Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Lieutenant Colonel McCleary looked up in the direction of the main peak of Xiushi Mountain, and his expression became extremely ugly.

At this moment, there were constant sounds of gunfire and explosions on the mountain, and the battle was very fierce.

But because it was too dark, they couldn't see the specific situation clearly.

On the main peak, two reinforced companies of the US military, with hundreds of people, were surrounded by the Volunteer Army. After a rain of grenades, the enemy had no time to react.

A large number of volunteers rushed towards the enemy positions with bayonets at point of view. The enemy had no time to stop them and the two sides engaged in a fierce fight.

Although these foreign devils are tall and strong, they are no match for hand-to-hand combat.

Moreover, it was too dark and the situation was rather chaotic. These hundreds of foreign devils basically failed to put up any effective resistance and were all wiped out by the volunteers.

The situation of about a reinforced company of Turkish troops on the other side was similar. Although these Turkish troops fought in a more ferocious style, they were still no match for the heroic volunteers. The team of more than one hundred people was quickly wiped out.

At the same time, the commando team led by Li Guotao ambushed a reinforced company of the enemy. After successfully killing this group of enemy troops, they rushed straight to the enemy camp at the foot of the mountain.

Lei Gong led the mortar troops and launched a fierce bombardment at the enemy camp.

"Chirp chirp chirp~!"

The shrill whistling sound continued to ring out, and mortar shells quickly cut through the night sky and fell into the enemy's camp one after another.

Lieutenant Colonel McCleary was looking up at the situation, and when he heard the whistling sound of the shells, his face changed drastically.

The soldier next to him shouted in panic: "It's a mortar."

"Avoid the gun~!"

"Boom~! Boom~!"

Violent explosions sounded one after another.

Lieutenant Colonel McCleary panicked and tried to escape to a safe place to avoid the bombardment.

At this moment, a shell fell behind him and a violent explosion sounded. Lieutenant Colonel McCleary was blown away and died on the spot.

"Kill~!"

Amid the deafening shouts and cries of killing, Li Guotao personally led the task force soldiers and charged directly into the enemy camp.

The soldiers, holding submachine guns, fired at the chaotic crowd of enemy troops.

The remaining enemies in the camp at this moment were just some logistics troops. They had little combat effectiveness to begin with, and when they were suddenly attacked, they immediately became chaotic and fled in all directions.

Li Guotao rushed in first, raised his gun and aimed it at the fleeing enemies in front, and with a burst of shooting, he shot several foreign devils into sieves.

"Go! Kill these beasts!"

Li Guotao said as he opened the system mall and exchanged three M16 and three M19 anti-aircraft gun vehicles.

Li Guotao parked all six vehicles in the open space behind a military tent in front.

Li Guotao rushed over and shouted, "Lao Wu! There's a big guy here!"

Wu Qianli rushed over with a group of soldiers, and his eyes lit up with excitement when he saw these anti-aircraft vehicles.

Li Guotao ordered: "Lao Mei, use the walkie-talkie to inform the brother troops behind, saying that there are a large number of weapons and ammunition in the enemy camp, and ask them to come quickly to get them."

"Yes!"

"Everyone else get in the car and continue to attack their artillery positions."

"Yes!"

The soldiers of the 50th Army fought fiercely with the enemy for several days, not only suffering heavy casualties but also consuming a huge amount of ammunition.

This time, according to Li Guotao's arrangement, they deliberately let the enemy go up the mountain during the day while taking advantage of the heavy fog. The purpose was to kill this group of enemies and seize a batch of weapons and ammunition so that the troops could continue to hold on.

Moreover, during the day, the troops did not put up a stubborn resistance, thus avoiding some unnecessary casualties.

When the enemy went up the mountain, all the soldiers hid in the tunnels. Because of the heavy fog, the enemy did not find them at all.

He waited until night and then suddenly launched a surprise attack, and as expected, he succeeded in one fell swoop.

Moreover, Li Guotao was a very bold and reckless guy. He took the opportunity to rush down the mountain and occupied the enemy's camp.

But that's not all. Now Li Guotao has set his sights on the enemy artillery positions in front.

In order to provide artillery support, the enemy deployed their artillery very close and fired directly at us, posing a great threat to our positions.

Our army was poorly equipped and had no air superiority, so we were helpless against their cannons and could only passively accept the bombing.

Now, taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Guotao wanted to expand the results of the battle as much as possible and destroy a batch of enemy heavy artillery.

The soldiers acted quickly. Three M3 and three M16 anti-aircraft gun vehicles started moving quickly, covering the infantry as they charged directly towards the enemy's artillery positions.

A large number of defeated enemy soldiers also fled towards their artillery positions.

