Changjin Lake: From Xinxingli to Seoul

Chapter 78 The New China: 50,000 Miles Away!

"Brother! The main force of the US military has been defeated by us in a direct confrontation!"

"Let's take advantage of this momentum and wipe out their camp!"

Wu Wanli gripped his gun tightly and charged down, shouting.

"Two people, come and watch him!"

"The rest of you, break out towards the American camp!"

Wu Qianli glanced at Pule, who was kneeling on the ground, and roared.

The loud volume pierced through the wind and snow, reaching the soldiers' ears with an imposing force.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The soldiers of the Seventh Steel Company, bayonets at their heels, chased after the American troops down the mountain.

With his superhuman agility boost, Wu Wanli swiftly charged to the forefront of the army formation, even breaking away from the main force of the Steel Seventh Company behind him.

The biting wind and snow lashed his face, and the bodies of American soldiers fell around him.

The American retreating soldiers and the Steel Seventh Company were almost mixed together, so there was no need to worry about them being shelled at this time.

After fighting for an unknown period of time, Wu Wanli suddenly arrived at the western military camp.

The chaotic, fleeing soldiers surged inwards in a chaotic rush, but few garrison troops came out to maintain order and guard the area.

Camp Gate

"The commander led the main force and was defeated...?"

A U.S. lieutenant managed to squeeze out with five or six U.S. soldiers, and he was incredulous.

The yellow beam of the searchlight shone on his face, reflecting his bewilderment.

"Don't push!"

"Enter in an orderly manner!"

The U.S. lieutenant snapped out of his daze and shouted nervously.

He knew that if a stampede occurred at this moment, it would be all over.

Upon seeing this, Wu Wanli immediately raised his gun, aimed at the floodlight on the watchtower, and pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

"Pong-"

With a sharp gunshot, the searchlight's glass crystal shattered instantly, and the light went out abruptly.

Wu Wanli repeated the same tactic, quickly firing several shots to destroy all the nearby searchlights.

In an instant, chaos erupted inside the camp gates.

"Shit! Who stepped on my shoe?!"

"Fuck you! Who knocked me down?!"

"You bastard! Why did you grab my crotch when you fell down?!"

"..."

For a moment, the American soldiers, hearing the increasingly close bugle call of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army behind them, panicked and shoved each other.

The U.S. lieutenant was trying to maintain order, but a bullet fired by Wu Wanli pierced his head.

Splashing brain matter and crimson blood mist splattered on the faces of several nearby American soldiers.

After doing all this, Wu Wanli rushed to the vicinity of the American troops, bit open the pins of two grenades, and threw them fiercely at the American troops.

Two grenades, emitting white smoke, spun and landed in mid-air above the American troops, then exploded violently.

Two bursts of fire erupted in the densely populated area of ​​American troops, and the fragments from the airburst, with their maximum kill radius, instantly killed or wounded more than ten American soldiers.

"damn it!"

"A Chinese person has blended into the crowd!"

Wu Wanli shouted loudly in fluent American English, while simultaneously drawing his submachine gun from his back and firing at the American soldiers.

"Da da da da da da..."

A burst of bullets swept across, riddling several American soldiers with countless bloody holes, and they fell straight down.

The rapid gunfire, the strong smell of blood, and Wu Wanli's American-accented English guidance directly caused the already tense nerves of the fleeing soldiers to completely break down.

These routed American soldiers picked up their guns and fired wildly into the surrounding darkness.

Countless chaotic gunshots rang out, instantly turning the area near the camp gate into a living hell.

"Dry!"

Upon receiving the battlefield threat detection response, Wu Wanli immediately collapsed to the ground.

Two bullets whizzed past his head.

"Is this considered a mutiny?"

"Let the bullets fly a little longer..."

Wu Wanli looked at the American soldiers fleeing and killing each other in the darkness and laughed.

Before long, the gunfire gradually subsided.

In a very short time, dozens of American soldiers lost their lives here, and blood flowed like a river.

By now, the US military has been completely defeated.

But Wu Wanli still resolutely picked up some weapons and ammunition and charged into the American military camp.

The reason is simple: the Steel Seventh Company, which was breaking out, did not need so many prisoners.

If the remaining dozens of American prisoners were released, they would be quickly reorganized.

