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Stratmeyer dictated the telegram, calling Hoyt Vandenberg back.

"Anyone who thinks that North Korea's stalemate is justified completely ignores the innumerable advantages of air strikes, an incredibly powerful and superior tool, in destroying the enemy's war machine. Now, once again, the U.S. Air Force has an opportunity to demonstrate that In addition to tactical support, air strikes will also have greater power. The air force will not only resume close ground support, but will also independently conduct air blockades of communication lines and isolate enemy forces in the battle area, leading the Korean battlefield to a final honorable victory. ..."

"We estimate that in the area south of North Korea's Shariwon, there are a total of 60 divisions of Chinese or North Korean troops. Even an infantry division on foot needs at least 40 tons of supplies per day to maintain a limited battle, which means that China and North Korea 2400 tons of materials must be transported to the front line. The transportation of these materials is completed by trains and cars. Each Soviet truck has a load of 2 to 3 tons, and 800 to 1200 trucks are needed to transport supplies for one day; For the segmented transportation, 120 wagons need to be sent every day. In general, it may be difficult to directly hit the railway vehicles by air strikes, and the most effective way is to blow up railway bridges, roadbeds, and freight hubs."

"The Far East Air Force plans to use 90 days to completely destroy North Korea's railway and road systems, leaving the Chinese and North Korean troops on the front line in a serious shortage of supplies. U.S. ground forces were crushed. That was the plan of action agreed upon by the Air Force and Commander-in-Chief Ridgway."

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When Stratmeyer and the Air Force Staff had an overnight telegram exchange, Ridgway also sent an overnight telegram to Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

"The Air Force believes that a long-term bombing should be carried out to completely destroy the Chinese army's transportation system and front-line warehouses before allowing the United Nations to launch an offensive. My view is that high-intensity long-term air strikes must be carried out, but the actions of the ground forces should also follow suit. At the beginning, perhaps the actions of the first ten days can be called a feint attack. Its purpose is not to capture a strategic point of practical significance, but the offensive posture can force the Chinese army and the North Korean army to consume a large amount of their ammunition and fortifications. Materials and medicine, and even soldiers. This can greatly speed up the speed at which the front-line Chinese army is running out of supplies."

"Regarding this issue, I have just reached an agreement with General Strattermeyer. From October 10th, the Far East Air Force will support the attack of the ground forces in Gapyeong in the form of close support by tactical aircraft. And, launch immediately Offensive can give the U.S. Armed Forces a more proactive and positive image in Congress..."

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Fengcheng, Liaoning, a town of prisoners of war. October 1951, 10.

The pattern of the prisoner of war town is completely different from the prisoner of war camps in other parts of the world.The current prisoner-of-war town is a standard Northeast village. There are 4 prisoners of war. The living experience is better than that of a prison. Strolling, of course this needs to be under the control of the volunteer army administrators.Moreover, the prisoner-of-war town is also divided into four areas according to the military ranks of the prisoners of war.

These four areas are the "general's area" where the four generals were held, the third area where school officers and pilots were held, the second area where lieutenants were held, and the first area where soldiers were held.

When the prisoner-of-war camp was still in the state of four sub-battalions, the Volunteer Army believed that all prisoners of war were equal, and once detained all prisoners of war except generals, but soon discovered that the British, American, and Turkish armies had a strict hierarchy. In the POW camp, soldiers of the same nationality are always called in, and most of the soldiers are submissive when they see the school officer.This is not conducive to management.After the adjustment, the prisoners of war were divided into high and low military ranks.

In the third area where the pilots and school officers stayed, most of the prisoners of war are now pilots. It seems that there are not too many colonels, lieutenant colonels and majors captured by the Volunteer Army. Among them, Walker's son was separated into a separate hut for detention.In short, there were seventy or eighty pilots among the captives in this area, while there were only a dozen or so army officers.As the third district with the military rank second only to generals, the food supply for prisoners of war here is more abundant than in the second and first districts, but they still live in groups, with 6 to 10 people living in a room.

October 10 was another unforgettable day in the third district of the prisoner-of-war town.

