.When deploying combat missions.

Admiral Aaron's judgment was confirmed.

The Volunteer Army's offensive operation did not end because of the end of the full-scale electromagnetic war.

In Wulao Town, Shangcangli was still under fierce attack, and the volunteers dispatched assault troops to advance towards Xianzhou. Then.

The First Land Warfare Division sent a message that the troops stationed in Xianguanling were attacked.

The information of war is complicated.

Colonel Pitt had to admit it.

The volunteers fought very resolutely.

However, before deploying the combat operations and the troops participating in the battle were ready, Colonel Pitt could only mobilize air power as much as possible.

Provide air support to hard-fighting ground forces.

Shortly after dawn, the coalition forces launched a large-scale air force, using more than 400 fighter jets within half an hour.

Air support was very timely, but the effect was not ideal. The Volunteer Army did not stop using electromagnetic weapons, but became more rational and no longer suppressed them in an all-round way. Instead, it used electromagnetic weapons to target the air force of the coalition forces and prevent coalition fighters from entering the war zone.

Although the "denial tactic" of the Volunteer Army did not pose a serious threat to the coalition's combat aircraft, with the cooperation of early warning aircraft and electronic fighter aircraft, most of the fighters avoided the electromagnetic suppression area. In the first round of air strikes, only three fighters were shot down by electromagnetic weapons, but the coalition's air support was greatly affected. In the three rounds of air strikes carried out in the morning, at least 70% of the combat aircraft failed to complete the mission, and some even threw away ammunition in the middle. A South Korean fighter even dropped four bombs over the coalition position, killing more than 20 people.

Fortunately, the coalition forces not only have fighter jets, but also have a large number of artillery soldiers.

When air forces could not function, the artillery took on most of the fire support tasks, especially the six U-tech rocket launchers deployed near Yuanshan. On that day, the six battalions carried out more than 30 rounds of volleys, threw thousands of fire-spring bombs at the volunteers, and strongly supported the front-line combat troops.

Fight until this time.

The battle situation has not improved, but has become worse.

It's less than noon.

Admiral Aaron's concerns became reality.

After three consecutive requests for reinforcements failed, the Korean commander in Shangkang decided to break through, and after reporting to the coalition command, he did not wait for the order to arrive.

The troops began to break through. Although Colonel Pitt immediately intervened and ordered the Korean army to defend Shangcangli to death, and not to take a step back before receiving the order from the coalition command, the volunteers seized this opportunity.

After half an hour, the attack into the Shangcang.

The Korean army withdrew, but never drove the volunteers out again.

The combat troops of both sides were mixed together, and the line of fire in many places was less than fifty meters wide, and the fire support provided by the coalition long-range artillery could no longer work.

The loss of Shangkang is just a matter of time.

It is true that we should not have much hope for the Korean army. If we do not have hastily organized a breakthrough, the Korean army will hold on for a few days in Shangcang, even if we hold on for one day, it will be enough to change the situation of the war.

Unfortunately, under the all-out attack by the volunteers, it would be great that the Korean army could defend until dark.

The loss of Shangcangli, and whether Xianzhou can be defended or not is a problem.

Don’t forget that the Korean army is also guarding Xianzhou.

Colonel Peter dared not be careless.

The Second Marine Division was immediately ordered to send two battalions to Xianzhou to assist the Korean army in fighting and prevent the Korean army from doing stupid things.

only.

This is not enough.

Before this, Pitt had received news that Xianzhou was also attacked, but the South Korean army quickly repelled the enemy, and the sudden appearance of the volunteer army also withdrew quickly after being counterattacked and did not fight the Korean army repeatedly. At that time, Pixi believed that this was just the reconnaissance force of the volunteer army.

It seems now.

Maybe it's not that simple.

From a tactical point of view, the Volunteer Army's invasion into Shangcang was just accidental, not inevitable.

Before this, the commander of the Volunteer Army would definitely not have thought that the South Korean army would break through hastily and would not have expected to quickly capture Shangcangli. Therefore, in order to speed up the advancement, it is very likely that after surrounding Shangcangli, the main force would go south.

In this case, the ones that appear near Xianzhou are not small troops, but the vanguard of the main troops.

If that's true.

The volunteer army will soon attack Xianzhou.

Losing Dingping has made the coalition forces very passive. If you lose Xianzhou, the result will not only be passive, but also very likely to completely lose the battle.

You should know that if the volunteer army can take over Xianzhou, it will open the ground passage to Yuanshan. At that time, the volunteer army can completely deploy heavy troops in Xianzhou, withstand the US Marines going south, and then send a rapid assault force to attack Yuanshan, so that the US military completely loses the hope of breaking through the siege.

Without the rear, the First Land Warrior Division and the Second Land Warrior Division will not last long.

In fact, before the Second TD Fleet returned to the battlefield, the US military did not expect to obtain sea support, let alone retreat from the sea.

From a time perspective, the First Land Force Division and the Second Land Force Division must last for at least four days.

With the offensive speed of the Volunteer Army, especially the combat capability shown in the first eight hours, no one can guarantee that the two land combat divisions can last for four days.

