.Changsuri's battle lasted until the early morning of the 16th. After six hours of hard fighting, after paying the price of nearly 300 officers and soldiers being killed and more than 20 main battle tanks being destroyed, the vanguard of the 54th Army finally occupied the town, while the US military paid the price of three battalions being wiped out.

According to Huang Zhibo's arrangement, the 54th Army continued to advance south after capturing Changjieli.

At this time, the 47th Army was moving towards Changsuri.

Because Changsuri is less than 150 kilometers away from the 38th parallel, and the US military's e-8c is deployed south of the 38th parallel, the actions of the 54th Army are completely within the control of the US military.

When he received the news, Pete was not panicked.

The 54th Army fought several bad battles, especially in Changjieli, which consumed a lot of combat power. Even if it continued to advance south, it would be difficult to reach the 38th parallel. More importantly, from Changjieli to the south, the mountain roads were even more rugged, and there were not many towns to rely on.

Unless the Volunteer Army does not consider logistics support, the offensive troops will sooner or later stop or move in another direction.

In Pitt's view, the task of the Fifty-fourth Army was not to march towards the 38th parallel, but to force the coalition forces to use the reserve team left behind.

It must be admitted that Peter did guess correctly.

At that time, Huang Zhibo's purpose was to let the coalition forces use the reserve force, so that the 47th Army would avoid the main force of the coalition forces and successfully complete the interweaving mission when the 47th Army attacked.

According to this arrangement, after the 47th Army arrived in Changjieri, it would not follow the 54th Army south, nor would it march towards Pyongyang immediately. Instead, it would first stabilize the front line and let the logistics support troops follow the 54th Army south, and send scouts to move towards Pyongyang.

If everything goes well, the 47th Army will set off from Changsukeri in the morning of the 16th.

Unfortunately, Pitt was not patient.

Before dawn, e-8c discovered the 47th Army that arrived in Changsuri, and then the US reconnaissance plane confirmed that it was a main armored force.

Peter never dared to underestimate it anymore because he knew that after the volunteers went further and arrived in Yangde, they could open up the railway line between the Western Front and the Eastern Front, allowing two heavy-army armies deployed on the Eastern Front battlefield to head to the Western Front and attack the weakest waist of the coalition forces from the side.

With sufficient troops, the Volunteer Army will definitely not take the four US military advisors seriously.

At this time, the vanguard of the Fifty-fourth Army had reached the north of Yangde, less than fifteen kilometers away from Yangde, which was only guarded by the Korean army.

If the volunteers plan to annihilate the coalition forces on the Western Front battlefield in one fell swoop, it is very likely to carry out a strategic detour.

In other words, the 54th Army is the main attacking force. After capturing Yangde, the Volunteer Army will continue to move south until near Kaicheng, block the passage of the coalition forces to withdraw back to the 38th parallel, and then invest seven main armies to fight the coalition forces on the western plains of North Korea.

Now, the problem is serious.

Although the coalition still controls the maritime route and can use transport ships to transport combat supplies to Haizhou, or withdraw troops from Haizhou, the volunteers will definitely use the method of dealing with the 72nd Special Mixed Fleet to attack the coalition's transport fleet and cut off the coalition's maritime supply line.

If the land supply line is also cut off, the four US military divisions deployed centrally on the north side of the 38th parallel, as well as about 500,000 Korean troops, will all become turtles in the jar and end up with the First Land Warrior Division.

Pete did not dare to hesitate and immediately ordered the mobile defense forces deployed in Kaesong to head north.

Although the reinforcements are likely not too late to arrive in Yangde before the Volunteer Army, as long as the Volunteer Army passes south from Yangde, they can fight the Volunteer Army near Pyongyang without much problem in logistics support, thus causing the Volunteer Army to lose the ability to reach the 38th parallel.

In fact, this is the best result that the coalition forces can achieve.

However, when fighting in mountainous areas, the US military's mobile troops may not be able to play a role. For this reason, Pitt had to draw five Korean military division brigades.

What happened next was completely beyond Colonel Pitt's expectations.

Before the sky was completely bright, the 47th Army set out from Changjieli and advanced all the way westward, with its troops aimed directly at Pyongyang.

Although the e-8c discovered the armored forces of the Volunteer Army heading west in time, the electromagnetic war between the Volunteer Army began immediately. The coalition did not issue accurate information from the front line, and the more than ten reconnaissance aircraft dispatched by the US military did not reach the target, and all the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft deployed urgently were shot down by electromagnetic weapons.

In the next few hours, Pitt had no idea what was going on the battlefield.

In just a few hours, he missed the only chance to save the defeat.

Although Pitt would have thought that the Volunteer Army did not have enough ability to carry out strategic siege, even if the assault troops could reach the vicinity of Kaicheng, it would be difficult to capture the military important areas guarded by tens of thousands of US troops and more than 100,000 Korean troops in a short time. Therefore, the Volunteer Army was likely to use strategic detour as a feint and focus on the battle interspersion, that is, first divide the Fourth Infantry Division and the Third Infantry Division, and then deal with the Second Infantry Division and the Seventh Infantry Division. In order to achieve this goal, the Volunteer Army must concentrate its forces to attack Pyongyang, cut off the passage of the Third Infantry Division and the Fourth Infantry Division to retreat south, and then attack the Third Infantry Division and the Fourth Infantry Division from the rear. However, after making this guess, Pitt did not make any adjustments to the deployment because there was no intelligence to support his guess.

