.On January 23, the International Assessment Mission gave the final assessment results.

Although the evaluation results are not completely unfavorable to the United States and South Korea, for example, the land exchange ratio is only 3.5, and South Korea will retain the jurisdiction of several major cities in the northeast, such as Sokho and Gangneung, after the evaluation results were announced, the South Korean authorities took the lead in saying that they could not accept it.

South Korea has made a statement, and the United States will not be able to step down.

For the United States, this is an acceptable result, but South Korea does not agree and the United States cannot interfere.

South Korea said it was unacceptable, mainly because it ceded so much land, which made the South Korean government unable to explain to the people. There was also a trend in South Korea, and almost all Koreans believed that if the South Korean government signed a ceasefire agreement on this basis, it would be equivalent to betraying the country and nation.

No matter what, no Korean politician is willing to bear the infamy of being a "traitor".

If the negotiation fails, we can only start a fight.

On January 24, the temporary ceasefire ended.

In the early morning of that day, the volunteers launched an attack on the entire line.

Go, the volunteers fought very hard, but on the battlefield, the volunteers were very well organized.

In terms of choosing the direction of the assault, Huang Zhibo did not choose to attack Seoul, which was guarded by the US armored division, but instead placed his main attack on Chuncheon.

As the capital of Gangwon-do, Chuncheon's military value is no less than that of Seoul.

Not to mention, within a 50-kilometer range around Chuncheon, there are at least 11 military airports, with nearly 600 tactical fighter jets deployed by the coalition forces. More importantly, Chuncheon is the transportation hub center from northeastern South Korea to Seoul. As long as Chuncheon is captured, it can form a strategic detour to Seoul.

In such an important place, it is impossible for the coalition forces to not defend.

The main force guarding Chunchuan is the US military, but it is just the National Guard. In addition, there are about 150,000 Korean troops near Chunchuan, including several main troops. To the west of Chunchuan, the US Second Armored Division can provide reinforcements at any time, and to the east is the Ninth Armored Division of the South Korean Army deployed in Jiangling.

Only the 47th Army and the 13th Army were dispatched.

Faced with the coalition's impregnable defense line, the problem of the Volunteer Army's lack of ability to attack has been exposed again.

It was not until the night of the 25th that the 47th Army made a breakthrough in Renlan, north of Chunchuan, and captured this crucial town.

At this time, the coalition's reinforcements had arrived in Chunchuan.

The next morning, the 47th Army encountered a counterattack force of the US Second Armored Division. They fought fiercely in the south of Renlanli for several hours. It was not until the main force caught up that the volunteers defeated the US counterattack force. However, before dark, they still failed to reach the outskirts of Chunchuan.

If the Volunteers had not launched an attack on the entire line, it would have been more than a brigade of the Second Armored Division to reinforce Chunchuan.

On the morning of the 27th, the assault troops of the 47th Army saw Chunchuan and then carried out tactical encirclement with the assistance of the 13th Army.

In the afternoon of the same day, the volunteer army completed the siege of Chunchuan.

Now, the Koreans can't sit still.

The Volunteer Army must have won the goal of using two armies to attack Chuncheon. If Chuncheon is lost, the coalition forces will not only lose the most important frontier air base, but the Volunteer Army can also attack Seoul along the railway line. More importantly, if the Volunteer Army does not intend to attack Seoul directly, but instead conducts a strategic detour, it can advance south along the expressway, bypass the defense line in the Greater Seoul area from Wonju and reach the south of Seoul. In addition, the Volunteer Army can even go south from Wonju and march directly into Busan along the expressway.

It can be said that Chunchuan is a strategic location that must not be lost.

In a sense, the Volunteer Army captured Chunchuan was equivalent to breaking through the deep defense zone south of the 38th Parallel and opening the portal of South Korea.

For a moment, South Korea was almost desperate.

You should know that Chunchuan only has one National Guard Division of the US Army and tens of thousands of less reliable Korean troops.

Before this, the reinforcements of the Second Armored Division had been defeated by the Volunteer Army, while the reinforcements of the Ninth Armored Division were still dozens of kilometers away from Chunchuan.

Interestingly, the South Korean authorities thought of negotiations at this time.

According to the information declassified after the war, Li Zhangzhu personally called Botsman and proposed to propose a ceasefire negotiation with the volunteer army. South Korea is willing to make concessions on the issue of exchanging land.

It may be a bit too late to wake up again at this time.

Importantly, Botsman did not believe that the volunteers could conquer Chunchuan.

In his eyes, the battle situation was a completely different situation.

The Volunteer Army's offensive was very fierce and its efficiency was not low. It reached Chunchuan in three days and pushed the front line south for about fifty kilometers.

However, when the siege of Chunchuan, the volunteers did not make any breakthroughs in other directions.

On the Western Front, the First Armored Division guarded the defense line on the south bank of the Linchuan River very firmly. The Volunteer Army launched many attacks within three days were repelled. On the Eastern Front, the US National Guard Division also stood firmly on the defense line, forcing the 65th Army's several attacks to return with regret.

To be simple, as long as the coalition forces withstood the attack of the volunteers in Chunchuan, they can stabilize the entire front.

