Refuse to join the Wansui Army, I will build an ace division

With the replenishment of manpower and equipment, our army has regained the ability to fight the enemy.

The commander rushed back to the front line and began to deploy specific rotation tactics, first building two lines of defense and a final bottom line.

The bottom line is simple, that is the 38th parallel. The general once said that the military is an extension of politics, so the war must be controlled within the territory of the South and must not burn across the 38th parallel.

The two lines of defense fought alternately, doing everything they could to block the enemy for a month, exchanging space for time, covering the advance and assembly of the second batch of combat troops, and seizing the time to improve transportation conditions, stockpile combat supplies, and prepare for a counterattack.

On the other hand, Li Qiwei accurately judged the intention of our army to move northward across the board, so he quickly launched Operation Butcher and Operation Ripper, intending to destroy our two lines of defense and push the United Nations Army north of the 38th parallel.

Generally speaking, the US military would give their actions a name that is rich in Western romantic colors, but this time, it was the first battle action in their military history that explicitly stated "I have no shame".

These two combat operations were closely linked. The United States played all its trump cards, and all arms including ground, air, infantry and tanks fought in coordinated manner, causing great losses to our army.

在未及补充、供应困难的情况下，40军进行了长达42天的运动防御，顶住米骑1师、日不落27旅、米陆1师、米24、25师、南朝6师的各路进攻，经190次大小战斗，歼敌8000余人，为第五次战役创造了良好先机。

Among them, the 118th Division, as the main force, suffered particularly heavy casualties. The 354th Regiment under its command built an iron line of defense with blood and withstood the enemy's repeated bombings.

In every battle, Li Xiangyang would lead the way. His figure would always appear at the forefront of the battlefield, inspiring the soldiers.

Even the Allied Forces on the opposite side were frightened by this madman who was ready to die and fought without regard for his life.

His reputation spread more and more in the nearby battlefields, and all the units had heard of Crazy Li from the 40th Army.

But even so, Li Xiangyang still couldn't stop his men from dying one by one.

Perhaps because he had seen so many lives and deaths, he began to become less talkative and his temperament became much calmer than before.

After each battle, he began to reflect and summarize.

As he experienced more and more battles, he increasingly understood that a person's power is limited.

Gradually, he gained a better understanding of leading troops in battle.

During this period, a very funny thing happened.

The commander of the 9th Mi Army flew to inspect the sky above Hengcheng on February 2, but the helicopter malfunctioned and crashed into the Han River.

Moore, who managed to escape, thought he had fallen into the heart of the Dragon Army. Without encountering a single Dragon soldier, he was so frightened that he suffered a heart attack and died on the spot.

The followers took great pains to carry him back to the rear.

When Li Qiwei heard about this, he was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time.

Poor Moore, he died before he could accomplish his mission, which made Qiwei shed tears all the time. He was first tricked by his old boss MacArthur, and finally died so dramatically.

Finally, Ridgway designated Major General William Hodge to take over as commander of the 9th Army.

Until March 3, due to the successful retreat of our army, the two US operations failed to annihilate our army. In the end, they only captured Hancheng and barely pushed the United Nations Army to the 7th parallel. In total, they only advanced 15 kilometers in 5 days.

Until April 4, our army successfully blocked the Allied Forces in Kaicheng and Yangkou areas, marking the end of the fourth battle.

With the end of the fourth battle, the 3rd Corps led by General Chen and the 19th Corps led by General Yang successfully arrived at the front line and moved towards Tieyuan and Jinhua.

In addition to the two main corps, it is also equipped with two fully-staffed anti-aircraft artillery divisions, three Kachusa rocket artillery regiments and two howitzer regiments.

In order to fill the transportation shortage, the central government also allocated more than 4000 trucks to the inbound support team.

The battle lasted 87 days, and our army suffered 5.3 casualties, including 1.02 North Korean People's Army soldiers, and a total of 9 enemies were killed.

The coalition forces advanced 1.3 kilometers every day, but the cost was the lives of 800 soldiers.

Li Qiwei looked very unhappy when he received the battle report.

This kind of "victory" is definitely not what he wants.

He spent such a huge price not just for such a small profit.

Only a fool like MacArthur would be so complacent over a tiny victory.

Thinking of that egomaniac, Li Qiwei couldn't help but shake his head.

Ever since Trump removed MacArthur from all his posts, this guy has repeatedly published statements in newspapers saying that Truman has cancer and will not live more than two months!

I think this matter could not have been done without the instructions of the person behind him.

Li Qiwei didn't care about the fight between the two sides. He just wanted to further expand his victory and make his reputation even higher.

After learning that our army's reinforcement troops had arrived at the 38th parallel, Li Qiwei accurately judged that our army would launch a large-scale counterattack in mid-April.

Therefore, he ordered the various units of the joint forces to build a large number of defensive fortifications in Hancheng and other places to deal with the attack from the Dragon Kingdom.

at the same time.

In an abandoned mine called Shangganling, Zhisi convened the fifth expanded campaign meeting.

At the meeting, the commander slammed the table and said: "The experience of the four battles has taught us one truth - there is no enemy who can achieve enlightenment instantly!"

"Since they won't let us rest, then they shouldn't sleep either!"

Thus, the fifth battle began.

After the meeting, he held Wen Cheng's hand and said, "You are the troops in our army that have persisted in fighting for the longest time. You should have been transferred to the rear to rest. But now the situation has changed. You, the 40th Army and the 39th Army, have to go forward and participate in five battles. I hope you will grit your teeth, hold on for a while, and fight one more battle."

Facing the commander's earnest expectations, Wen Cheng agreed without hesitation: "Please rest assured, Commander, our army will definitely complete the task!"

"Okay, okay!"

The commander was very pleased and asked, "Does the 40th Army have any difficulties?"

Wen Cheng then remembered what Deng Yue had said to him, so he said, "Commander, I hope that more equipment and supplies can be approved for our army this time."

The commander thought for a moment and nodded, "Your 40th Army has been fighting continuously, and this mission is very difficult, so it should be so."