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The commander of the 118th Division, Zheng Yue, was the first to put forward his own views.

"Commander, everyone, according to the military reports from the front, the US Joint Forces are coming with great force this time, not only equipped with a large number of tanks and artillery, but also with a large number of aircraft to cooperate in the battle.

If we adopt conventional positional warfare, it will be difficult for our army to hold out for half a month, and the commander of the US Joint Forces will most likely choose to enter the battlefield from the Iron Plain in the south. This is not a good thing for our army.

Therefore, I think we should not focus our defense on the plain in front of Cheorwon, but on Seed Mountain and Gaotai Mountain in front of the Cheorwon Plain. We should set up two lines of defense in these two places to limit the peak of the US Joint Forces and buy time for the 63rd Army. "

As soon as Zheng Yue finished speaking, the commander of the 119th Division, Xu Shijie, took over his topic and continued, "Let me say a few words. What Commander Zheng just said is very correct. Indeed, our army should play to its strengths and avoid its weaknesses, and use the terrain advantage to contain the US-led coalition forces.

However, I had already inspected Zhongzi Mountain and Gaotai Mountain when I came here before. They are both small hills and are not suitable for large-scale troop operations. In addition, if our army concentrates its forces to defend these two mountains, they will likely become the main targets of enemy artillery fire.

To this end, I suggest that we can directly break up our troops into smaller units, with a reinforced squad of 20 as a unit, and invest a division's strength to split it into hundreds of squads, so that we can fight flexibly and block the enemy in batches."

Xu Shijie and Zheng Yue's suggestion was approved by Army Commander Wen Cheng.

Then he looked at He Daming who remained silent.

"Master He, do you have anything else to add?"

He Daming thought for a while and then spoke.

"Commander, the response strategy proposed by Commander Zheng and Commander Xu is very correct. Our army has indeed heard that the defense targets are placed on the two strategic points of Zhongzi Mountain and Gaotai Mountain.

But as the art of war says, the best defense is offense. I think our army now has a certain advantage in terms of manpower, 7 versus 6, and the advantage is on my side.

It is entirely possible to set up an ambush on the Yeoncheon Highway before the US-China Joint Forces arrive in Cheorwon, to block the enemy first and dampen their morale.

In addition, during the day, we mainly focus on defense, and at night, we will use company units to launch surprise attacks on the positions of the US Joint Forces.

I predict that the US-led coalition forces coming to attack Cheorwon this time will definitely not retreat 30 kilometers like they did before."

When everyone heard He Daming's addition, their eyes lit up.

Then the army commander Wen Cheng issued the combat order.

"Okay, then I will now announce that the 119th Division will guard Gaotai Mountain, the 118th Division will be responsible for Zhongzi Mountain, and the 120th Division will serve as the assault force to set up an ambush on the Yeoncheon Highway."

As Wen Cheng's order was issued, the entire 40th Army began to move.

On May 5, the vanguard of the U.S. 27st Cavalry Division arrived at the junction of the Yeoncheon Highway and the Cheorwon area at dawn.

The commander of this team at this time was not Provence, the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division of the United States, but Van Fleet, the famous commander of the 8th Group of the United States Joint Forces.

This time he personally led the team in command, which also indirectly illustrates the importance of this combat mission.

At this time, Van Fleet was sitting in a military jeep, looking very confident, and he started chatting directly with Provence, the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division of the United States.

"Provence, it seems that our Commander-in-Chief Matthew's strategy is very correct. Our army has taken advantage of its strong mobility and arrived in Cheorwon before the 3rd and 9th Corps of the Volunteer Army retreated.

According to the command's calculations, there should not be any garrison defenses here, and our reconnaissance aircraft have previously scouted this area. The endless Tieyuan Plain and Pingkang Valley are very suitable for our tank operations. When the time comes, we just need to successfully capture this area.

The hundreds of thousands of volunteers on the eastern front will become our meal. When the time comes, let alone Pingrang City, even Yunshan will be surrendered by the volunteers. "

When Provence, commander of the 1st U.S. Division, heard what Van Fleet said, his heart was also burning with excitement.

He immediately started to compliment her.

"Commander, we will definitely be able to successfully complete the task assigned by the commander-in-chief this time, wipe out the shame of the previous four battles, and strangle these volunteers here."

Before Provence could finish his words, a violent explosion occurred among the vanguard troops on the Yeoncheon Highway.

This scared them, and after receiving news from the front, they realized that the troops in the front had stepped on a "minefield."

This sudden scene frightened Commander Van Fleet terribly. Just when he thought it was just a trick of a small group of enemies of the Volunteer Army.

Suddenly, there were intensive gunshots and even mortar sounds on both sides of the road, and a large number of artillery shells attacked the US 1st Cavalry Division above the road.

These delicate-skinned and tender American guys were instantly confused.

Provence, then commander of the 1st U.S. Division, shouted "fight back" while shouting "protect commander Van Fleete."

He Daming looked at the embarrassed American coalition forces and shouted, "Brothers, beat them hard and kill them."

At this time, the soldiers of the 120th, 358th and 359th Regiments under the 360th Division were shooting frantically like chickens with blood pumped.

The ambush lasted 15 minutes.

Seeing that the situation was almost over, He Daming immediately ordered the entire division to retreat in an orderly manner towards Zhongzi Mountain.

The reason why he chose to retreat was because the follow-up troops of the US Joint Forces had caught up. In addition, according to his calculation, the US Joint Forces' air force support troops would arrive in 10 minutes.

As Daming had expected, less than 15 minutes after their entire division evacuated, a large number of US military aircraft appeared over the Kamakawa Highway.

However, since He Daming's 120th Division had already fled, the US Air Force had no chance to escape.

In this ambush, He Daming's 120th Division killed about 1300 US soldiers, destroyed 10 armored tanks and more than 30 trucks of various types.

Our side lost more than 400 volunteer soldiers, so this result is already very amazing.

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The previous sneak attack made the commander of the 8th Army of the United States, Van Fleet, who survived by chance, very angry. He never dreamed that the Volunteer Army would dare to ambush them.

After a short rest, he ordered the US 1st Division to rush to Cheorwon.