Commander Wei had already passed through the map to see clearly the role of the 180th Division in the retreat phase of the second phase of the Fifth Campaign.

Relying only on the 180th Division was obviously unable to withstand the frantic attack of these divisions and the US troops, and their role was naturally not to block the enemy on the spot, but to contain the enemy and buy time for the retreating troops in the rear.

Chief of Staff Deng stopped talking, he thought about it carefully, and also thought of the key to it.

Commander Deng was a little helpless, and said: "The burden of the 180th Division is very heavy, but the 179th Division and the 181st Division were previously lent to the 12th Army and the 15th Army, and it is estimated that the Corps did not expect that the 180th Division would play such an important role. ”

"But let alone a regiment, even a battalion, a company, we can't transfer it. Lao Deng, you are anxious, you are the teacher of the 180th Division, am I not in a hurry? They are all my soldiers, they are all my soldiers, you are also an old comrade, you know what will happen if you give them an order to withdraw from the battle prematurely, and the chain reaction produced by this is something that neither you nor I can predict, and the Corps will let them stay on the south bank of the Han River, there must be a reason for the Corps, and we just need to resolutely carry out the orders issued by the superiors. ”

Chief of Staff Deng opened his mouth and was silent for a long time before he said, "Is it just watching the 180th Division fall into the enemy's encirclement step by step?" ”

Commander Wei sighed helplessly, "It all depends on the 180th Division, and the military department can no longer escort them." ”

Chief of Staff Deng suddenly stood up and stared at the map, "Army Commander, can we let the 180th Division retreat to the north bank of the Han River to block the attack?" Once the enemy breaks through the defense line of the 180th Division, they will have an endless river behind them, and there is no way to retreat. Retreating to the south bank of the Han River, standing against the mountains, and blocking the enemy, not only did the 180th Division get rid of the taboo of soldiers with its back to the Han River, but it was also able to advance and retreat anytime and anywhere, and the space would be much larger. ”

Commander Wei rolled up his sleeves and looked at the time, wrinkled his brows, and said: "It's too late, the 180th Division retreats from the front line to the south bank of the Han River, it takes too long, and the 180th Division's defense line is more than 100 kilometers deep, and it will take at least three hours to retreat from the front line to the Han River, and the foreign devils will not watch them cross the river." ”

Chief of Staff Deng pondered: "You can let them retreat to the rear for defense first, and then wait until tomorrow night to cross the river, and they must leave the broken troops." ”

He looked at the time again: "It's one o'clock now, after retreating to the rear, form a new line of defense in the rear, there is time." ”

Commander Wei thought seriously for a long time and said: "This is also a plan, send a telegram to the 180th Division, let them find a new defensive position to form a defensive line, and be sure to hold on until tomorrow night." ”

"Yes!"

Although Xia Yuan's efforts did not largely change the fate of the 180th Division, they also changed a small part, at least the 180th Division was no longer stubbornly holding on to the south bank of the Han River, they had a new goal, retreated to the north bank of the Han River for defense, but the time did not allow the 180th Division to move, establish a new defensive line on the south bank of the Han River, and retreat tomorrow night.

The 180th Division pointed out that with the rejection of Division Commander Zheng's suggestion, the air in the conference room was obviously a little more solemn, Xia Yuan frowned, he raised his head to look at Division Commander Zheng, then at Deputy Division Commander Duan and Chief of Staff Wang, thought about it, and said:

"Division commander, let me take a company to cross the river tonight and cooperate with the 540th Regiment to resist the US 24th Division at the Chenghuang Hall on Jiguan Mountain, I can guarantee that I will hold out until tomorrow night, and I can make a military order."

Division Commander Zheng did not speak, and Chief of Staff Wang said: "Comrade Xia Yuan, now is not the time to be rash, a company will not be able to hold out for long in the face of the attack of an entire division of the US 24th Division, especially since this division is still launched with mechanized troops. ”

Chief of Staff Wang pointed to the Chenghuang Hall on the map and said: "The terrain around the Chenghuang Hall is flat, with a width of more than ten kilometers, and there are high mountains on both sides. ”

The terrain of Chenghuangtang is very bad, the so-called bad is very bad for the volunteers, there is a small town standing on the flat road, and it is a flat road as far as the eye can see, which is similar to the situation of Tieyuan, which is very convenient for the enemy's mechanized troops to deploy, and this terrain is very unfriendly to the volunteers.

