Chapter 139 Bloody Battle of Changjin Lake (Forty)
The tragic front brought temporary tranquility in the rear. You should know that everyone is very depressed now, especially the Twentieth Army, where the Americans brazenly launched a sneak attack.
When the commander Liu Fei arrived at the Twentieth Army, he felt angry. He knew that this time he was facing not just an American marine division. If it was not done well, it would be possible that the entire Twentieth Army would be wiped out.
Originally, Liu Fei thought they had the power to fight with the Americans, but now it seems that this is just a beautiful wish in his heart. Liu Fei did not return to the military headquarters, but came directly to the division headquarters of the 58th Division, and he wanted to understand the situation as soon as possible.
"Captain!" Zeng Ruqing and others stood up to salute Liu Fei. They are now waiting for Liu Fei here. You must know that they don't know what should be next.
After returning a greeting, Liu Fei said in a deep voice: "What's the current situation?" Liu Fei had heard about it just now, and the situation ahead was very tragic.
Zeng Ruqing said with a very ugly face: "Captain, we are very passive now. During the war with the Americans, we have always been in a passive situation of being beaten, with more than 1,500 casualties."
Liu Fei widened his eyes and said, "What? More than 1,500 casualties? The troops of a regiment are gone? What kind of war are you fighting? Could it be that you will not detour? Don't you know how to retreat?"
Zeng Ruqing smiled bitterly and said, "If we give up the fortifications that we have finally built, will it make the Americans even more arrogant?"
Liu Fei said: "Then you can't let your brothers be bombarded by others, right? We retreated to better attack Americans and defend to the death. How much do you think the meaning of defending to the death now?"
Liu Fei was very angry. There were 1,500 people, not 1,500 animals. Zeng Ruqing said: "Captain, we also wanted to order the retreat at that time, but your order was to hold our position!"
Liu Fei felt a trembling heart when he thought of what he had said to the soldiers before. After a while, he shook his head slowly and said, "Hey, it's all me who harmed my brothers!"
Why did Liu Fei blame himself? In fact, he didn't expect this time the Americans attacked him, and he was still very confident in his fortifications at that time, but he didn't expect that this would end up being the result.
Zeng Ruqing said: "Commander, you don't have to blame yourself. Defending the country is the duty of every soldier. If the regiment commander dies, we will join the brigade commander. If the brigade commander dies, I, as a division commander, will never take a step back."
Liu Fei nodded and said, "Even if we can't beat the Americans, we must never lose this momentum. This is my bottom line. By the way, the casualties of the Americans..."
Zeng Ruqing said in a deep voice: "Americans died or injured about a hundred people. I didn't expect that the casualties between the two sides were so large this time. The Americans had the cover of aircraft and cannons, and the weapons and equipment below were advanced than us. It was unlikely that our soldiers would organize a charge. A regiment organized a suicide squad, and many people were sacrificed to blow up a tank. I heard that the scene at that time was very cruel!"
Liu Fei said coldly: "Americans are really so strong in combat? You must know that the 18th Army a while ago..."
Zeng Ruqing sighed and said, "It feels like it's easy for others to fight, but we can't compare with others. Their air defense equipment is much stronger than ours. If we have air defense, at least we can compete with the Americans. The losses caused by the plane bombing us will be very heavy, and there is no way to do this."
Liu Fei sighed and said, "Our air defense equipment is arranged on the headquarters, which is our focus. There is no way for the troops to do without this. Our country has just been built and it is impossible to produce so many..."
Zeng Ruqing said: "We naturally understand the meaning of the commander, so we have no choice but to stand up now. Our position is special and we must never lose our position. By the way, the commander, didn't we say that the 18th Army came to support us?"
Liu Fei said depressedly: "18th Army? The commander refused to let others come to support him. Don't call the 18th Army in the future. They have been upgraded and changed to the 18th Corps!"
Originally, Liu Fei was actually thinking passionately that he didn't want the people from the 18th Corps to support him, but now there is no way. His fucking brothers will change his mind all at once.
At this time, Liu Fei felt that if the 18th Corps came to reinforce, no, if the 18th Corps provided some air defense support, his troops would not have suffered such heavy casualties, right?
You should know that if the Twenty Army guards one side, if it is destroyed by the Americans, then the one who is unlucky will be Liu Fei himself. So at this time, Liu Fei really hopes that the 18th Corps can come to reinforce.
But it seems that there is no news at all, and they don’t know where they are now. Where is the 4th Division of the 18th Army? Under the leadership of Yao Ziqing, they are lurking in the dense forest. Although it is cold, they naturally have their own solutions.
What they are waiting for now is the order to attack Wang Mingyu, but what they don’t know is that Wang Mingyu is secretly training the veterans of the 18th Army at this moment. Wang Mingyu’s purpose is to siege.
However, when he heard that the fight in Changjin Lake started, Wang Mingyu immediately telegraphed Song Shilun and asked if he asked for reinforcements. Song Shilun's answer was very smooth, and he directly replied to Wang Mingyu's meaning that he would naturally speak when needed reinforcements.
Wang Mingyu is not the kind of person who has a hot face and a cold butt. Since they don’t need reinforcements, he is too lazy to pay attention to him. Anyway, their troops are now scattered around the periphery, and they can provide reinforcements at any time.
The weather is a little colder, but Wang Mingyu's troops' warming facilities are still very good, so there is no big problem with these things. But cooking is a big problem in this, because cooking is easy to produce black smoke.
Fortunately, they are still far away from each other and there are mountains blocking them, so it is difficult to discover them if they don’t deliberately discover them. Moreover, the Fourth Division usually cooks at night and places a little hot water in the early morning, so they just insist on it.
War has never been a game. They insisted that there were their reasons. At present, there were no signs of freezing or frostbite in the 18th Corps. However, under such extremely harsh conditions, everyone naturally hoped to be able to join the battle as soon as possible.
The 20th Army's battle report was quickly delivered to Song Shilun's table. Liu Fei originally wanted to write a little more casualties from the Americans, but now it seems that this is really not good. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!