled in a panic.

The entire enemy army was suddenly in chaos, and a main force immediately launched a fierce attack on the enemy near Wumazhi.

These enemies were already in panic because they were unable to capture Wumazhi, and they were instantly defeated when faced with the sudden counterattack launched by the Volunteer Army.

The main force of the regiment rushed forward and took the opportunity to eliminate those enemies who had no time to escape, and occupied the main hills near Wumazhi. In this way, it would be extremely difficult for the enemy to escape from here.

When Li Guotao saw the reinforcements arriving, he was obviously relieved. In this way, their mission was successfully completed.

Li Guotao was really worried before. If he allowed the enemy to continue attacking, Li Guotao didn’t know how long they could hold out?
After all, the Seventh Company has limited manpower, while the enemy is launching attacks wave after wave. Even if they kill them one by one, they can still wear down the Seventh Company.

Fortunately, reinforcements arrived in time and the danger was completely eliminated.

At the same time, the main force of the Corps, with the cooperation of friendly forces, was also doing its best to hunt down the fleeing puppet troops.

A large number of puppet troops were either killed or captured, resulting in heavy losses.

Since Wumazhi was never taken, the enemy's retreat was cut off and they could only abandon a large amount of supplies and equipment and flee in a panic along the mountain paths.

The heavy equipment and large quantities of supplies abandoned by the enemy all became spoils of the Volunteer Army that caught up with them.

In this regard, the strength of these puppet troops is comparable to that of the transport captain Jiang Guangtou.

In the end, our army won a great victory in this battle, and the main forces of the three divisions of the enemy's Third Corps were basically wiped out.

The gap on the eastern front was successfully opened, and Zhisi immediately ordered the 9th Corps and two friendly army corps to pursue with all their might and continue the attack southward.

At the same time, the defeat of the puppet army's Third Corps exposed the US military's flank.

In order to prevent being attacked from both sides, Van Fleet had no choice but to order the main force of Byers' 20th Army to retreat and shrink the defense line to ensure safety.

So under the fierce attack of the Volunteer Army's Third Corps, the main force of the US military began to retreat across the board.

This disastrous defeat once again made Van Fleet furious, and afterwards they directly revoked the designation of the Korean Army's Third Corps.

Liu Zaixing was also dismissed from his post.

However, Liu Zaixing also felt very aggrieved. He repeatedly argued that the fundamental reason for the heavy casualties of the troops was that the US military lost Wumazhi, causing them to be attacked from all sides.

The two sides argued over this for some time.

In addition, the Korean army really had no one available, so after a period of time, Liu Zaixing was re-employed by the Korean army.

(End of this chapter)