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Chapter 126 Internal strife

On the ninth day after departure from Ham Hing, the First Land Warrior Division completed its combat mission and occupied Jince Port.

Although it was two days longer than expected, the First Land Force Division's offensive operation was still victorious. Apart from the numerous mines along the way and the unrecognizable bridges and tunnels, the coalition forces encountered no trouble, and there were less than 500 casualties in combat.

Because the Western Front Legion stopped its attack, the Air Force shared many support tasks.

By the time the First Marine Division stopped advancing, the three aircraft carriers of the 71st Special Mixed Fleet had not yet reached the maximum attendance rate. It was just that according to the US military's combat standards, the three aircraft carriers had to return to port for maintenance as soon as possible.

At this time, there was a disagreement within the coalition forces.

With the ground troops still having enough strength and air support is not very tight, some coalition generals believed that they should take down Jizhou in one go to lay the foundation for the next attack on Qingjin Port. Most of the Korean generals held this view, and some Korean generals even believed that even without the First Marine Division, the South Korean army could still attack Jizhou, and even captured Qingjin Port after receiving enough air support.

Unlike the Korean generals, the US generals are more conservative.

There is a reason to set Jince Port as an offensive destination. First, the support capacity of the coalition forces is limited, and even if the aircraft carrier battle group is missing, it can continue to advance. However, the attendance rate of the Air Force combat aircraft cannot be increased without limit. After fighting for so long, many combat aircraft need maintenance. Second, the supply line is still threatened. Jince Port is an important transit station for the coalition forces to head north along the coastline. Only by gaining a foothold here can we continue to move forward. Third, the officers and soldiers of the ground forces are very tired, and there is no reason to be exhausted for less important combat purposes.

Of course, the most important reason is the US military's predictions for future battles.

The ground forces of the Volunteer Army have already completed mobilization and adaptation, but have not crossed the Yalu River for a long time, which is definitely not a good sign. Although there is no intelligence yet that the Volunteer Army will take action after the coalition forces hit the south bank of the Yalu River, almost all US generals, including Aaron, believe that the Volunteer Army is planning a large-scale counterattack operation, and ground combat is the main focus, and all they need is appropriate time.

What is the right time?

If the coalition forces ignore the head and head, and blindly head north without sufficient preparation, it is the time for the volunteers to wait.

By this time the coalition forces had already shown signs of not caring about their heads and tails.

Before the First Marine Division occupied Jince, Allen asked Colonel Pitt to investigate the various combat troops and finally decided to let the ground troops pause and rest in Jince.

After more than a month of fighting, the coalition forces were already exhausted.

Needless to say, the 71st Fleet must support the overall situation.

In terms of air force, the attendance rate of each air gang team decreased by 30% compared with the war when the war broke out. Some mission-intensive wings even had several accidents. For example, among the five F-15e wings, at least seven fighter jets crashed due to mechanical failures caused by improper maintenance.

The ground troops are in a slightly better condition, but the officers and soldiers who have been on the front line for a long time need rest.

According to Allen's arrangement, the coalition's primary task is to maintain the equipment, so that officers and soldiers can get a rest opportunity and prepare for the upcoming fierce battle.

To this end, not only did the dispatch of combat aircraft significantly reduced, but even the ground troops were organizing defense replacements.

If everything goes well, the upcoming Second Marine Division will replace the First Marine Division and become the main force of the coalition forces on the Eastern Front battlefield. After the First Marine Division returns to Yuanshan, it will allow officers and soldiers to return to Busan in batches. However, the Volunteer Army is about to counterattack, and most of the officers and soldiers of the First Marine Division will still have to stay in Yuanshan.

On the Western Front battlefield, the coalition forces' defense replacement work has begun.

The third infantry division was replaced by the second infantry division, and the fourth infantry division was replaced by the 9th armored division of the Korean army. The 7th infantry division, who arrived later, would go to Kaicheng to serve as a reserve force for the group army.

The operational deployment of the coalition forces was carried out simultaneously with the defense replacement.

Although it seems that there is not much change, after the change of dominant ideas, the deployment method of the coalition forces has also changed quietly. The combat troops no longer focus on attack and put more power on defense. The most obvious is the deployment method of armored troops. When attacking, armored troops must be at the forefront, and in a defensive state, armored troops must be placed behind the defense line to perform mobile counterattack tasks.

It must be admitted that Aron was very rational and adjusted the combat situation of the coalition forces very promptly.

According to his deployment, the Second Marine Division returned to Yokohama Military Port after arriving and underwent a large-scale maintenance for half a month. If necessary, the 73rd Special Mixed Fleet replaced several main warships, especially aircraft carriers, to ensure that at least one aircraft carrier battle group was active in the Sea of ​​Japan when the Volunteers launched a counterattack.

Of course, the focus is on the Air Force.

