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The 5th and 7th regiments of the [-]st Marine Division called for more airdrops;

In the morning, Almond asked the infantry regiment of the 3rd U.S. Army Division in Xingnan to go north immediately—the 20th Division of the 60th Army cut off the road between the headquarters of the 1st Marine Division and Hamhung. + The [-]st Marine Regiment will also have to rely on airdrops to survive.

Almond also asked the second regiment of the 3rd Meibu Division to move from Wonsan to Xingnan, maybe defend Xingnan Port, or go to Xingnan and continue northward-if only one regiment can't get through the road.

The 38th Army is still stuck in the third place-Longyuanli, and the 2nd Meibu Division cannot retreat.Walker ordered the 24th and 25th Meibu divisions who ran away first to turn around immediately and rescue the 2nd Meibu division.However, now the 40th Army and the 39th Army should have exercised in place. The kid from the 50th Army is chasing after the British 27th Brigade, and it is estimated that he will be stuck in Anzhou in 24 hours. The 38th Army is stuck in a favorable position again, and the Western Front is likely to create a better record than the second battle in history.

After the situation is understood, there is nothing to do.

"I'll go to the supercomputing office first. Minister Li Qiang and Li are coming today. Old Wang and I will pick him up."

The three trucks brought by Li Qiang drove in directly from the entrance of the cave and stopped in the garage.

"Hey, Lao Wang, hey, Tang Hua, long time no see." Li Qiang jumped off the truck, "It's not until 12 o'clock, you probably haven't eaten yet? I passed by Jiaohe, and there happened to be a restaurant there. Instead of eating in the cafeteria, I brought food over."

At the small table in the supercomputer hall, the three of them spread out the tablecloth and cutlery, and there was only one dish, with meat in the pot.But there is no need to pay attention to it now, just eat a bowl of rice per person.

"This time I brought three sets of wireless listening equipment, and put them here first," Li Qiang said, "The front line of the volunteer army is about to advance, and our listening stations can also be pushed forward."

"It's good to push forward. The closer the wireless listening station is to the front line, the better the listening effect." Wang Yongjun agreed with Li Qiang's plan, "Which three points are the three sets of wireless listening equipment going to be deployed?"

"My preliminary plan now is one near Pyongyang, one in Wonsan, and one in Xinping."

Tang Hua glanced at Li Qiang.Now that the U.S. troops on the Cheongcheon River have just been defeated and fled to Pyongyang, Wonsan was not captured, and in fact, Xingnam was not captured either. Brother, you are thinking of setting up wireless listening stations in these places.

"The wireless listening stations in these places have to be camouflaged for air defense," Tang Hua said. "After all, they are in North Korea, and American planes come and go. Speaking of which, you should actually prepare one or two more backups. The U.S. military found out that it was blown up, and they could quickly transport it to replace it.”

"I'm preparing, but I didn't get so many when I set off. I'm applying to buy two sets of backup listening equipment, and they will be shipped in about two weeks. I heard that your military-grade code has been deciphered. ?”

"It's broken. This morning, the comrades in the Intelligence Staff Center have already started to analyze it."

The three of them chatted while eating, and they ate a lot before they knew it.At this time, the comrades on duty from the communications department came over and whispered something in Li Qiang's ear.

"Oh, something has happened." Li Qiang said, "It seems that the No. 2 listening station is not working normally in the past two days. Several telegrams have been heard by No. 3 and No. 4 stations, but he, the listening station closest to the battlefield, has not received any telegrams." Received. I just happened to be here, and went to the scene to see if it was a device failure or a change in the surrounding electromagnetic environment."

"It's snowing heavily, walk slowly."

"My car has been refitted, and there is no problem with the snowy road." Li Qiang turned to look at the dining table, "Well, there is nearly half of this pot of meat buns left, so I'll pack it up and take it away, add a steamed bun, and I can take care of it on the way .”

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Dead Eagle Ridge.

Under the interference of the Volunteers' constant cold guns and rocket launchers, during the daytime on December 12, the 2th Regiment of the 7st Marine Division still gathered forces and launched a large-scale attack on the Dead Eagle Ridge position.

"Retreat? Go to hell, we're just attacking in another direction!" Smith said loudly to the three battalions participating in the assault on the walkie-talkie.

