The Volunteer Army was not the People's Army. When the coalition forces attacked Yuanshan and Xianxing, the Volunteer Army had already reacted.

Instead of going around such a big circle, it is better to make efforts on the Western Front directly.

After determining the general direction, the rest is tactical decisions.

At that time, Peter made a suggestion, that is, to launch a feint attack on the Eastern Front, and to restrain the two armies, it is best to force the Volunteer Army to increase troops to the Eastern Front, and then launch a general attack on the Western Front, first conquering Kaicheng, and then steadily advancing northward, striving to annihilate the main force of the Volunteer Army in the coastal plains.

This suggestion is generally correct and basically conforms to Botsman's idea.

Although in the eyes of some staff members, the volunteer army attacked Kaicheng and lost a lot of troops, otherwise they would not stop and be blocked by the three US military camps when they attacked the outskirts of Seoul. However, Botsman knew very well that the combat effectiveness of the Volunteer Army was definitely not inferior to that of the US military, otherwise it would be impossible to achieve such a great victory in the two battles. It is almost impossible to carry out large detours and interludes at the battle level on the narrow western coastal plains, so the US military could only advance steadily, using the interludes and divisions at the battle level to eliminate the living forces of the Volunteer Army one by one, accumulate small victories into big victories, and when the quantitative change reaches a certain level, it will naturally cause qualitative changes.

The question is, is it necessary to launch a decent feint attack on the Eastern Front?

You should know that according to Pitt's proposal, at least one National Guard Division must be invested to launch a decent feint attack, and it is best to use two divisions.

With only four divisions, it is absolutely no trivial to use two divisions.

However, at the beginning, Botsman did not reject Pitt's suggestion.

The reason is very simple. The four armies that attacked the city were all severely damaged and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. Although the 39th Army had taken over, relying on only one army, at most one US armored division can withstand at most one armored division and invest two armored divisions, which is enough to make a breakthrough.

On November 7, when Botsman was about to issue an offensive order, he changed his mind.

The reason why he "changed his mind" was very simple: the intelligence sent by Cia showed that the volunteer army had been strengthened, and had obtained enough troops and enough main combat equipment.

Although in this information, Cia clearly mentioned that the main army of the Volunteer Army can restore some of its combat effectiveness as soon as November 10th, and the 54th Army, the 47th Army, the 16th Army and the 13th Army each obtained at most one armored brigade, which did not reach the full level, but this is definitely not a trivial matter, because the four armored brigades are equivalent to the armored power of two armed brigades.

Now, Botsman had to change his mind.

At the same time, he also realized that Huang Zhibo was "scheming".

It is obvious that it was on the basis of the supplement that Huang Zhibo deliberately made the Eastern Front empty and shrank the central front about fifty kilometers backwards. The purpose of this move was to allow the coalition forces to launch an attack on the Eastern Front, thereby restraining some of the main forces of the coalition forces.

As Colonel Peter arranged, let alone sending two divisions, even if one division is sent over, the US military's attack on the Western Front will be affected.

There is no doubt that if the coalition forces cannot capture Kaicheng in time, they will have to fight the volunteers around Kaicheng.

Huang Zhibo obtained four armored brigades and had enough capital to fight an armored battle with the coalition forces in Kaicheng. With a much greater advantage in military strength, the Volunteer Army is likely to defeat the coalition forces' offensive.

Botsman is not a fool. If the counterattack is limited to the tactical level, the coalition forces will always lose the chance to win.

To be simple, if you consume too much force in Kaicheng, the best result is to retreat to the 38th parallel, withstand the third attack of the Volunteer Army, and then sign a ceasefire agreement with the Volunteer Army.

Lindberg sent Botsman to South Korea, definitely not to let him stabilize the front line.

Under tremendous pressure, the president was able to make a decision to increase troops, and sent four divisions in one go, and promised to rebuild the Second Infantry Division and the Seventh Infantry Division as soon as possible, hoping to recover the defeat and sign a ceasefire agreement with the Volunteer Army under relatively favorable circumstances.

Can it be considered beneficial to return to the 38th parallel?

The question is, are there any other choices besides attacking the city?

The volunteer army is ready to fight and is waiting for the US military to come to the door. If the US military does not launch an attack, by mid-November, as the seven armies of the volunteer army recover their complete combat effectiveness, they will definitely launch a third battle, and launch a strategic offensive on the entire 38th line.

At this time, Botsman had two choices: one was to take the initiative to attack, and the other was to wait for the volunteers to come.

Just as the coalition forces were about to launch a counterattack, Botsman made the most rational and correct decision: to keep the troops on the offensive position.

At that time, it was less than four hours before the coalition's planned attack was launched.

When Botsman issued an order to stop the attack, all the troops involved in the attack had entered the offensive position, the artillery was already preparing for fire strikes, and the aviation was about to be dispatched.

When Botsman ordered the attack to stop, even Pitt didn't understand it very much.

You should know that at that time, almost everyone believed that if the coalition forces could not launch an attack in early November, the Volunteer Army would launch an attack in mid-November, and the Second Infantry Division and the Seventh Infantry Division would not be able to form combat effectiveness until the end of November. It would be difficult for the coalition forces to block the Volunteer Army's third strategic offensive. Therefore, almost everyone believed that only by taking the initiative can the combat effectiveness of the Volunteer Army be weakened.

The question is, is it that simple?

With the Volunteer Army on high alert, taking the initiative to fight over means that the main force of the just arrived US military will take risks. Even if several armies of the Volunteer Army can be defeated in the battle, they will not be able to resist the Volunteer Army's third attack. As long as there is one army with sufficient combat effectiveness, the Volunteer Army will once again attack Linchuan River in mid-November and hold up Seoul with a gun. At that time, the US military will be powerless and the South Korean army will have no fighting spirit, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

It must be admitted that Botsman is indeed a very smart commander.

After the troops were withdrawn from the camp, Botsman began to adjust the deployment and sent two National Guard divisions to Sokho on the eastern front and Chuncheon on the central front respectively. The First Armored Division stayed in Seoul and the Second Armored Division entered Dongdoubhe, forming two lines of defense near the South Korean capital.

In this way, the US military became the main defensive force on the south side of the 38th parallel.

However, if the coalition forces do nothing at this time, they will definitely not be able to say anything.

In fact, the volunteer army has fought over the 38th parallel, controlled the north bank of the Linchuan River on the western front, the three places of Tieyuan, Xintan and Jinhua on the central front, the Ojinli, Jujin, Gancheng, Shaquanli and Lintangli on the eastern front, and the five thousand square kilometers of land in South Korea.
Chapter completed!