[368] A desperate attack

Kim Il-sung, commander of the People's Army, who had predicted the landing of US troops in Jihua at Incheon, could not sleep for the past few days and nights. He went over and over again the landing of the US troops, but he could not see how he could wipe out 100 percent of the US troops on the beachhead.

Even if the shipwreck, suggested by the Chinese comrades, blocked the Flying Fish channel outside the port of Incheon, Kim Il Sung had ordered this to be done immediately. As long as the US military faithfully carries out the landing operation and frantically rushes to land on the nearest beach, a vicious battle is still inevitable.

As soon as he thought of what the Chinese comrades had said that the US forces would use battleships to launch fire coverage on the shore and then calmly land on the shore, Kim Il-sung scratched his head in anxiety and was so anxious that he almost pulled his hair down.

According to the information provided by the Chinese side, the first of the four Iowa-class battleships with a displacement of 45,000 tons and a full load of nearly 58,000 tons has been transferred to Japan by the US Atlantic Fleet. The remaining three Iowa class ships are also being unsealed, among which the New Jersey is the first to dock and the fastest unsealed, and will appear in Incheon at the same time as the Missouri!

That's three triple 16-inch 406mm caliber 50 times the diameter of the naval guns, each barrel is more than 20 meters long, and it can drill into people! The radius of destruction of a shell of 406mm caliber is 50 meters! Each Iowa-class battleship had 1,500 rounds of ammunition for this 16-inch 406mm gun alone. When fully spread out, that's a kill area the size of 1,500 football fields! With this kind of main naval gun, the firing range of 38 km...... Kim Il Sung couldn't think of how to repair this fortification.

In desperation, Kim Il-sung decided to follow the Chinese suggestion to carry out layers of blockade on the Gyeongin Highway from Inchon to Seoul, the necessary place for the US troops to land after landing, and turn this road into a burial ground for US troops! Kim Il Sung believes that victory will eventually belong to the People's Army! Undoubtedly, it will be a victory heaped with life. In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Kim Il Sung once again issued a conscription order, in addition to the 10 divisions of militia armed with rifles supported by China before, 200,000 new recruits were urgently recruited again, and officers were first transferred to arm the new militia of 10 divisions!

At the same time, Kim Il Sung began to mobilize troops on a large scale, and the main force was mixed with the new militia, and the construction of fortifications on the Gyeongin Highway began in a race against time. Kim Il Sung vowed to turn the Gyeongin Highway, which is less than 50 kilometers short, into a cemetery for the US military!

But Kim Il Sung still has a thought: What if he can take Pusan before the astronomical tide on August 15? The idea was so tempting that Kim Il Sung couldn't dismiss it.

Historically, even after learning that the U.S. troops had landed at Incheon, Kim Il Sung stubbornly decided to continue his frenzied attack on Busan, until a week later, when he realized that there was no hope of taking Busan, and then retreated north in a collapse. The Korean People's Army's obsession with reunification can be seen.

For the sake of this dream of national reunification, which cannot be given up in any way, Kim Il Sung decided to take a gamble, and he felt that if he didn't gamble now, he might really never have such a chance in the future.

As Kim Il-sung rushed to the vicinity of Masan, south of Chungju, to personally supervise the battle, the battle around the Busan Ring of Defense -- a historical 45-day-long army meat grinder that had been consumed by both sides in the region became more and more fierce.

Mashan.

Mashan has a population of only 150,000.

It is located 45 kilometers west of Busan, a small commercial port town.

The Japanese once said that if Busan were to Tokyo, Mashan would be Odawara!

After three days and three nights of almost sleepless inner torment, Kim Il Sung gritted his teeth and decided to take Masan at all costs and open the passage into Busan!

Thus, the "Battle of Odawara" of the Korean War began.

Li Fucheng, a company commander of the Third Militia Division of the People's Army, was born as a poor peasant, and after dividing the land, he threw himself into the war of reunification with great enthusiasm. In Li Fuchen's view, the road to the army is glorious; It is also promising; It was also the most favorable guarantee for poor peasants like himself to the land that their families had received for the first time, and Commander-in-Chief Kim Il Sung told them that if this battle was lost, everything before would be taken back by the landlords.

