Chapter 17 Suggestions

The US military only repelled the charge once by us, and seemed to realize that we were a hard bone that could not be chewed. In the following time, they never launched a charge on our positions again, and even the cannons were too lazy to attack our positions.

This may be because they know that the volunteers are stationed here, not the People's Army, and they also know that the volunteers always have a way to avoid their firepower, just as the US military said, "Although we plowed the Chinese positions several times with artillery fire and incendiary bombs, we always thought that there would be no one in this high ground to survive, but when we launch a charge, we will always be violently counterattacked by the Chinese. They are like rats, like cockroaches, and can't finish them!"

From modern information, I know that the US military unit on the front of our army is the Second US Division. Although they are also a unit that has just been transferred from China and have no experience in fighting with the volunteers before, the US military is better than their advanced communication equipment. The combat experience and information of each unit can be shared quickly and well. So after they determined that the enemy on the front was Chinese, they quickly made the decision that other US military units would make, pick the persimmons and pinch them...

So we were once again in a situation where there was no war. Although gunfire and explosions were heard on both sides of the position, our position could not even see a charge enemy.

He took Deputy Commander Liu to the top of the mountain and raised his telescope to look at the high ground on both sides of our wings. The battle was so fierce! After a round of artillery fire preparation, the US military always had a way to install several tanks in front of the position to protect it. Then the mortar, recoilless cannon, rocket launcher and even anti-aircraft machine guns were all bombarded and fired on the People's Army's positions.

This is the US military's fire tactic! After Van Vritte came to power, the US military seemed to have learned its lesson. Anyway, ammunition is no longer restricted. If ammunition can be used to solve the problem, the Americans would not be so stupid that they would charge forward with bayonets and guns, holding up their own lives...

So they dealt with the field fortifications on the slope of the People's Army, and whenever they saw a figure, all kinds of weapons would rush in that direction, let alone the fortifications built by the People's Army. Regardless of whether there are or not, they would be destroyed first.

On the other hand, the People's Army, with a firepower covering the People's Army, half of the fortifications they worked hard to build, and the remaining half was left to be targeted for the direct-fired cannons of the US military.

Although the direct-fired cannon is not as destructive as long-range cannons, the victory is due to its high accuracy. As long as the US military sees the fortifications, it will be aimed at various artillery fires, and the smoke will be left behind. The most powerful one is the Bazukka rocket launcher. The incendiary bombs it fires can always turn the People's Army's positions into a sea of ​​fire. Even if the People's Army is already hiding in the tunnel, if the entrance of the tunnel is blown by this thing, the soldiers there are either burned to death by the flames that penetrate into the tunnel, or they are suffocated to death by the air in the tunnel.

To be honest, the Volunteer Army was also deeply affected by these direct-fired cannons in the early days of the Korean War. At that time, the Volunteer Army soldiers did not know what weapons they were, so they called them "front artillery". The so-called "front artillery" is the cannons that were moved to the position to fire. The Volunteer Army had no choice but to destroy the destructive power of the "front artillery" bombing fortifications for a long time, but now the People's Army had no choice but to them.

In the aperture of the telescope, the US military used tank cover to close with tank guns, rocket launchers, machine guns, and fired with far-range recoilless cannons, mortars, and anti-aircraft machine guns in the rear. They only made the People's Army positions explode one place, and sometimes turned into a ball of flames. People's Army soldiers were constantly falling in pools of blood or sacrificing themselves in burning flames. The mountains were surrounded by screams of People's Army soldiers. Especially those ignited by incendiary bombs, the screams were shrill and lasting, and echoing in the mountains for a long time. What's more annoying is that the US military was covered by tanks, while the far ones were outside the range, but the People's Army had no choice for them.

However, the soldiers of the People's Army can also be said to be fighting tenaciously. Under such a disadvantage, they refused to give up their positions. A group of casualties were added to the rear, and a group of them seemed to be using their flesh and blood to resist the progress of the US military.

There is a reason why the People's Army would use their lives to resist the US military in this way. The reason is that their territory is already under their feet. The Americans took a step forward and North Korea's land was one step away. In fact, the People's Army fought very tenaciously in this battle in history. Although they retreated eight kilometers, with their tactics and such disadvantages, eight kilometers cannot be considered a long distance.

This is also a difference between the People's Army and the Volunteer Army in combat! Many times, the People's Army will use their lives to guard every inch of their own land. But the Volunteer Army pays more attention to victory, and often uses space to exchange for time in strategy, such as the retreat of the Fourth Battle and the retreat of the Fifth Battle. If you can defend a little, it is often some strategic points that have to be defended, such as Tieyuan.

This is because the volunteer soldiers are good at mobile warfare, and defense is also defense in sports; secondly, because the gains and losses of these lands do not hurt us Chinese...

