The pressure of bangs
"It's so relieving!" Liu Xiaoshan said after coming back and reporting his assault to Liu Hai. "Well done, it's worthy of those heroic spirits of the 433rd Regiment!" Bangs said. "Next, I request to officially take over the defense of Position Six!" Liu Xiaoshan said. "The main task of your troops is to protect the safety of the artillery, not the position, I will ask the military department to send someone else to defend the position!" Bangs said. "Yes!" Liu Xiaoshan replied, "Then the division commander, I killed one of the enemy's division commanders, they should stop for a few days, right?" "No, it won't!" Liu Hai shook his head, "In World War II, the president of the United States died, and he didn't let the American army stop attacking, let alone such a small division commander!" ”
Liu Hai was not wrong, the news of the death of the commander of the US Seventh Division reached Tokyo, and Clark, commander of the US Far East Army, was greatly shocked and hurriedly called someone to inform the country to transport a piece of black meat that had been burned so that it was impossible to see whether it was a person or not, but Clark's order was to continue the battle and send the famous commander of the US Army, Cowen, to take over the forward command position of the commander of the US Seventh Division. The Cowan division commander sent by Clark can be said to be one of Clark's trump cards, having commanded many battles in the Pacific War and European campaigns, and is said to have never been defeated, especially known for his good use of artillery fire. Commander Cowen received the order and immediately set out from Japan and rushed to Seoul to report to Van Vliet.
"General, Cowan is here to report!" Master Cowan looked at Van Vliet with a smile. Cowan and Van Vliet are old acquaintances, and in the European war that year, Division Commander Cowen cooperated with Van Vliet, then the commander of the Third Army of the US Army, to break through the German Remagen Bridge and enter the German mainland. In that battle, the leading division commander Cowan led his troops to capture the Remagen Bridge, after a fierce battle, although the German army detonated *, but it was precisely because of the battle of Cowan division commander that the Remagen Bridge did not collapse, it was Van Vliet who successfully invaded the German mainland, and he was very grateful to Cowan, who was still a regiment commander at the time, and Van Vliet was rewarded for successfully attacking the German mainland!
"Dear Cowan, we meet again!" Van Vliet said happily. "What is the task you have given me?" Master Cowen asked. "The task I gave you was not a good one!" Van Vliet sighed and said, "We have been fighting with the Chinese on Wusheng Mountain for almost twenty days, and the positions that we thought we could occupy at a very small price have now suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, although most of them are South Koreans, but the casualties of our American soldiers are not small, just the day before yesterday, the commander of the 7th Division in charge of forward command was attacked by the Chinese commando and unfortunately died, so I want you to take over the commander of the 7th Division as the commander of the forward attack!" "Did the attack go badly?" Cowan asked.
"Our attack has been smooth, but there is no result, the Chinese are unexpectedly stubborn, they have fought with us in such a position, both sides are constantly increasing their troops, the battle has remained white-hot, until now the scale of the campaign is still expanding, now the front-line attack, especially those stupid South Koreans, without a good commander, they will either be killed or flee to Busan, we are fighting with a group of imbeciles, those South Koreans..." Van Vliet suddenly felt like a resentful woman, so he made a gesture to say no more. "Well, I accept your assignment, sir!" Cowan said with a smile.
Commander Cowen was a practical officer, and after accepting the task, Van Vliet sent several capable staff officers to form a command team for him, and Cowen immediately took his staff team to the front. After arriving at the front line, Cowan saw not a group of troops ready to go, but a large number of demoralized South Korean troops and American soldiers waiting to go home, not only demoralized, but the most important thing was that after the commander of the 7th Division of the US Army was killed, even the minimum ammunition replenishment stopped, especially the artillery shells only had one base, and the field warehouse where the shells were stored was 50 kilometers away from the front line, and everyone thought that the offensive was going to end, because the commander of the 7th Division was killed, and the commander had no attack, and naturally there would be no attack! After inspecting the troops, Cowen found that the morale was lower than he had imagined, and that one-third of the US troops were blockade teams to prevent the South Koreans from escaping, and that there were very few troops used to attack, and that it was entirely the Americans who were driving the South Koreans to death with firepower.
"It's a lot worse than I thought!" Cowan said to his staff officer: "Before a new offensive is launched, the morale problem needs to be solved first, especially the morale of the South Koreans!" "Those stupid people don't know what they're doing, they're just consuming food and military pay, they eat when the food arrives, take the money when it arrives, and it's all over them!" said the staff officer of the US military. "They like to eat and take, but first they need to be alive, and we will go to inspect the South Korean troops in a while, and now call our regimental commanders!" Cowan said. "Yes! Sir! The staff officer said.
