Moreover, Li Qiufan not only applied for air assistance from the Volunteer Army, but also temporarily incorporated the air defense units of the 38th Army and the 42nd Army into the air defense regiment.
The air defense regiment then went directly to the front line for deployment, waiting for the arrival of enemy aircraft.
"Reporting to the commander-in-chief, our department received a call from the Third Corps and the Ninth Corps. They are about to enter the Gwacheon area!"
As the saying goes, people are in high spirits during happy events, and the cannon must be fired twice. He had just dragged back the enemy troops who were about to escape, and the telegrams from the Third Corps and the Ninth Corps arrived shortly after.
"It's so damn timely. What you need is what you need!"
"Reply to the Third Corps and the Ninth Corps immediately, send the coordinates of our army, and ask them to come over as soon as possible!"
After hearing the correspondent's report, Li Qiufan immediately patted his thigh excitedly.
The Third Corps and the Ninth Corps arrived at just the right time, and now there was no need to worry about the enemy troops running out.
With more than 200,000 troops, if the enemy troops escape again, then Li Qiufan can find a manhole and choke himself to death.
"Reporting to the commander-in-chief, the deputy commander-in-chief called, the 19th Corps and the 13th Corps have passed through the Guangzhou area and are about to arrive at Guozhu Peak!"
Li Qiufan had just asked the correspondent to reply to the Third Corps and the Ninth Corps, and then another correspondent came to him.
This time I received a telegram from the old brigade commander. The two armies of the 19th Corps and the 13th Corps had passed through the Guangzhou area and were about to reach Guozhu Peak.
After arriving at the Guju Peak area, the two armies of the 19th Corps and the 13th Corps can spread out their troops and directly surround Gwacheon.
"Old brigade commander and the others have agreed upon this, right? Why do they all come to report their positions at once?"
After hearing the correspondent's report, Li Qiufan couldn't help but wonder if the old brigade commander and others had discussed it and chose this time to send him a telegram.
"Reply to the deputy commander immediately. The enemy seems to have discovered our army's intentions and wants to evacuate from the Gwacheon area."
"However, our army has intercepted the enemy troops and contained them in the Gwacheon area. Deputy Commander-in-Chief, please rest assured!"
"In addition, send a telegram to the Ninth Corps, telling the Ninth Corps not to come to our army's position, and to have them go directly to Naebi Mountain on the south side of Gwacheon to completely block the enemy's retreat!"
After shaking his head helplessly, Li Qiufan asked the correspondent to reply to the old brigade commander.
The order to the Ninth Corps was then modified, allowing it to reroute directly to Naebi Mountain on the south side of Gwacheon to block the enemy's path south.
As a result, Li Qiufan led the 1st and 3rd Corps to the west, the 9th Corps to the south, and the old brigade commander was leading the 19th and 13th Corps to encircle them from the east.
The only way for the enemy to retreat is to the north, but if they go north, the Han River will block the way. It can be said that this time they have completely become a turtle in the urn.
The enemy troops still don't know what kind of situation they are about to face, and are trying their best to get rid of the entanglement of the First Army and other units, preparing to retreat east or south.
But before they could get rid of the First Army and other units, the Third Army arrived.
With the addition of three more armies, the enemy was almost desperate.
They couldn't get rid of the original four armies, but now three more armies came, which directly stopped their thoughts of evacuating.
With the arrival of the Third Corps, enemy aircraft also arrived.
In order to ensure the breakout of these six infantry divisions and one cavalry division, the commander of the beautiful country directly issued an order to the naval headquarters, asking all its carrier-based aircraft that were not out on missions to fly to the Gwacheon area for reinforcements.
The magnitude of the scene this time shocked even Li Qiufan. The sight of the enemy's huge fleet of aircraft made his scalp numb, and he couldn't even count how many there were.
"Communicator, notify the air defense regiment immediately that the enemy's aircraft is coming and prepare them to intercept!"
"Also send a report to the Volunteer Army Headquarters and ask how long it will take for our air support to arrive!"
After a brief period of confusion, Li Qiufan asked the correspondent to notify the air defense regiment to prepare for interception. At the same time, he sent a telegram to the Volunteer Army Headquarters to inquire about the arrival time of the air assistance.
As soon as Li Qiufan finished speaking, the enemy aircraft entered the defense line of the air defense regiment, and then more than two hundred anti-aircraft armored vehicles opened fire.
With the addition of the air defense units of the 38th Army and the 42nd Army, and the supply of ammunition, the firepower of the air defense regiment became even more fierce.
The crossfire network formed by more than two hundred anti-aircraft armored vehicles directly blocked the enemy aircraft.
The dozens of enemy planes had no time to react, and were directly hit by self-propelled anti-aircraft machine guns, and then fell to the ground in thick smoke.
When the enemy pilots following behind saw this, they immediately changed their flight direction and began to climb.
But the anti-aircraft regiment did not let them go. Dozens of anti-aircraft guns immediately began to capture the target and bombarded the enemy aircraft in the air.
"Our air defense weapons are still too few. If this continues, enemy aircraft will break through the defense line and fly over sooner or later."
"Correspondent, notify the Third Corps immediately and ask them to mobilize all the air defense units to deploy a second interception line of defense, as many as possible!"
This air-to-air battle attracted the attention of everyone on both sides, and Li Qiufan was naturally paying attention.
Although the air defense regiment now has more than 200 self-propelled anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, Li Qiufan could see that it was only a matter of time before the enemy aircraft broke through and intercepted them.
In order to ensure the operations of the ground troops, Li Qiufan immediately asked the correspondent to issue orders to the Third Corps.
Let it mobilize all the air defense units in the corps to form a second interception line of defense.
The result was just as Li Qiufan expected. The enemy broke through the interception defense line of the air defense regiment after losing more than thirty aircraft.
Fortunately, the air defense forces of the Third Corps have been deployed and a second line of interception defense has been established.
However, although the Third Corps mobilized all air defense units, they could not compare with Li Qiufan's air defense regiment in terms of quantity and quality.
The entire Third Corps has only more than 30 self-propelled anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns in total, and most of them are old items captured by the National Army and the Japanese in the past.
Such weapons, equipment and quantity could not stop the enemy aircraft at all, and the enemy aircraft broke through the defense line again without lingering for a long time.
And just when the enemy planes were about to fly over the positions of the First Army and other troops, a huge fleet of aircraft appeared again in the distant sky.
What came this time was not an enemy plane, but flying from north to south. It was the Volunteer Air Force sent by the Volunteer Army Command for reinforcements.
