bookbashuk #346 - Kirigawa
#346 - Kirigawa
In Pingcheng, Lieutenant General Walker, commander of the Eighth Army, and Lieutenant General Kendall of the First Corps finally met.
Lieutenant General Walker highly approved of Lieutenant General Kendall's rescue operation, but it didn't end there. He connected to the General Headquarters and requested General MacArthur for an unprecedented scale of air force deployment the next day: 200 fighter planes and 100 bombers!
According to Lieutenant General Walker's plan, the 200 fighter planes would completely block the sky over the Yalu River, allowing the 100 bombers to take turns in 3 to 4 waves, continuously bombing the Dragon Country troops surrounding the 24th Division's position!
This was basically the limit of the air force deployment on the peninsula, showing that the top brass of the 'Rogue Eagle' were desperate due to the collapse of the 27th Brigade and the encirclement of the 24th Division.
General MacArthur not only approved Lieutenant General Walker's request but would also immediately fly to Pingcheng and join the Eighth Army's headquarters to fully commit to the rescue operation of the 24th Division.
General MacArthur also ordered the Eastern Front troops to suspend all actions, with the 1st Marine Division turning to advance westward, joining the 1st Cavalry Division to rescue the 24th Division!
According to the new rescue plan, the 7th Infantry Division and the 1st Marine Division would depart from Hamhung County, head west to Daheung, then turn south, bypassing Nyongbyon County towards Deokcheon and Gaechon, and then cut off Li Yunlong's 16th Army's rear in Nyongbyon, encircling Li Yunlong's troops in the Nyongbyon area with the 24th Division as the base, creating a 'center blossom'!
General MacArthur was not someone who easily admitted defeat. After suffering the first blow from the 'Auspicious Trio', he began to face reality and prepared to concentrate the Allied forces in the north for a major decisive battle with the Volunteer Army, which had just entered the peninsula!
Given the area of the peninsula, the distance from Hamhung to Nyongbyon was only a little over a hundred kilometers. For fully mechanized units like the 'Rogue Eagle's' 7th Infantry Division and 1st Marine Division, it would take as little as 5 hours to reach, or at most seven or eight hours at the slowest.
General MacArthur didn't believe that Li Yunlong and his men had the ability to wipe out the 24th Division in such a short time.
Volunteer Army Headquarters.
"The latest emergency telegram from the 'Rogue Eagle' decrypted?" The brigade commander received an urgent telegram from the rear communications decryption team, and was taken aback. However, after reading the report, his expression changed drastically.
"Old Chief, the 'Rogue Eagle' is going to fight desperately this time. Our second-line air force must be deployed. In addition, the second wave of troops also needs to enter the peninsula as quickly as possible to guard Li Yunlong's rear. It is recommended that the 38th, 40th, and 42nd Armies must set off immediately, using mechanized advances to enter the Kasan, Nyongbyon, and Nyongwon areas at full speed, and cooperate with Li Yunlong and his men in the encirclement and annihilation of the 24th Division."
"Among them, the 38th Army will take over Ding Wei's defense line, allowing Ding Wei's 17th Army to fully commit to blocking the 'Rogue Eagle's' 1st Cavalry Division south of Pakchon. The 40th Army will head to Nyongbyon to receive Li Yunlong's command and become a strategic reserve. The 42nd Army will cooperate with Kong Jie's 18th Army to establish layered defenses in Daheung and Nyongwon, blocking the 1st Marine Division and the 7th Infantry Division!"
As the second-in-command of the Volunteer Army Headquarters, the brigade commander not only managed the logistics but also had a significant influence on operational plans.
"Have they completed their re-equipment? The weather is getting colder. I'm afraid that the original thin cotton uniforms won't be able to withstand the climate of minus twenty degrees Celsius," the Volunteer Army Headquarters commander stared at the map and pondered for a while.
"The weapons and equipment have basically been re-equipped and standardized. Currently, we are short of 2 tank battalions. We have already stockpiled winter clothing at the border, so there is no problem in this regard," the brigade commander replied.
"Considering their lack of tanks, consider increasing the number of RPG rocket launchers, and if necessary, use infantry anti-tank tactics from the defensive positions."
"If that's the case, then issue the order immediately. At the same time, we will use a new code. The 'Rogue Eagle' has imported a batch of transistor computers from us. According to the Dawn Research Institute's suggestion, each of our codes should not exceed seven days to prevent them from deciphering it," the Volunteer Army Headquarters commander said.
Being able to decipher the opponent's radio waves is certainly a very satisfying thing, but if one's own radio waves are deciphered by the enemy, it is very unpleasant.
For telegrams, in this era, there is no telegram that cannot be deciphered, it just depends on how much computing power is invested in the decryption. Ren Zhong's Dawn Research Institute's communications decryption team, supported by the powerful computing power of the 21st-century main world, has achieved almost real-time decryption of the 'Rogue Eagle's' telegrams, which has always been one of the biggest secrets of the Dragon Country.
It is also an important trump card for anticipating the enemy's moves.
General MacArthur would never have dreamed that his plan would have been leaked so thoroughly in such a short time.
At least the intelligence of troop movements was completely grasped by the Volunteer Army Headquarters.
Eastern Front.
Kong Jie received a top-secret operational order.
His troops had just arrived in Jangjin County, not far from Daheung.
However, facing two main divisions of the 'Rogue Eagle', Kong Jie still felt a lot of pressure.
Fortunately, he looked at the terrain around Daheung, which was full of continuous mountains, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Under such terrain conditions, the 'Rogue Eagle's' mechanized troops could only advance through the main roads. For Kong Jie, this was equivalent to knowing the 'Rogue Eagle's' next course of action like the back of his hand.
For defense, the continuous mountains were also his natural combat partners and helpers!
Kong Jie did not hesitate, and the entire army of three divisions, the 112th Division, the 113th Division, and the 114th Division, were dispatched!
After three-dimensional map operations, Kong Jie chose a place called Murichon to prepare to set up a defensive line.
There was a simple road directly through the village. On the left was a continuous, undulating, not-so-high mountain, with a relative height of only a little over a hundred meters, but it could just block the road connecting Daheung to Deokcheon.
Kong Jie prepared to use this as the core, setting up layered defenses on the surrounding mountains within a few kilometers, fighting a blocking battle.
The vanguard unit was the 531st Regiment of the 112th Division. The team traveled by car all the way at a rapid pace, heading straight for Murichon under the guidance of a guide. After rushing and hurrying, the 1st Company of the 3rd Battalion had just arrived here when the company commander, Li Tianxi, heard the huge noise of tanks moving in the distance!
Although it was still on the other side of the mountain, the sound had already traveled along the valley.
"It's the enemy's tank unit! The cars retreat along the original road and tell the battalion commander that the enemy is coming! The rest of the people immediately prepare for battle, ambush on the hillside, and the rocket launcher team immediately looks for a position to snipe the tanks!" Li Tianxi decisively commanded the troops to disperse into the hillside jungle, seizing a commanding position.
Li Tianxi knew that he was the foremost vanguard of the 17th Army, and there would definitely not be any tank units rushing ahead of him. The only explanation for hearing the sound of tanks now was that the enemy was coming.
Following Li Tianxi's order, each platoon began to look for suitable ambush positions, and the company's vanguards climbed to the top of the mountain, where they would advance along the ridge and begin to scout the enemy's first-hand intelligence.
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