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More importantly, the consumption of anti-aircraft missiles is also surprisingly high. On May 5, Kaesong's inventory was tight, and Anton had rushed forward to replenish missiles.Therefore, the logistics line must be guaranteed, but it must not happen that the front-line anti-aircraft missile regiment shoots out the missiles and stares blankly.

On May 5, the 1th regiment entered North Korea.All the way from north to south, two sets are left on the Qingchuan River, two sets are left on the north of Pyongyang, and two sets are left on the south of Pyongyang...

Of course, 6 groups cannot cover all the road sections from the Qingchuan River to the front line.The maximum range of Hongqi-1 is 8500 meters, and the inescapable range is about 6 kilometers, which is a circle with such a large radius.But the air defense circle formed by the anti-aircraft missiles was enough for the car team to avoid.When the radar station detects an incoming enemy plane and issues an alarm, the cars that are about to leave the air defense circle should not go out; the cars outside the air defense circle should hurry up and hide in the air defense circle before the enemy plane flies overhead.Then the U.S. tactical aircraft can only vent their anger on the roads that are not protected by the air defense circle. This has to be careful that the Hongqi-1 missile launcher moves its position to pit the American aircraft.

On May 5, Shiji and Beijing again re-judged and revised the progress of the five campaigns. In the early morning of May 2, Ye Ting actually had two choices. One was to let the tank troops attack the 5st U.S. Cavalry Division southward at night, or the other was to move to Baochuan and forcefully insert into the position of the 2rd U.S. Cavalry Division upwards to cut off the U.S. forces on the Kansas Line. retreat.But reporting to Sichuan is very risky. An American infantry regiment stops in front of the two artillery battalions, and the American troops retreating one after another may come to help at any time from the marching state to the fighting state. There will be a T-3-34 or SU-85 captured, and the secret of the night vision device will be discovered in advance.

In the end, Su Yu and Ye Ting came to a unified opinion, attacked the US Cavalry Division [-] at night, and drove it out of Yangzhou.

到5月2日傍晚，第五次战役开打48小时后，进抵堪萨斯线的美军崩塌了。美步24师被26、12、60军围困在涟川，美步25、3师撤退到加平，与春川的美步40、45师连为一体。美步7师带着3个韩国师在更东边的地方与朝鲜人民军的2个军团对线。

19兵团的63、64、65军对美步40、45师保持着压力。志愿军给19兵团配备了炮63师第609高炮团再加三个独立高射炮团，一共4个高射炮团，然而5月1日全天的战绩是击落1架飞机，5月2日全天战绩击落1架击伤3架……

The 15th Army of the Volunteer Army chased the 25th and 3rd divisions of the US Army all the way to the mountains northwest of Gapyeong, and stared at each other with the US military up and down the mountains.

The 27th Army was north of Uigungbu, and the 20th Army was northeast of Uuijeong. The 1st Army Corps of the Korean People's Army, which hurriedly crossed the river from Kaesong, crossed the Imjin River and arrived at the west of the 27th Army.

According to the intercepted and deciphered U.S. military telegrams, the U.S. military may gradually withdraw from Uijeongbu and Seoul on May 5-3, retreat to the south bank of the Han River to confront the volunteers across the river, and reorganize the troops.

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李奇微：“陆战一师5月8日完成动员和集结，5月9日可运抵釜山。步兵第2师5月12日抵达釜山。我们不能等这么长时间，在接下来的一周必须着手反攻，至少使中国军队不能集中大部分力量投入到围攻步兵24师的攻坚战中。”

“第8集团军可以短时间内重新发动进攻，”范佛里特给东京回电，“在以当前所掌握的兵力的前提下，但需做如下调整：一、韩国第9师、第11师立即向美步25、3师靠拢；二、从美步40师和45师抽调4个炮兵营，再从韩国部队中抽调6个炮兵营供进攻使用。”

(In memory of martyrs Chang Baokun, Cheng Shutang, Wang Ligao, and Liao Henglu of the first condolence group to North Korea who died on the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea)

Chapter 144, The U.S. Army's Counterattack on the Spot

"During the daytime on May 5nd and 2rd, the enemy violently bombed our troop assembly and hiding places with a large number of planes....According to observation and statistics, the US military's planes patrolling the sky from Chuncheon to Hwacheon from 3:8 a.m. to 5:20 p.m. It didn't stop at 2 o'clock, and the number of enemy planes left empty throughout the day remained at more than 64. This has seriously affected the daytime mobility and deployment adjustment of our corps. On the afternoon of the 2nd, the military headquarters of the 5th Army was bombed by 3 US planes, and 65 vehicles were destroyed. On the morning of the 194rd, the headquarters of the 26th Division of the 70th Army was bombed by enemy planes, killing 5 people and injuring 1 people... On the morning of May [-]st, our Corps interspersed with the enemy in Huachuan, and the enemy also retreated from Huachuan to Chuncheon. It can form a division and encirclement of large enemy groups. Now it is more difficult to encircle the enemy of Chuncheon, and it takes a long time to adjust and maneuver..."

