Under the personal command of Brigadier General Myron, the U.S. Army once again launched a more fierce attack on the Volunteer defense line.

In the face of the surging American soldiers, Wu Qianli commanded the soldiers to respond calmly and repelled the attacks of the American army again and again.

Finally holding out into the evening, Brigadier General Myron's troops suffered heavy losses.

Forced to temporarily stop the offensive.

Brigadier General Myron summoned his main officers and scolded them.

"A bunch of rubbish, the glory of the soldiers has been lost to you."

"We have been fighting for so long, we have not even broken through the defense line of the Chinese army, and we have lost so many troops in vain, let me explain to the command."

The US military officers present were red-faced and red-eared when they were scolded, and they did not dare to say anything more with their heads down.

After a while, an American officer defended: "Your Excellency, you can't blame us for this, we have really tried our best, but the strength of the Chinese army is too strong, and we really can't beat them." ”

"More importantly, they have a good position, which is why we have lost many attacks."

"So ......"

"Shut up!"

Brigadier General Myron roared angrily and directly interrupted him.

"Forget it, let's not talk about that now."

"It's already like this, there's no point in talking about it anymore, let's discuss the next battle plan."

Brigadier General Myron held back the anger in his heart, walked to the side of the sand table, and said: "Although the Chinese army has blocked our attack, they are in order to break the rear, and they will definitely take advantage of the night to continue to retreat north and escape." ”

"This hateful Chinese army has made us pay such a heavy price, and it is difficult to dispel the anger in my heart if we don't let them pay a certain price and annihilate them all."

At this time, an American colonel asked: "Your Excellency, you mean, while they are retreating, we will launch a new offensive and take the opportunity to defeat them." ”

Brigadier General Myron nodded and said, "Yes, this is the best time for us to destroy the enemy. ”

"Come and see, if they want to retreat north, they can only choose to take this road, and we have now occupied this place, as well as this area."

"As soon as their main force begins to retreat, we can make a detour from here, quickly pursue them, and launch an attack on them."

"At that time, they are in a hurry to retreat, and they will definitely not dare to continue to entangle with us, and they will definitely be defeated all the way."

"And we can take advantage of this opportunity to annihilate this hateful Chinese army in one fell swoop."

An American colonel hurriedly reminded: "Your Excellency, isn't this too risky?" ”

Brigadier General Myron frowned and said, "Risky? Do you think it's an adventure? ”

"But there is no risk in war, we have just experienced a crushing defeat, and if we don't find a way to make up for it, we will all become sinners."

"Cowering, can you make a war exploit? Forge ahead in order to achieve meritorious service, understand? ”

“yes sir!”

The US military officers present answered honestly.

Brigadier General Myron continued: "You don't need to worry, they take the initiative to retreat, we take advantage of the situation to pursue, we will definitely be able to win a big victory, there is no danger at all." ”

"So you just wait to work with me!"

"If we win this battle, we will all be heroes of the United States, otherwise we will all become sinners, and once we are held accountable for the defeat, we may even be court-martialed."

"So I don't need to tell you what to do next!"

“yes sir!”

Brigadier General Myron said with a serious face: "All the troops are ready for battle, and all the most elite troops will be transferred to me." ”

"Closely monitor the movements of the Chinese troops, and once they show signs of retreating, immediately carry out a roundabout outflank pursuit from the left and right flanks."

"Make sure you catch up with them and annihilate them all."

“yes sir!”

Brigadier General Myron continued: "If it is because of one person and the entire battle plan is affected, don't blame me for being ruthless. ”

“yes sir!”

The U.S. military officers present responded in unison.

Brigadier General Myron waved his hand and said, "Let's all go back!" After I go back, prepare well, and give me all my best to fight this battle with all my might, do you understand? ”

“yes sir!”

The U.S. officers present responded again, and then turned to leave.

Staring at the sand table in front of him, Brigadier General Myron sighed helplessly and said, "This should be our last chance, no matter what, we must not let the Chinese army on the opposite side run away this time." ”

………………

At the same time, the front command of the Volunteer Army.

The chief pointed to a simple map and said: "At present, we are blocking about a division of the US army, as well as the British 29th Brigade and the 25th Brigade and other troops, and the distance is not too far, and we can come over to support at any time." ”

"And our retreat has also been cut off, and the main forces are preparing to drill out through the gap in the encirclement of the American army."

"It's even worse because we're in charge of being left behind."

"If we follow the original route and continue north, we may encounter a roundabout force of the US army and be cut off here by them, and by that time, the main force is estimated to have broken through."

"Then the main force of the U.S. military may go all out to deal with us, our troops are scarce, and once we fall into the heavy encirclement of the U.S. military, the situation will become very bad."

"So I called everyone here today to discuss what to do next, how to get out of the encirclement of the US military."

Wu Qianli said: "If the US military does not pursue, we can first get rid of the main force of the US army in the south, retreat to a few dozen miles away in the north, and then look for an opportunity to drill out of the gap in the US army's encirclement." ”

"But the problem now is that we can't guarantee that the U.S. forces won't pursue us when we retreat."

At this time, the chief of staff said: "The US forces generally do not choose to attack at night, so it is unlikely that they will pursue." ”

"But the question is, even if they don't pursue, we retreat to the north, and when the time comes, will we still have a chance to break out by tomorrow night?"

