The enemy mobilized troops for support, and the Volunteer Army headquarters was not idle either.
After learning what was going on, especially that Li Qiufan had surrounded the 1st Marine Division and the 24th Infantry Division, the commander-in-chief immediately ordered the two armies of the 19th Corps to move to the west. Wire.
Of course, the 19th Corps received a blocking order, and the commander-in-chief asked it to bite the 2nd Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country, the 9th Division of the Southern Dynasty, and the Canadian Brigade.
With the addition of the 19th Corps, the pressure on Li Qiufan has been greatly reduced, but he still does not dare to relax too much.
Because at this time, the 1st Cavalry Division, the 3rd Infantry Division and the two Nanchao Divisions were coming, and a large number of enemy planes were about to arrive at Dongduchuanri.
Today's Western Front is completely lively. Hundreds of thousands of troops have gathered here. The Volunteer Army has a total of three corps and nine armies here.
The enemy forces were also heavily mobilized. There were five divisions of the beautiful country alone. In addition, there were three Southern Dynasty divisions and an additional brigade. This lineup was even more luxurious than the previous Han River Blockade.
On the Dongducheon-ri side, the Fourth Army was responsible for the frontal attack, while the Fortieth Army and the Forty-second Army were responsible for containment on the two wings.
However, the positions of the 1st Marine Division and the 24th Infantry Division of the United States remained immobile, and no matter how hard these three armies fought, they could not advance.
Just as the battle was reaching a stalemate, the enemy's plane arrived and flew straight towards the Fourth Army's position.
"Order the 1st Air Defense Battalion and 2nd Air Defense Battalion to prepare, the enemy's air support has arrived!"
Li Qiufan naturally saw this scene and immediately issued orders to the two air defense battalions.
Before that, he had guessed that the enemy would send a large number of aircraft to assist the First Marine Division and the 24th Infantry Division in breaking out, so he had already arranged the two air defense battalions into the frontline positions.
But the enemy's determination this time was beyond Li Qiufan's expectation. In order to rescue the 1st Marine Division and the 24th Infantry Division, Commander Meiguo directly gave a death order to the Navy Headquarters.
When the enemy planes were about to arrive over the Fourth Army, the two anti-aircraft battalions opened fire and directly shot down three enemy planes in the front row.
But the enemy pilots seemed to have not seen it at all, and continued to dive despite the dense firepower net, and then dropped aerial bombs on the Fourth Army's position.
In an instant, there were constant explosions in the Fourth Army's position, and the cost of the enemy's successful bombing was the loss of four more aircraft.
The enemy aircraft did not return after the bombing, but continued to use cannons to harass and attack the Fourth Army's positions.
At the same time, dense black dots appeared again in the distant sky, which turned out to be enemy flight formations again.
"Damn it! There's no end! You're bullying me for not having a plane, right?"
Seeing another batch of enemy planes arriving, Li Qiufan cursed angrily.
"Inform the 40th Army and the 42nd Army to pay attention to air strikes. The enemy is coming for air support again!"
After scolding, Li Qiufan quickly asked the correspondent to notify the 40th Army and the 42nd Army to pay attention to the bombing by enemy aircraft.
The commander of the beautiful country was really ruthless this time and directly recalled all the aircraft on other fronts. After replenishing ammunition, he supported Dongduchuanri in batches.
The first batch of enemy planes that arrived were just the exclusive air support formation of the First Marine Division, and those that arrived later were the highlight.
This time, Li Qiufan felt oppressed by the number of enemy aircraft. There were as many as forty or fifty, and they directly conducted covering bombings on the positions of the three armies.
These planes did not stay after the bombing, but returned directly. Looking at the enemy planes flying away from the battlefield, Li Qiufan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But not long after he exhaled this breath, dense black dots appeared in the distant sky again, and they were the enemy's flight formation again.
"It seems that this time I really made a big mistake. The enemy has transferred all their resources to me!"
Seeing the enemy planes arriving one after another, Li Qiufan knew that the enemy was getting impatient, and made up his mind to rescue the 1st Marine Division and the 24th Infantry Division.
And the effect is obvious. With so many aircraft providing cover, the 1st Marine Division and the 24th Infantry Division have withdrawn from their positions and are retreating towards the rear.
But just as the 1st Marine Division and the 24th Infantry Division were about to withdraw from Dongduchuan-ri, the four armies that had been encircled from the rear finally arrived in place.
"Report to the commander, the Second Army reported that it has arrived at the designated location and has engaged the enemy!"
"Report to Commander, the report from the 38th Army has arrived at the designated location..."
"Report to Commander, the report from the First Army has arrived..."
"Report to the commander, the 39th Army reports..."
Just when Li Qiufan felt that he would not be able to retain the 1st Marine Division and the 24th Infantry Division, suddenly several correspondents made reports one after another.
"Finally arrived! Damn it, all seven of my armies are here this time. It depends on whether you have more bombs or I have more soldiers!"
"Order all armies to hold their respective positions, immediately launch an attack on the enemy forces in the encirclement, and kill these idiots for me!"
Li Qiufan was excited. The arrival of the four armies from behind rekindled his hope, and then gave him the order to attack.
Some people are happy, and others are worried. The 1st Marine Division and the 24th Infantry Division were about to escape and ascend to heaven, but unexpectedly they turned around and met love again.
Having just escaped from the clutches of the three armies of the Volunteer Army, they were now plunged into the arms of four armies. The commanders of the 1st Marine Division and the 24th Infantry Division were almost crying.
The beautiful country commander on the other side was also crazy. He sent out so many planes and consumed so many aerial bombs. As soon as he pulled people out of the hole, he fell into another hole.
After venting, the commander of the beautiful country contacted the 1st Cavalry Division and the 3rd Infantry Division and asked them about their current positions.
At this time, the 1st Cavalry Division and the 3rd Infantry Division had returned to the western front and had arrived at Hailong Mountain, not far from Dongduchuanri.
After learning the news, the commander of the beautiful country immediately ordered the 1st Cavalry Division and the 3rd Infantry Division to launch an attack on the Volunteer Army positions, opening a gap to assist the 1st Marine Division and the 24th Infantry Division in breaking through.
At the same time, the 1st and 6th Divisions of the Southern Dynasties on the other side also rushed to the outskirts of Dongduchuan-ri and exchanged fire with the First Army stationed on the right wing.
"Inform the First Army and ask them to ignore the enemy troops in the encirclement. Just attack the Southern Dynasty troops outside first and seal the opening!"
After receiving the news that the rear of the First Army was under attack, Li Qiufan immediately ordered it to stop the attack on the First Marine Division and the 24th Infantry Division. While stabilizing the encirclement, he first repelled the Southern Korean troops behind them. .