"Commanders, from now on, I will take over the command and continue to attack the Chinese!" Kane said as he looked at the American Legion Commanders in front of him. "Yes, sir!" Several regiment commanders said. "Gentlemen, we can't be so negative, if we don't defeat the enemy, we will stay in this place forever, if we want to go home, we need to defeat the enemy, we have super firepower and the South Koreans who died for us, we will definitely win!" Cowan said. "Yes, sir!" Several regiment commanders still replied. "Well, it looks like what we need at the moment is a win!" Cowan looked at his staff officer and said, "Arrange for replenishment of artillery shells, contact air force support, as soon as the shells arrive, we will start attacking!" ”
"Who's the supreme governor here?" Cowan asked, looking at the South Korean officers gathered in front of him. "I am, sir!" A division commander of the South Korean Army walked over and said. "As the commander of this unit, do you know what kind of responsibility you have for the current situation of the troops?" Cowan asked, looking at the South Korean division commander in front of him. "I know... The division commander of the South Korean Army was about to say something, "No! Cowan waved his hand, pulled out his pistol, and then aimed it at the head of the South Korean division commander, "You don't know! "Ping!" After a single shot, the division commander of the South Korean Army fell, and was dragged out by two American military policemen. "Now the commander of a regiment of this division will take his place, and I hope you can perform well in tomorrow's attack, otherwise, I will shoot him until I find a qualified division commander!"
"Sir, we have informed the logistics convoy that they will be able to complete the replenishment of the artillery shells this evening," Cowen's staff report said. "Good, I've got an idea!" Cowan said to his combat staff, "We have now occupied all the positions on the enemy's front line, but their tunnel troops are very tenacious, and if we force them out, we will suffer heavy casualties, so cutting off their supplies is the best way!" Cowan said. Your ex has also made a lot of efforts to do this, but it doesn't work well! "The staff officer reminds Cowan that this method has already been used!" He didn't do it well enough! Cowan said, "If we don't destroy these tunnel troops, it will be difficult for us to let go of our hands and feet, so if we want to break through, we need to destroy their tunnel troops first, and if we want to completely cut off the supply of their tunnel troops, the No. 6 position, which has just been lost, is the key!" So our first goal is to recapture Position Six! ”
"I estimate that the next target for the Americans should be the No. 6 position, because this No. 6 position is the key to our delivery of supplies to the tunnel troops!" Commander Qin looked at the map and said. "Yes, all the commanders of the 433rd Regiment and below were killed, and you can see the determination of the Americans!" The chief of staff agreed, "But that Liu Xiaoshan killed the division commander of the US army, and they should stop for a few days!" "No, it won't!" Commander Qin said, "The Americans have experienced World War II, there are a lot of lieutenant generals, there is no shortage of division commanders, they will soon attack, tell Liu Hai, his artillery to ensure that the No. 6 position will not miss again, the tunnel troops are the basis of our future counterattack!" "Yes!" said the chief of staff.
"Commander Qin's opinion is the same as mine!" Liu Hai took the telegram and said: "The Americans will not give up on the sixth position!" "But we still have to support other positions, just a few cannons, I'm afraid we can't beat it!" The staff officer next to him said. "If you can't beat it, you have to fight!" Liu Hai said, "Use all the large-caliber mortars on Liu Xiaoshan's troops to support the No. 6 position, and as for the artillery, let the artillery of the two regiments each send a battalion to support the No. 6 position!" "And what about the other positions?" The staff officer asked. "Position No. 6 is more important, let's stick to Position No. 6 first!" Liu Hai said, "Also, tell the military department that it is recommended to increase the supply of the tunnel and try to increase the material reserves of the tunnel, especially water!" Bangs said. Do you think Position 6 will still be lost? The staff officer asked. It's hard to say! Liu Hai said, "The No. 6 position is more prominent, and the position is still in our hands, so let's send more supplies to the tunnel!" ”
"Command!" Division Commander Cowen said to his men: "All artillery is used to block the section of the road that the enemy is used to replenish, and the fire support of the attack is to draw all tanks and mortars for fire support in addition to the air force!" In addition, two battalions were sent to attack the flanks of Position 6 from the left and right in a roundabout way, striving to recapture Position 6 with one attack! "Sir, I'm afraid that the firepower of only tanks and mortars is a little insufficient!" The staff officer asked. "There is already a scorched earth on position No. 6, there are no strong fortifications at all, mortars and tanks are enough, the roundabout troops must set off in advance, and when the time comes, they must attack at the same time!" Master Cowen said. "Yes!" The staff officer replied.