Chapter 141: Ideal Tactics

The most embarrassing position of the three ground forces in the battle was definitely the 77th Army. [No pop-up novel network]

Among the three army commanders who participated in the combat operation, the most unhappy was definitely Ling Yunxiao.

Before it was decided to let the 39th Army enter the war, the 77th Army was in the most advantageous position. In addition to the 39th Army, no matter which army is assigned the main offensive task on the western battlefield, the support of the 77th Army is indispensable. Although the 77th Army could not be the main force in the attack on Seoul, it could play an extremely crucial role in the combat operation of the attack on Seoul.

The 39th Army entered the war, and the "sweet dream" of the 77th Army came to naught.

In the revised battle plan, let alone acting as the main force in the attack on Seoul, the 77th Army did not even have the opportunity to participate in the attack on Seoul.

In addition to assisting the 38th Army in annihilating the ROK Army's 1st Regiment on the Eastern Battlefield, the main task of the 77th Army was not to attack fortified positions, but to give full play to the advantages of the rapid reaction force, interspersed to the south, and determine the "battle boundary".

Although it was very unhappy, Ling Yunxiao accepted the task.

Compared to other troops who watched the excitement in the north of the Eighth Parallel, the 77th Army was already very lucky.

After leaving the 7711 Brigade and the 772 Brigade, Ling Yun personally led the 773 Brigade to the south.

With the experience of the first campaign "Xianzhou Blockade", Ling Yunxiao had absolute confidence to complete the campaign mission with the strength of one brigade: to capture Cheonan, cut off the northward passage of the ROK 5th Army, and open the door for the main force to move south.

Cheonan is located about 85,000 places south of Seoul. It is the largest city and transportation hub between Seoul and Cheongju.

There are 2 expressways and 3 ordinary highways between Han and Cheongju. Because the Air Force had already blown up all the bridges on other roads before the start of the campaign. Therefore, the 5th Army stationed in Cheongju could only go to Seoul via the Cheonanji Highway. The 3rd Army, which was stationed in Seoul, wanted to flee and cross Cheonan.

It can be seen that An is an important strategic base between the two ROK army groups.

Because in the early days of the war. The ROK Army incorporated most of its main forces into the 1st Army and the 2nd Army (the Army was only a wartime establishment in the ROK Army). suffered a crushing defeat in the second campaign. Therefore, when the third campaign began, the 3rd Army and the 1st Army had a small number of main forces, and the foreign group armies were mainly temporarily formed local troops. The combat effectiveness is very low.

Even so. No one can ignore the threat of hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

On the eve of the entry of the republic into the war. South Korea began to mobilize for war in stages. Before the end of the second campaign. South Korea has carried out a "national war mobilization", and all citizens between the ages of 18 and local countries have joined the army to serve. The day before the start of the third campaign. South Korea has expanded the scope of mobilization to include non-major positions, and male citizens between the ages of 16 and 54 report to the nearest recruitment point.

According to the figures announced by Yoo Jong-chun, South Korea was able to mobilize 85C thousand fighters!

According to data obtained after the war, South Korea mobilized about 10,000 fighters before its defeat.

On this basis, the ROK army formed a group army as quickly as possible, namely the 5th Army with its headquarters in Cheongju, the 6th Army with its headquarters in Andong, the 7th Army with its headquarters in Gwangju, and the 8th Army with its headquarters in Daegu.

According to the plan of the ROK army, the 9th Army will be formed in Busan and the 1st Regiment Army will be formed in Ulsan.

South Korea's ability to conduct such a frantic war is inseparable from the mobilization of US military assistance.

Before the 11th, the United States used more than 100 strategic transport planes to transport light weapons mainly from assault rifles, squad machine guns, heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and rocket launchers, which were sufficient to form five infantry divisions. On the morning of the 11th, a fleet of 24 ~ fast bulk carriers arrived in Busan, except for a very small number of heavy equipment (at this time the United States did not have many heavy weapons to provide to South Korea), mainly light weapons and ammunition.

According to the data released by the United States after the war, during the entire war, the United States provided South Korea with at least 850,000 assault rifles (mainly M166 rifles and M4 carbines, and about 200,000 M14 rifles, all of which were eliminated or about to be eliminated by the US military), 150,000 squad machine guns and heavy machine guns, 120,000 gun-mounted grenade launchers, automatic grenade launchers, and 60,000 rocket launchers. By the standards of the South Korean army, these light weapons are enough to form 12C infantry divisions with a size of about 8,000 people.

In addition to the weapons provided by the United States, South Korea has also used a large number of mothballed weapons.

According to information obtained after the war, South Korea acquired 2.4 million firearms throughout the Korean War.

Although it was a far cry from the 600 infantry divisions announced by Liu Zongjun, it was still enough to arm 300 to 3.5 million infantry.

The 5th Army of the South Korean Army has 54 divisions and 10,000 troops!

If the 54 infantry divisions go north at full speed, the consequences will be unimaginable!

Almost no one believed that Ling Yunxiao could block 54 South Korean infantry divisions with 1 brigade and only 1 officer and soldier!

Whether it can be done or not, Ling Yunxiao knows best.

Regardless of how the battle in the north fought, it was impossible for the Korean troops stationed in Cheongju to move north, as Yoo Jong-chun fled to Daejeon, south of Cheongju. Unless Yanagi was confident of meeting the Republic's rapid assault force, he would not abandon the northernmost defensive line of Daejeon and hold Seoul desperately. The ROK army stationed in Cheongju had less than 20 divisions, and the main forces were concentrated near Daejeon. Even if it goes north, it will be a maximum of a few divisions.

