Chapter 721: Korean Campaign (3)
The Han River is a major river on the Korean Peninsula and the fourth longest river on the Korean Peninsula, after the Yalu, Tumen and Nakdong rivers. The Han River is made up of the Namhan River, which originates in Daedeoksan, and the North Hangang River, which originates in Mount Kumgang, Korea. And the two main rivers, the South Han River and the North Han River, converge in Gyeonggi-do, and it is called the Han River at this time.
The total length of the Han River is about 514 kilometers, and the basin area is 26,000 square kilometers. The Han River has a fairly wide channel. In the modern part of Seoul, the river is more than a kilometer wide, and it is even wider in this era.
As early as a few months ago, the intelligence station of the company's intelligence department in the DPRK had drawn up a detailed map of the section of the Han River by various means, and had conducted many field voyages, and the fleet of the surprise landing task force had long been well aware of the situation on the Han River. Moreover, there are more than a dozen airships cruising in the sky above the fleet, and the intelligence personnel stationed in the DPRK intelligence station have arranged many luminous signs along the Han River, and the airships can constantly navigate and correct the fleet through infrared night vision devices at high altitude.
The fleet traveled at high speed on the extremely wide Han River, which was in very good hydrological conditions, and the journey was extremely smooth. Dozens of ships carrying the assault landing task force were light-controlled after entering Jianghua Bay, and the chimney behind the ship was also treated to make it. It is also a system for all the people who drive the boat, and a luminescent sign is installed at the tail of each boat to guide the boats behind.
Even if the neat crews of dozens of deck barges in the flotilla made a violent roar, which was heard by the North Korean soldiers guarding both sides of the riverbank, the other side would not be able to see the shadow of the fleet on the one-kilometer-wide river surface in such a dark night. The Korean generals on both sides of the river were superstitious that there was some monster on the Han River. It made them panic.
After nearly four hours of high-speed driving, the fleet finally came to the vicinity of Hanyang City. At this time, there was less than half an hour before the general offensive of the various units of the Far Eastern Army. The flotilla stopped on the river two kilometers from Hanyang.
Li Liansheng picked up the microphone and said loudly: "Report to the commander, the assault landing task force has arrived at the designated position......
Gao Jianguo has been observing the dynamics of the fleet with night vision binoculars on the airship, and the fleet is sailing in such a dark night. He also kept sweating for them. Fortunately, the fleet traveled all the way at high speed and finally reached the destination, and everything went very smoothly.
He raised his hand and looked at his watch, and glanced at Shi Mingfeng and Lin Hua next to him, and both nodded at the same time. Gao Jianguo picked up the microphone and said loudly: "Li Liansheng, don't wait, you start attacking, you must control Hanyang City first." Not a single one is allowed to be spared, especially the Lee royal family in the Joseon royal palace, and no one is allowed to be spared. ”
"Yes...... Mission completion guaranteed! ”
Li Liansheng looked into the microphone and shouted excitedly: "Attention all units, act according to the original plan......"
The originally calm Han River suddenly heard a violent roar, and the two landing craft that took the lead rushed to the north bank of the Han River at full speed. Dozens of offshore steam deck barges followed.
"Bang...... Bang ......"
One after another, the landing ships rushed to the beach. There was a muffled sound, and one by one the landing pedals hit the north bank of the Han River. Three BTR-60 armored transport vehicles, twelve UAZ-469 jeeps roared first and rushed to the riverbank. occupied various key positions to cover the landing of large forces. Two battalions of well-trained officers and men of the field division and an elite battalion of independent daredevils quickly established a beachhead on the north bank of the Han River.
The engineering detachment consisted of an engineer company drawn from the 1st Brigade of the Field Division, and they were assisted by the officers and men who landed there. In a very short period of time, a fence with a total length of nearly 1,000 meters of barbed wire was erected, and two steel watchtowers, a power supply workstation, a simple material storage yard, and an artillery position were assembled.
When ten KAMAZ military trucks landed one after another, Li Liansheng left a company to guard the landing site, and then led two battalions of officers and soldiers of the field division and a samurai of an independent death army brigade. They got into the vehicles, formed a mechanized mobile unit, and rushed to Hanyang, not far from Jiangbei.
At this time, the loud noise coming from the landing site of the assault landing task force had already alarmed the people on the north bank of the Han River, and some disheveled Korean officers and men rushed over from all over in an uproar, but as soon as they appeared, they were strafed by the heavy machine guns on the barges on the deck moored here.
Six fire support boats also unfurled their gungear on the shore, ready for artillery fire support at any time. Six 75-mm mountain guns and three 2B11 120-mm mortars on the beachhead artillery positions were also erected separately and were ready to support the attacking troops. There is a special airship in the air, which is responsible for coordinating and directing the artillery, and as long as it receives a request from the forward troops for artillery support, it can provide the beachhead artillery with firing at any time and be responsible for correcting the artillery fire.
At this time, more than a dozen airships cruising in the air also flew over Hanyang from different directions, landed at various locations on the Hanyang city wall, and then threw down the cables one by one. Liu Baoguo led 10 special combat personnel and more than 60 reserve special combat personnel to slide down the rope from the airship gondola to the head of Hanyang City.
The few Korean defenders at the head of the city who reacted were ready to rush forward with their spears, but they were immediately hit by heavy machine gun fire from the airship, which knocked them into a sieve, leaving the corpses all over the place.
Dozens of special combat personnel swept away the head of Hanyang City without much effort, occupying various key positions at the head of the city. They put sixteen PK general-purpose machine guns, assuming that at the head of the city, more than a dozen snipers were also in place, and tightly sealed the gates of Hanyang, as well as the main streets under the city.
At this time, two 105-mm vehicle-mounted recoilless gun trucks, three BTR-60 armored transport vehicles, twelve UAZ-469 jeeps, and ten KAMAZ military trucks of the mechanized mobile unit had rushed to the city of Hanyang. Because of the limited number of vehicles, each vehicle was fully loaded, even the jeep made a few people, the roof of the armored transport vehicle was squeezed a dozen, and the unfed KAMAZ military truck was also loaded with dozens of them. And also towed nine 70-mm infantry guns.
Li Liansheng jumped out of the jeep and yelled directly at the back: "105 recoilless cannon, blast the city gate open for me......"
The members of the artillery crew of two 105-mm vehicle-mounted recoilless gun trucks heard Li Liansheng's order and immediately rushed to the front of the city gate by car.
"Boom...... Boom ......".
The gate of Hanyang City was blown apart in an instant, and three BTR-60 armored transport vehicles slammed the throttle up, frantically smashed open the dilapidated city gate, and rushed into Hanyang City. Fifteen jeeps and ten trucks followed. (To be continued......)