Chapter 698: Inchon Landing
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All the necessary supplies for the Duli Brigade, which had been training and resting for several months near Dihua, were in place, and even the tank parts that caused the brigade commander Li Yong's biggest headache had been transferred from the mainland.
The troops were fully loaded, the ammunition was sufficient, the equipment was in good condition, the training was well-trained, the fighting spirit was high, and the soldiers were full of physical energy.
This is an army full of soldiers, a sharp sword in the hands of superiors, which can be pulled out at any time as long as necessary.
As for the shape of the Korean battlefield that Lee Yong and others are concerned about, it can be seen from all kinds of signs that the South Korean army of Lee Jong-wan is no match for the Korean People's Army, as if victory is about to be reached.
But it seems that it is still good, the gap with reality is huge, on this day, Chief of Staff Chen Haihan came to the Duli Brigade again, several old comrades-in-arms said nothing together, Chief of Staff Chen said proudly:
"Dayong, your kid doesn't guess accurately, just like this Korean war situation, Li Chengwan's old boy lost the capital, what pus can be squeezed out! If you look at the map, South Korea has almost played all the hole cards in its hands, and there is only one Busan left in the dying and struggling, what is behind Busan? There is the sea behind Busan, as long as the People's Army increases its strength, the old guy Li Chengwan will be driven into the sea to feed the fish, and when Korea is reunified, we will have a chance to go there to see it. ”
Unification? Li Yongxin said, the beauty you think about has not been unified after decades, so do you want it now? That's impossible.
"Lao Chen, I'm afraid things are not so simple, although the army of South Korea Li Chengwan is not very good, but the North Korean People's Army has also used all the strength in its hands, more than 100,000 troops have all crossed the 38th parallel, the battle line is getting longer and longer, the supply will become more and more difficult, the main force is all to the south, there are only some old, weak, sick and disabled women behind, as long as the enemy comes from behind, the consequences will be unimaginable. Therefore, don't look at the People's Army's battle situation, but the hidden dangers are also very big. ”
"Dayong, why are you sure that the enemy will attack from behind the KPA?"
Why? Li Yong thought, because I know, but I have to make excuses for this, it's really fucking trouble:
"Old Chen. Our war report has said that the commander-in-chief of the United States in the Far East is MacArthur, this old guy is belligerent and particularly good at island landing operations, and he will not let go of such a good opportunity, and the distance between Busan and the 38th parallel is 400 kilometers. The supply capacity of the People's Army is about the same as ours, you can imagine with our own situation, at a distance of more than 400 kilometers, there are no modern means of transport, what difficulties will the troops on the front line have? Once the enemy cuts off the back road, what will be the result, to take the simplest example. How to transport the wounded of the front-line combat units of the People's Army is more than 400 kilometers, not more than 40 miles. ”
Chief of Staff Chen Haihan was silent for a moment: "Yes, hundreds of thousands of troops, more than 400 kilometers of transportation lines, food, drink and ammunition are a big burden, and a large number of wounded cannot be transferred to the rear in time." All that awaits them is death, and if the enemy comes from behind the butt, that's really enough. ”
"Da Yong, Lao Chen, it is said that the strength of these dozen divisions of the People's Army is formed on the basis of our old troops in the four fields, we can't watch them suffer, we have to find a way to tell them the situation you analyzed." Political commissar Wang Chengde was a little anxious.
Li Yong said helplessly: "Lao Wang, Lao Chen, what is my analysis. Some of our troops are more powerful than me, and it is estimated that they have already reported the situation to the North Korean side, but we can't control whether we listen to it or not, and we have to see the result. Just wait. ”
The Korean war situation has attracted great attention from all sides, and the new Chinese ambassador to North Korea, Chai Cheng (who was once the commander of Mr. Peng's guard platoon, during the Anti-Japanese War, led a guard platoon to protect Mr. Peng from the Japanese North China Front's dragnet and rushed out, and was very familiar with the boss) sent a 100,000 urgent analysis of the battle situation to the People's Army.
The Chinese side believes that MacArthur, commander-in-chief of the US Far East Army, is an adventurous man, and the US military will certainly take advantage of the emptiness in the rear of the KPA to carry out a landing operation and cut off the rear route of the KPA.
The situation has been clearly explained, and the possible landing sites of the US troops have been analyzed, and it has to be said that China's military strategists have reached a certain level.
However, the DPRK side believes that the terrain of Inchon is not suitable for landing operations, and there is a small island called Wolmi Island at the entrance to Incheon Port that lies across the water, and although the island is not big, it just chokes the waterway into the port, and there is only a strait several tens of meters wide between the island and the shore, in fact, it is better to call it a strait than a channel, and such an area is not suitable for a large army to fight, and the troops cannot be deployed; in addition, the tide difference between Incheon is very large, and after that, all the landing troops will run aground on the beach and tidal flats, and such a place is a taboo for amphibious landing operations. Based on the above analysis, the DPRK side believes that it is impossible for the US military to move in Incheon, and China's intelligence seems to be a bit unfounded.
