Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 778 The Third Battle

Without Bai Mingxiu's assistance, the Xinming army would have been unable to continue after entering the territory of Sanhan and achieving such brilliant results.Xinming's overall logistics could not keep up, and the actual losses were greater among the three Korean armies, while the main force of the US military was relatively intact.Another factor is that the Ming army lacks reliable air force and fire cover. Even night battles can only rely on the bright moon. There are not enough motorized vehicles, making pursuit operations unfavorable.Under various factors, Xinming may be able to fight evenly with the US military on the peninsula battlefield, but investing larger war chips will not be able to drive the Americans into the sea.

But the situation is completely different now. Bai Mingxiu is on the front line, providing almost unlimited supplies to the Xinming army. The overall level of weapons and equipment in China has been greatly improved, especially the 101th Army and the newly formed [-]st Army, which are forces that make Americans fearful.

When the three Korean armies were defeated and the Ming army was aggressively attacking, the U.S. military had no desire to entangle with the Ming army at this juncture. Although Douglas was very arrogant, he knew that now was not the time for the U.S. military to play its role. He had to repair the troops. Well, and get more troops before launching a general attack on the Ming army.

But at this time, Douglas can't leave if he wants to.

Under the leadership of Sun Chengzong, the 1st Army rushed forward in mighty strength.After the Ming army crossed the Xiancheng River, it was already a flat terrain, which was very suitable for the spread of the mechanized troops of the 1st Army.Because Bai Mingxiu maintained a large-intensity air force to assist in the operation and conducted a thorough reconnaissance of the entire battlefield, the 1st Army pursued very smoothly and intercepted the 25th Division of the US Army in Suwon North.

Since the formation of the Hundred Army, the style of play of the Hundred Army has more or less carried some shadows of Bai Mingxiu, emphasizing fast attack and rapid advance, plundering like fire.The U.S. military is highly motorized, and if the war is not going well, it will run fast.But here, Bai Mingxiu was also well prepared. The air force focused on launching precise battlefield interdiction operations and bombed some roads where the U.S. military retreated, which restricted the overall retreat speed of the U.S. military.

Coupled with the activities of the Ming army, some troops adopted a roundabout approach to occupy points first and squeeze the U.S. military.Under a whole set of combination punches, the 25th Division of the US Army was stopped.

率先发动进攻的是1军299机械化步兵师的47团，以及师直部队的炮兵。299机步师为了增强先头部队的火力，直接将师直部队的自行火炮加强在47团这里，47团就有18辆105毫米的自行火炮跟随作战。

The self-propelled artillery can be fired on the go. After stopping the US 25th Infantry Division, the self-propelled artillery unit deployed on the spot and prepared for artillery fire.

The U.S. convoy did not expect that the Ming army could catch up so fast and bring such heavy firepower.It was immediately beaten up by howitzers.After all, it was during the retreat, and the soldiers were all on the trucks, so no one had time to set up a defensive position.

The 25th Division Commander Richard hurriedly called the Group Army Command.

"We need air support, the enemy has caught up with us, we need to bomb them!"

"The helper is on the way, please hold on!"

"Damn it, I want to hold on too! Hurry up! We need reinforcements, or we're doomed."

In fact, since Bai Mingxiu started to adopt Golden Horn King AI's Xiaolong fighters on a large scale, and deployed more and more Xiaolongs, the sky on the peninsula no longer belongs to the U.S. Air Force.The U.S. Air Force has also launched some relatively large-scale offensives in an attempt to regain control of the air, but Xiaolong's generational advantage is too obvious, and Bai Mingxiu has barely established an air defense system on the peninsula, including early warning radar, air force, and ground air defense forces. Combines better.

That is to say, Bai Mingxiu currently does not have any particularly reliable bombers, and many ground missions are also performed by Xiaolong.The Xiaolong, which can carry 4 tons of explosives, is really not a very reliable ground attack aircraft, but after all, most attack aircraft in this era only have a bomb load of about four tons, which is not much more.Including bombers, the bomb load is only about ten tons.

The concept of a multi-purpose fighter is still not popular at this time. A fighter is a fighter, and a bomber is a bomber, and there is a division of labor.As for Bai Mingxiu, he completely depends on the tasks to hang the bombs, and the Xiaolong Fighter has completed these tasks relatively well.

The loss of air supremacy is undoubtedly a huge bad news for the US military. Although the Ming army will not send a large number of Xiaolongs to launch ground strikes, the US military has lost the most important air support, and it also makes the Ming army's reconnaissance more effective and easy to detect actions. US military in .This also led to the fact that the U.S. military, which was not used to this state, was operating during the day, and their whereabouts were easily exposed, and then the mechanized troops of the Ming army, which ran faster than them, caught up and beat them up.

The air support or other reinforcements that Commander Richard was waiting for, the 47th Mechanized Infantry Regiment of the Ming Army came up.Although the U.S. soldiers of the 25th Infantry Division tried desperately to stop them, the 47th Mechanized Infantry Regiment came very suddenly due to the destruction of the road ahead. Therefore, the Ming Army Mechanized Infantry Regiment fought for 4 hours and defeated the 25th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. The U.S. military suffered more than 900 casualties, and basically all the remaining troops were wiped out, while other troops fled in different directions.

Sun Chengzong took a look at this situation and ordered the various parts of the 1st Army to pursue it. By noon on the second day of the battle, the 25th Infantry Division of the US Army was basically broken up in terms of establishment.Some of the U.S. troops were captured by the 1st Army, and the number was as high as more than 2000. This is also the battle that the U.S. military has lost the most soldiers since the start of the war.

Finally, the U.S. military found that it might not be able to run away. Douglas hurriedly mobilized the mechanized troops of the Fourth Army Division, preparing to face the 1st Army head-on, creating opportunities for other troops to retreat strategically.

However, the 299th Division of the Army, which Douglas placed high hopes on, failed to persist for three days. Sun Chengzong attracted the 75th Division of the Army head-on, and shot cold arrows, sending the 4th Division and a part of the 1000th Army that caught up to storm the flank of the 8000th Army Division. , made an interlude, and finally relied on its strength and tactical advantages to divide and surround the elite Fourth Division of the US Army. In the end, only the commander of the Fourth Division succeeded in breaking through with more than [-] people, and the entire division was wiped out. More than [-] people, It became the most tragic battle in the entire Lelang-Sanhan War.

However, the Fourth Division was able to save the rest of the American troops, and Douglas led the remnants to retreat to Pusan.The Ming army also stopped its offensive. Although the third battle achieved great results, the Ming army itself also suffered a lot of losses, with nearly ten thousand casualties, especially the newly born trump card of the 1st Army. He was exhausted after repeated battles.

(End of this chapter)