More than 1,000 South Korean troops retreating in the direction of the Cheongchon River, as well as the American company with almost no casualties, rushed to the Cheongchon River after half an hour after discarding a lot of heavy weapons and equipment and heavy wooden boxes of rations.

In this icy and snowy season, and in the early hours of the morning, the coldest time of the day, the temperature is close to minus 30 degrees, and the surface of the river, which does not look very wide, is covered with a layer of ice, and there are many places covered with a layer of snow on top of the ice.

Generally speaking, in this severe cold weather, once the river surface is frozen, people can naturally step on the ice to pass, but as far as the eye can see, the width of the Qingchuan River is more than 200 meters, such a large width, there is no guarantee that all the ice thickness on the river surface can withstand a person stepping on it safely.

Kim Sung-ki, the combat staff officer of the ROK Army's 3rd Battalion, who was in charge of reconnaissance with an advanced unit, was more than 200 meters away from the Qingchuan River, when he saw that there were many people gathered on the riverside in front of him.

Because at first, he thought that the more than 1,000 people gathered on the Qingchuan River, more than 200 meters away in front of him, were the Chinese troops moving rapidly, but it was only after he took this reconnaissance detachment, a total of more than 30 people, that he took out a seventy percent new American-style military telescope and looked at it a few times, and then he calmed down, and all his worries just now disappeared.

I really don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it. Through careful observation through the telescope, Kim Sung-ki, an operational staff officer of the third battalion of the ROK army, found that more than 200 meters ahead, although the more than 1,000 people gathered on the banks of the Cheongcheon River were wearing military uniforms and had weapons and equipment, they were not the Chinese People's Volunteer Army units he had just imagined, but the troops of their ROK army.

Moreover, according to his careful and careful observation, he found that this South Korean army, which was hesitant in front of the Cheongcheon River, could be known from the number on the military uniform that it belonged to the Korean garrison regiment stationed in Onjeong.

And it seems that these more than 1,000 Korean soldiers who stayed by the Qingchuan River are all disgraced, and from the perspective of mental outlook, they are also sluggish, as if they have just suffered a defeat.

In this regard, Kim Sung-ki secretly concluded that more than two hours ago, the precarious Wenjing was probably occupied by the fierce and fierce Chinese People's Volunteer Army troops, otherwise, the more than 1,000 South Korean soldiers who were originally stationed in Wenjing in front would not have appeared here.

What's more, the South Korean garrison regiment that was originally stationed in Wenjing, an important battle fortress located in the lower reaches of the Qingchuan River, has at least more than 3,000 troops in a reinforced regiment, and the more than 1,000 people who escaped from them, plus the current more than 1,000 people, more than 2,000 people have escaped from Wenjing, so naturally this Wenjing is undoubtedly lost.

After getting this situation, Kim Sung-ki took his reconnaissance team to rest for a while, and a large force of more than 1,000 people led by Lee Doo-hyun, the commander of the third battalion of the South Korean army, chased after him from behind and joined forces with Kim Sung-ki's reconnaissance team.

"Battalion commander, I have an urgent situation to report to you." After Kim Sung-gi saw Lee Doo-hyun, he immediately spoke in an eager tone.

Lee Doo-hyun, who arrived here with a large force of more than 1,000 people, was now full of thoughts about rushing across the Cheongchon River in front and hurriedly sending Captain Thomson, the commander of the US company who was seriously wounded and unconscious, to the field hospital on the other side of the Cheongchon River for surgical treatment.

He didn't want an American company captain to die in his company, and once Captain Thomson died, he, the battalion commander, could not escape the blame.

Li Douxuan, who was unconcerned, said in an impatient tone: "Brother Shengji, the main task of the two of us now is to escort Captain Thomson, who was shot in the chest and was dying, to our field hospital on the other side of the Qingchuan River safely and smoothly in the shortest time and at the fastest speed.

"If you have other things, if it's not important, just put it aside. If you think it's very important, I'll give you a minute, and you'd better cut it short and don't delay the rescue of Captain Thomson. Otherwise, you and I will both be to blame. ”

Kim Sung-gi, who originally didn't have a good impression of Captain Thomson, the commander of the U.S. Army company who was fighting together, saw his old boss Lee Doo-hyun showing impatience in the face of him, which made him angry and secretly annoyed by this.

However, Lee Doo-hyun has the grace of knowing him, if it weren't for Lee Doo-hyun's protection, the cowardly Kim Sung-gi would have been dealt with by Captain Thomson, the commander of the US company in charge of supervising the third battalion of the South Korean army, even if he was annoyed in his heart, Kim Sung-gi would not dare to make a mistake in front of Lee Doo-hyun.

After calming down, Kim Sung-gi forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and reported the actual situation he had just detected to Lee Doo-hyun in less than a minute, concisely and truthfully.

After listening to Jin Shengji's report, his face suddenly became even more ugly, not that he blamed himself for the loss of Wenjing, because in his opinion, the combat ability of the troops of the Chinese People's Volunteers was really powerful, and they could not hold Wenjing even if they held it.

Since you can't hold Wenjing, you might as well withdraw from Wenjing as soon as possible to preserve your strength, and it's not too late to regroup and fight again after retreating to the rear.

What really worried Lee Doo-hyun was that on the Cheongcheon River in front, the more than 1,000 Korean soldiers who also escaped from Onjeong actually crossed the river quickly without the Chinese army pursuing, but gathered by the river and hesitated.

In his opinion at this time, the biggest reason must be that the ice on the surface of the Qingchuan River, which is more than 200 meters wide, is not thick enough, and the more than 1,000 Korean soldiers who were waiting by the river did not dare to easily step on the frozen surface of the river and rush to the other side.

Just as Lee Doo-hyun was pondering about how to cross the Cheongchon River smoothly and safely, he suddenly heard gunshots a few hundred meters behind him.

"Bang ......"

"Da Da Da ......"

When Lee Doo-hyun, who pretended to be calm, looked back with his binoculars, he immediately felt that something was wrong, because a Chinese army that looked like several hundred men was catching up behind him, and was rushing in the snow in the direction where they were.

At this critical moment, Lee Doo-hyun immediately made a decision, decided to try his luck this time, and issued an order in a roaring voice at the Korean soldiers gathered around him: "Everyone listen, now I order everyone to move at full speed towards the Qingchuan River, which is more than 200 meters away, and rush to the opposite bank through the frozen surface of the Qingchuan River." ”