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Matthew Ridgway, the new commander of the U.S. 8th Army, is sitting in the back row of the trainer plane. He wants to personally scout the deployment and stationing of the volunteers north of Wonju.

10 days after taking office, Li Qiwei roughly figured out the situation.According to the speculation of the United Nations Command and the Far East Intelligence Department, there are about 17.4 Chinese troops face to face, and there are at least 4 armies.However, it is difficult for the US military to determine where these 10,000+ people are deployed, what their intentions are, and what they will do next.

In the past few days, Li Qiwei has been urging the Air Force to strengthen reconnaissance, however, the reconnaissance plane could not find where the 10,000+ people were.Aerial reconnaissance is uncertain. According to common sense, reconnaissance teams should be sent to infiltrate the enemy's rear for human reconnaissance.But now the U.S. military is not familiar with the place and cannot be a scout behind enemy lines, and the South Korean Army has no courage at all.

Li Qiwei could only get on the plane to do battlefield reconnaissance in person.

The AH-6 skimmed through snow-covered pine forests that may have harbored large volunteer troops.Like the pilots of the reconnaissance planes before——Li Qiwei didn't even find a single person, nor did he find any campfires, cooking smoke, ruts, or even traces of people trampling on the snow that could prove that a large army was stationed and assembled.

Li Qi slightly rubbed his head.The 8th Army is in such a mess, which is annoying.

Yesterday, Li Qiwei inspected Busan, Daegu, and Jinju.In his original combat plan, the worst plan was to return to Busan, with four panicked divisions of the United Nations Army defending the Pusan ​​defense circle, waiting for the 40th and 45th Divisions of the US Army to arrive in Busan, as well as the 7st Marine Division, The 8th American Bu Division replenished its troops to restore combat effectiveness.After getting it together, use [-] divisions to fight again.

However, when Li Qiwei arrived at the scene, he realized that something was wrong.From July to September of 50 years, the Pusan ​​defensive circle that caused 7+ Korean People's Army to be beaten to death no longer exists!

The carefully constructed anti-gun bunkers disappeared without a trace, and the materials used to build the bunkers - sleepers, steel beams, and plates - were all dismantled by nearby Korean villagers.The sandbags in the trenches were also completely removed. After half a year of war, especially the siege of Pusan ​​by the Korean People’s Army, South Korea was basically destroyed. Naturally, the farmers had to find a way to rebuild the collapsed houses. Otherwise, it may freeze to death in winter.

…It’s easy to understand the demolition of bunker trenches, but what’s the matter with the strip of barbed wire stretching tens of kilometers long?Korean farmers can really tear it apart.

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After getting off the plane, Li Qiwei still had an iconic poker face, without saying a word, got into the car and returned to the headquarters of the 8th Army.

Li Qiwei's residence in the headquarters is two tents of 2.5 x 3 meters connected end to end, one for sleeping and one for office.There was no way around it. The headquarters had just been driven out of Seoul, and they might be driven back and forth in the future, so they had to use tents to make do.However, even with such a narrow tent, in the office tent, Li Qiwei still asked the secretary to place a plywood topographic map of the combat area.

"I received a document approved by the training department, advocating a phased withdrawal of troops to positions south of the Taebaek Mountains and restructuring of the Pusan ​​defense circle. It is said that this document also received information from the intelligence department, logistics department, engineers, etc. Department, representatives of the Commander in the Far East Coast, and the meteorological department of the 5th Air Force.” Ridgway said to the staff officers of the 8th Army, “What do you think?”

"We can immediately make plans for alternate cover and retreat."

"Why?" Li Qiwei glanced at the staff officer sitting there, and repeated, "Why? In the winter of 1944, in the Ardennes Forest, the U.S. Army only withdrew 110 kilometers. Now the Eighth Army has retreated 8 kilometers. Someone suggested that we withdraw another 300 kilometers. In the Ardennes Forest, we faced the King Tiger tanks of the German Wehrmacht and the SS. In North Korea, have you ever seen the Chinese army fighting with tanks? Even one?"

After a moment of silence, the chief of staff said: "The Chinese army does not have tanks, but the Chinese army has infantry. Their infantry is the most perfect infantry I have ever seen...whether it is tactics or weapons."

"The Chinese infantry are well-trained and skilled in combat. They are good at using every weapon in their hands, and they are especially good at night combat. They have excellent camouflage techniques and scouts have outstanding reconnaissance capabilities. They have strong mountain operations and are full of deceitful methods."

"The Chinese army often avoids the main road and uses mountains and hills as an approach. They always penetrate deep into me and attack."

"At the division level, the Chinese army is good at using pocket tactics. When our army is attacking, the Chinese army always lures us into an inverted V formation, attacking from both sides, closing the pockets, and overnight our troops We were surrounded by them. In the battles of Wenjing, Yunshan, and Chushan, we all fell into this pocket tactic.”

"General, the Chinese army has no tanks, no self-propelled artillery, and no fighter jets in the air. But if you think that the Chinese infantry is fighting us with very backward weapons from the 19th and early 20th centuries, you are very wrong. "

After talking a lot, the chief of staff still had more to say, and walked to a corner of the war room, where some items were piled up.

