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#343 - Ding Wei prepares to mend the pot

Yao Fuhai's shift in tactics was keenly observed by Lieutenant Colonel Max.

After reducing the strength of his frontal forces, Lieutenant Colonel Max noticed the somewhat thinned-out firepower. Although he didn't know what his opponent was planning, he felt it was an opportunity.

At this moment, his C Company had moved to the side of the hill, away from the bridge.

Max immediately ordered C Company to launch a tentative charge!

Current situation of the Cheongcheon River Bridge

Cheongcheon River Bridge anti-aircraft defense forces

Yao Fuhai had been watching Max's troop movements all along. The flank was his weak point in defense, so how could he ignore it?

Yao Fuhai arranged four squads into an inverted triangular formation, equipped with four machine guns to form interlocking fire. After the recent rest period, the two platoons had dug out four half-height trenches, just enough for the machine gun squads to garrison.

After completing the position on this side, the remaining personnel of the two platoons did not stop. Instead, they began to build circular fortifications on the hilltop, digging a new round of trenches!

Judging from the current situation, they might need to fight a prolonged blocking battle here.

The Cheongcheon River Bridge is a railway bridge, and it was not easy to build. Unless it was absolutely necessary, neither side would consider blowing it up.

After all, this is a key node in the peninsula's railway transportation.

C Company's attack was quickly detected. The tongues of fire spewing from the four machine guns instantly took away more than a dozen charging British soldiers!

Although they still had 4 3-pound ML MKII mortars on hand, in such a dark night, relying on the faint tongues of machine gun fire to capture the target position was basically like blind men groping for an elephant.

Therefore, even if C Company desperately called for support, the fire support company could not provide it for the time being!

Moreover, in a place they couldn't see, Yao Fuhai's directly subordinate mortar platoon, with 3 82mm mortars, had been on standby for a long time. The three artillery scouts were currently using binoculars with night vision and laser rangefinders, nervously searching for the enemy's artillery targets.

They were the only force in the battalion to counter the enemy's artillery. At such a critical time, they would not easily expose their targets.

Once they struck, they would destroy the enemy's artillery as quickly as possible to ensure that our position was not disturbed by the enemy's artillery.

As for the British 2-pounder small guns, such garbage, on the front line positions, they were now handed over to RPG rocket launchers or snipers to deal with.

Among the weapons currently equipped by the infantry battalion, the primary task of the mortar platoon was to eliminate the opponent's firepower, such as mortars or infantry guns.

The second priority was to bombard the opponent's machine gun fire points.

However, in the defense process, the focus was on resolving the opponent's artillery interference.

At this moment, the 1st Battalion had a total of 6 82mm mortars. The battalion headquarters mortar platoon had 2, and each company had one, which was controlled by the company commander.

On the hilltop, the 2nd Company was already fighting fiercely with the enemy. For the 3rd Company defending the bridge at the foot of the hill, the pressure was also constantly increasing. Although they were not engaged with the enemy at this moment, they had quickly dug out several temporary trenches facing the railway to ensure that all the officers and soldiers of the company had a simple shelter to protect themselves.

For Ye Yandong, the 3rd Company Commander, he also had to pay attention to whether the battalion commander on the hilltop needed reinforcements. He placed the 3rd Platoon at the rear as a reserve, ready to reinforce the 2nd Company, which was already in fierce combat with the enemy on the hilltop, at any time.

Although Ye Yandong couldn't see how large the enemy's attack was, judging from the sound of the gunfire, it was at least a company-level scale, and it was coming from two directions.

What made him feel gratified was that he hadn't heard any artillery fire now. Obviously, this group of enemies was mainly infantry, and the artillery they carried was either non-existent or not much.

On the main battlefield, Ding Wei personally went to the front line to command. Soon, Ding Wei confirmed that the opponent's weapons and equipment were far inferior to his own, which was not much different from the intelligence data he had seen.

Facing these weaklings, Ding Wei finally felt relieved and ordered the 178th and 179th Divisions to boldly attack!

Bite down on the targets scouted during the day, take the tank battalion as the vanguard, and launch a strong charge!

Although the 27th Brigade's artillery battalion had not yet been discovered, in the night, the artillery battalion had limited room to play against moving targets. Even if they were hiding near the 27th Brigade, they could at most do a wave of indiscriminate barrage. Whether they could hit the target depended on fate.

While Ding Wei commanded the troops to advance, he left a M3 tank company as a reserve, ready to immediately use the M3 tank company to attack after discovering the enemy's artillery target. Using the high speed of the M3 tanks, they could arrive in ten or twenty minutes over a range of several kilometers or tens of kilometers if it was a main road!

The speed of the M3 tanks could reach 58 kilometers per hour under highway conditions. Ding Wei believed that the opponent's artillery deployment would not be far from the main road. In such a mountainous area, the mobility of the 105mm howitzer was much weaker than that of the M3 tanks. It was basically impossible without a car towing it.

The reconnaissance company's personnel had now dispersed, with 3 people as a group, carrying radios and divided into more than a dozen groups, taking advantage of the darkness to infiltrate the area of more than ten square kilometers behind the 27th Brigade's驻地to carry out search work.

At this critical juncture, Ding Wei was actually more worried about the 1st Battalion of Yao Fuhai, which was going to cut off the retreat.

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According to the news that has been sent back, the 27th Brigade has sent troops to compete. Judging from the battle situation, the 27th Brigade has sent a lot of troops.

At least a battalion-level, and judging from the current engagement of the team, it is likely to be the Middlesex Battalion that is currently missing in action.

After thinking for more than ten seconds, Ding Wei ordered two battalions and a jeep-mobile 107 rocket launcher company to reinforce Yao Fuhai, to encircle and eliminate the Middlesex Battalion on the west side of the Cheongcheon River Bridge!

He had seen almost all of the enemy's cards. Except for that somewhat mysterious howitzer battalion, the main force of the 27th Brigade had been completely exposed.

Ding Wei no longer had any scruples and immediately went all-in, preparing to completely eliminate the 27th Brigade this night to avoid any complications.

On the east side of the Cheongcheon River, there was still the 24th Division of the American bandits waiting.

Old Li couldn't digest this big piece of fat in one night. After all, the 24th Division had nearly 20,000 people, deployed in an area of dozens of square kilometers.

Li Yunlong and the others had to eat this thing with a mouth full of steel teeth one bite at a time. No matter how good their teeth were, they couldn't swallow it in one night.

Now it was night, and even if the American bandits' fleet and air force were anxious, they couldn't do anything to us. But when it was dawn, with air guidance and support, Old Li's side would definitely be under increased pressure.

Not only was there sea and air pressure, but the American bandits' reinforcements were probably starting to assemble as well. The American bandits did not have the tradition of abandoning isolated troops. Once the 24th Division asked for help, reinforcements would inevitably be dispatched. These were all unquestionable.

Ding Wei had to at least defeat the 27th Brigade before he could transfer at least one division eastward to block the reinforcements that the 24th Division might send!

Old Li was eating meat, and Ding Wei had to consider patching the pot, otherwise Old Li would eat half-cooked meat!

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