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When the last F-80C fighter/bomber struggled to fly two kilometers and crashed into the hillside on the east side of the Linjin River, the volunteer soldiers on both sides of the pontoon bridge burst into loud cheers.Everyone stood up from the ground and waved to the truck on the anti-aircraft missile field. Some soldiers who were overly excited even took off their hats and threw them into the sky.

"It's really amazing! Hitting a plane is like hitting a fly, snap, and it will fall!"

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It took a long time for the two armies of the 9th Corps to cross the Linjin River. Before the main force crossed the river, the First Tank Division took the combat troops of the 58th Division and drove eastward.

From Gaolangfuli, a small town by the Linjin River, to Dongducheon, there is a mountain that is neither high nor low. Fortunately, a mountain road connects Gaolangfuri and Dongduchuan.This is also the only direct access for motorized troops to Dongducheon.

"The vehicle column is constantly fighting. The turret of the single-numbered vehicle is turned to the left, and the turret of the double-numbered vehicle is turned to the right. Motorized infantry observe the surrounding hillsides. Whenever there are suspicious positions or suspicious armed personnel are active, open fire immediately. There is no need to save ammunition!"

Huang Haoxian, the commander of the First Tank Division (now also the commander of the Volunteer Armored Forces), has come to Gaolangfuli, holding a radio communicator, and giving orders to all tanks and motorized infantry.

在山间公路，以30多辆T-34-85坦克打头，中间是搭载58师172团全体战士的60多辆卡车，纵队后尾又是十多辆T-34-85坦克。

The enemy has been informed that the Turkish brigade is starting from Uigung government and heading north along the highway.Whoever rushes to Dongducheon first will have the upper hand.

There were really no organized South Korean resistance forces on the hillsides on both sides, only a few remnants of the South 1st Division who fled after being defeated were found.After the burst of machine gun artillery, these remnant soldiers fled faster, and also let their escape route off the road.In just 15 minutes, the fast column rushed across the 8-kilometer mountain road and entered a relatively gentle area-the northern edge of the Han River Plain.

When the fast column launched an assault on the US logistics support company in Dongducheon, the Turkish First Brigade went north from Uijeongbu and passed Yangju Town.Brigadier General Tahsin Yazić, the commander of the Turkish brigade sitting in a jeep, heard the sound of heavy and continuous artillery fire from the north.

"What? The Chinese army has already appeared in Dongducheon?!"

Brigadier General Tahsin Yaziqi no longer had the vigor he had when he first came to North Korea. In the battle on the Qingchuan River, the Turkish brigade suffered more than half of the casualties. Yazić may now be earning extra money selling bread in a POW camp.Hearing the sound of gunfire in the direction of Dongducheon, Yaziqi hurriedly stopped the leading jeep convoy, picked up the microphone of the walkie-talkie, and called the "Sherman" tanks and half-track armored vehicles at the front of the march to the front , and prepare to launch a battle formation.

On the Korean battlefield, the Volunteers' second tank battle and the first daytime tank battle started.

Chapter 138, we have to pull back from the Kansas line

Could the Turkish brigade in the Korean War fight?This issue has been complicated in the 21st century, but in the 50s, the Volunteer Army's evaluation of the combat effectiveness of the Turkish brigade was still acceptable, and it was even ranked alongside the British brigade.

In the second battle, the Turkish brigade first fought an own battle with the South Korean army, and then lost the howitzer battalion in the first battle with the volunteers, and the Turkish howitzer battalion was deployed at the commanding heights of the entire area.The commanding heights were taken, and the defense zone of the Turkish brigade was broken at once, and the next thing to do was to run.But in the middle of the run, when the 8th Army ordered the Turkish brigade to defend in situ for 3 days, the Turks really defended for 3 days regardless of casualties.

The defensive ability of the Turkish brigade is recognized by the United Nations Army, but the offensive capabilities of this force are far inferior to defense.The spearhead weapon of the attack-tanks, the Turkish brigade should have equipped a battalion with about 40 vehicles, but now it can only pull out more than 20 vehicles, and they are all "Sherman" medium tanks.

Going north from Uijeongbu, passing Yangju, the Turkish brigade launched an offensive formation in the open area north of Yangju, and hit head-on with the [-]st Regiment of the [-]st Tank Division, which was defending mobile south of Dongducheon.

