Just when Van Vliet was about to pay two hundred casualties on Wusheng Mountain in exchange for some tactical terrain initiative, this matter was stabbed in the White House! For this kind of tactical offense that is too small to be small, President Truman would not ask at all, but this time Truman was interested. Because this year is an election year in the United States, Truman has announced that he will no longer run for election and will instead support his Democratic candidate Stevenson for president, but due to the Korean War, the current situation in the United States is not optimistic for the Democratic Party.

At this time, Truman was overwhelmed by the anti-war issue, but just a few months ago, it was Truman himself who ordered the armistice negotiations to be interrupted and put forward the order to let artillery and machine guns debate. Truman was at a loss for what to do in this situation, and the general election was about to begin, and if he didn't think of a way, his party's candidate would be trampled to death by the people who were marching against the war! There are two solutions, one is to stop the war immediately, but it is basically impossible to stop such a large-scale war, especially since there are China and the Soviet Union behind North Korea. There is another way, which is to achieve a victory on the battlefield!

When Truman saw Van Vliet's plan, he called in a military adviser to the White House to learn more about the battle. After looking at the map and the plan, he told Truman that General Van Vliet only wanted to gain the initiative in a tactical position, and whether or not the two high ground could be taken or not, it would not mean much to both the enemy and us. However, this military think tank glanced at the location of Wusheng Mountain, and said that this place is very important, Wusheng Mountain is a strategic support point in central Korea, a key landmark in the iron triangle of the Chinese and North Korean armies, and a key point in guarding the Pyongkang Valley and the central plain of Korea!

After listening to this, Truman looked at the map and said, "If we take these two small heights, will we be able to attack the Five Holy Mountains?" "Of course you can, if that's the case, the Korean battlefield will change dramatically! Beneficial to our change! The military think tank said. Truman rubbed his hands, feeling in his heart that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, as long as Van Vliet could capture the Five Holy Mountains, then he could greatly change the situation on the Korean battlefield, and then it would be too good for the next election! "Do you think Van Vliet will be able to take these two heights?" Truman asked. "Although these two highlands can also be said to be positions, such a small position should be no problem!" Think tank said.

"I'm sorry General!" Van Vliet's chief of staff walked into Van Vliet's office, saw Van Vliet looking at a picture of his son Van Vliet Jr., and hurriedly said. "What do you say?" Van Vliet asked. "There's a call from the White House, President Truman has sent a top-secret order that you can only see in person!" said the chief of staff. "Take it!" Van Vliet said. Because it was a top-secret message, the chief of staff put down the message and went out, and Van Vliet, who was still immersed in the nostalgia for his son, came to his senses after reading a few words!

In the message, Truman said very vaguely, on the surface it looked like a very ordinary presidential note, but Van Vliet was not an idiot, if it was an ordinary note, how could he use the top-secret presidential channel to hand it to his hand, and it was written so vaguely. After reading it, Van Vliet understood what he meant, President Truman meant to make a big fuss about himself and expand the scale and purpose of this offensive, as for what? Van Vliet thought about it carefully, and guessed that Truman meant that he wanted to use this battle to build momentum for the domestic election, so that the country could generate public opinion favorable to the Democratic Party!

For such an order, Van Vliet was also a little excited in his heart. Because his son was killed by the volunteers, no one was seen alive or dead, and the words of the Korean People's Army made Van Vliet extremely angry and helpless, he could not launch a large-scale attack to avenge his son because of his son's death, he could only use the reason to add points to the negotiations to launch some small-scale attacks, such as this attack on Shangganling! Van Vliet has always been a firepower winner, on the one hand, to occupy Shangganling, and on the other hand, to vent his anger and soothe the pain of losing his son. But now it's different, with this presidential secret order, you can do a big job!

"Generals, we have decided to increase our troops at Shangganling in Wusheng Mountain, not only to attack the two highlands that have already been taken in Shangganling, but also to take the surrounding highlands! Including the Five Holy Mountains! Now I'm going to announce my plans! Van Vliet said to the commander of his division. General, it doesn't seem like it's a good time to expand the scale of the campaign, if the losses are greater, not to mention that General Clark won't agree to your plan, we will also be trampled to death by the anti-war elements at home! Van Vliet's chief of staff said. It doesn't matter, as long as we win the war, the anti-war sentiment in the country will change, and as for my plan, General Clark will definitely agree to it! Van Vliet said with a smile.