In response to the situation where various combat aircraft are used exceeding the standard, the coalition forces have greatly improved the maintenance standards. The South Korean authorities have also requisitioned thousands of engineering and technical personnel from Samsung and other companies to help the army maintain combat aircraft. The US authorities are not idle either and have signed special agreements with many arms dealers such as General Electric, Lockheed Martin, and Boeing to send senior technicians to improve the coalition forces' logistics and maintenance capabilities.

If everything goes well, the coalition forces will quickly restore their combat effectiveness and meet the challenges of the volunteers in the best condition.

Unfortunately, it was not smooth sailing.

It is only one step away from unifying the entire peninsula, but it stops moving forward. The United States is the most unwilling to accept it, but South Korea is not the United States but South Korea.

After all, for the United States, this is a war without territory.

But for South Korea, this is a war related to national unity.

No matter what it looks like, the United States can slap its butt, but South Korea has to stay and bear all the consequences of the battlefield.

The United States can refuse results, but South Korea has to refuse results, and it needs a perfect result.

On the Western Front battlefield, the coalition forces stopped advancing after occupying Shuncheon and did not advance towards Jiangjie and Shinyiju as planned. The South Korean generals expressed objections, believing that the coalition forces should not stop. Some more radical Korean generals even publicly claimed that without the support of the US military, the South Korean army could occupy the entire North Korea.

Unfortunately, it was not the Korean army that dominated the battlefield, but the US army.

The Korean generals who jumped out to "rebellion" were all removed from office, causing the remaining Korean generals to shut up.

Given the situation at that time, the coalition forces could not go north from the Western Front, because the First Land Force had moved to Yuanshan and were preparing for the offense on the Eastern Front battlefield.

After the First Land Division launched an attack, the complaints in the Korean army were slightly less.

No matter how they play, as long as they are still attacking, as long as they still have hope of unifying the entire peninsula, the Korean team is very active.

However, when the First Land Army stopped, the anger that the Han** people pressed into their hearts burst out again.

Although the South Korean authorities have never admitted it and the coalition forces have not released any news, reporters with a keen sense of smell still dug up a lot of news.

On the day Aaron announced that the First Marine Division and the Second Marine Division had a failed military coup in South Korea.

Strictly speaking, it cannot be considered a military coup, but a mutiny.

According to Japanese NHK TV station, early in the morning of the same day, an armored battalion of the Seoul garrison rushes into the Presidential Palace under the organization of young officers, hoping to make the president order the front line troops to continue to advance north through military advice. However, the operation was organized very badly. The presidential guard not only sent the president away in time, but also defeated the garrison that had acted without authorization within half an hour and arrested more than 20 young officers.

This news is definitely not a matter of vain.

Because a few hours later, South Korean authorities announced that the Blue House was attacked by North Korean spies lurking in Seoul. The presidential guard and garrison troops successfully protected the president and killed dozens of North Korean spies in the fierce battle, shattering the North Korean intelligence agency's plan to overthrow South Korean politics.

Can the Korean authorities believe what they say?

North Korea does have a large-scale intelligence agency and a large-scale intelligence team, and the intelligence personnel are mainly concentrated in South Korea. However, after the North Korean regime collapsed and Pyongyang fell, North Korea's intelligence agencies had collapsed and most of the intelligence personnel lurked.

Can such a large-scale attack be organized with the spontaneous power of the spontaneous power of the intelligence personnel?

Not to mention without the support of superior leaders and intelligence systems, even if there is one, it is difficult to organize dozens of intelligence personnel to launch attacks on targets with strict defense.

As long as North Korean spies are a little rational, they will not do such stupid things that are no different from suicide.

Subsequently, US Secretary of Defense Berkshire visited Seoul urgently and had several hours of secret meetings with South Korean President, Chief of General Staff and other military and political officials, which can better illustrate the problem.

The coalition did have problems, and it was a very serious problem.

The impact of these problems is that when the US military actively adjusts its combat deployment, the Korean team, as a follower, did not make any adjustments.

On the front, the South Korean army still maintained an offensive state.

The front is a whole. Any problem with any link will reduce the intensity of the entire front. The impact of the Korean army's failure to cooperate or even negative attitudes is definitely difficult to estimate.

However, this situation further proves that Allen's decision is not wrong.

If the South Korean army does not cooperate and rely on the US military to fight alone, let alone continue to attack, it would be great to be able to defend the front line after the volunteer ground forces joined the war.

The direct result of Berkshire's visit to Seoul was that all the chiefs of staff of the South Korean army were removed from office.

Although the South Korean authorities are very low-key, the dismissed senior generals are also very reasonable. They all proactively resigned to the president on the grounds of their health, and the scope of the incident has not been expanded. However, changing the commander in front of the formation and having to replace many senior officers in the South Korean military command system is obviously not a good thing.

Even if these things outside the battlefield did not drag down the coalition forces, General Aron spent a lot of effort.
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