One after another, the red, blue, and green signal flares were shot into the sky that was already slowly brightening, and those US military planes in the sky understood the meaning of the signal flares fired by the US military on the ground, so they pulled up the nose of the plane, circled over Xinxingli for a few weeks, shook their butts and returned home, their bombing mission had been completed, throwing away all the bombs brought by the plane, and blowing up the valley here in Xinxingli was a sea of fire, thick smoke billowing out, and it was estimated that the Chinese below were choking enough Indeed, the fat men who besieged the US military team on the highway suffered a lot from the bombing of the US planes, especially those solidified, and a large area was burned up as soon as they were blown up, and at first the fat men were caught off guard, and they did not know the power of these incendiary bombs, and then they desperately dug fire ditches on the position to prevent the spread of the fire, and the casualties of the brothers were reduced, but the attack was blocked.
Colonel Robles, who was on the verge of collapse on the whole line, finally got a chance to breathe.
The fat man hurriedly counted the casualties of the team, and the result surprised him, the volunteer army under his command suffered heavy casualties in the attack just now, the casualties caused by the bombing of the American aircraft were the majority, many of the burned soldiers were killed and died on the battlefield because they could not get timely medical treatment, and the doctors and nurses of the health company could only watch the painful death of these volunteer brothers who were burned and injured, and they were helpless as doctors and nurses because the medicines and medical equipment behind them could not be transported.
Seeing their comrades-in-arms die in front of them without medical treatment and medicine, it was a very painful thing for the doctors and nurses of the health company, but there was no way, such a long road, such a cold weather, such a difficult rugged mountain road, the team was able to rush here is already quite good, the only thing the health company can do now is to try to treat those wounded soldiers with the medicines and equipment they brought with them, and if they really have no choice, they will be carried down on a stretcher and treated in the field hospital in the rear.
The sky has been bright, Zhou Wu's mood has become heavy, he thought that he could quickly eliminate this group of American troops running out from the direction of Changjin Lake at night, but a division of the fat man fought all night, and still could not completely annihilate this American army in the Xinxingli area, with the arrival of American planes, it is becoming more and more difficult to completely annihilate the American army during the day, how to continue to fight, or retreat to the hillside in time to hide Zhou Wu's mind is spinning rapidly, he knows, Now any of his decisions are related to the lives of tens of thousands of volunteer soldiers under him, but he has to think about it clearly, and he must not be careless.
Chief of Staff Lao Xu suggested: "During the day, the US planes will definitely come to bomb, and the US artillery will also desperately bombard the outside, our firepower is obviously at a disadvantage, don't compete with the Yankees for firepower, that is simply looking for death, since the favorable conditions for us have been lost, then retreat in time, withdraw to the hillside position, dig deep anti-artillery holes and fire ditches, and hide them, as long as the brothers on the other side of the mountain pass can block the US troops from fleeing south, then we will wait until it is dark at night, and then it is not too late to launch a general attack.
What's more, Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng are about to arrive, and by that time, we will have 12 regiments thrown into the Xinxingli battlefield to form an absolute advantage of 6 to 1 over the US army, so it will be more certain to launch a general attack."
Lao Niu's political commissar also meant this, Zhou Wu nodded yes, so he hurriedly ordered the fat man to suspend the attack, retreat to the positions on both sides of the road to hide, dig air-raid shelters and fire ditches to resist the artillery fire and bombardment of the United States, and at the same time ordered Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng, who were coming, to pay close attention to the enemy's movements around Xinxingli, hide on the spot, do not rush to Xinxingli, wait until it gets dark at night, and then advance to Xinxingli Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng and their two divisions are only more than ten miles away from Xinxingli at this moment, after receiving Zhou Wu's order to hide and rest on the spot, Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng respectively sent a number of scout detachments to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and soon the scout brothers came back to report, saying that there are two groups of enemies in the direction of Changjin Lake coming here, looking at their outfits and weapons and equipment, it seems that they are not the Americans we have been in contact with before, but it is certain that it is definitely not the team of the Korean People's Army, it is estimated that it is a joint team.
As soon as Ge Sanmin heard this, he hurriedly asked the scouts: "How many men and horses are there in those enemies, and how about weapons and equipment?"
Ge Sanmin is related to the number and equipment of the enemy at the moment, whether it is the US army He doesn't care so much, for him, it's all the same, now at this time, this group of enemies who rushed from the direction of Changjin Lake must be here to relieve the enemy in the direction of Xinxingli, it is estimated that there are a lot of people, and it seems that he and Xiao Zheng's team are going to help here.
"There are probably two brigades of troops, with similar weapons and equipment to the US military, as well as tanks and armored vehicles."
The Scout brothers replied.
"Go ahead and reconnoitre, find out what they're doing, and report to me right away," Ge Sanmin ordered the scout brothers.
