Changjin Lake: From Xinxingli to Seoul

Chapter 299 Li Yunlong launches the general offensive across the river! Van Fleet goes all in! Chinese Air Force launches mass bombing!

South of Hengcheng, the US 1st Cavalry Division was in ambush position.
"Sir, we've been waiting for quite a while, and the Chinese Steel Seventh Brigade still hasn't arrived. Could it be that General Ridgway and his men misjudged the escape route of the Chinese Steel Seventh Brigade?"

The chief of staff of the 1st Cavalry Division looked into the distance through his binoculars and asked in a low voice with some hesitation.

"Fuck! Don't say things like that!"

"General Ridgway promoted me from commander of the 23rd Regiment to commander of the 1st Cavalry Division. He was absolutely brilliant!"

"Even if the judgment was wrong, it must have been Van Fleet's misleading statement; he himself couldn't have been wrong!"

"Wait another twenty minutes. If the China Steel Seventh Brigade hasn't arrived by then, send a telegram to report the situation to the headquarters!"

Division Commander Freeman frowned and looked into the distance before giving the order.

"Yes, sir!"

Upon hearing this, the chief of staff of the 1st Cavalry Division quickly agreed.

"Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz——————"

However, at that moment, the roar of fighter jet engines suddenly came from afar.

The sound was initially distant and indistinct, like a muffled rumble from underground.

But in just a few breaths, it intensified at an alarming rate, suddenly becoming much louder than the low background noise!
"My God... what was that sound?"

At the edge of the position, a young American soldier hiding behind a tank subconsciously looked up, his face instantly draining of color.

"Airplanes! Are they our own reinforcements?"

Nearby, an American machine gunner, lying prone in a foxhole, clung to a sliver of hope.

However, when their gaze pierced through the clouds and caught sight of the rapidly approaching group of Chinese fighter jets, the pupils of all the American soldiers shrank instantly!

The overwhelming Chinese fighter jets were swooping down on their 1st Cavalry Division's ambush position with overwhelming force!

"Fuck!!!"

“Enemy attack—!!!”

In an instant, shrill whistles and incoherent screams erupted simultaneously from multiple corners of the US 1st Cavalry Division's position!
In the azure sky
Wang Wei gripped the control stick of the Wanli-1 fighter jet tightly, his knuckles turning slightly white.

The cold flight visor clung to his face, and his gaze behind the goggles was fixed on the valley below, a mix of green and earthy yellow.

"Attention everyone! This is Wang Wei!"

Based on Comrade Wu Wanli's estimated search area, the target has been found!
The area has been confirmed, coordinates XXXX!

The two aircraft spread out in formation and dived in waves of attack!

Teams One and Two are responsible for the left flank armored group!
The third and fourth squads cover the right flank infantry fortifications and artillery positions!

Comrade Peter, you led the aid-to-Korea detachment and worked with me to penetrate the enemy's core command area head-on!

We must not allow their anti-aircraft artillery positions to organize!
For the Motherland! For the Air Force! Attack begins!

After shouting into the radio channel, Wang Wei suddenly pushed the control lever forward!

Om-!
The Wanli-1 fighter jet's wings vibrated violently, and its nose suddenly plunged downwards. The powerful overload instantly slammed Wang Wei hard into the ejection seat!

The ground below magnified dramatically outside the cockpit windshield, with mountains, rivers, and forests stretching and deforming instantly!
The feeling of weightlessness during a high-speed fall, mixed with the shrill scream of tearing through the air, seemed to ignite the blood!
Ground targets—those tiny tanks, cars, and ant-like figures—approached at a terrifying speed!
Slightly below and to the left of Wang Wei, the Aid Korea No. 1 fighter jet, painted with a conspicuous red five-pointed star, entered its dive angle almost simultaneously with him.

"Comrade, it's time for us to fight side by side again!"

The aid-to-Korea detachment, follow me!
Let those American capitalist lackeys taste our iron fist! Hurrah!!!

Peter's loud, gruff voice came through the radio, tinged with a hint of fighting excitement.

