Wells' Counterattack (4)
"Regiment commander, division commander has an order, let us all stop advancing, and the whole army is on standby!" The correspondent rushed over and shouted at Wu Fatzi. "What? Standing still? Fat Wu asked. Yes, the division commander told us to stop advancing and stand by where we are! The division commander wants to talk to you! The correspondent repeated. Stop moving forward! Wu Fatzi shouted loudly: "Hide in place and stand by!" "The head of the regiment is connected!" The correspondent took the walkie-talkie and said. Wu Fatzi took over the walkie-talkie, and the sound of bangs scolding came from inside. Wu Fatzi hurriedly listened carefully.
"Fat Wu, are you?" Liu Hai took the walkie and scolded, "Have you ever seen the empty city plan played twice?" Are you going to toss your artillery regiment and you will be happy? "I don't think that's the teacher, I think... Wu Fatzi hurriedly explained. "What a fart you think!" Bangs scolded: "Do you think Americans are stupid? You dodged an air raid the first time you were on the spot, and you fired again on the spot, and now you're going back, you're dead! "Commander, I was wrong, what should I do now?" Fat Wu asked. "Do you remember, the cliff behind the No. 6 position, where to put your cannon, do a good job of concealment, you can shoot when you need to open fire, don't run around, and don't play your cleverness!" Bangs said. "Yes! Division commander, carry out the order immediately! Wu Fatzi said. Commander, aren't we going back? The battalion commander came over and asked. Go back to a fart, look for death, the whole group turned to the cliff 2.5 kilometers northwest, quickly! Wu Fat Man roared!
However, as soon as Wu Fatzi turned around, he saw through the telescope that his position just now was bombed indiscriminately by US planes, and if it wasn't for the division commander to stop him, he would have been bombed now! Fat Wu wiped his sweat in fear, and scolded himself for being a fool.
"Tell the South Korean army not to attack again!" Master Cowen said. "But Colonel Wells's side..." The staff officer reminded. "I'll go back to him to discuss, maybe we should take revenge in another place!" Master Cowen said. After the attack stopped, Division Commander Cowen personally went to Wells's command post and found Wells, who was on fire. "Commander Cowen, why has the attack stopped?" Colonel Wells asked, rather dissatisfied. "Colonel Wells, do you have any plans?" Master Cowen asked. "For the time being, we still need to observe the opponent's movements, I have already called all the artillery reconnaissance planes to dispatch, and I will definitely be able to find their artillery positions!" Wells said. "And how much artillery do they have now?" Cowan asked. "Judging by the current situation, they have at least four or five artillery regiments, to be honest, I don't believe it much!" Wells said.
"Colonel Wells, to tell you the truth, you were fooled! Our intelligence indicates that there are only two artillery regiments at most near Position Six opposite us, and your judgment is five! Master Cowen said. What's going on here? Wells yelled as he slapped the table. Colonel Wells, our opponents are very strong, at least the artillery commander opposite us is very good, you know, I am not a novice in the use of artillery, I have always felt quite proud of the use of artillery to make the most of the terrain, but since I came here, I have been suffering, and you have done very well! Colonel Cowan said. So do you mean we give up on fighting back? Wells said. No, we can go in a different direction, it's hard to take advantage here! Cowan shrugged his shoulders helplessly. Where do you think we should fight back? Wells asked. To the west, Pingkang Valley! Cowan said, "There are also artillery from the other side over there, maybe it's better to deal with than here!" "Alright! We can try! Wells said unwillingly. Now we'll go, I've got the warrant, and you can go now! ”
To the west, in the direction of the Pingkang Valley, is where the Volunteer Army has been heavily defending, and the artillery that supports here is the Seventh Artillery Division! Because of the terrain, the Pingkang Valley is extremely conducive to the mechanized offensive of the US army, so no matter what the battle looks like on the Shangganling side, the reinforcement of the Pingkang Valley has never stopped, and the 7th Artillery Division, as an important fire support unit here, although the artillery shells are sufficient and the rest is also sufficient, the commander of the 7th Artillery Division does not take it lightly at all, for fear that something will go wrong here. Although the U.S. military wanted to attack from here, because of the strict defense of the volunteers, the U.S. military had no chance at all, so they could only maintain a state of confrontation!
Wells took the authorization order to the U.S. division headquarters to the west, and handed over Van Vliet's authorization order to the U.S. division commander in charge of this side. "How many artillerymen do you have here?" Wells asked. "We have six artillery regiments here!" The commander of the US military division said. "Six artillery regiments?" Wells didn't expect there to be so many artillery here. "Colonel Wells, I have to tell you, this is our key offensive area, and the opponent is also heavily defended, if you want to retaliate from here, I'm afraid it's not easy!" The commander of the US military division said. "You're talking about the Army, and the shells can't be stopped by a lot of people! Can you arrange for some South Korean troops to attack? Wells said. Sure, but where do you aim for it? The U.S. division commander asked. Right here, Three-Headed Peak! Wells said, pointing to the map.
