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#339 - The general offensive begins

Judging from the paper data, if the Rogue Eagle's 24th Division were fully equipped, its strength would be quite impressive, with three main infantry regiments under its command, namely the 19th, 21st, and 34th Infantry Regiments. According to the Rogue Eagle's standard post-World War II organization, a regular infantry regiment in an army infantry division had 3,998 men.

In addition, the 24th Division also had 11 directly subordinate battalions, including the 78th (Heavy) Tank Battalion, the 6th (Medium) Tank Battalion, the 3rd Engineer Battalion, the 11th Field Artillery Battalion, the 13th Field Artillery Battalion, the 52nd Field Artillery Battalion, the 63rd Field Artillery Battalion, the 555th Field Artillery Battalion, the 26th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, the 24th Medical Battalion, and the 8213th Army Combat Team, as well as 6 directly subordinate companies, including the 24th Reconnaissance Company (i.e., reconnaissance company), the 8th Ranger (i.e., assault infantry) Company (with airborne capabilities), the 724th Ordnance Maintenance (i.e., ordnance) Company, the 24th Quartermaster Company, the 24th Military Police Company, and the 24th Replacement Company. If fully equipped, the 24th Division would have just under 20,000 men.

In terms of heavy weapons, the artillery regiment of a Rogue Eagle infantry division had 1 155mm howitzer battalion and 3 105mm howitzer battalions, with 18 guns per battalion, for a total of 72 heavy guns. The infantry platoons were equipped with rocket launchers, the infantry companies with 57mm recoilless rifles and 60mm mortars, the infantry battalions with 75mm recoilless rifles and 81mm mortars, and the infantry regiments with 107mm heavy mortars and 75mm howitzers, bringing the total number of artillery pieces in the division to 352.

In addition, each Rogue Eagle infantry division also had an anti-aircraft artillery battalion, generally equipped with 32 M19A1 twin-barreled 40mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. Currently, on the battlefield, the Dragon Country Air Force does not have the ability to launch ground attacks, which means that the Rogue Eagles do not have any air threats. Therefore, they can put these anti-aircraft guns into ground combat, forming a dense barrage fire net. This rapid firepower often causes huge casualties to infantry assaults, which is much stronger than heavy machine guns.

In addition, each Rogue Eagle infantry division is also equipped with a tank battalion, and each infantry regiment is equipped with a tank company, which is equivalent to two tank battalions, totaling 149 tanks.

In comparison, even if Li Yunlong's 16th Army is a first-class field army, its main force has three mechanized infantry divisions and an artillery brigade, as well as a supporting logistics truck transport regiment.

Each mechanized infantry division has 4 first-class regiments (each regiment's artillery company has 4 75mm mountain guns, 4 107mm guns, and 4 20mm anti-aircraft guns, and each subordinate battalion and company has 36 82mm mortars, 45 RPG rocket launchers, and 18 heavy machine guns). The division's artillery regiment has 1 12-gun 105mm howitzer battalion, 1 18-gun 107mm rocket artillery battalion, and 1 18-gun 75mm mountain gun battalion, plus an anti-aircraft artillery battalion with 1 4-gun 88mm artillery company and 2 6-gun 20mm anti-aircraft gun companies, and is also equipped with a tank battalion and an engineer repair battalion, as well as a truck logistics regiment.

In terms of the heavy firepower of a single mechanized infantry division, one division has 84 gun-barreled artillery pieces, 28 20mm anti-aircraft guns, 144 mortars, 180 RPG rocket launchers, and 60 tanks. If it is a single division, the heavy firepower is far from that of the Rogue Eagle infantry division.

The army's artillery brigade has a heavy artillery regiment (12 155mm howitzers, 24 105mm howitzers), a 24-gun 122mm 16-tube rocket artillery regiment, and an anti-aircraft artillery regiment (1 12-gun 88mm anti-aircraft artillery battalion, 2 18-gun 20mm anti-aircraft gun artillery battalions).

In this way, the entire army has a total of 96 heavy guns above 105mm, 324 gun-barreled artillery pieces above 75mm caliber, 432 mortars, 540 RPG rocket launchers, plus 180 tanks, which completely overwhelms the 24th Division.

