Section 3: War Preparedness and Training Exercises 2

  "Master, why did you transfer me away from your side? Didn't I protect you well?" Feng Gui asked with a puzzled expression.

  I couldn't help but sigh and say, "You've been following me since the Independent Regiment was formed, with rich combat experience. Tell me, when we fought against the New First Army and the New Sixth Army back then, how strong were the enemies, how hard it was for us to defeat them, and how many of our men had to die in order to take out one of theirs."

  "Afterwards, we had guns and cannons ready, our main forces were also trained, but we still needed to concentrate three or four times more troops to fight them, and they had to be the main forces. This is something we can't help but admit, if we went up, we might not necessarily be able to defeat one of their regiments."

  Gao Quan turned around, gazing at the dense forest in the distance, and continued with a sigh: "But do you know that although the New First Army and New Sixth Army are equipped with American-style weapons, they are actually modeled after the US light infantry divisions? Like the US 1st Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Division, and 1st Marine Division, their firepower is unimaginable!"

  There are over 600-700 guns with a caliber of 75mm or above, more than twice as many as our top-of-the-line, the 38th Army led by my old battalion commander. Each division also has over a hundred tanks, all equipped with 75mm or above caliber guns. And then there's the American air force and navy, with tens of thousands of aircraft and several thousand warships (not those small Nationalist Party gunboats with just a few cannons, nor landing ships with a few extra cannons).

  "So you think that Americans are easy to deal with, but this battle is not going to be easy. If we don't even have a trump card in our hands, how can we fight? That's why I formed this strike force, gathering the best soldiers, guns and cannons from our division, forming the main force of our division. So you must lead these soldiers well, they are the sharp sword of our division! The sword that will pierce through the Americans! We will show off our military might, national prestige, and the glory of our independent first division!"

  "Yes, sir."

  More than 400 fighting backbone of the independent division were quickly concentrated and formed a shock regiment, with Feng Gui as the regimental commander, under which there were three companies and one machine gun company. There were 82 artillery pieces, 6 doors, 60 artillery pieces, 6 doors, 10 Markov heavy machine guns, more than 30 Czech ZB-26 light machine guns, and rifles that were not American M1 carbines (using American guns to fight Americans), but Type 97, Sinden, and the best 16 people in the division formed a sniper team.

  In the morning, they ran 15 kilometers with heavy loads across the field (exerting the Liberation Army's iron footboard advantage. At that time, it was very common for the Liberation Army to run over the Nationalist Party's ten-wheeled trucks with their iron footboards. One word: strong, really violently strong). They practiced mountain assault, how to defend and attack under enemy air firepower, triangular assault, and reconnaissance.

  Especially at night, infiltrating and splitting, raiding (if it weren't for the PLA's outstanding nighttime combat capabilities, the Americans' night vision goggles and infrared instruments wouldn't have developed so quickly, but how many people know that this was because our military firepower was insufficient, a helpless move to reduce casualties, but also unexpectedly gained an asymmetric advantage in modern military terminology)

  Of course, as a modern military enthusiast, I know that at the beginning of the Korean War, we captured many cars and tanks, but no one knew how to use them, so they were destroyed by the Americans in vain.

  Then they started learning the dozen or so 10-wheeled large trucks in the teacher's house, as well as a small Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go light tank that was borrowed with great difficulty from their grandfather and grandmother, and also helped them find teachers for Korean and English (in order to let them learn English well, they specially went to Shenyang to invite an

  A female university student from a Christian school background, who is very capable and can work with men without getting tired.

  Watching them struggle to learn English, Gaoquan couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart. He himself had never passed an English exam since high school, now it's their turn, hahaha...

  For ordinary soldiers, let them repeatedly practice emergency air defense, marching air defense, defensive air defense, and various other times of air defense, as well as various advanced fortifications of our army, such as reverse-slope trenches, triangular trenches, cat ear holes, artillery emplacements, and reinforced shelters.

