The U.S. Army's Counterattack (4)
Liu Xiaoshan's surprise attack disrupted the deployment of the US army, especially the US offensive opposite the No. 6 position, and Cowan was forced to transfer back two South Korean divisions to attack Liu Xiaoshan's roundabout troops, but just when Cowan was about to eradicate Liu Xiaoshan, who had infiltrated behind him, Liu Xiaoshan's troops suddenly disappeared, and the two divisions of the United Nations Army in the south and the South Korean Army attacking to the south were in full swing for two hours, only to find that they had made a mistake and each suffered many casualties. This result made Cowen angry and wanted to shoot the two South Korean army commanders. But Cowan was a bold general after all, and when he found that the enemy behind him was gone, he immediately transferred two South Korean divisions back and continued to attack Position No. 6!
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" Liu Xiaoshan led his troops to the west to quickly assault, although Cowen made a report, but at this time Van Vliet did not think that the volunteer army was still capable of carrying out a large-scale attack, and would definitely focus on defensive warfare, even if it went deep behind his own back, it was only the harassment of a small force, so he was not affected by Cowen's report, and continued to command the troops to attack the main peak of Shangganling. The day when Liu Xiaoshan broke through to the west was also the most ferocious day of the US army's counterattack, and both the No. 6 position and the direction of the main peak of Shangganling were attacked by the US army.
The 93rd Regiment of the No. 6 position was fiercely attacked by the American troops and the South Korean Army under the command of Cowen on the position dominated by the No. 6 position, and Cowan changed the order of the shelling, which used to be the first to open the artillery in the attack, but now it has been changed to attack first and then open the artillery, anyway, the South Korean Army is attacking in front, even if there are accidental casualties and deaths, it is the South Korean Army, under this change, the 93rd Regiment suddenly did not adapt to it, and was caused some casualties by the US artillery fire, For the 93rd Regiment, which had to continue to defend position No. 6 after a hard battle, it was unacceptable to lose a single person. After suffering two losses, the two artillery divisions covering the No. 6 position also changed their artillery tactics, and in the past, they all found that the enemy was attacking and firing artillery, but now they have replaced it with the first artillery of the US army, and the two artillery divisions also opened fire, so that as long as the 93rd Regiment does not come out of the artillery shelter, the shelling of the two sides can only kill the South Korean Army, and as soon as the defensive strategy of the Volunteer Army changes, the South Korean Army, which is the vanguard, loses one and a half battalions in the two-hour attack.
However, the casualties of the South Korean Army could not make the US troops stop attacking, and the main force of the next attack was replaced by the US Army, and the offensive capability of the US Army was much stronger than that of the South Korean Army, and the mortars, Bazooka, and machine gunners that the US troops attacked with each other cooperated with each other, giving the 93rd Regiment a lot of defensive pressure. However, in terms of the will to fight, the US military is far inferior to the volunteers. During the battle, a U.S. soldier's Bazooka knocked out a volunteer machine gunner, and the surrounding American soldiers saw that one of the machine gunner's arms was blown off by the explosion and fell, so they planned to rush to the position from here, but what they didn't expect was that the volunteer machine gunner who only had one arm left rushed into the U.S. troops with a * bag in his mouth, and five of the * bags were pulled apart, and more than a dozen U.S. soldiers were blown up to death or injury.
The two U.S. regiments attacked Position No. 6 seven or eight times, but they were either defeated by the Volunteers on the position, or were blocked by the artillery of the Volunteers, and suffered heavy casualties but did not even hit a single sub-position. Cowen changed the way of attacking in time, using light tanks to rush up the slope to cover the attacking troops nearby, trying to use the ferocious firepower of the tanks to suppress the firepower of the volunteers, but what he didn't expect was that the volunteers did not passively defend, but used the anti-tank group wearing the uniforms of the South Korean army, disguised as the South Korean army that was killed in front of the position, and unexpectedly rushed to the front of the American light tank, and greeted the US tank with a bag, *and* a brain, and the US light tank was torn apart by a few blowsThe volunteers, who were covering the anti-tank group, also jumped on the burning tank and used the machine guns on the tank to strafe the South Korean and American troops around the tank, and the result was that the attack did not work, and the tanks and soldiers were lost.
"Division commander, this can't be the case anymore, more than half of our two regiments have been killed or wounded, and a division commander of the South Korean Army has been killed, and now only the South Korean division is left with complete combat effectiveness!" Cowen's chief of staff said anxiously. "Then let them attack!" Cowan shouted angrily, "Organize the Overseers, and if those South Korean sticks are removed before they die, send them all to God!" "Wait a minute, Commander!" Another staff officer ran over and said, "General Van Vliet has a new order, he asks us to transfer all the troops other than the necessary defensive forces to the direction of the main peak of Shangganling to participate in the attack!" "What?" As soon as Cowan heard this order, he knew that the attack on the main peak of Shangganling was not going well, but Cowan knew that if he really carried out this order, then he really had nothing to do in the No. 6 position, so Cowan decided to make one last attempt at the No. 6 position before executing this order!
