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By dawn, the 23rd Mi Regiment had suffered heavy losses, with casualties reaching two-thirds.

The night-long battle almost made Paul collapse.

Whenever our troops were about to capture a position, they would retreat in time, and all the artillery shells of the Mi-23rd Regiment would fall into the air.

Finally, Paul finally realized that he had been fooled!

The Longguo army had no intention of capturing Dipingli at all, but instead used him and the 23rd Mi Regiment as bait to attract more reinforcements.

So he immediately reported the situation to Li Qiwei.

After hearing this, Li Qiwei felt angry and helpless.

There is only one army of the Long Kingdom left on the south bank of the Han River. If they give up Dipingli, the western front will fail.

He had prepared carefully for this battle and certainly didn't want it to end so hastily.

Now, the game between the enemy and us is all focused on Dipingli and the south bank of the Han River.

Whoever retreats first will have his front line swallowed up.

Therefore, even if Li Qiwei knew that this was a trap, he had to jump into it.

As the sky gradually brightened, US bombers began their frantic bombing.

Xu Guofu immediately gave orders, ordering all troops to hide in the mountains and forests, and to repair fortifications as quickly as possible, so as not to give the enemy the slightest chance.

Even so, many fighters died from enemy bombs.

After dark, our army launched another attack.

This time, the enemy's counterattack was obviously much weaker, and the Mi-23 Regiment was already at the point of exhaustion.

"Boom!"

Under the command of Xu Guofu, several regiments charged alternately, leaving the 23rd Mi Regiment no chance to breathe.

Deputy Commander Deng continued to send available troops to the front line while constantly adjusting strategic positions.

Now they no longer have to worry about the enemy escaping, but they are faced with a more difficult task - attacking the reinforcements.

On February 2, the 15st Cavalry Division of the United States dispatched more than 1 tanks and over 30 fighter planes to carry out fire strikes on the Yuanzhou area south of Dipingli.

They ran into the 40th Army head-on and a fierce battle broke out.

Under Wen Cheng's command, the 40th Army annihilated more than enemy infantry battalions and seized seven or eight tanks.

However, due to the lack of sufficient anti-tank equipment of our army, more than ten tanks still broke through the encirclement and headed for Dipingli.

"Li Xiangyang, your regiment must stop the enemy!"

Wen Cheng immediately sent a telegram to the 354th Regiment in Zhuyanli.

After receiving the order, Li Xiangyang immediately ordered the soldiers to bury a large number of mines in the salt injection and line up the captured trucks across the side of the road.

When the 1st American Cavalry Division finally reached the highway, they found that the bridge had been blown up.

While they were repairing the bridge, the 354th Regiment launched an attack.

The 1st Cavalry Division of the United States rushed into the salt injection area in a panic, but was blown to pieces by landmines.

In the end, more than a dozen tanks were captured by the 354th Regiment, and more than 300 US soldiers were captured.

Following them arrived were the 6th Division of the Southern Dynasty and the 27th British Brigade.

After a night of fierce fighting, the 40th Army wiped out a large number of enemies, but some enemies still broke through the encirclement and headed for Dipingli.

The 354th Regiment fought hard and never retreated, and managed to hold out until they joined up with the main force of the 40th Army and wiped out the enemy in one fell swoop.

On the other side, blocking battles also broke out in Hongchuan and Yuanzhou, and the 39th and 66th Armies killed a large number of enemies one after another.

Seeing more and more troops being trapped in it, Li Qiwei began to regret it.

He didn't expect that the opponent could hold out for three days and three nights despite the severe lack of firepower.

And there was no progress on the Western Front.

The enemy managed to stop them with only one army.

As a last resort, Li Qiwei sent more troops to Hongchuan and Yuanzhou areas.

Zhisi received the information immediately.

The commander quickly made a judgment: continuing the fight would do our army no good.

Since the battle began, our army's supply line has been stretched to more than 1000 miles. The enemy has been sending planes to bomb day and night. Only one-third of the supplies transported from the country to the front line can be delivered to the various armies.

Therefore, we should take the initiative to evacuate before the enemy launches a full-scale attack to avoid further casualties.

On the afternoon of the 16th, the Zhisi issued a new combat order, ordering the 38th Army and all units on the eastern front to withdraw from the battle, reach the th parallel as soon as possible, and build a new line of defense.

At the beginning of the battle, our army deployed a total of 30 troops on the Eastern Front, and there are still 21 troops left. Even though our army has a slight advantage in numbers, facing the enemy's firepower crushing, our casualties were far greater than those of the US army.

This is enough to prove that our army was in a passive position in the fourth battle.

Unlike the stubborn, impulsive and manic MacArthur, Ridgway graduated from a prestigious military academy and was good at summarizing experience. Even the commander admitted that he was a tough opponent.

Since taking office, he has conducted a series of studies on our army's fighting style.

Therefore, magnetic tactics and sea of ​​fire tactics came into being.

These two tactics did cause great trouble to our army, as proved by the fourth battle.

But tactics are something that is constantly changing.

In response to the magnetic tactics, the commander boldly proposed a new combat method - rotation combat.

"The enemy's magnetic tactics are to stick to our troops and erode them with firepower. When we fight, they run, and when we run, they chase us!"

"In that case, let's be a magnet!"

"If they attack, we will retreat and defend. If they don't attack, we will push forward!"

As the eastern front troops withdrew from Dipingli one after another and moved northward, Li Qiwei ordered the Allied Forces to continue to adopt the "magnetic tactics" to advance in parallel and attack on the entire front.

At this time, our army was already extremely tired and had suffered heavy casualties and was unable to continue fighting.

If we allow the enemy to pursue us all the way, they will soon reach the "38th Parallel" and the area to its north, and our army will then be in a very unfavorable position.

Afterwards, Zhi Siming's eastern line troops successively deployed several defense lines in Hongchuan and Hongchuan River. The purpose was to buy two months to gather troops, improve transportation, and stockpile combat supplies, so as to lure the enemy deep into the territory, place Hanjiang behind the enemy, and then counterattack.

On March 3, the armies of the 10st echelon completed their mobile defense mission and gradually moved northward according to the predetermined plan, withdrew from the battle, and were replaced by the 1nd echelon.

3月14日，向红川江推进的米骑兵第2师、米第1师、日不落第27旅过红川江，占领红川。

Subsequently, the enemy began to move towards the front of our position and launched an attack on our army.

After the joint forces bombarded the 40th Army's positions with aircraft and artillery, they launched an attack on the front line of the 118th Division's positions under the cover of a large number of tanks.

The battle lasted for ten days and ten nights. During this process, the 40th Army repelled the enemy more than ten times and suffered heavy casualties.

By dusk on the 21st, the 40th Army completed the first phase of its defensive mission and moved north.

From then on, the first phase of the fourth battle officially ended.