Master Zheng was anxious in his heart, but he never showed it on his face. He put out his cigarette and stared at the map with a calm expression on his face.
Deputy Commander Duan stepped forward and said to Zhao Guobang: "Hurry up! Continue to contact the XPCC Radio Station!"
Zhao Guobang responded immediately: "Yes!"
Commander Zheng looked away from the map and said to Deputy Commander Duan: "Old Duan, it's useless to worry now. The Corps must have encountered some problem. As long as the Corps' radio station is turned on, they will definitely contact us. Come here first.
one time."
In fact, Commander Zheng is more anxious than Deputy Commander Duan right now. After today's battle, each regiment suffered a lot of losses. Many seriously wounded soldiers came down from the front line. In addition to adjusting the deployment of troops, they also have to relax a little.
The nerves gathered back again, and a more complicated situation came.
Contact with the regiment was lost, and it was difficult to replenish food and ammunition, and to transport the seriously wounded backwards.
Since joining the Red Army in 1929, Commander Zheng has been fighting for more than 20 years. As the number one commander of the division, he is experienced and calm in handling and operating various emergencies in frontline battles, even if
Even in this unprecedented harsh environment, he still behaved very calmly.
At present, in addition to ordering the communications troops to continue to contact the regiment, they also have to deal with today's various battles. Judging from the situations submitted by each regiment, today's battle has been quite unfavorable to them. Even at night, the battles on the front can still be heard.
There was a lot of flying, and the roar of cannons.
"The Americans are going to wait until the next day. They don't want to give us any time!"
Teacher Zheng lit up another cigarette, and his chaotic thoughts almost overwhelmed him.
On the way to transfer, when the Corps organization passed through the area east of Shanyang-ri, it was blocked and bombed by enemy planes day and night. Two radio cars were blown up, and the radio personnel and confidential personnel in the cars had also escaped, left behind, and disappeared.
Two days later, these missing translator comrades and confidential personnel returned to the Corps. After they were separated from the main army, they walked hungry for two days before finding the main army.
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The U.S. military's counterattack on May 23 was the seventh day after the Chinese and North Korean troops launched the second phase of the offensive in the fifth battle.
Seven days is the time period when our soldiers use up all the food they carry. Every soldier of the enemy knows this. When they know that the Volunteers have no food, they will increase their offensive. It is not that the Volunteers fell into Li Qiwei’s plan of the offensive, but
The reason is that the logistics strength cannot be compared with that of the US military. It also proves that the volunteers do not have an advantage when competing with the enemy in terms of food and ammunition consumption.
However, this does not mean that the Volunteer Army has no chance of winning. The Volunteer Army can also compete with the enemy in fighting will. As General Liang Yulin recalled: "Our soldiers can endure much hardship than the US military."
In short, no matter how long the war goes on, the volunteer soldiers are not afraid of sacrifice at all, while the US military is afraid of death.
This is the only chance of victory for the Volunteer Army.
The one who faced off against the Commander-in-Chief of the Volunteer Army was Van Fleet, who succeeded Ridgway as Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Army. Van Fleet encountered the fifth battle launched by the Volunteer Army as soon as he took office. He is a typical firepower theorist.
, strongly advocates the use of fierce firepower to eliminate the enemy's effective forces, thereby reducing one's own losses.
It was also under the guidance of Van Fleet that the U.S. Army fought fairly well in the second phase of the Fifth Battle, especially the Eighth Army, which was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic. During the defense, special emphasis was placed on keeping up with the Volunteer Army's pursuit troops.
distance, continue to use heavy firepower to attack the spearhead of the Volunteer Army's attack. When the offensive is turned, boldly intersperse, seize the commanding heights and ferries, suddenly insert multiple troops, and then carry out in-depth movements.
In the subsequent summer offensive, under the command of Van Fleet, 360,000 rounds of artillery shells were consumed in just nine days. His method of attack was later called "Van Fleet's ammunition quantity".
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It is not that the Volunteer Army has no way to deal with Van Fleet's style of play. Understanding the enemy in battle is the experience summed up by our army from the Anti-Japanese War to the Liberation War. The Volunteer Army has a deep understanding of the enemy and then cracks the enemy's
Tactics, this is a major characteristic of the commanders of the Volunteer Army.
Right now, the U.S. Tenth Army that has been fighting against the 180th Division in the past few days is the main force under Van Fleet's Eighth Army. Its commander is Almond. This guy is not famous in the battlefield to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea.
