Chapter 42: Jumping into the River

"Run, the fierce Chinese soldiers are coming!"

The more than 1,000 ROK soldiers led by Major Lee Doo-hyun, commander of the 3rd Battalion of the ROK Army, and a company of the US Army were preparing to march on the Cheongchon River, more than 200 meters ahead, and among the more than 1,000 ROK soldiers staying on the Cheongcheon River, I don't know who shouted out such a sentence.

Because a battle had been fought at Wenjing in the lower reaches of the Qingchuan River two or three hours ago, although the confrontation between the two sides had only lasted for more than an hour, the South Korean soldiers who were responsible for guarding Wenjing were afraid of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army troops who fought bravely although their firepower was not very fierce.

Otherwise, on the bank of the upper reaches of the Qingchuan River at this time, there would not have been so many Korean soldiers who escaped from Wenjing, which is enough to show that the Korean soldiers who withdrew from Wenjing would immediately be all the soldiers once they heard the wind and grass.

What's more, the more than 1,000 Korean soldiers who gathered on the side of the Qingchuan River at this time and refused to cross the river were also in a state of leaderlessness.

In less than a minute, the more than 1,000 soldiers of the South Korean army who had just stayed by the river and fled here fled one after another to the frozen surface of the Cheongchon River.

You must know that the width of the Qingchuan River is more than 200 meters wide, and although the temperature is close to minus 30 degrees, the frozen parts on both sides of the river surface are quite thick, while the thickness of the ice in the middle part of the river surface appears to be very thin.

In addition, it had snowed heavily for several days, and most of the frozen river surface was covered with snow, and the soldiers of the South Korean army, who were walking on the river and only cared about the urgency of escaping, naturally did not look down at the thickness of the ice on the river surface under their feet, and they were all bent on running wildly towards the other side of the Cheongchon River.

The ROK soldiers who were at the forefront of the road walked to a thin place in the middle of the frozen surface of the Cheongchon River, and they made a continuous "clicking" sound, and the thin ice surface they stepped on immediately cracked.

"Goo-dong, goo-dong......"

When the ice continued to crack, the South Korean soldiers walking on the ice did not have time to retreat, and they all fell into the icy water of the Cheongcheon River.

All of a sudden, almost 1,000 South Korean soldiers fell into the icy Cheongcheon River, flowing downstream along with the cracked ice they had trampled on.

You must know that at this time in the icy and snowy season, the South Korean soldiers wore thick military uniforms and winter clothes, and the military uniforms were naturally covered with cotton, and after they fell into the water, the cotton in the military uniforms was soaked and absorbed, so that the Korean soldiers who were struggling in the cold and biting Qingchuan River felt that the clothes they were wearing were getting heavier and heavier.

Even if a person with good water quality is in the cold and icy water, and the military uniform he wears outside is getting heavier and heavier, I am afraid that it will be difficult to display his superb swimming skills.

"Help, help......"

In less than five minutes, the more than 1,000 soldiers of the South Korean army who had fallen into the Cheongcheon River were struggling to swim to survive while shouting loudly for help.

When the other more than 1,000 Korean soldiers led by Lee Doo-hyun and the American army company rushed to the Cheongcheon River, they saw the scene of thousands of comrades-in-arms in the Cheongcheon River, struggling and crying for help in the icy and biting water, which made them feel very worried and helpless.

"Bang ......"

"Da Da Da ......"

After completely occupying Wenjing, a battalion of troops was dispatched to the direction of the upper reaches of the Qingchuan River to chase the deserters who escaped from Wenjing, and to the surprise of the volunteer soldiers of this battalion, when they marched to a few hundred meters from the upstream Qingchuan River, they actually found a large number of Korean soldiers who had escaped from Wenjing gathered on the Qingchuan River.

In view of the situation in which the enemy was strong and we were weak, the volunteer soldiers of this battalion did not choose to rashly launch an attack, but carried out a feint attack through sporadic and uninterrupted gunfire to force a large number of ROK soldiers who stayed in the Cheongchon River to jump into the river, so as to achieve the goal of surrendering the army without a fight.

Facing the Chinese People's Volunteer Army troops chasing after them in the rear, there was a continuous burst of gunfire, and Li Doo-hyun, who rushed to the river, knew that once they jumped into the Cheongchon River, the consequences for him and the more than 1,000 people she led might be the same as those South Korean soldiers just now.

After careful observation, it was found that more than 50 meters away in front of them, the soldiers of the South Korean army who fell into the ice cave of the Cheongcheon River were wearing winter military uniforms stuffed with cotton, and the burden was increased by the soaking of the river, which caused many people to be unable to swim on the flowing water.

After discovering a situation, Lee Doo-hyun, who was still sad just now, immediately frowned and took it to heart, he faced the Korean soldiers in front of him who were demoralized, and said in an ordered tone: "Listen to my command, each of you must take off your winter military uniform with cotton inside." ”

At first, there were still many South Korean soldiers who did not understand this, and Lee Doo-hyun felt that there was no time for superfluous explanations at this moment of burning eyebrows, and he stared at a pair of bulls' eyes and stood in front of a soldier who took the lead against taking off his winter military uniform outside.

"I didn't hear what you just said, please say it out loud again." An angry Lee Doo-hyun confronted the soldier standing in front of him.

The soldier thought that the law did not hold the people accountable, and anyway, he was not the only one who objected just now, and even if he was punished, it would not fall on him alone, and everyone would have to bear the burden together.

The soldier, who was thinking of luck, immediately replied loudly: "Report to the Major Commander, I just said that I am against taking off my winter military uniform in such cold weather. ”

"Bang!"

As soon as the South Korean soldier finished speaking, Lee Doo-hyun, who was standing in front of him, said that it was too late and that it was too fast, and pulled out the shell gun he was equipped with from his waist, and aimed the muzzle of the gun at the soldier's head, killing him with one shot.

After shooting and killing the soldier who took the lead in opposing without mercy, Lee Doo-hyun turned around and faced the more than 1,000 Korean soldiers in front of him, and warned without anger: "Just now, everyone in the big guys also saw it, and if anyone dares to disobey the military order, it will be the fate of this soldier just now, so quickly take off all the winter military uniforms that are worn outside." ”

After seeing that the soldier who took the lead in opposing was killed by a single shot, many soldiers who were reluctant just now obediently took off their winter military uniforms at this time according to Lee Doo-hyun's orders.

"Listen to my orders, everyone will throw their weapons and equipment on your riverside, don't bring anything, and let me jump into the river and swim to the other side." When Lee Doo-hyun saw that all the soldiers in front of him had stripped off their clothes until only their clothes and pants were left, including the American company, he gave this order loudly.

"Plop Plop Plop ......"

With Lee Doo-hyun's order, the soldiers of the South Korean army, who did not want to be killed by a single shot, jumped into the icy Qingcheon River one after another, and swam hard towards the opposite bank more than 200 meters away......