"Boom Boom~~~"

In just the blink of an eye, the entire Songhu Peak was shrouded in overwhelming artillery fire, seeing that the entire mountain peak seemed to have exploded, completely wrapped in the constantly rising soil and billowing gunsmoke, Stanley, the commander of the "Rhinoceros" battalion-level battle group of the US First Cavalry Division, shook his head with dissatisfaction, immediately put down the binoculars in his hand, and ordered loudly at the artillery liaison officer: "The firepower is not enough, and it needs to be strengthened!" ”

Hearing this, the artillery liaison officer almost didn't plant himself from the jeep, two battalions of 105mm howitzers, one battalion of 155 howitzers, plus a company of 203mm heavy howitzers, such a powerful artillery support force, only 10 minutes of fire surprise attack can fire thousands of shells at the enemy position, more than 100 tons of ammunition dropped. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It was powerful enough to level a hillock, but Major Stanley couldn't say enough of the firepower it was so powerful that the artillery liaison officer almost thought there was something wrong with his ears.

So he turned his head and looked at his commander suspiciously, just wanted to say something, but saw Stanley directly shake his finger at him, stopped his questioning, and then said in a fierce and deep voice: "You must know that the Chinese are not only cunning, but also extremely tenacious, and this level of artillery fire may make them suffer losses."

But it still hasn't reached the level of complete annihilation, if it's just in peacetime, it doesn't hurt to let the infantry rush a few times, but now we want time, so I don't want the boys to have too much entanglement with these Chinese, or that sentence, concentrate firepower, flatten the mountain, and rush over the corpses of the Chinese, just like we did before! ”

After listening to Major Stanley's sonorous and powerful words, the puzzled look of the artillery liaison officer, who was originally full of doubts, was gradually replaced by a touch of clarity, Stanley was right, since he realized that the Chinese army was outflanking his own far-reaching rear and intended to encircle the entire US Eighth Army in the Qingchuan River area, time has become the most wasteful thing for the US military.

Because of this, after perceiving the possible danger, the commander of the Eighth Army, Lieutenant General Walker, immediately ordered the whole army to stop the offensive and retreat quickly, and at the same time instructed the elite 1st Cavalry Division "Rhinoceros" battalion-level battle group to act as the pioneer of the whole army and attack southward along Route 12!

The reason why Lieutenant General Walker chose the "Rhinoceros" battalion-level battle group of the 1st Cavalry Division as the vanguard of the whole army is not only because this unit has always been the trump card of the US military and is worthy of the trust of any commander, but also because there are only a few units in the "Rhinoceros" battalion-level battle group in the US military sequence that have combat experience with the Chinese army.

In particular, the commander, Major Stanley, conducted repeated studies of the entire battle process after the encounter on Route 9, not only rejecting the original speculation of the so-called mysterious "Chinese artillery group", but also formulating several sets of effective countermeasures in response to the strength displayed by the Chinese army.

It is precisely because of this that in the previous offensive operations, the "Rhinoceros" battalion-level battle group commanded by Stanley can be described as overwhelming, and it really smashed several hard bones one by one, so when deploying and retreating, Lieutenant General Walker did not hesitate to think of Stanley and his "Rhinoceros" battalion-level battle group.

Since receiving the order, Stanley and his command of the "Rhinoceros" battalion-level battle group have broken through the three blockades of the Volunteers along Highway 12, and each time they have inflicted heavy casualties on the Volunteers at a very small cost.

Just two hours ago, Stanley used the coordinated tactics of air-ground integration to completely crush an elite Chinese infantry battalion stationed in Jingyuanli, thus jumping over the dangerous terrain of Jingyuanli in one fell swoop.

By the time the infantry rushed to the position of the Chinese army, the Chinese soldiers equivalent to a reinforced battalion were already less than two squads, and the battalion headquarters was turned into a ruin by the napalm of the air force at the first time.

The main force of the US Eighth Army behind it also took advantage of the gap opened by the "Rhinoceros" battalion-level battle group to quickly break away from the contact of the volunteers in front of it, and retreated southward.

As for how to take Songhu Peak, Stanley's tactics were direct and brutal, that is, to use the most fierce firepower to hit the past without cost, and since he judged that the Chinese army used enhanced explosives like explosives and won the encounter on Highway 9, Stanley no longer took the Chinese army seriously.

The explosives are powerful, the firearms of the Chinese soldiers are also very powerful, and the magical "small steel cannon" is also amazing, but after all, it is no match for real tanks, planes and artillery, after all, the so-called elite equipment of the Chinese army is only light weapons at best, and heavy weapons are still better than nothing.

And modern warfare is not a gangster-like firearms fight, but a steam roller-like heavy equipment confrontation, which is a lesson tested by World War II, even if a country's infantry is strong, in the face of the torrent of steel is just cannon fodder like scum, so Stanley's method is very simple.

We should use our own strengths and attack our weaknesses to further give full play to the powerful firepower superiority of the US army, and strive to completely lose the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army in the initial stage of the battle, and then use the armored force as the forerunner to directly crush the Chinese army from the wounded flesh and blood!

The combat operations all the way south proved that his strategy and tactics were quite effective, and although the Chinese army was stubborn, it was still unable to stop his attacks one after another, and even some of the remaining Chinese soldiers launched a decisive charge against the "Rhinoceros" battalion-level battle group with the determination to die, but before they could rush to the front, they were beaten into a sieve by the dense fire net of the US army.

Of course, the "Rhino" battalion-level battle group is not without losses, for example, two hours ago in the battle of Ihara-ri, the two M24 "Xiafei" light tanks belonging to it were blown up by several Chinese soldiers risking death with explosives packs, but this loss was not put on Stanley's heart, but even more disdainful of the equipment of the Chinese army.

You must know that if an army is reduced to using low-level equipment such as explosives packs to fight against tanks, it will not be far from defeat, because their American armor is simply terrifyingly powerful.

However, strong is strong, and it is naturally best to solve the battle in person with minimal losses, so Stanley once again glanced at Songhu Peak, which was full of artillery fire, with a telescope, and then asked the artillery liaison officer who was in contact: "How is it?" Is it okay? ”

This time, the artillery liaison officer did not hesitate for a moment, and quickly nodded: "It's okay!" ”

"Let's get started!"

With Stanley's order, the U.S. artillery, which was more than twice as large as before, let out a bloodthirsty roar, and the shells that flew out completely covered the entire Songhu Peak in a dense turn, and the firelight in the sky accompanied by the scattered splash of the shock wave formed a layer of glass cover like a substance, which buckled the entire mountain peak into it, but under this glamorous appearance, there was endless death.

Seeing this, Stanley smiled with satisfaction, and immediately put down his binoculars and ordered Captain Underwood beside him: "Give you five minutes, you know, my patience is not long......"