It was dark, the sun was setting, and the cold wind was howling. Colonel Puller finally gathered about five hundred Marines, but he did not expect that he would end up in a situation where he could not return home and was blown by the wind in the wild.
With no sleeping bags, no shelter, no warm food, and no convenient vehicles, after losing most of their heavy equipment, about three companies of U.S. troops just collapsed in the leeward mountain col, suffering.
Is there any mistake? The powerful U.S. Marine Corps has ended up in such an embarrassing situation! From officers to soldiers, these five hundred Americans were extremely dumbfounded.
Colonel Puller called for support on the radio, but the response he got from his superiors was 'We are trying to find a solution, but there are more urgent things now, you need to wait patiently...'
Wait for a ghost! Those senior officers who stay in warm rooms can only speak in official terms. Do they know the plight of the 1st Marine Regiment? The 60th Division of the Volunteer Army that was originally guarding Fushengli has been mobilized, running out all over the mountains and plains to collect the money.
Colonel Le's remaining soldiers.
It was clear that the Marine Corps of the United States of America was still suppressing the Volunteer Army during the day, but as soon as it got dark, the situation changed and it was the Marine Corps' turn to be suppressed and attacked by the Volunteer Army.
A large amount of lost heavy equipment was captured by the volunteers. Machine guns and mortars were okay, but a few light armored vehicles joined the recovery team and immediately became a major threat.
What worried Colonel Puller even more was the U.S. military position in Gutuli. There were originally more than 3,000 people there, including more than 2,000 combat troops. However, due to the continuous losses, the defense of Gutuli was extremely empty.
The colonel still remembers the scene he saw in the last light before dark, which was groups of volunteers heading south along the road - they were high-spirited and rushed towards the ancient soil like a gust of wind, where there were abundant supplies.
It will increase the combat effectiveness of these fearless warriors tenfold.
The situation was actually a hundred times worse than Colonel Puller imagined!
Zhou Qingfeng led his IS-7 like a raging hurricane, not entangled with the American troops who blocked him halfway. He rushed towards Gutuli with a fast column. The American troops on several hills in Gutuli watched helplessly.
Send the enemy troops into your lair and completely occupy it.
The US military, which has the advantage of firepower, has always been on the offensive. It never thought that one day it would be attacked by heavy tanks. Gutuli is a flat river beach, and there is no suitable terrain to stop Zhou Qingfeng. The checkpoints on the road were blocked by IS-7
The collision shattered it into pieces, and the defending U.S. troops fled in all directions.
"Follow me, first block the intersection of Gutuli's southward escape, and then seize the artillery positions and material warehouses. Today we will go on a killing spree. Anyone who dares to resist will be taught a lesson with artillery fire." Zhou Qingfeng took the active night vision goggles.
He came out and set up on the turret, commanding his men to run rampant.
Many US troops still want to resist, but they are completely powerless in the face of the aggressive tanks. Most of the tanks in Gutuli were lost in the massacre before dark, and the few remaining ones are not to be feared. The 130mm caliber
The main gun solves all problems.
Colonel Puller once warned the US troops in Gutuli on the radio, but the distance of just a few kilometers did not take Zhou Qingfeng much time. Due to the lack of troops to resist, many US troops had no choice but to surrender. After all, not everyone has the courage.
Hard against tanks.
When the main force of the 178th Regiment followed up, Zhou Qingfeng led a fast column to raid Zhenxingli behind Gutuli. Zhenxingli had only one US military battalion, but it resisted for a while, but faced high-explosive shrapnel shells.
, the resistance could not last ten minutes before suffering heavy casualties and completely collapsing.
No one can outrun a tank with night vision goggles in the dark. The US soldiers don't want to escape into the ice and snow of the dark night without recognizing anything, so they have no choice but to surrender.
The fierce and decisive armored assault showed shocking power. The more than a thousand people who survived the 178th Regiment happily received the supplies left by the US military.
The regiment leader went crazy with joy. He shouted loudly: "Food, medicine, clothing, weapons, ammunition, vehicles, we have all night to transport these things."
The important fire support for the defense of Gutuli is Company E of the 2nd Battalion of the 11th Artillery Regiment. All six 105mm howitzers of this company fell into the hands of Zhou Qingfeng. The artillerymen of Company E originally wanted to blow up the howitzers and
Cannonballs, but Zhou Qingfeng came too fast and didn't give them time at all.
In addition to howitzers, there are also heavy mortar companies in Gutu, as well as professional medical companies and transportation companies. With the luxury of the US military, the things here are unimaginably rich for the volunteers. Faced with so many things, 178
The leader of the regiment didn't even know how to transport them?
"Our Ninth Corps has fought too hard. These things must be put to good use." The commander of the 178th Regiment and other officers were breathing heavily. None of them expected that a fast column raid would bring such great results.
.Seeing the mountains of supplies, they collectively became red-eyed.
The soldiers of the 178th Regiment who were suffering from hunger and cold were changing into the uniforms of the US Army. Everyone looked happy and as happy as the Chinese New Year. After Zhou Qingfeng's fast column easily captured Zhenxingli, they drove a jeep back to Gu
In Tuli, he has an important suggestion.
"Commander, we should continue the fight and use tonight's time to directly attack Hamhung, the base camp of the 1st Marine Division's northward march, destroy Xingnan Port in Hamhung, and completely cut off the logistics and supplies of the 1st Marine Division."
Zhou Qingfeng spread out the map and pointed at Xingnan Port, which was only a few dozen kilometers away. That port was the most critical point of the Changjin Lake battlefield.
When the 1st Marine Division withdrew from Changjin Lake, it transported 100,000 troops and 90,000 civilians from Xingnan Port, as well as more than 17,000 vehicles and 350,000 tons of supplies.
In the end, there was a large amount of supplies that could not be transported away, so the US military simply used explosives and naval guns to completely destroy Xingnan Port, leaving no residue for the volunteers.
Zhou Qingfeng was very determined. He wanted to attack this crucial port in advance. "We captured Gutuli unexpectedly. The command of the US military must be in a mess now. They would never have thought of us raiding their home base."
The leaders of the 178th Regiment all looked at each other. The leader frowned and asked, "The enemy's lair cannot be defenseless, right?"
"Yes, the 3rd Division of the US Army, a super big fish belly." After Zhou Qingfeng said a number, everyone in the 178th Regiment showed great excitement.
The current U.S. Army's Third Division is really sluggish in combat effectiveness. The U.S. military is the backbone of this unit, but due to insufficient strength, it has been supplemented by an excess of South Korean soldiers. As a result, it can only do some tasks of maintaining public order in the rear and go to the battlefield.
It is equivalent to sending equipment and heads to the volunteer army.
After the Battle of Changjin Lake, the 1st Marine Division angrily complained to the Tenth Army, saying that the 3rd Army Division, which cooperated with them in the battle, was too rubbish and sent a large amount of heavy equipment to the volunteers to seize. It was simply a shame and scum among the US military.
Xingnan Port is also the location of the headquarters of the US Tenth Army, but if a unit like the Third Division guards the enemy's headquarters, it will be a huge disaster if it is attacked.
"But we have too few troops. It is too difficult to run dozens of kilometers at night. We also need to divide some people to transport the materials in the ancient soil. In this way, attacking an enemy division will be a huge risk." The political commissar of the regiment was responsible for raising the possibility.
problems at hand.
"We have seized a large number of vehicles. It won't take long to run dozens of kilometers!" Zhou Qingfeng pointed to the U.S. military vehicles in Gutuli. There were more than 300 vehicles. "If we don't have enough troops, we can use the other two regiments of the 60th Division.
Join us together. If we have a chance, we can all make a fortune together!”
The more Zhou Qingfeng spoke, the faster the heartbeats of the leaders in the regiment became. These experienced generals were carefully considering the possibility and risks of continuing to raid Xingnan Port. They did not seek great military successes, but just caused chaos to the enemy's headquarters.
Even if you lose the entire 178 group, you will still make a profit.
"But how can we have so many drivers?" The group leader weighed it over and over in his mind, and finally raised a question that was not a problem.
"Driver?" Zhou Qingfeng laughed ferociously and looked at the large number of captured American soldiers in Gutuli. "Most Americans can drive. I think they should exchange their actions for the chance of survival. After all, accidental death on the battlefield