"Report to Commander, the Fourth Army reports that it has successfully repelled the attacking enemy troops and recaptured the first-line defensive position!"
After two days of fighting in Dongduchuan, the Fourth Army retook the first-line defensive position from the enemy and then reported to Li Qiufan.
"Damn it! I finally heard the good news!"
After hearing the correspondent's report, Li Qiufan's frown finally relaxed.
"Correspondent, contact the First Army and ask them how the situation is over there!"
While happy, Li Qiufan asked his correspondent to contact the First Army and inquire about the situation in Anxingli.
Due to insufficient strength, the First Army never fought back after being pushed back to the second-line defensive position by the enemy.
But fortunately, the second-line defensive position has been firmly controlled and the enemy has not been allowed to advance further.
After receiving the inquiry from Li Qiufan, Erhu immediately reported the current situation and the casualties of the troops.
After two days of fighting, the First Army faced indiscriminate bombardment by the enemy. Only more than 9,000 troops were consumed, and there were no longer 10,000 people.
"Qiu Fan, should we continue to shrink the defense line? The First Army is already short of troops, and it will consume too much to continue fighting like this!"
After hearing the correspondent's report on the casualties of the First Army, Zhao Gang frowned and said to Li Qiufan.
"Now is not the time. If we continue to retreat, we will retreat to the Yeoncheon area. Once there, there will be no retreat!"
"For now, we still have room to retreat. We can stay here as long as we can!"
After hearing Zhao Gang's proposal, Li Qiufan immediately shook his head and said.
It's not that he wants to fight here, but once he retreats to the Yeoncheon area, the enemy's attack will probably be even more fierce.
When there is no room for retreat, they will have no choice but to die in the Yeoncheon area.
"By the way, let the guard company go to Anxingli. It's useless for them to stay at the command post. They might as well go to the front line to contribute!"
As he said this, Li Qiufan suddenly thought of his own guard company. This was a unit that the Second Tigers pulled out from the First Army when they first entered the peninsula, specifically to protect the safety of the command post.
"No! The guard company has to stay here. You can even ask me, Zhao Gang, to go to the front line, but your safety must be guaranteed!"
When he heard that Li Qiufan was about to send the guard company to the Anxingli front line, Zhao Gang immediately stopped him.
It's not that Zhao Gang is afraid of death, but that Li Qiufan's safety is the most important in his heart. If something goes wrong here, the entire Western Front will easily collapse.
"Fucking guarantee! There are three armies holding the front line, what problem can happen here!"
"If there is a problem on my side, it can only mean one thing, that is, all our frontline troops have been wiped out!"
"Old Zhao, please don't be stubborn about this. It's too difficult in Anxingli right now. Even if this company is a drop in the bucket, it's still better than doing nothing here!"
After hearing Zhao Gang's words, Li Qiufan immediately waved his hand and said that he understood Zhao Gang's worries about him, but it was really too difficult for the First Army now.
"I don't agree! The enemy has airborne troops! Who knows if they will airborne a troop behind us like they did last time!"
Although Zhao Gang knew that the situation on the First Army's side was more difficult and that Li Qiufan's words were reasonable, the enemy's last airborne troops made him wary. He was afraid that the enemy would repeat its same tactics again.
"Hey, my political commissar, there is an artillery position not far behind us. I have left an anti-aircraft battalion. He is so bold as to dare to parachute here!"
After hearing Zhao Gang's words, Li Qiufan finally understood what Zhao Gang was afraid of, and then pointed in the direction of the artillery position.
"That won't work! There are risks, and the air defense battalion can't guarantee to shoot down all the enemy's planes!"
Zhao Gang knew that Li Qiufan had left an air defense battalion, but he still did not agree to transfer the guard company because the air defense battalion could not be foolproof.
"Damn it! You sour scholar is a stubborn ass!"
"Correspondent! Go give the order to the guard company and ask them to go to Anxingli immediately to support the First Army!"
Seeing that Zhao Gang still refused to let go, Li Qiufan was also annoyed by his stubborn temper, and then directly gave the order to the correspondent.
"you…………!"
Seeing that Li Qiufan gave the order directly, Zhao Gang pointed angrily at Li Qiufan, his body trembling uncontrollably.
"Stop talking nonsense! I am the chief military officer, how can I let you, a sour scholar, control me!"
Seeing Zhao Gang pointing his finger at him, Li Qiufan reached out and pressed it down, then raised his hand towards the correspondent to let him go out and convey the order.
Seeing this, Zhao Gang could only snort helplessly, then walked aside and ignored Li Qiufan.
But what Li Qiufan never expected was that Zhao Gang really got it right.
However, this time the enemy did not use transport planes to airdrop. Instead, they used helicopters to make a large circle and airdrop a platoon of troops behind Anxingli.
The mission of this platoon was not to sneak attack the First Army, and a platoon's troops to sneak attack more than 9,000 well-equipped soldiers would be tantamount to death.
The task given by the beautiful country commander to this platoon is to penetrate into the rear of the Volunteer Army on the Western Front, find the location of the Volunteer Army's headquarters and artillery positions, and then carry out precise strikes on them with artillery and aircraft.
After this platoon of enemy troops entered the rear of Anxing-ri, they penetrated directly towards the rear of Dongduchuan-ri.
As for why this platoon went to Dongducheon-ri, it was because the enemy had calculated that the general direction of the Volunteer Army's artillery position was in the Dongducheon-ri area.
By coincidence, Li Qiufan's command post happened to be on the enemy's route, blocking him from the artillery position.
Fortunately, when the enemy platoon was about to arrive at the command post, it was discovered by a correspondent squatting behind a tree to relieve himself, and then immediately ran back to the command post to report.
"What? The enemy has reached the command post?!"
After hearing the correspondent's report, Zhao Gang immediately asked with his eyes widened.
"Damn it, Lao Zhao, you are such a cuckold!"
Li Qiufan helplessly cursed at Zhao Gang, and then pulled out the gun on his waist and prepared to fight.
"Qiu Fan, wait a minute! The enemy hasn't discovered our place yet, so your shooting has exposed us!"
Seeing Li Qiufan pull out his pistol and prepare to fight, Zhao Gang immediately reached out and stopped him.
"These stupid foreign devils should be coming towards our artillery position. We can't let them get in and get their bearings, otherwise the enemy will be able to carry out precise attacks on our artillery position!"
After hearing Zhao Gang's words, Li Qiufan immediately shook his head, and then explained to Zhao Gang.
