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Chapter 57: Artillery Fire

"Avoid its sharpness, hit its laziness".

This is a sentence in Sun Xiaozi's Art of War, which is usually understood as avoiding the enemy's momentum and edge when a strong enemy is coming, and then striking hard when the enemy is tired. But I don't think that's what it means. Bright. Refined... ８。 A different experience!

For example, now, the U.S. military has built strong fortifications and prepared in the front, which is the enemy's sharpness, but their anti-slope is usually used as a place to rest and camp, and that is their weak point. So now, I prefer to put "avoid its sharpness, hit its laziness." This sentence is understood as bypassing the enemy's sharpness and attacking their weakness.

In fact, there are countless examples of such battles on the battlefield. The most famous, and very similar example of the war we have today, is the Maginot Line, built by France during World War II.

After the end of the First World War, France spent five billion francs in ten years to defend against the invasion of Germany and Italy, and built a defense line about a kilometer long on the Franco-German and French-Italian borders. This line of defense has gathered almost all the advanced technology, manpower and material resources of France, making it an "impenetrable" line of defense. The artillery in the defensive line can even carry out the orders of the superior to 'fire' shells in the three-meter-thick cement fortifications, which can be regarded as the safest line of defense.

But such a line did not play its due role, because the Germans did not break through from the front, but attacked Belgium, climbed over the Ardennes, and 'inserted' directly into the back of the Maginot Line and attacked the city of Paris. In just six weeks, France's military power fell apart, and France surrendered. The Maginot Line, such a large, advanced and unprecedented fortification, fell into the hands of the Germans without a single shot.

The situation I am facing now seems to be similar to the Maginot Line in history, so after careful study, Division Commander Pang and Political Commissar Cai finally agreed to my battle plan.

Admittedly, my plan is still very risky. Because if the tank units and nephews who broke through into the enemy's line of defense could not quickly end the battle and take the enemy's position, then we were actually in the enemy's encirclement. The outcome ranged from heavy casualties to total annihilation.

However, if you want to achieve great success, you will inevitably take greater risks. Therefore, after obtaining the consent of Division Commander Pang, I used the little time I had left to devote myself to the upcoming war exercises.

The content of the exercise is actually very simple, and there are two main contents. First, the infantry and tanks advance in tandem, and whether the infantry can quickly 'interme) into the designated position under the cover of the tank, and quickly attack the predetermined target behind their weak rear before the enemy can react is the key to whether the battle can be won. Judging from the synergistic effect of Maleong Mountain Butan last time. This is also a big problem. It was at night when it was fighting. It is difficult for the tanker to keep track of the speed of the infantry behind him in a roaring tank, and he will often leave the infantry behind and advance alone without noticing.

The second is the coordinated operation of infantry and tanks. But after our troops penetrated into the rear of the enemy's positions, the battle situation was obvious. On the one hand, we have to block the attack of the enemy's reinforcements, and the enemy's reinforcements usually have tanks, and if there are no tanks, then we can only cook for us, and on the other hand, we must quickly launch an attack on the enemy's high ground. Therefore, there is the question of how the infantry can cooperate with the tank units to fight with the enemy's infantry and the whole army. and the problem of tanks providing fire cover for infantry to attack enemy heights.

Although the content of the drill is simple, it is not easy to do. Mainly because the fighters simply have no experience in step tandem coordination. Most of the soldiers in the current regiment are veterans who have fought for more than 10 years, but it is precisely the veterans who have fought for so many years that it is more difficult for them to accept this new mode of warfare. Long-term battles have given them their own set of rules and habits for survival on the battlefield, and over time these rules and habits have been solidified in their heads, and they almost subconsciously follow their own habits when there is a war. Therefore, the exercises are often tank against tank infantry against infantry, and there seems to be no way to 'mix' them into an organic whole.

But fortunately, I have such a capable assistant as Liu Shunyi, and I let him handle all of this, and I believe that in a few days, he will be able to put the soldiers out in one appearance.

So all the soldiers were nervously rehearsing in the rear, and I was the only one who was very idle in the regiment headquarters and didn't know what to do with the large pile of papers on the table. After formulating the battle plan, the information in front of him seemed to be of little use.

。 Captain Choi". Just when I was bored, Jiang 'Chun' Zeng lifted the black cloth at the mouth of the tunnel and walked in, and when he saw me, he couldn't help but ask with some doubts: "Regiment commander, I see that the soldiers spend most of their time practicing and moving forward in coordination with the tank troops. Is this "small" a little inconsistent with the battle plan?

