Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Seeing that fighting had already begun on the other side of the river, Commander Jiang shouted, "Cross the river immediately!"

The soldiers rushed into the freezing cold river water with their bare buttocks, and rushed to the other side without any hesitation.

Because everyone knew that they had to cross the river as soon as possible, otherwise the casualties would only be greater.

At this time, rumbling sounds of artillery fire were heard from the enemy artillery position opposite.

Shells fell onto the river surface one after another, and violent explosions continued to sound.

Soldiers were constantly blown into the river, but no one retreated a single step.

Amid the deafening shouts and cries of killing, the brave soldiers rushed to the other side regardless of everything, one after another.

After Li Guotao wiped out a group of enemies, he continued to rush forward with his submachine gun.

He shouted loudly: "From the task force, follow me!"

"Destroy the enemy's artillery positions."

Under the leadership of Li Guotao, dozens of soldiers of the task force rushed towards the enemy's artillery positions.

The commandos of the 38th Army who had already crossed the river immediately organized their forces and rushed and attacked the enemy's artillery positions.

The enemy was caught off guard and immediately fell into disarray. They were beaten and fled in all directions and were unable to form any effective resistance.

Li Guotao led his soldiers and rushed quickly to the artillery position.

The soldiers raised their guns, aimed at the enemy positions and started firing. There was a burst of gunfire and a large number of enemies were knocked down.

Seeing that the volunteers had already rushed up, the enemy artillery had no time to fire. Saving their lives was the most important thing now, so they fled in fear.

"Kill~!"

Li Guotao roared loudly and rushed to the artillery position first. He fired a burst of gunfire, turning all the enemy troops who had no time to escape into sieves.

At this moment, the soldiers of the 38th Army rushed to the other side one after another and launched a more fierce offensive against the remaining enemies.

The enemy on the opposite side was completely defeated. In addition to those who were killed, a large number of defeated soldiers fled in a panic towards Tokugawa Castle in the southwest.

Seeing the progress was so smooth, Commander Jiang, who had just crossed the river, was also very excited. He wiped the water off his body with a towel, quickly put on his cotton pants, and shouted loudly: "Pass the order down. After the troops cross the river, continue to attack and advance directly to Tokugawa Castle."

"The follow-up troops should speed up their crossing of the river."

"Yes!"

"chief of staff!"

"To!"

Commander Jiang shouted, "Send a telegram to the military headquarters immediately. Our 113th Division has broken through the Taedong River defense line and is advancing towards Deokcheon Castle."

"Please rest assured, Commander. My 113th Division will definitely be able to capture Tokugawa Castle."

"Yes!"

Commander Jiang climbed up to a nearby high ground and observed the situation through a telescope. Seeing that the enemy was being defeated all the way, Commander Jiang couldn't help but frown.

"Damn it! The enemy runs so damn fast!"

The chief of staff next to him said, "These puppet soldiers are not good at fighting, but they are first-rate at running away."

How could they know that these puppet soldiers were definitely at the world's top level when it came to escaping? You should know that in the prisoner-of-war sports meeting that year, the long-distance running events were all dominated by the puppet soldiers.

And these are only the ones that run slowly. The ones that run fast cannot be caught at all.

Commander Jiang frowned and said, "The puppet army's combat effectiveness is not good. In this case, it won't be a big problem to capture Tokugawa."

"But our mission is to completely wipe out the puppet army's Seventh Division, not to herd them! The commander specifically emphasized this point."

The chief of staff frowned and said, "This is indeed a bit troublesome."

"map!"

Commander Jiang shouted.

At this time, a staff officer took out a map and unfolded it in front of Commander Jiang.

Commander Jiang unfolded the map, looked at it carefully, and said, "If we want to completely wipe out the main force of Tokugawa's pseudo-seventh division, we must cut off their retreat."

"Our troops have been attacking all the way from here, and the enemy can only flee to the south."

"Wulingli Bridge is the only way for them to retreat. What if we blow up this bridge?"

The Chief of Staff said, "Then they can't escape!"

"But we don't have an air force, so we can use planes to directly bomb the Wulingli Bridge."

Commander Jiang said: "We don't have planes, but we can send a troop to infiltrate ahead and blow up the bridge."

The chief of staff frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's a bit difficult!"

Commander Jiang said sternly, "No matter how difficult it is, you must blow up the Wulingli Bridge for me."

