Chapter 155 Prerequisites

It is not impossible to resolve the conflict, but it is not ripe. 【】

After the start of the Third Campaign, the United States and Japan successively submitted diplomatic notes to the Republic, demanding that the Republic stop military operations as soon as possible and hold armistice negotiations with South Korea. Subsequently, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and even Russia sent diplomatic notes to the republic, hoping that the republic would "exercise restraint."

Diplomatic struggle is no better than military struggle, and in addition to stressing strength, we must also be reasonable.

On the 13th, Wang Yuanqing asked Foreign Minister Huang Guowei to send a note to the United States and Japan respectively, proposing three programs for armistice negotiations with South Korea: First, South Korea will surrender unconditionally, and North Korea will be the sole legitimate power on the Korean Peninsula; The second is to transfer war criminals, including Yoo Jong-chun, who deliberately provoked war to the military courts of the Republic or the DPRK for trial; Third, the United States, which directly participated in the war, and Japan, which indirectly participated in the war, apologized to the Republic and Korea and paid for the war losses.

The diplomatic note clearly stated that the Republic would consider armistice negotiations only if the United States and Japan made a clear commitment.

If the United States and Japan accept the terms offered by the Republic, there is no need to negotiate an armistice at all, because it is tantamount to acknowledging the defeat of South Korea and acknowledging the fait accompli of the Korean Peninsula.

The problem is that the United States and Japan have no choice.

If the terms of the peace state are not accepted, the republic will be able to achieve the same end by means of war, which will end in March at the latest. As long as the Republican Army occupies Busan, the nature of the armistice negotiations will take a decisive turn, and the existence of Korea as a state will be history.

There wasn't much time left for Wested to make decisions.

On January 19, Westwood told well-known people from all walks of life in the United States at a reception that the United States would not let South Korea become history and would make every effort to support South Korea.

Speak. not wait for substantive action.

20 EST Westwood was officially inaugurated as President of the United States.

Compared to the predecessor. The inauguration at Westwood was brief. After returning to the White House. The new president signed the first presidential decree as quickly as possible: freezing South Korean assets in the United States.

Maybe. The United States is more concerned about recovering costs.

That day. The second flotilla laden with munitions arrived in Busan. Dozens of fast freighters have sent life-saving straw to the South Korean army in dire straits.

On the same day, the army fully occupied Seoul.

Although U.S. Secretary of State Brooklyn flew to Beijing on his first day in office for an official visit to the Republic, Brooklin's trip to Beijing will not be fruitful if the United States is unwilling to make any commitments.

At 9:30 on January 22, Gu Weimin met with Brooklyn, and the two had a closed-door consultation for nearly two hours.

Later, Brooklyn met with Wang Yuanqing, and the two did not hold closed-door consultations, and the main topic of discussion was the trade war between the two countries in addition to the war on the peninsula.

In the words of Ye Zhisheng, principal assistant to the deputy head of the republic, the republic is more concerned about the trade dispute between China and the United States.

The attitude of the Republic could not be more obvious: as long as the United States is unwilling to make concessions, the Republic will not discuss all issues related to the war on the peninsula with the United States at the negotiating table.

While Brooklyn was still visiting Beijing, preparations for an offensive on the peninsula were in full swing.

On the afternoon of 25 July, the US convoy had just left Busan and the Air Force and Navy of the United States flew more than 1,000 sorties to bomb Pusan for six hours with high intensity.

This round of bombing almost completely shattered the fighting spirit of the ROK army.

After the bombing, the whole of Busan was shrouded in flames and smoke. The flames could be seen even by the Japanese on the other side of the strait on the Falklands. More than 2 million tons of supplies stockpiled in the port were completely destroyed, and the detonated ammunition not only destroyed the port infrastructure, but also caused thousands of South Korean officers and soldiers to be killed and wounded.

That night, the puppet South Korean president, Yoo Jong-chun, fled Busan and headed for Ulsan.

In the early morning of the next day, the ROK Western Fleet left Busan for Pohang.

Since Busan completely lost its ability to serve as a port, the air and naval aviation of the Republic of China began bombing Ulsan, Pohang, and Daegu from the 26th.

On the night of the 26th, in order to prevent the flight of the South Korean fleet, the naval aviation of the Republic carried out a "special mission".

Two groups of J-115BA fighters took off from the aircraft carrier, and the South Korean Western Fleet, which had just been stationed in Pohang, carried out a key strike.

The bombing campaign went very smoothly and had a remarkable effect.

Photographs taken by reconnaissance satellites clearly identified 11 large warships that were either sunk, beached, or burned in the harbor, with only a few speedboats escaping the blow.

In the early morning of the 27th, the army expanded the scope of operations.

At least 1 squadron of J-14 flew over the Korean Strait and patrolled the northern side of the strait.

This move immediately aroused great concern in Japan, and Japanese fighter planes appeared over the southern waters of the strait, but neither side crossed the center line of the strait and did not take the initiative to provoke a conflict.

From this time on, fighter jets of the Republic Air Force patrolled the Tsushima Strait non-stop.

The intention is clear: to prevent Liu Zongjun from escaping.

