the world is at stake

The Third Reich once sent thousands of V-2s to the United Kingdom. Because the technology was not up to standard, the deviation was outrageous, and the deterrence was far greater than the lethality.

If Hitler had an improved version of the V-2 with radio guidance, maybe he could really blow up Britain.

The missile attack is a sign that the volunteers have changed their usual combat habits.In the past, they always came out at night and were basically inactive during the day, which paralyzed the US military.

This time the Volunteers started with a thunderous strike, first paralyzing the enemy's airport, followed by thousands of artillery pieces on the front line of Changjin Lake firing together, bombarding the US defense line.

She had endured it for several months, but suddenly broke out at this moment.

Eighteen 150mm caliber howitzers of the "Wild Bee" self-propelled artillery battalion where Zhao Glasses is located drove out of the artillery air-raid shelter of the Dead Eagle Ridge position. bombardment.

On the position of hundreds of kilometers, the artillery fire was as violent as a volcanic eruption, the air became hot and hot, the smoke of gunpowder diffused among the mountains, and the explosion was like a flower of flames blooming.

The artillerymen of the Volunteer Army stuffed dozens of kilograms of shells into the barrel with all their strength, and let their efforts and unyielding blast to the top of the enemy's head with the roar of the artillery.

On the opposite side of Dead Eagle Ridge, Lieutenant Cook, who was acting as an artillery observer, held the radio station on the back of the communication soldier and called for artillery support.

"Regimental Headquarters, this is Cook from Company H. We need artillery support. Hurry up and suppress the Chinese artillery on the opposite side of Dead Eagle Ridge. Those damned guys are crazy today. They fired at us during the day."

A 150mm grenade fell, and there was basically no living person within a radius of 15 meters.Even with the protection of fortifications, the blown soil will bury the excavated tunnels.

Lieutenant Cook had been in North Korea for several months, and it was the first time he experienced such heavy shelling, and it was the first time he couldn't lift his head up during the day.This was the enjoyment given to opponents by the US military in the past, and today he has also tasted it.

The lieutenant shrank his shoulders and put his head on his back in his ditch, shouting all the time.

But after shouting for a long time, more than 15 MiG-10s flew overhead to seize air supremacy, and Il-[-]s were close to the mountain and hit the ground critically.

These batches of Il-10s are bold and unyielding, with ground-based anti-aircraft firepower—a few M19 dual-mounted self-propelled anti-aircraft guns that the U.S. military usually uses to shoot flat, and are preparing to bombard volunteer infantry.

The attack plane in the sky first dropped a few 250kg aerial bombs, which turned the people who were bombed by the M41 self-propelled artillery hidden by the US military in the valley, followed by the panicked American soldiers who burst into the ground with a 20mm aerial cannon.

Lieutenant Cook shouted for a long time but did not call for artillery support, but saw his own soldiers being blown up by artillery fire and aerial bombs.The low-flying Il-10 whizzed across the valley, its cannon chasing after the opponent.

"God, these Chinese people are crazy. They actually attacked us during the day." Lieutenant Cook choked with sobs. "We were attacked by surprise, but we were not prepared at all."

It is a huge risk for the volunteers to attack during the day, and even Mr. Peng felt that attacking at night was more confident. It was the chairman who made the decision to attack during the day—the enemy did not expect us to dare to fight during the day, and our army could not hide and fight forever in the dark.

For this battle, the entire Volunteer Army mobilized the strongest troops on hand.The shot was an improved V-2 missile, which paralyzed seven enemy field airports including Hamhung in one go.

This forced the U.S. military to transfer naval aviation and fighter planes from Incheon and Busan.But this is a drop in the bucket, and it is necessary to compete for air supremacy with the Volunteer Air Force who is waiting for work and has ground radar assistance.

It will be at least half an hour before U.S. fighter planes from other places rush over.

In a direction that Lieutenant Cook could not see, the Tu-4s of the two regiments had just bombed Chiang Kai-shek on the front line of the Taiwan Strait. People also come to 'carpet bombing' several times.

More than forty heavy bombers formed a dense formation, using more than 400 23mm cannons to form an inviolable firepower hedgehog, covering the sky of the US military with their wings, and deterring the enemy with the roar of their engines.

The 'Tu-4' formation set out along the valley of the Gema Plateau, and unexpectedly entered the enemy's radar vision from a low altitude.When they were discovered, they were less than [-] kilometers away from Hamhung City, where the headquarters of the U.S. Tenth Army Corps is located.

The U.S. military in Hamhung City has not yet recovered from the shock of the missile attack, so they can only urgently call the aircraft carrier at sea to send fighter jets to seize air supremacy.

