Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Chapter 245 An unexpected surprise!

The Volunteer Army’s gains this time were indeed not small, especially the more than 40 artillery pieces, more than half of which were American-made heavy artillery. This type of heavy weapon was undoubtedly what the Volunteer Army lacked the most at the moment.

This time, a large number of artillery shells and various supplies were also seized. So many cannons and artillery shells were more than enough to equip an artillery regiment.

By seizing so many spoils, the First Battalion has made a great contribution. No wonder Captain Cao is so excited.

Li Moyin smiled and said, "Report to your superiors immediately and request troops to take over these cannons."

Captain Cao slapped his forehead and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes, look at me, I am just happy."

"Communicator, report to the regiment and division headquarters immediately."

"Yes!"

At this time, Li Guotao ran over and said, "I think we can move all these spoils to the woods nearby and hide them there, just in case."

"As the spearhead battalion of the army, we need to replenish our weapons and equipment and continue to move forward."

"The enemy is now showing signs of collapse. We must not give them any chance to catch their breath. We must seize this opportunity to annihilate more enemies."

Li Moyin nodded and said, "I think Li Guotao is right. Since we have received the order to make a detour to the enemy's rear, we should be bold and continue to make a detour to their lair and turn the world upside down behind them."

Captain Cao smiled and said, "You have hit the nail on the head. Let's do this."

Captain Cao is also a veteran who has experienced many battles. He gets excited when he smells gunpowder.

He had originally transferred to a local job as a prison warden. After the war broke out, he took the initiative to apply to return to his old unit just to fight.

At this moment, under the fierce offensive of the Volunteer Army, the enemy's defense line had been completely defeated, and all troops were fleeing in a panic.

Ridgway was also powerless and could only order the troops to retreat quickly, prepare to organize troops in the rear, and build another line of defense to block the attack of the Volunteer Army.

The task force led by Li Guotao, along with the first battalion of Captain Cao, continued to advance rapidly southward.

During the day, the soldiers even changed into the enemy's clothes and pursued the retreating enemy in a swaggering manner.

"Report, a group of puppet troops were spotted in the village ahead."

After receiving the report, Li Moyin, Li Guotao, Captain Cao and others immediately ran to a mountain in front and began to observe carefully with binoculars.

Captain Cao said: "The enemy's strength is not too large, probably only about one reinforced company, they should be temporarily stopping here to rest."

Li Guotao said: "Did you see the car parked in front of the yard? That should be the enemy's armored command vehicle. This is most likely an enemy headquarters."

Li Moyin nodded and said, "Looking at these puppet troops, they really don't look like ordinary infantry units. They should be the enemy's headquarters."

"Hehe~!"

Captain Cao suddenly became excited, his eyes sparkling as he said, "So, maybe we can catch a big fish."

Li Guotao smiled and said, "Will you know if you can catch a big fish if you try?"

"But it's a pity that they are just a group of puppet troops. It would be great if we could catch the big fish of the US Army."

Li Moyin said with a smile: "You are good at picking food. It would be great if you could catch a big fish of puppet army."

Li Guotao nodded and said, "That's true. After all, these bastards run faster than rabbits."

Captain Cao said: "What are you waiting for? Just attack and take them down."

Li Guotao said: "After all, there are more than a hundred of them. If they run away, wouldn't it be a waste of joy?"

Captain Cao asked, "What do you mean?"

Li Guotao put down the telescope and said, "I will lead the task force to go around from there and cut off their retreat route in advance."

"Captain Cao can lead his soldiers, disguised as defeated enemies, quietly approach them, and then suddenly launch an attack to catch them off guard."

Captain Cao nodded and said, "Okay, let's do it!"

"Hey, we must not let them get away this time."

Afterwards, Li Guotao led the task force soldiers and quietly went around the small path to the front of the village, ambushing on both sides of the road.

After everything was ready, Battalion Commander Cao and his soldiers disguised themselves as defeated puppet troops and walked over in a swagger.

Battalion Commander Cao led his soldiers and successfully reached the village entrance.

At this time, they were stopped by the sentry at the entrance of the village. A second lieutenant of the puppet army asked, "Hey! Which unit are you from?"

