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"The goal of the general offensive is to enter the Yalu River, occupy the whole of Korea, and establish a unified country."

"Britain has been an appeasementist country since 1938! The British proposal for a 'buffer zone' is the Second Munich Agreement!"

"Any plan that runs counter to the offensive will completely destroy the morale of our army and keep our army indefinitely on a difficult defense line in northern North Korea."

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From November onwards, MacArthur was like using the telegraph machine as Twitter. He sent at least two telegrams a day, some to the Pentagon Joint Chiefs of Staff, some to the Senate, and some to the news media directly. , the telegrams were mostly strongly worded and made as if he was about to win.

Under MacArthur's nagging and the booing of public opinion, the top leaders of the United States were a little hesitant at first, but finally reached a consensus to support him.

In fact, isn't this what Truman and his staff had thought in their hearts for a long time, but MacArthur jumped the most, and Washington followed suit.In this case, if it fails, MacArthur will be fired immediately, and all the blame can be dumped on the Japanese emperor.

When the United Nations Army and Truman were full of blood, Ridgway, who was serving as the Assistant Chief of Staff of the US Army, was probably the only senior general who remained calm.

"Actually, the field commanders on the front line of the 8th Army had a premonition that the powerful Chinese troops must be ambushing somewhere. There were also one or two commanders who wondered whether it was wise to rush forward regardless of the safety of the flanks and wait for the friendly troops to arrive. Clearly skeptical. But none of the commanders at division level and above expressed clear disapproval, and they also showed exactly the same optimism as MacArthur. Walker should be aware of what kind of resistance he will encounter north of the Qingchuan River, but even he Also hastily assured headquarters that they will move forward as soon as sufficient supplies are obtained..."

Andong, the Yalu River Bridge.

The bridge was the main communication channel between China and North Korea, so it became the first target of MacArthur's general offensive.

On November 11, 8 B-79 bombers of the U.S. Air Force carried out a cover-bombing of the Yalu River Bridge. The bombing was not to blow up the bridge, but to clean up the fortifications around the bridge, suppress the anti-aircraft artillery positions and kill the air defense personnel.

While the B-29 was dispatched, the U.S. military also dispatched dozens of F-86 fighter jets to escort the bombers. Looking at the U.S. escort fighter group with high, middle and low patrol configurations, the Soviet Air Force could not find a chance to intercept them.

On November 11, still under the cover of dozens of F-9 fighter jets, the US aircraft carrier dispatched more than 86 dive bombers to bomb the Yalu River Bridge at a precise point.

On November 11, under three consecutive days of dive-bombing, the Yalu River Bridge was finally broken and impassable (but the pier was not actually blown up and could still be repaired).

B-29 bombers carried out indiscriminate bombing of villages, residential areas and the interior of North Korea within 5 kilometers on both sides of the Yalu River.Within a few days, Sinuiju, Uiju, Sokju, Chushan, Manpu, Jiangjie, Bitong, Wupingli, Beheheli, Nanshi... were either bombed by B-29 or A-26 .Our side evacuated the residents in advance, but the North Korean side failed to mobilize all villages to evacuate. A small North Korean town was bombed by B-29 incendiary bombs, killing more than a thousand civilians.

Beginning on November 11, the bombing targets of the U.S. Air Force and Navy moved upstream from Andong, destroying bridges on the Yalu River in Sinuiju, Changdian River Estuary, and Ji'an one by one.

During the bombing of the US military, on November 11, Shiji held an enlarged meeting to summarize the experience of the first campaign and study the deployment of the second campaign.

彭总开会先点评参战的6个军的表现。39、40、42军的战斗打得还算不错，但四野的头号主力38军被彭总骂得狗血喷头。

Liang Daya was called by Mr. Peng, and he stood up and bowed his head, not daring to make a sound. The previous stage of the 38th Army was also bad luck. Just after entering the DPRK, the Chief of the Operations Section of the Army Staff was killed in a car accident, and then encountered endless North Korean refugees fleeing North Korea on the highway.It was probably also the reason for the car accident of the General Staff Headquarters. The 38th Army did not have an alternate marching route and diversion plan, and was blocked by the flow of refugees.He hesitated for a while when attacking Xichuan, and let go of the two regiments of the South Korean Army; attacked the Feihushan-Junyuli line, but was blocked by the defense line of the South Korean Army and could not break through.Not only that, just after the first battle ended on November 11, the headquarters of the 5th Division was exposed and bombed by the US military. Although the division commander's headquarters was fine, a cave was attacked by incendiary bombs. The US dive bomber pilots directly threw the bombs After entering the air-raid shelter, 112 people died in the division-directed organs and field hospitals inside, including 232 regimental-level and 8 deputy-regimental-level officers.

