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There were two places where the fighting was fierce. The 24th and 25th Mipo divisions were attacking Dongducheon together, and the 40th and 45th Mipo divisions were attacking Chuncheon together.

How thin a knife must be to find a gap between these American troops and insert it.

The next day, Tang Hua carried the modem, which was about the size of a briefcase and passed the computer test, to the combat situation center. Suyu's sitting posture remained unchanged from yesterday, and he was still sitting on his back with his feet spread apart. Sitting on the chair, he took a long exam facing the map of North Korea on the wall.

On the third day, Tang Hua confirmed that the modem airlifted to Jiaohe had already arrived at the 50th Center, so he went to the Combat Situation Center to see if he could communicate with the 50th Center.Went to the combat situation center to take a look, Su Yu was still sitting upside down in the chair, motionless.

"Chief of Staff Su, it's time to take your medicine." Seeing that half an hour had passed and Su Yu was still sitting still, Tang Hua walked in, picked up the medicine bottle and shook it.

In the past half a year, Suyu went to the Soviet Union for medical treatment after recuperating for a few months. His health has improved compared to before, but he still suffers from migraine and insomnia, so he has to take medicine on time.

"Oh." Su Yu suddenly realized that he took the medicine bottle, and took out the pills while still keeping his eyes on the map, "Where exactly will the Kansas line proposed by Li Qiwei be?"

In recent days, in the telegrams between Ridgway and Van Fleet, "Kansas Line" appeared several times, but Ridgway did not explain what the Kansas Line was, and Van Vleet did not ask.Obviously, the details of this line had already been discussed face to face when they handed over the position of commander-in-chief of the 8th Army.

The [-]th line is a line drawn casually according to the dimension at the end of World War II, and has nothing to do with the detailed terrain.Therefore, in most areas, the [-]th parallel does not seem like a natural administrative division boundary, nor does it seem like a battle line that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.After resuming the offensive in the second phase of the fourth campaign, Li Qiwei was thinking about where the United Nations should advance.

So far, foreign troops such as Britain and the United States in the United Nations Army have been killed + more than 5 people have been captured. Two division commanders and an army commander have been captured. Therefore, neither Ridgway nor Washington have mentioned the matter of re-attacking the Yalu River. Instead, focus on getting the war to stop at a decent line.

The so-called decent means that the United Nations Army has to save enough face.

The Kansas line is the face-saving dividing line drawn by Li Qiwei.In the area where the 5th parallel is not conducive to defense, Li Qiwei will look at what is on the north side of the map. If he can find a river or a mountain range, he will use this river/mountain as the stop line for the UN army to attack. Able to stop and defend with little cost.In the end, the Kansas line decided by Li Qiwei is a parallel line about 7 to 1950 kilometers north of the 6th parallel line, which is about the line of Kaesong, Huachuan, Yangkou, and Yuantongli.Advancing to the "Kansas Line" not only regained the lost ground, but also advanced a little. Compared with June [-], the United Nations Army also had some achievements.

"Chief of Staff Su, the origin of the Kansas line should probably be traced further back. In January 1951, Marshall and Bradley had two public conversations. At that time, they were trying to persuade the United Nations to propose peace talks to China. Of course, we did not agree in the end. Bradley The meaning of Deley's speech is relatively clear. He said that the warring parties should cease fire first, and sit down to conduct peaceful negotiations on the ownership near the 1th parallel. Then Bradley said that in view of the deep hostility between South Korea and North Korea at the moment, it is recommended In the end, the actual line of control between the two sides was divided by the Imjin River or similar rivers. The message conveyed by Bradley and Marshall will also be an important reference for Ridgway’s actions. After all, Ridgway was the two who went to North Korea and carried him to North Korea Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Army."

Su Yu: "So, the Kansas Line should be a line that is easy to defend or separates the enemy and us."

Tang Hua: "For example, the ridge of a mountain range, the centerline of a river. But one thing is for sure, when the [-]th parallel is not suitable for defense, and there is a demarcation line that is easy to defend on the south and north sides of the [-]th parallel, Li Qiwei will definitely choose The line north of the [-]th parallel is to be the Kansas line."

Su Yu: "Of course, the United Nations Army can't suffer losses in terms of field interests. If they suffer losses, where will they save their face?"

Tang Hua: "Chief of Staff Su, you have the medicine in your hand and haven't taken it yet."

Suyu: ...

Now Tang Hua believed in the joke about Su Yu and his wife shopping in Shanghai. The only obsession in General Su's life was fighting. He could think about a problem for days and nights without changing his mind.

"There is another question. Where are the large transfer stations usually located on the US military's logistics supply line?"