At this moment, the No. 1 Aid-to-Korea fighter jet was like a blue lightning bolt that precisely struck the position, swooping down at high speed!

Downward
Major General Freeman's feigned composure crumbled instantly amidst the sight of the planes obscuring the sky and the deafening screeching of their dive, leaving only disbelief, horror, and rage!
"Fuck!"

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

Where did they get so many fighter jets?!

More than two hundred?!
Those shit-eating idiots in the intelligence department!
They were completely unaware that the main force of the Chinese Air Force had been mobilized?!

And... how could they possibly know we were lying in ambush here?!

At least we have a rough coordinate range!

Damn it! Who betrayed us?!

Division Commander Freeman clenched his fists and almost roared out the words.

"General! Chinese fighter jets are about to bomb us!"
"Hide! Quick!"

The chief of staff of the 1st Cavalry Division instinctively tried to tackle Freeman, but was shoved away by the enraged division commander.

"Anti-aircraft guns!! Anti-aircraft machine guns!"

"Open fire! Shoot them down!!"

Freeman roared, his voice hoarse and distorted with extreme anger and fear.

However, it was too late!
Just before the first wave of diving fighters reached their optimal bombing altitude, a sudden burst of fire erupted beneath their wings!

“Da da da da da—!”

“Bang bang bang bang bang—!”

The deep, ferocious roar of the Chinese fighter jets' cannons tore through the sky!

The dense line of fire, like the scourge of God, lashed precisely at the American anti-aircraft machine guns and 40mm anti-aircraft artillery positions on the front lines that were attempting to fire!
Countless spent cartridge cases rained down from beneath the wings, and steel fragments mixed with human remains and a cloud of blood exploded violently!

"Cannon—! Ah!"

An American soldier who had just grabbed the grip of an anti-aircraft machine gun had only managed to shout half a word before his entire upper body, along with the machine gun he was controlling, was swept in half by a thick line of machine gun fire!

Hot metal fragments embedded themselves in the chest of another loader next to him, preventing him from even screaming as he collapsed into a pool of blood.

A hit anti-aircraft gun position turned into a burning fireball in the dazzling secondary explosion, rolling and engulfing several American soldiers!
In the brief lull of this deadly suppression fire, true destruction descended!
"call out--------"

"boom--!"

“BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!”

Hundreds and thousands of heavy aerial bombs detached from the fuselage pylons and crashed onto the American positions with a piercing shriek!
The first to be hit was that well-camouflaged tank assembly area on the left flank!
At least four 500-kilogram heavy bombs landed almost simultaneously between three Sherman tanks in a platoon!

In an instant, it felt as if the entire earth had been slammed down by an invisible giant fist!

Wherever it passed, the steel Sherman tanks were instantly blown away by the enormous force!
The heavy turret was torn from its base, rolled and crashed into the nearby woods, flattening the half-track vehicle!
A U.S. tank crew member was thrown out of the hatch before the shockwave of the explosion arrived, and tumbled and disintegrated in the air like a kite with a broken string.

A mushroom cloud, a mixture of black smoke and orange flames, rose from the epicenter of the explosion, completely engulfing the area.

Tank track parts, metal debris, and human remains tumbled and fell in the flames...

On the right wing hillside

The foxholes and heavy machine gun positions carefully dug by the U.S. military were subjected to "special attention" by napalm bombs.

A barrage of steel ball bombs rained down from the sky, covering a large area.

Each bomb exploded at low altitude, instantly scattering hundreds of deadly steel balls!
"Puff puff puff puff..."

In an instant, countless dull thuds of blunt objects piercing flesh echoed through the trenches!

Unable to find effective cover, American infantrymen fell in droves, many of them instantly covered with dense, gushing holes!

The subsequent napalm bombs created a true inferno!
The viscous, burning gel was spilled onto forests, bushes, people, and weapons, burning fiercely like a malignant tumor, generating temperatures of thousands of degrees!

The flames flowed, leaped, and clung to the ground as if they were living things!
The agonizing screams rose and fell, and a dozen or so fire-men ran and rolled wildly on the battlefield, eventually turning into charred lumps of coal.

Meanwhile, the aircraft formation personally led by Wang Wei and Peter precisely targeted the perimeter of Freeman's command post!
The Wanli-1 fighter jet leveled off at near-maximum altitude, and two dark bombs under its belly detached lightly from their racks, plummeting at high speed along a near-vertical trajectory!
"Boom——!!!"

The violent explosion occurred less than 300 meters from Freeman and Johnson!
That's the location of an anti-aircraft machine gun position belonging to the guard company!

Smoke, dirt, tree debris, and shattered weapon parts shot into the sky, forming a terrifying wall of death!

The violent blast wave swept across the temporary bunker of the division command post with a crackling sound, making the sandbags thud and the canvas roof was instantly blown off!
A U.S. communications soldier standing guard at the entrance of the command post had half his head sliced ​​off by a flying anti-aircraft gun fragment, and he fell to the ground without uttering a sound.

"General! Watch out!"

The chief of staff of the 1st Cavalry Division finally managed to tackle the distraught Freeman to the ground and pin him down with his own body as much as possible.

Before long, pebbles and dirt rained down on their backs like hail.

Peter's No. 1 fighter jet chose a heavy truck convoy assembly point next to the command post as its target, where a large number of fuel drums and ammunition were piled up!
Peter piloted the fighter jet at a near-ground-hugging angle, and the cannon fire under the wings swept from an ammunition pile all the way to the fuel tanks!
Instantly, the secondary explosion began!

First, huge fireballs erupted from the ammunition piles, followed by a series of deafening explosions!

Immediately afterwards, a large number of oil tanks were ignited, and the chain reaction triggered a massive secondary explosion!
The burning oil flowed everywhere like lava from hell, igniting everything!
The towering flames turned half the sky blood red, and the entire core position was engulfed in a raging sea of ​​fire!

The heatwave scorched the skin of every survivor, and the air was filled with a pungent stench of burnt flesh, burning gasoline, and gunpowder smoke!
"Useless! A bunch of useless trash!!"

Where is our air force?!
The sky belongs to America!!!

Major General Freeman scrambled to his feet, his uniform stained with mud and blood, his hair disheveled, and a bloody gash on his face from shrapnel.

"Send a telegram! Send a telegram immediately!!!"

"Top priority! Send an order to General Ridgway's headquarters!"

"Tell them! Immediately! Right now! Dispatch the largest possible fighter and bomber formations for aerial interception and long-range countermeasures!"

There were at least 230 enemy sorties!

We suffered extremely heavy losses!

Repeat! Immediate air support!!!

Freeman roared, his eyes bloodshot, as he looked at the Chinese fighter jets wreaking havoc in the sky.

"Yes, sir!"

Upon hearing this, the chief of staff of the 1st Cavalry Division quickly agreed.

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Soon, inside the UN Command headquarters

"General! Chief of Staff! Urgent military intelligence!"
I have just received an urgent report from Freeman, commander of the 1st Cavalry Division!

Their ambush positions, pre-arranged south of Hengcheng, were suddenly attacked by a large-scale Chinese air force formation!

A U.S. military staff officer rushed in with a telegram to report this.

In an instant, the operations room fell into an extremely oppressive silence, and all eyes immediately focused on it.

"Detailed report!"

Chief of Staff Van Fleet stepped forward and asked in a low, stern voice.

"The bombing happened five minutes ago!"

The Chinese Air Force deployed more than 200 fighter jets to carry out precision saturation bombing of the 1st Cavalry Division's positions!
General Freeman reported that the 1st Cavalry Division had suffered heavy losses!
The left-wing armored group suffered losses exceeding 25%!

The right-wing infantry positions and supporting artillery positions suffered losses exceeding 30 percent!

The president suffered extremely heavy casualties, with initial estimates suggesting that over a thousand combat personnel were lost!
The anti-aircraft artillery positions were destroyed and suppressed immediately, rendering them unable to organize effective air defense!

General Freeman emphasized that the Chinese Air Force's all-out deployment was clearly targeted and ruthless!

