A commander who has been rolling on the battlefield for many years, Smith is very keenly aware that the retreat of the squadron is not the same as the rout of the Korean People's Army, and it is better to be cautious in the face of such an opponent, and it is taboo for soldiers to advance rashly, so the progress of the first division of the 6th war in the early stage of the second campaign is not fast.

The sluggish movement of the US troops on the Eastern Front made the waiting volunteers extremely anxious, and the opponent of the US troops on the Eastern Front was a new number, the Ninth Corps.

In order to fight a big war of annihilation before the joint **Juezhong** team entered the DPRK in large numbers, the Ninth Corps of the East China Field Army (Sanye) also secretly entered the DPRK.

The Ninth Corps is the first-class main force of the East China Field Army, that is, the Sanye Army, and has three armies under its jurisdiction, the 20th, 26th, and 27th, with more than 100,000 troops.

The Ninth Corps was a unit preparing for the liberation of Taiwan, not only was it fully equipped but most of its companies were in 44 and 55 formations, and it was only after the outbreak of the Korean War that it was urgently transferred to the northeast.

The Ninth Corps of Sanye is an old unit of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) with extremely rich combat experience, but they have also encountered a common problem in the squadron, that is, logistics supply.

The Ninth Corps, which was subordinate to Sanye, had been stationed in the temperate zone for a long time, had no experience in fighting in cold areas, and was not equipped in place, so it was originally intended to let the Ninth Corps rest near Shenyang for a period of time and replenish its uniforms while familiarizing itself with the environment, but because of the rapidly changing situation on the Korean battlefield, the Ninth Corps was forced to enter Korea ahead of schedule, and the combat order of the General Staff was temporarily read out at Shanhaiguan.

In order to block the offensive of the US forces on the Eastern Front on the Korean Peninsula, the Ninth Corps, which was originally going to be supplied in Shenyang, entered Korea ahead of schedule. It turned out that the quilts prepared for them had not yet been put in place, and most of the soldiers of the Ninth Corps were southerners, and they did not have the experience and ideological preparation to fight in the cold areas. Many of the commanders and fighters saw snow for the first time in their lives, and the ambush they chose was in the Coldest Lake area in North Korea.

The Gaima Plateau in 50 years suffered a cold winter that had not been encountered in 50 years, the temperature dropped to minus 40 degrees Celsius at night, dripping into ice, and the surface was frozen into cracks.

The 1st Division of the 6th Combat Army, the arrow unit of the American Army on the Eastern Front, was also frightened by the cold weather. The soldiers slept in thick tents and eiderdown sleeping bags, shivering from the cold, and had to drink boiling hot coffee, but in such a climate they received orders to continue their attack.

Division Commander Smith was extremely angry at such an order. His 1st Division of the 6th World War was a naval establishment, but he never thought that it would be incorporated into the 10th Army, which was dominated by the 6th Army, and he also had to carry out the task of opening the way in the vanguard.

The 6th Army wants the navy to be the vanguard when it fights on the ground, and any naval commander has anger in his heart. Don't talk about fighting in such cold weather. Even survival seems very difficult, are the commanders of the 6th Army all stupid!!

What was questioned by Division Commander Smith was Almond, the commander of the US Tenth Army, and his current immediate boss, didn't Almond know that the current climate was very unsuitable for troops to fight? Of course not, Almond was an extremely experienced commander on the battlefield, and of course he didn't want his troops to march in such cold weather, but Almond couldn't disobey the orders of his superiors.

Almond had worked beside MacArthur for a long time and was a close subordinate. There was a blind sense of trust in McArthur, and the order to attack was given by MacArthur. He must be strictly enforced.

Under Almond's strict order, the slow-moving 1st Division of the 6th World War of the US Army finally arrived, and without hesitation, it plunged headlong into the ambush circle of the Volunteers, lying in the cold snow and waiting for the 9th Corps of the Volunteers to attack them.

The Ninth Corps, which had no experience in fighting in cold areas, had reached the limit of its patience, or had already passed their limit, and not a single soldier opened fire on the positions where there were many attacks, because they were still wearing single clothes and had already lost their lives by the cold.

After more than ten days of fighting on the Eastern Front, the Ninth Corps waved a senseless fighting spirit, defeated the 1st Division of the US Navy's 6th World War and the 7th Division of the US Army, which came to reinforce it, and recaptured the entire Wonsan area, but also suffered heavy losses, most of which were frostbite.

The Ninth Corps defeated the first division of the US 6th World War, marking the end of the second campaign after the Volunteers entered Korea.

A large corps of more than 100,000 people surrounded an opponent whose strength was only a fraction of their strength, and the enemy attacked first, but only defeated and failed to completely annihilate it, and the casualties on their own side were much greater than those of the opponent, which made the entire second battle victory and at the same time cast a shadow on the command organ of the headquarters of the Volunteer Army.

