After more than two days of three battles, the Republic Army was dizzy and "unruly".

Just looking at the appearance, by 20:30 on the 13th, the ground attack of the Republic Army in 64 hours before the Third Battle was indeed "chaotic" and there was no pattern to find. Putting aside the appearance, you can find that the Republic Army's attack not only has rules, but also has a clear purpose.

The "flowing water" attack on the eastern battlefield was extremely smooth.

The ground troops, mainly from the 38th Army, rushed left and right on the battlefield of more than 20,000 square kilometers, and fought completely according to the classic tactical tactics of "mobile warfare", divided the enemy in the movement, annihilated the enemy in the movement, and advanced the front line in the movement, and regarded the Korean army with more than 10,000 troops as a toy in their hands, without giving the enemy any chance to counterattack.

For the Korean Army's First Regiment, the key is not how to counterattack, but how to seize the target of the counterattack!

It was really a tragedy for the Korean army to fight to this point.

Putting aside the 38th Army, the rapid assault capabilities of the 7711 Brigade and the air assault can be found that the Republic Army fought a "mobile war" on the eastern battlefield, which was a last resort.

Including the direct artillery of the military, the Republic Army only invested about 50,000 troops on the eastern battlefield.

According to the force calculation, the offensive side is only one-point that of the defensive side!

Even if the Republic: the army has mastered all the favorable factors except the force, and used 50,000 troops to annihilate it.

Destroying more than 400,000 enemies is definitely a miracle in the history of war.

No mobile warfare. The Republic’s Army needs to invest 150,000 less ground troops.

The Republic's Army is not that it cannot collect 150,000 ground troops, but that it cannot bear the casualties caused by it and cannot provide sufficient logistical support.

Obviously, Pei Chengyi has no choice.

Another purpose of the Republic's Army fighting a "large-depth mobile war" on the eastern battlefield was to attract the attention of the South Korean army and create favorable conditions for offensive operations on the western battlefield.

Because the 39th Army has sufficient combat effectiveness, the range of "movement" is far inferior to that of the 38th Army.

The most important thing is that the offense on the western battlefield has a clear purpose. In addition to annihilation of the 3rd Army of the South Korean Army, it also needs to capture Kaesong and Seoul. In this case, the combat effectiveness of the 39th Army must be concentrated to avoid large-scale movements and dispersing offensive strength.

What the Han army couldn't understand was that the army captured Incheon, so why did they turn back and attack and open the city?

The Incheon Army had enough capital to attack Seoul.

The Korean army cannot understand it. It is not because the quality of the Korean generals is low, but because the Korean army has severely lacked the means to obtain battlefield information.

In modern warfare, the importance of information is ahead of firepower and becomes the number one prerequisite for defeating the enemy. Whoever accurately grasps the battlefield information will take the initiative in the war!

Although the United States has been providing military assistance to South Korea, including military intelligence, the United States has withdrawn its troops and is unable to send tactical reconnaissance forces to the battlefield and has lost the means to obtain tactical intelligence. Even if the United States has all its help, it can only provide strategic intelligence to South Korea and cannot provide tactical intelligence to South Korea.

Strategic intelligence determines at most the purpose of the Republic's third campaign, and it is impossible to know the specific tactical actions from it.

After the third battle began, the United States mobilized nearly 20 reconnaissance satellites to monitor the Korean Peninsula, and obtained an average of one piece of battlefield intelligence every hour.

It can be said that the army's satellite reconnaissance capabilities have reached a very amazing level.

Even so, the United States still cannot provide accurate tactical intelligence to South Korea.

It was enough for the Republic Army's assault troops to run dozens of kilometers or complete a small-scale annihilation battle.

Under this situation, how could the South Korean general know the tactical intentions of the Republic Army?

Not to mention that the Korean generals could not even US generals understand the tactics of the Republic's Army.

From the very beginning, the US military firmly believed that the fundamental purpose of the Republic's Army's third battle was to capture Seoul, let the North Korean Provisional Government work in the "capital" and restore the legitimacy of the North Korean regime, and provide a legal basis for the Republic's Army to launch larger-scale combat operations on the Korean Peninsula.

After the 39th Army captured Incheon and Tocheon, almost all the U.S. generals believed that the Republic's Army would attack Seoul as soon as possible.

What happened next is indeed incredible.

Of course, all the U.S. generals were kept in the dark.

Du Qiwei, who returned to Guam, issued a warning on the afternoon of the 12th, asking the South Korean army to send troops to attack Wenshan as soon as possible, prevent the 39th Army from turning back to attack Kaicheng, and strengthen Kaicheng's defense.

However, this warning was not taken seriously because the Korean generals believed that the "defeated general" had no say.

Unfortunately, Duqiwei "guessed". Although it was not absolutely accurate, because the attack on the open city was not the combat troops of the 39th Army that had already moved south, but the combat troops left behind. Even if the South Korean army attacked Wenshan on the night of the 12th, it could not prevent the Republic Army from attacking the open city. However, Duqiwei's analysis and judgment attracted the high attention of the incoming President-elect Westwood.

