The battle of the city is in full swing, but the battlefield on the east side is "fire burning"

The annihilation of the first Korean army led by the Infantry Division can only be regarded as a "warm-up exercise". Including the Infantry Division, the six Korean infantry divisions were not strong in combat and did not have much fighting will.

On the night of the 12th, the 38th Army and the three brigades that cooperated with the operation underwent necessary rest.

Because the Air Force concentrated its efforts to support the battle in the direction of Kaesong, only the Navigation and Coast-Based Air Force provided air support to the combat troops on the eastern battlefield. After obtaining Pei Chengyi's consent, Tang Yinglong adjusted the offensive plan, first eliminating the Korean Armored Division entrenched in Hengcheng north of Yuanzhou, heading south to attack Yuanzhou, and then attacking eastward, conquering the East China Sea and the Third, and opening the east route to attack Ulsan.

Adjusting the combat plan does not mean that the Korean Infantry Division in the East China Sea is irrespective of the East China Sea.

Although Tang Yinglong did not take the Korean Infantry Division seriously, in his opinion, any combat brigade of the 38th Army could easily defeat an infantry division of the Korean Army, but there were 8 Korean Infantry Divisions entrenched in the East China Sea and the Third. Except for the Infantry Division, the other seven infantry divisions were temporarily formed, with a total force of about 70,000.

Regardless of whether the Korean army had the courage to leave the defensive position and risked being bombed to support Hengcheng, Tang Yinglong could not be without preparation.

In the early morning of the 13th, Tang Yingxian asked the 383rd Brigade, which had previously assaulted south, to advance to the East China Sea first.

In order to confuse the South Korean army and make the South Korean army think that the 38th Army will attack the East China Sea first, Tang Yinglong also asked the 1711th Air Turkish Brigade, which was cooperating with combat, to dispatch armed helicopters and a low-altitude assault battalion to launch an attack on the East China Sea with the 383rd Brigade, and to take the initiative to concentrate troops to attack the East China Sea.

This move was quickly received.

Starting from 2:30, the frequency of radio activity in Donghaitian increased by 3 times.

Although the Military Intelligence Bureau did not completely break the communication password of the South Korean military. However, using some of the passwords that had been mastered, the Military Intelligence Bureau deciphered the tactical telegram of the South Korean military intercepted by the dy-1 sub-fighter as quickly as possible. It also sent the tactical intelligence to the front line commander as quickly as possible.

The South Korean army in Donghai began to call for reinforcements!

Tang Yinglong still did not rush to launch an attack because he did not want to fight street battles with the Korean Armored Division in the city.

Until 3 o'clock, the Korean army in Hengcheng had not yet moved. Instead, two Korean infantry divisions stationed in Wonju began to move towards the East China Sea.

Tang Yinglong was not late and immediately ordered the armed helicopters from the 1611th Brigade of the Air Crown to be dispatched.

In order to strengthen firepower, Tang Yinglong also called HNA to focus on bombing the Korean infantry division departing from Wonju.

The two Korean infantry divisions suffered heavy blows along the way, and only moved eastward for 25 kilometers. When Da'anxingli lost more than 65%, they had to stop moving forward.

Subsequently, the South Korean army sent another infantry division with about 8c00 men to reinforce the East China Sea.

The result was not much different when the infantry division arrived in Anxingli, there were only less than 3,000 officers and soldiers left, and the others were killed and injured by the bombing and became deserters.

Three infantry divisions, about 22,000 officers and soldiers, were "blasted" shortly after leaving Won-sur-gu.

After confirming that the South Korean army did not continue to send reinforcements to the East China Sea, Tang Yinglong asked HNA to shift its focus to bomb South Korean troops' positions in the East China Sea and the Third.

This time, Tang Yinglong did not let the armed helicopters of the 1611th Brigade of the Air Crown, because he felt that the big fish was about to take the bait.

At 6 o'clock, unmanned reconnaissance was the first to discover that the Korean Armored Division had left Hengcheng and began to move eastward.

Before confirming that the entire Armored Division was dispatched, Tang Yinglong did not "take rash moves".

The most accurate tactical information was sent at 7:15z-19, and at least 600 armored vehicles left Hengcheng and advanced towards Anxingli to the east.

At 8:2, kz-199 sent tactical information again. The striker of the Armored Division arrived in Anxingli and the main force left Hengcheng.

Five minutes later, Yinglong issued combat orders to the troops.

The first to dispatch were two low-altitude assault battalions of the 161st Brigade of the Air Compression. Their mission was to occupy the commanding heights east of Hengcheng, block the only passage for the Armored Division to escape back to Hengcheng, and provide firepower guidance for the aviation and artillery.

The armed helicopter of the 1611th Brigade of the Air Crater was followed.

Although ground armored battles are the most passionate topic of discussion by every armored force commander, no armored force commander is willing to use tanks to deal with enemy tanks on the battlefield. Whenever possible, the commander will consider using the armored force's nemesis to deal with enemy tanks.

Armed helicopters are the nemesis of the armored forces!

The first person to dispatch the ground combat troops was the 7711th Brigade stationed in Hongchuan.

Tang Yinglong did not look at the combat troops of other troops differently. The task of the 7711th Brigade of the Quick Rebellion was to go to the east of Hengcheng, support low-altitude assault troops, and assist in the encirclement and annihilation of the Korean Armored Division from Cangdongli (a town about 15 kilometers south of Cangcun).

Because the armored 382 had to march in the field, it was definitely impossible to enter the battle in front of the 7711th Brigade of the Quick Resistance.

Following the 7711th Brigade of the Quick Rebellion was the 381st Brigade, which was the main attack mission. The brigade's mission was to capture Hengcheng, where only two infantry divisions remained.

From luring the enemy to decisive attack, Tang Yinglong made a beautiful set of "Tai Chi".

At 8:55, more than 1c0 armed helicopters from the 161st Air Brigade were the first to enter the battle.

Tang Yinglong did not call for air support. In his opinion, combat mainly in anti-armor combat does not require air support. The armed helicopters of the air burst force can kill most of the enemy's armored forces.

The actual situation is not much different.

Among the armed helicopters dispatched by the 161st Air Craft Brigade, except for a few armed helicopters that mainly perform anti-armor missions carry more than 16 anti-tank missiles, all other armed helicopters carry anti-tank missiles and 70mm 19-bar rocket launch nests. Only the main battle tanks need to use anti-tank missiles, and other armored forces can be destroyed with rockets, and even the 30-mm aerial cannon armor-piercing shells equipped with armed helicopters.

According to theoretical calculations, the armed helicopter unit of an air brigade can destroy all the armored forces of an armored division.

The "Armored Division" here is a unit like the US 1st Armored Division, while the armored power of the Korean Armored Division is only one-third of that of the 1st Armored Division.

In Tang Yinglong's words, when the 7711th Brigade of Quick Resistance arrived at the battlefield, all it needed to do was to contain prisoners of war.

The aviation and artillery were not without war, but were used by Tang Yinglong in Hengcheng.

As HNA's fighter jets and long-range artillery focused on attacking Hengcheng, the Korean army finally understood what was going on. As a result, the Armored Division not only failed to return to Hengcheng, but instead caused several changes in command decisions due to the chaos in information, wasting a lot of time in Anxingli.

In a high-intensity modern war, wasting the room is like waiting for death.

It was only when the Korean army's armor began to break out to the west when it approached 1c point.

At 0:30, the 7711th Brigade of Quick Resistance arrived at the battlefield.

As Tang Yinglong said, the Korean army was basically defeated when the 7711th Brigade arrived.

At 1c point, the armed helicopter destroyed the division headquarters of the Army's Armored Division and lost unified command.

When the 7711th Brigade of the Quick Rebels launched an attack, most of the Korean troops took the initiative to surrender, and even thousands of Korean soldiers stayed on both sides of the road and waited to become prisoners of war.

At 11 o'clock, the 3811 Armored Brigade began to attack Hengcheng.

In order to prevent the Korean infantry division stationed in Wonju from heading north, the 3811th Armored Brigade did not immediately attack the city, but instead circled south along the Korean army's defensive positions to occupy the bridge on the Han River, shaking the only passage between Hengcheng and Wonju.

Because the ultimate goal of the 38th Army was to capture Yuanzhou, it was necessary to occupy the bridge instead of blowing up the bridge.

Tang Yinglong was not careless. When the Armored 3811 Brigade was attacking south, he asked the General Staff Direct Special Forces who came to assist in the battle to take the lead in seizing the bridge.

This move is somewhat redundant, because the Korean army was not ready to blow up the bridge at all.

At 12:30, the vanguard of the 3811 Brigade of A replaced the special forces and controlled the bridge to establish a defensive position.

At this point, the 3811 Armored Brigade turned around and attacked Hengcheng.

12 o'clock Arc 382 arrived at the east side of Hengcheng and joined the offensive operation.

The 7711th Brigade, which annihilated An Xingli's participation in the Korean army and completed the mobilization mission, also arrived before 13 o'clock to participate in the combat operation to attack Hengcheng.

Losing the armored forces as the main defense force, the two Korean infantry divisions in Hengcheng fell into a state of "chaos".

Not to mention a temporary infantry division, even two armored divisions cannot defend Hengcheng.

For 13c0c~Yu Ming Han army, surrender was the only choice to save their lives.

Before Tang Yinglong was about to call the H-6m group to carry out a "carpet bombing" on Hengcheng, the commander of the South Korean army "takes the initiative" to contact the brigade commander of the 3811 Armored Brigade and surrenders to the 38th Army.

At 13:30, the Korean infantry drove out of the city and went outside the city to receive "reorganization".

At 13:55, the vanguard of the Armored 3811 Brigade entered Hengcheng and announced the completion of the occupation mission.

Tang Yinglong did not let the troops stop because capturing Hengcheng was only the first step in the combat operation at this stage.

After turning the H-6m fleet that had taken off to Yuanzhou, Tang Yinglong organized an armored brigade and the 7711th Brigade of the Express Rebellion, allowing the 161st Brigade of the Air Crash to complete the maintenance and supply work as soon as possible and prepare to participate in the combat operations in the offensive Yuanzhou.

At this time, there was no point in bombing the East China Sea, so Tang Yinglong asked HNA to concentrate its efforts on bombing Yuanzhou.

In order to strengthen firepower, Tang Yinglong also brought the 38th Army's direct long-range artillery brigade and the 77th Army's direct artillery brigade left behind by Ling Yunxiao, and concentrated on shelling Yuanzhou.

The reason why Tang Yinglong did not let the troops launch an attack immediately was very simple, and the participating troops needed to rest.

Although the continuous combat capabilities of several combat brigades are not weak and can continue to attack, Tang Yinglong has very high requirements for the troops and does not want to reduce his combat effectiveness due to fatigue, resulting in unnecessary casualties.

The bombing and shelling began at 115 and continued until 18:30.

How much of the firepower strike lasting 15 minutes lasted was very clear in the battle that night.

Before dark, the combat troops that were fully rested entered a state of combat.

With the advancement of technology, night time is no longer beneficial to the defense side. As long as the troops' night combat capabilities can be fully utilized, night time will be the most favorable cover for the attacking side.

At 20:15, with the support of artillery fire, three ground combat brigades began to march towards Wonju! (To be continued,)
Chapter completed!