The morning light pierces the night, and the dawn comes

The U.S. military immediately called in nearby artillery to provide artillery support, and at the same time called in planes to bomb the Wumazhi Heights.

However, at this moment, the soldiers of the Seventh Regiment had already dug the tunnel, and the soldiers were all hiding in the safe tunnel.

No matter how the US army bombs, it will not be able to cause much damage to the soldiers of the Seventh Regiment for the time being.

After some indiscriminate bombardment, Joseph looked at the battlefield filled with gunsmoke and said with a sneer: "Hmph, now let's see how they can stop our army's attack." ”

An American officer next to him said: "With such fierce artillery fire, it is estimated that all those hateful Chinese troops have been killed." ”

Another officer said: "Don't underestimate the enemy, these volunteers are cunning, they may have built a defensive line, after all, these volunteers are really good at defensive operations, we still want to be careful." ”

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph said confidently: "That's absolutely impossible, they have only occupied Wumazhi for a long time, how can they build a strong enough position in such a short time?" It's absolutely impossible. ”

The U.S. officer insisted: 'Don't be careless! After all, the volunteer army does have a lot of strength, and they have created many impossible miracles. ’

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph sneered and shook his head, apparently not listening to what he said.

After a while, the shelling was over, and Lieutenant Colonel Joseph sneered and said: 'Now that their fortifications have all been destroyed, they may all be killed. ’

"Attack now, take advantage of this opportunity, and destroy them all."

“yes sir!”

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph gave the order, and the U.S. army immediately sent an elite unit to launch a fierce attack on the Wumazhi Heights again.

It was not much different from the last attack, and under the cover of tanks, a large number of American troops rushed towards the position of the 7th Regiment.

Wu Qianli huddled in the tunnel, couldn't help complaining, and said: "This tunnel is still too narrow, we must continue to dig, and we have to dig deeper, it can't accommodate so many of us." ’

"Commander, the American devils have attacked!"

At this time, someone outside shouted.

Wu Qianli hurriedly ordered: "Go out immediately, restore your position, and prepare for battle." ”

Then the soldiers cautiously climbed out of the tunnel, and Wu Qianli and the soldiers hurried to the position, ready to block the attacking American troops.

Wu Qianli lay on his position, observing the situation at the bottom of the mountain, when a large number of American troops had begun to rush up the mountain.

The tanks were parked in the open space below the hill to provide fire cover for the attacking troops.

Strings of bullets flew towards the top of the mountain, and the bullets hit the top of the mountain, splashing patches of dust.

Wu Qianli shouted loudly: "Brothers~! Aim at these American devils and hit them hard. ”

With Wu Qianli's order, the soldiers aimed at the enemy who rushed up and pulled the trigger.

"Da Da Da Da~!"

Dense gunfire rang out, and bullets rained down on the enemy.

"Puff~!"

The bullet hit the American soldier's body with a muffled sound and splashed patches of blood mist.

The terrible screams continued to sound, and I saw that the American troops rushing in front fell in an instant.

The rest of the enemy was so frightened that they fell to the ground, and they no longer dared to rush forward easily.

The US tanks, heavy machine guns, and mortars at the bottom of the hill immediately mobilized their firepower and began to bombard the positions of the Gang 7th Regiment on the top of the hill to provide cover for the attacking troops.

Wu Qianli shouted loudly while shooting the American soldiers who showed their heads: "Grenades." ”

One after another, grenades flew out of the position with black smoke sneering, and they fell towards the position of the American army one after another.

"Boom~! Rumble~! ”

Violent explosions rang out one after another, and pieces of fire rose into the air, and the US troops were suddenly killed and wounded by the bombed people on their backs.

On the anti-slope position, Lei Gong also ordered people to arrange mortars.

Lei Gong ordered loudly: "Open the cannon." ”

"Knock knock~!"

A series of muffled artillery sounds rang out, and mortar shells flew out one after another.

"Boom~! Rumble~! ”

Violent explosions rang out one after another, and pieces of fire rose into the air, and the American troops were suddenly blown up on their backs, killing and wounding one after another.

Although the tanks could not be destroyed, there were still quite a few people in the heavy machine-gun positions and mortar positions below the mountain.

After this artillery fire, Lei Gong and his men seized the initiative and knocked out the heavy machine guns and mortars of the US troops at once.

The attacking American troops were met head-on, and the infantry instantly suffered heavy casualties, and the infantry retreated in fright.

The retreat of the infantry meant the failure of the offensive.

In the distance, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph saw this scene through a telescope and couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.

"Fake~! How so? ”

Joseph originally thought that this attack would definitely go very smoothly, and it was impossible for him to lose so quickly and so badly.

