When they arrived at the report from the Military Intelligence Bureau, Zhao Rundong and Wang Yuanqing both breathed a sigh of relief.

Although there were signs that Sasatsu Murakami was preparing to clean up dissidents in the army, no one could be sure whether Sasatsu Murakami had the courage before receiving the exact information.

After receiving the exact information, the situation became much clearer.

If Sadashi Murakami successfully completes the purge, Japan will definitely not participate in the war. If Sadashi Murakami fails and is overthrown by the army, Japan will fall into civil strife and will not participate in the war in the short term. Both Zhao Rundong and Wang Yuanqing believe that there is no need to "help" Sadashi Murakami and should concentrate on winning the Peninsula War.

Contrary to the situation in Japan, Yan Shanglong did not have much "harvest" in Madrid.

On the night of the 30th Beijing time (Madrid time is noon on the 30th), Yan Shanglong and the US Deputy Secretary of State for European Affairs held their first secret meeting at the Hilton Hotel. The United States proposed that while promising to withdraw troops as soon as possible, China would leave an air passage on the western battlefield, allowing the US military to take away the officers and soldiers of the 1st Armored Division. Yan Shanglong, as Huang Guowei's instructions, did not entangle the war affairs, but proposed to discuss and resolve the issue of prisoners of war as soon as possible.

Although both sides believed that it was necessary to hold a second meeting, neither of them had much hope.

On the last day of 202, before dawn, Zhang Ruinan, commander of the 2nd Army of the South Korean Army, announced his surrender in Xiaokunli.

On the three battlefields, nearly 150,000 South Korean troops, who had run out of ammunition and food, laid down their weapons and stopped resisting.

According to the military agreement reached by China and North Korea, the work of acquiring Korean prisoners of war is under the responsibility of the "Korean Defense Force", and the Republican team only provides necessary assistance.

At 7:30, the army crossed the 38th parallel from the old town and began to advance to the south.

The 36th Army did not go south. Instead, it went to Xitunli to rest and prepare to participate in the attack on Kaichengdi combat operations.

At 9:15, the South Korean and American coalition forces and local combat operations began on the western battlefield.

The firepower preparation continued. Five military and local long-range artillery and 20 combat brigades directly under the artillery were more than 3,000 large-caliber howitzers and rocket launchers participated in the artillery operation. The Air Force dispatched more than 30,000 fighter jets and threw more than 1c00 tons of bombs at hundreds of thousands of South Korean and American coalition forces gathered in more than 30,000 square kilometers.

The 27th Army was the main attacking place.

The 27th Army where he participated in the Laos War and Vietnam War was called the "Fourth Army of the Republic". Although his reputation was not as good as the three ace troops, his combat effectiveness was no worse than that of other troops.

The 27th Army was assisting the attack of the low-altitude assault troops of the three airborne troops.

The main battle location on that day was not Haizhou, but Huangzhou.

The 211th Army captured Yantan in the early morning of the 29th and successfully passed through Huangzhouchuan. Kanzexiao had to dispatch two infantry divisions of the reserve team to set up defenses in the east of Huangzhou and defend the flank defense line of Huangzhou.

The 24th Army began to attack Huangzhou from the morning of the 30th.

Kanazawa Xiao was very clear about the importance of Huangzhou and successively dispatched three infantry divisions from the reserve team to strengthen Huangzhou's defensive forces.

By the morning of the 311th, the 611th Army headed south from Pyongyang and joined the combat operation to attack Huangzhou.

At noon that day, the main force of the 211th Army crossed Huangzhouchuan and began to advance westward.

Because the battle on the eastern battlefield ended about 2 earlier than expected, when the 27th Army advanced towards Haizhou, Huangzhou was still in the hands of the Korean army.