"Captain Cui!" Liu Shunyi looked at this scene and asked from the side: "It is not a solution for the comrades of the People's Army to continue to fight like this! If this continues, there will be too many casualties. The position will sooner or later fall into the hands of the American devils. Should we support it..."

"I understand the truth that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, not to mention that the position guarded by the People's Army is the weakness of our position!" I couldn't help but shook my head helplessly after hearing this: "But the People's Army's defense line is so long that we can help the two high grounds next to us, but we can't help other high grounds unless we have too many troops to guard all their defense lines. With their fighting style, we can't help them at all!"

"Yeah!" Liu Shunyi nodded, knowing that what I was talking about was the truth. The People's Army's defense line was too long, and the flanks were still next to the flanks. Once we supported one flank, another weak flank would appear. With our strength, we could not block such a big loophole at all.

"There is only one way now!" After looking at the sky that was about to dark, I couldn't help but blurt out: "It's better to teach people how to fish than to teach people how to fish. It's dark for the People's Army and also for us!"

"Captain Cui means... Commander Jin of the People's Army?" Liu Shunyi was also a smart person and soon understood what I meant.

"That's right!" I nodded, put away the telescope and turned around and walked towards the foot of the mountain.

Commander Jin's temporary division headquarters was located in the 924th Highland, and his residence was arranged by Liu Shunyi, so under the leadership of Liu Shunyi, we quickly found Commander Jin's division headquarters.

As soon as I walked to the air-raid shelter of Jin Zhongsong, I couldn't help but be stunned, because although this tunnel was dug by the volunteers, I almost couldn't recognize it now.

The volunteers strive to be fast and solid when digging tunnels, and they are not very particular about hygiene. Moreover, the soldiers are wearing tattered military uniforms, and they can easily swing them into a bunch of lice, and they don’t care whether the tunnel is clean. In addition, it has been raining these days, so every tunnel is almost the same. The walls of the tunnel are full of mud, and water is accumulated everywhere in the tunnels. Some places even have water on the side walls of the heads and side walls that keep seeping into the tunnels...

But the tunnel of Jin Zhongsong is different. It can be seen that every log on the wall of the tunnel has been cleaned, and the floor has been laid with logs, and then tables, chairs, quilts, washbasins, tea sets, and two oil lamps are placed in the tunnel, making the tunnel look like a small house where people live, making people feel like they are back home. And... Looking at the pairs of shoes outside the entrance of the tunnel, I realized that I still have to take off my shoes when I walk in...

Is this fucking like a battlefield? Seeing this, I couldn't help but smile bitterly. The officers of the People's Army really enjoy it! The soldiers bleed and sacrificed in the front, and the officials were still wasting the soldiers' labor force in the back, and they also paid attention to hygiene and comfort.

Seeing this, Liu Shunyi couldn't help but frowned, as if he was disgusted with it.

"Hey...why are you standing here and looking around?" At this time, the two guards standing at the entrance of the tunnel looked at us with disdain. Looking at the military ranks of these two guards, they seemed to be majors.

The People's Army's habit is that it can use soldiers with smaller ranks than them at will. There is no difference between the military uniforms of volunteer soldiers and soldiers. At first glance, they don't know that our "officials" are bigger than them.

It is said that one time, an officer from the People's Army saw the boss. Because the boss was dressed simply, he also used him as an ordinary soldier and asked the boss to give him foot washing water. Later, after learning about the boss's true identity, he frightened the officer to death.

Of course, this is all a story, but from this matter, it is not new to these two guards shouting at us so rudely.

"Hey! What about you?" The guards strengthened their tone when they saw that we didn't answer. They looked at his face and stared at us, as if they would come up to ask questions or be rude to us if we didn't answer.

Liu Shunyi couldn't understand Korean and didn't understand what was going on. I felt uncomfortable when I heard it. He shouted in Korean at the two guards: "What are you? You dare to talk to me like this. I'm here to find your Commander Jin. You go to the side..."

As they said that, they pushed the two of them aside without saying a word. Zhang Mingxue and Xu Yongwei were both smart, and they blocked each one without waiting for instructions. They watched them holding guns in their hands and holding fingers on the plate machine. Although the gun was not aimed at the two People's Army guards, I still had no doubt that once the People's Army guards had the intention to take action, they would pull the trigger at them without hesitation.

The two guards seemed to have seen that we were not ordinary people, so they didn't dare to talk too much at this time. They were so scared that they stood aside with a pale face and did not dare to do anything.

"So it's Captain Cui!" As soon as he stepped into the tunnel, he heard Jin Zhongsong's sign-like soft voice: "Why didn't you notify Captain Cui in advance if he is coming? It's really a mistake to welcome him!"

