Chapter 472: Chapter 226: Of the 3,200 Polar Bears, 3,191 Annihilated...

It’s as if they can’t be killed.

Even the Blue Star viewers who have been watching the Volunteer Army’s battles are starting to question reality at this moment.

After all, none of the streamers or players have triggered the perspective of the Republic’s Volunteer Army, and it’s becoming difficult to understand how the soldiers of the Volunteer Army are holding on.

You need to know that the United States 31st Regiment here in Xinxing Village holds the honor of ’Arctic Bear Corps,’ a reinforced regiment of the United States.

Just a rough estimate shows the United States 31st Regiment has no fewer than 50 tanks and over 40 artillery pieces.

And with such armored and artillery units, the daily ammunition stockpile of the United States 31st Regiment is unsurprising, but after one night and one day of intense bombardment.

The ammunition stockpile has already hit rock bottom, consumed almost completely.

They even called for aircraft bombing support.

Bombs were relentlessly dropped onto the high ground position.

But on the ’real-time map,’ camouflaged marks representing the Volunteer Army still remain hidden across the mountaintop.

This firepower of the United States reinforced regiment.

If placed on the European Continent.

Except for the British Commonwealth and French Federation, which possess similar armored tanks to withstand somewhat on plains, other countries are almost powerless to resist.

Those satellite countries of the Soviet Union, such as Poland and Czechoslovakia, relying on Soviet equipment with weak anti-tank capability, are even more unable to withstand an armored assault.

If placed in the Asian Region, Africa, the Middle East, etc.

They’re mostly equipped with light infantry or outdated equipment from World War II, with no means to counter.

Facing the armored flood, one can almost imagine the swift collapse.

But now.

The ’mechanized armor’ force that can suppress nearly 90% of nations’ equivalent forces.

Is stuck here in Xinxing Village, with a combat radius of about 2 kilometers and a north-south depth of less than 1.5 kilometers, almost depleted of ammunition, unable to break out.

On the first night of the attack, Volunteer Army soldiers even stormed into the regiment command post, killing the regiment commander.

Such a battle achievement.

Without the player’s or perspective of the Volunteer Army’s side.

Solely based on the troop strength and firepower of both sides.

Many Blue Star players simply can’t fathom how the Volunteer Army achieved this.

At this moment.

The attack from the United States side is still advancing slowly.

Little knowing a new round of close-quarters combat awaits them.

Relying solely on bombardment.

From last night until now, all ammunition has been depleted, with no idea how many napalm bombs have been dropped by aerial support.

Yet Volunteer Army forces still hold the high ground position.

Bombardment cannot regain the high ground.

Using tanks to advance, soldiers on the opposite position fearlessly charge with explosives to destroy their tanks.

And when they finally get close.

The close-quarters life-or-death combat causes a significant number of their weapons and equipment to be unusable to prevent friendly fire, several charges are repelled.

Seemingly repeating in a cycle.

Such scenes, appearing repeatedly.

Completely unsolvable.

Unless one side thoroughly annihilates the other.

But.... is that possible?

Even the soldiers on the United States side have begun to doubt.

And from Lv Hao’s perspective.

The Volunteer Army holding the high ground is just a part; if the map is zoomed out, you’ll see the entire large encirclement fighting in various places.

Even if breaking through the high ground here, the outer encirclement cannot be broken.

Furthermore, at a greater distance, forces representing the Volunteer Army show that approximately two divisions are rapidly advancing here, expected to arrive tonight.

This is simply a deadlock.

And you can also see the Volunteer Army’s determination to annihilate the United States corps here.

Riutang Village, Houpu, and Xinxing Village in these three directions.

The United States 31st Regiment in Xinxing Village, has been defaulted out by Blue Star players.

It’s just unknown how many days they can last, or whether they might get lucky and escape.

It’s a pity.

Doomed to fail.

After the first night’s full attack revealed far more enemies than expected in the Changjin Lake region.

The Volunteer Army quickly targeted the enemies here in Xinxing Village.

If unable to annihilate them together, then eliminate them one by one.

As two divisions from the Volunteer Army were sent to reinforce Xinxing Village.

Even the United States 31st Regiment, which held the honor of ’Arctic Bear Corps,’ began to gradually collapse.

First, the ammunition was exhausted, followed by severely insufficient air-drop supplies.

After holding for just one day.

The defensive works of the United States 31st Regiment gradually collapsed under the attack of the Volunteer Army.

While heavy weapons like the United States’ M19 self-propelled artillery ran out of ammunition and, without resupply, began dismantling and destroying these heavy weapons.

The next day.

Originally with a total force of over 3,200 soldiers, the United States 31st Regiment, after 4 days of fierce battle, was left with only 2,000 men, attempting a breakout under temporary commander Lt. Col. Faith.

Among them....just the wounded filled 25 trucks.

In Lv Hao’s livestream.

Noon.

The United States 31st Regiment attempting a breakout was slowly moving south.

trucks filled with wounded, led by an ammo-depleted M19 self-propelled artillery.

In contrast to the United States soldiers walking on both shallow and deep sides of the trucks.

Lv Hao, due to a leg injury, mixed into the truck; within the 25 trucks were over 600 soldiers with varying degrees of wounds from the 4 days of fighting.

In front, Lt. Col. Faith stood on a jeep shouting:

"Maintain formation! Watch the sides!"

But his voice was soon drowned out by the roaring engines in the sky; four Corsair fighters appeared in the sky.

Quickly sweeping through the sky, heading towards the chasing Volunteer Army forces.

However.

Before these United States soldiers could cheer, a napalm bomb plummeted down.

Boom——!!!

The leading M19 self-propelled artillery instantly became a fireball, with a dozen United States soldiers turning into blazing humans, rolling in agony toward snowdrifts.

Crack——

A piercing sound erupted, making one’s scalp tingle with horror.

Friendly fire, such a novice mistake showing up here.

Lt. Col. Faith’s eyes bulged in rage:

"Such fools! What are they doing?!"

"They should go to a military court!"

The concentrated morale, already teetering on collapse because of this friendly fire.

Many soldiers started howling and scattered, running away.

And although they bombed their own.

Those four Corsair fighters did play their role, keeping the tight-chased Volunteer Army forces from continuing pursuit due to the firepower bombing.

But.... despite no rear pursuit.

Along all routes to Houpu, Volunteer Army forces still lay ambush.

Nightfall.

The 25-truck breakout convoy of the United States traversed the rugged mountain road with difficulty, its headlights weak amidst the snow fog.

The rugged mountain road brimming with frost made accelerating impossible for trucks, as even slight acceleration risked sliding in place.

Suddenly, harsh brake sounds emerged from the front, followed by piercing metal-on-metal collision sounds.

Ratatatatata——

Lt. Col. Faith roared angrily on the jeep:

"Ambush! Reverse!!"

But it was already too late.

Boom!

Several mortar shells descended, detonating the convoy.

Soldiers began scrambling blindly.

Some trucks packed with wounded slid uncontrollably toward the cliff.

Then came the massive crash sounds as trucks tumbled down the cliff, utterly shattering the fleeing United States soldiers’ morale.

Lv Hao, limping among the soldiers, also ran towards the base of the mountain.

Faith’s angry voice rang from behind but abruptly stopped.

Lv Hao looked back.

This United States 31st Regiment’s temporary commander was struck down by a bullet to the chest amidst chaotic soldiers, with no one paying him any mind....

The last vestige of the ’Arctic Bear Corps’ completely collapsed at this moment.

At dawn, the final batch of remaining United States 31st Regiment enemies were annihilated in the Houpu, Xinda Village line.

Sealing the battle of Xinxing Village with a bloody full stop.

In 5 days of fighting, over 3,200 of the United States reinforced regiment perished, with 3,191 slain.

Captured were 18 tanks, over 300 vehicles, and all artillery, along with the symbol of honor—the Arctic Bear Regimental Flag—all becoming Volunteer Army spoils.

After Xinxing Village, the next target is Riutang Village.

But the annihilation of the United States 31st Regiment is so shocking that the United States Marine Division 1 has received orders from the command.

Retreat entirely.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com