.Since the war started, the coalition forces ushered in the most difficult moment.

The First Land Force Division became a turtle in the jar. If more than 20,000 people surrendered, it would definitely not be a trivial matter. However, the result of continuing to fight would definitely be even worse. The Volunteer Army refused to attack Jince, not to force the First Land Force Division to surrender, but to concentrate its forces to attack Yuanshan. If the First Land Force Division surrendered at this time, the Volunteer Army would definitely attack Yuanshan immediately, causing the coalition's western front to completely collapse.

"The First Land Force cannot surrender, at least it cannot surrender now." Allen made a quick decision, "the air operation is not available, so he can only go through sea transportation."

"General..."

"It is obvious that the Volunteer Army has very few electromagnetic weapons left, otherwise there would be no sneak attack, nor would it just deal with our transport aircraft." Allen glanced at Pitt and asked the colonel to sit on the chair opposite. "There is enough intelligence to prove that the Volunteer Army's supplies are very limited, and the attack lasts for seven days. Now it is the fourth day. As long as we persist for another three days, the Volunteer Army will stop attacking."

Pete exclaimed and did not refute Allen's point of view.

The information is indeed very accurate. Not only did CIA provide information, but the coalition reconnaissance planes also proved that there were not many materials transported into North Korea through the Yalu River, and many materials were hoarded in the rear and were not delivered to the combat troops in time. Whether the volunteers can continue to attack for seven days is a question.

"Col. You have to know that letting the First Land Force surrender now is equivalent to giving up Yuanshan."

"I understand, but..." Peter sighed and said, "Under the current situation, the Volunteer Army will definitely not let go of the First Land Force Division. After the hopeless retreat, the morale of the First Land Force Division will be severely hit. Whether it can last for three days and how much price it will cost, I am afraid..."

"So, we have to let the officers and soldiers of the First Land Division know that there is still hope of retreat."

Peter was stunned for a moment, and seemed not to understand the general's meaning.

"We have to redeploy, first let the First Marine Division expand its defense range, expand the defense area around the airport to more than 20 kilometers, so that the volunteers cannot attack the airport with electromagnetic weapons."

"General, this is impossible..."

"I know that with the current situation of the First Marine Division, it would be great to defend the defense line, let alone expand the defense line, but we have to let the officers and soldiers of the First Marine Division know that only by actively fighting can there be hope of survival. More importantly, we have to let them do something to make them forget the difficulties in front of them." Ahlen picked up a cigarette and said, "As long as the battle begins, the First Marine Division can at least drag down some of the main forces of the Volunteer Army, and can also cause trouble for the Volunteer Army, and can make the Volunteer Army believe that we will continue to dispatch transport planes."

"you mean……"

"That's what you're going to do next."

Pete frowned and waited for Allen to continue talking.

"Rearrange our anti-submarine forces, focus on blocking the port of Cheongjin, and clearing the maritime routes, so that the 71st Special Mixed Fleet will return to the East Korea Bay." Allen paused for a moment, took the opportunity to light a cigarette, and said, "The key is that we must find the Chinese submarines entering the Sea of ​​Japan and then send the transport fleet out. Maybe within three days, we cannot withdraw the First Land Force Division, but after three days, when the volunteers stop attacking, we will have the opportunity to withdraw the First Land Force Division. So, no matter what method is used, the First Land Force Division must persist for three days. During this period, our main task is anti-submarine operations, ensuring that the route from Kimcee to Busan is unobstructed."

“Busan?”

"Do you think it's useful to send the First Land Warrior to Yuanshan?"

Pitt breathed a sigh of relief and did not express his opinion.

The battle situation is very obvious. If the First Land Force defends Jince to the death rather than retreating to Yuanshan, the volunteers will definitely attack Yuanshan immediately. Whether or not they can defend Yuanshan is not the US military, but whether the South Korean army can perform exceptionally. Therefore, it does not matter whether the First Land Force will be sent to Yuanshan three days later.

"Col. Do you understand what I mean?"

Pi Te nodded and said, "I'll make arrangements right away, I hope the Korean army won't disappoint us."

At this time, Huang Zhibo also received a message from the 16th Army from the front line.

The magnetic warhead not only destroyed the communication equipment of the coalition forces, but also had an impact on the 16th Army. So it was not until Mu Haoyang and Lu Wen returned to Jizhou that the commander of the 16th Army realized that the sneak attack had been successful, and the transportation department of the coalition forces fell after taking off.

Huang Zhibo did not arrange offensive tasks for the 16th Army, but asked them to closely monitor the First Land War Division.

As Mu Haoyang expected, Huang Zhibo's order was very simple: as long as the coalition forces had the idea of ​​air transport again, they would do the same, using the remaining electromagnetic warheads.

But in other directions, Huang Zhibo was not so relaxed.

The air transport is blocked, and the First Land Fighter who is not trapped is only one dead end. The problem is that Huang Zhibo’s main purpose is not to annihilate the First Land Fighter, but to take the opportunity to capture Yuanshan.

The First Land Force gave up the idea of ​​retreating, which is not good news.