Li Fucheng will never allow anyone to take away even an inch of the land he has been allocated in the land reform!

"Rush!!

Kill all the American devils!

Kill all the puppet bandits of Li!

Long live the KPA!! ”

Li Fucheng and his militia fighters shouted wildly, and with their submachine guns in hand, they led his company and rushed up to the American trenches. Behind him, the mortars that accompanied the fire cover rang sparsely three or five times and then stopped, and due to the US military's close support bombardment of more than 7,000 sorties per month, the KPA has lost more than 60 percent of its artillery of various types and sizes.

Colonel Yoman, commander of the 355th Regiment of the 25th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, nervously ordered: "Fire!" Fire! Call in artillery support, call in air cover! These crazy northerners are attacking again! ”

When Li Fucheng's company rushed to a distance of more than 30 meters outside the US trench, it was hit by the US army's M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle, and more than half of its losses were lost, and more than 140 militia fighters of the company were killed and wounded, and more than 70 were wounded! The remaining half was pressed by the fire, prostrate in the hollows of the mud and did not dare to move.

The U.S. military's 105mm howitzers were constantly striking at the open space in front of this position, and the U.S. mortars were constantly exploding around Li Fucheng, and mud and stumps and broken arms kept falling on Li Fucheng, covering him up......

Jin Cunyou, commander of the Third Militia Division of the People's Army, gritted his teeth when he saw this in the rear, and ordered: "Seventh, eighth, ninth, and three companies charge together!" Be sure to take the White Water Cave Heights at all costs!

Cao Shanghe, the commander of the first regiment of the militia division, was in tears on the side and persuaded: "Division commander, you can't rush anymore, it's only been one morning, and more than 1,500 people have died in the second and first regiments!" ”

Jin Cunyou roared in despair: "No! Be sure to take it down! Don't you understand! Commander-in-Chief Kim has already given a death order to take this place even if the 3rd Militia Division dies in Baeksu-dong! No one is allowed to take a step back! Otherwise, the Dharma will be rectified on the spot! ”

Cao Shanghe wiped a handful of tears with his big rough hands stained with mud, and ordered the messenger beside him: "Order, the seventh, eighth, and ninth companies charge immediately." ”

"Yes!" The correspondent hurried to give the order.

After the herald returned, the correspondent asked: "Commander Cao, the patrol caught five deserters from the first regiment and six companies. ”

Without waiting for the head of the regiment, Cao Shanghyuk, to speak, Jin Cunyou immediately ordered: "Rectify the Fa on the spot!" ”

Cao Shanghe craned his neck and shouted, "Division commander! ”

Jin Cunyou roared with a black face: "We can't take a step back right now!" Don't be weak! According to the deployment of the headquarters, before midnight tonight, if we can't take the white water hole, all the officers will be escorted to the rear headquarters for detention and trial! ”

After Cao Sanghyuk was reminded, his head suddenly lowered.

When the seventh, eighth, and ninth companies rushed up, Li Fucheng jumped out of the mud pit desperately, "Ah! Yes! Let out a beastly roar and rush towards the American position! Suddenly, a bullet hit him in the head, and Li Fucheng fell again, and this time, he couldn't get up again........................

Lieutenant General Walker, commander of the US Eighth Army, also rushed to the division headquarters of the US 25th Infantry Division in Mashan City at this time, and he stood in the division headquarters command room of the 25th Division in a local mansion and shouted over the radio:

"Yoman, you son of a bitch! I don't want to listen to your explanations! I will not allow you to lie still in place! You attack me! Offensive! Only a counterattack can plunge the North Koreans into chaos! What about the two South Korean brigades that were transferred to you? Tell them to take turns for me to counter-charge non-stop! Anyone who dares to run away will be shot on the spot! ”

Hanging up the phone, Walker took a breath and reprimanded Major General Keane, commander of the 25th Division, and all the officers of the 25th Division:

"We are fighting a war for time, and we can no longer retreat, retreat or adjust positions, as well as any measures imaginable. We have no way back! ”

After saying that, Walker bared a mouthful of yellow teeth, scraped everyone viciously with his gaze, and added:

"The troops must fight back! Let the North Koreans fall into chaos, only in this way can they gain the initiative in this defensive war! There can be no reprint of Dunkirk! There can be no repeat of Bataan! Once you retreat to Busan, it will become the largest slaughterhouse in history! ”

Suppressing his anger, Walker began to encourage the officers again:

"We must fight to the end, share the weal and death together, and whoever loses his position will be responsible for the death of thousands of his comrades! I swear, I'll send those mongrels who lost their positions to court-martial! Syngman Rhee has drawn out 400,000 men out of the three million men he brought to Pusan and armed them with American rifles. As for the deserters, Syngman Rhee has repeatedly emphasized that they should be shot on the spot immediately without any trial!

I ask you to convey my words to everyone in the division, and I want everyone to understand that we will not back down! We will win! ”

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Kim Il Sung took the phone and urged the Sixth Infantry Division: "Have you all completed your preparations?" Before the early hours of this morning, regardless of whether the 3rd Militia Division takes Baishuidong or not, you will launch a general attack! , together with the 4th and 5th militia divisions, rush into Mashan for me! Don't look back, keep rushing in! The 1st Infantry Division, as a reserve, is already ready in Xian'an, as long as you open the gap at all costs, the 1st Infantry Division and the 13th and 14th Militia Divisions can break through to support you! ”

Jin Hucan, commander of the Sixth Infantry Division, said: "Commander! The casualties will be very large! The Super Bazooka rocket launchers of the US army are very powerful, and in the previous battle of storming Qiufeng Mountain, 25 of the 30 T-34s of our division were destroyed in the first round! Without clearing the outlying positions, it is impossible to storm Mashan! ”

Kim Il-sung was silent when he heard this, and he thought about the upcoming 58,000-strong landing force of the US army next month, and he couldn't help but hear the sound of Katakata's countdown in his ears.

If he fails, he will no longer have the bargaining chips to besiege Busan and fight against the US military.

"The 3rd Militia Division has attacked Baishuidong for a whole day, and although it has not yet taken this place as a breakthrough, the defenses here must have been loosened! I order you to rush forward tonight with the Third Militia Division, and anyone who dares to turn his face to the west will be punished on the spot! ”

After Jin Hucan hung up the phone, he whispered to himself uneasily: "Jin Cunyou, you must take Baishui Cave before the early hours of the morning!" ”

On the other end of the phone that hung up, Kim Il Sung thought silently: "If you can't win this battle, the entire encirclement will collapse, right?" ”

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The meat grinder of the Busan Ring Defense Ring made up his mind in Kim Il Sung. After mobilizing two main divisions and five militia divisions, launching a squeezing attack inward at all costs from Baishuidong, Masan, they will face the worst night.

The early hours of the morning finally came, and the 3rd Militia Division, with the 6th Infantry Division coming to supervise the battle, paid the price of 4,500 casualties during the day, and was punished on the spot by 19 officers who were not in a good position.

Kim Cunyou, the commander of the 3rd Militia Division, led more than 4,000 soldiers of the whole division to finally break through the defense line of Baishuidong at ten o'clock in the evening after nightfall. At this time, the original reorganization of the Third Militia Division of 10,500 people was just over 1,000 left. The 6th Infantry Division, which fought in concert, also suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and the 4th Militia Division suffered more than 3,000 casualties.

Finally, the historical mission of the 3rd Militia Division was completed, and Jin Cunyou received an order to take the only 1,000 people left in the division and stand by in Baishuidong with the 4th Militia Division. And the 6th Infantry Division, with the 5th Militia Division, rushed towards the crumbling center of Mashan.

It's going to be a bloody matchup............

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