In the early morning battle of the Linjin River breakthrough, the 1st Tank Division took advantage of the night vision goggles to fight against the tank battalion of the [-]st South Korean Division. The whole regiment was very happy, but the regiment leader Both the acting teacher and the commander knew that this was not a head-to-head contest between tanks and tanks.

When the "Sherman" of the Turkish Brigade appeared within the effective range, more than a dozen T-1-34s of the 85st Tank Regiment on the front line opened fire almost simultaneously.The Turkish tanks panicked for a while, and when they found the position of the 1st tank regiment, they also turned around the turrets, stopped briefly, and then beat them with 76mm guns.

However, the number of tanks in the Turkish brigade is still incomparable with the 1st tank regiment. In addition, the T-34-85 does have an advantage over the "Sherman". The 85mm gun is not a joke against the 76mm gun. The 76 guns of the "Shell Pan" can penetrate the T-34-85 hull, but in actual combat, most of the shells hit the turret.Especially in May when the vegetation is lush, the tracks and turrets of tanks are often covered by bushes during field battles.When a tank gunner finds a tank in his field of vision, his first reaction will never be to aim at the body of the tank, but to shoot at the head—and then it is bounced off by the round turret of the T-5.

Half an hour later, the Turkish brigade left a dozen armored vehicles and the wreckage of seven or eight "Shermans" and returned to Yangzhou.

"As a result of preliminary trials, the Chinese army has poured in at least 60 tanks from the Linjin River." The Chief of Staff of the Eighth Army Headquarters reported to Van Fleet, "The tanks are all T-8. There is about one division of infantry following the advance. , but the number of Chinese infantry is increasing at any time, the Air Force reported that they failed to blow up the pontoon bridge on the Linjin River, and there are at least 34 Chinese divisions across the river crossing the river one by one."

The Turkish brigade used the loss of troops as a price to help the US military roughly ascertain the situation of the Chinese army in Dongducheon.

时间是5月1日上午11：10，中国军队第一次在战场上投入坦克和摩托化部队，这让李奇微以前为第8集团军制定的战术打法一下变得过时。

Van Fleet looked at his watch. The pace of today's battle was too fast, as fast as the Western Front at the end of 1944.

"After the 20st Cavalry Division joins the Turks, wait in Yangzhou and adjust the deployment," Van Fleet said to the chief of staff. Twenty minutes later, 5 aircraft from the 45th Air Force would bomb Dongducheon, and there was a second wave at 12:20 noon. "The first cavalry division's attack starts at 12:30. In the first wave of attack, I want to see as many tanks as possible from the first cavalry division."

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On the pontoon bridge of the Linjin River, a few engineering soldiers carried coils of wires on their shoulders and quickly ran through the rolling traffic of people and vehicles on the pontoon bridge, while also laying telephone wires on the edge of the pontoon bridge.Running down the pontoon bridge, the engineers kept going all the way, and continued to lay a line of more than 200 meters long, and finally met the next group composed of engineers and signal soldiers.With a click, the telephone line clamp was connected, and the wiring engineers had time to wipe off their sweat.

"Hello? Hello? The 9th Corps?"

"It's the 9th Corps! I'm Song Shilun!"

Hearing the clear voice on the phone, Acting Commander Ye TIGN also smiled with relief.

Linjinjiang-Dongduchuan-Baochuan is interspersed in depth, and Su Yu and Ye Ting discussed the battle plan for 5 days before deciding on it.

In terms of risk, the risk of this interspersed scheme is still very high.

The first is the issue of air strikes operating during the day.Although a whole anti-aircraft artillery division was specially equipped for the 9th Corps, Ye Ting still repeatedly asked the troops to move fast. The distance is entangled, and the air strikes of US military planes dare not let go.

The second is that the battlefield situation has changed too drastically.The Linjin River-Dongducheon-Baochuan River is interspersed in depth, piercing the hinterland of the United Nations Army with a single knife, but this battlefield is actually not that wide. The Hanjiang Plain is neither Kursk nor Kharkov... When the 9th Corps is the vanguard When Dongducheon was captured, 30 kilometers north of Dongducheon was the 24th Division of Meibu; 35 kilometers to the northeast was the 25th Division of Meibu; 40 kilometers to the southeast was the resident of the 45st Division of Meibu; The headquarters of the 8th Army...

The distance between the enemy and the enemy is too short, the battle rhythm is too fast, the offensive and defensive transitions are fast, and the troop maneuvering time is short... In a word, this battle is too exciting.

Before thinking about the motorized column raiding the headquarters of the 8th Army, the 9th Corps had to beware of the [-]st U.S. Cavalry Division.If you don't pay attention, a regiment-level combat team of the US military may move directly from the station to Dongducheon to start fighting.After all, if you take the road, you can get there in about an hour.

In order to gain a firm foothold after being interspersed and not be scattered by the sudden counterattack of the mechanized column of the US military, the entire 9th Corps and even the Zhisi must have the fastest information acquisition and order distribution system, so as to cope with the ever-changing battlefield.

The rhythm of the infantry era is completely different from the mechanized warfare era.

Therefore, Zhisi made a decision that once the breakthrough in the early morning of May 5 was successfully completed, while the 1st Tank Division, the 1th Army, and the 20th Army interspersed to advance, the Corps Headquarters of the 27th Corps would also cross the Linjin River. A forward command post was established in the mountains.Zhisi established a wired telephone channel with the 9th Corps' forward command post. The 9th Corps' forward command post and Dongduchuan and Paocheon fought within 9 kilometers, and they could communicate with walkie-talkies when necessary.

This 96-kilometer telephone line is drawn from Zhisi in the rear, and it is first laid in Jiuhuali in a winding way. The 10-kilometer line from Jiuhuali to the east bank of Linjin River is the communication battalion and engineering battalion. Laying completed within 3 hours.

"The First US Cavalry Division has arrived in Yangzhou. According to the combat principles of the US military, they must carry out at least two waves of bombing before the ground attack. The frontline troops must first disperse and hide, and all the anti-aircraft artillery enter the combat position!"

"Our department has carried out scattered concealment and air defense preparations, and is currently seizing a favorable position, and the infantry has built temporary fortifications. So far, the first tank division has basically arrived in Dongducheon, all members of the 58th and 59th divisions have arrived, and part of the 32nd artillery division has arrived. Arrived in place. It will not be a problem to block the attack of the [-]st US Cavalry Division."

"Very good. After the battle starts, report to me at any time."

Ye Tign put down the phone.

The 9th Corps advanced smoothly, and the 3rd Corps' frontal tactical counterattack was basically smooth-although the US military has not yet collapsed head-on, the 19th Corps is over the mountains.

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"The 2022 and 2025 planes have lost contact, and the situation of the FU510 team is unknown. Obviously, the Chinese army in Linjinjiang has anti-aircraft guns. All planes should pay attention to evasion and dodge."

4 F-80C and 4 F-84 fighter jets flew over Seoul from medium and low altitudes and flew towards the Imjin River.

F-80C is basically used as a ground attack aircraft in the Korean battlefield. F-84 and F-86 are supposed to be fighter units, but how can there be enemy aircraft in the sky over North Korea?Therefore, most of the time, these aircraft are also used for ground attack. Only near the Qingchuan River north of Pyongyang, fighter jets are needed for air combat patrols.

"The BF2 team is in the front, we are in the back, let the bombers pave the way first."

On the east side of the Cheongcheon River, above Uijeongbu, a large group of U.S. Air Forces approached Dongducheon.

At an altitude of 4 meters, four B-29 heavy bombers flew slowly in a line, with dozens of various small planes behind them.

B-29的看家本事当然是6000米以上的高空轰炸。但在地面防空火力薄弱的时候，B-29也不介意在中低空进行精确度更高的投弹。甚至有些时候，B-29会狂妄地降低到800米左右的高度，用机上安装的十几挺12.7毫米机枪扫射公路。

Some war reporters even mentioned that when the U.S. Air Force was at its most arrogant, the B-29 would even shoot a pedestrian on a bicycle on the road.

When there were still 6 kilometers away from Dongducheon, the leader of the F-80 squadron was horrified to find that the four B-4s flying a kilometer or two in front of them were already on fire and falling down.

仙岩洞——东豆川南郊的一个不起眼的小村，高炮62师604团在这里部署了两套红旗-1。慢悠悠直线飞来的B-29特别好瞄准，当4枚红旗-1分别打向两架B-29时，这巨大轰炸机根本就没有规避的意思。

Then, I saw the left wing of one of the B-29s break off, turning and falling.Another B-29 ate a missile in its ass and smoked - but kept going?It's too strong!