As soon as General Walker received this telegram from Smith, he knew that the matter was very serious, and Smith was right in the telegram, if this 1st Marine Division was really completely wiped out by the Chinese here in the eastern corner, then he, the commander-in-chief of the US Eighth Army, would be the end, even Mai Shuai, who was the emperor in Tokyo, Japan, probably did not have good fruit to eat, thinking of this stake, General Walker hurriedly turned his head and asked those US staff officers next to him: "Is there still our troops near the eastern corner?"
"Report to the commander, our troops have all been withdrawn, only two Korean divisions are still near there, but they are the garrison of Wonsan Port, I am afraid they will not be able to withstand the attack of the Chinese."
At the same time, he ordered two divisions of the US Army on the Western Front to rush to the East Corner, and join the South Korean army to reinforce the besieged 1st Marine Division and fish them out of the encirclement of the Volunteers A large number of U.S. troops received General Walker's order and immediately turned to the east to rush here, the U.S. troops are mechanized troops, all of them use trucks and armored vehicles to carry soldiers on the march, they can march more than 100 kilometers during the day, and camp and rest as usual at night, the view is not good at night, the mountain roads are not easy to walk, and those American soldiers need to rest and cannot continue to march.
Although there were several hundred kilometers from the US military garrison on the Western Front to Dongyu-ri, with the speed of the US reinforcements, they could reach Dongyu-ri in three days, and the two South Korean divisions stationed in the southeast of Dongyu-ri could immediately rush to join the battle, but when General Walker asked them to immediately approach Dongyu-ri and attack the flank of the Chinese Volunteers, the commander of the South Korean Army hesitated, knowing that the Chinese Volunteers were very powerful.
One of his divisions was completely annihilated in the Changjin Lake area in the hands of the volunteers, and now it can resist the US ace division for several days in the east corner, and it is very likely that this US ace division will be eaten whole, what does this mean, these volunteer teams besieging the 1st Marine Division are extremely powerful, where is their own team able to contend with it or wait and see, even the combined forces are desperately retreating to Wonsan Port, what cannon fodder should we be The commander of the South Korean puppet army deliberately delayed and found various reasons not to send troops to Dongyu-ri, but General Walker soon discovered his intention and immediately sent a telegram to Seoul, telling him to restrain his generals well, and even if he did not listen to his transfer orders, if not, remove the commander and replace him with an obedient one Immediately put pressure on the commander of the South Korean Army near Dongyu-ri, asking him to obey the command of the US commander and not have any objections, otherwise he will be dismissed from his post on the spot At this time, the commander of the puppet army who was grinding and trying to get through the pass had no choice, knowing that he could not escape this time, he hurriedly ordered the team to rush to the direction of Dongyuli, but he still kept a hand and secretly ordered his officers not to fight to the death with the Chinese, and once attacked, immediately retract As soon as the South Korean army moved, it was immediately discovered by the scout brothers sent out by Zhou Wu, and they immediately reported the situation to Zhou Wu, who hurriedly said to Lao Niu and Lao Xu: "You see, even the South Korean puppet army has rushed over to rescue the 1st Marine Division, and the enemy is really anxious at this time, and it is estimated that there are still US troops and other enemies around to come, so we must speed up preparations and launch a comprehensive general attack on the 1st Marine Division."
"The total offensive strength is not enough, although we have a five-to-one advantage in the east corner, but we still can't eat all the ace of the US army, even if we try our best to fight all the teams of our 11th Army, but how can we deal with the enemy reinforcements that came later, the closest friendly troops to us are still circling in the ravine more than 100 kilometers away, even if the rapid march comes now, it will be three or four days later, and by that time, our 11th Army will probably be given dumplings by the reinforced American army."
As soon as the chief of staff Elder Xu heard that Zhou Wu was going to launch a general offensive immediately, he was a little anxious, and hurriedly raised an objection, believing that the conditions for a general offensive were not ripe and that a general offensive could not be rashly launched, otherwise the effect would be counterproductive, and not only would he not be able to eliminate the 1st Marine Division, the ace of the US army, which was desperately trying to break through outside, but his own team would also be put into it, and he would be surrounded by the US troops who had come up with reinforcements and the nearby South Korean puppet regiment in the eastern corner, which would be miserable Zhou Wu, as a commander with considerable experience in battle, naturally knew the situation and consequences that Lao Xu said, and indeed his opponent was not the Kuomintang army he had encountered before, but the best armed army on this earth, although he was besieged in the area of Dongyuli, Fat Man and Ge Sanmin and their two divisions took turns to launch countless attacks on them, but they still could not annihilate them all, and there was even a counterattack in some places, the casualties of the soldiers were very large, and the entire company was killed on some positions.
