Chapter 346: Anti-aircraft artillery
"Commander-in-Chief Kim Jong-yu, in the case of poor logistics, shrinking the defensive line and waiting for logistics supplies is the right way, and you can't take Seoul by blindly attacking!" The Huaguo officer corps appeared in front of Kim Jong-yu again, which made him feel very impatient, but he still had to give face, so Kim Jong-yu patiently explained.
"The strength of the South Korean army is concentrated in the Kaili area, and the forces on both flanks are insufficient, which is a great opportunity for our army to take the opportunity to attack. Moreover, 35 tanks from your country supporting our army have already arrived at the front line, which is just a killer weapon to break through the South Korean defense line north of Seoul in one go. ”
"Now that Commander Jin has decided, I propose that Major He Guangsha of the officer corps be in charge of the tank troops. Major He is the commander of the highest-level armored unit in our army, and with his command, I believe that he can promote the victory of the war. ”
"Thank you General Lu Feng for your kindness, our Republican Army has enough good commanders, and he can be promoted to command the tank troops to fight, so you don't have to bother!"
The members of the officer corps were depressed by hitting nails one after another, North Koreans' self-esteem was as fragile as a biscuit, and Kim Jong-yu was stubborn as a stone in the toilet!
On October 21, Ri Kwang-jok's corps barely held off the attack of the South Korean army opposite Kaili, losing more than 10,000 men, all of whom were the most elite fighters in Korea. The subsequent reinforcements of the Hedong Xun Corps made Kim Jong-yu's troops much more abundant, so the next day, the right-flank offensive he planned in Seoul began.
Of the 35 tanks of the DPRK army, four broke down on the way from Pyongyang to the front line due to breakdowns, and because the DPRK army lacked mechanics and repairmen, there were no spare parts to get the broken down tanks back on the road. In addition, one car overturned into the river on the side of the road due to a technical problem with the tank driver, and was not towed until the end of the war. Only 30 of them arrived at the front line in Seoul, and they used up all the fuel on the road, and they also collected the fuel they could find from the logistics and transportation lines of the Korean army along the way, and finally reached the front line with great difficulty. However, it was found that the logistics department of the DPRK army had not prepared the fuel for them to use in combat.
Kim Jong-yu personally inquired into the matter, and finally got the tanks in motion before the attack was launched, and the thirty tanks were evenly divided into the 1st Division, two for each infantry battalion, which was responsible for the main attack. After discussing with Li Guangzhu, Kim Jong-yu believed that with these tanks present, it would be easy to break through the enemy's defensive line.
The attack has not yet arrived. Another tank broke down, and the quality of the T01 tank produced by Huaguo was not so bad, but it lacked maintenance after being sold to the DPRK, and it went through a long march from Pyongyang to Seoul, and it was too normal for problems to occur. For this attack, Kim Jong-yu not only prepared 30 tanks, but also six infantry divisions, which were divided into three batches to force the attack. As for the ammunition and supplies required for the attack, Kim Jong-yu deliberately ignored them. He believed that with the combat effectiveness of the North Korean soldiers, even with rifles with bayonets on them, they could drive the South Korean troops out of their positions.
On the defense line north of Seoul of the ROK Army, in the 7th Battalion Defense Area of the 15th Infantry Division of the Second Army, three Japanese instructors were yelling at the ROK officers, even though the Japanese instructors were much lower in rank, even if they were shouting in Japanese, these ROK officers were bowing their heads and listening to them.
Major Hong Mingshun, commander of the 7th Infantry Battalion, appeared the most deferential. Because one of the Japanese instructors in front of him was his boss in the army back then. Hong Myeong-soon was a squad leader in the Korean army during the Japanese occupation, and the squadron leader at that time happened to be the second lieutenant of Daye Xiong in front of him. Later, the Korean Myeongguo National Defense Force was established, and Hong Myung-soon became a major battalion commander of the National Defense Force. It's just that the memory of being taught by Daye Xiong Er back then is vivid, and as soon as he saw this old boss, Hong Mingshun's courage immediately disappeared.
"The 37-mm anti-tank gun is just placed in the center of the position, without any protection and concealment, waiting to be killed by the North Korean army? Armor-piercing and high-explosive shells were stored separately. How many times do you have to say this? The most precious thing is this Type 08 tank, which our Imperial Japanese Army is not equipped with, so I will use it for you cowards first, you should know how to be grateful and cherish! Do you know how much steel and how much oil is consumed for a tank, all of which were saved by the people of the Great Japanese Empire bit by bit! "Most of the supplies brought from the port of Incheon were obtained by the counterattacking forces. The remaining small part was shared among the rest of the troops, and Japanese instructors also entered each unit separately to take over command and urgently train the use of the new weapons of the South Korean army.
Compared with the other side, the Japanese took over all the command without hindrance, from the high command to the battalion level. The aftermath of the Japanese occupation period made the Korean army take it for granted that the Japanese instructors knew how to fight better, and they were willing to hand over the command.
In the position of the seventh battalion, under the command of the second-class instructor Daye Xiong, the positions of the anti-tank guns and the Type 08 tank were re-established, two anti-tank guns were placed in a more concealed place with a wider field of vision, and a Type 08 tank was placed in a specially dug trench to act as a mobile fire point in defensive operations.
The Taisho 2-year anti-tank gun was developed by the Japanese army after suffering from the lack of anti-tank means and receiving material assistance from the United States, and after testing, it could penetrate the frontal armor of the Type 08 tank made in China, but the destructive power of the Chinese tank is unknown. From the British, I learned the basic performance parameters of the Chinese tank, the front of the hull is 45 mm armor, and the front of the turret is also 45 mm armor, which should not be able to withstand the penetration of the Taisho II anti-tank gun. Now it is transported to the Korean battlefield, which also means to experiment with new weapons.
Daye Kumaji was very confident in the weapons produced in his own country, and if he had these weapons, the Japanese army would not have been defeated, and then not only Korea would still fight the territory of the Japanese Empire, but Manchuria, even North China, and the entire China would be Japan's territory. The Chinese army only won with advanced weapons, without the spirit of samurai, without those weapons, it is still the sick man of East Asia!
The only thing that annoys him now is that the soldiers of the South Korean army are stupid to death, and they haven't mastered anti-tank weapons, anti-aircraft weapons and that precious tank for more than a day, and they don't even know the basics, how can this reassure him?
However, there was no time for Daye Xiong Er to continue training, two planes appeared over the position of the Seventh Battalion, with an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, and Daye Xiong Er knew them, it was the kind of reconnaissance plane of Huaguo!
The North Korean pilots seem to be very bold and arrogant, and they are constantly lowering the planes in an attempt to get clearer reconnaissance results. Prior intelligence indicates that the ROK army does not have a single plane, and the aid supplies that have recently landed in Incheon have not been seen by the planes, which means that the sky will be completely occupied by 35 DPRK reconnaissance planes.
After taking off from the field airfield in the rear of the Korean army north of Seoul and going all the way to the front of the ROK position, the contents of the request were confirmed. The two pilots, who had not been training for a long time, were a little nervous at first, but the safety of the sky allowed them to relax and use the mission as an opportunity to practice and experiment with tactical maneuvers.
After arriving at the South Korean position, they could clearly see the enemy's panic, and occasionally a few bullets flew past the plane, and the two were afraid of being hit, so they slowly pulled the plane up, but it was still below the altitude of 2,000 meters.
Looking down from the sky, the enemy's position is clear at a glance, the soldiers' assembly place, the material storage place, the artillery position, the trench setting, the main fire point, etc., the camera carried to record the content of the sight in detail, and was about to return home, a pilot saw a sudden explosion on the left side of the plane, and a black smoke quickly dispersed.
Daye Xiong Er on the ground was almost mad, as soon as the enemy plane appeared, he ordered the soldiers to prepare for air defense operations, and the two anti-aircraft machine guns and one anti-aircraft gun on the position had already been secured, and if they opened fire quickly, they could completely pose a threat to the arrogant planes in the sky. It's just that the South Korean soldiers were in a big mess after seeing the plane, fleeing back and forth in the trenches and open spaces, not knowing whether to hide or retreat. It took more than five minutes just to restore order, during which time soldiers opened fire on the planes with rifles, causing the enemy planes to slowly pull up, and if the soldiers had not frightened them, the anti-aircraft weapons would have been able to attack the enemy planes at an altitude of less than a thousand meters, and the hit rate would have been very impressive.
After shooting and killing two frightened soldiers, Daye Kumaji and several Japanese instructors ran to the anti-aircraft weapons and instructed the ROK soldiers to open fire, until the enemy plane completed its mission and was about to leave, the ROK soldiers operating the anti-aircraft weapons found the way and set the fuses of the anti-aircraft shells, the first shell blossomed on the left side of an enemy plane, and soon the second shell flew out of the barrel and still did not hit.
The anti-aircraft machine gun on the other side also began to fire and luckily hit the wing of an enemy aircraft, but did not inflict fatal damage on the aircraft.
The two planes in the sky began to accelerate and rise, and after realizing that there were weapons on the ground that could threaten them, the two pilots just wanted to quickly leave this threatening area, and the previous arrogance disappeared without a trace.
When a 20-millimeter shell hit the fuselage of the plane, the violent explosion caused it to break in half, and it lost control and fell, falling headlong more than more than 1,000 meters in front of the ROK position. (To be continued.) )