Traveling through 1937, I came to fight against the Kwantung Army

Liutanli is connected to Langlin Mountain in the east. The streams flowing down the mountain converge into a river here and flow into Changjin Lake.

The five mountains to the northwest of Liutanli are 1282, 1240, 1176 highlands in the north, 1403, 1426 highlands in the west, and each mountain starts from the edge of the village and stretches for thousands of meters in a winding and uneven manner. A corner of the Changjin Reservoir extends to Liutanli between the North Mountain and the Southeast Mountain. The other four narrow passages starting from the village are all roads.

To the southeast, there are Deokdong Mountain, Dead Eagle Ridge and other highlands on the north side of the highway, which is about 22 kilometers long and reaches Xiajieyu Village at the southernmost tip of Changjin Lake.

However, on the day when the Ninth Corps was preparing to launch a general offensive, an accident occurred!

The 1st Marine Division also suddenly began to move westward!

Division Commander Smith was not a slow-moving person, but he had a lot of opinions about Almond's tactics. The weather in Changjin Lake was extremely cold, and if the troops rushed west at this time, there was a high probability that they would suffer from frostbite.

The second point is that the 1st Marine Division, the US Army’s top ace division, was actually used by Almond as a mountain troop!

These two points made him very dissatisfied!

However, MacArthur had already given him a direct death order, requiring him to carry out the mission of capturing Jiangjie.

MacArthur formulated a plan to outflank the Volunteer Army, requiring the 1st Marine Division to advance quickly, occupy Jiangjie, and control the Jiangjie Airport. MacArthur planned to airlift ten divisions of American troops directly from Japan to Jiangjie!

But in Smith's view, MacArthur was making a gamble, similar to the Incheon Landing!

At 8:25 in the morning, according to the order of the division commander, K Company of the 7rd Battalion of the 3th Marine Regiment advanced towards Wupingli with the support of tanks. They first occupied Hill 1426 and Hill 1403 on the roadside and set up guard positions!

This is the terrain here. Almost every mountain on the roadside will pose a deadly threat to the troops on the winding road!

而距离1403高地大约两公里的1271高地上，正在侦察的237团4连1排排长章旺生拿着望远镜看到了这一切！他就带了两个班，奉命在此监视敌军动静！

He suddenly became nervous!

Because tonight is the day of the general attack, and the enemies in Liutanli have actually set out!

Zhang Wangsheng turned to the communicator and ordered, "Hurry up and report to the company commander, the enemy has moved out and is heading west!" Until the general offensive begins, walkie-talkies are not allowed to be used, and even the radio station in the camp is not allowed to be turned on unless it is an emergency!

Thirty minutes later, on the road down the mountain,

The U.S. military had three tanks as the lead force, followed by more than a dozen armored vehicles and more than 3 trucks.

When we reached the foot of Hill 1271, we unexpectedly stopped. We saw more than a dozen American soldiers jumping out of a truck, carrying all kinds of communication and observation equipment, and rushing towards the mountain in a swagger!

Looking at the Stars and Stripes at the foot of the mountain, Zhang Wangsheng was very excited. If we want to fight, we should fight the U.S. Army! I am the ace!

The communicator also brought the battalion commander's order at this time.

"Sniper firmly, don't let the enemy pass!"

"Order Squad One and Squad Two to prepare for battle!" Zhang Wangsheng ordered in a low voice!

When the U.S. troops were about a hundred meters away from the 3rd Company's position, Zhang Wangsheng gave an order.

Soldiers from both squads pulled the trigger one after another, and all 15 American soldiers fell to the ground!

"Mortar!"

The only heavy firepower Zhang Wangsheng brought to the high ground was a 1mm mortar, and he only brought two boxes of ten rounds of ammunition!

The two gunners were already ready.

He immediately stuffed the shell into the barrel,

Boom boom, shells exploded in the convoy at the foot of the mountain.

But the US military did not fight back, but retreated!

When Captain Cook saw the firing on the hill, he was worried about an ambush, so he immediately reported it to his superiors. Colonel Litzberg, commander of the 7th Marine Regiment, immediately ordered him to retreat!

Seeing the US troops withdraw, Zhang Wangsheng breathed a sigh of relief. He smiled and ordered,

"Go clean up the battlefield and see if the Yankees have any good equipment?"

After a while, several soldiers came back.

In addition to bringing back a machine gun, they also brought back a US military walkie-talkie and a high-power observation telescope!

Soldier Lin Chunliang held a telescope and looked around excitedly, saying,

"Platoon leader, what kind of trump card is this? You're withdrawing before you even use it?"

The voice just fell,

Suddenly, a sharp whistling sound came from the sky, like the roar of a demon. Zhang Wangsheng's heart tightened suddenly, and he shouted: "Enemy plane! Hide!" But before they could hide completely, two American planes circled and swooped down like black vultures.

The moment the first bomb hit the high ground and exploded,

The entire frozen earth was like a blanket being grasped and shaken by a giant, and the gelatinous incendiary agent wrapped in steel balls splashed into a lake of fire with a diameter of 30 meters.

Several soldiers were engulfed in the sea of ​​fire!

A large blue-green phosphorescent flame rose from Lin Chunliang's cotton coat. He roared and leaped out of the shelter and ran wildly, then rolled on the ground. His burning body dragged a charred gully on the snow.

The two Corsairs dropped a total of four napalm bombs! Then they flew back, flapping their wings!

The fire covered the entire highland.

The howls came one after another. The sound was creepy and did not sound like that made by a human being - it sounded like the vibration of air squeezed out after a red-hot iron rod was inserted into the throat.

Soon, the position returned to calm and was shrouded in white smoke. There was no movement at all, and a burnt smell filled the air!

In Yudam-ri, Colonel Litzberg, the commander of the 7th Marine Regiment, listened to his subordinates' reports with a frown on his face.

"Colonel, the Navy's aerial reconnaissance has not yet found a large-scale enemy situation, but the ground reconnaissance team we sent out has exchanged fire with the Volunteer Army, and the enemy situation is currently unknown!"

As an ace Marine Corps, the 1st Marine Division received extremely exaggerated air support. During the Pacific War, they practiced very skilled ground-to-air coordinated combat routines!

The trick is that the company-level troops of the 1st Marine Division can call on the naval aviation at any time during the day, and they will arrive within five minutes!

Because there were 140 aircraft carriers parked on the East Korean Bay, about 7 kilometers away from their location! And there was a newly completed temporary airport in Xiajieyu Village! There were always more than a dozen planes cruising in the sky during the day!

Therefore, even though they set up a long snake formation from Hamhung to Yudam-ni, and even though the mountainous terrain was very unfavorable to them, the 1st Marine Division didn't care at all! Their supporting firepower was too strong!

Lizberg looked at the map and picked up the walkie-talkie.

"General Smith, we were ambushed on our way to Wupingli. I have every reason to believe that there are many volunteer soldiers hiding around! The advance plan must be stopped, and we need to switch to a defensive state!"

"Okay, I'll send you reinforcements now! Build fortifications immediately. The Chinese are good at night raids!"

"Report to the General, our powerful firepower network will tear them to pieces!"

"Don't be careless, Colonel, I am in Hagaru-ri and will provide you with constant support!" said Smith, commander of the 1st Marine Division!