Wells' Counterattack (9)
"Second battalion commander, this should be the road!" A scout came over and said. "How do you know you're on this road?" The second battalion commander asked. If you look at these tracked prints on the road, these are obviously deeper than those pressed out by the American tanks, which must have been printed by the enemy's heavy artillery trucks! The scout pointed to the track mark on the road and said, "Judging from the track mark, they should have passed in the direction of position six!" "Let's follow these track prints to find them!" The second battalion commander said. "Yes!" With a wave of his hand, the scout dove in the direction of Position Six.
The commander of the second battalion had been detouring the roads of the Americans with his reconnaissance team for several days, and the heavy artillery trucks of the Americans could not be found. Before the second battalion commander set off, Liu Hai was inspired by a volunteer soldier. This soldier said, this dead old beauty is either a cannon or an airplane, scaring anyone! Just this sentence reminded Liu Hai of the incident of the Americans' tactical nuclear weapons a few days ago, and the situation at that time seemed to mean that the Americans miniaturized nuclear weapons and could use artillery to shoot them. Liu Hai thought about the super-large-caliber artillery of the Americans in the past two days, and the two things were thought together, and the matter seemed to have a result: In order to open a breakthrough in Shangganling, the Americans moved the heavy cannon that could fire * to the battlefield, and the reason why this kind of artillery can quickly maneuver can only be one reason, that is, this kind of gun is a self-propelled artillery.
Thinking of this, Liu Hai told the commander of the second battalion to be dispatched to mainly observe the track marks on the road, and if the track marks were found to be very deep, then nine times out of ten it was the enemy's super-large caliber self-propelled gun we were looking for, and once it was found, the position would be reported back immediately. In order to be able to carry out a devastating blow to these self-propelled guns at the first time, Liu Hai transferred Wu Fatzi's heavy artillery regiment and arranged it in a depression near the front line, preparing the reconnaissance results of the second battalion commander.
The commander of the second battalion followed the track marks on the road and marched towards the area opposite the No. 6 position, but when passing through the first two American checkpoints, the reconnaissance team was discovered by the Americans! "No one should shoot! Evacuate! The commander of the second battalion beckoned his men to start retreating, the reason why he didn't shoot was because he didn't want to reveal his position, and after the troops sent by the Americans chased for a while, they didn't find any trace of the other party, and they didn't see anyone shooting, so they felt that they were nervous just now, so they quickly retreated. After retreating for a while, the second battalion commander hid on the spot, evading the search of the Americans, and after the Americans left, the second battalion commander led the people through the ridge and continued to march westward!
When they arrived at a clearing to the west, the commander of the second battalion saw more than a dozen self-propelled guns, resting there. "I've finally found these grandsons!" After the second battalion commander finished speaking, he told his signal corps to immediately report the position to the division headquarters. The communications corps reported the location of the self-propelled guns of the American army to the division headquarters. The operational staff officer who received the report immediately reported the location information to Liu Hai. Liu Hai didn't waste time, and immediately ordered Wu Fatzi's artillery regiment to open fire! Wu Fatzi's heavy artillery fired, and in an instant, hundreds of shells accurately hit the open space, and the US self-propelled artillery was quickly blown into a pile of scrap metal under the bombardment of the heavy artillery, and the second battalion commander looked at the US army's self-propelled artillery and happily retreated with the reconnaissance team!
But what the second battalion commander and Liu Hai didn't expect was that the batch of self-propelled artillery discovered by the second battalion commander was just an ordinary 155 mm self-propelled artillery battalion of the U.S. army, which was transferred here to fight as supplementary firepower, and the real 203 self-propelled artillery brigade was less than two kilometers away from this 155 self-propelled artillery regiment waiting for the ghost artillery to fire, that is to say, this 155 self-propelled artillery battalion was a substitute for the dead ghost!
Colonel Wells, who knew nothing about this, was in a hurry, because after four waves of attacks in a row, the Chinese artillery did not fire! While Wells was considering whether to intensify his attack to induce the enemy to open fire, news came that the 155-mm self-propelled artillery regiment had been wiped out. Wells, who heard the news, broke out in a cold sweat, he knew that he was less than two kilometers away from the 155mm self-propelled artillery regiment, and the Chinese must have found the target before firing, and they hit it very accurately, and the entire 155 self-propelled artillery battalion was completely wiped out! Wells keenly felt that there must be Chinese reconnaissance troops around, so he sent troops to keep a tight guard around the 203rd Artillery Regiment!
Liu Hai was also relieved at this time, he believed that as long as there were accurate coordinates, Wu Fatzi's cannon would definitely be able to destroy them, but what happened next made Liu Hai suspicious, that is, the other party actually did not react. According to the habit of the past, once the Americans were severely damaged or an important target was eliminated, the US planes and artillery would carry out round after round of retaliatory bombing of the volunteers, but this time there was none!
