Longshui Cave Artillery Position
Outside the Longshui Cave artillery position, Wu Qianli was holding a telescope and observing the situation inside.
Across a shallow river, the American soldiers were chatting away, without any tension on their faces.
"Everyone, I heard that the volunteers at the front fought fiercely. Are we going to have another big rout like before?"
A US military recruit grinned slightly and broke the atmosphere of their chat with some embarrassment.
He recalled that at the first line of defense at Changjin Lake, under the overwhelming charge of the volunteers, he desperately squeezed into a personnel carrier, and even his helmet was knocked off.
"Oh man, what are you worried about?"
"Do you think we really want to fight a decisive battle with the volunteers by gathering our troops near Xiajieyuli Airport?"
A slightly slovenly US military veteran put the cigarette in his mouth into the recruit's mouth and said with a laugh.
"Don't worry, we'll be safe soon."
A US military noncommissioned officer smiled and handed a chocolate to the recruit.
While the American soldiers were chatting happily, Wu Qianli and Pinghe also completed a rough investigation.
"Company Commander, these American soldiers seem to be a little lax in their defense."
Pinghe held a very simple pencil and marked the strength and firepower of the US military on a piece of slightly worn paper.
"Hahaha, the US military commander's intention to retreat is so obvious that even a fool can see it, let alone these battle-hardened US military veterans."
"How much combat vigilance can you expect from the US military who are ready to slap their butts and run away?"
Wu Qianli smiled slightly and put down the cold telescope in his hand.
Because the collective march of the artillery battalion and the 7th Interleaving Company was quite noisy, it was easy to alert the US military in advance.
Wu Qianli and Pinghe took several reconnaissance platoon soldiers and took the lead in entering the Longshui Cave artillery position to observe the situation.
"Company Commander, although the Americans have a relatively lax mentality, they have six firepower points in front of them."
"And these firepower points just blocked all the channels we could, and there was even a state of firepower saturation."
Pinghe's sharp eyes swept across the US military defensive positions on the front, and he couldn't help but feel a slight sinking in his heart.
It seems that the US military's lax defense is not only due to the imminent escape, but also due to trust in its own firepower equipment.
"Damn it, these American devils are so cunning. They just happened to place some important firepower points where artillery shells can't hit them."
Wu Qianli raised his left thumb and gestured a little, staring at the semicircular heavy machine gun positions piled up with sandbags, frowning slightly.
"All of you will follow me quietly to the side of the American soldiers to take a look. Maybe there are some flaws."
As Wu Qianli spoke, he stood up slightly, and the snow on his white cloak was slowly shaken to the ground.
Under the cover of darkness, Wu Qianli and others quickly slid across the frozen river, and then quickly fell down on the snow.
On the tall observation tower of the US military, a high-power searchlight illuminated the darkness below back and forth.
With this thick beam of light, Wu Qianli could even clearly see the ice shards hanging on the wire fence in front of him. There were some bells where the transparent ice shards intersected.
"Before the war officially begins, all these barbed wire fences must be blown down with artillery shells."
Wu Qianli said silently, and moved towards the flank of the deeper US artillery position.
Many U.S. soldiers were cursing and yawning as they patrolled, not noticing the traces of Wu Qianli and others.
Until they arrived at the flank of the US military position, they instantly discovered that there was no patrolling US military here.
"Company Commander, the American troops deployed here only have about two platoons."
Pinghe observed it with the optical sight of the sniper rifle in his hand for a long time before he came to a general conclusion.
"Do these American devils really think they can sit back and relax with just a few tanks?"
Wu Qianli lay on the snow, observing the situation in the distance with a telescope, and couldn't help but smile.
I saw seven or eight Sherman tanks parked in place, with their gun barrels facing forward, as if they were ready to charge out at any time.
Wu Qianli understood that this was not only the good intentions of the US military commanders, but also a helplessness caused by insufficient troops.
By sending heavy troops and using saturation firepower to defend the frontal position, a large number of active volunteers can be shot and wounded on the river beach.
At the same time, the U.S. tanks on the flanks can not only serve as an important defensive force, but also can attack in a roundabout way in an emergency to counter-encircle the volunteers attacking from the front.
Moreover, the Longshui Cave artillery position was surrounded by bare areas.
Even some dead tree trunks were uprooted by the US military in order not to leave any bunkers for the volunteers to attack.
"If we want to fight this battle, we must fight a blitzkrieg. We must not be held back by the firepower of the American devils."
