.From the battle perspective, attacking Yuanshan was the key battle for the Volunteer Army in the first battle.

Whether the Yuanshan can be captured will determine whether the volunteers can harvest the fruits of the battle.

This battle was also very difficult.

Before the 65th Army launched the general attack, the 9th Armored Division of the South Korean Army arrived in Yuanshan and launched a counterattack on Yuping two hours before dark. Although the 9th Armored Brigade failed to regain Yuping under the tenacious resistance of the ** Armored Brigade and retreated back to Yuanshan in a hurry before nightfall, this counterattack disrupted the offensive deployment of the 65th Army, and the ** Armored Brigade failed to launch an attack on time.

The general attack did not begin until after ten o'clock at night and the main force of the 65th Army arrived.

At this time, it was nearly three hours later than the scheduled time.

Because he faced the 9th Armored Division of the South Korean Army directly, the attack of the 65th Army did not go smoothly. It was not until the early morning of the 22nd that the first line of defense of the South Korean army was broken through. The assault troops were still fifteen kilometers away from Yuanshan Port, and the sky would light up in four hours.

After repeated weighing, the commander of the Sixty-Fifth Army retreated the armored forces.

In any case, the air strikes carried out by the coalition during the day still have a serious threat to ground forces, especially armored forces exposed to empty positions. Without air supremacy, the volunteers rarely attack during the day. In order to preserve their strength and prepare for the battle on the 22-day night, the armored forces must be withdrawn.

By this time, the Sixty-Fifth Army had no more armored troops.

In order to launch an assault, the Sixty-Fifth Army organized most of the armored forces into the ** Armored Brigade, and other combat troops did not fully equip the main combat equipment.

In addition, most of the combat units of the 65th Army Group have only about 60% of the troops.

This situation also exists in the 39th Army Group and is even more serious. After all, in the previous battles, the 39th Army Group was responsible for most of the combat tasks of encircling and annihilating the Second Marine Division, and the combat losses and casualties were very large. If it weren't for the purpose of attacking Yuanshan, the two armies would have withdrawn and rested long ago.

But this is the same as suppressing all hope of capturing Yuanshan on the last night.

If Yuanshan cannot be occupied before dawn on the 23rd, the volunteer army will have to take the initiative to retreat to Dingping, otherwise the remaining combat materials will not be enough to support the entire front.

Do the volunteers have the ability to occupy Yuanshan on the last night?

The 22nd day is definitely the busiest day for the staff officers of the Volunteer Army Command.

Mu Haoyang and Lu Wen rushed back before dawn and sent Lu Wen to the technical department. Mu Haoyang went to the command center and reported to Qi Kaiwei.

"I'm planning to send someone to find you."

"What are you looking for me?" Mu Haoyang drove all night and just wanted to find a place to sleep.

"The general attack is about to begin, and the commander-in-chief asked me to mobilize all combat troops." Qi Kaiwei asked Mu Haoyang to enter the office, followed him in and said, "What do you want to drink?"

"Coffee, be stronger, don't add sugar."

"How long has it been since I went to bed?" Qi Kaiwei picked up the bottle of instant coffee powder and put a few spoonfuls into the cup.

"I don't remember it, it's about three or four days." Mu Haoyang smiled and said, "But nothing, it's okay to not sleep for a week in the special forces."

"It's good to be young, and I'm the same as you at your age."

Mu Haoyang glanced at Qi Kaiwei, but he didn't think Qi Kaiwei was too old.

Qi Kaiwei brought the brewed coffee and handed it to Mu Haoyang. "That's right, the 9th Armored Division of the South Korean Army has arrived in Yuanshan, and launched a counterattack yesterday afternoon, causing the 65th Army to fail to launch an attack on time and were forced to withdraw the armored troops before dawn. We must conquer Yuanshan before dawn, otherwise we will have to retreat to Dingping early tomorrow morning to prepare for the coalition's counterattack."

"Has the Sixty-Fifteenth Army run out of strength?"

"It's almost the same, the situation of the Thirty-Nine Army is not much better."

“What is my mission?”

"Contact the special forces near the front line immediately to cooperate with the Sixty-Fifteenth Army." Qi Kaiwei picked up a folder from his desk. "This is the special forces' combat mission. You have to take a good look and then arrange combat missions based on the situation of each branch, especially the area where you are located."

Mu Haoyang took the folder with one hand, picked up the coffee quilt with the other, and drank it all in one sip.

"You still have a day, but considering the actual situation, especially whether the special forces can complete the deployment in time, you'd better do it before noon."

"Okay, I'll hurry up."

"Come here in the afternoon to explain the situation, so I can arrange the combat operations in a coordinated manner."

Mu Haoyang nodded and immediately said goodbye and left.

Letting special forces participate in regular combat operations and assisting the main force in combat shows that on the Eastern Front battlefield, the Volunteer Army does not have any other troops to mobilize.

However, this is definitely not the only problem faced by the Volunteer Army.

At noon, Huang Zhibo received the news that the 71st US special fleet did not go to Japan, but returned to the waters of Yuling Island.

Subsequently, Qingjin Port was bombed.

After the bombing, the People's Army guarding Qingjin Port found two unexploded ammunition, one of which was the US Navy's cruise missile and the other was also the US Navy's jdam gliding bomb, proving that it was not the Air Force that bombed Qingjin Port, but the US Navy.

Obviously, the coalition forces did not intend to give up the sea control of the Sea of ​​Japan.

Importantly, with the return of the 71st Special Mixed Fleet, the U.S. will surely strengthen its anti-submarine force and withdraw the First Land Force from the sea at due time.

For the Volunteer Army, this means that the pressure on the First Land Force must be strengthened.

The question is here. Huang Zhibo did not have the bargaining chips to stop the First Land Warrior Division from retreating from the sea because he originally planned to hand over the electromagnetic weapons on the submarine to the 16th Army. All he could rely on was the worry and fear of the coalition forces, that is, before the coalition forces completely eliminated the Chinese submarines entering the Sea of ​​Japan, they did not dare to rashly send a transport fleet to pick up the First Land Warrior Division. As long as the coalition forces figured out the wealth of the volunteer army, the transport fleet could reach Jince at any time.

It is nothing to let go of the First Land Division. After all, annihilation of the Second Land Division has severely damaged the morale of the coalition and allowed Huang Zhibo to take the initiative on the battlefield on the Eastern Front. The key is that if the coalition forces withdraw the First Land Division to Yuanshan as planned, even if the Volunteer Army turns off attack to defend tomorrow and no longer attack Yuanshan, the coalition forces are likely to launch a counterattack immediately and turn the situation around when the Volunteer Army is in trouble.

Therefore, the key is Yuanshan. Only by capturing Yuanshan as planned can the potential threat be eliminated.

In any case, it is impossible for the coalition forces to land in Yuanshan again with the first landing division that was severely damaged.

Unfortunately, the problem is not that simple.

At noon, Huang Zhibo also received news that the Fourth Infantry Division was accelerating its movement to the east and was likely to encounter the 39th Army after dark.

Obviously, the coalition forces did not give up the idea of ​​counter-defense and offensive.

Although Huang Zhibo's previous judgment has been confirmed that it was not all the Fourth Infantry Division that arrived in Xichuan, only one US military brigade, and the other two were Korean military brigades. Moreover, this unit did not advance towards the Gama Plateau, but only used long-range firepower to harass the Volunteer Army's transportation troops, the arrival of the Fourth Infantry Division still made Huang Zhibo feel stretched.

It is very important to attack Yuanshan, but it is even more important to defend the logistics support line of the main army on the front line.

If the Fourth Infantry Division was allowed to capture any location from Hamxing to Yuanshan, the 65th Army and the 39th Army would lose their logistics support. Not to mention continuing to attack Yuanshan, whether they can withdraw after the attack was defeated is a problem. Even if Yuanshan is occupied, because the volunteers have no maritime power at the Japanese sea, the main army on the front line will be surrounded by the counterattack coalition forces.

There is no room for maneuver on this issue.

All Huang Zhibo could do was to let the 39th Army strengthen the defense line and prepare to deal with the Fourth Infantry Division.

In this way, the Sixty-Fifth Army can only attack Yuanshan.

It is obviously not easy to attack Yuanshan, which is guarded by nearly 100,000 Korean troops, with less than 30,000 people.

In fact, the biggest threat is not on the Eastern Front, but on the Western Front battlefield.

Although the coalition forces on the Western Front battlefield were reduced by half after the Fourth Infantry Division advanced eastward, and the 9th Armored Division was missing as a reserve, the 7th Infantry Division was heading to Pyongyang, and the US military could increase the main force on the Western Front to two divisions within a few days. If we included the second Infantry Division that was withdrawn and repaired, the US military had the ability to invest three main divisions when attacking.

In other words, the coalition forces have sufficient ability to launch a large-scale attack on the Western Front battlefield.

Correspondingly, the Volunteer Army did not have a decent combat force on the Western Front battlefield.

The only things that Huang Zhibo can mobilize are the 24th Army that is about to enter North Korea and the 44th Airborne Division of the 15th Airborne Army.

Although it is not small to use an army group and an airborne division to defend the Western Front, it means that after the attack on the Eastern Front is over, the Volunteers will be unable to launch a second attack for a long time, thus giving the coalition a crucial respite.

But, is the People's Army reliable?

If the coalition forces launch an attack on the Western Front, the results achieved by the Volunteers on the Eastern Front may be gone.

Huang Zhibo had no choice but to speed up the 24th Army into North Korea and try to replace the People's Army guarding the western defense line before the 24th.

This is how war is, it is impossible for everything to develop according to the will of one party.

What Huang Zhibo can do is to try his best to ensure that this battle will win. As for how to fight next, it depends on the result of this battle.

After completing this series of deployments, Huang Zhibo focused on the frontline battlefield.

In the afternoon, Qi Kaiwei submitted the revised combat plan and obtained Huang Zhibo's approval. Then, various combat orders were issued to the frontline troops.

Before the general attack began, Huang Zhibo personally called the front-line commander of the 65th Army.
Chapter completed!