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"Uh, actually, I've already decided on a name. It's called Tang Hancheng. I'll register the name on the same day after the volunteer army captures Seoul in two days." Finally Tang Hua said.

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South Korea, Ui government.

On the fourth day of the fifth battle, the Volunteers continued to fight the United Nations in four places.

The first was the siege of the Mipo 24th Division by Yeoncheon, the second was the Gapyeong-Hwaaksan blocking battle, the second was the Uijeongbu-Seoul offensive station, and the fourth was the Chuncheon offensive and defensive battle.

Although 3 corps and 9 armies were going to fight in four places, Ye Ting and Su Yu believed that it was necessary to attack in the direction of Uijeongbu-Seoul.

Drive the United Nations Army across the Han River, and the two sides face each other across the Han River, which can reduce the deployment of troops required to defend the southern line to a considerable extent, and then can deploy some troops from the southern line to stop Van Fleet's offensive, or speed up the encirclement and annihilation Meibu 24 division.This is also a normal operation to straighten the front line.

At noon on May 5, when Van Fleet was bombarding the Volunteer Army's position in front of Gapyeong at Ping Pong Pong, the 4nd Artillery Division used two artillery regiments to cover the 32th Division and a tank regiment, and attacked from Yangju to Uijin. Launch an attack west of the 59th Division, targeting Gaoyang.

The garrison of Uijeongbu is the 5th Cavalry Regiment of the 27st U.S. Cavalry Division, and the garrison of Goyang is the British [-]th Brigade. The defensive will of the United Nations in these two places is not particularly firm.

At 5:59 p.m., the 5th Division occupied Uijeongbu, and at 30:1, the 9st Corps of the People's Army occupied Goyang. The defenders in both places quickly retreated into Seoul.Shortly after Tang Hua officially announced his second-generation name at the Beijing War Information Center, the battle report was forwarded to Beijing by the [-]th Corps' Department of Records.

由于战场上空的形势发生了根本性的变化，9兵团20军把自己的4个师分成了白天作战和夜间作战两组。58、59、60军负责在白天作战、晚上睡大觉。89师在夜间作战白天睡觉。反正白天20军头上现在相当的安全。

On May 5th, the United Nations Army still had four batches and more than a dozen planes trying to rush to Yangzhou and Dongduchuan to bomb the volunteers.4 planes were shot down without any suspense. After being captured all over the mountain and capturing all 9 pilots who successfully parachuted, the 6th Army discovered the truth:

The 6 pilots captured were 3 Canadians, 1 Australian, and 2 South Africans.

Knowing that the sky over the Western Front has become a black hole and a trap, the U.S. Air Force is determined not to send tactical planes here to seek death. If they want to come, let the pilots of other countries of the United Nations Army come.But how do Americans do it?Could it be that they still keep the battle situation on the front line strictly secret from the outside world and from friendly forces?

This has nothing to do with the Volunteer Army. The 20th Army reported the situation to Zhisi, and Zhisi then communicated the matter.

Next, how to win Seoul is the key battle of the 20th Army.

From the night of May 5th to the early morning, the 4th Division was responsible for infiltrating and interspersing, and occupied Bukhansan, north of downtown Seoul.After occupying Bukhan Mountain, the 89mm rocket launcher of the General Artillery Regiment of the 20th Army pulled up the mountain, and firing rockets from here can cover most of the urban area of ​​Seoul.

5月5日白天，人民军第一军团、58、59、60师及炮兵32师从两个方向，对汉城发动全线进攻！

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When Zhisi planned the battle to conquer Seoul, the headquarters of the 8th Army had already moved to Suwon, more than 30 kilometers away from the south bank of the Han River.

This is really a familiar place name... A few months ago, when Walker was captured, Li Qiwei took over as the commander of the 8th Army. The first move he made was to move the headquarters of the 8th Army out of Seoul and withdraw to Suwon.Sure enough, a few days later, the volunteers in the third battle advanced all the way and easily captured Seoul.

The fifth battle, history seems to be repeating again?

It was not just the relocation of the Eighth Army headquarters that was repeated.

The Han River Bridge, this bridge was destroyed twice, and the United Nations Army sent labor and engineers to repair it twice. Now the Han River Bridge is covered with patches, but it is barely open to traffic.

It is allowed to open to traffic, but it is limited to military vehicles, and civilian vehicles are exempted.After occupying Seoul, the U.S. military used Seoul as a reserve node for logistical supplies on the western front, providing logistical support for three U.S. divisions and one South Korean division fighting on the western front.

Of course, there are also the First American Cavalry Division, the British 27th and 29th Brigade, and the Turkish Brigade. Since they are going to abandon Seoul, of course the logistics and auxiliary troops must be retreated across the river first.The first US Cavalry Division has 5000 members and more than 600 wheeled and tracked vehicles of various types, most of which are of course logistics vehicles, and they are all waiting in line to pass through the Han River.

