After Zhou Wu received the order of the Corps Headquarters to hold a meeting, he hurriedly brought the chief of staff Lao Xu, the political commissar Lao Niu, and the fat man Ge Sanmin and their division commanders to the Corps headquarters, which was full of heads and brains of various units of the Corps, and the Korean People's Army also sent many senior officers to attend the meeting. ” Because Zhou Wu's 11th Army completely annihilated a regiment of the US Army in the first battle of Yuncheng, the battle was fought beautifully and crisply, and after the battle situation was reported to Beijing, the chairman immediately sent a congratulatory telegram to the headquarters of the Volunteers, praising the 11th Army of the Ninth Corps for fighting beautifully and winning the first battle, which had a great encouraging effect on the Volunteers in destroying the enemy in the future.
The commanders and division commanders at the venue all threw envious glances at Zhou Wu, and the commander of the corps got up to greet the arrival of his subordinates, which means something but everyone admires it in their hearts, Zhou Wu's 11th Army fought really beautifully and crisply in Yuncheng, and it really deserves this kind of courtesy from the commander.
As soon as Commander Song saw that everyone had arrived, he said to everyone: "Comrades, I have received the latest order from the Volunteer Army Headquarters, the mission of our corps is to encircle and annihilate the enemy in the Changjin Lake area. ” Commander Song nodded at a middle-aged officer next to him, and the middle-aged officer immediately stood up and said to everyone: "Comrades, according to the latest information just obtained, there are currently two divisions of the US army and two brigades of the British and Turkish enemies in the Changjin Lake area, and the total strength is estimated to be around sixty or seventy thousand, and the enemy is well-equipped, well-trained, and tenacious in combat effectiveness, especially the first division of the US Marine Corps, which is the ace unit in the US army, and its combat effectiveness is extremely strong.
For this reason, the headquarters of the Chinese People's Volunteers has readjusted its operational plan and increased the number of troops in our Ninth Corps, and from tomorrow onwards, a large number of troops will be replenished, and all armies will begin to implement the "44" system, and the individual armies that are the main attackers will implement the "55" system, so that the total strength of our 9th Corps will reach an unprecedented strength of 150,000 people in three armies and two independent divisions.
The Volunteer Army Command asked us to focus on the US troops in the Changjin Lake area, and to ignore the surrounding British and Turkish troops, as long as the US troops were surrounded and annihilated by us, the British and Turkish troops would not be a problem. ” When Chief of Staff Liang said this, he paused for a moment and took a sip of water, and the fat man listening below heard that his team was going to be expanded into the "44" system, and his heart became excited.
"However, the mountains in the Changjin Lake area are treacherous, the roads are rugged and difficult to walk, and it is now the cold winter season, the climate is cold, due to the addition of a large number of new troops, the problem of winter clothing of our troops cannot be solved in a short time, many soldiers of the army are still wearing autumn clothes, this climate problem is a big problem, but according to intelligence, the enemy in the Changjin Lake area learned that Yuncheng has been captured by us, and has the intention of fleeing to the south, so the Volunteer Army Headquarters decided that the Ninth Corps immediately moved in the direction of Changjin Lake, The winter clothes are kept up by the logistics behind, and the fighters cannot be lost, and once these enemies are allowed to run to the port of Yuanshan in the south of the Changjin Lake area, it will be extremely unfavorable to our future war situation.
This year, the climate in northern Korea is particularly cold, and most of the brothers of the volunteers are still wearing autumn clothes in China, and the bad weather has a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the volunteers, and we must be fully mentally prepared, otherwise something big will happen.
When Zhou Wu heard this, he hurriedly stood up and said to Chief of Staff Liang: "Commander, Chief of Staff, our Eleventh Army has a batch of captured winter clothes, but there are not many of them, and they can only equip one division, so it is better for our Eleventh Army to take the lead in attacking." ” As soon as Commander Song heard that Zhou Wu took the initiative to ask Ying to ask for the main attack, he hurriedly nodded and said to him: "We have long considered letting your 11th Army fight the main attack, you fought in Yuncheng, and fought with majesty, I hope that this time in Changjin Lake can create another miracle, all armies and divisions cooperate with each other, strive to encircle this enemy, and resolutely destroy them, this time the chairman hopes that we can completely annihilate a division of the US army, if it succeeds, it will have a huge impact on the course of the Korean War." ” When Zhou Wu heard this, he hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Please rest assured, commander, the Eleventh Army guarantees to complete the task."
Elder Xu, the chief of staff sitting next to Zhou Wu, did not look happy, he raised his hand and asked to speak, and Commander Song hurriedly motioned for Lao Xu to stand up and say that a meeting is being held now, so everyone can speak freely and express their own opinions Lao Xu stood up, looked at the army commanders and division commanders in the venue, and said: "Comrades, our opponent in Changjin Lake is the ace unit of the US army, not only well-armed and equipped, but also extremely tenacious in combat effectiveness, the victory of our 11th Army in the Battle of Yuncheng lies in the surprise of our team, and the results of the brave and tenacious struggle of the soldiers, it is not that it can be said that the combat effectiveness of the US Army is not like this, the Battle of Yuncheng, Our 11th Army plus the Korean People's Army in response to the plan had an absolute numerical advantage of 10 to 1 with the US troops in Yuncheng, and we cut off the US army's southern retreat route to the Cheongchon River Bridge in advance, inadvertently destroyed the enemy's temporary airfield in the southeast of Yuncheng, and completely cut off the US army's air and land retreat, even so, our 11th Army also paid a lot of casualties, and only one soldier was left in a reconnaissance battalion that captured the temporary airfield, which shows the tenacity of the US army's resistance, and the frontal direction of Yuncheng, Division Commander Liu lost at least one regiment of troops before he conquered the front of Yuncheng, what does this mean, this shows that the US army is not the vulnerable team we think in our eyes, their combat effectiveness is no worse than the little Japanese devils, plus they have on-call air fire support and ground artillery fire support, our volunteer army team to besiege or even encircle them, must have more than five times the strength of the force, otherwise they can only be defeated, but can not completely annihilate them, the Changjin Lake area is high and dangerous, the road is rugged and difficult to walk, In addition, the weather is cold, so I think that our combat objectives should not be set too big, which will be detrimental to the situation of the war. ” Lao Xu in the period of time before participating in the Volunteer Army to resist US aggression and aid Korea, he made up for the situation of the US army, the opponent of the Korean War, he and Zhou Wu had contact with the US military officers in the Jiangbei anti-Japanese base during the Anti-Japanese War, in order to rescue the US military field investigation group that was captured by the little devil, Zhou Wu's independent brigade and the devil fought in the Jiangbei area for a lot of days, and finally rescued the group of US officers.
One of them, a colonel of the U.S.
Army named Robles, later brought a batch of military supplies to the independent brigade of the New Fourth Army in Jiangbei through special channels, and kept in touch with the independent brigade until the end of the Anti-Japanese War.
From the officers of the US military field investigation group, Lao Xu could see that the US military was able to defeat the Japanese army in the Pacific theater, not all of which relied on sophisticated weapons and on-call air firepower support, and the US army's will to fight was not bad, especially the ace of the US Marine Corps First Division, who had participated in World War II, fought the German army, and fought the Japanese devils, and had extremely rich combat experience.
Listening to Lao Xu's words, Commander Song nodded again and again, and said to his officers: "Lao Xu was right just now, we can't be flustered just because we eliminated a regiment of the US army in Yuncheng, thinking that the US army is nothing more than that, such an idea is unacceptable, we will suffer a big loss, the meaning of the Volunteer Army Command is also to surround the enemy who is preparing to flee south as much as possible, and strive to encircle and annihilate a division of the US army.
Try your best to annihilate a division of the US army.
If this requirement is not met, it is feasible to defeat a division of the US army, or completely annihilate a regiment of the US army. ” Hearing what the commander said, Zhou Wu nodded: "Lao Xu is right, we used to suffer a crushing defeat in Kinmen, Fujian because of the light enemy, so this time there must be no such situation, we must be cautious and treat the US army as the most powerful enemy."
Since the last time in Kinmen Island suffered a fiasco, Zhou Wu was cast a shadow on his heart, this time in the Korean battlefield in the first battle victory, finally relieved, in the cloud city siege battle is the most intense, the fat man's team to attack the cloud city for a long time at the moment, Zhou Wu has worried, for fear that this time will repeat the mistakes of Kinmen, fortunately, in the end the fat man conquered the enemy's position, smoothly entered the city, plus Lao Zhu and Lao Yan Although they suffered heavy casualties, but they all completed the established combat tasks beautifully, so that the battle of Yuncheng was victorious, Thinking of this, Zhou Wu felt that the difficulties in Changjin Lake this time would definitely not be less than that of Yuncheng, and as long as he was cautious, he could complete the combat mission assigned by his superiors, and he could no longer be blindly optimistic.
Chief of Staff Liang also nodded in agreement with Lao Xu's opinion, Commander Song and Chief of Staff Liang discussed it, and decided that Zhou Wu's Eleventh Army would immediately set off to covertly approach the Xinxingli and Liutanli areas southwest of Changjin Lake to deal with the first ace Marine Division of the US Army that was preparing to flee south to Yuanshan Port, and the two flanks around the Eleventh Army were the other two armies of the Ninth Corps, and the independent division of the Corps was used as a reserve to reinforce the direction needed at any time, which was about 200 kilometers away from the Changjin Lake area.
The Corps Headquarters demanded that the 11th Army and other units must arrive at the designated attack position in three days, considering that the weather is cold and the mountain roads are rugged and difficult to walk, they must launch an attack after four days at most, otherwise the enemy in the Changjin Lake area is in danger of escaping t1706231537: