.In just one day, the volunteers surrounded Kaicheng, making the armistice negotiations meaningless.

Although on the 28th, the coalition launched a comprehensive bombing operation code-named "Hector", invested nearly 2,000 tactical fighters and hundreds of bombers, and carried out more than ten rounds of bombing in batches, with more than 20,000 jdam bombs dropped alone, and thousands of air-launched cruise missiles were consumed. However, this high-intensity strike did not curb the offensive of the Volunteer Army, because the Volunteer Army did not rely entirely on logistical support.

It can be said that the coalition forces have invested a lot.

At that time, in order to increase the bombing efforts, Botsman not only mobilized sixteen B2As deployed in Guam and Okinawa, but also transferred two wings of b52h and b1bs from the local area. In order to avoid occupying the frontline airport, these heavy bombers were all long-distance raids and projected cruise missiles with special improvements and guided by inertia and ground type, and then returned to the local air base after two air refueling.

Not to mention anything else, one hundred and four bombers dropped nearly three thousand tons of ammunition.

There is no doubt that the coalition forces' air strike capabilities are extremely powerful.

You should know that if it were H6, it would not be possible to drop so many bombs if it was flying 300 times. Moreover, if it was air-launched cruise missiles, the load capacity of H6 was less than six tons, which was only one-fifth of that of b52h.

Relatively speaking, the coalition's tactical air force is even stronger.

Although under the threat of electromagnetic weapons, the coalition's tactical aircraft did not dare to penetrate North Korean airspace and could only throw ammunition outside the defense zone in a safe area. However, with the mobilization of 2,000 tactical fighters and there is no need to worry about being intercepted by Volunteer air defense fighters, this strike force should never be underestimated.

According to the combat results announced by the US military, in the Battle of Kaesong, the tactical aviation troops undertake 80% of the strike mission.

During the day of the 28th alone, the coalition's tactical fighter jets dispatched nearly 5,000 times and threw more than 25,000 tons of ammunition into North Korea.

What is this concept!?

During World War II, the equivalent of the atomic bomb dropped by the US military on Hiroshima was only 150,000 tons, while the air force of the coalition forces dropped bombs equivalent to two atomic bombs in one day.

Such high-intensity bombing has not been ideal.

Although the coalition claimed that the mission completion rate in the 28th bombing was more than 65%, far exceeding the success rate of less than 30% in the second battle, this result was not confirmed by the Volunteer Army. According to the loss data released by the Volunteer Army, only more than 300 transport vehicles were blown up on the 28th, and the loss of less than 5,000 tons of combat materials was less than 5,000 tons. The logistics support line from Yalu River to Kaicheng was not interrupted.

Soon, the volunteers responded with their actions.

In the early morning of the 29th, the Sixty-Fifth Army deployed on the Eastern Front battlefield launched an attack, allowing the reconnaissance troops to cross the 38th parallel before dawn.

This attack was not the focus, it was a veritable feint.

Although Wei Chenglong did not intend to play a supporting role, he did not launch an attack immediately after the Kaicheng Battle, but instead allowed the Sixty-Fifth Army to fully launch on the front line, with only one infantry division and one armored brigade left, no matter how much the Sixty-Fifth Army deployed, it would not be able to achieve a comprehensive breakthrough on the two hundred kilometers of front line. It would be amazing to be able to cross the Korean army's defense line in some areas.

From the perspective of military value, the attack of the Sixty-Fifth Army was considered to add fuel to the fire.

Although the South Korean army has sufficient defense depth on the battlefield of the Eastern Front and does not have to withstand the attack of the volunteers in order to ensure the capital, this is definitely not good news for the air force that the coalition forces are highly dependent on, because 60% of the frontier airports of the coalition are on the Eastern Front.

If the Volunteers make a breakthrough on the Eastern Front, the coalition forces will have to abolish these frontier airports.

For the coalition forces that are carrying out high-intensity air strike missions, the biggest problem is that the airport behind South Korea cannot accommodate all tactical aircraft in addition to extending the round-trip range of combat aircraft, burning more fuel, and wasting more time.

No matter how many fighter jets there are, there is no airport to support it, it is a decoration.

If some fighter planes are withdrawn, the intensity of the air strikes of the coalition forces will inevitably be greatly reduced, and some force will be distributed to deal with the Sixty-Fifth Army.

It is conceivable that the air force that can be used to attack the Western Front of the Volunteer Army and the logistics supply line will be greatly reduced.

Without a powerful aerial strike, it would be great that the coalition forces could gain a foothold on the 38th parallel, let alone defending Kaicheng.

The question is, how to solve this problem?

The U.S. reinforcements had not arrived yet. At that time, there were only some remnants of the 7th Infantry Division, as well as about 40,000 non-combatants in South Korea.

Letting these US troops deal with the Sixty-Fifth Army is equivalent to seeking death.

The South Korean army was even more unreliable. It was so difficult to fight in Kaicheng. If the South Korean army was allowed to fight scatteredly on the entire front, the consequences would be unimaginable.

