Special Express(3)
Looking at the information obtained, Van Vliet fell into deep thought, because he had been fighting in Shangganling for more than a month, and the troops he had just prepared had already been exhausted, and the current troops were all reinforced later, especially the South Korean Army, which was a new unit that had not been formed for a long time, and the combat effectiveness was simply miserable, and this battle had become a war of attrition, and the biggest effect of this battle for both sides now was to see who had more people on both sides!
For ending this battle, Van Vliet has long had such a plan, but wanting to end it does not mean that you can end it if you want to, moving to think that even if you can't fight it, there will be no consequences, but I didn't expect that the Chinese would spend it with themselves on this hill, it is meaningless to fight like this, if you stop this battle is what Van Vliet cares about. Just when Van Vliet was racking his brains and thinking about how to end this battle with dignity, he received information from the counterattack of the volunteers, and suddenly felt that his opportunity had come!
"Make sure the information is correct!" Van Vliet said to the head of his intelligence department. "We will definitely do our best to verify the accuracy of this information!" said the head of the intelligence department. Just when Van Vliet ordered the verification, the South Korean agents lurking near the main station had discovered that the Chinese had blocked the highway, and many large trucks were stopping and loading goods on the highway, and almost all the anti-aircraft guns were on the highway, and the anti-aircraft machine guns were also transferred along the highway, and the railways were mostly fake anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns. Through these circumstances, the intelligence staff of the Americans reported back what they saw.
"The Chinese shells are going to be transported by road?" Van Vliet jumped up like a bitten long-haired dog "This is impossible, the road is rugged, not to mention, it will be more time-consuming, the Chinese will not do that" "This time is different, they must be playing tricks, because our air force reported that the Chinese air force in the Yalu River is attacking our fighters bombing the road, the intention is very obvious, that is, to protect their road line, but since the start of the war, no Chinese have not used the air force to protect a road line, that is, This time they must have transported very important supplies on the road, most likely 400,000 shells in the intelligence! The Chief of Intelligence said. Is there any other intelligence verification besides the Air Force report? Van Vliet asked. Report! A staff officer walked in.
"We received the latest intelligence from the South Korean Army, and their agents found out that the Chinese had blocked their road, and there were a large number of cars transporting supplies there, and the Chinese had transferred a large number of anti-aircraft weapons and anti-aircraft machine guns on that road, and the railway was only being repaired, but there was not a single gun or machine gun!" The staff officer who ran in read the telegram to Van Vliet. "Commander, there is no need to think about it, this must be a trick of the Chinese, they must want to use the railway to attract our attention, and then transport their shells on the road!" The Chief of Intelligence said. "Really?" Van Vliet was still a little skeptical.
"And one more thing, why are they transporting them on the road, isn't it better to transport these shells by rail?" Van Vliet said, "What's more, they still use such a big price? "Commander, their situation is different from ours, we have an absolutely superior air force blockade of them, in this case, although road transportation does not have the benefits of railway transportation, but it can save materials to the greatest extent, for example, once the railway is hit, a whole train of shells will be reimbursed, and cars are different, they can be more flexible to avoid bombing, so that they can save their materials to the greatest extent, as long as they can be saved, they can find a way to transport them to where they need them!" The Chief of Intelligence said. "I see!" After hearing this, Van Vliet felt that it made a lot of sense, and ordered the air force to bomb the road transport line with all his might!
"Get up!" The stationmaster of the terminus suddenly surrounded the station with a large group of volunteer soldiers, and then called out all the people inside. "Stationmaster, is there any urgent mission in the middle of the night?" The deputy stationmaster asked. "Of course there is an urgent mission!" The stationmaster said, "In five minutes, the first train loaded with 150,000 shells will arrive, and preparations for transshipment will begin immediately!" "Do you need to unload the truck?" The deputy stationmaster asked. "When are so many shells going to be unloaded? No need to unload, directly pull the turnout to transfer the 50-kilometer line! The stationmaster said. Mission completion guaranteed! The deputy stationmaster said, "Isn't there still five minutes?" I'll go make it easier! The deputy stationmaster said. No more! The stationmaster stopped him and said. Stationmaster, I'm going to pee, how can I not use it? The deputy stationmaster said. I really don't need to, because we have mastered your intelligence transmission method, and we will send your information for you in the future! The stationmaster said. No, webmaster, what do you mean by that? The deputy stationmaster looked at the stationmaster with a shocked expression. Okay, you've been exposed a long time ago, I didn't touch you, I just waited for the opportunity to take advantage of you! The stationmaster said.