Incheon is located 30 kilometers west of Seoul, bordering the Yellow Sea, is the second largest port in North Korea, and about 300 kilometers south of Busan, and is the bee waist of the Korean Peninsula.
The plans of the US Far Eastern Theater of Operations were:
Using two divisions of the U.S. Army's forward force and a part of the support force, it was organized into the U.S. Tenth Army (Army Commander Almond), covered by the Navy and Air Force, to carry out a bee-waist amphibious landing operation at Incheon, first occupying Incheon, and then attacking and advancing towards Seoul, and the U.S. Eighth Army (Army Commander Walker) in Busan forcibly crossed the Nakdong River and advanced northward, and the two armies advanced north and south, encircling and annihilating the Korean People's Army and restoring the Republic of Korea.
The situation was urgent and critical, and the Chinese side once again telegraphed to the DPRK that the possibility of US troops landing at Inchon was extremely high, and that it was necessary to take precautions as soon as possible, and the DPRK side finally listened to China's opinion and urgently transferred two regiments back to defend Incheon.
Two regiments with a total strength of more than 3,000 troops drove to Inchon for defense, but with such a small number of troops, what role can more than 3,000 people play in the case of too much difference in technology and equipment?
On the night of 12 September 1950, a storm howled in the Pacific Ocean, huge waves emptied, and a typhoon swept across the sea at a speed of more than 200 kilometers, and the waves were turbulent.
The Inchon combat unit of the US army is divided into two echelons, the first echelon is composed of the first Marine Division and the seventh infantry division of the US army, with a total of more than 45,000 officers and men (the US Marine Corps is the most capable unit of the US military, and the first Marine Division is the trump card among the trump cards, with a total strength of more than 30,000 troops, which is the scale of three divisions of ordinary troops)
The second echelon is based on the 3rd Division of the US Army, as well as some units of Britain and South Korea, with a total of more than 70,000 soldiers in the two echelons.
These 70,000 people were unified into the 10th US Army, which swooped down on Inchon under the cover of more than 230 warships and more than 400 carrier-based attack planes.
At this time, two regiments of the People's Army, which were in a hurry, were building fortifications and preparing to resist the landing of the US troops, and in order to delay the fleet of the US Navy, a large number of mines were laid in the harbor.
However, before the fortifications were completely completed, a large fleet of US planes arrived, and more than 400 fighter-bombers were divided into multiple batches and bombed in turns day and night, and heavy bombs rained down from the sky.
The fortifications were all blown up, almost all the mines laid in the harbor were detonated, and a high mushroom cloud rose from the KPA positions like a nuclear weapon explosion.
Immediately after that, the US fleet also arrived, and there were several thousand naval guns of more than 200 warships, and several thousand naval guns launched a rapid fire attack on the KPA positions before the infantry landed.
The KPA guarding Inchon had only more than 3,000 men in two regiments, the total strength of the US landing force was more than 70,000, more than 400 attack planes took turns to carry out carpet bombing, and several thousand large-caliber naval guns attacked with rapid firepower.
This is overwhelming strength, and it is also the most typical tactics of the US military, exchanging steel for human flesh, I am bullying you with steel and explosives, what can you do?
By the time the US landing force began its assault, not even 500 of the 3,000 or so KPA had survived, and they were in a trance after being bombed, and they had already lost their combat effectiveness.
The U.S. forces occupying Inchon were attacking and advancing towards Seoul and Suwon in an attempt to cut off the KPA rear route.
North Korean commander Kim Il Sung, who was directing the assault on Pusan on the front line, was caught in a dilemma.
In the end, after some consideration, the North Korean high command decided to make a desperate gamble and ordered the defenders in the vicinity of Seoul and Suwon to resist desperately, drag down the landing force of the American army, and buy time for the main force to attack Busan.
The plan of the North Korean high command was to use the local defenders to hold back the US landing force behind them, and the main force would attack Pusan with all its might, and then turn back to deal with the US landing force after taking Busan.
If the KPA wants to turn the situation around, it must do two things: first, the defenders of Seoul and Suwon must hold back the US landing force advancing south, and second, the main force of the KPA must conquer Pusan in the shortest possible time, and both are indispensable.
There are two days left at the end of the month, don't be too troublesome to ask the old guys for a few "likes", seeing that they are about to be kicked out of the list, Lao Ba is really anxious. (To be continued.) )