"Your Excellency Commander, none of us in the staff department agree with your battle plan!" Van Vliet's chief of staff said bluntly to Van Vliet. "Why?" Van Vliet looked at him and asked. "We have studied the situation in the area of Wusheng Mountain, and we believe that the Pingkang Valley is more suitable for our mechanized advantage, and the terrain of Wusheng Mountain is not suitable for attack at all, it is more conducive to the defense of the Chinese!" The chief of staff said unceremoniously. "I know what you said, and I know our advantages and the advantages of the Chinese!" Van Vliet said. "Then why did you choose to attack the Five Holy Mountains?" The chief of staff asked curiously. "John, we have our problems!" Van Vliet said.

"This war has been going on for almost three years, we have spent a lot of military spending, and sacrificed the lives of tens of thousands of American soldiers, and now the domestic anti-war wave is about to overwhelm the White House, and now if we carry out another large-scale battle, it is better to say that if we win, if we can't win, it will be quite troublesome!" Van Vliet said. "Your Excellency, Commander, I think that if we attack the Pingkang Valley, we have a good chance of victory, and if we can open the Pingkang Valley, the situation will be extremely favorable to us!" said the chief of staff. "Mr. Chief of Staff, don't forget, the Chinese's will to fight is very amazing, if we could break through their Tieyuan defense line, then their main combat corps would be wiped out by us, but what is the result, our more than 50,000 troops, thousands of artillery pieces and hundreds of tanks, in the end, we did not watch them retreat smoothly, but also paid the price of several thousand people!" Van Vliet said.

"Your Excellency Commander, I feel that our current superiority in strength and firepower is no longer the time to fight in Tieyuan, it is flat there, and the Chinese have no way to stop us!" The chief of staff said stubbornly. "John, think about it, when did the Chinese have an advantage in firepower? Even if we can fight through the Pingkang Valley, will we be able to achieve the advantage of being close to the Yalu River in the early days of the war? As for attacking the Five Holy Mountains, they just want to occupy some local advantages and gain some advantages at the negotiation table! Van Vliet said. Well, since that's all you have to aim for, it doesn't matter! After the chief of staff finished speaking, he left, Van Vliet glanced at the document on the table and sighed, it was a note from the US Joint Staff Council sent by Washington!

"Report, the deployment of the Chinese army near Wusheng Mountain has undergone some adjustments, and they have strengthened the defense of the Pingkang Valley!" A U.S. Army captain intelligence officer came in and said. "They adjusted the deployment?" Van Vliet frowned, thought for a moment and said, "They have strengthened the defense of the Pingkang Valley? "Yes!" Captain Intelligence Officer said. "How could they suddenly adjust their deployment?" Van Vliet asked, "What is going on?" "Yes!" The captain intelligence officer said, "The day before yesterday, a South Korean officer defected, and it was after that officer defected that the Chinese adjusted their deployment!" "Call the Intelligence Department to take a look and see what the hell is going on with that officer?" Van Vliet said.

"This offensive plan is carried out by our second division, I hope you will have confidence, we have the strong fire support of the allies, as well as an inexhaustible supply of supplies, with the help of the allies, we will definitely be invincible!" The commander of the 2nd South Korean Division was giving his men pre-war encouragement. "Mr. Division Commander, please come out for a while, our captain wants to see you!" A U.S. noncommissioned officer came in and said to the commander of the South Korean Second Division, who was making a big fuss. "Is it Major Shillander? Okay, I'll be right over! The commander of the Second Division of South Korea immediately said with a servile look. Let's all go back and prepare! The commander of the 2nd South Korean Division said to his subordinates, and after finishing speaking, he followed the American non-commissioned officer away!

"Mr. Divisional Commander, that subordinate of yours has now run to the enemy's side, what do you say about this?" Major Shilland asked the commander of the South Korean 2nd Division. "That bastard will definitely be punished, he violated military discipline and surrendered to the enemy, he is a disgrace to our South Korean army!" said the commander of the second division of the South Korean Army. "I'm not talking about that, I'm saying what he knows and what intelligence will he provide to the Chinese?" Major Shilland asked. "What could he know? He's just a petty officer! The commander of the 2nd South Korean Division said, "At most, provide some training in their battalion!" "Not necessarily!" At this time, a US lieutenant colonel walked in and said, "After that Li Qiuji defected, the Chinese adjusted their deployment, and it is clear that they know something!" We hope you'll have a talk! ”

"This is our U.S. military intelligence officer, what do you know, tell me quickly!" said the head of the military police of the US military. "What could he know? He's just a small battalion commander, there shouldn't be anything to know! Said the commander of the 2nd South Korean Division. Does he know your plan of attack this time? The U.S. military intelligence officer asked. He doesn't know, I just released our attack plan yesterday, he defected the day before yesterday, he shouldn't know, no, he definitely won't know! Said the commander of the 2nd South Korean Division. I've already investigated, when the communications officer of the military headquarters conveyed the order to attack you, that Li Qiuji was also there, can you guarantee that he didn't hear anything? The U.S. military intelligence officer asked. This one.... "The commander of the 2nd South Korean Division suddenly didn't know what to say!" Well, I get it! The U.S. military intelligence officer said.