The positions were broken through by the American troops during the day, and the volunteer team could only recapture them at night when it was dark, so that the back and forth was tugging back and forth, and it was up to them to see who could get reinforcements first, and who could achieve the final victory.
"Lao Xu, in this situation, what do you say we should do" Zhou Wu asked Lao Xu modestly, hoping to get his guidance, Lao Xu is also an old friend who came from the Kuomintang army with Zhou Wu, decades of life and death friendship, mutual trust is very much, at this indecisive moment, Zhou Wu urgently needs the guidance and support of this old friend.
Lao Xu was silent for a moment, and said to Zhou Wu: "Old Zhou, I think, while the enemy's reinforcements have not yet arrived here, give up part of the position, concentrate on dividing and encircling some of the lone troops of the 1st Marine Division, since we can't completely annihilate it, but at least part of it must be destroyed, and once we deliberately open up a passage, those American troops will definitely desperately flee to the south, and the formation and order will definitely be chaotic.
This is actually the same reason as cutting off a finger of the 1st Marine Division of the US Army."
Zhou Wu listened to Lao Xu's words, and couldn't make a decision for a while, he looked at the political commissar of Lao Niu next to him, Lao Niu saw it, and hurriedly waved his hand and shook his head and said to Zhou Wu and them: "Lao Zhou, don't look for me for this kind of clapping thing, you can do it yourself."
Zhou Wu nodded, and said to Lao Niu and Lao Xu: "Lao Xu, you are right, with our current strength, we still can't annihilate this ace division of the US army in one fell swoop, this is an objective fact, not a practical problem that we can solve by shouting slogans, we have to eat a mouthful, and we have to fight one after another, thinking that we have eliminated a US army in Yuncheng, and I think that the idea of eliminating the US army division is a gesture is not right, our ability and conditions are limited, and the ammunition supply cannot be transported, The soldiers are still wearing autumn clothes and fighting with the US troops in such cold weather, the casualties of the troops are already very large, and the fatigue of the soldiers is about to reach the limit, so while the US reinforcements have not yet arrived, it is our wisest choice at the moment to concentrate our troops, shrink the position, and confidently destroy some US troops, and there is no other way."
After Zhou Wu finished speaking, he immediately called the fat man and Ge Sanmin on the forward position, asking them to quickly shrink their positions, stop passively sticking to the fortifications, concentrate the absolutely superior forces at hand, and annihilate part of the 1st Marine Division on the opposite side.
The fat man didn't understand Zhou Wu's order to suddenly change his tactics, shrinking the position meant that he had to take the initiative to give up some fortifications, so that the soldiers desperately held on, and the positions bought with blood were occupied by the American army, and those Yankees would take the opportunity to run out from here Ge Sanmin was more obedient, and after receiving Zhou Wu's order, he immediately and faithfully executed it, Zhou Wu soon discovered the fat man's problem, and when he saw that he still didn't move, he hurriedly called him: "Lao Liu, why don't you act immediately?"
The fat man said his reasons hesitantly, Zhou Wu was a little annoyed, and ordered him sternly: "Lao Liu, don't rub it off, the fighter plane is fleeting, don't delay, the enemy's reinforcements will arrive immediately, and the order will be executed immediately."
When the fat man heard that Zhou Wu was angry, he had no choice but to put down the phone and order his troops to abandon some positions that could no longer be held, concentrate on both sides of the road, and launch an attack on the American troops on the opposite side, dividing and encircling the American infantry team on the road with superior forces A large number of volunteers rushed out of the trenches and fortifications and rushed down to the American convoy trapped on the road, General Smith had just received a promise from General Walker that there would be two divisions of the American army and two divisions of the South Korean army to reinforce the eastern corner.
General Smith ordered the American troops to resist desperately, and the reinforcements were about to arrive, but they could not be completely wiped out by the Chinese here in the east before they arrived, and this saw that they were about to rush out, so they were completely annihilated by the Chinese, which was too unwilling At this moment, the reserve in Zhou Wu's hand, the 35th Division of Commander Tian, also launched a general attack on the American convoy and infantry on the road, this team of Commander Tian is different from the fat man and Ge Sanmin, he has hardly experienced a major battle before, and it is still full of personnel, as soon as this new force is put into the battlefield, the offensive is fierce, and it quickly divided and surrounded the two lone battalions behind the 1st Marine Division, and immediately launched a tidal onslaught on the encircled American troops Everywhere there was a "tick-tock" charge horn, everywhere were volunteer soldiers rushing down from the mountains, and those American officers under General Smith panicked and hurriedly called General Smith to ask General Smith: The Chinese have launched a general attack, we can't resist it, let's evacuate quickly t1706231537: