Oriji White Horse Mountain(10)
"Deputy Commander Chen, this battle really can't be fought like this anymore, now there are almost 6,000 casualties, if it goes on like this, do you have to put the 38th Army here to finish?" Liu Hai said to Deputy Commander Chen. "I know what you said, but now that we have just occupied the position of White Horse Mountain, wouldn't it be a pity to withdraw now?" Deputy Commander Chen said. "If we don't withdraw from the battle, there will be more casualties, and the most important thing is that the purpose of this battle is not to occupy Mt. Whitehorse, but to cut off the enemy's supply line from Seoul to Cheorwon, but now it is completely impossible to achieve this goal, why continue to fight?" Bangs said. "Now it's a tiger ride, first keep the White Horse Mountain, as for your suggestion, I will report to the Shiji!" Deputy Commander Chen said.
"Why haven't you retreated yet?" Ghost Cannon asked, looking at the bangs that came back. "The task now is to keep the position of White Horse Mountain!" Bangs said to the ghost cannon. "What are you going to do with it?" The ghost cannon asked, "Such a few broken mountains, keep them to bury the dead!" "Anyway, this battle is meaningless now, withdrawal is the key, the problem is the honor of the 38th Army and the face of the 3rd Army Corps, but if it continues to fight, it will only be a dead man in vain!" Liu Hai thought for a while and said, "I want to report the current situation at a higher level, I don't believe that the commander-in-chief will agree to continue fighting!" ”
"Report, the troops have been assembled and ready to attack!" The chief of staff of the South Korean division came over and reported to his division commander: "Do you want to attack again?" "Of course we want to attack, we have already fought like this, Baima Mountain said that we can't lose anything, I have contacted the air force and artillery firepower of the US army, they will give us enough fire support, and our offensive will continue!" Tell the troops, after an hour, go on the offensive! Said the division commander of South Korea. Be! The chief of staff said: "We have more than 16,000 casualties!" Especially in yesterday's counteroffensive, there were thousands of corpses left behind in front of our positions! "I see!" The South Korean division commander said with a blank face.
"Attack!" The battalion commanders of the South Korean Army came in a swarm with their soldiers, and the artillery and air fire of the US army were once again carried out, and one by one the shells hit the position, and the US planes also dropped one by one, and there was a sea of fire on the position of Baekba Mountain! The same shells exploded on the offensive route of the South Korean Army, and the South Korean Army fell one after another, but at the urging of the Inspectors, they still rushed up to the position, and after breaking through the blockade of the artillery fire, the South Korean troops once again rushed to the position, and the volunteers on the position immediately opened fire, and the two sides fought in front of the position!
"Why is there no message from the distribution group?" Liu Hai called the correspondent over and asked. "We've just made contact with the position, and our communications group is all dead!" The correspondent said. "Then send another communication group up and report on the enemy's situation!" Bangs said. "Yes!" The correspondent replied immediately. "Tell the ghost artillery to shoot at the front of the position, and don't let the enemy pile up in front of the position, otherwise you will rush up, and the position will be unbearable, and strive for a salvo to break up!" Bangs said. The reason why the ghost cannon was to be hit was because Liu Hai knew that the ghost cannon could hit the body of the South Korean army and not hit the head of the volunteers on the position! After the ghost artillery got the order, it did not disappoint Liu Hai, after observation and the experience of shelling in the past few days, the ghost artillery gave itself an accurate firing angle of the artillery company, and dozens of shells accurately hit ten meters in front of the position, and the South Korean troops who had been swarming were scattered by these dozens of shells!
"Order Fat Wu to start from the front of the position and extend back to disperse their attack!" As soon as Liu Hai finished speaking, he found that the position was covered by US artillery fire, and the position was subjected to extensive shelling, not only on the position of the volunteers, but also on the South Korean army in front of the position. Liu Hai gritted his teeth at this immoral style of play, but there was no way, because the Americans did not take the lives of the South Korean army seriously, and used this method to kill and injure the volunteers on the position, which made the volunteers have no way at all! "These bastards, what about allies, in their eyes, these South Korean soldiers are not even as good as their military dogs!" Liu Hai scolded a few words, but there was no way, the losses on the position must be great now!