"This is the weapon of the Chinese infantry that we managed to collect from the captured and dead soldiers in the last two months of battles."

The chief of staff first picked up a Type 50 semi-automatic rifle.

"This semi-automatic rifle, which uses a short rifle cartridge, is much more powerful than the M1 Carbine, but has much less recoil than the Garand. It should be noted that the intelligence department told me that its prototype is the Soviet SKS rifle, but the markings on the gun indicated that it was a knockoff from Dalian, China, which is now able to manufacture semi-automatic rifles."

"This is a light machine gun equipped by the Chinese infantry squad. Like the semi-automatic rifle, it is also based on a Soviet light machine gun, and it is also an imitation produced in Dalian, China. I love this light machine gun so much. It has 100 rounds of round bullets. Chain box, uses the same medium power rifle ammunition used in semi-auto rifles. If I were an automatic rifleman, I would definitely ditch the 20-round BAR and pick up one of these LMGs, if I can find it .”

"Rifles and light machine guns are nothing, general, these are the weapons that make me and my staff feel terrified." The chief of staff picked up a 40-fire launcher. "Some soldiers call it the Chinese bazooka, some call it the Chinese Iron Fist, and it's neither, or both. We gave it a formal scientific name: Rocket Propelled Recoilless Grenade Launcher. "

"Rocket-propelled recoilless grenade launcher, RPG?" Li Qiwei asked.

"Yes, this is a mouthful name. It is a combination of Iron Fist and Bazooka. When the rocket is fired, it is similar to the principle of Iron Fist's recoilless force. The rocket flies out for about 40 meters, and the small rocket motor on the bomb is ignited, pushing The rocket keeps going. There is no need to worry about burning the shooter, and the rocket motor can burn for a long time, this rocket has a range of up to a thousand and 500 meters, of course it cannot hit a tank at this distance, but it can be used as a small mortar .Also, what our soldiers like most about the RPG is that the launcher is so small—because it’s only 40mm—so it’s as easy to carry as a BAR.”

"Not only RPG, have you seen this rocket? This magical rocket can be fired without a directional tube in an emergency, although the accuracy is slightly lower. In the battles on the Eastern and Western Fronts , the Chinese army uses it extensively.”

"Next is this, which looks like a shrunken SCR-536. However, this is not an SCR-536, this is the SCR-300 of the Chinese army. We have tested it, and its communication range is even longer than that of the SCR-300. "

"Grenade... backpack... compressed dry food... light cotton coat..."

The chief of staff displayed the weapons and equipment of the Volunteer Army one by one.

"In short, I don't think the Chinese army is an army with backward technology and poor equipment. They abandoned heavy weapons, probably simply because they don't have air superiority. Without using heavy equipment, they raised their infantry equipment to The ultimate of this era. The ultimate tactical literacy and the ultimate equipment, so I call them the perfect infantry."

Li Qiwei remained silent, and lowered his head to check a series of volunteer equipment by himself.

When fighting in North Korea and Europe in winter, Li Qiwei was particularly concerned about whether the soldiers had gloves in their hands, and now he also found out at a glance that there were gloves in the pile of individual equipment.

Li Qiwei picked up the Type 50 semi-automatic rifle and fumbled to pull the bolt a few times.Although he couldn't understand the Chinese character nameplate on the gun, Li Qiwei saw the characters that looked like a scripture from heaven.Li Qiwei continued to grope for the various parts of 50 and a half, and actually tried to unfold the bayonet by himself.

"Is this flintlock-style bayonet also a secret weapon of the Chinese army?"

The chief of staff spread his hands: "It is their iconic weapon. It is not clear how powerful it is, but it is said that our soldiers have suffered from it."

Li Qiwei threw the 50 and a half back, and his frown tightened even more.

"I know that I will not get reinforcements, and I know that it is extremely difficult to hold my position in the area north of the Han River at this time. However, the Eighth Army is not allowed to retreat now. I want the staff to draw up a battle plan. The retreat will be stopped after two days, the troops will be rearranged on the spot, and then a limited counterattack will be launched. The counterattack will last for 8 to 3 days, and try to regain as much space as possible on the battlefield. If the Chinese army launches an attack again, we will use these regained spaces to fight with the Chinese army Maintain contact, retreat at night, counterattack during the day, and retreat slowly at a speed of about 4 kilometers per day. After 20 to 5 days, the Chinese army will stop attacking."

"The Chinese infantry are really good, but they can only fight for so long with all their food and ammunition supplies on their shoulders. When they run out of food and ammunition, they have no choice but to retreat."

Li Qiwei decided not to allow all his troops to withdraw to the Busan area, not only because the Busan defensive circle no longer existed, but also because it would cause extremely bad political impact.In the past ten days, Li Qiwei has grasped the shortcomings of the Volunteer Army's logistics supply. Now, he must take advantage of this weakness of the Volunteer Army and stabilize his position through small counterattacks.By the beginning of February, when the 2th and 40th divisions of the US Army arrived in Busan, they continued to use this counterattack routine and gradually moved the line of control northward.As long as he can regain some areas in his own office, his reputation in the military and political circles will increase significantly, and his military rank and position can even be promoted to another level.

