On the 28th, at 3 p.m., there was more than an hour left before dark.

The 238th Regiment regimental and battalion company-level cadres, regimental directors, and Wu Qianli, Mei Sheng, and Tan Ziwei held a strict meeting with the battalion commander on Xia Yuan's deployment map of the US army in Xinxingli, and this meeting also allowed Xia Yuan to participate in the meeting to discuss tonight's combat mission.

The commander of the 238th Regiment is the highest commander at the moment, and he spread out the map of Xinxingli, on the map, the deployment of the US army that Xia Yuan had sketched earlier has been clearly presented on the map.

Xia Yuan saw it and was a little surprised.

"After your deployment map was handed over to the 239th Regiment, Yu Xingguo, the commander of the 239th Regiment, handed over the deployment map to the division headquarters, and then the deployment map was drawn into the map overnight and sent to the commanders of the various units attacking Xinxingli, of which the 239th Regiment failed to take Xinxingli last night, it was also due to our serious lack of intelligence on the number of US troops in Xinxingli, but it also fought a beautiful victory, destroying nearly 1,000 enemies."

The commander of the 238th Regiment smiled, his eyes swept over Tan Ziwei and Wu Qianli, and stretched out his hand to press on the two connected heights on the east side of the map, "Back to the topic, during the day, the US army launched a fierce attack on the 1100 and 1200 heights, these two highlands have been lost, and our first task is to take these two highlands first!" ”

Wu Qianli said: "The two highlands will be handed over to my Seventh Interspersed Company, how about it?" ”

The commander of the 238th Regiment shook his head: "It's not proper, you look at the deployment of the US troops in the rear." ”

All eyes fell on the map.

The map clearly shows the deployment of the US army, the deployment map is sketched by Xia Yuan, the closer to the center of Xinxingli, the more heavy firepower of the enemy, the more powerful, although the capture of the 1100 heights and the 1200 heights is a must be fought for, but do not enter the Xinxingli, even if the two heights are captured, the next day when the day arrives, the US troops will still tear apart the volunteers stationed on the two heights.

"Ring Defense Tactics!"

Xia Yuan just glanced at it and said.

"Ring defense tactics?"

For Wu Qianli, Tan Ziwei and others, this is still a new word.

Xia Yuan nodded and explained to them: "When I touched into the lower corner, I had already discovered that the deployment of the US military was similar to the situation in Xinxingli, and when I sketched the deployment map of the US army in Xinxingli, it did confirm this in my heart." ”

He stood up and came to the map to explain to them, "The so-called ring defense tactics are actually very simple, that is, the US military relies on heavy firepower to shrink into a circle, that is, a turtle shell, first of all, the outermost mine, a large number of mines, and the rear of the mine is blocked by barbed wire, which is their first line of defense." The second line of defense is the defense line composed of the infantry of the US army, their defense line has a characteristic, that is, their bunkers are not built on the ground with sandbags, but dig pits in the ground, the direction of our soldiers' charge, is from the 1250 heights, 1456 heights, 1100 heights, 1200 heights, this way of charging has a commonality, that is, the soldiers in the process of charging, the whole person is exposed to the enemy's guns. ”

"And the U.S. military only needs to hide in the pit and doesn't need to show too much of their body to be able to shoot at the volunteer soldiers on the mountain with their heads up."

Speaking of this, except for Wu Qianli, Mei Sheng, Tan Ziwei, and the 238th Regiment, regimental, battalion, and company-level cadres, including some radio telegraph operators, their faces changed.

Tan Ziwei frowned: "They got into these holes, and they were going to be rats." ”

All of them are experienced fighters, this kind of defense of hiding in the pit is the most difficult to attack for all the volunteer soldiers, as Xia Yuan said, the volunteer soldiers rushed down from the mountain, and the U.S. army only needed to hide in the pit to be able to shoot the volunteers, and it was very difficult for the volunteers to hit the U.S. army.

The commander of the 238th Regiment realized that what Xia Yuan said was some combat habits of the US army, and immediately asked the instructor to record it in a notebook.

Wu Qianli frowned, "Go on." ”

Xia Yuan glanced at them and knew what they were thinking, he continued: "The third line of defense, the US army's armored vehicles, a small number of tanks, the power of armored vehicles has been seen, this kind of armored vehicles resemble tanks, it is a defensive air power, but we don't have air power, so they use it to deal with the volunteers. When I went abroad, I had the good fortune to learn about these two types of armored vehicles, the M19 twin 40mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun vehicle and the M16 quadruple 12.7 self-propelled anti-aircraft machine gun vehicle. The M19 twin 40,mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun vehicle has a rate of fire of 240 rounds per minute, and each shell is equivalent to a grenade. ”

Xia Yuan's voice became heavy, and even the commanders present were silent.

Wu Qianli's eyes were solemn: "If you want to destroy them, you must first blow up these armored vehicles of the enemy!" ”

The commander of the 238th Regiment said in a deep voice: "It is not easy to blow up these armored vehicles, we need to break through the three lines of defense blockade of the US army, and after such a day, I am afraid that there will be a huge gap between the situation on the US military position and the situation on the deployment map." ”

Just as Xia Yuan was about to introduce the fourth line of defense, a bad news came from the telegraph operator.

"The U.S. military in Neidongzhi and the U.S. military in Xinxing have successfully completed the convergence!"

All the commanders and fighters were shocked, and Mei Sheng looked at the telegram: "The troops responsible for attacking Neidongzhi lack sufficient tank-fighting weapons, and the hesitation of our commanders and fighters leads to the untimely pursuit. ”

Wu Qianli's eyes sank slightly: "There is a reason why they don't pursue, once they pursue, the casualties caused will be huge, but the convergence of these two enemy forces, coupled with the circular defense tactics that Xia Yuan just said, is tantamount to reinforcing this tactic." ”

Someone is silent, someone sighs.

Xia Yuan was silent for a while, and then said, "The fourth line of defense is the artillery position of the US army, which is in the center of the entire ring position. And now, the U.S. forces in the inner cave and the U.S. forces in Xinxing will reconcile, which will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of tonight's attack. ”

Someone asked: "Is there a way to break through this so-called ring defense tactic, or is there a countermeasure?" ”

Wu Qianli and the others all looked at Xia Yuan with burning eyes, and it was obvious that Xia Yuan had a certain amount of research on the so-called ring defense tactics of the enemy.

"Any kind of tactic has its own way to crack it, but I can say with certainty that there is no way to deal with it, relying on the current conditions of our volunteer army. Even with their precise positioning, we didn't take it on the first night, and after a day of relaxation, our next attack must be even more difficult. ”

Everyone fell silent again.

Unable to crack the enemy's ring defense tactics means that it is impossible to annihilate this American force in a short period of time.

Even Xia Yuan, who has modern thinking and foresight, has no way to resist the ring defense tactics gradually formed by the US army in the current environment, coupled with the indiscriminate bombing of the US army during the day, and the airdrop of supplies into the besieged 31st Regiment of the US 7th Division, they can completely consume it with the volunteers.

To break through the ring defensive position, you either have powerful artillery, absolute strength, or super logistics.

It's a pity that these three volunteer soldiers don't have it, even if Xia Yuan becomes the head of an army, he may not be able to achieve these, this has to be combined with the national conditions and society at the time, even if he knows the future situation changes, but only relying on two legs, or the volunteer army with a bolt rifle to fight against the mechanized US army, and occupy the sea, land and air amphibious advantage, what needs to be prepared is not a country that has been established for less than two years, and even the handicraft workshops on the street are included in the industrial statistics.

In general, there is no possibility of reversing the situation on the battlefield today.