Siheyuan: Married a female spy at the beginning of 1944

Chapter 332: The Final Struggle of the 1st Marine Division

The South Korean soldiers under He Daqing are now convinced that victory will belong to them.

And they have already begun to imagine their future.

In their vision, it would be best if more and more Koreans gathered under He Daqing's command.

Then, by constantly killing enemies, you can strengthen yourself.

By that time, the North Koreans will be able to dominate the world.

If we retreat, we can monopolize Asia.

At worst, they can swallow up Japan.

So at this time, Jin Zhongwu and the other three were eager to expand the team.

In fact, there are more than just three of them.

Even the small battalion commanders and platoon leaders under them want to be promoted.

He Daqing just felt that as the team grew bigger, its operations would be affected.

Now he can lead the team to run very fast.

If a new member is added, the speed will drop sharply by half.

"Okay, let's take our time on this matter. We need to follow the instructions from above. We can't just fight casually. If we disrupt the strategic arrangements from above, that would be bad."

He Daqing was not very interested in expanding the team.

He now completely understood.

Even if he has ten thousand or twenty thousand people, so what?

The scope of his aura is there.

At the same time, he did not have air superiority in this war.

There weren't even many tanks and artillery.

It is simply impossible to confront the Americans head-on.

The casualties in the defensive positional warfare were too heavy.

If you keep expanding your army and play a defensive game.

Basically, the soldiers under his command were blown to pieces before they could even reach level 3.

And even if it is upgraded to level 3, it still can't withstand a single artillery shell.

It would be better to treat your own team as special forces and launch sneak attacks on important locations of the US military.

Just like last night, close combat is the way to fight that plays to one's strengths and avoids one's weaknesses.

"What about the soldiers we lost last night? Captain, how do we replenish them?"

Last night, nearly a hundred people from He Daqing's side were killed in the battle.

Most of them were shot in two by machine guns and could not be saved at all.

As for the others, as long as they were not missing any limbs, most of them were saved by finishing off the enemy.

Recruiting soldiers is indeed a headache for He Daqing now.

He didn't want to harm the Chinese, but now the fat man wouldn't let him recruit soldiers locally.

"First, find some people who are willing to join us. Next time we capture South Korean prisoners, we will recruit them."

He Daqing and his men's victory gave the Ninth Corps great confidence.

With sufficient supplies, the 9th Corps began to implement its strategic plan quickly.

In less than a day, the 1st Marine Division's retreat was cut off.

With sufficient logistical supplies, the Ninth Corps finally demonstrated their original combat effectiveness.

The 1st Marine Division was completely surrounded by the 9th Corps.

At this time, He Daqing did not lead his subordinates to launch a sneak attack as he did before.

His main target now was the enemy aircraft.

He led his troops to quickly move to the hill southeast of Hagaru-ri.

All the anti-aircraft guns that could be obtained were placed secretly on the hillside.

This location is the route that the US Air Force likes to pass by when supporting the 1st Marine Division.

Always keep an eye on the sky and open fire as soon as you see American planes.

After completing each battle, He Daqing would immediately lead his team to move on.

It mainly revolves around the surrounded US troops.

As long as there were planes coming, He Daqing could always shoot down a few.

Unless the distance is far.

After several days of fighting, the US Air Force's support became less and less.

"Commander, our situation is very bad. The support from the Air Force is getting less and less.

We only have enough supplies to last for a week. If we can’t break through the blockade within a week, we will fail.”

Smith has always been a very cautious person.

If it were another division commander, he would probably bring even fewer supplies.

He only prepared supplies for half a month.

Now there is only one week left.

The rear transport routes were cut off.

Now even transport planes don’t dare to fly over easily.

More importantly, there are more than a thousand wounded soldiers in his camp.

Some of these soldiers were injured on the battlefield, while others suffered frostbite.

Yes, even though the United States has very complete thermal insulation equipment, frostbite still occurs.

And there are quite a few.

Most frostbite does not occur instantly like burns.

Most frostbite is caused by prolonged low temperatures.

People become paralyzed when the temperature is low, and most of the time they cannot sense that the temperature of a part of their body is too low.

Therefore, the extremities of the limbs such as ears, toes, and fingers can easily get frozen, and in severe cases they can even freeze off.

"Haha, can we not fight without air support?

Tell the soldiers to prepare to break out."

Smith has seen that the situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable to him.

If the 1st Marine Division does not break out quickly and join the main force, it will be in danger of being wiped out.

"But what about our wounded soldiers? Should we break out with them?"

If there are more than a thousand wounded soldiers and they want to break out with the main force, at least 2000 people must be allocated to take care of them.

But at that time, the 1st Marine Division did not have so many extra troops.

There are only more than 7000 soldiers surrounded by them.

In addition to their 7st Marine Division, there is also the US th Division.

Smith thought for a moment.

“Break through first, and ignore the rest.

If we can open up the way back, we will come back to pick up the wounded."

In fact, what Smith said meant that he wanted to give up these injured players.

Smith launched his attack on the volunteers that afternoon.

At the location of Gutuli, the 1st Marine Division sent a regiment.

But while he was attacking, volunteers in other directions also launched attacks.

Because the volunteer army in Liutanli was annihilated in advance by He Daqing.

This resulted in the 27th Army's only target being the 7st Regiment of the US 31th Division.

The group is located in Xinxingli.

The 27th Army fought very bravely.

Thanks to He Daqing, they now have enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear.

Although the movements were a little slow due to the cold.

But it still maintains 90% of its combat effectiveness.

In less than a day, the 7st Regiment of the US 31th Division was annihilated.

After the US troops in Xinxingli were eliminated, only the 1st Marine Division in Xiajieyu-ri was left in the entire vicinity of Changjin Lake.

The 1st Marine Division broke out in the direction of Gutuli for an entire afternoon and fired more than 2,000 large-caliber artillery shells.

The result was no progress.

Not only that, two or three small hills in their rear were occupied by the Volunteer Army.

As a last resort, Smith could only keep asking the US military for help.

After receiving the order, the US 3rd Division quickly rushed to Gutuli, hoping to join forces with the 1st Marine Division to open up a channel for their retreat.

"Captain, the U.S. military planes haven't been flying toward us these past two days.

The American troops in Hagaru-ri are all retreating. Do you think we should ignore the planes and go directly to attack the American troops in Hagaru-ri?"

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