"Your Excellency Commander, we have already investigated, and it is very likely that Li Qiuji already knew our attack plan and had already told the Chinese, but according to aerial reconnaissance and our reconnaissance, the Chinese did not strengthen the target we want to attack, but strengthened the defense of the Pingkang Valley, which seems to be a little wrong!" said the chief of staff. "No, from a military point of view, no one will attack Wusheng Mountain in this situation, the Chinese may think that Li Qiuji is deceiving them, or that we are using Li Qiuji to deceive them, in fact, we want to attack the Pingkang Valley, so they have strengthened the defense of the Pingkang Valley!" Van Vliet said. "That's the best, if that's the case, it's still good for our offense!" said the chief of staff. "There is nothing advantageous, those two heights are so big, the offensive side is so big, there is nothing to strengthen, there is nothing advantageous, let's go as planned!" Van Vliet said.

"Mr. Division Commander, due to the defection of your subordinates, we have suffered a lot of losses, so your troops must win the battle, otherwise you will be in quite trouble!" The intelligence officer of the US military said to the commander of the 2nd South Korean Division. "Please rest assured, we will be the first to capture those two positions!" The commander of the 2nd South Korean Division said immediately. "Well, Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief awaits the news of your victory!" said the U.S. military intelligence officer. "I'll make pre-battle preparations right away, and I can take down such a position in two hours at most!" The commander of the second division said.

"Report!" A staff officer came in and reported: "Battalion Commander Li is back!" "Call him in!" said the chief of staff of the fifteenth army. After a while, a volunteer officer who looked very energetic came in. "Company Commander Li, is there any result?" said the chief of staff of the fifteenth army. "Chief of Staff, according to our reconnaissance, the Americans are indeed going to attack, but it seems that the target of their attack is not the Pingkang Valley, but the two highlands of the Five Holy Mountains!" Company Commander Li said. "Is there any specific performance?" The chief of staff looked at Company Commander Li and asked. "The preparations for the attack of the South Korean 2nd Division have been very detailed, for example, their mortars and artillery have accurately measured the two positions, the waves of the attack have been arranged, and the attack positions have been constructed, and it is very likely that the attack will be carried out in the next few days!" Company Commander Li said. "What about the U.S. military? What are the Americans doing? The chief of staff said. The Americans, as usual, are behind the South Korean army! "Okay, I'll report to the commander!" said the chief of staff.

"The South Korean army is going to attack? What about the U.S. military? Commander Qin asked after listening to the report of the chief of staff. The Americans, as usual, hid behind the South Korean Army and prepared to wait for the South Korean Army to die! The chief of staff said: "Could it be that this American really wants to attack the idea of the Five Holy Mountains?" "It doesn't look like a good thing to say right now!" Commander Qin looked at the map, "These Five Sacred Mountains are not too far from the Pingkang Valley, if we transfer our forces to the Five Sacred Mountains, the Americans can use their mechanized advantage to transfer the attack target at any time, and we will be unable to defend against it!" "But what if they really want to attack the Five Holy Mountains?" The chief of staff asked. "If they take the Five Holy Mountains and then attack the Pingkang Valley, then they will also take the initiative here, and when they attack from both sides, we will be completely passive!" Commander Qin said, "Pass my order, the troops of the Five Holy Mountains must defend the Five Holy Mountains to the death, and they must not be lost!" If the enemy dares to attack, it must be dealt a heavy blow! ”

"Soldiers, today we will attack the Five Holy Mountains, for this attack, our allies have prepared more than three hundred cannons, more than twenty planes and dozens of tanks to support us, we will definitely be able to take the Five Holy Mountains in one go!" The commander of the 2nd South Korean Division said to the soldiers of his pioneer battalion. As soon as the commander of the South Korean Second Division finished speaking, the US artillery fire, which had already been prepared, began to attack, and the US planes in the sky also flew towards Goseongsan!