the world is at stake

Lieutenant Colonel Callaway grimaced and agreed.Master Luo gave him a jeep, which was just seized.The gas tank is only half full, and you won't need to go far anyway.

Then the 120th Division arranged for a staff officer to follow, released the lieutenant colonel and his adjutant, and sent them back to the headquarters of the Seventh Regiment in Ruixing County-after we went there, we expressed our opinions, and remember to drive the jeep back, it is a spoil of war.

Colonel Harris of the Seventh Regiment cursed angrily—fuck you!

But the colonel had nothing to do with it. It was not his turn to agree or disagree.Even Major General Gay of the [-]st Cavalry Division couldn't make a decision, so he could only let Lieutenant General Walker of the Eighth Army bear the responsibility.

Lieutenant General Walker had no intention of bringing back the bombers in the air at all, and only handed over the report to MacArthur in Tokyo.

Mai 'Emperor' was furious at the sudden attack on his troops. When he learned that the opponent was playing such a trick, he also ignored it and asked the front line to recover the breached defense line during the day. It is best to get all the damned Chinese Fry to pieces.

This means that you are determined not to be fooled.

But waiting for dawn, the US bombing arrived as promised, overwhelming.

Under bombardment and shelling, the reorganized U.S. forces counterattacked, vowing revenge.Especially the Seventh Regiment of the [-]st Cavalry Division, which suffered the most losses last night, was determined to fight the Volunteers hard.

But the tanks of the Seventh Regiment had just entered the field, and a desolate and lonely American army came up on the opposite mountain road. They were holding white flags——the Volunteer Army took the initiative to release a group of captured American soldiers, and asked them to carry stretchers to take the lightly and seriously wounded sent back.

As for the wounded, it is a burden to keep them, and they are sent to the U.S. military to take care of themselves.Our medical staff are busy helping their own families, how can anyone help the US military?

MacArthur can ignore the request to exchange prisoners, but the front-line US troops cannot ignore it.The U.S. troops coming back from the opposite side are all their companions, so they can't open fire, can they?

The captured U.S. troops were all ragged, unkempt, and their morale dropped to negative numbers.They appeared staggeringly carrying the seriously wounded on stretchers, and even lowered the morale of the US troops who were about to attack by half.

Colonel Harris of the Seventh Regiment had to postpone the attack time for an hour, and cursed again: "It's too despicable, I will kill those Chinese guys later."

Chapter 20 Renamed to 'Snow Wind'

Its daybreak……

A T-34-85 fell on the side of the rugged mountain road. Its appearance was dark and its turret was blown up. It looked extremely pitiful.

But who would have thought that just a few hours ago, it was majesticly charging on the battlefield, using precise direct firepower to beat the US Seventh Regiment to the ground.

An M25 heavy military trailer parked next to the damaged tank and used a high-powered winch to pull the T-34-85 out.Colonel Harris stood by and asked coldly, "Do you understand what's going on?"

The battle last night was a nightmare for the U.S. military. The Chinese army suddenly appeared in the dark and had an absolute advantage on the battlefield.

In the hands of the Volunteers, outdated goods like the T-34 turned out to be extremely deadly, knocking out one firepower point after another.

Just less than 34 meters away from the damaged T-300, Colonel Harris could count six battle-damaged targets that were blasted to pieces.

Including two machine gun positions, two mortar positions, a company command post and an M26 tank.

The surviving U.S. soldiers said that they fully followed the combat regulations, ensuring that there were always flares within 500 meters outside the position, while their own side was in darkness.

But the opponent just shot at them from 500 meters away, as if the night did not exist.

After multiple positions were removed, the company-level command post quickly moved back.

But the opponent came too fast, first bombarded the camouflaged command tent, killed and wounded many officers of the F Company of the Second Battalion, and then knocked off the M26 tank that came to support, and shot through its side armor.

The reason why this T-34 was destroyed was that the blocking fire of the rear howitzer blew up its tracks, making it unable to continue to maneuver.

But the U.S. soldiers said that even if they couldn't move, this damn tank also served as a fixed firepower point, but the shelling was more accurate and ruthless.

"It should have been abandoned after all the shells were emptied. Before the Chinese left, they also used explosives to destroy its turret to ensure that we could not use it." An officer of the maintenance company said bitterly.

But Colonel Harris shook his head and asked another officer, "This tank is parked here, what is the longest shooting distance?"