On the morning of the 13th, Ducheway returned to Washington on a "special plane".

During the flight, Duchway and Frederick and Westwood

Talking about his speculation on the next combat operations of the Republic's Army.

According to Duchwie's analysis, the purpose of the Republic's Army attacking the city was to ensure safety in the rear.

As long as the Republic Army intends to occupy Seoul and does not intend to be restrained, Kaesong must be captured before this. The reason is very simple. The South Korean army hoarded combat supplies in Kaesong to keep the defenders for more than 3 months, and the Republic Army definitely does not want to delay the war until the month. As long as Kaesong is still in the hands of the South Korean army, the Republic Army must mobilize 2 to 3 armies of troops (in fact, it is not so exaggerated) to surround Kaesong. If the South Korean army in Kaesong launches a counterattack later, even if it is just a tentative small-scale counterattack, it will be enough to cause the Republic Army to consume a large amount of combat supplies in the rear.

No matter how you calculate it, it is not a good deal.

Of course, it is not easy to attack a "military fortress" with 150,000 defenders.

As a result, Duqiwei sentenced that the Republic's Army would concentrate its forces and strive to capture Kaicheng within 3 days.

This time, Du Qiwei "guessed" again because the Kaesong defenders surrendered before the "special plane" he was riding landed at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington. But what shocked Du Qiwei was that the 150,000 Korean troops who relied on a solid defensive position did not hold on until 24 hours!

Either South Korea is too "frail" or the Republic's army is very powerful.

In any case, Duchway is willing to believe the latter.

Westwood is not concerned with what has happened, but more about what is about to happen.

According to Duqiwei's prediction, after the Republic Army conquered Kaicheng, the first thing to do is to adjust its troops, and it will use about 2 to 3 armies to attack Seoul. Before that, the Republic Army will carry out at least 12 to hrs of firepower preparation (including early bombing) and then launch a three-dimensional attack.

As for how long the South Korean army could stay in Seoul, Du Qiwei did not make any speculation.

In his opinion, the Republic's Army's purpose is not only to capture Seoul, but also to annihilate the 3rd Army of the South Korean Army, otherwise it would not have sent the 773rd Brigade to capture Tianan and cut off the 3rd Army and the 5th Army.

In this way, the Republic Army will definitely sweep the Korean army strongholds south of Seoul when attacking Seoul.

For the Korean army, the result will not be much better.

Unless a miracle happens, the 3rd Army of the South Korean Army will be completely wiped out.

When he met Duchway, Westwood mainly asked about the situation on the eastern battlefield, which made Duchway look at the incoming president-elect because most of the American politicians, including Frederick, were paying attention to the battle on the western battlefield and did not pay much attention to the situation on the eastern battlefield.

In fact, the impact on the eastern battlefield is even more far-reaching.

The president was willing to "not be ashamed to ask questions", but Du Qiwei "gives all his money to him."

According to Duchewei's prediction, before the end of the third battle, the Republic's Army had two choices. Either continue to focus on the western battlefield, annihilate the 5th Army of the South Korean Army, which has already formed an army, and occupy the richest and most concentrated areas south of the Han River, which is the richest and most populous on the Korean Peninsula; or turn the focus to the eastern battlefield, concentrate troops to advance south, capture Pohang, capture Ulsan and Busan as quickly as possible, cut off the only channel for the South Korean army to obtain foreign aid, and end the war as soon as possible.

How the Republic's Army will fight, in addition to the far-reaching considerations of the Republic's senior leaders for the entire war, must also be determined by the actual situation on the battlefield and the resistance of the South Korean army.

One thing is certain, as long as there is no special situation, the war will end at the end of February or early March.

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

Decades later, when Pei Chengyi learned that Du Qiwei had made these predictions, he couldn't help but sigh that if Du Qiwei had enough troops at the time, the Republic would have encountered unprecedented challenges in the Peninsula War. Not only would it not have won so easily, but it might have suffered a crushing defeat!

At that time, the top leaders of the Republic were also considering how to continue to fight.

After the city was captured, it was only a matter of time to win the third battle. According to the customs of the leaders of the Republic, the overall policy for the next battle was begun to be formulated with full confidence in winning.

Xiang Yinghui and Pei Chengyi both believed that it was necessary to continue to fight a large-scale battle on the western battlefield, annihilate the 5th Army of the South Korean Army entrenched in Qingzhou, capture Daejeon, eliminate the flanking threat, and then concentrate troops to march towards Busan.

Wang Yuanqing and Gu Weimin believed that there was no need to continue to focus on the western battlefield. They should concentrate their forces to attack Busan as soon as possible, and strive to end the Peninsula War as quickly as possible. As for the subsequent battle, it can be handed over to the North Korean Defense Force.

As always, Zhao Rundong was not in a hurry to make decisions on major issues.

This only caused Xiang Yinghui and Pei Chengyi, because when the general policy of the battle was not determined, the General Staff and the Front Command had to formulate combat plans in advance for two completely different situations.
Chapter completed!