In the early morning of February 25, the independent regiment took the lead in attacking and advancing to Toxinli, and almost did not encounter effective resistance from the U.S. army along the way, and successfully took Fengtouli at 10 o'clock in the morning, and there was only one company of American defense in Fengtouli, as predicted before the war, the U.S. troops quickly fled back to Toxinli, and the independent regiment quickly built the fortifications of Beiliangshan, and the two battalions of the 303rd Regiment of the 77th Army and the first battalion of the artillery regiment also went to Beiliangshan.

Xu Weiguo, Miao Qing, Liu Yizhang and Zhang Xuenian, several of them talked and laughed easily, "Look, Toxinli is under our feet, I just contacted the other three regiments, and they also entered the position in advance, Commander Wu and Chief of Staff Wang will arrive immediately, I didn't expect my 77th Army to achieve the encirclement of Toxinli so smoothly, and the Yankees are now the turtle in the urn." Xu Weiguo stood under the command shed and looked at the three kilometers away through the telescope, and said to everyone proudly, listening to the tone of the enemy.

Miao Qing said enviously, "You Xu Laohu is fate, you picked up a big bargain for nothing, the time and place are favorable, you occupy them all, a only more than 2,000 defenders of the enemy, the corps mobilized more than 7,000 people to attack, although the enemy's artillery firepower is indeed stronger than ours, but it should be nine out of ten to take the Xinli." Liu Yizhang was silent, from the beginning of our army's attack on the US troops around Toxinli, the Yankees gave up their positions in a hurry and fled back to Toxinli after a little resistance, as if they were deliberately waiting for our army to encircle and annihilate them, the more Yizhang thought about it, the more strange he felt, he usually heard Wu Xiangsen say that the United Nations Army had been scared by our volunteers, but it was not to curl up in a narrow valley waiting to be wiped out, they had every chance to run away, but they had to sit and wait to die, why? This question kept churning in Yizhang's mind, so that Xu Weiguo didn't hear him talking, Xu Weiguo looked at the distracted Yizhang was particularly cute, his eyes were slightly narrowed, his eyebrows were locked, there was a clear word 'Sichuan' between his eyebrows, and he was still talking to himself, he and Miao Qing and Zhang Xuenian knew that Yizhang was good at thinking, and there was a furrow in his chest and a splendid belly, so he didn't bother him anymore, Xu Weiguo picked up the telescope and continued to look at the ......

With the sound of horses' hooves, Li Shaohua, the correspondent of the Independent Regiment, came to report, "Commander Xu, Commander Wu, they have arrived." "Xu Weiguo and they hurriedly stepped forward, Wu Xiangsen, Wang Shiguang came with the guards and even the dust, the first battle of Xinli is related to the overall situation, they must personally sit in the town to rest assured, Wu Xiangsen for many years, hard battles and evil battles have always relied on Xu Weiguo, he knows in his heart that Xu Weiguo's military talent and qualifications alone, it is more than enough to be a deputy commander, for various reasons has been condescending to the regiment commander, in all the infantry regiments of the 77th Army, the strength of the independent regiment is super strong, the battle of Xinli himself is the commander, only in name, The actual commander of the operation was still deputy commander Xu Weiguo, and the corps also agreed to this arrangement, but with many years of experience in warfare, Wu Xiangsen had an ominous intuition about the battle of Toxinli, and he could not find out where the problem was for a while, so he decided to go to the front-line headquarters in person, and in case of an accident, it was better to make adjustments in time.

"Xu Weiguo, what is the situation of our army's regiments now?" Wu Xiangsen asked as he walked.

"Commander Wu, the other three infantry regiments of our army have also entered the preset positions in advance, and the three battalions of the artillery regiment have also successfully arrived at the front line, and now we are waiting for the situation of the five regiments of the 44th Army responsible for reinforcements."

"Commander Xu, the five regiments of the 44th Army will be interspersed with the preset positions at two o'clock in the afternoon at the latest, and according to the latest instructions of Deputy Commander Dong Zheng, our army will launch a general attack on Toxinli at five o'clock in the afternoon." Chief of Staff Wang Shiguang answered Xu Weiguo's question.

