Containment Attack (2)
In view of the changes in the enemy's situation, Liu Hai was ordered to go to the 391 Heights to command a diversion operation. After Liu Hai arrived at the 391 Heights, he took over the command of the local troops. The strength of the artillery regiment is in addition to the artillery regiments of the two People's Army, the artillery regiments of the two volunteer armies were all damaged in battle and rested nearby, saying that there are four regiments, but in fact the strength is only the strength of one regiment of Wu Fatzi, and the 391 Heights on the opposite side has a regiment of the South Korean Army and a regiment of the US Army to defend together!
"Now the enemy's high ground is full of South Korean troops, and the American regiment is backed up three miles behind the high ground, and they also have air support and an unknown amount of artillery support!" The regimental commander of the People's Army briefed Liu Hai. "In other words, we may be at a disadvantage in terms of strength and artillery power?" Bangs asked. "Yes!" The commander of the KPA said: "But our will to fight is not comparable to theirs!" "I believe that!" Liu Hai said, "This time, if we want to occupy the 391 Heights, we need a little means, you go and prepare some gasoline and waste tires first, the more the better!" "Yes!" The commander of the KPA said: "Let's go and prepare right away!" ”
Liu Hai asked people to prepare gasoline and tires because Liu Hai found that the altitude of this 391 Heights is not high, but the trees and vegetation here are very complete, if you attack hard, the enemy can use the vegetation here to hide and dodge, even now there must be a lot of camouflaged bunkers and tunnels on this 391 Heights, gasoline is to burn vegetation, and tires are used to burn and smoke the enemies in those tunnels and bunkers. In this case, the fire can burn the vegetation that the enemy relies on to cover and give damage, and the black smoke from burning tires can not only smoke out the opponent's personnel, but also interfere with the enemy's open field observation effect, in addition to the role of covering the impact of the troops, which can be said to be a good way to kill two birds with one stone.
In terms of troop arrangement, Liu Hai decided to take the People's Army by surprise and let the People's Army take the main attack on the 391 Heights, while the battalion of the Volunteer Army made a detour to break through from the hill on the right side of the 391 Heights, interspersed with the enemy's rear, and then carried out a surprise attack on the US troops. Bangs believe that as long as
This battalion can make a detour to the rear, and whether it can catch it or not, both the Americans and the South Koreans will flee in despair!
The key to this battle is to defeat the South Korean troops stationed in the positions in the shortest possible time, so that the US troops can be mobilized, and the most important thing in order to quickly defeat the South Korean troops on the positions is the use of artillery fire. Liu Hai personally went to the artillery regiment to look at the artillery of the four regiments, and found that only one-fifth of the artillery of these four regiments was considered heavy artillery, and the rest were some old artillery. Liu Hai decided to temporarily integrate the artillery of these four regiments in order to make full use of them. Liu Hai ordered the heavy artillery of these four regiments to be concentrated together to form a temporary artillery battalion, under the command of a battalion commander of the Volunteer Army, who directly obeyed Liu Hai's orders, and the rest were to maneuver as needed!
The 391 Heights is a relatively independent highland, and there are no guarded flank heights around, while there are a lot of guard-type flank positions in the south, that is to say, this highland is suitable for defense to the south, that is to say, it is easy to attack and difficult to defend from north to south! After looking at the terrain, Liu Hai decided to follow his own plan, first set fire to the mountain, then set fire to the tires, destroy the vegetation on the mountain, expose the enemy's fortifications, and then use the smoke generated by the tires to cause panic and psychological oppression to the enemy, and then attack! There are two reasons why there are so many tricks, the first is the lack of troops, and the second is the lack of artillery power, in this case, it will hurt the US army, forcing it to transfer the two US divisions that intend to support the direction of Shangganling.
Whoever is a fire attacker, the wind also! If you want to launch a fire attack, the final thing you need is the time of day, bangs tell people to pay attention to the direction of the wind, once the north wind blows, immediately start ignition! The so-called heaven helps the bangs, and on the third night of the bangs' arrival, the bangs received a report that a north wind blew, but it was still a very strong north wind! "Ignite the fire now! Troops are ready for battle! Liu Hai said to the commander of the People's Army. Yes, set fire to it now! After the commander of the People's Army agreed, he immediately ordered the gasoline and diesel fuel that had been prepared to be scattered in front of the 391 Heights, and then lit a fire! Things are the same as Bang Hai's plan, the wind helps the fire, the fire borrows the power of the wind, and with the help of the north wind, the fire soon spread all over the north slope of the 391 Heights!