"About 1000 to 34 meters." The latter replied, "A truck transported about half a squad of soldiers to evacuate. They were hit by armor-piercing bullets and all died. It may have been destroyed by this T-[-]."

"It's more relaxed, 500 meters." Colonel Harris cursed bitterly: "The Germans were once equipped with a similar night vision system, which must have been imitated by the Soviet Union after it was captured in the European battlefield, and now it is used by the Chinese to beat us. .”

The other U.S. officers and soldiers fell silent collectively.Because although the United States is powerful, it really hasn't spent much time on night vision equipment. Except for some individual night vision equipment, the progress of using it on tanks is far behind that of the Nazi German army.

After the T-34 was dragged out, a technical officer climbed into the destroyed turret, shook his head after a few minutes and climbed out again, "The inside was completely bombed, and nothing was left."

Colonel Harris gritted his teeth and shouted to the adjutant: "Send a report to Major General Gay, requesting that our own night vision equipment be taken out and equipped immediately. It makes no sense that American tanks are lagging behind their opponents."

After talking about the technical matters, there are still some details that I need to trouble the Colonel to understand a little bit.

The first is casualties. Due to the suddenness of the battle, the US military suffered a lot of losses.There were more than [-] casualties in the Seventh Regiment alone, which actually excluded the captured missing persons.The second battalion has completely lost its combat effectiveness and can withdraw from the establishment.

This is the casualty of pure combat troops, and the strength of the next seven regiments will appear to be stretched.Under normal circumstances, U.S. troops can retreat to rest.

But I can't withdraw now, I have to resist for a while.

The First Cavalry Division can only pull up the Korean troops assigned to it and the British troops to fill in the direction.Even any Filipino troops were pulled up.

In addition, staff officers reported that in the battle last night, the Chinese had always controlled the battlefield, and the US prisoners of war and wounded were basically thrown to the opponent for shelter.

Well... now most of it is put back.

But the enemy on the opposite side deliberately slowed it down, and it hasn't finished playing for an hour.The air force fighter planes that came had no choice but to blow up the opponent's logistics line.

"The Chinese wanted almost everything, even the tents we left behind. They only left some tables in the Second Battalion Headquarters. In addition, they didn't have time to move some supplies, so they left a seal."

The regimental staff's statement undoubtedly added fuel to the flames, but Colonel Harris needed to explain what a 'seal' was.

"We asked Chinese soldiers to come and identify it. They said that the seal said 'the seal of the 120th Division of the Volunteer Army's 360th Regiment', and there was also a piece of English writing, 'Don't move, we will come back to get it again at night'."

Colonel Harris' lungs were about to explode.

But the information behind this undoubtedly proves that the Volunteers are in a logistical dilemma. They take away all the things that can be taken away, and they are even reluctant to destroy those that cannot be taken away, and want to come back to get them.

Look at the time, it's almost nine o'clock in the morning.

The first wave of bombers had already returned, and they flew back at least three hours later.

As for the only aircraft carrier that can provide close support, the Navy has become more cautious since the "Boxer" was hit by a mine.They don't want to get too close to the coast, and spend half of their sorties on their own safety.

There are fewer carrier-based aircraft that can be used to support ground combat, and the round-trip time is also longer.

What's more terrible is that the Eighth Army failed to get supplies for half a month because of MacArthur's vanity.Now it will take at least another half month for mine clearance in Incheon, and the US troops in North Korea are currently in a state of 'insufficient ammunition'.

But because of 'insufficient ammunition', the heavy firepower of the US military still blew up the positions of the volunteers to the point of purgatory.

The 155mm caliber was not enough, and the 203mm heavy howitzer was pushed out by the Yankees to directly bombard the forward positions.

When a large-caliber grenade hits, a column of smoke will rise from the ground.The entire mountain top has been cut off one layer, and there is no need to think about remaining fortifications.

Just two or three hours before dawn, the soldiers of the [-]th Army of the Volunteer Army could only dig the simplest foxholes with their engineering shovels.When encountering the detonation of the heavy firepower of the US military, they can only be thankful that they contracted early, otherwise the loss will be even greater.

And before dawn, Zhou Qingfeng had just driven the cargo ship away from the hidden pier in Shaliyuan.Because the Datong River entered the sea in the Shaliyuan area, a [-]-ton cargo ship with its own crane sent a batch of supplies and ammunition to the Forty Army.

After the battle started, the current 25 officers and soldiers of the Volunteer Army need to consume more than 6000 tons of supplies every day.

But in the face of the Americans' aerial strangulation, the Dandong Logistics Depot used trains and trucks to travel hundreds of kilometers of mountain roads to transport it. It was luck to transport one-tenth of it to the troops.

Zhou Qingfeng sent supplies directly to the front line by sea at night, and he could transport [-] to [-] tons at a time, which was considered a big problem.

According to Deputy Commander Zhi Sihong's words, this ship has a capacity of at least [-] trucks, greatly reducing loss and sacrifice.The only flaw is that there is only one super high-speed cargo ship with its own high-power crane.

But thinking that such a ship was actually obtained from the Americans, the volunteers felt heavy in their hearts.

Sigh... The technology of the American emperor is really advanced. No wonder they can come across the ocean from the other side of the earth to fight a big war, and they can also make their soldiers eat, clothe and prostitute at will.

In the future, China must also have such a powerful cargo ship!

During the daytime on the 17th, Zhou Qingfeng arrived in Lushun, ready to pick up the Soviet Army's World War II 'tack' transported by rail.He now regrets that he brought too many recoilless guns and too little night vision equipment and medicine.

"If I knew that I could get equipment from Stalin so easily, I shouldn't be so conservative. At least two or three hundred sets of night vision equipment are enough to form an armored division for night operations."

Zhou Qingfeng didn't consider how many people an armored division needed and how much it would cost.He just had an open mind, and he didn't think about bringing too much penicillin, so that this thing can't be sold at a high price, so what should I do?

In addition, when we arrived in Lushun, there are two other news that we should pay attention to.

First, Fatty Jin was extremely excited after discovering the magical effect of sea mine blockade.He made a request to Stalin, hoping to obtain a batch of mine-laying boats to continuously mine the southern ports of North Korea.

As for how low-speed mine-laying boats penetrate into the South Korean port that has been strictly deployed, and how much damage will be caused, this is no longer within the scope of Jin Fatty's consideration.

After all, war is about killing people.

Second, the "Boxer" aircraft carrier, which was severely damaged by sea mines, is returning to Sasebo, Japan.Its condition was not so good, and its speed dropped to eight knots again, almost drifting at sea.

When Zhou Qingfeng saw this piece of information, he immediately sent it to Xiao Jinlang in the imperial capital—may I know the escort status of the 'Boxer'?

Xiao Jinlang's heart skipped a beat, and he asked back, "Boy, what do you want to do? We have done a very good job so far. According to the intercepted and deciphered US military telegrams, they lost nearly 2000 people last night."

In the original history, the first battle between the Volunteer Army and the U.S. Army, the Battle of Yunshan was also a cavalry division. After a few days of hard work, only the Eighth Regiment was severely damaged, and the result was more than 800 people.

But now the [-]st Cavalry Division was interspersed and divided by many volunteer troops, and the loss in one night was nearly [-]——Zhou Qingfeng's reinforcements in terms of firepower and command were too powerful.

The [-]st Cavalry Division currently has a total strength of less than [-] troops, including nearly [-] Koreans assigned to it.But last night, all the out-and-out U.S. combat troops were lost, and such a toss is already traumatic.

Now the Americans are still extremely arrogant, their minds are not clear, and they are surrounded and unable to escape. They are rushing to mobilize troops to break through the siege.But if there is such a blow again, MacArthur will really go crazy.

But Zhou Qingfeng just wanted to inflict a more tragic blow on the enemy—that slow-moving 'Boxer' is a mess now, why don't you go and clean it up?

"How long will it take to install torpedo tubes on the cargo ship?" Without waiting for Xiao Jinlang to give accurate information, Zhou Qingfeng went to find the Soviet army in Lushun to make some preparations in advance.

Maozi said it would take at least three days.

"Davarich, you will be sent to hard labor for treating Comrade Stalin's political tasks like this."

Uncle Zhou took Uncle Iron and Steel as a tiger skin, and added by the way, "Find more people, can it be done in a day? After the matter is done, vodka and caviar will be enough."

The combination of kindness and strength has an excellent effect.

It took Zhou Qingfeng's cargo ship a day to dismantle the mine deployment slides, install eight torpedo launch tubes on the left and right sides of the ship's deck, and also brought people from the PLA Navy to conduct two rounds of torpedo test firing training.

The effect is excellent.

At the same time, the 'Brotherhood' and others who had just been inspected by the Perfect Army returned to Tokyo on a cargo ship.

