The dark clouds that hung over the heads of the people passed and drifted to the far west, and the rising sun cast a golden ray of sunlight onto the ground, reflecting the ground.

The trucks hidden in the woods were obscured by the raindrops of leaves, and the roar of airplane engines could be faintly heard in the distant sky.

Ma Da leaned against the tree, raised his head and scolded: "The foreign devil of the dog day, sooner or later, you will kill your iron bird!" ”

Chen Lie said on the side: "This day will come, and I will also shoot down a US military plane at that time!" ”

He was no longer satisfied with destroying the enemy with a gun, and had begun to dream of destroying the enemy's plane with a gun, but that was just a thought.

Xia Yuan squatted on the ground and stared at the car for a while, "It's okay, keep driving, it's no problem to drive to the division headquarters." ”

Instructor Shao said: "There is still a while before the division headquarters here, and the US military planes are even more rampant during the day, so we will hide the supplies here, so let's go to the division headquarters first, and when we wait until this evening, the division headquarters will definitely send someone to take these materials away." ”

Xia Yuan stared at the water stains under the chassis of the car in a daze, shook his head and said, "Time is not enough." ”

Lao Yang squatted aside and smoked a cigarette, "Why is there not enough time?" ”

Thundered!

A series of explosions could be heard in the distance, and the startled and sleepy warriors grabbed their weapons alertly and looked around.

Xia Yuan raised his head suddenly, Instructor Shao had already stood up, Lao Yang moved faster, spit out the cigarette in his mouth, his calloused palm had already grabbed the submachine gun, and his fingers were hooked on the trigger.

"The battle on the front line has begun."

Xia Yuan muttered.

"Company Commander, We"

The big guys all have a solemn look on their faces.

"Go ahead to the division!"

"But."

"Go ahead to the division! That's an order! ”

Xia Yuan's voice was a little stiff, he knew what the big guy was thinking, but at the moment this batch of materials was more important, and there was not enough time, it was completely because he knew very well in his heart that the defense line of the 180th Division would begin to shrink today, and the position would be lost, this was because the higher authorities gave the order to retreat.

But is this really the case? If the retreat order had really been issued, the fate of the 180th Division might have been rewritten, but this was not the case, and not long after the 180th Division received the retreat order, a new order was issued.

Xia Yuan can't change anything, but if he knocks on the side, he may change the retreat route of the 180th Division in the future.

But this is just a 'possibility', even if it is a 'possibility' with little hope, Xia Yuan always has to work hard.

While thinking about it, the whistling sound of airplanes and warplanes came overhead, and the buzzing sound echoed among the mountains and forests.

"I can't drag it any longer, the car drives out and continues to go."

On the west side of the 180th Division, the defensive line of the 63rd Army was empty, and the 63rd Army received the order to retreat and began to retreat to the rear, and then the 63rd Army was about to start the Cheorwon Blocking Battle. The 15th Army on the eastern flank also retreated, and the 1st Marine Division occupied the eastern flank of the 63rd Army.

This morning, the puppet 6th Division, interspersed from the junction between the 63rd Army and the 180th Division, had arrived on the west side of the 180th Division.

At this point, the puppet 6th Division cut off the possibility of the 180th Division's western transfer in the west, the 1st Marine Division cut off the possibility of the 180th Division's eastern transfer in the east, and the US 7th Division continued to attack and exert pressure on all the defensive lines of the 180th Division in the front.

The 180th Division was already encircled on three sides.

Jiguandong, located in the rear of the 180th Division, is the last line of defense on the retreat route of the 180th Division, as long as the Jiguandong is not lost, then the 180th Division still has the possibility of crossing the Han River and retreating.

Little did they know that danger was creeping in.

The 63rd Army held the west side of the 180th Division and faced two major enemies, namely the US 24th Division and the Puppet 2nd Division. However, the retreat of the 63rd Army allowed the US 24th Division and the Puppet 2nd Division to take the defense areas originally garrisoned by the 63rd Army unimpeded on the 23rd - Qingpingchuan and Jiaping!

The two divisions that occupied Qingpingchuan and Gapyeong naturally did not give up the opportunity to continue northward, and seizing the opportunity, they decided to continue their offensive north along the road.

The end of the highway is the City God Hall.

The location of the Chenghuangtang is very important, just because it is on the northwest side of the Jiguan Mountain, next to the Jiguan Mountain, and is a hub that the 180th Division cannot bypass in its retreat.

At the same time, the US 7th Division launched another fierce attack on the position of the 180th Division from the front, and the offensive was far more fierce than yesterday. The 1st Marine Division on the east side was also on the way to pursue, and occupied the position on the east side of the 180th Division, completing the blockade of the 180th Division from the east side, and only Chuncheon, which was held by the 179th Division, remained on the east side.

