"Then tell me, how do you think about riding the first division?"
After hearing what Li Qiufan said, Zhao Gang was a little confused.
Since Li Qiufan knew the special position of the First Cavalry Division, he actually wanted to think about it, which made Zhao Gang very puzzled by his thoughts.
"Old Zhao, look, there is only the 24th Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country in the direction of Dinggaishan. What if we divert the 24th Infantry Division away first, and then attack the 1st Cavalry Division?"
After hearing Zhao Gang's inquiry, Li Qiufan immediately pointed at the map and said to him.
"How do you want to lure them? Are you going to give the Dinggaishan position to others? Then you will be luring the wolf into the house!"
Zhao Gang first nodded towards Li Qiufan, then circled Dinggai Mountain on the map with his finger and asked.
"The Dinggaishan position cannot be lost. If it is lost here, the Taihuashan position will be in danger. If the Taihuashan position is lost again, then our entire front will collapse!"
"What I'm talking about is the position east of Dinggai Mountain and on the north side of Lizhou. Let this place be given up to the enemy, so that the 24th Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country can take advantage of it and attract it to the flank."
"When the 24th Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country goes to attack the positions on the north side of Yeoju, we will attack the 1st Cavalry Division again, forcing the enemy troops on the repair mountain side to go to support, and giving the soldiers on the main position of repair mountain a rest. time!"
After hearing Zhao Gang's words, Li Qiufan immediately shook his head, because the Ding Gaishan position was as important as repairing the main position of the mountain.
The repair mountain position can become the main position entirely because it is the main attack direction of the enemy, and after passing the repair mountain, you can reach Seoul by heading north.
Although Dinggai Mountain is not the main position, it can affect the two mountain positions.
Once the Dinggaishan position is lost, the enemy can launch an attack on the Taihuashan position from the flank. After capturing the Taihuashan position, they can penetrate directly into Jing'anli.
At that time, there is no need to transfer to Guangzhou, and we can directly capture Wenheng Mountain with superior strength. Then they launched a siege around Gwanggyo Mountain.
After the encirclement was formed, the First Division, Second Division and the 38th Army were all in danger. Even if they were able to withdraw in the end, they would probably not survive.
"But even if the 24th Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country is fooled, the First Cavalry Division is not that easy to fight. How many troops are you planning to mobilize?"
Zhao Gang nodded after hearing Li Qiufan's plan, and then asked how many troops would be mobilized to fight the first cavalry division.
"Transfer the Second Division from Guangjiao Mountain to Wenheng Mountain, along with the Fourth and Sixth Brigades of the Mountain Division, plus the Eleventh Division of the Fourth Army."
After Li Qiufan thought for a while, he decided to attack the troops of the 1st Cavalry Division.
After blocking the 3rd Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country, the Second Division still had about 5,000 troops.
The combined strength of the 4th and 6th brigades of the Mountain Division is approximately 7,000, plus the more than 8,000 troops of the 11th Division of the 4th Army, the total strength is approximately 20,000.
After all, the Dinggaishan side still has to block the attack of the 24th Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country. The ability to mobilize one division is already the limit.
"Are the troops a little short? Do we need to transfer more people from the Fourth Army?"
After hearing what Li Qiufan said, Zhao Gang roughly calculated the strength of his troops, and then said to him.
"The two divisions of the Fourth Army can no longer move, and they have to block the 24th Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country from the flanks."
"Move the tank regiment and the anti-aircraft regiment over. After all, the First Cavalry Division has very strong maneuverability. Fighting with two legs and four wheels will be at a disadvantage!"
Li Qiufan shook his head after hearing Zhao Gang's words. The two divisions in the Dinggaishan position were already small enough. If they continued to be deployed, they would not be able to protect the defense line.
Although infantry cannot be mobilized, tank regiments and anti-aircraft regiments can be mobilized for support.
In the previous encirclement and annihilation of the 25th Infantry Division of the beautiful country, although no heavy artillery was captured, a lot of tanks and anti-aircraft armored vehicles were captured.
The howitzers of the 25th Infantry Division were all in the Suwon area and were deployed together with those of the 3rd Infantry Division, so they did not bring the howitzers when they advanced into the depths of Repair Mountain.
Although no more howitzers were captured, a large number of tanks and anti-aircraft armored vehicles were captured.
Li Qiufan did not distribute these tanks and anti-aircraft armored vehicles to various units, but assigned them to tank regiments and anti-aircraft regiments.
Because what they have to do now is defense, tanks and anti-aircraft armored vehicles will have no effect if they are too scattered in this situation, so Li Qiufan assigned them to the tank regiment and the anti-aircraft regiment.
After discussing this matter with Zhao Gang, Li Qiufan immediately made arrangements.
"Order, the 12th Division of the Fourth Army shows weakness to the enemy and allows the 24th American Infantry Division to enter the position on the north side of Lizhou!"
"Notify the 11th Division of the Fourth Army and immediately go to the Taihua Mountain position to hide and wait!"
"Inform the Second Division to immediately withdraw from the Guangjiao Mountain position and go to the Wenheng Mountain position to hide and wait!"
"Order the tank regiment and the air defense regiment to rush to Jinliang Field and stand by!"
As Li Qiufan's order was issued, all troops rushed to their predetermined positions and lay dormant waiting for the next step.
On the Fourth Army side, after receiving Li Qiufan's order, Li Xiping immediately ordered the 12th Division to pretend to be defeated and withdraw from the position on the north side of Lizhou.
After the 12th Division withdrew from its position on the north side of Lizhou, the attack direction of the 24th Infantry Division of the Beautiful Country changed as expected, and the large forces moved closer to the flank.
After the 24th Infantry Division moved its center of gravity to the flanks, Li Xiping immediately reported to Li Qiufan.
"Order, the 2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade and the 3rd Heavy Artillery Brigade open fire immediately to give me the first line position of the 1st Cavalry Division!"
"Inform the tank regiment to dispatch immediately and launch an attack on the mobile troops of the 1st Cavalry Division!"
"Order the Second Division, the Eleventh Division, the Fourth Brigade, and the Sixth Brigade to attack the First Cavalry Division from the directions of Wenheng Mountain and Taihua Mountain respectively!"
"Order the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Air Defense Regiment to be on guard against enemy aircraft, and the 3rd Battalion of the Air Defense Regiment to provide fire cover for the infantry!"
After receiving Li Xiping's report, Li Qiufan immediately issued the order to attack.
Although he did not have a big advantage in terms of strength, Li Qiufan concentrated most of the heavy firepower of the entire First Corps here, as well as a complete tank regiment and air defense regiment.
As Li Qiufan's order was issued, the two heavy artillery brigades took the lead in opening fire. About a hundred heavy artillery began to pour shells towards the 1st Cavalry Division's position.
The tank regiment was closely followed. At the same time as the bombardment began, nearly two hundred tanks of various types from three tank battalions rushed out of Jinliangchang and headed straight for the mobile troops of the 1st Cavalry Division.
Then came the infantry. Charge horns sounded at the Wenheng Mountain and Taihua Mountain positions at the same time, and then countless soldiers launched a charge towards the First Cavalry Division.