Li Guotao led the soldiers and charged behind them. Under the intensive firepower, the fleeing enemies were knocked to the ground in large numbers.

Soon the task force rushed to the front of the artillery position. Li Guotao operated the M19 anti-aircraft gun vehicle, aimed at the enemy's position, and fired fiercely.

"Chirp chirp chirp~!"

Artillery shells flew towards the enemy positions one after another, violent explosions continued to sound, and the enemies on the positions were immediately blown to the ground, with heavy casualties.

Because the distance was too close, the enemy's heavy artillery had completely lost its effect.

There were a total of twelve M16 heavy machine guns on the three M2s, which fired at the enemy together. The firepower was quite brutal. Wherever the rain of bullets passed, the enemies were killed or wounded.

The M19 is equipped with a twin 40mm anti-aircraft gun, which is extremely powerful.

Six anti-aircraft guns continued to fire, and the shells hit the enemy's artillery positions like hail. Violent explosions continued to sound, and the enemies on the positions were killed and wounded.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the soldiers successfully rushed to the enemy's artillery position. Even if the enemies on the position were lucky enough not to be killed, they turned around and ran away without any resistance.

The task force easily captured the artillery position.

Li Guotao shouted loudly: "Immediately turn the gun barrel, aim at the enemy camp in the distance, and bombard them hard for me."

Following Li Guotao's order, the task force members immediately turned the muzzles of several heavy artillery pieces that had not been blown up, and soon aimed at an enemy camp in the distance.

"Fire~!"

"Dong dong dong~!"

A series of dull artillery fire rang out, and one shell after another flew quickly towards an enemy camp in the distance with a sharp whistle.

"Boom~! Boom~!"

Violent explosions continued to sound. The heavy artillery was extremely powerful and could destroy a large area with one shot.

The enemy was caught off guard and was bombarded, suffering heavy casualties in an instant.

Li Guotao ordered Mei Sheng, "Quickly, load all the weapons and ammunition on the battlefield onto the truck and take them back."

"Then we transported them to the mountains, including the heavy artillery shells. We transported away everything that could be transported."

Mei Sheng said, "We can't take this heavy artillery with us, so what's the point of transporting the shells?"

Li Guotao said: "If we don't have artillery, these shells can also be made into booby traps for defense. In short, take away everything that can be taken away."

"Yes!" Mei Sheng responded quickly, then called on other soldiers to start moving the captured spoils.

At the same time, a group of soldiers from the 50th Army rushed down the mountain. They first took away all the weapons and equipment of the enemy's reinforced company that Li Guotao and his men had destroyed, and then rushed into the enemy's camp. Seeing that there were a lot of weapons and ammunition inside, they moved all that they could take away to the mountain.

Li Guotao commanded the other soldiers to continue bombarding the enemy positions.

Several targets were destroyed one after another, causing considerable casualties to the enemy.

But the enemy was not stupid either. Soon other artillery positions locked onto their position and began firing back.

Shells fell one after another nearby. Li Guotao made a prompt decision and shouted, "Blow up all the cannons and retreat immediately."

"Yes!"

The soldiers abandoned their positions without hesitation and threw explosive packs under the cannon or stuffed cluster grenades into the barrel before leaving.

With loud explosions, all the cannons were destroyed.

Li Guotao and his task force members successfully retreated to the foot of the mountain, and Mei Sheng led a group of soldiers to pull back eight trucks of ammunition from the enemy's artillery positions.

With the assistance of the soldiers of the 50th Army, they moved to the mountain one after another.

However, Li Guotao was a little reluctant to part with the three M16 and three M19 anti-aircraft gun vehicles.

The mountain is too steep and we can't drive up at all.

So Li Guotao took a team of people and wanted to go around to the rear position from the side path.

With these six anti-aircraft vehicles leading the way, everything went smoothly. Halfway through the journey, they encountered a group of enemy troops rushing out from the side.

Li Guotao and his men used anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft cannons to fire at the enemy, killing hundreds of them in one go. The other enemies were so frightened that they dared not move forward to intercept them and could only retreat to a safe place.

In this way, Li Guotao led this team and drove these six vehicles to successfully retreat to the rear position of the 50th Army.

After Li Moyin got the news, he rushed over immediately.

Li Moyin finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Li Guotao was safe and sound.

Li Moyin said excitedly: "You have made great contributions again this time. Not only have you eliminated a lot of enemies, but you have also seized a large number of weapons and ammunition."

"These foreign devils are so rich! Almost all the weapons and ammunition of the enemy battalion became our spoils of war."

"With these ammunitions, we can hold out for a while longer on the repair mountain position."

"The commander was very happy and said he would personally recommend you for merit."