At this time, an American officer said: "Sir, the firepower of the Chinese army on the opposite side is quite fierce, and the timing is very exquisite, and it has caused us a lot of losses. ”

Hearing this, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph's face became even more ugly.

At this time, an American lieutenant said: "Sir, I said before, these volunteers are not easy to deal with, they may have already built a defensive position, and our artillery fire may not be effective against them. ”

These words undoubtedly amounted to a slap in the face of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph.

Hearing this, Joseph was furious and said: "What are you doing here, now that the attack has failed, is it still useful to talk about this?" ”

The lieutenant couldn't help but be speechless for a while, thinking to himself that it's not that you are too naïve, and you don't let people say it yet.

However, the lieutenant could only swallow this evil breath and obediently stepped aside.

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph said angrily: "Immediately concentrate artillery fire and continue the attack, no matter what, you must take down the five horses for me." ”

“yes sir!”

At this time, an American soldier ran over and said, "Report to the commander, the regiment commander has sent a telegram to inquire about the battle situation." ”

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

A small five-horse zhi, before he came, he swore that he would be able to take it down soon.

As a result, it has been so long now, and it is still far away to win Wumazhi.

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph pondered for a moment and said, "Immediately reply to the regiment commander, just say that the Chinese army in Wumazhi is extraordinary and very difficult to deal with. ”

"We're attacking with all our might right now, and if nothing else, we should be able to win today."

“yes sir!”

Joseph then ordered: "Send the order, organize more troops to prepare for the attack, and take down the five horses for me at all costs." ”

“yes sir!”

The US military officers present hurriedly responded.

Annoyed, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph immediately began to organize a new attack.

And Wu Qianli and the soldiers of the Seventh Regiment are also ready for battle at any time.

In Wu Qianli's view, the U.S. military is just those two hits, as long as they dodge the enemy's bombing, the rest of the battle will be much easier.

Hearing the sound of explosions coming from outside again, Wu Qianli ordered: "Take every opportunity to dig the tunnel as deep as possible." ”

"Yes~!"

……

After a fierce battle, the American attack was again repulsed.

Wu Qianli took the soldiers to hide in the pit again, and Yu Congrong, Mei Sheng and Lei Gong all came to the regiment headquarters.

Wu Qianli briefly introduced the situation and said: "This is probably the situation now, the above hopes that we can conquer the mountains in the northeast, so that we can take advantage of the geographical advantage and really threaten the retreat of the US army." ”

Lei Gong held the unlit belt in his mouth, and said thoughtfully: "That high ground is also easy to do, if it is a two-sided attack, the probability of a sneak attack is still very high." ”

Mei Sheng frowned and said: "Actually, the biggest trouble now is still the enemy, will the enemy continue to attack tomorrow, if we continue to fight according to this trend, how long can we hold out?" ”

Yu Congrong said with a smile: "Tonight, our main force will definitely launch a large-scale offensive again, the enemy will definitely be defeated again, and soon our large army will arrive, what are we afraid of." ”

Mei Sheng pondered for a moment and said, "That's right. ”

Wu Qianli continued: "Let's not care about the rest, what we want to talk about now is how to take this high ground in the northeast." ”

Lei Gong pondered for a moment and said: "As far as I know, the enemy does not have too many troops on the mountain, we only need to select a group of good hands, as long as we can touch the top of the mountain, then the matter is basically done, if you can't touch it, then it will be troublesome." ”

Wu Qianli nodded slightly and said, "It's still Lei Gong who is right." ”

"Yu Congrong, the two of us personally led the team to touch the top of the mountain and attack the enemy's position."

Yu Congrong hurriedly responded: "Yes!" ”

Wu Qianli continued: "Immediately allocate manpower and start preparing." ”

"Yes!"

……

Van Vliet learned that the Volunteers had launched a large-scale offensive on the Eastern Front, and that the situation was not good, so he hurried to the Eastern Front.

Van Vliet landed in a helicopter in the compound of the enemy's Eastern Front Headquarters, and as soon as he got off the plane, Van Vliet said angrily: "Has Liu Zaixing of the South Korean Army arrived?" ”

A brigadier general of the US military next to him said: "Your Excellency, Liu Zaixing is already waiting. ”

Van Vliet entered the house angrily, and soon met Yoo Jae-heung, the commander of the Third Army of the Korean Army.

Van Vliet was very polite at first, and asked, "General Liu, how is the battle situation on the Eastern Front now?" ”

Liu Zaixing frowned, and said with a panicked expression: "That, Your Excellency Commander, we ......"

