The 8 armies of the Heguo Army, more than 200,000 troops stationed in the border areas, forced the speed to advance northward.

On the night of the 22nd, the 1st Marine Division of the US Army conquered Lin Chanli on the west bank of Changjin Lake, and then divided into two groups, advancing to Qianchuan in the west and Langlin in the north. At this speed, the US army would capture Langlin in the front of the 54th Army; the 2nd Marine Division conquered the battle to the south of Hunan, and then divided into two groups, advancing to the east, and emerging advances to the north, at a speed that was faster than everyone imagined.

The 1st Air Assault Division, which was originally the "forward", was converted into a "rear". In addition to sending low-altitude strike forces to assist the Marines in attack (the actual situation is not obvious, because the Marines are equipped with a large number of armed helicopters and F-35b fighter aircraft deployed on amphibious assault ships, and their low-altitude strike capabilities are no less than those of the 1st Air Assault Division). They mainly use equipped transport helicopters to transport combat personnel and combat supplies to the Marines, and serve as logistics support tasks.

On the surface, the US military is still attacking wildly.

In fact, the US military is preparing for the retreat.

The code-named "Adulhu" by the US military in this round of combat operations.

The intention of the US military can be seen from this code name. "Pulpunculus" is a fish living in the ocean. When encountering natural enemies, the body rapidly expands and pays a few losses. Hundreds of poisonous stings are erected, making predators unable to get down.

The US military uses limited forces to launch assaults in a vast area of ​​tens of thousands of square kilometers, rapidly expanding the combat area, making it difficult for the Republic's Army to quickly surround two land divisions after participating in the war. If you can win, continue to attack; if you can't win, you can retreat quickly. With the strong air transport capabilities of the US military, especially vertical air transport capabilities, supplemented by air cover and support, the two land divisions can retreat to Ham Hingxing within 2 days and board the ship at Xingnan Port to leave North Korea.

On that day, at 22 o'clock, the South Korean army and the 1st Armored Division of the US captured Kaesong.

Starting from 3 a.m. on the 18th to 22 a.m. on the 22nd, it took 115 hours for the Korean and American coalition forces to capture Kaicheng, which was 14 times more than expected!

In addition to some of the Korean troops fleeing north, nearly 150,000 Korean troops guarding Kaicheng were completely wiped out by the Korean and American coalition forces.

After the battle, the Korean army captured more than 37,000 people.

This is the largest annihilation war in the early stages of the Peninsula War, but it is not the largest annihilation war in the entire Peninsula War.

Before the Korean and American coalition forces captured Kaicheng, the South Korean army captured Jinchuan and were attacking Qinghe and Qinghe to the north. There were about 50,000 to 70,000 Korean troops distributed in various towns and military strongholds.

The 1st Armored Division of the US Army did not go north immediately. Instead, it went to Kaifeng to the west of Kaicheng, waiting for reinforcements and supplements.

The Korean and Korean troops were responsible for storing the remaining Korean and local garrisons, but did not go north immediately. Instead, they stayed and waited for supplies to be replenished.

The biggest problem of the Korean and American coalition forces is not the stubborn resistance of the North Korean army, but the soon-to-run out ammunition, oil and other combat supplies.

The combat operation to attack Haizhou Port is extremely critical. In order to capture Haizhou as soon as possible, the US 1st Armored Division drew an armored brigade to provide support to the South Korean Army's Armored Division and the 13th Infantry Division.

Compared with attacking Kaicheng, attacking Haizhou is more troublesome.

There is only railway from Kaesong to Haizhou, but no highway. If you advance along the highway, you must first capture Pingshan south of Qinghe. Before the South Korean and American coalition forces advanced to Haizhou along the railway line, the Korean army destroyed six railway bridges along the way, causing huge trouble for the South Korean and American coalition forces.

On the afternoon of the 22nd, the vanguard of the South Korean army arrived at the east coast of Haizhou Bay.

The offensive operation started at night, and the tenacious resistance of the Korean army once again suffered enough.

Fortunately, after the Kaesong Battle, the South Korean Air Force, which was "driven" to operate south of Pyongyang, gave full support to the offensive forces, and there was no problem of insufficient air support.

On that day, the most fierce competition was still the land air supremacy in northern North Korea.

The South Korean Air Force, which suffered heavy losses, gave its main position to the US Air Force (including carrier-based aviation). The Republic Air Force dispatched its third fighter jet wing and overdue combat aircraft on the ground.

During the day, the Republic fought with the United States.

Both sides suffered heavy losses, and both air combat fought from outside the sight line to within the sight line. One j-4 and 2f-22a were even shot down by the opponent with machine guns! 2 air-control fighters with comparable performance became the absolute main force on the battlefield. The F-35 series fighters with poor air combat performance were blocked from the door of air combat from the beginning. In order to avoid the early warning aircraft and electronic fighters being shot down again, both sides placed the early warning aircraft and electronic fighters within the cover range of the air defense force on the ground (sea surface) and did not let them take risks.

In the evening, the Republic announced the battle situation to shoot down enemy planes and damage their own frames.

Subsequently, the United States announced the ground battle situation to shoot down enemy planes and damage the frame itself.

It seems that both sides know it, neither deliberately exaggerated the results of the battle nor deliberately concealed the damage to the battle.

The most important battle during the day is not the battle for air supremacy, but the bombing operation carried out by the 21st wing at around 15 o'clock.

In order to prevent the US Marines who arrived in Changjin Lake and went to the Battle Lake from quickly assaulting and trapped the US military in a relatively narrow area, the 24j-15 fighter of the 213th Battalion, under the cover of the j-14 fighter of the 2111th and the 111th Battalion, used the guidance information provided by the special forces to drop a guided bomb, destroying a road and railway bridge on the Tulu River, Changjin River, and Xuchuan River.

