Total Offensive (1)
"General Van Vliet, now we are under a lot of pressure, and the domestic bigwigs are asking about the battle situation in the Shangganling area, and now not only the country, but the whole world is watching there, and it is very unfavorable for us to drag on like this!" General Clark said to Van Vliet. "Our soldiers are fighting hard, but the Chinese are too stubborn, their artillery is unprecedentedly concentrated, we have inflicted great losses on them, but our losses are also very large!" Van Vliet responded with a word of nonsense. is very disappreciative of Clark Van Vliet, it's not that he doesn't respect his military rank, it's just that Van Vliet knows that he is the one who faces the pressure!
According to the habits of the American army, if Shangganling loses, then he is the one responsible, and if he wins, Clark is a meritorious commander, so no matter what Clark says, Van Vliet will feel that he is standing and talking without backache. "We have to make a breakthrough, or we won't be able to explain!" Clark said. "Unless we increase our troops, or with our current strength, we can only maintain our offensive posture!" Van Vliet said. "That's what the joint meeting means, reinforcements will be sent to you within two days, and the order is to attack, a full-scale attack!" Clark said. "You mean to launch an attack in the Jinhua region?" Van Vliet asked. "Yes!" Clark nodded!
"Our plan is to launch an all-out attack on the Chinese in an area of twenty-five kilometers around Jinhua, not only in the Shangganling area. As long as they can break through a little, they can break through their defenses on all fronts, and at the same time send new artillery and South Korean troops, even if they can't break through, they must use strong pressure to force the Chinese to retreat because they can't bear more casualties! "Clark spoke out about the decision of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States." Being able to send in new troops is good for the attack, but the problem is that we can't attack at all now, their tunnel troops are at our feet, and as soon as our soldiers leave their positions, they will be shot immediately, so I think if you want to attack effectively, you must first destroy their tunnel troops! Van Vliet was very dissatisfied with the decision of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, because the generals of the Joint Chiefs of Staff would only talk on paper and be whimsical, they would not understand the situation at the front at all, and would only sit at the table and look at the map and point fingers!
"General Van Vliet, it is the duty of a soldier to obey, and when the order to attack is given, you have to carry it out!" General Clark said. "But general, the meaning of carrying out the order is to achieve victory, not to let the soldiers die, our UN forces have suffered nearly 10,000 casualties so far, if we don't solve their tunnel troops first, our soldiers will be killed by bullets fired from behind!" General Van Vliet is a little angry! "Then destroy their tunnel troops first, anyway, it will take some time for the troops to be mobilized, but the two regiments of the Ninth Division of the South Korean Army can arrive tomorrow, and they can attack some areas where there is no threat of tunnels first!" Clark said. "Okay!" Van Vliet understood what Clark meant, and in any case, the county launched some attacks and made a show, which could be regarded as some explanation of the order. For this suggestion, Van Vliet agreed, anyway, the lives of the South Koreans are not worth much, even if they can't be captured, they can consume some of the ammunition that the Chinese have finally brought up!
Van Vliet returned to his headquarters and ordered the intensified clearing of the tunnel troops of the Volunteer Army, and at the same time ordered the South Korean Army, which had already arrived, to launch an attack on Fusu-dong on the east side of Shangganryeong! Van Vliet chose Fushui Cave because there are not many volunteer defenses here according to reconnaissance, of course, this Fushui Cave does not have much tactical and strategic value, but Van Vliet estimated that no matter how stupid the South Koreans are, it is still not a big problem for a division to fight a Fushui Cave, as long as it can take Fushui Cave, even if it is an attack, even if it is a victory, it can be explained to the Joint Chiefs of Staff!
However, Van Vliet still thought wrongly, the troops of a division of the South Korean Army could have taken down the attack on Phuksof-dong, but the problem was that a volunteer army unit came to Phuoc-dong the day before the South Korean Army's attack, and although there was only one battalion, this battalion was Liu Xiaoshan's battalion. Originally, Liu Xiaoshan did not plan to come to Fushuidong, his task was to defend the artillery in the Shangganling area. However, Liu Xiaoshan received a task, that is, to lead people to reconnoiter the South Korean army on the flank and determine their location and strength. Originally, Liu Xiaoshan would not go to this kind of boring task at all, and just sent a battalion commander to complete it, but this time Liu Xiaoshan just followed, because Shangganling had not attacked in the past two days because the Americans had not attacked, Liu Xiaoshan wanted to take advantage of this reconnaissance operation to make something happen, because some time ago, the artillery made meritorious contributions because of the delivery of materials to the tunnel troops, but there was nothing to do with his brigade, so Liu Xiaoshan was very unwilling, and the result was that after Liu Xiaoshan went to Fushuidong, he just caught up with the Ninth Division of the South Korean Army!
