Du Kaishan made these threatening words, but Yang Jicai said with a smile: "Commander Du, where is my turn to pick peaches? I know that if you send me here at this time, there will definitely be no good thing. But the Tieyuan battlefield is really
Whether it's red-hot charcoal or not, that's not certain. Anyway, I won't come if it's peaceful, so now that I'm here it's definitely not peaceful."
"But Commander Du, at this time, you pulled me out of the newlywed bed and pushed me to the edge of this charcoal stove. You must not be stingy with the support you should give me. If I don't do it right, I will, to say the least, be stingy."
It’s a shame on me, or at worst it’s your Commander Du’s face, after all, I’m the one you asked to come here by name.”
Regarding Yang Jicai's words, Du Kaishan rolled his eyes and said: "It's good that you are prepared. I will go back to my headquarters soon, and I will leave the 17th Division to you. I won't say much else.
.If I still don’t see any change in the situation of the war in two days, you kid will have to deal with it yourself."
Du Kaishan's rather threatening words, Yang Jicai just smiled and said nothing. After Du Kaishan left, Yang Jicai did not meet with other cadres, but handed these matters to the division political commissar who acted as the division commander. He carried them
Holding a telescope, he went directly to the front line.
For two whole days, he did not return to the division headquarters, but squatted in the front line. He visited all the major battlegrounds on the Cheorwon frontier without moving. However, with the sacrifice of Ma Chunsheng
A lesson learned from the past. Yang Jicai is still very cautious.
He only brought two staff officers, and no guards. Of course, in fact, he did not have guards, because according to the regulations of the Anti-Japanese League, cadres working in agencies, whether at the regiment or division level, were not equipped with guards. If necessary
For example, the following troops are directly selected from the headquarters security force, while the division level is selected from the security officers of the Security Department.
The political commissar of the 17th Division wanted to equip him with guards, and he could not deny it. However, Yang Jicai went directly to the front line without waiting for the guards to arrive. And when he went to the front line, not only himself, but also the two he brought with him
The staff officers are also dressed in ordinary infantry uniforms, with plenty of rifles and helmets, but with the addition of a map and a pair of binoculars.
Yang Jicai stayed on the front line for two full days. Apart from asking Du Kaishan for supplies and equipment, he did not give any instructions, nor did he mobilize any troops to cooperate with his observation. He managed two regiments that he was very familiar with.
Everyone was a little puzzled. They all thought that this guy who kept walking around had changed his temper this time.
After Yang Jicai returned to the division headquarters, everyone was stunned when they saw that he had ordered things from Du Kaishan, which had arrived basically at the same time. Three hundred tons of cement, as well as those that were busy repairing northern Korea, were bombed.
The North Korean cluster with dilapidated roads was directly under the engineering unit. They ordered two bulldozers converted from T-26 tanks. They were modified and simple armor was installed on the cab and engine parts.
In addition to these things that the troops below could not understand what they were used for, Yang Jicai brought hundreds of empty gasoline cans. Several tons of gasoline were also brought, as well as some small solidification tanks used by the aviation force.
Petrol bombs. At the same time, the ammunition equipment of the artillery was adjusted. From the original mainly anti-personnel explosive grenades, the proportion of incendiary bombs was greatly increased, and a batch of smoke bombs were equipped.
He also disrupted the entire artillery group and re-adjusted and distributed it. The division of labor among the various artillery groups almost underwent a 180-degree adjustment. The large-caliber howitzers that were originally responsible for the fire blockade were used by him to suppress
The enemy troops at the commanding heights. Moreover, this suppression was changed from the original explosive bombs to the use of incendiary bombs.
As for the areas between each highland and the core position, flat-firing anti-aircraft machine guns are used for suppression. And for the anti-slope positions on each highland, mortar groups are used for suppression. At the same time, the 160mm mortar assigned to the headquarters
The battalion was organized into two units, reinforced with some 120mm mortars, formed a gun group and distributed incendiary bombs, specifically to hit the anti-slope position on the core high ground.
The equipment of small-caliber direct-aimed artillery for front-line troops has been increased. The original 60-mm mortars have been distributed to the troops on the main assault surface. Flamethrowers have been strengthened for the front-line assault troops. Not only the 14-mm anti-aircraft machine guns,
They were all distributed. Even the anti-aircraft artillery group of the 17th Division, which had been idle since the start of the war, was pulled to the front line to perform blockade tasks.
However, Yang Jicai still felt that these were not enough, and asked Du Kaishan for two 23mm anti-aircraft artillery batteries and three quadruple-mounted 14mm anti-aircraft machine gun companies. He also ordered all twin-mounted 14mm anti-aircraft machine guns.
After being disassembled and converted into a single tube, it was strengthened to the front-line attack force.
Based on the previous battle situation and Yang Jicai's judgment in the past two days, he believed that the Japanese army had built garrison holes on the reverse slopes of each core highland. All reserve forces on the battlefield around the core highlands were hidden on the reverse slopes. Although
Previously, a large amount of artillery fire was concentrated to suppress the Japanese passages in each core highland and surrounding highland groups.
However, the Japanese army built a large number of anti-gun holes along the line, which greatly reduced the effectiveness of the artillery blockade. Yang Jicai believed that instead of wasting artillery shells in this useless effort, it would be better to hand over the task of building the blockade to more flexible anti-aircraft machine guns and direct
Responsible for aiming gunfire.
