Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

When the enemy rushed into Yanxingli with great momentum, a burst of intensive gunfire suddenly rang out.

The soldiers hiding in the dark house aimed at the enemy and started shooting fiercely.

Submachine guns aimed at the enemy and fired fiercely at the enemy from the side and obliques.

The dense rain of bullets instantly wiped out a large number of enemies, and then grenades flew out and landed among the enemy crowd.

"Boom~! Boom~!"

Violent explosions rang out one after another, and the enemy troops were immediately blown to pieces and thrown into chaos.

The enemies who were hit head-on suffered heavy casualties, and the remaining enemy soldiers fled in panic.

"Fake~!"

The enemy officer in command of the rear was so angry that he started cursing.

"Use mortars immediately to destroy the houses in the village."

"Yes sir!"

Following the order from the enemy officer, the enemy immediately mobilized more than 20 mortars and launched a fierce bombardment on the houses in the village.

One shell after another flew past with a sharp whistling sound.

Violent explosions rang out one after another, and the thatched houses were blown to pieces, leaving a mess.

At this moment, Li Guotao had already taken his soldiers to hide in a safe place. No matter how the enemy bombed, they could not cause effective casualties to the soldiers. It was nothing more than a waste of artillery shells.

Through this, Li Guotao also concluded that these enemies had indeed abandoned their heavy weapons, and now the only ones they could use were these mortars.

In this way, these enemies become much easier to deal with.

After a fierce bombardment, the enemy launched another attack.

A large number of enemy soldiers rushed forward cautiously with guns in hand.

The enemy officer shouted loudly: "Tell them to speed up and eliminate these guerrillas as soon as possible."

At this moment, they still thought that there were only a small number of guerrillas hiding here and they would not pose much threat to them.

The superiors also issued strict orders, asking them to defeat the blocking enemy as quickly as possible at all costs.

Because at this moment the enemy also realized the danger. If they delayed here and could not reach Anzhou in time, the consequences would be disastrous.

However, soon the enemy who entered the village was attacked by the volunteers again.

Li Guotao and his men hid in the dark and took advantage of every opportunity to launch sneak attacks.

These soldiers are all veterans with rich combat experience. They work in groups of two or three, fighting on their own and constantly shooting and killing the enemies who enter the village.

For a while, gunshots and explosions continued to ring out, as if the volunteer soldiers were everywhere, and the enemy was overwhelmed and suffered heavy casualties.

Due to terrain restrictions, the enemy's superior forces could not be fully utilized.

The enemy officer in command at the rear was extremely angry as he saw that the attacking troops suffered heavy casualties but were still unable to capture this small village.

An enemy officer said: "Those hateful enemies hide in houses and ruins everywhere to launch sneak attacks, making it difficult for us to defend ourselves. It would be better to burn down all these houses."

The commanding officer immediately ordered: "Use incendiary grenades to burn the entire village. I want to see where they can hide."

Following the officer's order, the enemy immediately used a large number of incendiary bombs.

As incendiary grenades were thrown into the houses, fires broke out in houses in the village one after another.

The fire grew bigger and bigger, gradually forming into one large piece, and the entire village turned into a sea of ​​fire.

Under the cover of thick smoke and fire, Li Guotao led the task force soldiers to evacuate Yanxingli Village directly.

Looking at the sea of ​​fire behind him, Li Guotao sneered and said, "These American soldiers must be mentally ill!"

"The fire blocked their way. I want to see how they get here."

Li Guotao and his men were blocking the enemy here originally to delay time, but now the fire blocked the way and the enemy could not get through.

This undoubtedly bought time for the Volunteer Army, so Li Guotao was too lazy to bother with them anymore and directly led the task force members to retreat to the blocking position.

Li Moyin and a company of soldiers have built a temporary defense line relying on the favorable terrain. The soldiers are continuing to dig trenches and strengthen their positions.

Li Guotao rushed to Li Moyin and said, "The enemy has set fire to the village. I think we can hold them off for a while."

Li Moyin smiled and nodded, saying, "I've seen it, and this is exactly what I want."