The air at the headquarters of the 180th Division was quite solemn.

Except for the fact that the 63rd Army had not received the news of its retreat yesterday evening, they had already received the news of the retreat of the 15 th Army, and the consequence of the retreat of the 15 th Army was that the pressure on their eastern flank had suddenly increased, and according to the information transmitted by the military headquarters, the enemy on the eastern flank was the 1st Marine Division, which had almost annihilated it in the second battle!

The faces of the cadres of the 180th Division were covered with gloomy clouds, and Division Commander Zheng stood in front of the map, cigarettes one after another, and the smoke floated over the division headquarters, and no one else spoke, their faces tense and nervous.

A correspondent came in from outside the sunlight, his figure swayed, blocking the sunlight at the door, and Master Zheng felt that the vision in front of him was a little darker, and raised his head to look.

"Report! I have important information to find the division commander! ”

"Come in."

Master Zheng snuffed off the cigarette in his hand.

"Report to the division commander, I am a correspondent of the third company of the third battalion of the 540th regiment, and this is important information discovered by our company!"

The warrior stepped forward, took a crumpled envelope from his pocket and handed it over.

Master Zheng shook the paper, opened it and looked at it, his brows furrowed, and he wrinkled.

Deputy Division Commander Duan dragged it over, his eyes fell on the paper, he took a deep breath to keep himself calm, and then asked, "Is the information true?" ”

"It's true, we saw it with our own eyes."

"This is a problem."

Chief of Staff Wang glanced at it, raised his head and said.

"You go down first."

"Yes!"

Master Zheng lit another cigarette, his eyes were bloodshot, the hair under his hat was much whiter, and his face was even more vicissitudes.

Deputy Division Commander Duan immediately made a decision and immediately suggested: "No, this battle can't be fought like this, if we fight like this again, our division will be over!" ”

Master Zheng didn't speak, smoking silently, weighing the pros and cons in his heart.

To retreat is to disobey military orders.

It's not just as simple as disobeying military orders, their 180th Division is the last line of defense of the corps, and once they retreat, the US 7th Division on the front, the 1st Marine Division on the east side, and the puppet 6th Division on the east side will not have the slightest obstacle, and the overall situation will go north. The American army, with its mechanized units, was able to completely deploy on the road, and the corps, with a large number of wounded, could it have time to retreat.

He didn't know the bottom of his heart.

If he did not retreat, then the lives of more than 10,000 soldiers of the 180th Division would remain on the south bank of the Han River, and he would be the sinner of the 180th Division.

Chief of Staff Wang was also anxious, and the intelligence said that a motorized US army had been found in the rear of their flank, which was making a detour to the rear of the 180th Division, and once this US army succeeded, then the retreat route of the 180th Division would be blocked and the 180th Division would be separated from the south bank of the Han River.

Chief of Staff Wang didn't know: "Division commander, you can't hesitate any longer, time is life, if this enemy touches our rear, then how to retreat in the future?" The rear road has been cut off, even if the task of blocking the enemy's northern attack has been completed, how should we settle so many people in the 180th Division? ”

Chief of Staff Wang still had the foresight, and he understood that the presence of this enemy in their rear, once they were allowed to settle on the north bank of the Han River, it would be a real threat.

Chief of Staff Wang's opinion coincided with that of Deputy Division Commander Duan, and at this moment, both of them advocated retreat, but the military order could not be violated.

Division Commander Zheng was not afraid of losing his official position, nor was he afraid of being criticized, but he was afraid that their task of blocking the enemy had not yet ended, and once they retreated, the enemy would take the opportunity to go north, and he would directly threaten other retreating brother troops, and he would not be able to shoot him ten times for the consequences.

Seeing that Division Commander Zheng didn't speak, Deputy Division Commander Duan and Chief of Staff Wang discussed briefly, and really came up with a plan to postpone it.

"Division commander, I propose to use part of the troops to fight and withdraw at the same time, and the main force will be quickly blocked by the Han River, and the Han River will be used as a defensive line to block the enemy."

Division Commander Zheng snuffed out the cigarette butt, "It's not up to you and me to call the shots, report your opinions to the military department, and if the army commander agrees, then follow your plan." ”

The command system of the division headquarters finally fell into a dilemma, the two of them felt sorry for the soldiers, how could he not feel sorry for the soldiers, but Lao Duan and Chief of Staff Wang were thinking about the problem from the perspective of the current 180th Division. And he thinks about the big picture.