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For the sake of secrecy in the operation, only Division Commander Pang, Political Commissar Cai, and several regiment commanders knew about the changes in the battle plan this time, and the others did not even know about the deputy regiment commander and chief of staff. If, according to the original battle plan, our troops had launched an attack on the enemy's positions from the front after the artillery fire had been prepared, then the infantry and tanks would not have needed to advance much at all. Therefore, there is no need to spend much time and 'fine' energy to train the soldiers' steps to move forward together. Jiang 'Chun' Zeng is a smart person, and of course he will see that there is something wrong with this.

。 Chief of Staff Chiang! When I heard this, I came up with an excuse that I had thought of a long time ago, and said to Jiang 'Chun' Zeng: "This is what Commander Pang meant, I heard, this is still the suggestion of some tank expert in the Soviet Union!" It is said that this is the only way to make the infantry and tanks work better together! It's like, "It's like we let the soldiers walk right and stand in a military posture, not to make them walk beautifully, but to train them to obey orders." Now remember to practice the step and move forward together, which is another way to take the right step! ”

"Oh, I see". Jiang 'Chun' Zeng has never worked in a coordinated manner, and he has very little knowledge in this area. And I brought out the Soviet tank expert again, plus what I said seemed to make sense, so he didn't ask any more.

"Captain Cui!" He hesitated for a moment. Jiang 'Chun' Zeng finally spoke again: "Regiment leader! Let's, are we really fighting like this? Playing like this is not "think again!" ”

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I knew that the old staff officer was worried about the casualties of the Gill Regiment, and I couldn't help but feel the urge to tell him all about my plan, but I resisted it.

Joke! This is a death order given by Division Commander Pang, and no one is allowed to 'expose' the changes in this battle plan. But I didn't want to continue to lie to this venerable old staff officer, so I patted Jiang 'Chun' on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry! Chief of Staff Chiang. We haven't seen any strong winds and waves. When we assisted the People's Army on the Western Front, when we played the ace troops of the United Army in Maleangshan, there were not many more enemies than now, and we didn't fight them all over the ground! This time, we can do the same! ”

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"It's good if you have faith". Hearing this, Jiang 'Chun' Zeng seemed to see something, and nodded at me with a smile: "I don't believe in this battle plan, but in you." ”

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I couldn't help but smile bitterly, and secretly said that this Jiang 'Chun' eyes were really poisonous. It seems to see that I have a future. But think about it, I really don't know how to act, I used to face this problem with the same sad face as them, but now I am so relaxed and so 'chesty', if Jiang 'Chun' Zeng can't see it, then he shouldn't be the chief of staff.

Five days is not a long time, and in the blink of an eye it is time to launch a tactical counterattack. I and my fighters hid in the valley behind our defensive line in several groups, quietly waiting for the moment when the order to attack was launched.

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I don't know if the U.S. military got the news in advance and was prepared or what, but there was silence that night. That is, there is no cannon and no gunfire. Only a few searchlights swaying weakly can prove that there are still a few living creatures on the enemy's positions.

The positions of our troops were very close to the enemy's positions, only a little more than a hundred meters, so there was no need for us to lurk in front of the enemy's positions to launch an attack. And such a close distance does not seem to be suitable for lurking, firstly, because the space in front of the enemy's position is simply not enough to lurk large troops, and secondly, because if it is lurking, our artillery fire is likely to injure our own people by mistake.

This also saves us the suffering of a snow lurk, which is really not a pleasant thing to look at at such a low temperature, if you want to lurk. Maybe the fighters of one of our regiments have been lurking for a day, and when they get up again, they won't even be half of them.

My mind still showed the surprised expressions on the faces of the soldiers after I finished talking about the changed combat plan at the meeting just now, and even the increase in Jiang 'Chun' that I had already noticed was not unavoidable. This is because 'inserting' behind enemy lines and attacking targets from the rear may be unprecedented in the history of our army. Moreover, anyone will know the dangerous 'nature' of this combat plan, and the position we 'inserted' into is a valley surrounded by US heights, and this practice is like jumping into the enemy's encirclement.

If we can't take down our positions quickly, or if it is dawn, it means that we will be subjected to fire from all sides, and the consequences will be unimaginable. I can see that many fighters are not very in favor of this plan, given the dangerous 'nature' of this plan. But this count. It could not be changed, and at the same time there was no time to change it, so the fighters had to enter the positions separately with their troops as ordered.

In order to conceal the intention to prevent enemy artillery fire. We received an order from our superiors that after all troops entered the position, personnel, vehicles, and horses were forbidden to move on the terrain. Strict lighting and fireworks control. Forward detachments and divisional observation posts have intensified their observation of the enemy's nose and surface of the enemy, closely monitored the enemy's movements, and reported to their superiors every 10 minutes through walkie-talkies.

When I was close to the start of the campaign, I gathered the battalion commanders of Li Guoqiang, Hu Biao, and Zhong Chaoyang together for the last time. Observing and determining the offensive routes and directions of the battalions again against the map, and once again determining their respective tasks, they were able to

I had to tread carefully. Because I know that this battle may not be long, but it is a battle that will either die or live. After we 'inserted' it in this way, we either successfully took those high grounds, or our army was completely annihilated, and there was no other possibility.