"It's a good opportunity to take advantage of this opportunity to strengthen our position."

"The terrain here is good. The enemy's superior forces cannot be brought into play. We can completely stop their attack."

"I have just contacted my superiors, and Zhisi has also sent reinforcements, who are on their way."

"We just have to hold out for a while until reinforcements arrive, and then they won't be able to escape."

Li Guotao said excitedly: "Great, it's getting dark now. It will be more advantageous for us after dark."

"The main force will also take advantage of the situation to launch a general offensive across the board. That will be the end of these beasts."

Li Moyin nodded and said, "You have worked hard, take a rest!"

It was getting darker and darker, and the enemy didn't want to waste time.

After the fire gradually subsided, a large number of enemy soldiers rushed into Yanxingli Village again.

This time it went relatively smoothly and there was no obstruction.

These enemies quickly opened a passage and began to retreat westward quickly through Yanxingli Village.

Soon these retreating enemies successfully entered the ambush circle of the Volunteer Army.

Li Moyin saw the right moment and ordered loudly, "Hit him hard!"

Following Li Moyin's order, the soldiers ambushed on the hillsides on both sides began to fire fiercely at the enemy.

Suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire, and dense bullets swept towards the enemy like raindrops. The enemy was caught off guard and suffered casualties in an instant.

At this time, the enemy also realized that something was wrong.

An enemy lieutenant colonel climbed up a nearby hillside, observed the situation on the battlefield, and angrily cursed: "This is not a small-scale guerrilla force at all. With such combat effectiveness and firepower configuration, this is most likely the enemy's regular troops."

A U.S. Army captain nearby said, "But judging from the current situation, this should be just a small enemy force."

The lieutenant colonel frowned and said, "But the enemy's terrain is very advantageous, and it is blocking our way. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. We lack effective heavy weapons for attacking, and it is night time. The situation is very unfavorable for us."

The captain said, "But the general has repeatedly ordered us to break through the enemy's blockade."

The enemy lieutenant colonel nodded and said, "I understand, we don't have much time left."

"Send the order immediately and launch an all-out attack. Even if we have to pave a path with corpses, we must charge forward." "Otherwise, we will all die here."

"Yes sir!"

Faced with such a situation, the enemy had no better solution and could only launch an all-out attack.

A large number of enemies launched a group charge with guns in hand. The densely packed enemies rushed towards the Volunteer Army's positions like a group of ants.

Li Moyin lay on a position, looking at the enemy approaching, and shouted loudly: "Comrades, fight to the death."

Following Li Moyin's order, the soldiers raised their guns and fired fiercely at the enemy.

A dense rain of bullets swept through, and enemies were constantly shot and fell to the ground.

However, at this moment, these enemies were like crazy, rushing forward regardless of everything.

The death order had been issued from above, and they were also very clear that if they did not break through the Volunteer Army's blockade, death would be the only thing waiting for them.

Fierce fighting broke out again, and the battle was extremely brutal.

The attacking enemy suffered heavy losses, yet still launched wave after wave of attacks.

In order to suppress the firepower of the Volunteer Army, the enemy also mobilized a large number of mortars and bombarded the blocking positions.

Under the enemy's fierce firepower attack, the casualties of the volunteer army were gradually increasing.

Li Guotao lay on a position, constantly firing his gun. In the distance, enemy soldiers were shot and fell to the ground.

Those killed by Li Guotao were enemy officers, machine gunners and other important targets.

The enemy also fired a large number of flares, illuminating the area near the battlefield as if it were daytime.

It can be clearly seen that the battlefield is covered with a layer of enemy corpses, and in some places there are even several layers of enemy corpses.

Even though they suffered huge casualties, the enemy continued to attack.

Li Guotao hid in the trench, quickly reloading his bullets while saying to Li Moyin: "Captain, the enemy wants to use up all of us."

"We must save our ammunition. Otherwise, when the ammunition is used up, our small number of people will not be able to stop the tide of enemies."

At this moment, more and more enemy troops were gathering here. Because their way was blocked, a large number of enemy troops had gathered in the area east of Yanxingli.

