【421】Return to Seoul

The explosion sound from a distance was vaguely visible. A communications soldier hurried into the command center. Before he could stand at attention, he shouted: "Report to the commander, all the positions outside the Gimpo Airport have been lost! The Ninth Militia Division has been disbanded and cannot connect to their division headquarters! The reinforced Sixth Militia Division has also suffered heavy casualties under the firepower of the US military! The terrain there is too flat and cannot be held! They asked the command center to allow them to retreat!"

"Can't stand it anymore..."

Deputy Commander Cui Yongjian of the People's Army sighed.

"Order the Sixth Militia Division to retreat immediately to the Renheshan position in the northeast of Gimpo Airport. Before retreating, it must use the American shells they have piled up on the runway to completely blow up the Gimpo Airport! Tell Bai Dayun! Blast the pit deeply! Make sure that the US military will never be able to use this airport again!"

"Yes, Commander, I'll go now." The communication soldier looked at the exhausted Cui Yongjian and replied softly, then turned around and left with a gentle cat step.

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"Detonate!"

"Yes! Detonation!"

The sound of blasting commands sounded on the Gimpo Airport position, accompanied by the sound of US artillery fire and machine guns, which seemed very shrill.

As the blasting hand pressed down the blasting rod, the electronically controlled detonator instantly detonated 19 piles of American-made shells piled up along the 2,000-meter-long and 50-meter-wide runway at Ginpo Airport, each pile of shells had as many as six or seven tons.

The explosion swayed and even collapsed a hangar on the side of the airport covered with heavy machine gun bullet holes. The smoke filled the air, and the airport was blown into 20 pieces. From the sky, the whole thing was broken like a dotted line.

In this way, the entire Jinpu Airport was completely destroyed. This international airport, which is extremely suitable for take-off of large aircraft, can carry a weight of 5.5 tons per square meter, can easily take off and land by jet fighters and heavy transport aircraft. It will not be possible to play any role in the short term after falling into the hands of the US military.

After hearing the news, Lieutenant General Almond almost fainted in the command center.

"This group of bastards! These rogues! This group of production-producing pigs! Notify me of the navy, artillery fire covers, no restricted areas! Never again! Let these stubborn Yankees go to hell!"

The communications officer immediately and faithfully sent Almond's original words to the naval fire support fleet far away from Incheon Port.

Major General Dodon was on the side and carefully probed his head and asked, "General, will he attack in full force?"

Almond glanced at Dodon and said weakly: "Yes, after the Navy began to extend the shelling."

Dodon lowered his head and quietly withdrew from the command center.

He understood that Almond's previous plan to capture Gimpo Airport was completely shattered at this point. The speed at which the Yankees wasted military facilities was much faster and more convenient than the attack speed of the First Land Division.

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Cui Yongjian clenched his fists and held them in front of him like a microphone:

"We are a brave People's Army. We must defend Seoul. We must turn Seoul into Stalingrad!

It's time! Let the American devils know what the invaders are, what is difficult to move forward, and what is hell!

Every tall building, every street, every courtyard here is our battlefield!

All soldiers must fight tenaciously with their unyielding spirit against the invaders. You must bring enough Chinese grenades. This is our most powerful weapon at present. We must use millions of explosions to completely bury the American devils and the bandits in Seoul. We must fight until the last moment..."

With Deputy Commander Cui Yongjian's sonorous speech, radio waves came from the People's Army Command, storming over Seoul.

Yes, starting from the early morning of August 15th, after twenty days of persistence, the defense line of Jingren Highway has been gradually destroyed by the US military layer by layer, like peeling onion. Most of the fortifications of the People's Army were also destroyed by US military naval guns and aircraft bombs. Almost every mountain was charred and difficult to distinguish, and there were corpses waiting to be buried everywhere. If it weren't for dog tags and military uniforms, it would be impossible to distinguish between the invaders and the guards, and it would be even more difficult to distinguish between the South Koreans and the North Koreans.

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"The brave Korean People's Army declared that Seoul would become the Stalingrad of North Korea, thus recording the history of world anti-fascism. General Choi Yong-jin, the Minister of Defense of North Korea and Deputy Commander of the People's Army, told our reporters that the invaders will surely perish in endless street fighting..."

When MacArthur also began to get anxious when he heard the Chinese radio program "Military Intelligence Decoding" coming from the radio broadcast, he turned off the radio on McKinley Mountain and temporarily drove Hu Guang's voice out of his ears.

"Tell General Almond, don't worry about what Seoul will look like in the future, use napalm and shells to open the way.

For five days, I will only give him five days, and within five days, I will enter Seoul." MacArthur ordered.

"Do you need to notify the civilians to transfer first? What if international public opinion calls out?" Colonel Kirk, a military officer in South Korea, asked with a frown.

MacArthur shook his head: "This is war, war will always be like this, you never know what will happen.

Tell the C-54 transport aircraft brigade stationed in Tachikawa City, Tokyo to speed up the transportation pace and ensure the supply of ammunition in the 10th Army in Incheon. I read Almond's report and the current battle situation is very fierce. In order to prevent the night attack of the North Koreans, a heavy machine gun team had to knock out 30,000 bullets in one night, a total of 3.5 tons..."

Colonel Kirk said: "Now our transportation lines are tightened. We have requisitioned all Japanese merchant ships that can be requisitioned. In addition, we have restarted two large military factories in Japan to produce ammunition for us. If nothing unexpected happens, we may need to restart one more."

"Then go and do it. You have to tell Washington that purchasing bullets from Japan is cheaper than shipping them from the local area."

Next to it, Lieutenant General White, the Minister of Operations who had been silent before, suddenly spoke: "The route transported from Southeast Asia to Japan must pass through the Taiwan Strait, which is very inconvenient. If the Chinese enter North Korea, how should we deal with it? If the Chinese participate in the war, will they launch an attack on our transport ships? The oil, iron ore, sulfur, rubber, and bauxite currently used by the Japanese military factories are all transported from Malaysia. If the Chinese implement the Strait blockade policy in Taiwan, where is the safe channel we go?

You should know that once the sea conditions change, the deep sea area is very dangerous. If you detour outside Taiwan, there is a very deep trench with a depth of more than 8,000 meters. When a ship passes here, it is not reliable to take a direct flight to Japan by Manila."

"Damn it! This is another problem!" MacArthur paced on the McKinley Hill in annoyance.

After a few rounds, MacArthur looked at it on the map.

"That distance should be only more than 170 nautical miles. If the Chinese join the war, they will take Manila-Naha route to avoid China, and also notify the Seventh Fleet to be ready to carry out the Overlord Operation at any time. North Korea will hand it over to the Pacific Fleet. The Far East Command has the Seventh Fleet, which is enough to deal with Taiwan's troubles.

After receiving the order from MacArthur, Almond covered his face in pain and took his hand away after a while.

"Five days..."

Major General Dodon said sadly: "The current supply costs of sea and air routes from Japan to Incheon are very high, which makes us have to fight quickly."

General Almond said: "I know, comrades, young men, don't stop for a moment. The North Road immediately crosses the Han River to attack, and the East Road troops use tanks as the guide to attack the city south of the Han River."

“What should I do with Breakfish Mountain?”

"Full up and hit it repeatedly with artillery."

"This requires about 20,000 troops."

"I can only give you ten thousand people."

"……All right."

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Thank you brother Dongdongdao for the reward!
Chapter completed!