"Generals!" Van Vliet stood in front and looked at the several American officers sitting below and the several South Korean officers standing behind him and said, "In this battle, we can say that we have inflicted heavy losses on the Chinese army, but it is meaningless, because our losses are similar to theirs, and the losses of equipment are even heavier!" So I decided to create a new method of warfare, that is, their fragile supply lines, so now I have decided to change the mode of combat in the future from the ground to the air-based, ground-supplemented tactics, launch an aerial strangulation war, completely cut off their logistical supplies, and when they run out of food and ammunition, we are giving them a hard blow! ”

"Good!" The South Korean officer in the back shouted loudly, after all, there are not many times to fight on the ground, which is a boon to the South Korean army, which makes it not high! "However, it seems that we have never completely cut off their logistics, and this time you have any preparations for this air battle?" An American general asked. "I have drawn up a detailed battle plan to bomb the supply channels in front of the army aviation, and blockade and bomb the logistics supply lines with the naval aviation as the mainstay!" Van Vliet said, "This time I'm going to make them not even a bullet go, and let them starve and freeze to death!" All I ask of you is to recharge your batteries, and when my order to attack is given, you will be victorious! As for the specific operational arrangements for this time, I will discuss and formulate them with the person in charge of the Air Force! ”

Since Van Vliet came to the Korean battlefield, he encountered an unprecedented stubborn blow from the volunteers, and the stupidity and madness of the Japanese made the Americans suffer a lot, but now the volunteers have just given the Americans a headache than the Japanese. The difference between the two lies in the fact that the tenacity of the Chinese is not madness but spirit, and there is no lack of strategy and tactics in addition to combat bravery; under the guidance of the strategy and tactics of the People's Volunteers, the courage and tenacity of the combat units of the Chinese People's Volunteers have been brought into greater play. In Van Vliet's view, it was impossible for a volunteer army armed only with light weapons to fight against an American army armed to the teeth and with absolute firepower superiority in artillery and airpower, but the facts were in front of him, and Van Vliet had to admit that the volunteers he encountered on the Korean battlefield were the most tenacious opponents he had ever encountered in his life!

In view of the cowardice and incompetence of the South Korean army, the repeated invincibility of the American army, coupled with the appalling losses, yes Van Vliet had to reconsider his way of fighting. Van Vliet believes that no amount of dollars can make the US military equal to the volunteers in terms of will to fight, let alone those South Korean troops, whose proud firepower superiority does not seem invincible!

After thinking about it, Van Vliet found that there were many examples of battles in World War II, such as the wolf pack tactics carried out by Hitler's submarines, which once sank about 5,000 transport ships of various kinds in the Atlantic, and in Italy, the American planes carried out special air offensive campaigns against the railways used by the people in southern Italy, and these battles were successful in achieving unprecedented victories for their own side, and Van Vliet had to learn something useful from them. After several days and nights of hard thinking, Van Vliet finally decided to put the future direction of operations on the logistics and transportation of the Volunteer Army, which has always been the weakness of the Volunteer Army!

Van Vliet summoned the commander of the U.S. Air Force in Korea to discuss the next battle with the captain of the aircraft carrier at sea. Van Vliet's specific idea was to concentrate all the bombers, under the cover of fighter planes, to carry out the largest bombing of the logistics supply lines of the Volunteer Army from the Sino-Korean border to the front line of the war, and the main target was the uninterrupted bombing of important transportation hubs and important road sections in northern Korea, destroying the transportation system in northern Korea, paralyzing the rear of the Chinese and North Korean armies, destabilizing their defenses, and suffocating the combat strength of the front line of the Volunteer Army, so as to achieve the goal of defeating the Volunteer Army. Gain an advantageous position in the negotiations that both sides are willing to carry out, and force China and North Korea to comply!

However, Van Vliet's plan was opposed by both the Air Force Commander and the Navy Commander on the grounds that the plan did not make the air power arrangements reasonable. The commander of the navy believes that it is difficult for his air combat power to be specially responsible for carrying out high-intensity bombing of the supply line up to 400 kilometers long, because the range and bomb load of the naval aviation are restricted and cannot give it a fatal blow, on the contrary, the air force can use its long range and high bomb load to carry out high-intensity bombing of the rear of the volunteers, and the naval aviation can be responsible for bombing the front line! This proposal was also accepted by the commanders of the Air Force, and Van Vliet accepted their suggestion and decided to change the mission adjustment to air power!

"General, at the beginning of the war, our air force and naval aviation had a total of more than 1,200 combat aircraft, and as the war deepened, our combat aircraft increased to 2,000, so many aircraft can completely implement your plan!" The adjutant made a report on the combat power of the Air Force sorted out on the side! "Another thing is that the MiG corridor created by the Chinese Air Force in the north of Korea is a great threat to us, especially recently, the losses of combat aircraft in that area have risen, and we suspect the addition of Soviet pilots! So before your plan is implemented, the Chinese Air Force in the MiG corridor must be suppressed, otherwise we will not be able to carry out a powerful bombing of the north of Korea! The commander of the air force put forward his opinion: "I think that 300 fighters can be specially allocated to suppress that area, and as for the escort force in the bombing, the air force of the South Korean Army can supplement it!" The commander of the Navy said. Absolutely! Van Vliet said.

"As for the specific task of bombing, my view is to take advantage of the catastrophic flood disaster in northern Korea, take the railway line as the main target, carry out a comprehensive bombing blockade of the interchange and transportation line of the volunteers, mainly bomb the railway roadbed section by section and repeatedly bomb the railway bridges, and prevent the volunteers from repairing." The commander of the Navy said, "The vast majority of the strength of the 5th Air Force is mainly used to cut off the railway line in the northwest of Korea, concentrating on bombing the main railway lines between Ikchon and Suchon and Heecheon and Suncheon; The B-29 heavy bombers of the bomber command were responsible for bombing important bridges in Uicheon, Sinanju, Sunchon and Pyongyang; Fleet aviation was responsible for blocking the railway lines in eastern Korea. ”

"In addition, my suggestion for the specific arrangement of the aircraft fleet is to use a large formation of 32 to 64 aircraft for activities. Each fighter-bomber wing attacked a section of railway line from twenty-four to forty-eight kilometers long every day. F-86 jet fighters mainly use a number of small formations to form a blocking screen for cover, and while the large group is active, a small formation of four to six planes is used to carry out safari activities, waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack the planes of the volunteers taking off, returning to land, or scattering. In order to prevent the aviation units of the Chinese People's Volunteers from entering the territory of the DPRK and posing a serious threat to its air force activities and ground forces, the B-29 heavy bombers were mainly responsible for bombing and destroying possible airfields in the north of the DPRK, in addition to bombing important bridges. "The commander of the Air Force made his own proposal!

"We can also drop flares on the highway at night with C-47 transport planes, search for targets with B-26 light bombers in divisions, conduct follow-up bombing, and do our best to destroy all road traffic and every truck and every bridge on every route!" The commander of the Air Force continued.

"In addition, I have a bombing plan that can temporarily cut off the supply of the other side, and this plan can lay a good foundation for us before a large-scale bombing: first bomb the "triangle" area of the Sinanju, Seigura, and Valzhou railways south of the Cheongchon River. This is the choke point of rail and road transportation in the north of North Korea, and the destruction of this area will not only interrupt the rail transportation between the north and the south and the east and west at the same time, but also the road transportation will be seriously affected. In addition, there are many paddy fields on both sides of the section from Xipu to Xinanju, while the roadbed is higher in the section from Suncheon to Yuanchuan, which is difficult to repair after being damaged. Taking advantage of this terrain, we dispatched an average of five groups of 103 sorties a day to bomb this area in a concentrated manner, and gradually reduced the bombing area. concentrated bombing of the Gyeongui Railway's Yuba-Sinuiju section and the Manpo Railway's Suncheon-Pycheon section; Subsequently, we concentrated the key blockade areas on the 17-kilometer stretch from Daqiao to Sucheon on the Gyeongui Railway and the 22-kilometer section from Quandong to Chunpyeong on the Manpo Railway. Then the blockade area will be tightened to a 10-kilometer section from Wancheng to Suchuan and a 10-kilometer section from Quandong to Longyuanli. Finally, it was compressed to a one-kilometer section of the mileage pile on the railway line between Suchuan and Wancheng and a point between Longyuanli and Quandong. At the same time, the bombing time was changed from regular to irregular, the number of bombing operations was increased from two to three times a day to five to six times, and the bomber fleet was also increased from 20 to 30 to 50 to 60 bombers at a time. As long as we bomb continuously and repeatedly in a small section or point, so that the Chinese cannot repair it, so as to achieve the goal of completely interrupting the transportation of the Chinese," the naval commander exported his plan in one breath.

"I have adopted all your views, and we have only one goal, that is, to completely cut off the supply lines of the Chinese!" Van Vliet said with certainty: "From your suggestion, I can judge that both of them are qualified soldiers, both are the elite of the United States, as long as we can exert extraordinary combat power, we can win this war by relying only on the air force!" When the Chinese surrender, there will definitely be your merits in the history of the United States! "Thank you, sir!" The two Air Force commanders stood up and said.

With Van Vliet's order, more than 2,000 US Air Force planes swarmed up and began to carry out Van Vliet's air strangulation operation, but Van Vliet, who made the plan, never imagined that his air force and the volunteer army would end in defeat after a months-long contest!