The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 74 Ring Defense Tactics
On the 28th, at three o'clock in the afternoon, there was more than an hour before dark.

The 238 regiment, battalion and company-level cadres, regimental leaders, Wu Qianli, Mei Sheng, and Tan Ziwei and the battalion commander held a close meeting on Xia Yuan's drawing of the US military's defense map in Xinxingli. Xia Yuan also participated in this meeting. Discuss tonight's combat mission.

The head of the 238th regiment is the highest command at the moment. He spread out the map in Xinxingli. On the map, the deployment of the US military that Xia Yuan had drawn before was clearly displayed on the map.

Xia Yuan was a little surprised when he saw it.

"After your deployment map was handed over to the 239th Regiment, Yu Xingguo, the head of the 239th Regiment, handed over the deployment map to the division headquarters, and then the deployment map was drawn on the map overnight and sent to the commanders of the troops attacking Xinxingli. Among them, the 239th Regiment last night Although we failed to win Xinxingli, it was also due to our serious lack of information on the number of US troops in Xinxingli, but we also won a beautiful victory and wiped out nearly a thousand enemies."

The head of the 238 regiment smiled, glanced at Tan Ziwei and Wu Qianli, and reached out and pressed the two connected highlands on the east side of the map, "Back to the topic, the US military launched a fierce attack on the 1100 and 1200 highlands during the day , these two highlands have already been lost, our first task is to take these two highlands first!"

Wu Qianli said: "The two highlands will be handed over to my seventh interspersed company, how about it?"

The head of the 238th regiment shook his head: "No, look at the deployment of the US military behind us."

Everyone's eyes fell on the map.

The map clearly shows the deployment of the U.S. military. The deployment map was drawn by Xia Yuan. The closer to the center of Xinxingli, the more heavy firepower the enemy will have. In Xinxingli, even if the two highlands were captured, the U.S. military would still tear apart the volunteers stationed on the two highlands as soon as daylight arrived the next day.

"Ring defense tactics!"

Xia Yuan just glanced at it and said.

"Ring defense tactics?"

For Wu Qianli, Tan Ziwei and others, this is still a new term.

Xia Yuan nodded and explained to them: "When I entered Xiajieyu, I already discovered the situation of the US military's deployment, which was similar to the situation in Xinxingli. Later, when I drew the deployment map of the US military in Xinxingli, I also noticed It really confirmed what I had in mind.”

He stood up and went to the map to explain to them, "The so-called circular defense tactic is actually very simple, that is, the U.S. military relies on focused firepower to shrink into a circle, that is, the turtle shell. First of all, the outermost layer of mines, a large number of mines, The rear of the mines is blocked by barbed wire, which is their first line of defense. The second line of defense is a line of defense composed of US infantry. Their line of defense has a characteristic, that is, their bunkers are not built on the ground with sandbags , but digging pits in the ground. The direction of our soldiers' charge is from the 1250 highland, 1456 highland, 1100 highland, and 1200 highland. at the gunpoint of the enemy."

"The U.S. military only needs to hide in the pit, without revealing too much of its body, to be able to raise its head and shoot volunteer soldiers on the mountain."

Speaking of this, apart from Wu Qianli, Mei Sheng, Tan Ziwei, and cadres at the regiment, battalion and company level of the 238 regiment, including some telegraph operators at the radio station, their faces changed.

Tan Ziwei frowned: "They got into these holes to be mice."

All are experienced fighters. This kind of defense hiding in the pit is the most difficult attack for all volunteer soldiers. As Xia Yuan said, volunteer soldiers rush down from the mountain, and the U.S. military only needs to hide In the pit, you can shoot the volunteers, but it is very difficult for the volunteers to hit the US military.

The head of the 238 regiment realized that Xia Yuan was talking about some combat habits of the US military, so he immediately asked the instructor to record it in a notebook.

Wu Qianli frowned, "Continue."

Xia Yuan glanced at them and knew what they were thinking. He continued: "The third line of defense is composed of US armored vehicles and a small number of tanks. I have seen the power of armored vehicles. This armored vehicle looks like a tank and is used to defend against air forces. , but we don’t have air power, so they use it to deal with the volunteers. When I went abroad, I was fortunate to know about these two armored vehicles, the M19 dual-mounted 40mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun vehicle and the M16 quadruple-mounted 12.7 self-propelled anti-aircraft machine gun vehicle. M19 dual-mounted 40mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun vehicle, the rate of fire is 240 rounds per minute, and each shell is as powerful as a grenade."

Xia Yuan's voice became heavy, and even the commanders present fell silent.

Wu Qianli looked solemnly: "If you want to destroy them, you must first blow up these armored vehicles of the enemy!"

Shen Sheng, head of the 238th Regiment: "It's not easy to blow up these armored vehicles. We need to break through the three lines of defense of the US military, and after such a day, there may be a huge gap between the situation on the US military positions and the situation on the defense map. .”

Just when Xia Yuan was about to introduce the fourth line of defense, a bad news came from the telegraph operator.

"The U.S. military in Neidongzhi and the U.S. military in Xinxingli have successfully merged!"

All the commanders and fighters were shocked, and Mei Sheng looked at the telegram: "The troops in charge of attacking Neidongzhi lack enough tank weapons. Our commanders and fighters hesitated and the pursuit was delayed. A U.S. aircraft is covering the sky."

Wu Qianli's eyes sank: "There is a reason why they don't pursue. Once they pursue, the casualties will be huge. However, the combination of these two enemy forces, coupled with the circular defense tactics Xia Yuan just mentioned, is impossible. It’s different from strengthening the tactic.”

Some were silent, some sighed.

Xia Yuan was silent for a while, and said: "The fourth line of defense is the artillery position of the US Army, which is located in the center of the entire circular position. Now, the US military in the inner cave and the US military in Xinxingli will undoubtedly increase the number of troops tonight. attack difficulty."

Someone asked: "Is there a way to break through this so-called ring defense tactic, or a countermeasure?"

Wu Qianli and the others looked at Xia Yuan with burning eyes. Obviously, Xia Yuan had a certain amount of research on the enemy's so-called circular defense tactics.

"Any kind of tactic has its own solution, but I can say with certainty that relying on the conditions of our current volunteer army, there is no countermeasure. Even with their precise defense situation, they did not capture the first night. One day of relaxation, our next attack will be even more difficult."

Everyone fell silent again.

There is no way to crack the enemy's ring defense tactics, which means that this group of US troops cannot be wiped out in a short time.

Even Xia Yuan, who has a modern thinking and foresight, in the current environment, there is no way to counteract the US military's gradually formed ring defense tactics. In addition, the US military bombed indiscriminately during the day, and supplies were airdropped into the besieged Seventh Division of the United States The 31st regiment, they can completely consume the volunteers.

To break through the circular defensive positions, one must either have powerful artillery, or have absolute military strength, or have super strong logistics.

It's a pity that volunteer soldiers don't have these three points. Even if Xia Yuan becomes the leader of an army, he may not be able to achieve these things. This must be combined with the national conditions and society at that time. , or a volunteer army with a bolt-on rifle to fight against the mechanized U.S. Army and the U.S. Army that has the advantages of land, sea and air. What needs to be prepared is not a country that has been established for less than two years, and even the handicraft workshops on the streets are included in the industrial statistics. able to afford it.

In general, there is no possibility of reversing the current battlefield situation.

(End of this chapter)