Van Vliet asked a little angrily: "I heard that the entire Eastern Front has collapsed, your defense area, the troops of several divisions, and tens of thousands of people have not even stopped the enemy for a night, and they have all been defeated." ”

"Is that so? My General Liu? ”

Liu Zaixing said hesitantly: "Probably like this, the enemy's offensive is too strong, and we really can't support it." ”

Van Vliet said angrily: "Are you all rubbish? I think you're all a bunch of idiots, utter idiots. ”

"Where are your troops now?"

Van Vliet walked briskly to the front of the sand table.

Liu Zaixing replied hesitantly: "I don't know ......"

"Don't know?"

Van Vliet was surprised, thinking he had misheard.

Liu Zaixing hurriedly explained: "They retreated without authorization, and now the troops are all in chaos, and I don't know where they are, anyway, they are retreating now." ”

Van Vliet said angrily: "Fake! ”

Van Vliet really wanted to shoot this waste right now, but the battle wasn't over yet, and there was no good in killing him at this time.

What's more, this guy is a senior general of the South Korean army after all, and in political considerations, it is inconvenient for him to kill him directly.

Van Vliet could only suppress the anger in his heart and ordered: "Can your troops still organize a counteroffensive now?" ”

Liu Zaixing replied honestly: "It's difficult, the enemy's offensive is too fierce, they are too powerful, we can't be their opponent at all." ”

Van Vliet roared angrily: "You bunch of waste, let me tell you, the current situation is that you are all surrounded, you should have seen it, the volunteers are also boldly interspersed during the day, they are about to surround you, you know? ”

"If you can't open the breakthrough, your current divisions will be doomed."

"And why didn't your troops appear in Wumazhi and retreat here, isn't it the closest?"

Liu Zaixing reported: "We received a report that the troops retreating to Wumazhi were ambushed by the enemy, so they changed their course. ”

"A bunch of trash."

Van Vliet scolded angrily: "It's all rice buckets, don't you know that there are only a few enemies in Wumazhi? ”

"Our troops are now attacking Wumazhi, but the enemy occupies favorable terrain and cannot overcome it for the time being, but I believe that soon we will be able to defeat Wumazhi."

Liu Zaixing scoffed at this, you can't beat it, and you're embarrassed to say this.

In fact, Liu Zaixing can be regarded as seeing through these US troops, in his opinion, these guys, that is, the weapons are better than them, the ammunition and logistics support are better than them, and as for other aspects, they may not be better than them, so what qualifications do they have to talk about them.

But I thought so in my heart, but I didn't dare to say it on my lips.

Van Vliet said, "I hope to see your troops at Wumazhi!" Can it be done? ”

"General Liu, we must go all out now to block their attack, if we fail, then our losses will be great, do you understand?"

Liu Zaixing stubbornly said: "I will do my best." ”

Van Vliet pointed to Liu Zaixing's nose and said, "You personally go to supervise the battle, command your troops, and take down Wumazhi." ”

Liu Zaixing was speechless for a while, thinking: You can't take it down, and you still expect us to take it down, because you said such nonsense.

Van Vliet didn't care about this, and continued: "Don't forget, who are we fighting this war for, and you yourself are not desperate, do you count on us for everything?" ”

Hearing this, Liu Zaixing was also powerless to refute, this was indeed true, and he was even embarrassed to complain.

Liu Zaixing stubbornly said: "Yes, then I will immediately organize troops to counterattack Wumazhi." ”

Van Vliet said: "You must take the five horses, if you can't take it, then you don't have to be the commander of the legion." ”

"Don't think that you were appointed by Lee, even so, I have the right to remove you from your position, and all the ground forces are under my command, including your Korean army, understand?"

“yes sir!”

Liu Zaixing had no choice but to bow down and accept the order.

After sending Yoo Jae-heung away, Van Vliet said angrily: "These Korean troops are a bunch of complete fools, their corps commanders can't even mobilize their troops, and now they can't even know the specific location of their troops, it's just a joke." ”

The Brigadier General next to him said: "But we still need their assistance now, after all, the scale of this war is getting bigger and bigger, and the enemy is still increasing its troops." ”

"And we can't rely on our own strength, in that case we will be stuck in the quagmire of war."

"Don't forget, now the Soviets are still waiting, they have not yet entered the war, and if they also do, it will be even more troublesome."

