Chapter 386: Worship Offensive
The 7th Brigade of the British Army, which has 7,000 elite soldiers and heavy equipment such as tanks and artillery, is by no means a cannon fodder-level soft bone like the South Korean army, and it will be defeated by the Chinese army!
It should be said that its combat effectiveness is very strong, even if the position of the 6th Battalion of the British Commonwealth, which is responsible for the front-line defense task, is broken through by the Chinese army, with the powerful artillery group and armored units in the hands of the 7th Brigade, it can still carry out a counter-assault on the Chinese army that has broken through, even if it cannot defeat the Chinese army in front of it, but it is still no problem to hold the key point of Guangpingdong.
However, the 7th Brigade of the British Army did not do this, but watched the defense line of the 6th Battalion of the British Commonwealth being broken through, so it didn't say a word, turned around and ran.
Of course not!
On the contrary, the combat effectiveness of the entire British Seventh Brigade is one of the best in the United Nations Army, not to mention that the armies of those small countries cannot be compared with it, and even some meritorious units of the United States in World War II cannot reach the level of the British Seventh Brigade.
But such a strong force, but it has a sense of déjà vu like cannon fodder of the South Korean army, and the reason is very simple, that is, they used the big fish of the Seventh Brigade as bait to drag the attacking Chinese army to a thin and crushed mass, and then buy time for the US troops who retreated to the south of Seoul and were rapidly replenishing.
When the Chinese army's own supplies are exhausted and the offensive bottleneck is reached, the American army, which has been accumulating strength for a long time, will show its sharp saber and slash at the neck of the exhausted Chinese with a wave of its hand......
And this is the magnetic tactic successfully used by General Ridgway, commander of the US Eighth Army, in the just-concluded Fourth Campaign.
However, in the fourth campaign, the United Nations forces successfully used this set of tactics and achieved great results, but due to the first execution, the various departments of the United Nations forces were inevitably somewhat uncoordinated. However, after a whole baptism of actual combat, the United Nations forces, especially the most core US and British armies, have mastered this set of tactics to perfection.
Because of this, when the Volunteer Army launched the fifth campaign, the US army retreated southward without thinking about it, and its purpose was to lengthen the supply line of the Volunteer Army while consuming as much as possible the materials carried by the front-line troops of the Volunteer Army.
For this reason, the US military made an extremely careful estimate of the logistics of the volunteers, and finally came to the conclusion that the amount of materials carried by the front-line troops of the volunteers was only enough for seven days to be used when it was full, and it would be difficult to continue after seven days.
However, it is obviously a very stupid act to wait for the volunteers to fight for seven days, after all, all kinds of accidents occur one after another on the battlefield, and no one dares to guarantee that the material carrying capacity of the volunteers will not be able to fight for ten days and half a month, especially in the face of the cannon fodder troops of the South Korean army.
Even if the materials of the volunteer army are scarce, they can hold out for as long as a month.
Based on this, after fully summing up the lessons and lessons of the fourth campaign, the US military formulated a very targeted method, that is, attrition!
That is, using flexible and changeable tactics, through the situation of positional defensive warfare, counter-assault, and even encounter warfare, while delaying the offensive speed of the volunteers, they consume their ammunition and food to the greatest extent, and have achieved the goal of finally dragging down the volunteers!
Just like flying a kite, no matter how strong the wind is and how high the kite is rolled, the string that pulls the kite must be in your own hands, only in this way can the disobedient "kite" either disintegrate in the air; Or obediently ripped off and crushed into powder......
It's just that this kite puller is something that ordinary people can do, and if he doesn't have super tactical literacy and unyielding will to fight, he can't do it at all.
For this reason, the commander of the US Eighth Army, Li Qiwei, after weighing all the troops in his hands, finally selected only two units to carry out the so-called "kite flying" mission, that is, the US 2nd Infantry Division on the Eastern Front; As for the Western Front, it was the 7th Brigade of the British Army, which was gradually retreating in the direction of Seoul!
Because of this, although the British Seventh Brigade showed a general trend of retreat, it continued to cause a lot of trouble to a certain main division of the Volunteer Army that was constantly advancing along the way, especially the Royal Tank Battalion commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton, which was extremely active during this time.
From time to time, together with other British troops, they would carry out a beautiful multi-arm coordinated offensive to curb the momentum of a certain main division of the Volunteer Army, causing all units of the division to suffer a lot from the Royal Tank Battalion.
Especially the heavy fire company, all the way down by the royal tank battalion suffered, but every time the old Tang can not fully catch the opponent, but a careless will suffer a big loss, and when you come back to the taste, people have already kicked the accelerator away, leaving you far behind to eat dirt.
In the face of such a royal tank battalion that is more slippery than a loach, Lao Tang is simply depressed to the home, if he simply faces the surprise attack of tanks or infantry, the heavy firepower company with all kinds of high-power support weapons is not afraid at all, the tank comes directly on the armor-piercing shell, if the infantry rushes over, the grenade will go up.
However, what do you do when you encounter a well-coordinated multi-arm combined strike group with ranged firepower that is far superior to that of a heavy firepower company? Hit the tank first with armor-piercing shells? However, the infantry in armored vehicles will quickly advance and encircle your anti-tank forces.
Hit the infantry with grenades? Enemy tanks will step up and provide cover for the infantry!
What's more, they also have ground artillery and sky aviation as fire support......
If the two sides continue to fight like this, Lao Tang is not afraid, as long as the time is extended, even if the British army's multi-arms coordination is good, they can always find flaws, but the problem is that the Royal Tank Battalion is always a shallow taste, and will never entangle with you too much, which makes Lao Tang always have a kind of heavy punch on the cotton ball, and he can't use his strength at all!
In this way, for several days, the battle was not less, but the effect was not obvious, but it consumed a lot of ammunition and materials, especially food, which was definitely decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Not to mention that it is easy to carry, a small piece can be used for a meal, which is much more anti-hunger and much more saving than the fluttering fried noodles.
However, the British army did not know about this situation, and they also calculated the food supply of the volunteers according to the most basic fried noodles, and it didn't matter what happened, and the commander of the British Seventh Brigade finally showed a relieved, but cruel smile.
Immediately picked up the phone and called the Royal Tank Battalion: "Hi, my dear lieutenant colonel, if you are annoyed by which Chinese heavy fire company, then the time for revenge has finally come, because I believe that those poor Chinese are too hungry to stand up!" ”
"Haha~~ I'm waiting for this time!"
Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton's spirit was shocked, and he immediately showed a cold smile, and with a wave of his big hand, he ordered the radio: "Go, use our ample ammunition to fill the stomachs of those yellow-skinned monkeys......