Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Acheson spoke.

It's easy for Eisenhower to say it, but how can we save the Korean Peninsula under the current circumstances?

MacArthur's report clearly stated the current situation. Even if this withdrawal operation succeeded, the US military would not be able to hold onto the Imjin River or Seoul. Even holding onto the Korean Peninsula was a major question.

The Chinese army is not the Korean People's Army.

At the time, the Korean People's Army had only about 100,000 men, but according to MacArthur, the Chinese troops entering Korea numbered 700,000 to 800,000, perhaps even a million.

Eisenhower said: "Send all the troops that can be sent to the Korean Peninsula. Do not engage in a fight with the Chinese army, and do not think about winning a battle. Withdraw the combat-capable troops to Busan and expand the Busan defense circle. First, keep a foothold on the Korean Peninsula, and then expand the army. Draw more troops into the Korean Peninsula.

Although Eisenhower ended the Korean War during his presidency, he was always a hardliner, advocating for the complete suppression of the expansion of the socialist bloc, led by the Soviet Union. However, after learning the lessons of the Korean War, Eisenhower adopted a strategy of co-opting his allies, signing various alliances with them in Europe and Asia to contain socialist countries.

Everyone looked unhappy when they heard Eisenhower's proposal.

Isn't this just a replay of the beginning of the Korean War?

Acheson said, "Even if we withdraw our troops to Busan and strengthen the defenses there, with our current strength, we may not be able to hold Busan. What if the Chinese army insists on attacking Busan regardless?"

"Chiang Kai-shek has troops. As long as we mobilize our transport planes, we can transport more than 100,000 troops from Taiwan to Busan in a short period of time without any problem. No matter how poor the combat effectiveness of Chiang Kai-shek's troops is, they are still better than the Korean peasants."

"not good."

After the outbreak of the Korean War, Chiang Kai-shek actively applied to join the war.

Truman agreed at first.

But soon, many people worried that Chiang Kai-shek's troops would join the war and lead to an all-out confrontation with China. Of course, another reason was that the Americans really looked down on Chiang Kai-shek's troops. The performance of Chiang Kai-shek's troops during the Liberation War made the US military look down on them.

MacArthur even said that after Chiang Kai-shek's troops arrived in Korea, would they fight for us or would we protect them?

It can be seen how much the Americans look down on Chiang Kai-shek's troops.

But the Americans currently had no troops to deploy on the Korean Peninsula, or even in the Far East. So Eisenhower considered Chiang Kai-shek's troops. More importantly, while Eisenhower despised Chiang Kai-shek's troops, he didn't believe they were truly incapable of fighting. This was also the first time Eisenhower recognized the PLA's combat effectiveness. After comparison, Eisenhower concluded that Chiang Kai-shek's troops were, at the very least, more effective than the South Korean army.

But Acheson objected.

"If Chiang Kai-shek's troops join the battle, the situation will become more complicated," he said.

"Apart from Chiang Kai-shek's troops, we currently have no other troops available in the Far East. The Chinese army is not the North Korean army. Once we lose Busan, there will be basically no chance of sending troops into the Korean Peninsula. In other words, we will completely lose control of the Korean Peninsula.

Eisenhower made everyone face the current situation.

Now is not the time for the United States to be picky. First, preserve the Korean Peninsula.

The reason why US leaders were so determined to preserve the Korean Peninsula was because they immediately defined the nature of the Korean War after its outbreak. They characterized the war as follows: "This offensive (the Korean People's Army's crossing of the 38th parallel) was initiated, supported, and instigated by the Soviet Union."

Moreover, senior US officials further believed that "the Soviet Union's actions against North Korea and the deployment of its satellite states in the region cannot be seen as an isolated phenomenon, but are part of an overall plan that may be accompanied by related actions in other parts of the world." The Soviet Union used North Korea to test the United States and prepare for its next plan.

It is precisely because of this characterization that top US officials believe that the Korean Peninsula must be preserved at all costs.

"We can deploy Chiang Kai-shek's troops in Busan, and only participate in the defense of Busan and not in other battles."

Bradley spoke.

Eisenhower said: "Yes, we will only use Chiang Kai-shek's troops to defend Busan and will not participate in other battles."

Truman could never make up his mind.

After a while, Truman said, "Is the situation really so bad now?"

