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When the US 1st Cavalry Division arrived at Seed Mountain in front of Cheorwon, they were ambushed again by the 118th Division which was lying in wait there.

This time, the 1st Cavalry Division of the United States suffered a heavy loss again, and once again retreated in panic, leaving behind hundreds of corpses.

When Van Fleet, the front-line commander, saw this scene, he was so angry that his back teeth were about to break. He immediately mobilized several artillery regiments and launched a crazy artillery coverage on the area around Seed Mountain.

As the saying goes, when you are poor, you should strike with precision, and when you are rich, you should clean up the mess strategically.

Van Fleet, commander of the U.S. 8th Army, was an artillery master, and the war had only been going on for less than an hour.

A small seed mountain was bombarded by about 5000 tons of shells.

This allowed the 40th Division of the 118th Army of the Volunteer Army to experience for the first time what Van Fleet's ammunition supply meant.

As the artillery continued to bombard the mountain, the trees on the mountain began to catch fire, and the entire Seed Mountain was almost flattened.

At this time, all the teams of the 118th Division stationed in Zhongzi Mountain were hiding in the pits that had been dug before. They did not dare to show their heads for a while. They only heard the whistling of a large number of artillery shells and explosions coming from outside.

Van Fleet, who had been watching the battle at the front line, was very confident. He felt that under such artillery fire, there would be only a few volunteers left guarding Seed Mountain.

He then sent a regiment of infantry battalion to rush towards Seed Mountain and launch a tentative attack.

Originally, Van Fleet thought that with the firepower suppression of his own side, the Seed Mountain defended by the Volunteer Army should be easily captured, but the result was far beyond his expectations.

The soldiers of the 118th Division guarding the Zongzishan area did not retreat at all. After the US joint forces' artillery bombardment ended, they all crawled out of the pits and fought back with their weapons.

This sudden counterattack repelled the infantry regiment of the US 1st Cavalry Division in an instant.

The quick response of the Volunteer Army was beyond the expectations of Van Fleet, commander of the U.S. 8th Army, who was watching the battle at the front line.

What he didn't know was that due to the tactic of breaking up into smaller units adopted by the 118th Division, the troops were more dispersed, the probability of being hit by artillery shells was reduced, and unnecessary casualties were reduced. After all, it was impossible for artillery fire to cover the entire Seed Mountain, so doing so reduced casualties to a certain extent.

What surprised Fan Fuli the most was that these volunteer soldiers of the 118th Division were fearless and brave. Even if he organized tanks to attack the hillside, the other side would still rush towards the tanks carrying explosives in the dense hail of bullets.

What made him most uncomfortable was that when night fell, in order to capture Cheorwon as soon as possible, he did not choose to retreat. Instead, he directly used tanks and various armored vehicles to form a circular defense matrix to resist the Volunteer Army's night attack.

It's a pity that although his idea was good, his opponent was the 120th Division where He Daming was located. He was completely unaware that the 120th Division responsible for the night attack had mortars.

He Daming led the entire 120th Division and launched a surprise attack on the US Joint Forces stationed at the forward position of Zhongzi Mountain under the cover of night.

When he saw the U.S. troops surrounding their tanks and armored vehicles, he almost laughed out loud. If he had only brought various guns to launch a sneak attack, he would have returned empty-handed.

But they have a large number of mortars. Thinking of this, he immediately ordered his volunteer soldiers to concentrate and fire a large number of mortar shells at the open space between the tanks. As these shells fell.

Explosions were heard one after another on the positions of several divisions of the US Joint Forces.

As explosions rang out, wailing and screaming continued. On this first night, the US Joint Forces suffered heavy losses.

In order to deal with the surprise attack of the Volunteer Army, Van Fleet, the front-line commander, had no choice but to retreat 30 kilometers.

Such a move gave the volunteer troops on Seed Mountain and the high platform a chance to catch their breath, but also brought resistance and trouble to the subsequent offensive of the US Joint Forces.

The hundreds of small teams of the 118th Division located in Zongzi Mountain had a chance to catch their breath under the cover of the 120th Division and began to make adjustments and rest in turns.

The next day, the US Joint Forces continued to use tactics such as artillery bombing, air force bombing, and infantry charges, but did not achieve any results.

At this time, these divisions of the US Joint Forces were like falling into a swamp, stuck in the mud. They wanted to retreat but were unwilling to do so, but they wanted to attack but were unable to do so.

They have been here for three consecutive days without making any progress, and the 118th Division still has more than 8000 people left.

The 120th Division still had more than 119 people, and the th Division stationed in Gaotai Mountain also had more than people.

Thanks to the strategic approach of attacking instead of defending adopted by He Daming, the momentum of the US Joint Forces' daytime offensive was effectively hit, and time was bought for our volunteer army.

By June 6, the U.S. Joint Forces seemed to have encountered an insurmountable mountain, which brought them endless despair.

This almost drove Van Fleet, the then commander of the 8th Army, crazy. You know, as a well-known expert in attacking strongholds in the US Army, there was no city or mountain that he could not break through. This was the first time he suffered a setback in this small Seed Mountain.

It was obvious that the US Joint Forces Headquarters had misjudged the number of volunteers here.

According to the intelligence feedback from reconnaissance aircraft in recent days, the number of volunteer troops in the Cheorwon area is at least over 50,000, and no less.

This made Van Fleet retreat, but he knew that if he failed to take over Cheorwon this time, he might never have another chance in the future.

For this reason, the commander of the US Eighth Army, General Van Fleet, decided to go all out.

They planned to counter the sneak attack on the volunteers at night and launch a surprise attack directly on the volunteers in Zhongzi Mountain at night.

After all, the rule that the US-led coalition forces never fight at night has been deeply imprinted in the minds of the Volunteer Army and the North Korean People's Army, and this time he is going to do the opposite.

At one o'clock in the morning on June 6, about 2 infantry regiments from the four main divisions of the US Joint Forces were divided into several small teams and moved towards the area of ​​​​Zizi Mountain under the cover of darkness.

Because the US military had retreated 30 kilometers before, He Daming did not send troops to continue the sneak attack.

However, as he was always cautious, he specially dispatched a reconnaissance company to guard the front line of Seed Mountain 10 kilometers away, fearing a sneak attack by the US Joint Forces.

As the company commander of the reconnaissance company, Wang Muxin was leading more than 200 soldiers of the reconnaissance company, lying in the grass and behind the woods, paying close attention to the movements ahead.

Soon he noticed a large group of figures approaching him.