In fact, some people have already begun to believe it at this time.

But there are also those who are skeptical.

It doesn't matter, that's the point.

Xia Yuan continued: "The U.S. 24th Division and the Pseudo 2nd Division pursued the 63rd Army, and after the 63rd Army retreated, the foreign devils of these two divisions occupied Qingpingchuan, Qingpingchuan and our 180th Division's defense area are not in the same straight line, which means that the foreign devils may continue to go north, division commander, deputy division commander, during the fourth battle, the foreign devils seized the weakness that our dry food can only be carried for seven days and has no logistics supplies, and staged a big pursuit. ”

He said in a low voice: "From the sixteenth to the twenty-third, no more, no less, just seven days, the foreign devils have begun to fight back." ”

The map of the American army is far more detailed than the hand-drawn map of our army, Xia Yuan pointed to the winding road of Qingpingchuan with a stick, and said: "Go north along this road, even if the enemy's troops are separated at the fork in the road, this fork in the road will eventually reach this position." ”

Xia Yuan said word by word: "City! Huang! Hall! ”

The atmosphere in the headquarters became depressed for a moment, and Division Commander Zheng's smoking movements froze in place, his brows furrowed.

Deputy Division Commander Duan seemed to have thought of something, and immediately got up and pushed away the soil that had fallen on the table, stared at their map, and sat in a crucial position along the crooked road: "City God Hall, City God Hall is on Cockscomb Mountain. ”

"Division commander, the enemy will eventually arrive at the City God Hall along this road, the geographical location of the City God Hall is very special, looking at all the routes of the 180th Division's retreat, it will not be able to bypass the City God Hall, once the enemy occupies the City God Hall, then the retreat route of the 180th Division will be blocked."

Xia Yuan picked up the stick, his eyes were solemn, and he said, "It's completely blocked!" ”

Master Zheng smoked a cigarette, looking very calm on the surface, but in fact, he was already anxious in his heart, he looked at the map quietly, looked at the position of Deputy Division Commander Duan's finger, and said, "According to the current speed of the Yankees, when will we be able to reach the City God Hall." ”

Xia Yuan smiled bitterly: "I don't know, we don't have the intelligence of the 24th American Division and the Pseudo 2nd Division." If I were the commander of the US army, and I learned that there was only one division of the Volunteer Army directly in front of me, I would definitely contact these two divisions and ask them to draw one out and deploy along the important ferry crossing of the Han River, so that the City God's Hall is in my control, and the ferry is in my hands, and the volunteer army wants to withdraw, which is tantamount to a fool's dream. ”

"Old Duan, have a meeting and re-study it."

Master Zheng immediately took out the cigarette in his hand and immediately said, "Xia Yuan stays." ”

Instructor Shao looked at Xia Yuan, and Xia Yuan gave him a reassuring look: "Instructor, you go back and rest first." ”

"Hmm."

Instructor Shao left with confidence, walked out of the division headquarters, looked up at the moon in the sky, I don't know if it was an illusion, he vaguely had a feeling that the wind and rain were coming.

In the headquarters, the leaders of the 180th Division sat around the table, the spread map was spread out on the table, two or three kerosene lamps emitted a dim halo, everyone's expressions were a little solemn, after Xia Yuan's explanation just now, they had realized the seriousness of the matter, and the content of the meeting was nothing more than a point.

What to do with the fate of the 180th Division.

In another room, Master Zheng brought a cup of hot tea and handed it to Xia Yuan: "Drink some water and moisten your throat." ”

"Thank you, Commander!" Xia Yuan took it with both hands and took a small sip.

"I'll leave the speech to you later." Master Zheng suddenly said again.

Xia Yuan was obviously stunned, put down the teapot, and said, "Commander, this."

Senior Commander Zheng interrupted him and only asked, "Do you want to come to the division?" ”

Xia Yuan's expression was a little frozen, he didn't speak, his brain was buzzing, he didn't expect the division commander to invite him directly, Xia Yuan thought in his heart, it seemed that he didn't have too many things, even if he was conjecture that the enemy was going to arrive at the City God Hall, if you think about it carefully, you can imagine that the division commander was just attracted by the 180th Division, and due to the lack of intelligence, he was unable to judge the situation on the battlefield in time.

I am just looking at it from the perspective of God in the future.

On the contrary, Division Commander Zheng continued: "You will be a good commander, even if Lao Duan's vision may not be better than yours, don't worry, you can think about it, stay in the division headquarters and command the war." ”

He knows Lao Duan's character, fiery and impatient, Chief of Staff Wang is a good conciliator, and the two of them can complement each other and fill each other.

