Chapter 158: The stakes are high

Before the three battles, the news media in Western countries still had some accusations against the ROK army

Although the performance of the South Korean army in the second battle was not ideal, according to the Western media, the main reason for the poor performance of the South Korean army was the sudden withdrawal of the United States, which led to the confusion of the command of the South Korean army, and it was unable to adapt to the new situation for a while, so it was defeated by the Republic Army, which attacked at a rapid pace. [Full text reading]

As an army that has been preparing for war for decades, it should not have been defeated so badly.

In order to prove that the ROK army still has a strong enough combat effectiveness, the Western media have come up with a lot of evidence, such as that South Korea has about 5.5 million retired soldiers, a large number of weapons and equipment have been sealed, the people still have the will to fight, the terrain conditions are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the United States has received military assistance.

From another point of view, the Western media are deliberately exaggerating the combat effectiveness of the ROK army.

The reason is very simple, several Western gambling giants have already opened the market. The bet is not on winning or losing, but on how long the Korean army can hold out. According to the information provided by Li Chengwen, before the third battle, only three Italian mafia families with a gambling industry made money. The media in Western countries, especially in Europe, are inextricably linked to underground organizations, and the Italian mafia controls several television stations. By confusing the public through the news media and making gamblers make wrong judgments, gambling giants can make huge profits.

Imagine that if the South Korean army is bound to lose miserably, it will take money to gamble?

After the third campaign, no one believed the nonsense of the Western news media.

At this time, public opinion suddenly turned, and even the most optimistic military commentators believed that the South Korean army would not hold out for 0 days and would inevitably suffer a crushing defeat within 1.

A sudden shift in public opinion will certainly not be a good thing.

Gamblers who firmly believe that the South Korean army will be defeated quickly. Even some of the rich are involved. Paid a lot of money to buy the Korean army and was surrounded and annihilated by the Republic Army within 1. Only a very small number of gamblers who have mastered the rules of the game know. The result is certainly the opposite of what the news media advertises.

Because the hand is too weak. Therefore, the situation of the war has been developing according to the predictions of the Western media.

Late at night, the 7th Army arrived on the outskirts of Gyeongju. After a short break, the attack was launched.

Han Jun never thought of it. The republican ** team actually appeared in the rear!

One thing has to be mentioned here. That is, military reconnaissance satellites have major shortcomings.

As the most important means of strategic reconnaissance. Military reconnaissance satellites are becoming more and more powerful. In a lot of the time. Military reconnaissance satellites are even the only means of obtaining strategic intelligence. But. Whether in the United States, the Republic, or any other country capable of manufacturing and launching military reconnaissance satellites. None of them gave up other means of strategic reconnaissance because military reconnaissance satellites had insurmountable shortcomings.

Under normal circumstances, military reconnaissance satellites can only collect information on fixed targets, and it is difficult for them to play a role in tactical reconnaissance.

Although the resolution of the seventh-generation optical reconnaissance satellite of the United States has reached C05 (the resolution of C1 meter in the east-west direction) and the resolution of the radar reconnaissance satellite has reached C25 meters (C5 meters in the east-west direction), and it can accurately identify the vehicle model and even read the numbers on the license plate of the car, the ability of the reconnaissance satellite to distinguish between moving targets and false targets is very poor. During the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War, the Republic deployed a large number of false targets in the Brahmaputra River valley, which made the United States believe that the Republic would send troops to recover southern Tibet, causing India to make a major mistake in military decision-making.

U.S. generals have all admitted that they do not rely on the intelligence provided by reconnaissance satellites as a tactical basis when they have the option to do so.

When the 77th Army went south, it attached great importance to camouflage, and all vehicles were "dressed up" as South Korean army vehicles. In order to enhance the confusion, Pei Chengyi also asked the 611th Army and the 27th Army to collect more than 10,000 South Korean license plates in Seoul and other places, and let the wheeled combat vehicles of the 77th Army hang South Korean license plates and march south. In order to avoid arousing the enemy's arms, the 77th Army deliberately lengthened the interval between marches and concentrated before the battle with companies as the formation. To this end, Pei Chengyi specially arranged for low-altitude assault troops to open the way in front, and as long as it was not absolutely necessary, the 77th Army would not participate in ground battles.

2 reconnaissance satellites of the 77th Army discovered the 77th Army 6 times, and 6 times mistook the 77th Army for the South Korean Army.

Although the US military reconnaissance satellites discovered the abnormal situation in Jinquan, Yunshandong, and other places, and even judged that there had been battles at these sites, after accurate identification, they all judged that the low-altitude assault troops of the Republic had attacked these sites, and that no attacking ground troops had been found, so they did not pay attention to them.

Until the 77th Army assembled west of Gyeongju, the US troops did not react.

Gyeongju was far from the front line, and the 2 ROK infantry divisions stationed here were no match for the 77th Army at all.

The battle lasted only 3 hours, and the 77th Army captured Gyeongju.

After 4 o'clock in the morning of the 5th, the two air assault brigades that served as reserves all participated in the battle, and made every effort to block the 6th Army of the ROK Army, which was entangled in the 5th Army.

After getting rid of the South Korean army, the vanguard of the 54th Army, which had arrived at Yingdeok, moved south at full speed and killed Pohang.

Although the ROK army reacted before dawn, and the 6th Army immediately retracted to the south, any reaction of the ROK army at this time was too late to stop the 54th Army, and could only increase the casualties of the ROK army.

The South Korean troops left their positions and bombed

Ensued.