As the minutes ticked by, I nervously took out my pocket watch to see the time, seven fifty o'clock. There are still ten minutes left until the time to play. Ten minutes would normally be in the blink of an eye, but for some reason, ten minutes has become so long. So much so that in the meantime I took out my pocket watch and looked at it three more times, wondering if there was something wrong with my pocket watch.

The soldiers beside him all pressed the bullet and opened the grenade cover; The blasting canister and the explosive 'drug' bag were all held in his hand. There were also fighters who carried recoilless guns and anti-tank grenades. I don't have to think about it, just by seeing this equipment, I know that this unit is responsible for fighting enemy reinforcements, and the enemy's reinforcements are likely to be infantry and tanks. Therefore, they have to cooperate with our tanks to fight the enemy's tanks.

With their faces blue and their eyes wide open, the warriors were all quietly waiting, waiting, waiting for that moment to come.

At eight o'clock, as a few red 'colored' flares rose into the air with a whistling sound, the sound of cannon finally rang out. The great 'door' to hell is opened. From mortars in companies to divisional artillery battalions to Katyusha rocket artillery and howitzers in army artillery regiments. All kinds of artillery opened their blood-red muzzles in unison. In an instant, ten thousand cannons rang out in unison, the earth shook the mountains, and the rumbling cannon sound woke up the frozen land of North Korea, and half of the sky turned red.

The deafening sound of the cannon made my ears buzz so quickly that I couldn't help but cover my ears with my hands. When I looked up, I saw that the large and small shells in the sky were flying in all directions like locusts with fire, and they were flying towards the enemy's position.

That's when I remembered what Master Pang said. There were twenty-three corps participating in this campaign. I don't know what the 23rd Army had in mind, but I only know how spectacular and terrible it was to have all the artillery fire of the 23rd Army fired from the north to the south, and all the shells that had been stored for several months were dumped on the positions of the United Army. Because the density is too great. The firelight from the cannonballs in the sky turned out to be a sparkling ribbon, and if you stand on a high place or look down from an airplane at this moment, you will definitely be surprised to find this "ribbon." It is connected from the west coast of North Korea to the east coast.

U.S. artillery fire is apparently returning fire. Although I couldn't hear it, because there was already a rumble around me, I could see it as the American artillery returned fire. The shells of both sides collided in the dark night sky, flashing bright lights. It's as spectacular as the festival's flowers.

The rapid 'fire' of the artillery poured hot molten iron into the enemy's position like a pouring rain, and in the direction of the American position, a ball of flames rose into the air on the American position, and we could clearly see the bloody corpses being thrown into the sky, and then falling back to the burning earth. The barbed wire, the trees, the rocks, just for a moment, disappeared, and even the thick snow on the highlands began to melt.

Thirty minutes later, three red 'colored' flares rose again in the sky, artillery fire began to extend longitudinally towards the enemy, and the infantry began to attack.

It was the tanks, and they turned on the dazzling headlights and drove out of the tunnel. Then he took the lead and led the way for the warriors.

After five days of drills, the soldiers knew exactly what they should do, so they followed the tanks one by one without any orders, and rushed in the direction of the American troops through the smoke of artillery fire.

Fortunately, I can't help but rejoice that if the soldiers had to hear the order before moving forward, maybe we would soon be in a mess. Because after this half-hour of artillery preparation, I couldn't even hear the roar of the tanks that had just driven past me.

I never thought that our artillery fire would be so fierce, but today I finally saw it.

Looking at the soldiers passing by one after another, I didn't dare to think too much, so I made a gesture to Xu Yongwei and Zhang Mingxue behind me. Carrying your own... The rifle followed.

The fighters ran fast and in an orderly manner.

The usual drill was reflected at this time, and the speed at which the tank drove in front was just right, neither fast nor slow, just enough for the soldiers to catch up, and the whole army was like a sharp knife under the cover of the tank and went straight to the valley on the left side of the high ground on the side of the US army. At the same time, the fighters of the Worm Regiment and the Covenant Regiment were also divided into three parts, following the extended artillery fire, and rushed towards the American army's left concave heights, "Sheng 6 Heights, 4 Heights. Suddenly the artillery fire was in the light. Everywhere there were volunteer soldiers running forward with guns, and I don't know if there were any shouts of killing, because I still couldn't hear any sound at this time.

Their task was to make a feint in the front, trying to attract the attention of the American forces and distract their firepower. Once we have successfully penetrated to the rear, we can cooperate with them to launch a two-sided attack on the 4-heart heights. Once the Huajiao Heights fall into our hands, the rest of the Highlands will be in our pockets."