Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Chapter 86: Capture Hagaru-ri Airport!

Li Guotao took a deep breath and then rushed into the enemy's command post. Seeing several enemies lying on the ground wailing, Li Guotao raised his gun and sent them to see their God.

Li Guotao looked around and didn't find any other enemies, so he ran out again.

"Let's go and continue searching for the remaining enemies!"

At this moment, Li Guotao just wanted to kill as many enemies as possible and accumulate more points.

At the same time, in order to complete the task as quickly as possible, after these battles, Li Guotao killed more than one hundred enemies, but there was still a certain gap from the number of three hundred.

The task is not yet completed, Guo Tao still needs to work hard.

At this moment, the brave volunteer soldiers rushed to the enemy's artillery positions like a tide.

Some of the enemy troops on the position fled in the chaos, some were eliminated, and the others, seeing that the situation was not good, simply raised their hands and surrendered.

The volunteers successfully captured the enemy's artillery positions.

……

Colonel Bowser hurriedly walked up to Major General Smith and said, "General, I just received news that the artillery position has been lost."

"So fast?"

Smith's eyes widened in surprise. He had guessed that the artillery position might be lost, but he did not expect it to happen so soon.

Colonel Bowser said helplessly: "The enemy's attack is too fierce. Our army can't withstand it."

"Fake~!"

Major General Smith couldn't help cursing and asked, "Where's Bruval? What does that idiot do for a living?"

Colonel Bowser replied helplessly: "We don't know Bruval's exact location yet. He should be on his way to escape here."

"Shit!"

Major General Smith angrily cursed: "I will definitely send this idiot to a military court."

At this moment he didn't know that this Bruval had already returned to the arms of their God ahead of time. If he were to be sent to a military court, he would probably only be able to go there with his ashes.

Colonel Bowser quickly advised: "General, calm down. Even if we execute Bruval, it will not help. What we should consider now is how to stabilize the current situation."

"If this trend continues, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on to Xiajieyu-ri."

Major General Smith sighed deeply and said helplessly, "I never expected that the enemy would be so powerful. I don't see any hope of victory in a fight with such an enemy."

Colonel Bowser asked, "General, what do we do now?"

Major General Smith said helplessly: "Now that things have come to this, what else can we do?"

"I can't defend Hagaru-ri anymore. Whoever wants to defend it can do so!"

"Prepare to retreat!"

"First, gather the troops and resist the enemy's offensive until daybreak. After daybreak, the troops will retreat towards Gutuli under the cover of aircraft."

"Go get ready!"

“Yes sir!”

Colonel Bowser responded, and then reminded: "It's just... the commander's order is for us to defend Hagaru-ri to the death. Anyone who retreats is treason."

Major General Smith said helplessly: "Even if you want to shoot me, you have to wait until I can return alive."

"Follow the order."

"Yes sir!"

Colonel Bowser responded again, without further ado, and left.

Major General Smith stared at the sand table in front of him, becoming more and more upset the more he looked.

Now the old guy has given up completely. He is not even sure whether he can retreat alive, so how can he care about anything else?

Seeing that Hagaru-ri could no longer be defended, continuing the battle would only be a waste of manpower.

They would not fight a meaningless battle that they knew they would lose. …

Battalion Commander Yang and his artillery soldiers also came to the artillery position. Looking at the heavy artillery, this guy's old face suddenly broke into a smile.

"Haha~!"

Captain Yang couldn't help laughing and said, "Now I have a cannon again."

"Immediately turn the guns and aim them in the direction of the enemy's airport."

"Yes!"

The soldiers took action immediately. Battalion Commander Yang personally pressed down the muzzle of a heavy artillery, and with the cooperation of other soldiers, he slowly turned the muzzle around.

At this time, the remaining enemies on the position had been cleared out, and Wu Qianli gathered all the soldiers of the Seventh Company.

Seeing Captain Yang, Wu Qianli walked over, patted Captain Yang on the shoulder, and said, "Old Yang, the Seventh Company's attack direction, help us fire two more rounds."

Captain Yang readily agreed: "Don't worry."

"Look at how I deal with these beasts."

At this time, the Seventh Company and nearby troops had received orders from their superiors to continue their attack on the airport.

Wu Qianli nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand, and led the soldiers of the Seventh Company to leave the artillery position and continue to attack the Hagaru-ri Airport.

At the same time, the rest of the volunteer army launched a fierce attack on the airport from other directions.

Battalion Commander Yang observed the situation through a telescope and found that various troops had begun to rush towards the airport and launched an attack, while the enemy was organizing resistance at the enemy's blocking position outside the airport.

Battalion Commander Yang pointed in the direction of the airport and shouted, "Target, the direction of the 7th Company's attack, keep a distance of 150 meters! Increase the height by 5, 17 meters to the left!"

The soldiers of the artillery battalion quickly adjusted all parameters and loaded the shells into the gun barrels.

"Loading complete!"

"Fire~!"

Captain Yang roared, and several heavy artillery pieces on the position roared at the same time.

"Chirp chirp chirp~!"

A sharp whistling sound was heard, and the shells streaked across the night sky like meteors and landed on the enemy positions in front.

"Boom~! Boom~!"

There were loud explosions and flames rose from the enemy's positions.

Wu Qianli followed the team and shouted loudly: "Seventh Company, keep a safe distance, follow the artillery battalion's bullet point, and keep charging forward!"

"Kill~!"

The soldiers' morale was boosted and they quickened their pace and rushed towards the airport.

With the artillery support of the artillery battalion, the Volunteer Army's attack became easier.

The brave volunteer soldiers rushed forward towards the airport.

At the same time, the enemy began to gradually gather its troops and prepare to retreat.

Therefore, the volunteers did not encounter any strong resistance at the airport and successfully broke into the airport, engaging in a melee with the enemy at the airport.

As more and more volunteer soldiers rushed into the airport, it was only a matter of time before they captured Hagaru-ri Airport.

Under the order of Major General Smith, enemy troops began to shrink their defense line toward the southern area of ​​Hagaru-ri, near the highway, preparing to withdraw from Hagaru-ri and break out to the south after daybreak.

Major General Smith stared at the sand table in front of him and his eyes fell on the Watergate Bridge.

"The Watergate Bridge is the only way for us to retreat. We must ensure its safety."

Major General Smith knew very well that after they retreated from Hagaru-ri, they would not be able to hold on to Guto-ri and would have to continue retreating, passing through the Watergate Bridge and retreating all the way to Hungnam Port. Therefore, the importance of the Watergate Bridge is self-evident.

“Yes sir!”

(End of this chapter)