But just when Li Ziyuan was about to continue to transfer backwards, he received an order from the corps to ask Li Ziyuan to organize a blockade on the front line of Jiade Mountain because the wounded had not yet been transferred. At this time, the troops were already running out of ammunition, and the food was basically running out of embers. The contact with a division on the right flank had been completely cut off by the enemy.

If the Corps' orders are followed, not only will the troops not be able to get out of danger, but they will even have to return to the north bank of the Bukhan River to continue fighting. This is undoubtedly a situation where there are already three divisions of US troops in the vicinity, and this division is undoubtedly sent to death. If these three divisions were the Jin Sui Army, Li Ziyuan would naturally not be afraid.

But these three divisions are all serious American troops, not counting small-caliber artillery such as mortars. There were more than 200 guns of more than 100 millimeters* alone, more than 140 tanks per division, and air support that could be rushed to any point on the battlefield within five minutes.

When He Sanliang was blocking the US troops on the south bank of the North Han River, more than 30,000 100-millimeter shells fell on the position in just one day. And that's not even counting the thousands of aviation*, as well as countless mortars and shells fired from recoilless guns, tank guns and other direct-aim artillery.

After a few days of blockade, the troops did not even have time to build fortifications. The half-human deep trench that had been painstakingly constructed was blown to the ground in one morning. The fortifications that were built with great effort could not be held out for even half a day, and in the end they could only rely on bomb craters to block the attack.

Even if the troops are now fully manned and have sufficient ammunition, it will be extremely difficult to hold off three fully formed US military divisions with one division. What's more, now the troops are not only exhausted, but also short of food and ammunition. The most crucial thing is that the structure has been almost completely disrupted, and there is no longer a single formed battalion in each unit, even a fully formed company.

Even with the troops drawn by themselves, the current division does not exceed 7,000 people. A division of more than 10,000 people, if you don't count the troops borrowed from others and drawn in the middle of the way, now almost a third is left. On the other side, the U.S. army was three fully equipped divisions.

The most critical thing is that there is a serious shortage of ammunition, the average machine gun bullet in the whole division is less than 100 rounds, and the rifle ammunition is basically only 15 rounds. *Ammunition in addition to American-made* ammunition, because some of them have been captured and there are still a certain amount. Soviet-made * ammunition, which has basically consumed embers.

The original Soviet*, except for the last bit of ammunition concentrated on the avant-garde regiment and the avant-garde battalion, the rest are now mostly replaced by captured American-made * and *. The ones that were replaced* have all been blown up, along with the mountain guns that could not be taken away.

Since the start of the second phase of the campaign, the troops have not been replenished with a single shot. If it weren't for the seizure of a batch of US weapons and ammunition, He Sanliang would have been adjusted and replaced some units with decent US weapons and equipment. Save the 79 and 65 bullets that were originally used and give them to other units for use. It is estimated that the ammunition of the troops now cannot even reach this amount.

The artillery shells of the Shishan Artillery Battalion have been basically exhausted. The largest medium* is less than 200 rounds. Among them, less than 60 rounds remained of the original 82*, and the rest were captured by the US military. But for the current troops, the 82 mortar is the protagonist.

Li Ziyuan's troops originally did not have American-made mortars, and used all Chinese-made 82 mortars. Only after the launch of five campaigns, some American-made mortars were captured, but the number was far from enough to undertake the main combat mission, and He Sanliang's divisions together were only eleven.

As for the 60 guns used at the company level, they were the most ammunition consumers. Now all the troops are combined, and there are less than fifty 60 shells left. If it weren't for Li Ziyuan bringing some more pack horses, I'm afraid there would be no ammunition now. At present, the troops have reached the point where they can't even send the flank covering troops, how can this order be carried out?

But an order is an order, and Li Ziyuan is helpless about this. Those who do not carry out orders and are court-martialed themselves. The outcome of the executable order is self-evident for the entire army. The troops will become dumpling stuffing under the absolute superiority of ground and air firepower, and there may not even be a chance to break through.

After receiving this telegram, Li Ziyuan was silent for a long time at the map, and said to He Sanliang and the political commissar of the division: "All units will not return according to the orders of the corps headquarters. From the current position, it was spread out in echelons along both flanks of the road, and the control points were resisted and resisted one by one, delaying the enemy's attack. ”

"There is no need to form a whole line of defense, the main forces are placed along the road. The US army is a mechanized unit, and all their actions cannot be separated from the road. As long as two to three days of control along the highway is enough, the rear troops will be transferred. The engineering units were ordered to immediately begin large-scale minelaying along the road. ”

"All * are arranged, and if they are not enough, they should be equipped with captured US troops*. However, when delaying the enemy's counterattack, you should also pay more attention to the flanks. The troops should not be too concentrated, and except for the troops that control the key points, they should be held to the death, and the rest of the positions should be carried out from point to point. ”

"The overall tactics are still according to Lao He's tactics on the south bank of the North Han River, a regiment will hold for a day and then retreat. The other regiment behind him went up to the top. Lao He should pay attention to the rhythm of retreat, and when shrinking to the north, he must adopt the method of alternate cover. Don't let the U.S. military take advantage of the loophole and disrupt our combat sequence. ”

