Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

At this time, a brigadier general asked: "Sir, what should we do now?"

Major General Kurt tried to keep himself calm, gritted his teeth and said, "What else can we do? Can we just wait to die here?"

"Now that the army has changed its route, we must naturally follow the original plan and continue to break out from Longyuanli."

"I just don't believe it. This Longyuanli is harder to fight than Sansuoli!"

"Notify the frontline troops to attack Longyuanli with all their might. Recapture Longyuanli at all costs."

"Tell them that if we fail again, we will all die here."

“Yes sir!”

Major General Kurt hesitated for a moment, then said, "Send a telegram to Commander Walker immediately, report the current situation truthfully, and ask the commander to find a way to help us."

"Yes sir!"

Before daybreak, the task force assembled again.

Commander Jiang dispatched a battalion of troops to support Longyuanli in order to block the enemy's retreat from Longyuanli.

At Li Moyin's request, the task force also went to Longyuanli.

Li Guotao led the task force's fighters as vanguards, responsible for clearing the way from the front.

After a night's rest, the soldiers had recovered some strength.

However, there is still a long way to go from Sansoli to Longyuanli, and the road along the way is mountainous and rugged, with mountains and ridges to climb.

As they walked, Li Guotao reminded them, "Everyone should be on high alert. Marching during the day is still dangerous."

Although there were no enemies on this stretch of road, it was daytime after all, and we could encounter enemy planes at any time.

As the troops were marching, Li Guotao and his men climbed to the top of a mountain.

Li Guotao took a deep breath and turned his head to look. About a few miles behind him, several hundred soldiers from the 399st Battalion of the th Regiment were lining up and rushing towards this side.

At this moment, the marching team suddenly became chaotic, and the soldiers rushed to the mountains and forests on both sides to hide.

Li Guotao couldn't help but his face changed drastically. He looked up at the sky and saw a black spot in the sky, flying towards this side from the southeast.

"Enemy plane~!"

Li Guotao quickly shouted: "Enemy plane, hide immediately."

After hearing the shouting, the task force soldiers quickly dispersed and hid, each looking at the distant sky vigilantly.

However, the enemy planes still discovered the marching battalion.

"Report to the commander. We have spotted an enemy force on the ground. There are about several hundred of them. They are heading northwest, probably towards Longyuanli. Over!"

"Our target is the enemy in Longyuanli. This small enemy force cannot reach Longyuanli in a short time just by walking. We don't need to waste ammunition on them. Supporting Longyuanli is our main task."

"Seagull Team conducts routine strafing, and the rest of the units immediately continue to fly to Longyuanli."

"Yes sir!"

Following the order from the leading American officer, the two fighter jets immediately broke away from the formation.

Wu Qianli was lying next to Li Guotao, staring at the planes in the sky, and saw the enemy planes flying over the location of the first battalion.

Wu Qianli said softly: "They should not have discovered us."

Li Guotao frowned and said, "No, two enemy planes turned around."

Wu Qianli looked up and saw that two enemy planes suddenly turned around, broke away from the formation, and then dived down quickly from the air.

"Not good~!"

Wu Qianli thought to himself that this was not good.

However, judging from the dive of the enemy planes, their target should be the battalion at the rear.

"Da da da~!"

Dense rain of bullets fell from the sky and landed in the forest where the first battalion of soldiers were hiding. The dense rain of bullets swept through, and the trees were shattered into pieces.

Li Guotao turned his head and saw that the enemy aircraft continued to fly towards Longyuanli. He knew that they were going to support the Longyuanli battlefield and only left two fighter jets.

"Damn it~!"

Li Guotao couldn't help but curse, and then snatched a light machine gun from the soldier next to him.

"Ready to fight!"

"If they come back again, beat them up!"

"Kill these two beasts!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers responded quickly and prepared for battle.

Some held guns, some held bazookas, and their eyes were fixed on the distant sky.

After a round of strafing, the two fighter planes flew to the south and then turned back, dived down quickly, and continued to strafing the hiding place of the first battalion.

After the dive and strafing, the enemy planes began to climb rapidly. It can be seen that the pilots of these two enemy planes had excellent skills.

