the world is at stake

"The group of South Koreans fled in all directions when they encountered air strikes and shelling. They blocked the roads. Now reinforcements cannot go up, and troops cannot withdraw."

In order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Korean army, the US military stuffed a large number of South Korean soldiers inside.There is also the whole division of the Korean army to fight.But now these Koreans have played the role of Italians, making their American masters miserable.

If possible, Almond wished that all the South Korean soldiers under his command would be killed.Because the terrain around Changjin Lake is very special, it only has a relatively spacious dirt road as the main road.

This road is blocked, and unless the U.S. military abandons all heavy equipment, it will not be able to withdraw.The situation was so critical that Almond, the army commander, was in a hurry but there was nothing he could do.

"It's not right, it's definitely not right."

After thinking over and over again, Ma Keshi finally realized that there was a problem—quantity. If Zhou Qingfeng simply tossed around in his country, it would be impossible to exchange German weapons for several divisions of volunteers.

Not even with the help of the Soviet Union and East Germany.

It is even more impossible to arm a light infantry with such fangs and claws in just a few months.

"That guy must have sneaked into us again. Go investigate the US military's warehouses in Europe, maybe you can find some clues."

But it was too late to realize this situation.The key now is to withdraw 10 troops from the four divisions of the Tenth Army Corps from the mountains—if the "Brotherhood" once again sums up the experience and lessons, there must be a "killing can't go to Changjin Lake".

Ma Keshi was anxious, and Pastor Clark, who was far away in Tokyo COS MacArthur, also stared blankly.He even asked his subordinates if they could throw the nuclear bombs stored by the US military in Japan to North Korea?

Had it not been for a resolutely negative answer, the 'Brotherhood' leader would have used his ultimate weapon.

There is no other way, the only thing Father Clark can do is to gather all the air forces that can be mobilized at hand, and send them all to Changjin Lake.

We must contain the Volunteer Army's attack during the day and allow the Tenth Army to stabilize the front.

After the order was issued, Father Clark stood in front of the radio station in the communications office of the headquarters to receive military feedback from the front line.At around 13:[-] noon, fighter jets and bombers of the U.S. Far East Air Force arrived over Changjin Lake one after another.

The first telegram sent back by the Air Force was-the Chinese plane is retreating.

"Retreat?" Father Clark sat in front of the air situation sign board and excitedly asked the air force staff officer of the headquarters, "Have we regained the air supremacy?"

The staff officer from the air force had a sullen face, he couldn't say anything, he just said 'hmm'.

The U.S. Far East Air Force lost hundreds of fighter planes this morning, more than half of which were destroyed on the ground before taking off.The Air Force pilots are desperate for revenge.

The priest took the 'huh' as ​​his default, and his mood improved. "Let fighter jets pursue and bombers clean the ground. The Chinese dare to attack us during the day, so we must teach them a lesson."

The Air Force staff took this sentence as fart, knowing that the U.S. military pilots who performed the mission gave priority to supporting the ground.The escort fighters will not leave the bombers casually.

As the MiG-15 left the sky over Changjin Lake, the ground troops of the Volunteer Army temporarily stabilized their positions, replenished ammunition, evacuated the wounded, constructed false targets, and clenched their fists.

The Volunteer Army responsible for field air defense has four anti-aircraft artillery divisions, twelve anti-aircraft artillery regiments, and more than 600 field mobile anti-aircraft artillery. They followed the troops and erected their barrels to the sky.

Under the coordination of the field air defense command system provided by Zhou Qingfeng, more than 20 German-made, Soviet-made and American-made radars began to scan the sky.The air defense forces with umbrellas began to coordinate their positions to attack any US fighter planes that appeared in the Changjin Lake area.

The rate of fire of the anti-aircraft guns is very fast, especially the modified 88mm German anti-aircraft guns. After adding auxiliary motors and fire control, it is finally no longer necessary to rely on manpower to carry the shells.

Almond also paid attention to the information sent back by the Air Force in Hamhung City, and Marcos was beside him.After circulating the message, both of them were speechless—the sudden retreat of the opponent's fighter plane was not a good sign.

This is to free up the airspace and let the ground air defense firepower take off.

Ma Keshi couldn't help but think of the report on the air force's loss rate that he had read before, and he silently thought: "The loss of 5.00%, even if doubled, [-]%. As long as the air supremacy can be regained, this loss is worth it. "

Major General David Barr, at the forefront, thought the same.As long as the U.S. military can take a breather, he will immediately let the troops throw away their cumbersome baggage and withdraw quickly.