Director Wu said: "The commander of the 540th Regiment has stationed a company of troops in the City God Hall, and another company is a reserve, I had the idea of letting them withdraw from the City God Hall, such a terrain is not convenient to stop the enemy, let alone a day, under the heavy artillery fire of the US army, it is estimated that it will not even last for half a day." ”

The other leaders agreed with Director Wu and Chief of Staff Wang that the priority given to the Volunteer Army in the blocking war was the geographical location, and the terrain of the City God's Hall was very bad for them, so it was very unwise to block the attack in such a terrain. Director Wu also considered that the terrain of the City God's Hall was not suitable for the volunteers to block the attack, and the commander of the 540th Regiment planted two companies of troops in the City God's Hall, which would not be able to withstand for long at all, and the two companies would inevitably be killed.

But the City God's Hall is the only way for their 180th Division to retreat, how can it be done without defense.

It can be said that these two companies stayed in the City God Hall with the determination to die.

Xia Yuan naturally understood this truth, "The City God Hall is the first line of defense on the retreat road of the 180th Division, and Eagle Peak is the second line, if you give up the City God Hall and let the enemy swagger into the City God Hall, it will be too cheap for them." ”

He said: "If the enemy wants to take the City God's Hall, he will inevitably pay a heavy price, division commander, I have an idea in my heart to fight the City God's Hall to stop it, even if the City God's Hall is lost, I will make the US 24th Division pay a heavy price." The two companies of the 540 Regiment went to Eagle Peak to be the second line of defense, and the City God's Hall was lost, and they had to rely on them. ”

Division Commander Zheng didn't really want Xia Yuan to take his troops to the front line, and with such a strategic vision, he was more suitable to be a decision-maker in the rear.

But he also saw that Xia Yuan didn't seem to want to stay in the rear too much, as for why he didn't want to, this reason was probably only known to Xia Yuan himself.

Xia Yuan has already told the division commander everything he knows, if he really has to face the crisis, he may not have the division commander to think more comprehensively, the reason why he can see so clearly at the moment is also because he stands in God's vision, and he has lost the prerequisite for God's vision, and he no longer has such a unique strategic vision.

On the contrary, he is more suitable to lead troops into battle.

The location of the City God's Hall is not good, Xia Yuan is not sure in his heart, his idea is to intersperse behind the enemy, blow up the enemy's artillery position, cut off the enemy's logistics supply route, the logistics supply route is cut off, the artillery position is bombed, and the US army will definitely stay where it is and wait until the artillery position is reconstituted and set off again.

There may not be some old comrades who fought well in the positional blocking battle, but if it is said that they are interspersed behind enemy lines and engage in sneak attacks, he dares to say second, and no one dares to say first.

This is Xia Yuan's self-confidence.

The U.S. 24th Division is still on the way, and he should have a chance to take a company with him before they arrive at the City God's Hall, and on the way to the U.S. 24, he will let go of the vanguard and stare at the ass beating of the foreign devils.

"Divisional Commander!"

Xia Yuan shouted again.

Master Zheng said, "How sure are you? ”

Xia Yuan pondered: "Eight points! ”

Master Zheng asked again, "Are you sure?" ”

Xia Yuan nodded: "Sure, I am very experienced in fighting foreign devils, I have engaged in the garrison of foreign devils several times, and it is enough to beat them with a company of troops, it is not good to have more people, not enough people, division commander, a company can just intersperse the butt of foreign devils, as long as they stop and rest at night, we will harass them, and don't let them have a good time at night, they naturally have no energy to attack during the day." ”

He also said: "As long as they hit their baggage, these foreign devils will have no confidence to participate in the next battle." ”

Division Commander Zheng was silent for more than a minute, seriously thinking about the feasibility of Xia Yuan's plan, and said for a long time: "One company can't do it, there are still two battalions of the 540 Regiment to help you, and I will let the 540 Regiment cooperate with you when the time comes." ”

It can be seen that Division Commander Zheng attaches great importance to this action plan, Xia Yuan's eyes moved slightly, and he thought for a moment, and said: "Division Commander, the 540 Regiment can't move yet, they have to keep an eye on the pseudo-Sixth Division." ”

"Pseudo-Sixth Division?"

Everyone was stunned.

"That is, Han Liushi."

