Zhou Wu pondered for a while, and felt that it was time to ask his superiors to send tank troops into Korea to participate in the war, Lao Cheng, hadn't he already gone to the newly formed tank troops to transfer his tank troops to North Korea, and he would definitely be able to block the onslaught of American tanks, and reduce the casualties of the volunteer brothers with their colors.
Thinking about this, Zhou Wu immediately called Commander Song of the Corps and told him what he meant, Commander Song was very supportive of Zhou Wu's idea, thinking that Zhou Wu's proposal was very right, since the best way to deal with the US tanks was tanks, then why not let those tank units that had just been formed in China enter the DPRK to participate in the war, first, they could train their ranks, and second, they could let these tank commanders of New China gain insight, and any unit and branch of the army can only improve its combat effectiveness through actual combat training.
With Commander Song's idea, not only the domestic tank and armored troops will come to the Korean battlefield for training, but also those air force units that have just been formed will also come to the DPRK for training, and the Yankees' planes are too rampant, and they are bombing indiscriminately and wantonly in the sky of the DPRK, and they are simply bullying our volunteers that they have no air force units to participate in the war, and if they come to their own air force, they will definitely not be able to let these Yankee pilots be so rampant.
Commander Song immediately reported the situation to the Volunteer Army Headquarters, and President Peng immediately nodded in agreement, and a telegram was sent to Beijing, and the Central Committee felt that this method was feasible, which could not only enhance the land combat capability of the Korean Volunteer Army, but also temper the actual combat ability of the tank armored troops, and the appearance of his own tanks on the Korean battlefield could also boost the combat morale of the soldiers Lao Cheng, who was busy training new recruits in the armored corps unit of the Nanjing Military Region, suddenly received a notice from his superiors on this day, asking him to immediately report to the headquarters of the military region; in the past few days, all kinds of information have been transmitted to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and as Zhou Wu's old subordinate, Lao Cheng is naturally very concerned about the situation of Zhou Wu and his team, and when he learned that Zhou Wu's 11 th Army has won successive battles on the Korean front, annihilated an entire regiment of the US army, and eliminated two regiments of the US ace 1st Marine Division in the Changjin Lake area, and achieved quite good results, his heart itched. hurriedly reported to his superiors and asked to bring armored troops into the DPRK to participate in the war, but the superiors pushed them down on the grounds that the time was not ripe, which made Lao Cheng not think about tea and dinner these days, depressed, and angry at every turn.
This time, he suddenly received a notice from his superiors asking him to report to the military district headquarters, and Lao Cheng faintly felt in his heart that it was estimated that his report had been approved by the above, and sure enough, when he stepped into the office of Commander Li of the headquarters, he found that the other leaders of the armored corps were all there, and he immediately understood in his heart that this time he must be going to North Korea, otherwise, the commander would call the heads and brains of the armored corps, and he would not have to hold an actual combat exercise Commander Li said to Lao Cheng and them: "Comrades, after the decision of the Central Committee and the needs of the development of the Korean battlefield situation, it has been decided to send an armored corps to participate in the war in Korea, and the armored corps of the Nanjing Military Region is the first batch of troops to enter the DPRK to participate in the war. ” When Lao Cheng heard this, he hurriedly happily agreed, going to the Korean battlefield to fight side by side with his old superiors, which was what he had always asked his superiors, and now that this request has been approved, he is naturally very happy.
Back at home, Lao Cheng hurriedly told his wife about this matter, and his wife was very supportive of him, hurriedly cleaned up the shape for him, and told him to pay attention to keeping warm on the icy and snowy Korean battlefield, etc., and did not rest overnight to make a close-fitting sweater for Lao Cheng to keep out the cold.
Three days later, a tank regiment of the armored corps of the Nanjing Military Region led the team to set off by train, and there was no crowd of surging farewell parties, and the team set off quietly under the condition of secrecy, and the more than 30 tanks of various types of the tank regiment were pulled onto the train and drove to the northeast with Lao Cheng and their tank soldiers According to the scout's report, the American army arrived at dawn, which shows that they can't wait, and they have to hurry up and retreat, and the commander of the American division who leads the team, General Garnett, of course, also knows the importance of the location of this Sansholi, where the terrain and terrain can be seen from the map, which is the key point of guarding the southbound road, so he ordered a regiment of the vanguard of the American army early in the morning, Under the cover of a tank battalion, the infantry and tanks coordinated the attack and advance, taking the Sanshori position by noon and opening the southbound passage At this time, the American staff officers under General Garnett suggested to him: "There is a fork in the road leading to Longyuanli not far from Sansholi, although the road condition is much worse than Sanshori, and only one truck can pass, but it is still a southbound passage, you can send a part of the team to feign attack Sansholi to contain the Chinese who may set up ambushes in Sanshori, and the large force of the 1st Cavalry Division will take the opportunity to pass south from Longyuanli, so that you can pass through this important place in Sansholi smoothly.
And after successfully passing through Longyuanli, they will be able to carry out a counter-encirclement of the Chinese troops in Sansholi and annihilate them in one fell swoop."
General Garnett was very satisfied with this suggestion of his staff officers, and he was still very confident in defeating and annihilating the Chinese army standing in his way to the south, and he believed that although the Chinese volunteers who were rumored to enter the war in Korea were very powerful, eating a regiment of the American army and a division of the South Korean army in Yuncheng, and almost capturing Smith at Changjin Lake on the Eastern Front, but in Garnett's view, this may be a coincidence, the Chinese are good at surprise attacks, do not play cards according to common sense, and the US military did not understand the other party's methods at first, With the support of more than 20,000 US infantry and hundreds of advanced main battle tanks, as well as the cover of US planes on call in the sky, even if the Chinese volunteer soldiers guarding the three opposite stations were all steel, they had to be melted down by their own artillery fire and bombs, and the hills were blown up and cut down, and the man could still hold there Garnett is actually an American who only believes in weapons and equipment, he firmly believes that under the bombardment of his heavy artillery and aircraft bombs and tanks and armored vehicles, there are no fortifications and fortresses that cannot be attacked, thinking that in the European theater back then, the fortifications built by the German army are not solid, and the German army guarding has always been known for its strong combat effectiveness and well-trained, but it is not the same as being broken through one by one by his own cavalry division.
The Chinese volunteers from Tubaozi are even more of an opponent General Garnett ordered a battalion of American troops under his command to quickly turn to attack in the direction of Longyuanli, according to him, Longyuanli is a branch of the Sansholi Highway, but it is dispensable, in the case of Sansholi side can quickly open the road, the role of Longyuanli is not so important, but it is still necessary to guard against the cunning Chinese, and the team sent out of a battalion is completely sufficient.
In the opinion of Colonel Lewis, the commander of the American regiment who led the team, General Garnett asked him to lead a regiment of American troops under the cover of a tank battalion to attack the small three places in front.
The infantry of a regiment could not be deployed at all, and the more than 30 tanks of the tank battalion could not play their due assault role in those valleys at all, but because of the terrain restrictions in Sansholi, it would have an impact on the infantry assault.
But General Garnett of the 1st Cavalry Division insisted that the infantry without tank cover was unsafe and vulnerable to the attacks of the Chinese who were good at surprise movement operations, and that with these barriers of tanks, even if they were attacked by the Chinese, they could temporarily build defensive positions on the way, and with the current means of attacking the Chinese army, they still could not break through the defensive positions surrounded by the main battle tanks, unless at this time they had been assisted by Soviet anti-tank weapons, but according to intelligence analysis from all sides, At present, these Chinese volunteers have not received weapons assistance from the Soviet Union, so that the US army can rely on the armor advantage of tanks, and can be used as an assault force when attacking, and can be used as a strong fortification when defending Colonel Lewis had no choice but to let the thirty or so main battle tanks move along the road towards Sansholi, followed by a battalion of infantry, the infantry was sitting in the trucks, and of course the speed could keep up with the tanks.
In this way, the American army was in front of the tanks and the trucks full of American infantry were behind, and they were woken up early in the morning by the officers, and rushed to Sansholi in a mighty way, and with the goal that General Garnett had given to Colonel Lewis, he was asked to pass through Sanshori before noon.
The movements of the US tanks and trucks have long been clearly seen by several teams of scouts under the fat man, these brothers hurriedly ran back to report the fat man, and the fat man adjusted the combat deployment here in Sansholi in a timely manner according to the latest US military dynamics provided by the scouts, and quickly changed the original deployment, making the defensive deployment on the position of Sansholi more reasonable t1706231537: