Crossing North Korea, I became a US soldier, and my opponent was my grandfather.

"In the end what happened?"

Before Ivan could catch his breath, Colonel Martin asked impatiently.

"Your Excellency, our soldiers lack the necessary courage to face the enemy."

Pastor Ivan was out of breath, his eyes full of anger.

"Be more specific." The colonel gave a sharp order. He did not quite believe that the soldiers would lack courage. For an army and a soldier, on the battlefield, they could lack anything but not courage. Without courage, what was the point of fighting?

"Colonel, at first there was only one tank that rushed up, but its tracks were blown off by our anti-tank mines. The Northern soldiers in the tank climbed out and fired with their revolving guns. Then hundreds of Northern soldiers rushed out. Only one-third of our soldiers were able to point their guns at the enemy and pull the trigger. The rest didn't even have the courage to face the enemy, let alone shoot. I saw with my own eyes that some soldiers broke their rifles in order to avoid fighting, and some deliberately threw away their magazines. The soldiers had no courage."

At the end, Pastor Ivan's voice trembled.

"Why is this happening?" The colonel looked at Qiao Youzhi in disbelief, "George, why is this happening?"

Qiao Youzhi also grinned: "Colonel, are you a new soldier?"

Pastor Ivan was angry: "Old soldiers are more cunning. I discovered this problem as soon as we landed. No one focused on the battle. Their minds were full of these few things: drinking brandy, getting on the Japanese ship, and getting into the bed of a Japanese woman."

Colonel Martin knew about the three things Ivan mentioned. Not only soldiers, but also many officers were aware of the same thing.

The iron-clad spirit of the 24th Infantry Division, which had made great achievements in battle, now melted the hearts of gentle Japanese women.

The soldiers no longer knew how to shoot or aim, and the only thing they could aim at was the crotch of Japanese women.

Colonel Martin slammed the table and said that this could not be allowed to happen.

The prestige of the army group and the reputation of the 24th Infantry Division must be re-established.

The colonel rushed out of the command post, gathered elite soldiers, rushed out of the city, and dealt a heavy blow to the Northern Army that had humiliated them.

Outside the headquarters, the ground was shaking.

Groups of T34s rumbled over.

Large groups of American soldiers retreated to the rear.

The Northern Army skillfully operated various weapons, and bullets rained down on the fleeing American soldiers.

Colonel Martin finally realized Reverend Ivan's anger.

But he was the commander of the 34th Regiment. He could be angry but could not retreat. He yelled loudly, grabbed the fleeing soldiers, kicked them on the buttocks, and asked them to organize a defense line.

How can a soldier establish a defense line with a half-broken gun in his hand?

In order to boost morale, Colonel Martin personally picked up a rocket launcher and aimed it at a tank on the street.

The Northern Army stopped shooting and stared at the American.

The tank also rotated its turret and aimed at Colonel Martin.

Both sides opened fire at the same time, and the rocket launcher knocked off a layer of paint on the tank. Colonel Martin became the first American corps commander to be killed in the Peninsular War. Soon after, he was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross by the U.S. government.

The defeat was already decided, Pastor Ivan and liaison officer Qiao Youzhi had already run away and disappeared.

In the rear, they encountered American armored troops.

After obtaining authorization from the division commander General Di, they quickly marched towards Ancheng Town.

The tanks driven by the US armored troops are called Chaffee tanks, which are light tanks and have no advantage over the T34.

After the battle, the U.S. armored forces lost seven Chaffee tanks, while the enemy only lost one, which was slightly damaged.

The division commander, General Di, suddenly realized that the weapons in the hands of the American army were no match for the T34.

Admiral Mac received a report asking the US military top brass to provide effective anti-tank weapons.

The top U.S. military brass had had enough of Admiral Mac, believing him to be too greedy. Moreover, they did not believe that the U.S. military's weapons were inferior. The reason they could not defeat Soviet tanks during the battle must have been a problem with the soldiers' operation.

Now the nightmare of the US 24th Infantry Division has begun.