The operation was completed within 5 minutes. When the US military reacted, the j-15 fleet had already been.

Even if the commander of the US Marine Corps is an idiot, it can be seen that the Republic is setting up a big game. The first thing the Army has dealt with after joining the war is the US Marine Corps who are rashly advancing north.

Advance or retreat?

While asking engineers to set up pontoon bridges on the propulsion line, the US military commander discussed countermeasures through military communication networks.

The reality before the US military is extremely cruel. Continuing to attack is likely to be encircled and annihilated by the Republic Army, which entered North Korea, and retreating will lose the only chance of victory.

General Duchi Westbrook, who served as the frontline commander, finally decided to "go on two-pronged approach."

The 1st Marine Division and the 2nd Marine Division continued to advance, and the 1st Air Assault Division, which was in concert, headed to the Five Elders as soon as possible.

It has to be admitted that Duchwie's judgment is very accurate.

If the Republic Army wants to wipe out a US Marine Division to the north, it must dispatch airborne troops to occupy the five elders at the beginning of the attack. As long as the 1c11th Air Assault Division controls the five elders, the two marine divisions will have no worries.

The problem is that the 1st Air Assault Division's forces are scattered in several directions within a range of tens of thousands of square kilometers.

According to Duqiwei's deployment, before dawn on the 23rd, the 1st Air Assault Division will send at most one aircraft to the five elders to subside.

At night, the 15th Team and the 17th Team participated in the battle. So far, the Republic Air Force invested five fighter wings (in addition to the 11th Company and the 21st Team that participated in the battle first, there were also the 13th Team that participated in the daytime on the 22nd), and the ground j-14 fighter jets and j--15 fighter jets were more than 300. In order to support the combat operations, the Air Force sent two early warning aircraft brigades of the 12th Team and the 22nd Team and two electronic warfare brigades to the front line, and a total of 16 early warning aircraft were deployed, ensuring that at least 3 kj-22 early warning aircraft patrol the north bank of the Yalu River and Tumen River.

At 19:30, Xiang Yinghui issued the first "Chief of General Staff Order" to the Front Line Command.

The order is very clear. The Air Force will seize air supremacy in northern North Korea between 1:30 and 5:30 on the 23rd at all costs, focusing on ensuring the safety of several air corridors and opening up the way for the airborne troops. The Airborne 153 Brigade must prepare for the war before the early morning of the 23rd. The first batch of airborne troops landed near Wu Lao between 1:30 and 2 o'clock, and all combat troops must land before 5:30.

In addition, the 153rd Airborne Brigade will join the war in the early morning of the 23rd.

After receiving the order, the Air Force immediately stopped the night of the 22nd. In addition to the fighter jets that carried out border air defense security patrol missions, hundreds of fighter jets from the five wings returned to prepare for the battle in the early morning of the 2nd.

The Republic Air Force suddenly "withdrew" and the signs of large-scale assaults were too obvious.

Duqiwei arrived at the 1st Air Assault Division headquarters located in Xingnan at around 211 o'clock and asked all nearby air assault troops to be sent to Wu Lao immediately.

The problem is that Duchway is a major general of the Marine Corps and the 1st Air Assault Division is an Army unit.

Even without considering the issue of the troops' subordinates to the upper ground, most of the combat troops of the 1st Air Assault Division are on their way back to the base. Because they rely heavily on low-altitude assault forces mainly composed of helicopters, the logistics needs of the 1st Air Assault Division are the most huge. Even if the helicopter does not do any maintenance after returning to the airplane, they must replenish fuel and let the pilot have a dinner before they can set off again.

After such a struggle, the 1st Air Assault Division could not send more troops to the five elders before dawn on the 23rd.

At 22:30, Du Qiwei arrived at the five elders and personally arranged defense deployment.

Unfortunately, there was only one infantry company when we arrived in Wu Laodi. No matter how perfect the defense was deployed, it could not make up for the lack of troops.

As the most talented general of the U.S. Marine Corps, Duchewei knew how cruel the upcoming battle was.

At 23 o'clock, Duqiwei returned to the 2nd Marine Division Command and first ordered the 2nd Marine Division to stop the attack, and then issued a similar order to the 1st Marine Division.

But Duchway's actions were a little slower.

When the order was issued, the vanguard of the 2nd War Division had arrived in Pingshanli and Shanshuili, and the vanguard of the 1st Marine Division arrived in Longlin and Wenyueli. Including the combat troops of the 1st Marine Division arriving in Beijing Youth League, many officers and soldiers of the two Marine Divisions were scattered in an area of ​​nearly 30,000 square kilometers, with a total length of the front line exceeding 500 kilometers! The 1c11th Air Assault Division was even more scattered. In addition to the more than 3,000 officers and soldiers left in Xingnan, more than 11c officers and soldiers were scattered on the entire battlefield in companies and even platoons.

If it is attacked suddenly, it is impossible for the US military to switch from offense to defense.

Faced with the coming danger, Duqiwei had no choice.

While Duqiwei was busy solving the "problem", several combat officers and soldiers from the 153rd Brigade stationed at Qiuligou Air Force Base (the brigade has a total strength of more than 7,500, and nearly half of them are non-combatants) were preparing for the battle.

Li Dongshi, who was promoted to lieutenant platoon leader, still checked the equipment of each soldier one by one like he did when he was a squad leader.

The battlefield is not only a stage for soldiers to make achievements, but also a cemetery for soldiers to shed blood and die.

Whether the preparation is sufficient will determine the final ownership of the soldier. (To be continued,)

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