Night.

Tokugawa Castle, which had been bombed by enemy planes, was engulfed in flames, and the corpses of the enemy were burning in the flames, billowing black smoke, and the pungent smell of napalm was in the air.

The divisions of the 38th Army were still searching the mountains, pursuing and searching for the scattered enemy.

Comrade Liu and Comrade Han came to Tokugawa by car together, and they were quite surprised to learn the news that the Third Company had captured the US military advisory group.

On the way to the prisoner-of-war camp, the roads along the way were crammed with prisoners, artillery, vehicles, guns, and other piles of supplies.

The jeeps they were in struggled through prisoners of war and captured supplies.

In the prisoner of war camp, Comrade Han saw all the members of the US military advisory group, who were huddled and stared at the incoming people with distracted eyes.

When Comrade Han asked them about their situation, the colonel of the US military advisory corps did not hide his incompetence and said with great emotion:

"I really can't believe that your counteroffensive is so cleverly and tightly organized, that you have become a prisoner in a dream."

For this colonel, what happened to the puppet Seventh Division was really like a dream.

Yesterday morning, he also received a Christmas Eve greeting from the commander of the rear, and happily told him that when we arrived at the Yalu River, the Korean War would be over and we would be able to go home.

Unexpectedly, just one day and one night had passed, and the situation of the Puppet Seventh Division had taken a sharp turn for the worse, and even he had become a prisoner.

Tokugawa and Ningyuan fought very happily.

The morning after Tokugawa was conquered by the 38th Army of the Volunteers, a well-known American radio news commentator described the situation of the Volunteers' offensive in Tokugawa:

"The 2nd Regiment of the Republic of Korea Army was annihilated, has completely disappeared and ceased to exist, and no trace of this unit can be found anymore."

Lieutenant Colonel Robert, an instructor at the U.S. Counselor's College, said in "A Review of the Annihilation of the Second South Korean Corps in the Tokugawa Campaign": "If the descriptions of the famous broadcast news commentators are studied in the West, they will inevitably show that the news reports are inaccurate and exaggerated, but in fact, the South Korean Second Corps was undoubtedly wiped out, and the three divisions of the entire corps were reversed in less than 24 hours under the large-scale offensive of the Volunteers, turning into a tragedy of annihilation. ”

He also said: "This battle was the first large-scale assault of the Volunteers on the Korean battlefield, and it was also the prelude to the counterattack of the Volunteers. This time, the counterattack of the volunteers forced the coalition forces to retreat to the south of the 38th parallel, and even threatened the coalition forces' foothold on the Korean Peninsula for a while. On the other hand, however, it also gave the coalition forces the first opportunity to figure out the tactics and principles of the large forces used by the Volunteers in modern warfare. ”

Regardless of the comments of foreigners, the liberation of Tokugawa was indeed a choke off the pivot of the enemy's eastern and western fronts, and MacArthur's eastern and western vises were deprived of their support points.

The U.S. troops on the Western Front even lost the rear barrier, which caused a wave of frustration among the U.S. officers and men.

Western news agencies exclaimed: "The United Nations forces have been split into two, and the connection between the troops of the Eastern Front and the troops of the Western Front has been cut off a few days ago. Now from the trenches to the headquarters of the Eighth Army at the front, everyone knows that the hope of returning home for Christmas has been shattered, and the morale is faster than the cold and summer table! ”

Soldiers of the invading forces of the American army from across the Atlantic, who are dreaming of making a fortune in the Far East, are frantically plundering the copper bowls and spoons of the Korean people, ready to be used as gifts to return home to see their loved ones.

And what is happening now is more serious than everyone expected, and the US officers and soldiers have already felt that a disaster is coming!

In the early morning of the 27th, a telegram was sent from the rear of the Volunteers to the front line of the Volunteers.

The telegram first congratulated the Tokugawa on the major victory won by the main force of the puppet 2nd Army in the direction of the enemy, and encouraged the entire 38th Army to make persistent efforts to win even greater victories.

The telegram also clearly pointed out that after the Tokugawa was defeated and the puppet Second Army Corps was destroyed, the main goal was to destroy the American army.

In the telegram, he instructed the troops on the Western Front to annihilate the three divisions of the US army, the 1st, 2nd, and 25th Divisions, as the main goal.

As long as the main forces of these three divisions were annihilated, the whole battle situation was smooth.