Dozens of F4Us of the Navy took off in a hurry and appeared over Hamhung, and the 'Tu-4' had already started bombing the ground.They finally managed to have a few lucky planes break through the interception of the MiG-15 and fly near the bomber...

"Are the radar soldiers of the Army blind? Are there four or five bombers here? There are dozens of 'Tu-4' here forming a large fleet."

"This fleet is coming towards the logistics line and the military depot. The higher ups want us to stop them."

"Damn, there's no way to intercept this, retreat!"

The U.S. Navy currently has no jets, and the piston-engined F4U has only six .23-caliber 'Browning' machine guns, facing a dense group of [-]mm cannons.

The range and power of the weapons of the two sides are quite different.

A dozen or so F4Us just passed by outside the firepower circle of 'Tu-4', and were shot down by dense projectiles and injured one of them.The remaining 'pirate' fighters turned around immediately, ignoring the ground army's orders at all.

If you want to die, let the army die, and the navy will not fight recklessly.

The low-altitude penetration 'Tu-4' appeared over the U.S. military at an altitude of only a few hundred meters, and opened the magazine to drop bombs to the ground.

250 kg of bombs, a bomber can carry 36.More than forty 'Tu-4's dropped more than 700 bombs, blowing up several important targets of the US military in Hamhung.

U.S. bombers never drop bombs at such a deadly altitude, because all the anti-aircraft weapons on the ground are shooting into the sky.

The dense "Tu-4" is also unequivocal. The turrets on the belly of the aircraft are coordinated and commanded. Whoever dares to fire on the ground will concentrate their firepower.

Anyway, a heavy bomber has thick skin and rough flesh, and it flies in the sky. It is very difficult to be hit, and even if it is hit, it can withstand it.

What's more, there are dozens of MiG-15 escorts that will dive down from time to time, sprinting towards the ground endlessly.

The warehouses, barracks, headquarters, and storage yards of the US military were blown up with brilliant fireworks.Ten minutes later, the entire city was on fire, and the ammunition exploded continuously.

The ghosts who were bombed on the ground cried and howled, and the wolves ran like rats.This air strike is comparable to the loss suffered by Xingnan Port last time, and the morale blow is even greater!

The Volunteer Army concentrated its strength and dared to come out to fight the Yankees.

Chapter 58: Bombardment or Bombardment

Lieutenant Cook of Company H called for rear support for a long time in the artillery observation post, but on the battlefield where shrapnel was flying, the artillery fire returned by the US military was extremely sparse.

The U.S. fighter planes that were on call on weekdays couldn't get through, and the front line of Dead Eagle Ridge was bombarded for half an hour. The U.S. soldiers huddled in the fortifications felt that half a century had passed.

After suffering for half an hour, the artillery fire began to extend to the distance, and Lieutenant Cook was finally able to take a look.

The mountains seemed to be crushed, and the weeds that grew in spring were gone.The hillside is full of bomb craters, as if the festering sores have been uncovered, which is shocking.

Cook was unsteady on his feet, feeling as if the battlefield was shaking.The semi-permanent concrete fortifications collapsed in many places, and the acrid gunpowder smoke rushed into his nose, making it difficult to breathe.

The health soldiers ran along the tunnels and trenches, came to Lieutenant Cook, looked at the junior officer carefully, and called him a few times.

Cook couldn't hear anything, shook his head in a stupid way, touched his ears casually, but felt blood on his hand - a fragment of a shell scratched his scalp, without cutting his skull, But Bai Sensen's skull can be seen.

The health soldier took out a bandage to stop Cook's bleeding first, but he pushed him away and searched for how many subordinates were still on the ground.There were not many people at the artillery observation post, and most of H Company squatted in the bunker on the south side of the hillside to stand by.

When Cook ran to a bunker, he found that the entrance of the bunker covered with a camouflage net was hit by five or six shells, and the whole collapsed—it was over, at least one squad was buried in the bunker.

The mortar is a 120 mm caliber mortar that can hit the bunker on the reverse slope with a curved shot.What's even more frightening is that the opponent can shoot so accurately, someone must have infiltrated it and acted as an artillery instruction.

Chinese soldiers often infiltrated in the middle of the night, forcing the Yankees to plant a large number of mines in front of their positions.But still can't stop the opponent from touching it.

Wait... Cannon fire extension?

Cook looked at the large number of American soldiers running out of the bunker.

Someone is calling for help, someone is entering the position, someone wants to dig out the collapsed fortifications and rescue the buried comrades.At least a hundred people came out.

Cook, who had fought in World War II, suddenly lost his mind. He opened his hands and shouted loudly: "Go back, go back, go back to the bunker. Be careful of the second shelling."

In a valley of rocks less than [-] meters away from Cook, there is a pair of sharp eyes lurking in the garbage pile discarded by the US military.This is the scout who infiltrated through the minefield last night, holding a small walkie-talkie to provide information to the artillery.

