"Before Sun Changgui sacrificed, he said that he would bring the soil from his grave home."

Xia Yuan grabbed a handful of soil, kneaded it firmly, wrapped it carefully with a towel, and solemnly put it in his pocket.

Seeing this, the big guys stepped forward and grabbed a handful of soil and put it away, they didn't know if they could go back alive, maybe grabbing a handful of soil was also the idea of grabbing home, or or, such a little person, there will always be a homecoming.

"The first wave of the enemy's offensive was so ferocious, and the next wave will only be more ferocious."

Instructor Shao said, arcs appeared in the gray sky, the hazy rain curtain was torn in an instant, the stagnant water in the popping point was originally a little raindrop with a circle of ripples, a large amount of black soil fell into the puddle one after another, the ground shook the mountain, and the mountain collapsed and cracked.

A new round of enemy shelling began.

"Dodge!" Xia Yuan shouted, rushed into the cat's ear hole in the trench and drilled in, in an instant, the fierce artillery fire seemed to tear everything apart, the air wave rushed into the trench and the cat's ear hole, the sand and stones flew and rolled, and the cold rain was also torn and torn apart at this moment.

In order to bury Sun Changgui, they delayed time and missed the opportunity to collect the weapons dropped by the enemy, Xia Yuan squatted in the cat's ear hole, one hand stroking the bullet bag in front of him.

After the battle just now, he wounded at least 100 foreign devils, and some of the bullets were suppressed, and did not kill the enemy. Some bullets on the battlefield do not necessarily hit the enemy, but are more suppressed from special angles, but if they can hit the enemy with one shot, Xia Yuan will not let it go.

"The bullets are consumed too much, and the bullets have not been seized from the foreign devils, and then I have to find a way to solve the problem of bullets."

Xia Yuan pursed his lips and thought without saying a word.

The rumbling sound of artillery fire made him uneasy.

The battle of Songgu Peak is to block the enemy, cut off the enemy's retreat path, and the American troops who fell into the dead situation are even more crazy, and the battle of Songgu Peak is bound to be more tragic than them, but when the American troops retreat, they blow up a large amount of equipment, and at the same time have to face the crazy pursuit of the volunteers, and the exhausted enemy is even if he is crazy, the offensive is maintained at a constant value.

But the American troops of this division moved north, and they did not have any pressure, and they could completely deploy all the artillery and use all means to concentrate on dealing with them.

The battle will be more intense than the battle at Songbone Peak.

He wasn't sure that Lao Shao and they would be able to hold on to a few waves of offensives, the first wave of the offensive, Sun Changgui would be sacrificed, and in the second wave of the offensive, the enemy would use more means, like the snipers who killed Sun Changgui, they would definitely send more.

The US army, blocked by the Chinese, a division of the US army was forced to stop on the road, and sent a large number of troops to occupy the high ground on both sides of the mountain, and the artillery positions were fully deployed.

The tentative attack of a battalion brought back very important news, the Chinese did not have as many troops as expected, it seemed that there was only one platoon, but their battle was beyond imagination. Fearless of death, dare to sacrifice, and it is not a problem to reach ten with one.

According to the information brought back by the soldiers, there was a Chinese soldier with very good marksmanship on the No. 3 position, and 49 percent of the 50 percent casualties were done by this Chinese soldier.

According to the commander of Company C, the Chinese soldier's marksmanship is outrageous to the extent that 50 percent of the casualties and 70 percent of the soldiers were pierced by bullets in the stomach, and they did not die in a short time, and there was still the possibility of receiving treatment, but the bullet pierced the stomach, this Chinese soldier was very smart, and was shot through the stomach, and the lucky one may not have injured the key internal organs, and he will be carried down by other soldiers, and there is a possibility of survival in the treatment.

Unfortunately, he injured the key internal organs, and even if he did not die at first, he was carried down by the soldiers, and there was basically no possibility of treatment, and he would only die in bleeding.

As a result, a lot of troops were wasted to carry the wounded down, and because of the wounded, they needed to transport the wounded, wasting a lot of time, and the most important point was that the appearance of the wounded greatly weakened the morale of the soldiers.

