Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Chapter 258: Two gangs were wiped out in one hour!

After about two months of rest and recuperation, with the 19th Corps and the 3rd Corps entering North Korea one after another, the main force of the 9th Corps also went to the front line again, which fully restored the strength of the Volunteer Army on the front line and reached a new height.

Although the enemy had been counterattacking, they had never been able to make any breakthrough progress and had been stubbornly blocked by the Volunteer Army. Every step forward came at a heavy price and the front line always remained near the 38th parallel.

Therefore, the enemy had to temporarily stop the attack, and at this time the Volunteer Army, which had recovered its strength, was ready to launch a large-scale counterattack against the enemy.

At this moment, both sides have increased their military strength on the front line, and a larger-scale battle is about to break out.

Li Guotao followed Li Moyin to the 63rd Army's defense zone. This time the task force was ready to fight along with the 63rd Army.

The 63rd Army is affiliated to the 19th Corps, a unit that came from the Hebei-Central region. It is also an elite division that has experienced many battles. It has three divisions under its command: the 187th Division, the 188th Division, and the 189th Division.

Of course, at that time, each of our armies was experienced in battle, and almost every army had made outstanding achievements.

If it weren't for the huge gap in equipment, the American devils would have been driven into the sea to feed the fish long ago.

Li Guotao was also full of worries about the fifth battle. Although the strength of the Volunteer Army had been strengthened, the strength of the enemy was also increasing.

Moreover, the enemy has now grasped the weaknesses of the Volunteer Army, namely insufficient logistics, poor weapons and equipment, and weak ability to attack and conquer.

The lack of logistics was also intentional on the part of the enemy. Since they had air superiority, they continued to increase the intensity of bombing on the rear and tried their best to destroy the Volunteer Army's logistics supply lines.

This strategy of the enemy resulted in a serious shortage of logistical support for the volunteers on the front line, and each counterattack could only last for a few days.

The enemy suffered losses in the counterattack and realized that the Volunteers might launch an attack, so they changed their strategy, lured the Volunteers to attack, and took the opportunity to destroy the Volunteers' effective forces.

The new commander of the US Eighth Army, General Van Fleet, even openly clamored in the newspaper: We welcome the volunteer army's attack.

Their strategy was that when the Volunteer Army launched an attack, they would not confront the Volunteer Army head-on, but would gradually retreat, lure the Volunteer Army to attack southward, and gradually consume the Volunteer Army's ammunition and supplies.

Because the Volunteer Army's equipment was too poor and its ability to attack was insufficient, and the enemy was well prepared, it was difficult to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy in a short period of time, and it was even more difficult to encircle and annihilate the enemy's main force in an organized manner.

The magnetic tactics invented by Ridgway allowed them to maintain contact with the Volunteer Army despite the retreat, which made it easier for them to launch a counterattack in the future.

Once the Volunteer Army's supplies are almost consumed, the enemy will take advantage of the Volunteer Army's exhaustion and lack of ammunition and food to launch a large-scale counterattack in order to defeat the Volunteer Army.

Li Guotao was clear about the U.S. military's tactics and had discussed this issue with Li Moyin more than once.

The report was reported to the leaders of Zhisi through Li Moyin, but the enemy's strategy was not a conspiracy but an open one. There was no good way to completely crack the enemy's strategy.

Now the Volunteer Army has attached great importance to logistics support, and the logistics support on the front line has also been alleviated, but without air superiority, the problem cannot be solved fundamentally.

Perhaps the best approach is not to launch a large-scale counterattack.

But war is never a simple military issue; political issues must also be taken into consideration.

Taking all aspects into consideration, we need to launch an attack, win on the battlefield, and ultimately win this victory.

Therefore, the fifth battle is inevitable.

Li Guotao was a small and powerless person, and even though he knew that this battle would be difficult, he could not change anything.

Now all Li Guotao can do is to try his best to kill more enemies on the battlefield.

After arriving at the 63rd Army's defense line, according to the old rules, Li Moyin first reported to the military headquarters, while Li Guotao took the task force to rest on the spot.

Li Moyin was very happy when he came back.

Li Guotao smiled and said, "Looking at your expression, there should be some good news."

Li Moyin smiled and said, "According to the instructions of the superiors, the 63rd Army will soon launch a counterattack. The first thing to do is to break through the Imjin River defense line and continue to attack southward."

Li Guotao quickly asked: "What is our mission?"

Li Moyin smiled and said, "I have applied to the army commander. Our task force will act together with the 187th Division and participate in this attack."

"I have issued a military order. You have to give me a good fight this time. If you don't beat me well, I won't be able to save my reputation."

Li Guotao smiled and said, "Please rest assured, Chief, I will definitely complete the task."

On the night of April 4, more than 22 volunteer soldiers on the front line suddenly launched an all-out attack on the Van Fleet Line, officially kicking off the fifth battle.

The 63rd Army unexpectedly and secretly moved to the north bank of the Imjin River in broad daylight and hid and waited. After dark, the troops launched a full-scale offensive and broke through the Imjin River defense line in one fell swoop.

In order to better understand the enemy situation, Li Moyin led the task force to follow the division headquarters at the beginning.

Li Moyin and Commander Xu and others crossed the Imjin River together. At this time, the communicator ran over and said, "Report to the division commander, we just received an order from the military headquarters to let our troops quickly penetrate southward and cut off the retreat route of the British 29th Brigade fleeing southward."

Commander Xu took the telegram and read it carefully, then said: "Our front enemy is the British 29th Brigade. After our army launched the attack, the enemy reacted quickly and began to retreat across the board."

Li Moyin said: "It seems that these enemies are indeed well prepared. Facing our attack, they did not put up a strong resistance."

"We cannot rule out the enemy's conspiracy to lure us deep into our territory."

Commander Xu said seriously, "But our superiors have asked us to do our best to destroy the enemy's effective forces."

"If they want to escape, then we must do everything we can to prevent them from escaping. We must quickly maneuver and eliminate as many of them as we can."

Li Moyin nodded and said, "This is the only way now."

Commander Xu immediately ordered: "Immediately inform all regiments to continue to move south quickly and try to intercept the British 29th Brigade. We must not let them escape."

"Yes!"

Li Moyin turned to Li Guotao next to him and said, "You can let go and do a great job this time. Lead the task force to make bold detours."

“Always stay in touch.”

"Yes!"

Li Guotao responded excitedly.

Li Moyin suddenly thought that this guy was a very bold person, and quickly reminded him: "But don't be too reckless, I will keep you informed of the location of the nearby brother troops."

Li Guotao smiled and said, "Please rest assured, Chief. I have a plan in mind."

Li Moyin said: "You'd better not run away. I will look for you at any time. If I can't find you, you know the consequences."

"Hehe~!"

Li Guotao chuckled and said, "Don't worry, that kind of situation will never happen."

Li Guotao then set out with a task force of about one hundred fighters, quickly making a detour all the way south.

During this period, the task force continued to add some soldiers. Due to the brilliant achievements the task force achieved during this period, the superiors were also very supportive of the task force.

The entire task force now has more than two hundred people, but a group of them are non-combatants.

The combat strength was about 187 people. Li Guotao left a platoon with Li Moyin, with nearly combatants, and followed the troops of the th Division to quickly move southward.

Li Guotao ran forward quickly like a wild horse.

While running, he shouted loudly: "Comrades, we are already a little behind some of our brother troops. We must speed up and catch up to the front."

"Yes~!"

The soldiers responded in unison. At this moment, their morale was high and they couldn't wait to join the battlefield as soon as possible.

Now it can be said that the sky is high enough for birds to fly and the sea is wide enough for fish to leap.

Li Guotao led the soldiers and ran forward wildly. No one knew how far they had run when suddenly there were sounds of gunfire coming from the left front.

Seeing that there was a battle to be fought, Li Guotao stopped to observe the situation, then pointed to the path next to him and said, "Let's go along this path and take a look over there." "Yes!"

Li Guotao then led the task force along the path, weaving and weaving their way along the way.

Climbing to the top of a mountain in front, Li Guotao looked around and saw a group of enemies fleeing in a panic at the foot of the mountain, and behind them, a large number of volunteer soldiers were rushing towards them.

It was obvious that this enemy force had been defeated by the volunteers and was preparing to escape.

"Hehe~!"

Li Guotao laughed and said, "It seems we have arrived at the right time. Go down and stop this fleeing army."

"Kill~!"

The soldiers of the task force suddenly burst into earth-shaking shouts of killing, and they couldn't wait to follow Li Guotao and rush out.

Li Guotao took the lead and rushed down first with a submachine gun in his arms.

The enemies fleeing down the mountain were already in chaos. After Li Guotao rushed to a distance of several dozen meters, he raised his gun, pointed it at the fleeing crowd and pulled the trigger.

"Da da da~!"

Intensive gunfire rang out, and a string of dense bullets quickly flew towards the enemy crowd.

"Puff puff puff~!"

The bullets hit the enemy, making muffled sounds and splashing blood mist, and the enemy was knocked down in an instant.

The other soldiers also charged forward and fired at the same time. The enemy was caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties.

Soon Li Guotao led the task force and rushed down, cutting off the road. The enemy was now blocked behind and had no way to escape.

The attacking troops of the 187th Division also caught up from behind. Seeing that the enemies had no way to escape, they raised their hands in surrender one by one and dared not resist anymore. After all, these guys didn't want to die.

However, a group of enemies had already run over and continued to flee to the south. They were so scared that they didn't even dare to look back. They ran as fast as they could.

Li Guotao shouted loudly: "The enemies behind us will be dealt with by our brothers. We don't need to worry about them. Just keep chasing after me. We can't let any enemy escape."

