Long live the 38th Army (6)
"Give me the demolition team, Bazooka, mortars, give it to Lao Tzu!" A company commander of the Volunteer Army, personally holding the * bag, rushed up with his own demolition team. The machine gun behind the company commander was frantically covering, and after the company commander and his own demolition team rushed through the opponent's fire, there were only two people left, and one was seriously injured! "We're not going back!" The company commander wiped a handful of blood that covered his eyes, and rushed into the opponent's fortifications with his * bag, while the wounded soldier climbed under the fortifications, used his body as a support, and set it on fire*! After a burst of explosive fire, the US military blocking that served as the rear defense was broken through!
"Rush me!" The regiment commander is also crazy, because the division commander gave a death order, and today he must hit the back of the American troops in Sansholi, otherwise military law will be engaged! And the division commander was also very helpless, the attack did not go well, because the opponent's firepower was too strong, and his troops suffered heavy casualties but made little progress, so he had to personally go to the front line to supervise the battle! The army commander told the division commander that if he couldn't break through as soon as possible, once the Sansholi side couldn't withstand it, the headquarters of the US Ninth Army, which Mr. Peng had encircled with great effort, was very likely to flee south, and then the success would fall short, and everyone would not be able to escape! However, in the face of absolute superiority in ground-to-air firepower, the volunteers attacked desperately, but they had no choice but to use their lives to advance!
"This will not work, the rear defense has retreated another ten kilometers, the Chinese are still increasing their troops, and the Ninth Army will die in this way!" In the general staff in Tokyo, the chief of the general staff of the US army is anxious! "It's useless, it's been so long, and the casualties are so big, but you can't even break through one of the three institutes!" MacArthur bit his own corncob pipe! "General, we must think of a way now, not the time to complain, otherwise it will be too late, there are six to eight Chinese troops behind the Ninth Army!" said the chief of staff. "Okay!" MacArthur reluctantly looked at the map, "Order the troops to carry out Plan Z!" ”
"Mr. Peng, now we are actively promoting, but there is no way, the firepower gap between the two sides is too big, and we have no way to make a breakthrough in the frontal attack under this kind of firepower! The 113th Division has reached the limit there, even Liu Hai's artillery division has lost more than half, and the rocket artillery battalion has also gone up, but * has been exhausted, and now it is being used as infantry there, to be honest, it is almost unbearable, and if you don't think of a way, the results of this battle will be very limited! "Han Xianchu reluctantly reported to Mr. Peng!" Alas! "Mr. Peng is actually very unwilling, but there is no way, the advantage in firepower is helpless!" In this way, tell the attacking troops to adopt tactics such as roundabout outflanking, frontal attraction, and flank detours, and strive to encircle and destroy the enemy in front of you! Destroy as much as you can! After Mr. Peng finished speaking, he sighed heavily! Mr. Peng, there is a new situation! You'll be delighted! A staff officer ran over and said. What's the situation? Mr. Peng asked.
According to Mr. Peng's order, the attacking volunteers immediately changed the method of strong attack and began to adopt various flexible tactics to encircle and eliminate the enemy in front of them! As the Volunteers ate the U.S. Army one by one, the U.S. 2nd and 25th Divisions in charge of the palace fell into a desperate situation: the 2nd and 25th Divisions of the U.S. Ninth Army retreated in the direction of Shunchuan after abandoning Junyuli. There is a three-way junction on the road from Gunyu-ri to Suncheon, one is westward through Anchon to Suncheon, and the other is eastward to Suncheon. Although the road to Sunchon to the west was safer, it was enough to overwhelm the UN forces. In particular, it takes a day for a division of the US army and heavy equipment to pass through this kind of country road. There was no way, Major General Kaiser led the 2nd Division to choose a direct route to the east. This decision sent the 2nd Division directly into the Valley of Hell.
When General Peng learned of this news, he immediately began to mobilize two armies and ordered these two armies to give up the pursuit of the frontal enemy, advance left and right, and concentrate their forces to destroy the US 2nd Division and the 25th Division! The reason for such a high-standard treatment is because the second division of the US Army, like the first division of the US Marine Division, is the ace of the US army, the darling troops, this division is equipped with more artillery and tanks than other divisions, and the supply is also very important, and the treatment is proportional to his combat effectiveness is also very strong, so he was given the responsibility of the queen of the palace, of course, the second division also lived up to expectations, after being captured in Sansholi, with the strength of the first division in the key area to withstand the attack of the two armies of the volunteers, but also with the air firepower, A large number of volunteers were killed and wounded, and the ratio of casualties between the enemy and the enemy reached four to one! For such a record, the commander of the US Second Division is very proud!