The sniper team on the other side brought back bad news, Dave, who went to position 3 to carry out the mission, died, and the first thing that was discovered by the soldiers was the dropped gun, and then a few meters away from the gun, Dave was found dead. He was shot five times in the body, one in the stomach, and one in each of his limbs, and Dave was not dead at first, but he was bleeding too much to die.

When the new commander of the 24th Division heard the news, the skin and flesh on his face tightened, and he only felt that his face was hot, and he scolded angrily: "Fuck! The Chinese blocked you from this? Stupid pig! Intensify the offensive, we must break through the defense line of the Chinese in the shortest possible time! ”

This is his opportunity to make a name for himself, how can he be blocked by such a little Chinese.

A division was blocked on the road by a platoon of Chinese. If he is really blocked, it is estimated that he will become a joke, a big joke.

The U.S. 24th Division is a relatively legendary division, known as the Victory Division and the Hawaiian Division, and the most famous battle of this unit is the Wright landing operation, which performed very well. Of course, what really makes the 24th division of the United States famous has to be the tatami mat master. After the end of World War II, Japan was defeated, and more than 30,000 people of the 24th US Division came to Japan.

In the three years they were in Japan, they ate, drank, and had fun, and created more than 200,000 mixed-race children, raising the average height of Japan a lot.

In addition to the title of tatami division that made the US 24th Division famous, the former commander of the US 24th Division, William Dean, also made the US 24th Division famous again, William Dean is the highest-ranking prisoner of war captured by our army, and it is indeed quite strange to say that he is wonderful, but this guy is also a character.

When the Korean War broke out, the U.S. 24th Division was sent to the Korean battlefield.

The first U.S. reinforcements arrived in Korea in July 1950 on transport planes from Japan.

This is a task force, and the commander of the team is named Smith, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and is attached to the 21st Regiment of the 24th Infantry Division of the United States Army.

Each member of the contingent carried one hundred and twenty rounds of rifle ammunition with him, as well as two days' rations.

Heavy armament consisted of 75 mm recoilless guns, two 105 mm mortars and several 60 mm rocket launchers.

According to their own fantasies, as soon as the KPA landed on the Korean Peninsula, the KPA would automatically collapse, so their combat preparations were not sufficient.

On 5 July, the contingent and KPA tanks encountered the Osan boundary line (about 50 km south of Seoul) and the two armies exchanged fire.

The U.S. military left a battlefield record of the first engagement between the U.S. contingent and the North Korean People's Army after arriving in Korea.

At 7 o'clock in the morning, KPA T-34 tanks launched an attack on the contingent.

The U.S. contingent immediately pulled out a 60mm rocket launcher and fired a few rounds at the enemy's weakest rear armor. However, this level of attack could not help the T-34 at all, and the KPA tank convoy was still pressing closely.

U.S. troops in Upper Tülloran Chambers immediately called for reinforcements:

"Where is the 81-mm rocket?"

"We don't!"

"Holy. And what about 105mm mortars? I remember bringing it. ”

"We didn't bring it with us when we came out."

"What about the artillery?"

"Can't be reached."

"What about the Air Force?"

"I don't know where."

"Damn it, call the Navy!"

"Naval artillery can't reach here."

"Fuck, there's always a camera, right? Take a picture of what is going on here for me, and go back and talk. ”

By 2:30 p.m., a quarter of the contingent had been wounded or killed, and ammunition was almost empty. They had no artillery and air support, no telephone lines, and no one to tell them where they were safe, and they were in a dangerous situation.

By this time, the encirclement of the KPA had gradually closed, and only a small road remained on the left.

In desperation, Smith could only order a retreat.

Since the situation was already quite urgent, and seeing that the KPA was about to complete the encirclement of them, they could only take the lightly wounded, and the seriously wounded were ruthlessly abandoned.

According to the US military battle report, the task force suffered heavy losses in the battle between the two armies, with a total of 150 killed and 62 captured. Considering the US military's consistent style of reporting good news rather than bad news, the casualties of the contingent are likely to be even greater.

As soon as the task force failed, Major General William Dean came to Daejeon with the US 24th Division.

Daejeon is a strategic location connecting central Korea with the Hunan and Yeongnam regions, all of which are Korean regions.

When Syngman Rhee withdrew from Seoul, he designated it as the "temporary capital." Therefore, the troops and supplies of the US military are all concentrated here.

