The Fourteenth Chapter: The Annihilation of the Eighth Cavalry Regiment 4
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Miliken was stunned, and under the reminder of Major Smith of the 10th Battalion of High Cannons, he led four M16 self-propelled high cannons and more than 200 officers and soldiers who were guarding the rear to charge forward. The four 20mm high cannons wove a bulletproof screen with a firing speed of 360 rounds per minute.
The high-explosive shells easily penetrated the breastworks of the trenches, and the armor-piercing shells with proximity fuses mowed down rows of soldiers from the 1st Battalion. Many soldiers were even blown in half while still holding their guns and firing at the enemy. The four self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, each firing 1440 rounds per minute, made Zhao Zilong realize for the first time the power of modernized weapons.
More than 400 people in the first camp were killed or injured, with over 300 casualties and more than 120 deaths. The entire first camp was almost wiped out. Zhao Zilong scolded the commander of the first camp, Xu Dayao, saying "Even if your entire camp is exhausted, you must hold on to the position. If your camp is defeated, I'll take over, and if I die, I'll send a company from the third camp to support you immediately. We must block the enemy."
Not yet finished, Xu Dayao with red eyes and a fierce face walked out, the weak counterattack of the first camp began again with intense shooting, and the enemy who rushed up the hill was driven down. The mortar company in the regiment continuously fired shells at the enemy's self-propelled artillery, and the semi-armored M16 gunner and ammunition transport personnel suffered heavy losses. As a result, the enemy constantly shifted positions, the continuity of firepower dropped sharply, and the pressure on the first camp decreased significantly.
However, Xu Dayout's 1st battalion had already suffered more than 500 casualties and was unable to fight without reorganization. Seeing the reinforcements from the 3rd battalion and 4th company arrive, Xu Dayout's anger flared up again, and he scolded: "Our 1st battalion isn't dead yet, you can only take over the position after we're all killed!" The 2nd battalion led by Zhu Dagui also suffered significant losses, with the enemy's flat-trajectory self-propelled guns suppressing his troops and preventing them from lifting their heads, resulting in more than 200 casualties.
At this time, the 16 90mm anti-aircraft guns of the 10th Battalion had already been unloaded from the M3 half-track armored vehicle, and the soldiers were also unloading ammunition from two ammunition vehicles. This World War II US military famous "Tiger Hero" (destroying many famous German Tiger tanks, Panther tanks, and King Tiger tanks during World War II), the original M3 howitzer, was about to show its prowess again.
When Shen Zhuo, hiding beside the highway, saw the enemy's abnormality, he quickly commanded to set up the recoilless gun and howitzer, aiming at the enemy's ammunition truck. After a few cannon shots, only two of the enemy's ammunition trucks exploded violently, and the 90mm shells with and without fuses were detonated one after another.
The exploding ammunition turned the newly deployed 10th Battalion's anti-aircraft artillery position into a hell on earth, with thick cannon barrels bent by explosions, gun mounts broken, and 13 out of 16 anti-aircraft guns lost in an instant. More importantly, the M16 anti-aircraft guns, which were almost out of ammunition, only had two remaining ammunition trucks parked nearby, which were also detonated. The exploding ammunition occasionally fired armor-piercing incendiary shells, smashing cars in the distance or hitting their fuel tanks, causing entire vehicles to explode. Frightened, more than 100 remaining officers and soldiers fled into the mountains by the side of the road, leaving only two lonely M26 tanks behind, which didn't even dare to open their hatches.
Then Shen Zhuo gave an order, and more than a dozen soldiers carrying explosive tubes, anti-tank grenades, and explosive packs, crouched down and rushed towards the enemy tanks under the cover of exploding shells. Because it was nighttime, and the US military didn't have infrared equipment, they didn't notice the approaching Chinese soldiers. The quick and agile soldiers stuffed the explosive packs and explosive tubes into the tank tracks, and as for the anti-tank grenades, they would be used next time.
After a few loud noises, the four tracks of the enemy tank fell off with a crash. When the US military came to retrieve ammunition and told Milikin about the situation, he sat on the ground, stunned, and Smith from the 10th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment lit him a cigarette. Milikin calmly thought for a moment before abandoning his heavy equipment and leading over 200 men into the mountains.
Three battalions' Gu Dabing first discovered the anomaly, and then led more than 200 soldiers to rush into the convoy full of corpses and wailing wounded. Only one doctor wearing a lieutenant's uniform and carrying an emergency medical kit, along with three female nurses, calmly looked at Gu Dabing beside them, constantly pointing to the red cross on their bodies. Gu Dabing immediately ordered the soldiers behind him to take away the guns from the enemy, and commanded more than 400 people following up to go into the mountains to pursue and annihilate the remaining enemies.
Shen Zhuo's assault company had surrounded more than 100 enemies who had just run into the mountains, most of whom were artillerymen, armored soldiers and some logistics personnel, with only over 60 people holding guns. After being hit by recoilless guns and bazookas, they dropped their guns and ran out with their hands up. Later, among Miller's more than 200 men, only Major Smith and 7 American soldiers escaped to the US military, while the others were either annihilated or disappeared in the vast mountains of North Korea.
The battle ended so dramatically, Zhao Zilong couldn't help but cry. Due to his negligence, nearly 900 soldiers were killed or wounded, accounting for almost a third of the total number of troops. Moreover, these were all combat soldiers, not logistics personnel such as transport companies (at that time, transportation relied heavily on human labor, although the Independent Division already had many cars, but ammunition was still transported to the front line by humans). He couldn't help but think of what Gaoquan had said to him.
Facing the US military's powerful firepower, no matter how strong the fortifications are, a regiment's first-line position can only hold up to one company. The firepower should be heavy in the front and light in the back, while the troops should be light in the front and heavy in the back. Additionally, people should be constantly sent to harass the US military's logistics, making it difficult for them to keep up with ammunition and gasoline supplies, which would reduce their combat effectiveness to half or one-third of its peak.
Moreover, with its rear being constantly harassed, it cannot exert its full strength in the attack. Thinking that relying on ambushes and harassment of enemy logistics, due to insufficient fortifications, without even adding the US military's powerful air force, they had already lost half of their combat troops, the firepower of the US military is terrifying!
Gu Da Bing (just teasing one of my good brothers, don't mind me (^_^)) looked at the 4 M16 self-propelled guns and thought of their fierce firepower. He couldn't help but drool and hugged the four gun barrels tightly. Originally, he wanted to kiss them a few times, but the scorching hot gun barrels made him let go with an "ah" even though he was wearing thick cotton clothes. He bumped into Zhao Zi Long who was walking over.
After clearing the battlefield in the early morning, the assault troops drove four M16 self-propelled guns and 9 M3 half-tracked armored vehicles to tow the remaining three 90mm high-altitude guns, as well as a dozen trucks hiding in the dense forest. Only Captain Gu followed behind the regimental commander with a bitter smile on his face, because the regimental commander said "One M16 high gun and one 90 high gun will be sent to the logistics department, and the rest will belong to the regiment's direct affiliation".
While the independent regiment of three battalions infiltrated to Zhēn Rén Bridge around 2 o'clock, the enemy's motorcade had already passed by half, leaving only more than 20 artillery vehicles of the 99th Field Artillery Battalion. Then Shen Feihu's artillery company set up a 75 recoilless cannon and fired at the enemy's truck that was crossing the bridge, blowing it up. After the charge signal sounded, hundreds of soldiers with shining bayonets formed a skirmish line and charged forward.
The light and heavy machine guns and mortars also started intense firing, the enemy who had already received a series of heavy blows was frightened out of their wits, jumped off the cars one after another, ran towards the bridge, under the sweeping fire of our army's heavy machine guns, the enemy fell down row by row. At this time, the enemy tanks turned around and fired at our army's machine gun positions and scattered lines, the machine gun position suddenly went silent, while in the scattered line, some of our soldiers fell down from time to time in the smoke of explosions, but still bravely ran towards the enemy.
Looking at the brave Chinese army, Palmer said in a daze, "There is still an army in the world that is not afraid of death!" The frightened Palmer was afraid that the Chinese army would also infiltrate and attack from the front, so he didn't even bother to destroy his supplies and fled with more than 1,000 remaining defeated soldiers.
By now, more than 2,000 of the US Army's 1st Cavalry Division's 8th Regiment had been annihilated. Cloud Mountain, Wang Pi and Wang Pi's collision. In real history, when General Peng learned of the victory, he exclaimed with joy: "The undefeated US military has never tasted defeat - this time they have lost, and it was at our hands!"
