At this time, Almond was too excited, he had an absolute superiority in his forces, compared to the 180th Division, which relied on his legs and used backward weapons and equipment, their weapons and equipment were even more sophisticated, especially when all his army aviation planes were dispatched today.

Just now, a pilot who came back from the squadron was complaining to the commander of the radar station commander that he was too tired in the past few days, and from now on, there would be no rest days, Almond ignored him, and the encirclement and suppression of the 180th Division was the top priority at the moment.

Major Rohr's reinforced battalion was raiding the 538th Regiment of the 180th Division, and the battle was quite fierce, the position was first taken in two places, but the 538th Regiment had just snatched a piece, and Major Rohr was reporting to Almond on the recent offensive of their battalion.

It's just that this time Almond personally found him, after all, he had a relationship, and he was also very concerned about the situation of the grassroots unit where this young man was, which was of great help to him in commanding the Tenth Army, and at the same time, he also wanted to take the initiative to come to the door to comfort Rohr, who had just been punished.

In the past, he didn't know much about the situation below the division level, but considering that the fighting situation has become more and more intense recently, and all fronts have fallen into difficult and bitter battles, Almond has also taken care of his soldiers, and recently the 1st Marine Division has improved its food.

In the evening, each person added an extra piece of fried turkey leg to the meal, and Major Rohr also gave face to the Road Combat Regiment and even the 1st Marine Division, without making a small report, and at this time it was time for the meal, Almond also invited Major Rohr to dine together.

By the way, during the meal, a simple short meeting.

That's what he's here to be.

Small talk at the dinner table.

For this light meal, a few plates of cake and cheese were placed on the white table, a medium-rare steak per person, a variety of light meals, and even Almond's treasured red wine, the goblet shone brightly in the bright light, and the red wine inside added a bit of color.

On the table, in addition to a few staff officers of the Tenth Army, at the table were Major Almond and Rohr.

Almond looked at the red wine on the table and said, "Who ordered these red wines?" ”

An operational staff officer said, "Your Excellency, I want it." ”

Almond said, "Well, thank you, yes, you should have had a little drink today." With that, he picked up the red wine and poured some into Major Rohr's empty glass.

Major Rohr hurriedly said, "No, no, no, Your Excellency, General, I will come by myself." ”

Almond forced him to pour it, and the combat staff officer was very surprised, and the commander poured wine for a major, which was really rare in the army.

Almond said: "Your 1st Marine Regiment fought very well today, today you represent your regiment, I will pour you wine, it can be regarded as a temporary commendation, I look forward to your continued efforts in the future, and strive to eat this enemy." ”

Major Rohr looked very embarrassed, and hurriedly explained: "Your Excellency, General, you poured wine for a battalion commander, this is definitely the first time in the Tenth Army, where can I receive such a big gift." ”

Almond shook his head and said, "Young man, don't be polite to me anymore, it makes me very uncomfortable, am I so strict with my subordinates?" In addition, this glass of wine is not only for yourself, but also for the brave and fearless soldiers of your Marine Regiment. ”

What he said carried so much weight that Major Rohr did not dare to say anything more.

After a pause, Almond continued, "By the way, how is the food in your group? ”

Major Rohr replied: "Thanks to the general's care, it's all good, although my soldiers consume a lot of physical energy every day, they can eat well, and the physical energy they consume on the battlefield has also been quickly replenished, please rest assured general." ”

Almond nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, that's good, if you have anything, you can come to me directly in the future, you will be with me today, and you will return to the team tomorrow, in addition, tell me what you know about the enemy's situation." ”

Major Rohr stuck a steak with a fork, grabbed the table knife with the other hand, slid it gently, cut a small piece of steak and put it in his mouth to chew carefully, wiped his mouth for a moment, and said: "The opponent of my offensive position is the 538th Regiment of the 180th Division, from the encirclement to the present, their spiritual will does not seem to have weakened in the slightest, but seems to have strengthened, once, I personally led the charge of the team, their troops are not many, but the combat effectiveness is very tenacious, the bullets are exhausted, and with stones, our soldiers rushed to the position, They rushed out of the trenches and fought with us with bayonets, and we attacked twice knowing that they had no ammunition, and finally they bit our soldiers with their teeth and put their fingers in the eyes of our soldiers, and they went crazy. ”

He sighed and said, "It's incredible that the Chinese army is in such a state that it is even more tenacious than the Japanese troops stationed on Iwo Jima at that time. I can't even imagine how strong their spiritual will really is, our artillery, planes, failed to tear them apart, our soldiers trampled their positions, they only had two or three people left, they still did not retreat, they still charged our soldiers, they didn't even have guns, they held stones, they clung to the earth. ”

"General, this Chinese army is too tenacious."