Captain Cao had no idea what the Korean language was saying, so without saying a word he raised his hand, raised the submachine gun in his hand, aimed at the enemy and pulled the trigger.

"I'm your volunteer army grandfather!"

"Da da da~!"

Intensive gunfire rang out, and hot bullets swept towards the enemy like raindrops.

"Puff puff puff~!"

The enemy was caught off guard, and several puppet soldiers on the sentry post were shot to pieces before they could even react.

Captain Cao shouted loudly: "Comrades, follow me."

"Kill~!"

Hundreds of soldiers from the first battalion rushed into the village fiercely like a group of tigers.

The puppet soldiers who were resting and cooking in the village were frightened by this sudden change.

Some enemies hastily picked up guns and wanted to resist, but facing the elite soldiers of the Volunteer Army, these puppet troops were no match at all.

In just a short while, more than thirty enemies were killed.

The remaining enemies saw that the situation was not good and turned around and ran away in fear.

"The Volunteers are coming!"

"Run for your life!"

More than one hundred puppet soldiers immediately scattered.

At this moment, a group of enemy soldiers suddenly rushed out of a house, guarding a person, and ran towards an armored vehicle parked in the open space next to them.

At this moment, several mortar shells fell directly.

There was a loud explosion and several puppet soldiers were blown to the ground.

One of the puppet army captains shouted, "Quick, protect the commander and retreat quickly."

"Don't get in the car, leave the village by the small road, retreat south, quickly!"

Due to the mortar fire, the enemies did not dare to get on the armored vehicles. They ran through a small alley, out of the village from the south, and quickly fled south along the avenue.

Li Guotao was lying in the grass by the roadside. When he heard the gunshots and explosions coming from the direction of the village, he immediately ordered, "Prepare for battle."

The soldiers of the task force immediately raised their guns and were ready for battle at any time.

Sure enough, not long after, a large group of puppet soldiers fled from the village in panic and ran towards this side quickly along the avenue.

Li Guotao sneered and said, "These dogs run really fast."

"What a pity! You can only consider yourself unlucky for having run into me." In order to survive, the enemies ran as fast as they could, and of course they ran very fast.

Soon the enemies entered the task force's ambush circle. Li Guotao made a prompt decision and shouted, "Hit them hard."

The soldiers had already become impatient and upon hearing the order, they aimed at the enemy and began firing fiercely.

"Da da da~!"

Intensive gunfire rang out, machine guns and submachine guns fired at the same time, and dense bullets formed cross fire, covering the enemy.

Since the soldiers were ambushed on both sides, the firepower was basically oblique and side fire, with amazing power.

In an instant, a large number of enemies were knocked down. The enemies behind were frightened when they saw that the road was blocked, and they stopped and hid on the side of the road.

Li Guotao ordered loudly: "Blow the charge horn, charge down and kill these beasts."

The loud charge horn sounded, and Li Guotao led the task force members to rush out holding submachine guns.

At the same time, Battalion Commander Cao also caught up with a team of soldiers from behind.

The volunteers attacked from both sides and killed more than twenty of the remaining dozens of enemies.

In the end, there were only about 20 people left. Seeing that the situation was not good, one of the enemy soldiers raised a white flag and shouted in not very standard Chinese: "We surrender, don't shoot."

Li Moyin was overjoyed, because there might be an enemy commander among them. If he could be captured alive, it would definitely be a great achievement.

Li Moyin shouted excitedly: "Stop fighting, catch him alive."

The soldiers stopped shooting and rushed forward. The enemies were very honest and did not dare to resist. They all raised their guns and surrendered.

Li Guotao rushed forward and shouted, "Who is your commander? Stand out!"

A puppet soldier pointed to a patch of grass behind him.

Li Guotao ran over quickly and shouted in Korean: "Stand up!"

There were several enemy officers there, who were originally squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands. When they heard this, they stood up one after another.

"Damn! He's quite tall!"

Li Guotao saw that these officers were obviously taller than the others, and even slightly taller than himself.

