"What's going on? We're playing well here, why did Master Liu let us go back? The division chief of staff of the Ninth Artillery Division said with some dissatisfaction. That's right, the Americans are attacking quite fiercely here, what if now that we're gone, the Americans are coming again? The commander of the Ninth Artillery Division also said. So what do we do? To go or not to go? The chief of staff of the Ninth Artillery Division asked. Of course we have to go, and the order still has to be obeyed, although we have ideas, but after all, Master Liu is right so far! The commander of the Ninth Artillery Division said. All right! ”

"Division Commander Liu, we have successfully blocked the enemy's attack over there, why did we come back?" asked the commander of the 7th Artillery Division. "It's very simple, after the Americans hit a wall with you, they will find that we have done a good job of defending the two wings, and in their eyes our artillery is limited, if there are so many artillery on both wings, then the middle will naturally be empty, so today or tomorrow they will return to concentrate their forces and firepower to attack from the front, and the time for you to come back is also the time for the Americans to adjust their attacks!" Bangs explained to everyone.

In fact, the Americans think so, they think it is incredible, how can the Chinese have so many artillery, the attack on both flanks has been frustrated, has made the Americans think that the Chinese did not pay all their attention to the front as they thought, at least near the Pingkang Valley still concentrated a lot of troops and firearms, it seems that the strength of the attack is still not enough, but none of the US staff members think that the Chinese will give up the defense of the Pingkang Valley, so it is better to unanimously believe that it is better to concentrate forces to attack the front! In fact, the Americans also know that with such a width and such a large offensive area, the so-called concentrated attack, that is, the gradual investment of troops to attack, is also the last way that the Americans are willing to do!

"But as you said, if so many of our artillery are here, it will be wasted!" The commander of the 7th Artillery Division said. "Yes, I said it would be a waste, but now I want you to come over not to cover and block the shooting, but to have an artillery battle with the Americans!" Bangs said. "Artillery battles with the Americans?" The commanders of the 7th and 9th Artillery Divisions were shocked. "That's right, we're going to have an artillery battle with the Americans, the artillery of the Americans has been increasing so far, and if we don't weaken them, life on our positions will be getting worse and harder!" Bangs said. "But how do we know the location of the American artillery?" The commander of the 7th Artillery Division said, "In such a narrow area, the US army and the South Korean army are so concentrated, if a reconnaissance force is dispatched, it will be difficult to find it, and there will be a danger of being discovered and surrounded!" "I have my own way of this!" Bangs said.

"Division Commander Liu, I'm really curious, you don't send a reconnaissance team, and we don't have aerial reconnaissance, how did you find the enemy's artillery position?" The commanders of the 9th Artillery Division and the 7th Artillery Division asked together, "If there is really any trick, we can learn it!" "It's very simple, experienced artillerymen can judge the position of the opponent's artillery from the sound of shells crossing the sky and some other methods, but they can only be roughly estimated, and cannot provide an accurate location for artillery fire, but we have a map, we can estimate the location through the sound of explosions and some methods commonly used in peacetime, and then cooperate with the map, so that we can basically determine the location of the other party!" Bangs said what was on their minds.

"But we have used the method you said in our daily lives, but since you know how to do it, why do you think of it now?" The commander of the Ninth Artillery Division asked. "Because this time is special!" Liu Hai shook his head helplessly, "The enemy's artillery fire is too fierce, and the explosions are all connected, although I will judge the opponent's position by the crater, but the fight is too fierce, and I can't even find a complete crater, so I've been collecting and accumulating, and now I finally have some results, so I will call you over, we need to fight back!" "In that case, what are you waiting for? Hurry up, it's time for us to fight back! The commander of the Seventh Artillery Division said loudly. It is simple to return fire, but in the final analysis, the area is still too narrow, and so many of our artillery are concentrated here, and the enemy's air superiority cannot be ignored! Bangs said: "There must be a way to fight back!" ”

"You see, now we only have anti-aircraft fire from my artillery division, and the firepower and command of this battalion are first-class, so we can only use this anti-aircraft battalion, which is not enough, I have applied for a new anti-aircraft battalion, and only when a new anti-aircraft battalion comes, the conditions for our counterattack will be ripe. Only when the air defense battalion comes, can we counterattack the enemy's artillery at the same time, and also launch a counterattack against the enemy in the air, and only by counterattacking from both ground and air aspects can we let the Americans know how powerful we are! Bangs said. So when will the air defense battalion arrive? The commander of the Ninth Artillery Division asked. Shiji has already replied, we will be there tomorrow afternoon, and we will fight back early the day after tomorrow! Bangs said. But according to our habits, we all launch counterattacks at night? The commander of the Ninth Artillery Division suggested. This time it's different! Liu Hai said, "Our counterattack this time is not a counterattack on the ground, but only an artillery and anti-air counterattack, and it is precisely because of the anti-air counterattack that it will be carried out during the day!" ”

"Commander-in-chief, now that our anti-air defense forces are very tight, what do you give to the two air defense battalions in Liuhai?" The deputy commander asked, looking at the commander-in-chief. "The fighting over there in Shangganling is so lively, I heard that the Americans have increased their troops again, not only the ground troops, but also the artillery and air force, if you don't fight back, you will always be beaten like this, and your morale will be gone after a long time, and it is rare for Liu Hai to raise a counterattack! You must know that even Commander Qin didn't dare to fight back in this situation! The commander-in-chief said: "Isn't it just a few anti-aircraft guns?" Isn't there an anti-aircraft battalion at the headquarters? What are you doing idle, send bangs over! "But that battalion is guarding the headquarters!" said the deputy commander. "Don't worry, I'll come back after the fight, it's not a big problem for a few days at most, in the early days of the dynasty, let alone the artillery, there are no two machine guns, I'm not fine? That's it! The commander-in-chief said.

"Camp Commander Gao, why are you here?" Liu Hai looked at the fact that one of the two artillery battalion commanders who came to report was the commander of the anti-aircraft artillery battalion responsible for the security of the headquarters, and asked strangely. "On the orders of the commander-in-chief, I came to assist Division Commander Liu in implementing the counterattack plan!" Battalion Commander Gao said. "Then why are you here? Aren't you in charge of headquarters security? Bangs asked. Yes, but now the air defense forces are tight, and the commander-in-chief said that there are no air defense battalions for you now except for the air defense battalion at the headquarters, so I came! Battalion Commander Gao said. Liu Hai was very moved when he heard this, and he didn't expect that one of his counterattack requests would make the commander-in-chief send his own air defense battalion regardless of his own safety. It is necessary to launch a counterattack immediately, and end it as soon as possible so that the anti-aircraft artillery battalion can return to defend the commander-in-chief as soon as possible! "Meeting! Arrange a counterattack! Bangs said.

"Look, our counterattack area is only five kilometers, which is a bit narrow for our three artillery divisions, especially when the other side occupies absolute air superiority!" Liu Hai gestured on the map to explain his counterattack plan: "Although the territory is narrow, we can use corresponding methods to turn disadvantages into advantages, and launch an air counterattack by taking advantage of the situation!" "Master Liu, can you be specific? I still don't get it! The commander of the Ninth Artillery Division said. For example, we are now launching an artillery bombardment at point A, and after hitting a base number, we will immediately move and have anti-aircraft artillery units replace them in place, so that we can make a time difference with the US artillery reconnaissance planes, and when they report our position, we will move, and when their results fly, what awaits them is the anti-aircraft artillery battalion, no, we have three anti-aircraft artillery battalions, which together are an anti-aircraft artillery regiment, which is enough for the Americans to drink a pot. After the transfer, in the cycle and again, as long as it takes three rounds, our counterattack is completed! Bangs said.

"Hahaha!" The commander of the 9th Artillery Division laughed loudly: "Isn't this to the Americans to death?" Got our position, and what came and waited for them was a horde of anti-aircraft artillery! "Yes! In this way, he will not be able to attack our artillery group, and he will have to be beaten by the anti-aircraft battalion! "The commander of the 7th Artillery Division also said yes." But what about the enemy's position? Where is it? The commander of the Ninth Artillery Division asked. According to my recent collection and accumulation, the enemy's artillery groups are probably concentrated in three places, and it is in these three places that Liu Hai drew three circles on the map. "It's not a small place!" The commander of the 9th Artillery Division said. "It's not a big place!" Liu Hai said, "According to the habit of American artillery, their artillery dispersion area is larger than ours, we have three artillery divisions, and under our concentrated fire attack, even if we can't kill them all, we can inflict heavy damage on their artillery!" "That's it, we have three divisions of artillery, just do it!" The two division commanders of the 7th Artillery Division and the 9th Artillery Division said together.

Under Liu Hai's plan, three artillery divisions and two rocket artillery battalions entered the counterattack position in the middle of the night, and three anti-aircraft artillery battalions also entered the state. In order to achieve the suddenness of the counterattack, Liu Hai ordered the ghost artillery for a whole day, as usual, to carry out artillery fire according to the scale of the enemy's attack, but in total there was no more than one regiment of artillery fire, which gave the Americans the impression that the artillery of the Chinese had not increased, or that the Americans thought that the artillery in front of Shangganling had been divided into two wings!

When the next day when Buddha dawned, Liu Hai gave an order, and the three artillery divisions and two rocket running battalions of the Volunteer Army launched the largest artillery counterattack since the entry into Korea!