Yang Dezhi, the commander of the 19th Corps, had to report to Zhisi depressedly that there was a problem with his attack. The 19th Corps is the second rotation unit, a new Corps that has just entered North Korea to fight.In the previous training in Northeast China, the instructors emphasized that the air strikes by U.S. planes were particularly fierce, but I didn’t expect the U.S. planes to be so violent!Every day from morning to night, the buzzing in my head never stopped.

It is not their fault that the 19th Corps is now in a big pot. During the daytime on May 5, surface-to-air missiles on the western front made the U.S. 1th Air Force vomit blood on the spot, but on this day the U.S. military also discovered that the Chinese army’s particularly powerful small missiles were all concentrated on the western front, the eastern front, and behind the front. Does not seem to be equipped with anti-aircraft missiles.Therefore, starting from May 5, the tactical aircraft of the 5th Air Force and even the entire Far East Air Force were all pressed on top of the 2th Corps on the Eastern Front and the 5nd and 19th Corps of the Korean People's Army.

It almost means that the density of air strikes on the Eastern Front has tripled.

"The incoming call has been received. The air strikes against our clusters on the eastern front have greatly increased. This is a change in the development of the battle and needs to be treated objectively. Zhisi is now making adjustments to the combat mission of your corps: from interspersing and dividing the US 40th and 45th divisions to dividing These two divisions are contained in the area of ​​Chuncheon, and they are not allowed to be used in other battlefields. When the combat environment changes, the frontline troops of your corps should change their combat methods in a timely manner, and be prepared for the alternate attack and defense between day and night, and use active and covert night counterattacks to fight. Firmly grasp the initiative of campaigns and battles, so that the enemy always moves according to the rhythm of our army. Ye."

After sending the notice to the 19th Corps, Ye Ting went straight into the secret room of the 50th Center, "Send a report to the Central Committee. Is there a fourth anti-aircraft missile regiment now? When will it be available? When can I enter North Korea to fight?"

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On May 5, although the 3th Air Force avoided the western front, it suffered another big loss in the rear transportation line.

U.S. military planes are now entering the rear of the Volunteers from the eastern front of the Korean Peninsula, patrolling over the highway, swooping down to drop bombs or strafing ground trucks.However, on this day, just like on May 5, the formations of 1 and 2 aircraft sent to the rear for bombing began to disappear inexplicably. Say it and disappear.

From the morning to 5:3 pm on May 3, after losing 23 aircraft, the Far East Air Force terminated the combat mission of sending aircraft to the rear of the Volunteer Army.Lieutenant General Strattermeyer, who was stationed in Tokyo, was depressed and irritable. The planes sent to bomb the volunteers' rear on May 5 and 1 did not encounter this situation, which illustrates a terrible fact: the Chinese army Anti-aircraft missiles are gradually increasing.How many days can the Far East Air Force continue to bomb at will over the Eastern Front?If the entire North Korean ground is covered with anti-aircraft missiles, is the Far East Air Force still necessary?

Thinking of this, Stratmeyer slammed the pen at the map on the wall.

"Lieutenant General, the Air Transport Wing has made new discoveries."

"Lieutenant General!"

The staff officer repeated it at the door of the office, and Stratmeyer turned around.

"What did you find?"

Strattermeyer hurried into the headquarters, following the staff officer.

After a chaotic battle and the 24th Meibu Division was surrounded by the Chinese army, Li Qiwei quickly found Stratmeyer and asked the Far East Air Force to organize a large number of transport planes immediately and began to drop supplies to the 24th Meibu Division.

Stratmeyer wanted to quarrel with Ridgway at that time. The Chinese anti-aircraft missiles can allow a large fleet of 45 aircraft to enter and 3 aircraft to exit, and let me use a transport plane to die?When the transport plane is cheap or the pilot on the transport plane is cheap.

Li Qiwei strongly stated that it must be airdropped.If you don’t airdrop the 24th division of Meibu, it can last up to three days. If there are short supplies, maybe the 24th division of Meibu can last for seven or eight days.If the plane cannot fly in during the day, it will be airdropped at night, and the 24th Division of Meibu will use bonfires or radio guidance on the ground to guide the positioning.

If Stratmeyer agrees immediately, it will be cheaper for the 62nd Antiaircraft Artillery Division. The Hongqi-1 is guided by radar tracking and radio commands, and has nothing to do with visual observation. Thunderstorms may interfere with the missile system, but the simple It is not affected at night.

Strutmeyer was full of doubts, and agreed to Ridgway temporarily, but said that he would do battlefield reconnaissance and actual transport aircraft inspections.

5月2日深夜，2架C-47从东京起飞，绕着从江原道向涟川被围的美步24师飞过去。

The two transport planes quickly approached Lianchuan... On this clear night, the Hongqi-1 air defense missile did not intend to let them go.

