The meeting was presided over by Xiang Linghui, but the "main speaker" was Pei Chengyi. 【Full text reading】『Super fast update』

"Overall, the participating units performed very well in the first two campaigns." Pei Chengyi first introduced the situation of the troops, "The 153rd Airborne Brigade has completed its combat mission very well, laying the foundation for the encirclement and annihilation of the US Marine Corps; The 54th Army, the 37th Army and the 38th Army fought the main offensive in the first battle, and the performance of the 54th Army was the most eye-catching. In the second battle, the most outstanding performance was still the airborne brigade and the air assault brigade, especially the 163rd airborne brigade and the 173rd airborne brigade. The Airborne Forces have exposed many problems in the two campaigns, although they are mainly related to technical equipment and the nature of the Airborne Forces, but there are still problems with the tactics of the Airborne Forces, as well as the methods of application. ”

"How's the rest of the troops?" Zhao Rundong asked a topic that everyone was interested in.

"With the exception of the Airborne Brigade, all other units are being reorganized as planned." Pei Chengyi glanced at the secretary who assisted in the meeting, and asked the secretary to distribute the documents that had been prepared to the leaders of the meeting. "The situation of the 37th and 38th armies is ideal, and they can be back into battle before January 10. The 21st, 24th, 27th, 36th, and 611th armies began to go to the assembly sites to rest and recuperate from this evening, and are expected to restore combat capability before the 10th. The 1st Army was moving south, and it was planned to rest after the end of the third campaign. The 77th Army is assembling in the Shariwon, and will not participate in the third campaign unless it has special needs. The worst situation is the 54th Army, so far only the 543rd Brigade has regained its combat effectiveness, and the other two brigades are still being reorganized, and they can only be restored as soon as the 15th. ”

"In other words, the 54th Army will not be able to catch up with the third battle?"

Pei Chengyi nodded, which was regarded as answering Zhao Rundong's question.

"The US forces have been withdrawn from the Korean Peninsula, and the main problem of the third campaign is not troops, but supplies." Xiang Linghui took over Pei Chengyi's topic and said, "The material consumption rate of the first two battles far exceeded the speed of material supply, although the most effective solution is to open sea transportation as soon as possible, but there is no connecting railway line between North and South Korea, we must occupy a large port south of the 38th parallel, so that sea transportation can play a role." As everyone knows, only the ports on the west coast of the peninsula can be used by our army, but the west side of the peninsula is densely packed with islands and reefs, the water depth is shallow, and the shipping channels are complicated, so there is not only a lack of a good port in deep water, but it is also extremely easy to be blockaded. The nearest port is Incheon Port west of Seoul, and to the south, ideally Gunsan Port in North Jeolla Province, followed by Yeosu Port in South Jeolla Province. The mountains and Yeosu are too far away from the front line, and it is difficult to capture them, and the significance is not obvious. After the start of the third campaign, our army must do its best to capture Inchon and solve the problem of logistical support. ”

Zhao Rundong rubbed his forehead and glanced at Peng Maobang, who was sitting next to him.

"It's very difficult to attack Incheon." Peng Maobang picked up the cigarette on the table. Originally, he quit smoking after retiring, and he smoked again in the past few days. "No matter how stupid the generals of the South Korean army are, they all know the importance of Incheon. In previous battles, our army's airborne troops, low-altitude assault units, and rapid assault units showed extremely strong combat capabilities. Since yesterday, the South Korean army has strengthened the defense deployment of Incheon. According to the information already available, it is very likely that the ROK army will blow up all the port installations and delay the offensive of our army when our army attacks Incheon. If you can't use Incheon, you lose the meaning of occupying Incheon. In the short term, the ground transport line will remain the main supply channel for our army. ”

Pei Chengyi frowned slightly. There seems to be some idea.

I didn't wait for him to speak. Zhao Rundong said: "How to fight the third battle. It is determined by the combat units in the places where our army is put into operation and the combat forces in the places where they are put in. General Pei Chengyi. Can you tell us more about that? ”

Pei Chengyi was stunned for a moment. There was no reaction for a while.

"The battle plan is still being developed. Not given to the front command. Let me introduce you. Xiang Linghui extinguished the cigarette butt. Said. "In accordance with the ground battle plan drawn up by the General Staff. The third campaign was to capture Seoul as the main task. Before that. We need to concentrate our forces and take Kaesong. Open the ground passage to Seoul. Although the South Korean army has been strengthening the defense of Kaesong. But judging by our land. Throw in three armies. Plus three to five separate artillery brigades. It can take Kaesong in three to five days. During this period. The 383rd Brigade captured Panmunjom and Wensan. Cut off ground transportation between Kaesong and Seoul. The Battle of Seoul began within twenty-four to forty-eight hours after the end of the Battle of Kaesong. Put five corps and six brigades. A total of 150,000 troops. Combat operations concretely. It's not entirely certain yet. ”

That is to say. Need to provide material support for almost 200,000 ground troops? ”

Xiang Linghui nodded. Light a cigarette. "The DPRK National Defense Forces are mainly responsible for logistics support," he said. Judging from the situation in the previous two battles. The performance of the DPRK National Defense Forces is not bad. Use of North Korean roads and railways. It is capable of providing enough combat materiel for 150,000 ground troops. The rest. We will mobilize air force ground transport aircraft. Strive to deliver 3,500 to 4,000 tons of war materiel to the front line every day. Meet the material needs of another 50,000 ground troops. Overall

If the scale of the campaign is not expanded, there will not be much of a problem with logistical support. ”

Wang Yuanqing listened for a long time and said: "The problem is that the scale of the battle is definitely much larger than planned. ”

Zhao Rundong and Peng Maobang immediately laughed, and Xiang Linghui sighed.