With various light and heavy machine guns and mortars installed, this became another American armed force capable of withstanding an attack by two hundred Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers.

Inside the military camp, chaos still reigned.

Wu Wanli still prioritized shooting at the searchlights, destroying the light source.

He blended into the darkness, using an American accent to confuse the American soldiers, and then suddenly opened fire, killing them.

As for those tents, Wu Wanli simply threw two grenades into them.

With his superhuman agility and enhanced night vision, he roamed freely throughout the US military camp, engaging in fierce battles.

In the end, only a few American officers who had been spared by Wu Wanli remained in the entire camp.

At this time, outside the military camp
"Company commander, look!"

"There's an American military camp up ahead!"

"Let's press on and charge in!"

Yu Congrong pointed to the camp gate in the distance and said.

"Company Commander, where did Wu Wanli go?"

"We've already fought our way this far, where are we? Why haven't we seen them yet?"

Mei Sheng frowned slightly, looking somewhat worried.

"Company commander, there has just been a violent gunfire at the American military camp."

"Could it be... that Wanli charged in all by himself?"

As soon as he uttered the Pinghe dialect, he was surprised by his own idea.

"Why are there no lights...?"

"Pinghe, send a few scouts to observe."

Wu Qianli put down his binoculars and gave the order, looking rather puzzled.

"Yes!"

Soon, Pinghe personally led two people and sneaked towards the camp gate.

But when he saw the scene at the camp gate, he was instantly stunned.

Large numbers of American soldiers' corpses lay scattered on the ground.

The white snowfield was now stained blood red, and then turned dark brown as the blood dried.

There were shattered searchlight glass pieces on the ground, reflecting a sliver of blue-white moonlight.

"A lone traveler, ten thousand miles away!"

"The American military camp has been breached!"

Pinghe stared wide-eyed, stunned for a moment, his heart filled with shock.

The other two scouts stared blankly at the corpses scattered on the ground, unsure of what to say to express their utter disbelief.

They had all survived countless battles fought amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and had witnessed countless victories against overwhelming odds.

But I've never seen anyone storm into a US military camp!
Fortunately, they were killing routed soldiers. If the main force had been able to break through, then one of them would have been as powerful as an entire battalion.

Soon, Pinghe and his men reported the situation.

Wu Qianli and the others approached with some skepticism, and were all stunned.

At the entrance of the military camp
"be honest!"

Just then, Wu Wanli was leading two or three American officers out when he ran into Wu Qianli and his men.

"Wanli, you..."

"You wiped out an entire US military camp?!"

Yu Congrong had originally planned to make a big splash, but now he was somewhat dumbfounded.

"Just one person?"

"Isn't there anyone to help?"

Gao Daxing swallowed hard and quickly looked around at Wu Wanli, but found nothing there.

"Indeed, I'm the only one attacking..."

"But to be precise, it was the battalion that wiped out the American troops."

"I'm at most someone who triggered it."

Wu Wanli explained it casually.

How many U.S. troops are left?

Are there many prisoners?

Wu Qianli took a deep breath, barely managing to pull himself out of the shock, and asked.

Upon hearing this, Mei Sheng, who was standing to the side, also frowned.

As a political commissar, he was not very accepting of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army's large-scale killing of prisoners of war, which violated discipline.

However, too many American prisoners would also pose a major problem for the Steel Seventh Company, which had just broken through the encirclement.

"captive?"

"Just these few?"

Wu Wanli scratched the back of his head and said in a harmless manner.

"what?"

"Just these few?!"

Looking at the several American officers with tears streaming down their faces, Mei Sheng was somewhat incredulous.

"Yes!"

"Everyone else is dead."

As Wu Wanli spoke, he glanced at the corpse on the ground, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"You kid..."

Wu Qianli pointed at Wu Wanli as he walked over to Wu Wanli's side.

"Good job!"

Wu Qianli leaned close to Wu Wanli's ear and whispered his praise.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"Brother, I just checked. There are a lot of US military medicine, weapons and ammunition, and canned chocolate inside."

Wu Wanli said with a smile.

"Let's bring medicine first."

"We still need to rush to Shuimen Bridge, so it's not convenient to bring anything else."

Wu Qianli thought for a moment and then said.

"Brother, you don't need to!"

