After dawn

The U.S. military dispatched a large number of planes to bomb the volunteer troops.

On the premise of not having air supremacy, in order to avoid unnecessary losses, the Volunteers could only temporarily stop the pursuit, and all units took the opportunity to take a hidden rest nearby.

The 7th Regiment also handed over the prisoners to the main force and rested in seclusion.

After a night of fighting, the warriors were also tired, and hid in a nearby valley, and after eating and drinking, they began to fall asleep.

Although they were sleeping in the wilderness, the warriors did not complain.

Fortunately, the weather is warmer now, and I am not so guilty, compared to last winter in Changjin Lake.

After all, at that time, the low temperature was dozens of degrees below zero, and the soldiers were also climbing the ice and lying in the snow and sleeping in the wilderness.

After a beautiful sleep, when everyone woke up, it was already evening.

At the regimental headquarters, the backbone officers of the Seventh Regiment got together and began to discuss the current battle situation.

Wu Qianli pointed to the map and said, "At present, in our direction, the assault is progressing most smoothly."

"Our unit has formed an assault force, like a sharp knife, piercing deep into the enemy's body."

"I guess we will continue to attack in the future, try to expand the results of the battle, and then completely break down their defenses."

Mei Sheng nodded and said, "I agree with you, judging from the current situation, tonight, we will continue to attack, so we must also prepare for battle in advance."

Wu Wanli approached him and asked, "Brother, hasn't Shiji's order come down yet?"

Wu Qianli shook his head and said, "Not yet, but it should be soon."

Yu Congrong said excitedly: "Yesterday's battle was enjoyable, and the gains were not small, and the morale of the soldiers is high now, so they should continue to fuck him!"

While he was talking, the correspondent rushed to the station of the Seventh Regiment and conveyed the order.

According to the instructions, the 7th Gang Regiment will cooperate with friendly forces, once again carry out the interspersed mission, and boldly advance behind enemy lines.

After receiving this order, Yu Congrong was excited, and said with a smile, "Okay! This time, we can free ourselves to fight the enemy again."

Wu Qianli stared at the map and said, "According to this instruction, Shiji's intention is to take the opportunity to completely defeat the enemy in front of him."

"And we need to make a further detour behind enemy lines, directly into their rear, and turn them upside down here."

"In this way, we can cooperate with the main force to completely defeat the enemy in front of us and continue to advance the front south."

Mei Sheng nodded and said, "However, the enemy should have also reacted, and will definitely strengthen the defensive forces in this direction, so there will definitely be a fierce battle next."

Wu Qianli immediately ordered: "Immediately notify the whole regiment, prepare for battle in advance, and set off as soon as it gets dark."

"Yes!"

Mei Sheng stared at the map carefully for a while, and said, "According to the instructions of our superiors, we will continue to penetrate behind enemy lines along this route this time."

"Judging by the situation on the map, this road is not easy to follow."

Wu Qianli said in high spirits: "A few high mountains are absolutely impossible to stop us from moving forward."

After dark, under the leadership of Wu Qianli, the Seventh Regiment set off again and began to weave behind enemy lines.

After several hours of rapid marching, the 7th Regiment successfully penetrated dozens of miles behind enemy lines.

At this moment, Pinghe was lying on the top of a mountain, looking at a large area of enemy military camp in the distance, and couldn't help frowning.

I thought to myself, "Is it too ruthless this time, and it goes straight to the enemy's lair."

In this camp alone, it is tentatively estimated that there is at least one battalion of troops.

A battalion of the enemy army had as few as seven or eight hundred men, and most of them were more than a thousand.

Pinghe observed carefully, and then whispered to Wu Jin next to him, "You take someone here to keep an eye on it,

I'm going to report to the regimental commander."

Subsequently, Pinghe quietly descended the mountain, and at this moment, the main force of the Seventh Regiment had reached the foot of the mountain, and was hiding in a forest to rest and wait.

Pinghe ran to Wu Qianli and said, "We are too ruthless this time, and we have gone directly to the enemy's lair."

