General Smith anxiously walked back and forth in the tent, he pondered for a while, decided to take the risk of a night march, with the tank armored vehicle team as the lead, the infantry followed closely, and rushed along the road to the east corner of the night to capture that point before the Chinese, and ensure the smooth withdrawal of his troops and the surrounding combined forces to Wonsan Port General Smith immediately ordered his sleeping American soldiers to get up and set off quickly, and marched to the east corner, and those American soldiers who received the order to set off were angry, rubbing their sleepy eyes, and listlessly got into the truck, while the American officers next to them kept shouting, urging the soldiers to move faster In this way, the large army of the land war at the time of dozens of tanks and armored vehicles under the opening of the road, along the highway towards the direction of Dongyuli, because it is a winding mountain road, and it is a dark night, the US tanks and armored vehicles do not dare to drive too fast, and the trucks full of infantry behind can only follow the tanks slowly, General Smith's tens of thousands of US troops are marching on the winding mountain road, the headlights are wide open, looking from a distance, like a bright and shining long dragon, winding forward between the valleys, when the American army moves, Zhou Wu's team of scouts had already reported the situation, and Zhou Wu hurriedly called Lao Xu and Lao Niu to discuss this countermeasure against the sudden action of the US army.
"The Yankees are also in a hurry at night, which means that they can't stay up, Lao Zhou, I think we can change the combat deployment, and order the left and right flanks to rush to the fat man and Ge Sanmin in the east corner They ambushed the US 1st Marine Division on the spot halfway, under the combat conditions at night, I believe that our team has the ability to defeat these US aces armed to the teeth" Lao Xu Chief of Staff was full of confidence, knowing that this is a rare fighter plane, and it must be firmly grasped.
Political Commissar Lao Niu also means this, he thinks that these American troops are marching rapidly at night, which is a good opportunity for ambush and annihilation, and the American troops are all supported by their weapons and air fire support, and in the dark night, these support conditions are gone, so as long as their own team rushes forward, they will definitely be able to surround and annihilate part of it, and maybe if they are lucky, they can completely annihilate several regiments of the American army again.
Zhou Wu fell into deep thought, it was not that he didn't want to intercept the 1st Marine Division of the US Army halfway, but the troops at hand were no longer enough, once the fat man was dispatched to intercept the US troops on the way at this moment, what should I do in the east corner, and what if these US troops could not be blocked in the night time, the defensive strength here in the east corner was less than half, and it could withstand the counterattack and onslaught of the US troops desperately in order to escape for their lives.
Lao Xu also found the shortcomings of his interception plan at this moment, that is, the troops that can be mobile at hand are already insufficient, he pondered for a while, and suggested that Zhou Wu send a small force to launch a harassing attack on the 1st Marine Division of the US Army marching at night in multiple batches, and the US troops who are eager to flee for their lives will definitely not care so much about these harassing volunteer teams, at most they will send a small force to fight back, and the role of the small team is to try to stop the advance speed of the US army and hit their morale.
In order to rush to the eastern corner of the area, the fat man and Ge Sanmin bought more time to build trenches, and tried to entangle the enemy as much as possible, and it was best to be able to grind them down halfway, so that they would have to risk being bombed by American planes during the day and attack the American troops Zhou Wu nodded, feeling that Lao Xu's plan was reliable, and he could send a small team to take advantage of the geographical characteristics of the mountains and winding roads near Dongyuli, first block those tanks and armored vehicles that opened the way, and then harass the American infantry following behind, depending on the situation, and then divide and surround them, eat some of them, and if they can't eat it, they will immediately retreat and wait for them in Dongyuli Political Commissar Lao Niu nodded in agreement with Zhou Wu and Lao Xu's new plan, believing that the only feasible combat deployment could be made under the current very tight troop situation, so that Fat Man and Ge Sanmin only needed to send a small number of teams to complete the task of attacking and harassing this small detachment, which was conducive to blocking and holding the attack in the area of Dongyuli, blocking the way for the US troops to flee south, and partially annihilating a part of the US troops.
