The loss of Chogiri was reasonable. They looked at the position of Chogiri. They saw that the enemy was detouring from the left wing of the 180th Division to the rear. Chogiri was a checkpoint on the enemy's circuitous road. The fall of Chogiri meant that
The US military will penetrate from the left wing of the 180th Division all the way to their rear.
Commander Zheng stood in front of the map at some point, lit another cigarette, looked at the location of Quejili on the map, and said: "The 180th Division will hold on to the two points of Zhengping Mountain and Yin's Hometown until today.
In the evening, let the comrades prepare well. In addition, the location for crossing the river must be chosen well. Engineers should be sent in advance to pull three wires on the water surface. Tonight we will cross the river and retreat to the north bank of the Han River."
The City God's Hall is still in their hands. This situation is not the worst. The worst situation is that the City God's Hall is lost.
Xia Yuan is a talented person. He has already gone to the Chenghuang Hall and looked at the timing. It is estimated that it has arrived by now. Just as he was thinking about it, Chief of Staff Wang received a call. It was the news from the 540th Regiment. He put down the phone and said, Chief of Staff Wang
The commander immediately walked to Commander Zheng and said: "Commander, the commander of the 540th Regiment just called. The Third Battalion has received Comrade Xia Yuan and handed over the Seventh Company to Xia Yuan. When Comrade Xia Yuan arrived,
He also drove a truck, which contained a load of supplies, including medicine, food and ammunition."
This news made Master Zheng's brows relax a lot, and he smiled knowingly, "This guy will never let us down, and he won't forget to get supplies for the foreign devils when we get there, hahahaha! As long as we get there smoothly, have they set off now?"
"
"We left before dawn. Xia Yuan divided part of the supplies in the car with the Third Battalion and set off with the remaining supplies." Chief of Staff Wang said with a smile: "I guess he will be with the enemy soon.
We encountered it."
Commander Zheng looked at the time and said, "Old Wang, keep in close contact with the 540th Regiment and ask them to keep an eye on the battle in the direction of Chenghuangtang."
"Yes!" Chief of Staff Wang slapped his head and said: "I almost forgot about the real thing. The leader of the 540th Regiment told me that Comrade Xia Yuan asked the third battalion commander to retreat to Yingfeng and only stay in Chenghuang Rang.
Killing a platoon of soldiers... Wouldn't it be too risky? It's not that I don't believe Comrade Xia Yuan, but the battlefield situation is too complicated. If Comrade Xia Yuan doesn't stop the enemy, even if we retreat
When we reach the north of the Han River, we still face the crisis of being surrounded by enemies on three sides."
"This is indeed a very serious issue. When Lao Duan comes back later, we will have a meeting to discuss it."
Master Zheng pondered.
"Um."
...
More than 30 kilometers south of Chenghuang Hall, the Seventh Company marched urgently, walking through the mountain roads, following Xia Yuan. Along the way, he kept observing and looking for a suitable blocking location. Finally, he found a blocking location.
A protruding height arches up the road, forming a 'U'-shaped bend. The curvature of the bend is very large, and the area of the position is not small. The location close to the road is relatively steep, and on the opposite side is another high ground, which can completely form an angle.
Firepower, once the enemy comes to this position, they can shoot left and right.
"Report to the company commander! We found the enemy's vanguard about seven kilometers ahead!"
They had just stopped and hadn't been observing for long when a scout came over with a fatal piece of information. Company Commander Cai frowned and said: "Seven kilometers, follow this road, and it will take more than ten minutes to arrive."
"It's too late, Captain Cai. This position is very high, forming a chasm. Set up defenses on the left and right. As soon as the gun fires, due to the special terrain, the enemy cannot set up defenses on both sides. They can only attack on the way over.
Artillery positions deployed."
Xia Yuan said quickly: "I will take my people to stop the enemy first and buy you time. You have to bury the mines at the corner and go 100 meters. It must be at the corner. As soon as we retreat,
The enemy coming over must be tanks, and they are coordinated by infantry and tanks. They will blow up the enemy tanks and block the road. Even if we retreat, it will take a lot of time for them to clean up the damage of the tanks. If they don't clean up, they will choose to take a detour.
, that’s just what I want.”
“Good idea!”
Company Commander Cai and Instructor Pang showed a hint of surprise on their faces.
"But with such a small number of you, it's too dangerous. I'll ask the third platoon to follow you."
