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

In the early morning of May 5, under Van Fleet's order, the Union Army concentrated the strength of 22 divisions and launched a full-scale counterattack.

As the saying goes, a strong man cannot outrun a strong man. Our army's marching speed is far behind the mechanized forces of the United Nations.

Their planes and tanks only need a few hours to travel 120 kilometers, while our army needs a whole day.

Due to the huge speed difference, the Allied Forces often arrive at the designated location before ours and launch an attack.

Due to insufficient supplies and lack of anti-tank equipment and air control means, our army suffered heavy losses.

The 1st Corps of the North Korean People's Army, located west of Hancheng, came under fierce attack from the st Division of the South Korean Army. For a time, its positions were lost one after another and it suffered heavy casualties.

In order to ensure a smooth retreat across the board, Zhisi ordered each unit to leave behind a team to cover the rear and block the enemy, in order to ensure a safe and orderly retreat and to buy time for launching the sixth battle.

On the 23rd, Li Qiwei discovered that our army was weak on the western front, so he ordered the US troops on the western front to launch a full-scale attack. The 1st US Cavalry Division attacked the 65th Army's position head-on, the 25th US Division attacked the 64th Army's position, and the 24th US Division, led by the South Korean 2nd Division, launched an attack on the 63rd Army's position.

而南朝6师，则对着63军和180师结合部位置发起穿插，米7师与之配合，进攻180师和15军。

Our army had anticipated the enemy's counterattack, but we did not expect that the enemy would take advantage of the situation with a mechanized and rapid infiltration mode.

In this retreat, the various units still adopted the method of the second phase of the Fourth Campaign, which was to use part of the forces to block the enemy step by step during the movement.

这就导致了接防第3兵团的60军，旗下三个师只有180师在战略位置，右翼的63军已经撤到铁元附近拦截米第1军，左翼的27军负责掩护第9兵团撤退。

In this case, if the 180th Division did not retreat in time, it would be surrounded by the enemy.

However, in order to buy time for the main force and the wounded to retreat, the 180th Division did not choose to break out, but resolutely stayed where it was to block the enemy.

Soon, the 24th Mi Division and the 6th South Korean Division, like sharks smelling blood, quickly attacked from the right wing of the 180th Division, the 7th Mi Division attacked from the front, and the 1st Mi Division attacked from the left flank.

The 180th Division was attacked on three sides and had its back to the river, but it showed no intention of retreating.

The battle lasted for three days and three nights. At this time, the 180th Division had been fighting continuously for more than a week. Many soldiers had to eat wild vegetables and grass to fill their stomachs, but they died of poisoning and fatigue.

In the end, although the 180th Division successfully broke through, it paid an extremely heavy price.

Out of a whole division's strength, only less than two battalions managed to break through successfully.

When the commander heard this, he couldn't help but cry.

"An entire division, the 60th Army, made a huge mistake!"

Soon, the news that the 180th Division was surrounded and annihilated by the Allied Forces spread to all the armies.

At this time, the 40th Army on the eastern front had withdrawn 27 kilometers under the cover of the 80th Army.

If nothing unexpected happens, they will be able to withdraw north of the 38th parallel in two days.

After hearing this, Wen Cheng called Li Xiangyang to his side.

"I just received intelligence from the front line that the coalition forces have begun to counterattack across the board. Our troops on the western and central fronts have suffered heavy losses!"

Wen Cheng's expression was solemn, and he said word by word: "The 180th Division was almost completely wiped out!"

A sad look appeared on Li Xiangyang's face.

This is the first time our army has suffered such heavy casualties since entering North Korea.

"The enemy's marching speed far exceeded our army's imagination."

Wen Cheng sighed, "Their armored and motorized forces are far ahead of us."

He looked at Li Xiangyang, "What you said to Chu Chuanyu last time, Deng Yue and I also heard. Do you think that if our army follows the example of the US army and establishes such a force, can it have a miraculous effect?"

Hearing this, Li Xiangyang was about to speak.

Sudden--

[Side quest: Reinforce the 63rd Army and win the Iron Yuan blocking battle! ]

The long-lost system prompt sound rang again.

Li Xiangyang was stunned at first, then his eyes widened suddenly.

Tieyuan blocking battle!

In his previous life, he had watched a documentary that told the story of this tragic blocking battle.

Seeing that Li Xiangyang remained silent for a long time, Wen Cheng frowned.

"Li Xiangyang, what are you thinking about?"

"The commander is asking you a question!"

Deng Yue gave him a hand.

Li Xiangyang reacted belatedly and raised his head.

"Commander, we can't retreat anymore!"

"why?"

Wen Cheng asked back.

"You kid, you're not answering the question!"

Deng Yue laughed angrily.

However, he was not really angry about Li Xiangyang's "wild idea".

After all, in his mind, this kid has a "criminal record".

Whether it was Feihu Mountain, Songgu Peak, or Shuimen Bridge, this kid was involved.

"Commander, the enemy has deployed so many troops, definitely not just to encircle and annihilate the 180th Division."

Li Xiangyang was not afraid at all despite Wen Cheng's scrutinizing gaze.

Just as Deng Yue thought, he had a lot of criminal records anyway, so having too many lice wouldn't make him itch, and having too many debts wouldn't make him worry, so having one more would not matter.

He organized his words and said slowly: "The enemy seems to be attacking the western and central routes, but in fact, it is constantly approaching the eastern battlefield."

Wen Cheng thought for a moment and his expression changed slightly.

"go on!"

Li Xiangyang nodded, "I think their targets are Jinhua and Tieyuan!"

"These two places are the logistical hubs of our army. Once they are breached by the enemy, our supplies will be gone!"

Deng Yue nodded. "If the enemy attacks in large numbers, even if our army responds in time, our speed of returning to support them will be far slower than that of the enemy."

Li Xiangyang looked at Deng Yue with gratitude.

"Look at me, what am I doing? If what you said didn't make sense, do you think I would speak for you?"

Deng Yue originally wanted to say that if you make a mistake, I will definitely slap you, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that Li Xiangyang's several judgments were not wrong.

Wen Cheng stared at Tieyuan and Jinhua on the battle map. If it was true as Li Xiangyang said, then the focus of the enemy's attack this time would be the eastern battlefield.

Once their 40th Army withdraws, it will actually facilitate the US Army.

"This matter should be reported to the command promptly."

Wen Cheng said.

at the same time.

Seeing that our army was retreating on all fronts, Van Fleet immediately ordered the Allied Forces to pursue them relentlessly.

In just four days, the main force of the Allied Forces had approached the Lianchuan and Huachuan areas.

Moreover, he always kept in mind the tasks assigned by Li Qiwei and did not care too much about the gains and losses of a single place or city. Instead, he placed his strategic focus on Huachuan and Tieyuan.

After our troops on the western and central fronts had almost retreated, Van Fleet immediately turned his attention to Huachuan and Tieyuan.

All of a sudden, a large number of mechanized troops of the Allied Forces invaded the Iron Triangle area.