This telegram also reminded the cadres of the 38th Army that he had pointed out to those who were afraid that the United States would declare war on China, and even that it would cause a world war:

"The first question is whether the Chinese army can annihilate the American army, primarily the Eighth Army, in Korea, and the second question remains serious, but then the situation becomes favorable to both the Revolutionary Front and China. That is to say, the Korean issue is de facto over with the victory over the US military, and it may not be over in form, and the United States may not recognize the DPRK's victory for a considerable period of time. ”

"Then, even if the United States and China fight, the scale of this war may not be very large, and the time will not be very long, and we believe that the most unfavorable situation is that the Chinese army cannot annihilate the American army in large numbers in North Korea, and the two armies will become a stalemate, and the United States and China will openly enter a state of war."

In the first battle of Tokugawa and Ningyuan, the puppet 7th Division, the puppet 8th Division, and the 1st Puppet 6th Division were annihilated, which not only severed the connection between the east and west of the US army, but also exposed the flanks of the main five divisions and brigades of the US Army and the Turkish Army, which advanced to the north of the Qingchuan River, to the iron fist of the 38th Army of the Volunteers.

The next step of the troops on the Western Front was mainly to annihilate the US army, which was a very severe test for the 38th Army.

Judging from the information currently available, the morale, firepower allocation, and weaponry of the US military far surpass that of the puppet army, but no matter how big the test is, the 38th Army will have to face it head-on.

This is because whether or not we can annihilate one or two divisions of the US army is an issue that has a direct bearing on the entire Korean war situation, on the future of the Korean War, and on the economic construction that New China has already begun.

Therefore, the next step in fighting the US army was the most crucial battle of the Korean War after the end of the Tokugawa Campaign, and the cadres of the entire 38th Army firmly stated that they absolutely must not let down the expectations of the motherland for us, and they must fight this battle to the death!

After the Tokugawa battle, Shiji ordered the 38th Army to attack and advance towards Gunyu-ri, and the first part took a shortcut and went straight to Sansho-ri to prevent the enemy from retreating and reinforcing to cooperate with the 40th Army to encircle and annihilate the 2nd Division of the US Army in the area of Wonri and Stadium.

Fan Tianen of the 335th Regiment went down to the company to inspect the preparations for war, and saw that the soldiers were pouting their buttocks as if they were digging fortifications, and some of them had already made a snoring sound and slept soundly.

You can see how tired the fighters are.

Commanders at all levels were also very tired, and when the meal was served, Feng Yuxiang, the commander of the first battalion, fell asleep with his eyelids sinking in his eyes, and a bowl of porridge was splashed on the ground.

It stands to reason that after the end of the war, all units should be arranged to have a good rest, but in order not to lose their fighters and for the sake of greater victory, the military headquarters did not give the troops a moment to rest, and ordered them to start a long and rapid march.

Night.

After the end of the Tokugawa Campaign, the performance of the three companies was decent, but during the Battle of Unsongli, it had an extremely bright performance.

But it was precisely because they arrived at Unshori and turned around to attack Tokugawa that they were one step slower than the other troops.

After that, he held the village and collected 'tolls' from the passing enemy, which was not very prominent in the Tokugawa Campaign, only when the Tokugawa Campaign was about to end, the enemy broke and fled, and the third company finally collected a wave of tolls in the village, captured more than 500 enemies, and captured the enemy's American military advisory group.

And most of the credit was basically snatched away by the 113th and 114th Divisions.

In particular, the 114th Division, which attacked Tokugawa head-on, was even more brilliant in the Tokugawa Campaign.

"Tokugawa didn't fight, but the soldiers were holding back their strength."

Using a bent wooden stick as a crutch, Company Commander Sun walked on the complex mountain terrain with a crutch on the ground.

As the trump card of the 335th Regiment, when they played Tokugawa, they did not burst out with much light, but the fraternal troops of friendly neighbors played quite beautifully, which was always a huge gap with the battle of the ace company they were expecting.

Therefore, the soldiers held back their strength, thinking that when they waited until the next battle, they must show their real skills and make a great contribution!

Xia Yuan didn't show that he was in a hurry, the battle on the Korean battlefield was fierce, and there were more battles in the future, he was not in a hurry at all, and stabilizing his mentality was the most important thing.

"Platoon commander, why aren't you in a hurry at all."

Xia Yuan was relatively not in a hurry, but he was in a hurry for the squad leaders of the fourth platoon.

As a trump card, it is quite a shame that the battle is not fought well, and no matter how you look at your platoon commander, you are not in a hurry at all.

"The battle can't be fought at any time, calm down, and wait for the next chance to fight." Xia Yuan told them that it is very important to calm down in battle, "Another point, when the battle starts, you must also calm down, the two sides are not only competing for firepower and equipment, but also for the combat quality of each soldier." ”

"And mentality occupies a very important position in combat quality, we are not in a hurry to win for a while, we have to find a way to win for a lifetime."