"In that valley ahead, there is an enemy camp with one or two thousand enemy troops."

"And there may be other enemy troops stationed nearby."

Hearing this, Wu Qianli couldn't help frowning and said, "There are so many enemies, it's not easy to deal with!"

Mei Sheng said: "Now that we are in the rear of the enemy, the surrounding enemy situation is not clear, so it is not appropriate to act rashly."

Wu Qianli nodded and said, "I think so too, it's best to find out the specific strength of the enemy, and after contacting the main force, decide how to do it."

"I've already sent a messenger to contact the other brother troops," he said.

Wu Qianli observed the surrounding terrain and said, "This place is relatively hidden, the troops are on standby, and then make plans according to the specific situation."

At the same time, the rest of the friendly troops also rushed to the nearby area.

The friendly forces sent out a few groups of scouts, and before dawn, they figured out everything around them.

The enemy group that Pinghe found was indeed a battalion of enemy troops, and there were other enemy troops nearby.

However, the enemy of this battalion was on the periphery of their large force, on a salient point.

That is to say, the rest of the enemy's main forces are all in their southeast direction.

As a result, Wu Qianli immediately made a decision, telegraphed all the friendly troops, and gradually formed an encirclement posture against the enemy's battalion.

Although it was only encircling one battalion, the enemy's battalion had nearly 2,000 men, and the intensity of firepower was even far superior to that of friendly troops, so our army did not have an advantage.

And at this time, the sky was gradually brightening, and in the face of the enemy's air superiority, our army did not dare to attack during the day.

The troops could only be concealed on the spot, but fortunately, the surrounding mountains were undulating, the vegetation was lush, and our troops were also good at concealment, so the enemy did not find any trace of our troops.

At this time, Mei Sheng had already made contact with the chief, and the main force would continue to advance south after dark.

Therefore, Wu Qianli decided to cooperate with the existing friendly forces to launch an attack on the enemy army that night, so as to cooperate with the operation of the main force.

At this moment, the main forces are still dozens of miles away.

If all is normal, the troops will be able to advance to their positions in one night.

And now that the enemy has learned well, in the face of the attack of the volunteers at night, the enemy will gradually retreat.

But they retreated at most thirty kilometers, because, according to their judgment, thirty kilometers was the farthest distance that the volunteers could attack overnight.

After daybreak, they will go on the defensive, with the advantage of strong artillery fire.

After dark, the enemy will retreat again, depending on the actual situation.

Li Qiwei's tactic was to delay time, because he firmly believed that the offensive of the volunteers could only last a few days.

After a few days, they will run out of ammunition and food, and they will lose the ability to attack.

As long as they hold out until that time, they can concentrate their superior forces and start launching a counteroffensive to defeat the Volunteer Army.

I have to say that Li Qiwei's tactic is quite effective.

Although our army is constantly advancing, it is basically a situation of flat pushing, and there are not many enemies annihilated.

Therefore, it is not possible to annihilate the enemy on a large scale, and once the enemy launches a counteroffensive after the volunteers lose their offensive capability, the situation will be very unfavorable to our army.

Faced with such a situation, the boss is also worried.

Staring at the map in front of him, the boss couldn't help but sigh and said, "Li Qiwei, this old fox, is really too difficult to deal with."

"If this continues, our advantage will only gradually be lost."

Chief of Staff Xie said: "At present, the progress of the various units is relatively smooth, and the three-way army is showing a flanking attack, gradually approaching Seoul."

The boss frowned and said, "There is another problem that we have to consider."

"That is, if our army advances too deep to the south, will the enemy come to an Inchon landing again and cut off our rear?"

"It is entirely possible that the enemy has absolute air and sea supremacy."

The reason why the Northern Korean troops were defeated so quickly and so badly was because MacArthur carried out the Inchon landing, which suddenly left the Northern Korean army vulnerable to the enemy.

The boss is also worried about this problem now, because the enemy's sea and air forces are too strong, and if they carry out landing operations again, our army will not be able to prevent the landing of the enemy's main force at all.

