.Chapter 131 The battle situation is reversed

In an air battle, all twenty-four F-22a of two squadrons were shot down. The US military was shocked, but also shocked.

The losses are so heavy, continue to fight, or withdraw the troops by the sound of gold?

At this time, on the battlefield, the coalition forces were not weak in air control.

On the western front, twelve F-22a have entered the sky above the Yellow Sea, preparing to intercept the Chinese Navy's carrier-based fighter jets.

On the eastern front, the third F-22a squadron was maneuvering to the north of the East Korean Bay, preparing to enter from the east of the battlefield and establish an air defense line north of Ham Hing.

In addition, hit the mission's f- to enhance the aerial interception ability.

The question is, will there be any results if the battle continues?

The Volunteer Army came prepared and used methods that had never been used before. In an air battle, twenty-four f-22a were shot down in just a few minutes, indicating that the Volunteer Army had found a way to deal with f-22a. At this time, it was difficult to restore the defeat by investing more force.

More importantly, only twelve f-22a are truly able to enter the battle immediately.

As the substitute e-3c arrived near Yuanshan, the coalition commander immediately realized that the air force invested by the volunteers was not as much as they imagined. On the south side of the Yalu River, except for the decreasing unmanned fighter jets, there were only more than twenty j and j.

Instead of assaulting south, these fighters hovered near the river border.

Obviously, they are air-control fighters, not attack aircraft.

The Volunteer Army did not intend to attack the amphibious assault fleet?

The coalition commander was a little unbelievable. After all, such a large-scale counterattack could not be just for the victory of an air battle.

No matter how suspicious the strange battlefield situation made the coalition commander dare not act rashly.

Let the F-22a squadron slow down and do not exchange fire with enemy planes for the time being, the coalition commander will give two F-15bsp; no matter what the volunteers want to do, drive away the Volunteer fighter planes first.

Since f-22a is not invincible, the right choice is to use f-15c, which is about to reach its service period to seize air supremacy.

Besides, e-3c has returned, f-15bsp; unlike the first air battle, there is not much suspense in the battle between j and j and f-15c, and both sides have received full support from early warning aircraft.

However, this air battle did not enter a white-hot state.

When the two sides were sixty kilometers apart, they fired medium-range air-to-air missiles one after another, and then maneuvered at forty kilometers.

After the formation was broken, the Volunteer Army's fighter planes did not continue to approach, but quickly turned back.

The mission of f-15c is to drive out enemy aircraft, rather than shoot down enemy aircraft. After j and j approached the Yalu River and entered the cover area of ​​long-range air defense missiles, the US military voluntarily gave up the pursuit.

Subsequently, Chinese fighter jets that were assaulting high above the Yellow Sea also quickly retreated.

It was not until half an hour later that the two e-3cs on the East-West front confirmed that there were no Volunteer fighter jets over North Korea, and the coalition commander had to believe that the Volunteer's counterattack was over.

This battle comes quickly and goes quickly, but the problems left behind will not be resolved until a long time later.

Although a few hours later, the coalition command clearly mentioned in the battle report submitted that the Volunteer Army had enhanced the intensity and scope of electromagnetic strikes, and electromagnetic weapons posed a fatal threat to the coalition combat system. In addition, in combat, the Volunteer Army mastered the method of detecting f-22a and had the ability to shoot down f-22a from the visual range. The coalition's air supremacy was challenged and might suffer even greater losses in the next battle. However, a few days later, the US military found out the reason why the F-22a was shot down, and it was not until the war ended and the captured pilot was replaced. The Volunteer Army used the coalition's enemy-to-we-knowledge device to shoot down f-22a with passive guidance.

These are all later stories. The impact of this air battle is enough to change the entire situation.

Even the F-22a cannot give the coalition forces absolute air supremacy, or even gain overwhelming air superiority in major battles. Is there any way to make the coalition forces have air supremacy, so that the coalition's ground forces will not be hit by air, and that the coalition forces will continue to take the initiative?

Technical weapons cannot solve the problem, so the coalition forces can only work hard on tactics.

Less than half of the end of the air battle, the coalition command made major adjustments to the air defense deployment, reducing the air-optimal area to the south of the 39th direction of north latitude, and no longer pressing the Volunteer Air Force over the local area with an aggressive attitude. Subsequently, the coalition established five early warning aircraft patrol airspaces on the 38th parallel and the East and West Korea Bay, increasing the early warning aircraft directly supporting combat operations by 150%. In addition, three early warning aircraft patrol and standby areas were set up at 100 to 150 kilometers behind to ensure that under any circumstances, at least three early warning aircraft could timely supplement the losses on the front line.

Unlike the air defense deployment, the coalition's ground air defense deployment is more radical.

In addition to continuing to increase the number of "Patriot" systems, the coalition forces also extended the deployment scope of air defense positions for fifty kilometers to ensure that the air defense forces provide direct cover for the frontline combat forces. Because the US military did not pay much attention to ground air defense systems and did not have much reserves, the additional air defense forces were mainly South Korean troops, and for this reason, more than a dozen air defense battalions were drawn from the Daer area.

These deployment adjustments irreversibly changed the battlefield situation.

Without air supremacy, the coalition's ground attack was impossible to start. Although many Korean generals still insisted that even without air support, relying on the armored forces and mechanized artillery units of the South Korean army could still tear open the defense line of the People's Army and continue to advance northward, occupying the entire North Korea before the volunteer ground troops entered North Korea, and conducting armistice negotiations with the Volunteer Army on the banks of the Yalu River, many rational Korean generals realized that the coalition had missed the last chance to attack the Yalu River, and it was wise to change from offense to defense in time.

Compared with the South Korean army, the US military believes more that the next battle will focus on defense.

On the night of September 5, General Aaron issued an order to the frontline combat troops as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, and the whole group was converted to defensive deployment.

However, it is not a matter of overnight change in the army's combat mode.

Tactically speaking, there is a world of difference between offense and defense, especially in ground wars dominated by armored forces.

For example, during the attack, the armored cluster must be deployed in front, with mechanized infantry and mechanized artillery accompanying the left and right, focusing the assault force at one point, striving to open a breakthrough on the enemy's defense line as fast as possible, and after launching a deep assault, the breakthrough will be expanded from the reserve team behind the defense. In defense, the deployment is completely opposite. The infantry guards the front line, and the armored cluster is placed in the shallow depth behind the front line to act as a mobile reserve team, while the mechanized artillery is placed twenty to thirty kilometers away from the front line to provide artillery support for the defensive forces.

To change the combat situation, you must make comprehensive adjustments and deployments.

This is a process, not a result.

With the coalition's mobilization and command capabilities, especially the Korean team, it will take at least five days for the coalition to change from offensive posture to defensive deployment.

During this period, the coalition forces lacked both offensive capabilities and sufficiently solid defense lines.

For the Volunteer Army, this is definitely a godsend opportunity.

Although Huang Zhibo did not mention his overall tactical ideas to anyone, and even Feng Lie didn't know how he planned to fight, anyone with some military knowledge could see that before the ground troops entered North Korea, Huang Zhibo fought back on the air and ocean battlefields at all costs in order to gain the most favorable entry point for the ground troops, or the best time to fight the ground war.

The five-day defense gap is enough for Huang Zhibo to show his strength.

Not only Huang Zhibo, but also Alan, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, were aware of this problem.

Even if we do not consider the troubles encountered by the US military when changing the situation, we must also consider the troubles created by the South Korean team. If the volunteers plan to take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack on the ground, then the ideal breakthrough will not be the defense line guarded by the US military, but the front line of the South Korean army, especially in northeastern North Korea.

If you want to plug the loopholes on the front line, you must not count on the Korean team.

From a tactical point of view, it is definitely unrealistic to replace the South Korean army with the US military. In addition to the time issue, the casualties suffered by the US military in ground wars must also be considered. In addition, the most basic rule of defensive operations must be ignored, namely, maintaining a large depth and placing the main force behind the front line rather than on the defense line.

Allen is an admiral of the 6th Army, so he naturally knows how to fight a defensive battle.

According to his deployment, the 26th War Division, who arrived in Yuanshan the next day, did not go north to replace the 16th War Division. Instead, after heading to Hamxing, he deployed the second line of defense on the spot, and concentrated the armored forces together to serve as the combat reserve for the 16th War Division.

On the Western Front battlefield, Allen also adopted a similar deployment method.

The Third Infantry Division went to the battlefield from September 10th to September 7th, stationed in Pyongyang, responsible for guarding the supply line of the Second Infantry Division, and mobilized some troops to fill the loopholes in the defense line of the 9th Armored Division of the South Korean Army, and played a supporting role in the entire defense line. The garrison of the Fourth Infantry Division was changed from Haizhou to Shuncheon, but the deployment area was behind the Second Infantry Division. The main task was to guard the railway line from Shuncheon to Wonsan and fill the gap in the center of the east and west fronts. The Seventh Infantry Division will arrive in Kaesong before September 10th and act as a combat reserve for the Western Front Army.

In this deployment, the role of the Fourth Infantry Division is the most critical.

In the First Korean War more than 60 years ago, after the United Nations had advanced to the south bank of the Yalu River, the Volunteer Army was driven back to the 38th parallel by the Volunteer Army in just three battles. One crucial reason was that the United Nations' front line was too wide, and there was a defensive gap of more than 100 kilometers wide between the east and west attacking troops, allowing the Volunteer Army to seize the opportunity to counterattack. If the US military had not had the most powerful maritime power in the world, the First 6th War Division would have been completely wiped out by the Volunteer Army in Hamxing.

If you make a mistake once, you must never make the same mistake again!
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