At seventeen o'clock on April 22, 1951, the setting sun was hidden in the mountains, and the fields were silent and dark. For the US military, this was an extremely ordinary day on the Korean battlefield to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. The US military station
, US military logistics soldiers are transporting weapons and ammunition needed on the front line to trucks, some US soldiers got into sleeping bags early, tanks and armored vehicles are refueling, and fighter jets and bombers are at the airport to check whether bombs and machine gun bullets are loaded properly.
Dave and Joe Morris were classmates in college. They both joined the army and followed the 1st Land Warfare Division to the Korean battlefield. They completed an unprecedented landing operation plan on the Korean battlefield and even planned to cross North Korea.
, until the Yalu River on the China-North Korea border. The two people had discussed meeting at the Yalu River on the China-North Korea border.
Who would have thought that the First Marine Division only advanced to Changjin Lake and encountered a fierce attack by the Volunteer Army. If the First Marine Division had not had strong logistical support, they would have been surrounded by the enemy in Changjin Lake. The two of them
Company C, where he was located, also suffered a heavy blow from the volunteers, and there was not much left.
There is nothing more sad than watching the soldiers who were talking and laughing on the way to North Korea suddenly leave. After their C Company experienced that battle, there were only more than 20 American troops with combat effectiveness left.
Both of them suffered gunshot wounds and were resting in the rear.
I just returned to the team two days ago.
C Company is still the same C Company, but the people inside are no longer the people they know well. The two of them participated in the battle with hatred in their hearts. These hatreds were left over from the Changjin Lake period. They watched helplessly
Seeing the friends they knew being killed by the enemy, they were helpless. When they came back this time, they were bound to settle old and new accounts together.
This was the fourth night they returned to the team. After Van Fleet took over as the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Group, he ordered the troops on all fronts to move forward and dispatched a large number of tanks, artillery and hundreds of fighter sorties to cover the ground troops.
, which greatly reduces the pressure on ground troops.
In the past few days of operations, they felt the long-lost exhilaration. Just today, they successfully climbed onto an enemy high ground and wiped out an enemy platoon. Although they were a battalion fighting one enemy platoon,
Victory cannot be achieved without force, but in the concept of the US military, there is no such idea. As long as the enemy can be eliminated, any method will be used.
Tonight, Company C was stationed on the high ground they had conquered. As early as the day, they had built a large number of fortifications to resist the enemy's attack at night.
In the simple bunker, Darif smoked a cigarette, put all the bullets in his body in front of him, turned around and said to his good friend Joe Morris: "Man, you should rest first, I guess the Chinese people are not very good tonight
There may be an attack, they need to rest and we need to rest too."
Joe Morris ignored Dai Ruifu's advice and said: "Dai Ruifu, have you forgotten what we experienced at Changjin Lake? It was our carelessness that gave the Chinese the opportunity. If we don't wait for the sun tomorrow, we will
He won't sleep."
In Darif's view, Joe Morris was cowardly, "Tomorrow we will continue to attack the Chinese positions, and then tomorrow night, won't you take a rest?"
Joe Morris was silent, and his haggard face indicated that he needed a good rest.
Darif advised him, "Man, you rest for a while, I'll wake you up, and then I'll rest for a while. We just took down the enemy's position during the day, and they also need to rest. If they don't rest, they won't have much fighting power."
Joe Morris was persuaded, holding the gun and said: "Darif, then I will rest for a while, and you can wake me up later."
"Don't worry, buddy."
Darif glanced at the dimming world outside, and his heart gradually became calmer. He took out the empty magazine from his body, loaded a magazine and placed it on himself.
About seventeen o'clock.
Dairuif, who had already loaded his ammunition, thought that the enemy would not make any big moves tonight, and was about to get up and go outside for a while. Suddenly, a faint red color suddenly appeared on his face. After noticing something, Dairuif raised his head and looked into the distance.
In the sky, only red signal flares were slowly rising from the direction of the enemy.
His brain suddenly buzzed.
The experience of Changjin Lake comes to mind again!
Dai Ruifu will never forget the night at Changjin Lake, the same dark sky, the same slowly rising signal flares, the only difference is that they changed places.
