Chapter 396: Two airborne troops compete for the first time

The 187th Regiment of the US Airborne Army!

This regiment was originally the Fifth Paratrooper Regiment commanded by Colonel Gavin, the 82nd Airborne Division, a famous American elite force. It is one of the earliest paratrooper regiments formed by the US military.

During World War II, the regiment repeatedly acted as an assault force and participated in airborne operations such as the capture of Sicily, the Normandy landing, the Salerno landing, and the attack on the Netherlands.

At the end of 1944, the US military formed the 18th Airborne Army. As a backbone team, the regiment formed the 11th Airborne Army Division, changed its number to the 187th Regiment, and participated in the airborne battle to seize the Alga Pass in the Philippines.

The regiment has rich airborne combat experience, the quality of officers and soldiers and weapons and equipment are first-class among the US military, and its commanders are also famous for being rebellious.

In September 1950, when MacArthur planned the Incheon landing, he asked the US Joint Chiefs of Staff to send an airborne regiment to airborne Seoul to cooperate with the landing. The chiefs of staff of the three armies were reluctant to use the airborne troops to enter North Korea for combat, but in the end he could not resist MacArthur's insistence request and decided to send the 187th Regiment to participate in the Incheon airborne operations.

Unexpectedly, Colonel Bowen, the commander of the 187th Regiment, proposed a harsh condition to transport more than 4,000 officers and soldiers of the regiment and all heavy weapons and equipment at one time. The US Air Force and the Army used great force to piece together enough transport aircraft. However, a major liaison officer of the 187th Regiment went to take a look. Jing Niu Feng thought the planes were gathered together, the aircraft was messy, and it was inconvenient to command, so he refused to use them. The "Supreme Emperor" MacArthur, the US military, had no choice but to order the US Far East Army to organize an organization to handle the theater air transport affairs to specifically solve the problem of airborne transportation.

By the time this coordination agency solved the problem, transported the 187th Regiment from Campbell, Kentucky through Japan to Gimpo Airport in South Korea. Two US infantry divisions had landed in Incheon for half a month. So MacArthur temporarily assigned the regiment to the 10th US Army.

Major General Almond, the commander of the US 10th Army, was so happy that he felt his waist was much thicker.

Soon, the US military occupied Pyongyang. In order to cut off the retreat of a large number of North Korean government agencies and the People's Army that retreated northward and robbed the captured officers and soldiers of the US and South Korean troops, MacArthur used the 187th Regiment to airborne the Sucheon and Shuncheon areas north of Pyongyang.

This was the first large-scale airborne operation after World War II. A total of nearly 200 C-46 and the largest C-119 transport aircraft at that time were dispatched, and 3,950 paratroopers and more than 660 tons of artillery, vehicles and ammunition were airdropped. As for their operations, the airborne failed to work, but it derived a military and technical significance, that is, the era of heavy weapons and equipment relied on gliders to airborne heavy weapons and equipment since World War II was ended.

In March of the following year, in the late stage of the Fourth Battle, in order to prevent the North Korean People's Army's First Corps from retreating north and reaching a battle encirclement, Li Qiwei personally took a small dragonfly reconnaissance aircraft and commanded more than 3,500 people from the 187th Regiment to conduct airborne blockade in the Wenshanli area that the Korean People's Army must pass. However, the 187th Regiment was once again lost.

Although both airborne landings failed to achieve the scheduled combat attempt due to errors in intelligence, the regiment's airborne operation was bold and agile.

Such an elite airborne force, a combat readiness strike force directly controlled by the headquarters of the group army, would not have been reluctant to be used as an ordinary infantry regiment if it were not urgent, and would have been put into the Shangganling Battle, which could be called a meat grinder.

On the one hand, as Wang Yang judged, Van Vertre is obviously anxious and is gambled. On the other hand, even the 187th Airborne Regiment, which was not easily used by elite troops, was sent out. This shows how exhausted the reserve troops of the US Eighth Army were. Van Vertre has a kind of desolation of sunset.