Of course, for the fast anti-773 brigade, several

The 10,000-strong army remains a huge threat.

Ling Yunxiao did not intend to fight a positional battle with the South Korean army, or even an offensive and defensive battle with the South Korean army.

On the 11th, at 130, the vanguard of the 773 Brigade arrived near Cheonan.

At Ling Yunxiao's request, the H-6M fleet dropped more than 500 tons of bombs on Tian'an during the last bombing mission of the day.

Before the ground offensive began, tactical bombers of the Air Force and the Navy concentrated on bombing Cheonan.

It seemed that the fire attack was not fierce enough, and shortly after the attack began, Ling Yunxiao sent a request to the front finger, hoping to get long-range artillery support. Pei Chengyi met Ling Yunxiao's request, but he didn't let the artillery appear, because the closest artillery to Tianan was 11C kilometers away.

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The 3 cruisers and 9 destroyers that arrived near the Grebe Islands became the most powerful fire support force, and all 12 DP-15A on the 11~ battleships were thrown into battle, and 5 shells were thrown at the positions of the South Korean troops in Cheonan. Next, an average of 5550 kg of shells were thrown per minute.

Because the shells were flying from the west, many South Korean troops thought that Cheonan was surrounded by enemy troops.

In less than 3 hours after dark, the 773rd Brigade occupied Cheonan.

After letting the army send transport planes to transport the ROK prisoners of war away, Ling Yunxiao did not let the 773 Brigade garrison in Tian'an, but "assaulted" to the south on a company-level scale. To be precise, it was to carry out reconnaissance and artillery fire guidance missions to the south.

In order to cooperate with the combat of the 773 Brigade of the rapid response, Pei Chengyi asked the naval fleet and carrier-based aviation to fully support.

Throughout the night, the most important thing that the troops of the 773 Brigade did was to call for air support and artillery support.

As long as the "reconnaissance unit" from the South Korean army is encountered, it turns to local defense, and then calls for support. In Ling Yunxiao's words, only by holding Cheonan without firing a single shot and defeating the South Korean infantry going north can the combat effectiveness of the rapid reaction force be most truly reflected.

While dealing with the South Korean army in the south, Ling Yunxiao did not forget the threat from the north.

Although the ROK 3rd Army has not yet been defeated by the 39th Army, it is only a matter of time before the ROK army flees south.

Using Cheonan Airport, the Air Force transport plane quickly responded to the 773 Brigade while picking up the ROK prisoners of war, and sent a large amount of ammunition and materials. Anyway, you can't let the transport plane fly empty, it's better to carry more things.

When organizing the northern defense zone, Ling Yunxiao still adopted the defensive tactics of "maneuver plus firepower".

With limited troops, it is absolutely impossible to engage in positional warfare and offensive and defensive warfare with the enemy, and only by making full use of the powerful firepower superiority can we repel the enemy and complete the campaign mission.

The defense work of the 773 Brigade in the vicinity of Tian'an fully reflects the characteristics of the rapid reaction force's mobility and flexibility.

On the night of the 11th, the ROK 5th Army stationed in Cheongju launched several exploratory attacks, all of which were repulsed by the 773rd Brigade or by fire from the sea and air. The infantry division of the ROK 3rd Army, stationed in Pyeongtaek, north of Cheonan, also launched several tentative attacks, only to be crushed by a sudden fire strike before the 5th Army's infantry engaged in an exchange of fire with the 773rd Brigade.

By dawn on the 12th, the 773rd Brigade had built a defense zone near Tian'an that was 1,000 kilometers deep from north to south and 50 kilometers wide from east to west. In this defense zone of more than 2,000 square kilometers, there is not a single visible line of defense. All the defense units moved along the invisible line of defense, and with the tactical information provided by scouts and unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, as well as the Air Force's KZ-199 battlefield surveillance aircraft, the 773 Brigade became the eyes and ears of the fire support force.

How can we minimize casualties while destroying the enemy's living forces to the greatest extent?

The combat operations of the 773 Brigade provided the best answer.

Within 24~hours after the start of the third battle, only 17 officers and soldiers of the 773 Brigade were killed and 2 were wounded, and more than 5,500 South Korean troops were eliminated by it, with a casualty exchange ratio of more than 320!

Because the fast reaction force showed no less tenacious will than other units in the "Xianzhou Blocking Battle", no one in the Republic Army said that the fast reaction force was "a coward hiding behind artillery fire." Why should the lives and blood of soldiers be sacrificed in war when they can receive adequate fire support?

To a large extent, Ling Yunxiao's tactics embodied the war thinking of the "young Zhuang faction" soldiers.

The ultimate goal of war is to defeat the enemy, not to fight with the enemy for courage, let alone for the spirit of sacrifice with the enemy. If you can reduce casualties, you have to find ways to reduce casualties!

After holding Tianan, the "layout" of the third campaign was basically completed.

The ROK Army's 3rd Army and 1st Regiment Army on the eastern and western battlefields were divided by the 77th Army and the 38th Army, and the ROK Army's 5th Army, which was deployed in the south, could not go north to support.

The next thing to do is to conquer Seoul and achieve the first purpose of the third campaign.

On the morning of the 12th, Pei Chengyi issued an order to all participating troops, and the third campaign entered the second stage.

At this time, no one was pregnant with the fact that the Republic Army would take Seoul.

The question is, when and how will the Republic Army take Seoul, and whether it will be able to annihilate 2 ROK army groups with a total strength of more than 000000 in the third campaign!