, he did not fight well in the battle, but he was later widely criticized by many historians. It was these criticisms that made him famous.
Because of his guidance errors, his Tenth Army was too dispersed in northeastern Korea and was defeated by the Ninth Corps of the Volunteer Army.
At the beginning, Almond's popularity was not good, and his relationship management in the US military command system was average. He had a very bad relationship with Lieutenant General Walker, the previous commander of the Eighth Army. Later, Lieutenant General Walker was pursued by the Volunteer Army and sat down.
The jeep escaped and fell to his death. This actually gave Almond an opportunity to grow and understand the importance of connections. Therefore, after Ridgway became the commander of the Eighth Army, he got along better with him.
Ridgway had just entered Korea and urgently needed the respect of his subordinates. He took Almond's olive branch into his hands. Soon, Ridgway reported to his superiors that Almond was an enterprising commander under his command. Although the U.S. Tenth Army
Although his reputation was greatly damaged after being defeated by the Ninth Corps of the Volunteer Army, Ridgway retained his position as commander and allowed him to continue serving and participated in the fifth battle.
Almond also vowed to avenge his disgrace in the fifth battle.
Who would have thought that in the second stage of the Fifth Battle, Almond would encounter the 180th Division. The 180th Division was like an insurmountable gap, causing Almond to lose time and also his effective strength. Post-Korea
After the war, Almond retired from the Army in 1953 and worked as an insurance agent for another ten years.
At this time, Almond did not realize that he might have to work as an insurance company for ten years. At this moment, he was very ambitious to annihilate the 180th Division.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Commander Zheng of the 180th Division is a commander with a completely different personality from Almond. In this battle, Commander Zheng continued to command operations based on his previous domestic combat experience. At the same time, he
We have also been actively understanding the enemy and exploring the characteristics of the enemy in order to adjust countermeasures.
Learning in war is a necessary skill for every commander of the volunteer army.
In fact, at this stage, most volunteer army commanders are still accustomed to guerrilla tactics as their guiding ideology. However, as far as the current Korean battlefield is concerned, factors such as unfamiliar terrain and lack of intelligence determine that guerrilla tactics cannot play a big role.
Therefore, using large corps and interspersed with large movements was the main combat method in the early days of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, and it was the correct combat method.
Logistics cannot keep up and it is too backward. Take this battle as an example. Originally, the 180th Division of the 60th Army was a reserve force. The ammunition and food of the 180th Division were supplied according to the standards of the reserve force.
, this will be one to two days less than the food maintenance time of the combat troops, and the ammunition base is only two bases more.
The situation suddenly changed, and the reserve force turned into a combat force... The weaknesses in the logistics support capabilities were suddenly revealed, and all the loopholes in the operations of the large volunteer army were revealed one by one after the 180th Division served as a combat force.
Therefore, after the fifth battle ended, there was no sixth battle.
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At this stage of the battle, our army's combat effectiveness is at the end of its tether. What the whole city is fighting for is courage, courage, and the fighting will to sacrifice and win.
Since the second stage of the Fifth Battle, when it officially fought against the US military, the 180th Division has begun to obtain information about the enemy through battle summaries. Currently, Commander Zheng and others cannot fully understand the US Tenth Army, but they also know more than
One and a half stars.
The commanders of the 180th Division were all working nervously. Deputy Commander Duan, Chief of Staff Wang, Director Wu and Commander Zheng had not slept for several days, their eyes were bloodshot, and their whole bodies looked...
Very vicissitudes of life.
Deputy Commander Duan sat on the stool and read the documents for a while, then he fell asleep with his head tilted on the table. No one had the heart to wake him up and wanted him to sleep a little longer. He was really too sleepy.
Mr. Zheng yawned repeatedly and smoked cigarette after cigarette, hoping to relieve his mental fatigue.
The artillery fire on the front line continued to roar, and some stray bullets hit far away and were relatively close to the division's fingers. With a bang, the division's fingers trembled slightly, the table shook slightly, and Deputy Division Commander Duan sat up with a bang, his eyes covered with blood.
Full of thin blood streaks.
Chief of Staff Wang heard the noise, turned his head, glanced, and said with a smile: "Old Duan, what are you doing? Are you stunned?"
Deputy Commander Duan sat in a daze for a while. He had not yet recovered from his sleepy state. He patted his cheeks to cheer himself up and asked in a hoarse voice: "Old Wang, how long have I been asleep?"