Taking advantage of the large number of anti-alliance mortars in the Cheorwon battlefield with various calibers, especially the 160mm mortars, although they are a bit bulkier, their power is an amazing advantage, and they can directly block the Japanese army's anti-sloping trenches.
Other supporting artillery was freed up to suppress the Japanese deep artillery fire and implement fire suppression on various front-line Japanese positions.
In fact, Yang Jicai’s first impression when he arrived at the Cheorwon battlefield was not how brutal the previous battles were, nor the changes in Japanese defense tactics, but the terrain here. The entire Cheorwon battlefield was divided into two parts with the Hantan River as the dividing line.
There are two parts in the east and west. Except for a plain area 20 kilometers deep in the north of Hantan River, the rest are all mountainous.
Moreover, the mountains in North Korea are completely different from the mountains in the Northeast. Although the mountains here are not high, the direction of the ridges is very distinctive. Moreover, the mountains are not as grand and thick as the Xing'an Mountains in the Northeast, nor are they as thick as the Changbai Mountains.
Majestic. Generally very thin, giving people a small-minded feeling.
But perhaps because of this, the mountains here are generally steeper and the directions of the mountains are more messy. Not only are the tops of the core highlands generally narrow in area, it is also difficult to build large-depth fortification groups. The slope of the core highlands is
It is also very steep. Under this kind of terrain, the attacker is obviously at a disadvantage. The Japanese army developed such a defense system at this time, probably to take advantage of the terrain here.
From the time when the Japanese roughly controlled Korea during the Sino-Japanese War to the complete annexation of Korea after the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese have occupied Korea for decades. During these decades, with the level of detail of the Japanese, I am afraid that the entire terrain of Korea has been mapped out by them
.It is probably not unreasonable for the Japanese army to place the entire defensive line of Korea on this line.
At the same time, the Japanese army developed such defensive tactics not only because of the terrain they relied on, but also as a confirmation of their own advantages. Because this defensive tactic of using points and lines, in addition to the core high ground within the point, the strength of the troops between each point
Mobilization is greatly restricted by the terrain. Coupled with the previous fire blockade, the defense forces are required to be extremely tenacious in their fighting will.
Not only the defense forces in the core highlands must have the determination to fight to the end, but also the defense forces at various points around the core highlands. Are these troops destined to be just consumables? They must also have the determination to fight to the end. Because of this defense system
, there will not be too many troops at each defense point. If we ensure that the core high ground cannot change hands easily, we must require the defense troops at various points around it to be determined to die.
Otherwise, once a certain point is easily broken through, it will cause the collapse of a whole area. If the attacking opponent's troops cannot be consumed to the maximum extent, then once the core high ground is captured, it means that a certain large area, or the entire defense system in one direction.
, it will completely collapse.
Once this kind of disintegration occurs, the Japanese army's defense tactics of point and line are the most fatal. On the Cheorwon front line, the Japanese army uses the firepower of each point and the large area where the troops radiate as the core to form defense points in all directions. Each
The large areas rely on each other, and the numerous firepower points and support points around each key point serve as small areas that in turn support the large area defense system.
The most feared thing about this kind of tactic that complements each other and relies on each other is that the core area on each side is easily broken through, that is, the point in the middle of the line. To ensure the safety of this point, this point is needed
The surrounding support surfaces are destined to not have too many defensive forces, and must be nailed in place like nails.
In addition to the high coordination requirements of the commanders in charge of various areas, this tactic also requires the willpower of the defensive troops. They must be extremely tenacious and determined to fight to the end at all times.
This tactic requires more than the previous point.
After all, even if they knew that they were going to die in a battle, ordinary troops would probably not have the confidence to fight it. In many cases, it would even be possible to collapse at the first touch. I am afraid that the Japanese army also has considerable confidence in the willpower of its own troops.
That's why he came up with such a tactic.
After two days of observation, Yang Jicai already had a rough idea that the adjustments in firepower were aimed at these points of the Japanese army. Because for him, repeatedly fighting for small areas in the periphery with the Japanese army would only be a waste of troops and time.
.Facing the Japanese tactics, it is most appropriate to ignore the imaginary line and go directly to the core point of the Black Tiger's heart-breaking tactic.
He did not think that Ma Chunsheng's previous tactical adjustment was a failure. It was just that the deployment of supporting firepower and the choice of the focus of the attack seemed a bit too hasty. The entire offensive adjustment only changed the focus of the attack.
, but no targeted adjustments were made in the use of tactics.
Therefore, Yang Jicai also adopted a targeted approach in deploying attack forces and deploying firepower to blockade the Japanese army. He planned to take high ground where the Japanese army had few troops, or only invest an infantry squad, or simply use firepower to blockade the enemy.
.Aiming at the core high ground, a concentrated assault method was adopted.
Not only in the deployment of troops, we adopted less deployment and more hoarding, but also retained sufficient reserves in several directions. On the attack routes leading to the core garrison heights of the Japanese army, a large number of bunkers and artillery holes were also dug. When it was really impossible to carry out these
The prepared area was simply abandoned and only controlled by artillery fire. It's just that these things have not been displayed yet.
To be precise, at the front line, Yang Jicai planned to adopt point-to-point tactics. As for whether his troops could meet his requirements, Yang Jicai was still confident. During the two days at the front line, he found that he was very lucky this time. Although Iron
The original battlefield is currently in a stalemate, but Ma Chunsheng has left himself a force that can be said to be iron-clad and with a will as strong as steel.