"Look, this is Shangganling, this is Pingkang Valley, when I first formulated this plan, in order to be able to control the scale of the battle, I chose to attack the two small highlands of Shangganling, but now the situation is different, if we want to seize Shangganling and Wusheng Mountain, we must make full use of Pingkang Valley to make a fuss!" Van Vliet said, pointing to the map. "In fact, I believe that the Chinese have not moved the troops in the Pingkang Valley in the direction of Shangganling until now, which means that they still suspect that our real offensive target is the Pingkang Valley, because it is more conducive to our mechanized troops to attack, so I think we can think of a way at this point!" Van Vliet said.

In fact, Van Vliet's method was very simple, that is, the old way of attacking the east and west, and diverting the attention of the volunteers to the direction of the Pingkang Valley. The specific operation is to use a large number of cars and tanks to move in the direction of the Pingkang Valley with great fanfare, and wait for the evening to quietly return to the direction of Shangganling, as long as the attention of the Chinese is attracted to the direction of the Pingkang Valley, then Shangganling will be captured! The generals of the US military could not raise the above dissenting opinions on such a method, but they all unanimously doubted whether the plan would be approved.

In fact, the reason why Van Vliet said that his plan would definitely be approved was because he saw the president's secret letter, and since the president told him that he needed to expand the scale of the battle, he must have already informed General Clark in Tokyo, and once his plan was handed over, General Clark would definitely agree. But Van Vliet never thought that this was completely his own wishful thinking, and Truman did not note General Clark at all, but only overstepped and asked Van Vliet to expand the scale of the campaign and launch an attack on Wusheng Mountain and Shangganling! Confident, Van Vliet made his deception and attack plan overnight, and then sent his plan to Tokyo, asking the Far East Command to agree to his battle plan!

When General Clark of the U.S. Army saw Van Vliet's plan, he couldn't help but sigh, because Clark knew that Van Vliet's son was killed in battle, Van Vliet was a little impulsive and excited, and wanted to take revenge, General Clark thought for a while, if he refused directly, Van Vliet would definitely fight with himself, but the most important thing is that Clark understood Van Vliet's pain very well, the son of a U.S. Army general died in North Korea, and he didn't see anyone dead or dead, after Clark thought about it, thought of a way, that is, to ask Van Vliet to be able to divert all the attention of the volunteers to the Pingkang Valley, as long as it can be done, approve his plan!

"General, if General Van Vliet succeeds in diverting the attention of the Chinese to the Pingkang Valley, will you really approve his plan?" General Clark's chief of staff asked. "Now our goal is to start peace talks as soon as possible and end this war, as for his plan, I have a negative attitude!" General Clark said. "Can't we win?" The chief of staff said: "We have absolute sea and air supremacy, and firepower that the Chinese cannot match... "But don't forget, the Chinese have the support of the Soviets behind them, with the Soviet weapons and the manpower superiority of the Chinese, if they continue to fight, they can only lose and lose without a winner!" Clark said. "So what now? Do you think General Van Vliet cannot divert the attention of the Chinese to the Pingkang Valley? The chief of staff asked. The Chinese are not idiots, they will not be deceived by such pediatric tactics! General Clark said, "In that case, I can reject his plan!" ”

"Great, although General Clark did not approve it directly, he gave us a chance, as long as we can divert the attention of the Chinese, we can get approval!" Van Vliet said happily: "Order the 6th and 7th regiments of the South Korean Automobile Regiment and start the deception plan!" "Yes!" Van Vliet's chief of staff replied immediately. After receiving the order, the South Korean Army's automobile regiment immediately swaggered back and forth between Sangganling and the Pingkang Valley every day with men and weapons. This situation of the US army was soon discovered by the volunteers, and after the situation was reported, Commander Qin not only did not fall for it, but was convinced of the US army's attempt to capture Shangganling. "Commander, does this American really want to fight the Kang Valley? That's not how you play! "Hmph, Lao Mei wants to fight Shangganling! As for the reason! Commander Qin shook his head and said, "With such fanfare, a fool can't fool him!" ”