Since the two American regiments fought against Colonel Robles' two regiments in Xinxingli, Zhou Wu and Lao Niu felt more and more that it was impossible to encircle and annihilate a large US army division, that is, the two regiments that dealt with Colonel Robles and their two regiments actually lost nearly half of Zhou Wu's troops, plus the soldiers who froze to death and frostbitten in the severe cold weather, Zhou Wu felt that if he wanted to annihilate the US 1st Marine Division in the east corner this time, it was estimated that there would be no play Since it is impossible to encircle and annihilate the entire US 1st Marine Division, it is better to retreat to the next best thing and concentrate forces to eat some of them, and it is better to cut off one of its fingers and defeat the 1st Marine Division than to see the opportunity to destroy one part of it in the eastern corner Zhou Wu made up his mind, so he hurriedly sent a telegram ordering the fat man and Ge Sanmin to each send out a battalion or so to form a number of small detachments, and wait for the arrival of the 1st Marine Division on the way After receiving this urgent telegram from Zhou Wu, the fat man and Ge Sanmin immediately sent their right-hand men to form a small detachment of more than 20 people composed of more than 20 people, carrying light weapons, ammunition and supplies, and touched the northwest along the road.
Soon, the brothers of the detachment detected the movement of the US troops, they bypassed the US tanks and armored vehicles that were "booming" and drove over, and specifically attacked the truck convoy loaded with US infantry behind, and for a while, the road sounded the rumbling explosion of grenades and mortar shells one after another, and the US military trucks that were hit fell crooked on the side of the road, blazing with fire, and the US soldiers on the car jumped out of the car screaming and screaming, before they could figure out who was attacking.
The brothers of the detachment immediately withdrew to the hillside next to the road, and the US commander who led the team was afraid of being ambushed by a large army of volunteers in the dark night, so he did not dare to let the US infantry under his command pursue him, so he ordered the soldiers to push away the bombed-out trucks and continue to advance on foot Before they could get out of a mile, a burst of grenades and shells were smashed on the slopes on both sides of the road, mixed with the sound of light machine guns and small arms such as 38 big covers, and some American soldiers were unable to prevent being hit by bullets and fell to the ground, and the American officers hurriedly reported the situation to General Smith, who believed that this was the usual attack tactic of the Chinese, ignored them, and left some mobile troops responsible for the movement on both sides of the road, and the large army continued to move forward General Smith's response was quite reliable, but the American soldiers under his command were so frightened by the volunteer squad that they couldn't move their steps, for fear that they would shoot another burst of bullets on the hillside on the side of the highway and send themselves to God In this way, the large unit of the 1st Marine Division of the US Army was disturbed by the small detachment of the volunteers, and they had no intention of continuing to move forward, and the officers proposed to General Smith that there was no reinforcement of air fire on the night march, the vision was not clear, and it was a rugged and difficult winding mountain road, and it was impossible to pursue and fight back when attacked by the Chinese, so it was better to camp on the spot and suspend the advance, and wait until tomorrow after dawn to speed up the march As soon as General Smith heard that his officers had asked to suspend the march at night, it was right to think that he could not get reinforcements from air power in the dark night, and if he insisted on catching up, he was afraid that it would only increase the casualties of the infantry, and now there were Chinese attack detachments everywhere, and the marching speed of the troops had greatly slowed down General Smith immediately ordered the troops to halt their advance and establish a defense on the spot, the tanks in front formed a series of fortifications along the slopes around the road, with four tanks and armored vehicles as one fortification, heavy machine guns and mortars in the second line of fortifications, infantry in the innermost, Smith ordered his subordinates, no matter what situation they encountered in front, as soon as they found that the opposite person had an attempt to come to the fortifications, they would immediately strike, shoot freely, without thinking about ammunition, and wait for dawn when they ran out, Transporters arrived right away Those American soldiers who were nervous and nervous by the attack of the volunteer detachment finally breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, hiding in the fortifications surrounded by tanks, armored vehicles and light and heavy machine gun mortars, they felt a little safer, but they did not dare to sleep, for fear that if they fell asleep, the Chinese hiding in the shadows on the opposite side would break in unknowingly and throw grenades at them It is also strange to say that when the US troops were nervous and preoccupied with guard, the volunteer detachment seemed to suddenly disappear, and did not come to attack the US position, which made General Smith very troubled, he knew that this was the cunning Chinese squad waiting for the best time to attack, and now the US soldiers were on guard, they were no longer easy to start, they were waiting for the mistakes and mistakes of the US military team, in the cold winter night with the dark northwest wind, It is impossible for the American soldiers to be on guard all the time, and once there is sleepiness or other circumstances, General Smith understands that those Chinese detachments are hiding in a large dark valley not far from his team, and if there is any slightest slackness in his team, they will immediately pounce t1706231537: