Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

At the same time, the enemy mobilized its main forces and continued to attack Cheorwon. The battle was extremely fierce.

In order to resist the enemy's attack, the soldiers of the 63rd Army relied on their positions and tenaciously blocked the enemy's fierce attack.

Hill 207 became the enemy's main attack direction, and the soldiers of the 563nd Platoon of the 2st Company of the rd Regiment were ordered to hold it.

The enemy used heavy artillery fire to continuously bombard Hill 207, and all the defenders' fortifications were destroyed by the enemy's superior artillery fire.

Then the enemy infantry launched a fierce attack. The soldiers of the 2nd platoon remained fearless and held their positions, repelling the enemy's attacks several times.

After the US offensive failed, it had to change its strategy. On the one hand, it continued to attack from the front with part of its forces, and at the same time sent a battalion of troops to make a detour and cut off the retreat route of Hill 207.

The U.S. military then gathered its forces and fiercely attacked Hill 207. The soldiers of the 2nd Platoon fought bravely and inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy.

However, under the continuous fierce attacks of the US military, the 2nd platoon suffered heavy casualties and only eight soldiers were left.

At this moment, all the ammunition of the 2nd row has been used up.

A large number of enemies rushed to the high ground and gradually forced the remaining eight soldiers to the edge of the cliff.

The leading American officer shouted in broken Chinese: "Surrender!"

Faced with a row of black gun muzzles of the enemy, the eight brave warriors had no way to retreat and would rather die than surrender.

One soldier shouted angrily, "Fuck you, Americans! We volunteers would rather die than be captured."

"Comrades, even if it means death, we must not fall into the hands of the enemy."

"Long live the motherland!"

"Long live the Volunteer Army!"

The warrior shouted slogans and jumped off the cliff.

The other seven warriors followed closely behind, shouting slogans and jumping off the cliff one after another.

The enemies present were all terrified when they saw this scene.

What kind of courage is this? What kind of will?
What will make them jump off the cliff without hesitation?

This is a problem that these foreigners can't figure out no matter how hard they try.

After the eight warriors jumped off the cliff, five of them died heroically, and three were caught on tree branches and were injured but not dead.

The three wounded soldiers relied on their tenacious will and crawled back to their own position with difficulty.

The fighting on Hill 207 and Hill 255.1, not far from Hill 200, was also very fierce.

The enemy sent a large number of troops to continuously attack these two small hills.

The Eighth Company of the 563rd Regiment was defending these two heights. Due to the limited terrain on the mountain, Captain Guo assigned the 1st and 2nd platoons to hold the positions respectively.

He took the rest of the soldiers with him as a reserve, ready to provide reinforcements at any time.

The soldiers from the 1st and 2nd platoons held their positions and repelled several enemy attacks.

However, the enemy did not give up and continued to charge.

Captain Guo was lying in a trench, carefully observing the situation on the battlefield.

A soldier nearby said, "The enemy's offensive is too fierce. If this trend continues, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for much longer."

"Codes!"

Captain Guo couldn't help cursing and said, "No matter what, we must repel the enemy's attack and hold our position."

"Pass the order down, all reserve troops follow me to launch a counterattack."

"Counterattack?"

The soldiers present were all stunned. The enemy was attacking fiercely now. Would they not be seeking death if they launched a counterattack at this time?

"Execute the order!"

"Yes!"

Under the command of Captain Guo, the soldiers quickly gathered and prepared for the attack.

Captain Guo ordered: "Immediately call for artillery support from the regiment headquarters to bombard the enemy in front of Hill 255.1 and Hill 200 to cover our counterattack."

"Yes!"

The communicator immediately contacted the regiment headquarters via walkie-talkie.

After receiving the instructions, the regiment's mortars immediately launched an attack.

"Chirp chirp chirp~!"

A sharp whistling sound was heard, and one mortar shell after another fell into the attacking crowd of enemy troops. Violent explosions continued to sound, and the attacking enemy was caught off guard and was immediately blown to the ground.

Captain Guo shouted loudly: "Comrades, follow me!"

Dozens of soldiers from the Eighth Company, led by the company commander, rushed out of the defensive positions without hesitation like dozens of tigers.

Captain Guo took the lead and led the soldiers to penetrate into the enemy's rear and launched a counterattack against the attacking enemy from the flank.

Seeing this, the soldiers in the first and second rows on the mountain also concentrated their firepower and fired fiercely at the attacking enemy.

The attacking enemy was caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties.