Just in the moment of thinking, hoo~hoo~hoo~, there was a sharp whistling in the sky, and Darif's pupils reflected the red sky as rapidly rotating cannonballs appeared.
"Oh, shit! Joe Morris!"
In an instant, the sky and the earth were shaking. The gunfire of the Volunteer Army's large-scale counterattack suddenly rang out. The fierce artillery fire was vented on the position where the two men were. The artillery fire attacked for fifteen minutes. There was silence between heaven and earth. Only the thick smoke on the position.
Smoke is filling the air.
Some soldiers from Company C popped up, recovering from the rapid artillery fire with lingering fear. Just when they thought everything was calm again, Darif and Joe Morris emerged from the bunker.
"Fuck! Fuck! Sir, we have to retreat quickly! We have to retreat. If we don't retreat, the Chinese will come up!"
Joe Morris clearly showed signs of losing control of his emotions. He wore his helmet crookedly and looked a little frightened.
The commander of Company C had just been transferred from the rear. The former commander of Company C had already died on the battlefield at Changjin Lake, and he didn’t even know where his body was dumped.
The newly appointed commander obviously had not understood the seriousness of the matter and said disapprovingly: "The Chinese? They are the Chinese with backward weapons and equipment. We have the most advanced weapons and equipment, the most powerful artillery and the most advanced weapons in the world."
It is simply impossible for the Chinese to hit the plane."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! His attitude is arrogant, relying on the thick barrels behind them and the powerful shells. He said: "
Man, you should calm down and sit down and have a cup of coffee instead of yelling like this. Are you scared of the enemy and have you forgotten how we tore apart the Chinese positions during the day? They are vulnerable.
Man, calm down, Joe Max, go get this soldier a cup of coffee."
The soldiers around them had sarcastic smiles on their faces. In their view, these two returning veterans were like old books who were scared of being beaten. It is undeniable that they had failed before, but now, they have succeeded again.
The newly appointed general led them to achieve difficult victories one after another. Although they were defeated by the enemy, the victory would definitely belong to them.
"Fuck!"
In the eyes of Joe Morris and Dave, this group of people was obviously crazy.
A soldier comforted the two of them and put his hands on their shoulders. His tone was quite comforting, but also with a hint of ridicule: "Man, calm down. This is just an artillery attack by the Chinese. We are still fine.
So what if the Chinese come up, I will teach them a lesson with the gun in my hand. It is an undeniable fact that you have failed, but now we are successful. During the day, we also annihilated them. Look at that
The corpses next to them are their corpses. Their clothes are like beggars. Look at what they are eating. My grandmother’s livestock don’t eat these foods. Is this the army? Those who don’t know think they are.
Where do these beggars come from? They are beggars like this, but they are afraid of beating you. Man, please wake up, we are victorious now, they are going to be finished."
Darif looked at him as if he were an idiot, while Joe Mosley simply knocked off his palm, came to their commander, and said calmly: "Sir, the Chinese are very poor, and their artillery shells are very scarce, but
Don't you think this kind of attack is a bit ridiculous? Will the enemy waste artillery shells on our position? They must have organized a big counterattack like Changjin Lake. Maybe they have come up now, and they are all around us. They are
The ghost is an evil spirit! I request you to evacuate the position immediately and abandon this place."
Joe Morris looked at the uneven positions around him with a hint of panic.
The commander and adjutant of C Company had smiles on their faces. It was a mocking smile. The commander smiled and said: "Soldier, calm down. I have experienced these things on the battlefield of World War II. The Japanese, when they were about to lose,
, will organize a life-threatening charge, they will use up all their ammunition and kill all the soldiers. It is a battle between trapped beasts. They know that they have failed and there is no way to save themselves. They can only make a last resistance. Don't worry, we
The soldiers will tear them apart."
He stood up and shouted: "Just like on the Pacific battlefield, treat the Chinese just like we treated the Japanese. We will tear their offense apart and let them understand that we are the world's most powerful country!"
