Chapter 843 War is approaching (two in one chapter)
Time: December 26, 1950, early in the morning.
Location: Near the 38th Parallel, somewhere on a US military position.
Two days ago, the unlucky Lieutenant General Walker died in an unfortunate car accident; and the position of commander of the Eighth Army Group he held was taken over by the famous General Li Qiwei.
By the way, that's the one who likes to hang a grenade and a first aid kit on his chest.
At such a special time, the new commander of the Eighth Army came to this dangerous front line in a simple manner.
After arriving here, even before Li Qiwei came here, she was already mentally prepared.
After preparing the troops under their command, their morale would be quite low under a series of blows and defeats by the Volunteer Army; but when I saw everything in front of me, my heart was still so cold, so cold.
What appeared before him was an army that was extremely panicked.
During these two months, they had been carrying out the orders of their superiors to retreat. It seemed that it had become a habit to retreat and retreat again.
Such a process filled the faces of everyone from soldiers to officers with fear.
In Li Qiwei's eyes, the location selection of this headquarters had no rules at all.
It was actually built on an open, muddy open space; it was surrounded by mountains on three sides, which was particularly suitable for the volunteers to carry out the tactics of outflanking and raiding.
In the headquarters, all kinds of equipment are randomly placed like garbage.
In the headquarters tent, there was a diaper-like tablecloth on the commander's table, with several 10-cent cans on it, which were said to be dinner for the commander.
As soon as Li Qiwei entered the headquarters, the tent was surrounded by soldiers who had heard the news.
They looked at Li Qiwei with confused eyes, waiting for the new commander to give the order to continue retreating until they were allowed to completely withdraw from the Korean Peninsula and get out of this damn war.
Retreat? Of course it is impossible to retreat.
As a lieutenant general, Li Qiwei understood very well that the great Uncle Sam's family was at its peak now because it led the Allied forces to victory in World War II.
It is also a critical moment to lead a group of young people to confront the evil idiots and fight for the right to speak on this planet. We will never allow such a huge defeat to be accepted.
Therefore, after Li Qiwei comforted the soldiers, she began to leave in a hurry.
On the way back, he began to think hard about one thing: how to break the current extremely bad situation of the Eighth Army.
Needless to say, it took Li Qiwei 25 years to be promoted from a non-commissioned officer to a brigadier general. During this period, he had served and advanced training experience in many Guojiahe areas, and he was a very pragmatic grassroots general.
By the time he returned to the headquarters, he already had an idea in mind.
After giving a few instructions to the adjutant, the adjutant was immediately surprised, but after agreeing, he went down and started to prepare.
After a short period of time, the adjutant and several soldiers brought over everything Li Qiwei requested.
Among them were dry food, shoes and socks, military uniforms, weapons and other things that they had exchanged with the volunteers in previous battles, as well as a few prisoners.
It would be a bit confusing not to mention the adjutant. In his eyes, these things can undoubtedly be associated with rags.
There are also a few prisoners of the Volunteer Army. What use can they have?
Li Qiwei naturally had his own intention in asking the adjutant to prepare all this; he was wondering if he could see something different from the equipment that was exchanged in the hands of the volunteers.
After some careful observation, Li Qiwei really saw something.
For example: When Li Qiwei looked at the cotton-padded clothes of the volunteers, she found that these bloated clothes did not have the rain- and snow-proof nylon coating used in soldiers' uniforms.
Therefore, it makes no sound when crawling in the snow and is very suitable for hiding. However, once it gets wet, wearing this kind of clothing will be a disaster.
After he picked up a few bolt-action rifles, as well as different submachine guns such as M3 and Bobosha, he looked at them.
It can be determined that the Volunteer Army seriously lacks automatic weapons in light weapons; and the gap in anti-armor weapons and anti-aircraft weapons is even more serious.
Most importantly, he picked up a food bag sewn with coarse cloth.
After opening it, I found some yellow powder inside, which looked a bit like fried flour.
Li Qiwei could swear that just looking at these yellow powders, with such a bad appearance and color, he had no appetite at all.
Just to get to know his opponent better, he still grabbed a handful and stuffed it into his mouth.
At most two or three seconds later, Li Qiwei coughed violently like a terminal tuberculosis patient; while coughing, she spit out the yellow flour she had just eaten.
Brother Su! This feeling is terrible.
