.The whole night, Huang Zhibo was the most anxious, and Mu Haoyang was the busiest.

Because the US military carried out electromagnetic suppression and even used electromagnetic weapons when attacking the defense line of the 47th Army, communication with the front-line troops has been poor. Many times, communication soldiers have to be sent to convey the news, and the headquarters cannot obtain the front-line battle report in time.

According to Huang Zhibo's arrangement, Mu Haoyang is responsible for communication and liaison work.

In fact, this is his special task, but the communication and liaison unit was originally formed by Mu Haoyang and used some special forces, so he should do this. Fortunately, in ground wars, the role of the navy was very limited, so Zhou Yusheng shared some work.

In addition, it is more important to understand the coalition's intention to counterattack, especially in other directions.

The problem is that after the coalition launched an attack, the Volunteer Army Command did not receive any news about the special forces near the battlefield, and even failed to contact the special forces.

At night, Mu Haoyang's most important task is to contact the special forces as soon as possible.

This was a work arranged by Huang Zhibo himself, and he asked him to report the situation every half hour, even if he did not contact the special forces.

In the early morning, Mu Haoyang had to contact the 54th Army, the 39th Army and the 65th Army to send scouts to the surrounding areas of the 47th Army and the 13th Army.

However, it was too late at this time.

Before dawn, the Sixty-Fifth Army sent a message that a Korean armored unit appeared west of Shucao and was advancing towards Yuantongli at high speed.

At about 7:30, the defenders of Yuantongli were attacked.

These two news scared Huang Zhibo.

Although the 65th Army clearly mentioned in the subsequent message that the South Korean army did not attack Shucao, but bypassed Shucao and advanced directly into Yuantongli, which means that the South Korean army may have dropped the supply convoy and did not consider logistics supply and went straight to Yuantongli, but Huang Zhibo's first thought was that the main force of the US military was behind the South Korean army, and would attack Shucao after the South Korean army attacked Yuantongli.

Affected by this, Huang Zhibo's first order was to make the Sixty-Fifth Army pay attention to the situation in the south.

It can be said that as long as the Sixty-Fifth Army defends Shucao, even if the South Korean army conquers Yuantongli, it will not be able to make a deep breakthrough. What the Sixty-Fifth Army must do is to defend Shucao first, and then mobilize the reserve team from the rear to prevent the South Korean army from heading north from Yuantongli or assault westward.

However, the intention of the South Korean army is very obvious, and it is definitely going to go to the 47th Army and the 13th Army.

If the South Korean army conquered Yuantongli and went north to cross the 38th parallel regardless of everything, they would be able to encircle the 47th Army and the 13th Army.

To this end, Huang Zhibo issued another order to the 13th Army, that is, to pay attention to the situation in the east.

It can be said that by this time Botsman's tactics have been half successful.

If the Thirteenth Army adjusted its defense deployment, it would not be possible to send reinforcements in time when the US military attacked Tieyuan.

Given the circumstances at that time, the battle reserves of the 54th Army could be mobilized at most.

Because the 54th Army is stationed on the north of the 38th Parallel, the nearest troops are about 30 kilometers away from Tieyuan and only two battalions, it is difficult to arrive before the US military captures Tieyuan. Even if it passes, it may not be an opponent of the entire Second Infantry Division.

However, some uncontrollable factors have had an impact that no one expected.

Before Huang Zhibo issued the order, at about seven o'clock, the assault troops of the Second Infantry Division reached about ten kilometers south of Tieyuan.

According to the plan, the US military began a full-scale electromagnetic warfare, cutting off the communication and command system of the Volunteer Army.

Because the three infantry battalions of the Thirteenth Army were stationed in Tieyuan, when conducting electromagnetic strikes, the US military focused on dealing with the Thirteenth Army.

As a result, the order issued by Huang Zhibo failed to be delivered to the 13th Army in time.

At that time, Mu Haoyang could only ask the 54th Army to send communications troops to the 13th Army, and no matter how fast the communications troops ran, they had to arrive at around nine o'clock.

At this time, the US military had already begun to attack Tieyuan.

The electromagnetic strike destroyed the Volunteer Army's radio communication equipment, but could not deal with wired telephones. The Volunteer Army stationed in Tieyuan reported the situation to the military headquarters using wired telephones.

It is no small matter that Tetrahara is attacked.

You know, this is the defense zone of the Thirteenth Army, and Yuantongli is the defense zone of the Sixty-Fifth Army.

If the US army was allowed to conquer Tieyuan, the flank defense line of the 13th Army would be directly threatened, and the South Korean army that captured Yuantongli had to at least cross the 38th parallel and break through the 65th Army's defense line before going around the rear of the 13th Army, and also encountering the 24th Army there.

It is clear at a glance who is lighter and heavier.

As a result, before the order issued by Huang Zhibo was sent to Tieyuan, the 13th Army had already sent a brigade of reinforcements to Tieyuan, and it was clear that it was not an ordinary unit that attacked Tieyuan, but the Second Infantry Division, and it was very likely that the entire Second Infantry Division was the entire.

At about half past ten, Huang Zhibo received a message from the 54th Group military long-wave radio station.

The US military is attacking Tieyuan and has invested a division's main force.

However, it is too late to adjust and deploy at this time.

Fortunately, the Thirteenth Army took timely action. Before the US military captured Tieyuan, the troops heading south from Pingkang had arrived. At least 1,500 officers and soldiers broke through the US military's encirclement and strengthened Tieyuan's defensive forces from three battalions to six battalions.

What Huang Zhibo could do was to let the 54th Army fight back immediately.

No matter what, the US military must not be allowed to conquer the Iron Yuan, otherwise the frontline defense will collapse completely.

At around 3 p.m. on December 5, an armored battle between the Volunteer Army and the US Army near Tieyuan broke out in full swing. The opponents were an armored division and an armored brigade of the 54th Army, and three brigades of the Second Infantry Division.

It can be said that this is the largest armored battle in the Second Korean War.

It was not the volunteer army that occupied the dominant position, but the US army.

As early as the First Korean War more than 60 years ago, a large-scale battle took place here, and it was named after Iron Yuan.

In that battle, the poorly equipped volunteers relied on solid defensive positions and rugged terrain to withstand the United Nations forces led by the US military.

This time, it was not the volunteers who were in a defensive position, but the US troops.

During the five-day battle, the 54th Army fought very passively. The main reason was that the armored troops involved in the assault could only advance along the highway route, while the terrain on both sides of the highway was too steep to allow the armored troops to spread. The US military could rely on the terrain to conduct layer by layer blocking.

More importantly, armored troops gathered on both sides of the highway can easily become targets of bombing.

What must be said? I can only say that the 54th Army entered the battle in time, crushing the US military's attempt to quickly capture Tieyuan, and blocking the US military's assault on Pingkang.

Even on the night of the five-day night, all the troops that the 54th Army of the counterattack were defeated by the US military, losing nearly 500 tanks and more than 300 infantry fighting vehicles. Because the following infantry established a defense line in the rear in time and controlled the commanding heights on both sides of the highway, the US military still had to attack Tieyuan first after winning, and could not take advantage of this opportunity to assault northward and seize the more important Pingkang.

However, Tieyuan must not be lost.

If the US military is allowed to occupy Tieyuan, Jinhua will be threatened, and Jinhua is the location of the 13th Army Command and is also the main support point on the defense line of the 13th Army. In addition, it will definitely be much more difficult to regain Tieyuan from the US military than to defend Tieyuan.

That night, Huang Zhibo had to use the 24th Army.

In other words, he used two armies in Tieyuan, and his opponent was only the Second Infantry Division of the US Army.

In addition, the 13th Army also took action that night, sending infantry equivalent to a brigade to advance from the mountain road to Tieyuan to enhance Tieyuan's defensive power.

In this way, the remaining troops of the Thirteenth Army were only one and a half divisions.

Perhaps, this is not a bad thing for the Thirteenth Army.

But for the Forty-Seventh Army, which is at the forefront, this means that there will be no support in the next battle.

In addition, on the battlefield of the Eastern Front, the Sixty-Fifth Army could only fight alone.

By dawn on the sixth day, the biggest turning point was not Tieyuan, but in Yuantong.

After a night of hard fighting and losing nearly one-third of its troops, the Ninth Armored Division captured Yuantongli. If Shucao was not in the hands of the Volunteer Army, then at this time, the Ninth Armored Division would definitely continue to head north. Unfortunately, too much material was consumed in the attack on Yuantongli, and the Ninth Armored Division could only stay in Yuantongli.

Fortunately, with the arrival of the 24th Army, the Volunteer Army finally stabilized the front line.

For Huang Zhibo, what he had to do next was to try his best to defend Tieyuan, and to try to annihilate the Ninth Armored Division that captured Yuantongli.

However, the only thing he could mobilize was the 16th Army, and there was only one division of the Army.

At that time, in order to increase pressure on the Second Infantry Division, the 16th Army, as the reserve team of the Western Front, launched an attack in the direction of Dongdouchuan, forcing the Second Armored Division of the US Army to prevent the Second Armored Division from acting rashly. Although the 39th Army dispatched an armored brigade to support the 16th Army and also launched an attack on the Linchuan River front to prevent the First Armored Division from reinforcing the Second Infantry Division, the 16th Army was originally a light armored unit and did not have much armor force. After consuming too much troops on the front battlefield, at most one division could be mobilized to the Eastern Front battlefield.

This teacher can be said to be a crucial force.

Just as Huang Zhibo organized the reserve team, Botsman also began to dispatch troops.

Although the Second Infantry Division was unfavorable in combat and failed to capture Tieyuan as planned, the 9th Armored Division of the South Korean Army unexpectedly captured Yuantongli at night, giving him a glimmer of hope.
Chapter completed!