William Dean quickly devised a plan to use the Geumgang and Xiaobai Mountains north of Daejeon to build defensive positions to block the KPA offensive and give the U.S. forces time to deploy.

And the Korean People's Army has also set its next offensive target here.

In order to succeed in World War I, the Prime Minister of the DPRK *** came to the scene to command.

On 7 July, the battle officially began, and the KPA was first encountered by the 34th Regiment of the 24th US Division.

The commander of the 34th Regiment, Martin, did not learn the lessons of the task force's failure and still ordered the soldiers to fight the KPA Tan with 60-mm bazookas.

As a result, the defensive line built by the 34th Regiment was smashed by KPA tanks, and the regiment commander Martin immediately ordered the troops to retreat, and even when they retreated, they did not even say hello to their neighbors, turned around and ran, and lost everything they could lose, including the radio station, which was placed intact in the headquarters.

Soon, the KPA occupied Cheonan, the main transportation route, and began to advance in the direction of Daejeon.

When William Dean learned the news, he immediately built the first line of defense in Wuzhiyuan, arranged the second line of defense in Jinjiang, and transferred a part of the M24 light tanks to assist in the defense.

At this time, a "good news" came: the 25th Division of the United States had arrived in the city of Pusan on the Korean Peninsula.

The 1st Cavalry Division and the 1st Marine Brigade of the US Army are also on their way to reinforcements.

Walton Walker, the new commander-in-chief of the U.S. military, has also entered North Korea and begun to exercise command.

The battlefield situation seems to be beginning to develop in favor of the US military.

But for the US 24th Division at this time, the battle has reached a stage where every second counts.

The tanks of the Korean People's Army launched an assault on the defense line of Uchiwon, and the M24 was no match for the T34 in terms of firepower and protection, and it could not stop the opponent's advance at all.

By 12 July, the Uzhiyuan defense line had completely collapsed.

On the night of 13 July, the KPA marched to the Jinjiang River and outflanked Daejeon in the east, south, and west directions along both sides of the road. The northern side was set aside not for the enemy to retreat, but for a stronger force: the 4th KPA Division, a combined infantry and Tanzan force.

By the afternoon of 19 July, Daejeon was firmly surrounded.

Over the next few days of fighting, KPA captured the enemy's radio station and used it to report to William Dean that the defensive line was still strong.

But in reality, Daejeon's outer defense line had long since collapsed.

Outrageously, William Dean one-sidedly believed the radio report, neither arranging reinforcements nor consolidating his own defense.

At dawn on 20 July, the KPA general offensive on Daejeon began.

William Dean, the commander of the 24th US Division, who had been tired for several days, was sleeping at this time. It was only when he was awakened by the sound of an explosion that he realized the seriousness of the problem.

At present, the strength of the US 24th Division is very scattered, and it is deployed in various areas of Daejeon, and no one can be found in a hurry. Now he can command no more than three combat units, and the total strength is less than one regiment. This is a joke against the Korean People's Army, which is at the height of the enemy's morale.

In the chaos, the KPA broke into the city of Daejeon, the US 24th Division had been divided into small pieces and forced to fight separately, William Dean carried a 60mm bazooka, trying to fight with the KPA, but in the end his efforts were unsuccessful, he was carried by the troops, and fled south along the mountain road.

Separated from the large army, William Dean encountered the pursuit of the Korean People's Army one after another, so he abandoned the car and evacuated on foot with several soldiers.

As they walked to a large mountain near the Daejeon River, William Dean heard the sound of running water and wanted to take a look, but accidentally fell down the hillside and fell into a coma.

When William Dean woke up again, he found himself covered in injuries, and he had lost his way trying to get out of the forest. Due to the lack of food and treatment, William Dean, who is 1.8 meters tall, spent 36 days in the mountains and forests for more than a month to survive in the wilderness, and his whole body became extremely emaciated, and his weight was reduced from 95 kilograms before the war to 59 kilograms.

During William Dean's wandering through the mountains and forests, the U.S. military never found his whereabouts, thought he was dead, promoted him to major general, and awarded him many medals of honor.

Later, he was accidentally discovered by the KPA and taken into a prisoner of war camp, and at first, the Korean People's Army did not recognize the identity of the commander of the 24th Division of the American Army until a man who had worked under him recognized him.

William Dean was then sent to a prisoner-of-war camp in Pyongyang.

(End of chapter)