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[332] The debut of playing the pot smashing

Rain.

Heavy rain.

Heavy rain.

In the early morning of June 10, just after six o'clock, there was a rumbling sound of muffled thunder on the horizon like the explosion of large-caliber artillery shells. In an instant, the large raindrops fell violently, and the density of the bean-sized raindrops was like a magnificent water curtain in the heaven and earth, so that people could not see the trees in the distance at a glance.

The rain whipped down on Colonel Smith and his advance team, many glorious World War II veterans who had killed both Japanese and German devils on the anti-fascist battlefield, buzzing and complaining, rummaging through their raincoats. Cursing and whining, mingled with the sound of rain, make for a unique battlefield sound.

About 200 soldiers of a South Korean garrison company used as an auxiliary operation were drenched all over their bodies, and their sweaty bodies, which had been tired from dirt work just a moment ago, now felt a chill that made people feel a chill. Without raincoats, they had to be alone in the trenches to receive this baptism of nature.

The early morning sky was dark under the torrential rain, only a faint blue astigmatism, and the rain curtain hit the earth.

"Discover the tanks of the Northern Army!"

At the observation post on the U.S. position, Major Lovren pulled the gong and passed the 'bad news' to the commander Colonel Smith through the walkie-talkie amid the roar of a thunderstorm.

When Colonel Smith received the news, he was in the half-buried concealed headquarters camouflaged by tree branches 50 meters behind the defensive line, and when he heard the news, he immediately rushed out of cover and trotted all the way to the observation post while maintaining his balance in the rain and concrete.

"It's the Soviet T34, a total of eight." Major Lovren reported to Colonel Smith, who had splattered his pants with mud.

Colonel Smith briefly instructed the communications corps worriedly: "Call the 105mm howitzer position to be ready." ”

After saying that, he hurriedly lay down on the observation hole in the camouflaged observation post set up on the high slope, followed the direction indicated by Lovren, and observed it with a telescope.

I saw that in the distance in the torrential rain and water curtain, eight T34 tanks were loosely lined up, walking slowly along the road to the US position, driving in a zigzag line, driving in a roundabout way, behind each tank, three or five infantry fell in shadows.

The KPA tanks were slow, as if waiting for something, and they were cautious in the face of the distant line of earthwork.

"Lovren, you keep watching, wait until they get close to a distance of 200 meters, and then call the artillery to open fire." With that, Colonel Smith ran back to his half-buried headquarters, which had been heavily submerged in the hollow behind the high slope.

"Damn, it's raining like this, there's no way I'm going to get air support......" Colonel Smith thought of this and kicked hard at the dirt wall in the bunker.

The waiting time passed so long, in the face of the slow and extremely slow advance of the KPA in the mud, Major Lovren waited for a full 30 minutes before finally speaking into the field phone: "Ruler 365, xiangyou15, salvo coverage!" ”

The six suffocating 105mm howitzers of the US field artillery detachment suddenly began to bombard as if artillery shells did not cost money, and one shell after another violently exploded around the advance tank detachment of the Korean People's Army, and the soldiers who accompanied the assault fell into the muddy water and could no longer stand up.

Kim Woong, commander of the 1st Corps of the Korean People's Army, who discovered the location of the US artillery positions, immediately ordered:

"The 1st Tank Company finished its fire reconnaissance and broke through to the shortest section of the line of defense in a straight line from the artillery position, and the 2nd Tank Company bypassed the enemy's artillery fire from the left flank and followed the 1st Tank Company. Three companies of tanks assaulted the enemy's heavy gun positions from the right flank.

The 104th Infantry Company formed an assault column and charged towards the gap in the enemy position that had been opened! The 105th Infantry Company accompanied the 2nd Tank Company at close range, reinforced the 1st Tank Company, and opened the gap for me! The 106th Infantry Company followed the 3rd Tank Company from a long distance and charged after the tank broke through the enemy's heavy machine gun position, and the 107th, 108th, 109th, and 110th Infantry Companies divided into skirmish lines, exerting pressure on the enemy's entire defense, and gradually pressed up! ”

Because the company of the M24 'Xiafei' tank of the US advance team was still trapped on the road northbound from Pusan and could not reach it for the time being, the US defense line was completely unable to resist the attack of the North Korean tanks at this moment.

Although four Korean People's Army T34s had been blown off their tracks by 105mm howitzers under shelling, four T34 tanks stubbornly pressed over the trench and crushed the U.S. military's careless field telephone line laid behind the trench to connect the artillery positions. The 105mm howitzer detachment, which had lost its command, continued to foolishly carry out covering shelling in the previous direction.

The battle became more and more fierce, and tanks continued to break through the first gap in the American defense line, and quickly turned around, outflanked from the rear and flanks of the American position, and with the cooperation of the infantry, the gap became bigger and bigger.

Half an hour later, the number of KPA tanks that broke through the US defense line under the torrential rain had reached 40, and the US defense line was changed from a front to a defensive circle. And the South Korean garrison company seems to have disappeared without a trace, and no one knows where they are now.

As the U.S. defensive circle became smaller and smaller, the dense mortar fire of the U.S. Army was no longer able to stop the KPA infantry's increasing tide of infantry.

Only two hours after the first 105mm howitzer shell of the US army fell, more than 110 soldiers have been killed in the battle, and the number of light and serious wounded is almost twice as much!