Chapter 94, I have one last card

On the north side of Changjin Lake, Getianli.A convoy of more than 40 trucks was struggling on the snow-covered road.From time to time, the wheels of the truck fell into snow pits, forcing the driver to slam on the accelerator and roar for a while before he could get out of trouble.Even though it was late at night, none of the trucks dared to turn on their headlights. Only the co-driver in the cargo compartment of the front truck shone the light on the rear, and the trucks led one by one to maintain formation and distance between vehicles at night.

This is a supply convoy from Jiangjie to Changjin Lake. The distance is only 140 kilometers, but the convoy has traveled for four days.The sky in the Changjin Lake area is dominated by American aircraft, and the vehicles carrying supplies can only take off their camouflage and set off on the road after 6 pm.After driving until the early morning of the next day, find a flat roadside space, spread the trucks off the road and disguise them. If you can pass the day without incident, repeat yesterday’s procedure when it gets dark, and uncover the trucks. Pretending to continue on the road.

There were 100 Soviet-made trucks when the convoy set off, but only 43 arrived at Changjin Lake, and the rest of the trucks either broke down or were destroyed by air strikes.

"The first three trucks are all compressed biscuits." The deputy battalion commander of the automobile battalion handed over the supplies to the logistics chief of the 27th Army. "A total of six tons."

The convoy sent 14 trucks to the 27th Army.Five tons of compressed biscuits averaged to each head of the 27th Army, only two yuan per person.In theory, each person eats twice a day, one biscuit at a time, which is the amount of food that meets the normal calorie demand.But now the non-combatants of the 27th Army only eat one compressed biscuit a day, and the frontline soldiers are also consciously reducing the food consumption rate they carry.In the eyes of the US military, compressed biscuits that "chew like feed" are based on flour and soybean flour, added sugar and coarse salt, and a small amount of egg ingredients. They are delicious in the mouths of volunteers.In fact, the soldiers of the 9th Corps of the Northeast Military Region's logistics department also thought that the fried noodles tasted good, and it was much better than eating sweet potatoes.

But after waiting for three days for a team of supplies to arrive, each person was given an average of two compressed biscuits. It was not an option to drag the battle on.

"7.62 rifle bullets....Heavy machine gun bullets....40 rockets....Mortar shells. They are all here." The deputy battalion commander of the automobile battalion continued to count and hand over the supplies.

"It's gone?" The logistics minister realized that he had reached the last car in the convoy. "Are there no 108 rockets?"

"The trucks transporting 108 rockets were unlucky. They were spotted by American planes during the day before yesterday, and eight cars were blown up. Fortunately, people hid far away. Only one truck of rockets drove here. The Corps instructed us to take these Car rockets were allocated to the 20th Army."

The logistics chief of the 27th Army narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing his depression.

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In Xixingli, the 5th and 7th regiments of the [-]st Marine Division are clustered.

A platoon of marines rushed to the landing point of the airdrop in the sparsest formation.When three streaks of white smoke billowed from the opposite mountain, the sharp-eyed lookout immediately spotted the attack and called out.All the marines lay on the ground in the lowest posture together.The rocket exploded on the ground, and the 105mm howitzer of the First Marine Division also fired counterattack shells, and the hillside was blown up with clouds of snow fog and gunpowder smoke.

Lizberg, head of the 7th Marine Regiment, witnessed this small-scale daytime battle in the fortifications of Xixingli.The howitzer counterattack was definitely ineffective, and now the U.S. military knows that these Chinese can launch rockets at will. Before the counterattack shells landed, the two or three soldiers had already run far away.

The good news is that in the past three or four days, the density of rockets attacking the First Marine Division has been decreasing day by day.At the beginning, the Chinese army used more than ten or even 20 rockets to fight coldly without saying a word. Yesterday, they could only use a group of three or five rockets.Obviously, the Chinese army on the opposite side has run out of ammunition.

The bad news is that the ammunition stockpile of the 18st Marine Division is also dropping every day.The shells obtained by airdrops cannot keep up with the consumption of the battle. I saw the Chinese army attack with rockets before, and the howitzer battalion covered them with 24 or 6 rounds in one go. Today, it has been reduced to 3~4 rounds per counterattack, which is [-] howitzers. Salvo, [-]~[-] rounds per gun.

This is just harassment and counter-harassment during the day, and it's not particularly scary.Night is the nightmare of Lizberg and all marines.