"Why don't we just take a car and drive on the highway?"

Wu Wanli thought for a moment and then said.

"You little rascal, you can't get cocky just because you've won a battle." "If we take the highway, those American planes will bomb us to pieces."

Lei Gong took a puff of his pipe and said.

"Instructor, what rank is that big fish we captured?"

Wu Wanli did not answer directly, but asked a question instead.

"I interrogated him briefly."

"That American devil is the commander of the 1st Marine Regiment."

"This is a real big fish!"

Mei responded.

"Brother, even though you're the highest-ranking officer here, you're just a company commander."

"We just defeated so many American soldiers; they all watched us capture this American devil."

"Would they be willing to blow it up?"

Wu Wanli smiled slightly.

"Company Commander, Wanli has a point."

"Previously, Commander Kong Jie tied up the commander of the Polar Bear Regiment of the 7th Division of the United States and a large number of American prisoners of war at Hagaru-ri Airport, and even saved those warplanes."

"And the commander of the 1st Marine Regiment is the ace elite commander of the 1st Marine Division."

"I don't think we can let him die along with half a company of our men."

Mei Sheng thought for a moment and then said.

"Yes."

"Now that we have military vehicles, we can carry a large amount of medicine, weapons, equipment, and cotton-padded clothes..."

"We've been rich for too long."

"But there are still many other comrades in the ambush units who are waiting for these things to save their lives..."

Wu Wanli thought of the company that had been frozen into ice sculptures during the ambush of the American troops, and said with a slight sigh.

"it is good……"

“Yu Congrong, take these American soldiers to meet their regimental commander, then let one or two go back, so that the American soldiers can confirm that he is with us.”

"Meisheng, send a telegram to your superiors and have them relay it to our friendly forces. Also, put red flags on all our military vehicles to prevent them from being bombed by our own people."

"In addition, after traveling a certain distance by car, we still have to get off and march into the mountains; we can't just stay in the military vehicle the whole time."

"After loading the weapons, ammunition, and supplies, get on the vehicles immediately and head towards the Watergate Bridge!"

After careful consideration, Wu Qianli gave the order.

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers of the Seventh Steel Company immediately sprang into action.

Before long, the three U.S. military vehicles were filled.

The Seventh Steel Company, accompanied by Regiment Commander Pule, swaggered along the road toward the Water Gate Bridge.

No sooner had the Seventh Steel Company left than American reinforcements arrived.

When the reinforcement commander learned from the remaining prisoners and other fleeing soldiers that Regiment Commander Peller had been captured, he immediately reported the situation to his superiors in a panic.

……

1st Marine Division Command
"Sir!"

"There's good news and bad news..."

The chief of staff held two battle reports, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping himself.

"Good news?"

"Is this news of smooth progress since Krullak took command of the 1st Marine Regiment?"

Smith raised his head slightly and asked.

"Sir, you guessed right."

"The entire 1st Marine Regiment was mobilized to launch a full-scale assault on Hill 1071."

"The Chinese army has suffered heavy losses and its resistance is gradually weakening. It is estimated that it will soon be able to capture Hill 1071 and open up the road to the south."

said the chief of staff.

"Great! At least I see hope of going home..."

"Oh, right, what's the bad news?"

Smith smiled slightly and asked.

"Sir, Regiment Commander Pule led his troops to attack Xiaogaoling, but they were defeated head-on by that Chinese steel company, and even their camp was captured."

"After capturing Pule, that Chinese company got into a vehicle and swaggered away."

The chief of staff said, his hand trembling slightly.

"What?"

"A frontal rout? The military camp breached? Puller captured?!"

"Where's Krullak? Why aren't they coming to help?!"

Smith's slight smile vanished instantly. He froze for a few seconds before letting out a hysterical roar.

"Sir, as I just said, the main force of the 1st Marine Regiment has been fully mobilized to launch a fierce attack on Hill 1071, and no reserves have been left."

"By the time the assault was completed and rescue efforts were launched, it was too late..."

The chief of staff sighed and lowered his head.

"Damn it, why does this Chinese company always seem to be blessed by Lady Luck!"

"They always encounter the best-case scenario on the battlefield!"

Is God really helping the Chinese?!

Smith slammed his fist on the table in anger, then slumped into a chair as if all his strength had been drained away.