Looking closely, I saw that all the officers had a big nose.

foreign devil?
Li Guotao asked, "Who are you?" This time he used English.

The leading foreigner was stunned for a moment, looked up at Li Guotao, and replied in a low voice: "I am the advisor of the Sixth Division, Colonel Garcia!"

Li Guotao was a little surprised at first as to how a few foreigners could sneak into this group of puppet troops. But when he heard that they were American military advisers, he suddenly realized what was going on.

And he's a colonel!
This time I made a lot of money.

You know, this American colonel is much more valuable than the division commander of the puppet army.

Colonel Garcia looked at Li Guotao, who was looking him up and down with shining eyes, and couldn't help but feel timid. He said timidly: "We demand to be treated as prisoners of war."

Li Guotao smiled and said, "Don't worry, you will enjoy the treatment of prisoners of war."

At this time, Captain Cao and Li Moyin also rushed over.

"How's it going? Have you captured the enemy commander?"

Li Guotao smiled and said, "We caught a few foreign officers."

Li Moyin asked: "Who are they?"

Li Guotao smiled and replied, "The military adviser of the Sixth Division of the puppet army. The guy in charge is Colonel Garcia."

"Colonel?"

Captain Cao's eyes widened with excitement, and he said with a smile: "Oh my God! We are so rich now. We actually captured an American colonel."

Li Moyin also smiled happily and said, "This is really a pleasant surprise!"

"I thought we could capture a puppet army officer, but we ended up capturing a U.S. Army colonel."

Li Guotao smiled and said, "Yes! Such a big treasure is not easy to catch. We are lucky to have run into them. Otherwise, it would be too difficult to catch such a big treasure on the battlefield."

In fact, it cannot be said that it was entirely luck that we were able to capture an American colonel alive this time.

The main reason was that the first battalion boldly penetrated backwards and directly into the enemy's rear and the enemy's lair.

The enemy was defeated all the way and did not expect that the volunteers would pursue them so quickly and come directly here.

Otherwise, they would not dare to stop here to rest and eat.

But in terms of luck, they were indeed pretty good. If they had arrived an hour later, the enemies might have already eaten and drunk their fill and run away, and they might not have had a chance to catch up with them.

Captain Cao said excitedly: "We have accomplished a great feat by capturing an American colonel."

"This guy needs to be kept under close watch. I'll send someone to send him to the division headquarters."

"Haha~!"

Captain Cao was smiling so happily that the corners of his mouth reached his ears.

In addition to capturing a group of enemies, a batch of supplies and equipment were also seized, which was a pretty good harvest.

Most importantly, there were some important documents in the enemy’s headquarters, which the enemy had no time to destroy, and they all became the spoils of the Volunteer Army.

Li Moyin checked the documents and said, "These things are also very valuable. There may be important information in them."

"Captain Cao, send someone to deliver all these documents to the division headquarters immediately."

"Yes!"

Captain Cao quickly responded, "I'll arrange it right away."

After chasing for so long, the soldiers were tired, so they stopped for a while to rest.

After contacting his superiors, the communicator reported the situation here.

When the superior commander heard that a US colonel had been captured, he was also very happy. After learning their location, he immediately sent a troop to support them, fearing that something unexpected might happen along the way.

Battalion Commander Cao also sent a group of soldiers to escort the dozens of prisoners and the seized documents and radio stations back via a small path.

Li Moyin, Li Guotao and Captain Cao gathered in the temporary command center, discussing the next strategy around the map.

Li Guotao said: "I think the soldiers are exhausted. Why don't we have a good rest and set off again in the second half of the night."

Li Moyin nodded and said, "Yes, the soldiers are not made of iron. After ten hours of rest, it will be the second half of the night. Let's set off again and continue to follow this road to the enemy's rear."

Captain Cao naturally had no objection and immediately said, "Just do as the commander says."

"It just so happens that the foreigners left behind a lot of delicious food, so we can have a good meal."

During this period of time, the soldiers had been living on a diet of fried noodles and snow. Now they finally had the food that the enemy had just prepared, and they could have a full meal. For these soldiers, this was a rare enjoyment.

(End of this chapter)