Du Kaishan's words were quite threatening, but Yang Jicai said with a smile: "Commander Du, where is my turn to do the peach picking?" I know that there must be nothing good for you to transfer me here at this time. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info But the Cheorwon battlefield is really not a red-hot charcoal, that's not necessarily. Anyway, I won't come to peace, and since I'm here, it's definitely not peaceful. ”

"But Commander Du, at this time, you dragged me out of the newlywed quilt and pushed me to the edge of this charcoal stove, this should be supported, you must not be stingy. If I don't do it well, at least it will be my own face, and at worst, it will be your old face of Commander Du, after all, I am the one you named to come. ”

Regarding Yang Jicai's words, Du Kaishan rolled his eyes and said: "It's good that you kid has this preparation, I will return to my headquarters soon, and I will hand over the seventeenth division to you." I won't say much else. If I don't see any change in the tide of battle in two days, you kid will do it yourself. ”

Du Kaishan's somewhat threatening words, Yang Jicai just smiled and didn't say anything. After Du Kaishan left, Yang Jicai did not meet with other cadres, but handed over these matters to the political commissar of the division who acted as the division commander. He carried a telescope and went directly to the front-line position.

For two whole days, he did not return to the division headquarters, and squatted in the front-line position. In the entire battlefield of several major battles on the Tieyuan front, he walked all over the battlefields that did not pull any of them. However, there is a lesson from Ma Chunsheng's sacrifice. Yang Jicai is still very cautious.

He took only two staff officers with him, and none of the guards. Of course, in fact, he did not have any guards, because according to the regulations of the Anti-Japanese Federation, cadres working in organs, whether at the regimental or division level, were not equipped with guards. If necessary, for example, the lower units are drawn directly from the Headquarters Security Unit, and at the division level, they are selected from among the security officers of the Security Department.

The political commissar of the 17th Division wanted to equip him with guards, but he could not deny it. However, Yang Jicai did not wait for the guards to arrive, and went directly to the front line. And when he went to the front, not only himself, but also the two staff officers he brought with him were also dressed as ordinary infantrymen. Rifles and steel helmets are the same, but with an extra map and a pair of binoculars.

Yang Jicai stayed on the front line for two days, in addition to asking Du Kaishan for supplies and equipment. Not a single instruction was given, nor did he mobilize any troops to cooperate with his observation. The two regiment commanders he was very familiar with were a little puzzled. I thought that this guy who didn't stop walking had changed his personality this time.

After Yang Jicai returned to the division headquarters, everyone was stunned when they saw that he was coming from Du Kaishan, and basically everything was in place at the same time. 300 tons of cement, as well as the engineering unit directly under the North Korean cluster, which was busy repairing the bombed, dilapidated roads in northern Korea, asked for two bulldozers converted from T26 tanks. It was also modified to install simple armor on the cab and engine parts.

Except for these things that make the troops below not understand what they want to do. Yang Jicai's empty gasoline barrels are about to come in hundreds. There will also be several tons of gasoline, as well as small napalm used by part of the aviation. At the same time, the ammunition of the artillery has been adjusted, from the original anti-personnel and explosive grenades, the proportion of incendiary bombs has been greatly increased, and a batch of smoke bombs has been equipped.

And the entire artillery group, all disrupted, readjusted and distributed. The division of labor among the various artillery groups has almost come to an adjustment of 180 degrees. It turned out that the large-caliber howitzer, which was responsible for the fire blockade, was used by him to suppress the enemy troops from the commanding heights. Moreover, this suppression has been changed from the original explosive anti-personnel bomb to the use of incendiary bombs.

As for the areas between the heights and the core positions, they were suppressed by flat-firing anti-aircraft machine guns. And the anticline positions on the various heights were suppressed intensively using mortar groups. At the same time, the 160-mm mortar battalion attached to the headquarters was reinforced by him with two 120-mm mortars, formed an artillery group, and distributed incendiary bombs to specifically hit the anti-slope positions on the core heights.

The equipment of small-caliber direct-aim artillery for front-line troops has been increased, and the original 60-millimeter mortars have been distributed to the troops in the main assault areas. To the front-line assault troops, reinforced flamethrowers. Not only the 14-mm anti-aircraft machine guns were distributed. Even the anti-aircraft artillery group of the 17th Division, which had been idle since the start of the fire, was pulled by him to the front-line position to carry out the blockade mission.

However, Yang Jicai still thought that it was insufficient, and asked for two 23-mm anti-aircraft artillery companies and three four-four-mounted 14-millimeter anti-aircraft machine gun companies from Du Kaishan. And the twin-mounted 14-mm anti-aircraft machine guns were all disassembled and replaced with single-barreled guns, and then strengthened to the front-line attack troops.

According to the previous battle situation and Yang Jicai's judgment in the past two days, he believed that the Japanese army had built cantonment caves on the anticline of each core highland. The entire battlefield around the core heights, all the reserve forces, are hidden on the anticline position. Despite the previous concentration of artillery fire, the Japanese passage was suppressed in the core and surrounding highland groups.

However, the Japanese army built a large number of anti-artillery holes along the line, which greatly reduced the effect of the artillery blockade. Yang Jicai believed that instead of wasting artillery shells in vain, it was better to hand over the task of building a blockade to more flexible anti-aircraft machine guns and direct-aim artillery fire.