Cowan combined the two American regiments with more than half of the casualties and temporarily formed a regiment to attack the No. 9 high ground next to the No. 6 position, as long as the No. 9 high ground can be taken there, where can the mortar attack the No. 6 main position, so at least the tactical initiative can be obtained, so Cowan decided to use this last attack to take the No. 9 position, as long as there is a mortar attack cover of the No. 9 position, he is sure to take the No. 6 position! The US regiment commander believed that the strength of his regiment would attack the No. 9 position with a battalion as a unit, and that with the size of the No. 9 position, at most one platoon would be placed on it, and as long as he concentrated his forces to attack the No. 9 position several times, he would definitely be able to take this small No. 9 position!
At this time, there were only ten soldiers on the No. 9 position, and after several days of hard fighting, a platoon suffered two-thirds of the casualties, and six of the remaining ten people were wounded, and the commander was a deputy squad leader. In accordance with the offensive plan, the South Korean Army launched a feint attack on the No. 6 main position, while a battalion of the American Army rushed up to the No. 9 position. The deputy squad leader on the No. 9 position looked at the American troops rushing up under the black pressure, calmed down, picked up the machine gun in his hand, and shouted to his soldiers, "Fight me!" "Suddenly!" The machine gun in the hands of the deputy squad leader went off, and the other fighters also used their guns to think about the rushing enemy to shoot, and the two seriously wounded struggled to load the magazines of their comrades. The American army quickly rushed to a distance of several tens of meters, and a bazooka rocket launcher aimed at the deputy squad leader who was shooting and fired a *, with an explosion, the deputy squad leader died, and the fighters next to him continued to shoot!
"Throw*!" A soldier shouted and threw out *, and the other fighters also threw out *, blowing up the American troops who rushed in front of them, and the impact of the American troops stopped! More than a dozen American troops on the right side of the position took advantage of the volunteer firepower to concentrate on the front, trying to take advantage of the opportunity to rush up from the right, but were discovered by a volunteer soldier, who raised his bayonet and rushed forward at a dozen American soldiers without fear. A knife pierced the heart of a US second lieutenant, and the US soldiers next to him were about to shoot, when the volunteer soldier turned his gun sideways and pushed several US soldiers in front of him to roll down the position, and the US troops behind were also pushed back. The volunteer soldiers who fell in the enemy group did not hesitate to pull the * on their waists, and with the sneering fuse, more than a dozen American soldiers were so frightened that they wanted to run when they got up, but it was too late!
"Tubu!" A heavy machine gun bullet chain buried in the soil was dragged out, the heavy machine gun rang out again, the Soviet heavy machine gun fire was powerful, more than a dozen bullets went out, several American troops in front were beaten through, the American troops in front hurriedly lay on the ground, and two more volunteers threw * out, the American soldiers were stunned when they saw *, got up and ran, but were soon swept down by the heavy machine gun! A captain of the U.S. Army watched a black soldier next to him have half of his head knocked off, and the red blood and white * broke his face, and his spirit suddenly collapsed, and he threw down his gun and ran back, as a result, the other American soldiers also retreated with the commander. The first round of the assault ended with the escape of the American captain!
After the first round of the US offensive was over, the second round of the attack immediately rushed up, and there were only four volunteer soldiers with complete combat effectiveness left on the position. "The people are in the position, fight me!" After one soldier shouted, he opened fire on the American soldiers, and the other fighters continued to shoot at the American soldiers, but the American soldiers were outnumbered and quickly rushed up. The two seriously wounded saw the US troops rushing up, but they no longer had the strength to shoot, so they did not hesitate to hold the * bundle and pounced, after two explosions, the US troops suffered more than a dozen casualties, but the rest of the US troops still rushed up. Soon two volunteer soldiers were also killed, but the second round of the American attack was also repulsed!
Just as the second round of attacks by the US troops began, the commander of the 93rd Regiment on the main position discovered the offensive strategy of the US troops, and the main position was only a feint, and the US troops were targeting the No. 9 position. As long as the No. 9 position is taken, it will trap itself in passivity, so the commander of the 93rd Regiment ordered reinforcements to the No. 9 position. However, at this time, the 93rd Regiment could no longer draw people, so the commander of the 93rd Regiment lined up his last guards to reinforce the No. 9 position. After the failure of the two rounds of attacks by the American troops, they concentrated their artillery fire on the No. 9 position, and the two soldiers on the position were exhausted and did not even have the strength to hide! After the artillery bombardment of the US troops passed, the guard platoon also reinforced the No. 9 position, and when they were fifty meters away from the No. 9 position, the two remaining volunteer soldiers on the No. 9 position rushed into the middle of the American troops with * bags and blasting canisters.
After discovering the attempt of the American army, the commander of the 93rd Regiment called for artillery support, and with the support of two artillery divisions, the American army finally failed to capture position No. 9, and the last effort of the division commander Cowen also failed!