As soon as the attack of the 187th Airborne Regiment unfolded on that day, although they had already been attacked by Wang Yang with artillery fire, they suffered a lot of losses. Although this was the first time they had a head-on steel battle with the Chinese army, Wang Yang immediately felt the trouble.

All the soldiers fighting had a feeling that today's enemies were different from usual. These American soldiers were well-equipped, well-trained, and quite combat-effective. Often, the soldiers shot at each shot from a distance, and it was obvious that the American soldiers had been piled up. But what was surprising was that the kid lay on the ground for a while and then got up again.

Many volunteers were so surprised that they had only heard of any magical powers in ancient China that were invulnerable to swords and guns. They were not afraid of guns when they went to the battlefield, but they did not find such talents in the volunteers. Today, they discovered this situation from the Americans. The soldiers were very anxious for a while, and their shoes were successfully attacked by American soldiers. The No. 10 position was lost like this.

Fortunately, there were a group of snipers from the Xiaolong Special Forces Brigade on this 597.9 high ground. Of course, Wang Yang was also shooting at the enemy. Seeing several enemies being shot several times in the chest, these guys fell down, rubbed their chests and climbed up again. Wang Yang was indescribable, but Wang Yang didn't believe that he was invulnerable to swords and guns.

At least when it comes to the mysterious qigong in China, Wang Yang is also a master of national martial arts. He has never heard of qigong as powerful as that and he is not afraid of bullets, so Wang Yang doesn't believe in evil. He yelled to Ye Cheng that he would not hit the enemy's chest, but only hit the enemy's head.

You know, when Wang Yang changed his tactics and shot the enemy's head with a sniper rifle, the situation changed significantly. It turned out that these guys were not really invulnerable. When Wang Yang's bullets were penetrated from the heads of these American soldiers, blood would splash out from the heads of these guys, and then they hit the yellow soil heavily. This time, I finally saw them getting up again.

"If you hit these foreigners, you will die if you hit them!"

Wang Yang immediately passed this discovery to the entire position. Only then did the volunteer soldiers realize that the foreign devils in front of him were not invincible, nor were there any ghosts and gods, and the front immediately stabilized.

However, despite this discovery, the shooting area of ​​the head is not large, and the soldiers who have received sniper training are fine, but it is difficult for ordinary soldiers to fight. Moreover, the attacks of the American soldiers from the 187th Airborne Regiment are quite well-organized.

The first is the commando team, with a firepower team composed of heavy machine guns, sixty guns and recoil-free guns in the middle, followed by the second echelon, forming a deep configuration of continuous attacks.

Before the impact, the 187th Airborne Regiment was very skillful in casting smoke screens, covering squads, and placing small groups of troops to conduct tentative attacks in evacuation formations.

After the opponent's garrison forces and firepower were discovered, they used thick artillery barrage to support the company and battalion-scale charge. When encountering solid bunkers and untouched fortifications, they used 60 cannons and recoilless cannons to rummage.

If they really can't conquer, these American soldiers will not do anything recklessly. They will retreat to the starting position, set up a "t"-shaped air-to-air indicator board, guide the bombers of the Fifth Air Brigade to bomb, and then attack.

The enemy is not chaotic, attacks are stylish, retreats are orderly, and when fighting, it is like a world-class football team. The three lines are maintained very well, attacking and defending, and fighting with a straightforward and clear manner. This makes the defensive volunteer soldiers feel like they see the hedgehog with thorns all over their bodies and don’t know where to start.

It can be said that when Wang Yang met with the US 187th Airborne Regiment, he felt that the 187th Airborne Regiment was more tenacious than any team of the US 7th Division, slamming the 597.9 Highlands one by one, one by one.

However, the Korean War has been going on for so long, and the history of modern warfare has proved that the American soldiers who nourished the great power of waldorf salad, minced meat pies and cream are no better than the officers and soldiers of the 45th Division who were so happy to eat a bowl of pork stewed with vermicelli. This is not the first time these tall and powerful foreigners have bowed their heads to the brave volunteer soldiers.