"Send the reconnaissance company to go around and infiltrate them. Blow up the Wulingli Bridge as quickly as possible, leaving these beasts with no way to escape."

"I go!"

At this time, Li Moyin walked over quickly and said, "Let's go to Wulingli Bridge with the reconnaissance company."

Commander Jiang turned his head and glanced at Li Moyin, and asked, "Old Li, are you okay?"

Li Moyin smiled and said, "It's okay, it's just a small scene."

Teacher Jiang smiled and said, "You really are still as good as ever!"

Li Moyin is also an experienced man, he is in his forties, but compared with the volunteer soldiers, most of whom are around 20 years old, he is indeed old.

Li Moyin said seriously: "Whether we can completely annihilate this pseudo-seventh division and blow up the Wulingli Bridge is the key."

Commander Jiang frowned and said, "But this mission is more dangerous."

"Once we get there, our main force won't have time to reinforce us in time. If we run into any danger or something happens, how can I report this to my superiors?"

Li Moyin said: "Master Jiang, you worry too much."

"My life is life, but aren't the lives of the soldiers also lives?"

"We must take the Wulingli Bridge this time. There are a few people in our task force who can speak Korean, and they can come in handy at a critical moment."

Commander Jiang nodded, and then said, "Okay! Chief of Staff, immediately mobilize all the Korean-speaking men in the division, and transfer some troops from the special forces company and the guard company to reinforce the reconnaissance company. Put them all under the command of Lao Li and launch a surprise attack on the Wulingli Bridge."

"Yes!"

The chief of staff responded quickly and turned to convey the order.

Li Moyin promised solemnly: "Please rest assured, Commander, we will complete the mission."

Commander Jiang smiled and said, "I feel completely relieved that you are leading the team personally."

Li Moyin smiled and said, "Then just wait for our good news!"

There are several people in Li Moyin's task force who can speak Korean, and they were all drawn from various troops. Knowing that they would come here, there would naturally be a lot of such talents.

It is not too difficult to find some people who can speak Korean in the 38th Army. The 38th Army was previously affiliated with the Fourth Field Army. Most of the soldiers were from the Northeast region, and there were also many Korean compatriots among them.

Moreover, there were many Koreans in the Northeast region at that time. Some of them were immigrants, some fled here because of the Japanese invasion in the early years, and some followed the Japanese invaders.

The peninsula became a colony of the Japanese for decades, and many Koreans joined the Japanese during World War II.

Our army had several Chao tribe divisions before, but later almost all of them were handed over to the Northern Dynasty.

However, there were still some Korean compatriots and some Han Chinese who could speak Korean in each unit, so it was not difficult to select a group of soldiers who could speak Korean. In the end, Li Moyin gathered more than 300 soldiers, all of whom changed into puppet army uniforms, took the newly seized cars, and rushed all the way to Tokugawa Castle.

Naturally, they encountered some fleeing puppet soldiers on the way, but the commandos ignored them and drove straight through the crowd of fleeing soldiers and headed straight for Tokugawa.

On the way, Li Guotao and his men obtained the enemy's password from the prisoners, and everything went more smoothly afterwards.

This army marched to Tokugawa in a high-profile manner, but did not enter the city.

Instead, it bypassed Tokugawa Castle and headed straight for the Goryeong-ri Bridge.

We encountered several enemy checkpoints on the way, but we were able to get through successfully because we had the password.

In short, the journey was surprisingly smooth. The enemy probably didn't expect that the volunteers would get here so quickly.

Just like that, under the enemy's nose, the commando team led by Li Moyin successfully reached the vicinity of Wulingli Bridge.

At this moment, Commander Jiang led the main force of the 113th Division and rushed towards Tokugawa City, gradually approaching Tokugawa.

After the puppet troops in the city heard the news, they immediately became chaotic and began to deploy defenses with all their strength.

The news also reached the US military headquarters. After receiving the news, Walker realized that he had been deceived.

When they learned that a volunteer army was advancing towards Tokugawa, they were even more shocked.

Lieutenant General Walker angrily cursed: "These Korean troops are a bunch of rubbish. If Tokugawa is lost, the flank of the 9th Army will be completely exposed."

The chief of staff next to him said: "The enemy has launched a full-scale counterattack, and the attacking troops have been stubbornly blocked by the enemy."

"Judging from the current situation, the troops they sent out are not just a few divisions or tens of thousands of people."

"It could be several armies, at least hundreds of thousands of people, or even more."

"And judging by the current trend, they will not limit themselves to protecting only the area around the Yalu River."

