Listen to the roar of enemy long-range artillery fire, and the loud sound of air currents as night bombers hovering at low altitude. Li Ziyuan's brows became tighter and tighter, looking a little worried. This battle was an extremely severe test for him, and even for the troops in front of him.

It is extremely arduous for a division to assume the responsibility of an army, or even a corps of defense, no matter which unit bears such pressure. There were still seven or eight thousand wounded waiting to be transported, and the other troops that were supposed to share the burden of blocking with themselves had already been transferred.

If they also evacuate, the troops will definitely be able to withdraw safely. But what about the more than 8,000 wounded? Do you just watch them become prisoners of war in a foreign land? The U.S. military's treatment of prisoners of war, albeit humane, was humane compared to the Japanese. But after all, it was a prisoner of war, and no one would feel good about being behind bars.

What's more, although they are now free from the colonial rule of the Japanese, the Japanese have not learned the good things, but the narrow mentality of the island people has learned a lot. The volunteers could not be defeated on the battlefield, but the captured personnel of the volunteers who fell into their hands were extremely cruel South Korean troops.

Thinking of this, Li Ziyuan clenched his fists, he couldn't withdraw at this time. If we do not withdraw, how should this battle be fought, that is, we can delay the momentum of the enemy's counterattack and buy enough time for the transfer of the wounded. And you must not put yourself in it, which is not an easy task.

And one of the other two divisions in his hands was too far away, even if he did not encounter the enemy along the way, at least for forty-eight hours, he should not count on them. A division, which had received an order and was approaching the army headquarters, encountered an enemy mechanized column before it had even arrived at the designated position.

In a hurry, the division stubbornly resisted with a shortage of food and ammunition. The safe transfer of the fraternal troops, which were being transferred behind them, as well as a large number of wounded, was ensured. However, in a short period of time, the possibility of moving closer to the main force of the army is basically impossible. Even the link between the division and the military headquarters has been severed.

Also unable to contact the Corps Department, the confidential officers' voices were already hoarse, but the Corps was silent. I don't know if something went wrong, or if the radio station was deliberately turned off because of an air raid by enemy aircraft. In short, Li Ziyuan's contact with his superiors has been completely cut off.

And the surrounding friendly and neighboring troops have been transferred. In other words, Li Ziyuan's current situation is that the lone army, under the command of his superiors, has to block the enemy's ground-air flanking attack with absolute superior firepower and strength, and cover the transfer of more than 8,000 wounded in the whole corps. This situation, how can Li Ziyuan not worry?

This is the US military, whether it is weaponry or mobility, is far from being comparable to the opponent during the civil war. The number of tanks in one of its divisions is almost equal to the number of all previous opponents. Its large number of air forces can ensure 24-hour on-call.

The amount of firepower delivered by its artillery at one time almost exceeds that of a corps over there. The enemy army is constantly using tanks as the core, forming small mechanized units, interspersed with multiple routes towards their rear. If you are not careful, you may be cut off at any time. How to fight this kind of battle, Li Ziyuan has encountered it for the first time.

And He Sanliang, who commanded the troops to stubbornly resist on the south bank of the Han River, did not passively defend the front line after discovering that the number of enemy troops was increasing and there were already his own troops left around. Instead, the method of resistance was adopted, with three regiments taking alternate cover. After a day of resistance, a regiment shrinks a little back.

Behind this unit, another regiment was on top of it, using the fortifications that had been repaired to resist on the spot. On both flanks, the tactics of alternating between counter-assault and contraction were adopted, and the enemy forces with absolute superiority in strength and firepower were engaged in a fierce and stubborn battle. During the day, the enemy attacked, and at night, He Sanliang organized a small force to constantly carry out counter-assaults to cover the retreat of the wounded to the north bank of the Han River.

He Sanliang changed the six anti-aircraft machine guns handed over to him by Li Ziyuan, and all of them were changed to flat fire. Placed in a front-line position, it formed a trapezoidal fire coordination with the light and heavy machine guns of the troops. These six anti-aircraft machine guns, together with the five US anti-aircraft machine guns captured in He Sanliang's hands, played a very important role in the blocking battle.

The anti-aircraft machine gun has a fast rate of fire, but it has a long range and a high lethality. Deployed in depth, it can directly face the frontal firing range of nearly a kilometer. This is especially true in the case of mountain offensive operations where the enemy's attack routes are limited. With an anti-aircraft machine gun, you can block an entire road.

These anti-aircraft machine guns worked in conjunction with mortars to form a fairly effective combination of firepower. The dense fire network made the US military pay a lot of casualties for every step forward. Even enemy tanks are somewhat taboo about these anti-aircraft machine guns. The infantry hated these flat-firing weapons to the extreme.

In addition, He Sanliang used the bazooka that Li Ziyuan belonged to, as well as the bazooka he captured. and several recoilless guns captured by the US Army in the first stage, forming an anti-tank fire network. So that the tanks of the US army, at least do not dare to rampage as unscrupulously as before.

However, although He Sanliang adopted flexible and mobile tactics and continued to stubbornly resist the enemy's attack, the overall situation was constantly deteriorating. By the 23rd of the battle, the division commanded by He Sanliang had actually become a lone army, and this division actually assumed the defensive position of a corps.