  There is also elastic defense, three-line defense (the Americans have a firepower advantage and air support, if it's just one defensive line or head-on with the enemy, there will be heavy casualties and it's easy to break through, failing to achieve tactical campaign goals)

  A company's position, with one line of 1-2 platoons, two lines of a battalion to 2 companies, at least one battalion as reserve, fortifications must be continuously improved, there should be warning troops on both wings and rear, each platoon should select marksmen for training with water-cooled machine guns, and practice various sniper warfare tactics together with the sharpshooter detachment.

  For the new type of fortification I proposed, everyone's eyes lit up and they went to hold a Zhuge Liang meeting. Three smelly craftsmen can surpass one Zhuge Liang, so they came up with many new tricks. For example, use a line of fortifications to withstand the enemy's attack for a moment, then immediately withdraw. In the style of American troops, they would definitely call in air support, but the American soldiers were also approaching the fortifications quickly. Watching the enemy fight among themselves is always very satisfying (this volunteer army has used it before, and it seems to be a variant of the Eighth Route Army's Sparrow War, Chinese soldiers are really smart! There are many tactics that will be widely used in future battles from 1951 June to 1953).

  "Master! Master!" Li Guang panted as he ran and called out.

  "What's up? Li Guangtou." Gaoduan turned around and asked strangely.

  "Master, we've modified the Thunder Cannon in the workshop. Please take a look," Li Guang said excitedly.

  "Alright, I'd like to see what new-style weapons you old military engineers and a few clever people can come up with," I said excitedly.

  Arriving at the repair depot, a behemoth with a caliber of 300-400 and over 4 meters in length appeared before me. Its dark body was cold to the touch, and I couldn't help but feel a thrill in my heart. This giant can show those Americans the prowess of our Chinese ancestors. Just as I was about to ask about its performance...

  Li Guang smiled and said to me, "How about this big fellow, caliber 350mm, over 4 meters long, weighing over 200 catties? Look at the shell I've matched for it. It seems to be loaded with 20-30 kilograms of yellow explosives. With a single shot, it's not inferior to the Soviet Union's 150mm and 203mm cannons. I estimate that even if an M4A3 Sherman or an M26 Pershing came, it would still blow the people inside to death." (Those who have seen the Huaihai Campaign know the power of this Communist Party's homemade atomic bomb.)

  Gao Daquan patted those few large-caliber shells and smiled at Old Li, saying "Old Li is great, with this one shot, a tank will be gone"

  Li Guang smiled and said, "That's right, Master, you don't think about it, my craftsmanship was also unique in the four wilds at that time. Look at this shell, 40 kilograms, loaded with 35 kilograms of yellow gunpowder, and the detonator removed from the recoilless gun shell, with a range of 2400 meters, not much worse than the 82 cannon."

  Right, about you asking me to replace the mountain artillery shells with steel heads, I've already taken care of it. Also, the high-angle gun mounts for each heavy machine gun have been arranged, allowing for 360-degree circular shooting.

  "Alright, you actually set an ambush for me!" Gao Quan said with a smile as he kicked it away.

  "Master, don't get in the way!" Li Guang said as he dodged aside.

  "Go on, give it a try!" shouted Gaoquan excitedly

  "Alright, let's go, bring your stuff along."

  In a mountain valley, a cannon was set up. Gao Quan and others signaled the gunner to fire from a distance. Then, with a loud "boom", a huge guy broke free from the barrel that had trapped him, flew over 2,000 meters, and crashed into the rocky mountain. After the smoke cleared, the boulder shattered into pieces.

  Among everyone's cheers

  They began testing steel-headed armor-piercing shells. After a loud explosion, the sound of metal crashing was heard, and a huge hole appeared in the house made of steel rails.

  Seeing this magnificent scene is like seeing a US military tank being destroyed with smoke billowing out.

  At this time, the North Korean People's Army launched its third campaign and had already heavily defeated the US 24th Division in Daejeon, advancing towards the coast, preparing to push the enemy into the sea.