1/11/25, 4:30 AM. 【Reading.com】

2,476 large-caliber howitzers and 864 long-range rocket artillery of the 15 artillery brigades directly under the 38th parallel roared at the same time, throwing 20,000 artillery shells and 18,000 rockets at the ROK defensive positions south of the 38th parallel within 15 minutes, and then continued to fire at a rate of 120,000 shells and rockets every 30 bells for 2 hours and 30 hours. The shelling continued until 7:15, that is, at dawn.

The "God of War" opened the curtain of the third battle with a splendid and unparalleled majestic performance.

During the 165-bell shelling, a total of ammunition was thrown, equivalent to the carrying capacity of 50,000 tons of wheels, or 2,050 wagons of trains; On average, nearly 300 ammunition is dropped per minute, which is equivalent to 12 bomb-laden H9 bombers or 50 bomb-laden J15 fighters per minute. In terms of the amount of ammunition thrown per unit of time, this shelling can definitely be regarded as the "world's largest" after the Second World War.

In fact, it was not the artillery that fired the first shot.

Long before the artillery might, the Air Force and the Navy were engaged in battle.

In addition to the battle for air supremacy, the first sortie was the bombers of the Air Force and the Navy, and not the H99, but the H6M, which was about to be decommissioned. What's even more incredible is that the H6M uses ordinary aerial bombs instead of air-launched cruise missiles and gliding guided bombs!

After the successful development of the H99, the Air Force of the Republic of China and the Navy successively eliminated the H66 series bombers that had been in service for more than half a century.

Because the production capacity of H99 cannot go up and the price cannot be reduced, the Air Force and the Navy did not immediately eliminate all H6M, but retained some of them. Most of them were assigned to second-line troops for teaching and training, and a small number were converted into various test aircraft. For example, when the H99 was developed, the 2H6M was equipped with a turbofan engine for the H9, and the 2H6M was equipped with electronic equipment.

The H6M is enough to enter service after more than 60 years of service, mainly because South Korea has lost its homeland air defense capability.

During the "Battle of the State Island". The Air Force and the Navy have only one mission: to seize absolute air supremacy on the Korean Peninsula.

The Air Force and Navy have not only concentrated their efforts on attacking the South Korean Air Force, but also repeatedly bombed South Korean air bases. It also focused on bombing the territorial air defense system of South Korea.

In order to minimize the ground air defense capability of the South Korean military. The Air Force and the Navy formed the "Wild? "Rat" troops.

To be precise, it should be the "air defense suppression force". "Wild weasel" is the name given by the US Air Force to the air force units that carry out air defense suppression tasks.

Although "anti-aircraft suppression" is a very dangerous task. But the rewards are very lucrative.

As long as the enemy's ground air defense is knocked out. Fighter planes will be able to freely enter and exit the enemy's ground and attack the enemy's ground forces by all means.

Performing the task of air defense suppression does not require too advanced fighters, but advanced combat systems.

The DJ11B of the KZ199 and the DJ13B of the HNA have completed the air defense suppression task very well. When the third battle began, all the ROK army's long-range air defense warning radars, anti-air search radars, theater air defense systems, long-range air defense systems, and most of the army-level mobile air defense systems were devastated.

In the words of Air Force Commander Yan Yuqing: When the H6M entered the war, the South Korean army was left with only shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles!

Although the situation is not so extreme, the reality is not much different. By the early morning of the 11th, the ROK army did not have a single anti-aircraft weapon capable of threatening warplanes above 5 meters.

Let the H6M put on the stage, let this veteran who has defended the airspace of the Republic for more than 60 years put on a curtain call, and can consume a large number of stockpiled ammunition that is about to pass the "expiration date", not those aerial bombs that are about to be obsolete. Therefore, the H6M does not carry advanced ammunition and uses aerial bombs!

Gorgeous, frighteningly gorgeous bombardment.

The first to be attacked was Kaesong, where nearly 1 Korean troops were stationed. The 60H6M formed a dense formation and dropped 540 tons of aerial bombs at an altitude of 5,500 meters, flattening the urban area about a kilometer east of Kaesong. Throughout the third campaign, the 6M made two sorties a day, dropping hundreds of tons of bombs on the positions of the South Korean army in Kaesong, Seoul, Incheon, Wonju, Suwon and other places. Before the end of the third campaign, H6M made a continuous sortie with extremely high intensity, dropping the last batch of stockpiled ammunition on the positions of the South Korean army in Cheongju.

What is the bombing effect of the H6M, I'm afraid no one can say clearly.

After the war, when the Republic Army and the North Korean Army cleaned up the battlefield, they found a number of aerial bombs that did not explode. In total, the H6M dropped a total of 120,000 250-gram aerial bombs and one 500-kilogram aerial bomb throughout the campaign, that is, about 25% of the bombs did not explode!

From a purely military point of view, the striking significance of the "carpet bombing" is not obvious.

No more than 10,000 South Korean troops died in the H66M bombing, and about 10,000 were wounded.

From another angle, "carpet bombing" is an ideal means to destroy the morale and fighting spirit of the ROK army. Unable to endure the fear of "carpet bombing," tens of thousands of South Korean troops surrendered on the battlefield.