Although it is a bit unethical for an army to fight a division, who cares at this moment? Winning is the only truth.

Moreover, Ding Wei's 18th Army and Kong Jie's 17th Army are also configured similarly. These three people's demonstration units currently represent the peak level of the Dragon Country Army. Before the Allied forces have figured out the situation, letting these three people's combination punches come down, they may really be able to seize the opportunity to eat up these Allied forces that rushed to the front.

If this is the case, then Washington will probably calm down and consider things.

General MacArthur will also have no face to stay in this position.

The night of the general offensive.

Ding Wei's two divisions, the 178th Division and the 179th Division, had already been lurking 8 kilometers to the left of the John Bull's 27th Brigade west of Bochuan.

Li Yunlong simply pushed the main force of 3 divisions, the 100th Division, the 101st Division, and the 102nd Division, 2 first-class regiments, and all the artillery to the 10-kilometer range of the Rogue Eagle's 24th Division east of Bochuan, forming a C-shaped encirclement.

After the general offensive was launched, the first to set off was an infantry battalion of Ding Wei. They took a shortcut at full speed to the rear of the 27th Brigade, heading towards the Cheongcheon River Bridge. They wanted to occupy the high ground on both sides of the bridge and control the bridge. If they couldn't hold it, they would blow up the bridge and leave the 27th Brigade west of the Cheongcheon River.

Immediately afterwards, Ding Wei's two divisions encircled the 27th Brigade in a pincer formation.

In the moonlight of the night, the 178th Division and the 179th Division were divided into several columns. The heavy weapons and 3 main regiments took the main road, while the other 5 main regiments were divided into 5 routes of attack.

Although the mountain roads are not easy to walk, this is not a problem for troops who have experienced many years of mountain warfare. After a rapid march all the way, almost all of the 6 armies entered the predetermined attack position in 2 hours.

The tank battalion along the main road took the lead in attacking.

Facing them, camping along the main road was the 1st Battalion of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment of John Bull, which had 3 infantry companies and 1 fire company, with about 700 troops.

In the fire company of John Bull, there are 2 QF 2-pounder anti-tank guns (i.e., 40mm caliber). The whole gun weighs 797 kg, which is much heavier than the 432 kg of the Third Reich's PAK37 anti-tank gun. When firing armor-piercing projectiles, the muzzle velocity is 792 meters per second, which can penetrate 51mm homogeneous steel armor at a distance of 548 meters, while the 37 anti-tank gun can only penetrate 48mm homogeneous steel armor at a distance of 500 meters when firing tungsten core armor-piercing projectiles.

During World War II, this anti-tank gun made great achievements. In the actual combat process, it was relatively easy to penetrate various types of tanks equipped by the Third Reich at that time. Even the Third Reich's No. 4 tank with the thickest armor at that time could not escape.

The huge roar of the T-34 tanks was like a stimulant to Lieutenant Colonel Gowerroyd, the commander of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment.

Brothers, the Korean northern barbarian tanks are here. A Company, B Company, and C Company hold their ground. The fire company follows me to take out their tanks. Listening to the sound, there seem to be several of them.

Gowerroyd has thoroughly studied the T-34 tanks of the Northern Army. They are very clear that frontal attacks are not very effective with the QF 2-pounder anti-tank gun, but in the hilly areas of the peninsula, the Northern Army's tanks can only attack along the main road, so they have a full opportunity to deploy on both sides of the main road to launch an attack. There are two anti-tank guns, one on the left and one on the right, plus 4 Vickers heavy machine guns and 6 Bren light machine guns in the fire company.

The Vickers heavy machine gun has a famous 9-yard ammunition belt (up to 8.23 meters) (9 yards), and its quality is reliable. Once in a battle, 10 Vickers heavy machine guns fired 1 million bullets in 12 hours, averaging nearly 10,000 rounds per hour per machine gun, and none of them malfunctioned. Of course, 100 barrels were replaced during this period! In other words, as long as there are enough barrels, the Vickers heavy machine gun can never stop.

Gowerroyd, who had already occupied the favorable terrain on both sides of the hill, was not panicked by the counterattack of the Northern Army at all.

On the contrary, he hoped to create results in this battle, so he even omitted notifying the brigade headquarters.

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