If the 150 kilometers are not defended frontally, so as to achieve the purpose of intercepting and attracting the enemy, then once the defense line is broken, the consequence will inevitably be to plunge the fraternal forces that are currently rapidly retreating into an even greater crisis.

Judging from the current momentum of the enemy's attack, it is difficult to get rid of it as long as it is encountered or entangled, and more importantly, there are still so many wounded who need to be transported.

Since the 180th Division did not withdraw, the enemy was like a liquid glue, although it could not stick to the retreating friendly troops, but it could stick the 180th Division to the same place, and finally it was slowly eaten away by the enemy.

After taking the test again and again, Deputy Division Commander Duan and Chief of Staff Wang said to Deputy Division Commander Duan and Chief of Staff Wang: "With part of the troops, we will fight and withdraw at the same time, and the main force will quickly cross the Han River north, your suggestion is correct, but this is not something we can call the shots, I need to report to the military headquarters first." ”

After Division Commander Zheng agreed to the suggestion of Deputy Division Commander Duan and Chief of Staff Wang, he immediately reported this suggestion to the military headquarters.

After reading the content of the proposal, Chief of Staff Deng handed the telegram to Commander Wei, and his tone was a little heavy: "Commander, the 180th Division is in a hurry, and the situation they are facing is not good." ”

Chief of Staff Deng's words did not mean to blame his subordinates, he was completely out of sympathy and understanding for the old troops, and Chief of Staff Deng was the commander of the previous 80th Division.

Seeing that Commander Wei didn't speak, Chief of Staff Deng said again: "Commander, if the 180th Division doesn't retreat, and if you want to retreat in the future, I'm afraid there will be no chance." ”

Commander Wei looked up at Chief of Staff Deng, his lips trembled, he paused for a few seconds, and said: "Old Deng, I am in the same mood as you now, and there is another thing in front of us, that is, hunger, at this moment, all the officers and soldiers of the 180th Division are still fighting tenaciously on the battlefield with hunger, I really hope that the supplies can be sent a little more, they are too tired now, but the US army is so blockaded, it is too difficult to send them." ”

Commander Wei's meaning is obvious, it is easy to retreat, but it is difficult to turn around.

If it is really withdrawn, the position will be lost, and the foreign devils will chase after the 180th Division.

But what if you don't withdraw, the butt of the 180th Division is intercepted, and the 180th Division will really not be able to come back.

Chief of Staff Deng sat on the stool, looked blankly at the direction of the retreat of the 180th Division, and said, "What can I do about this!" Alas! ”

Commander Wei looked at the smoke, stared at the map with his eyes, and hesitated to contact the corps, the 180th Division had been fighting for so many days, the ammunition was seriously consumed, the food was gone, all the officers and men of the 180th Division were hungry and fighting the enemy, and now, an American army appeared in their flank and rear, and the situation facing the 180th Division was quite grim.

While thinking about it, a telegram was sent to Commander Wei, which was sent by the Third Corps at the higher level.

'The 12th Army still had 5,000 wounded, the 15th Army had 2,000 wounded, and the 60th Army had more than 1,000 wounded and had not yet moved. ’

It was this telegram that directly changed the fate of the 180th Division.

The political commissar of the military department surnamed Yuan, he held the telegram in his hand, and the content of the telegram cast a shadow over the military headquarters of the 60th Army again, and the political commissar Yuan said: "Army commander, I just don't know how long it will take to transfer all the wounded? Let's make arrangements for the 180th Division. ”

Commander Wei said in a calm voice: "Old Yuan, look at it, there are so many wounded, there is almost a division, they are not combat troops, they can't march, and they still need a large number of personnel to cover, and the transfer will not be completed so quickly in a short period of time." ”

Political Commissar Yuan said: "What do you mean, commander?"

Commander Wei thought for a while, then raised his head and looked at Lao Deng: "Lao Deng, what do you mean?" ”

Chief of Staff Deng also understood very well what Commander Wei had just said, and they certainly could not just look at the more than 1,000 wounded of the 60 th Army, and they were bound to take the overall situation into account.

He said: "I have no opinion, in order to proceed from the overall situation, the 180th Division needs to hold on for at least three more days. ”

I don't know whether the superiors just let the 180th Division stay behind and break off, or whether the military headquarters of the 60th Army mistakenly thought that the 180th Division would cover all the wounded and then retreat, and the fate of the 180th Division changed.

So much so that it was impossible to judge the situation at that time later.

At that time, they were thinking about their brothers, but they forgot about their own safety.

They would rather put themselves in danger than save their brothers' troops.

They carried everything, and we can't blame.

(End of chapter)