A "Pershing" rumbled over the Han River Bridge. The 40-ton heavy tank was no joke. Under the track was a bridge that had been bombed twice and repaired twice. The U.S. military did not dare to be sloppy.When a "Pershing" is passing by, no other vehicles are allowed on the bridge, lest the Han River Bridge cannot bear the weight and break into two pieces.

The northern end of the Han River Bridge, just like four months ago, was bustling with Seoul citizens and civilian vehicles fleeing to the south.Compared with four months, the refugees who fled in May are more miserable.

Now the Han River is not frozen, and the river is flowing westward.

Four months ago, when refugees gritted their teeth, they could abandon their vehicles and belongings and flee southward empty-handed on the ice. How many refugees can swim across the Han River today?

"&%*&$!" At the north end of the bridge, the refugees were negotiating loudly with the UN Army.

"%&^%&%*&!" The soldiers of the Turkish [-]st Brigade responsible for bridgehead protection responded.

Neither side understands the other's language, it's like a chicken talking to a duck.

When the jeep of Gay, the commander of the First U.S. Cavalry Division, drove up the Han River Bridge and headed for the temporary headquarters on the south bank, the communication between the Turkish soldiers behind him and the South Korean refugees finally came to an end. After rounds of neat shooting, the M3 submachine gun in the officer's hand also fired "chug-chug".

Guy pretended not to see all this, closed his eyes, patted the driver on the back, and signaled him to speed up.

Chapter 146, The Soviet Hammer

When the United Nations army withdrew from Seoul, a non-combat force did not retreat, but persisted until the last moment with the 5th and 8th regiments of the [-]st US Cavalry Division who stayed in Seoul.

An electronic reconnaissance unit of the Communication Battalion of the 8st U.S. Cavalry Division was stationed in Seoul under the order of the 4th Army Headquarters. The 8 radio detection vehicles were located very close to the front, and they were parked at the vehicle of the [-]th Regiment of the [-]st U.S. Cavalry Division, which was the most northern part of the defense line. in the array.

The United States is actually one of the first countries to carry out electronic countermeasure operations. The 1940 air battle between Britain, Germany and Britain was the first large-scale electronic warfare in the history of human warfare. Since 1941, the U.S. military has worked hard in Europe and the Pacific in accordance with the ideas pioneered by the British. By 1945, U.S. bombers had TDY radar jammers. In fact, large warships of cruisers and above are also equipped with jammers, but these jammers developed six or seven years ago and the spectrum of the Hongqi-1 missile system are not on the right track.

On May 5, the U.S. military found some foreign pilots who did not know the truth and broke into the sky over the volunteers on the western front to "send their lives". At that time, the electronic reconnaissance team was in Seoul, and radio detection vehicles collected a large number of electromagnetic signals from the volunteers. During the daytime on May 4, the U.S. Air Force still fooled 5 planes driven by Thai pilots to fly over Uijeong-Yangju to tease the volunteers' anti-aircraft missiles.

On May 5th, when four Thai pilots were shot down by Hongqi-5 surface-to-air missiles, in addition to the electronic reconnaissance unit on the ground receiving electromagnetic signals, there was a modified B-1 at an altitude of more than 7000 meters above their heads, equipped with BC- 29, APR-348, APR-4, TV-5B, APA-57... In short, a whole series of receivers not only collect radio signals, but also analyze energy pulses.

There is intrigue in the sky, but the 9th Corps, 20th Army and the First Army of the People's Army on the ground don't care so much.The U.S. air strikes were almost negligible. After an hour of artillery preparation, the Volunteer Army and the People's Army attacked from two directions and launched the third Battle of Seoul.

The 5st US Cavalry Division in Seoul has only two regiments, the 8th and 20th, one facing the 5th Army, and the other facing the offensive front of the Korean People's Army on the west side.This is obviously not for long-term persistence, but to fight and retreat to gain time to retreat.Moreover, in order to make it easier to retreat through the three field pontoon bridges, the 8st U.S. Cavalry Division has withdrawn all the "Pershing" heavy tanks to the south bank of the Han River first, and split a "Sherman" battalion into two halves to support them separately. [-]th and [-]th regiments.

At the last moment, the United Nations Army let go of the citizens in Seoul who insisted on fleeing south. Starting from the morning of May 5, the city broadcasted an announcement that the withdrawal of the U.S. military’s supplies had been completed and that the Han River Bridge could be used for civilian evacuation.In fact, after the second battle of Seoul, the citizens of Seoul found that the military discipline of the Volunteer Army was very good, and the military discipline of the Korean People’s Army was also very good with the volunteers watching from the side, so this time there was no such a high proportion of people who wanted to flee.

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Gaping direction.

