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South Korea, Yangju.

After an hour of inexplicable fighting between the US Cavalry Division and the Turkish Brigade, all retreated to the starting point.

Before the battle started at noon that day, the 60st U.S. Cavalry Division got exact information that the Chinese army had tanks, at least 34 T-85-[-].

However, even if there are 120 T-34s, they are not the opponents of the three "Pershing" battalions of the US Cavalry Division [-] on the plain battlefield.

The 34mm gun of the T-85 can only be said to be sufficient in World War II. In fact, it is very weak when facing the "King Tiger". The front of the "Pershing" is not something that the T-34-85 can impress.

To be precise, the penetration depth of the 40-fire armor-piercing projectile is a little higher than that of the 85mm gun, but the aftereffect is poor.

At 12:40 noon, the artillery regiment of the 105st U.S. Cavalry Division and the [-]mm howitzer battalion of the Turkish Brigade opened fire.According to Van Fleet's order, the bombardment time was doubled, and the bombardment lasted for a full hour.

After the bombardment ended, the three "Pershing" battalions formed an inverted triangle formation, with two battalions abreast and one battalion adjourned, attacking the devastated positions of the Volunteers.

About 1000 meters away from the Volunteer Army, a dozen shells suddenly flew from the front line opposite, jingling the front armor of the tank rushing forward.

In fact, it's not just clanging, the commander of the first battalion found that there were already two shot tanks there.The tracks and induction wheel of one were blown up, the front armor of one was pierced somehow, and the driver was killed.

What made the battalion commander even more incredible was that he did not observe any moving tanks on the opposite side.Before the battalion commander took a closer look, more than a dozen shells flew from the opposite side, all of which greeted "Pershing" in the face.

When the third round of artillery shells slammed into the tank of the First US Cavalry Division, the battalion commander finally saw a low and inconspicuous square box in the distance from the observation mirror, and he was backing up calmly.When the square box reversed and turned again, preparing to change the firing position, the long barrel at the front of the box was completely presented in the eyes of the battalion commander.

"Self-propelled anti-tank guns! Back off! Back off!" The battalion commander reminded loudly on the radio channel, and then switched the communication to let the howitzer regiment continue to suppress fire.

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On the defensive position of the Volunteers, the first regiment of the First Tank Division self-propelled the anti-tank artillery battalion to see the US tanks backing up one after another, and the anti-tank artillery vehicles also moved out of the blocking position and retreated to a safe place.

The SU-100 self-propelled anti-tank gun may be the best anti-tank gun used by the Soviet Union in the late World War II.

The chassis of the car body is borrowed from the T-34, the turret is cancelled, and a 100mm cannon is installed.Because the gun is very heavy and the armor plate on the front face is also very heavy, the front and rear weights of the SU-100 are extremely unbalanced, and the first pair of road wheels is particularly easy to break.And because the barrel of the 100mm gun is long, the installation position is too far forward, and the body is low, when this thing drives in rough terrain, the barrel is easy to hoe into the mud...

But it doesn't matter so many shortcomings, it is equipped with a 100mm cannon!It's the same as the main gun of the T-54 tank!

The main gun of the T-34-85 basically has no effect on the front of the "Pershing". The SU-100...can't guarantee the gun penetration, but there is a certain probability of penetration.If the distance is set to 500 meters, the probability of breakdown can be increased a lot.

Knowing that it was the 34st U.S. Cavalry Division, and knowing that it must be all "Pershing", the 85st Tank Division simply let the T-58-60 stay on the second line and squat. The 100th Division and two SU-[-] Battalions are in charge.

在1000米的远距离用SU-100打黑枪，反正“潘兴”不是那么容易发现SU-100。要是美军敢冲近……58师的40毫米火箭筒已经从每连6具扩编到了每连9具，而且弹药充足。

However, before thinking about how to hit tanks at close range, prepare to dodge shells...

After half an hour of shelling, "Pershing" came again.

After fighting for 20 minutes, the US Cavalry Division [-] retreated again, and then never came again.

This time the U.S. military stopped the attack because when the "Pershing" approached 400 meters from the position, the Volunteer Army's bazooka immediately pulled out more than 40 white smoke to greet the U.S. tanks.

"The Chinese army not only has tanks, but also self-propelled anti-tank guns!" Gay, the commander of the 2st U.S. Cavalry Division, reported to Van Fleet angrily. The powerful anti-tank guns are wandering in the preset positions. Unless the air strikes and shelling can continue until most of the self-propelled anti-tank guns are destroyed, the [-]st Cavalry Division will not be engaged in such a severely unequal inferior battlefield. !"

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At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, after the U.S. troops retreated, the 58th and 60th Divisions continued to reinforce and deepen the trench positions, while the rest of the troops were counting the captured pilots.

After a day of crazy marching, the 9 infantry divisions of the 8th Corps, except for the 27th Division of the British 59th Brigade who blocked the British 7th Brigade near the Imjin River, all the other [-] arrived at the Dongducheon-Pocheon battlefield.

The Paocheon-Jangjuri area east of Dongducheon was rushed down by two tank battalions of the 2nd Regiment of the [-]st Tank Division with an infantry regiment attached, taking a U-shaped circuitous route.With the capture of Baochuan, the two retreats of the three divisions of the US military's western front were cut off.

As for the results of air defense operations...

"Report, the inventory of prisoners of war has basically been completed. A total of 71 skydiving pilots were captured on the battlefield. 8 from Imjin River and 63 from Dongducheon."

"So many?!" Song Shilun, commander of the 9th Corps, was also surprised.

"...Yes, we shot down 4 US B-29s in Dongducheon at noon, and we captured no less than 4 pilots from these 20 bombers."

"So how many planes were shot down?"

"The commander of the 62nd Artillery Division went to Kaesong to urge the logistics department to add missiles. It will take a while to come back, and he will report to you at that time."

Chapter 140, Is this the legendary anti-aircraft missile?

"The Intelligence Command has [-] employees and [-] volunteers in the Far East. It spends tens of millions of dollars every year to provide us with this kind of intelligence? Idiots, a bunch of idiots!"

Late at night on May 5 in Tokyo, Lieutenant General George Stratmeyer, commander of the US Far East Air Force, was furious in the conference room.

Ridgway, commander of the United Nations Army, didn't seem to notice the furious Stratmeyer, frowning alone.

Major General Earl Partridge, the commander of the Fifth Air Force, the main air force under the Far East Air Force Command, was also full of anger, staring at Charles Willoughby, the head of the US Far East Intelligence Command.

Of course, Charles Willoughby knew that the intelligence system was a big mess, but a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, and he must be cold, but he should lie down decently.

In the middle of the night on April 4, the Chinese army launched a counterattack across the board. On the morning of May 30, the confirmed information was that the Chinese army broke through the Linjin River on the left flank and built a pontoon bridge on the river.The Fifth Air Force immediately dispatched 5 reconnaissance planes and 1 attack planes from Busan to bomb the pontoon bridge, but the 2 planes never returned.The Far Eastern Air Force remembered that the Intelligence Command once said that "the Chinese army has equipped Soviet-style anti-aircraft artillery divisions", so it adjusted its tactics, mobilized the Japanese air force base, and assembled a large fleet of mixed formations to attack.

While the aircraft fleet was preparing, the 8th Army reported to the United Nations Command that the Chinese troops that broke through the Imjin River galloped all the way, and captured Dongducheon in the morning.

Then let's bomb Dongducheon instead... Anyway, the Air Force only has a record, and it bombs everywhere.Dongducheon seems to be a third-class (U.S. Army) division-level supply station. As long as the stored materials are confirmed to be under the control of the Chinese army, and the U.S. Air Force blows them up, it will destroy the enemy's logistics materials. Isn't this a good record?

On the morning of May 5, the Far East Air Force Command gathered more than 1 aircraft, and the troops were divided into five groups to attack:

45 aircraft (including 4 B-29 heavy bombers) bombed Dongducheon;

8 attack planes bombed the Linjin River ferry;

16 attack planes went to Lianchuan and Yunshanli, where the 24th, 25th, and 3rd divisions of Meibu were besieged by the Chinese army last night. We had to go to see if there were any Chinese troops who had not done air defense camouflage during the day;

Thirty planes patrolled the area from Chuncheon to Xiangyang on the eastern front to see if the Chinese or North Korean troops were exposed in that area.

Three hours later, many of the 30 planes on the eastern route returned.

A total of 69 planes were sent to three points on the western front, and 9 planes came back...

69架飞机损失60架，最严重的是攻击东豆川的45机大机群损失42架，只有3架飞机逃了回来。第五航空队司令帕特里奇差不多要原地爆炸了！

It was also thanks to the three planes that desperately used radio call signs on the way back that Partridge reacted and let the large fleet of 3 planes that had planned to fly to Dongducheon for the second wave of bombing quickly turn around.Among them, 40 planes were diverted to patrol the air on the eastern route, and 30 planes broke into Dongducheon from two directions to try to see what happened over Dongducheon.

The fate of these 10 planes was even more miserable. Thinking about it, Dongducheon has 8 sets of Hongqi-1 and 16 missile launch vehicles. It is very busy when facing a cluster attack of more than 40 planes. If only 10 planes come , Then there are still 6 launch vehicles idle.

At 12:35 noon, when the 8th Army asked "Has the plane completed the bombing? Can the ground bombardment start", Partridge gritted his teeth. He was embarrassed to say that all his planes were lost, but he had to remind the 8th Army , had no choice but to respond that "the air strike did not achieve the desired effect."

Li Qi coughed slightly, and stopped the siege of the Far East Intelligence Command by Stratmeyer and Partridge.

"Why do intelligence agencies know nothing about the number, equipment, and movements of the Chinese army?"

Charles Willoughby: "Before the battle, we noticed that the numbers of one or two anti-aircraft artillery divisions appeared in the troops dispatched by the Chinese army to the front. Today's battle confirmed that there were indeed two anti-aircraft artillery divisions. However, China The anti-aircraft artillery divisions of the army were equipped with mysterious new weapons in addition to anti-aircraft guns. They incorporated this new anti-aircraft weapon into the anti-aircraft artillery units."

Partridge: "Of course this weapon will be included in the anti-aircraft artillery unit! This is a remote-controlled anti-aircraft rocket, a new generation of anti-aircraft weapon that can replace anti-aircraft artillery..."