Li captured Kaicheng and attacked Seoul on "schedule".

On the morning of the 4th, Pei Chengyi arrived at the front line and discussed the next stage with the commander of the 39th Army Su Jinhui and others, namely the combat operation to attack Seoul.

"Seoul" is not a small city.

In a narrow sense, "Seoul" only refers to the core urban area with a population of about 5.4 million and an area of ​​about 500 square kilometers; in a broad sense, "Seoul" includes the surrounding government, including the "Greater Seoul" in the south of the city, Furukawari, Yongdengpu, Todori, and even Tokhe and Suwon, with a population of 24 million and an area of ​​more than 2,000 square kilometers.

What needs to be occupied is the broad sense of "Seoul".

In field battles, the battlefield of 2 square kilometers is not vast, and it cannot even accommodate "super-large established troops" like the 39th Army. Attacking a "city" of 2,000 square kilometers is completely different. If traditional tactics are adopted, 150,000 to 200,000 troops are required!

Pei Chengyi rushed to the front line, and the first solution was offensive tactics.

Su Jinhui's actions surprised Pei Chengyi a little because the commander of the 39th Army did not work behind closed doors, but instead gathered all officers at the barracks and above to gather ideas and let everyone give advice.

Considering that the logistics work took two days to prepare, Pei Chengyi handed over the tactical work to Su Jinhui.

On this day, after the 38th Army occupied Yuanzhou, it turned to attack Donghai and San.

The most active part on the battlefield was that the land of Kuaishou 772 had not participated in the battle before. After occupying Yuanzhou, Kuaishou 772 quickly moved south. It captured Zhongzhou, Danyang and Yudong. It surrounded the last group of the Korean Army's No. 1 army gathered in Dizhou, and the most powerful infantry force.

On the evening of the 4th, all the troops stopped on the battlefield.

Logistics support has once again become the main issue in limiting the speed of the offensive.

At night, at the request of Xiang Yinghui, all more than one transport plane was dispatched at the Air Force to support the Air Force to air transport supplies to the combat troops on the eastern battlefield.

For large-scale ground combat, air transport is just a drop in the bucket.

Because it is winter in the Korean Peninsula, the troop materials consume much faster than in summer. Even if you don’t fight, one combat brigade consumes about 550 per day. The materials include 150 per day. The fuel used for heating and cooking (although the 38th Army and the 77th Army have high-power air conditioners. The power supply is not a problem. However, officers and soldiers cannot sleep in the chariots and have to eat hot meals). If they perform combat missions, one combat brigade consumes at least 2,500 per day. The extra materials are mainly "consumable" materials such as ammunition, chariot spare parts and other parts.

One y-11 can transport up to 30~ materials, and one y-15 can transport up to 65~:.

A total of 120y--160 y-15s are flying 2 times at night, and they can only transport about 15,000 to the front line: materials, which can meet the combat needs of up to 6 combat brigades for one day. There are a total of 7 combat brigades on the eastern battlefield | plus 2 artillery brigades. Because the artillery brigades that perform support missions have much higher demand for ammunition and drug supplies than the combat brigades, 15,000 combat supplies are for the combat troops on the eastern battlefield to consume up to half a day!

The main means of guarantee on the eastern battlefield are railway and road transportation.

Because the railway network on the eastern battlefield was not developed, the railway line only extended to Gangneung and Gangneung to Wonju had to pass through Tieyanli under the control of the 6th Army of the South Korean Army, and Dizhou, which was still controlled by the South Korean Army's First Army, so road transportation became the most important logistics support method on the eastern battlefield.

The Army dispatched a total of 25c0 heavy electric trucks (mostly driven by the Chaojun who received simple training), and equipped each truck with 2 drivers and 2 loading and unloading personnel. On the 750-kilometer highway route from Yuanshan to Jiangling, vehicle charging stations were set up in the city, Ojinli and Soka, to ensure that the convoy could run back and forth within one day and complete the loading and unloading of materials. Every 50 to one truck was organized into a convoy, which was escorted by 1 to 2 mechatronics of the army. Because the convoy needed to pass through the "occupied area", the army would set up strongholds on some sections of road where "bandits" often appeared, or send scouts to occupy the commanding heights on both sides of the road when the convoy passed by.

The 38th Army first attacked Jiangling and Yuanzhou to use the expressway from Jiangling to Yuanzhou.

In this way, the United Transportation Force can provide combat troops with 500c0~: combat materials every day.

Compared with the eastern battlefield, the situation on the western battlefield is much "ideal".

Because the 39th Army's land aviation brigade occupied Incheon Port as fast as possible, the South Korean army did not have time to destroy the port infrastructure, and transport ships could directly enter the port to unload the supplies.

On the night of the 4th, the fleet departed from Dalian arrived in Incheon.

12~The volume of freighters is not too much, but the amount of supplies transported is very amazing. In addition to a roll-ro-cargo ship carrying heavy trucks and armored vehicles and an oil tanker carrying liquid cargo, the other 0~cargo ships carrying ammunition and drug supplies are bulk cargo ships with a load of 10,000 tons, and 5 is a container cargo ship with a capacity of 2,400 quasi-box.

Incheon is the "outer port" of Seoul and is the second largest port in South Korea after Busan.