Dayudong, the headquarters of the Volunteer Army.

This is an abandoned mine, because after years of mining, there is a lot of space inside, there are several erected old steel rails outside the hole, and the eight forks are standing there indiscriminately, and anyone who does not know the inside story will not know that this is the general headquarters of the Volunteer Army, which is only more than 30 kilometers away from the front line.

The end of the second campaign gave the squadron a certain understanding of the US military, and the combat effectiveness of the US ground forces relied greatly on firepower and highways, and it was not difficult to deal with, but this air force was too annoying, like a swarm of flies that were about to lay eggs.

The US pilots, who have several thousand hours of flying experience, drank countless tons of aviation fuel, and experienced hundreds or thousands of air battles, have an extremely high level of skill and tactics, and they can use low-altitude flight technology to throw bombs into unprepared caves when there is a little light.

At night, the cold wind howled, the temperature dropped sharply, an old soldier stood under a few small pine trees not too far from the entrance of the cave and thought about something, several guards left dozens of meters and scattered around vigilantly observing the surrounding situation, a guard whispered to his companions: "It's such a cold day, why don't you go in?" If you freeze it again, you might get sick. ”

Another replied: "What do you know, there must be something in my heart, I am thinking about big things, let's just stand at the post." ”

Who is this veteran? He is the current commander-in-chief of the Chinese Volunteer Army, Mr. Peng.

On the surface, the two battles after the Volunteer Army entered the DPRK were won, not only drove the joint ** back but also recovered a large number of lost ground, as the commander-in-chief of the first army, he should be happy, but Mr. Peng was not happy anyway.

Because the casualties of the Volunteer Army have exceeded Mr. Peng's expectations, the battlefield on the Western Front of the Second Battle was quite smooth, especially the 38th Army, which was extremely good, but on the Eastern Front battlefield, the Ninth Corps suffered a large loss that had never been seen in history, according to the post-war assessment, a main force of more than 100,000 people, more than half of the casualties in a battle, what does more than half of the casualties represent? The Ninth Corps has lost its combat effectiveness.

Just one battle defeated the famous Huaye Ninth Corps to the point of losing its combat effectiveness, and there are too many questions to think about.

Another chief walked out, he quietly walked to Mr. Peng's side and stopped, as if he knew what the boss was thinking, the chief said in a soft tone:

"Boss, the casualties of the Ninth Corps are mainly caused by the severe cold, this year is the cold winter of the Korean Peninsula that has not been encountered in 50 years, the temperature in the Changjin area has dropped to more than minus 40 degrees, our troops are from the south, and they have no experience in resisting the cold, so the casualties are greater, but we will sum up the lessons, and we will definitely not make the same mistake in the next battle."

"Comrade, the price for us is too great, is the figure of frostbite fighters out?"

"It has been counted, and there are more than 30,000 frostbitten soldiers in the Ninth Corps."

"You can't just count the casualties, but also count the soldiers who are severely frostbitten, they will be left disabled, what a good soldier, causing such a large number of casualties, I, the commander-in-chief, are responsible."

After being silent for a while, the chief who came out later said: "Boss, the responsibility can't all be borne by you, we discussed it and asked the central government for punishment together." ”

"Please say the punishment later, how is our opponent?"

"According to the statistics of our intelligence system, the number of frostbitten people in the first division of the US 6th World War is more than 6,000, and it has also lost the ability to participate in the next battle."

"Eating canned beef, drinking hot coffee, sleeping in a duck down sleeping bag and getting frostbitten for more than 6,000, it can be seen how bad the climate is, how difficult the situation of our troops is, let's withdraw the Ninth Corps and rest and recuperate, tell Song Shilun, don't worry, the battle is still fought by him, and the current task of their corps is to rest well."

"The order has been issued a long time ago, I personally sent it, Lao Song is really anxious, looking at the map with tears in his corps headquarters, and not talking to anyone."

"How can you not be sad? The Ninth Corps was all brought out by him, and of course he was distressed by such a large number of casualties, our logistics were not good, and the gap between us and the enemy was too great. ”

"Boss, this is also a helpless thing, the logistics organs have tried their best, but our supplies still can't be delivered, the US military can use more than 1,200 planes in the Far East, some of which can take off directly from aircraft carriers, our rear lines of communication have been bombed, and the casualties of the transport team are not small."

"Yes, if our logistics can be a little more timely, we can kill a lot less people on the Eastern Front, even if giving each soldier a military coat can effectively reduce the casualties caused by the cold, damn logistics, is the real stuck neck."

Answering the questions of old guys such as "Black Wind Wing", in recent times, Lao Ba and other writers have been hit hard, some have finished the book randomly, and some have changed careers, and the update in this state will definitely be affected, so I won't say much else. (To be continued......)

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