He firmly believed that this meant the main force of the China Steel Seventh Corps was about to launch a forceful southward assault in the area!
He requested that the General Command immediately dispatch its largest fighter group and long-range firepower to annihilate the Chinese Air Force aircraft group!

And all reserves were mobilized in advance, ready to completely encircle and annihilate any potential main force of the Seventh Steel Brigade in the area!

The U.S. military staff officer reported quickly.

"The Chinese Air Force has deployed more than two hundred fighter jets?!"
It really is to the south!
That damned Wu Wanli, did he think he could still create miracles?
General! I believe Freeman's judgment is absolutely correct!

This is a golden opportunity!

The Chinese have finally revealed their trump card: the main force of their air force and the attack direction of the Seventh Steel Brigade!

They planned to use air cover to concentrate all their efforts on breaking through to the south!

The 1st Cavalry Division suffered some losses, but its main force remained intact, and they successfully lured out their target!
Now, the Chinese Air Force has just unleashed its full firepower to cover the ground assault, and it will inevitably need to return to base!
This is their most vulnerable moment!
Wu Wanli's Seventh Steel Brigade would pounce out like hungry wolves as soon as the bombing ended, attempting to tear a gap and rush south by stepping on the wreckage of the First Cavalry Division!

In this situation, there's no room for hesitation; you have to go all in!
We should immediately order all five hundred of our fighter jets to take off!

We should rush to the airspace south of Hengcheng and set up a barrier along the enemy aircraft's return route, making sure to intercept and annihilate them all!

Then they will rush to the area surrounding the bombing zone and launch a continuous hunt for any ground targets that may be gathering or moving!

At the same time, the reserve force was ordered to immediately advance at full speed towards Hengcheng South, forming multiple layers of encirclement!
We absolutely cannot let this big fish, the Seventh Steel Brigade, get away!

This is the only chance to quickly annihilate Wu Wanli and completely turn the tide of the Korean War!

Chief of Staff Van Fleet's eyes gleamed with a gambler's madness, as if he saw medals of victory beckoning to him.

Chu Yunfei, who had been observing silently, did not speak, but a sharp glint flashed deep in his eyes.

He remained outwardly calm, his hand holding the teacup as steady as a rock, but he subtly glanced at the sand table where Wu Wanli had fought.

Suwon, Hoengseong, and the winding tributaries of the Han River.

A huge question swirled in his mind: Wu Wanli's tactics were always known for their unpredictability and his daring use of troops was almost against common sense.
Whether it was the recapture of Suwon, the capture of Jojeong Bridge, or the blitzkrieg, which of these was achieved through a head-on assault?

This desperate, all-out attack, which involved the main force of the air force, was like sticking one's neck directly into a noose pre-set by the UN forces!
This is completely inconsistent with Wu Wanli's past tactical style, which was like a precise surgical operation.

He instinctively felt that this was more like... a huge bait?

A bait that deliberately exposes itself to attract attention?

Why would Wu Wanli so easily walk headlong into the opponent's carefully designed main defensive direction?

He was almost certain that Van Fleet, this typical firepower-driven thinker, was wrong!

But he couldn't give any hints; there couldn't be the slightest abnormality.

Chu Yunfei lowered his eyelids slightly, concealing the churning worry and a hint of secret expectation in his heart. He gently blew away the non-existent foam on the teacup, like a detached observer.

Meanwhile, Ridgway's brows were furrowed into deep furrows, clearly indicating that he had not been swayed by Van Fleet's highly inflammatory "all-in" rhetoric.

"The threat posed by the Chinese Steel Seventh Squadron, and the sudden display of such a large air force, is indeed extremely dangerous."

Annihilating them was indeed President Truman's highest priority objective.

However, to achieve this goal, the 'uniqueness' of intelligence and the 'certainty' of the battlefield situation are prerequisites.

Van Fleet, your proposal is too radical.

Deploying all our air power and mobile reserves at once, without reservation, to the point initially identified is extremely risky.

