"How to fight, let the 3rd battalion still fight like during the day." Company Commander Wang said. No, three tanks rushed up the hill in the morning. There are a few gentle slopes where you have to blast a right angle of one meter five to two meters high with explosives. At the very least, the tanks can't rush up the hill. And now there are not many rockets. It is necessary to let the three battalions send multiple anti-tank teams, three people in one car, and two people to cover and suppress the infantry behind. One person goes up and blows up the tank. Then we find some good marksmanship and help suppress the infantry behind the tanks in the mountains. Machine guns should focus on suppressing the M3 heavy machine guns on enemy tanks" Then everyone summed up the problems encountered today and the solutions to these problems. Then Wang Bao went to the 3rd Battalion Headquarters.5 Company of the remaining 67 men, except for 17 men left at the main peak. The rest were assigned to various shifts as consultants.

The cooking class brought in beef, green beans, and millet dried rice. After everyone finished eating, they took a break while there was no fighting.The 5th Company had not rested for more than 20 hours since it entered the battle at half past nine last night.

The moon hung in the sky, and the silver light filled the battlefield during the day.

Yang Guang was lying in the single bunker on Shi Feng's right. Racked with a sniper rifle. He is still supervising the situation on the battlefield, sniping at the enemy who is carrying corpses and caring for the wounded in the night. The corpses and wounded were closely protected by several "sharpshooters" such as him and Wang Bao in front of the 198 heights. In particular, those who shouted for help for the wounded were doubly cared for, and they were never allowed to be transported back lightly. Every cry of despair from them caused great fear in the hearts of the American soldiers. Every call for help from them was a huge blow to the hearts of the US military. When they don't shout or scream, they shoot around them and force them to scream. The enemy was clever and soon discovered this pattern, so he had to keep screaming, but the shouting became quieter and quieter. The enemy pulled back more than 50 corpses and 3 wounded with ropes, but added 10 corpses in front of the 918 heights. The U.S. military has stopped this practice of exchanging the living for the dead.

Wang Baozhu pulled Yang Guang back to Shi Fengzhong and forced him to sleep for a while. He was really sleepy, he leaned against the stone wall and quickly fell asleep.

In a fairly good house on the side of the road, 6 kilometers from the 198 Heights, Major General Kimilit, commander of the US Second Division, was receiving Lieutenant General Walker, commander of the US Eighth Army, who had come to inspect. Major-General Kimilit was extremely depressed and said to his superior, Lieutenant General Walker, "It will be difficult to fight this battle again. In the past 10 hours, we have encountered stubborn resistance from the Chinese. We have killed and wounded nearly three thousand people. Accounted for 1/4 of the second division. More than 1,500 people were killed. Most of the bodies have not yet been withdrawn, and more than 30 wounded remain there, lying on the front and howling in pain. My Chief of Staff, Brigadier General Maidis. When inspecting forward positions in the morning. Killed by Chinese snipers . There is not even a battalion left in our 6th regiment, and there is not a single fully formed company left. There was not a single company left, and there was no hiding place in the way of the charge. When you shoot at them, they hide like rats. As soon as your artillery stops, you don't know where they got out again, although the Chinese don't have heavy weapons, they use Yue-style equipment, and some of the weapons we gave to General Chiang, but they took these weapons to the extreme. Their soldiers shoot with extreme accuracy, to a terrifying degree. They have no regard for life, whether it is their own or someone else's. They used explosives and our bazookas against our tanks and were extremely effective; When you approach them, they are throwing damn grenades and blowing their horns, and they rush at you like a pack of hungry wolves, mingling with you, very savage. Make it difficult to play our heavy weapons advantage, no! It's just that it can't be played at all. We caught two wounded Chinese and they strongly demanded that we shoot them. They firmly believe that in another twenty years, they will be a heroic man again. To these enemies who have no regard for life, and who are extremely strong and cunning, I say for sure. Without strong air support and a steady stream of supplies, there is no way to carry out this battle. In ten hours, we consumed more than 8 thousand shells. It's 1/3 of the ammunition we carry.