At around 4 pm. Under the continuous attack, the 187th Airborne Regiment of the US Army almost paid a heavy price, and then used a three-dimensional attack method to attack position No. 10 on the sharp corner of the 597.9 Highland.

After attacking the position, the soldiers of the 187th Airborne Regiment were so happy that they seemed to have taken down the entire Shangganling position. They excitedly reported the record to Van Vertree behind, which made Van Vertree excited and said that they would go to the position to personally award medals to them. If there were no staff officers to hold them over, Van Vertree might have come to the position to deliver vegetables.

I have to say that Van Vertre was lucky, but fortunately he did not really rush to the Shangganling position. Because the joy of success of the US 187th Airborne Regiment lasted for less than an hour and was immediately drifted away. If Van Vertre really hit the high ground, Ji was accidentally hit by a bullet from our army or was lucky enough to be a prisoner. That would be a great humiliation of the entire Western world. Wang Yang would never be stingy to help this American general with great talent apply for a prison meal in our army's prisoner camp.

History has proved that a powerful army grew up during the battle. Facing the enemy's new tactics and new attack methods, Wang Yang and the others quickly adapted to it and immediately came up with a method to target combat.

The enemy is stronger and I am stronger. Although the new enemy, new style of fighting, and new enemy equipment made Wang Yang and the others uncomfortable, once they truly saw through the enemy's attack method and intention, Wang Yang found that the essential combat method of the American soldiers was still the same as before.

Speaking of which, although the US 187th Airborne Regiment fought very well, it also had its flaws. Their flaw is that it was too slow to act. This unit fought like a cat and a mouse. It must grind the mouse so hard that it was too weak to escape, and finally it was eaten. These guys looked fierce, but in fact they had to have the courage to fight the volunteer soldiers face to death.

Of course, to put it bluntly, the reason why the US 187th Airborne Regiment fought so confidently was that their biggest reliance was their heavy firepower. The commando in front was actually a cover. They were using manpower to attract the firepower of the Volunteer Army soldiers. Once the target of the Volunteer Army soldiers was found, these American soldiers would immediately correct their position and use 60 guns and seatless artillery to help them open the way.

Since losing the No. 10 position, Wang Yang quickly discovered this weakness of the enemy. In his words, if I did not fire a single shot on the position, these American soldiers from the 187th Airborne Regiment of the US Army might not dare to rush towards our position at all.

After seeing through the enemy's attack method, Wang Yang immediately made tactical adjustments to various positions on the high ground. How to fight the subsequent battles?

Don’t American soldiers always like to completely destroy our positions before rushing up?

OK, I'm as they wish, but I'm sorry, will I put too many people on the position? Anyway, we have tunnels on each position that can be used to supplement the pedestrians at any time?

The idea that Wang Yang came up with was simply amazing. When he was most exaggerating, he only placed three people on the entire No. 7 position, holding three submachine guns to block the attack of the soldiers of the US 187th Airborne Regiment.

As expected, these American soldiers are actually still the old habit of fighting in the past. As long as they see someone on our position, they dare not attack up easily. Seeing that there are three firepower points on our position, these guys retreated and bombarded the three soldiers with a burst of cannons, and then they advanced again.

This style of fighting made Coke ruin the soldiers guarding the positions. To put it bluntly, now when they are against these American soldiers, three soldiers can defend the positions by putting on the positions. As for the enemy's artillery fire, dozens of shells were thrown at the three soldiers. No matter how waste it is, it is no more wasteful than the US 187th Airborne Regiment.

What's more, because there are only three people on the position, and the three volunteer soldiers can run or dodge on the position. To put it bluntly, there are air raid shelters on the side of the position to dodge. Even if some soldiers are sacrificed or injured, they will take the casualties back to the tunnel and send three soldiers to fight these American soldiers. If this continues, Wang Yang dares to say that these Americans will not be able to seize the 597.9 Highlands in a year.