With the cooperation of the two air assault brigades, the 38th Army, which had been grinding in front of the ROK defense line for more than a day, launched a fierce attack and quickly compressed the ROK army's defensive range. The 1611 Brigade of the Air Assault, which had previously cooperated with the 77th Army, all assembled in Yunsandong to block the southward passage of the 6th Army of the South Korean Army.

For the ROK 6th Army, which was in a hurry to move south, it was too late to return to its positions at this time.

As a newly formed corps, the ROK 6th Army was no match for the 38th Army and the 3 Air Assault Brigades, and surrender was the only option for hundreds of thousands of ROK troops.

At 7:30 a.m. on the 5th, HNA bombed Pohang and dropped millions of leaflets.

Each leaflet was written in Chinese and Korean about the time of the massive bombing.

At 8:30, the H-6M and H-99 aircraft bombed Xiang, dropping thousands of tons of bombs.

After 9 o'clock, HNA dropped leaflets in Pohang again, announcing the bombing time again. Subsequently, more than 3C0 fighters of the Hainan Airlines bombed Pohang intensively.

After two psychological battles, HNA dropped a leaflet for the third time at 1C:30, announcing the time to attack Pohang.

For the Han army, who were at odds with each other, the third leaflet was nothing more than their death sentence.

At 11:30, HNA dropped leaflets four times, clearly informing the Pohang military and civilians that the only way out to survive was to surrender to the attacking Republic Army.

At 15 o'clock, the vanguard of the 54th Army arrived at the town of Hunghae north of Pohang.

Before the large army arrived, the first South Korean army took the initiative to come to the door. Of course, it was not the South Korean troops who attacked, but the South Korean infantry who came to surrender with rifles.

The main force of the 54th Army arrived in Heunghae around 13, and by this time about 30,000 South Korean troops had already taken prisoners of war.

At 17:30, the 54th Army marched into Pohang to accept the surrender of the commander of the South Korean army's city defense.

Except for the officers who led the psychological warfare, even Bae Seung-yi did not expect that the 54th Army would occupy the most important port city north of Ulsan so easily without firing a single shot. If he had known earlier that he would be able to capture Pohang without blood, Bae Seung-yi would not have allowed the carrier-based air force to bomb the South Korean warships entering Pohang. Later, the Republic of China Navy managed to salvage three South Korean warships that had sunk in the port of Pohang and tow them back to China for study. For this reason, the Republic has also fought lawsuits with the United States and Britain for several years, because 2 of the warships salvaged were exported to South Korea by the United States and Britain!

More than Pei Chengyi expected, it was very troublesome to take in prisoners of war.

The 54th Army mobilized and used transport planes to transport war materials (each Y-14 carrying 240 prisoners of war on its return, each Y-15 carrying 360), and sent away fewer than one prisoner of war within 12 hours. Subsequently, the 54th Army had to hold the remaining prisoners of war in warehouses in the port of Pohang, and even settled about 30,000 prisoners of war on several freighters. The main thing is that there were too many prisoners of war who surrendered at one time, far more than expected.

Pohang is lost, and Ulsan is in danger.

The 15 ROK infantry divisions stationed in Ulsan have only 120,000 officers and men, and they cannot stop the two armies and two air assault brigades.

If Ulsan is lost, Busan will be finished. Arriving in Busan, Yanagi had no way out, and in this case, he ordered the 8th Army stationed in Daegu to advance eastward at full speed to reinforce Ulsan and take Gyeongju and Pohang at all costs.

The departure of the ROK Army's 8th Army from Daegu somewhat surprised Bae Seung-yi.

Before the start of the campaign, Bae Seung-yi believed that the newly formed 8th Army would not leave Daegu. Of course, he was not unprepared.

After confirming the information, Pei Chengyi immediately adjusted the battle plan.

The 54th Army and the 77th Army, which were preparing for the attack on Ulsan, immediately turned their guns and aimed at the surging 8th Army.

The 38th Army, which was besieging the 6th Army, quickly dispatched the 383rd Brigade and launched a surprise attack on Daegu together with the 162nd Brigade of the Air Assault.

The HNA that had been bombing Ulsan before switched to a full-scale bombing of the ROK 6th Army, which was gathered near Andong, to provide fire support for the 38th Army and two air assault brigades.

Liu Zongchun's stupid mistake made the battle situation completely clear.

The departure of the main forces of the ROK 8th Army from Daegu provided the 38th Army with an opportunity to capture Daegu. If Daegu can be successfully captured, it will be possible to completely encircle the hundreds of thousands of South Korean troops on the southeastern tip of the peninsula, and not only will it be easier to attack Ulsan and Busan, but it will also be possible to annihilate a large number of South Korean troops between Ulsan and Busan.

The prerequisite for the capture of Daegu was that it was necessary to concentrate on eating the 6th Army, solve the worries of the 38th Army, and allow the 38th Army to concentrate its forces to move south. For this reason, Pei Chengyi will devote all air support forces to the combat operation of annihilating the 6th Group Army, and strive to complete the annihilation battle as quickly as possible.

The battle on the 5th more or less relieved those rich people who had made heavy bets.

For those who followed the war on the peninsula, the fatal mistake made by the supreme commander of the Republic of Korea not only ruined hundreds of thousands of South Korean troops, but also fundamentally extinguished the hope of the South Korean army to persist in the war of resistance.

Leaving more than 20 infantry divisions from fortified defensive positions and attacking armored units is definitely the stupidest mistake!