Xia Yuan's appearance made Master Zheng really love talents, and only through a small amount of information, he was able to deduce more things, and even saw the importance of the City God Hall at a glance. He initially placed the 540th Regiment in Jiguan Mountain, because he took a fancy to the special location of Jiguan Mountain, just like Xia Yuan just said, no matter which direction the 180th Division retreated from, the City God's Hall in Jiguan Mountain was a hub that they couldn't bypass.

The evaluation given by Master Zheng is already very high, but Xia Yuan knows that he has a few pounds and a few taels, and he can make suggestions, and the real decision has to be made by Master Zheng and them.

The conference room was relatively quiet, and Deputy Division Commander Duan stared at the map with solemn eyes, and there were two new flags on the map.

The 24th American Division and the Pseudo 2nd Division.

They were attacking north along the Qingping River, and at a fork in the road, the enemy's troops split up and went all the way north, heading straight to Chenghuangtang.

Click, click.

The sound of footsteps came, and everyone got up and looked in one direction: "Division Commander!" ”

Division Commander Zheng motioned for everyone to sit down, and then introduced: "Xia Yuan, the commander of the first battalion and one company of the 538th Regiment, everyone has heard about him, a good soldier, he will also participate in today's meeting." ”

Master Zheng turned his head and said to Xia Yuan: "The empty place over there, sit down." ”

Xia Yuan'an sat quietly on the stool, and everyone's eyes converged on him for a moment before moving away.

Division Commander Zheng said: "I have just received the latest information, with the retreat of the 63rd Army, the US 24th Division and the puppet 2nd Division will go north along the position of the 63rd Army after retreating, and its final destination may be our City God's Hall, which is an unavoidable hub on the retreat road of our division, and once the enemy occupies the City God's Hall, it will be equivalent to completely cutting off the last retreat road of our army. ”

He sighed and continued: "Up to now, our division has become a lone army, with many casualties, the seriously wounded cannot be resettled, the logistics supply is lacking, and it is surrounded by enemies on three sides. ”

Division Commander Zheng's words fell, and everyone in the meeting began to whisper, discussing the current situation faced by the 180th Division.

Chief of Staff Wang pondered and said, "Division commander, then do we still have to follow the orders of our superiors?" If we hold out on to the south bank of the Han River for three to five days, perhaps we will miss the best time to retreat. ”

"But if you retreat, you are disobeying the military order, and the wounded have not been transported, if you really want to retreat, what will happen to the wounded? What about the orders of the superiors? ”

Director Wu said in a calm voice, "The most important thing is that we have cut off contact with the Corps, where is the Corps now, we have retreated, and what kind of fear of crisis will be caused by these enemies going all the way north, all of which is hard to say." ”

Deputy Division Commander Duan said: "If you want me to say, just give up the position, cross the Han River, re-establish the position on the north bank of the Han River, and have our back to Chuncheon, we still have a chance." ”

Director Wu said: "I'm afraid that the U.S. military has already occupied the ferry at this time." ”

Deputy Division Commander Duan asked: "Did the scouts come back, how is the situation on the Han River?" ”

Chief of Staff Wang said: "The situation on the Han River is not optimistic. ”

Xia Yuan sat quietly in his seat, listening to their conversation while thinking about what would happen tomorrow.

Historically, the 180th Division really began to cross the Han River tomorrow night, but in fact, it was too late to start retreating tomorrow night.

In just one day on the 24th, not only did the Chenghuangtang fall, but the Zhiyanli that continued to the north of the Chenghuangtang was occupied by the 24th Division, and a thick wall was formed in the northwest direction of the 180th Division, sealing the retreat route of the 180th Division.

Xia Yuan looked at the map, in addition to Zhiyanli, there is also a retreat route, that is, retreat from the cave, along the retreat hole to the northwest, you can reach Mapingli, through Mapingli you can break through the successful siege, Zhiyanli and Mapingli on the map are only half a finger away, Zhiyanli is occupied by the US army, and it will not be long before Mapingli will be occupied by the US army.

At this time, the deputy division commander was still discussing, and the deputy division commander Duan pointed to the map and said: "Division commander, maybe we can retreat to the south bank of the Han River first, and form a new defense line relying on Jiguan Mountain and Chenghuang Hall." ”

Chief of Staff Wang looked at Chuncheon's position and said, "There is still the 179th Division of Chunchuan to the east, we can get in touch with the 179th Division to discuss the issue of coordinated defense, since we know the enemy situation in advance, then we can respond in advance." ”

The opinion of everyone is the same, since they know that the 63rd Army has retreated, the US 24th Division and the Puppet 2nd Division will go all the way north and will reach the Chenghuang Hall, and even through the Chenghuang Hall, they will be able to reach Zhiyanli and Mapingli all the way north, and these two passes will be lost, and their retreat will become more difficult.

