Taking advantage of this opportunity, the commander of the first regiment hurriedly ordered his brothers to speed up the march, the efficiency of rushing on the main road during the day is definitely faster than walking the mountain road at night in the dark, since the enemy's planes have been deceived, then we must seize the opportunity to hurry up, and the sooner we get to Xinxingli, the better When they found that a large number of Chinese troops were assembling in the direction of Changjin Lake, they realized that something was wrong, and by sending the latest reconnaissance planes to take pictures and reconnoitre, General Walker, commander of the Eighth Group Army of the US Army, believed that a large number of Chinese troops were assembling in the direction of Changjin Lake, and it was possible to form an encirclement of the First Marine Division in the Changjin Lake area.
General Walker sent two divisions of US troops and other joint teams this time, the purpose of which is to test the strength of the Chinese to send troops to North Korea this time, now it seems that the Chinese participation in the war is already a sure thing, and the intensity is not small, there are many Chinese troops in the direction of Changjin Lake alone, good men do not suffer immediate losses, since the purpose of sending troops has been achieved, then quickly withdraw those joint troops The battle of Yuncheng shocked General Walker really a lot, he originally thought that the Chinese would also behave, but he never thought that it was real, and the combat effectiveness of these Chinese volunteers was extremely strong, more powerful than the Japanese army and the German army he had encountered, which was sloppy and must be dealt with carefully General Walker hurriedly ordered the 1st Marine Division, which was searching north of Changjin Lake: "The Air Force has found that a large number of Chinese troops are approaching in the direction of Changjin Lake, judging from the direction of their march, it is estimated that they are coming towards us, and after receiving the order, immediately withdraw in the direction of Xinxingli and Liutanli, and the British and Turkish troops will cover your flanks."
After receiving Walker's telegram asking him to evacuate quickly, Major General Smith did not think so, and took the telegram and ridiculed his officers: "You see, Walker is old, much less timid, and the slightest wind and grass will frighten him, what can the Chinese be afraid of, that is, they hit our 1st Marine Division, we can also beat them back, what do they have Our planes, artillery and tanks come out, they are estimated to have long been frightened and shrunk back to China" "Hahaha" The officers of the 1st Marine Division suddenly burst into laughter, and there was no lack of mockery in this laughter, they thought that the Chinese army came to Changjin Lake this time because it was simply beyond their own strength, since the formation of their 1st Marine Division, they had never encountered an evenly matched opponent, and they had never lost a battle "General Smith, I think there is some truth in General Walker's concerns, although the Chinese are poorly armed and equipped, more than several generations behind me, and their training is not as good as ours, but it is said that their fighting will is extremely tenacious, and once in World War II, the Japanese army fought and suffered all, and we can't help but guard against it."
The speaker was a colonel of the U.S.
Army, who held the post of deputy chief of staff of the 1st Marine Division.
Smith looked at it and hurriedly said to the American colonel: "Colonel Robles, I heard that you have been in China for a period of time before, and you have also been in contact with the Communist army, oh, I remember, your life was saved by those Communist troops, no wonder you want to make such remarks now, it is understandable" This US colonel is Robles who was rescued by Zhou Wu's independent brigade in Jiangbei that year, since he was rescued by Zhou Wu, he has been thinking about this matter, and then successively transported a lot of urgently needed weapons, ammunition and medicines for Zhou Wu's independent brigade through various channels, I don't know where the news leaked, Robles secretly supported the New Fourth Army Independent Brigade The matter was known by Lao Jiang's subordinates, and immediately reported it to Lao Jiang, who was so angry that he directly went to Stilwell, the commander-in-chief of the US Chinese theater, Demanding that this Robles be sent back to the United States, the Nationalist Government did not welcome such an ally, and went so far as to secretly fund the "rebels".
General Stilwell was very unimpressed by this attitude of the old Chiang, as an American commander who came to the Chinese battlefield to help the Chinese fight the Japanese invaders, he did not understand why this Chairman Chiang would be so unkind to the Communist Party's New Fourth Army and Eighth Route Army, and sometimes even worse than the Japanese.