It was when he felt like he had eaten a handful of sand, and it choked his throat and the mucous membrane of his mouth, which was indescribably uncomfortable.
God knows that those volunteers ate these things and used them as the only source of heat for their bodies in the freezing and snowy environment of Goryeo.
That is to say, the adjutant saw that something was not going well and quickly brought a pot of water, which made Li Qiwei like a thirsty mule. Only after drinking the whole pot of water did she regain her composure.
Otherwise, the commander of the Eighth Army, who has only been in office for two days, might choke to death like this.
In the end, when he wiped the saliva from his mouth with a handkerchief, and even the tears and snot that had been choked out, the head of the Eighth Army had a very ugly expression on his face.
The reason is as he cursed later:
"Damn it! Our opponents are still using rifles from the last century, they are still eating the same bad food, and even their clothes can't even keep them warm.
But under the blockade of the plane, they actually used their legs to catch up with our wheels, killing and capturing our soldiers.
What kind of power do they have in their bodies that allows them to magically do this? Without studying it clearly, I think we will never be able to defeat such an opponent."
Of course! General Li Qiwei, who has served in the military for many years.
Nor will he completely lose his fighting spirit under the above blow.
After trying hard to calm down his mood, he began to study it seriously, and finally discovered a fatal loophole in the Volunteer Army.
That is the supply of the Volunteer Army. It is not like the soldiers who can supply at any time through convoys or even empty tanks after occupying absolute air superiority.
Compared with the soldiers, they have no logistics at all. Everything they need in battle can only be carried by one person.
The supplies carried, whether they are food or ammunition, can only last for a week at most.
Once it is used up, there is no way to get any replenishment from your side during the battle.
After thinking of this, Li Qiwei's spirit became extremely high; in the following time, he asked several more prisoners of the Volunteer Army.
Finally, after considering all the above situations.
Under his continuous conception and improvement, Li Qiwei came up with what would later be called the 'magnetic tactics' or the 'worship offensive'...
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At the same time, somewhere along the straight line from the 38th Parallel, it was actually not too far away.
"Lao Hu, Lao Yang and the others sent a telegram~"
After Zhan Ge trotted over, he first took a look at the nearby location and saw that there were no other volunteer soldiers, and then secretly thrust a telegram into Hu Biao's hand.
The whole process seemed very cautious and secretive.
There is no way! Based on the current status of the Zhongzhou team, the highest position they have is Hu Biao, who holds the position of deputy squad leader on his head, not even a serious officer.
Wouldn't it be very suspicious if, in front of other volunteers, he took out a radio at every turn and started ticking reports to the outside world?
Therefore, after officially joining the 148th Division, he could only sneak out with Hanshuang for about half an hour every day and use the radio to communicate with the outside world.
Try to see if you can use the agreed frequencies to contact other teams such as Maozi.
As a result, during today's contact, I don't know if other teams were contacted, but I received a telegram from Lao Yang.
After picking up the telegram, Hu Biao read it ten lines at a time, then tore the note in his hand into pieces, and finally crushed it into a small ball of paper and flicked it into a certain snowdrift with his fingers.
The telegram sent by Lao Yang did not contain anything too important.
I just told Hu Biao and the others that the results of their last mission may have been due to the corrections made by the system, but they did not change the overall process of history.
According to the information Yang Dongli learned, the old man is just like the original timeline.
Regarding the current Goryeo battlefield and the overall international situation, the same instructions were given:
To overcome and endure all difficulties, the Volunteer Army must cross the 38th Parallel; even if they stop to rest shortly after crossing the line, they must resolutely cross the line.
After seeing the above instructions, Hu Biao understood that they represented one thing:
Five days later, that is, on December 31, the third battle will still start on time; at that time, the first phase of this mission will also be officially triggered.
As for the specific content? Hu Biao couldn’t guess.
But one thing is for sure, with the system seeming to be getting more and more screwed up lately, it won't be easy.
After thinking about this, Hu Biao asked Zhan Song on the side: "By the way! Have you contacted other teams?"
"No? Hanshuang has started to try happiness for the second time, but still hasn't contacted any team."
After hearing Hu Biao's question, Zhan Ge answered.
Under such a statement, Hu Biao raised his wrist and glanced at the time; he realized that they had been out for almost half an hour, and if they did not return to the station, they might be suspected by others.
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For this reason, he said to the war song:
"Forget it, go tell Ma Gan and the others that this is the end of the day, and we will contact you again tomorrow; anyway, I always feel that this time the team battle will not be that simple."
