At the beginning of the war, the Korean People's Army won successively! On June 28th, the People's Army captured Seoul. Occupy Daejeon on July 20th, Mokpo on July 24th, and Jinzhou on July 3rd/kloc-0. Under the powerful offensive of the People's Army, the South Korean National Defence Force has been forced to retreat to the Luodongjiang area in Busan.
At this time, the 25th Division of the US Army also received the order to "defend the southern defense". However, the Korean People's Army's offensive was so fierce that the US and South Korean troops were unsustainable and unable to support it, and finally lost Busan. ...
At this time, the People's Army has liberated more than 90% of North Korea's land and more than 92% of its population. At this time, Li Meijun was compressed in a narrow area of less than 10 thousand square kilometers east of Luodong River. It seems that Kim Il Sung's dream of liberating all Korea will come true in a few days!
However, things are not that simple. The Korean People's Army fought very tenaciously in the Battle of Luodongjiang, but it also suffered heavy casualties. It is impossible for Kim Il Sung to completely liberate the whole territory of North Korea in a short time, not to mention that the "United Nations Army" led by the United States has come in to spoil the situation!
But realistically speaking, the Korean People's Army really fought bravely in the Battle of Luodongjiang!
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The Battle of Luodongjiang was launched on the second day of the Battle of Datian!
At that time, the people's army's campaign deployment was to launch a big assault on Jinquan and Daegu at the same time, trying to reach Luodongjiang and liberate the whole southwest, thus establishing a forward base for finally conquering Busan and adowa the enemy!
But the more people die, the harder the battle becomes. ...
With a strong transportation system, a large number of American troops poured into the Korean battlefield from Busan! In addition to the increase in troops, its weapons and equipment far exceed the People's Army.
Of course, the US military is strong, and the People's Army does not have to be tough on them. It just needs to turn to the defensive, or simply retreat to the Han River defense. In this way, even if the US military is strong, it will not bring mass casualties to the People's Army.
Unfortunately, however, the Soviet ambassador to North Korea Stikov and the Soviet advisory group were too underestimating the enemy, and they still insisted on letting the People's Army go south to attack the enemy. In the end, it was hit hard by the US Air Force and suffered heavy casualties. The most terrible thing is that the endless bombing of the US Air Force also interrupted the supply line of the People's Army!
North Korea itself is a long and narrow peninsula, and there are only a few roads running through the north and south. Originally, the People's Army wanted to solve the supply problem by sea, but after the United States entered the war, it was unrealistic to transport supplies, so a large number of supplies could only be solved by land transportation.
But now, the air strikes in the United States are getting more and more fierce. As the People's Army continues to push south, supply has become a big problem.
The US fleet bombed the front-line troops of the People's Army and the railways, roads and bridges, enterprises and factories in the rear. Where the bomb landed, the munitions output of the Korean People's Army dropped sharply, and even was completely destroyed. The people were blown up and the soldiers were spattered with blood. The scene is terrible!
According to statistics, from the start of the war to the end of July, the casualties of the People's Army have been close to 60,000, almost half of that of the southern troops. Most importantly, most of these casualties are veterans and experienced commanders.
Facts have proved that the fighting capacity of the people's army is declining sharply. If this campaign can't liberate the whole territory of Korea in one fell swoop and control the whole situation, once the enemy counterattacks, the People's Army will have no defense at all.
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Now, although the road beam leading to the front has been blown up and repaired, all kinds of materials necessary to support the war have never been successfully transported to the front.
There is no way. The US Far East Air Force firmly cut off Kim Il Sung's supply artery to the frontline troops. Even if Prime Minister Kim is anxious, there is nothing he can do.
Without military supplies to maintain the war, the people's army can only fight the enemy in the spirit of reunification of the motherland without fear of sacrifice.
However, it turns out that will is sometimes stronger than a gun. It is with this spirit that the people's army marched in and destroyed Li Meijun's defense.
For example, on July 23, the Third Division of the People's Army launched a bloody hand-to-hand combat with the jockeys of the First Royal Army on the Hankate expressway, and the People's Army simply defeated a battalion of American troops with bayonets.
The people's army is brave and strong, making the American army tremble!
On July 29, the main force of the People's Army, together with other southward troops, defeated the sniper of the American Ace Army 1 Division and 25th Division in Yongtong and Huangdong, pursued all the way to the border of Jin Quan, and then fought a beautiful midnight battle.
At this time, the people's army soldiers were divided into two roads, all the way to attack Qiu Fengling from the front and all the way to advance from the south.
At that time, the avant-garde tank reconnaissance team that attacked Qiufengling suddenly launched an attack at night, smashing the headquarters of the troops directly under the First Division of the American Riding Company. Subsequently, the main force of the People's Army began to storm and successfully occupied Qiufengling.
At this point, the door of Luodong River was finally opened by the people's army!
Then, the People's Army attacked the enemy in Jin Quan. Another people's army, which detoured south, also successfully wiped out the enemy forces in Jinshan and other places and successfully seized the land of Shaanxi and Sichuan.
The joint forces of People's Army, which circuitously attacked the southwest along the west coast, under the leadership of the new commander General Gwang-Hyop Kim, conquered Hunan and successfully entered the northeast of Jinzhou.
The 12th Infantry Division, dominated by China's fighters to resist US aggression and aid Korea, defeated Anton in August 1 with bold circuitous strategy, and Kim Il Sung gladly awarded him the title of "Honorary Division of Anton". The Sixth Infantry Division, known as the trump card of the People's Army, is also threatening Mashan, the gateway of Busan.
