After occupying Daegu, Pei Chengyi asked the front-line combat troops to temporarily stop attacking...

The reason is that the speed of material transportation cannot keep up with the needs of combat. Before launching the next scale of attack, sufficient combat materials must be stored. The 54th Army failed to participate in the combat operation to attack Daegu because the combat materials transported to Pohang were about to run out and more troops could not be allowed to participate in the offensive operation.

In just an hour, three armies and eight independent brigades used up about 700,000 tons of combat supplies in the battle!

Although about 10,000 tons of combat materials still arrived in the war zone, they were stored in the area north of Rongzhou and could not be transported to the combat troops in time.

The front-line combat troops have suffered poor logistics support one after another, which has attracted the attention of the Ministry of National Defense.

To be precise, it attracted the high attention of Wang Yuanqing and Gu Weimin.

From the first battle, logistics was the biggest bottleneck in the army's combat. Although every time a battle plan was formulated, it focused on material consumption, and even prepared more 15% to 25% of combat supplies, every battle was in short supply, and the front-line troops had to stop. After the Korean National Defense Force went south to participate in the war, Zong Yingren was freed from busy affairs. According to the instructions of Wang Yuanqing and Gu Weimin, Zong Yingren set up an investigation team in the Ministry of National Defense to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the material consumption of combat troops.

Preliminary investigation is not simply a matter of summarizing the material consumption of each unit and discovering problems.

The most consuming materials are not the armored forces and low-altitude assault troops that serve on the ground attack, but the independent artillery brigade.

As of February 7, in the three and a half battles, the ammunition consumed by soldiers accounted for 55% of the total materials consumed by the front line troops, and ammunition materials accounted for 65% of all materials. Because electric equipment is widely popularized, the proportion of oil is less than 0%, and other materials is only 25%. Among all the materials consumed, the spoils seized by combat troops on the front line did not include the three battles. According to the data provided by each unit, the materials used for consumption after seizure accounted for more than 20% of the amount of supplies, mostly oil and military food. From this, it can be concluded that the gap in logistics support is between 20% and 50%.

It is not a serious problem. Without supplies, the army cannot fight.

: As the investigation into in-depth issues gradually surfaced.

The main reason for the serious material consumption exceeding the standard is that the artillery does not strictly operate in accordance with regulations in combat. Especially when frontline troops make a request for fire support, artillery often "extra" provides 50% to 1c0% ground artillery strike force, sometimes even increases the density of ground artillery strikes by more than 200%.

For example, when suppressing artillery fire on an infantry battalion in a scattered defense, according to the Code of Operations of the Republic of China, the duration of artillery fire strike is 5 minutes, and the density of artillery fire is 1c (that is, the interval between the bullet points when aiming is 1c0). It consumes 150 to 200 shells. One artillery company has 12 large-caliber howitzers perform 1 to 2 minutes to complete the fire strike mission. In actual combat, the artillery troops often dispatch 2 artillery companies to conduct short-range shooting for 3 minutes, consume more than 300 shells. Sometimes, it takes 150 to 200 artillery fire to perform short-range shooting for 2 to 3 minutes to consume 600 shells.

It’s okay to fight like this in a battle. But it’s a big problem to fight like this in the whole battle.

When formulating a battle plan, staff at all levels will determine the amount of material replenishment in accordance with the army-local combat code rather than the actual combat situation of the troops. Generally speaking, staff at the battlefield plan do not have enough time to understand the actual consumption of front-line troops.

Because it is not possible to determine whether weakening the fire strike density will affect the offensive operations of front-line troops, after Zong Yingren submitted the investigation report, Wang Yuanqing did not immediately start to deal with this issue, but only asked Pei Chengyi to inform the front-line combat troops that, when conditions are ripe, try to abide by the army's combat rules.

Xiang Yinghui did another thing at this time, asking the officers of the General Staff to revise the "Army Tactical Operations and Fire Support Operational Code". This combat code was formulated in the 1980s. Although it was revised several times during this period, the fire support standards were gradually increased, and large-scale additions and deletions were made after the Laos and Vietnam Wars, and the fire support standards were once again raised, the Peninsula War has proved that the combat standards five years ago could no longer adapt to the new war environment, and the requirements for fire support by combat troops were greatly increased.

After the Peninsula War, the staff team that revised the Army's combat code was retained and evolved into the "General Staff Tactical Firepower Standards Development Office", which belongs to the General Staff Operations Office. The main task of the office is to revise the combat code for new tactics that appear in war and exercises, and report new firepower standards to the General Staff Chief every year or if necessary, so that staff at all levels can adjust the logistics support efforts in a timely manner.

As the saying goes, "There are policies from above and countermeasures from below." Before the government takes action, the General Staff took the lead in making adjustments.

New standards are still being formulated, and war must continue to be fought.

In order to get the front-line troops to launch an attack as soon as possible, Pei Chengyi tried every means to speed up the delivery of materials.

