Join the top ace army at the beginning of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea

As for the US Joint Forces, after their victory in the Battle of Chipyong-ni, they realized that the Volunteer Army was not invincible.

Especially Matthew Lee, commander of the US 8th Army.

Although in the third campaign to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, as the main commander of the U.S. joint forces, his five carefully arranged defense lines were broken through by the Chinese People's Volunteers, and he was even chased by the Chinese People's Volunteers like a dog and fled to the area south of Suwon.

But he is different from the impulsive and bad-tempered US military commander Mike Ash.

He is an instinctive player who learns from every failure. Since he took office as the commander of the 8th Army, he has started a series of research on the Volunteer Army.

Study their fighting styles, tactics, military equipment configuration, organizational structure, and individual combat capabilities of soldiers.

He also studied a series of large and small battles that had already taken place, such as the Battle of Changjin Lake and the Battle of the Chongchon River.

He found that these battles had one thing in common, that is, each battle launched by the Volunteer Army would not last more than 8 days.

After extensive research and calculations, he found that these 8 days were not obtained by chance. This shows that the Volunteer Army’s logistics supply is now a serious problem and it can only sustain continuous combat for 8 days at most.

This was a very important signal, which allowed Matthew to immediately launch a targeted attack on the weak logistical supply of the Volunteer Army. He dispatched a large number of various military aircraft from the First and Second Air Wings of the US Army to carry out air strikes day and night. The main bombing areas were the bridges and traffic arteries in the Yalu River area of ​​North Korea.

The purpose is to cut off China's military supplies to the volunteer army in North Korea.

After all, the Volunteer Army is different from the US Joint Forces. Their weapons and supplies can be continuously transported from the other side of the ocean.

In addition, Matthew also discovered that the Volunteer Army had a very fatal weakness. He found that the Volunteer Army lacked the necessary air defense capabilities.

In order to make up for this weakness, the Volunteer Army liked to launch surprise attacks under the cover of night, especially in the previous three battles. Except for the cases where they had the advantage of terrain, the Volunteer Army launched most of their attacks at night.

As the commander of the 8th Army, Matthew took targeted measures based on the tactics used by the Volunteer Army and the tactics of sneak attacks at night.

He also found that the volunteers lacked means of transportation and basically relied on their legs to fight and march, which resulted in their very poor mobility. According to his calculations, the maximum marching distance of the volunteers in one day was 30 kilometers.

Combining these two issues, Matthew developed a new strategy for these situations and taught it to all the chief officers under the United States Army.

In fact, it is very simple. Just attack frantically during the day and retreat 30 kilometers at night, using your own strong mobility to directly give up a blank area.

The volunteers had no way to launch a surprise attack at night, and were even forced to run around for their lives. Another point was that he emphasized that the US joint forces should not care about the gains and losses of a city or a place, and should focus on annihilating the volunteers' manpower.

It was this strategic change made by the 8th Army Commander Matthew that plunged the Volunteer Army into a tough battle.

Earlier in the third battle, Matthew took the initiative to apply to Commander-in-Chief Mike Ash for the move of evacuating Seoul without firing a single shot.

The reason for his retreat was not because he was afraid of the Volunteer Army, but because he had realized the huge problems in the Volunteer Army's logistical supply.

The enemy is already at the end of their strength. The longer the front line is, the lower their sustainable combat effectiveness will be.

Since the US Joint Forces launched a counterattack in the fourth battle, except for the Battle of Hengcheng, the volunteer army on the eastern front wiped out their three main divisions, which really surprised and panicked Matthew himself. He even fell into self-doubt for a time.

Fortunately, due to a wrong assessment in the Volunteer Army's second battle, the key area of ​​Dipingli was successfully defended by the 23rd Regiment of the US Allied Forces.

This is very good news for the United States Army, and it also indicates that the United States Army can launch a full-scale counterattack.

It has to be said that Matthew was a genius commander, and the magnetic tactics he invented made the volunteers suffer terribly in subsequent battlefields.

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Because the Volunteer Army adopted the strategy of attacking the west and giving way to the east in the fourth battle.

This put enormous pressure on the 38th Army, the 50th Army and the North Korean First People's Army on the western front, and they paid a heavy price in casualties in the face of the frenzied attack by the US-led coalition forces.

Because the number of enemy troops they faced far exceeded that of the Volunteer Army on the Eastern Front.

At this time, after receiving orders from the Volunteer Army Headquarters, the various volunteer troops on the eastern front began to quietly evacuate northward under the cover of night.

Originally confronting the 40th Army north of Wonju, it was their old enemy, the US 9th Army.

It was not until the early morning of the next day that they discovered that the 40th Army on the opposite side had escaped.

When the news reached the ears of the commander of the 9th U.S. Army, Kurt, he was furious and very unhappy.

You should know that in the previous second battle, it was the 40th Division of the 1st Division of the 120th Army of the Volunteer Army in front of them that defeated their 9th Army, and even the former army commander Moore was killed by them.

He has not forgotten this deep hatred at all.

This time, he took the initiative to replace the 10th Army to come to Wonju to defend it. His purpose was to have a head-on confrontation with the 40th Army and to avenge the shame of his embarrassing escape in the second battle.

But now that the enemy has run away, how can this be tolerated? The commander of the 40th Army, Kurt, without saying a word, directly summoned his troops and set out to pursue the th Army of the Volunteer Army that fled north.

At this time, the 120th Division where He Daming was located was at the rear of the entire 40th Army, with the 118th and 119th Divisions on both sides.

On the way of retreating northward, He Daming walked together with the division commander Luo Sheng, political commissar Zhang Tang, and chief of staff Zheng Shi.

They chatted as they walked, and at this time, Political Commissar Zhang Tang took the lead and suddenly mentioned,

"By the way, Daming, I remember that the one confronting us north of Wonju seemed to be the American 9th Army.

Wasn't this team surrounded and annihilated by our 2th and 358th Regiments during the second battle?

I remember that a whole army of more than 7 people was reduced to only more than 1 people. How come it took so long for them to rebuild? The speed of the US military is really fast. However, I heard that the new commander of the opposite side seems to be the one who escaped from the three institutes before. It seems that he was the deputy commander before, and his name was Kurt. "