This morning, the school officers and pilots got up, the volunteer army administrator counted, and had breakfast.After breakfast, the prisoners of war began to prepare labor tools and go out to work. Before winter came, they moved the town, built more houses or activity venues, and dug some sewers to improve the sanitation of the town of prisoners of war. condition.

When the new batch of prisoners lined up to enter the third area, the old pilots and new pilots who had already changed into the uniforms provided by the Volunteer Army were relatively silent.

Major George Andrew Davies was the leader of the newly imprisoned airman POW cohort.He was still wearing a pilot uniform, holding a washbasin and a large bag of personal items in his hands, with a calm expression, and entered the third area under the leadership of the volunteer prisoner of war administrator.

"Hey, Davis."

Among the old POWs were several acquaintances of Davis, who recognized the World War II ace and North Korean ace.

Davis joined the U.S. Air Force in World War II, participated in 266 combat flights and shot down 7 enemy planes.During the Korean War, Davis enlisted in the war and was incorporated into the Fifth Air Force. He was the major squadron leader of Fighter Squadron 334. On October 10, he flew an F-6 for the first time and was shot down.

"Hey, Freeman," Davis replied politely.

"Davis, did you get knocked down by one of those little Chinese rockets that circle around?"

"Of course. Or do you think the fighter planes piloted by the Chinese can shoot me down?"

Freeman laughed twice, "The little Chinese rockets allowed more than 50 of our brothers to come here in one day. In the next four months, we only had four rookies in the third district. What happened today, Papa General Trich gone mad?"

Next to Freeman, another cellmate counted heads. "36, 37, 38. Thirty-eight rookies in total. I don't see any new assignments in Ward 38, so gentlemen, it's going to be crowded tonight."

Chapter 188, new jammer, who will try it

Otto Weiland, the new commander of the U.S. Far East Air Force, walked into the headquarters. Every officer who saw him stopped their work and stood at attention to salute.

Wayland returned the salute.

Although he tried his best to cheer up, after spending more than ten hours on the roaring transport plane, it was difficult to hide the tired look on Weiland's face.Walking to his position, Weiland saw that the officers were still watching him, so he waved his hand and said, "There is nothing extra to tell you. Please perform your duties and return to your work posts."

At noon on October 10, Weiland's predecessor, Lieutenant General George Strutmeyer, slowly fell to the headquarters holding his chest.

After a panic, officers and soldiers of the command and military doctors administered first aid, and Strattmeyer was taken to the U.S. Air Force Hospital in Tokyo.His life was saved, but his heart was still not functioning well.Stratmeyer had been diagnosed with a heart attack a few years ago. The exhaustion of the night on October 10 and the huge stimulation on October 5 made the heart of the old lieutenant general unable to bear it anymore.

Strattermeyer fell ill, and the U.S. Air Force had to urgently send Verlander to the Far East.

At the end of 1950, Otto Weiland briefly served as the deputy commander of the Far East Air Force for a period of time, and then was transferred back to his homeland as the commander of the tactical air force, and was promoted to lieutenant general in this position.His history of serving in the Far East Air Force was the main reason why the Pentagon selected Verlander as his successor commander.

At the Air Force Hospital, Verlander met Stratmeyer, who was bedridden.

"General, the situation here is very different from a year ago," Weiland said.

Stratmeyer: "Not only was it compared to a year ago, but even six months ago, the skies over the Korean peninsula were not like this. ... It all started on May 1951, 5. "

The anti-aircraft missile crisis in May caused the Fifth Air Force to lose its ability to provide close support to the Army. The electronic warfare system and improved guided bombs in October were the Far East Air Force's attempt to return to its original state.

The conversation with Verlander made Stella Meyer's heart ache again. Now thinking back to the two successful sneak attacks ten days ago in the afternoon, Stella Meyer finally understood that it was not a technological breakthrough of the US Air Force, it was just a trap .

On the morning of October 10, nearly a hundred planes of the Fifth Air Force took off from seven or eight airports in Japan and South Korea, and each of the five fleets headed for their own combat airspace.

An hour later, the teams that arrived at the battlefield first discovered the situation.Two F-80 fighter-bombers lost contact after one of the pilots howled "MAYDAY! MAYDAY".

After 10 minutes, there were situations everywhere on the east front, west front, front, rear, everywhere.

