Age of Rebirth

The commander of the troops attacking the Korean Peninsula, Major General Dongnan Ma Chaoyang, commander of the Southeast Mobile Corps, sent a telegram about the adjusted Mokpo campaign plan, which made Tang Qiuli, the commander of the independent division who commanded the overall situation, very embarrassed. On the one hand, he violated his own formulation. On the other hand, the overall idea of ​​the northern campaign is very attractive. It can consume all the potential forces of the Japanese mainland on the Mokpo battlefield, so it will be of great benefit to attacking the Japanese mainland in the future.

It was precisely based on this that Tang Qiuli was not in a hurry to deny Ma Chaoyang's new plan for the Mokpo campaign. He was thinking and weighing repeatedly, so that Liu Xinlan didn't even see the hot tea handed to him, and the knock on the door As soon as it rang, he saw Liu Xinlan, who was as charming as a flower, holding a cup of hot tea with a smile, her eyes were full of concern, "Have a cup of tea, relax, don't get tired!" Liu Xinlan said softly.

Tang Qiuli admired his fiancée's pink face, took the hot tea, and gave her a wink. Liu Xinlan understood and went to open the door. Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe came in, holding a telegram in his hand, and nodded to Liu Xinlan with a smile. , and then said: "Master, I just received a telegram from Commander Tang of the Battle of Crossing the Sea Command, about the adjustment of the Mokpo campaign plan by Commander Ma Chaoyang of the Southeast Mobile Corps!"

"Oh!" Tang Qiuli's eyes flickered. He really wanted to see Brother Qiuquan's opinion. He needed to start his own thinking from other aspects. From the looks of it, after reading the telegram, he didn't speak, but continued to meditate. Liu Xinlan exited the room obediently, and closed the door tightly. This girl knows the rules. The division commander and the chief of staff are together to study important battle matters.It's not convenient for me to be there.

"Yuhe, have you read the telegrams from Ma Chaoyang and Commander Tang? What's your opinion?" Tang Qiuli asked, looking up at Zhao Yuhe with piercing eyes.

Apparently, Zhao Yuhe was well prepared, and when it came to the overall plan of the Northern Campaign, he, as the chief of staff, had to come up with his own opinion. He said without hesitation: "It's just Commander Ma's new Mokpo battle plan. Dangerous There are too many sexual and unknown factors, and it is not safe enough, but Commander Tang’s subsequent telegram made up for these shortcomings. Therefore, my opinion is that this plan is feasible!"

"What's the reason?" Tang Qiuli's eyes flicked.Asked quietly.

After careful consideration, Zhao Yuhe replied calmly: "The reasons are as follows. Previously, the division commander had already prepared himself for the fact that the Southeast Mobile Corps would not be able to quickly end the war on the Korean Peninsula. More precisely, our troops on the Mokpo battlefield, you I don’t expect to go north. Besides, Commander Ma’s new battle plan has two advantages. The more troops in Japan are devoted to the battlefield on the Korean peninsula, the more troops devoted to the battlefield in the Northeast will be correspondingly reduced. It is equivalent to supporting the upcoming Northeast campaign!"

"Secondly, I was attracted by Commander Ma's bold vision. Using the Mokpo battlefield and the Japanese army's mentality that they never want to lose the Korean Peninsula, under the cover of overwhelming sea and air firepower, I fought repeatedly with the Japanese army. Among them, consuming a large number of active forces of the Japanese army, and then attracting reinforcements from the Japanese mainland, is tantamount to consuming the war potential in Japan in advance. If all the Japanese troops are wiped out on the battlefields outside the Japanese mainland, those few islands, Japan What do people use to guard!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Yuhe smiled, and continued: "Commander Ma Chaoyang, it is precisely because of this that he came up with this battle plan. It is risky, but bold and novel. My personal opinion is that No. 20 If the Ninth Corps goes north and joins the battlefield on the Korean peninsula, you, Commander, can approve this plan!"

Tang Qiuli smiled wryly, and said: "Yuhe, I was almost moved by you, but have you considered that on the northern battlefield, apart from the Japanese and Korean troops stationed on the Korean peninsula and the Japanese Kwantung Army in the northeast, There is the Japanese Far East Dispatched Army in the Far East, with more than [-] troops, once the regiments directly under it start a joint attack on the border guards of the Kwantung Army, it will definitely alarm Zairen!"

"Zairen will realize right away that we have to cut off his retreat route. At that time, Zairen will retreat desperately. Even if Deputy Division Commander Liu's Dongzhi troops may wipe out most of its troops, as long as Zairen sends ten Tens of thousands of troops have retreated into the Northeast, so what is the use of our plan to use three corps to contain the main force of the Kwantung Army outside the hinterland of the Northeast? A large-scale battlefield will inevitably be in the hinterland of the Northeast, which violates my principle The basic principle of the campaign is not to fight big battles in the Northeast!"

"Conversely, if we attack Japan in the future, the battlefield will be in Japan. I will not worry about how to fight. From this point of view, Ma Chaoyang will attract Japanese troops to help and consume them on the Mokpo battlefield. If you think about it, it loses its proper meaning!"