Although Huang Zhibo did not believe that the US military had the determination to fight to the end, the First Marine Division would definitely not surrender, at least it would not surrender immediately. The logistics support of the Volunteer Army is not a secret, and the coalition must know that in another three days, the Volunteer Army would voluntarily stop the attack due to lack of ammunition and medicine. During this period, the commander of the coalition not only would not let the First Marine Division surrender, but would instead let the First Marine Division turn from defense to offense and drag the ground forces of the Volunteer Army. As long as you persist for three days, the First Marine Division can greatly offset the Volunteer Army's strength advantage.

Change the purpose of the combat, give up Yuanshan, and concentrate forces to encircle and annihilate the First Land War Division?

Huang Zhibo only thought about it briefly and felt that it was not reliable to do so, because the main heavy-armed troops of the Volunteer Army were all placed in the south, and only part of the 16th Army surrounded the First Marine Division. If the battle plan is adjusted and the focus is focused on Jince, the 39th Army and the 65th Army must be transferred. It will take a lot of time just to mobilize the main army.

Without making adjustments, you can only attack Yuanshan.

The question is here. Continue to attack Yuanshan. Can the 16th Army withstand the counterattack of the First Land Warfare Division?

If there is enough time, Huang Zhibo will consider this issue in depth.

Unfortunately, he doesn't have much time.

The front-line reorganization work between the 39th Army and the 65th Army is about to be completed, and results must be achieved in the next three days.

After receiving the news, Huang Zhibo personally issued an order to the 39th Army and the 65th Army.

After night, he began to attack Yuanshan.

Regardless of whether the 16th Army can withstand the counterattack of the First Land Division, the attack must continue, otherwise the Volunteer Army will become very passive after exhausting all ammunition.

Don't forget that the most important port in eastern North Korea is in Wonsan.

According to the throughput capacity calculation, Yuanshan is ten times that of Jince. With the perfect port facilities, the coalition forces can quickly transport combat troops and combat materials to the destination. As long as Yuanshan is still in the hands of the coalition forces, the coalition forces can launch a counterattack after the Volunteer Army's offensive has passed.

If you want to turn the victory already achieved on the Eastern Front battlefield into a real fruit, you must conquer Yuanshan as soon as possible.

Fortunately, on the battlefield of Yuanshan, the volunteer army only faced the Korean army.

Importantly, the coalition forces adopted a tat-for-tat strategy at this time: let the Yuanshan defenders attack northward, striving to capture Dingping before the 9th Armored Division of the South Korean Army arrived, and then counterattacked Xianzhou and Ham-xing, and dismantled the full-scale offensive of the Volunteers. Although neither Aaron nor Pitt expected the Korean army to repel the Volunteers, it was clearly mentioned in the combat order issued that the ultimate goal of the South Korean army was to fight Jince and meet with the First Land War Division.

This is mainly to give the First Land Force some hope.

After the failure of the air retreat, the only hope of the First Land Division is to break through, so rescue troops must be sent, even if they are thousands of miles away.

As a result, when the ** Armored Brigade of the Sixty-Fifth Army headed south first, two brigades of the South Korean army also headed north from Yuanshan.

In the middle of the night that day, the two sides met head-on in the Gaoyuan Town between Dingping and Yuanshan, and started the first armored encounter in this battle.

The battle is not fair.

Although the South Korean army has a relatively obvious military advantage, the two brigades have about 7,000 officers and soldiers, while the 65th Army's Armored Brigade has less than 4,000, but the main force of the South Korean army is infantry, with only one tank battalion and one armored battalion, and the rest of the mechanized infantry battalion. The 65th Army's Armored Brigade has one tank battalion, three armored battalion and three mechanized infantry battalion.

Judging from the number of main battle tanks, the volunteer army is twice that of the Korean army.

Importantly, when the front line was reorganized, the 65th Army first equipped all the main combat equipment of the ** Armored Brigade with a complete set of night combat equipment.

Although shortly after the battle started, the coalition fighter jets provided close air support to the South Korean ground forces, under the threat of the short-range air defense system, the coalition lost more than a dozen fighter jets and quickly stopped air support. The South Korean ground forces could only rely on themselves.

In less than four hours, two Korean brigades were defeated.

After occupying the Plateau Town, the ** Armored Brigade sent a mechanized infantry battalion to advance west along the railway line, and the rest of the troops continued to move south according to the combat plan.

Before dawn, the vanguard of the volunteer army arrived at Yuping, which was only twenty kilometers away from Yuanshan.

In order to curb the ground offensive of the Volunteers, the coalition launched a large-scale air strike after dawn, and nearly a thousand fighter jets were invested in several batches. Because the air defense brigade, which accompanied the main force of the 65th Army, had arrived in Gaoyuan Town, the coalition's combat aircraft could only use ammunition outside the defense zone as much as possible, and the armored brigade evacuated and camouflaged in time after occupying Yuping, so the coalition's air strike did not cause much loss.

All the volunteers have to do is wait for the next darkness.

Behind the front, the main force of the 39th Army also arrived at Dingping. According to Huang Zhibo's deployment, the 39th Army will provide support to the 65th Army, and focus on the Fourth Infantry Division of the US Army coming from the west, and expand the defense line west if necessary.
Chapter completed!