In this way, the volunteer troops attacking Chunchuan became protruding parts, and the flank defense line was very fragile and could easily be broken through by the coalition forces.

Botsman did not make any adjustments, but ordered Chunchuan's defenders to defend their positions and must not retreat.

In his opinion, as long as Chunchuan can hold on for a few days, the situation will reverse.

The reason is very simple, the logistics support problem of the Volunteer Army has not been solved.

Although after capturing Kaicheng, the Volunteer Army opened up a railway line and was able to transport a large number of combat materials to Kaicheng, and also invested heavily in the air defense deployment in the rear, deploying at least 30 air defense battalions equipped with advanced air defense systems, greatly reducing the efficiency of the coalition's interruption bombing, there are more than 100 kilometers of mountain roads from Kaicheng to the central front, and nearly 100 kilometers of mountain roads must be added to Chunchuan. The Volunteer Army's road transportation capacity is not strong, and it is difficult to deliver combat materials to the front-line troops in time.

Judging from the previous battles, the Volunteer Army's continuous offensive ability is between seven and ten days.

After fighting for three days, the volunteers will be exhausted from ammunition and food after holding on for another few days.

After making this judgment, Botsman set out to deploy counterattack forces.

Although the Second Infantry Division and the Seventh Infantry Division have not yet fully formed combat effectiveness, the US military can draw at least two brigades from the Second Armored Division. If the Volunteer Army's offense on the Western Front does not make a breakthrough, it can draw two brigades from the First Armored Division, which is enough to defeat the Volunteer Army that attacked Chunchuan.

Importantly, after a few days, at the end of November, with the return of the Second Infantry Division and the Seventh Infantry Division, Botsman was able to invest the counterattack forces of the two divisions in Chunchuan.

With such a powerful counterattack force, let alone repelling the volunteer army, it can also launch a combat-level counterattack and cross the 38th parallel in one fell swoop.

But the situation was not as beautiful as Botsman imagined.

On the night of the 27th, after completing the siege of Chunchuan, the 47th Army did not launch an attack, but began to build a line of defense outside the coalition's positions. At this time, the 13th Army, which assisted the 47th Army in combat, also retreated and played the battle reserve team in the rear.

What shocked Botsman was that on the 28th, the volunteers were still unmoved and did not even take the initiative to shell Chunchuan.

What do the volunteers want to do?

Is it just to make the Chunchuan defenders surrender?

Obviously, this is not very reliable. As the most important strategic support point on the central front, Chunchuan has always been the main material reserve for the coalition forces on the 38th Line. Before the volunteers came, the materials stored in Chunchuan were enough for 200,000 ground troops to spend half a year.

With the strength of the volunteer army, it is obviously impossible to defend Chunchuan for more than half a year.

It would be fine if you surround yourself without fighting, but what happened next forced Botsman to worry about.

The 13th Army that had been withdrawn was not idle. In addition to helping the 47th Army transport combat supplies, they also began to build a strategic defense line about twenty kilometers north of Chunchuan.

It is not an ordinary line of defense, but a strategic line of defense composed of many permanent firepower points and underground tunnels.

At that time, the coalition reconnaissance planes found that the Volunteer Army had transported thousands of engineering equipment to the front, and the Volunteer Army also used materials locally to produce the raw materials needed to build fortifications.

It is obvious that the volunteers are not going to leave, but stay here.

Of course, the volunteer army also did a lot of things, such as investing thousands of engineers to strengthen the highway from Jinhua to Chunchuan, and building multiple spare boat bridges on all rivers along the way.

These efforts have a common purpose: to solve the logistics support problems of frontline troops.

Botsman was still very happy when the volunteer army attacked Chunchuan. Now, the volunteer army stopped attacking, but instead built a defensive position face to face, so Botsman could no longer sit still.

The reason is very simple. If the defense line is fixed, South Korea will lose about 3,000 square kilometers of territory.

This is not the biggest problem.

After the Volunteer Army gained a foothold in Chunchuan, it will sooner or later conquer Chunchuan. In addition, the problem of logistics support was solved. The Volunteer Army could invest more troops in Chunchuan or use more logistics support forces to support other troops to launch larger-scale attacks in other directions.

At that time, there were already signs of this.

Not to mention anything else, if the Volunteer Army dispatched the engineering troops used to build roads to the Sixty-Fifth Army, the Volunteer Army would be able to make greater breakthroughs on the Eastern Front and occupy more land.

By this time, there was no sign of Huang Zhibo's intentions, and Botsman was just an absolute fool.

It can be said that Huang Zhibo’s purpose is very simple, which is to end the war by steadily advancing, eroding South Korea’s land, and then forcing South Korea to pay a greater price.

As long as the volunteers advance steadily, the coalition's chances of turning defeat into victory will be very slim.

Not to mention lasting for a few years, even if it lasts for a few months, the South Korean authorities will be forced to sign an extremely unfavorable armistice agreement.

For the United States, a truce is not a bad thing, but the US authorities will definitely not accept the truce when it loses his wife and his troops.

You know, South Korea is not the only ally of the United States.

If the United States cannot ensure the basic security of South Korea, what will other allies view the United States?
Chapter completed!