Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Under the fierce attack of the Volunteer Army, the enemy was completely defeated and various enemy troops began to flee southward.

Faced with the aggressive Volunteer Army, Lieutenant General Ridgway was forced to abandon Seoul and the entire army began to retreat southward.

As a result, the enemy army was completely defeated and retreated southward like a group of frightened birds.

The task force and Captain Cao's 1st Battalion received instructions from their superiors to continue to maneuver toward the area south of Seoul and assist the brother units in capturing Seoul.

Since the enemy had been completely defeated, the troops rushed over. Although they encountered several enemy groups on the way, these enemies had no intention of fighting. They almost collapsed at the first touch and began to flee in a panic.

As a result, this small force of several hundred people became more and more courageous.

Whether it is Li Guotao, Li Moyin, or Captain Cao, they are all extremely daring people.

Seeing that these enemies have become frightened birds, there is nothing to be afraid of!

They rushed and attacked all the way to the enemy's rear, and launched an attack no matter how many enemies they encountered. Once the charge sounded, the enemy was quickly defeated.

The soldiers were also in high spirits, singing triumphant songs all the way as they continued to advance southwards.

The troops moved quickly towards the southwest along a mountain path.

When we were climbing over a mountain, we happened to see a US military convoy passing by at the foot of the mountain.

Li Guotao observed carefully and said, "Most of them are trucks. There don't seem to be many tanks."

"I think I can give him a fuck!"

If it was the enemy's tank unit, with a large number of tanks charging forward, their small force of a few hundred people might not be able to stop them.

However, it seems that most of the convoy at the foot of the mountain are enemy trucks, which should be carrying strategic materials, and some of the trucks are even towing cannons.

Captain Cao's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "There are so many good things. If we can intercept them, we will have made a great contribution."

Li Moyin smiled and said, "There's no reason not to eat this meat that's right in front of us. The terrain here is good. If we blow up a few cars, the convoy behind us will be blocked and they won't be able to get through."

Captain Cao laughed and said, "Then all the stuff in the car behind will belong to us."

The three daring guys quickly reached a consensus.

Li Guotao immediately said: "I will lead the task force to rush down first and destroy a few trucks first."

"Task Force, follow me!"

Following Li Guotao's order, the soldiers immediately rushed down from the top of the mountain, like a tiger descending the mountain, and rushed towards the road below the mountain.

When he got within a distance of about one hundred meters, Li Guotao raised a bazooka and aimed at a truck.

"Chirp~!"

With a sharp whistling sound, the rocket flew quickly towards the enemy truck.

"Boom~!"

There was a loud explosion and the rocket hit the front of the car accurately, detonating the truck and starting a fire.

Then three rockets flew over one after another, and violent explosions sounded one after another.

"Boom~! Boom~!"

Three more trucks were destroyed one after another.

Then the grenade-throwing team quickly rushed to a range of several dozen meters and threw grenades one after another.

Following a series of violent explosions, several trucks were blown up and caught fire.

"Da da da~!"

Intensive gunfire continued to ring out, and bullets swept towards the convoy on the road like water.

The drivers of several vehicles were shot dead one after another, and the trucks lost control. Some hit the rocks on the roadside, some overturned into the ditch on the roadside, and some directly hit the car in front.

The entire highway suddenly became a mess.

Captain Cao shouted loudly: "Bugler, blow the charge horn, charge the entire battalion."

The loud charge horn sounded, and hundreds of soldiers rushed out, shouting loudly as they rushed towards the enemy convoy on the road.

The loud charge horn, coupled with the deafening shouts of killing, made the enemy, who had already become frightened birds, terrified.

The enemy vehicles that had already passed by immediately stepped on the accelerator and fled into the distance, not even daring to look back, let alone go back to rescue.

Save your ass! The most important thing now is to save your own life.

As for the enemy vehicles that were stuck behind, they were in trouble.

As more and more vehicles were destroyed, the road was completely blocked and the vehicles behind could not pass at all.

At this time, the brave volunteer soldiers had already rushed onto the road, and it would be extremely difficult for them to escape.

These enemies had no idea how many volunteers they encountered, and no one dared to risk resisting, especially since the team was already in chaos.

The enemies in the cars saw that the convoy was stuck on the road and couldn't even turn around, so they could only abandon their cars and run back, preparing to escape through a small road.

In short, no enemy would be so stupid as to stay here and wait for death at this time.

Under the command of Li Guotao and Battalion Commander Cao, the soldiers attacked directly from the rear without paying any attention to the enemies who had already fled in front.

