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

Hagaru-ri,

After taking over several surrounding high ground at night,

At dawn,

The 20th Army launched the final attack on the US military's circular position.

The 58th Division was in charge of the attack.

The 58th Division concentrated all its artillery pieces and once again launched an artillery attack on Hagaru-ri.

The bombardment had lasted less than ten minutes.

The sharp air defense alarm suddenly pierced the sky, instantly breaking the silence of the position.

At the position of the 20th Independent Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion assigned to the 16th Army,

The gunners reacted quickly and looked up. A few minutes later, they saw dense black dots approaching rapidly in the sky. They were American aircraft. There were three formations in total, with a total of no less than a hundred aircraft. These enemy aircraft were like a group of sharks smelling blood, with arrogant momentum and deafening roar of engines, as if they were going to crush everything.

The battalion commander's order rang out on the battlefield: "Prepare for battle!" The members of the anti-aircraft artillery squad took action immediately. The loader operated with both hands quickly, pushing the shells steadily into the barrel in one go; the aimer was fully focused, his eyes fixed on the sight, his gaze moving with the movement of the enemy plane, constantly adjusting the angle of the anti-aircraft gun according to the flight trajectory!

The enemy planes were getting closer and closer and began to dive downwards, but the volunteer gunners did not retreat at all. They kept their eyes firm and locked onto the target.

"Fire!" With the order, nine 9mm anti-aircraft guns roared in unison, and hot flames instantly spurted out of the muzzles. The first shell rushed into the sky like an arrow from a string, exploded near the enemy aircraft group, and black smoke rose.

Immediately afterwards, the 20mm cannons and 20mm machine guns mounted on the armored vehicles of the various units of the 12.7th Army also opened fire, and the dense projectiles intertwined into a deadly fire net in the sky.

The American planes were caught off guard by the fierce artillery fire. Four planes were hit by shrapnel on the spot, emitting billowing black smoke, dragging long tails, and falling crookedly to the ground.

However, the enemy planes relied on their numerical advantage and swooped down frantically. Bombs fell one after another, creating huge craters on the ground. Mud and rocks were lifted into the air by the air waves and splashed everywhere. The air waves from the explosions hit the positions one after another.

With a loud bang, a 57mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun vehicle was directly hit by the bomb. The vehicle was overturned and all eight soldiers of the artillery squad fell in a pool of blood!

On an armored vehicle, three volunteers were operating a twin-mounted 20mm machine gun and firing frantically into the air. A US F80 fighter plane swooped down and a row of machine gun bullets hit the armored vehicle. Two of the three soldiers died on the spot, and the remaining one was seriously injured. The machine gun suddenly went silent!

In order to rescue the 1st Marine Division in Hagaru-ri, the US military went crazy. More than 5 aircraft were dispatched in the first batch today, and the main force was the th Air Force in Busan!

Although the Volunteer Air Force also launched more than 1 J-s, they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers and could only conduct guerrilla warfare on the periphery. Several small-scale air battles broke out between the two sides.

Zhang Wenjiu only has more than a hundred J-1s. He doesn't dare to go all in. Otherwise, in the subsequent battles, the infantry will not get effective air support for at least a month!

Although the US military had many planes, the ground anti-aircraft firepower was also very fierce. After forty minutes of bombardment, the US military lost a total of 43 planes. Moreover, because some planes did not dare to fly low, the air strike effect was not ideal!

The fleet left Hagaru-ri!

The 58th Division finally started its attack on Hagaru-ri.

The 174th Regiment, which was responsible for the main attack from the east, had 10 tanks as its vanguard, covering a battalion of infantry and accompanied by more than 30 armored vehicles. With the accompaniment of the charge, it began a new round of charge!

In Hagaru-ri, the 1st Marine Division set up a circular position with a circumference of more than 6 kilometers. The outermost part was infantry trenches and machine gun fortifications, mortar fortifications and other light weapons.

The circle inside is composed of tanks and various armored vehicles!

The innermost core position includes three howitzer positions, with a total of 105 36mm howitzers and 155 12mm howitzers!

However, the airstrike of the Volunteer Air Force on Hagaru-ri last night has destroyed 80% of the artillery and 50% of the tanks on the US military positions, which has greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of the US military!

As soon as Colonel Lewis, commander of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Marine Division, saw the Volunteer Army tank group coming from the east, he immediately ordered the tanks to concentrate their firepower to attack forward. His 1st Regiment suffered the greatest losses last night, and the number of soldiers who could still fight had quickly dropped from 4000 to 1500!

There was a fierce exchange of fire between 8 US Pershing 26 tanks and the Volunteer Army's Type 4H tanks. Soon, both sides lost 5 tanks each!

At the same time, some soldiers of the 174th Regiment rushed into the first trench in Hagaru-ri like a tiger descending from a mountain. They rushed towards the enemy with firm belief and fearless courage, regardless of the hail of bullets. Among them, the soldiers of the 1rd Company of the 3st Battalion performed particularly well. They carried recoilless guns and flexibly shuttled in the trenches, looking for the best shooting position.

When they found the American fortifications, they quickly set up the recoilless guns, adjusted the angle, and then decisively pulled the trigger. With a loud bang, the shells accurately hit the American fortifications, instantly blowing them to pieces. The American soldiers were frightened by the sudden attack and fled in panic. The soldiers of the 1rd Company of the 3st Battalion took advantage of the situation and launched a fierce attack. They held submachine guns and fired at the enemy, accurately shooting bullets into the enemy's chest.

In the fierce battle, the soldiers of the 1rd Company of the 3st Battalion were fearless and marched forward bravely. They successively destroyed three fortifications of the US Army and killed and wounded more than 40 enemies. The enemy's blood dyed the trenches red, but the fighting spirit of the volunteers was even higher. In the end, they successfully controlled a trench over 200 meters long!

At this time, the roar of planes was heard overhead again. More than 60 naval carrier-based aircraft flew over Hagaru-ri again. At this time, there were only four cruising J-1s in the sky, and they bravely went up to fight!

These Pirate fighter planes ignored the fierce artillery fire from the ground and began to dive down like crazy, fiercely attacking the volunteer army troops!

It has to be said that the quality of these American pilots was indeed extraordinary. The two armies started a melee in the east of Hagaru-ri. They still accurately attacked the volunteer army troops behind them and caused huge casualties.

The morale of the American troops in Hagaru-ri was also greatly boosted. Smith dispatched reinforcements to the east and repelled the 174th Regiment again!

The battle situation during the day was very stalemate. As there were fierce fighting in Hagaru-ri, Chunheung-ri, and Oro-ri, all US military units wanted to break out of the encirclement, so they did not hesitate to mobilize almost all air forces in East Asia!

The number of aircraft coming to support the Volunteer Army was far less than that of the US Army. The 9th Corps decided to withdraw first and simply attack at night!