Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Chapter 254 Our Fiftieth Army is about to be destroyed!

Under the command of Lieutenant General Ridgway, more than 200,000 enemy troops pressed forward and launched a series of fierce attacks on the Volunteer Army along the Han River defense line which was tens of kilometers long.

The enemy dispatched a large number of aircraft and used a large number of heavy artillery to carry out indiscriminate bombing on the Volunteer Army’s positions.

All the positions were bombed into scorched earth. The enemy then sent out tanks to cover the infantry to launch a charge and fiercely attack the Volunteer Army positions. The battle was extremely brutal.

At the 50th Army's Maoluoshan position, under the enemy's continuous and repeated attacks and fierce artillery fire, a company of volunteers guarding here suffered heavy casualties.

After another round of artillery preparation, the enemy launched another fierce offensive, and a large number of enemies rushed towards the position with guns in hand.

Machine gunner Tian Wenfu climbed out of a tunnel and rushed to the position carefully. Seeing that there was no one on the position, he couldn't help but shout: "Comrades, the enemy is coming."

However, no matter how he shouted, no one stood up, and the position suddenly became quiet and silent as death.

Tian Wenfu's face changed drastically. He quickly shuttled through the trenches, looking for his comrades. After a circle, he didn't find a single living person.

Tian Wenfu was certain that all his comrades had died and he was the only one left in the company.

However, Tian Wenfu had no time to be sad because a large number of enemies were approaching the position.

Tian Wenfu observed the situation and then quickly collected some weapons and ammunition in the trench.

Tian Wenfu placed a machine gun at a position, and then ran to another trench. He used his gun to pick up some hats and helmets to reveal the trench, and even propped up some cotton clothes with something to disguise himself as a human.

Then Tian Wenfu quickly hid back in his position.

A large number of enemies gradually approached the position, and soon they discovered the military caps and helmets exposed on the position.

The enemy continued to rush over there while firing.

At this moment, Tian Wenfu had already hidden in the side position. When the enemy approached, Tian Wenfu seized the opportunity, set up the heavy machine gun and fired fiercely at the enemy.

"Da da da~!"

Intensive gunfire rang out, and a hail of hot bullets quickly swept towards the enemy. The enemy was caught off guard and a large number of them were knocked down in an instant.

"Take down that machine gun~!"

"Hurry~!"

The enemy officer couldn't help shouting loudly.

The enemies behind raised their guns and fired at Tian Wenfu, and dense bullets kept flying over.

"Dang Dang Dang~!"

The bullets hit the shield, splashing sparks.

Tian Wenfu quickly hid in the trench, ran along the trench to another position, observed quietly, then picked up a light machine gun, aimed at the enemy and decisively pulled the trigger.

"Da da da~!"

A dense rain of bullets swept through, and several enemies were caught off guard and were shot into sieves in an instant.

Tian Wenfu was not interested in fighting. After firing a volley of bullets, he quickly hid in the trench and continued to move to other positions.

In this way, Tian Wenfu alone defended the entire position, constantly shuttling between various corners of the position, attacking the enemy with machine guns and grenades.

More than fifty enemies were killed in succession. The enemy finally could not hold on and retreated in panic.

Tian Wenfu defended the entire position by himself and held out until the arrival of subsequent reinforcements.

The same scene is constantly being played out on various front lines.

Under the fierce attack of the enemy, after a few days, the soldiers on the front line were basically sacrificed in entire squads, platoons, or even companies.

However, no matter how fierce the enemy's offensive was, the Han River defense line was always firmly in the hands of our army, and more than 200,000 elite enemy troops were firmly trapped in the area south of the Han River.

The atmosphere inside the 50rd Army headquarters was somewhat depressing.

The chief of staff said: "The enemy's offensive is becoming more and more fierce and continuous, and our casualties are increasing."

"If we continue to fight like this, I'm afraid our 50th Army will be wiped out."

Everyone couldn't help but fall silent, tears welled up in their eyes and they wiped their tears secretly.

The commander couldn't help but shed two lines of tears from his red eyes.

He gritted his teeth and said, "My 50th Army can be destroyed, but the Han River defense line cannot be lost."

“If we let the enemy cross the Han River today, they may cross the Yalu River tomorrow.”

