Chapter 146: Battle

Attacking Seoul is definitely a major problem in "military science." 【】

Regardless of Yoo Jong-chun's order to the commander of the 3rd Army, General Kim Joon-nam, to defend to the death, it would be very difficult for any army to attack a large city with a population of more than 20 million and more than 300,000 defenders.

What's more, the South Korean army guarding Seoul is likely to be more than 350,000.

After the 39th Army captured Bucheon and Incheon, Kim Jun-nam issued a general mobilization order in Seoul, requiring all male citizens between the ages of 16 and 54 to participate in the city defense operation. Although not many actually took up arms, and most of the mobilized people participated in the construction of defensive positions and did not become combatants, according to the estimates of the Military Intelligence Agency, the strength of the South Korean troops defending the city must have exceeded 500,000, of which about 200,000 were newly mobilized "militiamen."

The number of defenders is still a secondary issue, and the main problem is that the terrain of Seoul is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The South Korean army set up 5 lines of defense in Seoul. The outermost part is the "point-and-line" defense area based on satellite towns such as Uijeong and Seongnam, and the ROK army has set up many obstacles for the attacking forces by blowing up viaducts, blocking major highways, and setting up minefields in important areas. The second layer is the "defensive ring" bounded by the Ring Road, which is used by the South Korean army as the main line of defense to defend Seoul by laying minefields with a depth of more than 500 meters on the perimeter of the expressway and building staggered defensive positions on the inside of the expressway. The third layer is the "urban defense zone" built on the main urban areas, where the ROK army sets up barricades on every street and firepower points on every building in the urban area, and then uses the urban sewers to establish an underground defense system as the main battlefield for attacking the offensive forces. The fourth layer is the "core position" of the major urban areas, and the ROK army has installed blasting devices on the high-rise buildings in the major commercial districts, and as long as the attacking troops enter the main urban area, the ROK army will blow up the high-rise buildings, and use the high-rise buildings of hundreds or even hundreds of meters as weapons to attack the enemy; Finally, there is the "central defense area" with both sides of the Han River as the core, and the ROK Army's urban defense headquarters is deployed in Yongsan Family Park on the north bank of the Han River.

In the words of Liu Zongchun, Seoul will be the largest cemetery in the world!

Willing to attack hard, Su Jinhui will not let the officers and soldiers of the 39th Army die in vain.

On the night of the 15th, after Pei Chengyi issued an operational order, six combat brigades of the 39th Army entered the offensive positions one after another.

As in previous offensives, fire preparation was still carried out first.

All night long. Seoul was shrouded in flashes of explosions, muzzle flashes, and ground fire.

In order to maximize the destruction of the military-civilian defense system. The H-6M fleet made a total of three sorties on the night of the 15th and in the early morning of the 16th. Each time with the maximum bomb load (H-6M internal bomb bay can carry 36 ~ kg bombs. It is also possible to carry 24 gram-class bombs on wing pylons. The total bomb load is 15~:) take-off. Dropped bombs on Seoul 270, including 1800 incendiary bombs~:.

Having lost its air defense system, the South Korean army could only intercept bomber groups with anti-aircraft guns.

According to the recollections of some H-6M pilots. At that time, the ROK army used anti-aircraft guns with a caliber of more than 76 mm, because the bombers flew at an altitude of more than 5,500 meters. There were still a small number of anti-aircraft artillery shells exploding inside the group. It's just that it doesn't pose a threat to bombing agencies.

Judging by the massive use of searchlights by the South Korean army. The Seoul ground air defense forces are seriously lacking anti-aircraft artillery fire control radars.

The large-scale bombing of the H-6M fleet far outweighed the actual lethal effect on the ROK military.

Although a large number of incendiary bombs were used in bombing, almost all of the incendiary bombs dropped by the H-6M were old ammunition that was about to "expire", and the actual combat effect was not ideal. Of the 7,200 incendiary bombs dropped, more than 500~500 did not explode, and the failure rate was as high as 7%. Later, the ROK army installed detonating devices on these incendiary bombs that did not explode, buried them on both sides of the road, and made them into "roadside bombs", which posed a great threat to the attacking troops of the 9th Army.

In the early morning of the 16th, the 9th fleet debuted.

Unlike in the past, all 36 H-99s on bombing missions carried "standoff munitions dispensers," that is, "submunitions" with a range of more than 250 kilometers, controlled flight paths through inertial navigation systems or satellite navigation systems, and equipped with gliding wings and power systems.

All standoff ammunition spreaders carry anti-armor/personnel submunitions.

One "standoff ammunition spreader" with a mass of 850 kg carried 350 submunitions weighing 15 grams each, and the submunitions had a ** detonation system, which could not only set the detonation time (ammunition officers often set the detonation time between tens of seconds and dozens of hours and irregularly), but also install sensors for the ammunition and detonate them by sensors. The radius of destruction of submunitions loaded with kilograms** against armored targets will not exceed 5 meters, and the radius of destruction of personnel will be about 15 meters. Because city streets are generally within 30 meters wide, submunitions are particularly suitable for urban combat.

A total of 864 "standoff ammunition spreaders" were dropped by 36 H-9s.

It was not an irregular bombing, but a bombing in the way formulated by Su Jinhui.

Using more than 300,000 submunitions to create a "separation zone", the attacking force will move in the direction of the government

250 square kilometers of South Korean defensive positions were cut out.