Wu Qianli took a look at the crude firepower distribution map drawn by Pinghe, and secretly made up his mind.
"Company Commander, there's a situation."
Pinghe heard a slight sound not far away, and immediately raised his ears alertly, warning in a low voice.
"The whole army is hidden. If there are no special circumstances, let them go. Do not alert the US military."
When Wu Qianli heard this, he immediately clenched his bayonet with a dark red luster and clung to the cold and biting snow, staring at the approaching American troops in the distance.
"Shit! Have I been abandoned by God? Why do I have the worst luck every time? I have been on duty for three consecutive nights!"
A US military non-commissioned officer blushed and cursed his soldiers in a drunken manner.
Several soldiers below looked at each other and sighed slowly. No one dared to touch his bad luck at this time.
As time passed, the slight sound of the heavy leather boots of the US military on the snow became closer and closer to Wu Qianli and others.
Wu Qianli and the soldiers in the reconnaissance platoon all maintained restraint, and even the heart rate did not increase much.
They are all the calmest soldiers in the seventh interleaved company, and they are already accustomed to such thrilling moments.
But even though they were well hidden, something unexpected happened next.
"Sir, be careful. The weather in the Far East is too cold. It would be uncomfortable if you fall on the snow."
A U.S. soldier looked at the swaying U.S. noncommissioned officer walking at the front and kindly wanted to help him.
"Let me go, I can walk by myself."
The U.S. noncommissioned officer frowned and pushed the approaching U.S. soldier out.
The soldier immediately stumbled and fell to the side, and the position where he fell was exactly right, exactly where Wu Qianli was hiding.
"What?"
The American soldier wanted to stand up and pat the snow particles, but he instantly saw a human head staring at him, and he broke out in a cold sweat.
"Be careful, there is..."
When the American soldier saw Wu Qianli's uniform, he understood everything immediately and was about to struggle to get up to warn.
"puff--"
At this moment, Wu Qianli covered his mouth with his big hand and stabbed the American soldier's chest fiercely with his bayonet.
Before the American soldier could finish speaking, his vocal cords were severely severed along with his aorta, and the warning sound stopped abruptly.
The other two American soldiers also noticed something was wrong. When they looked back, their eyes widened in horror and they froze on the spot.
However, their reaction was not slow. They hesitated for only a second before they immediately raised their guns, just wanting to fire a warning shot into the sky.
However, as early as Wu Qianli took action, several other reconnaissance platoon soldiers also quietly touched the backs of several American soldiers.
"die!"
Wu Jin, a soldier from the reconnaissance platoon, plunged his bayonet into the back chest of the American soldier.
The shock of being stabbed into the beating heart made the handle of the stabbing knife tremble slightly at first, but there was no movement after a few seconds.
After several U.S. military sentries were neatly dealt with by the reconnaissance platoon soldiers, the drunken U.S. military noncommissioned officer finally noticed the movement behind him.
"you……"
Looking at the twitching American soldier lying on the snow, the American non-commissioned officer suddenly woke up from his drink and immediately wanted to take out the pistol in his waist.
However, as soon as he touched the butt of the pistol, Pinghe immediately kicked him in the stomach.
"Fuck you!"
When the US military noncommissioned officer was holding his stomach and rolling on the snow in agony, a cold bayonet was already pressed against his chest.
"Tell me your patrol times, passwords, and your specific troop configuration."
Wu Qianli held a bayonet and asked the US military noncommissioned officer in fluent English, with murderous intent in his eyes.
"If I tell you, will you let me go?"
The US military noncommissioned officer raised his hands and asked rather pleadingly.
The blood of the American soldiers on the cold bayonet had not dried yet, and it remained on his uniform drop by drop. The strong smell of blood made him feel the threat of death.
Facing his question, Wu Qianli still had a cold face and didn't answer a word. He just thrust the general deeper and deeper.
"I said! I said everything!"
Feeling the pain, the US military noncommissioned officer clenched Wu Qianli's military spur with both hands and agreed hastily.
He knew very well that he was at an absolute disadvantage and had lost the basic right to negotiate terms.
After he had said everything he could, Wu Qianli even threw Pinghe's simple map to him and asked him to roughly draw the situation inside.
Under the threat of a bayonet, this US military non-commissioned officer had no choice but to write down obediently, without daring to deceive or conceal anything.
However, there was one point in the information provided by this US military non-commissioned officer that surprised Wu Qianli.
The US military actually specially dispatched two division-level sharpshooters to help defend, but they didn't know how powerful they would be in a duel on the battlefield.
