Xueyun arrived in Jeju with the artillery battalion. 【Reading.com】

During the flight, Shang Xueyun had a more comprehensive understanding of the battle situation through the reports of the battalion commanders.

Before the plane landed, Shang Xueyun arranged a "priority support order" for the artillery battalion. Since there were only 8 "scouts" guarding the mountain road south of Jeju, the artillery battalion gave priority to supporting the "reconnaissance squad".

Airborne 152 had to deal with more than just the South Korean infantry coming north from Musepo.

Comparatively speaking, the battle in the Hanlin direction was the fiercest.

It took 8 hours for the 1526th Battalion to destroy the Korean army in Hanlim after landing, and it was fiercely attacked by the Korean army from Sinchang-ri before it had time to deploy a defensive position. Although the 1526th Battalion repelled the ROK attack within 3 hours with the help of an "armored group" composed of airborne combat vehicles, the fiercer the battle for Hanlin became, and the more dangerous the 1526th Battalion's defense line became.

In the first half of the night, the support fleet was fully supporting the 1526 battalion.

Shoot out the shells and send the support fleet to join the supply ships. During this period, in addition to leaving 3 helicopters for "dry cargo replenishment", the support fleet sent another 12 anti-submarine helicopters to carry rocket and artillery pods to provide "air support" for the airborne troops in the sky over Hanlin.

After 10 p.m., after it was determined that the ROK submarine had been completely destroyed, the three frigates in the support fleet rushed to the battlefield at the fastest speed of the knot, and from 1 a.m. on the 8th, they bombarded the ROK troops attacking Hanlim with 76 mm naval guns about 5 meters from the coastline. Although the power of the 76-mm naval guns was not great, not much different from the 1-mm howitzers that were eliminated by the army, and the fire of the 3 frigates was not too fierce, the support fleet had made the maximum efforts for the airborne forces to fight.

The battle of Hanlin is still going on, and the battle of the sky has begun.

The 15211th Battalion, where the emergency sortie was made, was only 30 minutes ahead of the South Korean army. Guan Shangxun did not let the troops stop. Instead, they took advantage of the opportunity for the ROK army to transition from a marching state to a defensive state. More than 30 airborne combat vehicles were organized to launch a "surprise attack" on the ROK army. In one go, the Han army drove to the west of Xihuali.

This round of blows. Gain at least 2 hours for the 1521st Battalion to prepare for defense.

Until 22:15. The Korean army advanced to Chaotianli again.

The 15211th Battalion, which had been put on the defensive, did not give the ROK army much of a chance.

The ground tactics were the same as those of the 1526th Battalion. The 15211th battalion concentrated airborne combat vehicles. Formation of "armored clusters". Take advantage of the gap between the offensive of the South Korean army. Counter-assault from the flanks. Extend the preparation time for the ROK military offensive as much as possible. This made it impossible for the South Korean army to concentrate its forces on the infantry line.

If it were not deployed on the southern tip of the peninsula, the long-range artillery of the South Korean army on the Hainan Peninsula would be around 23 o'clock. Intensive artillery shelling of the 15211th battalion with large-caliber long-range rocket artillery was carried out. It is very likely that Guan Shangxun will annihilate the South Korean infantry attacking Chaotianli by means of "movement warfare" before dawn.

The South Korean artillery bombardment caused considerable losses to the 15211th, killing at least 120 officers and soldiers and destroying 30 combat vehicles.

Although the Air Force bombed the artillery positions of the ROK army at 23 o'clock and destroyed the long-range rocket artillery of the ROK army, it could not make up for the losses of the 15211th Battalion, and Guan Shangxun could only give up the "movement war" and fight a positional war with the ROK army.

At around 2 a.m. on the 8th, the situation took a major turn.

The "reinforcement fleet" sent by the aircraft carrier battle group arrived in the shelled sea area and began to provide artillery support to the airborne forces. Like the support fleet, because there is no threat from below the sea surface, the anti-submarine helicopters in the reinforcement fleet are attached to rocket nests and artillery pods, and make cameo appearances as "gunships".

At 2:30, the "Yandi" and "Yellow Emperor", which had completed the replenishment, dispatched carrier-based fighters.

Air support doubled, and the ROK offensive suddenly lost its meaning.

The J15BA fighters of the two groups took off with the maximum bomb load and concentrated on bombing the assembly sites of the ROK troops in Sinchang-ri and Musepo, and blew up the morale of the ROK troops with more than 200 tons of bombs and incendiary bombs.

At 2 o'clock, the third brigade bombed the assembly area of the Korean army in Xihwa-ri.

At 3:25, the artillery battalion sent by the 153 Airborne Brigade arrived in Jeju and was put into battle after 15 minutes.

Whole, replenished with ammunition, the support fleet returned to the battlefield.

, the aircraft carrier "Huaxia" completed the replenishment operation and began to dispatch carrier-based fighters.

By this time, the South Korean army had been completely defeated.

Although Shang Xueyun was not in a hurry to make a good report, everyone knew that before the marines landed on Jeju Island, the 152nd Airborne Brigade was under the fleet, and it was very likely that the occupation task would be completed alone.

After receiving the battle report from the front, Xiang Linghui quickly adjusted the battle plan.

The landing in the southwest of Jeju Island has become meaningless, and the Airborne Forces need reinforcements, especially ground forces with heavy armor and heavy artillery, rather than Marines who have washed up on the beach.

After dawn, in addition to continuing to deliver war supplies, transport planes began to transport officers and men of the Marine Corps to Jeju.

The first to land on Jeju Island was not the 1st Marine Division and the 2nd Marine Division, which had already boarded the ship, but the 3rd Marine Division, which was on standby near Nantong as a reserve.

In order to provide the airborne troops with heavy armor as soon as possible, Xiang Linghui concentrated all Y15s for use.

Only Y15 can

Up to tens of tons of main battle tanks and 30 tons of infantry fighting vehicles.

At 7:25, the first Y1 with 1 main battle tank on board with 5: combat materiel landed on Jeju airfield. By 12:30, the 60Y15 flew 2 sorties each, transporting all the heavy readiness and combat crews of 1 armored battalion and 1 mechanized infantry battalion to Jeju.

Because the command of the Marine Corps did not come, the Marine Corps, which arrived first, obeyed Shang Xueyun's command.

Seemingly confident enough in the 1526th Battalion, Shang Xueyun did not let the armored forces attack south, but to the east, and went to attack Xihwa-ri and Seongsanpo to occupy the eastern part of Jeju Island.

If on a land battlefield, 1 armored battalion and 1 infantry battalion are nothing at all.

On Jeju Island, these 2 battalions will definitely be the key force that will determine victory or defeat!

As a second-line unit, the ROK army not only lacks armored forces, but also lacks anti-armor means.

When the armored battalion arrived in the sky, the attacking South Korean army was dumbfounded, then stopped the attack, put up a white flag, and surrendered to the bombarded tanks.

At 4:15, the armored battalion arrived at Xihuali.

After firing a few shots, the commander of the Han infantry battalion guarding Xihuali personally walked out with a white flag and surrendered to a tank squad leader who rushed to the front.

The defeat was like a mountain, and the South Korean army surrendered faster than the speed of the attack.

Shang Xueyun immediately asked the 15211th Battalion to follow behind the ass of the armored battalion and the machine battalion to contain the prisoners of war for the armored troops.

At 15:20, Unit A arrived at Seongsanpo.

More than 30 tanks and more than 30 infantry fighting vehicles of the 3C quickly surrounded the ROK army, and then used tank guns and machine guns to "name" the ROK army's fortifications. The shelling lasted about 30 minutes, and the commander of the Seongsanpo garrison, the commander of the 53rd Infantry Division of the ROK Army, Major General, ordered the entire division to surrender when resistance was fruitless.

As if seeing hope for a speedy end to the Battle of Jeju Island, Xiang Linghui decided to "intensify the situation".

By 16:30, 60Y15 sent the second armored battalion with the second mechanized infantry battalion to Jeju. For the delivery of armored forces, even part of the flight plans of the Y14 were canceled, delaying the delivery of combat materiel.

At 17:30, the second group of armored units that arrived left for Hanlin.

The results can be imagined. In the face of dozens of tons of steel monsters, the panicked ROK infantry not only stopped attacking, but also erected a white flag when the armored forces were making tactical detours, and surrendered to the airborne troops at the front of the defensive position.

When it was dark, the armored forces took down Sinchang-ri.

The Korean infantry, which was blocked by Zang Jiayu and others in the mountains in the middle of the island, retreated south under the cover of night. As a result, Zang Jiayu's shift lasted 24 hours, instead of 1 night as Guan Shangxun said.

At 20:35, the Marine Corps armored unit first captured Pyoseon-ri, southeast of Jeju Island.

At this point, all the South Korean troops guarding Jeju Island were concentrated in Musepur.

For the remaining 5,000 South Korean troops, surrender is the only way to save their lives.

Just after 211 o'clock, the marines and airborne troops surrounded Musserpu.

It was also at this time that the ground forces stopped the offensive.

It's not that Shang Xueyun doesn't want to attack, but there is no way to continue the attack, because the combat materials delivered by air have already been used up in the evening.

The more than 30 tanks that arrived at Moussepur had less than 1 ammunition left, and more than 30 infantry fighting vehicles were left with a pitiful amount of ammunition. Even if tanks and infantry fighting vehicles have thick skin, they can't use their bulky bodies and hard tracks to deal with the South Korean infantry.

The final strike mission fell to the Navy.

Since there was no longer any consideration for supporting the landing of the marines, the carrier battle group and support fleet had been grouped together with the reinforcement fleet and threw all their bombs and shells at the South Korean positions in Mussepo.

The bombardment and shelling continued until 10 p.m., when the South Korean army, whose morale was completely crushed, announced its surrender on loudspeakers.

In the early morning of the 9th, the officers and men of the 1526th Battalion marched into Mussepur.

Letting the airborne troops complete the final occupation operation was not only Shang Xueyun's personal decision, but also Xiang Linghui's arrangement. Although the armored units of the Marine Corps played a crucial role in the later stages of the battle, even the Marines did not deny that the real hero was Airborne 152. No one denies that without a strong naval fleet, even if the 15th Airborne Army is fully dispatched, it will not be possible to occupy Jeju Island inside.

The "Battle of Jeju Island" came and went quickly.

From the beginning of the fleet's fire preparation to the surrender of the last formed South Korean army, there were only 7 hours in total.

This short and fierce battle not only proved the combat effectiveness of the Republic's navy and airborne forces, but also exposed many problems.

For the armies of other countries who followed the battle, in addition to lamenting the strong combat effectiveness of the Republican Army, more attention was paid to the performance of the South Korean army. In Du Qiwei's words, if the ROK military top brass had been more sober, if the ROK army had been more prepared, and if the ROK army had performed better on the battlefield, it would definitely not have lost Jeju Island in more than 70 hours, and would have turned Jeju Island into a strong fortress!

In any case, the Republican team fought quickly on Jeju Island, opening up the situation for the entire Korean War! (To be continued, if you want to know how to know the future chapters, more,!) )