Seeing Liang Daya being named and scolded for half an hour, Zeng Zesen, the commander of the 50th Army, was sitting on pins and needles below, sweating on his forehead.In this first battle, the 50th Army fought much more soy sauce than the 38th Army, and they were on their way throughout the entire process. There were only two companies in total to wipe out the enemy. The 38th Army was scolded because he was the boss of Siye, and Mr. Peng had high expectations for Liang Daya. The 50th Army was an uprising force that temporarily decided to enter the DPRK... probably because Mr. Peng gave up treatment?

"Our policy for the next stage is to fight inside, lure the enemy deep, and defeat and annihilate the enemy one by one." President Peng finished scolding the 38th Army, and Ye Ting explained the next stage of combat deployment. "Our main force has retreated to a more familiar area to rest and wait for work. Now our supply transportation line is short, while the enemy's transportation line is long. Our forces are relatively concentrated, while the enemy's forces are scattered. In the next stage, we will First maintain contact with the enemy with a small force, deliberately show weakness, and indulge the enemy to lure the enemy to go deep. We want to make the US military more dispersed, and then suddenly counterattack."

"About the logistics, I have some good news," Chief of Staff Xie Fangqi added, "A batch of 40 firearms, [-] rounds of armor-piercing shells, and [-] rounds of grenades have been shipped from the rear today. army replenishment."

Xie Fang knew that the 40-fire ammunition was the most in short supply, so he took it out and said it.Sure enough, upon hearing Xie Fang's words, the commanders of the six armies secretly stirred up.

"Our 39th Army fought against the 8th U.S. Cavalry Regiment. After the fight, the 40 firepower of the first-line troops was only a fraction. The division-level reserves are not full yet, and the 39th Army needs to get more."

"The 119th fire of the 40th Division of our army is about to bottom out..."

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Beijing.

"This battle is very important, and it is related to the development trend of the entire battle situation. Only by destroying a few more divisions can we consolidate the victory of the first battle."

After reading the minutes of the enlarged meeting of Zhisi, the chairman took a magnifying glass and carefully looked at the map of northern North Korea. "Our main force gradually retreated on November 11. It has been five or six days now. The US military seems to be still waiting and watching. , did not immediately follow up."

"The U.S. military may have to continue aerial bombing for a period of time, until MacArthur believes that they have severely damaged the Chinese and North Korean troops with aircraft, and the U.S. ground forces will attack." Nie Shuai said.

"I mean, if the enemy does not enter, the volunteers will fight out. The first is to encircle and attack reinforcements, and the second is to intersperse and divide the encirclement. The specific choice is up to Peng and Ye Linji to decide. Also, before Enlai leaves, propose Shall we release some of the prisoners?"

"Yes, the Prime Minister said that releasing the prisoners of war in public and making a public statement show China's concern about the current war situation in North Korea and win the support of the United Nations and international public opinion."

"I think some prisoners of war are going to be released, but it's not for the sake of gaining the support of the international public opinion. If you don't beat the United Nations army hard, how can the international public opinion support you?"

Nie Shuai knew what the chairman was thinking. "Is it to give the Americans an illusion, as if we just fought a little bit, and now we are going to withdraw to the country, and the prisoners of war will be returned to you first? Then we can release some prisoners of war, without making any official statement, and let them guess for themselves.  … ...they will definitely guess in the direction we expect."

The chairman nodded, "How many American prisoners did Zhisi catch some time ago?"

"A lot. More than 700 American prisoners were captured in the first battle at Yunshan."

"So many?" The chairman thought for a while, "Then release 50 American prisoners and 100 South Korean prisoners. Let them go quickly."

"I think it's okay. Put some of their wounded soldiers back first."

The chairman looked to the right of the map. Across a north-south mountain range, there was a relatively independent battlefield on the eastern front. "This first marine division walked very slowly after disembarking. More than 1 people crowded into a big pile. Is Song Shilun sure to defeat them?"

"The 9th Corps entered the war in a hurry, and only adjusted and replaced light weapons and light artillery. When the 13th Corps on the Western Front entered the DPRK, it brought three artillery divisions, but the 9th Corps did not have one artillery division. There were only mountain artillery and light rocket launchers prepared at the military division level. , There is an extreme lack of heavy artillery fire support. In addition, weather observation reports show that the temperature in Northeast North Korea has dropped sharply, and it will be difficult to supply food and ammunition to the 9th Corps in the future.”

The chairman was silent, and looked at the map for a long time.

Chapter 83, you can go to Changchun Optoelectronics Institute

Screwdriver, screwdriver, wrench and hammer, Tang Hua and Wang Dayan in the laboratory rattled, and quickly removed the outer shell of the night vision device.

In 1946, the prototype of the T-54 medium tank, the first generation of classic cars after the war, was released. In 1948, it was the first mass-produced T-54-1. In 1949, it was T-54-2. Now T-54 The mass production of -3 has been put into the task list of the Urals. The model under development should be a relatively large improved T-54A of the T-54, and later the direct father of the 59 tank in China.Although this tank was not mass-produced until 1954, many parts have already been developed.What Tang Hua got was the TKN night vision device and the OU-54 infrared spotlight to be used on the T-3A.

The TKN-1 is basically what the Soviet active infrared night vision goggles looked like.The first is a large bowl-shaped infrared searchlight installed outside the car. Its function is to emit infrared rays that are invisible to the naked eye.After irradiating the object to be detected, it is reflected, and the reflected infrared rays are focused through the lens group and imaged on a small lead sulfide plate.When the lead sulfide small plate is irradiated by infrared rays, electrons will be released, and the electrons will be hit on the fluorescent screen, which becomes an image visible to the human eye.

There is nothing to study about the infrared spotlight for the time being.

After disassembling the receiver of the TKN night vision device, Tang Hua handed the optical components of the infrared receiver to Wang Dayan, "Professor Wang, help me see what needs to be improved in the optical system."

"This is an optical lens set in the infrared band, I have to check the refractive index..." Wang Dayan began to flip through the information.

Dayan Wang received his undergraduate degree in Applied Optics from Imperial College London and his master's degree from the University of Sheffield.After graduation, he was employed by Changji Glass Company in Birmingham, and now he still holds the patent of the V-prism precision refractometer.

(Later, the optical measurement equipment for the nuclear explosion range in Lop Nur came from him, and because of the ultra-high-speed optical measurement of the nuclear explosion, Wang Lao was one of the heroes of the two bombs...)

"Have Professor Wang read the latest newspapers? Our volunteer troops to resist US aggression and aid Korea to defend our country have already participated in the battle in North Korea." Tang Hua could not tell Wang Dayan the details of the volunteer army's participation in the war. Tang Hua could only ask him if he paid attention to the newspapers. .

"I watch it every day. The troops to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea seem to be fighting well. They should have beaten the Americans hard a few days ago. It really cheered me up."

"Now in North Korea, the U.S. military has absolute air supremacy. The Korean People's Army and our volunteer troops cannot march during the day. They can only march and fight against U.S. bombers at night. The conditions are very difficult and dangerous," Tang Hua said. "The Soviet Union is assisting us with weapons. Now the volunteers only have infantry and small artillery, but in the future there will be heavy artillery and tanks. But tanks and artillery can provide assistance from the Soviet Union, and aircraft are not so easy. Maybe even with Soviet aircraft, we can't do it over North Korea. Drive the American planes out. So in the future our tanks may have to fight at night. That's why I'm so anxious to get this thing.”

"Understood!" Wang Dayan nodded, "But let me ask, why didn't the Soviet Union directly provide us with tanks equipped with night vision goggles?"

Tang Hua smiled, "The tanks in active service in the Soviet Army are not generally equipped with night vision goggles. I got this from the Zenith Design Bureau. I am still a corresponding academician of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. Of course, this is also the case of Comrade Stalin. Acquiescence... this thing is slated to be equipped on the next generation of Soviet tanks, but now we may have to make do with it and install it on the T-34-85."

While chatting with Wang Dayan, Tang Hua had already removed the high-voltage cap, then took the cathode ray tube to the corner of the laboratory, and opened it with a bang.

"Wow." Tang Hua picked up a small piece of lead sulfide the size of a one-yuan coin with tweezers, "This craftsmanship is really not covered!"

The appearance of this infrared night vision device is a rough mess, like electronic waste in the recycling bin.There are crooked welds, there are burrs on the outside, the screws are screwed on randomly, and the cushion pad on the eyepiece is stained with oil, which will fall off if you tear it off by hand, but when you open the rough shell, the inside is different. ...Some circuits are still rough, but they need to be made with precise core components, and the craftsmanship is not so meticulous.The consistent characteristics of Maozi industrial products.

The processing accuracy of this lead sulfide plate is absolutely impeccable. The core components of the TPN-55-1-22 active infrared night vision device on the T-11AM should also use the same process and processing standards.