"It could be even worse. Right now, we're still considering the situation where our troops can retreat smoothly. If our troops fail to retreat smoothly, the situation will be even worse than it is now."

Bradley replied.

This made Truman make up his mind and said, "Then we can mobilize Chiang Kai-shek's troops. What do you think?"

"agree."

"agree."

Because they had sufficient manpower before, they refused to use Chiang Kai-shek's troops.

But now the US military is short of troops, so it can only use Chiang Kai-shek's troops.

Truman continued: "The whole country must enter a state of emergency, establish a wartime mobilization agency, expand the domestic military by 100 million people, and quickly replenish new soldiers for the front-line troops and withdraw troops to the Korean Peninsula.

847 encirclement and annihilation

The US military's retaliatory bombing finally ended in the afternoon.

The US military is really very angry.

MacArthur could not accept such a severe defeat.

So they ordered the planes to continuously target the positions of the Volunteer Army, and even if they suspected that there were Volunteer Army troops in certain places, they would drop large quantities of bombs. But after venting their anger, the US Air Force ended this retaliatory bombing.

Because there are more important things waiting for them.

That's over there in Sansoli.

The puppet 74nd and 220th Divisions sent by MacArthur were beaten by the 74th Division that caught up with them before they even started fighting the 220th Army in Sansuo. When the th Army was infiltrating, the task of dealing with the puppet th Division that was lagging behind was given to the th Division, and the remaining two divisions were responsible for cutting off the enemy's retreat.

The volunteer army troops are really elusive.

The main reason was that the Volunteer Army troops were active at night and hid during the day, traveling along mountain roads. Even American reconnaissance planes were unable to detect the movement of so many troops. The Volunteer Army grew up by surrounding the cities from the countryside, and during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, they fought mountain guerrilla warfare, so the Volunteer Army commanders were very familiar with how to fight in the mountains.

One can even say that they feel a sense of familiarity when they see the mountains.

So for them, walking through the mountain roads was like being at home, and the pseudo Seventh Division was not prepared at all.

The 220th Division suddenly launched a surprise attack on the Puppet 220th Division. After several hours of fighting, the Puppet th Division was completely defeated. After defeating the Puppet th Division, the th Division accelerated to catch up with the main force. However, they discovered the Puppet nd Division and the Puppet th Division.

The 220th Division quietly came to the flanks of the Puppet nd Division and the Puppet th Division and attacked them.

Why didn't MacArthur deploy the Second and Fifth Divisions during his all-out offensive? It was because these two units were composed almost entirely of new recruits. If MacArthur hadn't been desperate, he wouldn't have deployed the Second and Fifth Divisions.

As a result, they had barely made it to the Sansoli area when they were ambushed by the 220th Division. The troops of the puppet nd and th Divisions were all new recruits; two months earlier, they had been farmers, now soldiers. But they had never fought a single battle, let alone against an elite force as battle-hardened as the Volunteer Army.

In just one hour, the pseudo Second Division collapsed.

The collapse is too fast.

However, after the collapse of the Second Division, it was difficult to capture prisoners because many of the Second Division's soldiers were newly captured men from the countryside, who were originally farmers.

After throwing away their weapons and fleeing into the ravines, the volunteers had no time to capture them.

However, after the Second Division collapsed, the Fifth Division, seeing this situation, dared not continue to attack Samsori. They immediately retreated with their troops. When the 220th Division attacked the Second Division, the retreating troops of the Eighth Army also arrived in Samsori.

The first to arrive at Sanso was the 2th Regiment of the retreating US 38nd Division.

Upon reaching Sansori, the 38th Regiment saw it was under Chinese control and launched no exploratory attacks. They were now fleeing, so there was no time for contemplation. The 38th Regiment immediately organized an artillery bombardment, with tanks clearing the way.

Go all out right from the start.

As a result, they were defeated by the 221nd Regiment of the 662st Division.

Several attacks failed to break through the 662nd Regiment's defenses. Walker, now in a state of panic, arrived at Sansori. He retreated with the 27nd Division headquarters and the British 25th Infantry Brigade. En route, they met up with the 35st Cavalry Division, the th Division headquarters, and the th Regiment.

Everyone is in a bad situation.

The 1st Cavalry Division lost its 5th, 7th, and 8th Cavalry Regiments, and even its subordinate units suffered heavy casualties. However, the 1st Cavalry Division, with its superior weapons and equipment, and its numerous tanks and artillery, managed to force its way through.