Captain Cai was amazed at Xia Yuan's method, but he also thought that the company led by Xia Yuan was almost completely wiped out, and he was a little worried that a dozen of them would block an entire enemy division. This was simply a joke.
"Captain Cai, believe me, the enemy must stop as soon as the gun fires. They must clear the obstacles before continuing to move forward."
Xia Yuan showed a trace of confidence on his face.
"Why is this?" Instructor Pang asked curiously.
"Lao Yang, take the people, pack up the ammunition, and bring the Congbangzi soldiers' recoilless guns."
While Xia Yuan asked them to pack up their weapons and equipment, he said with a smile: "It's very simple. From the first battle, the US military has tasted the power of our army's detours, divisions and encirclement. Until the first battle, they,
We have already created a psychological shadow."
"The US 24th was not blocked by us along the way and was advancing unimpeded. They were doubting in their hearts when suddenly there was gunfire from the front. Then they thought about the previous battles, where they let the enemy in to fight, and then attacked
Pocket, tell me if the American devils are panicking or not, they will definitely stop and worry about whether our people will appear behind them."
Instructor Shao said to the two: "In his words, this is psychological warfare."
"Psychological warfare?"
"It is to use the enemy's psychology to fight. Now they are heading north unimpeded. Once one of my troops blocks their way forward at this time, I will block their tail, separate part of the force, and cut them off from the middle. This will
You can’t escape without the support of U.S. troops.”
Xia Yuan stood up, saw that everyone had finished cleaning up, and continued: "So, the commander of this American army is also worried that if he goes so deep behind enemy lines, he will encounter those American soldiers from the previous battles.
They were also worried about what happened, and I was just confirming their worries."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "However, we can't hold on for too long. We can hold on for half an hour. Once they react, the steel torrent will move forward, and we will be helpless."
"Old Ma, go and bring the rest of the recoilless rifles to Company Commander Cai and the others, and bring the shells as well." Xia Yuan shouted again at the top of his lungs.
"yes!"
The big man responded and called two people to get the cannon.
Taking advantage of the moment when Ma Daguo went to get the recoilless rifle, he said to Company Commander Cai and Instructor Pang: "The recoilless rifle is also a good tool for dealing with US tanks. The US tanks drive forward, go around the bend, and then hit the mines."
Bury some further forward so that the little devil's tanks will not drive so smoothly. If you have time, dig a few more deep ditches on the road."
"In addition, some bomb shelters must be dug on the reverse slope, and traffic trenches must be dug up to the reverse slope. In this way, when US artillery shells fly over, we have to hide on the reverse slope. When the US artillery stops, we still have to reach the position through the reverse slope."
"Captain Xia, don't worry, I've remembered everything you said." Commander Cai nodded heavily and said, "You should also be more careful."
"Um."
"Company Commander, everything is here. Four recoilless rifles and five boxes of shells." The big man came over with his men.
"Let's bring one and a box of artillery shells along with it." Xia Yuan nodded and said: "By the way, Captain Cai, lend me your artillery platoon."
"no problem."
"When the gunfire sounds on our side, you ask the artillery platoon to fire a group of artillery shells. Just hit it on the road. If you fire it into the tank group, if you can destroy a tank, destroy a tank."
"Fourth Platoon Commander, do you hear me?"
"I heard it! Captain Xia, don't worry, we guarantee to blow up the little devil's tank to pieces."
"That's alright. Let's gather together as a company and get ready to go!"
Ma Dage, Chen Lie, Lao Yang, Tan Zhanbiao, Liu Tiezhu, Sun Changgui, Wang Xiaoliang, cooking squad leader Lu Guangnan, machine gun company Fu Weiquan, Si Jize, Flask, Li Tieniu, and Chef Zhang quickly assembled.
Xia Yuan and the instructor stood up and saluted Captain Cai and the others.
"salute!"
Company Commander Cai also stood up and shouted.
The soldiers of the seventh company all saluted the soldiers of the first company with a standard military salute.
"Set off!"
Xia Yuan put down his arms, shouted, and set off with a company of thirteen soldiers.
Instructor Pang put down his arm and said: "Captain Xia is indeed a fighting hero. He is so smart. If this plan is done well, it will really succeed. The road will hold up and only three tanks will pass side by side. If the tank is blown up, the enemy will try to pass through."
It will take at least a while to get through here, and if we lay some mines in front, they will need to delay even longer if they want to get past."
"Then let's hurry up, it's still too late."
"Um."