Under such circumstances, the twelve anti-aircraft artillery regiments in the entire Changjin Lake area were divided into different defense areas and fired one after another.The rumbling cannons came and went without interruption.

Soon there was a cacophony of shouts on various radio channels, starting with the B-6000 bombers at 29 meters preparing to drop their bombs.

They were about to receive instructions from the ground and enter the bombing channel, but dense anti-aircraft shells shot up from the ground like a volcanic eruption.

"The ground anti-aircraft artillery fire is very dense."

"It seems that our opponent is prepared."

"Release jamming chaff, start electromagnetic countermeasures."

"Find out the enemy's radar and blow it up first."

"Oh... no! I was hit. Wing, right wing broken."

"God, I've never seen such a dense anti-aircraft fire, it feels like sitting in fireworks."

"I'm 'Thunder-23' and I have bad news. Our lead plane has just been hit. Now I'm in command, please follow... oh shit. I've been hit too, and the plane is going down. Skydive , ready to parachute."

Almond could hear the voice call of the bomber fleet in front of the radio, he glanced at the frowning Marco, and whispered: "Don't worry, we have hundreds of fighters dispatched this time, it doesn't matter if we lose a few. "

Ma Keshi sighed heavily, although he didn't speak, he didn't know what to do in his heart.In his mind, Zhou Qingfeng had planned so much, it was impossible for him to make any major mistakes in air defense.

I don't know what is waiting for the hundreds of fighter planes of the US Far East Air Force.If this army suffers too much damage, no one will be able to save the Tenth Legion.

Chapter 63 Fire Net

"The enemy is using electromagnetic interference on me."

"Get ready to tune in. Count down to three seconds, three, two, one, change!"

"The second group of radars is ready to shut down, and the fourth group will take over. The countdown is ten seconds."

"Ninth Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment, your air situation information has not been transmitted, immediately send someone to check whether the equipment and lines are normal."

In an unknown tunnel on the north side of Changjin Lake, Academician Zhang from Tsinghua University was staring at a row of radar screens and air condition signboards, holding the microphone of a wired telephone, and kept giving orders.

The Ninth Corps Command has no academic qualifications and majors higher than that of Zhang 'Academician'.He naturally became a dispatcher in the field air defense command system, with four or five division-level staff officers working beside him.

The deafening sound of artillery from the outside world could not be heard in the air defense command, nor could the U.S. fighter planes flying at high altitudes and low altitudes be seen.The only thing Zhang 'Academician' could see were dozens or hundreds of moving white dots on the radar screen.

The electronic tube computer of the command system is solidified with functional software, which can semi-automatically coordinate the information and communication between the radar and antiaircraft artillery regiments.But in fact, the situation on the battlefield is chaotic and complicated, and a knowledgeable person must be in the middle to judge and control it.

Zhang 'Academician' held the microphone in his hand, his tense forehead, back, and palms were full of sweat.

The reaction speed of the electronic tube computer is limited, even if it is operated in time-sharing, it can only process twelve empty targets at the same time.But more than [-] radars have detected at least [-] light spots.

This is because all the fighters of one's own side have withdrawn, which reduces the difficulty of handling.But how to judge which ones to deal with first among the [-] targets must test the wisdom and calmness of the dispatcher.

Everyone in the field air defense command is like a tight steel wire, each performing his or her own duties.They just feel that they are too busy, imagining that the frontline officers and soldiers are suffering from the enemy's ruthless and fierce air strikes.

In the Changjin Lake area, there are twelve divisions of the Ninth Corps, and each division is equipped with a field anti-aircraft artillery regiment responsible for air defense and parachute.From Liutanli to Xinxingli, from Xiajieyuli to Dead Eagle Ridge, the sound of medium and large caliber antiaircraft guns firing furiously can be heard everywhere.

The four-ton German-made 88mm anti-aircraft guns can be towed on the battlefield by trucks. An anti-aircraft artillery regiment is divided into three anti-aircraft artillery battalions, controlling an area of ​​about ten square kilometers.

Each artillery battalion is equipped with a reference gun, and other anti-aircraft guns are separated by 50 meters for fine-tuning.This not only ensures that one bomb will not destroy two guns, but also allows the whole battalion and even the whole regiment to fire on the same target.

