Chapter 42 The Battle for Pyongyang (5)
Wu Peilin's troops have made a series of adjustments to the deployment of the US military. In the US military, Johnson and George are plotting something, but Wu Peilin is not afraid of their conspiracy. This is the reason why the soldiers come to block the water and the soil.
In fact, Johnson and George analyzed the interests. They knew that there would be no chance for them not to fight this time. But there might not be a chance after rushing. Judging from the current situation of the 18th Army, they are not soft persimmons.
The first wave of Americans' attacks arrived soon, and the people from the US Marine Corps began to scream and prepare to launch their first round of attack towards the high ground in the east.
But now it seems that the effect is not very good. Because their artillery fire has not yet been in place, this is the most important one.
The lack of artillery fire delayed the attack time of the Land Force. As the attack time was approaching, it was a pity that the artillery fire was a bit difficult, and they had to take a long time.
Johnson said angrily: "These artillery soldiers are usually the first one when they play with women. Now they let them do such a little thing? It's so disappointing. Are they the ones who claim to be the world's number one artillery?"
George smiled and said, "Captain, it's useless to be anxious now. Our attack must have been stagnant before the artillery went up. The superiors must be looking at us now, and they also know that if we don't have the support of artillery fire, our losses will be huge."
Johnson shook his head and said, "Haha, this is so disappointing. They have lost all our faces. But this is good, they have to do it well for me! Let them not pretend to be big-headed elephants in front of our infantry in the future."
George said helplessly: "If they lose this battle, they will be responsible for the first place, because the slower they know that our intentions will be more obvious and our advantages will be less. If they are in place, we may not even have the last advantage."
Johnson said: "The key question now is, if the artillery fire is not supported by our tanks in front, how can we get on our tanks? If our tanks are not mounted, will it be possible to rely on our bodies as targets? It's so funny!"
George said: "This is indeed the problem we have now. We must cover our tanks to advance. Only our tanks can rush up and reach the designated position. Even if we lose ten or eight tanks, we are willing to lose. But now we are at least half an hour away from the attack, which is our biggest obstacle."
Johnson sneered: "No matter what, our offensive time is absolutely impossible to delay, because we did not receive the above notification to delay time, so we must strengthen the offense."
The time of the attack came as scheduled, and time worked hard like a never-ending worker.
With Johnson's order, the densely packed people in the Land War Group began to slowly approach the high ground in layers, and a fight was about to come.
But both sides of the war were careful and cautious. No matter what, the 18th Army had never really fought with the Americans, and they didn't know what kind of troops the Americans were.
It is precisely because of this that Wu Peilin is cautious. If his combat effectiveness is really inferior to that of the Japanese army, Wu Peilin believes that this unit can stand the test and can defeat this American unit. Looking back on how energetic they were when they fought against the Japanese?
But now that they have changed their location and battlefield, they don’t know how strong their combat effectiveness is.
But even though Wu Peilin didn't have enough confidence in his heart, he still had eight or nine points of confidence.
Therefore, now Wu Peilin watched the Americans keep getting closer, and Wu Peilin at least smiled without any words of ordering an attack.
If it were people from the 18th Army before, they would know Wu Peilin's habits. When he was fighting with the enemy, he would usually let the enemy come over for the first time when fighting with the enemy, and then defeat the enemy in a wave of ways. And this time Wu Peilin must have done this.
Many soldiers are recruited by recruits, which can be said to be recruits. Recruitment syndrome is the case in any unit. Johnson's troops on the opposite side may be almost all veterans, so there are no concerns in this regard. But Wu Peilin is different. As a commander, he told himself his responsibilities and protecting the recruits is also one of his responsibilities.
Wu Peilin was cautious, a large part of the reason was that he wanted these baptized soldiers who were not really tested by blood and fire to receive a baptism at close range as soon as possible.
In this way, they can adapt as soon as possible in such a war. It can be said that defense is the fastest way to get new recruits to adapt to the battlefield, because the casualties in defensive battles are relatively smaller.
When the Americans were only one hundred meters away from the high ground, Wu Peilin finally issued an order to attack. The Americans thought that these Chinese were stupid. Who knew that they were greeted by the sound of bang bang bullets.
After Wu Peilin's order was issued, eight heavy machine guns were almost sprayed in one piece, making these Americans unable to adapt at once. The huge impact force made the US Marine Corps fly across the broken limbs and arms, and a bloody scene. However, the quality of this army was different. They were not panicked, but they immediately adjusted their state after a moment of difficulty.
This time they used a more reliable style of play and kept crawling forward. Moreover, they had a good training, which made these 18th Army recruits lose their original confidence. After paying the price of more than 100 people, the Americans stabilized their formation and began to fight back continuously.
Wu Peilin could see that in fact, the combat effectiveness of this American army was not as strong as imagined, but it would be a brag to say that Americans were not as good as the Japanese.
Wu Peilin knew that the biggest flaw of the Japanese was that their tactics were dullness. Although the Americans were somewhat inferior to Japan in terms of combat effectiveness, their tactics were extremely flexible. In comparison, Wu Peilin still liked to beat the Japanese, and he felt that it was a bit comfortable to beat the Japanese.
The American weapons were also different from the Japanese army at that time. Of course, this was a world military progress, and the 18th Army did not have that overwhelming advantage in weapons.
After about ten minutes of shooting between the two sides, the Americans began to retreat slowly. The retreat was not their idea, but now they also know that the Chinese people's firepower is really strong, completely different from what they imagined. It can be said that they are almost the same as they thought.
Under such circumstances, one attack and one defense, the market conditions on both sides will be clearly distinguished, and the advantage Wu Peilin has is more obvious.
Johnson spat out and said, "Damn, these veterans. They began to slowly retreat when they saw something wrong. If General MacArthur saw it, they would probably be furious. However, the enemy's firepower was really strong, and our previous ideas were somewhat consistent. So I think we should summarize it now and see if we need to increase firepower?"
George said depressedly: "We increase firepower? The place is so big? If we are too dense, we can't stand the loss of a bomb. Now our situation can only be like this, that is, we keep rushing their positions until they seize their positions. Of course, whether we can seize the positions in the end depends on personal issues."
Johnson said: "Try throwing some smoke bombs at the front line? If it can block the enemy's sight, would this be better?"
George smiled and said, "Better? Of course this will be better. But smoke bombs are one of our secret weapons. I think we are wasting it now. I think we should attack a few times to give the enemy a superficial confusion. When our tanks slowly approach the designated position, we are still these smoke bombs. At that time, our tanks will be able to reach the designated position smoothly, right?"
Johnson thought for a while and nodded, "This is a good idea, just do it like this, Chief of Staff!" As soon as Johnson finished speaking, Brown's phone call came over there.
"Johnson, are you on vacation there? With just such a simple round of offense and defense, no one was using heavy weapons, so you ran away directly? This is really disappointing." Brown said a little angry. Obviously, Brown was really nervous at this time.
Because this time he saw the difference in the troops they faced. If it was just a coincidence to block the plane just now, then it was definitely not a coincidence now.
Brown knew that it was impossible for coincidence to happen. Is Brown a fool? Of course not. On the contrary, he was able to achieve such a position, and he was obviously a very intelligent person facing such a person. Brown also knew that the strength of the 18th Army was already comparable to theirs, and it was even possible to surpass them.
So Brown’s main thing now is to seize the position, find a favorable position, first arrange his own tanks and other things, and then slowly start to consume with them.
Brown is a person who values the first time especially. Under such circumstances, Brown obviously does not want to be the commander-in-chief's first battle, which is so disappointing. Since this is the case, Brown wants to win through all means. Only after winning can he sleep peacefully.
Otherwise, until the position was captured, there would be a shadow in his heart. Wu Peilin looked at the first enemy's attack and found it a little funny. After these Americans failed the first attack, they actually started to send out their tanks. However, Wu Peilin was not afraid of their tanks coming.
The thirty meters ahead are a minefield they arranged, but the Americans have not reached this point yet. Of course, this minefield is a bit close, so the power of Wu Peilin is not very strong, but it is still possible to make these American tanks unable to pass. Even if they come, what are welcoming them? I'm afraid these Americans have no numbers yet.
Wu Peilin asked, "Are you ready? If you are ready, change to the Second Regiment. All the recruits who vomited just now in the First Regiment will be punished to not have dinner tonight!"
"Teacher, isn't this a bit too cruel? It's their first time on the battlefield!"
The chief of staff on the side said pitifully, obviously he was sympathetic to these people.
Wu Peilin smiled and said, "Do you think they can have a meal tonight? I'm just establishing an authority and a standard of corporal punishment."
The Chief of Staff was stunned, then laughed and said, "The division commander really has a way. These new recruits really can't afford to eat. Haha, I forgot about this. This method must be promoted, and it can be promoted throughout the army in the future!"
Wu Peilin smiled and said, "Forget it, everyone has their own way of doing things. Let's take care of the people in front of our homes! By the way, how is the combat effectiveness of this American army? You are also an old man who follows me. Do you think there are any advantages compared to the Japanese?"
The Chief of Staff thought for a while and said, "There are indeed some advantages, but in general, there is still a lack of the ruthlessness of the Japanese. I don't think it poses any substantial threat to us!"
Wu Peilin said: "But have you ever thought about it? The weapons and equipment of these Americans are like us, and even exceed us in many aspects. If you think about it, although we are also the entire country behind us, our military expenditure is basically the second time we commander, so we need to save some money. The Americans are different. Their military expenditure is all their country. They can afford it, and their total amount is very large, and they can allocate a lot of materials and equipment at any time, but we are different. So we can actually not compare with them in the logistics field. Furthermore, although our total number of troops is dominant,
However, the superior force does not have an advantage. Therefore, I think that while our troops are sorry for the enemy, we also need to communicate with the future troops. The real troops' fighting style must be divided into two aspects. On the one hand, they concentrate their superior forces to fight with the Americans, and on the other hand, they must play their strengths and avoid their weaknesses to fight guerrilla warfare with the Americans. Their planes are powerful during the day and are blind at night. Many things cannot be played out at night, and close combat and night battles are all strengths of our country's army. I think what we need to do is nothing else, just to make this part well, so that Americans will have a hard time, haha!"
The chief of staff smiled and said, "Well, it's true. Although we have many places that have advantages over them, these are relative. As the commander said just now, since we can have some advantages, we still have disadvantages in general. If we want to win in this battle with a huge gap in overall strength, we can only Tian Ji races the horse!"
Wu Peilin smiled and nodded. What he wanted to face next was the second wave of attacks from the Americans... (To be continued)
Chapter completed!