When the casualty report was placed on Mr. Peng's desk, Mr. Peng stomped his feet angrily, the troops of his two armies could not defeat a division, but this was also a matter of no choice, the comparison of strength could not be seen from the establishment alone, the establishment of the second division of the US Army reached 18,000 people, and the two armies of the Second Volunteer Army combined were only a few thousand more than others, not to mention that the firepower of others exceeded that they did not know how much, in this case, it was not unacceptable to not be able to fight. But since pie has fallen from the sky, since the second division of the US army has gone into the valley, this is not a fight in vain! It's all in vain!
Under the command of General Peng, the troops of the two volunteer armies launched a tidal attack on the 2nd Division of the US Army from both sides of the valley, and the US troops marching in the valley, due to the terrain restrictions, not to mention the heavy equipment could not be unfolded, not even a battalion could be unfolded, and the result was that they were beaten to an embarrassment, coupled with various attacks and sneak attacks, so that the US 2nd Division paid the price of casualties that had never been seen before: 3,000 casualties in two hours! Looking at the paralyzed heavy vehicles and a steady stream of wounded people all over the ground, the commander of the 2nd US Division wanted to cry without tears! "Commander, what now? We really can't stand it anymore! The commander of the second division came over and shouted, "If we go on like this, we will all die in this damn valley!" "Well, throw away all the heavy equipment and unnecessary ammunition and everything else, and retreat west on foot, and I will call the air force to cover us!" The commander of the second division said.
"Concentrate all the tactical air wings, all go to cover Jerrys, the second division can't have any more big losses, if it goes on like this, our ace division will die!" MacArthur heard that the US Second Division was running away with all his might after suffering 3,000 casualties in two hours, and MacArthur, who was already a little nervous by the current situation, shouted hoarsely. With MacArthur's order, hundreds of planes took off with a bang and flew towards the area of the Second Division, and thousands of tons of steel were thrown on the heads of the pursuing volunteers, who were desperately pursuing after suffering huge casualties, and had to accept the reality of distancing themselves from the Second Division! When he watched the volunteers who chased all the way with a bayonet on their buttocks slow down, the commander of the 2nd US Division shouted God bless!
At the same time, the 25th Division of the United States also ran westward like a lost dog at this time, and the 25th Division was lucky, because the volunteer army that chased him ran to the second division to besiege the valley, so that he could run farther, even then he was intercepted by the volunteer army interspersed with roundabout troops and kept attacking along the way, and the heavy equipment had long been thrown away, and there were still a few cars that were planned to pull some important materials and senior officers. But the fuel supply trucks were burned down by the pervasive KPA guerrillas, and in the end the whole army had to retreat on foot! In the end, he relied on the support of the air force to escape in embarrassment.
"Let's do it!" Walker, commander of the US Eighth Army, looked helplessly at the telegram sent by MacArthur, in which he ordered the entire Eighth Army to disengage from contact with the enemy as soon as possible and withdraw to the front line of Pyongyang! "In fact, we can fight, the Chinese are poorly equipped, and their logistics have been almost cut off by us!" I've observed that their weapons are very backward, and there is not enough food, let alone anything else, and if we can hold on for a while, maybe it won't turn out like this! Walker's staff officer said. That's why we can't insist, we always like to analyze things from a material point of view, never consider the spiritual aspect, we have come here thousands of miles, many people don't know why they came to this unfortunate place, and the Chinese are here to defend their homeland, when the material is sufficient, we always fight, but now the back road and supplies have been cut off, no one includes me, no one wants to die for this broken place! Walker said. You have a point! The staff officer thought for a moment and said.
Walker is known as one of the best generals in the U.S. Army. With a strong body, a big belly, clear facial lines, and a strong local accent in his conversation, he looks like a plainclothes detective. The early years of the war were hard and exhausting due to the lack of American forces, combined with low morale and a lack of heavy equipment in the South Korean army. Despite the intense pressure from North Korea, Walker mobilized reserves and thwarted all North Korean attacks. Attacking north from the outer extension, acting in concert with the 10th Army landing at Incheon. After the 10th Army converged, it invaded Wonsan and Pyongyang to the north, fighting in the western half of North Korea, and he advocated a cautious advance due to concerns about the flanks and the potential return fire of the Chinese People's Volunteers. However, General MacArthur made a mistake in command, and made the mistake of lightly advancing against the enemy, and the Volunteer Army launched a sharp counterattack with 33 divisions and 380,000 men, and in the first wave of attacks, it crushed the Korean Second Army Corps, which was on the right flank, and the flanks of the American troops on the eastern and western fronts were exposed, and the queen hastily withdrew. Now Lieutenant General Walker is preparing to go to the 25th Infantry Division, and his son, Captain Sam Walker, has just received a medal. But Walker didn't think that he would never be able to reach the 25th Division again!