Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng immediately went to arrange the task force after the meeting, they carefully selected two or three hundred brothers in their own division who were good in skill and physique to form an advance team, and took out the best weapons and equipment in the division, there were American-made carbines and machine guns captured from the Kuomintang army, grenades and explosives bags were necessary, and they brought enough ammunition.
The advance team was led by a regiment commander under Ge Sanmin, and set off towards the Changjin Lake area, originally Ge Sanmin wanted to lead the team himself, Zhou Wu learned about it, resolutely disagreed, and said to him: "You are now the division commander, there are more important things to do, how can you take the advance team to say that you will go into battle in person to fight the enemy, I still think about it, but what can I do." ” Zhou Wu's words showed the true feelings in his heart, why didn't he want to take the team to the front line to fight against the enemy in person, and personally experience how powerful these Yankees, who are known as "the first in the world", not to mention that this time the opponent is still a first-class ace in the US military, and the bullish coaxing makes Zhou Wu's heart itch like a cat, but there is no way, he has no chance to personally experience these opportunities to face the Yankees on the front line, so he can only hide in the air-raid shelter behind, look at the map, and then telegraph, Deploy troops according to the battle situation reported from the front, and wait for the final news from the front The commander of a regiment set off in the dark with the brothers of the task force, and under the guidance of the local Korean People's Army guide, who was familiar with the mountain roads, the advance team marched at a speed that was not slow, and there were American planes in the sky during the day, and it was not very easy to act, and only in this dark night, the brothers of the advance team let go of their courage and strode towards the direction of Changjin Lake, all the way up the mountain and the road was far away, the road was rugged, and the road was full of mountain paths, and in the second half of the night, there were still fluttering snowflakes, and the northwest wind blew up and blew on the faces of the brothers of the advance teamIt hurts as much as a knife scrape, the snow is getting heavier and heavier, and soon it doesn't reach the heel, and the person steps on it, making a rhythmic "creaking" sound, which is good.
After walking all night, the advance team had already advanced a distance of 40 kilometers, which was definitely a record-setting thing for the advance team brothers who walked on the rugged mountain road on their legs The brothers of the advance team rushed for a while, and finally rushed to the hillside before the US reconnaissance plane flew over, all of them hidden, took turns to rest, and ran all night, it was time to rest and replenish their strength, and no one wanted to march in the dark night, but there was no way, in order not to be discovered by the US planes that were everywhere in the sky during the day, they could only go out day and night.
On the evening of the second day after the departure of the brothers of the advance team, the divisions under Zhou Wu also began to march in the direction of Changjin Lake, and they were similar to the brothers of the advance team, going out by day and night, sleeping and resting during the day, and marching desperately at night.
In this way, all the units of the Ninth Corps quickly and secretly advanced towards the Changjin Lake area, and the various troops of Zhou Wu were a day's distance from the advance team led by the commander of a regiment under Ge Sanmin, which means that after the advance team of the first regiment commander blocked the 1st Marine Division of the US Army fleeing south in the Changjin Lake area, they had to block the frantic attack of the US army there for more than two days in order to get the support of the large army, and it took a day for the large army to arrive in Xinxingli, and it also took time to divide and encircle, and all kinds of unpredictable things happened.
The blocking time was longer, but the advance team held off the enemy in Xinxing for more than two days, which was the least estimate.
Just when the soldiers of the Ninth Corps were rushing towards the Changjin Lake area with Xueshui and eating fried noodles temporarily cooked by Lao Xu, in the command tent of the 1st Marine Division of the US Army on the shore of Changjin Lake north of Xinxingli, General Smith, commander of the 1st Marine Division, was woken up by the communications troops, and a telegram of the latest enemy situation made General Smith unable to sleep anymore, and the telegram was sent by the Air Force, and their reconnaissance planes suddenly discovered that a large number of Chinese troops had originally gathered in the area from the Yalu River to Yuncheng had disappeared overnight.
But where so many Chinese troops went, the air force did not know, there are two possibilities, one may be that they have quietly marched to the south of Yuncheng, the Chinese are ready to fight Pyongyang, Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea, recovering Pyongyang is very important to North Korea, not only can boost morale, but also can inspire the fighting spirit of the Chinese volunteers, beyond the United Union in momentum, and there is also a possibility that the United Nations troops in the northeast towards Changjin Lake and besiege this area, the command of the Eighth Army reminded Major General Smith, It is necessary to pay attention to the enemy's movements in the area around Changjin Lake and make good preparations for battle.