"In the current situation, once the battle sequence is disrupted, it is difficult to assemble in the first place. Once the enemy forces are scattered and surrounded, it will be difficult for our troops to stand out. You should remember one thing, no matter what, even if the troops are really surrounded by enemy troops, they are absolutely not allowed to disperse. In that case, it can only be eaten by the enemy's mechanized troops. ”

Regarding Li Ziyuan's order, the political commissar of the division said with some hesitation: "Army commander, the order given to us by the corps is for us to block the enemy army on the front line of Jiade Mountain. With friendly troops, form a complete line of defense as much as possible to block the pursuing enemy army. If we follow your plan, we are disobeying orders. ”

He Sanliang was worried, and Li Ziyuan threw the red and blue pencils in his hand onto the map: "Disobey orders? Lao Tzu held the position of a corps with one division, and did not even have a flank to cover the troops, and he had to face three divisions of the American army, and this kind of battle asked him to tell me how to fight. He, the acting commander of the corps, could not be contacted for three days, did not understand anything about the situation, and now he came out to give blind command. ”

"Friendly neighbor troops, there are brother troops around the first line of Jiade Mountain? The troops were on the front line of Jiade Mountain, and they became a lone army behind the enemy. Once the enemy finds out and reacts, this division of yours becomes a dumpling on the enemy's plate. The U.S. military is a mechanized column, and even if it is transferred, it will not be able to outrun others. ”

"Lao Tzu can't listen to him, let the troops who have finally stood out drill into the enemy's circle. Execute according to my orders, and I will stand on top of the sky when the sky falls. Tell the troops that they must control the highways and that all units must control their reserves, and that they must control all key points and form a trapezoidal arrangement to resist one after another. Non-combat units and the wounded and sick, transferred to the rear under the cover of the engineer battalion. ”

"All the heavy equipment that can't be carried, all blown up. Except for the artillerymen's horses, which were used to carry the wounded, all the rest were killed and replenished to the troops as food. Tell all the cadres that if anyone feels sorry for the horse and makes the warrior hungry, go back and shoot him. ”

"In addition, all the food is centralized and controlled. I don't keep any of the American supplies you have captured here, all of them for the front-line troops. In particular, all the chocolates are reserved for the front-line combat units, and the cadres of the organs are not allowed to keep a piece. ”

looked at Li Ziyuan Tieqing's face, although he couldn't figure it out, no one dared to persuade him. According to Li Ziyuan's request, all the troops were gathered together and launched layers of blocking along both sides of the highway in a trapezoidal shape. Li Ziyuan simply ignored the thunderous outrage of the acting commander of the Corps Department, who was as hot as fire, and the repeated right-leaning accusations of the director of the Corps' Political Department.

Although he ignored the orders of the Corps Headquarters, Li Ziyuan did not blindly retreat when he fought along the highway. Instead, they constantly launch tactical counterattacks to delay the enemy's attack as quickly as possible. During the day, the troops blocked and bombed, and at night they went to touch the night snails of the US and South Korean troops.

On the one hand, it plays the role of disturbing the enemy army, and on the other hand, it is also to find a way to get a little provisions. While ordering another division of Huachuan to speed up to his own approach, Li Ziyuan organized three companies to carry all the flags and military horns, bluff on both flanks of the troops, and protect his flanks with limited forces as much as possible.

And with the strength of a reinforced battalion, he always firmly controlled the retreat point behind him, Eagle Peak. He gave the deputy commander of his battalion a death order to make a detour on the enemy's flank. Even if his battalion is completely wiped out, he will have to hold the Eagle Peak position and wait for the passage and transfer of the main force.

Although Li Ziyuan made all the best preparations, all of them were mechanized US troops, and the speed of action obviously exceeded Li Ziyuan's two legs. Although a battalion held on to Eagle Peak, it was facing the first US army and two regiments of the South Korean army that were inserted diagonally from the flank. At the cost of casualties and embers, the last passage for the retreat of the main force of the division was preserved, so that the troops could pass through Eagle Peak smoothly.

However, when another division, which was approaching Li Ziyuan according to the order, had not yet had time to rush to Shicangli, the US 24th Division, which reinforced the first part of the Korean army, had already seized Shicangli on the 28th. And the capture of Shicangli means that Li Ziyuan's department can already be said to be surrounded by the US army.

Facing the US troops who had already rushed to Shicangli before him, after passing through Eagle Peak, Li Ziyuan ordered the vanguard regiment to seize Shicangli at all costs and open a breakthrough for the whole army. The rearguard troops were ordered to fight to the last soldier before the whole army broke through, and the enemy must not be allowed to pass through Eagle Peak.

At this time, not only the three corps, but even Zhiji's eyes were attracted by Li Ziyuan. A corps commander plus a division was surrounded by American troops, which was the first time for the Volunteer Army. At this time, the corps commander also stopped scolding on the radio. Because Li Ziyuan's radio station has only listened to his orders since the resumption of contact.

The acting commander of the Corps, who was known as Erno Zhukov in Erye and had always been known as a fierce general, realized what a mistake he had made, and what kind of state the troops were in now because of the bombing of the radio car for three days. Overconfident themselves, pushing a division into the encirclement of the enemy, and their stubborn young commander.