Walker didn't want to listen to Kimiriet's account anymore. "Kimi, now we are in a very dangerous situation, last night we were not only under a full-scale attack on the ground, but also our air force and navy aircraft carriers were hit by the destruction surname, so now is not the time to discuss losses," he said. Your actions are at stake in the smooth withdrawal of our entire Eighth Army to the south. I have ordered two regiments of the 25th Division to meet you in the south, and you will occupy Sunchon by noon tomorrow to break out of the encirclement even if you have no air support or additional supplies, even if you have wiped out the 2nd Division. ”

Kimilit looked at the short, fat, and very aggressive Texans sitting in front of him and said, "Lieutenant General Walker, I can accept your order, but I strongly question this order of yours!" It lacks scientific rigor and realistic desperation, not to mention that there are tens of thousands of stubborn Chinese intercepting in front, that is, I have 10,000 people, with more than 1,600 wounded, and it will take several hours to pass through a pass 300 meters long and less than 30 meters wide. Today we attacked for ten hours, in addition to the loss of thirty tanks and the cost of more than three thousand casualties. Nothing was found, less than 3 square kilometers in front of the pass, and no matter how many artillery, tanks, and more people could not deploy. If you want to work hard, you have to have a place to fight hard. Now that the troops have suffered so many casualties, is it possible that you order me to occupy Sunchon by noon tomorrow? ”

Walker looked at his subordinates gloomily and said, "It is possible for you and the US 25th Division to attack and take Shunchuan from the north and south tonight, otherwise our Eighth Army will face a catastrophe." I will also go to Suchuan to see the situation there, and if the situation there is better, you can also give up your baggage and withdraw from there to the south, and wait for the order. ”

He didn't know that at this time, the 124th Division was also cast into an iron and copper wall in Suchuan, and it was ready for battle

The moonlight was pouring down, and the air was still filled with a strong mixture of gunsmoke and blood. Revealing the tearing of life and death that once happened here. The night was not quiet here, and the people of the 198 and 169 heights were busy building positions, and the defense system of far, middle, near, high and low was formed into a rudimentary form. People work tirelessly. There was always a desire to make the fortifications more reasonable and stronger.

A reinforced artillery company of the 114th Division of the 38th Army carried 4 captured M1-155 mm howitzers from Chengcheon north to reinforce the pass position of the 125th Regiment of the 42nd Army, while the 38th Army captured 5 M1-155 mm howitzers of the 7th South Korean Division captured in the Battle of Tokugawa. 5 base 60 shells per gun were sent to the 125 division. This greatly enhanced the strength of the 373rd Regiment's pass defense and its long-range strike capability.

Under the hazy moonlight, the companies of the 7th Infantry Regiment of the US Second Division were fearful and marched on thin ice to assemble in the north of the open field, and the roar of 30 M26 tanks made the whole area suddenly noisy.

At this time, the artillery fire of our troops carried out a short and heavy bombardment of the enemy's assembly areas. A 155-mm large-caliber shell exploded in the enemy group. Instantly blasted the enemy's flesh and blood all over the place. We will not postpone the attack that has just been prepared. It was not until an hour after the enemy's artillery fire had finished suppressing our artillery fire that a large-scale offensive was reorganized. Groups of American troops followed behind the M26 tanks. A final assault was launched on the 198,169 heights. In order to express a decisive battle, the U.S. troops formed a row behind the charging troops, and the overseers wearing white armbands were formed in a row. Whoever dares to retreat will be shot on the spot.

The moon on the Korean Peninsula belongs to China, and three or four anti-tank squads are active in the front of the moonlight. The M26 tanks that rushed ahead were hit by fire and exploded. The volunteer soldiers who served as cover returned to the back of the US tank, cut off the tank and the infantry behind, or rushed behind the tank to fight with the enemy infantry, so that the comrades in charge of the explosion could calmly kill the behemoth rushing in front.

The M26 tank also has an unofficial name - Pershing. The M26 Pershing tank is currently the most advanced heavy tank in the United States. It had achieved a good record in the last month of fighting in Europe, and just two months earlier in Korea, it was also invincible.

On August 17, 1950, the M26 tank engaged the T3485 tank of the Korean People's Army for the first time, destroying 13 Soviet-made T3485 tanks in one fell swoop. Defeated the armored units of the Korean People's Army. Falling flowers and flowing water, the army collapsed, and fled from the wind. But today, when I met the Chinese People's Volunteer Army. The M26 tank lost its usefulness, in the face of the fearless charge of the heroic volunteer anti-tank group, this by the commander, gun commander, loader, driver, co-pilot 5 crew members controlled the weight of the 46-ton heavy tank, the former tank killer but can not exert its normal power, but the clumsy, sluggish, not as agile, fast M4A3E8 Sherman tank.

Two soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were lying in front of a bombing tank, one of them held a parallel blasting canister, quickly rushed to the right side of the M26 tank and threw the parallel blasting canister in his hand into the American ant colony following the tank, and at the same time rolled on the spot eighteen times, hid in a crater, and quickly strafed the American troops behind with a Thomson submachine gun, and then another soldier quickly followed up and accurately hung the explosive bag on the armrest of the M26. Then he rolled backwards and pulled out the fuse tied to the stick. A dazzling ball of fire exploded in the middle of the night, and in an instant, the smoke filled the area around M26. Countless flaming red fragments were thrown into the air like a blooming fireflower.