In any case, we must defend Xianzhou and it is best to regain Dingping.

At this point, General Aron's judgment was completely correct, and the coalition forces could not deal with the fierce attacks of the Abbot's army by defending themselves alone.

You must fight back.

However, Colonel Pitt did not think that the purpose of the counterattack was to cheer up the Korean army.

Tactically speaking, the counterattack is to buy time for the First Land Division, the Second Land Division, and the Fleet of the Temperature Fleet that is rushing to the sky.

As long as there is enough time, the coalition forces still have hope of repelling the volunteers.

Regardless of the purpose, Colonel Pitt had to consider counterattack at noon that day.

It is certainly unrealistic to draw the Second Marine Division. Although the total strength of the Second Marine Division is as high as 24,000, which is larger than the ordinary army of the Chinese Army, the combat personnel are only about 11,000, and the remaining 13,000 are aviation service personnel and logistics support personnel.

At that time, there were only about 13,000 people deployed on the defense line, including more than 2,000 non-combatants.

Compared with the forces, the Second Marine Division's combat mission is very heavy. In addition to defending Wudu Town, it also has to send troops to Xianzhou and also guard the northeast of Xianxing. Otherwise, the First Marine Division will be interspersed and divided by the Volunteer Army. When the First Marine Division retreats, it will also be assisted and cooperated.

Obviously, the counterattack has nothing to do with the Second Marine Division.

So.

I can only rely on the Korean army.

On the battlefield, there were not many Korean troops, almost two and a half times that of the US troops, but not many available for mobilization.

In addition to the nearly 6,000 defenders who were annihilated by the airborne troops of the Volunteer Army in Dingping, there were about 7,000 Korean troops in the surrounding villages and towns, about 12,000 Korean troops in Xianzhou and Shangcangli, and there were 4,000 people in Yuanshan and about 26,000 in the Beidafeng Mountains to the west.

All the rest remained behind, and were mainly logistics support personnel, or scattered patrols and armed guards.

How to mobilize and utilize these troops is definitely a profound knowledge.

Fortunately, Pitt is a very experienced combat staff officer. He served in the coalition command for seven years. He is very familiar with the allies of the US military and is also very clear about how to mobilize these South Korean troops.

Before lunch, Colonel Peter issued several orders to the Korean army in succession.

First, the 43rd Independent Brigade of the South Korean Army stationed in Won-san mobilized combat, and with the cooperation of a strengthened armored battalion, advanced towards Dingping. Then, Pi Chi asked all the South Korean combat troops south of Won-san to assemble to Won-san, and clearly required that they must arrive before 5 pm. After the staff counted the situation of these South Korean troops, especially the armored forces, Pitt contacted Major General An Zaixu, the commander of the reserve force of the South Korean Army's Eastern Front Corps, and asked him to organize the armored troops and form a temporary force to support the Independent Brigade of the Island.

In this way, at night, the South Korean army could dispatch about two brigades of troops to attack Dingping.

Although the scale is not very large, the combat effectiveness of this unit is definitely greater than that of the airborne troops occupying Dingping.

Among the two brigades, there are at least three armored battalions, with more than 80 "kiai and miai main battle tanks, more than 300 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel transport vehicles of various types, more than 60 K9 and mio9a6 self-propelled cannons, and about 120 towed cannons, more than 40 rocket launchers, and about 160 mortars in the five infantry battalions, as well as a comparable number of resilient cannons.

certainly.

This unit is not an elite force.

For example, among the three armored battalions, only the one that strengthened the 43rd independent ranking was the established unit, and the other two were temporarily pieced together, and they were all second-line troops composed of reserve officers and soldiers after the war. The situation of the three artillery battalions was the same, with advanced equipment, but the quality of officers and soldiers was not very good.

Colonel Pitt would not expect this army to conquer the Dingping Square.

As long as the volunteer army can be held back in Dingping and forced the volunteer army to invest more troops and thus unable to attack Xianzhou, the mission of the Korean army will be completed.

This time, Colonel Peter underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Korean army, to be precise, fighting spirit.

In the afternoon of the same day, before the temporary reinforcements were launched, they arrived at the Isle of the Island near Dingping and launched an attack before the temporary reinforcements were launched.

With the support of two artillery battalions, the South Korean military used the most typical tactics to invest in an armored battalion and an infantry battalion.

It must be admitted that the South Korean army's infantry and tank coordination tactics are very standard.

The military exercises that are carried out more than five times a year have made the Korean military officers and soldiers very familiar with the tactics of the US military and also made the Korean military officers and soldiers memorize the combat rules thoroughly.

On the exercise field, the South Korean army often performs very amazingly, and even the US army feels inferior to it.

For example, the discipline shown by the Korean army in the exercise is far greater than that of the US military. The words of the commander are everything. The soldiers will not think about whether the commander should be executed, or how to execute the commander.

However, exercises are not combat, and exercises cannot replace combat.

When they arrived on the battlefield, the killed soldiers could no longer stand up, and the destroyed tanks could no longer charge.
Chapter completed!