Master Zheng nodded thoughtfully after listening, and then glanced at Xia Yuan, who had not been silent, and said, "Xia Yuan, what do you think of Lao Duan's plan?" ”

Xia Yuan thought about it and said, "Division Commander, if you want to retreat to the rear, it is better to continue to retreat. ”

Continuing to retreat?

The crowd stared at the map, where they could retreat if they continued to retreat.

Rolling mountains and meandering rivers lead to Hwacheon.

Hwacheon is also a very famous place on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea.

That is the famous Hwacheon Resistance Battle, the Hwacheon Resistance Battle belongs to the second phase of the Fifth Campaign, the 180th Division was surrounded is the beginning of the second stage, the Cheorwon Resistance Battle is the duet of the second stage, and the Hwacheon Resistance Battle is the trio.

Hwacheon was the place where the Ninth Corps and the 1st Marine Division met for the second time, and the battle was particularly tragic, but it was also fought very beautifully, and the 1st Marine Division was once again severely defeated.

"Hwacheon."

Everyone's eyes were attracted by Hwacheon.

Deputy Division Commander Duan stared at Xia Yuan, his eyes were a little strange, and Deputy Division Commander Duan said: "Huachuan is too far behind, do you really want to retreat to Huachuan?" This already belongs to our rear, right? ”

Deputy Division Commander Duan immediately made a judgment and continued: "This is too risky, let's not talk about whether we can retreat to Huachuan, even if we can retreat to Huachuan, how to defend it?" Unable to hold it, the enemy relied on Hwacheon, bloomed everywhere, threatened Jinhua from the east, and pointed directly at Cheorwon. ”

Hwacheon is attached to Jinhua, and Jinhwa-Cheorwon-Pyongkang is called the Golden Triangle, and the location of this Golden Triangle is very important.

What Deputy Division Commander Duan said is very reasonable: The mechanized units of the US army are not at all something that they can resist by relying on two legs, and the US troops without obstacles can go all the way north along the highway and be unimpeded.

"The 180th Division can't continue to retreat, it's too risky to do so."

Division Commander Zheng also considered the pros and cons, "You can retreat, but you can't withdraw too much, Hwacheon is the rear of our army, and now all the troops are retreating to the rear, we can't bypass Hwacheon, we really put the enemy in Hwacheon, I don't know what problems will happen." ”

Everyone nodded, they didn't blame Xia Yuan, who didn't put forward an opinion that was not adopted, the meeting was to let everyone express their own remarks, and make trade-offs through discussion, they also published their own plans, basically not advisable, war is not child's play, there are too many factors to consider.

Xia Yuan shook his head, stretched out his hand, and said, "Division Commander, we will not withdraw Huachuan, but withdraw here!" ”

The location he was referring to was a huge mountain range between Chenghuangtang and Zhiyanli, Eagle Peak!

In history, during the day of the 24th, the Chenghuangtang was lost, which was the last life-saving straw that cut off the 180th Division's continued resistance to the enemy, and that night, the 180th Division began to cross the river, and after crossing the North Han River, it joined the 540th Regiment at Jiguan Mountain and began to discuss the retreat plan.

The military headquarters of the 60th Army carefully studied and ordered the 180th Division to retreat along the route of retreating from Dongdongli-Mapingli, and when the 180th Division set off for Huidongli, it suddenly resumed contact with the 3rd Corps, but the 3rd Corps ordered together to completely change the fate of the 180th Division.

The 3rd Corps ordered the 180th Division to block the attack on the spot and cover the retreat of the wounded, and the 180th Division had already reached the halfway point, so it had to turn around and return to Jiguan Mountain to set up defenses, and then not long after, another bad news came, the retreat hole was lost and occupied by the US 7th Division, and the loss of Mapingli was occupied by the US 24th Division.

The order issued by the military headquarters of the 60th Army also ordered the 180th Division to break through from Eagle Peak, saying that there was our army there, and at the same time ordered the 179th Division and the 181st Division to move to Eagle Peak.

At this stage, there was a serious time difference in orders, the communications of the 180th Division were almost cut off by the enemy, and the orders transmitted by the 60th Army were delayed, and this delay almost buried the 180th Division.

(End of chapter)