25th, Christian Christmas. 【】

Major General Ling Yunxiao is not a Christian, Brigadier General Zhong Jingbo, commander of the 7711 Brigade, is not a Christian, and more than 100 officers and men of the brigade are not Christians.

On the night of the 24th, the officers and men of the 7711 Brigade presented a "Christmas gift" to the enemy.

According to the order of the commander-in-chief of the front, the 7711 Brigade arrived in Xianzhou at 13:30 on the 24th, and then entered a defensive combat state. Unlike the 153 Airborne Brigade, the 7711 Brigade did not spend much effort to build a defensive position, in addition to purchasing blocking positions in dangerous areas on the highway line and railway line, Major General Ling Yunxiao, who personally rushed to the front line to command the operation, put on a mobile defensive posture and divided the brigade into 3 defensive echelons, preparing to fight a field battle with the US army!

Ling Yunxiao is very courageous, and the officers and men of the 7711 Brigade are very confident.

Compared with other combat units, the characteristics of the 7711 brigade are very prominent.

First, the brigade does not have infantry in the traditional sense. Nearly 1,000 infantry in three infantry battalions are equipped with weapons and equipment in accordance with digital combat standards; Each infantry is the operational node of the entire brigade, which can not only perform combat tasks independently, but also cooperate with other combat forces, and even provide tactical information for the whole brigade to complete combat tasks including tactical reconnaissance, fire guidance, position defense, individual assault and so on. Although in terms of individual combat ability, it is not much stronger than other infantry, but in terms of coordinated operations, special forces are much more powerful than the 77th Army ground infantry.

Secondly, the brigade does not have armored corps in the traditional sense. The main equipment of the two armored battalions is 1C2 DLF23 120 mm wheeled anti-tank guns, 128DLB23 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, 68DLP23 155 mm wheeled self-propelled howitzers, and a total of 64 wheeled armored command vehicles at all levels, counting various wheeled combat vehicles belonging to infantry battalions, artillery battalions, air defense battalions, logistics battalions, independent reconnaissance companies, and brigade headquarters guard companies, the brigade has a total of more than 12C0 wheeled armored vehicles; Although wheeled armored fighting vehicles are not very suitable for field and offensive battles, in the case of relying on roads, the assault speed of the 3 fast counter brigades of the 77th Army definitely exceeds that of any ground force.

Finally, the brigade has an advanced and astonishing amount of information equipment. The brigade headquarters is equipped with a "mobile integrated tactical command and communication system" developed at the end of 2022, and all brigade combat vehicles and infantry are equipped with a "tactical information sharing platform".

The so-called "insiders look at the doorway, laymen look at the liveliness", the strength of the 7711 Brigade is more reflected in the details.

Judging by infantry equipment alone. In addition to the common ground machine guns, assault rifles, combat pistols, bayonets, individual communication equipment and other personal weapons. It is also equipped with miniature unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, battlefield information sensing systems, individual tactical computers, individual tactical data link systems, and other advanced equipment rarely seen in other units and previously only provided to special forces. Support firepower. In addition to traditional weapons such as individual anti-tank missiles, individual anti-aircraft missiles, grenade catapults, etc. It can also be based on the needs of the mission and the combat environment. It is equipped with a variety of information and electronic equipment in the mainland, including a miniature battlefield search system, a penetrating obstacle detection system, and a long-range guidance system.

Thus. The most prominent feature of the 7711 Brigade is its rapid reaction capability and powerful combat network.

At the beginning of the year, the "Northern Spring Exercise" multi-arm combined confrontation exercise. On behalf of the 77th Army, the 7711 Brigade "annihilated" the 27th Army, which had made major achievements in the old war, within 12 hours. That is, in this exercise. Ling Yunxiao is in the limelight. The 77th Army-Ground Combat Effectiveness was recognized.

If there is no performance this time. Xiang Linghui may not let the 77th Army go into battle less than 2 years after it became an army.

Same with Pei Chengyi. Ling Yunxiao is a representative figure of the "Young Zhuang faction" of the Republic Army.

Not to mention a positional war with the US military. If it weren't for the previous finger, the 7711 Brigade was clearly required to defend Xianzhou. No order was given to attack Hamhungdi. It is very likely that Ling Yunxiao commanded the 7711 Brigade to fight all the way into Hamxing. Fighting an urban offensive and defensive battle with the U.S. military in earnest.

Even if you defend, there are different ways to play.

From the perspective of the composition of the force, the 7711 Brigade does not lack positional defense capabilities, 3 infantry battalions are enough to hold tens of kilometers of defense line, plus 2 armored battalions and 2 artillery battalions, through positional defense and counterattack battles, it can hold Xianzhou and drive the US army back to Xianxing.

It's just that Ling Yunxiao is not the kind of person who likes to fight passively.

In his eyes, the best defense is offense. The firepower of the 771 Brigade is not weak, and if it can use its powerful information warfare capability to unleash all the combat power of the combat network, let alone deal with an enemy who is unable to form an army, even if it engages the digital networked troops of the 1st Division of the US Army head-on, it will not necessarily be at a disadvantage.

War, fighting is a breath!

Attacking against attacking, Ling Yunxiao wanted to prove the combat effectiveness of the 77th Army and the rapid reaction force with a brilliant victory.

For those American GIs who survived the siege, Christmas 2024 will be unforgettable for a lifetime.