"Xu Weiguo, has the enemy's situation changed?" Wu Xiangsen looked through the telescope.

"At present, all the US troops are huddled in four or five villages centered on Toxinli, and US military reconnaissance planes have come several times, all of which are high-altitude reconnaissance."

"Miao Qing, how is the situation of the battalions of the artillery regiment?" Wu Xiangsen turned his head and asked Miao Qing.

"Report to the army commander, the three battalions have a total of 49 artillery pieces, the first battalion of the independent regiment has 30 artillery pieces and 3,000 shells, the second battalion of the 305th regiment has 10 artillery pieces and 1,000 shells, and the 3rd battalion of the 307th regiment has 9 artillery pieces and 1,000 shells.

After listening to Miao Qing's report, Wu Xiangsen said to Xu Weiguo with a solemn face, "There is a big gap in the shells!" ”

"Yes, army commander, but the radius of Toxinli is only a dozen square kilometers, and our infantry is three times that of the US army, so we have an absolute advantage, so it shouldn't be a big problem." Xu Weiguo said confidently.

Yizhang listened carefully to their discussion, and at this time, the phone call from the deputy commander of the corps Dong Zheng came in, and Wu Xiangsen walked into the cave and picked up the phone.

"Hey, is it Commander Wu?" Dong Zheng asked.

"It's me, Deputy Commander Dong, what instructions do you have?"

"Commander Wu, the five regiments of the 44th Army have been interspersed in place, is there any difficulty for your 77th Army to officially launch a general attack on Toxinli at 5 o'clock in the afternoon?"

"Deputy Commander Dong, our army has no difficulties for the time being, everything is ready at present, except for some difficulties in the transportation of artillery shells, everything else is normal."

"Okay, if there is any change in Toxinli, please feel free to report it to the Corps."

"Okay, Deputy Commander Dong, I will report to you at any time if I have any difficulties."

Wu Xiangsen put down the phone and said to everyone, "The five regiments of the 44th Army have been interspersed with each other, and now everything is ready, just waiting for Deputy Commander Dong's order." The atmosphere in the headquarters was a little more relaxed, Xu Weiguo walked out of the cave with a telescope and came to the command booth to continue to look at the enemy formation.

"Yizhang, do you have something on your mind?" Wu Xiangsen looked at the doubtful Yizhang and asked with concern.

"Or do you have any thoughts on the upcoming Battle of Toshinri?" Wang Shiguang also asked.

Yizhang did not directly answer the inquiries of the two army leaders, he looked at Wang Shiguang and then at Wu Xiangsen, the expressions of the two were as confident as Xu Weiguo, full of confidence in victory. Yizhang secretly wondered if it would be inappropriate for him to say something questioning the battle at this time? The two army leaders saw him hesitating, knowing that Yizhang had concerns, so they encouraged him in unison, "Yizhang, boldly say that the sky is falling, and we will stand up to it!" ”

Yizhang had never been so entangled, and when he saw that the two chiefs were sincere, he mustered up the courage to say what he thought in his heart, "Two chiefs, to be honest, from the time I entered the Beiliang Mountain position in the morning until now, I have always had doubts in my heart. ”

"What doubts? You say, maybe it will help you in the battle. When Wang Shiguang heard Yizhang's words, he was very sensitive as the chief of staff.

"You see, the U.S. military had every chance to escape from Toxinli, even when our 77th Army launched an encirclement from four directions almost simultaneously, our operational intention to encircle and annihilate Toxinli was very obvious, and it was impossible for the U.S. military not to realize that the U.S. military had a very high degree of mechanization, and if they wanted to run, it would be difficult for us to complete an effective interception for a while. Don't hide it from the two chiefs, I have been looking for answers in my mind for the past few hours, until I see Commander Wu, I seem to understand something. ”

"Hahaha, I have the answer on my face? Or do I look like the answer? After Wu Xiangsen finished speaking, he laughed, and everyone laughed too.

Yizhang also smiled slightly, and then said, "Commander Wu, do you remember the Siping Battle you once told me?" When he was still the commander of a column in Siye, Siye mobilized seven divisions with more than 70,000 people to besiege Siping, who defended the enemy with 20,000 people, and fought for more than half a month without taking it, and finally was almost surrounded by the reinforced Kuomintang 93rd Army and the New Sixth Army, which became the most tragic battle in the history of the Siye Army.