Almond listened carefully to Major Rohr's answer, secretly surprised in his heart.

The operational staff officer interjected: "Judging from the data given by the Ministry of Intelligence, this unit should have been out of food for several days, their logistics did not send them a grain of food, and their transportation route was blocked by our army quite tightly, this is undoubtedly a battle of trapped beasts, and it should be the last fight." ”

After listening to their words, Almond put down his knife and fork, as if he had a firm idea, and said: "Pass my order, let the divisions slow down the speed of the attack, and adopt a gradual encroachment method, the 180th Division is already determined to win, don't be too aggressive, the night long-range artillery must continue to work, can not give them a little time to rest, if the human body's sleep is not guaranteed, it is more like a sharp knife piercing the body, even if their will and spirit are strong, no matter how tenacious, the body will not be able to support them to continue to hold on." ”

For the Tenth Army, the battle was also quite fierce, and Almond no longer ordered the troops to attack in a radical way, but chose a steady and steady approach, which was the same as the posture adopted by the reactionaries to encircle and suppress the Red Army, encircling but not fighting, building pillboxes, advancing slowly, and finally encroaching on the encircled enemy step by step.

At this time, a bearded colonel of the rank of colonel walked in, and he said to Almond: "Excuse me, Your Excellency, General, for disturbing your meal. ”

Almond waved his hand, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and said, "No, we've all eaten almost, if there's anything, you can tell me." ”

The beard replied: "Your Excellency, the mood of the aviation force is not very good now, there are quite a few pilots who are too tired and ask to be grounded in the afternoon, they need to rest, if they are not given time to rest, they."

This is a bad thing, Almond's expression was a little calm, and Major Rohr at the table did not dare to say anything, his eyes looked at the white table in front of him, thinking about other things, and Almond's voice came from his ears: "Oh, okay, I'll go to the airport right now, cheer up this group of boys, and just hold on for two more days." ”

After a pause, he called Major Rohr again: "Major Rohr, you also go with me." ”

Major Rohr immediately stood up, "Yes, Your Excellency, shall we leave now?" ”

Almond said, "Yes, right away." ”

The rest of the dinner is no longer eaten, it is very important to take care of the emotions of this group of air soldiers, this is related to the next battle, he can't use the air force in the rear, the four divisions of the Tenth Army encircled and suppressed a Chinese division, fought for a few days, and there was no progress at all, if Li Qiwei, who had just forgiven him, knew about it, even if he didn't say anything, he would have other thoughts in his heart.

Whether he could continue to serve as the commander of the Tenth Army, Almond didn't know in his heart, but he would definitely not let this happen.

It's not just about his position, it's about his reputation, Almond can't be too sloppy, which is why Almond is a corporal Lixian, under the general trend, in the face of the enemy, progress is slow, if he still maintains a high-minded attitude towards his own people, Li Qiwei investigates a little, knows his own situation, and he is estimated to be the commander of the Tenth Army.

For a variety of reasons, Almond felt he had to make some big changes.

At night, there was still a lot of artillery fire around the division headquarters, and stray bullets often landed on the headquarters and exploded.

The long-range artillery of the U.S. army is usually covered by firepower, after a coordinate, it is completely covered by firepower, and the accuracy is lacking, and it is impossible to achieve accurate strikes on the positions of the volunteers, especially when the distance between the enemy and us is only one or two kilometers, the stray bullets of the long-range artillery will even fall on their own positions, so if the long-range artillery wants to cover, they need their own people to retreat and retreat, and then attack in turn, the Chinese army may have rebuilt the fortifications on the position.