Since Westwood has shouted "do everything to support South Korea," the United States will certainly support South Korea's government-in-exile if necessary

The spokesperson is definitely South Korea's democratically elected president, Yoo Jong-chun. Whatever the reason, preventing Liu Zongjun from fleeing abroad is the best way to finally resolve the Korean Peninsula issue.

At this time, the most important thing was the preparation for the fourth campaign.

After confirming the troops participating in the battle, Pei Chengyi returned to Shenyang on the 211th.

The 611th Army and the 27th Army, which were the main forces defending the logistics supply line, took the lead in moving south to Cheongju to replace the 77th Army. The 54th Army, which had been resting and replenishing in northern Korea, moved south on the 23rd to Sokcho to take over the army. The 77th Army, the 38th Army and 5 Air Assault Brigades rested on the spot.

On the 24th, after the 39th Army handed over the defense of Seoul to the army, it set off for home.

In order to show respect for the 39th Army, Xiang Linghui personally went to the 39th Army in Dandong to hold a grand return ceremony. Because other combat units are still in Korea, the 39th Army is not only the last army army to enter the DPRK to fight, but also the first to return home!

On the 26th, Zhao Rundong met with Su Jinhui and other major generals and senior officers of the 39th Army at the headquarters of the Capital Military Region.

In addition to personally conferring the rank of General Su Jinhui and conferring titles and decorations on hundreds of other soldiers who have made major military exploits, Zhao Rundong also announced on the spot that General Su Jinhui would be appointed Chief of Staff of the Army and transferred to the General Staff Department.

In any case, Jinhui and the 39th Army have received enough attention and great honor.

On the front line, logistical preparations are in full swing.

In order to open the railway to traffic as soon as possible, Pei Chengyi mobilized more than 3,000 engineers from all the participating units from the 211th to the 26th, and it took only five days for the first train full of ammunition and materials to arrive at Diju, north of Yeongju, and sent thousands of tons of ammunition and materials to the 382nd Brigade of the 38th Army stationed here.

From then on, an average of 12 trains arrive in Tiju every day.

In addition to the railway, Pei Chengyi also arranged for 3,500 heavy trucks to deliver supplies to the front line. All transport aircraft of the Air Force deliver supplies to the front line at a rate of at least 2 sorties per day.

According to the statistics of the logistics department of the former finger, tons of materials were transported to the front line the day before the 26th, and 130,000 tons were transported every day from the 26th. At this rate, about 10,000 tons of war materiel will be stockpiled on the front line by February, and logistical preparations will be basically completed.

On the 28th, the artillery moved to the money ringworm.

Because the navy did not allow the fleet to enter the Korean Strait, the combat units could only be supported by carrier-based aviation, and did not expect the fleet's artillery support, which became the only artillery support force.

Fortunately, after one month of hard work, the engineering unit of the army repaired one air base in the north of the DPRK and built nearly 20 field airfields. Although the Air Force did not deploy combat aircraft at field airfields that lacked infrastructure and maintenance equipment, field airfields gave combat aircraft more options, and the repaired air bases shortened the radius of movement of combat aircraft, improving the combat efficiency of air and naval aviation.

On the last day of January, reinforcements from the Army Air Force arrived.

The importance of army aviation has been proven in the war on the peninsula (the air assault brigade belongs to the army aviation formation), and helicopters have an irreplaceable advantage in special terrain environments. Relatively speaking, the significance of transport helicopters is more obvious. Although helicopter gunships have extraordinary strike capabilities, they do not have force projection capabilities. In the case of complete means of strike, transport helicopters are more able to meet the operational requirements.

Before the end of the first campaign, the army urgently ordered a batch of helicopters from two domestic helicopter manufacturers.

Even if the order is urgent, the delivery time is 1 month after the production cycle. As a result, by the time the army received the 250 transport helicopters delivered by the manufacturer, the third campaign was over.

It cost 275 and it can't be of any use.

At a time when there was a severe shortage of transport forces on the front line, not to mention short-distance transport, the Army organized 25 transport helicopters into a temporary army aviation brigade dedicated to tactical airlift.

Since it is electrically powered, there is no need to worry about fuel. 1 helicopter can fly in 1 hour on a range of 50 kilometers and 2 round-trips, transporting supplies to the front line to 8~. 250 helicopters are dispatched together, and 2500~: to the front-line combat troops can be provided with combat materials in 1 hour! Very amazing and very important delivery capacity.

On 1 February, the operational plan drawn up by the General Staff was sent to the front-line command.

Pei Chengyi did not rush to issue a combat order, but summoned several army commanders and held a pre-war meeting. Ling Yunxiao did not return to Shenyang, but asked Zhong Jingbo of the 771 Brigade to attend the combat meeting for him. It's not that Ling Yunxiao doesn't want to come back, but Pei Chengyi asked him not to come back for the time being. Before Wang Yuanqing took care of the work in the rear, it was best for Ling Yunxiao to stay on the front line and not go anywhere, so as not to get into trouble.

On 2 February, the commanders of the units returned to the combat units with the operational orders issued by the previous commanders.

The countdown to the launch of the fourth campaign has begun.

The military deployment of the Republic cannot hide the reconnaissance satellites in space, and the whole world knows that no force can stop the Army of the Republic from capturing Busan!