When the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea reached the second stage, the US military also learned from the volunteer army to play the tunnel. In some of the repeatedly contested positions, as soon as the volunteers occupied the surface positions, the American troops shrank into the tunnels. In order to clear the Tunnels of the American Army, the Volunteers invented the earliest CQB tactics.
The Russian army is conducting CQB training
CQB, or "indoor close combat", is a combat technique and tactical mode developed by the current military, police anti-terrorism units or special forces of various countries according to the needs of the indoor narrow environment. CQB tactics have special requirements for armament, personnel formation, formation, close combat, and communications.
It is generally believed that modern CQB tactics originated from the British SAS, but in fact, in the 1952 War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Volunteer Army began to study and vigorously promote CFB tactics.
SAS is generally considered to be the originator of modern CQB tactics, but the volunteer army is
The U.S. army usually used flamethrowers for enemy troops in the tunnels, but the volunteers lacked such weapons. And after capturing the US position, the US military tunnels can not be blindly collapsed, in the enemy counterattack must be able to be used by me, so it is very important to use the relative "Sven" method to clean up the enemy inside, in this case, the volunteer version of the CBB tactics came into being.
The Volunteers were in a combat group of 4 men, each equipped with a submachine gun, 10 magazines, and 8 grenades. Each team is also equipped with one large explosive pack (5 kg), several small explosive packs and one blaster. In addition, each person is equipped with a flashlight, an original "gas mask" (the mask is sandwiched with crushed garlic, which can prevent gas and smoke).
As you can see from this picture, the nearby volunteer soldiers have their magazines connected in parallel, a method that modern special forces would use
In terms of tactical training, the Volunteer Combat Group is no different from the modern CQB. For example, they would tie two magazines together with tape to speed up the changeover. They used towels, belts or wires to tie flashlights under the barrel of the gun, becoming the earliest gun lamps. In order to prevent the current from burning the bulb too high, the batteries in the flashlight are a new and old combination. In the training, it pays attention to professional skills such as personnel cooperation, kneeling shooting, and bomb dropping in small spaces.
Before entering the tunnel, volunteer soldiers would first throw grenades or throw small explosive packs with pepper noodles to eliminate or drive away enemies near the mouth of the tunnel. After entering the tunnel, wait for the eyes to adapt to the dark environment, and then kneel along the walls of the tunnel on both sides. Usually two people turn on the "gun lamp", and the other two are secretly attacking. If there is a omission, there is a shooter with a "gun lamp" to make up for it.
By the later period, submachine guns had become the standard for volunteers
The advantage of this is that it is not easy to expose the position of the main attacker, and it also ensures firepower in a straight line. When encountering a bend, you need to drop bombs, which is quite a test of skill. The tunnels of the US military are quite perfunctory, generally only 2 meters high and 3 meters wide. Dropping bombs in such a small space requires special training.
There are two ways to throw a bomb, if you need to throw left and right, throw the grenade sideways (the warhead is facing the direction to be thrown). When thrown forward, the hand grenade is thrown vertically, but the arm is drooped, and the elbow joint is used as the fulcrum to swing the arm forward, while the other arm is slapped on the arm of the bomb, so that the grenade will fly forward in a straight line, which is extremely useful in small spaces.
The tunnels of the US military are so that people cannot stand straight, and it is very necessary to drop bombs
When encountering an unknown fork in the road, blow up the fork road with an explosive pack to prevent the enemy from being attacked on the abdomen and back. Generally, one team is responsible for 20 meters of tunnels, and if there are longer tunnels, more combat teams are added.
Generally speaking, after the loss of the surface position, the US puppet army will retreat into the tunnel, and they will stay quietly inside and try to pass the pass in a confused manner. Once the volunteers entered the tunnels, the resistance of the American troops was not fierce, and they were more keen to pretend to be dead and wait for the volunteer soldiers to pass before getting up and sneaking in. After suffering several losses, the volunteers also learned to be fine, and when they saw the "corpse" lying on the ground, they first mended their guns.
Capture the U.S. troops in the tunnels
In the Battle of Meiliangli Dongshan on March 26, 1953, the 1st Company of the 358th Regiment of the 120th Division of the Volunteer Army took only 20 minutes to attack the surface positions held by the 5th Regiment of the 1st Marine Division. 56 Marines hid in the tunnel, and 1 Company sent 4 combat teams into the tunnel, which took less than 30 minutes to annihilate them all.
A Marine named Dovadir was lying on the ground pretending to be dead, and was found with nervous teeth trembling, and a soldier swept over and wounded him. Unexpectedly, 5 people suddenly got up in the pile of dead people and knelt down to save them. 1 Company killed 50 men and took 6 prisoners in a single tunnel. The CQB tactics painstakingly studied by various countries today are actually the remainder of the volunteer army playing in that year. The Volunteers deserved to stand at the pinnacle of infantry tactics.