In order to avoid the advance of the Republican Air Force, the ROK-US coalition forces quickly adjusted their combat sides

Treat the symptoms but not the root cause!

The reality in front of the ROK-US coalition forces is that they can either stop combat operations and withdraw south of the 38th parallel at the "orders" of the Republic, or they can increase their investment and continue the offensive and take control of the entire Korean Peninsula before the Republican Army enters the war.

Hundreds of thousands of troops were thrown, and the retreat was clearly impossible.

No retreat, only to continue the offensive.

On the afternoon of the 20th, the ROK and US presidents and the commander-in-chief of the ROK-US coalition forces separately discussed countermeasures.

Because the president-elect was about to take office, when Liu Zongchun and Frederick spoke on the hotline, Westwood was not only present, but also the main decision-maker.

Although the military intelligence agency has great powers, it has not been able to obtain the content of the high-level conversations between South Korea and the United States on the hotline.

Based on what happened before and after, it can be inferred that Yoo Jong-chun must have asked the United States to send more troops, especially ground troops, to participate in the war, as well as to provide more military supplies to South Korea, and strive to capture the entire territory of Korea before the Republic sends ground troops; Frederick, to be precise, Westwood did not fully agree to Yoo Jong-chun's request, and only agreed to send more air forces to provide more supplies to South Korea.

At that time, it was not impossible for the United States to immediately send additional ground troops.

The three U.S. divisions were deployed in the Philippines, Guam, and Hawaii from South Korea. With U.S. military maritime capabilities. Guam can be delivered in 3 days, the Philippines in 5 days, and Hawaiian ground combat troops to South Korea in 6 days. Participation in ground combat operations.

If Frederick calls the shots. There will definitely be an immediate increase in troops.

Westwood has made it clear that he doesn't want to take over his predecessor's mess. If it were not for the signing of an alliance treaty with South Korea. It will not even promise to assist the South Korean army in attacking North Korea. On the issue of the dispatch of ground troops. Westwood has always been very cautious. If you can avoid it, you can avoid it. If you can reduce it, you can reduce it.

Relative to the dispatch of ground forces. The issue of sending air power is not very big.

Most of the US combat aircraft use "long-range attack munitions outside the defense zone" to strike ground targets. They operate either over areas controlled by the ROK military or over the Sea of Japan. It is rare to enter the control of the North Korean army to go to the skies. Even occasionally, warplanes are shot down over North Korean-controlled areas. Because the Army of the Republic has not yet entered the war. Therefore, the "Navy SEALs", which followed the amphibious fleet to operate, were very sure of rescuing the parachuted pilots.

Provision of supplies is not a problem. The more supplies the war consumes, the better it is for the United States.

If it wins, South Korea will have to gradually repay the supplies it received from the United States in the future, in accordance with the relevant agreements signed. Even if you lose, you can achieve the goal of consuming the republic, which is much better than hoarding it to mold in the country.

The attitude of the high-level determines the attitude of the generals of the ROK-US coalition forces.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to adjust the battle plan, the US generals seized the "initiative." At that time, Major General Bowman, commander of the 1st Armored Division, and Major General Duchway, commander of the 2nd Marine Division, played a major role, and Lieutenant General Pibrooke, commander of the 8th Army, returned to China on the 16th to report on his work, and has not returned to South Korea so far.

Bowman's suggestion was that the ROK army should immediately put into reserve and quickly capture Cheonghak and Haecheon while the war supplies were sufficient.

Du Qiwei's suggestion was that the ROK troops on the eastern battlefield should quickly move north and advance to Pyongyang in place of the 1st Marine Division, and the US forces should concentrate all the forces of the 2 Marine Divisions and the 1C11 Air Assault Division to attack Hamhung as quickly as possible, and strive to complete the combat operation of capturing the northern part of Korea before the Republic enters the war.

Comparatively speaking, Dudgway's proposal is more decisive.

The U.S. military is still tasked with advancing to Pyongyang and will have to disperse its already insufficient forces. According to the operational plan drawn up by the ROK army, even if the US forces did not encounter resistance from the DPRK troops when they moved north, they could only reach the Yalu River on the 25th at the earliest, and it was fortunate that they could complete the combat operation of capturing the northern border area of the DPRK on the 28th. The Army of the Republic will definitely enter the war in a matter of days, it is impossible to drag it out until 2025!

If the U.S. forces concentrate their forces to the north, they will be able to capture Hamxing on the 22nd, reach Changjin Lake and Zhenzhan Lake on the 23rd, and then divide their forces to advance. Assault all the way from Linchanli to Qianchuan, striving to capture the Jiangjie on the 24th and advance the front to Manpu; On the other hand, they advanced to the north to Geumjeong-sook-eup, striving to capture Hyesan by the 24th and reach Sindeok on the 26th. As long as the advance is rapid, it is very likely that the US military will complete most of its combat missions before the Republic Army enters Korea.

The key question for the South Korea-US coalition is not when to capture Pyongyang, but how quickly they can block North Korea's northern gates.

The ROK generals had to give in, and finally adopted the advice of the US generals in their entirety.

Comparatively speaking, the movement of US troops is more threatening.