Van Vliet said: "I don't think they would have gone to war at all, and if they had wanted to, they wouldn't have waited until now. ”

The brigadier general said, "But we have to guard against it! ”

Van Vliet said: "To be honest, the volunteers on the other side are really powerful, I admire them, it is a miracle to be able to fight us like this with such inferior weapons, but they did it, I admire them very much, and at the same time I pity them." ”

The Brigadier General of the US Army asked puzzledly: "Do you mean that they paid for greater losses and casualties?" ”

Van Vliet shook his head and said, "No, I'm sorry for them to have such a shameless ally. ”

"Hmph~! Isn't it pitiful that group of old woolly bears themselves refused to participate in the war, but only used the volunteers as guns? ”

Brigadier General said: "But the news we got is that they have begun to provide more aid to the volunteers. ”

Van Vliet said: "If we were in such a situation, we would definitely go straight to war, join hands with our allies, and they would only provide some ridiculous aid, and it would not necessarily be gratuitous, what is that? ”

"Don't be an ally like that."

"That is, China is too backward to rely more on these despicable woolly bears, otherwise this would not be the case."

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

In fact, Van Vliet also received a report from the front line, knowing that Wumazhi was not easy to fight, and they had attacked for so long and suffered heavy losses.

Only then did he throw this hot potato to Liu Zaixing.

Liu Zaixing also had no choice but to take over this task in an attempt to be able to make meritorious contributions.

……

Inside the headquarters of the Volunteer Army.

"The overall situation in the current battle is still favorable to us, and we must continue to strengthen the offensive, seize this opportunity, and annihilate as many enemies as possible."

Chief of Staff Xie said: "The South Korean army is too fast to be attacked, and our troops do not hesitate to pursue them during the day in order to catch up with them. ”

"But the enemy's air force has air supremacy and has carried out a series of bombardments against us, causing some unnecessary losses."

"In particular, the 35th Division suffered heavy losses, the division headquarters was also bombed, and the deputy division commander, the combat section chief, and the deputy regiment commander were all sacrificed."

"In any case, we have to persevere, the enemy we are facing is too strong, and we will definitely face some difficulties and dangers."

"No matter how big the difficulties are, we must strive to overcome them as soon as possible to achieve the final victory."

"I always believe that we can definitely win in the end."

"Order all units to continue to intensify the offensive and make sure to achieve greater results tonight."

"Occupy this area and strive to completely defeat the 3rd, 7th, and 9th divisions of the ROK army, or even completely annihilate them."

"And this 10th Army of the U.S. Army, we must also use every opportunity as much as possible to consume their troops."

Chief of Staff Xie said: "According to the information sent from the front, the 10th Army of the US Army has sent troops to attack from the flanks to rescue the South Korean army, and has engaged our troops, but judging from the current situation, they have not invested too many troops." ”

"In other words, they were not so active in rescuing the South Korean army, maybe they didn't expect the South Korean army to lose so badly."

"In any case, you have to block them, you can't take chances on them, in case their main force comes, it won't be troublesome."

Chief of Staff Xie pondered for a moment, and then said: "There is another problem, that is, the enemy will not play tricks on us again!" ”

"You mean, they deliberately lure the enemy deeper?"

Chief of Staff Xie nodded and said, "Don't rule out this possibility!" ”

"After all, these guys are getting more and more cunning now, and they have learned to play strategy and tactics with us."

"If we advance all the way on the Eastern Front, they suddenly concentrate their forces and weave around our backs, which may create a counter-encirclement of us."

"Their main force is not on the Eastern Front now, and the order must be mobilized to mobilize all possible forces and closely monitor the movements of their main force."

"Especially the movements of the main force of the 10th Army, we must investigate clearly, you are right, let's be careful."

"Yes!"

Chief of Staff Xie hurriedly responded: "I'll arrange it." ”

"As a reserve unit, we must fortify here and here in advance to prevent the enemy from sneaking up on the rear of our army, as long as we hold these points, then the enemy will not be able to pass, and we will have no worries."

Chief of Staff Xie hurriedly responded: "Yes, I'll go and arrange it." ”

"These enemies are also very capable of learning, and we have to constantly change our tactics."

"That's how we can better adapt to this war."

Chief of Staff Xie nodded and said: "The Yankees are indeed very capable of learning, and they have more advanced weapons and equipment, so there is still a big gap between them and us in this regard." ”

"That's why these guys are getting harder and harder to deal with."

"But we also have our advantages, our soldiers are much stronger than them in terms of individual ability, if it weren't for the problems of weapons and equipment and logistics support, they would have been driven into the sea by us by now."

"Forget it, let's not talk about it, now we still try to fight the battle in front of us."

"In any case, we must try to be as foolproof as possible, and we must not give the enemy any opportunity to take advantage of, the previous lesson is deep enough, we must also learn a lesson, and we must not let the tragedy repeat itself." (End of chapter)