"Yes!"

Under the leadership of Li Guotao, the task force pursued the enemy all the way along the road in the valley. Intensive gunfire rang out, and those enemies who ran slowly fell one after another under the guns of the volunteers.

Li Guotao took a casual look at the military uniforms of the corpses on the ground. They did not look like American or British soldiers.

However, Li Guotao didn't have time to think too much. As long as they were enemies, he would just kill them.

At this time, Li Guotao accidentally found a flag dropped on the ground and just glanced at it casually.

The black, yellow and red tricolor flag!

Which country's flag is this?

Looks like Germany?
It seems to be a little different.

And it couldn't be the German army, because they couldn't be among the 17 gangs of the Allied Forces.

After all, they were a defeated country and had no army at all, so it was impossible for them to participate in military operations.

Li Guotao was not really impressed by the national flags of these foreign countries, and he could hardly tell the flags of many countries apart.

This is no wonder, after all, some of their flags are so similar.

So Li Guotao did not recognize it. This was the Bijunying, a small European country. This time they also sent a battalion of troops to participate in the battle. Unfortunately, in this battle, they encountered the 63rd Army which was on the battlefield for the first time.

The Volunteer Army made a roundabout move and directly attacked the Bijun camp. The foreign devils wanted to resist at first, but were quickly defeated under the fierce attack of the Volunteer Army.

Li Guotao led the task force in pursuit, killing the enemies all the way and leaving corpses all over the ground until the blood flowed like a river.

At that time, this Bijun Camp was assigned to the British 29th Brigade. In the nearby area, in addition to this Bijun Camp, there was another troop that was also assigned to the British 29th Brigade for combat.

Luxembourg is ranked first! A small country in Europe.

In this war, in order to make their presence felt and to show their loyalty to their American father, they sent out a whole platoon of troops, with a total force of an astonishing 44 people.

Don't underestimate the strength of this platoon. After all, there are only 550 soldiers in the entire country, which is roughly equivalent to a battalion.

Therefore, this pocket-sized country sent 8% of its national military forces to participate in the war. This proportion of participation is second only to the United States, excluding South Korea.

However, with such a small number of troops, they are just there to make up the numbers in this war.

In order to protect Lu's platoon, the British 29th Brigade did not dare to assign them combat missions. After all, with so few people, if a shell hit them and the whole group was wiped out, it would not look good to tell others about it, after all, they were a gang.

Therefore, this unit has always been in the rear position, responsible for protecting the baggage train.

This time, the Volunteer Army launched a sudden attack, catching the British 29th Brigade off guard. The Volunteer Army used previous tactics, made roundabout moves, and launched fierce attacks, completely disrupting the enemy's deployment.

After the Bi army camp was defeated, the defeated soldiers ran all the way and soon reached a baggage camp.

The British troops in the baggage camp were so frightened by the dire situation that they no longer cared about their supplies and fled southward.

As luck would have it, the platoon leader of Lu Jun's platoon was a warmonger. When he came, it was widely reported in their country. They were all heroes.

We came to the battlefield with the earnest expectations of hundreds of thousands of people across the country. Now that we have finally seen the enemy, how can we run away?

The platoon leader shouted excitedly: "Soldiers, your chance to make a contribution has come!"

"Sir, the English have all run away."

"They are just a bunch of trash. Let's show them what war is like."

"Stop the enemy's attack. Kill them and win merit tonight."

I guess this guy was from Yelang Kingdom in his previous life. He really doesn't know how to live or die. At a command, he led his 44 elite soldiers and charged forward directly.

In his opinion, these 44 men were the elite selected from the national army. Although the number of troops was small, they were the elite among the elite.

There is absolutely no problem in stopping the Volunteer Army's attack.

Just like that, under the leadership of this stupid platoon leader, the more than 40 soldiers of the Lu army excitedly rushed towards the fleeing soldiers, trying to stop the attack of the Volunteer Army.

Li Guotao led the soldiers and charged all the way over. From afar, he saw a group of enemies rushing back.

Li Guotao also admired the courage of these people very much, so he picked up his submachine gun without hesitation and fired a volley of bullets at them.

As soon as the Lu army met the enemy, a large number of them were wiped out and they were almost wiped out.

Those who were lucky enough to survive, seeing that the situation was not good, dared not rush forward and turned around and ran away.

The Volunteer Army is so terrifying!

How the hell do I fight this!
It’s better to run for your life.

Li Guotao originally thought that there would be more enemies launching counterattacks from behind, but after a volley of bullets, the enemy was defeated again.

Li Guotao shouted loudly: "Comrades, keep charging!"

In just a short while, the Bi army camp was defeated and almost wiped out. Lu's platoon suffered heavy casualties and was completely wiped out.

Overnight, or even in less than an hour, the heroic volunteers achieved the brilliant feat of destroying two enemy gangs.

(End of this chapter)