A fleet sent 1,500 heavy trucks, 800 armored combat vehicles, 150,000 tons of oil and water supplies, 650,000 tons of ammunition, 350,000 tons of spare parts, and about 200,000 tons of other types of materials to the 39th Army. Although the time for loading and unloading of goods was included, the fleet went to

It takes 8 days, and its transportation capacity is still far exceeding other means. The transportation capacity is equivalent to 000020-class trucks plus 50 vehicles, or 1500y-14, or 700y-15.

Needless to say, sea transportation is still the best means of transportation.

When the materials are delivered to Incheon, they also need to be transferred to front-line troops, which is also the reason why the 15c0 truck is transported.

The first thing that approaches the dock is the roll-route cargo ship. After the truck arrives on the dock, it immediately goes to the container terminal or bulk terminal to pick up the goods. As in the eastern battlefield, the truck driver still accepts the reorganized North Korean soldiers, and only the escorts are officers and soldiers drawn from the 24th Army.

Logistics support work is underway, and another important "logistics" work is also underway.

Starting from 1 morning, the engineers of the 39th Combat Brigade began to repair bridges and tunnels that were blown up by the Air Force and HNA to ensure that combat materials could reach various combat units in a timely manner.

Trucks are not tanks and must be driven on the road.

Rebuilding a bridge is the easiest job. Each field unit has engineering bridges or mechanical bridge components. When needed, temporary bridges can be set up on rivers with a width of no more than 250 meters. Repairing the broken bridge deck is also simple to pave it with a prefabricated bridge deck made of high-strength materials, and then fix the two ends to allow vehicles to pass.

The most troublesome thing is to build the tunnel. Fortunately, there are not many tunnels in the western part of the peninsula!

When encountering some tunnels that are temporarily repaired, engineers either take barbaric measures to carry out large-scale blasting operations, use tanks or tanks equipped with bulldozers to push the silt and gravel away; or "find a different path" and open temporary passages next to the tunnel, and lay road surfaces that are sufficient for trucks to pass through with prefabricated parts.

For engineers, what they need is time, not beauty.

According to the order issued by Su Hui, engineers must escort all roads before the early morning of the 15th!

When the first convoy full of supplies left Incheon, the main roads leading to the location of various combat troops had been opened, Cheng Bing was busy opening other roads to improve road traffic efficiency.

On the 15th, except for the battle of the three, there was still no big noise on the battlefield.

Su Jinhui and Tang Yinglong were not in a hurry to take action. Both of them wanted to make a beautiful round after launching a new attack and end the combat operation of the third battle.

In terms of ambition, Su Jinhui must have surpassed Tang Yinglong.

The only enemy in front of the 38th Army was only 150,000 Korean troops in Dizhou were a bit troublesome. The more than 30,000 Korean troops who were defending the three sides and the three Korean infantry divisions curled up in Wengu were not enough to block the gap between the 38th Army. Having all the favorable conditions to attack Dizhou was just a slaughter. According to Tang Yinglong, after full preparation, the 38th Army could annihilate the remnants of the Korean Army's No. 72 to 7 hours and complete the combat mission.

The enemy placed in front of the 39th Army was much stronger.

The size of the 3rd Army of the South Korean Army was originally greater than that of the First Regiment Army. The main force had three armored divisions and eight infantry divisions, which were much more than the First Regiment Army. Although they wiped out about 230,000 Korean troops in Bucheon, Incheon and Kaesong, the South Korean troops huddled in Seoul still had 300,000 to 350,000, and all three armored divisions were in Seoul!

While the 39th Army was preparing to attack, the South Korean army was also stepping up its deployment of defense.

Does the 39th Army, which has only 6 combat brigades, have enough ability to capture Seoul?

Not to mention that others don’t believe it, Pei Chengyi didn’t believe it very much and would not let the 27th Army and the 61st Army enter combat readiness on the afternoon of the 15th and prepare for support.

Su Jinhui never thought of "requiring" other troops to provide support.

Others do not trust the combat effectiveness of the 39th Army, but Su Jinhui will not be able to bear his own troops.

6 combat brigades, 3 artillery brigades and 1 continental aviation brigade, and nearly 50,000 officers and soldiers were confident enough to capture Seoul.

More importantly, the 38th Army "independently" annihilates the South Korean Army's Army. If the 39th Army, which has twice the strength of the 38th Army, cannot independently annihilate the 3rd Army's 3rd Army, the throne of the number one ace must be handed over to the 38th Army!

On the 15th, Su Jinhui inspected various combat troops one after another.

The morale of the officers and soldiers was not a problem, and the participants were eagerly looking forward to the next battle. In the words of the brigade commanders of each brigade, it was not how to attack Seoul, but when to capture Seoul.

Tang Yinglong has already shouted that he would annihilate the South Korean Army's First Regiment within 72 hours. Can the 39th Army fall behind?

After mastering the first-hand situation of each combat force, Su Jinhui not only set the purpose of capturing Seoul within 60 hours, but also proposed to annihilate the 3rd Army of the South Korean Army within 72 hours!

The two most powerful armies of the Republic's Army began to compete, which was both a good thing and a bad thing.

Pei Chengyi felt a little helpless. After all, it took a price to speed up the battle, and no one was willing to pay too high a price for the war destined to win.

After asking the Chief of Staff, Pei Chengyi determined the attack time to 30 on the 16th.

When issuing combat orders to the 38th Army and the 39th Army, Pei Chengyi clearly mentioned that completing the battle mission is only one of the goals, and each combat force must minimize casualties and losses!

Pei Chengyi was not sure how much effect this order could play. (To be continued,)
Chapter completed!