Those who didn't have time to escape were all killed by the soldiers.

The battle ended quickly. More than two hundred enemies were killed in this battle, and the rest all fled.

However, the captured spoils were quite abundant, with about fifty trucks of supplies all becoming the spoils of the Volunteer Army.

Captain Cao couldn't stop laughing and said, "These foreign devils are even more generous than Captain Jiang."

The foreigners were indeed very generous. Most of the cargoes on these fifty-plus vehicles were weapons and ammunition.

Eighteen heavy artillery pieces were also seized.

Captain Cao excitedly found Li Guotao and saw that Li Guotao was circling around a tank.

Captain Cao frowned and asked, "Guo Tao, what is this?"

"It looks like a tank, but it's a little different. How can a tank have such a big gun?"

Captain Cao frowned as he looked at the huge gun muzzle.

"And this tank doesn't have a machine gun?"

“Is this a tank?”

Li Guotao smiled and said, "This is not a tank."

"what is that?"

"This is a self-propelled artillery!"

"That's a cannon! No wonder! What kind of cannon is this? Judging from the caliber, it should be a 155mm howitzer!"

Li Guotao smiled and said, "You are wrong again this time. Have you ever seen a howitzer with such a long barrel?"

"This is an American-made M40 self-propelled artillery. The gun on it is a 155-caliber cannon. This thing is a rare and valuable item!"

"Hehe~!"

Captain Cao smiled awkwardly and said, "I really don't know much about artillery."

"Then this thing must be very powerful." Li Guotao said with a smile: "Of course, after all, the 155 caliber is here, it can't be unpowerful!"

"And this is a self-propelled artillery, so it has greater mobility."

Captain Cao then asked, "How many of these good things are there?"

Li Guotao said: "I just took a look and it seems that there are only four doors."

Captain Cao smiled happily and said, "Four gates is not a small number. I thought the harvest last time was not small, but I didn't expect the harvest this time to be even greater."

"And this battle was so easy. It didn't feel like a battle at all. It felt more like picking up equipment on the road."

"Haha~!"

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard this.

Li Guotao pondered for a moment and said, "I suddenly have a bolder idea."

At this time, Li Moyin also came over and asked, "What bolder ideas do you have?"

Li Guotao said: "It will be dark soon. As long as we are careful, we should not be bombed by enemy planes."

"Why don't we continue to attack along the road with these four big guys?"

"With these four big guns, we won't be afraid even if we run into enemy tanks."

"One shot at it, and even the most powerful tank will be reduced to scrap metal."

The shells fired by the cannon have a high initial velocity and strong penetration ability. The 155-caliber cannon makes any heavy tank of the US and British armies look like paper in front of it.

Captain Cao frowned and asked, "Can you play this thing?"

Li Guotao smiled and said, "We have a lot of talented people in our task force, so we can definitely use a few heavy artillery pieces. Even if they can't compare to those elite professional artillerymen, they can definitely be used."

Li Guotao was not bragging about this. After all, the task force was composed of elite soldiers who had survived many battles. There were indeed many capable people among them, so it was not a problem to pick out a group of people to operate these four heavy artillery.

What's more, Li Guotao's own artillery level has reached a superb level. With so many heavy artillery pieces, it's like a piece of cake for him. Under Li Guotao's command, these four guns can definitely exert the strongest combat effectiveness.

Li Moyin's confidence also increased at this moment, and he said with a smile: "Since we want to play, let's play a big one."

"Just do as Li Guotao said, take these four big guys and keep moving forward."

"Captain Cao, we need to clear the road as soon as possible so that we can drive these four big guys through."

Captain Cao nodded and said, "I will arrange for people to clear the road and push the destroyed trucks into the ditch on the side of the road."

"It's not a big deal, but there are still so many supplies!"

Li Moyin said: "The main force behind us should be catching up soon. Captain Cao, you can send people to drive these trucks back and hand them over to the main force for disposal."

Captain Cao smiled and said, "It won't take an entire battalion of ours to escort these supplies. Leaving two companies behind will be enough. I will lead one company to follow your task force and continue to move southward."

"Hehe~! This battle was so exciting. Maybe there will be bigger surprises later. I don't want to miss it."

Li Moyin smiled and said, "That's good. Let's contact our superiors first and see where the nearby brother troops are."

"Yes!"

……

Because Ridgway voluntarily gave up Seoul, after learning that the volunteer army was about to attack, Seoul residents once again launched a large-scale refugee wave.