Because after this strafing, the mountain where Li Guotao and his men were hiding was right in front of them. If the plane did not ascend quickly, it would crash into the top of the mountain.

The plane was almost less than a hundred meters away from the hillside when it began to quickly rise up.

Li Guotao, who was hiding near the top of the mountain, saw the opportunity and took advantage of the enemy planes' unpreparedness to shout, "Hit them hard!"

As he spoke, Li Guotao raised his light machine gun and fired fiercely at an enemy plane.

"Da da da~!"

Intensive gunfire rang out, and tongues of blazing fire flew towards the enemy planes.

Other soldiers also opened fire, and dense rain of bullets hit the plane, making clanging sounds.

"Fuck! There's an ambush!"

The enemy pilot was terrified and flew high into the sky at full speed.

"I'm going to kill these bastards!"

An enemy pilot was so angry that he started cursing because his plane was hit.

Their original plan was to chase the formation after two rounds of strafing, but they did not expect to be ambushed here.

However, he no longer had this opportunity.

With a loud "boom", the plane suddenly caught fire and the fire quickly spread to the cockpit. The pilot was burned and screamed like a pig being slaughtered. Just as he was about to parachute, suddenly a loud "boom!" explosion sounded.

The plane, which had just rushed to a high altitude, exploded in the air, like a gorgeous firework blooming in the sky.

The enemy pilot didn't even have time to parachute before he was blown to pieces.

At the same time, another enemy plane was hit on the wing by a rocket launched by Meisheng.

The plane lost control instantly, spun over the top of the mountain, and crashed into the valley in front with a loud bang.

However, before the plane crashed, the enemy pilot successfully parachuted.

Li Guotao quickly ran to the top of the mountain and took a look. He saw that the parachute had just opened. Due to the insufficient altitude, the pilot quickly landed on the opposite hillside.

"Shit! He's probably going to fall to his death!"

[Ding Dong~! Congratulations on killing an enemy pilot and receiving 800 points reward.]

[Ding Dong~! Congratulations on shooting down a plane. You get 1000 points as a reward.]

[Ding Dong~! Wu Qianli shot down an enemy plane. Congratulations on getting a bonus of +200 points.] [Ding Dong~! Wu Qianli killed an enemy pilot. Congratulations on getting a bonus of 150 points.]

A crisp system prompt sounded, and Li Guotao once again earned a considerable amount of points.

Hearing the system prompt, Li Guotao became even more certain that the pilot of the enemy plane shot down by Wu Qianli had died.

At this time, a soldier shouted excitedly: "Let's go and have a look. What if he didn't die in the fall? Maybe we can capture a pilot alive."

Li Guotao thought: It would be great to capture a pilot alive. After all, the enemy attaches great importance to this kind of special talent. Maybe I can sell him for a good price in the future.

But he had fallen to his death.

Not so lucky!

Li Guotao didn't know how to say it clearly, and the place where the plane and the pilot crashed was right in front of them, so going to take a look was just a matter of convenience.

Li Guotao waved his hand and said, "Let's go and take a look!"

Then everyone rushed down the hillside and headed towards the place where the pilot crashed.

The plane was blown up and nothing useful was found.

As for the pilot, he was indeed very unlucky. His head hit a sharp object, his brain burst, and he died on the spot.

Li Guotao sighed helplessly and said, "I think he must have fallen to death!"

"Let's go quickly. If the enemy planes turn around and come back, it will be troublesome."

At this moment, Li Moyin caught up from behind.

"How about it?"

Li Guotao replied: "The pilots are all dead."

Li Moyin smiled and said, "We let you take down both planes, that's great!"

"You have done a great deed again!"

"I'll ask the boss for credit for you later."

Li Guotao and the soldiers quickly said, "Thank you, Captain."

"By the way, how are the casualties in the first battalion?"

Li Moyin sighed helplessly and said, "About a dozen soldiers died and more than twenty were injured!"

"Damn it, what a loss!"

Li Guotao couldn't help but curse.

In this brutal war, enemy bombing caused heavy casualties to our army.

However, it is not easy to shoot down a plane. Even for the air defense forces, it is difficult to shoot down a plane.