But that's it.

In total, less than 2000 people broke out of the encirclement.

There is also the US 25th Division.

Although the breakout was successful, it was still attacked by ten Volunteer Army regiments for more than ten hours. The breakout was a desperate effort. If it weren't for the overwhelming strength of the US Air Force, Wei Hongjun would not have allowed the US 25th Division to break out.

The casualties were heavy.

Moreover, not long after the troops reunited, they were attacked again. It was unknown how the Chinese army marched out of the mountains. In order to allow the other troops to retreat smoothly, Walker left the attacked British 27th Infantry Brigade there.

This unit was the 50th Division of the 167th Army, which had run around the mountain road.

Really iron feet.

Finally, they emerged from the mountain and attacked the retreating Eighth Army, separating the British 27th Infantry Brigade from the other troops. The American troops were now like frightened birds, so how could they possibly turn back to rescue the British 27th Infantry Brigade?

It's not the US troops that are left behind.

Walker didn't care what happened behind him. When he heard that the Chinese army was approaching, he immediately ordered his troops to retreat at a faster speed. In this way, the British 27th Infantry Brigade was abandoned by Walker.

The officers and soldiers of the British 27th Infantry Brigade were all cursing, mentally cursing the American army for generations. They were already furious that they had been asked to cover the rear. Now the US military had stood by and watched them die without help, and had even run away faster than before, vanishing without a trace. It was truly unkindness.

But soon they no longer had the energy to curse.

Because the 167th Division was so brave. Everyone in the 50th Army, including the 150th and 167th Divisions, which weren't originally from the Yunnan Army, didn't want to be left behind in this battle. The Central Committee and the Military Commission were previously planning to reduce the military, and rebellious units like the 50th Army, with no history or connections within the PLA hierarchy, were generally targeted for reductions.

They don't want to.

After all, many of them have fought for so many years and do not want to leave the army, let alone see their troops disappear.

So, this time, when they had the chance to enter North Korea, they were all holding their breath, determined to fight their way out. The 167th Division did just that, forcing their way through the mountain roads, they forcibly caught up with the retreating British and American troops, and then attacked, holding back the British 27th Infantry Brigade.

Since we are staying, of course we have to annihilate the British 27th Infantry Brigade.

The British 27th Infantry Brigade was really miserable.

The 27th Infantry Brigade was originally a British reserve unit, but after witnessing the PLA's prowess during the Liberation War and fearing for Hong Kong's safety, the British transferred the 27th Infantry Brigade to Hong Kong. After the Korean War broke out, the British sent the 27th Infantry Brigade into North Korea.

But there are not enough troops.

When the British 27th Infantry Brigade entered Korea, it consisted of only two battalions plus the brigade's direct detachment, totaling only about 1500 men. Later, an Australian battalion of about 1000 men was incorporated, bringing the total to about 2500 men.

-It was not until after the Incheon landing that the veterans drawn from the British mainland and the German occupation forces arrived, and the strength increased to 5000 people.

However, due to the hasty formation of the British 27th Infantry Brigade, it lacked tanks and heavy artillery, and its firepower was no match for the US infantry regiments. During the battle, the US military provided support. Since yesterday, the British 27th Infantry Brigade has also participated in the fighting, suffering losses of over 1000 men, and currently has fewer than 4000 men.

But now the US military has abandoned them.

The British 27th Infantry Brigade was completely dumbfounded.

The 167th Division didn't care. Although it didn't bring heavy firepower to penetrate the enemy's territory, once the troops launched their attack, the British 167th Infantry Brigade was unable to stop the 27th Division. This was mainly due to the 167th Infantry Brigade's lack of combat effectiveness and low morale.

But this is the beginning.

Other troops of the 50th Army arrived one after another.

They pursued the retreating American troops.

Walker, with his remnants, finally reached Samsori, only to find it still held by the Chinese. Seeing the 38th Regiment unable to penetrate the 662nd Regiment's defenses, Walker immediately organized an assault on Samsori. However, after several attempts, the attack proved unsuccessful, and Walker, increasingly anxious, called in MacArthur. He warned him to ignore the troops surrounded by the Chinese and instead to find a way to support the retreating troops.

Only then did MacArthur end his retaliation.

Now is not the time for impulsiveness.