Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

MacArthur therefore retained only a small number of air force aircraft to continue bombing missions, preventing the Chinese army from annihilating the American forces trapped in the encirclement. However, this air force was soon withdrawn, as it was too small to compete with the Chinese air force. Ultimately, MacArthur withdrew all the aircraft from the front lines, effectively abandoning the troops trapped in the encirclement. With the reduction in US air power, it became much easier for the Chinese volunteer army to annihilate the enemy. Wei Hongjun, who had been closely monitoring the battlefield developments at the headquarters, had also noticed the changes in the US air force.

Wei Hongjun immediately said: "Send a telegram to the 74th Army, asking them to hold out for another 12 to 15 hours.

The US Air Force is too powerful.

The 74th Army must have suffered heavy casualties while defending the Samsoli area.

But the 74th Army still has to hold on for a short period of time.

"Order the 15th, 27th, 65th, and 71st Armies to launch an all-out attack and annihilate the enemy forces within the encirclement. Tell them to completely annihilate the enemy forces within 12 hours.

Wei Hongjun looked at his watch and saw that it would soon be dark. All units must make full use of the night to resolve the battle. Wei Hongjun's order was passed on to all units.

Song Yulin from the 71st Army had already arrived at the front line and asked, "What's going on?"

"Commander, the troops directly under the US 24th Division are entangled with the US 21st Regiment. They have deployed a large amount of firepower at the front of the position, and we can't attack them."

The 71st Army has successively eliminated the British 29th Infantry Brigade, the US 19th Regiment, and the dying US 5th Regiment.

This side is now at a stalemate.

Once the US forces abandoned their breakout attempt and established a defensive line, annihilating them proved exceedingly difficult. Although the 24th Division had lost a significant amount of equipment during their escape, with virtually no heavy artillery and even a handful of tanks remaining, their firepower remained formidable even with their remaining equipment. Furthermore, their chosen position, with its narrow front, was easily defendable and difficult to attack.

After observing for a while, Song Yulin realized that a strong attack would not work.

If you try to attack the US military, they will have plenty of ammunition to play with you. We must destroy the US military's current important firepower points and destroy the US military's firepower positions. So he said: "This won't work. Call the 210th Artillery Regiment and ask them to send a battalion to support us."

The 210th Artillery Regiment was the designation for the domestically produced rocket artillery regiment assigned to the 71st Army. The rocket artillery regiment performed well during the first day's offensive, much to Song Yulin's satisfaction.

The firepower of the US military positions is too strong now.

It must be destroyed with heavy firepower.

Although Song Yulin was also worried about being bombed by the US Air Force, he couldn't stop using the rocket artillery regiment just because he was afraid of bombing. Soon, the 210st Battalion of the 1th Regiment arrived at the front line with 201 rocket artillery.

"See the American positions over there? I need your rocket launchers to fire three rounds of artillery fire at the American fire positions and destroy them. Can you do it?"

“No problem, Chief.

"Okay, make arrangements as soon as possible. Move quickly and find a place to hide after the fight."

Yes. "

Soon after the 210st Battalion of the 1th Regiment was ready, it began shelling the positions of the US 24th Division.

"Whoosh--whoosh--"

"Boom boom boom--"

The characteristic of the rocket artillery regiment's bombardment is its fast speed.

You had no time to dodge. This was the case with the 24th Division's firepower positions. After the rocket artillery opened fire, the 24th Division's defensive positions were quickly engulfed in flames. Before the 24th Division could react, its forward firepower positions, including mortars, rocket launchers, heavy machine guns, and flamethrowers, had been destroyed by the 210th Regiment.

If the 24th Division had some heavy artillery at this time, it could have retaliated against the rocket artillery positions. However, the 24th Division had broken through earlier and later built a defense line in this area, and the heavy artillery had long been lost.

So they could only watch helplessly as the frontline positions were destroyed.

In reality, the US 24th Division and the 21st Regiment were barely holding on until this point. After all, the battle had lasted nearly 20 hours, and they had suffered heavy casualties. For example, the 21st Regiment, while still holding on to nearly 2000 men, had over 800 wounded. With so many wounded, retreat was impossible. Although it was only October, the temperature was already freezing at night. Watching the seriously wounded die one by one was a significant blow to the troops' morale.

Even William Dean, commander of the 24th U.S. Division, understood that they were abandoned troops.

There is no support at all.

But I just couldn't swallow this, so I kept persisting.

However, as the front-line positions were breached, William Dean no longer had the energy to continue deploying the defense line.

I can't fight anymore.

At 1950:10 PM on October 12, 8, William Dean contacted the 24st Army and expressed his willingness to surrender. His conditions were that the Chinese army must provide medical care for the wounded, abide by the Geneva Conventions, and treat surrendering American soldiers with respect. With Song Yulin's approval, William Dean and his 71-man force surrendered at 8:50 AM.

This was the largest surrender of US troops since the outbreak of the Korean War.

At around 10 o'clock, the 71st Army occupied the position of the US 5th Regiment, completely completing the task assigned by the Volunteer Army Command. It took a total of 24 days to completely wipe out the US 29th Division and the British th Infantry Brigade.

Afterwards, other troops also completed their tasks one after another.

The main reason is that there are no reinforcements.

The remaining troops lost the meaning and confidence to hold on.

The 27th Army annihilated the 65th Cavalry Regiment, and the 9th Army also annihilated the 23th, 65rd, and th Cavalry Regiments of the nd Division, which were surrounded. Originally, the th Army wanted to annihilate the entire st Cavalry Division, but the troops directly under the st Cavalry Division charged and attacked fiercely, relying on their powerful firepower, and still broke out of the encirclement.

But he also completed his mission.

The fighting on the Eastern Front was also fierce.

Because the 3rd and 7th US Divisions were at the rear, and the 13th Corps concentrated its forces mainly to deal with the st Marine Division, the direct-affiliated troops still managed to break through successfully with the support of the Naval Aviation Force.

Of course, although the US 3rd and 7th Divisions broke through, they were only a small part of the troops.

The infantry regiments below were unable to break through.

美3师和美7师突围的都只是师部直属部队。两支突围部队加起来都不到9000人，可以说两个师都失去了战斗力。13兵团目前最困难的是，正好面对美军7个航空母舰舰队。

Or it is because the volunteer army’s own prevention and control capabilities are too weak.

Although we have the support of the air force and air defense forces, we are still far behind the United States.

Otherwise, how could the US 3rd and 7th Divisions have successfully broken through?

Han Xianchu's target from the very beginning was the 1st Marine Division.

The two armies and all the heavy firepower of the corps were concentrated to deal with the 1st Marine Division. The commander of the 1st Marine Division, Smith, was definitely a qualified general. His ability to predict and command troops was excellent.

Unfortunately, the 1st Marine Division has been targeted by Han Xianchu since the beginning.

Smith led the 44st Marine Division's direct troops, especially the tank battalion, to break through. However, the th Army set up ambush after ambush within a hundred miles, constantly wearing down the st Marine Division.

As a result, Smith and his Marine Division failed to break through in the end.

As for Syngman Rhee’s pseudo Third Division and pseudo Capital Division, they had collapsed long ago.

At this point, the first phase of the Volunteer Army's first battle in North Korea officially ended.

848 People's Hearts

"Chairman, battle report from the front."

1950 10 Month 13 Day.

On the morning of the third day of the Volunteer Army's all-out offensive, General Peng, General He, Yang Quanwu, and Yang Shangkun, four men currently responsible for the work of the Central Military Commission, came to the Chairman. General Peng and General He were both Vice Chairmen of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, Yang Quanwu was Acting Chief of the General Staff, and Yang Shangkun was Secretary-General of the Military Commission.

They came to report their work so early because the battle reports from the front line had already been reported to the Military Commission.

The chairman has not been able to get a good rest these two days.

Always pay attention to the situation on the front line.

When the Military Commission reported on the frontline battle report, the Chairman, Premier, Commander-in-Chief, Comrade Xiuyang, and Marshal Nie were all present. Among the Central Committee leaders, Ren Peiguo was physically unable to continue working, while Chen Yun was too busy.

With the outbreak of the Korean War, the Premier was responsible for liaison with the Soviet Union, and would fly to the USSR whenever face-to-face communication was necessary. Marshal Nie, on the other hand, was fully responsible for domestic security, particularly the "suppression of spies and counter-revolutionaries." Furthermore, as Vice Chairman of the Central Committee, Marshal Nie devoted even more time to the work of the Military Commission since the outbreak of the Korean War.

Marshal Nie became the bridge between the Central Committee and the Military Commission.

Therefore, the work of the State Council basically fell to Chen Yun. Chen Yun was currently acting as Premier of the State Council. The Finance and Economic Committee was headed by Li Fuchun, Mao Zemin, and Zeng Shan, the Planning Committee was headed by Deng Xixian, and the National Planning Committee was headed by Zhang Dingcheng.