"The First Army has already moved south, and we have only considered combat operations on the western battlefield, not on the ground on the eastern battlefield." Wang Yuanqing glanced at everyone and said, "Although I don't know much about military affairs, as far as I know, if our army attacks Seoul, the South Korean army will definitely counterattack in other directions." We must fight in two directions, at least with the combat units on the eastern battlefield playing their due. In this way, can the logistics keep up? ”

"That's the problem." Xiang Linghui shook his head with a wry smile and said, "If you don't consider the situation on the eastern battlefield, the battle can start on the eighth or even the seventh. Because the ROK army will definitely retreat to Busan and Ulsan, in order to end the war as soon as possible, the ground troops in the eastern battlefield must advance south as soon as possible to block the ROK army's retreat. According to the most optimistic estimates, during the third campaign, our army's logistical support capability can only meet about 70 percent of the needs of front-line combat units. Based on the fact that the campaign lasted 15 days, the total amount of war materials lacking was about 550,000 tons. The daily supply capacity of our army is about 80,000 tons, so the start time of the battle was determined to be the 10th. ”

After listening to Xiang Linghui's explanation, Wang Yuanqing had nothing to say.

Even people who don't know anything about military affairs can see the point of war.

The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first.

No matter what era it is, logistics support will always be the key factor in defeating the enemy.

The Republican Army exposed many problems and shortcomings in the war on the peninsula, such as the lack of armor and firepower of the airborne troops, the lack of support platforms for the air force, the lack of guidance means for the artillery, and the lack of coordination of the ground forces, etc., but these are all tactical and technical problems that can be solved through tactical innovation and technological progress.

However, it is very difficult to solve the problem of logistical support in a substantive way.

To be precise, logistical support is not a tactical and technical issue, but a military ideological issue.

Since the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War, the Republic has experienced several foreign wars, but each foreign war has been very limited in scale, very short in duration, and does not require high logistical support. Even in the old war, the logistics of the Republican Army were still able to meet the operational needs.

Compared with previous wars, the Korean Peninsula War was larger in scale and lasted longer.

The logistical support could not keep up with the needs of the operation, mainly because since the self-defense and counterattack war against Vietnam in the late 70s of the last century, the Republican Corps has not fought a large-scale foreign war for several decades, has underestimated the intensity of the war, and has not made adequate preparations before the war breaks out.

From Zhao Rundong to Pei Chengyi, they didn't realize that the attrition rate of the war would be so amazing.

According to the estimates of the General Staff, the war on the peninsula consumed a maximum of 10,000 tons of combat materials. In fact, about 150,000 tons of war materiel were consumed in the first two campaigns. In the revised strategic plan, Xiang Linghui raised the material consumption of the Korean Peninsula War to 5 million tons at once!

Material consumption is not the problem, transportation is.

If it is transported by car, it needs to dispatch 250,000 heavy-duty trucks with a load of 20:; If it is transported by train, it needs 125 trains with 50 standard wagons; If it is transported by aircraft, it needs to make 200,000 sorties of Y14 or 80,000 sorties of Y15; Even if it is by sea, it will require 500 giant ships of 10,000 tons. If the war lasts for three months, it will be necessary to transport war materiel to the front line on average every day. According to the material consumption rate of the first two battles, about 12,000 per day, the battle time only accounts for the war time, and most of the time is spent on material transportation.

This is a "catastrophe" for the logistical support forces of any army.

The problem is very clear, whether you fight or not, you have to stop the attack for the time being.

Although no one said it, everyone at the meeting knew that if the army stopped, the South Korean army would have a respite. The longer it stops, the more prepared the ROK army will be, the more difficult it will be to fight the battle in the future, and the greater the attrition and casualties!

Even Gu Weimin believes that Seoul should be taken down in one go and completely crush South Korea's morale and fighting spirit.

The silence lasted for a long time, and everyone was thinking about a solution to the problem.

"Perhaps, we should revise the battle plan for the third campaign and start the combat operation of attacking Jeju Island in advance."

Pei Chengyi broke the silence, and everyone's eyes fell on him.

Xiang Linghui glared at Pei Chengyi, who was a little unbelievable, and at the same time had great hopes for the brigadier general.

"Pei Chengyi, tell me what you think in detail." Zhao Rundong smiled and encouraged Pei Chengyi to continue.

Others also concentrated and prepared to listen to Pei Chengyi's "high insight"