Xia Yuan said: "From the beginning of the war, the puppet sixth division began to pass through the junction between the 180th Division and the 63rd Army, since the retreat of the 189th Division, part of the position of the 189th Division was captured by the puppet 6th Division, but the puppet army is always a puppet army, their movements are very careful, and the speed of the attack cannot be compared with the foreign devils at all, so they want to occupy all the ferries, it will take a certain amount of time, if the 540th Regiment assists us, they will not be able to draw out their forces to concentrate on fighting the puppet 6th Division, This will only exacerbate the rate of loss of the Han River crossing. ”

Everyone looked at the position of the pseudo-sixth division and frowned.

Deputy Division Commander Duan said: "If the Puppet Sixth Division continues to move north, the 540th Regiment will not be able to resist the attack of the Puppet Sixth Division, but this enemy is the South Korean Army, that is, the South Korean Army can do this, grandma, so the 540th Regiment really can't move, and the speed of the Puppet Sixth Division going north will be accelerated." ”

This is indeed the truth, the 540th Regiment occupied the key place of Jiguan Mountain, Jiguan Mountain is not only a necessary place on the retreat road of the 180th Division, but also a key place on the offensive road of the Puppet Sixth Division, if the Cockscomb Mountain is not lost, the speed of the Puppet Sixth Division will slow down, and the arrival of the US 24th Division has no time to take care of the Puppet Sixth Division going north, and the Puppet Sixth Division takes the opportunity to occupy all the crossings of the North Han River until all the troops of the US 24th Division arrive.

This question is very important, whether the 540 Regiment can help Xia Yuan, Master Zheng, they have discussed it for a short time.

No.

The 540th Regiment already has a battalion to transfer logistics supply troops, two companies are stationed in Chenghuangtang, and one part has to assist the 180th Division in the defense on the right side.

It is basically impossible to send another one to assist Xia Yuan.

Senior Commander Zheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Xia Yuan, have you thought about it?" A company faces a division of the US army, and if a company is not careful, a company may be completely wiped out, and you have no reinforcements, no logistical supplies, everything depends on you. ”

Xia Yuan nodded, "Division commander, I understand that the difficulties faced by the 180th Division are also like this, there is no logistics supply, no reinforcements, the 180th Division has survived, and I am the same." ”

Deputy Division Commander Duan said: "How can a division be compared with a company, we are only facing the US Seventh Division, and the First Marine Division and the Pseudo Sixth Division have not yet fought with us, so the 180th Division still has room for maneuver, and you have to face a complete division of the US Army, and a complete division that is moving forward. ”

At the meeting table, the other leaders had the same thoughts as Deputy Division Commander Duan, and they discussed one after another.

"A company faces a division, and this division is a mechanized unit of the US army, and the disparity in strength is too great."

"What's more, the gap in weapons and equipment, troops, and logistical supplies is too big to be made up tactically, and once we meet, it will be very tragic."

"This battle, Ai."

Obviously, everyone is not optimistic about Xia Yuan, and even his own inner grasp is not very great, but at present, the 180th Division is almost facing an unsolvable dilemma, and the City God Hall and Eagle Peak can only lose one.

If the second route is changed as the route of retreat, the distance and span of the evacuation from the retreat hole are too large, and the distance is too long, and the 24th Division of the United States goes all the way north, relying on two legs, they cannot outrun the American army with mechanized troops, and the enemy may have occupied the line between Chenghuangtan and Mapingli before they reach Mapingli.

Another crucial point is that the 1st Division of the US 7th Division is interspersed from the junction between the 1st Marine Division and the 180th Division, and it may arrive around the retreat hole at noon tomorrow, and the situation of this route is very complicated.

Harassing the US 24th Division with a company is a last resort, Xia Yuan knows one thing very well in his heart, compared to the US Seventh Division and the 1st Marine Division, or the pseudo 6th Division, the US 24th Division is the key, and the US 24th Division is going north along the Qingpingchuan Highway, like a sharp blade piercing the positions of the volunteers on the east and west lines, completely cutting off the two retreat routes of the 180th Division.

The chiefs looked at the map, and after the discussion, there was silence.

The flags of the 24th US Division and the 2nd Puppet Division had just been planted on the map, and in the absence of these two flags, the situation of the 180th Division was still not so dangerous, but after these two flags were planted on the map, the situation of the 180th Division suddenly became dangerous.

Judging from the map, the biggest enemy of the 180th Division is no longer the US 7th Division, but the US 24th Division, and this US Army Division is the key.

(End of chapter)