"No, resolutely not. Brother Shengji, if we retreat from here in the direction of the Qingchuan River, we want to completely get rid of the encirclement and interception of the Chinese army. Then, we need to abandon the heavy weapons we carry and retreat to the opposite side of the Qingchuan River upstream.

"In this way, we will not only lose a large amount of weapons and equipment, but also, once there is no ice on the Qingchuan River, we will have to brave the severe cold and swim to reach the opposite side, and in the process we will definitely lose our troops.

"What's more, I promised in front of Captain Thomson, the captain of the U.S. Company, that as long as I hand over the wartime command here without using the soldiers of their U.S. company, I will be able to unite our Korean soldiers who have fled here.

"I can guarantee that in less than an hour, we will be able to repel this small force of Chinese troops on the high ground on the south side, two hundred meters away from us.

"I finally gathered the soldiers who had fled here, and I had just launched a fierce fire attack on the small group of Chinese troops on the high ground on the south side of the opposite side, how could I announce that I would abandon the attack and choose to change the direction of retreat at such a critical moment."

Lee Doo-hyun, the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the ROK Army, who was clenching his teeth, leaned his back against the diagonal back of a hill, and after listening to the kind words and persuasion of Kim Sung-ki, an operational staff officer who was squatting next to him to give him a simple bandage on his left arm, he kept shaking his head and saying the reason why he didn't want to give up.

Hearing that Lee Doo-hyun, as the battalion commander, showed an unwilling attitude towards the retreat of the Cheongchon River upstream, in the eyes of Kim Sung-gi, as an operational staff officer, his old commander was arrogant in his bones.

It is precisely because of this that Lee Doo-hyun has been in the position of commander of the third battalion of the South Korean Army for three years, and after the outbreak of the Korean War, many of the battalion commanders who joined the army with Lee Doo-hyun are now most of them as regiment commanders.

Looking at the many group armies in South Korea, he is the only one who has been a battalion commander like Lee Doo-hyun who is brave and resourceful in fighting, and he has not been promoted for a long time.

At the same time, as a subordinate and a good brother for many years, Kim Sung-gi, suddenly thought of this at this time, so he couldn't help but sigh lightly, and once again persuaded his old commander Li Doo-hyun and said: "I said, my battalion commander of Major Li, don't continue to be stubborn, okay."

"Do you know that just when you were wounded in the arm, more than a dozen lieutenant platoon commanders and several captain company commanders on our side were shot and killed by snipers from the Chinese army on the high ground on the south side of the opposite side.

"What makes people feel even more terrible is that among these platoon commanders and company commanders who were shot, almost all of them were shot in the head and killed. If I'm not mistaken, battalion commander, if you hadn't inadvertently blocked it with your left arm just now, it is estimated that you would have died at that time under the hands of the Chinese army on the opposite side.

"There's one more thing I forgot to tell you, battalion commander, the captain of the U.S. company named Thomson you mentioned. This Yankee was also hit by the shooters of the Chinese army on the opposite side.

"Unfortunately, although he was shot in the chest, he did not hit the right part, and his heart was not injured, but he also left a lot of blood, and he is now unconscious.

"Now, Captain Thomson, the captain of this U.S. company, is being treated by the team doctor who followed them by the U.S. company. I've heard that this Yankee's injuries are so severe that if he doesn't have surgery within five hours, he'll die.

"At present, under the situation that our losses are so serious, as a battalion commander with wartime command, you should make a decision immediately, you can't hesitate any longer, let's quickly retreat in the direction of the Qingchuan River."

Ten minutes ago, after Lee Doo-hyun was shot and wounded in the left arm, he had difficulty moving, so he had been hiding behind the hill, let alone letting him move, he didn't dare to risk showing his head again, naturally he didn't know anything about the situation reported by Kim Sung-gi just now.

When Lee Doo-hyun listened to Kim Sung-gi's report, he felt that since even Thomson, the captain of the U.S. Army company who blew his beard and glared at him at every turn in front of him, was shot in the chest and was now in a state of confusion, but he, a wartime commander, did not worry about his life, which made him feel that this was already a blessing in his misfortune.

After thinking of this, Li Doo-hyun secretly weighed the pros and cons, and then made up his mind, and said to Jin Shengji, who was squatting next to him: "Okay, since the current situation is very bad for us. If the Chinese army fighting condescendingly on the opposite side continues to be entangled, if the Chinese army pursues from the direction of Wenjing in the north, then our losses from the front and rear will be even more serious.

"Brother Jin Shengji, I can't move now, so you can pass my order to go down and ask everyone to stop attacking the Chinese army on the high ground opposite, and quickly retreat in the direction of the upper reaches of the Qingchuan River, which is not far away. As for the side of the U.S. military company, you should also inform them whether they want to retreat with us and let their U.S. company block the attack. ”

Kim Sung-ki, who was waiting for him, just waited for Li Doo-hyun's voice to fall, and he immediately responded: "Battalion commander, you are really wise, I will pass it on according to your orders." ”

In less than five minutes, the soldiers of the South Korean army hiding behind dozens of hills on the north side received the retreat order conveyed by Kim Sung-gi.

As soon as they received the order to retreat, the South Korean soldiers who had no intention of desperately fleeing here discarded the heavy weapons they were carrying, and only took the guns and ammunition they carried with them, and retreated in the direction of the Cheongchon River upstream.

Seeing that the soldiers of the South Korean army had retreated one after another, the members of the American companies who originally wanted to insist on staying behind had learned that their captain Captain Thomson Xiong Mu had been shot and fell unconscious and needed to go to the field hospital for surgery in time, so they had no choice but to carry Thomson, who had just stopped bleeding, on a stretcher, and withdrew from the combat position behind the South Korean soldiers who were desperately fleeing, and marched in the direction of the Cheongchon River.

"Alas, these Korean devils are really weird, they were fucking desperate against us just now, and now why are they all like lost dogs, desperately retreating to the diagonal rear?"

Deng Sanshui, who was lying on the high ground on the south side, poked out half of his head by the bright moonlight, and after discovering this situation, he looked at it with a blank face, so he scratched the back of his head, turned his head, and asked in a curious tone at Sun Lei, who was next to him.