He was unaware that Wu Wanli possessed superhuman luck, so he could only attribute it to God.

"Sir, Puller is with them, should we still bomb them?"

The chief of staff hesitated for a moment before asking for instructions.

“You need to understand that Puller is not only the commander of the 1st Marine Regiment, but also the only person to have received the Navy Cross five times.”

"And General Patton, a four-star general, is also his relative..."

Do you think we should make him die for a company of Chinese soldiers?

Smith slumped weakly in his chair and said.

"General Patton, who defeated Rommel's army in North Africa and Montgomery, and also participated in the Normandy landings?!"

"All right……"

The chief of staff instantly understood the reason for not bombing, and could only say helplessly.

"Let's not worry about that one company from China for now."

"Let Kruak hurry up and open the southward passage. I have a feeling that our difficulties are not limited to this."

Smith sighed and glanced at the battle map.

When his gaze focused on the "Water Gate Bridge" sign, a hint of worry flashed clearly in his eyes.

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Chinese People's Volunteer Army, 27th Army Command
"Report to the commander!"

"The Seventh Steel Company broke through from the west front, routed the main force of the attacking US forces, and captured the commander of the 1st Marine Regiment!"

"Not only that, Wu Wanli actually single-handedly broke through the American army's retreating camp!"

The chief of staff handed the battle report to Kong Jie with an incredulous expression, his voice trembling with excitement.

"Break out from the west?"

"Didn't your staff suggest breaking out from the Xiaoyuling direction?!"

"This record... is enough to be listed in the annals of war!"

Upon hearing this, Kong Jie immediately took the battle report, his eyes wide with shock, and said...

"Commander, our staff has made suggestions, but the Seventh Steel Company won't listen!"

"If we really want to investigate this, then they've committed disobedience on the battlefield!"

The chief of staff said with a wry smile.

"Disobeying orders? What disobeying orders?"

"To achieve such a record, do you still want to be punished?!"

Upon hearing this, Kong Jie immediately stood up to defend his son.

"Commander, do you still remember your old comrade-in-arms, Division Commander Li Yunlong?"

"During the Battle of Cangyunling, he led the New First Regiment to decisively defeat the Sakata Regiment and even destroyed the Sakata Regiment's command post with a single shot."

"And what happened? The boss still sent him to the clothing factory."

"The situation with the Seventh Steel Company..."

Upon hearing this, the chief of staff sighed.

"Hey, hey, hey!"

"Old Li deserved it. How can we tolerate his habit of disobeying orders on the battlefield?"

Upon hearing this, Kong Jie spoke righteously while observing the chief of staff's expression.

"But my Chief of Staff, this is just a suggestion..."

“I know you’re a little uncomfortable because Wu Wanli and his gang are so arrogant.”

"I, Old Kong, will treat you to drinks another day!"

Seeing that the chief of staff looked alright, Kong Jie immediately put on a smile and said.

"Commander!"

"You really treat the Seventh Steel Company like a treasure, protecting them like the plague!"

"Is this... a sign that they value Wanli's talent?"

The chief of staff pointed at Kong Jie, both amused and exasperated, and complained.

"Eh……"

"Don't say it, it's true."

"He can shoot down planes, fight tanks, and single-handedly storm a US military camp!"

"We have made decisive victories in Xinxingli, made leaps forward to Hagaru-ri, and now we have also achieved a great victory at Xiaogaoling."

"Tell me, which of these battles wasn't a surprise attack in the Korean War?"

"The Party commands the gun—this is an ironclad rule that no one may challenge!"

"If Wu Wanli can keep fighting like this, he might just become a shining star in the future!"

Kong Jie stood with his hands behind his back and said.

"Jianxing?"

"Commander, isn't your evaluation... a bit too high?"

"Even if he gets promoted several ranks this time, he still won't reach the ranks of senior officers."

said the chief of staff.

"high?"

"Think about it, how old is he after all those promotions?"

"How many days has he been in the army in total?"

Kong Jie turned his head and asked in return.

"This……"

"She is indeed young!"

said the chief of staff.

"We will all grow old, and the new China needs young soldiers to become the new sword to protect the country!"

Trust my judgment!

"It's best not to leave any stains..."

Kong Jie smiled slightly and explained with great care.

(End of this chapter)