Chapter 10: The General Attack on Liutanli (3) (Finale)
The US reinforcements fell into chaos for a while under the sudden blow of the volunteer troops, and the deputy division commander and two regiment commanders led by the US army quickly calmed down; "The rear team becomes the front team, quickly withdraw from the col! Tanks shoot at the hill to cover the retreat of the brigade! "The deputy division commander and two regiment commanders of the US army gave the order to cover the retreat almost simultaneously." Boom, boom, boom, "Boom ......Boom" US tanks began to fire at the targets of the volunteers on the mountain, and the large-caliber machine guns on the US armored vehicles ....... "Da Da" US armored vehicles simultaneously fired at the mountain to cover the withdrawal of the US military brigade. The reaction speed of the American army was still relatively fast, and the American troops of the two regiments quickly withdrew from the col and retreated back after paying a few hundred casualties; All the artillery of the US army was destroyed by the volunteers with the cooperation of the composite detachment, and only 2 tanks and 8 armored vehicles remained of the US army.
After the U.S. troops withdrew from the mountain pass, the 237th Regiment and the composite detachment of the Volunteer Army immediately built improvised fortifications at the mountain pass and several commanding heights around it, preparing to defend against the attack and counterattack of the U.S. army. After the U.S. troops withdrew about 2 kilometers, they found that the volunteers did not catch up, "No, we have been tricked; The Chinese didn't want to eat us, they just wanted to drive us out of the col and prevent us from reinforcing the 5th Regiment. A regiment commander of the U.S. Army said as if he had just woken up from a dream. I saw only two Chinese heavy tanks when retreating just now, judging by this, the Chinese troops on the mountain will not be too many; All they want is to buy time for their attacking troops in Liutan, and we will kill them back at once; Break through the Chinese blocking as soon as possible to reinforce the 5th Regiment! Another regiment commander of the U.S. military voiced his judgment. Soon, the U.S. troops, under the command of the deputy division commander and two regiment commanders, under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, killed the blocking troops of the Volunteer Army; "Boom, boom, boom......" A large number of small shells of the US army fell on the positions of the volunteers......
"The enemy's tank is still 2,000 meters away from us, tanks 109 and 110 pay attention to knock out the enemy tank first!" Zhao Kailai gave an order while observing the enemy situation through the infrared night vision device, and the No. 109 and No. 110 tanks were adjusted and aimed after a few seconds of "boom" two cannon sounds; The only two remaining tanks of the American army also exploded and caught fire. "Whoosh Whoosh" The last four anti-tank missiles launched by the 609 and 610 combat vehicles quickly destroyed four armored vehicles of the US army, and the two combat vehicles of the "Da ......" used their cannons to fire accurately at the US troops at the same time.......
Although the American troops of these two regiments had no tanks and artillery, the number of American mortars was several times that of the Volunteer Army, and the number of artillery shells was even larger; Despite the fact that the 237th Regiment of the Volunteer Army had fire support from two tanks and combat vehicles, the American army still had some advantages in firepower. The battle between the two sides near the col quickly entered a white-hot state, and only in the past 20 minutes, the volunteers on some positions had already begun to engage in a white-knuckle battle with the American army; But the U.S. army never broke through the defensive line of the 237th Regiment of the Volunteer Army......
While the Volunteer Blocking Force was fighting fiercely with the reinforcements of the two regiments of the US Army, the 7th Regiment of the US Army was launching the eighth charge to the heights of 1021 and 1034; The 7th Regiment of the US Army rushed to the 1034 heights for the fourth time, "Comrades! The two forces of the enemy must not be allowed to converge, and the volunteers on the position once again engaged in a white-knuckle battle with the American army; Tanks No. 107 and No. 108 were too close to each other and directly collided with the American troops rushing to the 1034 heights...... Chinese and English shouted and killed, and 10 minutes later, the American troops, facing huge casualties, were repulsed again...... "No, we can't rush anymore; It is likely that the 5th regiment has been completely surrounded by the Chinese, and we rushed out from that high ground to the south! During the day, I carefully observed that there was only one platoon of Chinese on that high ground to the south, and let our remaining four tanks open the way; The 1st battalion stayed to drag the Chinese, and the other troops had to rush from the south for half an hour! "Colonel Guise gave the U.S. 7th Regiment an order to fight.
The 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion and the troops directly under the regiment of the 7th US Regiment, under the command of Guise, launched a rotational attack on the position guarded by a platoon of the Volunteer Army south of Liutanli under the cover of 4 tanks (due to the large attrition in the battle on November 27 and 28, the defensive strength of the high ground south of the Volunteer Army was relatively weak), ....... "The two battalions of the US 7th Regiment ran away!" Wang Jianjian, the commander of the 176th Regiment, and Lin Feng, the political commissar of the 176th Regiment, discovered this change through the telescope, "Then we will concentrate on eating the battalion in front of the US army, and we can't eat roast whole sheep, but we can eat a leg of lamb!" Otherwise, the battalion of the US army will not be able to pass in our way. Zhao Feihu suggested, "Okay, blow the trumpet!" Quickly surround this battalion of the US army and eat it! The head of the regiment, Wang Jianjian, and the political commissar Lin Feng said firmly. "As the trumpet sounded, the 176th Regiment launched an attack on the 1.......st Battalion of the 7th Regiment of the US Army under the cover of tanks and combat vehicles; In less than 20 minutes, the 176th Regiment surrounded the 1st Battalion of the 7th Regiment of the US Army, and the Chinese and American armies once again engaged in close combat......