This is like a sharp sword, hanging over the heads of the volunteers, which may be swung down at any time.

This is also the problem that the boss is most worried about.

However, in reality, at that time the US military was not preparing for another landing operation.

Because the U.S. government at that time no longer wanted to continue to expand the scale of this war.

So much so that because MacArthur disagreed with the US Congress, not long ago, the US military base camp directly removed MacArthur from his post as commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.

Now Ridgway has taken over the position, becoming the second commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.

And the post of commander of the Eighth Army has already been taken over by Lieutenant General Van Vliet.

As our troops continued to approach Seoul, the US military panicked, and Seoul also experienced a third large-scale evacuation.

However, neither Ridgway nor Van Vliet had any intention of giving up on Seoul.

Because this is the capital of South Korea after all, it is not as simple as giving up a city.

If the Volunteers captured Seoul again, the political significance would be far greater than the military significance.

And Ridgway and Van Vliet, although they are both purely military men, are not completely ignorant of politics.

As for the volunteers, in fact, they have no intention of capturing Seoul again.

Because the boss is worried that the enemy will land again.

So the current situation is also quite delicate, the US military is worried that we will capture Seoul, and our army is worried that the US army will have another landing operation.

In reality, neither side has such a plan.

The purpose of the war on both sides is also very clear, both want to destroy a large number of enemy living forces in order to win the initiative on the battlefield.

The boss gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry about this for now, all the troops will continue to attack according to the original plan, and try their best to destroy as many enemies as possible."

"Yes!"

Soon, night fell again.

In accordance with the order, the troops continued to launch a new round of offensives.

After dark, in the temporary headquarters of the friendly forces, the leader said with a serious face: "Order all troops to attack immediately!"

"Strive to eliminate this enemy in the Mudong as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

A staff officer next to him hurriedly answered, and then conveyed the order.

With the order of the chief, the artillery units concentrated their artillery fire and began to bombard the enemy's positions.

"Chirp~!"

The shrill whistling sound continued to sound, and one shell after another flew quickly towards the enemy position.

"Boom~! Boom~!"

Violent explosions rang out one after another, and soon the enemy's forward positions were covered by mortar fire.

The enemy troops, who were suddenly attacked, were also in chaos.

The enemy who was surrounded in Mudong was the Gloucester battalion of the British 29th Brigade, who had originally retreated and were resting in the vicinity, but they did not expect to be attacked by the volunteers again.

Inside the battalion headquarters, Lieutenant Colonel Kahn angrily scolded, "Fake, where did these hateful enemies come from?"

An officer next to him said, "Sir, we don't know where they came from, but we're basically surrounded by the squadron now."

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn yelled, "Call for reinforcements from the brigade headquarters at once, ask for reinforcements."

「yessir!」

The officer hurriedly answered.

"Report to the commander, the brigade commander ordered our troops to hold their positions and be sure to block the enemy's attack."

Lieutenant Colonel Karn roared, "What about the reinforcements? We need reinforcements."

The officer replied, "The brigade commander has begun to mobilize troops to support us, so let's be patient."

Lieutenant Colonel Kahn then ordered: "The order is given, all units must hold their positions, and no one is allowed to take half a step back."

"No matter what, be sure to stop their attack."

「yessir!」

At this moment, the Gloucester battalion has basically fallen into encirclement, and it is not so easy for them to run.

So there is only one way in front of them, and that is to hold on and wait for help.

However, although Lieutenant Colonel Kahn was angry, he was not too worried, because the nearby troops were not too far away from them, and they should be able to come to support in time.

Moreover, they have a strong firepower advantage, and as long as they hold on desperately, the volunteers may not be able to break through their defenses, at least Lieutenant Colonel Kahn thinks.

And so the fierce battle broke out again.

The Seventh Gang Regiment, under the leadership of Wu Qianli, began to attack the British positions from the northeast.

In order to hold the position, the British *** team also desperately carried out firepower output to resist the attack of the volunteers.

Under the strong firepower of the British army, the attack of the volunteers did not go well, and the battle fell into a stalemate for a while.