"I am Dead Eagle Ridge No. 3. The enemies from Highland 1481 have emerged, and the artillery fire can return."

The extension of artillery fire means that the attacker is about to launch an assault, and the defender needs to enter the position at this time.However, the attacker often has to play tricks, deliberately bombarding several times back and forth, and even bombarding the opponent's position when the attack is launched to increase the damage.

Most of the U.S. troops on the Korean battlefield were recruits. When they found that the shelling was over, they instinctively ran out to observe the movement and rescue their comrades.When Lieutenant Cook yelled, all three platoons of Company H ran out.

After receiving instructions from the scouts ahead, the Volunteers fired again with a mortar battery modified from an M3 half-track personnel carrier.Bombard Lieutenant Cook's position across two hills.

The officer on the gun carriage wore earphones, and after hearing the information on the walkie-talkie, he ordered through the intercom of the company: "The coordinates remain the same, three rapid fires."

The whole company of six gun carriages fired three times with a bang bang bang bang bang.

After a while, the sound of booming and booming could be heard from across the mountain. The artillery officer once again accepted the reply from the scouts on the opposite side, and ordered in the company, "Add 50 meters to one row of rulers, and keep the rest unchanged. Fire three more rounds."

The 120mm caliber OF843 explosive grenade weighs [-] kilograms, and a gunner loads it in his hand and stuffs it into the barrel.The three platoons of the whole company fired in order to facilitate the scouts to distinguish where the shells fell.

Cast iron shells are relatively cheap and have always been favored by the Soviet army. The PM38 mortar is equipped with a large amount and was used by the Volunteer Army to combine with the US-made personnel carrier.

When the shell slipped from the barrel, there was a metallic sound of rubbing against the tube wall, the primer of the shell hit the bottom plate, and shot out of the barrel with a bang.

When firing, all artillerymen wore protective earphones and lowered their heads to avoid the muzzle blast.Waiting for a shock from the recoil, the gunner stood up and reloaded.

The PM38 mortar with a range of nearly six kilometers bombarded the US position on the opposite side one after another.The cannonball exploded on the ground, and the shrapnel flew, just in time to turn the H company that emerged out of the bomber on its back.

Lieutenant Cook couldn't hear it, but he could still feel the blast and shock.He quickly lay down on the ground, rolled into the ditch, and pulled the health guards behind him.

After dozens of shells bombarded, the artillery fire extended again. This time, no one in Company H dared to come out casually.The survivors all shrank their heads in shock and breathed nervously.

Lieutenant Cook probed again because he felt the ground shaking.This is the sound of a heavy tank crushing the ground, and it takes at least thirty tons of weight to produce such an effect.

It's an M4 'Sherman', a Marine Corps M4A3E2 to be exact.This thing has been focused on strengthening the front armor, and even changed its nickname to 'Dumbo'.

The thickest part of the frontal armor of the 'Dumbo' car body reaches 140 mm, and the turret shield is even 178 mm.

On the European battlefield, there was a case where the 'Dumbo' was bombarded with 88 rounds by the 8mm main gun of the 'King Tiger'. Except for one shot pierced on the side, all the shells hit by the front were bounced off.

About five 'Dumbos' drove into Company H's position.They should have been ordered by the regiment headquarters to support them, and they were naturally arranged on both sides of the mountain pass road, ready to use crossfire to deal with incoming targets.

Based on the current shelling of the US military, it is certain that the Chinese army on the opposite side is going to take the initiative to attack.With the appearance of these 'Dumbos', Lieutenant Cook was convinced that his opponent would definitely not be able to defeat him.

Just looking at the positions defended by Company H, Lieutenant Cook couldn't help feeling sad.His men suffered heavy losses in the shelling, at least one-third of the entire company was killed.

When the war is suspended, this company can definitely go down for repairs, and it will not need to be topped up again for at least a month.

Lieutenant Cook couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at the thought of being able to withdraw.Now, instead, he is looking forward to the dark, hoping that the officer can call up the reserve team to replace him.

But this idea didn't last long, and an Il-10 with empty ammunition flew over Dead Eagle Ridge.The U.S. troops on the ground all held their breath, and no one dared to provoke them.

But the pilot of the Il-10 apparently saw five 'Dumbos' parked in the valley.These Yankees have no intention of camouflaging their tanks, and they can be seen clearly under the sun.

The Il-10 circled twice in the sky, as if to determine what model this tank was and whose it belonged to.After all, the forces of the two sides are intertwined, and there is no conspicuous dividing line to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy.

After two laps, the radio contacted a 'Wild Bee' artillery battalion ten kilometers away.