Chief of Staff Wang rolled up his sleeves seriously, looked at his watch, and said, "You only slept for eight minutes."
Deputy Commander Duan was very concerned about the troops on the front line. He rubbed his eyes and yawned repeatedly and said, "I just slept for a while. How are the troops on the front line? Nothing has changed, right?"
Commander Zheng said from the side: "Old Duan, please relax. The front line is still stable. It's not early in the morning yet. Go get some sleep. I'll call you at four o'clock."
Deputy Commander Duan took off his hat and scratched his scalp vigorously, feeling much more awake.
"Drink some water." Director Wu brought a glass of water and handed it to Deputy Commander Duan.
Deputy Commander Duan took it, took a sip, calmed down, and said: "Forget it, I can't sleep anymore. I just had a dream. The Yankees' 155 howitzers kept hitting our position, and many soldiers died.
A few more dropped at the division headquarters.”
When he was fighting against the reactionaries in China, Deputy Commander Duan had experienced the 105 howitzer. This was the first time he encountered the 155 howitzer. It was much more powerful than the 105. It exploded when it hit the ground, and the damage radius around the explosion point could reach 40 to 50 meters.
Mi, the power is terrifying.
Chief of Staff Wang smiled and said: "Old Duan, don't you be afraid of 155? When we were poor and white, we never encountered anything."
Deputy Commander Duan put down the teapot and said: "I'm not afraid, it's just that this damn thing really makes people angry. If the U.S. Tenth Army didn't use this thing to fight with us, the number of casualties in the past few days would not be the same as it is now. Lao Wang
, as you said, the U.S. Tenth Army is equipped with more than 350 57 and 155 howitzers, and we don’t even have room to parry."
Chief of Staff Wang looked at the casualty lists submitted by each company in his hand and couldn't help but said: "Yes, this boy Almond relies on these things to bite us now. He will not let go easily."
Deputy Commander Duan calmed down a little and said: "You have reminded me that Almond may not know at this moment that only our 180th Division is following them to stop them."
Chief of Staff Wang somewhat disagreed with Deputy Commander Duan's opinion and said: "No, I can guarantee that Almond must know about it. Looking at the current attack momentum, it is obvious that he is trying to make dumplings for us and annihilate us."
Deputy Division Commander Duan shook his head: "No, each company has done very well in sniping these two days. It's not easy for him to judge the strength of our troops."
Chief of Staff Wang said: "Forget it, Old Duan, they have two hundred planes. These days, they are buzzing above our heads almost every day. There are quite a few reconnaissance planes alone."
At this time, Commander Zheng said: "Okay, you two, stop arguing. Regardless of whether Almond knows about our troop deployment, we still have to follow the orders of the military to stop him. No matter what the situation is, we will
Be prepared. If you two have time to argue, you might as well come over and study with me the arrangements for tomorrow morning."
"Why don't you just go to bed."
Deputy Commander Duan said seriously: "Don't sleep anymore. The sound of the artillery is so loud. The soldiers on the front line are working hard. We must seize the time to study the next countermeasures."
Chief of Staff Wang said with a smile: "Don't mind, it's still early. It's okay to sleep for a while. I'm a little sleepy."
Deputy Commander Duan pushed his shoulder with his fist and said, "Okay, hurry up."
In fact, Chief of Staff Wang was right this time. Almond already knew that his opponent only had the 180th Division.
Just when Deputy Commander Duan was taking a nap on the table, the U.S. military's transportation troops were still busy at the U.S. Tenth Army station. Vehicle fuel, ammunition supplies, and other supplies were being transported to the station one by one.
In a tent, Almond was sitting on a stool, reading a domestic newspaper. There was half a glass of boiled water on his right hand. Almond would take a sip of the boiled water from time to time, and would not drink it all in one go. It seemed that
A little boring.
Today's attack did not go smoothly. The Chinese's resistance was very tenacious. Even though they already knew that the Chinese army had no food today, the attack was naturally fierce. However, even with such a fierce attack, they could not move their front line forward.
No matter how much we advanced, we fought for a whole day before occupying a few medium-sized positions. This made Almond quite annoyed. He secretly cursed the people on the front line as stupid pigs. The war was even published in the newspapers. The domestic politicians
But everyone is watching.
Especially those with beautiful bodies, Almond really wanted to shoot those guys with a gun. He would do nothing all day long and compare himself to others in the newspaper.