5月3日夜，15军后撤2公里。5月4日夜，15军再后撤2.3公里。43、44师暂时向后运动休整，由45师挡在范佛里特集群前。

Now the Van Fleet cluster is gathered in the Daming Valley, about 12 kilometers away from Gapyeong, which is the total advancing distance of Van Fleet in the last two days. The 45th Division guards the 343 and 323 highlands in the south of Huayue Mountain.

5月3日的战斗，南朝鲜第9师丢进去一整个团。5月4日，南朝鲜11师的一个团全体跪在了44师的阵地前。因为44师比29师多了24小时构筑和加固阵地，因此5月3日志愿军伤亡数字有1500，5月4日的伤亡就只有900多人。但由于临时构筑的工事被炮击毁损太严重，44师还是后撤进行轮换，让45师的修得更结实的阵地来挡。

On May 5, the two South Korean divisions were temporarily unavailable. For the sake of fairness, Van Fleet asked the Thai regiment to take over.

On the mountain flats of the Daming Valley, more than 300 heavy artillery from the Van Fleet Group have been deployed, but they will not fire for the time being, waiting for air strikes.The 16 B-29 heavy bombers flying from Okinawa first used compass and then radio positioning, and flew roughly to the theater.At an altitude of 6000 meters, the navigator repeatedly checked the map and confirmed his position.Looking down from the observation window, the navigator could barely make out two huge arrows laid out by the US military on the ground with white cloth.

It can be regarded as getting a position.According to the agreement with the Army before take-off, the place pointed by these two huge arrows at a distance of 2000 meters is the target of the main bombing.The navigator coordinated with the bombardier, and then led all 16 B-29 formations to cover and drop bombs on the area marked by the arrow.

The 15th Division of the 45th Army was ready to withstand the bombardment of the United Nations Army after dawn. The personnel in the positions either hid in the anti-battery holes or in the trenches on the reverse slope. Only a small number of watchmen were left in the trenches. The B-29s flew over to drop bombs on the 45th Division's field fortifications. Although it was a little unexpected to the 45th Division, it was not completely unprepared.

However, the bombing of 16 B-29 double-stacked diamond formations still shocked the 45th Division, which entered North Korea for the first time.Affected by the wind direction, the covering bombs actually deviated slightly from the predetermined area. About 1/2 of the bombs fell in the field, but the half of the bombs that fell into the 45th Division still made the soldiers feel that the whole mountain was beating. .Two 45-pound bombs were also dropped near the headquarters of the 2th Division located on the reverse slope. Although they were not direct hits, the aerial bombs were far more sour than a 155mm artillery shell of about 45 pounds. Cui Jiangong, the commander of the [-]th Division, just spit out the mud in his mouth, and before he had time to scold the American plane, the artillery group of the United Nations Army opened fire.

The shelling lasted for an entire hour, and 300 heavy artillery pieces fired a total of 45 rounds... At the end of the shelling, the position of the [-]th Division was like the surface of the moon, and there were ring-shaped craters blown out by shells everywhere.The observer tried to poke his head out to observe the ant-like United Nations soldiers gathered at the foot of the mountain and prepared to climb the mountain.

"In front of Height 323, there are about 600 to 700 enemy troops at a distance of 1000 meters."

"In front of Height 343, there are about 600 enemy troops at a distance of 900 meters. The military uniforms on the enemy troops... are neither the U.S. Army nor the South Korean Army."

"It's the Thai regiment of the United Nations Army." Cui Jiangong, the commander of the 45th Division, has obtained information about the enemy's face-to-face enemy from the headquarters of the 3rd Corps. "

After World War II, Thailand took the initiative to join the United States as a younger brother, and also sent a regiment to participate in the Korean War.This regiment is the 1st Regiment of the 21st Brigade of the Royal Thai Army, with a total strength of just over a thousand.This regiment...is indeed the elite of the Thai Army, with American equipment and American training, and the regiment leader is a prince and a major general.The King of Thailand initially planned to send only a reduced regiment to North Korea—a "regiment" with only one infantry battalion, plus some transport companies, artillery companies, tank companies, and so on.After Li Qiwei became the commander of the 8th Army, he forced the King of Thailand to increase his troops. The King of Thailand reluctantly sent another battalion, and the number of the entire Thai regiment increased from 1100 to 1700. In comparison, it still belongs to the "small group".

Behind the 45th Division there are two artillery regiments of the Volunteer Army, one is the Artillery Regiment of the 15th Army, and the other is the 32th Regiment of the 95nd Artillery Division who came to support. Under the guidance of the front-line post, the Soviet-style 95mm howitzers of the 122th regiment fired a round of three rapid fires at the Thai battalion in front of the 323 highland, and the Thai battalion at the 343 highland was covered by the rocket battalion of the 15th Army Artillery Regiment.Instead of panicking, the Thai regiment that had suffered a round of shelling spread out at a faster speed. After the formation was sparse enough, they climbed up screaming.