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After hearing what Moody said, Jonathan, the division commander, was still a little worried.

"Moody, do you think these cunning volunteers have already ambushed us in Hechengli and Xia Ri, waiting for us to pass by? If that's the case, we are in great danger this time."

Chief of Staff Moody thought for a while, then comforted Jonathan again.

"Commander, I think you must be overthinking it. These volunteers are not fortune tellers. How could they predict that we would choose to retreat from Hechengli?"

Upon hearing this, Division Commander Jonathan felt that what Chief of Staff Moody said made a lot of sense, and his heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally relaxed a lot.

In this way, the two remaining incomplete regiments of the US 2nd Division began to move towards the Xia Ri area.

15 minutes later, they arrived at the Xia Ri area under the cover of night. In fact, Xia Ri is a small village with towering mountains on both sides. Hechengli is a small town, slightly larger than Xia Ri.

Just when the armored regiment of the US 2nd Division passed through Xia Ri, He Daming did not rush to let the volunteer soldiers of the 358th Regiment who were ambushed on the mountain open fire. Instead, he let them pass.

He was not worried at all that the 2th Regiment of the 9nd Division of the US Army could slip away right under his nose, because there were two other regiments, the 359th and 360th, lying in ambush in Hechengli behind him.

The purpose of his current actions is to wait for the South Korean 2th Division located behind the US 5nd Division to come together and eat them all up. After all, there is only one chance, and if he opens fire now, it will inevitably alert the South Korean 5th Division located in the rear.

If they were allowed to run away, He Daming would be so angry that he would die. He was reluctant to give up the meat in his mouth.

After all members of the US 2nd Division successfully passed through the summer area,

Jonathan, the commander of the 2nd Division of the US Army, showed a happy expression on his face. He patted the shoulder of the Chief of Staff Moody beside him.

"Moody, you were right. The volunteers didn't set up an ambush here. It seems that it is really God's blessing that we can return to Hengcheng after passing through Hechengli.

When the time comes, I will reorganize myself, learn from the lessons of this time, and make a comeback."

When Chief of Staff Moody heard what Division Commander Jonathan said, he bared his white teeth.

"Yes, Commander, we will. We will definitely fight back."

Just when Jonathan and Moody were chatting and letting their guard down.

Behind the fleeing troops, the belated South Korean 5th Division also arrived at the Xiari area.

At this time, He Daming, who was on the hillside, knew that the time for battle had come, and immediately ordered the soldiers of the 358th Regiment to open fire.

Because it was too dark at night, the South Korean 5th Division moving on the Xiari area highway had no idea where the volunteers were. They only saw heavy gunfire on the hillside above the highway.

Immediately afterwards, the volunteer soldiers of the 358th Regiment frantically threw a large number of grenades towards the road at the foot of the mountain.

As the sounds of these grenades exploded one after another, the South Korean 5th Division, which was already frightened, became demoralized in an instant. It was unable to organize a decent counterattack and was completely defeated.

The remaining South Korean soldiers directly raised the white flag and surrendered to the 358th Regiment.

The US 2nd Division in the Hechengli area was also in a difficult situation at this time. After hearing the explosions coming from Xia Ri in the rear, they realized that something was wrong.

Before the division commander Jonathan could react, the 359nd US Division was attacked by the 360th and th Regiments.

The US 2nd Division was not as weak as the South Korean 5th Division. Under the constant command of the division commander Jonathan, these US soldiers began to counterattack with tanks and armored vehicles.

As the saying goes, a dark and windy night is the best time to kill people. Although the US 2nd Division organized a counterattack at the first time, their morale was currently low and they had no advantage in terms of manpower. Even the terrain was downhill, and heavy weapons such as tanks and artillery were completely useless and were just decorations.

After a night of fierce fighting, the 2th and 9th Regiments of the US 8nd Division were completely annihilated, and the division commander Jonathan became a prisoner. The entire South Korean 5th Division had already been captured in advance by the 358th Regiment led by He Daming.

By the early morning of the next day, the entire counterattack in the north of Hengcheng was declared over.

The volunteer army on the eastern front cooperated with three corps of the North Korean People's Army and successfully annihilated the South Korean 3th Division, the 36th Division and the US 8nd Division after 5 hours of fighting, and also killed a regiment of the South Korean 2rd Division.

According to statistics, this battle killed more than 1.5 people and captured 1 people. This was also the first major victory in the early stage of the fourth battle to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea.

This feat forced the remaining six divisions of the US Joint Forces on the Eastern Front to strategically retreat 6 kilometers in order to avoid the attack of the Volunteer Army.

The victory of the Volunteer Army on the Eastern Front in the Hengcheng counterattack alleviated the defensive pressure of the entire Volunteer Army on the Western Front and also bought a certain amount of time for the overall defense of the Volunteer Army.

After receiving the news of the great victory in the Hengcheng counterattack, the Volunteer Army Commander Cheng Hua and his outstanding troops were commended and rewarded immediately.

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After the Hengcheng counterattack ended, Cheng Hua, the commander of the Volunteer Army on the eastern front, was the first to receive the new combat order from the Volunteer Headquarters.

Since the South Korean 8th Division, the 5th Division, the US 2nd Division and other major units have been annihilated, the combat gap on the eastern front has been completely opened.

At this time, the US Joint Forces' determination to fight this battle seemed to be shaken.

To this end, the Zhisi hoped that the volunteer army on the eastern front could concentrate its forces to destroy the US joint forces in Topyong-ni and remove this thorn in the eastern front.

At that time, the 39th Army, 40th Army, 42nd Army, and 66th Army could be mobilized to continue moving southward and attack towards Wonju to further expand the results of the battle. This would force the US 1st Army and 10th Army fighting on the western front to abandon their combat objectives on the western front and return to rescue the eastern front.

In response to the combat speculations and suggestions put forward by the Volunteer Army Headquarters, Cheng Hua, the commander of the Volunteer Army on the Eastern Front, once again convened an unconventional temporary combat meeting.

As usual, all major cadres at the division level and above were invited to attend, and Deputy Division Commander He Daming naturally also participated.

The content of this temporary combat meeting was to discuss how to attack Chipyong-ni.