The surviving enemies no longer had the courage to attack and fled in panic.

Captain Guo led his soldiers, firing their guns and charging fiercely. The enemy suffered heavy casualties and was completely defeated.

This counterattack achieved brilliant results. Not only did we successfully repel the enemy, but we also achieved a glorious victory of annihilating 200 enemies.

The enemy then continued to strengthen its forces and launched a fierce attack on the Eighth Company's position.

Under the command of Captain Guo, the soldiers of the Eighth Company always held their positions and repelled the enemy's attacks time and time again.

The enemy repeated their old tricks and adopted a roundabout encirclement strategy to surround Hill 255.1 and Hill 200, completely cutting off the connection between the Eighth Company and its brother units.

The enemy then continued to concentrate its superior forces and launched a fierce offensive.

Captain Guo responded calmly and commanded the soldiers to repel the enemy's attacks time and time again.

The enemy's corpses piled up like mountains on the battlefield, but no matter how hard the enemy attacked, they could not take these two insignificant hills.

The Eighth Company was ordered to hold its position for four days and nights, blocking the repeated fierce attacks of an enemy reinforced regiment.

At this moment, after a long battle, the Eighth Company had run out of ammunition and food, and the soldiers were exhausted and tired.

Night fell again, the enemy's attack stopped temporarily, and a rare sense of calm was restored on the battlefield.

The instructor came up to Captain Guo and frowned as he said, "Captain, we've counted the bullets. We only have 13 rounds of ammunition left, and one anti-tank grenade."

Hearing this, Captain Guo's face became extremely ugly.

With such limited ammunition, how can we stop the enemy's attack and hold our position?

Captain Guo's eyelids twitched and he asked, "Are there any instructions from the superiors?" The instructor said, "The situation has been reported to the regiment commander. The regiment commander ordered our Eighth Company to retreat to the main position of our battalion and continue to hold on if we cannot hold the position."

"But we are now surrounded by the enemy."

Captain Guo gritted his teeth and said, "We can't be trapped here and die. We must break out no matter what."

"Fortunately, we managed to hold out until night, so we are confident that we can break out under the cover of darkness."

"Notify the soldiers to have a good rest and gather their strength so that they can break out in the second half of the night."

"Yes!"

That night, Captain Guo and his soldiers quietly sneaked up the enemy's position on a steep hillside where the enemy's defense was weak, eliminated several enemies, and successfully opened a breakthrough. The soldiers slid down the hillside, miraculously broke out, and successfully returned to the main position of the battalion.

In this battle, the Eighth Company held its position for four days and nights, and achieved the brilliant result of killing and wounding 16 enemies at the cost of 800 casualties of its own.

The casualty ratio exceeded 50:1, which is extremely rare in the history of war.

Moreover, it is a miracle that we can achieve such an astonishing casualty ratio when the enemy is strong and we are weak.

Of course, the reason why we achieved such brilliant results, in addition to the heroic fighting of our volunteer soldiers, the main reason was that the terrain was favorable to our army.

In addition, our army dug a large number of tunnels and trenches in advance, which greatly avoided the casualties caused by the enemy's powerful artillery fire, and achieved such amazing results.

But no matter what, it is a miracle that the soldiers of the Eighth Company were able to achieve such amazing results. It is also a miracle that only our great volunteer army can create.

After the war, the Eighth Company was awarded collective special merit and won the glorious title of "Special Merit Eighth Company".

Captain Guo was awarded the first-class individual merit and the honorable title of "First-Class Combat Hero".

The battle lasted until June 6, when the U.S. military broke through the left wing position in Cheorwon.

The eastern side of the Cheorwon defense line was completely exposed to the enemy's attack, so the enemy quickly adjusted its deployment, moved its main force eastward, and took the opportunity to concentrate superior forces in the east to attack our defenders' positions.

The enemy mobilized heavy troops and launched a fierce attack on the positions of our 188th Division and 564th Regiment.

The position of the first row of the 5th Company became the enemy's main attack direction.

The enemy mobilized three battalions of troops, and with the support of aircraft and dozens of heavy artillery, launched a massive bombardment on our 1st row position.

Then, under the cover of more than a dozen tanks, a large number of enemies rushed frantically towards the first row of positions.

The soldiers in my row remained fearless in the face of danger, and relied on their positions to block the enemy's frenzied attacks time and time again.

The battle was extremely brutal, with enemy corpses strewn all over the battlefield.