Colonel Smith finally realized that the situation was critical, that he had no fire support from the air at all in this damn pouring rain, that he was running out of ammunition and that he had completely lost contact with the rear artillery positions. If this continues, in another hour, he will be completely surrounded by the People's Army in front of him, and there will be only one way for the entire army to be wiped out.

Colonel Smith, whose face was already covered in mud during the battle, gritted his teeth and howled in pain: "Inform all soldiers, immediately shrink back, and prepare to evacuate!" Target the Daejeon Defense Line in the southwest, fast! Fast! ”

The U.S. military didn't care where the South Korean garrison company was now, and Colonel Smith led the rest of his soldiers to carry the wounded on their backs and frantically retreated to the rear. The battle for Osan ended as U.S. infantry fled for their lives with a handful of trucks loaded with wounded men that had not yet been destroyed.

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Tokyo.

U.S. Far East Command.

MacArthur stood in front of the glass window of his office, facing the green grass in front of the headquarters, but his face was full of anger and anxiety overflowing from his heart.

In order to restrain the raging anger in his heart, MacArthur almost crushed the corn stalk pipe in his hand.

"The 1st Infantry Battalion of 600 people, 150 killed! 219 people were wounded! 72 people captured! This is a disgrace to the United States! MacArthur finally spoke, and he grumbled viciously.

The adjutant of staff whispered on the side: "Colonel Smith has done his best, and when the battle began, our tank company was still stuck on the road from Busan. The rain was too heavy that day for our air force to carry out fire support. In the face of North Korea's tank forces, we cannot expect soldiers to conquer steel with their flesh.

Colonel Smith was so embarrassed that he couldn't even carry the bodies of the soldiers killed in battle onto the truck, so he felt guilty. ”

MacArthur nodded with resentment on his face and said, "That's not to blame him, he is facing the vanguard of North Korea's southward movement, the First Army, the real elite." Oh, that's what they call the 1st Corps, which is the only ace regiment in North Korea, with a tank brigade and a motorized infantry regiment, and even 76 SU-76M self-propelled assault guns in their infantry division. ”

The staff officer beside him said: "It seems that we are going to revise the operation, before the arrival of the 24th Division of the Eighth Army, we should no longer let the scattered small units of the United States fight head-to-head with these large corps of the supply party in the north, which is simply risking the lives of American soldiers to delay time for the Koreans." ”

MacArthur said worriedly: "The South Korean forces are currently being routed one by one, and they are completely unable to resist the offensive from the north. I have ordered the Far Eastern Fleet to go to the coast and shell the lines of communication south along the northern coast, in the hope that this will buy us more time. ”

The adjutant of staff said: "The general headquarters of the Republic of Korea has now been fully withdrawn to Yeongdeok, and in order to rectify military discipline, their commander has now issued an order that as long as South Korean soldiers are found in the city, they will be killed, and they demand that the US military can cooperate and implement this order for all the fleeing South Korean soldiers found." ”

MacArthur said silently, "I agree." ”

The adjutant of staff continued: "However, there is some good news at present, our air force has recently achieved brilliant results, and the bombardment of cities and communication lines in the north has continued, and it can already be clearly seen that the southward advance of the north has slowed down.

Lieutenant General Walker, commander of the Eighth Army, had already led Major General Dean's integrated 24th Division towards Daejeon, and it would be possible to reach Daejeon to build a defensive line about the 14th. ”

As soon as MacArthur heard that Walton Walker was about to arrive at the front, his fickle mood immediately lightened again.

"The Eighth Army is an amphibious unit with outstanding achievements, and at its peak, it used to have 11 divisions and three independent regiments, with a total strength of more than 250,000 troops, but now it has only ...... Damn Washington! …… Lieutenant General Walker led the Eighth Army in more than 60 amphibious assault operations in World War II, beating the Japanese to the ground. ”

MacArthur wistfully reflected on the glory of those years, and then said, "Has the third report to Washington for reinforcements been sent?" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency Commander, the report has been sent to the telecommunications room this morning."

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Truman looked at the telegram from MacArthur asking for reinforcements, which was still hot in his hand, and was really angry.

In his report, MacArthur wrote: "The Korean war situation is serious...... The North Korean army is equipped with good armored vehicles with the same capabilities as the German army in the past, and the quality of the infantry is also first-class...... In the future, the North Korean military may further adopt Soviet-style leadership

The kind of strategy and tactics that mix the way of guiding, jishu and tactics...... The North Korean army cannot be considered irregular and underestimated...... In addition to the two divisions that have already been requested for reinforcements on the previous occasion, I further strongly request urgent reinforcements of a force consisting of four divisions...... The situation is developing into a large-scale operation. ”

He pouted and questioned Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: "Look at this five-star general!" At the beginning, he said that with only two divisions, he could drive North Korea back north of the 38th parallel. I believed!

Two days ago he said that he wanted to reinforce two divisions, and that it would be safe enough to use four divisions for the battle, and I agreed.

Now he wants four more divisions! A total of eight divisions to fight this war! Who does he think I am? Is it his babysitter? Or a magician who does tricks! ”

Omar Bradley frowned and said: "He said that the situation in North Korea is very serious, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff has no choice but to recruit soldiers for him." ”

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