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

The pipe survived, but Li Qiwei, who was far away on the front line, was not so lucky.

He was immediately held accountable by MacArthur.

"Li Qiwei, look at what you have done! You just took office as the commander of the Eighth Army, and you suffered a defeat. Even Hancheng is about to be lost!"

Facing MacArthur's aggressive questioning, Li Qiwei seemed unconcerned, "General, land is not important. The key is whether we can kill the enemy!"

"what?!"

MacArthur couldn't believe his ears. He shouted angrily: "Do you know what it means if Hancheng is lost?"

"Of course I know, General."

Li Qiwei seemed not to feel MacArthur's rage, and continued to speak slowly: "But what if we can use Hancheng to win the battle?"

"What do you mean?"

Upon hearing this, MacArthur was stunned for a moment.

"General, after studying the previous battles of the Dragon Nation Army, I discovered a very critical problem!"

Li Qiwei said: "In the three battles of Dragon Country, the first and second battles were encounter battles, and the third was an offensive battle, but they all showed the same number '8'!"

"So what?"

"Eight days. With the Dragon Nation's weak logistical capabilities, eight days is the limit of how long it can launch a campaign!"

Li Qiwei pointed out the biggest flaw of the Dragon Kingdom’s army.

"In the first three battles, Longguo lost a large number of vehicles. Facing the absolute suppression of our air superiority, their logistics could only support about a week. I call it the 'week offensive'."

As Ridgway told his story, MacArthur's anger gradually subsided.

"Go on, what else did you find?"

Li Qiwei added: "Besides, the Dragon Army's weapons are outdated, so they basically launch attacks at night. Due to factors such as ammunition shortage, hunger, and fatigue, I infer that January 1th is the time when the Dragon Army will stop fighting! And this time is the best time for our army to attack."

After hearing what Li Qiwei said, Maxey couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Li Qiwei, let's do as you think. You are worthy of being a top student at West Point. Your reputation is well-deserved!"

After hanging up the phone, he picked up the pipe from the ground.

"This must be the last time I throw it!"

MacArthur said to himself.

After knowing Li Qiwei's thoughts, he was full of confidence in the next battle.

the other side.

As several lines of defense collapsed one after another, the Allied Forces were completely defeated.

Since January 1, the Allied Forces began to retreat across the board.

Faced with the situation where the enemy only left part of its forces to provide cover while the rest evacuated, our army decided to take advantage of the victory to expand the results of the battle. The 38th, 39th and 40th Armies of the right column launched offensives against Uijeongbu from different directions. The 50th Army, based on the development of the situation, attacked Seoul and pursued and annihilated the defeated enemy.

In response, MacArthur directly ordered the abandonment of Hancheng.

In order not to hand over Hancheng to Longguo in vain, Li Qiwei ordered the joint forces to drop a large number of gasoline bombs and incendiary bombs on Hancheng before leaving, and all the supplies and main facilities in the city were burned to ashes.

Although the Southern Dynasty's supreme commander Li Chengwan was very reluctant, he had to obey MacArthur's orders and continued to retreat south with the Allied Forces.

Bai Shanhua, who was still on the run, immediately became alert after hearing about this.

"Hurry, even the main force has escaped, let's go and meet them!"

They hid from place to place along the way, all of them were covered in dust and dirt, no different from the defeated Allied Forces, and blended in perfectly.

"Brother, you look miserable!"

Bai Shanhua said to another Southern Dynasty commander.

The commander looked at Bai Shanhua and saw that he was in tattered clothes. He then looked at himself and said sympathetically, "Brother, you are still in a worse situation. You have worked hard!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Shanhua almost burst into tears.

Finally someone recognized their efforts!

"Brother, judging from the state you are in, you must have suffered heavy losses!"

After a while of greetings, the commander suddenly asked.

"Uh, this..."

Bai Shanhua's face changed slightly and he stammered, unable to speak.

Seeing his expression, the commander thought he was too sad and consoled him, "It's not your fault. The Dragon Nation's army is too terrible. Our division lost nearly half of its men!"

At this moment, Li Jae-sin ran over excitedly.

"Brother Bai, thanks to you, the other divisions suffered heavy losses, but our two divisions only suffered a few hundred casualties!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Shanhua's face turned green.

He subconsciously looked at the commander and found that he was glaring at him with gritted teeth.

"Okay, so you are the spineless army!"

The commander cursed angrily and walked away.

"idiot!"

Bai Shanhua was originally feeling a little guilty, but when he saw the other party was so stubborn, he immediately spat at him fiercely.

That afternoon, our army successfully entered Hancheng and captured this large city with a long history and important geographical location.

Faced with a large number of fleeing Allied forces, our army continued to pursue them.

On the 5th, the 50th Army and the 1st Corps of the North Korean People's Army crossed the Han River and, after discovering that the enemy had withdrawn, they continued to pursue southward.

The 42nd and 66th Armies successively occupied Hongchuan and Yangdeyuanli to its southwest, and then the 42nd Army annihilated part of the 2nd Division of the United States.

By January 1, our army had driven the enemy to the vicinity of the 8th parallel.

From then on, the third battle came to an end.

The battle lasted only eight days, but our army wiped out more than 1.9 enemies, liberated Hancheng, and pushed the entire front line southward by about 80 to 110 kilometers.

After three consecutive victories, our army's morale reached an unprecedented high.

As the vanguard, the 118th Division once again played a huge role in this battle.

Its 354th Regiment defeated the British Empire's ace Green Tiger Regiment and captured Guk-li, clearing the way for the main force of the army.

When the commander heard about this, he happily said, "The 354th Regiment is a heroic tiger-fighting regiment!"

In the Battle of Guguli, the 354th Regiment suffered heavy losses, with nearly one-third of its men killed. Only 17 people were left in the Second Company. It was awarded the title of "Steel Company" and won the first-class collective merit. The company commander Li Jicheng was awarded the first-class individual merit for his meritorious command and for holding on until the last moment.

......

Qinjia Village, Qin Qiaoer's home.

"It's time to eat!"

Qin Qiaoer brought the steaming food to the table.

My younger brother Qin Xiaoming sat next to them, looking at the dishes on the table with his eyes wide open.

Even so, he still sat there very obediently and didn't make a fuss about wanting to eat first.

Soon, three dishes were placed on the table, one of which was meat.

In the past, this would have been totally unthinkable.