After all, the aircraft technology of this period was quite advanced and the speed was fast. It was extremely difficult to hit a target moving at high speed in the air. Moreover, the quality of American aircraft was also good, so even if they hit the target, they might not be able to shoot it down.

Li Guotao said: "We were lucky this time. After the enemy planes strafed us, they just happened to crash into us. We took advantage of the favorable terrain on the mountain and managed to get them down."

Li Moyin said: "No matter what, being able to shoot down two planes is already quite rare, and it is a great achievement."

This is not bad.

Li Guotao said: "Let's leave here quickly. The enemy aircraft group is definitely heading for Longyuanli."

"Dozens of planes. It seems the enemy is now attacking Longyuanli with all their might."

"We also have to speed up and get to Longyuanli as soon as possible."

Li Moyin nodded and said, "That's right! Keep going!"

"Communicator, notify the battalion behind and ask them to catch up as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

A group of people were left behind from the first battalion to bury the fallen soldiers on the spot, and then escort the seriously wounded back to Sansoli.

As for the lightly wounded, as long as they can continue to fight, after their wounds are treated and bandaged, they will continue to follow the team to Longyuanli, and they will not leave the front line even if they are lightly wounded.

The troops continued to quickly support Longyuanli, and at this moment the enemy mobilized its main forces and, under the cover of aircraft and artillery, was fiercely attacking the Longyuanli position. The battle was extremely fierce.

Under the command of Deputy Division Commander Liu, the 337th Regiment stubbornly withstood the enemy's repeated fierce attacks, and the battle was in a stalemate for a while.

……

At the same time, in the enemy headquarters, Lieutenant General Walker was as anxious as an ant on hot pan, constantly pacing back and forth in the headquarters.

A staff officer came over quickly and said, "Commander, we just received an urgent telegram from the 9th Army."

"How about it?"

"They encountered stubborn resistance from the enemy in Longyuanli. Currently, the troops are attacking with all their might in an attempt to break through Longyuanli."

"General Kurt requests backup."

"Fake~!"

Lieutenant General Walker angrily cursed: "What kind of war are you fighting if you can't even retreat?"

A major general nearby said quickly, "Commander, calm down. We didn't expect that they would actually deploy hundreds of thousands of troops to participate in the battle. Moreover, these poorly equipped enemies would be so tenacious and their offensive would be so swift."

Lieutenant General Walker said angrily: "It's useless to say this now. All I know now is that the 9th Army is in big trouble."

"They are asking for support now. What can we do to support them?"

"Now the First Army is also retreating and is also under fierce attack from the enemy."

"The only troops I can mobilize are the cavalry division, but they need to support two armies. Is this possible?"

"What's even worse is that the Tongjiang Bridge was bombed, and the 1st Cavalry Division was unable to go north in time to support the 9th Army."

"The only support I can provide them now is by plane."

"We can only pray for God's blessing. The troops that occupied Sansoli and Longyuanli were just a group of troops that came in hastily. The number of troops should not be too large."

"As long as we defeat them and open a gap in Longyuan, the Ninth Army will be able to retreat safely."

"Call Kurt back immediately and tell them to take back Longyuanli no matter what."

"Yes sir!"

In fact, Walker's guess was correct. The ones who blocked them in Sansoli and Longyuanli were indeed the 113th Division that had hastily infiltrated.

It stands to reason that such a force would not be able to stop the fierce offensive of the US 9th Army.

However, the volunteer soldiers used their flesh and blood to build an indestructible line of defense. Even the enemy's planes and artillery were eclipsed by this solid line of defense.

What made Walker even more worried was that not only the First Army and the Ninth Army were losing ground, but the US Tenth Army on the eastern front was also under a frenzied attack by the Ninth Corps in the Changjin Lake area.

Now the 10th Army is also retreating step by step and suffering heavy losses. The situation is quite bad.

With the Volunteer Army's massive counterattack, their fantasy of ending the war before Christmas was completely shattered.

They are even now retreating on all fronts, and it has become extremely difficult to maintain their current defense line.

Now Lieutenant General Walker only wants to withdraw all the troops as soon as possible and minimize casualties.

As for victory?

That was no longer something he should be considering now.

Let's save our lives first. (End of this chapter)