Not as accurate as heavy artillery.

It's just that now the heavy artillery is crossing the Nu River, the Nu River is tumbling endlessly, the water is turbulent, the number of heavy artillery is large, the tonnage is large, it is almost impossible to cross the river in a short time, the US army needs time, and the ammunition depot hoarded by the US 24th Division was blown up by Xia Yuan at once, and their heavy artillery is not in place, and they can only use long-range artillery to cover and harass at night, and use infantry and small-caliber mortars to attack during the day.

The fighting at the defensive points of the division became more intense, and some positions had been repeatedly contested no less than ten times, and the troops were once again caught in a bitter battle.

The U.S. 24th Division captured Jiancun in the early morning, and the U.S. 7th Division broke through part of the positions of the 536th Regiment of the 179th Division in the west and south of Wukou, this regiment had four battalion-level cadres, and nearly 1,000 soldiers were captured by the enemy.

This time, the US 7th Division defeated the 536th Regiment, causing this unit to suffer the most violent blow it unprecedented and fierce since the War of Liberation, and the battle was unprecedentedly tragic and the losses were huge.

Division Commander Zheng did not know that the orders of his old troops were now the same as those of the 180th Division, and at this time they were overwhelmed by the current situation faced by the 180th Division.

At present, the forward positions of all units have been lost, and in the evening, the 540th Regiment lost Jiguan Mountain, and the large troops of the 6th Division of the ROK also passed through the Cockscomb Mountain and continued to carry out their interspersed and roundabout tasks, the original 180th Division faced the enemy on all sides, in fact, there is still a big mountain that has not been occupied by the enemy, and now with the mobile interspersed detour of the 6th Division of the ROK, this last gap has also been blocked, and the 180th Division has now completely formed a situation of encirclement on all sides, and in less than a day's effort, such a huge change has occurred. The enemy's movements were too fast and completely exceeded the expectations of our commanders.

"There is also a reason for the untimely transmission of information, we do not have advanced tools to obtain enemy intelligence, and the enemy situation on the front line is run out of scouts with their legs."

Deputy Division Commander Duan sat on a stool and said to Xia Yuan: "You have also seen the current situation, the situation of the 180th Division is completely dangerous, the previous 540th Regiment, 539th Regiment and 538th Regiment each blocked one side, which was more than enough, but now with the last gap being blocked, the enemy is on all sides of us, and it is a heavy army, and we have no extra troops to stop the enemy." ”

The whole division was blocked in the area south of Zhiyan-ri, and it was so encircled that it could not get out at all, even if it was their retreat, the Han River defense line, there was also the joint defense of the rest of the US 7th Division and the rest of the Han 6th Division.

Xia Yuan said: "The untimely transmission of information is indeed a problem, and we don't have a better way to solve it?" Like using the enemy's communications equipment? ”

He remembered that he had captured a lot of enemy guys, and he should be able to use them.

Deputy Division Commander Duan said: "That thing is not safe, the enemy has the secret message, we use their radio station, whatever we send, it is in their hands, if the enemy cracks our secret message, the consequences are unimaginable." ”

At this time, many domestic factories and enterprises have also begun to vigorously develop our army's own walkie-talkie, of course, it has to be captured from the front line, all of which have been transported to the country, including helicopters, fighter jets, tanks, semi-automatic rifles, fully automatic rifles, machine guns, recoilless guns, walkie-talkies, etc., as long as we do not have our own, we must be transported to the country, studied and placed by our own people, and at the end of the period, our army has independently developed walkie-talkies, making up for the backward means of communication with the front.

While they were chatting, the radio correspondent received a new round of orders from the military headquarters, which was translated by Zhao Guobang, a translator: "Division commander, the order from the military headquarters has come down. ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly got up, Xia Yuan also stood up with a stick, during this time, they studied many retreat routes and plans, for this moment, they looked at Master Zheng, but saw new changes on his face.

"Our plan was rejected, and our superiors allowed us to retreat, but we had to retreat from the retreat hole to Mapingli, and the 179th Division would come to meet us."

(End of chapter)