Li Guotao smiled and said, "This is not entirely the credit of our task force. It is mainly because of the bravery of the soldiers of the 50th Army who killed the three companies of enemy troops that went up the mountain. We just took advantage of the opportunity and got an advantage."

"Haha~!"

Li Moyin smiled and said, "You don't need to belittle yourself. Your contributions are obvious to all."

The battle was fought quickly and efficiently, and Li Guotao was also very excited.

Li Guotao looked towards the enemy's position in the south and said with a smile: "As long as we can hold on for a while longer, our work on the eastern front will be done."

Li Moyin nodded and said, "But we can't retreat now. We must delay the enemy as much as possible."

Li Guotao said confidently: "Don't worry, we will definitely win."

The enemy attacked the 50th Army's position fiercely but failed, so they changed their strategy.

At that time, the principal also sent a group of spies to assist the enemy in fighting and provided the enemy with a lot of intelligence.

Unable to capture the 50th Army's position, these spies used loudspeakers and took advantage of the breaks in the battle to shout at the 50th Army's position.

He attempted to lure the soldiers of the Fiftieth Army into surrender.

The principal not only promised to promote the commander of the 50th Army, but also guaranteed a large reward of gold, trying to use these sugar-coated bullets to lure the soldiers of the 50th Army to surrender.

The enemy's move was nothing but wishful thinking. Facing the enemy's sugar-coated bullet attack, the soldiers of the 50th Army remained unmoved and still stubbornly held their positions, repelling the enemy's attack time and time again.

The battle lasted until February 2, and the position was still firmly in our hands.

The enemy's attack was repelled again, and during the break in the battle, the enemy's loudspeakers began shouting again.

"Volunteer soldiers, you are celebrating the New Year today. But it is so hard for you to stay in the mountains! You have no food to eat, no water to drink, and your feet are frozen."

"Go down the mountain and surrender!"

"We've prepared hot dumplings for you!"

"There are also your favorite cross-bridge rice noodles, roast pork, black chicken soup, Xuanwei ham, roasted rice cakes, and matsutake mushrooms..."

After hearing the enemy's shouts, the soldiers finally remembered that today was New Year's Day.

The soldiers have long been accustomed to the enemy's inducement to surrender, and will not be moved no matter what you say.

Because they all understood that they were climbing on ice and lying in the snow to fight the enemy just to allow the people of the whole country to have a meal of hot dumplings during the New Year.

For the sake of their motherland and people, they are willing to give everything, even their own lives.

When you think about the fact that the people of our motherland can all have a meal of hot dumplings, what does this little bit of hardship matter?

到了2月7日，从1月25日敌军开始发起总攻算起，50军和38军的将士们，已经在汉江南岸坚守了十多天了。

Due to the heavy casualties suffered by the 50th Army, the Zhisi ordered the 50th Army to withdraw to the north bank of the Han River.

The soldiers of the 50th Army, who had successfully completed the blocking mission, began to retreat as ordered.

However, the 38th Army still held its ground on the south bank of the Han River and continued to block the enemy.

Li Guotao found Li Moyin and asked, "Captain, the 50th Army has been ordered to retreat. Should we retreat?"

Li Moyin stared at the map in front of him and said, "Once the 50th Army withdraws, the 38th Army will have to fight alone. At that time, all the pressure will be borne by the 38th Army. If we are not careful, we may be surrounded by the enemy. At that time, we may not be able to retreat."

Li Guotao nodded slightly. This was true. The 50th Army was now retreating to the north bank of the Han River. At least there was still the 38th Army providing flank coverage and tying down the enemy.

But when the 50th Army has completely withdrawn, only the 38th Army will be left in the south bank area. The enemy will inevitably attack the 38th Army's positions frantically and try every means to destroy the th Army.

The situation will inevitably become more tragic.

Li Moyin gritted his teeth and said, "We won't retreat. We'll go to the 38th Army."

Li Guotao smiled and said, "That's what I was thinking. The battle isn't over yet, how can we retreat?"

"We have been fighting for such a long time. The enemy has suffered heavy casualties and has not been able to capture our position. Now their fighting spirit has almost been exhausted."

"With the combat effectiveness of the 38th Army, we should be able to shrink the defense line and hold out for a while. There shouldn't be any problem."

Li Moyin said: "We must hold our position and delay the enemy no matter what."

"Have the soldiers prepare immediately and set out as quickly as possible to rush to the 38th Army's position."

"Yes!"

Li Guotao responded quickly and turned to convey the order.

The 50th Army retreated to the north bank of the Han River, and the task force successfully moved to the 38th Army position. The enemy also began to concentrate its forces and continued to attack the 38th Army's defense line. (End of this chapter)