The beacon of youth

From formulating plans to bombing by large U.S. aircraft groups, from following the [-]th Regiment to forcibly crossing the Linjin River, from the beachhead to the Yi-Government-Government, from long-distance raids to defeating a British battalion, the task of the small team is only now. It was completely completed, not only the supplies were in hand, but also withstood the enemy's wild bombing.

"Li Jia, send a report to the headquarters. Our department has successfully occupied and controlled the Yi-government-fu area, and seized a large amount of enemy food and ammunition. The exact number is being counted. Please send troops to receive it."

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. This area is the most chaotic area where the enemy and the enemy are fighting. The two sides are criss-crossed. The squad has only more than 200 people. It cannot deal with a large number of enemies. Therefore, it is necessary to ask the headquarters to send effective troops to receive it. This is a surefire strategy.

Although the small unit is small, it has its own means of communication, its own radio station and dedicated telegraph personnel, and can also directly communicate with the headquarters. This may be the only difference between the small unit and other combat units. The deputy minister is a treatment for the chief! ! !

In order to prevent the radio operators and codes from falling into the opponent's hands, small units are not allowed to bring radios and radio operators when attacking. This is the discipline of the army. Li Yong, the deputy head of the Volunteer Army Headquarters, is only allowed to carry the radio with the special approval of the head. .

January [-], [-], New Year's Day, at noon on the second day after the start of the three battles, at the headquarters of the Volunteer Army.

New Year?It's a day when people all over the world rest, but they don't have this habit in the volunteer army. People are still as usual, busy as they want.

According to the words of Deputy Commander Han Xianchu, the gods of foreigners and the Chinese don't understand that the holidays celebrated by foreigners have a shitty relationship with the Chinese?

The staff around Deputy Commander Han replied: "It's nothing to do with bullshit."

A young confidential officer walked in quickly.The young man looked around and saw that several chiefs were there.Standing at attention, Zhu took out a piece of paper from the folder in his hand and said softly, "Vice Minister Li urgently calls."

Deputy Minister Li?There was only one person who was called Deputy Minister Li in front of the head of the Volunteer Army Headquarters.

Deputy Commander Hong Xuezhi walked over a few steps ahead.Regardless of the rule that the telegram must be read by the supreme commander first, it was snatched from the hands of the confidential personnel.

Boss Peng standing in front of the map casually smiled, and muttered softly, "This big man is really in a hurry."

After reading the telegram at a glance, Deputy Commander Hong's eyes became brighter the more he looked at it, and finally he shouted loudly: "Boss, boss, and you all, come and take a look, this is the good news. "

Everyone at the headquarters is there except for one Deputy Commander Deng Hua.Deputy Commander Deng went to the front to directly command the battle, so he is not at the headquarters now.

A short telegram was read by several chiefs, which is indeed good news and very exciting.

Since the beginning of the three battles, the U.S. Far East Air Force and Naval Air Force have launched unprecedented bombings on the front and logistics supply lines of the Volunteers. A large number of vehicles transporting supplies to the front lines of the Volunteers were destroyed, and the loss of personnel was extremely serious.

The US military's unscrupulous bombing coupled with bad weather and road conditions brought great trouble to the frontline troops, and hundreds of kilometers of transportation lines were bombed and riddled with holes.

The breakthrough troops of the Volunteer Army moved forward very quickly, advancing at an attack speed of more than 30 kilometers per day and night.However, the logistics support for them has never been able to keep up, and they have shown fatigue from the very beginning of the battle.

The weak logistics made the commanders at all levels anxious and angry, and it was no wonder that Deputy Commander Hong was so excited, as the logistics director of the Volunteer Army.There was a lot of pressure on his shoulders. Of course he was very happy to hear that Li Yong and the soldiers of the squad had seized the US military equipment of two divisions.

"Boss, our little Li Yong is really not simple. The supplies of the two US divisions are all good things. They are all stored in the U-government, saving hundreds of kilometers of long-distance transportation. It can solve the urgent need."

Boss Peng is of course very happy to be praised by his direct subordinates. The boss smiled and replied: "This little guy really has a set. When we were in the Northwest, our Northwest Field Army counted his troops as having the best food and clothes. Yes. Yes, there is also the best equipment, which is very enviable, but, big man Hong, you can't be too happy, the supplies of the two US divisions are far from nothing."

Why does Mr. Peng always say this?Li Yong and his squad have captured a lot, which can solve the urgent need, but it can only be the urgent need. Based on the calculation of an ordinary US infantry division with more than 1 people, two divisions are between 3 and 30 people. In the three battles, the Volunteer Army invested more than 40 attacking troops. This is not counting the number of the Korean People’s Army. The Chinese and North Korean coalition forces with a total strength of more than [-] consume an astonishing number every hour of every day.

Not to mention the ammunition and food consumption of the large corps in battle, even the common supply of fresh water is a problem that makes people scratch their heads. Chinese soldiers who are new to modern warfare face a huge new difficulty.

Chief of Staff Xie Fang, who doesn't talk much, used to be the deputy commander of the [-]th Army. He is a senior general of the People's Liberation Army who was born in Japan. He is also the old partner of Han Xianchu's deputy commander. One, Chief of Staff Xie pointed to the red and blue arrows on the map and said:

"Our army broke through the enemy's five lines of defense in one fell swoop. The striker has already penetrated near the [-]th line, but the enemy's escape speed is also very fast. The US military abandoned the front-line Korean-army and fled backwards using a car as a vehicle. Deputy Hong Commander, our ammunition and food can last for a few more days."

At the beginning of the battle, the chief of staff in charge of the operation began to ask how many days the food and ammunition could last. It can be seen that logistics has a great impact on the front-line combat troops.

Deputy Commander Hong Xuezhi, with excitement on his face, replied: "The individual soldiers carried three days of dry food and ammunition, and the logistics system also prepared three days of supplies. Together, it will be no problem to fight for six or seven days."

It can last for six or seven days. This is the real situation of the logistics of the Volunteer Army at that time, and it is also an extremely confidential property. The infantry carries three days of dry food, and the logistics prepares for another three days. It is the limit of the troops' insistence on fighting.

If Li Yong heard the conversations of several leaders at the headquarters, he would be terrified. The attack strength of the volunteer army can only last for seven days. This is true for the duration of an attack.

Since entering the DPRK, Li Yongzhi led a small team to work day and night, repairing hidden spots, repairing roads, and confronting enemy planes and secret agents, in order to be able to contribute more to the volunteer army's logistics supplies, and to do as much as possible. The aim is to improve the situation of shortage of food and ammunition for the front-line troops, but all these seem to have no obvious effect. After the start of the big battle, there is still no change. The continuous attack time of the volunteers is still seven days, and our opponents are not idiots. Li Qiwei, commander of the U.S. Eighth Army who summed up his experience, grasped the rules.

Li Qiwei called the attack time of the volunteers the week offensive or the weekly offensive, and invented the famous magnetic tactics on the Korean battlefield based on the attack strength of the volunteers.

The so-called magnetic tactic is to take advantage of the shortcomings of the Volunteer Army in logistical supplies and implement a sticky tactic based on mechanized troops. The specific method is:

First, the attack limit of the Volunteer Army infantry is [-] kilometers per day and night, so Ridgway ordered the US military to retreat when the Volunteer Army launched an attack, but the retreat distance was not allowed to exceed [-] kilometers.

Second, the attack capability of the Volunteers can only last for seven days, so the U.S. combat troops are allowed to retreat for seven days. That is to say, the U.S. military can retreat at a distance of [-] kilometers per day for seven consecutive days after the Volunteers launch an attack.

The above is the so-called magnetic tactics invented by the US military.

The advantage of the U.S. military in doing so is that the combat troops and the volunteers are inseparable, relying on the highly mechanized rapid maneuverability to trade space for time.

The attacking troops of the Volunteer Army are all marching on foot. Thirty kilometers is the limit distance for the infantry to attack. However, the distance of more than 30 kilometers is not difficult for the fully mechanized U.S. Army. A march of one or two hours can completely shake off the volunteers open.

According to Li Qiwei's tactical command, the U.S. military retreated [-] kilometers a day for seven consecutive days, and launched a counterattack when the volunteers' food and ammunition were exhausted and the troops were extremely tired.

The opponents of the Volunteer Army are not cowards or idiots. A large number of outstanding generals have emerged in the U.S. Army just after World War II. The Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, Matthew Ridgway is one of the most outstanding.

Li Yong was well aware of all this, but he was in the middle of the game and had no good idea. After Li Jia sent the telegram, he called all the cadres above the squad of the squad for a meeting to study the next move.

Before the start of the three battles, the team's combat plan was how to occupy the government office and snatch a piece of meat from the mouth of the UN army. After the goal was achieved, of course they would rest on the spot and wait for the headquarters to send troops to receive it. The success of the battle made Li Yong's ambition even bigger.

After defeating one battalion of the enemy, the team suffered little loss, and their basic combat effectiveness was still there. So they just waited dryly for the follow-up troops to come up?This is not Li Yong's style, nor is it the style of the Independent Brigade, so Li Yong has a bigger plan brewing in his head.

The squad leaders who came to the meeting were excited. Strictly speaking, the battle of the Yi-Government was the first time that the Independent Brigade fought against a foreign race after it became an army. From the perspective of the soldiers, as long as we can charge up, the bastard United Nations army is nothing but bullshit. No one can stand up to the desperate tactics of submachine guns, grenades and bayonets. (to be continued..)