Gunners wearing noise-canceling headphones just kept filling the five-round magazines.The '88 Gun' equipped with auxiliary motors has semi-automatic loading, and the rate of fire has greatly increased.

As long as the fire is fired, the entire anti-aircraft artillery position is very lively.

The whole regiment salvo can easily shoot out hundreds of shells in a short time, and the projectiles explode near the target by timing or radio fuze, forming irregular black clouds.

B-29 high-altitude bombing is generally at 6000 meters, and the naked eye on the ground can see at most a group of small black spots.After confirming the ground target, these 'black dots' are aimed with a bomb-dropping instrument, and they must fly on a fixed trajectory before dropping a bomb.

In order to obtain a good bombing effect, the bombers cannot easily change their trajectory during the aiming process. This is the best time to shoot them down.

The combination of radar and anti-aircraft guns put the US bombers who came to the air strikes to a severe test.

There are more and more black clouds in the sky, which means that the shells are getting denser.From time to time, seeing flames appearing in the black clouds, some bomber must have been hit.

Air defense operations are a contest of courage and courage.

Ground anti-aircraft guns cannot be moved, and the gunners can only stay in place.

But for bomber pilots, if they see their own fighter planes being shot down, they will uncontrollably want to disband the bombing formation, as if people would naturally dodge the approaching blade.

Because the efficiency of a single bomber is too low.Carpet bombing requires dense formations to increase damage.In this contest of wills, it depends on who can create greater momentum.

On the radar screen of the air defense command, the field air defense system will automatically filter out slow targets, which are usually fighter planes that have been shot down.

Whenever there is a white dot missing on the screen, it can cheer up the commanders and fighters for a while.When the white spots become less and less, there will be low cheers.

"Disbanded, they disbanded." Shrieks sounded in the pit where the headquarters was located, and a staff officer shouted: "The group of enemy planes that bombed the 79th Division can't hold it anymore."

A bombing group is about thirty to fifty B-29s.Such a dense formation, coupled with escort fighter jets, is a hedgehog that cannot be touched, and it will be unlucky to get close.

But this cluster just flew over the 79th Division of the Volunteer Army, and was jointly bombarded by more than 70 '88 guns' from two nearby anti-aircraft artillery regiments.

Due to the ground radar lock, the radio-activated VT fuze exerts a great lethal effect.Three B-29s were shot down in one encounter, including their pilot.

Confirming that he will only suffer greater losses if he continues to fly, the new commander of this cluster can only order the disbandment of the formation, leave the battlefield first, re-formation, and do it again.

But from disbanding to reorganizing, at least half an hour later, the pressure on the ground air defense suddenly decreased.

Holding the microphone, Academician Zhang heaved a sigh of relief, and then ordered: "Let the warning radar keep an eye on this disbanded formation, and if necessary, let the Air Force send a MiG-15 formation patrolling outside to attack them once."

Bombers disbanding formations can easily be singled out.

The MiG-15 that had been evacuated before was guided by ground radar, as if it had an extra pair of eyes watching the sky all the time.That's home field advantage.

They have been flying at an altitude of about 8000 meters on standby.If you seize the opportunity, you can send three or five fighters over to kill the prey like a pack of wolves hunting.

As the shelling continued, bombs began to fall from the sky.In order to reduce the pressure on the bombers, some escort fighter jets would take great risks and rush to the ground in an attempt to kill the anti-aircraft artillery.

There must be an infantry regiment protecting the anti-aircraft artillery regiment, and 38mm caliber FLAK19 anti-aircraft guns are deployed on the surrounding hills, or captured American-made M16 and M[-] anti-aircraft combat vehicles.

Any enemy plane that jumps down will be tested by a hail of bullets.Although most of the U.S. fighter planes were not shot down, as long as the ground can expel them, it will be considered a success.

Major Davis from Texas was getting impatient.As the squadron leader of 334 Squadron and the "double ace" who participated in World War II, he drove the F-86 outside the air defense circle of Xinxingli three times.

However, the three attacks of Davis and the wingmen were all driven away by hundreds of light and heavy machine guns on several hills, and they could not pass the firepower blockade to attack the '88 guns' in the inner circle.

"The air defense veterans commanding these Chinese people may be the former Wehrmacht from East Germany." Major Davis was extremely annoyed.His temptations were in vain, and his attacks made little progress.