Taking advantage of the large number of anti-United Nations mortars on the Cheorwon battlefield and the complete range of calibers, especially the 160-millimeter mortars, although they were a little heavier, their power was an amazing advantage, and they directly blocked the Japanese army's anti-slope cantonment hole. Free up other support artillery to suppress the fire of the Japanese artillery in depth, as well as to suppress the fire of the Japanese positions on the first line.

In fact, Yang Jicai's first impression of the Tieyuan battlefield was not how cruel the previous battles here were, nor the changes in the defensive tactics of the Japanese army, but the terrain here. The entire Cheorwon battlefield is divided into two parts, east and west, with the Hantan River as the dividing line. Except for a plain area north of the Hantan River, which is 20 kilometers deep, the rest of the land is completely mountainous.

Moreover, the mountainous areas of North Korea are completely different from the mountains of the interior of Northeast China. Although the mountain is not high, the direction of the ridge is very distinctive. Moreover, the mountain is not as atmospheric and heavy as the Xing'an Mountains in the northeast, nor is it as majestic as the Changbai Mountain. It's generally very thin, which makes people feel like a little family.

But perhaps because of this, the mountains here are generally steeper and more chaotic. Not to mention the narrow area of the summits of the core highlands, it is difficult to build a large depth of fortifications, and the slope of the core highlands is also very steep. Under this kind of terrain, the attacking side is clearly at a disadvantage. At this time, the Japanese army came up with such a defense system, I am afraid that it was to take advantage of the terrain here.

From the First Sino-Japanese War, when the Japanese roughly controlled Korea, to the complete annexation of Korea after the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese occupied Korea for decades. During these decades, with the meticulousness of the Japanese, I am afraid that the entire Korean terrain has been explored by them. At the beginning, the Japanese army placed the entire defense line in Korea, and it is probably not unreasonable to place it on this line.

At the same time, the Japanese army came up with such defensive tactics, not only because of the terrain they were looking for, but also because of their own advantages. Because of this defensive tactic of leading the line with points, except for the core high ground within the point. The movement of troops between the various points is greatly limited in terms of terrain. Combined with the previous fire blockade, the defending forces were required to be extremely tenacious in their will to fight.

Not only the defensive troops of the core highlands, but also the determination to fight to the death, that is, the defensive forces at various points around the core highlands, these troops are destined to be just consumables, and they must also have the determination to fight to the death. Because of this defense system, there will not be too many troops at each defense point. If the core heights are guaranteed not to change hands easily, it will inevitably require the defending forces at various points around it to be determined to die.

Otherwise, once a certain point is easily broken, it will cause the disintegration of a surface. If the opponent's forces cannot be consumed to the maximum extent, then once the core high ground is captured, it means that the entire defense system of a certain area or direction will be completely collapsed.

And once this kind of collapse occurs, it will be the most lethal for the Japanese army's defensive tactics of leading points and lines. On the Cheorwon line, the Japanese army formed defensive points in all directions with the firepower of each point and the large surface of the radiation of troops as the core. Each large surface relies on each other, and countless firepower points and support points around each key point are used as small surfaces to support the large surface defense system.

This kind of tactics of supporting each other and relying on each other is most afraid of the core area of each side being easily broken through, that is, the point in the middle of the line with a point. And to ensure the safety of this point, then it is necessary to have not too many defensive forces on the various support surfaces around this point, and it must be nailed like a nail.

In addition to the high requirements for the coordination ability of the commanders in charge of various major areas, this tactic also requires the willpower of the defending troops, which must be extremely tenacious and have the determination to fight to the end at any time. And the requirements of this tactic are still above the previous point.

After all, knowing that he was going to fight to the death, I am afraid that I would not have the confidence to fight if I changed to an ordinary army. Even in many cases, it is not impossible to collapse at the touch of a button. I am afraid that the Japanese army is precisely because of the willpower and confidence of its own troops to come up with such a tactic.

After two days of observation, Yang Jicai, who already had a rough idea in his heart, adjusted his firepower in response to these points of the Japanese army. Because for him, repeatedly fighting with the Japanese army for various small sides of the periphery can only waste troops and time in vain. In the face of the tactics of the Japanese army, regardless of his imaginary line, the black tiger heart-digging tactic of going directly to the core point is the most appropriate.

Ma Chunsheng's previous tactical adjustments, he doesn't think it was a failure. It's just that in terms of the allocation of support firepower and the selection of the key direction of the attack, it seems a little too impatient. In the adjustment of the entire offense, the focus of the offense has only been changed, but in the use of tactics, there has been no targeted adjustment.

Therefore, Yang Jicai also adopted targeted measures in the allocation of attack forces and the deployment of blockade firepower of the Japanese army. He was prepared to take the high ground against the Japanese army, where the Japanese were small, either by committing only an infantry squad or by simply blocking it by fire. And for the core heights, the method of concentrated assault was adopted.

Not only in the deployment of troops, but also in the deployment of troops, a small amount of stockpiling was adopted, and sufficient reserves were retained in several directions. A large number of bunkers and artillery holes were also dug on the attack route leading to the core garrison heights of the Japanese army, and in the areas where these preparations were really impossible, they were simply abandoned and controlled by artillery fire. It's just that these things haven't been revealed yet.

To be precise, at the forefront, Yang Jicai intends to adopt point-to-point tactics. As for whether his troops can meet their own requirements, Yang Jicai is still confident. In the two days at the front, he found himself lucky this time. Although the Tieyuan battlefield is currently deadlocked, Ma Chunsheng has left himself with a force that can be said to be iron-clad and will like steel.