"Um!" I glanced at the depths of the tunnel, and then I realized that two majors from Jin Mingguo and An Jinxue, who were also here, were standing up to salute me at this time.

"Major Jin and Major An are just right here!" I didn't have time to waste time, so I went straight to the topic: "Teacher Jin, I won't say nonsense. We are here this time to make a suggestion to your army. Master Jin and Major An also saw our back-slant tactics, and I think they have reported it to you too! For the sake of the soldiers of the People's Army, I think you should change your tactics and build fortifications on the back-slant as soon as possible, instead of fighting hard with American imperialism on the front-slant like now!"

"Well, it turns out that your tactic is called the reverse slope tactic!" Jin Zhongsong continued, "Captain Cui said it well. The two majors reported to me just now. I admire the tactics of your army, and at the same time fully agree with the implementation of this fortification in our army. But we also have our difficulties! After listening to the report, I went to your position and found that such fortifications could not be completed in one day or two days. I was thinking that the enemy is now in front of us. If we give the forward slope to the enemy and use a part of the reverse slope fortification to deal with the US military, and we have never fought such a war and have no experience, is it too dangerous to do so? This will not only lose a lot of land, but may also backfire..."

"Well!" I felt it was reasonable when Kim Jong-song said this. Our reverse slope fortifications were built before the enemy came. These tunnels, passages, ridges and other fortifications were completed for more than ten days. We also had a period of drilling, so the soldiers could fight easily. Now we have to let the People's Army follow the rules. Not only do they have no time to build such fortifications, but they have no relevant combat experience. If the Americans rushed up to occupy the top of the mountain and used various advanced weapons to shoot down a condescending wave, it might be as counterproductive as Kim Jong-song was worried.

"But Commander Jin!" Then I remembered that the first time we built the back-sloping fortification was not so complicated, and it was completed in just one day, and it could also effectively repel the US attack. So I continued to suggest: "Our leader once said that fighting is to save yourself and eliminate the enemy. As you are fighting against the enemy on the front-sloping surface, you can't even save yourself. How can you eliminate the enemy? So I think your back-sloping fortifications should be done, but now you don't have enough time to do it like us. But in fact, you don't have to build fortifications like us. You just need to move the field fortifications from the front-sloping surface to the back-sloping surface, and dig a few air-raid shelters that can hide. Although such fortifications are not perfect, it is much better than if you are fighting head-on with the enemy on the front-sloping surface!"

"Captain Cui's words are reasonable!" Major Jin stepped forward to Jin Zhongsong and said, "Teacher Jin, although we guard the position on the front slope, we cannot defeat the enemy. Our casualties are more than ten times or even dozens of times that of the enemy. If we transfer the position to the back slope as Captain Cui said, even if we may not be able to compete with the enemy because of the simple position and backward equipment, we can at least fight the enemy. If we fail, we can also use bayonets to fight them!"

"Teacher Jin!" I added a handful of firewood next to me, "In terms of combat experience and fortifications, I can ask our Deputy Commander Liu to provide guidance for you. Our fortifications were built by him, and he has great experience in this area. And it is getting dark. If people and their siblings move quickly, your fortifications will take shape as soon as they dawn the next morning. If you are still worried about whether such fortifications can be kept, you may use the two high grounds close to us as a pilot. Once you can't defend them, we promise to help you take back the position!"

"No need!" Kim Jong-song was a little embarrassed by what I said, and quickly said with a smile: "It's all comrades, why are they divided into each other? We are very grateful to Captain Cui for helping us like this. Why dare you ask you to help us regain the position? But this is not a trivial matter, not to mention that even if one of our divisions changes its tactics to block the attack of US imperialism, its impact on the entire line of defense is still insignificant. So I have to report this matter to my superiors, and when the discussion comes to the result, I will reply to Captain Cui again!"

"Yeah!" I nodded and agreed with Kim Jong-song's words, and at the same time I also changed my mind about Kim Jong-song in front of me. Although I don't like the bureaucratic style of the People's Army, these guys seem to have some ink in their stomachs. For example, Kim Jong-song's considerations are more comprehensive, and it seems that they make some sense.

But thinking about it, if the people of the People's Army were all useless, they would not have attacked all the puppet troops of South Korea to Busan as soon as they started fighting.

"Captain Cui!" When we walked out of Kim Jong-song's tunnel, Liu Shunyi couldn't help but ask: "Do you think the comrades of the People's Army will build the reverse slope fortifications as we said?"

"Yes!" I glanced at the fortifications around me and said with confidence: "Unless they can't get along with themselves, they will definitely!"

In fact, just from the fact that Kim Jong-song wants to set up the division headquarters on our position, we can know that they have long recognized the role of the reverse slope fortification in their hearts. Then it will only take a while fortification to be built!
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