Tang Qiuli's rhetorical question pointed directly at the weakness of Ma Chaoyang's campaign plan. In fact, Tang Qiuli at this time was already inclined to deny Ma Chaoyang's new Mokpo campaign plan, but he still wanted to have a deeper discussion with Zhao Yu And, weigh the pros and cons.

Zhao Yuhe smiled slyly, obviously, it was a rhetorical question to the division commander, and he had already prepared, "Master, after I saw the telegram, I also considered this issue, that is, the Japanese army in the Far East is a heavy-armed group. What should we do if we withdraw to the Northeast? As you have analyzed, Deputy Division Commander Liu’s East Pointing Force cannot wipe them all out in the Far East!”

Tang Qiuli felt that there was something in Zhao Yuhe's words, so he raised his eyebrows and said, "Yuhe, why do you agree with Ma Chaoyang's new battle plan!"

Zhao Yuhe replied with a smile: "Master, to be blunt, your thinking has fallen into a misunderstanding regarding the overall thinking of the Northern Campaign!"

"Hahaha!" Tang Qiuli laughed and said, "It's fresh!Yuhe saw my fault, and would like to hear more about it! "

Zhao Yuhe knew the commander's temper and was not a paranoid person. He was very happy to have different opinions from his subordinates, so he said firmly: "Mr. Commander, the core part of your northern campaign is the battle to recover the northeast. , Therefore, you are very worried about the uncertain factor of Japan's Far East dispatched troops!"

"As far as the situation on the battlefield is concerned, regardless of the battlefield on the Korean Peninsula, on the Northeast battlefield alone, the main forces of the Kwantung Army were restrained in western Liaoning, Ximan, and the northwestern border of the northeast. , this is the Japanese Far East Dispatched Army!"

"That's right, I'm just worried that Zairen's reckless retreat to the south into the Northeast will lead to many major battles in the Northeast!" Tang Qiuli did not shy away from his worries.

As soon as his words fell, Zhao Yuhe said immediately: "Master, this is your misunderstanding. The Directly Subordinate Corps is used by you to deal with the Kwantung Army Border Guards and the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army. The Directly Subordinate Corps has 27 brigades. There are more than 10 troops, and the Kwantung Army's border guards have a strength of only about [-], and they are still scattered on the border for hundreds of kilometers!"

"The Outer Mongolian Field Corps that confronts it also has a strength of more than 23. Combined, we have nearly 50 troops to deal with the Kwantung Army's border guards with more than 50 troops. It meets your usual requirements. In every battle, the principle of concentrating superior forces is the principle, but with nearly [-] troops against more than [-] troops of the Kwantung Army, don’t you think that you think highly of them? To put it bluntly, your thinking has fallen into a blind spot!”

Zhao Yuhe's words were intertwined and somewhat sharp. Tang Qiuli was taken aback for a moment, and then his heart moved. A gap in his thinking seemed to be broken, and new things poured in. Gaze, encouraged his chief of staff, and continued.

Zhao Yuhe also felt that what he said just now was too direct, as if he was blaming the teacher, he stopped talking awkwardly, and met the teacher's gaze, without reprimand or anger, let alone being challenged to authority Anger, some are just appreciation and encouragement.

Zhao Yuhe became bolder. What he said just now made his mouth dry. Seeing a cup of tea on the table, he picked it up and drank it. "Master, then I'll just say it straight!" He put down the teacup and said, Tang Qiuli smiled and nodded.

Zhao Yuhe went on to say: "It's actually very simple. The directly subordinate corps only needs to use four brigades, about 8 troops, to attack back and forth with the Outer Mongolia Field Corps and annihilate the border guards of the Kwantung Army in the existing area. Ten brigades with 19 troops can completely attack the border guards of the Kwantung Army. At the beginning of the campaign, they went directly to the Heilongjiang area in northern Manchuria and marched at the fastest speed to block the retreat of the Japanese Far East Army from the Northeast. All channels!"

"It is not difficult to achieve this. The Kwantung Army's garrison forces in the North Manchuria region are empty. According to the intelligence department's information, the guards in the North Manchuria region are all second-rate garrison troops of the Kwantung Army, supplemented by a large number of Manchurian troops." *Squad, I have an army of nearly 20, there are a large number of combat aircraft in the sky, and a large number of tanks on the ground, crushing them all the way, it will not affect the marching speed of the troops at all!"

"Also, you can order Deputy Division Commander Liu's East Command troops to launch a full-line attack on the Brea Mountains battlefield, forcing Zairen to be unable to reduce the troops in front, so that they will be unable to move in the Far East battlefield, directly under the main force of the Corps, To seize every key point in northern Manchuria, isn't it another battle of joint attack!"

"The battlefield is on the border of North Manchuria, or even the Far East, and it does not violate your principles. As for what you just said, if the battlefield is in Japan, there are not so many restrictions. What I want to say is that if Japan does not But to resist our soldiers, is it necessary to fight one after another? Commander Ma Chaoyang proposed the significance of consuming the vital strength of the Japanese army on the Mokpo battlefield!"

(to be continued) (to be continued...)