The reconnaissance battalion commander took out the US army's * warehouse, and the other team opposite the No. 6 position on the left flank of the reconnaissance battalion was not idle, not only completed the reconnaissance mission, but also found a target of its own, a batch of bazooka rocket launcher supply convoys of the US army, and a few * went up, and the bazooka bazookas and * on more than a dozen vehicles flew into the sky. The detachment on the right did not find a suitable target for attack, but found that the United Nations forces on the right had transferred a large-caliber heavy artillery regiment, which was preliminarily judged to be the 203rd heavy artillery regiment of the US army.

After the results of the reconnaissance were reported, Liu Hai found that this time the Americans had supplemented at least seven artillery regiments, and if the air superiority of the US army was added, then the intensity of the next counterattack would not be lower than the strength of the US army's first attack on Shangganling, and you must know that the number of artillery balls owned by an artillery regiment of the US army far exceeded the number of artillery pieces of an artillery division of the Volunteer Army, and if you want to keep the results of the counterattack, you must find a way to offset the firepower superiority of the Americans. However, because there was no air superiority, the reconnaissance means of the volunteers were very limited, and the density of the firepower of the US troops was far beyond imagination, Liu Hai had no way to judge the enemy's artillery position by his own methods, and could only judge an approximate situation based on the comprehensive terrain of the reconnaissance report. This time, the reconnaissance battalion clearly marked the position of the enemy's artillery, and Liu Hai decided to seize this opportunity to hit the American artillery hard!

"Report, the * warehouses of our Central Front were blown up by the enemy!" The staff officer of the US army reported to Division Commander Cowen, "It was the Chinese reconnaissance unit who did it, right?" Cowan said. Yes! The staff officer replied. Does that mean that our situation has been figured out by the other party? Cowan asked. Not necessarily, now on our front, we are withdrawing the wounded and replenishing the fighters and supplies, the overall situation is not very fixed, and we have not decided many things ourselves, and they are unlikely to find anything. The staff officer said. Not necessarily! "They should be interested in our artillery, because for them our firepower is the greatest threat!" "Then shall we transfer the artillery position?" The staff officer asked. "Of course it will be transferred, if there is no artillery, our offensive will be greatly affected!" Cowan said.

Cowan not only transferred his own artillery positions, but also suggested to Van Vliet that he should transfer artillery in other directions. "Commander, is this Cowen Division Commander making a big fuss? The Chinese do not have aerial reconnaissance, how far their reconnaissance teams will not penetrate into our defensive lines, how can it be so clear about our artillery positions? Van Vliet's chief of staff said. And who said how far their reconnaissance teams would not be able to penetrate deep into our lines? Van Vliet said, "The Chinese are the best at roundabout attacks, and they are often able to detour back tens of kilometers behind us!" But I think they are most concerned not about our artillery positions, but about the position of our attack troops, especially the position of the second echelon! "So are we going to make some adjustments?" The staff officer asked. "Transfer the position of the second echelon!" Van Vliet said.

"According to the position and coordinates I gave you, fire!" Liu Hai gave the battle order on the phone. Five artillery divisions in three directions simultaneously shelled the established targets of attack, and for a time the artillery roared, and groups of shells flew towards the South Korean artillery regiment, which had just been replenished. Because the distance is too far, coupled with the level restrictions of each artillery division, the artillery effect is not too good, but for this matter, Liu Hai did not expect to be able to destroy all the enemy's artillery at once, as long as it can hit the artillery of the US army in this area hard. This shelling to a certain extent hit the artillery forces prepared by the US army, and the two South Korean artillery regiments, which were seriously damaged, withdrew from the counterattack operation!

"Our artillery was shelled by the Chinese and suffered heavy losses, commander, are we delaying the attack?" Van Vliet's chief of staff came in to report. "No, if we delay any longer, the Chinese will continue to consolidate the positions they occupy, and then it will be even more difficult for us to fight back!" Van Vliet said: "Tell the troops at all levels to carry out a counterattack according to the original plan!" "Yes! There is one more thing, the division commander Cowen was the least damaged, did he transfer the artillery on his side to the front of Shangganling? "No, if Cowen's side can make a breakthrough, it will have the same effect as a frontal breakthrough, tell Cowen that if he can occupy position six in this battle and achieve a breakthrough, I will recommend him to the Joint Chiefs of Staff to be promoted to lieutenant general!" Van Vliet said: "The other troops will launch a counterattack with Tomorrow Buddha Xiao!" ”

"Commander, we have found that the enemy is arranging troops, and it looks like we are about to launch a counterattack!" said the chief of staff of the fifteenth army. "According to the situation we have accumulated, it is very likely that the US army will attack tomorrow, although I don't know the specific time, but according to the habits of the Americans, it should be early in the morning when Buddha dawns to attack!" The commander of the 15th Army, Qin, asked, "How many troops do we have now?" "We have now been replenished, and there are already twenty-five companies!" said the chief of staff. "Twenty-five companies is enough!" Commander Qin said, "Last time, because of a mistake in judgment, we were not well prepared, and the artillery was even less prepared, but this time it is different, we now have sufficient preparations, especially the artillery, if this can still make Lao Mei succeed, then I, the army commander, will not do it!" ”

"Division commander, now it can be seen that the Americans are about to counterattack, are we going to make a little preparation?" Bangs' chief of staff came over and asked. "Of course you have to prepare!" Liu Hai said, "Judging by the current situation, the attack of the Americans will not take longer than noon tomorrow, so I decided to carry out an artillery counter-preparation for the enemy!" "Artillery anti-preparation?" "That's right! In general, it is the fire preparation of the attacking side to the offensive area, and the artillery counter-preparation is the reverse artillery preparation of the defender to the attacker! Liu Hai said: "Tomorrow morning at four o'clock in the whole line of shelling, the attack range of the enemy's line is three to five kilometers, and the attack time is forty minutes!" "Yes! I'll arrange it right away! The chief of staff said immediately.

In fact, it is very difficult to operate this kind of artillery anti-preparation, first of all, it is necessary to have a full understanding of the time and location of the enemy's attack, coupled with the superiority of one's own artillery fire in order to launch a counter-preparatory artillery bombardment, the reason why Liu Hai wants to carry out counter-preparatory artillery bombardment is to let the US army give a certain blow before the attack, and consume part of the enemy's offensive ability. Liu Hai's judgment was very accurate, and the artillery preparation was very successful, and the US and South Korean troops who were preparing to attack were dealt a miserable blow, and the inexplicable blow made the Americans scratch their heads, and in the end they could only be characterized as unlucky!

Generally speaking, the time for the U.S. military to reorganize the offensive is shorter, while the South Korean Army will take longer, but without the South Korean Army blocking bullets, the U.S. Army will not attack directly, so the time for the other side to relaunch the offensive will take two hours at the earliest, so Liu Hai decided to carry out an artillery counter-preparation two hours later, and it has been proved that Liu Hai's calculation is very accurate. The U.S. military was also ordered to reorganize the offensive within two hours.

"Are we still fighting at the original distance in this round?" The chief of staff came over and asked for bangs. "No way!" Liu Hai said: "The first thing the Americans should do after receiving a blow is to retreat a certain distance, and then organize a new attack, this time our artillery bombardment distance will be extended by two kilometers, this time the strike time must be limited to 15 minutes, as soon as the time comes, the shelling will be stopped immediately, and each artillery regiment must order and prohibit it, and when the time comes, not a single shell will be fired!" "Fifteen minutes is a little shorter!" The staff officer said. "The Americans are not stupid, after the last counter-preparation, they will definitely be prepared, fifteen minutes is not a short time!" Bangs said. "Yes!" The staff officer said.

As soon as the time of two hours arrived, the five artillery divisions of the Chinese Volunteers on the entire line of Shangganling simultaneously carried out artillery counter-preparations, and within 15 minutes, thousands of shells once again accurately hit the positions of the US and South Korean troops, and the US troops were once again struck by the US Air Force, intending to take this opportunity to strike at the artillery of the Chinese Volunteers. Fifteen minutes later, as soon as the US bomber group took off, the shelling on the side of the volunteers stopped, and camouflaged and concealed in accordance with tactical regulations, and the American planes found nothing!

"This is artillery fire anti-preparation! Our enemies already look like they know we're going to attack! "Cowan got it after two blows." Artillery counter-preparation is not so easy, it takes ... "After fighting for so long, haven't you noticed yet? They had a very powerful artillery commander, and it was not at all surprising that such an artillery bombardment would be fired! Master Cowen said. So are we still attacking? The enemy can carry out artillery counter-preparations, no matter how much, it must be that our offensive is understood! The staff officer said. When you attack, you must attack! "This time, they only carried out fifteen minutes of artillery preparations, and our offensive preparations were not completely disrupted, and we could attack immediately!" Report to the commander and suggest that we attack immediately, if it drags on, it will only be against us! "Yes!"

Cowen's report reminded Van Vliet that in this case, it would be to his own disadvantage if everything was ready, so he decided to take Cowen's advice and attack immediately. At the same time, Van Vliet ordered all artillery reconnaissance planes to take off, closely monitor the area within 15 kilometers north of Shangganling, and launch an attack as soon as the artillery of the Volunteers was discovered. On the orders of Van Vliet, the counterattack of the American army officially began!