"It doesn't matter if the 50th Army is gone, but the motherland is still there, and the people of the motherland will not forget us! In the future, the brother troops will definitely avenge us."

"Inform the entire army. Except for the seriously injured who will be sent back to the rear for recuperation, the rest who can still move should be ready to go to the frontline at any time."

"Fight the enemy to the death!"

"Yes!"

At this moment, snowflakes suddenly started falling outside and the wind was getting stronger and stronger.

……

In a hidden cave, Li Guotao looked at the falling snow outside and said with a smile: "God is wise!"

"It's snowing! Let it snow harder! It'd be better if it keeps snowing."

"That way the enemy won't be able to attack."

"The soldiers on the front line can also take this opportunity to have a good rest."

Li Moyin nodded and said, "Yes! God finally opened his eyes. This heavy snow is good."

"You guys have been busy these past two days, how are your preparations going?"

Li Guotao smiled and said, "We are almost ready. We will definitely give the enemy a hard time this time."

"Besides, heavy snow may be accompanied by heavy fog. If that is the case, it will be even better. The chance of success will increase by at least 30%."

Li Moyin nodded slightly and said, "That's the best. I'll be waiting for your good news."

Li Guotao smiled and said, "Don't worry."

After the snowstorm, a thick fog arose, but the enemy did not stop their attack.

The U.S. 25th Division and the Turkish Brigade each sent a troop to attack the main peak position of Xiushi Mountain from two different directions.

Under the cover of the fog, it would be much easier for the defenders to defend.

After several consecutive attacks, the enemy finally reached the main peak position.

"Report to the commander, our troops have already reached the main peak of Xiushi Mountain."

Lieutenant Colonel McCleary was stunned when he heard this. Did this happiness come so suddenly?

This huge wealth just fell into my head?

Other troops fought for so long but failed to reach the top, so how come his troops reached the main peak so easily?

Happiness came so suddenly that the old man could hardly believe it.

Lieutenant Colonel McLee asked, "Are you sure our troops are on the main peak of Repair Mountain?"

"Sure! But the fog is thicker on the main peak of the repair mountain now, and we can't see the situation clearly."

Lieutenant Colonel McLee said excitedly: "Let them hold the main peak position first, and send another reinforcement company to strengthen the security of the main peak position." "As long as the main peak is held, it will be easy to take over the entire Repair Mountain."

"Yes sir!"

At this time, a second lieutenant ran over and said, "Report to the commander, I just received a report that the Turkish brigade on our left wing has also reached the main peak of Xiuxiu Mountain."

Lieutenant Colonel McCleary frowned and said, "Although we encountered some resistance before, the enemy's resistance was not tenacious. Are they going to retreat?"

A major nearby said, "It's not clear yet, but it's foggy now and it's going to be dark soon."

"We have finally captured the Xiulishan position, and we must hold it."

Lieutenant Colonel McCleary gritted his teeth and said, "Send out all the troops you can. Make sure you hold the main peak position for me."

"I'm worried that they will launch a counterattack at night. We must hold our ground."

"Yes sir!"

At this time, the American soldiers who had occupied the main peak position discovered that there were troops marching in the distance.

However, due to the thick fog, they could not see clearly. However, that direction should be the direction of the Turkish Brigade's attack. They were afraid of accidentally hurting friendly forces, so they did not dare to open fire.

The American company commander who occupied the position tried to call the nearby Turkish troops using a walkie-talkie, and the call went through.

However, none of the Turkish soldiers on the opposite side could speak English, and the American company commander did not speak the local dialect.

The two sides exchanged a few words, but were completely unable to communicate.

However, these American soldiers concluded that the troops on their left wing were the Turkish troops.

It was getting dark and visibility was getting worse.

At this time, a reinforced company of American troops coming to reinforce suddenly encountered a troop while marching.

The two sides were separated by a distance, and I could only vaguely see someone on the other side, but I couldn't see clearly at all.

"Who are you?"

"We are the Turkish Brigade!" the other party replied in not very standard English.

Seeing that they were friendly troops, the American soldiers did not pay too much attention and continued to advance forward, preparing to meet up with the troops guarding the main peak position.

When the two company commanders met, they talked about this matter.

The commander of Company E said, "It's impossible. Among the Turkish troops occupying the left position, there is no one who can speak English."

