U.S. Army's Counterattack (2)
"These pieces of waste, don't they hold back the fire with empty tree trunks? Pull the plug faster to look like a cannon! The ghost cannon looked at the plane in the sky speechlessly, and after only two shells, he hurriedly covered the cannon with a camouflage cloth and began to avoid the air, looking at the North Koreans who camouflaged the cannon with smoke from the tree trunk in the distance, and scolded dissatisfiedly. Oh, yes, Commander, people are covering us with their lives! A battalion commander next to him said. Lao Tzu knows! The ghost cannon roared angrily! He looked at the plane in the sky and said, "This won't work, I have to go to the division commander, we have to think of a way!" ”
"Commander, this won't work!" The staff officer came over and said, "The planes of the Americans are so rampant that they overwhelm us!" The commander of the ghost artillery has already been here twice, and he said that each time the cannon fires a maximum of two shells, he is suffocated to death! "I see, what's going on on the position?" Bangs asked. "The position is still in our hands, but because there is not enough artillery support, the casualties are not small!" The staff officer said. "We have to think of a way, these two artillery regiments can't let so many hundred planes be scrapped!" Bangs said as he looked at the plane in the sky. "What's the solution? We don't have enough anti-aircraft guns! The staff officer said. We might be able to divert their attention! Bangs said.
"The Ninety-third Regiment is only enough to defend against the offensive now, but I'm afraid that the defense is enough, if you want to do something on the side of the sixth position, you need new forces to invest!" The staff officer of the headquarters said on the phone. "Is there any new energy to invest in now? A regiment is fine! Bangs asked on the phone. Division Commander Liu, let alone a regiment, even a company can't draw out excess strength, if you have any ideas, you can report your thoughts to the commander-in-chief! The staff officer said. I'm just asking about Six! Bangs said into the phone.
"Commander-in-chief, Liu Hai has an idea to launch a large-scale counterattack in the direction of position No. 6 and divert the attention of the Americans from the main peak of Shangganling, otherwise the battle in Shangganling is very likely to return to the last battle and abandon the position because of heavy casualties!" The chief of staff of Shiji said to the commander-in-chief. "The 93rd Regiment in the direction of the 6th position has suffered a lot of casualties now, the Americans have gathered heavy troops in the direction of the 6th position, if the 93rd Regiment counterattacks now, if it succeeds, it can indeed attract the attention of the Americans, but in case the counterattack fails, the 93rd Regiment will not even have the ability to defend!" said the commander-in-chief. "Division Commander Liu Hai means that he can use his direct brigade to launch a counterattack!" The staff officer said. "Liu Xiaoshan, do you dare to fight a counterattack at the sixth position?" Liu Hai called Liu Xiaoshan over and asked. "What's wrong with Position Six? And what about the Americans? Commander, tell me, how to fight? Liu Xiaoshan said indifferently. Now there are heavy enemy troops in the No. 6 position, and if you counterattack it, you will not only have to fight quickly, but also hurt the Americans, so that they can divert their attention from the main peak of Shangganling! Bangs said. Do you mean to distract the Americans? Isn't that easy? Liu Xiaoshan said. Not easy! Liu Hai looked at Liu Xiaoshan and said, "Now Shangganling is a battle of face for the Americans, and the main peak of Shangganling is the face that the Americans want to regain by playing with their lives, which is related to the prestige of the Americans in the so-called United Nations. ”
"It may seem hard to say, but it's not that hard!" Liu Hai said: "The last time my direct reconnaissance battalion conducted reconnaissance, I seized a map and found that there was a culvert through the mountains twenty kilometers opposite the No. 6 position, as long as it could pass through that culvert, it was the largest logistics supply warehouse for the US military position within 100 kilometers of the perimeter, and I estimated that the logistics supplies in the entire Shangganling area were transported from there!" Last time, it was difficult for the reconnaissance unit to reach that far because of the distance, but I could! "You mean you are sure that you will be able to carry out a far-reaching assault on the US military at twenty kilometers?" Bangs asked. "Division commander, without such a distant assault, it is difficult to attract the attention of the Americans, if we can hit this position, then their best and fastest way is to transfer the plane back!" Liu Xiaoshan said.