At this time, Botsman felt helpless for the first time.

But he will never sit still and wait for death.

According to documents declassified after the war, on the morning of the 29th, Botsman made suggestions to the Pentagon and the White House to use tactical nuclear weapons on the battlefield.

Although in this suggestion, Botsman clearly mentioned that tactical nuclear weapons were only used when the volunteers broke through the 38th parallel and gathered in South Korea to prepare for a large-scale attack. Moreover, the throwing location was in South Korea, and the targets of the attack were also combat troops assembled in the field, not to mention that the Minister of Defense felt that Botsman was crazy, even Lindberg believed that Botsman was not going to win the war, but to provoke a world war.

The United States has nuclear weapons, and China has nuclear weapons too!

Although Botsman had some concerns, such as not suggesting the use of nuclear weapons in North Korea, avoiding the western region where cities and civilians are densely populated, everyone knows that nuclear weapons are definitely not available casually. If nuclear weapons are used to deal with the volunteer army, China has enough reason to use more nuclear weapons to deal with the coalition forces.

In fact, after World War II, nuclear weapons were no longer "weapons".

In the nuclear strategies of the five major nuclear powers, and Israel, South Africa, India, Pakistan and other countries that later joined the nuclear club, nuclear weapons are just a symbolic equipment that is mainly threat-based. Only when the country is at risk of life and death can it be used. The problem is that as long as it has nuclear weapons, the country's strategic security is guaranteed. For decades, even when the United States has absolute strategic advantages, the use of nuclear weapons has been a very taboo topic, and the United States has never used nuclear weapons after World War II.

Needless to say, Botsman is definitely a war madman.

If he really wants to follow his wishes, I am afraid that the Second Korean War will become the fuse for the destruction of the world.

Fortunately, the decision-making power is not in his hands, and the US president who is qualified to decide on the use of nuclear weapons is not a lunatic or a war madman.

At this moment, the battlefield situation took a turn.

First, the 65th Army did not continue to advance after tentatively attacking the 38th parallel, but retreated to the north of the military isolation area. Although the 65th Army did not stop and in the next few days, it had been sending reconnaissance troops to the south, and from time to time shelling the South Korean army stationed near the 38th parallel, causing great panic, and even causing a Korean infantry battalion to be defeated by artillery fire without frontal contact, the 65th Army did not launch a decent attack and did not pose a serious threat to the coalition frontier airport south of the 38th parallel.

Importantly, on the Western Front battlefield, the battle between the volunteers attacking the city did not go smoothly.

Although the Kaesong defenders surrendered to the volunteers one after another since the morning of the 29th, some Korean companies that had just entered the battlefield even handed over weapons and equipment to the volunteers after the first exchange of fire. In the day of the 29th alone, more than one hundred companies of South Korean troops surrendered, and the Korean prisoners of war were stuffed with hundreds of trucks, the volunteers failed to capture the entire Kaesong, and even failed to control the crucial railway station.

According to the evaluation of the coalition command, the Volunteer Army's progress can capture Kaicheng as soon as November 1st. If the coalition's air strikes are not affected, the Volunteer Army will likely capture Kaicheng as soon as November 3rd. In this way, the Volunteer Army will not be able to advance south until the end of November at the earliest.

Now, Botsman finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The officers and soldiers of the First Armored Division and the Second Armored Division have arrived in South Korea, and some light equipment has also been transported by air. Only heavy equipment that cannot be transported by air will not be delivered until November 6. The two main divisions can complete the reorganization as soon as November 7 and then go to the battlefield.

In other words, if nothing unexpected happens, the coalition forces can invest in two main divisions of the US military on November 8.

In comparison, even if the volunteers conquer Kaicheng, they will not be able to fully recover their combat effectiveness on November 8, and they will not be able to pose a threat to the US military.

According to Botsman's vision, the coalition forces will launch a counterattack at the latest on November 9th.

If, as he had expected, the coalition forces could not only recover Kaicheng, but also go north from Kaicheng, bite the volunteers retreating north, and fight all the way to Pyongyang.

You know, this is how the United Nations has fought more than 60 years ago. At that time, if the volunteers had not organized the Jincheng counterattack on the 38th Line and blocked the United Nations after paying huge casualties, I am afraid that the place where the armistice agreement would have been signed would not be Panmunjom.

Botsman had enough reason to believe that the coalition forces could save the defeat, at least on the local battlefield.

However, this beautiful dream was quickly shattered.

On the night of the 29th, without any warning, the Volunteer Army assault troops captured Panmunjom and immediately crossed the military dividing line and entered South Korea.

This time, the one who came here was not the reconnaissance force, but the armored force that was no less than a division.

When Botsman received the news, the vanguard of the Volunteer Army had already arrived in the northern suburbs of Wenshan and worked with a Korean infantry brigade guarding the area.

This is definitely not a trivial matter.

Wensan is the north gate of Seoul, less than 30 kilometers away from the main urban area of ​​Seoul. If the volunteers march straight into the city, they can reach Seoul in a few hours.
Chapter completed!