"Company Commander, we have basically figured out the situation at the Longshui Cave artillery position. It's better to go back as soon as possible."
Pinghe looked at the battle map in his hand and suggested in a low voice.
Obviously, they have just eliminated the US military patrol and must not delay it any longer, otherwise the US military will be alert.
"Okay, let's just deal with it briefly and we'll go back to camp immediately."
Wu Qianli waved his hand, and several soldiers from the reconnaissance platoon immediately buried the American corpses on the ground.
Even the blood stains sprayed on the ground were simply dealt with by the soldiers before leaving.
When Wu Qianli and others returned to the outer volunteer camp, the simple map was spread out, and all the backbones gathered around and quickly listened to the situation of the US Army's Longshuidong artillery position.
"Company Commander, under this situation, it might be better for us to divide our forces to fight."
Mei Sheng looked at the distribution of firepower and military power on the map, held his chin and thought for a moment before coming to a conclusion.
"Split the troops? Brother, didn't you say that we need to concentrate superior forces to annihilate the US military?"
Wu Wanli scratched his head in confusion and asked with some confusion.
"Silly boy, Mei Sheng is right, we do need to divide our forces."
Wu Qianli smiled slightly, pointed at the map, and motioned for everyone to focus their attention.
"We need to use a force to attack their frontal positions, beat them until they are close to collapse, and put enough pressure on them."
"At this time, the tanks on the flanks of the US military will definitely attack in a roundabout way. At that time, our troops ambushing on the flanks can take advantage of the opportunity and invade their interior. A battle will determine the outcome."
After Wu Qianli finished speaking, he made a fist with his right hand and hit it hard on the US artillery position in the center of the map.
"Okay, Captain Wu is indeed experienced in combat, let's fight like this!"
After hearing this, Battalion Commander Yang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded slightly while looking at the map.
In fact, the combat plan is very simple, but on the real battlefield, the simpler the combat plan and the fewer links, the better the final effect will be.
After all, a battlefield filled with bullets is not just a matter of paper. A gorgeous and bloated plan will be difficult to implement and will be more likely to make mistakes in certain aspects.
"Company Commander, leave the main offensive position to me, Lao Yu. I will definitely beat the American devils in three minutes before calling for reinforcements."
Yu Congrong patted his chest, habitually wanting to take over the main attack task.
"Company Commander Wu, this is the main offensive task. Please leave it to our artillery battalion. We can still charge into the battle and we will not be worse than you."
Battalion Commander Yang was about to speak, but since he was the first to speak calmly, he couldn't help but speak with some urgency.
He knew very well that being the main attacker on the front and making the US military with such saturated firepower feel oppressive meant that there would definitely be a lot of sacrifices.
After their artillery battalion was finished, this battle basically only required bombing missions, but the earth-gas interpenetrating company as a secret weapon must not suffer heavy casualties here.
"Captain Yang, I said this first, you are not being honest."
Yu Congrong stood up and was about to continue arguing, but was stopped by Mei Sheng on the side.
"Company Commander, in fact, what Battalion Commander Yang said is right. From an objective perspective, the Running Artillery Battalion is indeed more suitable to be the main attacker."
"Only by charging through the flanks can our seventh intersecting company exert greater advantage."
Mei Sheng analyzed the battle situation very calmly and objectively, and looked at Wu Qianli.
"The whole army obeys the order!"
Wu Qianlixian nodded slightly, then stood up and said seriously. Everyone immediately straightened their backs, waiting for their combat missions.
"Captain Yang, you lead the first and second companies of the artillery battalion to attack the U.S. military and give me momentum from the front!"
Wu Qianli watched Battalion Commander Yang loudly issue military orders and cast a beseeching look.
"yes!"
Battalion Commander Yang was not at all displeased at being commanded by Wu Qianli, but instead responded loudly.
"Ping He, Mei Sheng, you and the reconnaissance platoon assist Battalion Commander Yang in knocking out the frontal US firepower points. We must not let their eight machine guns fire in unison."
"yes!"
"Lei Gong, you take over the third battery of the artillery battalion and the heavy artillery, hide at the junction of the front and the side and wait for the opportunity. As soon as the US tanks are dispatched, they will explode!"
"Promise to complete the mission!"
When Lei Gong heard that he could temporarily take over the heavy artillery, he immediately rubbed his hands excitedly and responded loudly.
"The remaining people will ambush with me on the flanks of the US military's Longshuidong artillery position. Once their tanks are bombed, we will launch an attack immediately!"
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