"Tomorrow during the day, they'll catch up again."

Wu Qianli continued: "So we must not take this risk and pin our hopes on the US military not to pursue." ”

"Just as the chief of staff said, they will not pursue tonight, but will pursue tomorrow during the day, and then they can still form an encirclement of us again."

The chief of staff asked, "Then what do you say?" It's impossible to be foolproof. ”

Wu Qianli continued: "People who have no long-term concerns must have near-term worries, and we must be more thoughtful, so that we can be safer and more secure." ”

"Actually, I think it's a common thing for us to be surrounded by the encirclement of the U.S. army, and it is also common for us to break through the siege of the devil at the beginning, or in the early days of fighting Lao Chiang, it is also common for us to break through the encirclement."

"It's just that this time it's just a different opponent."

The chief nodded and said, "Wu Qianli's words are not bad, but they are not exactly the same. ”

"Because before, whether it was fighting devils or Lao Jiang, it was on our own territory, no matter where we fought, as long as we can break through, we can continue to take root and sprout, and we can also quickly find troops."

"But now that we are in North Korea, we are not familiar with the place, and we lack a mass base, so if we get to the enemy-occupied area, it will be difficult for us to get supplies, and we will be very passive at that time."

"So we still have to break out as soon as possible, rendezvous with the main force, and move to a safe place."

Wu Qianli thought for a while, frowned and said: "We can't pin our hopes on the US military not to pursue, no matter when, we still have to do our best to be foolproof." ”

"But the U.S. military will definitely be on guard, and if it continues to break through according to the original plan, it may also fall into the encirclement of the U.S. military again, so we can only change our strategy and surprise it, so that we can completely get rid of the pursuit of the U.S. military, and then successfully retreat."

The chief nodded and said, "Surprise! ”

"Surprise!"

Wu Qianli hurriedly added: "That's what I mean, in our previous war career, we were able to defeat the enemy many times, just by surprise." ”

"Especially when I was fighting the Japanese devils, the enemy was strong and I was weak."

"In the face of the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese devils, we smashed their sweeps again and again, one is to rely on the support of the masses, and the other is to rely on surprise and surprise victory."

The chief then said, "Good! If we want to be foolproof, we need to prepare for the worst in advance. ”

After everything was arranged, Wu Qianli returned to the position of the Seventh Regiment and instructed the soldiers to hurry up and prepare for retreat.

Due to the urgency of time, the soldiers of the Seventh Regiment must now hurry up.

Wu Qianli took some soldiers to arrange some tricks and mines on the top of the mountain in advance, as well as on some important road sections.

Then, according to the original plan, he began to withdraw from the position with the soldiers of the Gang 7th Regiment.

At the same time, other friendly units also withdrew from their positions and began to retreat to the north.

Under the orders of Brigadier General Myron, the U.S. troops were always monitoring the movements of our troops' positions, and after our troops retreated on all fronts, the U.S. troops soon became aware of this situation.

Brigadier General Myron, after receiving the news, immediately rushed to the forward position.

Brigadier General Myron instructed: "Immediately send an order to all troops to pursue me according to the original plan, and be sure to bite them to the death, and absolutely not let go of this Chinese army." ”

“yes sir!”

An American officer next to him hurriedly answered, turned around and went to deliver the order.

Brigadier General Myron held a telescope and continued to observe the situation in the north.

With Brigadier General Myron's order, the US troops immediately began to pursue.

But as the frontal U.S. forces continued to advance north, they were soon hit by mines.

As a violent explosion sounded, the vanguard of the US army was killed and wounded.

"Report to Your Excellency General, the Chinese army has laid a large number of mines on the roads we must pass, and mines have been laid on all major roads."

Brigadier General Myron sneered and said, "Sure enough, I guessed that they would do it." ”

"Order the engineering units to clear the mines as soon as possible."

“yes sir!”

At this time, an officer next to him asked, "Your Excellency, if we delay time, we may not be able to catch up with them." ”

Brigadier General Myron smiled slightly, and said confidently: "We have sent troops from both flanks and outflanked them in a roundabout way, not to mention that their retreat has been completely cut off. ”

"Overnight, they won't be able to escape our encirclement, so we don't have to worry about anything at all."

Hearing this, the US officer hurriedly said: "Your Excellency General is wise, or you are more thoughtful. ”

Brigadier General Myron said confidently: "We finally found such a good opportunity, how can I waste this opportunity in vain? ”

"I said that this time, no matter what, we must annihilate them all, and none of them can be let go."

"Inform the detour troops on both wings, let them speed up, bite them as soon as possible, and definitely not let them run."

“yes sir!”

……………………

After the order was issued, the broken volunteer army began to retreat rapidly to the north.

Looking at the situation in the north, the chief said thoughtfully: "The main force should have begun to break through with all its might." ”

The chief of staff next to him replied: "Calculating the time, it should be about the same." ”

At this time, a soldier ran over quickly and said, "Report to the chief, I just received the latest news, and from the left and right flanks, a large number of American troops have caught up. ”

"They've pinched us."

The chief couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said, "I didn't expect it! These guys are quite powerful, and it seems that we are underestimating this group of American troops. ”

"Fortunately, Wu Qianli mentioned this matter before, and we can be regarded as prepared."

"Continue to retreat for three kilometers and carry out according to the original plan."

"Yes!" (End of chapter)