"It is generally 40 kilometers, and there must be a relatively large transfer station, which is the material distribution center. However, when there are multiple routes, in order to simplify the process of logistics material distribution and reduce misdelivery, it will be separated at the branch of the division-level unit. Set up a transfer station. The supplies will go through the fork in the road. After passing the intersection for about two kilometers, a station will be set up here. The supplies collected are exclusively for the use of the division. In North Korea, their specific location, I think it should be here on the west front, Yizheng One in the northwest and one in the northeast. However, if the front of the United Nations continues to advance, the transfer stations of the 24th and 25th divisions of the United States may move forward, and the most likely locations are north of Changjuli and northwest of Changjuli. But most likely Accurate intelligence should be obtained by the frontline reconnaissance unit."

Su Yu still looked at the map blankly, not knowing what was going on in her heart.

"Chief of Staff Su, I'll go first, bye."

Tang Hua can't spend a whole day here now, the baby is about to be born, and Zhou Xuan is already in the hospital.

After Tang Hua left, Suyu began to exchange telegrams with Zhisi.

While Suyu was thinking about occupation, Zhisi was also thinking about his next move.Ye Ting and Xie Fang made many deduction for the next stage of the battle, and reported the situation and ideas to Beijing in each deduction. While revising the deduction parameters, Su Yu also put forward his own views.

On April 4, Shiji and Beijing finally reached an agreement on the next phase of the combat plan.

"The troops should arrive at the front line on April 4, and then carry out concealment, intentional display and maneuver in a planned way, and arrive at the starting position of the attack on April 25."

After more than a dozen rounds of discussion and exchange of views, the calculation stage of the fifth battle has finally settled.

In the middle of the night, Ye Ting sent the last telegram to Beijing as follows:

"The battle plan is completely feasible, but I require 300 tanks to participate in the battle. If there are not 300, 150 will do. In short, just three words: tanks!"

Chapter 135, I have to cross the [-]th parallel

"Now the State Department and the Ministry of National Defense are pushing each other, and no one is willing to clearly point out where the United Nations Army should fight. So, now I come to Seoul to discuss with you, and we will determine the end point of the Eighth Army's advance."

At the Eighth Army Headquarters in Seoul, Li Qiwei flew from Tokyo on a special trip to hold secret talks with Van Fleet on the next stage of operations.

On April 4, when Ridgway handed over the 14th Army to Van Fleet, the United Nations Army had continued to attack North Korea for more than a month.In the 8 days since Van Fleet took over as commander-in-chief, the U.S. military is still in an offensive posture.Although the United Nations Army's offensive was not very smooth. During the advance, as long as the terrain was conducive to defense, the Chinese army must establish a defense line to prevent the United Nations Army from advancing rapidly, but the Volunteer Army failed to intersperse and divide the U.S. military.Whenever advancing to a place where the terrain is not too good, the US military will stop in the afternoon, first bombard the blocking positions set up by the volunteers with artillery fire, and then retreat 10 to 10 kilometers at dusk to avoid the Chinese army fighting back at night.The range of the Chinese army’s tactical counterattack at night, which is mainly on foot, is generally 15 kilometers, and the maximum is no more than 15 kilometers. Ridgway asked the troops to retreat 20 kilometers at dusk. If the Chinese army wants to fight back, it will spend most of the night marching on foot. In fact, no matter how soon the attack can be launched at dawn, it will be dawn soon after the battle starts, and the heavy artillery and air strikes of the US military will disperse the Chinese army.

In the past month or so, the 8th Army has advanced the battle line from the south of the [-]th parallel to the vicinity of the [-]th parallel, and regained Incheon, Seoul, and Uibu. This victory allowed MacArthur to pack up and leave, and Li Qiwei was promoted, but Li Qiwei himself also understood that in the In this series of offensives, none of the Volunteer Army units suffered annihilating blows, and the war was far from over.But fortunately, for more than a month, not a single unit of the United Nations Army has suffered an annihilating blow.

After the Hengcheng-Toping-ri-Wonju continuous counterattacks, the Chinese army seemed to have lost the momentum of the initiative to attack and began to retreat and defend for a long distance.Li Qiwei also found the answer to this phenomenon.In many battles, front-line U.S. officers and soldiers discovered that the Volunteers were using a large number of captured U.S. light weapons, and even stuffed captured U.S. 81mm mortar shells into their own 82mm mortar tubes to fire. ——The shells can really be fired, but the accuracy of the mortar, which is not high in the first place, has become even worse.

"Mr. Commander-in-Chief, the Eighth Army is now fully capable of continuing offensive operations." Van Fleet said, "Since April 8, we have successively arranged for frontline soldiers and officers to return to Japan for a five-day vacation. Up to now, it has been 4 days. % of the officers and soldiers have enjoyed the holidays. The ammunition of the frontline troops is fast, but the transport capacity of the logistics troops can make up for the consumption. Most of the combat casualties are not large, and the reduced troops can be quickly replenished from the training camp in Busan."

