After the 12th Division joined the 10th and 11th Divisions, all the troops stopped attacking and began to retreat.
Seeing this scene, the commander of the 3rd Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country breathed a sigh of relief, and then ordered the troops to continue moving closer to the Pocheon area.
Although the Volunteer Army has withdrawn, the commander of the Third Infantry Division of Meiliguo still did not dare to stay any longer and just wanted to join other troops as soon as possible.
After Li Qiufan's troubles, the beautiful country commander's plan to break through the middle line of defense and destroy the volunteer army's logistics transfer station was completely shattered.
Although he could continue to organize the attack on the Pocheon area, it was obvious that the volunteer troops in Chilbongsan and Ituam-ri areas on his flanks could not be restrained at all.
As long as the Pocheon area dares to continue fighting, the volunteer troops in these two areas will definitely come out to cause trouble.
The commander of the beautiful country now hated Li Qiufan. Li Qiufan had already been on the must-kill list before, and now the commander of the beautiful country wanted to crush him to ashes.
With Li Qiufan's actions, it was not only the 38th Army that was relieved of pressure, but the fighting on the entire front came to a halt.
Because the commander of the beautiful country needs to redeploy and formulate a new advancement plan.
The Volunteer Army Headquarters was not idle either and was studying the next response plan.
"Qiu Fan, what do you think of the next battle?"
The enemy stopped attacking, and all the volunteer troops had a brief chance to breathe. Zhao Gang asked Li Qiufan about his next plan when he was idle.
"We may have to shrink our defenses."
After hearing Zhao Gang's inquiry, Li Qiufan thought for a moment and then said to him.
"We still want to shrink the defense line? Doesn't that mean we have to retreat to Cheorwon and Jinhua areas? That is our logistics transfer station. If this place is given away, our entire volunteer army will be in big trouble!"
After hearing Li Qiufan's reply, Zhao Gang suddenly opened his eyes and asked him.
"We will definitely not give up in the Iron Triangle area. We will shrink the defense line again just to more effectively resist the enemy's advance, and at the same time we are waiting for the arrival of reinforcements."
Li Qiufan shook his head after hearing Zhao Gang's words, and then explained it.
"But the risk is still too great. If we fail to hold on, the entire advantage established in the early stage will no longer exist."
After hearing Li Qiufan's explanation, Zhao Gang nodded first, and then said with some concern.
"That's not the case. Even if the logistics transfer station in the Iron Triangle area is destroyed by the enemy, it will not have a big impact on the entire situation. It will just take longer to defeat the enemy."
Seeing that Zhao Gang still looked worried, Li Qiufan smiled and patted his shoulder.
"I don't have a heart as big as yours. How many sacrifices did we make to get here? If all this is in vain, what's the point of the sacrifices of those soldiers in the early stage!"
Zhao Gang slapped Li Qiufan's hand away angrily, and then said with red eyes.
"People will die in wars, and everyone's sacrifices are meaningful. It doesn't matter how far we advance or how far we retreat."
"And we will win this war because we have things in our hearts that need to be protected and persisted. We will not feel confused like the invaders and don't know why we are here."
After hearing Zhao Gang's words, Li Qiufan let out a long breath, then looked at the scenery of mountains and rivers in the distance and said in a deep voice.
"Qiu Fan, you are right, we will definitely win this war!"
Zhao Gang nodded heavily after hearing Li Qiufan's words.
"Report to the commander and political commissar! A call came from the Volunteer Army Headquarters. The Volunteer Army Headquarters ordered our troops to immediately retreat to Dongduchuanli, Anxingli and Changjuli areas and re-establish a defense line!"
As soon as Li Qiufan and Zhao Gang finished talking, the correspondent came in with a telegram and then reported to them.
"Understood, notify the 38th Army to immediately retreat to the Changjuli area, and let the 4th Army and the 1st Army wait until the 38th Army is in place before moving!"
After hearing the correspondent's report, Li Qiufan immediately asked him to give the 38th Army a retreat order.
As for why the First Army and the Fourth Army had to wait for the 38th Army to be in place before retreating, it was because the enemy had a large number of troops stationed in the Pocheon area.
In order to prevent the enemy from pursuing the retreating 38th Army, Li Qiufan left the First Army and the Fourth Army to cover it.
After receiving Li Qiufan's order, the 38th Army immediately began to retreat, but the enemy army opposite it made no move.
After the 38th Army successfully withdrew to the Jangju-ri area, the First Army and the Fourth Army began to withdraw towards Dongduchuan-ri and Anxing-ri.
While the volunteers were retreating across the board again, a major event happened on the enemy's side, that is, Old Mike was relieved of his position as commander-in-chief of the combined forces, and Xiao Li took over.
The reason is that without the knowledge of the beautiful country, Old Mike privately and publicly announced a plan to carry out a nuclear strike on the Yalu River and to land in the rear of the Volunteer Army.
The beautiful country knew all this through Xiao Li, and then the beautiful country government realized that this old horse had run away, and subsequently dismissed him from the post of commander-in-chief of the joint army.
Because if old Mike's plan continues to develop, the war in the peninsula will become uncontrollable.
After all, in addition to facing the volunteers, they also have a bear country watching them, and the bear country has the same plug-in as them.
After Xiao Li took over the position of commander-in-chief of the combined forces, he immediately issued an order to continue advancing in accordance with magnetic tactics across the board.
At the same time, the First Army and the Fourth Army had just arrived at Dongducheon-ri and Anheung-ri respectively when they received news that the enemy had begun to advance again.
"Report to the commander, the frontline reconnaissance force reported that the enemy's beautiful country's 3rd Infantry Division, 24th Infantry Division, 1st Marine Division, 1st Cavalry Division, the 27th Eagle Army Brigade and the 6th Division of the Southern Dynasty have occupied Qifeng Mountain and Pocheon and other areas are advancing towards our army’s defense line!”
After Li Qiufan's large forces withdrew, there was still a reconnaissance force left to keep an eye on the enemy's movements. After the reconnaissance force discovered that the enemy had begun to advance, they immediately reported it to the headquarters.
"Notify the 38th Army to prepare for defense, order the First Army and the Fourth Army to build fortifications as soon as possible, and establish a defense line before the enemy arrives!"
"Order the Second and Third Battalions of the Air Defense Regiment to enter the positions of the First Army and the Fourth Army respectively to prevent the enemy from launching air attacks!"
"In addition, let the three heavy artillery brigades belonging to the armored division seize the time to build artillery positions and be ready to provide artillery support to the forward positions at any time!"
After hearing the situation reported by the correspondent, Li Qiufan immediately made arrangements and asked him to issue orders to various troops.