The current situation is too vague, what Ge Sanmin needs is a detailed and correct enemy situation, at this time, any wrong decision will directly affect the subsequent battle, so he can only judge cautiously and carefully, and he can't make rash decisions, which will kill many of his soldiers Ge Sanmin hurriedly reported the situation to Zhou Wu by radio, and when Zhou Wu heard this, he felt that the enemy in the direction of Changjin Lake had begun to move, and the enemy still had a US army division and a half, two brigades of British troops and a Turkish brigade and other miscellaneous teams, if they rushed towards Xinxingli here, then their numerical superiority over the American troops here in Xinxingli would soon be lost, and in the case of absolute disadvantage in firepower, the geographical advantage of Xinxingli here could not make up for this huge firepower gap.
It seems that he must adjust his combat deployment in time, otherwise he may not be able to completely annihilate the American troops of these two regiments in Xinxing this time Zhou Wu ordered Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng to immediately launch a team to block these enemies coming from the direction of Changjin Lake, ensure the safety of the flank of Xinxingli, and at the same time divide some teams to rush to Xinxingli to strengthen the defense of Xinxingli Pass The trumpeter sounded the call to retreat, and a large number of volunteer soldiers retreated to the high ground on both sides of the road, but a regiment under the fat man was entangled with Colonel Robles's American troops, and could not retreat, so the fat man was so anxious that he stamped his feet and wanted to personally lead a team of men and horses to meet them.
Fortunately, at this moment, Colonel Robles, who was on the opposite side, found that the volunteer troops besieging him had begun to retreat, and they had not been able to advance an inch, so he hurriedly ordered the American troops to shrink their positions, strengthen the defensive line, and support the reinforcements behind them In this way, the fat man's regiment was able to break away from contact with the American troops, withdraw safely, and seize several positions on the side of the road, compressing Colonel Robles's troops to a narrow strip of ten miles around the Xinxingli Pass, after this battle, Colonel Robles's team suffered quite heavy losses, more than 20 tanks only left three or four can still be used, the armored vehicles were almost all destroyed by the artillery fire of the Chinese army, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, so people hurriedly counted it, Colonel Robles listened, I almost had to turn my back on it, and the two regiments brought out from Changjin Lake had more than 6,000 troops, but now there are less than 3,000 left, and the strength of a regiment has almost been defeated At the moment when Colonel Robles was moved and desperate about the current battle situation, he received a call from General Smith of the 1st Marine Division, who told him that reinforcements had been sent in the direction of Xinxingli, which were two brigades of British troops and one brigade of Turkish troops, and that the large forces of the 1st Marine Division were also moving closer to Xinxingli, because a large number of Chinese troops had been found near Changjin Lake and signs that a large number of Chinese troops were coming towards the joint encirclement, and some places had launched an attack, and General Smith asked Colonel Robles to hold on to Xinxingli for more than two daysIn order to ensure the smooth withdrawal of the United Nations troops in the Changjin Lake area to Yunshan Port, Colonel Robles could directly apply for the support of the aircraft of the US Seventh Fleet stationed near Wonsan Port, and he could also directly command the two British brigades and one Turkish brigade that rushed to reinforce them After Colonel Robles received this telegram from General Smith, his confidence rose, and instead of thinking that he could not rush out, he immediately summoned the American officers under his command to a meeting to study how to hold on to Xinxingli to support the arrival of the 1st Marine Division in the rear As soon as the officers heard that reinforcements were about to arrive, they proposed to Colonel Robles: "Attack is the best defense, when the British and Turks arrive, we will call the bombers and fighters on the aircraft carrier to launch a fierce attack on the corner pass south of Xinxingli, although the Chinese are powerful, their weapons are too inferior to us, and in the current climate, most of their soldiers are still wearing autumn clothes, as long as we open the road with tanks, With the bombing of aircraft and the infantry following closely, there will be no opening that cannot be torn open, and by opening up this mountain pass in Xinxingli, our troops and the reinforcements who arrived will be able to turn back and counter-encircle the Chinese who attacked us, so that they can also taste the taste of being besieged by us."
In fact, Robles himself also meant this, but he did not get the support of the officers below, and he did not have this confidence in his heart, and now when he heard that his subordinates agreed with this active attack, he immediately decided: "All units will immediately rest and recuperate, and in three hours concentrate their forces to attack the Xinxingli Pass" Just when Colonel Robles and the others were holding a Zhuge Liang meeting, the fat man and Zhou Wu who had withdrawn were also studying ways to break through the American position.
After fighting all night, he only disabled the American army, but not all of them were annihilated, this problem made Zhou Wu very headache, and he hurriedly convened a meeting of his officers above the battalion commander to discuss t1706231537: