Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

"If we can't block this hole in Sansho, the US 9th Army will escape. They are a mechanized force, and it will be even more difficult for us to chase them!"

"I also want to let the soldiers of the 113th Division rest for a while, but time does not allow it. The opportunity to fight is fleeting."

"Immediately order all frontline troops to attack with all their might, pin down the enemy, and slow down their retreat as much as possible."

"Yes!"

"Immediately send a telegram to the 38th Army and the 113th Division, asking them to rush to Sansoli. Make sure to close this hole for me and never let the th Army of the United States escape."

"I believe they can create another miracle. I am waiting for their good news!"

"Yes!"

"38th Army, you must seal this hole in the Third Institute in time this time, otherwise all your efforts will be in vain."

"Don't worry, Boss. I believe the 38th Army will definitely not let us down this time."

"The 113th Division has already made great contributions in conquering Tokugawa. Even if they can't get to Sansho in time to plug this hole, I won't blame them."

"You can only blame me! I didn't expect the enemy to react so quickly and Walker to retreat so decisively."

"Originally, they were advancing northwards with great momentum. I thought they would not give up easily. I did not expect that they would decisively give up advancing northwards and prepare to retreat right after our counterattack began! It seems that we still do not know the enemy well enough."

"Now it all depends on whether the 113th Division can get to Sansoli in time, and whether the 38th Army can completely plug this gap."

"Sansori~!"

"Sansori!"

……

Tokugawa 113th Division temporary headquarters.

Commander Jiang was discussing the aftermath and the next strategic deployment with a group of his generals.

At this time, the communications staff ran over and shouted: "Report to the division commander, the Zhisi and the military headquarters have sent an urgent telegram!"

Commander Jiang took the telegram, read it carefully, and couldn't help frowning.

Li Moyin couldn't help but ask, "Commander Jiang, is there any new mission?"

Commander Jiang said with a serious face: "The US 9th Army is trying to escape. Zhisi ordered our th Army to rush to Sansoli and block the enemy's retreat route."

"The military has ordered our 113th Division to set out immediately and make sure we get to Sansori in time."

Li Moyin immediately found the location of Sansoli on the map and quickly measured the distance.

Li Moyin said: "We are now in Dechuan, about 72.5 kilometers away from Sansori in a straight line, which is 145 li. This is the distance marked on the map."

"Considering that many of the roads along the way are rugged and difficult to navigate, the actual distance would be much longer."

Commander Jiang raised his wrist and glanced at his watch, saying, "It's more than 140 miles, and we only have a dozen hours left."

Li Moyin frowned and said, "It's hard to say whether this guy can run far enough, but he might run a distance that will kill him."

"so what?"

Commander Jiang gritted his teeth and said, "Has the 38th Army avenged its humiliation?"

"Has the 113th Division avenged its humiliation?"

"no!"

"So this time, we must arrive at Samsori on time no matter what and completely cut off the U.S. 9th Army's escape route to the south, leaving them with no way to escape."

"Yes!"

All the generals present responded in unison.

Commander Jiang continued, "Another rule is that radio silence must be maintained throughout the march!"

At this time, the Chief of Staff said, "Last time in Heecheon, we were silent. You promised the commander that you would correct your mistakes."

Teacher Jiang said: "The first thing I said is to uphold the truth."

Li Moyin raised his hand first and said, "I agree!"

"agree!"

"agree!"

"113th Division, move!"

"Yes!"

The order was immediately passed down, and the soldiers of the 113th Division immediately began to prepare to set off.

"Commander, we still have thousands of prisoners!"

"Leave one battalion to guard the prisoners. The other two divisions will be here soon. Tell the commander to send someone to take over Tokugawa and these prisoners. Now we just need to get to Sansori as quickly as possible."

"Yes!"

After the order was issued, the 113th Division acted quickly. The soldiers only carried weapons, ammunition and dry food, and hurriedly left Tokugawa and rushed all the way to Sansori.

Li Guotao knew this a long time ago, but he couldn't say it. However, he had already asked the soldiers of the task force to take the time to rest, eat, and recuperate.

Although the rest time is not long, it is better than no rest.

After the order came down, Li Guotao immediately summoned the soldiers of the task force and set out with Li Moyin, leaving Tokugawa and heading straight for Sansori.

"Comrades, hurry up and get to Sansho as soon as possible to wipe out the US Ninth Army and avenge our previous humiliation."

"Yes!"

The cadres kept cheering the soldiers on as they ran.

All the soldiers were in high spirits and rushed to the third institute as fast as possible.

After a night of forced march, the 113th Division had already covered more than a hundred miles.

This was a forced march that exceeded the limits of the human body. The soldiers' physical strength had been severely overdrawn, and people kept falling behind.

Many people were foaming at the mouth as they ran, and some soldiers even fell to the ground and never got up again.

However, the soldiers of the 113th Division did not stop advancing.

The division headquarters held an emergency meeting.

The chief of staff said: "The soldiers are exhausted. If they keep running, the non-combat casualties will only increase."

"Besides, it will be dawn soon. We should stop and rest for a while. At least let the soldiers catch their breath. It won't be too late to go to Sansoli later."

"After daybreak, the enemy's planes will take off. Once we are discovered by the enemy, we will be in trouble."

Commander Jiang hasn't spoken yet.

Deputy Division Commander Liu said loudly: "We must not stop. If we stop to rest now, we may not be able to get to Sansoli in time. Once the enemy arrives at Sansoli in advance, it will be difficult for us to capture Sansoli. If we let the US 9th Army escape and repeat the mistakes of the first battle, how can we explain to our superiors?"

Commander Jiang pondered for a moment and said, "Old Liu is right. If we stop now, won't all our previous efforts be in vain?"

"Didn't those soldiers who ran to death die in vain?"

"We must defeat the enemy and avenge the entire 38th Army. We must never repeat the same mistakes."

"Even if we die running, we'd rather die in the Third Institute!"

"Pass the order and keep moving forward."

"Yes!"

During this short meeting, several divisional leaders had a dispute and the atmosphere was full of tension. It was obvious that these leaders were also very annoyed about the current situation.

But in the end, they quickly reached a consensus and continued to head to Sansoli.

Li Guotao led the task force and followed the 38th Army, rushing all the way to the three institutes.

The soldiers of the task force are all in very good physical condition, so they run relatively forward.

But now it was daybreak, and as we were moving forward, we suddenly heard the roar of an airplane in the distance.

Li Guotao frowned and said, "It's an enemy reconnaissance plane."

"Hidden~!"

Someone couldn't help shouting.

"No~!" Li Guotao ordered: "We don't have time to hide, take off the disguise immediately, keep moving forward, and take the road!"

"Take off the disguise?"

"quick!"

As Li Guotao spoke, he pulled off the straw hat on his head and the branches stuck on his backpack and threw them on the ground.

Because the volunteer army's uniforms did not have obvious signs at the time, and many soldiers wore helmets captured from the puppet army, in order to march covertly, they naturally did not raise any flags.

In this way, it is very difficult for planes in the sky to distinguish whether the troops on the ground are volunteers or puppet troops.

Moreover, the enemy had never expected that the Volunteer Army would infiltrate this side so quickly, and they really mistook them for retreating puppet troops.

Li Guotao and his men even excitedly waved, cheered and saluted the planes in the sky. This scene made the American pilots mistakenly believe that the troops below were friendly forces rather than enemy forces.

A US reconnaissance plane roared past overhead without stopping for a moment.

Seeing that they had successfully deceived the enemy planes, Li Moyin quickly ordered the communicator: "Notify the division commander immediately and have the troops behind take off their disguises, walk along the road in a swagger, and go straight to Sansho."

"Yes!"

……

Zhisi and several other leaders also did not sleep all night, their eyes were red from staying up all night.

"Boss, the attack overnight did not go very smoothly. The enemy has a large number of armored vehicles, like a steel fortress. They occupied the advantageous terrain and stubbornly resisted our attack, causing us considerable casualties."

"But we have caused considerable casualties to the enemy. After daybreak, with the air force's planes providing cover, they will definitely speed up their escape to the south."

"And according to the latest intelligence, the 1st Cavalry Division in the south is also preparing to head north to support the 9th US Army."

During the first battle, the 1st Cavalry Division suffered heavy losses and was withdrawn for rest, so now the 1st Cavalry Division is in the rear of the enemy.

However, the main force of the US 9th Army was in danger, and Walker hurriedly transferred the 1st Cavalry Division to the north to support the retreating US 9th Army in order to reduce casualties.

"Where is the 113th Division?"

"Liang Daya of the 38th Army reports that the 113th Division has been unable to be contacted and they don't know the exact location."

"Radio silence again!"