Freeman's report, imbued with a strong sense of frustration and an urgent desire for retaliation, raises the question of whether its assessment was sufficiently objective. Could Wu Wanli have deliberately exposed a powerful air force to mislead us?
With the bombing area so clearly defined, doesn't that also mark the bullseye for our countermeasures?
This is an obvious battlefield signal, but does this signal truly reflect the true intentions and all the cards the Seventh Steel Brigade has up its sleeve?

What if this is yet another strategic deception like Wu Wanli's?
What if we pour all our resources into one target point, but bigger vulnerabilities appear elsewhere?
The Volunteer Army's blocking forces along the main stream of the Han River, particularly Li Yunlong's unit, have remained largely inactive. Are they waiting for our troop movements to create an opening before launching a swift and decisive attack?

Ridgway's barrage of questions demonstrated his rapid mental processing and instinctive alertness based on extensive experience.

"But can we just sit idly by and watch the Chinese Air Force bomb our 1st Cavalry Division...?"

Van Fleet opened his mouth to argue, but Ridgway raised his hand to interrupt him.

"Of course I won't sit idly by, but I won't immediately commit fully either!"
Chief of Staff Van Fleet, immediately order all available frontline fighter squadrons to be deployed!

There is only one objective: to annihilate the main force of the Chinese Air Force that is returning to base or may be launching another sortie!

We must do everything in our power to completely disrupt this powerful aerial attack from the Chinese!

In addition, all reserve units on standby at the front were ordered to enter a state of maximum combat readiness!
Based on the regimental level, remain stationed in place and await orders!
Without my written order, you are strictly prohibited from leaving the defense zone and moving in any direction!
When my order is officially given, they must be able to launch a rapid attack immediately!

After thinking for a moment, Li Qiwei immediately spoke.

"General!
If we don't take the opportunity to mobilize ground troops to block the attack, relying solely on air strikes will likely make it difficult to prevent the main force of the Seventh Steel Brigade from launching a ground breakthrough.
They could easily take advantage of the chaos caused by the bombing…

Upon hearing this, Chief of Staff Van Fleet whispered a word of advice.

"We're not sure if their breakthrough point is definitely there!"

The reserve force is our strategic mobile force to deal with unexpected changes in all directions, and it is the stabilizing force of the entire south bank of the Han River!
We can't put all our eggs in one basket without even seeing a glimpse of the Seventh Steel Brigade!

We must retain maximum leeway and backup plans!
"Proceed as I command! The entire air force is mobilized, and reserves are ready for a surprise attack!"

Li Qiwei shook his head and gave the order firmly.

"Yes, sir!"

Upon hearing this, Chief of Staff Van Fleet had no choice but to reluctantly agree.

The order was quickly given, and the U.S. Air Force immediately deployed 500 fighter jets and flew towards the 1st Cavalry Division.

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Meanwhile, on the west bank of a tributary of the Han River, at the concealed location of the Seventh Steel Brigade

"Wanli, your move really drew the US Air Force away!"

The US military reserves haven't moved yet, but they haven't rushed over here either.

We have successfully crossed the river under cover of darkness, but there is indeed not enough time to launch a blitzkrieg and capture Suwon. After all, the 1st Cavalry Division to the south will definitely notice something is wrong if they find that we are not attacking and will report it!
We can only continue to sneak over there quietly, waiting for the second link of your elaborate scheme to succeed.

However, Wang Wei at least told us via radio that the bombing was a great success.

They only searched within the range of your estimated bombing coordinates for half an hour before they luckily located the 1st Cavalry Division and began bombing!
"If we keep bombing for a while longer, until all the bombs are detonated, we'll definitely wipe out two battalions of the 1st Cavalry Division in one fell swoop!"

Liu Hanqing said excitedly.

"Our captain is amazing! He was able to deduce this!"
"The team leader has to keep track of when I, Old Yu, will be able to find a good wife!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Congrong immediately laughed.

"Hahaha……"

Upon hearing this, Pinghe and the others immediately burst into laughter.

Stop talking nonsense!