In order to eliminate the threats on the flanks of the 27th Army, Pei Chengyi issued a "death order" to the 211th Army, the 24th Army and the 611th Army, and must conquer Huangzhou before the early morning of January 1, 2025. In order to ensure that the three armies attacking Huangzhou received enough combat supplies, Pei Chengyi even ordered the 27th Army to slow down the speed of going south and delay the attack on Haizhou from the night of the 31st to the morning of the 1st.

Obviously, the combat process on the eastern battlefield is very different from the predetermined combat plan.

The 1st Armored Division of the US Army did not become the focus of attacks, and the 1st Army of the South Korean Army gathered in Huangzhou became the "focus".

The "Huangzhou Battle" that started from the 29th to the middle of the night on the 311th was called the most violent battle in the Peninsula War.

According to the combat records of the South Korean army, the 1st Army of the South Korean Army successively invested armored divisions and 7 infantry divisions in Huangzhou, with a total force of more than 170,000! At that time, the total force of the 1st Army was about 240,000, and about 50,000 stayed to attack Qinghe. In other words, excluding Qinghe's combat troops, Kanazawa Xiao concentrated almost all his strength to defend Huangzhou.

Unfortunately, modern warfare is not fighting for troops, but firepower!

The logistics support line of the 1st Army of the South Korean Army had long been cut off by the 163rd Brigade. The longer the battle lasted, the more difficult the South Korean army was. Before deciding to surrender, Kanazawa Xiao could only make up for the firepower with his troops.

The Republic's Army did not compete with the South Korean army for "consumption".

In order to reduce casualties, Pei Chengyi ordered the frontline troops to stop advancing and use artillery to "open the way".

The large-scale artillery began on the night of the 28th and lasted until the 24th Army captured Huangzhou. According to statistics from the logistics department of the Republic's Army, during the three-day artillery bombardment, the logistics support force (mainly the Korean Defense Forces adapted from the Korean People's Army) transported a total of 180,000 artillery shells and rockets of various caliber and categories to the front line, and more than 2,500 artillery barrels were destroyed alone.

On the battlefield in Huangzhou, artillery became a veritable "God of War".

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More than 60,000 officers and soldiers in the South Korean army were killed, 75% of whom died of artillery attacks. At that time, one Korean army was killed!

When the battle reaches this level, if you want to blame, you can only blame Kanazawa Xiao.

Kanazawa is the main force of the 1st Army guarding Huangzhou, which is equivalent to giving up the breakout operation. Since it is impossible to break out, the 1st Army will be finished sooner or later. The longer it persists, the more officers and soldiers there will be in the casualties.

According to the documents declassified after the war, Kanazawa Xiao did not want to surrender, but Liu Zongchun did not allow the Korean army to surrender.

After the 2nd Army of Zhang Ruinan's command surrendered, Liu Zongchun personally issued an order to Kanzexiao, requiring the 1st Army to fight to the "last man".

According to the outside world's judgment, Liu Zongchun's real purpose is not to buy time for the 3rd Army to strengthen Kaesong defense, but to buy time for the transfer of gold, silver and foreign exchange in the South Korean treasury.

Kanazawa was loyal to Liu Zongchun's order.

It was not until the night of the 311th that the vanguard of the 24th Army crossed Huangzhouchuan and attacked Huangzhou City. In the words of Major General Pu Liangdong, the commander of the 24th Army, the main task of the 24th Army entering Huangzhou was to contain the wounded Korean soldiers, rather than to clear out the enemies entrenched in the city.

Until this time, Kanazawa Xiao did not order surrender.

In addition to the nearly 1 Korean army being blocked by the 211th Army, which was interspersed around, more than 10,000 Korean troops still followed Kanazawa Xiao to retreat to the Shari Courtyard.

Kanazawa Xiao did not organize defense in the Sariyuan because the troops in his hands could not defend the Sariyuan at all.

The South Korean army continued to retreat south, and more than 50,000 Korean troops blocked north of Qinghe launched a desperate attack, trying to capture Qinghe before the main force of the Republic Army arrived.

On the morning of January 1, 2025, Pei Chengyi adjusted his offensive arrangements.

The 211th Army quickly moved south to assist the 27th Army in encirclement and annihilate the 1st Armored Division of the US Army trapped in Haizhou; the 24th Army stayed to reorganize prisoners of war, cleared out scattered small troops of the South Korean army, and helped the North Korean Defense Forces repair transportation infrastructure; the 611th Army advanced towards Qinghe as fast as possible, supporting the 163rd Brigade and Kuaibang 772; the 373rd Brigade and the 383rd Brigade, which had been stationed in Xinxi, advanced towards Qinghe, and helped the 163rd Brigade defend its position, the 383rd Brigade advanced south along the expressway, and surrounded Kaicheng with the 36th Army, which was moving westward.

It was not until this time that the focus of the battle fell on the 1st Armored Division.

Using two armies and one brigade to deal with the 1st Armored Division can also be regarded as giving the US military "face".

The order Pei Chengyi received was very clear, and he must annihilate the 1st Armored Division before the 3rd!

Because the 1st Army of the South Korean Army had basically lost its combat capability, Pei Chengyi devoted almost all support forces to the Haizhou direction.

Starting from noon on the 1st, the Air Force and HNA mobilized 12 brigades (all equipped with J-15 series fighter jets) to bomb Haizhou.

The artillery's movements were a little slower, after all, the artillery could only maneuver on the ground and could not fly in the air. In the evening of that day, the 24th Army's long-range artillery brigade was the first to enter the battle, and then the 27th Army's long-range artillery brigade also aimed the muzzle at Haizhou. After the artillery attack that lasted all night, the two long-range artillery brigades drained all the "stock ammunition".

After dawn, the Air Force and the Artillery launched the last round of "strike" against Haizhou.

The bombs dropped by the bombers were not loaded with explosives, and the shells fired by the artillery were not loaded with explosives. The land was filled with leaflets written in English and Korean languages.

At 18:30 on the 2nd, Bauman surrendered to the commander of the 77th Army Ling Yunxiao.

I have to say that Ling Yunxiao took a big advantage. At that time, the 773rd Brigade was closest to the 1st Armored Division of the US Army, and was the first to fight with the US Army. After Bauman decided to surrender, the first thing he thought of was the nearest China Team, which naturally handed over the gun to Ling Yunxiao, who was also major general.

Bauman made the wisest choice to allow tens of thousands of American soldiers to return home alive after the war.

After the 1st Armored Division surrendered, the 1st Army of the South Korean Army once again became the focus of attacks.

On the morning of the 3rd (Beijing time), Frederick ordered the 1c11th Air Assault Division transferred to Daegu (less than 7,000 officers and soldiers left) to return to Guam immediately by transport plane. The US Air Force and the Navy immediately stopped their combat operations over the Korean Peninsula.

In order to give the United States "face", Zhao Rundong asked Xiang Yinghui to adjust his combat arrangements and the Air Force temporarily stopped attacking military targets south of Seoul.

Without air opponents, the Air Force concentrated its efforts to attack the 1st Army of the South Korean Army near Qinghe.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Air Force dispatched hundreds of fighter jets to carry out a "carpet" bombing on Kaicheng.

Kanazawa Xiao and the remaining officers and soldiers of the 1st Army of the South Korean Army had only two ways back, either becoming cannon fodder or surrendering.

On the night of the 3rd, Kanazawa Xiao was killed by a laser-guided bomb dropped by J-15 on his way to the ground.

At 1:15 a.m., the Chief of Staff of the 1st Army of the South Korean Army surrendered to the Commander of the 611th Army, Cai Suikang.

At this point, the second battle ended. Two armies of the South Korean army and two divisions of the US army, a total of more than 50,000 officers and soldiers were wiped out.

Although the number of enemies annihilated was much less than expected, the Second Battle still set a record of the largest number of enemies annihilated since World War II! (To be continued,)

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