Xia Yuan told them how to stabilize their mentality.

The platoon is full of veterans, with high combat literacy and an okay mentality, but there are always times when they are in a hurry, especially if the battle is not fought well.

The most important thing is to control your mentality and win the next battle, and don't focus on the last battle.

It's good to sum up experience, but if you can't get out, it's a bad thing.

Fortunately, the soldiers' ideological consciousness is very high, and as soon as Xia Yuan said this, everyone had a bottom in their hearts.

The main actor in the fight against Tokugawa was not them, it was the 114th Division, and their 112th Division was to cut off the contact between Tokugawa and the enemy on the flank, and only received the task of attacking the enemy at Unsongli, and it was only later that they received the order to encircle Tokugawa.

Next, they have to make sure that they are in good shape, and at some point, their superiors will give them more important orders.

Tokugawa was captured, the pseudo-Seventh Division broke and fled, and the captured prisoners, Tokugawa was occupied by the 38th Army.

After receiving the order of Shiji to attack and advance towards the gunyuri, the 38th Army, which had just finished fighting Tokugawa, could not take a break, so he set out on the journey again.

With the help of Korean villagers, the 3rd Company searched for a steep mountain road and interspersed it with the military corner, while the main force advanced from the main road.

Along the way, there are enemy garrisons on various heights, and from afar you can hear the rumbling of explosions and the sound of biubiu gunfire and bullets jumping away from the distant mountains.

Under the cover of night, the sound of guns and cannons intertwine to form a beautiful music.

The third company quietly came to the rear of the enemy's position, where the mountains were high and dense, the wind and snow were mixed, and the snow was no longer up to the ankles, and it creaked.

The mountain was steep and difficult to climb, so Company Commander Sun, Instructor Hu, and the deputy company met at the foot of the mountain to hold a simple combat meeting:

"If you want to go to Junyuli, you have to clear the nails on the road leading to Junyuli, these nails must be pulled out, let's intersperse them earlier than the troops behind, and we will sweep away the enemy on this hill first, and wait for the troops behind."

The Third Company was not entirely interspersed, it was the superiors who granted them the right to act independently, and of course, his combat mission was the same as that of the main force, clearing obstacles and attacking and advancing to the corner of the army.

However, they are interspersed and can catch the enemy off guard.

After leaving Tokugawa, the snow continued to fall, and the warriors hid in the woods, wearing their cotton clothes backwards, camouflaging themselves with the snow.

Xia Yuan led the people to move with difficulty on the back of the steep hillside, the mountain here is steep and not easy to climb.

"Zhao Xiaoyi, you go and tell Company Commander Sun, let's continue to touch forward, it's not easy to fight here, once it is discovered by the enemy, it will be a big trouble."

Xia Yuan explained, and asked Zhao Xiaoyi to convey the order.

He looked up at the steep mountain, they could indeed fight from here, but it was easy to be held up by the enemy, and it was impossible to advance or retreat when the time came, and if the enemy was clever and knew how to press forward, then their warriors who climbed the mountain on the back slope would be exposed to the enemy's guns.

The location is not ideal, and you need to keep touching it.

However, the main force of the third company cannot attack from here, but it can send a small force to touch from here, and after waiting for the main force to attack, they can cooperate with the main force.

Zhao Xiaoyi conveyed Xia Yuan's battle plan, and after listening to it, Company Commander Sun immediately understood Xia Yuan's plan, and immediately began to move to the flank with the main force of the three companies.

But the enemy built strong fortifications on the slopes of the hills.

"Mortars, bring them here." Company Commander Sun beckoned the artillerymen to come over.

The third company had previously captured a lot of mortars, in addition to surrendering a part, the third company also left two mortars, four shells as a sharp weapon for attacking the fortification, in addition, there were four bazooka, but bazooka hit the enemy's machine gun bunker, the accuracy was somewhat worse, not as good as mortars.

"There is no faith." Company Commander Sun called the artillerymen to his side.

"Confidence, company commander, don't worry, we'll get it done with one shot." The artillery is supported by the regimental headquarters, after all, the third company is also a reinforced company now, how can it be done without artillery.

However, the regiment commander also said that the artillery could support, but the artillery still had to be captured by themselves.

These two mortars are precious in the third company.

Company Commander Sun thought with relief, he had captured a lot of artillery before, and if he won the battle in the future, he could still capture it, and the weapons and equipment were getting richer the more he fought.

(End of chapter)

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