Chapter 275: The Fiasco on the Western Front

In the end, the American and British armies were unable to hold Dingzhou.

Originally, they relied on air support, but after the Volunteer Air Force entered the war, although they could barely maintain air supremacy by virtue of their numerical superiority, it was impossible to bomb the Volunteer Army unscrupulously, the ground troops were seriously insufficient, the equipment was almost the same, the soldiers' combat will was not at the same level at all, and it was completely impossible to block an armored division and two infantry corps in the front.

In the end, the 24th Division of the US Army and the 27th Brigade of the British Army had to abandon Dingzhou and flee south.

Just when the Dingzhou defense line was lost, Colonel Lizberg finally stood in front of Huangcaoling, but unfortunately he was too late, this place had been built into a strong fortress by the 370th Regiment in a very short time, and then he had to face the blazing fire and rain to attack.

Just before the American offensive began, a Wanguo military truck drove up to the front of the 370th Regiment's defensive line, carrying the bodies of the three soldiers, the three of them held back the 7th Marine Regiment for two full hours, and finally ran out of ammunition, fought with the American troops with bayonets, sapper shovels and killed in battle, or out of respect or whatever, Colonel Leedberg ordered the return of their bodies to the volunteers.

Just after the volunteers in charge of receiving them and the American troops who sent them saluted each other and turned to leave, the Huangcaoling Resistance Battle, which will forever record the history of the war between the two sides, officially began.

Just when this tragic battle began, Baek Sun-yeol, the commander of the First Division of the South Korean Army, was already holding a pistol and was thinking about whether he should commit suicide.

Yunshan was breached.

It is obvious that the former puppet army squadron leader who graduated from the puppet Manchurian Guo Military Academy did not have the courage to pull the trigger, and he was entangled there with a pistol. Or even put it on the temple. Put it in your mouth again. In short, he has never been able to decide what kind of posture to choose, but unfortunately all the people around him have run out, and there is no one to provide him with a counselor.

Just as he pointed the gun at his temple for the Nth time, the door was kicked open, and his hands trembled in fright, and he almost pulled the trigger.

Then several soldiers in khaki uniforms quickly rushed in front of him, armed with SKS rifles with bayonets on them, and pointed all their muzzles at him at once.

"Don't shoot. I give up! ”

Master Bai hurriedly threw away the pistol and said with his head in his arms.

"Hey, I know Chinese!"

A soldier said with a smile.

"I graduated from the Manchurian Guo Military Academy, and later served as a squadron leader in the Fourth Brigade."

Master Bai listened to the other party's Jilin accent and said.

"The Fourth Brigade of the Puppet Army? Wasn't our division commander the brigade commander at that time? ”

The soldier said curiously.

Well, the old man of Division Commander Bai was reunited, and half an hour later he was taken to the division headquarters of this volunteer division, and he chewed fried soybeans with his brigade commander when he was in the puppet Manchurian Guo Army.

But while Commander Bai was catching fire, Colonel Johnson was trudging through the snow with difficulty, but under the watchful eye of the volunteer soldiers, he was captured, and his eighth regiment was completely annihilated. His mechanized army was trapped in a narrow valley. Desperately resisted for two whole days, and had been relying on air support to hold on, but after the Volunteer Air Force entered the war, air support became intermittent, and finally raised the white flag under the siege of a group of volunteers around it.

Fortunately, he burned the regimental flag.

The Eighth Cavalry Regiment and its subordinates fought with a total of more than 5,000 people, of which more than 3,000 were killed and wounded, and more than 1,000 were taken prisoner.

After the 8th Cavalry Regiment was completely annihilated, the 8th Division and the 5th Cavalry Regiment of the South Goryeo Army, which were desperately attacking in the east and south in order to relieve them, and the 7th Division of the South Goryeo Army, which attacked in Xiangshan to rescue the 6th Division of the South Goryeo Army trapped in Heecheon, all retreated eastward along the Cheongchon River to Anju and Bocheon, and the 24th Division of the US Army and the 27th Brigade of the British Army, relying on the Daning River and the Cheongcheon River, jointly formed a defensive circle with Anju and Valcheon as the core.

As for Kim Jong V and his 6th Division ...

Well, his farewell telegram to Lieutenant General Walker was not in vain, he was blown up by a 107mm rocket in his headquarters, and more than half of his soldiers surrendered to the 38th Corps of the Volunteer Army.

At this point, the war on the Western Front came to an end, and the first appearance of the Volunteer Army shocked the world, with a glorious victory of more than 30,000 people, including the total annihilation of two divisions of the South Korean Army and a regiment of the American Army, which gave MacArthur an incomparably loud slap in the face, and at the same time let the world know the rise of a great power, and the whole world was stunned!

