At six o'clock in the morning of April 22, 1951, an explosion sounded first on the Zhuyuguan Heights, 10 kilometers west of Seed Mountain, and immediately hundreds of US imperialist warplanes flew over Muluyuan and bombed dozens of kilometers of the 77th Army's front, and the fifth campaign officially began.

Wu Xiangsen and other army leaders had moved into the air-raid shelter two days ago, and the dust on the cave fell down, Wu Xiangsen hurriedly dialed Dong Zheng's phone, "Deputy Commander Dong, ten minutes ago, the U.S. imperialist coalition officially launched an attack on Muluyuan, the enemy's firepower is very fierce, most of our army's forces have been transferred to thirteen highlands, relying on the superiority of the highlands to resolutely block the enemy, please instruct the head of the corps!" ”

"Commander Wu, the corps has just received a report from the 'Zhi Division', and the eastern front defense area in which our corps participated in the defense has also been fully attacked by the United Nations forces at the same time, and the 'Zhi Division' order to my corps is that your 77th Army must resolutely block the enemy's rapid breakthrough through the 38th parallel in the Mulu original defense area, so as to win valuable time for the in-depth defense of the volunteers on the eastern front, therefore, the 'Zhi Division' issued a combat mission to your Mulu original defense area to block the enemy army for 13 days, this is also the latest instruction of the corps, is Commander Wu in difficulty?"

"Please rest assured, the head of the corps, the 77th Army will resolutely complete the combat mission assigned by the 'Zhisi' and the corps, and block the United Nations Army in Muluyuan for thirteen days!"

"Commander Wu, everyone knows that the east and west fronts of the Muluyuan position are long, and the Seed Mountain Heights are located at the hub of the Mulu Plains front, and the strategic position is very important, once the Seed Mountains are occupied by the enemy, the entire front of the Mulu Plains may collapse on the whole line, and the consequences are unimaginable, Liu Yizhang took on such a heavy responsibility for the first time to independently command the battle, and the 77th Army must give the greatest military support and material guarantee to the Seed Mountain Heights to help Liu Yizhang resolutely win the blocking battle on the Seed Mountain Heights!"

"Understand, Deputy Commander Dong, as soon as there is any new progress in the Seed Mountain Heights, I will report to the Corps immediately!"

Wu Xiangsen put down the phone, secretly sweated for Liu Yizhang in his heart, since Liu Yizhang stationed in Seed Mountain, Wu Xiangsen has not met with him, during which the military department held several military meetings, Wu Xiangsen asked people to notify Li Wenzhong to come to participate, the purpose of this is not to give Liu Yizhang any external pressure, let him concentrate on the seed mountain blockade, this is really a big gamble, the curtain of the Muluyuan resistance battle has been opened, it is time for him Liu Yizhang to perform on stage.

The United Nations forces participating in the attack on Muluyuan were mainly the 25th Division of the US Army, the 7th Independent Infantry Division of the US Army, the three integrated divisions of South Korea, an infantry regiment of the French Army, a reinforced company of Canada, and an armored brigade of the British Army, totaling more than 50,000 people.

Of course, Li Qiwei knew the importance of the heights of Seed Mountain, and the information he got was that the 535th Regiment of the 77th Army defended Seed Mountain, and was not the trump card independent regiment of the 77th Army. Cooperate with the 25th Regiment to defend the ace tank company of Toxinli, and the original crew of the artillery battalion continued to hand over to the 25th Regiment Colonel Angier for unified command, Angel made miraculous achievements in the Battle of Toxinli, and was awarded the Purple Heart Medal and the Silver Star Medal by the U.S. government. On the eve of the general attack on Muluyuan, he also talked to Li Qiwei on the phone.

After the enemy planes bombed indiscriminately, Liu Yizhang and Qiu Wei led a battalion and a company of soldiers to crawl out of the tunnel, lying on the edge of the trench to watch a good show, Liu Xingzhang was choked by the bombed lime coughing, Liu Yan jokingly said, "Xingzhang, you just busy coughing, the enemy is approaching our super weapon, the show is about to be staged, if you miss it, you regret it." Liu Xingzhang hurriedly held his breath, his face flushed.

As Liu Yizhang expected, the 25th Regiment of the US Army sent eleven tanks, each tank was followed by more than 30 American infantrymen, and the momentum of the official road on the southern slope of the mountain was violently killed, the captain of the US tank company, Haydn, sat on a tank in the middle and personally commanded, Liu Yizhang ordered all the soldiers to immediately return to the tunnel to hide, leaving only Liu Yan with a phone to follow him, Liu Yizhang stared at the position of the US tank through the telescope, just after the eleven tanks of the US army all entered the explosion circle, Liu Yizhang gave an order, " Detonating Explosives"

Liu Yizhang and Liu Yan covered their ears with their hands and flew into the tunnel, and in an instant the seeds shook the mountains, and the three huge rocks were blown to pieces by seven or eight tons of explosives, and the tanks of the US imperialists were suddenly wiped out, some were directly smashed by boulders, and some were lifted into the air by stormy air waves and fell down, falling into a pile of scrap metal, and all 11 tanks were blown up, and more than 300 American infantry were instantly blown to pieces, accompanied by flying stones. Scattered on the southern slope of Seed Mountain, the stone-paved official road was blasted into cracks more than a meter wide......