The Seventh Company immediately took action. The first and second platoons were responsible for digging fortifications on the high ground on the left and right sides and digging bomb shelters on the reverse slopes. The third platoon was responsible for laying mines on the road. Even the comrades from the cooking squad and the artillery platoon also came on stage.
Let's help the third platoon dig anti-tank trenches and lay mines. They must seize the time and get everything Xia Yuan told them when the enemy's vanguard is ticking.
Continuously.
More than a dozen people were moving quickly through the forest, crossing the ravine and climbing up a high mountain. From a distance, they saw a road like a dragon winding around large and small hillsides, highlands and plains, looking into the distance.
, the big guy’s eyes narrowed.
"The enemy's vanguard!"
Instructor Shao squinted his eyes. The road was filled with darkness. The road was led by a tank convoy consisting of more than a dozen Sherman medium tanks. The roar of the engines continued to echo in the valley. Behind them were self-propelled cannon armored vehicles, which could be used for air defense operations.
However, as the war progressed, it was basically known to everyone that the Volunteer Army did not have any air power. Without air power, these self-propelled cannon armored vehicles were used to deal with the pursuing Volunteer Army, and played a good role.
Especially during the Battle of Changjin Lake, when the First Marine Division retreated, these self-propelled machine gun armored vehicles caused huge casualties to the volunteers.
Following the US infantry, a long line of troops stretched back, which was the US artillery position. As Xia Yuan thought, the US 24th Division's maneuvers were too deep, just like the second and third battles.
The pursuit was too deep, and the retreat was cut off by the volunteers. Each unit was divided, surrounded, and annihilated one by one.
The ace 1st Cavalry Division and 1st Marine Division were almost wiped out and almost withdrew from the Korean battlefield.
Therefore, when the U.S. 24th Division advanced, it strictly followed the alternating pattern of two artillery groups, with long-range artillery support from the rear, in order to prevent their current unimpeded advance northward from being another conspiracy of the Volunteer Army.
was ambushed by the Volunteers. The alternating artillery groups were able to open a hole as quickly as possible, and there were volunteers with long-range artillery behind them. With the support of air power, and tanks and armored vehicles clearing the way, the US 24th Division was cautiously
At the same time, he was full of confidence in the next battle.
Little did they know, a volunteer army squad of no more than one squad quietly touched their way forward and formed the first pass.
"Platoon leader, this thing is easy to operate, just like the bazooka. During the Liberation War, our machine gun company also captured the bazooka. That thing is very effective against tanks. I still have such a long barrel.
First time meeting."
Fu Weiquan and Si Jize, soldiers of the machine gun company, were playing with the recoilless rifles. After fumbling around for a while, they found that the method of use was similar to that of the bazooka. The difference was that the barrel of this thing was longer and thicker, but it was unclear how powerful it was.
Sample.
"Coming, coming!"
Lao Yang shouted, and Xia Yuan immediately said: "Shoot the enemy's first tank first, and knock out the tank in front as quickly as possible so that the enemy behind can't get up. Remember that?"
"Company Commander, don't worry, I promise to do everything beautifully for you."
Fu Weiquan slapped his chest loudly and called Si Jize to start getting ready.
Wang Xiaoliang was at the front line, huffing and puffing on his back. Looking at the flask lying in the trench he had just dug, he couldn't help but ask: "How is the trench I dug?"
"The deeper we dig, the better." Flask answered seriously. He lowered his head, looked at his body huddled in the trench, and continued: "It's a bit low, so it's not comfortable to climb on.
"
"Hey, how about you dig it?"
Wang Xiaoliang let out a laugh, and Tan Zhanbiao on the side grinned: "Little Wang, hurry up and dig in. Comrade Flask is injured, how can you open your mouth?"
"Squad leader, let me just tell you, I really don't want Flask to dig trenches."
Wang Xiaoliang said with a sneer.
"Squad leader, the Japanese are coming soon!"
Liu Tiezhu, who was observing, quickly slid down the slope of the head cave and said quickly: "Company Commander and the others are ready."
"I understand, stop digging and get ready to fight!"
Tan Zhanbiao quickly tied the engineer shovel to his body with a rope, lay down in the trench with a gun in hand, and looked into the distance.
They could already hear the roar of tanks. More than a dozen tanks came over like a torrent of steel. The entire ground was trembling slightly. The American infantry spread out on the mountain. As the leading troops advanced, they also began to explore the mountain.