After hearing this, Zhan Ge ran away again, notifying Han Shuang, Lang Qing and the other two who were hiding in a secret location to send the message, put away the radio and returned.
In the following time, the four of them pretended that nothing happened and returned to their company's station.
But what they didn't know was that when Han Shuangcai turned off the radio, he was near a People's Army camp at most 30 kilometers away from them.
Captain Jin, the commander of the North Korea team, hurried to a remote mountain ridge with several of his men.
After arriving here, Captain Jin hurriedly ordered to his men:
"Quick, we only have half an hour at most. A patrol team will pass by by then. Take the time to contact us and see if we can contact other teams.
I don’t know why, but I always feel that this team battle is a bit evil.”
It has to be said that whether it is Hu Biao of Zhongzhou Team or Captain Jin of North Korea Team, based on some long-term mission experience and understanding of which parts of the system are cheating.
I vaguely discovered that this team battle mission seems not that simple.
It's just that by some mistake or due to deliberate arrangements by the system, they have been unable to contact any friendly teams, so there is no way to say there is any cooperation between the two sides.
If he knew this, Hu Biao must have wanted to dismantle the system.
The question is, what are the petals of some operations in the system?
So at this moment, on the other side of the 38th Parallel, John's family was also famous during World War II, and was stationed in the 'Royal Heavy Tank Battalion' that achieved brilliant results in the Normandy region.
The commander of John's team is Henry, who is said to be part of the Mountbatten-Windsor family.
Looking at the water in front of me, there were a total of 31 Centurion heavy tanks, and my heart was filled with some complicated emotions.
The reason is very simple. In the original historical line, this John family's ace unit was completely wiped out by an opponent who didn't even have serious anti-tank weapons, and only had some anti-tank grenades, explosive packs, and blasting tubes.
Even the major battalion commander was captured alive by the volunteers.
Such a glorious victory was so proud of the Rabbit family members in later generations, and how shameful it was for Henry and other old white men.
But when John's team and his Lord, Baron Henry, arrive, everything will be different.
With the presence of people like them, the powerful Royal Heavy Tank Battalion will definitely be able to crush its opponents.
After thinking about this, he said to a subordinate next to him:
"Mr. Billy, please contact Uncle Sam's team immediately and tell Dr. Jonathan that we hope they will exchange information with us in a timely manner when the first phase of the mission is triggered."
Even though he was wearing a military uniform, he still had the temperament of a butler, Billy.
After hearing the words, he said respectfully: "Yes, Lord Baron~"
Yes, that's right! As the Central Continent team, John's team is the opponent in this mission, and now it has actually contacted Uncle Sam's team.
The two teams are even discussing cooperation.
From this point of view, it seems that the system is another rip-off, and after the system mission is over, if Hu Biao and the others are lucky enough to survive, they can seek compensation from the system again.
However, in this mission, the system still did a pretty good job in balancing; it cannot be said to be absolutely balanced, but it is much better than before.
John's team and others have their advantages, but Hu Biao and his team's layout for the previous mission was somewhat unfair.
Hu Biao and several others put the radio into the space ring and pretended to be coming back from a walk outside.
Before even reaching the camp, I saw Erpang, the fastest member of the team, running over in a flash. From far away, he kept shouting:
"Lao Hu, Lao Hu~"
At first, when Hu Biao saw this movement, his heart suddenly skipped a beat. He thought it was some careless member of the team, but now he had caused some trouble and was waiting for him to go back and wipe his ass.
Fortunately, he hadn't even cursed him with the sentence "You've done evil~", and the subsequent curses didn't even begin.
Brother Zhan Ge, who knew this guy very well, was reminded by his adjutant: "Old Hu, hold on tight, it seems like it's a good thing to look at that guy."
It was indeed a good thing. After the second fat man ran closer, he panted and told Hu Biao:
"Lao Hu, great news!
The Volunteer Army logistics has just transported a batch of new equipment. Our 442nd Regiment probably has important combat missions this time, and we have been assigned some. Now everyone is watching it."
"Oh, what equipment?" Hu Biao couldn't help but ask as he saw the excitement on Erpang's face.
However, after Er Pang heard this, he said mysteriously: "You will find out when you go back. After reading it, I guarantee you will be very happy."
After hearing such an answer, Hu Biao was aroused...