Although Pibrook is not as good as it was back then

Arthur promised the American GIs to go home for Christmas, but all the American GIs did not want to participate in this war that did not belong to them, and preferred to spend Christmas Eve with their families and welcome the arrival of Christmas.

Christmas Eve had not yet arrived, and rumors were spreading like a plague among American soldiers.

Dudgway had left Hamhung, and only Gated remained.

The commander had given an order to Gate, and if necessary, he could surrender.

The squadron had already captured Linchan-ri and annihilated the 1st Marine Division.

The enemy is besieging and going to battle, and the 2nd Marine Division is coming to an end.

The 1st Air Assault Division was retreating from Hamhung and Hungnam, leaving behind the Marines.

……

Rumors are plagues, poisons, and beasts that can instantly break morale.

Although Gatese dispatched "military police" as quickly as possible, strictly ordered commanders at all levels to clean up discipline, and strictly forbade talking about topics related to "defeat," "the mouth of defending the people is like defending Sichuan," and the orders and prohibitions not only could not dispel the panic in the hearts of the American soldiers, but also played a role in fanning the flames, so that more soldiers thought that the war had been defeated and that the enemy was about to capture Hamhung, and Gate's would immediately surrender to the squadron.

The chaos hastened the defeat of the American army.

If the situation is a little more ideal, Getter will not need to spend too much time to rectify the discipline of the army, and rush to attack Xianzhou in the afternoon or even at noon, defeat the 7711 Brigade of the fast counterattack, which has not gained a firm foothold, and open the passage to the south.

It wasn't until nightfall that Gate's first counterattack force was organized.

Although the 1C11th Air Assault Division provided support and cover for the attacking troops, the Marine Battalion, which was the first to move south, was beaten back by the opponent before it reached Xianzhou. Less than a third of the GIs returned to Hamhung, and the remaining two-thirds were either killed or taken prisoner.

The battle is fought to this extent, not to mention Gates, even if Du Qiwei does not leave, it will not change the outcome of the US military.

With no other choice, Gate's choice was to let the Marines attack repeatedly.

Throughout the night, the 7711 Brigade repelled 8 attacks by the US army, and the battle was concentrated on the north road line and railway line, and the US army broke through the first line of defense at most, but never reached the third line of defense.

What gave Ling Yunxiao a headache was not how to repel the counterattack of the American army, but how to settle thousands of prisoners of war.

By dawn on the 25th, the 7711 Brigade had captured a total of 5,783 US officers and soldiers, of which only the wounded, and the rest voluntarily surrendered.

You must know that the 7711 Brigade is a total of officers and soldiers.

Ling Yunxiao did not expect that the US army would surrender on a large scale. During the first attack, after the tanks rushing to the front were destroyed by anti-tank combat vehicles, a number of American GIs from the 1st integrated battalion followed behind did not fire a single shot, and collectively surrendered to the 7712th and 7713th battalions, which were counter-attacking!

Unexpectedly, I didn't make any preparations.

In the face of the "surging" American soldiers, Ling Yunxiao was really a little in a hurry.

In the beginning, he only arranged for one infantry company to be responsible for guarding and detaining prisoners of war in the requisitioned houses, because most of the residents of Xianzhou had fled to the north, so there was no problem of forcibly occupying civilian houses. By the early morning of the 25th, Ling Yunxiao had sent an additional infantry company, and by dawn, Ling Yunxiao had to transfer half of his troops from the logistics battalion and brigade guard company to take care of thousands of prisoners of war.

Ling Yunxiao pulled out all the infantry because he saw an opportunity.

The US military's "moth to fire" offensive cannot be called an offensive at all, but is taking advantage of the opportunity to attack the ground to get out of the war.

If you don't fight back now, when?

Although the front finger did not give the order to attack, Ling Yunxiao did not want to "attack", only wanted to "counterattack".

As for the extent of the counterattack, it depends on the unfolding and direction of the battlefield situation.

At 7 o'clock on the 25th, the 7712th and 7714th Battalions deployed on the second line of defense took the lead, crossed the first line of defense composed of the 77111th Battalion and the 77133rd Battalion, and advanced north along the road line.

In fact, the counterattack began at 11:30 on the 24th.

Because the former commander did not let the low-altitude transport battalion under the command of the military headquarters go south, several low-altitude assault units nearby were assisting the 54th Army, the 37th Army and the 38th Army in the north to encircle and annihilate the US troops in the war area, so the 7711 Brigade did not have the ability to attack at low altitude and could only counterattack from the ground. In order to make the counterattack operation smoother, Ling Yunxiao sent a reconnaissance company directly under the brigade in advance, and asked the scouts to climb over the mountains on foot to find out the situation south of Xianxing before dawn.

When the counterattack force of the 7711 Brigade came out, Pei Chengyi had just ordered the 38th Army's 383 Brigade to make a detour to attack Hamxing.

Obviously, even Pei Chengyi didn't expect that after the 7711 Brigade held Xianzhou, it would still have the ability to counterattack in a reactionary manner, otherwise Pei Chengyi would never be reluctant to seek the near and far, and let go of a rapid assault force close to him, and dispatch an armored assault force from more than 00 kilometers away.

The large-scale counterattack of the 7711 Brigade was the biggest "variable" in the closing stage of the first campaign.

When Ling Yunxiao quickly countered the "good news" of the 7711 Brigade to attack Xianxing, whether it was Pei Chengyi, Xiang Linghui, or even Peng Maobang and Zhao Rundong, they all had a feeling of joy falling from the sky.

The youngest unit of the republic, which created the most striking miracles