Therefore, when he heard that his subordinates were secretly helping to save his life, General Stilwell was not surprised at all, and in the face of Lao Chiang's questioning, he shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, saying that he could not just dismiss his subordinates who had not made mistakes, and if the chairman was not happy, he could directly consult with the president.
Lao Jiang was so angry that he was so angry that he saw that Stilwell didn't buy his account, and hurriedly contacted through various channels, bypassing General Stilwell, and directly transferred Colonel Robles back to the United States.
At the end of World War II, due to the fierce fighting in the Pacific Theater, Colonel Robles was recalled to active duty and participated in the campaign to attack the Japanese mainland.
Among the Chinese troops that attacked this time, Colonel Robles did not know that there was Zhou Wu's team, and he also judged that the combat effectiveness of this group of Chinese volunteers who evolved from the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army would not be bad based on his unforgettable experience in China, and as a staff officer of the 1st Marine Division, it was his duty to make suggestions and judgments to his superiors, but he was ridiculed and ridiculed by General Smith, and Colonel Robles was also an impatient, as soon as he heard General Smith say this, He immediately retorted-for-tat: "Yes, my life was saved by those Chinese wearing straw sandals, at that time we were still allies with them, if it were not for the independent brigade of the New Fourth Army to rescue, my men and I would have been captured by the Japanese devils a long time ago, maybe I would not have survived to the end of World War II, but now I am the chief of staff of the 1st Marine Division of the US Army, and my duty is to provide my advice and judgment to the commander of your 1st Marine Division, please General Smith respect my suggestion and withdraw the ridicule just now, I express that I cannot accept it" After speaking, Colonel Robles blushed and put on a duel, General Smith saw that Robles was anxious, and felt that what he had just said angered him, so he hurriedly comforted him and said: "I'm sorry, I had a bad mood in my words just now, I'm sorry, since Colonel Robles knows about the situation of the Chinese Volunteers, then you might as well tell me your opinion now" General Smith is worthy of being an old fox, and when he saw that Colonel Robles was anxious, he hurriedly made a 180-degree turn, It made Robles, an honest man, at a loss, and he couldn't even say it for a while "I think we must not underestimate the enemy, we must follow General Walker's orders and immediately withdraw to Xinxingli to the south, the Chinese march very fast, their soldiers are very hard-working, very strong-willed, sometimes to a degree that we cannot understand, their marching speed is sometimes even faster than our trucks, although I have been with them for a while, but still cannot figure out how they do this."
Colonel Robles suggested an immediate retreat south, boarding ships from the port of Wonsan, and withdrawing near the 38th parallel to avoid a decisive battle with a large force of the Chinese Volunteers.
Although General Smith's attitude was better, he still did not believe Robles's suggestion in his heart, thinking that he was exaggerating, so he ordered the team to continue to stay in the area of Changjin Lake for another day, and start to return to the south during the day tomorrow, which was not an evacuation, but a return While General Smith and Colonel Robles were arguing, the advance teams of the other two corps of the Ninth Corps had already rushed to the lower brown area on the edge of Changjin Lake, which was only more than ten miles away from the station of the 1st Marine Division of the US Army When night fell, the earth was dark, the lights on the US military camp were lit, accompanied by the roar of the generator, one electric light was turned on, the high-power searchlight illuminated the US military camp a few hundred meters in front of the light as day, several listless US military sentry posts with automatic rifles huddled in front of the fortifications to smoke and chat, looking at their expressions were very relaxed and comfortable, not at all like they came here to fight, but like they came here for an armed parade.
General Smith was afraid that the serious Colonel Robles would come to him for trouble, so he ordered his team to release a patrol in front of the fortifications for non-stop patrols, and the order was passed down, and immediately someone reported it, saying that in such a cold day now, how can the soldiers patrol in the snow, or cancel the patrol from midnight to early morning, the Chinese are still climbing mountains hundreds of miles away, how can they get here so quickly.
If the complaints of these American officers and soldiers were heard by the brothers of the advance team of the Volunteer Army lurking in the snow more than ten miles away, I am afraid that they would be angry, his grandmother's didn't even do patrols in the middle of the night, so many of us were lying here in autumn clothes and shivering, what kind of thing is this, you Yankees are really expensive, you Yankees are still thinking about good things here, wait, when the time comes, there will be a time for you to cry t1706231537: