The fighting was in full swing throughout Fu Shengli. Two lines of defense of the 3rd Infantry Division had been penetrated, and as the 3rd Division launched its attack, the rear lines of defense were also in chaos.
The commander of the 3rd Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country was desperate. He had never encountered this kind of troops. Everyone seemed to be unafraid of death, fighting with bayonets, fists, and even teeth.
After being trapped in a tight siege, some volunteer soldiers brazenly pulled off the grenade tabs on their bodies, and then died together with several American soldiers. This gave everyone in the 3rd Infantry Division a great shock.
The desperate commander of the Third Infantry Division looked at what was happening on the battlefield and asked his correspondent to contact the commander of the Tenth Army.
Afterwards, the commander of the 3rd Infantry Division informed the other party that he was surrendering and that he no longer wanted to continue fighting.
The commander of the Tenth Army was very angry at the commander of the 3rd Infantry Division's idea, and even scolded him angrily.
"I don't know who can defeat these volunteers, but it's definitely not me!"
"Now I just want to save these surviving soldiers and give them a chance to return to their families."
The division commander of the 3rd Infantry Division gave a final reply to the commander of the Tenth Army, and then asked the signal troops to cut off communications.
Afterwards, the commander of the 3rd Infantry Division asked people to raise the white flag, and at the same time notified all units to surrender and stop resisting.
After receiving the order from the commander of the 3rd Infantry Division, the surviving soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division all looked in the direction of the headquarters. After seeing the white flag hanging, they put down their weapons one after another, and at the same time they felt relieved. Take a breath.
They no longer want to continue fighting. The battle with the volunteers has made them realize the cruelty of war again. Now they just want this war to end as soon as possible and then they can return to their families.
"Order the troops to stop attacking, collect the enemy's weapons, and kill them immediately if they encounter resistance!"
Seeing the white flag hanging on the position of the 3rd Infantry Division, Li Qiufan knew that the battle was over and they had won.
Then he issued an order to stop the attack, let the troops start taking prisoners and clean the battlefield, and at the same time asked the correspondent to ask Li Yunlong about the situation there.
On Li Yunlong's side, the 7th Infantry Division has received the order to retreat and is currently covering the withdrawal from Zhenheung-ri.
After the commander of the Tenth Army finished talking with the commander of the 3rd Infantry Division, he knew that they had lost this battle.
The support of the 7th Infantry Division was useless, so he ordered it to retreat to avoid being surrounded by volunteers again.
At the same time, there were two Marine regiments of the 1st Marine Division, as well as the tank battalion and the 11th Artillery Regiment that had just set off. The commander of the Tenth Army withdrew them all.
Then the commander of the Tenth Army reported the situation of the Eastern Front battle to the top management. They lost the 3rd Southern Division and the 3rd Infantry Division, as well as most of the Capital Division.
The senior officials of the beautiful country were shocked after receiving the news. They never expected that the losses would be so great, and then asked them to withdraw to the coastal areas immediately to prevent the volunteers from attacking them again and causing greater casualties.
After receiving the order, the commander of the Tenth Army glanced in the direction of Huangcaoling with complicated eyes, and then issued the order to retreat.
On the other side, after Li Qiufan learned that the 1st Marine Division and the 7th Infantry Division had begun to retreat, he immediately asked Li Yunlong to lead the mountain division to Sanjuli to rendezvous.
"Old Zhao, in the name of my first deputy commander, I sent a report to the Volunteer Army Headquarters. Our troops successfully wiped out the enemy's 3rd Division of the Southern Dynasty and the 3rd Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country in Huangcaoling, and disabled the Capital Division of the Southern Dynasty."
"It is now that the enemy's First Marine Division and Seventh Infantry Division, as well as the remnants of the Southern Capital Division, are retreating towards the coastal areas. Our troops are resting and reorganizing in Sanjuli."
After giving the order to Li Yunlong, Li Qiufan asked Zhao Gang to send a telegram to the Volunteer Army Headquarters to report the battle situation and inquire about the next arrangements.
"It's that simple?"
After hearing Li Qiufan's words, Zhao Gang frowned and asked him. It was true that Li Qiufan's report was too brief.
"I don't have that kind of literary talent. It's up to you, Old Zhao, to do this job. I'll go see what's been seized!"
Li Qiufan smiled after hearing Zhao Gang's words, then handed the report to Zhao Gang, and ran towards the captured weapons and equipment.
The capture in this battle can be described as a bumper harvest, especially the capture of the entire 3rd Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country. It can be said that the equipment of the First Corps has been raised to a new level again.
The first is the tank. The 3rd Infantry Division has a tank battalion directly under it. There are also tank companies under three infantry regiments, including twelve M26 heavy tanks. There are also Sherman and other light tanks, a total of five More than ten vehicles.
Since the Tenth Army had previously formed a rapid assault column, and most of the tanks were drawn from the 3rd Infantry Division, this resulted in fewer tanks being captured.
These more than fifty tanks were supposed to be a huge boost, but unfortunately they were limited by the terrain of Fushengli and did not exert their due power.
Just like Li Qiufan's tank battalion, it can only block bullets for the infantry and cannot play any other role at all.
The other is artillery. The Third Infantry Division has three 105mm howitzer battalions, each of which is equipped with twelve 105mm howitzers.
There is also a 155mm howitzer battalion, which is also equipped with twelve guns. With other artillery pieces of various calibers, Li Qiufan can directly establish another heavy artillery brigade.
But what surprised Li Qiufan the most was the air defense equipment. Although the Volunteer Army and the Northern Dynasty troops did not have air power, the beautiful country's division-level troops were still equipped with an air defense battalion.
Moreover, it was this air defense battalion that caused great obstacles to the attacks of the First and Second Divisions, and most of the casualties were caused by the air defense battalion.
The 3rd Infantry Division's anti-aircraft battalion is equipped with a total of twenty-four M19 twin-mounted 40mm anti-aircraft guns and forty-eight M16 quadruple-mounted 12.7mm half-track anti-aircraft armored vehicles.
These two weapons are simply a nightmare for infantry. Because the Northern Korean troops and the Volunteer Army do not have aircraft, these two anti-aircraft weapons are used as weapons to counter infantry charges.
Because of these two weapons, the First Division and the Second Division suffered a total of more than 7,000 casualties, which was already nearly half of the casualties.
Now that these two anti-aircraft weapons are in Li Qiufan's hands, the entire anti-aircraft artillery regiment will not suffer casualties like before when encountering enemy aircraft again.
In addition to this heavy firepower, there were countless other captured machine guns and carbines, as well as mortars and recoilless rifles of various calibers and rocket launchers.
Although Li Qiufan's troops suffered heavy casualties after this battle, they gained huge gains, which laid the foundation for future battles.