In addition, the coalition forces deployed in Pyongyang far exceeded the forces deployed in Kaesong.

At that time, in addition to some logistics support units of the Third Infantry Division and the Fourth Infantry Division, as well as an armored battalion of the Second Infantry Division, there were at least 30 Korean military divisions near Pyongyang, with a total force of about 180,000. If the Korean troops near Nanpu were included, the total force of the coalition forces was more than 240,000. In addition, in Shuncheon to the north, there was the Third Infantry Division, and the Fourth Infantry Division was in northeast Pyongyang.

To encircle and annihilate so many troops, the volunteer army needs to invest at least four to five armies.

Before the communication was interrupted, the coalition forces only discovered one army. Before that, the coalition forces did not find other ground forces moving towards Changsuri.

Only one army can achieve interweaving at most, but annihilation cannot be achieved.

In Pete's view, as long as the coalition forces are organized well, they will definitely break out from Pyongyang. If the battlefield conditions are favorable, they can even organize the Second Infantry Division and the Seventh Infantry Division to encircle and annihilate the main forces of the Volunteer Army that assaulted Pyongyang, and then force the Volunteer Army to invest heavily in this extremely passive battlefield.

With this idea, Pete plans to wait and see.

As a result, during these hours, he did not dispatch the second counterattack force deployed in Shaliyuan in time.

Given the situation at that time, if Pete was more decisive, the 47th Army would likely encounter the main force of the US military when it was assaulting Pyongyang.

Although Huang Zhibo did not expect the 47th Army to be able to defeat Pyongyang by his own efforts, the assault would definitely have an impact on the subsequent battle.

In fact, at this time, Huang Zhibo was not very clear about the situation on the front line.

When Mu Haoyang arrived, Huang Zhibo was discussing the combat situation of the front-line troops with Qi Kaiwei.

According to Huang Zhibo's arrangement, Mu Haoyang is still responsible for special operations, and the main task of the special forces is to monitor the mobilization of the main coalition forces, especially the US military, and then use the method I have adopted before, that is, to send intelligence to the reconnaissance satellites at a fixed location at a predetermined time period to determine whether the main coalition forces they are monitoring have had abnormal actions, so that the Volunteer Command can grasp the enemy's situation.

This method is very simple and primitive, and the amount of information conveyed is very limited, but it is very effective when both communication stations cannot come in handy.

No matter what, it is better to know whether the enemy has left the campsite or not.

To this end, the Second Department mobilized several reconnaissance satellites to ensure that during the battle offensive stage determined by Huang Zhibo, especially when conducting large-scale electromagnetic warfare, the intelligence provided by the special forces can be obtained in a timely and accurate manner.

"How about it?"

"There is no movement in the Shaliyuan, and the armored forces of the Second Infantry Division are still in the camp."

Huang Zhibo frowned and glanced at Qi Kaiwei, who was also serious.

"It seems that the Americans were not fooled." Qi Kaiwei breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If the US military does not take the initiative to fight back, we have to adjust our combat plan."

Huang Zhibo suppressed his hand, stopped Qi Kaiwei's words, and then began to ponder.

Mu Haoyang hesitated for a moment and gave Qi Kaiwei a look.

"Lieutenant Colonel, go and do your business." Huang Zhibo nodded to Mu Haoyang and said, "If you have any news, send it immediately. If you can contact the special forces, let them expand their surveillance scope."

Mu Haoyang nodded and turned around and left the combat command center.

It is obviously unlikely to contact the special forces, because the special forces operate in dispersed operations and can only carry short-wave radio stations, but cannot carry long-wave radio stations. In fact, the main forces carrying long-wave radio stations cannot contact the rear when attacking, because long-wave radio stations are very bulky, especially those stations that use electronic tubes, must set up huge transceiver antennas before use.

Among the three armies that have participated in the war, only the 24th Army maintains contact with the headquarters.

The 54th Army and the 47th Army must stop before reporting the situation to the headquarters.

To contact the special forces, you have to wait until the battle breaks, that is, after the large-scale electromagnetic war is stopped.

Huang Zhibo did not force it, either, that these technical problems could not be solved by the will of the commanders and soldiers.

The US military's reaction was too slow, which made Huang Zhibo a little hesitant. Just as Colonel Peter had to guess the intentions of the volunteers, Huang Zhibo also had to guess the intentions of the coalition forces when the battlefield was opaque. In many cases, it would be better to do nothing if you make a wrong judgment.

In fact, this is exactly the problem that Pete faces.

Either take risks according to speculation or wait for more information.

Pete is just a combat staff officer and cannot bear such a great responsibility. As a staff officer, he also believes in objective intelligence more than subjective conjectures.

Compared with Peter, Huang Zhibo has the ability and courage to be responsible.
Chapter completed!