Just as the 176th Regiment was encircling the 1st Battalion of the 7th Regiment of the United States, the 5 regiments of the Volunteer Army had completed the encirclement of the 5th Regiment of the United States; Li Weiguo led 6 tanks and 6 combat vehicles to break through the third line of defense of the US army with a regiment of volunteers who attacked frontally. There was a U.S. sergeant holding an explosives bag that had approached Tank No. 102, and a squad leader of the Volunteer Army pounced on him and hugged the U.S. sergeant tightly and left Tank No. 102 and pulled the fuse of the explosives bag......
After fierce fighting, the five regiments of the Volunteer Army have compressed the 5th Regiment of the US Army in a small area of open space and tent groups, and a deputy division commander of the Volunteer Army has rushed to the front line...... "The tank and tank units can be withdrawn, and those who fight at close range will suffer losses." The heavy firepower of the US military is gone, and we have compressed them into a small range; Tell the comrades that the final decisive battle has arrived; We want to cleanly and completely wipe out the 5th Regiment of the 1st Marine Division! "The deputy division commander gave the final order for a decisive battle. Li Weiguo led the tank and tank detachments to withdraw according to the order of the deputy division commander, and the final general attack of the Volunteer Army began with the charge of "Woo Woo Woo ......"; Colonel Jamio closed his eyes in despair......
Two hours later, the gunfire and shouting in Liutan stopped, and the 5th Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the 7th Regiment of the 1st Marine Division of the US Army were all wiped out by the volunteers; At this time, the reinforcements of the two regiments of the US army were still fighting fiercely with the blocking troops of the volunteers, and the US troops could not advance a single step in three hours. "Withdraw your fellow marines, the 1st and 7th Marine Divisions will all begin to retreat during the day tomorrow." Smith, commander of the 1st Marine Division, ordered, "General, give us another half hour and we will definitely rush over; If the 5th and 7th regiments are not reinforced, it will be over. We don't have a history of the annihilation of the entire regiment, the general ...... "The deputy division commander and the two regiment commanders don't want to give up; "I had lost contact with the 5th Regiment 20 minutes ago, and Colonel Guise of the 7th Regiment reported 30 minutes ago that he had just rushed out of Liutanli with 1,500 men from the 2nd Battalion, the 3rd Battalion and the regimental direct team; I judge that even if you rush to Liutan in 30 minutes now, the 5th Regiment has been completely wiped out; Are you going to die? We have already lost one regiment, should we lose two more regiments in one night? Withdraw it immediately, it's an order! "The commander of the 1st Marine Division once again ordered a retreat.
The two regiments of the U.S. Army, which were fighting fiercely with the 237th Regiment and the Composite Detachment of the Volunteer Army, suddenly took the initiative to withdraw from the battle and quickly retreated in the direction of Xiajieyuli; "The battle in Liutanli is over, and the 5th Regiment of the U.S. Army must be finished!" The officers and men of the composite detachment and the 237th Regiment shouted excitedly as they looked at the retreating American troops. After the U.S. reinforcements retreated, the 237th Regiment and the composite detachment of the Volunteer Army quickly assembled and returned to Liutanli..... The remnants of the US 7th Regiment, which had successfully broken through from the south of Liutanli, quickly retreated in the direction of Xiajieyuli at the same time......
postscript
In the first stage of the Changjin Lake Campaign, the siege and annihilation battle of Liutanli ended, and with the cooperation of the composite detachment, two divisions of the 20th Army and one division of the 27th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers completely annihilated the 5th Regiment of the 1st Marine Division, annihilated one battalion of the 7th Regiment of the 1st Marine Division, and severely damaged two battalions of the 7th Regiment. A total of more than 6,700 enemies were annihilated in the siege and annihilation battle in Liutanli! The Chinese People's Volunteer Army blocking troops annihilated more than 1,300 enemies in two blocking battles on November 29! Smith, commander of the 1st Marine Division, began to prepare to lead the rest of the U.S. troops to evacuate Xiajieyuli, and Smith sent a group of U.S. troops to the Watergate Bridge at the same time......
On the morning of November 30, the 20th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers was preparing for concealment, and at the same time preparing to attack Xiajieyuli again on the night of the 30th; The companies of the composite detachment reassembled and prepared to cooperate with the main force to attack Xiajieyuli on the night of the 30th. At this time, a huge bright circle of light covered the synthesis detachment again, "Are we going back?" "The officers and men of the synthetic detachment were a little reluctant; The commander and political commissar of the 237th regiment noticed the abnormality, "What's wrong with you?" Seeing that the aperture covered the composite detachment, the regimental commander and political commissar anxiously asked, "We are leaving, we are from the 20th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army after 66!" We won the Battle of Changjin Lake, and we drove the Americans south of the 38th parallel! In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, we finally won the war! ...... "Li Weiguo and Zhao Kailai finally bid farewell to their predecessors! .......
When the bright aperture disappeared again, the synthetic forces reappeared on the exercise ground; "Continue to the target area as originally planned!" Li Weiguo and Zhao Kailai commanded the troops on the exercise ground, and continued to write the new glory of the 20th Group Army! ........
The 80th and 81st Divisions of the 27th Army in Xinxingli had completed the encirclement of the 31st Regiment of the US Army on November 30, and the 27th Army sent a company to blow up the Watergate Bridge at the same time; When night fell on November 30, the general attack of the 80th and 81st Divisions of the 27th Army on the 31st Regiment of the US Army in Xinxingli began...... (ENDS)