If you are a novice in air defense, you will be nervous when you see an enemy plane appearing, and you will open fire within the range of fire.

But the plane is naturally fast, and the distance is too far, in addition to wasting ammunition and exposing itself, it will also cause defensive loopholes due to empty ammunition.

But the small-caliber machine guns on several hilltops obviously have unified radio command.

They didn't fire until Davis got to 500 meters.Once he gets close to 500 meters, the multi-level dense firepower will be enveloped like a net.

This calmness on the battlefield is extremely rare.

Davis was impatient.He communicated with his wingman, and they all understood that the longer the battlefield dragged on, the U.S. troops, both in the air and on the ground, would suffer huge losses.

During the course of these three impacts, two B-29s fell through the air with their traumatized tail smoke.One of them disintegrated in the air, broke into two pieces, hit the ground and caught fire.

The B-29 has 11 crew members, and the body is unstable after being shot. Half of them can successfully parachute, thank God.Now there are dozens of umbrella flowers floating in the sky, which can be called a heavy loss.

This loss rate is definitely more than ten percent.

Some B-29s were cornered and climbed to an altitude of [-] or even [-] meters to drop bombs.They dropped several tons of bombs, it didn't matter if they were accurate or not, they just wanted to return quickly.

There are also some B-29s who are also forced to take the risk of lowering to an altitude of 3000 meters in an attempt to shorten the bombing time and improve the accuracy of bombing, and quickly blow up all the annoying and terrible anti-aircraft guns on the ground.

The bombs that landed can indeed achieve some results, but they cannot change the current situation of dense anti-aircraft firepower.Because most of the bombs fell in the open and uninhabited places, except for blowing up the ground, they had no effect.

In the sky, more and more B-29 fleets were disbanded by bombing.Although they can reorganize the formation again after staying away from the battlefield, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is by no means an easy task.

If he escaped once more, his will to fight would be weakened by more than half.It failed to weaken the ground anti-aircraft firepower the first time, let alone the second time, a slight setback will only escape faster.

If you fail the second time, there will be almost no third time.When it gets dark, the U.S. troops surrounded on the ground will almost be finished.

"Call more F-86s, let's charge again, we must break through the air defense network."

Davis knew that time was running out, so he called the other fighter jets participating in this escort on the radio, preparing to gather at one point and break through at one point.

But in the process of shouting, the battlefield seemed to be suddenly quiet.

The originally rumbling world no longer emits hot projectiles, the tightly guarded fire net ceases to move, and the tense atmosphere of death suddenly loosens, like a receding tide, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

what happened?

Are those Chinese laundrymen out of ammo?

The anti-aircraft gun fires fast and consumes a lot of ammunition.The U.S. military has always believed that it is impossible for its opponents to organize a strong offensive, but it just feels that the Volunteers are short of ammunition.

Davis was too eager to get a turn on the battlefield. He excitedly spread his judgment on the radio, and as soon as the nose turned, he was about to attack the opponent's anti-aircraft artillery position.

At this moment, a few black shadows rushed down from the sky, unceremoniously using high speed to narrow the distance with Davis.Only then did this 'double ace' realize that he had been hovering at low altitude for too long, and he had lost his speed and altitude.

The F-86 suddenly increased power and made a sharp jump and turn in the direction of the sun.But the MiG-15 that jumped down from the sky had more kinetic energy, cut a small radius turn, and fired at a distance of less than 500 meters.

The three guns of the MiG-15 sprayed projectiles together, and Davis's plane was shot immediately, and it fell down and hit the ground.

The anti-aircraft artillery unit really needs to replenish shells, so the fighter planes of the Volunteer Army killed the carbine again under the radar instruction, and specifically picked the leader like Davis to kill first!

Chapter 64 Surrender

At the end of March, it got dark very early, and it was sunset at 05:30 in the afternoon.

With the cooperation of the air and the ground, the battle progressed very quickly.Campaign goals that used to take several days to achieve can now be achieved in half a day.

Both China and the United States were extremely surprised.

The 58th Division of the Volunteer Army said that they would take down the "Polar Bear Regiment" before dark. They gritted their teeth and used their trump card, and they did it. The news reached Zhisi, and Mr. Peng asked for reconfirmation and an inventory of the enemy's prisoners.

Even the Soviets and Germany who were watching the battle expressed disbelief. When did a regiment of the US military become so easy to fight?There are tanks, artillery, and air support, which is a tough nut to crack in the past.