Chapter 34: Enraged MacArthur

As the night receded, the sky began to turn white, and when one could see the snow in the distance, one could see the red all over the snow.

The commander-in-chief of the Ninth Corps, Song Shilun, was originally the commander of the recovering Taiwan, because the aid to Korea was imminent, his entire Ninth Corps arrived in Korea on the 21st with a 150,000 army, and then came to the banks of the Qingchuan River.

The Ninth Corps under his command had made countless achievements, and he was greatly angered that he failed to take Tokugawa this time, but what he didn't expect was that what he was even more annoyed by was MacArthur, the commander-in-chief of the multinational coalition.

MacArthur had promised before the war that he would take all of Korea by Christmas, but now it seems that his plans have been shattered and he will not be able to catch the plane before Christmas.

This slap made MacArthur lose his composure, and without notifying the 34th President of the United States, Truman, he brazenly gathered 200,000 troops and multiple legions composed of Britain, France, Turkey, and other countries, plus the 12th Army of South Korea, and attacked from three directions and launched a frantic attack on the volunteers.

The three units launched simultaneous attacks on Yunshan, Xichuan, and Shushali north of Changjin Lake, because last night's attack failed to provide air support for the planes, and this time MacArthur sent a ruthless attack, and the table top of the air force headquarters was smashed, and the US air force commander hurriedly ordered his own planes to join the battlefield.

Wind and snow weather is not conducive to the reconnaissance and bombing of aircraft, forcibly carrying out combat missions, the bombs dropped on aircraft will seriously affect the hit rate, and now there is no need to care so much, the commander-in-chief has given orders, where does he dare to complain.

The madness of the enemy army, so that the tantrum Song Shilun did not dare to collide with it easily, from the offensive to the defensive, it doesn't matter if you don't take Tokugawa, if you lose the territory you have won, it will be a big loss.

The whole army immediately turned from attack to defense, relying on mountain peaks and dense forests to block the enemy's attack, and at this time, the three companies on the shore of Changjin Lake were still in a victorious atmosphere.

The 358th Regiment led by Zhang Weimin has also arrived at the defensive position of the 39th Army, and met with the commander of the 8th Infantry Division of the 39th Army, and was also assigned a combat mission, when the troops of the 39th Army were rescheduled, the remaining more than 4,000 people were all scattered to their respective positions, all the frozen, wounded were transported to the rear, and at this time there was less than an hour before the enemy's attack, and the nearest unit around them was the 38th Army, which was also moving in the direction of Changjin Lake at this time, The large number of frostbite patients also put the 38th Army in a dilemma.

The attrition of the 38th Army was no less than that of the 39th Army, which was also caused by frostbite, which made the soldiers of both armies have to face a severe test.

After the arrival of the company that received the position, Ma Youde, Wei San and others returned to the position where the 358th Regiment was located.

When all the people of the third company had just returned to the 358th regiment, the enemy's planes roared towards them, and the thirteen-day Battle of Changjin Lake really began.

Ma Youde only heard the roar of the plane flying by, and then the flames of the main peak burst into flames, and it was the incendiary bombs dropped by the enemy planes that exploded, and before the enemy infantry appeared, a long bombardment had already begun, and the entire main peak position was instantly engulfed in flames.

Before the 358th Regiment brought by Zhang Weimin could pile up the flattened hilltop fortifications, the enemy's rumbling high-explosive bombs were dropped on them, and they were treated like this only as the second high ground on the side of the main peak.

The airfields in the rear of the US military are now moving extremely frequently, and the frequency of planes taking off and landing has reached the highest point since the beginning of the war, and 20 B24 bombers with bombs replenished with bombs once again took off with more than five tons of bombs and flew in the direction of Changjin Lake.

Because the time was too hasty, the 358th Regiment was not given sufficient time to prepare, the trenches were not dug out, and the air defense tunnels were only in rudimentary shape, and they did not even have time to fix and support, so everyone drilled into them one after another, and after the bombs exploded, the loose debris on their heads fell wildly downward, if it were not for the fact that this was a tunnel made of stones, perhaps it would collapse if it could not withstand even a wave of air raids.

The enemy's bombing frenzy and the sound of the planes breaking through the air have never stopped, the sound of sonic booms seems to be very close to them, not far above their heads, the soldiers hold their heads, for fear that stones will fall on top of their heads, the whole cave echoes with the roar of the bombs, some soldiers have blood in their ears, the shock caused by the bombs not only shocked the stones, but the human body could not withstand such a crazy bombardment.

Gao Baoguo kept holding his head and shouting: "Damn, it's not stopping, damn, it's endless....."

In order to improve the accuracy of bombing, all bombers flying at ultra-low altitudes, flying at a low altitude to ensure that they will not be affected by the bombs dropped by themselves, the sound of sonic booms, explosions made all the fighters realize a problem at the same time, this time the enemy is playing with his life.

Zhang Weimin straightened his crooked military hat, and was dazzled by the soil accumulated on the hat, he rubbed his eyes and scolded: "A donkey ball drop, the wood is finished!" ”

Although he scolded fiercely, but he knew that at this time the mountain must have been covered with American troops, this time the enemy attacked Shushali, in order to clear the road, Changjin Lake must be taken, as long as they occupy Shushali, they can no longer worry that the Qingchuan River will block the tank tracks, starting from Shushali, all the way to the Chinese border, there will be no terrain that can block the tank tracks, here must be taken down.

They must take Changjin Lake, and the volunteer soldiers must protect Changjin Lake, no one dares to predict how fierce the battle will be, this is a big meat grinder, whoever comes in will be strangled immediately.

The air-raid shelter has now become the last barrier for the soldiers to hide, the entire air-raid shelter is stacked with weapons and ammunition, food, medicine, a large number of materials blocked half of the tunnel, because there is no time to expand, only a small road of about one meter for people to pass, here is the most important place for the 358 regiment, that is, the position is lost, they can also rely on the air-raid tunnel to deal with the enemy, and such a tunnel has been used for a long time in the future.

The bombing of the plane finally had an effect, a section of the tunnel was blown down by continuous bombs, and the stones collapsed in the center of the tunnel, and the entire 358 regiment was divided into two at once, fortunately, there were several exits in the tunnel, and the space was enough, and the collapsed stones were cleaned out, and after the patency was restored, the sound of the enemy planes breaking the air was gone, and the sound of bombs bursting was gone.

About five seconds later, Wei San roared violently: "Hurry up and get on the ground!" ”

From Wei San's nervous tone, it can be heard that the enemy must have approached the edge of their position, if you don't move quickly, the positional battle is likely to turn into hand-to-hand combat, and in the face of such a crazy offensive of the enemy, once the positional battle evolves into hand-to-hand combat, the enemy's second echelon comes up, none of them can leave here alive, and the result of the battle is, either you die, or I die!

Kill! Kill! Kill! The roar in the tunnel dissipated the echoes of the explosion.