The navigator of aircraft No. 47 soon saw two flames on the ground flying towards him.After two explosions, the plane's left flat tail disappeared, and the C-[-] pilot barely controlled the plane with the vertical tail and flaps, and then two more rounds were sent to him on the ground.

The No. 3000 aircraft witnessed the whole process of the No. 3500 aircraft being volleyed and disintegrated by two rounds of missile attacks.When the first round of missiles attacked aircraft No. [-], the pilot suddenly let the aircraft pull up, pull up, pull up.When the No. [-] aircraft exploded, the No. [-] aircraft has been lifted from the height of [-] meters to [-] meters, and the anxious pilots are still pulling up the aircraft.A few minutes later, the No. [-] machine discovered a surprising phenomenon: an anti-aircraft missile was launched on the ground, and the missile was flying towards him. The missile flew, and its speed began to slow down. Finally, it seemed to begin to fall, and then exploded in the air. up.

The No. [-] aircraft that escaped from the dead brought a very encouraging news to the Far East Air Force: the maximum shooting height of China's air defense missiles is limited!

As a verification, at noon on May 5, the Far East Air Force once again dispatched a C-3, which entered the western front of the battlefield at an altitude of 47 meters after taking off from Tokyo.After a full circle around the Western Front, not a single anti-aircraft missile on the ground fired at the C-6000.

"So, what is the maximum firing height of Chinese missiles?" Stratmeyer asked.

Staff officer: "In the early morning of May 5, when the No. 2 aircraft of the Rabbit Squad was flying at 5200 meters, it escaped the attack of Chinese missiles. On the afternoon of May 5, the C-3 flew at 47 meters throughout the entire process, and was not encountered by anti-aircraft missiles at all. Obviously, the Chinese air defense missile force knew that the maximum range of its missiles was not enough to shoot down the plane, so it did not fire."

"Then the aircraft that airdrops supplies should fly at an altitude of 6000 meters." Stratmeyer said.

"If the whole journey enters and exits the theater at an altitude of 6000 meters, then the cargo capacity of the C-47 will be reduced by 40%."

Stratmeyer: "It doesn't matter, let's fly a few more times."

Staff officer: "For airdrops at an altitude of 6000 meters, the material boxes must use parachutes that drop high and open low. Even so, the error of airdrops is still very large."

Stratmeyer: "This is not a problem. Even if some supplies fall outside the position of the 24th Infantry Division, it is still worth it. The last thing we lack is supplies."

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Ridgway: "General Strattmeyer, this means that the B-29 is still an effective and safe Air Force weapon. Now, plan the B-29 bombing plan."

It is all the fault of the Fifth Air Force for allowing four B-4s to join the fleet on the morning of May 29 to carry out medium- and low-altitude bombing, which made the United Nations Army mistakenly think that Chinese missiles could shoot down any aircraft.The secret discovered by the transport aircraft wing not only made Stratmeyer discover a glimmer of hope, but Ridgway also grasped the straw.Tactical aircraft were prevented from being outside the theater by the interception network built by anti-aircraft missiles, but the B-5 bomber was still able to move. This giant that can drop bombs at a height of up to 1 meters still works!

Struttermeyer: "That's true, General. But you must know that bombers dropping bombs horizontally at altitudes above 6000 meters cannot engage tactical targets."

Li Qiwei: "Give me a list of targets that can be effectively bombed."

Stratmeyer: "In view of the current battle situation on the front line, the most suitable bombing targets for the Far East Air Force are Dongducheon and Baocheon. The pontoon crossing of the Imjin River is a fixed target, but the area is relatively small, and one wave of bombing It may not be guaranteed to be destroyed, even if the pontoon bridge is destroyed, the Chinese will be able to repair it soon. Moreover, the Chinese have now opened up the communication line from the land in the north, and their trucks can now drive directly south from Cheorwon to Baochuan. … The other bombing targets are probably the downtown area of ​​Pyongyang and the Chingchon River Bridge."

Li Qiwei: "Is it impossible to provide substantial support to the 24th Infantry Division or the Van Fleet Group that is conducting counterattack operations?"

Stratmeyer: "I'm afraid it's very difficult. As you know, in the eyes of the army, the Chinese army, which is all over the mountains and plains, is still just a small group of ants distributed on a certain slope of a certain mountain when viewed from an altitude of 6000 meters. And There is also a serious question, that is, where should the reticles of the bombers be aimed at these identical mountains?"

The Van Fleet cluster mentioned by Li Qiwei is the 25th and 3rd Meibu Divisions and the 9th and 11th Divisions of the South Korean Army that have already been engaged in counterattacks against the Volunteers.

日据时期为朝鲜修筑的公路网是朝鲜战争时期双方部队机动的重要干线，美军的指挥效率也让范佛里特很快调集到了足够的反击炮兵。现在第8集团军将美国第1、第9、第10军全部囊括在内，甚至南朝鲜第1军团和第3军团，第8集团军司令也可以调动。

5月3日中午，距离美步25、3师逃出堪萨斯线刚过24小时，联合国军就在加平发动反击。