"What are these Workers' Party going to do?" The commander of the South Korean Army stationed on the 391st Heights ordered to dig a fire ditch in front of his position to cut off the flames that were rushing towards him, but soon things changed, and a large stream of smoke rolled up to him by the wind, and the smell of burning rubber was everywhere on the entire position, and the whole position was covered in thick smoke! "Fire, all machine guns open blind fire, call for artillery support! Block the enemy's offensive paths! The commander of the South Korean Army shouted hoarsely. Soon a huge amount of firing began to be fired from the positions of the South Korean army, and the artillery in the rear also arrived, blasting the northern slope of the 391 Heights into a sea of fire! After a night of tossing and turning, the South Korean Army dug a ditch for a while to separate the fire, and then machine-gun fire and artillery support, and finally found that its enemy had not moved at all!
"Is it a fire?" The South Korean army felt that it was frightened and stupid, and in yesterday's situation, the other side did not hit a single bullet, was it because of something that set the vegetation on fire and caused a false alarm? The South Korean army, which had been tossed all night, was so sleepy that the South Korean army ordered everyone to eat and rest except for the sentries on guard! But at this time, there was a cannon sound on the north slope! After a night of heavy fire, all the fortifications of the South Korean army on the northern slope were exposed, and Liu Hai ordered all artillery except the heavy artillery battalion to remove the exposed enemy fortifications on the northern slope by name. In order to lose unnecessary losses, Liu Hai only needed five guns to disperse the attack position for pulling out the artillery bombardment, so as not to let the enemy's possible artillery counterattack cause large losses! Sure enough, after the artillery hit a few fortifications, the American artillery began to counterattack, but because of the scattered configuration, although the enemy artillery hit very fiercely, it did not knock out the five guns that had been tightly camouflaged!
After a morning of uprooting operations, most of the fortifications on the northern slope were uprooted, and the South Korean troops on the ground in 391 did not sleep, because the artillery bombardment was constantly fighting, and the South Korean troops did not dare to guarantee that the other side would not attack, so they could only wait for the battle! In the afternoon, Liu Hai ordered the artillery regiment to launch an artillery bombardment on the 391 heights outside the heavy artillery battalion, and organized several company-level attacks, the scale was not large, but the movement was not small, not only the sound of artillery did not stop, the attacking troops also shouted loudly to kill, of course, the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and the attacking company retreated once it was blocked by fire, and it was rushing forward after waiting for twenty or thirty minutes! The South Korean army will not tire of such an attack, but there is no choice but to continue to wait for it! The weak attack continued until the evening, and then stopped!
"Tell the troops to rest for two hours and eat, but they are not allowed to sleep, and they must wait for orders at any time!" Liu Hai said to the commander of the People's Army. "Yes!" The regimental commander of the People's Army didn't know what Liu Hai was doing, it was simply impossible to shake the enemy's position with such a weak attack, and the heavy artillery battalion did not fire, this was simply coping with an errand, but when Liu Hai arrived, the commander of the People's Army received an order to strictly obey the orders of Division Commander Liu, and if anyone disobeyed the order, he would be punished for treason! In the People's Army, the crime of treason is not only unlucky, but also his subordinates and relatives, so the commander of the People's Army does not dare to say anything at all, and Liu Hai will do whatever he says!
"That's it! The heavy artillery battalion was told to concentrate its fire on Lot 3 of the 391 Heights after half an hour, and the whole KPA regiment was dispatched to attack the No. 4 section of the 391 Heights, while the artillery regiment was to extend the rear of the No. 4 section of the 391 Heights half an hour after the attack was launched. Interspersed troops are going now! Liu Hai said to the commander of the People's Army. Division Commander Liu, since we have concentrated heavy artillery bombardment on Lot 3, why are we attacking Lot 4? The commander of the KPA asked, "Then our offensive will not be able to take advantage of the artillery offensive!" "Surprise and attack unprepared, do you understand?" Bangs said. "Understood!" The regimental commander of the People's Army said, "If you understand, obey the order, don't talk nonsense!" Bangs said.
When the harassing attack of Bang Hai stopped, there was no movement on the Chinese and North Korean sides, and the South Korean troops on the 391 Heights finally breathed a sigh of relief, and after eating a little indiscriminately, the South Korean troops, who had not slept for a day and a night, fell asleep, and those who stood guard were napping! The regiment commander of the South Korean Army also believed that the Chinese and Koreans were also human beings, and they had tossed and turned for a whole night and a day, and everyone had to rest and sleep, so the commander of the South Korean Army also began to lie on the marching bed and began to rest! Within an hour, there was already silence on the 391 Heights, and there was also silence on the positions of the Chinese and North Korean troops! It was at this time that a battalion of volunteer troops, led by the battalion commander, began to move to the right flank. Half an hour later, the heavy artillery battalion opened fire, and the No. 3 section on the 391 Heights suddenly exploded, and a blaze of flames soared!