"Yes! But Lao Han and Liang Daya said in the telegram that they believe the 113th Division will be able to arrive on time."

"Yes! We have no reason not to believe them."

"The whole nation is watching us. If we can't win this battle, I will be beheaded."

"Boss, we will definitely win."

"According to the speed of the U.S. military's retreat, it will take them a few hours to reach Sansori! There are only a few hours left. Once the 113th Division has any news, report to me immediately."

"Yes!"

……

"The Sansho Village is just ahead!"

"It's the last few kilometers! Hang in there, everyone!"

"Follow everyone behind you!"

Sansoli was originally just an unknown small village, but today the miracle in military history created by the 38th Division of the 113th Army has made it famous in history.

Soldiers of the 113th Division after two days of fighting.

After a forced march of more than 70 kilometers, which took only 14 hours, they arrived at Sansoli five minutes ahead of the enemy, successfully blocking the retreat route of the US 9th Army and creating a miracle in world military history.

Looking around the world, only our most lovely people can accomplish this feat.

And such a feat must be unprecedented.

Li Guotao looked up at the smoke rising from the Sansoli Village in the distance.

Li Guotao was extremely confident that this heroic feat of our army today would be enough to shock the whole world.

"Comrades, victory is just around the corner. Sansoli is just ahead. Keep moving forward."

The soldiers, whose physical strength had been severely overdrawn, suddenly became excited when they heard this. The last bit of potential in their bodies was fully stimulated, and they ran towards the direction of Sansoli with all their strength.

At this moment, there was only a logistics unit of the puppet army stationed in Sansoli Village. These puppet soldiers were busy making fire and cooking to prepare meals for the retreating American troops.

There was a row of stoves set up on the street, and delicious meals were cooked in the pots.

At this moment, these puppet soldiers were completely unaware of the approaching danger.

There were clouds of dust rising in the distance, and a large number of volunteer soldiers were running towards this side quickly.

The enemy sentry standing guard at the entrance of the village looked at the surging crowd from afar and initially thought they were friendly troops.

It was not until the distance was shortened to several dozen meters that the enemies realized something was wrong.

Before they could react, the volunteer soldiers who rushed up opened fire first.

"Bang bang bang~!"

"Da da da~!"

Intensive gunfire rang out, and several puppet soldiers on guard were all shot to death.

"Go in and occupy three places."

"Kill~!"

The soldiers rushed forward desperately and quickly rushed into the three institutes.

The puppet soldiers who were cooking couldn't help but turn their heads to look when they heard the gunshots and shouting.

At this time, the volunteer soldiers had rushed in.

"The enemy is coming!"

I don't know who shouted, but the puppet army was immediately in an uproar.

"Da da da~!"

A series of dense gunshots rang out, and several fleeing puppet soldiers were shot to pieces.

Li Guotao shouted loudly: "Surrender your weapons and we will not kill you!"

After spending two years in the Changjin Lake World, Li Guotao had already learned Korean, and at this time he shouted in Korean.

Those puppet soldiers were all logistics personnel and were responsible for cooking. Most of them didn’t even have weapons, so how could they possibly resist?

After hearing the shouting and seeing that those who tried to escape were beaten to death, the others were so scared that they squatted on the ground and raised their hands in surrender.

Li Guotao dragged a prisoner out from behind the stove and asked, "Have the American troops arrived?"

"Not yet, it should be soon."

Li Guotao quickly shouted, "Captain, the U.S. troops haven't arrived at the three institutes yet, but they should be here soon."

Li Moyin turned his head and shouted to the crowd behind him: "Captain Zhu, the US troops are coming soon."

"Hurry up and seize the advantageous terrain!"

Upon hearing this, Commander Zhu shouted loudly: "338th Regiment, immediately seize the commanding heights on both sides of the road, build defensive positions, and prepare for battle."

"Everyone behind me, follow me!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers responded loudly.

Under the command of Captain Zhu, the soldiers of the 338th Regiment rushed to the high ground on both sides of the road without even having time to catch their breath.

Li Guotao, Li Moyin, Captain Zhu and others rushed to a commanding height, raised their binoculars and looked into the distance.

On the northern highway, a cloud of dust was rising, and a large convoy consisting of a large number of enemy tanks, armored vehicles, and trucks were slowly approaching Sansoli.

so close!

Only five minutes left!
And these five minutes are enough to rewrite history. (End of this chapter)