"Division commander, the command ordered us to reinforce the position with support troops to cover it!" The communications soldier came over and said. "We have to increase our troops, and the 38th Army will have to die here if it goes on like this!" Bangs put down the binoculars and walked towards the headquarters! After arriving at the headquarters, the headquarters not only had Deputy Commander Chen, but also two division commanders of the 38th Army! "Deputy Commander Chen, you can't increase your troops anymore, retreat, it's pointless to go on like this!" Liu Hai said to Deputy Commander Chen. "Senior Commander Liu, you have always disagreed with this battle from beginning to end, but now that we have paid such a great sacrifice, should we just leave?" A division commander said to Liu Hai. "If the operation had been stopped from the beginning, there would have been no such big losses!" Bangs said. "We now have control of White Horse Mountain, as long as we can destroy a large number of enemies in defensive battles, we can accomplish the set combat objectives!" Another division commander said. "It's a complete paradox!" Bangs said.
"Paradox? Tell me, why is it a paradox? The two of them said together. First of all, our plan was leaked before the battle, and the enemy was fully prepared according to this situation, not only in terms of strength but also in terms of firepower, we only have the strength of these two divisions, and now how many reserves do you have? Do you know how many shells we still have? If we continue to fight, we will have nothing! If you want to consume a large number of enemies in a defensive war, you must have enough firepower and reserves to consume the enemy, but now we don't have it, and we don't have the conditions to consume the enemy in defense, and there is one more thing, that is, until now, the US army has not shown up, I suspect that the US army wants to use the South Korean army to consume us, and then send the US army to counterattack us, and now the best way is to take advantage of the fact that we still have some strength and war materials, withdraw in time and establish a defensive line, Prevent a possible counteroffensive by the enemy! Bangs said what he thought in one breath!
"Comrade Liu Hai is right, I think we don't have much material and strength to fight anymore, and as for the established combat goals, it is even more out of reach! The most important point is that the US military has not yet appeared, and if the US military is now engaged in combat, then it is really a question whether we can stop it! Deputy Commander Chen said. But I always feel unwilling to leave like this! A division commander said. Even if what Division Commander Liu said is reasonable, we can't retreat now, the enemy's bayonet is still on the tip of our nose, and if we retreat at this time, we will only be more passive!" Another division commander said. "That's right, reinforcements are still necessary this time!" Liu Hai thought for a while, and felt that this division commander was right, even if he wanted to retreat, now was not the time, if he retreated now, it would be easy for the two infantry divisions to withdraw, but the two artillery divisions still needed a little time, at least they needed to eliminate the enemy in front of them, and then retreat when the enemy moved reserves!
"I still suggest that the current situation be reported to the Zhi Division and let the commander-in-chief make a decision!" The division commander, who was reluctant to retreat, said. "I don't need you to say it, I've already reported the situation here!" Deputy Commander Chen said, "I believe that Zhiji will also agree to retreat, but the matter now is to repel the enemy's current attack and buy time for our retreat!" "Okay, we're reinforcing a reinforced company, Division Commander Liu, I hope your artillery can provide us with enough fire support!" "There's no problem with this!" Liu Hai said, "I will definitely let them all die in front of the position, to be honest, if they retreat like this, I will not be reconciled, let's give them a little more lesson before retreating!" Bangs said. Okay, I'll send reinforcements immediately! The division commander said.
"Ghost artillery, Wu Fatzi, you will come to the division headquarters immediately, and I will arrange the next battle!" Bangs called out with a walkie-talkie. Ten minutes later, the two artillery commanders came to Liu Hai together. "Now that we are almost certain to end this battle, we now need to destroy the enemy in front of us, and then withdraw from the battle while they mobilize their reserves!" Bangs said. "Tell me, how are we going to fight now?" Ghost Cannon asked. "Our current combat goal is to kill and injure the enemy in large numbers, not to hold the position, so next you have to cover the enemy's attack route back and forth with three layers of artillery fire, with only one goal, that is, not to let an attacking enemy exit the battle alive!" "But division commander, in that case our shells will consume a lot!" Wu Fatzi said. "There's no need to think about it now, you're running out of shells and retreating, so you just need to destroy the attacking enemy!" Bangs said. "Well, in that case, then we promise not to let an attacking enemy leave the battle alive!" The two regiment commanders said.
Just when Liu Hai was arranging the best artillery support, Deputy Commander Chen, who was at the headquarters, received an order from Zhi Si, and the order was very simple to tell all the participating troops in Baima Mountain to withdraw from the battle!