Hundreds of thousands of Koreans fled Seoul with their families, and a large number of refugees flocked to the Han River Bridge.

At the same time, more than 100,000 coalition troops were retreating through the bridge, and the entire area around the bridge was extremely crowded.

In order to ease the traffic pressure and ensure the smooth passage of the troops, Lieutenant General Ridgway temporarily appointed Brigadier General Palmer as the head of the traffic team, who was fully responsible for coordinating the traffic and ensuring that the troops could smoothly pass through the Han River Bridge and retreat to the south.

Brigadier General Palmer was somewhat dissatisfied with this assignment and muttered to himself: I am a soldier, not a traffic policeman.

"Commander, what specifically do I need to do?"

Lieutenant General Ridgway said: "You must take all necessary measures to ensure that the coalition forces can pass through the Han River Bridge in an orderly manner. You must immediately implement traffic control and prohibit all non-military vehicles and pedestrians from passing through to avoid blocking traffic and affecting the retreat of the army."

"What I am most worried about now is that if hundreds of thousands of refugees all flock to the Han River Bridge, it will be a great help to the enemy."

Brigadier General Palmer said: "I am afraid the refugees will refuse to leave in order to escape."

Lieutenant General Ridgway frowned and said, "Brigadier General Palmer, I just said that all necessary measures can be taken."

"I will assign all the military police to you for command. The guns in their hands are not fire sticks. If the refugees refuse to leave, you can fire warning shots. If they still refuse to listen, use machine guns to make them obey."

“I believe they should know how to choose!”

Brigadier General Palmer frowned and said, "I'm afraid this will have some adverse effects!"

Lieutenant General Ridgway said: "Can we still take care of those things now? What we need to ensure now is the safety of our more than 100,000 coalition troops."

"Even that old man Li probably wouldn't be able to say anything. After all, we are helping them fight the war now."

"As for international public opinion, isn't it in our hands? As long as we don't say anything, who will know?"

“God will know, but God will bless us.”

Brigadier General Palmer thought to himself: If God really blesses us, then why did we lose so badly?
But he didn't dare say this, and he chose to obey Ridgway's orders resolutely.

Faced with the rows of black gun muzzles of the US military, the Korean refugees had no choice but to leave the Han River Bridge and flee via other routes.

After all, these foreign devils have really started killing people, and the Koreans are afraid of death. If they are not afraid of death, there is no need for them to run away.

They don't know that staying is actually the safest option.

However, these refugees were misled by the propaganda of Old Man Li and the US military. They thought that the Northern Dynasties and the Volunteer Army were devils. When they heard that the Volunteer Army was coming, they naturally wanted to run for their lives.

Brigadier General Palmer coordinated the traffic very well, and the troops began to cross the Han River Bridge in an orderly manner.

But after all, there are more than 100,000 troops, and the bridge is only so wide, so many troops cannot pass through in a short time.

At this moment, the vanguard of the Volunteer Army had entered Seoul, but the enemy troops had already evacuated the city, and the Volunteer Army successfully recaptured the capital.

Deputy Commander Han has also arrived at the front line at this moment. Most of our senior generals are very adventurous. When they are fighting, they usually try to command as close to the front line as possible.

This time, Deputy Commander Han was even more adventurous and even ran ahead of the main force.

With only a small force, they climbed a mountain, from where they could see the Han River Bridge more than ten kilometers away.

In the darkness, the lights of the enemy's convoys on both sides of the Han River gathered into a long dragon, slowly passing across the Han River Bridge.

Deputy Commander Han stamped his feet in anxiety and could not help cursing, "These beasts are running too fast! Our main force hasn't caught up yet!"

A staff officer nearby said helplessly: "Alas! Who would have thought that they would retreat so quickly? During the day, there were a large number of aircraft covering their retreat, which resulted in us not being able to pursue them in time. Now we can only watch them cross the bridge."

Deputy Commander Han frowned and said, "If we let them escape, it will be even more difficult to catch up with them."

"At this time, I would be happy if I had a heavy artillery!"

"Even if we can't blow up this sturdy bridge, we can at least delay their retreat as much as possible."

"Once our main force catches up, we can annihilate all the enemies who don't have time to escape."

The staff officer next to him sighed helplessly and said, "We don't have many heavy artillery to begin with, and we suffered heavy losses under the enemy's bombardment."

"And most of the artillery was left behind and couldn't catch up."

"It's definitely too late!" (End of this chapter)