Chen Yun is very busy, so he doesn't participate in this work.

“主席，志愿军司令部今天早上汇报了较为详细的战报，粗略的统计了第一阶段战果:西线战场歼灭美24师;美骑兵第一师的骑五团、骑七团、骑八团;美二师的9团、23团;美25师的24团、25团;英军29步兵旅;土耳其旅以及歼灭李承晚伪六师和伪八师;击溃伪二师、伪七师。目前能够统计的毙伤俘美伪军及其走狗部队10.7万人，至于敌军目前在战场上溃散的散兵，还没有统计下来。“

“东线战场歼灭美陆战一师;美3师的7团、15团、 65团;美7师的17团、31团、 32团;李承晚伪三师和伪首都师。目前能够统计的毙伤俘美伪军数量7.1万人。”

"On the eastern and western fronts, our volunteer troops wiped out a total of 35 enemy troops in 17.8 hours. This completely shattered the plan of U.S. imperialism and its running dogs to annihilate our volunteer troops and the Korean People's Army."

Yang Quanwu, on behalf of the Military Commission, immediately reported to the Chairman and the Premier.

Yang Quanwu was really happy.

Although he was not the one who led the troops into this battle, many of the troops that did go there were his old troops.

Marshal Nie agreed, "Our first campaign in Korea hasn't ended yet, and our troops are pursuing the enemy on all fronts. The 50th Division of the 167th Army has already intercepted the British 27th Infantry Brigade, and we expect to annihilate them today. Furthermore, the 27th Army has currently held the retreating American troops at Sansori, and its troops are currently attacking the retreating Eighth Army from both sides. We expect good news within a day or two."

"it is good."

The commander-in-chief was very excited when he read the battle report.

It's been a long time since the Commander-in-Chief commanded troops in combat. Even during the Liberation War, the Chairman's primary military assistant was the Premier. After the Seventh National Congress, the Commander-in-Chief focused more on the work of the Discipline Inspection Commission.

This is not an easy thing to do.

The Commander-in-Chief must establish a formal unit for the Discipline Inspection Commission, formulate its work content, and establish the disciplines that the Party and the military must abide by. These are all very complex, but very important matters.

Previously, the commander-in-chief had great concerns about the issue of troops entering North Korea, or he was afraid of the US military.

He never thought that the volunteer army would achieve such results in just half a month after entering North Korea.

"Comrade Wei Hongjun, this battle was well fought."

The commander-in-chief couldn't help but praise Wei Hongjun.

Everyone is beaming with joy. All of us here have lived through the war years, and the Korean War is currently very advantageous for China. The US military currently has very few troops on the entire Korean Peninsula. Even with its immense power and exceptional transport capabilities, it will still take time to replenish the necessary forces on the Korean Peninsula. And what the US lacks most on the Korean Peninsula right now is time.

It can be said that the initiative on the Korean battlefield was completely in the hands of the Chinese army.

"Chairman, should this battle report be made public?"

the Prime Minister asked the Chairman.

Marshal Nie next to him immediately said: "Chairman, I think it should be announced. Since everyone knew that our army entered North Korea, many democratic figures and business people in many cities have been in a panic. Especially when we began to block the US military and quickly retreated after a while, it caused quite a stir in the city. Everyone in the country could not get news, so they received battlefield news through Hong Kong and other places. In addition, Taiwan deliberately spread various rumors, causing all kinds of gossip to spread among those democratic figures and business people. Many cities have finally stabilized, and many people have begun to worry again. Announcing such results can stabilize the people's hearts in the city. At the same time, it can combat the increasingly rampant activities of the Kuomintang spies."

Coach Nie has been really busy in the past six months.

Public security work across the country has been very difficult in the past six months.

Taiwan was frantically sending spies to China. Besides disrupting production, these agents also used various channels to spread half-truths and half-false rumors. This kind of gossip was incredibly powerful, and many people believed it.

So, since the news of the Chinese army entering North Korea and retreating after losing the first battle to the UN forces came out, many people in the domestic business community have become anxious. In fact, most of the business people who remain in China still have certain expectations for the new China.

If possible, they don't want to leave the country.

After all, our ancestors are here.

But they were also afraid. It was so hard to establish New China and stop fighting. If they really went to war with the United States, what would they do if they couldn't defeat them? If war broke out again in the country, it would be like that era of war and chaos again.

"I agree with Comrade Rong Zhen's opinion."

The Prime Minister supports Marshal Nie.