Chapter 71: Take Tokugawa first, then Ningyuan
The order from the higher authorities was issued: "Gather superior forces, use the 9th Corps as the flank, block the enemy reinforcements arriving in the direction of Akutagawa, the 38th and 40th Armies as the vanguard, and the other troops will cooperate with these two armies to defeat Tokugawa!" Take Tokugawa first, then Ningyuan! Take advantage of the victory to pursue and drive the enemy south of the 38th parallel! ”
What kind of formation is the 300,000 army, which is described in eight words, is all over the mountains and fields, and the blockers are invincible.
If the team is drawn into a column, it is completely possible to pull a 30-kilometer-long military line, and the concept of 30 kilometers is not endless.
However, it was impossible for the troops to stretch such a long front, with the 40th Army and the 38th Army as the spearhead, the 9th Corps and the 66th Corps coordinated several divisions to defend the two flanks, and approached Tokugawa in a huge triangular formation, and the time at this time was 10 o'clock in the evening of December 29, 1950.
With the cover of night, the 38th Army approached the forward positions of Tokugawa, the terrain of Korea is mostly hilly, and mountains are also very common, and both sides can find favorable terrain for their side everywhere, and Tokugawa is surrounded by mountainous terrain, so their forward positions are set on these hills.
(Mountainous refers to the highland above 500 meters above sea level, with great undulations, steep slopes, deep valleys, and generally vein-like distribution.)
A mountain is a region where many mountains are located, different from a single mountain or mountain range, the difference between mountains and hills is that the height difference between mountains is greater than that of hills, and the total height of plateaus is sometimes larger than that of mountains, sometimes smaller than those of mountains, but the difference in height on plateaus is smaller, which is the difference between mountains and plateaus, but there may also be mountains on plateaus in general. )
The U.S. military is not stupid, the location they chose is a mountain area about 100 kilometers outside Tokugawa, the mountain area stretching for more than ten kilometers can provide the U.S. army with a lot of advantages, even if it is lost, they can withdraw to Tokugawa, and use the open area around Tokugawa to give full play to the advantages of tanks, which is why they stimulated the volunteers to attack Tokugawa.
In any respect, the U.S. military has the upper hand, and the volunteers want to defeat Tokugawa, which is not a simple task, as Wei San envisioned, this time the offensive will kill again, many, many people.
Ma Youde followed the main army and did not take the main road, but after passing through a hill, he approached the high ground controlled by the American troops from the side of the main road, 791 Heights!
The 791 Heights are more than 500 meters above sea level, the slope is extremely steep, and it is not easy to climb with bare hands, let alone charge upwards against the machine guns and shells of the American Army, the forward is a regiment of the 40th Army, and they choose a path with a relatively gentle slope, about 60 degrees, and there is no other path around this high ground that is more conducive to charging.
After pressing to the position of about 500 meters below the height of 791, the army was slightly reorganized, and the soldiers took the opportunity to eat something to fill their stomachs.
The enemy should not have discovered them at this distance, the US military generally does not take the initiative to attack at night, their night combat ability is too poor, the most important thing is that they are afraid of death, very afraid of death, they only trust the firearms in their hands that are sharper than the volunteers, and do not advocate the spirit of sacrifice.
Tonight was a good opportunity to attack, and there was not a single light to be seen except for the flares falling from the sky, and when the warriors had eaten and drunk enough water, and had clenched their guns one by one, the battle was about to begin.
The first thing to unfold must be their own artillery, under the cover of their own artillery, the soldiers can effectively charge, after touching the distance of 200 meters at the foot of the highland mountain, the regiment commander Zhang Weimin said: "All to the forehead to stare at the eyes, when the cannonball hits, all to the forehead desperately rush up, if you dare to retreat, the forehead with the sole of the shoe to kill him!" ”
No one laughed, there was just a solemn atmosphere, and the tension pressed in the bottom of the heart, it was all a body made of flesh and blood, and fear was unavoidable, but for the birch forest that Wei San once said, they threw their fear to the bottom of their hearts, maybe after the battle, they would take it out, but not now!
Wei San grabbed Ma Youde's sleeve and said, "Don't rush to die, show me the enemy's firepower point, and I will clear a way for them!" ”
Ma Youde nodded heavily: "Okay!" ”
The battle to seize the high ground was the most tragic, and it can be seen from the main peak that the American soldiers wanted to occupy when they seized Changjin Lake, and the death of people was the least rare situation.
Wang Liansheng was nervous, his palms had begun to sweat, a twenty-eight-year-old veteran, he had fought for several years, he still couldn't really be fearless, he said by Wei San's side: "Squad leader, after we finish this battle, do we still want to continue training?" ”
Wei San was searching for the target, and said without looking back: "Of course ....."
At the front of them, a flare hit high in the air, and a trace of fire suddenly exploded after reaching the highest point, illuminating the volunteers at the same time, but also illuminating the American troops on the top of the mountain, and a long defensive front was exposed, because the volunteer soldiers could find the path of the charge, and the American soldiers could also think that this path would be chosen by the other party as the location of the charge.
How could they not focus on taking care of this place, under the light of the flares, they saw that there were not only thousands of American troops on the hill, but also a solid cement bunker, and two black barrels sticking out of the firing port of the bunker, cold and deadly!
After the U.S. military discovered the volunteers under the mountain, they hadn't returned to their stalls, and a roar had erupted in the volunteers: "Rush~~!" ”
The volunteer soldiers who were lying on their stomachs immediately put aside the various thoughts that were constantly entwining themselves in their hearts, and got up like a wave of wheat that was overwhelmed by the wind and then straightened up again, and the shouting of killing suddenly rose, and before the flare was extinguished, it could be seen that the faces of the soldiers were without timidity, and all that was left was the indomitable momentum, and the shouts of tens of thousands of people at the same time.
Accompanied by the shouts, there was the gunfire of the American troops, as well as the fire support that their own side had not waited for for a long time, at this moment, the original calm was gone, the original darkness was gone, and the heavens and the earth were occupied by guns and fire, roars and blood.
Waizo's gun rang out at the same time, and Enfield's brisk gunfire turned into a note of death, exploding the head of one of the heavys.
Ma Youde watched as the artillery shells from his side exploded on the top of the mountain, and the artillery fire provided made the gunfire of the American troops temporarily pause for a moment, and the volunteer soldiers who charged in the front row got an excellent opportunity and immediately rushed up the hill and climbed up.
The heavy machine gun in the bunker rang out at this moment, and the first soldier who stood on the hillside was immediately bloodied in the chest by the bullets it fired, and fell to the side, and immediately three or five more soldiers crowded past him and began to climb under the rain of bullets.
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