"Why hasn't there been any movement?" Bangs turned around and looked at the staff officers around him, "Is there any situation ahead?" "Nope! Division commander, except for the South Korean Army in front of Position No. 6, which is still fighting from time to time, there is nothing else in the defense area of our division! The staff officers said after looking at each other. Call the commander of the second battalion and ask him not to come back yet, go back to verify the effect of the shelling, especially to verify whether the target of the shelling is the target we want to hit, we must verify it clearly! Also, did you tell the ghost cannon that the enemy's self-propelled guns have been wiped out? Bangs asked. We've informed the Ghost Leader! A staff officer said. Tell the ghost cannon that you are not allowed to fire without my order! Bangs said. Be! ”
After receiving the news that the self-propelled artillery of the US army was destroyed, the ghost cannon laughed happily and told Liu Xiaoshan that if you need artillery support next time, please just ask, the artillery fire can arrive at any time. "Great! We've got artillery support again! Liu Xiaoshan said. Brigadier, those bastards are up again! A company commander ran over and shouted. Damn, look for death, tell the ghost cannon fire cover, fight these bastards! Liu Xiaoshan said. Be! "The correspondent immediately reported the request for fire support to the ghost artillery." This Liu Xiaoshan really didn't let Lao Tzu be idle and fired! Ghost Cannon said to his chief of staff. Commander, no! The chief of staff said, "I just received an order from the division commander not to open fire!" "Why don't you let the cannon fire again?" The ghost cannon muttered, "Okay, tell Liu Xiaoshan and let him carry it himself!" "Yes!" The chief of staff told Liu Xiaoshan that the artillery was not allowed to be fired. "! What the fuck is this old beauty doing? When Liu Xiaoshan heard that there was no artillery support again, he turned around angrily and shouted to his soldiers, "Fight Lao Tzu!" ”
"Battalion commander, the division commander told us to go back and verify the effect of the shelling and whether the target is correct!" The communications corps caught up with the retreating commander of the second battalion and said. "What's wrong?" The second battalion commander asked. "I don't know, the division commander didn't say it!" Said the communications officer. "Did we make a mistake?" The second battalion commander said. "Battalion commander, didn't you say that this is a new self-propelled gun for the Americans? None of us have seen it, is it really mistaken? The commander of the reconnaissance company leaned over and said. yes, that thing has a cannon on the car, and it looks pretty much the same,! The second battalion commander hammered his head and said, "Go back the way you came, go back and verify the target of the attack!" "Yes!" The second battalion commander returned with people!
The commander of the second battalion, who had returned the same way, once again returned to the place where the enemy's self-propelled artillery had just been found, and found a group of South Korean troops there to clean up the mess. "Catch a job and come back, try to find one with flowers on your shoulder!" The second battalion commander commanded. The commander of the reconnaissance company sneaked over with two men and captured a captain of the South Korean Army while the South Korean Army was cleaning up the battlefield and treating the wounded. The commander of the second battalion took out a knife and put it on the neck of the captain of the South Korean Army, and then asked him about the self-propelled artillery unit that had just been shelled. The captain of the South Korean Army did not stumble at all, and he went straight to the bottom, and it was a 155-mm self-propelled artillery battalion of the US army that was attacked, and there was also a super-large caliber self-propelled artillery brigade of the US army two kilometers away!
The commander of the second battalion slaughtered the captain of the South Korean Army with one sword, and then scolded and led the reconnaissance team to advance beyond the two roads to the west! But before I walked a mile, I found a patrol of the American army! "Battalion commander, there is no way to get through here, it seems that our shelling just now made the enemy strengthen the garrison!" Said the company commander of the reconnaissance company. "Think of a way! If we can't get by, we won't be able to find each other's specific coordinates! The second battalion commander said. These American patrols are very close, and it will be very difficult for us to get there, so my solution is to get someone to go in, and come back and tell us when we find the place! The reconnaissance company commander said. Who are you going to send in? The second battalion commander asked. I! ”
"Didn't the enemy still open fire?" Wells asked, a little angry. "The four regiments of the South Korean Army have attacked the No. 6 position seven or eight times, but the enemy's artillery has never fired!" The communications staff of the U.S. military reported to Wells. "Is it not enough to attack?" Wells said. "Quite possibly!" The chief of staff agreed: "The South Korean army has always been greedy for life and afraid of death, as long as it leans on and takes a few minutes, it will run back, such an attack is very capable of using artillery for the Chinese who are short of ammunition!" The chief of staff responded. Then increase the intensity of the attack, send tanks and planes, and launch an intensive attack on position No. 6, I don't believe that the Chinese do not open fire! Colonel Wells said.