Even after thoroughly understanding the enemy's style of fighting, Wang Yang led Ye Cheng to the No. 7 position and even made a bad move for these American soldiers, that is, after the enemy's fire, they really did not make any more noise, which created an illusion for the enemy, that is, there was no one on the No. 7 position of our army.

However, when the soldiers of the 187th Airborne Regiment of the US Army rushed up happily, and when they reached about five meters away, the volunteer warriors who were waiting for me suddenly stood up on the No. 7 position and swept the enemy in a flash, and suddenly piled up the enemy.

Even if the enemy cannot be killed, it is enough to stare at their heads at such a close distance. The US 187th Airborne Regiment suddenly became very happy. Faced with the sudden attack that was close, the American soldiers who were so scared that they were pale suddenly rushed down.

The body of an American soldier was pulled in front of Wang Yang, giving Wang Yang the opportunity to find out what the reason was that these American soldiers were hit and did not die. When they lifted their clothes, they actually found that the result was too simple. It turned out that the equipment of the 187th Airborne Regiment of the US Army was so good that it was jealous that these guys were wearing nylon bulletproof vests. No wonder they couldn't kill them no matter how hard they were hit.

However, this also caused a bad result, that is, the tragic situation of soldiers of the 187th Airborne Regiment of the US Army's death on the battlefield is a bit unbearable. Because they were wearing bullet vests, the volunteer soldiers could only shoot at their heads. If they die in such a way, how could they be considered miserable?

Of course, the bodies of these American soldiers turned into fragrant babies. As long as you have the chance to find the body of a soldier of the 187th Airborne Regiment of the US Army, their bullet vests will be stripped off. At least the bullet vests on the American soldier that Wang Yang checked soon became cheaper. Wang Yang saw that Shi Donglai had suffered a lot of injuries and was worried that he would be hit by stray bullets. Putting on the bullet vests will give Shi Donglai's safety a little more guaranteed.

Knowing what was going on, he figured out the enemy's weaknesses, and the battle was easy to fight. Just then, the soldiers of the 8th Company of the 91st Regiment supported Shangganling again, and Wang Yang immediately turned the simple defense tactic into an attack type.

At this time, the few walkie-jets guarding Shi Donglai played a considerable role. As soon as he saw the enemy's three attack lines open, Wang Yang immediately called out to our artillery group and bombarded the team with 60 artillery and uncoaled artillery in the middle of the enemy. When our artillery fire came very much, sometimes before the enemy approached our position, the artillery fire broke their sharp claws into pieces. Where is there a chance to attack?

Taking advantage of the opportunity to repel the enemy's attack, seeing the US 187th Airborne Regiment, which was bombed by our artillery fire, Wang Yang took this opportunity to fight back with dozens of volunteer soldiers from the 91st Regiment who had just supported him, and he attacked upward at a speed of ten times more than the enemy. He almost stepped on the bounce point of our artillery fire, and then chased the retreating US 187th Airborne Regiment, and the soldiers boarded the No. 110 position again.

Although there are still many American soldiers on the No. 10 position, such close-range life-and-death battles have made the artillery fire of the 187th Airborne Regiment of the US military have no effect at all. The American soldiers have taken such a close-range fight, and they have absolutely no courage to shoot face-to-face with the Volunteer Army.

After less than five minutes of screaming, the US 187th Airborne Regiment stood on the No. 10 position for only an hour. Before Van Vertree was happy for a while, they were quickly suppressed by Wang Yang and his soldiers. In addition to contributing a lot of bulletproof vests, the US 187th Airborne Regiment achieved almost nothing.

Interestingly, Wang Yang didn't know that the soldiers of the 45th Division he now brought were fighting fiercely with the 187th Airborne Regiment. A few years later, the 45th Division was also converted into a Chinese Airborne Force.

As a modern armed force, China and the United States have never had the opportunity to compete in airborne combat methods. However, when both sides competed as infantry on North Korean territory more than 40 years ago, the facts can be seen that the equipment of the 187th Airborne Regiment of the US military was much stronger than that of the 45th Division at that time, but in the end it hit the head and bloodied on Shangganling...
Chapter completed!