Siheyuan: Spring and Autumn

Several young people in the yard were also talking about it.

Yan Jiecheng said: "This Qin Zheng is really amazing. He was able to subdue a Saker Falcon. I really don't know how he did it!"

Young people’s focus is indeed different from that of adults. They are far more interested in the Saker Falcon than the war itself.

"Yes, didn't you hear it in the newspaper? It also catches rabbits and pheasants for the soldiers to eat."

"The soldiers had such a hard life. They could only chew frozen potatoes. Sometimes they couldn't even eat potatoes. Compared with them, we are so lucky."

"Yes, many soldiers can only fight in single clothes. It's so cold that people can freeze to death!"

It was because of these news reports sent back from the front lines that a wave of joining the army swept across the country. In Nanluoguxiang alone, 15 young men joined the army and went to Chao X.

At this time, the volunteer soldiers had actually reached their physical limits after more than two months of extreme fighting. Ammunition and food were generally in short supply, and the troops had suffered heavy casualties due to frostbite and could no longer continue the attack.

On the 8th, following orders from the Volunteer Army Headquarters, all units of the Volunteer Army stopped pursuing the enemy and organized defense on the spot.

However, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind keeps on.

General Ridgway, who succeeded MacArthur as commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces, had already discovered the shortcomings of the Volunteer Army, or its flaws.

李奇微发现，志愿军第一次大规模进攻时是在1950年10月26日，截止到11月2日停止进攻。

The second offensive was from November 11 to December 25.

The third offensive was from December 12 to January 31.

All three battles lasted about eight days.

Ridgway understood that the Volunteer Army's logistical supplies could not keep up. The food and ammunition they carried were only enough to sustain the attack for about 8 days, and they would have to stop the attack once they used them up.

In other words, as long as they could withstand the Volunteer Army's offensive for about a week, they could counterattack when their ammunition ran out.

After experiencing a series of failures and discovering the secrets of the Volunteer Army, Ridgway launched a counterattack code-named "Operation Thunderbolt", and the "United Nations Army" launched a counterattack against the Volunteer Army.

The 23 UN troops were divided into two routes, east and west, and headed north with all their might.

The offense and defense of both sides began to switch!

The main forces of the American and British armies on the western front, as well as part of the South Korean army, launched a full-scale attack on Seoul;

The main force of the South Korean Army and part of the US Army launched an assault on the eastern front;

The reserve forces are the US Marine Division 1 and the South Korean 11.

It has to be admitted that Ridgway had a sharp vision. At this time, all units of the Volunteer Army were facing a supply line of 500 to 700 kilometers, which was far beyond the Volunteer Army's tolerance. Both the manpower and logistics had reached the limit, and on the front line, the Volunteer Army had only 21 troops.

The coalition forces used their strong mobility and magnetic warfare to entangle the volunteers. When the volunteers attacked, they retreated, and when the volunteers retreated, they pursued.

During the day, they engaged the Volunteer Army in constant battle, and at night they used mechanization to retreat 30 kilometers to prevent the Volunteer Army from launching a sneak attack.

After all, 30 kilometers was the maximum distance the Volunteer Army could march at night.

In response to the UN Army's offensive tactics of focusing on the western front and supplementing it with the eastern front, the Volunteer Army Command issued a combat deployment of "attack in the west and release in the east".

On February 2, the 13th Division of the 39th Army won a great victory in Hoengseong on the eastern front, while Chipyong-ni on the western front had become a bloody battlefield!

李奇微在砥平里安排了米军加强团第23团和英军1个营，合计6000余人，米2师28团还在驰援砥平里的途中。

The Zhisi ordered the 39th Army to send a division to cooperate with the 42th Division of the 126nd Army to cut off the enemy's retreat route in Chipyong-ni and block the enemy reinforcements from Lizhou and Lipu.

Commander Wu of the 39th Army immediately ordered Commander Wang Yang of the 116th Division to lead his troops south.

And Qin Zheng was among the sniper troops heading south.

In the early morning of February 2, the 15th Division arrived at Zhuyanli and arranged the 116th Regiment to occupy Niutou Mountain between Zhuyanli and Qushuili. The 346th Regiment occupied the mountains on both sides of the Zhuyanli, Pingcun and Shiyuli sections of Highway 347. The two regiments were ready to snipe the British 24th Brigade.

The 348th Regiment was sent to Qushuili to snipe the US 5th Cavalry Regiment, with the 2nd Battalion at the front of the team.

"Quick, speed up!"

Qin Zheng led the 2nd platoon and walked at the front of the 2nd Battalion again.

From a distance, they heard fierce gunfire and artillery fire. It was the 126th Regiment of the 378th Division of the Volunteer Army sniping at the 24th Cavalry Regiment of the Mi Army in the position west of Highway 5A.

Qin Zheng carried a box of rockets and moved forward quickly, followed closely by Xu Hanmin, who was carrying an M20 super bazooka on his shoulder.

This rocket launcher is a powerful weapon that Qin Zheng had finally secured for the 2nd Platoon.

At 5 o'clock, after rushing to the high ground east of Highway 24A in Qushuili, in the absence of fortifications, the soldiers immediately engaged in battle without Qin Zheng's command, and sniped the enemy with the 378th Regiment using Highway 24A as the battle demarcation line.

On Highway 24A, 5 tanks of the 18th Cavalry Regiment of the Mi were in the front. Artillery shells, heavy machine guns on the tanks, and infantry hiding behind the tanks kept firing at the positions of the 378th Regiment. The intensive firepower caused great casualties to the soldiers of the 378th Regiment.

There was no strategic location to defend on the position. Qin Zheng observed and found that part of a stone was exposed. He tried to shake it, and unexpectedly the stone moved.

So he exerted his strength with both hands and pulled out the huge rock weighing nearly a thousand pounds, and shouted at the same time: "Xu Hanmin, hide behind the rock and use the bazooka to attack the tanks. Remember, use the tanks to block the road."

"Yes."

Xu Hanmin quickly hid behind a rock, and the loader picked up the shells and began to load them.

At this time, most of the machine gunners on the tanks had been killed by the 2nd row of soldiers who suddenly appeared, and the soldiers of the 378th Regiment suddenly felt that the enemy's firepower had decreased.

"call out!"

A rocket was fired.

"boom!"

The tank in the front was only 80 meters away from Qin Zheng's position and was hit immediately. The loader started reloading immediately after one bullet was fired.

This type of rocket launcher can fire six shells per minute and is currently the most advanced anti-tank weapon of the US military.

At this time, the enemy's firepower began to disperse, and some American soldiers rushed to the position of the 2nd Battalion, aiming at the position of the 24nd Row on the east side of Highway 2A. The soldiers in the 2nd Row immediately suffered casualties.

"call out!"

Another rocket was fired, its target just behind the first tank that was hit.

"boom!"

The second tank was destroyed.

"Good job!" Qin Zheng exclaimed.

This situation was also discovered by the enemy, and many enemy soldiers pointed their guns at Xu Hanmin's position.

"Boohoo! Boom! Boom!"

Bullets rained down like rain. Xu Hanmin and the loader hid behind a huge rock, not daring to show their heads. The rock was smashed into pieces.

Qin Zheng continued to fire his guns, and shouted, "Heavy machine gun cover."

Heavy machine gunner Liu Guxin immediately followed the order, adjusted the muzzle of the gun, and successfully suppressed the enemy.