On the morning of the 20th, three US aircraft carrier battle groups, which had been operating near Jeju Island, sailed to the Korean Strait to prepare to enter the Sea of Japan. The "Clinton" aircraft carrier battle group, which was approaching, turned around again and prepared to enter the Sea of Japan from the Tsugaru Strait. The USS Reagan aircraft carrier battle group, which departed from the west coast of the continental United States, accelerated its sailing speed and was expected to arrive in the theater on the night of the 24th. The U.S. military put 8 of the 13 aircraft carrier battle groups into battle, and of the other 5 ~ aircraft carriers, 3 are undergoing overhaul and 2 ~ will return to the base for maintenance in early December, and none of them can participate in the war. In other words, the United States will be able to mobilize the entire ground aircraft carrier battle group into the peninsula war.

The US Air Force acted more quickly.

At 15:30, F-7 fighters that had taken off from Alaska Air Force Base 22 hours earlier arrived at the Japanese Air Base after 2 air refuelings

In the three hours that followed, a total of 1F-22 fighters were deployed in Japan, and by the evening of the same day, there were more than 800 US combat planes deployed in Japan, including 336 F-22s, while the US Air Force had only F-22s in total. In addition, there are 384F-35 fighters, 18E-111A early warning aircraft, 24 EP-1CB~ electronic warfare aircraft, 36 KB767 and 24 Ka330 oil engines. If you include the C-177 aircraft that transported personnel, ground support equipment and important supplies, 75% of the fighters that arrived in Japan supported the air force!

It seems that the United States intends to fight "life and death" with the republic.

In fact, the United States has never thought of fighting to the death with the Republic, because everyone knows that with the entry of the Republic Army into the DPRK, the good days of the ROK-US coalition will come to an end. If the United States intends to "stubbornly defend" the Korean Peninsula, in addition to mobilizing naval and air combat forces, it must commit sufficient ground forces as soon as possible. The U.S. Army's 2nd Armored Division, 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, 1st Infantry Division, and 1C Infantry Division, and the U.S. Marine Corps' 3rd Marine Division and 1st Combat Division all "slept soundly" at home; Of the 13 amphibious fleets, in addition to the 5 that are being maintained, 6 are cruising in other places, and none of them have reached the battlefield, will the United States "desperately" with the republic?

The United States will not work hard, but just wants to lay a solid foundation for the ROK army as soon as possible to avoid being completely involved and unable to get out.

This series of transfers has even been seen by commentators hired by many news media, and the United States has made "all-out" efforts: first, to prevent air supremacy from falling into the hands of the Republican Air Force and causing the US military to suffer even heavier casualties, and second, to push the battle line to the north as much as possible and compress the combat space of the Republican Army after it enters the war.

The best result is that the Republic, having paid a heavy price, makes peace with its opponents at the 38th parallel.

Everything the United States does is moving toward this goal.

The question is, will the republic accept such an outcome?

On the afternoon of 20 July, when the ROK-US coalition forces did not "invade the north" again, the General Staff Headquarters once again adjusted its operational plan and asked the 21st Wing deployed at the Dabao Air Base (according to the establishment of the Republic Air Force, fighter units with odd mantissa numbers, fighter wings with odd numbers for air supremacy operations, and fighter wings with even numbers for ground strikes) to strike at the ROK ground troops entrenched in Tushan with long-range attack ammunition.

Although the scale of the bombing was not very large, the reaction was large.

The South Korean army reacted quickly and suffered heavy losses.

At 16:25, the ROK army dispatched more than 100 fighters to fight with the 72 fighters of the Republic Air Force in the sky over South Pyongan Province, and within 15 hours, the ROK army lost 47 fighters, and the Republic Air Force lost only 9 fighters.

In this aerial battle, the two sides entered the combat distance for the first time.

Fortunately, the South Korean army took the initiative to evacuate the battlefield very sensibly, otherwise it would have lost several AWACS aircraft.

The South Korean Air Force, with the F-35K as the main force, can be counted as a "middleweight boxer" at best, and is not in the same class as the Republic Air Force, which belongs to the "heavyweight boxer".

If the U.S. military does not strike, at this rate, the South Korean Air Force will lose all combat aircraft.

At this point, there is no room for the US military to hesitate.

At night, the US Air Force, which had completed the adjustment, was dispatched to "swear" to win air supremacy.

That night, more than 200 fighters of the 11th Wing and the 31st Wing of Cheonghe Air Base took turns to compete with the ROK-US forces for air supremacy in the northern part of Korea.

The air battle was extremely fierce and fierce.

Both the Republic Air Force and the US Air Force are aware of the importance of air supremacy, and they are even more aware of the importance of seizing air supremacy at the first opportunity.

Whoever controls the sky controls the future!

Unlike the South Korean Air Force, the U.S. F-22 is "complete" in performance and equipped with equipment similar to active electromagnetic interference devices. That night, at least five melee air battles were fought, and the J-14 and F-22, the world's most advanced air supremacy fighters, finally met on the battlefield. Although it was difficult for the pilots to see the enemy planes clearly in the dark night, the fierce fighting showed the pilots on both sides that the opponents were not bad breeds.

The next day, the Air Force of the Republic announced that it had shot down 74 enemy aircraft during the battle and lost 1 fighter.

The U.S. Air Force also quickly announced that it had shot down 57 enemy planes and lost fighter planes in the battle.

Strictly speaking, both sides exaggerated the results of the war, because the Republic Air Force shot down many ROK Air Force fighters, and the US Air Force counted some ROK fighters shot down by the enemy in combat when counting the results of the battle. Neither side declared maximum losses: at least one KJ-22 and one DY-1 were shot down by the Republican Air Force, and the US Air Force lost one E-111A and three E-2D.

That night, the U.S. 1st Marine Division arrived in Xianzhou and began attacking Hamxing before dawn.

The ground battle has entered a critical stage!

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