"They are counterattacking and are even trying to surround us."

Walker said angrily: "The enemy is too cunning, we have been fooled."

"The enemy situation is unclear now. If we continue to move north rashly, we may encounter greater danger."

"Order all troops to stop advancing."

"Also order the Korean Seventh Division to hold Dechuan Castle and ensure the safety of our Ninth Army's flank."

"Tell those idiots that if they lose Tokugawa Castle, I will definitely send them all to court-martial."

"Yes sir!"

Therefore, the puppet Seventh Division, which received the death order, was initially prepared to defend Tokugawa to the death. Of course, they had the courage to do so because they had not yet fully witnessed the power of the Volunteer Army.

Having not yet suffered severe beatings from the volunteer army, they thought they could defend this small Tokugawa castle.

After all, the main force of this pseudo Seventh Division was still in Tokugawa. They thought that with the help of Tokugawa Castle, they could completely resist the attack of the Volunteer Army.

Lieutenant General Walker also promised them that he would send troops to support Tokugawa as soon as possible.

So they just need to hold on for a while, and it shouldn't be a difficult task.

The team stopped near Wulingli, and Li Guotao took a few people to scout the enemy situation.

Li Moyin ordered: "Send a telegram to Commander Jiang immediately and tell him that we have successfully arrived near the Wulingli Bridge."

"Ask about their current location!"

"Yes!"

Commander Jiang quickly replied with a telegram, saying that the vanguard of the 113th Division had already arrived near Tokugawa and the main force was speeding towards Tokugawa.

The troops would then launch an attack on Tokugawa Castle.

At this time, Li Guotao also came back and reported the situation to Li Moyin.

"After a careful inspection, we found that there were only about one company of enemy troops guarding the Wulingli Bridge, scattered on both sides of the bridge. There was also a group of enemies on the bridge."

Li Moyin nodded and said, "With just one company, it won't be a problem for us to take over the bridge with our strength."

Li Guotao said: "After we blow up the bridge, we can retreat to the mountain over there and cut off the road by relying on the favorable terrain. In this way, the enemies retreating from Tokugawa Castle will not be able to escape."

Li Moyin nodded and said, "Let's rush over before the enemy finds us and catch them off guard."

"Check weapons and ammunition, prepare for battle!"

"Yes!"

The convoy soon set off again and headed straight for Wulingli Bridge.

The convoy drove to the bridgehead and was stopped by the guarding puppet troops.

A lieutenant officer asked loudly, "Which unit are you from?"

This time, the soldiers didn't waste any time talking to them.

The soldiers at the back jumped off the car, picked up their guns and rushed to the bridge.

Li Guotao mounted the heavy machine gun on the jeep and aimed it directly at the enemy.

"Da da da~!"

Intensive gunfire rang out, and a string of hot bullets quickly enveloped the enemy.

The enemy lieutenant and several enemy soldiers present were beaten to pieces by the dense rain of bullets before they could react.

At the same time, several rockets flew over from behind and landed directly on the enemy's position.

"Boom~! Boom~!"

A violent explosion sounded and the enemy's machine gun position was destroyed instantly.

Li Guotao shouted loudly: "Comrades, charge over and occupy the bridge."

"Kill~!"

The soldiers suddenly burst into earth-shaking shouts and rushed forward without hesitation, raising their guns and firing at the enemy.

Grenades flew towards the enemy's position like raindrops.

The enemy was caught off guard, and dozens of enemies on the bridge were completely wiped out before they had time to resist.

The roadblock was quickly removed, and the heavy machine gun on the armored vehicle fired as it rushed across the bridge.

Seeing that the firepower of the Volunteer Army was too strong, the enemies on the bridge were frightened and fled to the other side in panic.

The dense rain of bullets swept through, and the fleeing enemies were shot to death one after another.

The commandos rushed to the other side of the river quickly with great force. Dozens of enemies on the other side were killed or wounded. The rest, seeing the bad situation, fled in all directions in fear.

Li Guotao ordered loudly: "No need to pursue, immediately place explosives and blow up the bridge."

The soldiers quickly placed the explosives that had been prepared long ago on the bridge.

Li Moyin ordered: "Everyone, immediately seize the hill over there, build positions, and prepare for battle."

"Blow up the bridge immediately!"

"Yes!"

"Boom~! Boom~!"

With a series of violent explosions, the Wulingli Bridge was instantly destroyed. (End of this chapter)