The volunteer army is advancing rapidly, but Huang Zhibo is very clear that there is very little hope of defeating Seoul.

At that time, an armored brigade of the 54th Army headed south. There were only three battalions of troops that reached Yadong, and three battalions that were not satisfied.

Although the volunteers did not encounter much trouble when attacking Wenshan. A Korean infantry division stationed there announced its surrender without resisting, and nearly 6,000 officers and soldiers became prisoners of war, as they entered the Korean mainland, the volunteers encountered more and more troubles during their march.

From Wenshan to Yadong, less than ten kilometers away, the volunteers walked for a day.

Along the way, in addition to the blocking of sporadic troops of the South Korean army, they also had to cross the defense lines set up by the South Korean army in the past few decades. It took a lot of effort to clear the minefields near Wenshan. In addition, during the advancement, the volunteers encountered many Korean civilians fleeing south.

Although civilians are vulnerable in front of the army, and South Korea is also a country with strict guns. Civilians do not have weapons that can pose a threat to the volunteer army, the volunteer army must consider more when entering South Korea to fight, and cannot let go of their hands and feet like they do in North Korea.

Importantly, South Korean civilians will not only not help the volunteers transport combat supplies, but will also cause trouble to the volunteers.

About five kilometers north of Yadong, the volunteers had to stop advancing and expel civilians gathered on the road, and there was almost a conflict. Although South Korean civilians did not have the courage to act in front of tanks and chariots, hundreds of civilian vehicles still blocked the road. In order to evacuate the civilians, the assault troops had to leave a battalion of infantry and set up checkpoints at all intersections along the way to prevent civilian vehicles from entering the main road.

When the assault troops arrived at Yadong, the situation of the battle had changed.

Here, the volunteer army encountered very tenacious resistance, and then discovered that not only the Korean army was stationed in Yadong, but also a very considerable number of US troops.

At first, the commander of the assault force believed that he encountered the remnants of the 7th Infantry Division.

Before the end of the second battle, some officers and soldiers of the 7th Infantry Division fled, with a number of about one battalion, and about a thousand wounded men were withdrawn in time. The commander of the assault force had long received information that he was likely to encounter the US troops of the 7th Infantry Division when he headed south to Seoul.

It was midnight on the thirty day and after several consecutive attacks were repelled, the commanders of the assault troops realized that they were likely not to have suffered defeated soldiers from the 7th Infantry Division.

However, the assault troops did not carry long-wave radio stations.

It was not until after four o'clock in the morning on November 1 that Huang Zhibo received the news that the assault troops encountered the main force of the coalition forces in Yadong.

Could it be the First Armored Division or the Second Armored Division?

Huang Zhibo was very surprised and immediately called Li Guoqiang.

The information is correct. The fleet transporting the main combat equipment of the First Armored Division and the Second Armored Division is still sailing in the Pacific Ocean and can arrive in Incheon as soon as November 5th.

However, Li Guoqiang did not forget to tell Huang Zhibo that the officers and soldiers of the two armored divisions had already arrived in South Korea.

The assault troops encountered in Yadong were the two battalions of the First Armored Division.

However, in these two US military camps, except for the light weapons carried by the infantry, all the main combat equipment provided by the South Korean army, including South Korean K2 main combat tanks.

Not to mention the performance of Korean weapons and equipment, it is an unexpected variable for the US military to participate in the war.

Objectively speaking, the performance of Korean weapons and equipment is not bad.

Practical combat has proved that some South Korean main combat equipment is more suitable for the special geographical environment of the Korean Peninsula. For example, in the Eastern Front battlefield, the K1a1 of the South Korean military equipment is not only slightly weaker than the US military m1a2, because the combat weight is much lower and the passing performance is better. Therefore, most of the time, the maneuverability is much better. There is no difficulty when passing through many bridges. When m1a2 wants to pass through some bridges with a maximum load capacity of less than 50 tons, they must first let the engineers reinforce the bridge.

This influence was revealed in the first battle.

At that time, the 9th Armored Division of the South Korean Army arrived at the front line in only two days, while the 4th Infantry Division of the US Army was closer, but did not reach the front line in time. When attacking Xianzhou, the South Korean army's armored assault troops rushed over in half a day, and the 1st Marine Division of the US Army, who broke through Jince, took two days to reach Hamhing. It can be said that the failure of the 1st Marine Division to break through in time was not unrelated to the excessive equipment of the main battle.

In addition, the main combat equipment of the South Korean army has also made special improvements to the mountainous characteristics of the Korean Peninsula.

Take the k2 main battle tank for example. In addition to being light in combat, it also uses a very expensive and difficult to maintain, but has better operating liquid suspension system, which has a larger pitch and firing angle and is more suitable for combat in mountains. In addition, the k2 is no worse than m1a2 in terms of protection and firepower, and is not inferior to m1a2. Moreover, because it uses a high-power diesel engine, its tactical maneuverability is even better.

It can be said that the k2 is a tank with very balanced performance.

In terms of overall performance, k2 is not much worse than 99, and is even better in some aspects.

The question is, k2 is a very expensive tank. According to the purchase price of the Korean side, the basic purchase price of k2 is more than 8 million US dollars, and if the supporting equipment is included, it costs about 12 million US dollars, while the Chinese team only needs 20 million RMB for the purchase of 99.

The excessively high price leads to very small output of k2.

Before the war broke out, the South Korean Army only symbolically purchased 200 vehicles, most of which were equipped with the Ninth Armored Division. Although after signing an arms trade contract with Turkey, the South Korean side promised to purchase another 400 k2 vehicles to reduce unit prices by expanding large-scale production, the South Korean Army did not place an order before the war broke out. At that time, the South Korean Army mainly continued to improve the original tanks, such as k1 and k1a1, so that it continued to serve in the South Korean army.

The excessively high price makes it difficult to increase the output of k2.

Although the South Korean authorities increased their arms production capacity after the outbreak of the war, the production of K2 has been very tight. In the first two months, more than 100 vehicles were produced to supplement several main forces. As the volunteers entered North Korea to fight, the South Korean army lost consecutive battles on the battlefield, and the production speed of K2 was reduced again. Because it was necessary to supplement the lost equipment, the South Korean authorities could only increase the production capacity of K1a1 as much as possible.

It's white, but k2 is still too expensive, and many things need to be imported.

Not to mention, the engines and transmissions used for k2 are imported from Germany. Although Germany did not no longer sell military equipment to South Korea because of the war, Germany did not produce it for South Korea, but only delivered it according to orders, which made South Korea unable to increase the production of k2.

Of course, there is no solution.

At that time, South Korean arms dealers proposed two solutions, one was to use the k1a1 power system. After all, this power system has been produced domestically and has guaranteed production. The other was to use American gas turbines and transmissions to replace German goods. After all, there was no big problem in purchasing from the United States.

However, neither of these solutions are ideal.

In the former, if the engine power is too small, it will inevitably lead to a significant reduction in the maneuverability of k2, which is the main advantage of k2. In the latter, the fuel consumption of the gas turbine is too large, and the main fuel tank of k2 is not large, resulting in a significant reduction in combat travel.

After weighing the trade-offs, South Korea still chose the former.

In this way, starting from October, most k2s use k1a1's power system.

In order to increase production capacity, Korean fire manufacturers had to lose weight to the K2 to reduce production costs. For example, in the newly produced K2, all 44-fold diameter one-two-zero tank guns were used, the quality of the composite armor was also reduced, and the protection capacity was greatly reduced.

Of course, these changes are not visible on the outside.

Also affected are the logistics support system of the South Korean army. Although after the outbreak of the war, the coalition forces shared the logistics support system, and the United States was very "selfless" to provide South Korea with military assistance including ammunition, the United States was still very selfish in some cutting-edge military equipment. For example, the US military used the 120 armor-piercing bomb at that time, while the only one provided to South Korea was 29a3. Although it was just a difference in number, the performance of these two armor-piercing bombs was very different. The former's maximum armor-piercing depth reached 850 mm, which was one of the most advanced armor-piercing bombs in the world. It can destroy any main battle tank within a distance of 2,000 meters, while the latter's armor-piercing depth was only about 600 mm. It was not a big problem to deal with the early third-generation main battle tanks, but it was very difficult to deal with the 99-change such third-generation and a half-generation main battle tanks, and it may not be effective even within 1,000 meters.

This time, what is provided to the US military is the later mass-produced k2.

Although the United States has provided the latest armor-piercing bombs for these tanks, it is powerless in other aspects.

It must be admitted that Botsman is very foresighted.

After the First Marine Division arrived on the 26th, Botsman mobilized four battalions to receive the main combat equipment of the South Korean army, and then deployed them outside Seoul, two of which were in Yadong.

Although there are not many soldiers and their equipment is not ideal, these US troops at least make the Korean army's psychology no longer fragile.

What the Korean army lacked the most at this time was morale and fighting spirit.

The two US military camps allowed the Korean army in Yadong to persevere, and also caused the assault volunteers to encounter difficulties.

You should know that only by capturing Yadong can you enter the Greater Seoul area and detour to the two wings. If you are blocked by the coalition forces in the north of Yadong, the volunteers will have to give up this attack and break through from other directions.

From the perspective of transportation, there is nothing to expect from the west.

It is on the western plains of the Korean Peninsula, and to the west is the Yellow Sea. Although transportation is not a problem, there are many towns along the way, and the assault speed is definitely not fast. Moreover, ground troops fighting in narrow areas and lack room for maneuver, it is difficult to ensure a deep breakthrough.

If you can choose, you can only make a breakthrough from the east.

The question is that if you break through from the east, you have to draw troops from the central front, advance along Dongdouchuan to the government, and then enter the Greater Seoul area.

The big problem is that on the central front, the volunteer army has no main force!
Chapter completed!