In the Korean War, the equipment of our army was in sharp contrast to the American army. On the land side, the US army has a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, and it moves freely. And our army does not have enough tanks, and there are very few cars.
There were even many volunteer armies who did not even know the name of the tank. When they saw the enemy tank for the first time, they were all frightened by this steel giant beast weighing dozens of tons.
Since World War II, the U.S. military has been proficient in the use of tanks. Drawing experience from the German and Soviet armored forces, they were proficient in tank warfare, and in the North African and European theaters, the American tanks were invincible, and General Patton was even more successful, and even the "Desert Fox" Rommel was defeated under his men.
In the Korean War, tanks became the vanguard of the U.S. military. When attacking, tank clusters are quickly interspersed; When defending, tanks provide protection for the infantry. The performance of the tank on the battlefield, both offensive and defensive, made the volunteers feel deeply pressured.
Especially when our army was interspersed with infantry, tanks became an insurmountable obstacle. Moves fast and is difficult to catch up; When the attack is frustrated, it can quickly counterattack. When encircling the US army, the tank ring defense made our army helpless.
Lacking a heavy ** volunteer army, it is impossible to break through. Therefore, on the battlefield, our army is rarely able to massively annihilate the US army. By the time of the fourth and fifth battles, the United States had mastered the strategy of tank ring defense and holding on for reinforcements, and the interspersed and roundabout tactics that the volunteers were good at gradually became ineffective.
At this time, our army realized the importance of equipment and broke the superstition of "millet plus rifle".
Despite the lack of equipment, the volunteer soldiers still showed great wisdom and courage in the Battle of Yunshan, and successfully blew up 3 American tanks. However, the radio connection established by the US military and excellent tank handling skills allowed 2 tanks to escape.
In the third campaign, the Volunteer 50th Army adopted the same tactic, but this time they managed to surround the Royal Tank Battalion of the British 29 Brigade and blow up the enemy tanks by throwing grenades and stuffing explosives.
In the Battle of Yunshan, the volunteer soldiers used the soil tactic of "Mount Tai pressing the top" to successfully destroy 31 British tanks, although they paid a heavy amount, but the success of this tactic made them play this tactic to the extreme in the fourth campaign, and successfully destroyed more than 20 enemy tanks, which once again proved the effectiveness of this tactic.
When the war enters the deep waters, the tactics and strategies of both sides become more and more intense and complex. Among them, "tank splitting battle" is a typical tactic. It closely combines tanks, infantry, and aircraft, and adopts the method of intensive bombardment and rapid assault in an attempt to cut off the defensive positions of the Chinese and North Korean armies and win the battle.
However, after our troops captured and copied rocket launchers and recoilless guns, this tactic of the enemy became inadequate. Although at first our army was plagued by enemy tank warfare, with the advent of anti-tank **, our army began to gradually grasp the initiative in the war.
The Moon Teng River, a valley east of Geumseong in central Korea, is tens of meters to more than 600 meters wide. To the south there is a small village called Wendenli, which is extremely strategically important.
As a result, the US army invested a large number of tanks and engaged in a fierce battle here with the 68th Division of the 204th Army of our army. At the beginning of the battle, the US army was armed with more than 70 vehicles"Barton"、"Pershing"with"Sheldon"Tanks acted as the vanguard, charging at the positions of our troops.
However, the 204th Division was well prepared, and they used deep artillery fire to effectively intercept enemy tanks. At the same time, the fighters carried"**"rocket launchers (a copy of the Bazooka) and recoilless guns struck at both flanks of enemy tanks, successfully blowing up three enemy tanks.
Before that, the US army had never seen our army have such a powerful anti-tank **, and they instantly fell into chaos. Our officers and men seized this opportunity and destroyed 7 more tanks, and on 12 October alone, a total of 10 tanks were destroyed and 8 were killed.
On October 14, the U.S. military sent another 8 tanks, but under the attack of our army's bazookas and recoilless guns, these 8 tanks were instantly reimbursed.
In the face of defeat, the US military adjusted its strategy, abandoning the frontal brute force attack, and instead used the riverbanks, ditches, and rice paddies on both sides of the highway to adopt the tactics of gradual destruction and gradual advancement.
However, our troops had already laid a large number of anti-tank mines in places where there might be tank activity, and again successfully destroyed a number of enemy tanks. In the Wendenli blockade, our army destroyed a total of 28 American tanks, completely smashing the enemy's "tank splitting battle".
The US military is frightened by the increase in anti-tank warfare of our army and no longer dares to use tank clusters to intersperse the weak points of our army. It was from this war that our army learned the art of war and, in the midst of bloody sacrifices, found an effective way to counter enemy tanks.
The rules are dead, but people are alive. In the end, it is always people's wisdom and courage that determine the outcome of the battlefield.