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Chapter 39 Thunderbolt (2)

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    General Ridgway finally decided to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys. The first person to be operated on was Major General Robert, the commander of the Army's Second Division.  This guy was also unlucky. He hit the muzzle of a gun. When the Chinese launched the third battle, the Army's Second Division was responsible for holding Wonju south of the Han River. However, without the permission of the superiors, Division Commander Robert  He ordered the troops to retreat without permission and handed over the very strategically valuable Yuanzhou City. Although General Almonte, the commander of the Tenth Army, personally sat in the Second Division and asked them to recapture Yuanzhou again, morale was low in the face of it.  At the extreme, the soldiers who can't even fire out the cannons are undoubtedly a fantasy.  Since Li Qiwei took office, he is preparing three things for the new official to take office to establish his authority. There is no doubt that Major General Robert will become his first thing.

    After removing the commander of the 2nd Division, Ridgway then replaced the commanders of the 1st Cavalry Division, the 7th Infantry Division, the 24th Infantry Division, and the 25th Infantry Division.  Major General En was replaced. At this time, in the entire Eighth Army, except for Major General Smith, commander of the 1st Division, and Major General Saul, commander of the 3rd Infantry Division, all other division commanders were replaced.

    Paul knew in his heart that in fact, all of this should have been planned before Ridgway left Washington and came to South Korea, so his appointments followed one after another, and he invited some old guys who were accustomed to fighting.  Major General Na served as the commander of the 2nd Division, Major General Palmer served as the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, Major General Ferenbaugh served as the commander of the 7th Infantry Division, Major General Bryan served as the commander of the 24th Division, and Major General Bradley  Served as commander of the 25th Infantry Division.

    After everything was arranged, General Ridgway personally took Paul and other senior staff officers from the group army to the front of the defense line to inspect. Paul knew that this should be General Ridgway's third fire. After killing the chicken, he was about to go  It's time to scare those monkeys, and give the soldiers a favor and a favor.

    "We are still clinging to the material comforts that come on trucks, so we can only rely on the road, and our infantry has mostly lost the talents of the respected older generation in American military history  "General Ridgway said to Paul and all his commanders sadly: "Unless you see this kind of terrain in person from a jeep instead of from the air, it is difficult to imagine the difficulty of action, but  The Chinese did it! They were able to overcome all these difficulties as if they never lacked ammunition; in fact, in their logistics line, these are their heaviest supplies. They used the most primitive methods  To transport, there were oxen, camels, mules, horses and two-wheeled carts, and even strong laborers came to carry the loads"

    In front of these commanders, General Ridgway kept repeating his endless words, as verbose as an old man about to enter his coffin; and in front of the soldiers, he seemed like a man charging forward.  The soldiers issued a passionate clarion call to them: "We want to find them! Bite them! Fight them! Destroy them! Use the huge air superiority and armor superiority to carry out daytime attacks, let them feel our power!"

    Paul knew that this was a speech and a kind of propaganda, and its purpose was just to inspire everyone's confidence and boost everyone's morale.  The old man always hung two grenades around his neck and told everyone that if he was surrounded by the enemy, one of the two grenades would be given to the enemy and the other would be kept for himself.  During the inspection, a soldier passed in front of him, and he immediately stopped the soldier. The soldier looked at his highest officer blankly, thinking that he had made some mistake, and timidly saluted him.  , but after the old man returned the salute, he unexpectedly leaned down and re-tightened the loosened shoelaces for the young man, then stood up and patted him on the shoulder, saying to him: "  You look good!" The soldier was flattered and excited.

    This general really used his exemplary actions and persuasion to disperse the defeatist sentiment among the staff, commanders and soldiers.  Wherever there is a need for confrontation, he will be upright; where there is a need to persuade and educate, he will be sincere; wherever a personal demonstration is needed, he will lead by example!  After spending just a short time together, Paul was already impressed by the officer in front of him.

    After returning to the Eighth Army Headquarters in Daegu from the front line, Li Qiwei still had no time to spare and continued to organize high-level meetings with the United Nations forces to discuss the most important next step for them.  Paul knew, however, that General Ridgway at this time was eager to use a victory to revive the morale of the United Nations forces.

    After a meeting, everyone left the meeting one after another, but Li Qiwei maintained his position.To be on the safe side, we will adopt a steady and steady approach this time. We can also use airborne troops to land behind the enemy to complete a flanking attack on the enemy. As long as we do everything carefully, there will be no problems.  We are not afraid of confronting the enemy head-on, but the enemy is afraid of a decisive battle with us, so as long as we fight during the day, our chances of winning are still very high!  "

    Paul also nodded, but asked with some doubts: "What about at night?"

    "Our soldiers are afraid of night battles because the enemy's weapons are inferior to ours. In order to avoid insufficient firepower, they always choose night battles! Indeed, in night battles, we can't take advantage at all!" General Ridgway said helplessly  , as he spoke, he changed the topic again, and continued: "Actually, Colonel Paul, have you noticed? The Chinese are also very particular about the timing of launching battles. They always choose before and after the full moon, because the moonlight is at this time  It¡¯s the brightest time, and they also need the illumination of the moonlight!¡±

    Thinking about it, it was exactly what Ridgway said. Paul couldn't help but nodded.

    Li Qiwei continued: "Actually, there is nothing terrible about fighting at night. As long as we can persist for one night, then at dawn the next day, we can turn from defense to offense!" He said, and sighed again: "  What I am most worried about now is that if we attack, it will be impossible to retreat, and our magnetic tactics will be nowhere to be used. The enemy is likely to move again and surround our troops. This is the most dangerous thing.  It¡¯s fatal!¡±

    Paul suddenly realized that it was this problem that Ridgway had not thought of a solution to after much thought.  In fact, he had been thinking about this issue in the past few days, and he had an immature idea. At this time, he asked, "General, I am also thinking about this issue. The Chinese Communist Party's army is very good at mobile warfare. They always use  They use roundabout tactics to surround their opponents, and they are always successful, making them hard to guard against. When they defeated Chiang Kai-shek in China, they mostly used this method. However, this kind of mobile warfare is not always successful. I have a Kuomintang soldier.  My friend is better at dealing with this tactic of the CCP and has defeated them several times!¡±

    "Oh?" Upon hearing this, Li Qiwei immediately became interested and asked quickly: "Your Chinese friend? What is his name?"

    "His name was Zhang Xian, and he was a division commander under Chiang Kai-shek! Unfortunately, he was killed in the battle near Xuzhou!" Paul told him, and when he talked about Zhang Xian, he felt regretful.

    "Then tell me how he dealt with the CCP army?" Li Qiwei asked.

    Paul nodded, and then told him the process of the Battle of Zhang Fengji and the Battle of Nanma. He actually heard these from Han Qi. Although Han Qi also heard it from others, he had no idea what Zhang Xian was talking about.  He inquired very carefully about every battle he participated in, so when he told it, it was of great guidance to Paul.

    "Actually, what Zhang Xian can do is nothing more than three things: first, he is calm, from top to bottom, without panic; second, he is calm, he can arrange very clever things in a short time.  And the fortifications that are extremely defensive and lethal are the key to ensuring victory; the last one is patience, not asking for a quick victory, but only asking for a steady and steady fight. After a long night, victory will be achieved at dawn.  !" Finally, Paul concluded: "We are much better than Zhang Xian's troops in terms of weapons and equipment and combat capabilities. He can do it, let alone us? Haha, the Chinese Communist Army is also good at  When encircling a point for reinforcements, in fact, every besieged unit is the result of their movement. If every unit can fight tenaciously to the end like Zhang Xian, I think the CCP¡¯s mobile warfare will not be self-defeating.  broken!"

    General Ridgway listened carefully to Paul's introduction. He already understood what Paul meant, but he was still a little worried. After thinking about it for a while, he still said: "The solid defense you mentioned is to remain unchanged to cope with all changes. According to theory,  It is indeed a good way to deal with mobile warfare, but we need to have such a battle example to inspire the confidence of each unit to win!"

    "Yes! I believe this example will come soon! The Chinese are humans too, they are not gods and can be defeated!" Paul was very confident.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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