Seeing this situation, under the situation that he could not get in touch with the Corps Department for a long time, Li Ziyuan used the last of the six telephone lines set up to keep in touch with the front. He Sanliang was ordered to immediately evacuate across the Han River with the wounded under alternate cover, and all the heavy weapons were thrown away if they couldn't be carried.

After giving He Sanliang the order, Li Ziyuan asked the political commissar to immediately move to the rear with the rest of the military personnel, especially the non-combatants and wounded who had been withdrawn from the front. He refused anyone's persuasion and stayed on the north bank of the Han River to wait for the return of troops on the south bank.

At this time, near Li Ziyuan's military headquarters, there were already small groups of enemy troops interspersed in. The guard company beside Li Ziyuan repelled four enemy attacks in one day. Even at a time, under the cover of two tanks, a group of American troops had rushed to a distance of less than 50 meters from his military headquarters, and the guard company almost desperately fought to beat them out.

But even so, Li Ziyuan did not hesitate at all. During the entire process of He Sanliang's blockade, he waited on the north bank of the Han River, waiting for the troops in front to withdraw. Because on the south bank of the Han River there were not only his comrades-in-arms, but also one of his divisions. As the commander of an army, he knew at this time that he had to be with his troops.

Li Ziyuan's movements are extremely fast, and He Sanliang's execution speed is also quite high. It has been less than half an hour since Li Ziyuan's order was issued, and He Sanliang had already begun to execute it. He withdrew the artillery and wounded first, and immediately began to cover the transfer of troops after withdrawing to the north bank of the Han River.

At this time, He Sanliang's blocking position was less than ten kilometers away from the North Han River. It can be said that if the retreat is not well organized, the troops can easily fall into a back-to-back battle, or even fall into chaos. Therefore, when He Sanliang retreated, he did not immediately organize the transfer.

Rather, it is to order the combat troops on the front line, which part will launch a counterattack in that direction, with what strength, and at what distance the speed of the counterattack will be. That part of the troops was interspersed in that direction, and how much distance they interspersed was quite detailed for him. After all the troops achieved or failed to achieve their goals, they all moved in that direction, and He Sanliang made the regulations even clearer.

As for the frontal defense troops, He Sanliang organized a beautiful night counterattack. Reinforced with two battalions of anti-tank rocket launchers, a night attack was launched on the positions of one battalion of American troops in front of them, under the cover of fire from one of the remaining mountain artillery batteries.

Mountain artillery flat fire may not be able to destroy these thick-skinned tanks, but the violent vibration caused by the explosion of the shells will definitely not make the crew in the tank feel better. A salvo of fire from four mountain guns directly paralyzed three tanks to the ground. and destroyed a half-track vehicle equipped with an anti-aircraft machine gun and converted into a fire support vehicle, which opened a gap for the infantry attack.

After the night attack began, the other troops calmly withdrew across the North Han River under the cover of the night attack. After converging with the military headquarters, cover the counterattack troops on the spot. And the night attack troops under the personal command of He Sanliang secretly approached the enemy army under the cover of night and surrounded the city with tanks, after forming a fortification.

They approached the gap opened by the mountain artillery and used bazookas to knock out more than 10 enemy tanks in one go, and concentrated their artillery fire to fire more than 70 shells in one go. The two battalions rushed in with the gaps opened by the bazookas and mountain artillery, and in a night battle they ate most of the battalion, capturing more than a hundred prisoners alone.

They also captured a large amount of supplies that had just arrived by the enemy, especially the most needed food for the troops who were now close to running out of food. One of the battalions was reequipped by He Sanliang on the spot because there was not much ammunition left. The remaining ammunition was given to another battalion.

Despite opening a gap and crushing a battalion of American troops. But at this time, it showed He Sanliang's usual calmness on the battlefield. The wounded and artillery had already retreated, and the troops in all directions had already crossed the river. The counterattack force under his command was actually isolated on the south bank of the North Han River.

He did not greedily continue to develop in depth, but after receiving a report that the main force of the division had all withdrawn from the Han River. Immediately commanded the troops to take the prisoners and quickly retreat with the captured supplies. In order to prevent the pursuit of the enemy, he left all the bazookas to the last covering troops. The rest of the troops quickly broke away by alternating cover.

As for the cars on the US military positions, he directly took materials from the spot and burned them all with the captured US military gasoline. The battle lasted less than an hour before ending cleanly. By the time US reinforcements arrived, He Sanliang's position was empty.

When the thunderous US troops launched a pursuit, they were commanded by He Sanliang, who had already withdrawn to the north bank of the Han River, and concentrated all the remaining shells in their hands to make a rapid fire attack in the direction of the US pursuit. More than 100 shells were smashed down, and a reinforced battalion of the pursuing US troops, which was equipped with more than 10 tanks, was killed and wounded.

After withdrawing across the Bukhan River, He Sanliang blew up all three pontoon bridges. After joining up with Li Ziyuan, who was waiting for them on the north bank of the Han River, the commander of the troops stopped the enemy troops on the north bank of the Han River for a whole day in accordance with the orders of the corps. It was not until a large number of enemy troops appeared on both flanks that they quickly gathered their troops, blew up the weapons they carried, and quickly retreated northward.