In addition to HNA's transport aircraft; a transport helicopter from the China Airlines transports supplies to the front line day and night; thousands of heavy-load trucks travel back and forth on the 1,500-kilometer-long traffic line, delivering combat supplies to the front-line combat troops day and night; each combat unit specially draws combat units to participate in the loading and unloading of materials, trying to reduce pressure for the transportation troops and improve the efficiency of material transportation; thousands of engineers guard the railway line, providing support and support for passing trains 24 to hours.

On February 8, the daily transportation volume reached an astonishing 390,000 tons, and the materials sent to the front-line troops reached 240,000 tons.

The Republic Army is racing against time. According to the plan formulated by Pei Chengyi, if the fourth battle is to end on February 15, the offensive must resume on February 1c.

Stop attack does not mean that the Korean army stops resisting.

The reconnaissance results show that the South Korean army is expanding the defense circle between Ulsan and Busan and strengthening its defense intensity.

The longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it is to advance.

We must try to distract the South Korean army, at least we cannot allow the South Korean army to build defensive positions as we wish.

On the evening of the 8th, Pei Cheng called the General Staff, demanding that the North Korean Defense Force, which had arrived in Cheongju, immediately head south and launch an attack on the 5th Army of the South Korean Army. In order to give the North Korean army the courage to launch an attack, Pei Chengyi also stated that before the attack on the eastern battlefield began, the Air Force and HNA would fully support the Korean army's battle.

Xiang Yinghui immediately launched an action and asked North Korea to send liaison officers to the front command to form a joint command.

Although the Korean Defense Forces sent a liaison team led by General to join the Republic's front-line command, no one can bear the Republic's brigade general Pei Chengyi as the supreme commander.

On the afternoon of the 9th, the 211th Infantry Division of the North Korean Defense Forces took the lead in moving south from Cheongju.

According to the Republic's "explanation" of the Peninsula War, from this day on, the Peninsula War officially evolved into the Korean civil war. The Republican team entered North Korea at the invitation of the North Korean government and participated in the anti-insurgency war, becoming a "visitor army".

Pei Chengyi was not very concerned about the battle in the direction of Datian, nor did he expect the Korean Defense Force to capture Datian in a powerful way.

The Korean Defense Forces launched an offensive with only one purpose: forcing the South Korean army to send more troops to Daejeon and use more materials on the western battlefield rather than consolidating the defensive positions between Ulsan and Busan.

Although Liu Zongchun had fled to Ulsan, Daejeon was still the accompaniment of the pseudo-Korean regime.

It has to be admitted that the officers and soldiers of the North Korean Defense Forces are not lacking in courage.

By the evening of the 9th, 1c Korean infantry divisions had already entered the battle and fought with nearly 20 Korean infantry divisions on the 120-kilometer front. The Korean army, which was fully supported by the Republic Air Force and HNA, occupied the upper peak and advanced southward at an average speed of 5 meters per hour.

Due to the serious lack of armor, the North Korean army's attack was mainly "straight push" and could not conduct large-scale assaults.

By the night of the 9th, the Korean army advanced the front line to the suburbs of Daejeon.

The battle soon entered a stalemate. Without the support of armored forces, the North Korean army could only use infantry to attack the South Korean army's defensive positions and engage in "hand-to-hand combat" with the South Korean army.

It can be imagined that without air support, the North Korean army would suffer very heavy casualties.

In the early morning of the 1C, Pei Chengyi approved the request of the 611th Army and the 27th Army to send artillery troops to the war. Two long-range artillery brigades went to Fujiangli and Shanli (both north of Datian, about 20 kilometers away from Datian) to provide artillery fire support to the Korean army.

If Pei Chengyi had not strictly prohibited the armored troops from participating in the war, the 611th Army and the 27th Army would have likely launched an attack instead of the Korean army.

In any case, Pei Chengyi achieved his goal. Daejeon's battle successfully attracted the attention of the South Korean army, forcing the 7th Army deployed in the province to mobilize northward rather than eastward.

On the night of the 0th, the 38th Army, 54th Army, 77th Army, 5 air brigades and 3 independent artillery brigades entered the offensive position.

At first, Pei Chengyi only planned to attack Ulsan and Busan one by one.

After occupying Daegu, Busan was exposed in front of the 38th Army. Therefore, Pei Seung-yi adjusted his combat plan and decided to focus on attacking Ulsan when the 54th Army, 77th Army and 3 air brigades, the 38th Army and 2 air brigades went south from Daegu to attack Miyang, Sanlangjin and Changwon, west of Busan, and completed the battle encirclement operation against the 0th Army of the South Korean Army.

Pei Chengyi had to do this because he only had 5 days left.

If you attack one by one, it will take at least 1 time to completely occupy the southeastern part of the peninsula. The 38th Army advanced southward, which can shorten the battle time to within 5 days, and can complete the battle operations to capture Ulsan and Busan within 5 days, achieving the most important victory.

After full preparations, the 54th Army and the 77th Army took the lead in launching an attack on Ulsan.

According to general predictions from the outside world, the South Korean army in Ulsan will last for up to 24 to hrs.

Pei Chengyi had a different view. Because Liu Zongchun was still in Ulsan, the South Korean army could hold on for at least 48 to hours, and perhaps until the afternoon of the 13th.
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