"Open the gates!" At the stationmaster's order, the first batch of trains loaded with 150,000 shells roared out of the gate of the cave station, and then rushed south with a roar. At the same time, hundreds of lights on the highway turned on at the same time, and then slowly drove south along the road! The train on the railway did not turn on the lights, while the cars on the highway turned on the headlights, so that the night planes of the US military were instantly attracted to it. However, before the US planes could begin to drop bombs, suddenly several dazzling electric lights on the side of the highway suddenly rose into the sky, enveloping a US bomber in the light, and a fierce cannon sound instantly erupted below, and countless antiaircraft shells rushed into the sky, covering the highway wire under the fire of the antiaircraft guns.
"Fire! Hit harder, the searchlight should shine accurately, strive to shoot down, strive to shoot down! Bangs shouted with a walkie-talkie at the anti-aircraft artillery position. Master Liu, are we too desperate now, there are ten trains over there, if we get hit by one*, the consequences will be unimaginable! The staff officer next to him said. If you're idle, go and command the anti-aircraft artillery counterattack! Bangs looked at the sky and said. Be! "After the staff officer looked at his bangs, he didn't speak again, turned around and ran to the anti-aircraft gun position!" Alas! Liu Hai glanced at the staff officer who walked away and sighed, this kind of staff officer who knows that he comes according to the routine is the most unwantable, because what the staff officer needs is the art of command!
"Bastard! Their anti-aircraft firepower is too fierce! We have already lost two fighters! The captain of the night flight in the sky shouted. Our attack has failed, their convoy has already burrowed into the cave! The captain's wingman shouted. Bastard! We retreat! "The U.S. plane flapped its wings and withdrew! After returning home, these night planes reported the battle situation, and they found about hundreds of Chinese cars, dozens of which were destroyed under the attack of their own fleet, but because of the enemy's heavy anti-aircraft artillery fire, their own fleet lost two fighters during the attack! For such a report, Van Vliet felt that his decision was correct, the Chinese would definitely transport their own 400,000 shells on the road, so Van Vliet ordered the combat aircraft of the US army to block the road in its entirety!
The power of the US planes to blockade the entire line should not be underestimated, and once the order is given to blockade the entire line, dozens or even hundreds of planes will bomb and control the section of the road in units of 10 or 20 kilometers, and the intensity of the bombing will be very great. In fact, on the first night, in order to cover the task of transporting 150,000 rounds of artillery shells by the first railway locomotive, more than 100 people were sacrificed on the North Korean side, all of whom were aunts and women of the logistics team and some young children, and the camouflage of the hundreds of car lights was all these people, watching more than 100 corpses being discharged, the comrades on the North Korean side wailed and cried, but there was no way, because the comrades of the volunteer army told him that in order to cover the shells going south, the deception operation would continue tomorrow and tomorrow night, More North Korean masses are needed to help the volunteers.
"Excellent! Very good! "Liu Hai did not hesitate to praise the North Korean comrades!" Master Liu, is there any other way? More than 100 of our comrades died yesterday at once, and they are all local backbones! A North Korean comrade said. I know, but now there is a way, and if we can't pay a price, we can't get the job done! Liu Hai said: "At noon, you have to go to the highway and eliminate all the bridges of the huge craters that were blown up by enemy planes and the * that may be dropped by US planes, so as to open the passage for the follow-up convoy!" "Noon? Division Commander Liu, if we go in today's weather, we will most likely be killed by enemy planes," the leading cadre said. "It's okay, you just have to behave, I didn't say that you should fill in every little hole in the road!" Bangs said.
"Division Commander Liu, the losses of the North Korean people are indeed not small, are we... The staff officer came over and said. "No, we have to be fast, the next train is here... Forget it! You just have to listen to orders! Bangs said to the staff officer.
At 10 o'clock in the evening of the same day, Liu Hai gave an order, and another train loaded with 50,000 shells passed again, and under the cover of the North Korean people on the road, the ten trains successfully passed a distance of 50 kilometers and rushed to the cave below.