Li Qiwei nodded. "My plan is still the same as two weeks ago. We must cross the [-]th parallel. The United Nations forces advance to the Kansas line, occupy various key points of the battle terrain, and then enter the defense or continue the next attack as appropriate."

Van Fleet: "There is no great difficulty in advancing to the Kansas line. In fact, Mr. Commander-in-Chief, I think that the Eighth Army is expected to advance to the Wyoming line."

Van Vleet drew another long arc north of the Kansas line.

The Wyoming Line was a more aggressive envisioned front than the Kansas Line.This line is not much different from the Kansas line near the west coast of the Korean peninsula, but it rises sharply in the middle, 15 kilometers north of the Kansas line, and even 20 kilometers in some areas.

The main idea of ​​the Wyoming line is to win the "Iron Triangle" zone of Cheorwon-Pyeongkang-Gimhwa.

This iron triangle is stuck in the middle of the Korean peninsula, neither east nor west, neither difficult nor north.This means that starting from it, both fronts, east and west, can be taken care of at the same time.The mountains here are dense and easy to defend, and more importantly, there are tall coniferous forests, which can hide a large number of troops or logistical supplies.Li Qiwei also discovered in the past three months that the logistics supplies of the Volunteer Army depart from Pyongyang, hide and hide, and eventually enter the Iron Triangle, and then it is difficult to find.The materials collected here start from the Iron Triangle area and are sent to the front-line combat troops of the Volunteer Army. The distance is very short.

By taking down the Iron Triangle, the Volunteer Army lost an area with extremely favorable terrain, as well as a logistics transfer center.From the Iron Triangle to the north, for a long distance in the west of the peninsula, there are no good areas that are easy to defend or hide for large forces.This means that as long as the UN forces take this area, the Volunteers on the Western Front will have to retreat all the way outside Pyongyang and start fighting with the UN forces to defend Pyongyang.

Of course, Li Qiwei had heard Van Fleet talk about the Wyoming Line before, and he also knew that this line was drawn more radically than the Kansas Line.

In Van Fleet's residence, Li Qiwei looked at the map of the Korean Peninsula on the table for a long time, and finally raised his head and said to Van Fleet: "I think we need to call the staff to hold a combat meeting."

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"Mr. President, if the United States intends to continue to expand this conflict, you'd better go it alone."

In the Oval Office of the White House, Hill Franks, the British ambassador to the United States, spoke seriously to Truman.

"If the United States insists on falling into a protracted war in Asia with China and North Korea as opponents, it will inevitably weaken the US military in Europe, which will threaten the security of Western Europe and even the United Kingdom. Once the Soviet Union provokes a new war in Europe war, then your country's interests in Europe will be in jeopardy."

Franks spoke at length without a pause, conveying to Truman what Attlee wanted to express.

"Mr. Ambassador, the outbreak of the Korean War is an open challenge by the Soviet Union to the free world." Truman's words still had a strong official tone, and some places even quoted the words of MacArthur, who had just been dismissed by him, "Only by going all out to repel the red camp An offensive in Asia can ensure the security of Europe. If they are allowed to win in North Korea, the power of the red camp will increase, and the prestige of the Soviet Union will also increase accordingly, and its pressure on Europe will be even greater."

"With all due respect, it is impossible for the current South Korea to be wiped out by North Korea." Franks replied immediately, "You have already approached the 1950th parallel, almost stopping the control line of both sides at the wonderful position in June 6." Above all, what should be done at this time is to extend an olive branch to China and North Korea, rather than continue to increase offensive efforts to cross the [-]th parallel."

Truman: "The resolutions of the United Nations do not prohibit United Nations troops from crossing the [-]th parallel."

Franks: "However, neither South Korea nor the United Nations need to expand its territory north of the [-]th parallel."

"I personally agree with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. We all believe that we need to find a new way to solve the North Korean problem. But that is after the United Nations forces have completed the planned combat missions."

Franks spread his hands, expressing helplessness, "Although your country dismissed MacArthur and let him go home, MacArthur's ideas have been stubbornly existing in the minds of many of you."

Many years later, Franks, who was too old to walk, visited China. When talking with the Prime Minister, he proudly talked about his debate with Truman in the Oval Office, expressing that he had always hoped that China and the United States would soon be able to reunite. End the war and move towards peace in Korea.The Prime Minister politely expressed his appreciation, and Tang Hua laughed and said that Franks just wanted the US military to return to Europe as soon as possible. Does Franks feel the same about the war that China and North Korea are going through? God knows.

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