In the end, the first row successfully held the position, repelled the enemy's frenzied attacks time and time again, and achieved the brilliant result of annihilating more than 250 enemies.

The soldiers of the 63rd Army, with their tenacious will, finally held on until June 6.

At this time, the main force on the eastern front had successfully retreated, and the 63rd Army successfully completed the task of blocking the enemy.

In view of the heavy casualties suffered by the 63rd Army, Zhisi immediately ordered the troops to retreat to Yichuan for rest.

After receiving the order to retreat, Commander Fu couldn't help but burst into tears, because this battle was so brutal. Although the 63rd Army achieved brilliant results, it also paid a very heavy price in casualties during the twelve-day long resistance.

If the fighting continues, I'm afraid the 63rd Army will be wiped out.

Fortunately, the blocking mission had been completed, and Commander Fu quickly began to arrange for the troops to withdraw from Cheorwon in an orderly manner and retreat towards Yichuan.

In this battle, the 63rd Army held Cheorwon for 12 days and achieved the brilliant result of annihilating more than enemies, but also suffered heavy casualties.

However, the 63rd Army successfully resisted the enemy's fierce attack and covered the retreat of the main force, making Ridgway's plan to take the opportunity to defeat the main force of the Volunteer Army completely thwarted.

At the same time, Commander Fu also sent someone to contact the task force and conveyed the order to retreat to the task force.

After receiving the telegram, Li Moyin immediately summoned Li Guotao and others.

Li Moyin said: "I just received a telegram from Commander Fu, the 63rd Army has successfully completed the blocking mission and is retreating towards Yichuan."

Li Guotao asked excitedly: "So, the main force on the eastern front has been withdrawn."

Li Moyin nodded and said, "Yes, we have successfully delayed the enemy's offensive, so we can stabilize the front line."

"According to the original plan, the troops will retreat to the vicinity of the 38th parallel and continue to hold their ground and confront the enemy."

"The 63rd Army has already withdrawn. We must also evacuate here as soon as possible."

Li Guotao nodded and said, "During this period, we carried out sneak attacks behind enemy lines and achieved considerable results."

"The soldiers have been fighting continuously and are exhausted. It's time to withdraw and have a good rest."

Li Moyin nodded and said, "It's just that we are now behind enemy lines, and it's not that easy to retreat to our defense zone."

Li Guotao smiled and said, "Given our current situation, it is not appropriate to continue fighting with the enemy. Moreover, the main force has already retreated, so there is not much point in continuing to fight."

"It's easier to just retreat, try to avoid the enemy, pass through their defense zone, and return to our territory."

Li Moyin smiled and said, "In that case, I'll leave this matter to you."

Li Guotao promised solemnly: "Please rest assured, Captain. I will personally lead the team to explore the way ahead and ensure that we can bring the troops back safely."

Li Moyin smiled and said, "I am 100% confident in your abilities."

"There is no time to lose. Prepare as soon as possible and try to retreat to Yichuan as soon as possible."

"Once we reach Yichuan, we will be safe."

Li Guotao said: "Then set off immediately and retreat northward as quickly as possible under the cover of night."

"Okay~!"

Following Li Moyin's order, the soldiers of the task force gave up their plan of attack tonight and retreated northward under the cover of night.

Since the task force only took small paths in the mountains and wilderness, it was not too difficult to avoid the enemy.

With Li Guotao around, it's like having a God's perspective, so it's quite easy to avoid the enemy.

However, since they were taking remote paths, the soldiers suffered a lot on the way. However, they were used to it. As long as they could retreat safely, these were nothing.

A few days later, the main force of the 63rd Army retreated safely to the Yichuan area.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the 63rd Army were dishevelled, ragged and looked a little embarrassed, but their dark faces were filled with smiles of determination and pride.

Regardless of his personal safety, the general crossed hundreds of miles of the war zone and personally rushed to Yichuan to comfort the soldiers of the 63rd Army.

The general shook hands affectionately with the soldiers of the 63rd Army and said excitedly: "Comrades, you fought well. I am proud of you."

"Your 63rd Army fought bloody battles in Cheorwon for 12 days, covered the transfer of troops on the eastern front, and dealt a heavy blow to the enemy's arrogance. You are a truly iron army..."

All the officers and soldiers were greatly encouraged and cheered after hearing the boss's words.

"Long live the motherland!"

"Everything for the motherland!"

Under the leadership of Li Guotao, the task force also passed through the enemy's defense line without any danger and retreated safely to Yichuan. (End of this chapter)