The 10 self-propelled artillery were on the way to transfer. After receiving the order, they immediately stopped and put down the hoe, calculated and fired at the target, and fired at the target discovered by the Il-[-].

The U.S. military on the ground immediately exploded, and Lieutenant Cook became anxious, and ordered the entire company through the walkie-talkie, "Hurry up and drive this enemy plane away, it is serving as an artillery observation plane."

The U.S. military has many machine guns, and immediately there are seven or eight 'M2HB' shooting towards the sky.It's just that these heavy machine guns don't have special anti-aircraft gun mounts, so they can't shoot accurately.

When several chains of fire shot into the sky, the hovering Il-10 flew away quickly as if frightened.But it didn't climb up. Instead, it stuck to the mountain at a height of about [-] meters, scurrying around above Lieutenant Cook's head, as if teasing.

Through the observation of Il-10, the 'Wild Bee' artillery battalion calibrated and corrected the impact of several rounds, and then began to fire effectively.Hundreds of 150mm caliber heavy artillery shells smashed over.

The five 'Dumbos' parked in the valley couldn't stand anymore, and two of them were hit by shells at close range.The power of the explosion directly overturned more than [-] tons of tanks, or blew up their tracks, making them immobile dead targets.

The US military members in the tank had nowhere to hide in panic.They tried to get out of the shelling range, but there were shells falling on the front, back, left, and right. If they moved, they might die faster.

Bombardment Bombardment or Bombardment.

Lieutenant Cook watched his tanks being destroyed one after another, and screamed madly, "When will those Chinese people be able to fire endlessly like us? It's not fair!"

The shelling lasted several minutes.It was confirmed that the US tanks on the ground were destroyed, and the nosy Il-10 in the sky shook its wings and left.

The days when there was no air dominance really made Lieutenant Cook want to cry.

However this is not the end, only the beginning.

The health soldier who was dragged into the fortification tried his best to bandage the wound on the lieutenant's head. He also realized that his company commander might not be able to hear clearly, so he quickly pushed his shoulder and pointed to the opposite hillside.

Cook turned his head and saw a dozen figures in gray-green military uniforms moving on the opposite hillside.The opponents ran in groups of three and three, stopped after running for more than ten meters, and covered alternately.

If you look closely, there are twenty or thirty grey-green figures approaching at the foot of the hill where Company H is stationed, and they are about to approach within a hundred meters.

"The whole company entered the position and set up the machine guns. The mortars were responsible for intercepting the shooting, and those yellow monkeys were not allowed to approach our defense line."

Cook yelled a few times and found that his deafness made it difficult to recognize his voice.He let the command go down to each platoon, and personally went to the front line to boost morale.

In the strengthened company of more than 140 people, less than [-] can still climb to the position.More than one-third of the people were killed and injured, and many people were left to take care of the wounded.

"Wait until the enemy is close before attacking."

Cook gestured to the health guard who followed him, and let the other party give orders in the walkie-talkie instead of him.He knew that he would not get much help for a while, so he had to play cautiously.

But the volunteers, who have always been rushing and rushing, approached in groups of three and found a concealed object at a distance of [-] meters. There was no posture to rush up and throw a grenade at all.

This change made Cook quite uncomfortable. He held up the binoculars and scanned the opposite side of his position, and suddenly found a chariot with the "August 600" military emblem emerging from the intersection of the mountains about [-] meters away.

'Stug Gun III'.

Cook has seen this thing in the European battlefield. Last time it was painted with the Iron Crusade emblem of 'Germany'.Now actually...

The [-]-ton chariot turned its head at the intersection, turned its body so that the barrel pointed at the hill where Cook was.

"Get down." Cook yelled. He had nothing to do with the chariot 600 meters away, so he could only lie down in the trench of his defense line.

The company commander lay down very quickly, but the soldiers of Company H were still trying to figure out what happened on the other side.The 75mm muzzle of the "Three Tuzi" fired, and a shot hit the machine gun position that had just been set up.

In the dust and silt raised by the grenade explosion, an M2HB and four machine gunners all flew into the sky.

Chapter 59

Dayu Cave, Zhisi Headquarters.

The unmarked convoy, escorted by a whole squadron of MiG-15s, quietly arrived at the mine where the headquarters is located.Strict vigilance inside and outside the mine was just to welcome several senior Soviet military officers who got on and off the convoy.

Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov, commissioned by Comrade Stalin, came to investigate the new changes on the Korean battlefield in the name of the Soviet Armed Forces Department.

This World War II titan was wearing ordinary Soviet military uniform. After getting out of the car, he looked around and shook hands with Mr. Peng who came out to greet him just now.The war was in a hurry, and the two sides exchanged simple greetings. The translators quickly introduced each other, and everyone entered the mine.