Han Qing radioed Wang Wei and his men to immediately lead the Chinese Air Force fighter group to relocate and bomb the Han River defense line!
Remember to tell them not to take the original route, but to first go around to the coordinates (XXX, XXX), and then go to bomb the Han River defense line!
This way, we can probably bypass the regular flight routes of the main US air force force in the south of the city!

At the same time, the Hengcheng Detachment and Army Commander Li Yunlong in the north of the Han River launched a fierce attack immediately after the bombing, showing great momentum!

Even if the Hengcheng detachment manages to break through, it doesn't matter; we must fight like it's real!

Wu Wanli glanced at the Heavenly Eye map in his mind and immediately gave the order.

"Wanli, you really know how to manipulate the American devils' psychology!"

Continuing to bomb the enemy now before leaving will only kill another seven or eight hundred American soldiers!
But if the air force were to circle around to the Han River defense line and bomb again, and then Li Yunlong and Hengcheng Detachment were to launch a pincer attack, they might even be able to win a battle by virtue of their air superiority!
After the US 24th Division, which had been badly beaten, reported back, Ridgway would certainly feel anxious about falling into a trap and would quickly deploy all reserves and air force to turn and rush towards the Han River defense line!
By then, their air force will run out of bombs and will have to return to replenish their supplies before taking off again to bomb. Their reserves will be held back and attacked by our troops!
With our combined efforts from the Han River Detachment within Suwon City, we should have enough time to take Suwon!

Go generate electricity quickly, and get the air force, the Hengcheng Detachment, and Commander Li Yunlong to move as I said to contain and attract the US military!

The entire comrades of the Seventh Steel Brigade concluded their rest period and continued their advance towards Suwon!

After a moment of mental deliberation, Wu Wanli immediately spoke.

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the key members of the Seventh Steel Brigade immediately agreed.

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Over the US 1st Cavalry Division's positions, the Chinese Air Force quickly received Wu Wanli's order to turn and bomb the Han River defense line.

The massive Chinese air force formation suddenly turned and flew precisely toward the coordinates predicted by Wu Wanli, preparing to bypass the enemy and head straight for the US Han River defense line.

Outside the cockpit, the desolate winter landscape of the Korean Peninsula rushed past.

"Speed ​​up and surprise us!"

Wang Wei gripped the joystick tightly, stared through the glass at the fluctuating location data on the instrument panel, and then shouted into the radio.

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Meanwhile, on the south bank of the Han River

The main positions of the Han River defense line constructed by the U.S. 24th Infantry Division are in a routine state of alert.

Major General Dean, the division commander, and his chief of staff were in a bunker-style command post discussing the "minor troubles" that the friendly 1st Cavalry Division might encounter, while looking at a large battle map.

The red arrow representing the Seventh Steel Brigade on the map has been drawn pointing south.

"Those crazy Chinese guys were making quite a scene in the south, Freeman is in for a lot of trouble."

Our 'iron wall' is as solid as a rock; the Chinese people are not foolish enough to try and gnaw on this tough nut.

At most, it's just the Chinese troops on the other side harassing us from time to time.

Look, our soldiers aren't afraid of those Chinese people at all!

Dean looked at the American troops on the position and said with some disdain.

Han River defense line

Many American soldiers even took advantage of the rare winter sunshine to sunbathe and smoke in small groups outside the trenches.

The radar station's antenna rotated rhythmically, and the soldiers beside the anti-aircraft gun positions seemed somewhat relaxed, after all, the sky was calm at this moment.

However, in an instant, the sharp and piercing air raid siren suddenly sounded!
"Waaaaah——————————"

"A large-scale, high-speed target group! Located in the southeast! Rapidly decreasing altitude!"
The number... God! Over two hundred!
"Enemy planes! Chinese Air Force!"

At that moment, a U.S. Army communications soldier ran over in a panic, shouting.

Dean's relaxed expression froze instantly, and the pencil in his hand fell to the map with a "thud".

"What?! Impossible! They were just in the south..."

Before he could finish speaking, a piercing, howling sound of a dive had already pierced through the concrete roof of the bunker!

In the sky, countless black dots rapidly magnified!
One after another, Chinese fighter jets, filled with murderous intent, swooped down towards the ground at almost a vertical angle!

"Anti-aircraft guns! All units! Open fire! Open fire!"

Dean yelled into the radio and shoved the chief of staff aside before rushing toward the observation post of the command bunker.

Looking out, he saw that the entire sky was covered by a dense formation of Chinese fighter jets.

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Inside the Chinese fighter jet formation, the Wanli-1 fighter jet...
Wang Wei's breathing was unusually steady under the pressure mask. The altimeter needle spun wildly counterclockwise.

In his sights, ground targets were rapidly magnified.

The crimson tracer rounds fired from the surrounding anti-aircraft artillery positions resembled festive fireworks, but were too sparse to form an effective fire network.

He could clearly see the American soldiers on the ground running in panic, trying to climb back to their gun positions, like ants.

"Target locked, prepare to enter attack trajectory!"

Wang Wei calmly reported the directions, slightly reduced the throttle, gently applied the tail rudder, and made subtle adjustments to the dive angle.

The air pressure caused the aircraft to groan slightly, and the immense overload slammed him hard into the seat.

When the crosshairs were firmly locked onto the conspicuous main bunker and the surrounding artillery positions, he did not hesitate to pull the grenade release button on the control lever.

A 500-kilogram armor-piercing high-explosive bomb detached from the fuselage, trailing a deathly whistle.

Immediately afterwards, he ran his thumb across the cannon firing button on the weapon panel, and the 23mm cannon spewed out a dense tongue of fire.

"Thump thump thump thump thump..."

In an instant, high-explosive incendiary bombs swept across the exposed American artillery groups and heavy machine gun nests below, kicking up clouds of crimson blood and metal parts.

After finishing the attack, he pulled the stick hard, and the aircraft roared as it endured the enormous resistance and began to pull out of the dive at near-limit speed.

On the other side, the Korea Aid No. 1 fighter jet cut into the attack path with the same sharp dive.

At this moment, Peter pulled the nose up slightly, entering a level flight attack posture.

Even as the flight altitude dropped to 500 meters, the speed remained rapid.

He decisively pressed the button to throw the napalm bomb.

The aircraft shuddered slightly, and two large bombs detached from their racks, tumbling and falling toward the area filled with green figures and US military trucks.

Seconds later, two enormous, rolling, and rising orange-red fireballs suddenly burst forth from the depression!
"Boom! Boom!"

The instant the napalm bomb shattered, tons of viscous, gelatinous incendiary agent were violently ejected, covering an area nearly 100 meters in diameter.

The viscous flames, like hellfire, clung to people, vehicles, weapons, and all flammable materials on the ground, burning fiercely.

The piercing, inhuman screams instantly drowned out the roar of the explosion!
The originally neat and concealed American troops were transformed into a raging inferno and a hell of thick smoke in less than a minute!
Looking down from above the Han River, the main defensive positions of the entire Han River defense line appear as if they are covered by countless fiery clouds!

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Just as the 24th Division was struggling painfully under air attack, from the rear on the south bank of the Han River...

With a resounding bugle call, the Hengcheng Detachment launched a desperate attack on the flank and rear of the US positions on the Han River defense line with overwhelming force!

At this moment, in order to achieve strategic deception, they charged forward wearing the distinctive red "Steel Seventh" armbands of the Steel Seventh Brigade, Chinese People's Volunteer Army uniforms, and holding red flags high.

Under the cover of the smoke from the bombing, from a distance it looked like the main force of the "Steel Seventh Brigade" making a desperate breakout!

"For the motherland! For the Seventh Steel Brigade! Charge!"

Detachment Leader Li Xinghua and Political Commissar Zhang Zhenhua took the lead and commanded the team.

They did not have heavy weapons, but they had a large number of light machine guns, submachine guns, rifles, and mortars and bazookas captured from the US and South Korean forces.

Six thousand soldiers, divided into several spearheads, used the terrain and the chaos created by air strikes to launch a fierce attack on the US Han River defense line!
Gunfire erupted like popping beans, machine gun fire danced wildly in the smoke, and grenade explosions lit up the sky.