Chapter 112, Field Artillery Computer

Tang Hua's jeep drove into the Military Commission compound again, this time not going to the General Staff, but stopped in front of another building.

The driver and the secretary worked hard to lift a large iron box out of the car, and Tang Hua, who got out of the car, looked up and down the building, which was neither tall nor unusual.

This is the PLA Artillery Command. It was established in August 1950.

The formation of the Artillery Command means that the artillery has become a branch of the PLA Army.Later it became the "First Artillery", and the "Second Artillery" was no longer an arm, but the fourth arm of the military alongside land, sea and air.

When the Artillery Command was established in August 50, there were only 8 artillery divisions in the entire army, 4 of which were immediately sent to North Korea to participate in the war. In addition, there were dozens of artillery regiments with old and small artillery.Now just a few months have passed, with the help of the Soviet Union, the number of artillery divisions that have been formed and are under construction has exceeded double digits. It is estimated that in the near future, it will surpass the scale of heavy artillery in the heyday of the Japanese army.

"Hello, Chief of Staff Su."

"Minister Tang, hello." Su Jin, Chief of Staff of the Artillery Command, greeted Tang Hua at the door.Although more than half of what Tang Hua is doing now is a secret project, Tang Hua's reputation as the "King of Science" has spread in the military, especially in the headquarters of the Military Commission. "Minister Tang, Commander Chen has returned from Sichuan, and he will also come to see the demonstration of the field artillery computer in a while."

"Really, that's great." Tang Hua replied, "Commander Chen also came to watch the computer demonstration, so we have to perform well and not lose the chain. By the way, Section Chief Feng returned to Jilin the day before yesterday and said It’s because there are too many artillery trainings over there, and he has to rush back to the army, so he can’t come to you together.”

"That's right. Xiao Feng was my battalion commander when I was in Siye Paozong... Since he is so busy, let's meet again when we have a chance."

The development of the artillery computer requires a cadre who is familiar with the artillery business to be a consultant. After Tang Hua got off the car in Changchun, he went to the Northeast Artillery Training Base to bring someone back to Beijing.

The current Artillery Command is the business department that leads the artillery units of the entire army. It is also the leading organ of the units directly under the artillery, academies, scientific research experiments, and logistics support units. It is responsible for the centralized management of the artillery business of the entire army. At the end of October, Tang Hua hooked up with Su Jin.Su Jin, who was the commander of the East Field Artillery Zong, was much more familiar with large-caliber long-range artillery than the other field armies. After hearing Tang Hua's painting of the field artillery computer's 'cake', he immediately became interested.At that time, the commander Chen Xilian was still in the position of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee and the commander of the Eastern Sichuan Military Region, so Su Jin made the decision to build this computer.

It is now the beginning of January, so the development cycle of this artillery computer is only more than two months...Compared with T1 and T50, the artillery computer is not too complicated, and there is a ready-made reference product of FADAC.

"This is the PJX-1 artillery computer, a small transistorized digital computer." In the room prepared by the staff, Tang Hua pointed to the big iron box and introduced the situation of the computer to Su Jin and Commander Chen. "The total weight is... 85 kilograms, which is a bit heavy. But last time the Chief of Staff of the Soviet Union told me that the computer used by the artillery must have a certain degree of protection, so the casing of this computer is made of steel plate, which can prevent bullets and shells. Fragments. The internal transistors and circuits are also designed to be shockproof. The power supply used can directly use AC power, and the power consumption is about 1 kilowatt. Generally speaking, it is best to install this computer on a jeep, so that you don’t have to work hard to move it , the generator on the jeep can also supply power to it by the way. If there is no motorized vehicle and it is transported on a pack horse, then in addition to calculations, a small generator must be carried."

Commander Chen Xilian came over and looked curiously at the big iron box on the table.Tang Hua came over, twisted the buckle of the iron box, and then lifted up half of the iron box with force.Now, the control and display panel of PJX-1 is fully exposed. There is a numeric keypad in the middle, and there are several circular buttons with Chinese characters written on the side of the numeric keypad. On the left is a square array of small light display panels.Above is a long row of 16-digit 7-segment screens.

"For an artillery unit, the observer is equivalent to his eyes, the artillery is his fist, and the shooting command mechanism is his mind. When a long-range artillery projectile is flying in the air, solving its trajectory is a complex three-dimensional geometry problem, and the weather , altitude, air pressure, temperature, humidity, and type of projectile will all affect the ballistic trajectory, and they will also affect each other, which makes the calculation workload of the artillery command organization very heavy. The mortar and rocket launcher automatically calculates and displays shooting data, with zero error rate, and the correct result can be obtained within a few seconds, no matter how complicated the calculation is.”

Commander Chen also saw clearly at this time that the buttons next to the numeric keypad on the panel were written with words such as weather, altitude, air pressure, temperature, humidity, and ammunition.