At this point, the entire defensive position on the right side of Luodong River has all fallen into the hands of the People's Army, and victory is just around the corner!
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The people's army rejoiced at the prospect of victory, while the enemy's morale was low because of continuous failure!
In the face of the fierce offensive of the People's Army, it seems difficult for Li Meijun to continue to support it!
At this critical moment, MacArthur, commander-in-chief of the "United Nations Army", personally led a large number of senior generals of the Far East Command to fly to Daegu to supervise the war, and ordered Walker, commander of the Eighth Army, not to retreat half a step.
However, the fact is that at this time, the US military has no retreat, because if it retreats again, it will jump into the sea.
After being scolded by MacArthur, Walker, nicknamed "Tiger Head Dog", also scolded his two teachers-Guy, the teacher of the First Cavalry Division, and Keane, the teacher of the 25th Division, and urged Keane to defend the Luodong River.
Next, the People's Army will complete the final step of victory-win Busan!
But how easy is it to take Busan? American planes are really amazing. Although the soldiers of the People's Army are brave, they are still flesh and blood after all. How do they resist the bombing and strafing by the US military?
In the face of the powerful firepower of the US military, the Third Division, the main force of the People's Army, suffered more than 2,000 casualties in a few days, and finally only 500 people were left and forced to withdraw from the battlefield.
In the north of Dongli town, a battalion of People's Army infantry was hit by American artillery after getting off the bus. In just a few minutes, more than 400 officers and men died heroically.
There was also the Fifth Division of the People's Army, which was also hit by American naval guns, and lost 1200 soldiers in two days. The 4th Infantry Division, known as the trump card of the People's Army, had only 1,000 men left in the three regiments after its first attempt to cross the river.
12 division in the battle of Anton, more than 600 people were killed by air strikes, 30 tanks were blown up by 1 1, and even the commander Cui () was killed by shelling.
It is worth mentioning that the 105 tank brigade, which was at the forefront in the whole campaign of the southern expedition, was completely annihilated. At that time, the People's Army had less than 40 tanks and less than 60,000 troops at the front.
So that "Tiger Head Dog" Walker once told the US Navy and Air Force with gratitude:
At this time, the people's army seems to have no hope of victory!
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But on the battlefield, there are often many miracles!
I thought that the People's Army with less than 60,000 troops at this time could not win anyway. I didn't expect that the exhausted 60,000 People's Army actually surrounded the 6.5438+0.4 million troops of the "United Nations Army".
In terms of strength, the comparison between the People's Army and the enemy is 1:2, but the firepower cannot be compared. At that time, the US military only dispatched more than 1000 planes, while the People's Army did not have a single plane. In addition, the ace fourth division of the People's Army has only 12 guns, while a division of the US Army has hundreds.
Not to mention tanks! At that time, there were only 40 tanks available at the front line of the People's Army, which was less than a battalion of the 89th Tank Battalion of the US Army. And the quality of the tank, the difference is more obvious!
Although the tanks of the People's Army were the star products at that time-T-34, the medium-sized M26 Pershing tanks of the U.S. Army and the medium-sized Sherman tanks equipped with 90 mm high-speed artillery can also compete with them, what's more, their numbers are far greater than those of the People's Army.
According to records, there were as many as 500 tanks that the US military could compete with the People's Army T-34 at that time. I would like to ask, how should we fight this war when the strength between the enemy and ourselves is so great? Can you still win?
If I don't know the result of this battle, I certainly won't believe that the people's army will win this battle. Because the people's army has no advantage in terms of strength ratio or weapons and equipment.
However, the fact is that the ministries of the People's Army actually succeeded in crossing the so-called "iron wall", broke through the defense line of the Luodong River ordered by Walker, and dealt a heavy blow to the No.1 1 Division and the 25th Division of the American Ace Cavalry Corps.
The bravery of the people's army has to be admired!
Ironically, in order to cover up the fact that its troops were weak, the United States kept lying to the world that there were more than four times as many people's army soldiers who attacked the American army at that time.
According to the time magazine at that time:
However, after this lie lasted for decades, the truth finally surfaced. The person who exposed the truth was' Bevan Alexander', a famous American military historian and military strategist. He said:
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The war lasted until August 20, and the People's Army and the "United Nations Army" had no strength to continue fighting. After several days of fierce fighting, both sides were exhausted, and the troops were in urgent need of rest. At this point, the battle of Luodongjiang of the Korean People's Army came to an end.
Practically speaking, this is the most brilliant moment of the people's army's earth-shattering journey south since the outbreak of the Korean War. Of course, although such glory is extremely tragic and short-lived.
At this time, the Korean People's Army has liberated more than 90% of North Korea's land and more than 92% of its population. In the liberated areas, extensive democratic election system and land reform system have been implemented, and the social system is being quietly established. A new dawn on the land of North Korea seems to be coming soon!
On the other hand, Li Meijun was compressed in a narrow area of less than 10,000 square kilometers east of Luodong River.
For this reason, Kim Il Sung also delivered a speech with confidence: "August will be the month of completely liberating North Korea!"
It can be seen that Kim Il Sung is very happy and excited. He believes that the liberation of all Korea is just around the corner, and the Soviets are also happy for the victory of Prime Minister Kim.
However, just as Kim Il Sung was still complacent about the arrival of victory, MacArthur was already planning a large-scale counterattack. ...
(To be continued ...)