At the foot of the southern slope of Seed Mountain, Angel was sitting in the command car holding a telescope to look, and the sudden violent explosion shook the telescope in his hand directly, his head buzzed, and he lost his ability to judge for a while, and the seed mountain was shrouded in smoke and dust, and the American troops who didn't know it thought that there had been an earthquake, and shouted one after another, "It's an earthquake, run!" ”

Thousands of U.S. troops suddenly made a mess and fled in a swarm to the south.

Qiu Wei waved his hand, and Guo Xiangyang, the commander of the first company, led the soldiers to jump out of the trench and chase the fleeing enemy.

Angel led the 25th Regiment to retreat three kilometers south in one breath, and returned to the snow peak of the station, and Staff Officer Dawn said calmly, "Colonel Angel, this is not an earthquake, it is the explosives of the Chinese army. ”

"Colonel Dawn, of course I know it's not an earthquake, I can see clearly in the telescope, the towering rock has been blown to pieces!"

Angel watched as more than half of the ace tank company was blown up, and Captain Haydn was also killed, and at this moment he was enveloped in great fear, thinking that fortunately the enemy's forces were limited, otherwise the casualties in the process of rout would have been greater.

Angel calmed down, deeply aware of the seriousness of the situation, and he dialed Ridgway's phone.

"General Ridgway, I'm Angel from the Seed Mountain position, and I'm going to report to you on the bad situation......"

As soon as Angel mentioned the battle situation, his voice choked up, and he couldn't go on.

"Colonel Angel, don't be sad, no matter how bad things are, I thought you must be in trouble attacking Seed Mountain, didn't you?"

"Yes, General Ridgway, the attack of our 25th Regiment was very unsmooth, the first wave of the attack, led by Captain Haydn more than 300 infantry and 11 tanks from the seed hill frontal attack, the result is that before the enemy has made contact, more than 300 infantry are all killed, all 11 tanks are blown up, the enemy has made the rocks on both sides of the road into super weapons, the power is far greater than our dozens of bombs, just like an earthquake, the tanks and soldiers were blown away, miserable!"

"Colonel Angel, I know, you don't have to blame yourself too much, I know that the Chinese army is very good at fighting blocking wars. In Seed Mountain, you met a master of the blocking battle, I just checked the map of Seed Mountain, and the enemy made full use of the terrain of Seed Mountain and caught us off guard. Today you stop the attack first, the top priority is to calm the panic of the soldiers, and then launch an attack tomorrow, the attack on Seed Mountain must not be rushed, it is impossible to complete the battle in one battle, such a dangerous high ground, the enemy must be very well prepared, from now on, you must be ready to fight a war of attrition with the enemy, later, I will send bombers to carpet bomb the Seed Mountain Heights! ”

"General Li Qiwei, my tactics for tomorrow plan to arrange a company to carry out a feint attack on the southern slope of Seed Mountain, and arrange two battalions to launch a main attack on the east and west sides of Seed Mountain at the same time, what do you think?"

"Colonel Angel, you are a conventional tactic, the enemy of Seed Mountain will definitely be able to guess, they will deploy heavy troops on the east and west sides for defense, we have to do the opposite, you are still advancing rapidly from the direction of Wenxiang Temple, that is, the offensive line just now, the enemy has won a big victory in this direction today, according to the consistent tactics of the Chinese army to fight defensive battles, it is impossible to use this tactic in the same place today. Besides, the rocks on both sides of the road have been used up, so you boldly attack and kill the enemy with a rifle, you do a good job of pacifying the soldiers today, keep your spirits up, and get up from where you fall tomorrow, continue to open the road with tanks, and attack the heights of Seed Mountain from the front! ”

"I understand, General, tomorrow I will continue to attack the same way and make up for today's losses!"

After a short cheer, the seed mountain immediately returned to calm, the soldiers all honestly stayed in the trenches, and those who did not have a combat mission rested or slept in the tunnels, Liu Yizhang repeatedly explained that after the resistance battle began, it was strictly forbidden to leave the trenches or tunnels during the day without special circumstances, and after dark, they could come out to breathe or perform combat missions.

When Liu Yizhang and Liu Yan returned to the command post at the top of the mountain, Li Wenzhong, Han Zhaobin, and Shi Mingliang were happily talking about the battle on the 101st Heights.

"Commander Liu, what a sign, a great victory in the first battle! You hurry up and call Commander Wu back, he has called several times, and we can't say clearly, the commander asked you to call back in person. When Li Wenzhong saw Liu Yizhang, he was overjoyed, and his joy was beyond words.

Liu Yizhang calmly dialed Wu Xiangsen's phone.