"What? Bring in a division? And actively prepare for the offensive? Liu Xiaoshan received the report of the reconnaissance platoon and felt a little surprised. There are not many enemies here in Fushuidong, after all, the value here is limited, and Liu Xiaoshan just wants to take advantage of a small fight, but what he didn't expect is that as soon as he came, he ran into a division of troops from South Korea, and they were still actively preparing to attack, which was too face-saving! "Have you seen clearly, what is a division of the South Korean Army doing in Fusu-dong? There is no shop in front of the village in this place, what is there to fight? Liu Xiaoshan asked the platoon commander. Brigade commander, it's true, people really want to fight! The reconnaissance platoon commander said. Damn it! Liu Xiaoshan picked up his * and decided to go out to have a look.
Liu Xiaoshan took the reconnaissance platoon to the outer lookout post of Fushui Cave, and after observation, Liu Xiaoshan knew that the reconnaissance platoon commander was not mistaken, and the other party was indeed preparing to attack, but there was really nothing to fight in Fushui Cave, and Liu Xiaoshan was puzzled. "Brigadier Commander, what now?" Liu Xiaoshan's reconnaissance platoon commander asked. "Report the situation here to the division commander first, and I'll see if I can defeat them!" Liu Xiaoshan said. "Yes!" The reconnaissance platoon commander said. "Division commander, we only have one battalion, and the other party is a division, should we keep a low profile this time?" The battalion commander who came with him said. "Observe and observe, what if there is a chance!" Liu Xiaoshan said that this raised the telescope!
"A South Korean division is going to attack Fusu-dong?" Liu Xiaoshan's report made Liu Hai scratch his head: "What does this mean?" "Probably idle!" Ghost Cannon said on the side, "This place is a dead end, there is no village in front of the village, there is no store in the back, what can you do if you beat it down?" "Report the situation to Commander Qin, let Liu Xiaoshan pay attention to observation, you don't have to stick to it, if you really can't give up!" Bangs said. "Yes!" The staff officer next to him said.
"According to the information we have now, the US Joint Chiefs of Staff ordered Van Vliet to attack, but our tunnel troops have dragged the enemy to death, and now if they want to attack, they must first destroy our tunnel troops, before that, the Americans will not dare to attack us on a large scale, at least they will not venture into our depth! It is very likely that the 9th Division of the South Korean Army is just putting on a show so that Van Vliet can turn it over! Commander Qin said. If that's the case, we'll just give up! The chief of staff said, "There are no troops there, and Brigade Commander Liu only brought one battalion over!" "Okay!" Commander Qin said, "Tell Brigade Commander Liu that there is no need to hold on to Fushui Cave, you can give up!" ”
"Give up?" Liu Xiaoshan looked at the order and muttered. "Brigade commander, forget it, people are muddy, and it's a division!" The battalion commander next to him persuaded. "I said, why are you so cowardly? Like you, don't mess around here! Liu Xiaoshan scolded. No, Brigadier Commander... What else did the battalion commander want to say, Liu Xiaoshan said, "Let's go and see again!" "Yes!" The battalion commander didn't dare to say it anymore! Running to the front again, Liu Xiaoshan found something different: not far behind the South Korean army outside Fusu-dong, there was a small earthen bag with antennas on it, and more than a dozen tents. "Kill him!" Liu Xiaoshan said.
That night, Liu Xiaoshan took one of his battalions and launched an attack on the South Korean army unawares. The South Korean army on the opposite side also knew about the situation in Fusudong, so they didn't take it seriously, and besides, they were going to attack the next day, and the other side would definitely strengthen their defense, and they didn't expect the other party to attack at all, but at this time, Liu Xiaoshan just called over! Liu Xiaoshan's offensive effect was surprisingly good, and he rushed into that command post in one go!
That command post was the regimental headquarters of the South Korean Army, and the commander of the South Korean Army didn't even have time to put on his pants before he was beaten into a sieve by Liu Xiaoshan's soldiers! After defeating the regiment headquarters, Liu Xiaoshan not only killed a regiment commander, but also seized a batch of documents, the contents of which were all in Korean, and Liu Xiaoshan couldn't understand them, so he brought them all back. The South Korean army was beaten in a daze, and after the report, the division commander of the South Korean Army immediately made a decision and decided to retreat dozens of miles! In this way, the South Korean army retreated, while Liu Xiaoshan took advantage of it and retreated, and later the South Korean division did not attack Fusu-dong in the end. And the documents that Liu Xiaoshan brought back were even more exciting than that division!
"The report, the document has been translated, which means that the Americans are going to launch a full-scale offensive in the entire Jinhua area, and several divisions of troops and artillery have been added!" The chief of staff handed the document to Commander Qin. "Looks like this American is going to fight us here!" Commander Qin said. "So what do we do? Is it reported to the Division? The chief of staff asked. Of course, we have to report it and ask for more troops and artillery, since they want to fight with us, we will accompany him to fight! Isn't it an all-out attack, let's have a comprehensive defense first, and then wait for the opportunity to counterattack! Commander Qin said.