On the deck of the ship, Father Clark looked at the "Boxer" which was slowly moving not far away, and turned around and asked, "Master Marco, why did those naval officers say that we should change our name to "Xuefengwan"? Because we Being replaced by an impostor?"

Marco's face turned dark on the spot.

But Father Clark kept asking, "'Snow Kaze Maru', the name sounds very good. Is there any story behind it?"

Ma Keshi complained angrily: "'Xuefeng' is a very auspicious name."

Author's Note: Are housing prices in Shenzhen going to be cleaned up by the government?My landlord is in a hurry to sell the house. Unfortunately, I may be forced to move and find a place to rent in Futian again.What makes me even more upset is that there is a house next door to me. The owner is a Hong Kong resident. It has not been lived in for more than ten years, and it is not rented out, so it is empty.It's really a drought to death, and a flood to death.

Chapter 21 The End of the Boxer

On the morning of the 16th, the "Boxer" aircraft carrier was hit by a mine outside the port of Incheon and severely damaged.

The subsequent mine-clearing work was not smooth, because Zhou Qingfeng lacked great virtues when he was laying mines.He deployed more than 100 floating mines, and just sweeping these things that ran around with the current made the US military a big headache.

The floating mines ran back and forth with the tide, going east and west for a while, and the minesweeper had no idea how many of these things were still underwater.After finally feeling that a certain area has been swept clean, another one popped up in two days.

And the way it came out was that some unlucky guy was blown up to the sky.

In addition, there are timing anchor mines that sink to the bottom, which is even more terrifying.

Incheon is close to the estuary of the Han River, and the sea water is turbid.Even if a diver enters the water, the visual distance will not exceed five meters.This is equivalent to asking divers to search inch by inch on the bottom of the sea.

The working environment on the seabed is complicated and harsh. It is normal not to find the anchor mine. If you find it, you can only say that you are lucky.

It may take a few days or even more than ten days for the timing anchor mine to release the anchor chain, allowing the mine body to float up.Unlucky ships will be doomed if they come across it.

MacArthur ordered that the mines in the port of Incheon must be cleared within a week.The U.S. military in charge of mine clearance all cursed.It's all about letting them die.

But there is no way, the U.S. troops who sweep the mines will not die, but the U.S. troops riding the first division will have to die even more.In the past two days, blasting and minesweeping has been carried out 24 hours a day off the coast of Incheon, trying to detonate those damn things with huge explosions.

Blasting is effective against floating mines, but not so effective against sinking timing anchor mines.In less time, this kind of mine will be an iron bump on the seabed, and its fuze will not work.

Ma Keshi is well aware of these situations, and also knows that his dungeon mission is a complete failure.Standing on the deck of the 'Brother Maru' ship, looking at the slow-moving 'Boxer' in the distance, he let out a long sigh and wished her good luck.

The cargo ship of the 'Brotherhood' was also slowly floating on the sea, and the dozen or so members completely lost interest in entering the dungeon for the first time, and only thought that they were here to play and take a vacation.

Anyway, losing the dungeon this time only delayed the second Gulf War for three months.

But after Incheon was blocked, MacArthur did not give up, and hoped to land again at Wonsan in the east to save face.A large number of US warships have been transferred to perform combat missions.

The 'Boxer' was heading south slowly, surrounded by only two 'Fletcher'-class destroyers for protection, plus the escort fighter jets overhead to provide long-distance vigilance.

So far, the Americans have only regarded themselves as a momentary negligence, allowing their opponents to find opportunities to infiltrate the port security circle and mine mines.They still can't think of anyone in the Far East who can challenge themselves?

By the afternoon of the 19th, the aircraft carrier approached Sasebo.

The 'Brotherhood' people also plan to go ashore to have some fun.

Before dark, Father Clark, who was fishing on the side of the boat, looked up and saw the escorting US fighter planes returning and leaving one after another, so he asked, "Marco, what do you think our opponent is doing?"

Mar Keshi stood on the side of the ship with his binoculars in a daze.After Father Clark asked a few times, he followed the former's gaze and looked into the distance.

I saw a slowly moving black spot appearing between the sea and the sky.

The black dot looks very slow, but it creates huge waves on the sea surface, which is a unique sign of high-speed sailing.Everyone in the 'Brotherhood' who also soared over [-] knots on the sea knew this well.

The black spots look slow because they are far away.

Ships that can run so fast are rare.