Major General Smith is also a veteran, he led the 1st Marine Division to fight the Japanese devils in the Pacific theater, those Japanese suicidal charges impressed him, because of the fight with the Japanese, he believes that the Chinese who may rush to the Changjin Lake area this time should be inferior to the Japanese, the Chinese fought with the Japanese for eight years, and only with the help of the United States and the Soviet Union drove out the Japanese who invaded their own territory, it can be seen that their combat effectiveness is not good, Its own 1st Marine Division has the most powerful weapons and equipment in the world and well-trained soldiers, even if it encounters the attacks of these Chinese, it is not afraid and can still defeat them.
Major General Smith's self-confidence comes from the fact that his 1st Marine Division has never been defeated since its formation, whether it is against the Japanese or the Germans, it has been captured with all hands and easily, and even the German army's first-class weapons and equipment, and the training level is even more advanced, have been defeated under his own hands, and what can the Chinese volunteers from the mud legs and soil eight roads do Major General Smith quickly put the matter aside, and ordered his men to reinforce the security around the garrison, without any other troop deployments, and to continue to return to his warm sleeping bag to enjoy a sweet dream.
Mai Shuai once promised that before Christmas, they can all return to their hometown, there is basically no major war on the Korean battlefield, although there is a little problem in Yuncheng, but it does not affect the entire war situation, even if the Chinese send troops, it is also a show, do not worry about being afraid.
As long as the Soviet Union in the north does not send troops, it will not have the slightest impact on the entire Korean war situation, and the united brothers on the front line, if they hold on for a while, will soon be able to go home for Christmas.
The U.S. troops in the Changjin Lake area, whether it is Major General Smith or the ordinary U.S. soldiers below, are not impressed by the danger that may arise in front of them, and they are still immersed in the joy of returning home for Christmas after completing their missions, and there are no tight sentry posts around the station, even half of the patrols have been canceled, and the weather in North Korea is too cold, so it is comfortable to hide in the barracks and light a fire to keep warm The American soldiers can have warm eiderdown sleeping bags to keep warm, eat canned beef, and the fat people who are braving the wind and snow are rushing to Changjin Lake on the mountain road with difficulty, they don't have such good luck and equipment, the best warm body on the brothers is the winter clothes of the puppet army captured in the Battle of Yuncheng, and they eat fried rice noodles that Lao Xu asked the logistics troops to fry, and if there is no water, they will take a handful of thick snow on the ground and stuff it into their mouths, and eat it with fried rice, don't say it, this method that Lao Niu Political Commissar came up with really works, The fried rice noodles and soybeans are very hungry, but very trouble-free, as well as those captured puppet army winter clothes, which are light and warm on the body, the marching speed of the brothers of the advance team is significantly accelerated, and then in order to rush to the Xinxingli area as soon as possible, the head of a regiment decided to take a risk and continue to march during the day, of course, camouflage is necessary, as soon as he saw the mountain, he immediately asked the brothers to cut down those evergreen pines and cypresses and other branches, make camouflage hats, and wear them on their heads, the team was divided into three groups, and the front ones were led by the scout brothers while scouting, The two teams followed closely, and once they found something abnormal, they immediately hid in the mountains and forests to take refuge.
The commander of a regiment has quite a lot of combat experience, and his move can be said to be quite thrilling; during the day, all kinds of US planes in the sky are constantly circling back and forth, as long as the whereabouts of his team are discovered by the US planes in the sky, then a large number of US planes will come here to bomb indiscriminately, and the Americans will throw bombs regardless of the cost, no matter whether there is anyone here, no matter whether 3721 comes up is a random bombing, the explosion shakes the ground, the fire soars into the sky, and the smoke is filled with smoke.
Even if they hide in the mountains, I'm afraid they will have to peel off their skin.
However, the head of the regiment is highly and bold, and he thinks that the Yankees in the sky are not so thief-eyed, and his team is wearing the military uniforms of the South Korean puppet army, so it is better to throw off his arms and walk on the road in a big way, and the Yankees will not be suspicious In this way, all the brothers of the advance team walked to the main road at the foot of the mountain, and rushed over in the direction of Xinxingli in the form of a column march, and it was indeed easier and more comfortable to take the main road than to take the mountain road, and the troops marched to a place less than 20 kilometers away from Xinxingli, and several US reconnaissance planes suddenly flew in the sky, circling back and forth over the advance team, and some of the brothers could not hold their breath and hurriedly ran to ask the commander of the regiment: "Regiment commander, the Yankees' plane is coming, what should we do to fight or not?"
When the regiment commander heard this, he hurriedly glared at him fiercely and said, "What are you fighting Those guys in your hands can be the opponent of their plane, ignore him, let's just rush to the front as usual."
The advance team continued to swagger towards the front, and the US reconnaissance plane in the sky circled for a while, and immediately returned home t1706231537: