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M-46 cannon, the Chinese imitation is called 59 plus, the most famous Soviet-made artillery during the Cold War.

The Soviet Union issued a development order for this gun in 1946, and produced a batch of sample guns for testing in 1949, but in fact it did not pass the test until 1953 and mass-produce it.

Therefore, this wave of M-46 cannons ordered by China is only the second-stage test sample.It's not uncommon to have a little bit of this kind of problem. On the night of August 8th, the M-20 of the 2nd Artillery Division fired rapidly at a high elevation angle, and something went wrong.

The problem was reported back to the Zhisi Artillery Command, and the Artillery Command reported it back to Moscow through the Soviet Advisory Group. After a few days of investigation, Moscow found out that some parts of the gun mount were not strong enough. Some parts may crack.

Of course, the Soviet Union also provided a solution. Now the 2nd Artillery Division and the Ordnance Department of the Volunteer Army are patching the M-46 cannon.

This is a veritable patch-in the designated part of the gun mount, riveting and welding are used to install a 1.5-meter-long and 40-mm-thick steel plate or steel bar.

"Get ready, one, two, three, up!"

Four soldiers used poles and ropes to carry more than 100 kilograms of steel plate "patches", and the other two soldiers anchored the steel plate to the designated position of the gun mount, and then the welder came and started.

"This M-46 cannon is a long-range artillery that the Soviet Union is developing. The Soviet army has not equipped it yet," Tang Hua said to the staff. Yes, but in fact, this batch of guns are all experimental products, and it is inevitable that there will be some failures of this kind."

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"General Clark, what is the significance of our doing this?"

United Nations Command.The staff officer reported to Clark the work of a secret agency in the last week, and added another question.

"The conclusive identity information we have on the dead soldiers of the Chinese army is indeed very little, which is far from the expected effect." Clark said, "but we still have to do it."

"No matter how fake it is, it will not change the fact that there are far more Americans captured than Chinese captured. It does not make much difference to announce that more than 2000 Chinese have been captured, or that more than 3000 Chinese have been captured .When this number is released, the U.S. military will be the most embarrassing military in the world."

"It's not all useless jobs," Clark said. "Not all the people sent by Taiwan are just tools for numbers, but there are also some specialized talents. will serve us."

Chapter 237, People's Army Silver Military Merit Medal

Returning from North Korea, just like coming to the front line of North Korea three weeks ago, Tang Hua's car drove slowly on the road in broad daylight.

Except that the walkie-talkie at the driver's hand must be turned on at all times and set to the public call channel for listening to air raid warnings at any time, everything else is almost the same as in China.However, all the way back home, except for the night when I stayed in Pyongyang and heard the air raid siren, the rest of the time was safe and sound.

The road has been repaired very well by the engineering troops. In fact, sometimes huge craters can be seen on both sides of the road. Some of them were blown out by 2000-pound bombs, and some were even made by bombs of the high cabinet level. Most of these craters were born last year. , Now there is water in the pit, and grass grows along the edge of the pit. The engineering troops just fill in the big pit created by the bomb that fell on the road.

In August and September, almost all the battles on the Korean front were company-level offensive and defensive battles. The Nine Mile Scramble was the only major battle in which the United Nations army invested in regiment-level troops and our army joined division-level troops.On the Eastern Front, battles are generally provoked by cold guns, or the United Nations Army cannot manpower cold guns, gather hundreds of cannons and start bombing if there is a disagreement. After three days of fire preparation, one or two companies of the South The North Korean army climbed the mountain with their buttocks sticking out, and they fought hard with the volunteers or the Korean People's Army.If the Volunteer Army launches the attack first, it is generally because the hills of the United Nations Army pose a threat to our newly established artillery positions and supply line branches.The Volunteer Army is also a company-level unit lurking for a night attack after preparing for firepower.

The Eastern Front is also the only front where the United Nations Air Force maintains tentative harassment.The main thing here is the Korean People's Army, and the density of anti-aircraft missiles deployed by the Volunteer Army's anti-aircraft artillery units here is not high enough.The high mountains on the eastern front affect the range of radar and air defense missiles is also an important reason.It once happened that after the U.S. military conducted ground reconnaissance to ascertain the approximate location of our army’s air defense missiles, an attack plane broke into the mountain at low altitude. Because the radar was blocked by the mountains and created a blind spot, the U.S. attack plane succeeded and blew up the search radar vehicle of the air defense missile system, resulting in The entire anti-aircraft missile unit lost its function, and the remaining 4 vehicles had to retreat and wait for new radar vehicles to fill up.

After this air strike, the Volunteer Air Defense Missile System in the mountains on the eastern front moved back another 5 kilometers to ensure safety.

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"Hello, General Jin."

Tang Hua and Li Qiang shook hands with Kim Il Sung one after the other.Before shaking hands, Tang Hua already had a shining medal on his chest.

"The Democratic People's Republic of Korea decided to award Tang Hua the Korean People's Army Silver Military Merit Medal in recognition of the Chinese scientist Tang Hua's great contribution and selfless spirit in the War of Resistance Against the United States."

Why did Tang Hua live in Pyongyang for a day when he returned to China, and he was waiting for the medals to be distributed here.

The silver medal of North Korea, on the front is the five-pointed star flag background of North Korea, a soldier in a coat and carrying a rifle; on the back are four words in Korean, and Tang Hua doesn't know which four words they are without translation.

It's okay, this medal is very beautiful.

Just don't hang too much... Now I have received 4 Soviet medals.

This should not be the last North Korean medal awarded by Tang Hua.By convention, after the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the volunteer commanders and fighters who participated in the war were awarded medals in batches.Hundreds of thousands of medals are awarded according to the grades, the first-level national flag medal for corps and army-level cadres, the first-level freedom and independence medal for deputy army cadres, the second-level national flag medal for division-level cadres, the second-level freedom medal for regimental-level cadres, and the third-level medal for battalion-level cadres. National Flag Medal, Medal of Honor for Company and Platoon Cadres First Class Soldiers, Second Class Soldiers Medal of Honor...

Tang Hua felt that there was a high probability that he would get one after the war ended, but he didn't know if it was the first class or the second class, whether it was the National Flag Medal or the Medal of Independence and Freedom...

"You defeated the invincible U.S. Air Force with high-tech missiles, so that U.S. planes can no longer wantonly kill our people over North Korea. You have made outstanding contributions to the war, and the North Korean people thank you." Kim Il Sung smiled. Ju, who speaks standard Northeast Mandarin.

"The people of China and North Korea are connected by flesh and blood, and the friendship formed by the blood of the two countries will last forever. It is the natural mission and responsibility of each of our two countries to work together to fight against the American aggressors." Tang Hua also smiled and returned to Jin with standard formulas. Richeng.

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"Comrade Tang Hua, you also often go to the Soviet Union. You not only assist the Soviet Union in developing weapons, but also represent China in negotiating industrial and arms negotiations with the Soviet Union. You have also met Stalin. I don't know what opinion Chairman Stalin has on the prospect of the Korean War. What kind of ways to continue to give support?"

After the medal awarding ceremony was over, Kim Il Sung invited Tang Hua and Li Qiang to a small meeting hall, where they sat down on the sofa and talked about what Kim Il Sung wanted to know.

"Comrade Stalin and the Soviet Union's attitude towards the Korean War and the aid plan to support the continuation of the Korean War, I don't think the Soviet ambassador and the head of the advisory group will have any reservations about General Kim." Tang Hua replied with a smile, "As for the support of the Soviet Union Judging from the situation we have sent several delegations to Moscow for talks, the Soviet Union should continue to support the war between China and North Korea in Korea, but it is limited to the current situation in the Soviet Union itself and the current situation of the US-Soviet confrontation. I am afraid that support is difficult to achieve [-]% support in all directions, but has a limit."

"We have been fighting for more than two years. After the defeat in Incheon two years ago, the People's Army reorganized bit by bit, accumulating soldiers and commanders. Up to now, the Korean People's Army has recovered and is stronger than it was in 1950. Powerful, with a total of 5 armies and 16 divisions, they have shown tenacious combat effectiveness in the frontline battles with the South Korean puppet army. But at this scale, North Korea's financial support capabilities have reached their limit, and they can no longer afford the war. Even a loan cannot afford it because it will be difficult to repay in the future.”

When Kim Il Sung said this, he asked Tang Hua again:

"Except for the first batch of weapons, equipment and ammunition provided by Soviet comrades who were completely free of charge, starting from 1951, we have to pay for the new aid of weapons and ammunition. Although it is only a part of the payment, it is also a huge amount. China's Do comrades also encounter this kind of problem?"

Tang Hua: ...

I shouldn't answer that.Lao Jin, you should ask the Prime Minister directly.If the Prime Minister wants to tell you, he will tell you.

Seeing that Tang Hua just smiled there, but didn't speak, Kim Il Sung knew that Tang Hua probably wouldn't speak.

As the commander of both military and political cultivation, Jin Ri could guess from Tang Hua's smile that Tang Hua definitely knew what he was asking, but it was not convenient to tell him.

"General Jin, to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea is the most difficult decision our chairman has made in his revolutionary career in recent decades." Tang Hua changed the topic, "From September to October 1950, we made a lot of decisions about whether to send volunteers to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. Discussions and debates. Regarding the difficulties and opponents that may be encountered in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, we have conducted detailed discussions and calculations on every detail.”

Kim Il-sung: "Whether the June 625 war is really going to be fought, and whether we are determined to fight to the end when we attack Busan. Before the war broke out, we also discussed these issues."

"If the Korean War continues, the US threat faced by the Soviet Union in Europe will be reduced to a considerable extent, and the pressure on the Soviet Union's clusters in Eastern Europe will be much smaller."

This sentence was said by Tang Hua in Russian.Tang Hua knew that Kim Il Sung had been in the Soviet Union for a long time, so he knew Russian long ago.

Kim Il Sung can definitely understand the meaning behind this sentence.In fact, the gesture of suddenly switching to Russian is enough to explain the problem.

After hearing what Tang Hua said, Kim Il Sung was silent for a while.

"To completely wipe out South Korea and liberate the entire Korean peninsula, the threat faced by the Soviet Union in the Far East will be smaller, so that he can transfer more troops and equipment from the Far East to Europe to participate in the confrontation between the two sides." Kim Il Sung said.

Having said that, Tang Hua had no choice but to change the subject secretly.

That's right, if the Chinese and North Korean coalition forces completely drive the U.S. troops out of the Korean peninsula, then North Korea will become the biggest winner.

Just like Vietnam after the US withdrawal.

However, to completely drive the United Nations Army out of North Korea, destroy the Syngman Rhee regime or at least turn it into a government-in-exile in exile overseas, based on the comparison between China and North Korea and the United States, and the strength of the Volunteer Army and the United Nations Army, the Volunteer Army can do it ?

It will definitely not be possible, neither will the volunteer army be able to do it, and the People's Army will not be able to do it.

Even... Even if China and North Korea use 200% of their skills, they are really about to drive the United Nations into the sea...

That mushroom cloud may fall.Although it is estimated that the target is still in North Korea, the volunteers are now in North Korea.

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