In the early hours of yesterday morning, after a brief fire raid, the snow on the north side of the Xixingli fortification suddenly sounded shrill horns. Hundreds of Chinese soldiers climbed up from the snowdrift shouting and broke through the north wall of the fortification in an instant.Lizberger led the 7nd Battalion of the 2th Regiment on guard at night to block the breach. The extremely cold weather froze the Garands in the hands of most soldiers, and only a few veterans who knew how many times to pull the bolt every 10 minutes had guns in their hands. Still can shoot.Fortunately, there are many such situations with the Chinese army on the opposite side. More than 1000 people from both sides who could not pull the bolts collided together in a small area and started hand-to-hand combat.At the critical moment, the U.S. artillerymen who reacted used shells to block the passage of the Chinese army to increase troops to the breakthrough, and the tanks also slowly started one by one.

In the position of the First Marine Division, the bodies of soldiers killed on both sides have not yet been collected.In this battle, the U.S. military laid down more than 200 marines, and the number of remains left by the Chinese army in the position was almost the same.What broke Lizberg's heart the most was that a rocket fired by the Chinese army hit the oil depot of the 7th Regiment, and the accumulated more than 30 tons of gasoline were burned just like that.

"Hey, Bohr, what are you doing?" Stein, the commander of Company A of the 7st Battalion of the 1th Regiment, asked.

"His clothes are intact." Bohr, who was cleaning the battlefield, bent down, untied the backpack of the volunteer soldier who died in battle, then got down on the soldier's coat and put it on himself.Wrapped in two layers of winter clothes, Ball felt much more comfortable.

"Bohr, look at his backpack." The soldier who was with Ball also found something, "There is only half a compressed biscuit left in this soldier's backpack."

"No, there are other things to eat besides biscuits." Bohr also joined the ranks of rummaging through his backpack, and took out a small jar.The outer wall of the small cylindrical metal can was a little thicker than that of luncheon meat cans. Apart from a few lines of Chinese characters that Ball didn't know, there was also a red bison printed on the surface.

"Are you so sure it's food?"

"I'm sure. Look here, the plastic bottle of black tea that the battalion commander drinks every day also has this logo on it, which is exactly the same as the one on it."

Inspired by this, Stein kept flipping through the remains of other volunteer soldiers, untied their backpacks and searched them one by one.

"All of these Chinese people only have half a piece of compressed biscuit in their backpacks." After checking more than a dozen backpacks, Stein came to a conclusion. "That is to say, they can only eat another half-starved meal. I was thinking, what will they eat tomorrow after the soldiers who have not died in battle?"

……

During the daytime on December 12, the 6th and 5th regiments of the 7st Marine Division did not launch an attack on Xiajieyu-ri.They can't attack anymore.

Four days of non-stop attacks, the Chinese army on the Dead Eagle Ridge has been persistent. In the end, the [-]st Marine Division chose to camp in front of the Dead Eagle Ridge, constantly strengthening the fortifications, and waiting for reinforcements.

There were 15000 soldiers in total at the time of departure, but now there are less than [-] people who are not dead, injured, or suffering from frostbite.

The 11st Regiment of the 28st Marine Division attacked from the south and continued to attack since November 12. On December 4th and 5th, they could not attack.

On December 12th, a regiment of the 6rd Meibu Division, which was reinforced from Xingnan-Hamxing to the north, and two regiments of the Jianan Korean Capital Division finally broke through the blocking of the Chinese army and arrived in Gutuli.The new force gave Smith the idea of ​​"trying to attack again". However, on December 3, Smith still failed to take down the hill in front of him.

Volunteer side.

On the afternoon of December 12, during the blocking battle on the 6 highland, the last platoon of the 1031rd company of the 172nd regiment led by Yang Gensi suffered all casualties. 3 mm grenade - American artillery shells captured during the capture of Hagaru-ri.Yang Gensi and more than 20 US troops who had climbed to the top of the mountain turned into fireworks.When the dumbfounded U.S. troops at the foot of the mountain re-deployed their troops to rush up, the reserve team reinforced by the Volunteer Army arrived at Yang Gensi's position.

By December 12, the three regiments of the 6th Division could no longer hold on, and the southern blocking position in Xiajieyuli was taken over by the 58th Division.