When three pilots unequivocally called "Chinese missiles are flying towards me!", the commander of the Fifth Air Force Partridge decisively ordered the tactical aircraft to climb.

This trap caused the Far East Air Force to lose 61 aircraft. If Strameyer hadn’t ordered the subsequent cancellation of the second and third attack waves, and all aircraft immediately returned or returned to high altitudes, the loss of the US Air Force on the Korean Peninsula may have been even greater. high.

At 10:30 in the morning, 12 B-29s of the Far East Air Force arrived in Pyongyang.Under the interference of ground artillery fire, the B-29 pilots were not afraid of the artillery fire. At an altitude of 6000 meters, 8 bombers flew to the Pyongyang Railway Freight Station to drop bombs, and 4 bombers attacked the Daedong River Railway Bridge in Pyongyang.

All of the first four bombs dropped on the railway freight station were uncontrollable.The second batch is still uncontrollable. Only one guided bomb was thrown at the aiming point of the Norton sight. After free falling, it landed 200 meters away from the freight station. The landing points of the remaining 7 bombs Distributed within the range of 220-800 meters from the central point.The same happened to the 4 B-29s that bombed the Datong River Railway Bridge. All in all, it seems that the 12 B-29s dropped free-fall bombs today...

This was the last thrill Stramayer took before he collapsed.

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"On October 10, China's air defense missiles used a new frequency band. After several days of revisions, the Okinawa and Daejeon bases have adjusted the technical status of electronic warfare equipment." At the headquarters, the Far East Air Force staff handed over a technical report.

The U.S. military's radio detection system discovered on the same day that the working system of China's air defense missiles had changed. On October 10, seven testing stations from the west to the east gathered information and confirmed that the frequency bands used by Chinese air defense missiles were 7 instead of 7.When a frequency band is blocked, the bomb-car communication is automatically transferred to the next frequency band.

Weyland pored over the technical reports from the General Staff and Ordnance.

The first type of jammer was technically analyzed and developed in the United States and then shipped to Tokyo and Okinawa. The second type (or V1.1 version) was much faster, because the U.S. Air Force Ordnance Bureau moved the electronic warfare equipment laboratory to the Tokyo, pull the U.S. Air Force's repair shop, and adjust the electronic warfare system at any time. On October 10, it was determined that the Chinese air defense missile had a new frequency band, and on October 7 the adjustment of the jammer was completed.

On October 10, the adjustment of the radio transceiver of the guided bomb command system was completed.

The guided bomb command system is indirectly inspired by Chinese air defense missiles. Since the Chinese can use new frequency bands to bypass the active jammers of the US military, the U.S. Air Force can also use new frequency bands on the guided bomb system to bypass the Chinese military's jammer.

It is now October 10th. When Weiland saw the report, the new jammers and new guided bombs were already in place. The guided bombs completed the transformation of 15 bombers and 12 bombs. The new jammers were installed on 24 high-altitude reconnaissance planes / on the bomber.But whether to put these new equipment into use on the battlefield immediately requires the approval of the Supreme Commander of the Far East Air Force.Stella Meyer is hanging water in the hospital, and only when Weiland arrives in Tokyo to perform his duties can he decide whether to use it or not.

After reading the report, Weiland still frowned. After thinking for a few minutes, he asked, "If a new jammer is to be used on the battlefield, who should test it?"

The jammer was flying at high altitude, and two small planes broke in at low altitude to see if China's air defense missiles would be jammed.If it is disturbed, the small plane will have done a good job, and it can drop two bombs before going back.If it is not disturbed, the small plane will be finished, and will be handcuffed back by the vicious Chinese and North Koreans, locked in a water prison, whipped with a whip, burned with candles, and then fed to the mice (this is what the U.S. military’s propaganda says).

Staff officer: "As long as it is confirmed that the new jammer will be used on the battlefield, the General Staff will designate an F-84 squadron of the Fifth Air Force to send an aircraft to cooperate with the jamming system."

Weyland: "Of course we can issue such a military order. ... But as far as I know, the morale of the Fifth Air Force took a huge hit on October 10. This is another morale drop after the disaster in May."

The staff officer didn't reply for a while, but just nodded slightly, expressing his approval for Weiland.