"Commander-in-chief, the specific plan of Division Commander Liu Hai is that his direct brigade will launch a counterattack from position No. 6, attack twenty kilometers deep, threaten the enemy's flank supply center, and if you are lucky, you can directly interrupt the attack of the Americans!" The chief of staff of the Shiji reported to the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army. "Twenty kilometers deep?" The commander-in-chief said with some worry: "I know about this independent brigade of the Eighth Artillery Division, but we have to attack 20 kilometers deep in the direction of the enemy's heavy defense, and there will be strong troops in front and behind at that time. "But the commander-in-chief, if they can succeed, they don't need to kill the supply center, as long as they can threaten, they can force the Americans to withdraw a considerable part of their forces to the rear, at least so that the Americans can not fight back with all their strength, which is conducive to our final victory in the battle!" The chief of staff suggested to the commander-in-chief. "Okay!" The commander-in-chief thought for a moment and said, "You tell Liu Xiaoshan to act at the opportunity, if the assault is not smooth or the difficulties are great, don't force the assault, if it doesn't work, come back!" "Yes!" The chief of staff nodded and said, "I'll tell him your opinion right away!" ”
"What the commander-in-chief means is to act when the opportunity arises, and if it doesn't work, come back!" Liu Hai said to Liu Xiaoshan. "Don't worry! My reconnaissance battalion had already figured out the terrain on the 6th side last time, and I took a group of vanguards to pass through the mountain stream on the left, and I could directly bypass the front line of their heavy defenses, and go directly to the section behind them, twenty kilometers of mountain roads, I could reach the culvert in two and a half hours at most, as long as I could get to that culvert, I would definitely be able to blow up the supply center! Liu Xiaoshan said with an oath. I will let the artillery division of position No. 6 open artillery to cover you, but you must resolutely obey the orders of the commander-in-chief, act at the opportune time, and don't be too reluctant! Bangs said. I understand! Liu Xiaoshan said.
"Tell the two artillery divisions of position No. 6 to bombard the center line and the positions to the right for half an hour, and cease fire after hitting a base!" After Liu Hai finished speaking to his communications staff, he turned his head and said to Liu Xiaoshan, "You only have this half an hour to break in, and after half an hour, you will have to rely on yourself!" "Half an hour, the fire cover of two artillery divisions, this is a military-level treatment, if I can't break through again, then I won't have the face to mix again!" Don't worry, teacher! Liu Xiaoshan said.
"Fire!" The two divisions that had received Liu Haiming's order began artillery cover at the same time, and for a time the artillery fire on the opposite side of the No. 6 position was continuous, and the US and South Korean troops were resting at this time, and after several more attacks with the support of US planes and tank artillery, the 93rd Regiment once again withstood the US attack. After the last attack was repulsed, Cowan unhurriedly looked at the No. 6 position opposite with a telescope, Cowan had a number in his heart, the volunteers on the opposite side could not hold out several times, each attack remained at the battalion level attack, as long as it consumed some of the Chinese's defensive capabilities a few more times, and then concentrated artillery fire and air superiority to concentrate fire and bombing, completely cut off their backup, and then concentrate the attack of regiment-level troops, when the time comes, it will definitely be able to take the No. 6 position in one go, with artillery fire and aircraft cover, Hold the No. 6 position first, as long as you hold the No. 6 position, you can threaten the defensive balance of the entire Shangganling, and then you can win in one fell swoop!
"Commander, do you know what you should do?" Liu Xiaoshan looked at his head and asked. "Know, as the vanguard of the whole brigade to open the assault channel for the troops!" The head of the regiment said. "It's good to know! Second Commander, do you know what you should do? Liu Xiaoshan asked. Know, for the whole brigade, ensure the safety of the side and rear of the whole brigade! The second head said. Three regimental commanders! Liu Xiaoshan said: "Do you know why you are placed in the middle?" "Know, always ready to take over a regiment as an attacking striker!" The third head said. "Good!" Liu Xiaoshan said, "The three regiments are tightly connected, and they will advance in one go, twenty kilometers, and kill the supply center of the Americans!" "Yes!" The three captains shouted.
"Division commander, Liu Xiaoshan, can they break through twenty kilometers in this situation?" The chief of staff asked with some concern. "If we can't make the Americans feel that their rear is threatened, they will concentrate their superior forces and firepower to attack the Shangganling area, although our firepower has improved a lot, but compared with the Americans, it is still very different, if we want to withstand the counterattack of the Americans, it is not enough to rely on strong defense alone, but also rely on tactical cooperation!" Bangs said, "Once we succeed, we will have a lot less positive pressure!" ”
"What are the Chinese doing?" Cowan watched with a telescope as his left flank attack position was under heavy shelling, and some of them suddenly couldn't figure out why the Chinese suddenly wanted to fire on the left flank! "Report! Our left flank was attacked by the enemy, whose assault was fierce, having broken through our lines and now advancing in depth! "Cowen's chief of staff ran in and reported." What, to rush into our depth? Cowen paused for a moment, then turned back and followed the map, finally focusing on the logistics supply center twenty kilometers away. Their target is our logistics center? The staff officer next to him looked at Cowen's finger and said in surprise. You're wrong! Their goal is to divert our attention! Cowan said.