For civilians, "carpet bombing" is an absolute "humanitarian catastrophe".

According to the North Korean government's post-war report, which has been greatly reduced

According to the data given, 542811 people died in the indiscriminate bombing of Seoul alone, and 2.5 million people lost their homes. According to estimates released by the U.S. government, widespread bombing using ordinary bombs has claimed the lives of at least 250,000 South Korean civilians, leaving 12.5 million South Koreans as war refugees.

Although the Republic has never admitted to deliberately firing at civilians during the Peninsular War, in 2045, 20 years after the end of the Peninsular War, the Republic has lifted the ban on relevant archives one after another, and then apologized in an unofficial form to North Korean friends who were harmed by the war, promising to provide reasonable financial compensation for the war victims.

Because the archives related to the "strategic bombing" are sealed for one year, no one can say clearly whether the top brass of the republic ordered the strategic aviation to bomb civilian targets during the third campaign.

The H6M carried out the "carpet bombing" mission, and the H99 carried out the "point bombing" mission.

Because it was determined that Japan would not enter the war, the H99 group, which had previously carried out "strategic patrol" missions, once again entered the war, becoming the most ideal "air strike platform" with a bomb-carrying capacity that far exceeded that of tactical fighters.

Like the H6M, which uses ordinary aviation, the H9 does not use expensive cruise missiles, but cheaper guided bombs.

At the beginning of the campaign, the main task of 99 was to bomb the command and communication facilities of the ROK army, strike at the command capability of the ROK army, and weaken the combat effectiveness of the ROK army.

Subsequently, the H99's mission shifted to perform the "battlefield call" mission.

"Battlefield call" is the nickname given by the Army to the empty "battlefield support". During this mission, the H99 carried bombs over the battlefield and patrolled near the battle line, and immediately dropped bombs in accordance with the battlefield information provided by the ground forces or the information provided by reconnaissance planes after receiving a request for air support from the ground forces.

The H99's airborne and bomb-carrying capabilities make it an ideal aircraft for this mission.

If a tactical fighter performs the "battlefield call" mission, it takes 3 echelons of 12J14 or 18J15 to withstand 1 H99.

The color performance of H99 left a deep impression on the Army.

In the ensuing battles, many army commanders even called for air support from H99 by name!

At the beginning of the campaign, the tactical fighters who had acted as the "vanguard" fell behind.

In the first few hours of bombing, the main targets of fighter jets were not military targets, such as bridges, tunnels, railway stations, and material transfer centers.

Because the infrastructure is relatively fragmented, it is necessary to use high-precision laser-guided munitions to combat the combat effectiveness of bombers is inferior to that of fighters.

As with the Air Force and the Navy, the ROK Air Force did not pose a threat to the bombing campaign.

In the early morning of the 11th, the military and the navy dispatched a total of 2 squadrons of 24J14 series fighters to carry out air supremacy missions. After dawn, the 12J14B of the Hainan Airlines hung bombs to carry out the bombing mission, leaving only the 12J14 of the Air Force to continue patrolling the battlefield. On the 13th, the Air Force canceled the air supremacy mission, but only let all fighters carrying out bombing missions carry at least one interceptor missile and two combat missiles in case of accidents.

Pei Chengyi specifically mentioned in the campaign report that the key factor for winning the third battle was "absolute air supremacy."

Mastering air supremacy is equivalent to grasping the initiative in a campaign.

For the South Korean army, which has lost air supremacy, if it stays on the position, it can only be divided and surrounded by the Republic Army and annihilated one by one; If you leave a defensive position, you will be subjected to heavy bombardment and lose your combat ability before engaging your opponent.

To move is to die, and not to move is to die!

Because air supremacy is essentially the absolute embodiment of "firepower", it can be seen from this that the importance of firepower in sports warfare.

Absolute air supremacy is equal to absolute firepower superiority.

Before the battle began, the defeat of the South Korean army was decided.

The heavy shelling was just a demonstration of the army's firepower.

While preparing for artillery fire, the 38th Army and the 39th Army, which were the main attack on the ground, entered offensive positions one after another.

Although the 38th and 39th armies, and even the army did not admit that the real main force was not the ace army of the republic, in fact, the real main force was indeed the air assault force and the 77th army.

Before dawn, more than 1C00 helicopter gunships and transport helicopters of five air assault brigades were ready to take off at two airfields and field airfields.

The three rapid reaction brigades of the 77th Army, deployed in Kumhwa, Jinhua, south of the 38th parallel, were the first to embark on the journey.

Before dawn, the 771st Brigade, which was at the forefront, advanced more than 60 kilometers to Dongpyeong-ri, northeast of Seoul. At this point, the generals of the three brigades of the 77th Army divided into three routes and launched in-depth assaults in three directions.

After dawn, the helicopter gunships of the 1511 Brigade, the 1611 Brigade and the 1711 Brigade caught up with the three assault units of the 77th Army and began to clear the ROK strongholds along the way. At the same time, three brigades of low-altitude assault units were dispatched, which would open the way in front of the 77th Army and speed up the assault of the 77th Army.

It was only by this time that the armored forces of the 38th and 39th armies came out of the offensive positions.

The ground battle of the third campaign has officially begun! (To be continued, if you want to know how to know the future chapters, more,!) )