Qiao Youzhi and Ivan fled to the Jinjiang defense line, where the 21st Regiment was defending. Facing the fleeing soldiers, Colonel Steven, the regiment commander, was helpless. To be precise, he had lost control of the troops.

The Northern Army followed and immediately forced a crossing of the Jinjiang River.

Colonel Steven roared to his officers: "Get those noble soldiers to the position!" Then he took the lead and fled to the rear.

Qiao Youzhi and Ivan looked at each other. They knew that if they didn't run now, they would have no chance.

On the way of escape, Qiao Youzhi discovered a Northern Army advancing rapidly with light equipment, but he did not attack them when he saw them.

Ivan was puzzled.

Qiao Youzhi was terrified: "They must be going to ambush us from the rear. We are just a few of us, it's not worth attacking."

Originally they wanted to flee to the 19th Regiment’s headquarters, but when they saw the lightly armed and rapidly advancing Northern Army, they immediately gave up the idea.

The two men and some soldiers fled to Datian, where the headquarters of the 24th Infantry Division was located.

Before I could catch my breath, I received battle reports from the front, and it certainly wasn't good news.

Three regiments of the 24th Infantry Division were defeated by the Northern Army.

The Northern Army is encircling Datian.

The division commander, General Di, will face the Northern Army directly.

Qiao Youzhi persuaded General Di to retreat.

General Di shook his head. He couldn't abandon Datian.

From a military perspective, Datian is a strategic location where five roads intersect. If Datian is defended, the US army can move forward and backward smoothly along the road. If Datian is lost, the Northern Army will move south along the road and cut off the retreat of the entire army group.

By then, the US military would be doomed, either destroyed or driven into the sea.

General Di gathered the deserters and drove them to form fragile lines of defense.

Sure enough, as soon as the Northern Army's tanks appeared, these defense lines were torn to pieces.

General Di was extremely depressed and gave mechanical orders: "You go to defend breakthrough point No. 1, and you also block breakthrough point No. 6."

He himself knew that the officers who had received the orders could not find their soldiers.

After dawn, the Northern Army broke through the Datian defense line.

A T34 tank of the Northern Army rushed in, and Qiao Youzhi and Ivan were about to escape when they collided head-on with the tank.

When Ivan saw the muzzle of the tank, he immediately sat on the ground and kept making the sign of the cross on his chest.

Qiao Youzhi also thought that he was doomed, and hoped that the tank would fire a shot but not crush him to death, as that would hurt too much.

The T34 tank did not move, and a head popped out of the turret.

A young Northern Army tank soldier boldly asked, "Is there any oil? The tank is out of oil?"

Qiao Youzhi heard it, took two American soldiers, got ten gallons of fuel from the division headquarters, and loaded it into the tank.

The Northern Army smiled and waved, started the tanks, and headed towards the division headquarters.

Qiao Youzhi and others woke up as if from a dream, but it was too late to say anything. They supported each other and fled out of the city.

After walking a few steps, I heard a huge explosion coming from the division headquarters.

Several people couldn't help but look back. The gray-haired division commander was moving in the smoke with a rocket launcher. The division commander had become a rocket launcher sergeant.

It has to be said that the division commander's bravery inspired many American soldiers. They carried all the weapons they could find and fought the final battle with the T34.

Qiao Youzhi didn't dare to continue watching the fun. He didn't want to be buried with the American soldier. After all, he was a fake American soldier. He had finally crossed to the peninsula and couldn't die without seeing his grandfather.

He continued to flee to Daegu with Pastor Ivan and reported to the commander, Lieutenant General Wo.

Commander Di’s bravery failed to change the situation of the battle. He himself persisted in Datian for a day and escaped into the wild mountains and wilderness of the peninsula under the cover of night.

A month later, General Di, who was starving to death, was discovered by the people and was taken to the Northern Army base and became a prisoner.

Qiao Youzhi and Ivan fled to Daqiu and sat in Lieutenant General Wo's headquarters.

Listening to the two people's reports, Lieutenant General Wo's brows were twisted into knots and the muscles on his face twitched, making people look intimidated.