The team's assault was incredibly powerful, clearly demonstrating their determination to fight their way through and forcefully cross the Han River!

Almost simultaneously, on the north bank of the Han River, the deafening roar of artillery fire drowned out all the previous explosions and noise!
That was four entire army-level artillery groups firing at full speed simultaneously!
Hundreds of howitzers, mountain guns, and field guns unleashed a relentless storm of steel upon the frontal and deep interior of the U.S. Army's "Iron Wall" defenses on the opposite bank of the Han River.

On the highest point of a fortified observation post on the north bank of the Han River.

"fire!
fire!!

fire!!!
Kong Erlengzi!

"I sent you to the artillery position to supervise them so they could bomb me as hard as they want, understand?!"

Li Yunlong roared, his neck veins bulging and spittle almost splattering onto the wireless telephone receiver.

"Understood! Don't worry, Lao Li!"
I'm finally going to unleash all the energy I've been holding back!
All artillery pieces, fire at full speed!

Ten rapid shots, fire!

On the other side, Kong Jie's rough voice also made the megaphone buzz.

The artillery firepower on the north bank suddenly increased by another order of magnitude!
Huge fireballs erupted in succession deep in the southern bank of the Han River, like a series of volcanic eruptions!

Each salvo created waves of blood and fire behind the American positions!
Under the barrage of artillery fire, the already weak second-line reserves, communication hubs, and logistics transfer points of the US military were left in ruins.

Immediately following, under the cover of deafening artillery fire, loud and piercing bugle calls rang out simultaneously in the area on the north bank of the Han River near all the important crossings and shoals!

In an instant, countless sailboats covered the river surface.

Tens of thousands of Chinese People's Volunteer Army and Korean People's Army soldiers leaped out of their bunkers and charged bravely toward the riverbank, shouting like a thunderous roar:
"Cross the Han River and rescue the Seventh Steel Brigade!"

"Capture the American devils alive!"

"Comrades, charge! Join forces with the Seventh Steel Brigade!"

Although the assault troops actually only advanced to the shallow waters of the riverbank, they did not actually launch a forced crossing.

But the dense formations, the deafening slogans, the river-crossing equipment covering the entire river, and the extremely fierce artillery fire created an atmosphere of terrifying scale, reminiscent of the Battle of Han River!
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At this moment, on the south bank of the Han River
Major General William Dean, commander of the 24th Infantry Division, had just pushed aside the guards who were trying to pull him into a deeper bunker and rushed to the only remaining intact observation hole.

What he saw was that in the air, Chinese Air Force fighter jets were still circling, diving, and raining down bullets, dominating every inch of the sky.

Directly in front of him, the core of his meticulously constructed defensive line had been blasted into a fiery inferno.

Communication was completely cut off, and all major positions reported either damage or loss of contact.

The sight was filled with the bodies of American soldiers and the wreckage of their equipment.

To his flank and rear, a force of at least five or six thousand men, shouting earth-shattering slogans, was frantically attacking his crumbling flank and rear defenses, trying to tear a breach.

On the other side of the Han River, the enemy used at least several hundred cannons to bombard his territory with shells like water!
Even more terrifying were the countless ferries on the river and the infantry surging towards the riverbank like a tide.

That was definitely the main force of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army going all out to risk their lives to cross the Han River and rescue the "Steel Seventh Brigade" that was "trapped" on the south bank!
"Damn it, this time it's definitely not wrong. If it is, I'll be reborn as a dog in China in my next life!"

Immediately send a telegram to the UN Command!

The main force of the Seventh Steel Brigade is launching a fierce attack on our Han River defense line!

The main force of the Chinese blocking troops... has already begun a large-scale crossing of the river on the north bank!
Requesting support from all air force fighter groups, all reserves, and all available force, immediately!!!

U.S. Army Major General Dean shouted loudly.

"Yes, sir!!!"

Upon hearing this, the chief of staff of the U.S. 24th Division immediately agreed and ran to the radio station to urge the message to be relayed.

(End of this chapter)