"And you are just a loser. If you want to leave the position, I will deal with you under military law. Soldier, this is not a joke. The failure you have experienced will not cause you to be a failure throughout your life. I will take it with you."
You go to victory, and Your Excellency the Commander will also lead you to victory."
"The Chinese are vulnerable."
The commander boasted proudly and looked back at Joe Mosley, only to find that his eyes were staring into the distance. The commander subconsciously turned back.
Bang bang bang!
The crisp sound of the Bobosha submachine gun suddenly sounded on the position. Unprepared, some American soldiers of Company C were penetrated by bullets and fell heavily to the ground. The commander also paid the price for his arrogance.
Standing too high, he was a living target. Bullets from the volunteers penetrated his body, and blood spattered on Joe Morris's body.
Immediately afterwards, a shrill whistle sounded not far from them, and in an instant, grenades flew over from the sky.
"Oh, shit!"
Joe Morris cursed and crawled into the crater.
A large number of explosions rang out from the position, and the continuous vibrations caused the soil above his head to fall continuously. Gunshots rang out beside him, which were the sounds of Garand rifles and Thompson submachine guns, but only
It lasted for a minute before being drowned out by the sound of continuous grenade explosions.
The charge rang out. He stuck his head out and saw the bodies of their own people everywhere on the battlefield. The arrogant guy and commander Yanran were lying on the ground like dead pigs. He turned around and looked at
At the foot of the mountain, there were moving black shadows everywhere, all over the mountains and plains. He thought of what he had experienced at Changjin Lake. Even though there were a large number of C Company soldiers resisting around him, his heart felt as if he was dead.
"Sooner or later, the proud Americans will pay the price!"
He murmured in his mouth.
Also in a state of despair was Dai Ruifu. Both of them were veterans with rich battlefield experience. They had fought against the Volunteer Army, and they knew in their hearts that once the Volunteer Army fired their artillery and the trumpet sounded again, they would be basically finished.
Twelve armies of China and North Korea launched an overwhelming counterattack on a frontal battlefield of 200 kilometers wide. The Ninth Army Corps, which fought a bloody battle at Changjin Lake, was very brave and took the lead in breaking through the line of sight on the left wing. In just one day, it penetrated 30 kilometers deep into the enemy.
, annihilating one unit each of the U.S. 24th Division and the Korean Sixth Division. The Korean Sixth Division was completely defeated after only a symbolic resistance. As a result, the U.S. Ninth Army lost its flank and was completely out of control by the volunteers.
In this battle, a combat hero appeared who destroyed a US military helicopter with grenades and machine guns. After the war, he was credited with first-class merit.
On the central front, the Third Corps of the 180th Division arrived in North Korea only ten days ago and had no experience fighting the US military. However, it still successfully annihilated part of the US 3rd Division and penetrated deep into the enemy. Like a sharp knife, it struck from the middle.
It penetrated deeply into the center of the US military and severed the connection between the eastern and western United Nations armies.
The 19th Corps on the right attacked the Linjin River in the early morning of the 23rd. The weather was cold and the icy river water penetrated deep into the bones. However, the volunteer soldiers were in a high fighting spirit. Regardless of the coldness of the river water, they rushed into the river one after another to block the attack.
In front of them was the 29th British Brigade, which had four battalions. They unleashed fierce artillery fire on the volunteer soldiers who entered the fast Imjin River, until the barrels of the guns were red, but they still failed to stop the advance of the volunteers.
pace.
The 29th British Brigade was completely defeated, and the ace unit 'Royal Double Battalion' Gloucester Battalion was completely wiped out. During this battle, a combat hero emerged who single-handedly captured 63 prisoners.
, Senior Liu, a soldier of the Second Company of the 561st Regiment of the 187th Division, set a record for a Chinese soldier capturing an enemy soldier at one time during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, and was awarded first-class merit.
In just one night, the first-line defense organized by Van Fleet was completely torn to pieces. In desperation, Van Fleet could only order his troops to withdraw to the second-line position and reorganize the defense.
All of this has nothing to do with the 180th Division stationed in the rear. They are still staying in their own defense zone as a reserve force, waiting for combat orders from their superiors.