This will become a breakthrough for the 39th Army to tear through the defense line of the South Korean army!

At 2:30 a.m. on the 16th, the H-99 fleet had just left, and the pre-offensive fire preparations began.

Su Jinhui made a clear allocation of fire strikes between the aviation and artillery, the aviation unit was responsible for blocking the bombing in depth, and the artillery was responsible for suppressive fire strikes.

More than 200 tactical fighters of the Air Force were divided into 1C groups and repeatedly bombed the positions of the ROK troops south of the Ui government. In addition, a number of fighter jets from two groups are on standby near the battlefield, ready to strike at the South Korean forces that are trying to advance in the direction of the Uijeong.

More than 1,000 artillery pieces and rocket artillery of the artillery directly under the three armies repeatedly shelled the positions of the ROK troops in the Ui government.

Before the fire preparations were over, several helicopters of the Army Air Force bypassed the government and approached Seoul. Although the 39th Army Aviation Brigade is equipped with transport helicopters, these helicopters can temporarily add fire control equipment, carry ground attack weapons under the short wings, and can also set up aviation machine guns and aerial guns on the hatches on both sides, and make cameo role as armed helicopters.

There is only one task in the fleet, monitoring the "isolation zone".

If the ROK army dares to move in the direction of the Ui government, the direct aircraft fleet has two options, one is to use the weapons it carries to send the ROK troops back or call for fire support.

There is only one purpose for this purpose, so that the Panzer 392 and the Armored 395 Brigade can successfully capture the parliamentary government.

20, the last round of "fire readiness" reached.

The Air Force's 24J-14 fighters dropped 96 15~:heavy thermobaric bombs at a distance of 500 meters on the offensive route of the formation, removing the mines planted by the ROK troops on the periphery of the position.

Demining with thermobaric bombs is a simple and quick way.

No matter how advanced a mine is, it has a "pressure detonating device" that will automatically detonate if it is trampled on by a person or run over by a vehicle. Even in open areas, thermobaric bombs can create a pressure of several to dozens of atmospheres in a matter of seconds, detonating all nearby mines.

30, the ground offensive began.

At the front were the main battle tanks equipped with mine-sweeping shovels, and behind were the armored assault units composed of the 392nd Armored Brigade and the 395th Armored Brigade.

It didn't take much effort for the armored troops to tear through the outer defense line of the South Korean army and rush into the positions of the South Korean army.

Seeing the armored units of the Republic passing through the minefield unscathed, the ROK troops, who had just been subjected to shelling and bombardment for two hours, were immediately panicked, and some of the ROK army "militiamen" who had not long put on their uniforms thought that the Republic Army had received help from God, otherwise why had those mines not been detonated?

Armored assault warfare, which quickly evolved into a sweeping warfare.

When the South Korean troops who fled in a hurry found that the retreat had been blocked, they laid down their weapons and surrendered to the armored forces of the Republic on the spot.

At dawn, armored forces captured the headquarters of the Korean army in Uijeong.

The mopping battle ended before 11 o'clock.

In this short battle, about 11C00 South Korean troops were killed, and 38,000 South Korean troops were taken prisoners of war.

When Su Jinhui arrived at the Ui government before 12 o'clock, the convoy carrying supplies was transporting thousands of South Korean troops to the rear prisoner of war camps and handed them over to the custody of the Korean Defense Forces.

The first round of offense went very smoothly, and even Su Jinhui was a little surprised.

According to Su Jinhui's estimate, it would be very good to capture the parliamentary government before dark on the 17th.

After ordering the logistics troops to speed up the delivery of materials, Su Jinhui asked the two combat brigades to seize the time to rest and recuperate.

In the afternoon of the same day, the 393rd Panzer Brigade arrived at the Parliamentary Government with the 394th Armored Brigade.

With limited troops, Su Jinhui must concentrate on attacking. Therefore, he only sent two combat brigades to the south to cut off the communication between the ROK 3rd Army and the outside world.

In the evening, the Panzer 3911 Brigade captured Gucheon-ri, cutting off Seoul from Suwon.

The 396th Brigade occupied the south of the city a little later and completed the siege of Seoul.

At this point, the more than 300,000 troops of the ROK 3rd Army were completely surrounded, and only the 5 ROK infantry divisions gathered in Suwon were outside the encirclement of the 39th Army.

Regardless of whether the ROK army intends to "break the siege" or not, the offensive of the 39th Army will begin again during the night.

Whether or not to rescue the main forces of the besieged 3rd Army is indeed a matter that the ROK army needs to think about. It was only a matter of time before Seoul was lost, and if the 3rd Army, which had the strongest combat effectiveness, was lost, the ROK army would lose the last main army defending the country, and it would be even more impossible to win the battle that followed.

Bae Seung-yi also realized at this time that the Korean army in Suwon would move north at night and sent a warning to Su Jinhui.

Su Jinhui also knows very well that the South Korean army will not give up its last effort until hope is completely lost. Therefore, when deploying offensive operations, he did not put the 3911 armored brigade and the 396 armored brigade into battle, but made the two brigades ready to meet the infantry division of the South Korean army in Suwon.

Sending a combat brigade to deal with the 5 South Korean infantry divisions in Suwon, Su Jinhui spent a lot of money.

The focus is still on attacking Seoul, as long as Seoul is captured, the Korean army in Suwon will take the initiative to retreat south!