The enemy's troops continued to rush onto the battlefield, and it was obvious that they wanted to pave a path with their corpses.

The enemy also discovered that the volunteer army did not have too many troops, and as long as they continued to consume them, they would definitely be able to wipe them out.

Li Moyin shouted loudly: "Comrades, please save your ammunition and try to hold out for a while longer."

"Our reinforcements will arrive soon. Persistence means victory."

Faced with such a situation, Li Moyin naturally had no better solution. He could only command his troops to block the attack with all their might, hoping that reinforcements would arrive in time.

The fierce battle lasted for several hours and the soldiers' ammunition gradually ran out.

Li Guotao took advantage of the chaos and used the system to exchange some ammunition, which he threw directly onto various positions.

At this moment, the soldiers were so focused on killing that naturally no one noticed the sudden appearance of these ammunitions.

It is precisely because of Li Guotao's presence that the soldiers have been able to persevere until now.

But this is not a long-term solution. If we continue like this, we won’t be able to hold out for long.

Li Guotao was even prepared to risk being exposed and exchange for another batch of ammunition, just to stop the enemy's offensive at all costs.

Major General Kurt had already arrived near Yanxingli and learned that the troops had not yet broken through the Volunteer Army's blockade.

Major General Kurt angrily scolded: "You are a bunch of rubbish. With so many people, you can't even deal with a small enemy force. Do you want to kill all the officers and soldiers of the entire Ninth Army?"

Faced with Major General Kurt's angry curses, the officers present were frightened and silent.

In fact, they all knew that the attacking force had indeed tried their best and there was really nothing they could do now.

An enemy officer said cautiously: "General, calm down. Judging from the current trend, the enemy will not be able to hold out for much longer. We will definitely be able to destroy them."

Major General Kurt said angrily: "The enemy's main force has caught up from behind and is launching a fierce attack on us. If we delay any further, all of us will die here."

"I can only give you another half an hour at most. You must destroy them and break through their defenses."

"Yes sir!"

Under the strict order of Major General Kurt, the enemy once again sent out a large number of soldiers and rushed fiercely to the battlefield.

"Ding da da ding da~!"

At this moment, a loud charge horn suddenly sounded from the northwest.

"Kill~!"

Deafening shouts of killing rang out, and a large number of volunteer soldiers suddenly rushed over from the northwest. They rushed onto the path in the valley, and then rushed all the way towards the battlefield from the west.

Hearing the noise, Li Moyin couldn't help but turn around and look, only to see a large number of volunteer soldiers rushing towards this side.

Li Moyin shouted excitedly: "Comrades, our reinforcements have arrived."

At the critical moment, the 39th Army's flanking troops arrived in time.

The vanguard troops quickly rushed to the blocking position and assisted Li Guotao and his men in blocking the enemy with all their strength.

The firepower on the position gradually increased, and dense bullets swept towards the rushing enemies like raindrops.

In order to break through the Volunteer Army's position as quickly as possible, the enemy rushed forward desperately and almost gathered together.

Such a dense attack formation is rare, and faced with the sudden intensification of sniper firepower, the enemy was caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties in an instant.

The loud charge horns frightened the attacking enemy troops so much that they retreated in panic.

At this time, more and more soldiers rushed to the blocking positions, and under the guidance of the charge, they continued to launch a counterattack against the enemy.

Li Guotao was also very excited. He picked up a submachine gun and shouted loudly: "Comrades, charge down and kill all these beasts."

As he said this, he jumped up with his gun in hand, rushed forward, and fired at the retreating enemy.

The enemy was defeated and gradually retreated.

The 39th Army's arriving troops included a main force regiment, and they threw themselves into the battle with all their might, launching a counterattack against the enemy.

The frightened enemy was defeated and retreated step by step, with many casualties.

The volunteer army even took the opportunity to recapture Yanxingli Village.

Major General Kurt looked at the scene on the battlefield and said in despair: "It's over. We are all finished now."

With the last retreat route completely blocked, it was equivalent to a complete death sentence for the US Army. (End of this chapter)