Of course, at this time, MacArthur didn't have time to care whether his face was swollen or not, and he was still in big trouble, if he didn't provide reinforcements for Lieutenant General Walker as soon as possible, his Eighth Army would be very dangerous, and the 2nd Division of the US Army, the 29th Brigade of the British Army, which originally reinforced the 10th Army, stayed in Pyongyang's miscellaneous cards, and those who were messy and made up of elements, all pressed towards Anzhou, and they must hold on to this southbound corridor, and they must not lose Pyongyang.

But these were not enough, because the Volunteer Army was still crossing the Yalu River in a steady stream, and he had to continue to increase his troops, so the 25th Division of the US Army, the Turkish Brigade and other units that had been in the south also quickly moved north, in short, with the strongest force he could reach, to meet the Volunteer Army moving south along the west coast.

Of course, Lao Mai didn't forget to vent his dissatisfaction with Yang Feng, saying that he was really dissatisfied with Yang Feng at this time.

"How did I know you were going to war?"

Yang Feng said to Johnson speechlessly.

"Why can't you each take a step back? I really don't understand what is worth fighting so much about the shabby place of North Goryeo, that poor country is worthless except for mountains and mountains. The Xinhua Army is not easy to fight, I have reminded you many times, they are all elites who have fought for decades, in our words, they were poorly equipped before, but now with Stalin's support, they have completed the modernization of their armaments, and it can be said that they are like a tiger with wings.

As for my arms, it can only be said to be regrettable, you also know that in the past few years because of the refugee issue, I have been cooperating with them, and they are not within the scope of Batumi, otherwise even if the Ming Dynasty did not join Batumi, I would have paid attention to these things, but even you have not thought about this issue, how can I think of it? They want to change arms, and of course I welcome it!

As for what exactly was given to them and how much they were given, I don't know the details very well, but in general, it should be a lot, after all, it will take almost two years. I have exchanged millions of refugees from them alone, and they must have received a lot of arms, and I still regard them as compatriots, so there is no limit to the kind, basically they will give whatever they want.

Anyway, I still don't think you guys should fight, it's just a cheap Starlin. ”

Yang Feng continued.

"At this time, if you don't fight, you have to fight."

Johnson thought to himself, but he still understands Yang Feng's explanation, the special trade between Yang Feng and Comrade Li has been started since the beginning of 49, who can accurately predict what will happen in two years? Don't talk about him at that time, didn't the Britons still sell four destroyers to them, and even the US government was trying to woo them, and the US government did not give up this effort until the beginning of the 50s!

In short, the world is changing too fast!

Of course, he didn't come to Yang Feng for this trivial matter, Yang Feng was blameless in this matter, and the U.S. government would not provoke him for MacArthur's anger, Johnson was for another very important matter.

Yang Feng's gold.

The merger of the Ming Empire and Borneo has become a foregone conclusion, and the Autonomous Republic of Borneo has completed negotiations with the Dutch government to withdraw from the Dutch-Indian Federation, and then it will wait for the approval of the Dutch Parliament, but there will be no suspense, everyone knows that it is irretrievable. Yang Feng's enterprises in the Netherlands already account for the most important proportion of the Dutch economy, not to mention that he will continue to protect the property of scallop and other companies in Borneo, so that the Dutch parliament cannot veto this matter.

It is estimated that in a month or two at most, the Ming Empire will begin its first expansion.

But this brings a serious problem, Yang Feng's gold.

The Ming Empire still maintains the free exchange of gold, which is shocking, but it is a fact, no one knows how much gold this guy has in his hands, it is estimated that the gold flowing out of the Ming Imperial Bank over the years has exceeded 1,500 tons, almost catching up with the gold reserves of Britain in four or six years, and the vast majority of this gold has flowed to Europe, although later because of the special tax of the Japanese State, Yang Feng made a compromise, but only did not allow gold to leave the country.

Even with this restriction, it still promotes the popularity of the dragon yuan around the world, especially in Southeast Asia, with the economic development of the Ming Empire, it has completely surpassed the dollar and become the reserve currency of various countries.

If in the past, the government of the United States controlled his gold only to prevent the increase in gold reserves in Europe, especially Britain, and shake the Bretton Woods system, now they have to face the reality of the dollar's retreat from Southeast Asia. After all, if others want to exchange dollars for gold, they have to look at the face of the US government, but here in Yang Feng, there is no need to look at anyone's face, not to mention his allies, that is, the Soviets who took the dragon dollar banknotes to the Ming Imperial Bank, and they could still cash in gold, as for the issue of not being allowed to leave the country......

Who wouldn't know how to smuggle! (To be continued.) )