"Yes, I told you."

"Ladies and gentlemen, Chen Mingren used the tactics of defending Siping, aiming at our army's encirclement point and sending reinforcements, and using strong fortifications to drag our army to the death, so as to achieve a counter-encirclement of our attacking troops. And now the U.S. military's arrangement in Toxinli is very treacherous, they can escape but not escape, but they put themselves in danger, even to death, what do they want to do? Could it be that, as Chief of Staff Wang analyzed before the war, the enemy just wants to fight us to the death? ”

"That's right, Yizhang, this is the lice on the monk's head, it's obvious, the U.S. army has repeatedly lost battles because we are in a hurry, and they want to fight to the death with us." I don't know when, Xu Weiguo returned to the cave from the command shed, he had the most dealings with the US military, so he thought he knew them very well.

"Yizhang, then according to your train of thought, the U.S. military is using Toxinli as bait and deliberately luring us to the bait, and after the battle starts, they will come to a counter-encirclement and eat us?" Wu Xiangsen heard the meaning of Yizhang and also paid attention to it.

"Commander Wu, I just have this concern, and it may be groundless, but my intuition tells me that there must be a master behind Toxinli, otherwise with the strength of a regiment in Toxinli, how could the enemy be so calm? The enemy planes should have come to bomb them a long time ago, and we can easily surround them without any struggle? It's also so abnormal. Yizhang said the doubts in his heart in one breath, but he was relieved.

The cave was quiet all of a sudden, except for Liu Yan and Yizhang, everyone else was experienced in a hundred battles, and at this moment they suddenly had the same feeling, feeling that they were underestimating the enemy, just as Yizhang said, there must be a master behind the Xinli.

Li Qiwei, Wu Xiangsen's mind suddenly popped up this American general, after Li Qiwei took office, first strategically abandoned Seoul, and then regained Seoul like a tide. The leaders of the Zhisi and our senior generals felt that this person was very disciplined in fighting, and then Li Qiwei commanded several offensive battles, and in just one month, he reversed the decline of the United Nations army, which can be said to be a force to turn the tide, from a military point of view, Wu Xiangsen admired Li Qiwei's military talent and courage, and even Mr. Peng also looked down on Li Qiwei and called it a chess opponent.

"Yizhang's concern is not unreasonable, commander, should we report to the corps immediately?" Wang Shiguang obviously felt the seriousness of the problem, Jing Yizhang said this, as the chief of staff, he was more anxious than anyone else, and there was a murderous motive hidden in the quiet hardship on the surface, and it was easy to get burned if he didn't get it right.

"How do you report it? On the basis? Just our imagination? Besides, now that the arrow is ready to be fired, let's make a decision after the general attack depends on the situation. Wu Xiangsen made the final decision, and then gave the death order to the independent regiment, "Xu Weiguo, the formation has been opened, and it is inevitable to fight, not only to fight, but you also have to fight hard for me, notify the other three participating regiments, and also fight hard, as long as we take the Xinli in a short time, Li Qiwei has a thousand tricks and tricks to no avail, Yizhang reminded very well and timely, the independent regiment, as the main attack, must take the lead in tearing a hole in the Xinli." ”

"Commander, I have made a military order to you, I must take down the Xinli, and never let the tragedy of Siping repeat!" Xu Weiguo boldly stated that he also participated in the Siping Battle as the regiment commander, and his memory of the fiasco of the Siping Battle is still fresh. He turned to Yizhang and hugged his fist, and said sincerely, "Yizhang, thank you, thank you for reminding me, I was a little underestimated enemy, and the arrogant soldiers will be defeated, I will let you see the majesty of my tiger group in a while!" Yizhang saluted Xu Weiguo with his legs, "Deputy Commander Xu, I, Liu Yizhang, am ready to participate in the battle, as long as you give an order, I will go into battle to kill the enemy at any time!" ”

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the Battle of Tosinri officially began, at first it was not shocking, but what followed was thrilling, and it was extremely tragic on the Korean battlefield!