Wells had a good eye for the three-headed peak, which was a defensive point in the Pingkang Valley, where about a company of volunteers defended. This three-headed peak has a special feature, that is, the entire Pingkang Valley defense area is a relatively independent defense direction, if it can be broken through here, although it can not completely break the defense of the Pingkang Valley, but it can be used here to advance to the depth of the Pingkang Valley, can break the defense balance of the Pingkang Valley, so the defense here is quite tight, especially the company on the three-headed peak, is a famous hard company.
"Colonel Wells, how do you need us to cooperate with you?" The commander of the U.S. division asked. "You just need to prepare two or three regiments of the South Korean Army for an attack! My target is their artillery! Colonel Wells said. There is no problem with this, if you can destroy the artillery of the Chinese, then we can attack from here! The U.S. division commander said. I'll try to do it! Have you also suffered the loss of the Chinese artillery? Wells asked. We didn't suffer any losses, but every attack was met with artillery fire, and if you could defeat them, we would have an overwhelming artillery advantage! The U.S. division commander said. I know! Wells said. Wells learned from the American division commander that the Chinese artillery on the other side was very average, at least a little easier to deal with than the No. 6 position, and after thinking about it, Wells began to order the South Korean Army to attack.
According to the unwritten rules of the Volunteer Army, as long as the opponent's offensive strength reaches one regiment, artillery support can be called, as for whether there is one, I don't know! The company commander on the three-headed peak was inexplicably smashed by a cannon fire that cut his head and covered his face, and after a long time of bombing, he saw that it was the South Korean army that was attacking, so he disdainfully began to resist the attack. However, Wells repeated his old trick, taking advantage of the South Korean army's attack to a certain distance, when the volunteers entered the position, they launched an artillery bombardment again, and although the South Korean army was killed and wounded a lot, the volunteers at Samtoufeng also suffered a lot of losses.
In order to prevent the Americans from taking advantage of the opportunity, the commander of the 7th Artillery Division of the Volunteer Army and a regiment of volunteers who were ordered to go to Santoufeng to support the 7th Artillery Division checked the map of Santoufeng in advance, looked at the suitable artillery positions in advance, and after arriving at the place, they immediately began shelling, and the attacking South Korean troops fled in embarrassment after a burst of artillery fire! Seeing that the artillery of the Volunteer Army was firing, he immediately ordered the artillery reconnaissance planes that had been ambushed at the height of Santou Peak in advance to descend to reconnoitre. Because the US artillery reconnaissance plane appeared too quickly, the artillery of the 7th Artillery Division was not scattered like the ghost artillery, so it was discovered by the artillery reconnaissance plane. After receiving the information, Wells immediately ordered the artillery to open fire and counterattack, and at the same time requested air support to carry out a concentrated attack on the artillery of the Volunteer Army!
Although the 7th Artillery Division was suddenly attacked, the commander of the 7th Artillery Division did not give it in vain, and while being counterattacked, he ordered the artillery to evacuate in four directions in platoons. The evacuation speed of the Seventh Artillery Division was very fast, after all, under the "training" of the long-term US air threat, the artillery was very fast, but even so, the Seventh Artillery Division was still destroyed more than a dozen guns and some shells, especially the commander of the Seventh Artillery Division was seriously injured by the shells and was sent to the field hospital in the back.
The artillery reconnaissance plane discovered the situation of the successful counterattack in time and reported back the situation that the Chinese artillery had been hit! Wells is not dead-headed, saying that counterattack artillery only strikes artillery. When he learned the information that the opponent's artillery had been attacked, he immediately told the division commander of the US army about the situation. The division commander of the US army immediately arranged four South Korean regiments and two US regiments, reinforced the tanks and launched a large-scale attack on Samtou Peak!
The attack of the US army was very fierce, more than 100 artillery pieces fired frantically at the Three Peaks, and more than a dozen planes bombed in turn, blowing the Three Peaks into a sea of fire. Wells was not idle, directing the artillery to bombard the Three Peaks, and also blocked the reinforcement routes of the Three Peaks, trying to isolate the Three Peaks and break through the defenses here. The U.S. military, which thought it was getting a chance, still underestimated the hard-headed company on the three-headed peak. The company commander of the hard-nosed company led his soldiers to repel the frantic attacks of the US army and the South Korean army again and again when the position was bombed into a sea of fire, which made the US division commander annoyed and ordered additional artillery and troops to strengthen the attack on Samtoufeng.