"I tried to contact them using a walkie-talkie, but there was no way I could communicate."

The commander of Company G said in surprise, "Impossible. We just ran into a troop. They said they were from the Turkish Brigade, but their English was not standard. Could it be that there were other people on the mountain besides those Turks?"

The captain of E Company frowned and said, "Could it be the enemy?"

Captain G Company asked, "Are you saying that the enemy is playing hide-and-seek with us?"

“We cannot rule out this possibility.”

"It's too dark and visibility is too poor. Let's just do our best to hold our position."

"When daybreak comes, everything will be revealed, and then we can easily eliminate those hidden enemies."

"It can only be the."

That night, the liaison officer of the Turkish Brigade arrived at Lieutenant Colonel McLee's command post.

The liaison officer pointed to the sand table and said, "Lieutenant Colonel, we have occupied this place, and you have occupied this place. There is a gap of about 400 meters between the defense zones of our two armies. We need to completely block this gap."

Lieutenant Colonel McCleary was shocked when he heard this and said, "My troops reported earlier that they found some troops active in this area, that is, the 400-meter gap you just mentioned. Aren't they your people?"

The Turkish liaison officer shook his head and said, "No, our people have not entered this area at all."

Lieutenant Colonel MacLee could not help but exclaimed: "Oh my God! Our troops on the mountain always thought that the troops on their left wing were your Turkish troops."

"If it's not you, then this unit is the enemy?"

The Turkish liaison officer was also panicked and said quickly: "In this case, our troops at the main peak position may have been divided and surrounded by the enemy."

Lieutenant Colonel McCleary shouted loudly: "Notify the troops on the mountain immediately to strengthen their vigilance and make sure to hold the position for me."

Before he finished his words, a burst of intensive gunfire and explosions suddenly rang out from the main peak of Xiuzhi Mountain in the distance.

Grenade after grenade was thrown directly onto the U.S. military's position, causing loud explosions. The enemy was caught off guard and was blown to pieces, with many people killed and wounded.

What made the enemy even more panicked was that the grenade was thrown at them from about fifteen meters away.

After a round of grenade rain, the soldiers took the opportunity to rush to the enemy position.

The two main companies of the US Army on the top of the mountain had basically no time to resist and were all killed by the volunteer soldiers who rushed up.

A Turkish reinforced company in another direction encountered the same situation.

At this moment, Li Guotao and the soldiers of the task force had already reached the outside of the enemy camp.

When they came over just now, they happened to run into the G Company which had just gone up the mountain. Li Guotao deliberately used an unfluent English sentence and said that we were from the Turkish Brigade, thus deceiving the enemies.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Guotao led the task force members and sneaked outside the enemy camp under the cover of darkness.

After the battle on the mountain broke out, Lieutenant Colonel McCleary immediately assembled all of his troops to support the troops on the mountain to ensure the safety of the main peak position.

About two hundred enemy soldiers rushed towards the mountain with guns in hand.

Li Guotao saw the opportunity and ordered loudly: "Hit him hard!"

"Da da da~!"

Intensive gunfire rang out, as machine guns and submachine guns fired at the same time, sweeping towards the enemy crowd from the side.

Those enemies who were eager to go up the mountain to support had no time to react and were swept to the ground in large numbers.

Then grenade after grenade was thrown over, and violent explosions continued to sound. The enemy was blown to the ground and many were killed or wounded.

About two hundred enemies were basically unable to put up any effective resistance and were completely wiped out by the task force.

Li Guotao ordered loudly: "Continue the attack and charge into the enemy camp."

"Kill~!"

The soldiers roared and rushed towards the enemy camp at the foot of the mountain.

When Lieutenant Colonel McCleary heard the noise, he ran out in panic. When he saw that the troops on the mountain had been ambushed, his face changed drastically with fear.

"Send troops to rescue immediately!"

"Report to the commander, we have no more soldiers to send."

Lieutenant Colonel McCleary was stunned. Indeed, all his troops had been sent out, leaving only some logistics personnel.

This is really a huge fortune! It just fell into my hands.

It seems that all the troops on the mountain are finished!
An entire infantry battalion!

Lieutenant Colonel McLee shouted loudly: "Send a telegram to the regiment commander and the division commander immediately, asking for support!"

(End of this chapter)