The commander of the beautiful country has made up his mind. The western front will mainly focus on defense. At worst, he will retreat directly to the south bank of the Han River.
Then the Eastern Front launched a comprehensive counterattack, taking advantage and helping the Western Front relieve the pressure.
Under the order of the commander of the beautiful country, the enemy troops on the eastern front began to counterattack against the Third Corps, and they fought extremely fiercely.
After noticing the enemy's counterattack, the old brigade commander immediately ordered the frontline troops to pretend to be defeated and gradually shrink the defense line backward.
And every time they retreated a certain distance, the old brigade commander would ask the troops to fight back, and then pretend to be defeated and flee again.
Let alone the enemy, Li Qiufan might take this move seriously.
Therefore, the enemy always thought it was their contribution, and the third corps was retreating steadily.
In this way, the old brigade commander spent two days leading the enemy troops to the Gapyeong area. During this period, the enemy troops did not have any suspicion. Even the commander of the beautiful country did not find anything wrong.
After entering the Gapyeong area, the old brigade commander felt that it was time to change the line, and then immediately issued an order to the Third Corps, asking it to quickly retreat to the rear, bypass Shangjianfeng and march to the western front.
While the Third Corps was heading to the Western Front, the old brigade commander notified Li Qiufan and told him that the Western Front could move.
"Correspondent, order the Thirteenth Corps to retreat toward the Uijeongbu!"
"Notify the First Corps to follow the Thirteenth Corps to withdraw to Uijeongbu, then turn towards Shuluoshan, then pass through Guam-ri and Yubang Mountain and go straight to Yangping, and cross the river from Yangpying to the south bank!"
After receiving the news from the old brigade commander, Li Qiufan immediately issued a retreat order to the 1st Corps and the 13th Corps, asking the two corps to withdraw to the Uijeongbu area.
The 13th Corps withdrew to the Uijeongbu area to wait for the arrival of the 3rd Corps, while the 1st Corps was to go around from Uijeongbu to Suluoshan, using the cover of the mountains and forests to penetrate in the direction of Yangpyeong.
After receiving Li Qiufan's order, the two regiments immediately began to retreat toward the rear.
When the enemy saw this, they were very confused and didn't understand why the volunteer troops suddenly retreated.
The commander of the beautiful country was also very puzzled after receiving the news, and could not understand why the volunteer troops on the western front retreated.
After thinking hard, the commander of the beautiful country felt that the volunteers might have to mobilize troops from the western front to supplement the eastern front, so they retreated to distance themselves from them.
Because the enemy troops were advancing very smoothly on the eastern front at this time, and had already reached the Gapyeong area from Qingpingchuan River, and the volunteer troops on the eastern front were still retreating at this time.
That's why the commander of the beautiful country thought that the volunteers would mobilize troops from the western front to support the eastern front.
After figuring out what was going on, the commander of the beautiful country suddenly became excited, and then issued orders to the troops in the Seoul area to pursue the volunteers on the western front.
The commander of the beautiful country wanted to hold back the volunteer troops on the western front, prevent them from supporting the eastern front, and then push forward with all their strength from the eastern front.
This result was beyond Li Qiufan's expectation. He did not expect that the commander of the beautiful country would have such a thinking and rushed to help them complete this action plan.
Originally, Li Qiufan was worried that retreating would arouse the suspicion of the enemy, so he retreated directly to the south bank of the Han River.
Unexpectedly, the commander of the beautiful country directly sent out the troops and launched a pursuit against them.
However, even if the enemy retreats to the south bank of the Han River, Li Qiufan has a countermeasure for this situation, which is to have one corps launch a surprise attack from behind the enemy's rear, and the two corps on the front directly cross the Han River. They will still be surrounded, but there may be casualties. It will be bigger.
But as far as the current situation is concerned, the second plan is obviously no longer needed, and the enemy is actively assisting them.
"Order the Thirteenth Corps to establish a defense line in the Uijeongbu area to block the pursuing enemy troops!"
"Notify the three heavy artillery brigades of the armored division to build artillery positions as quickly as possible and prepare to suppress the attacking enemy with artillery fire!"
"In addition, inform the tank regiment and the air defense regiment to be ready, and be sure to wait until the third corps arrives!"
After learning that the enemy was pursuing them, Li Qiufan immediately issued a blocking order to the Thirteenth Corps.
Because the First Corps had already set off towards Shuiluoshan at this moment, the Thirteenth Corps certainly could not continue to retreat.
If we continue to withdraw, the enemy is likely to detect the whereabouts of the first regiment, and then the entire plan will come to nothing.
So Li Qiufan asked the Thirteenth Corps to directly block the attack, and at the same time sent a telegram to the old brigade commander, urging him to speed up and enter the Western Front.
After the enemy troops caught up to the Uijeongbu area, the 13th Corps had already built defensive positions and was waiting for the enemy troops to attack.
The enemy also discovered something was wrong. The number of volunteers on the position was much smaller than before.
After receiving the news, the commander of the beautiful country thought for a moment and determined that the Volunteer Army was dividing its troops to support the Eastern Front. Then he immediately issued an attack order to the troops on the Western Front and asked them to force the Volunteer Army troops who went to the Eastern Front to support them to come back. .
At the same time, the carrier-based aircraft on the beautiful country's aircraft carrier also dispatched collectively again, flying in the direction of Uijeongbu.
On the Western Front, after receiving the order from the commander of the beautiful country, the enemy troops immediately launched an attack on the position of the Thirteenth Corps.
The 3rd Infantry Division and the 1st Cavalry Division of the Beautiful Country directly gathered all the howitzers in one place and provided comprehensive artillery coverage to the 13th Corps position.
Fortunately, Li Qiufan's three heavy artillery brigades stayed here, and they had the reserves of artillery shells they had captured before, and they fired directly back at the enemy's positions.
The battle between the two sides was about to break out. The heavy artillery on both sides directly launched a bombardment, and the entire Uijeongbu area was shrouded in explosions.
The 1st Cavalry Division then dispatched a large number of mobile troops to cover the charge of the soldiers of the 6th Division and the 3rd Infantry Division of the Southern Dynasty.
Li Qiufan was well prepared. When he saw the mobile troops of the 1st Cavalry Division emerging, he immediately ordered the tank regiment to intercept them.
The battle between the two sides was fierce because the enemy wanted to put pressure on Li Qiufan's side and force their supposed support troops to return.
The regiment, regarded by the enemy as supporting the eastern front, had already passed Shuiluoshan and was heading towards the Jiuyanli area.
At the same time, at the urging of Li Qiufan, the old brigade commander had led the Third Corps to the county area and was about to enter the Western Front.
"Correspondent, contact the Volunteer Army Headquarters immediately and request Shisi to send fighter and bomber divisions to support the Western Front!"
Facing two full divisions of the Beautiful Kingdom, a half-disabled First Marine Division, and a Southern Dynasty Sixth Division, the Thirteenth Corps had a very difficult time resisting, so Li Qiufan immediately applied for air assistance from Zhisi.
