Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 550 Bold Plan

"Chief of Staff, I have a plan here!" Guo Songling, the commander of the 5th Army who had been taciturn, suddenly stood up and said slowly.

"Oh. What plan?"

Although Guo Songling is not very old, he is mature and prudent, and slowly came to the map: "When I arrived here, I sent a reconnaissance plane to conduct a reconnaissance around the city of Pyongyang, and what I got was" he pointed to the map : "In front of us is the Taedong River, with a width between 300 meters and 1000 meters. On the opposite bank, Pyongyang City is on the right. In front of us are three fortifications built by the Kwantung Army. There are about dozens of firepower points. But According to my opinion, it should be possible to destroy the hub of the Japanese defense line from the side, because the enemy seems to have no idea that we will cross the Taedong River from here to launch an attack."

After listening to Guo Songling's suggestion, Yang Yuting picked up a magnifying glass and looked carefully.He discovered that the place Sun Liechen mentioned was an inconspicuous narrow area in the southeast of Pyongyang, and it was almost close to Suzaku Gate in Pyongyang. "The place you're referring to seems to be very close to Suzaku Gate? That's the headquarters of the Kwantung Army, right? It should be the strongest defense." Yang Yuting was a little skeptical about this plan.

"Yes, this landing point is only five kilometers away from Suzaku Gate, and the high ground I chose to attack is responsible for defending Suzaku Gate."

Everyone present immediately started talking, and most of them shook their heads in doubt.

"Chief of Staff, I think the danger of this plan is too great." Feng Linge, the commander of the Second Army, disagreed. After speaking, he pointed to the map: "We are facing the enemy's fortress and the firepower is very strong." The Datong River is very powerful, and the current of the Datong River is very turbulent. How can our assault boats cross such a wide water surface? And even if they cross, the path to the shore is very narrow, and everything is blocked by enemy firepower. In this way, it is impossible for us to launch an attack. All the attacking troops can only be trapped inside and cannot move!"

"I know this is theoretically impossible!" Guo Songling smiled lightly: "But, just because it seems impossible, we have a chance, because the enemy's defense also thinks that this place will not be attacked by us." , So as long as we can take advantage of the enemy's weakness, then it is our opportunity, if we can cross the Datong River to attack, the enemy will be attacked by surprise, and this is the key to success." After speaking, Guo Songling looked at Zhang Zuolin confidently : "Marshal, this is my opinion, please consider it."

Zhang Zuolin valued Guo Songling very much. At first, he thought the plan he proposed was too risky, but after calming down and thinking about it, it seemed to be a good strategy.Judging from the current situation, what he said is not wrong at all. As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place. The defenses established by people here are indeed very strong. Strong, so they will not garrison a large number of troops here, because the inertia of thinking makes them think that the Northeast Army will never launch a surprise attack here.So, theoretically, this solution is feasible.At the same time, if they really made a breakthrough from here, then they could directly attack Suzaku Gate from here, and then go straight to the headquarters of the Kwantung Army, and the time of the entire battle would be greatly shortened.But is it really okay to do this?Obviously, you have to take a lot of risks. There is a saying in the art of war that soldiers never tire of cheating. If people really deploy a large number of troops here, once the Northeast Army lands, it will face a strong attack from the enemy. And relying on the Datong River, it can be said that it is a dilemma.

After repeated calculations, Zhang Zuolin's enthusiasm for making a beard came back again. As the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get a tiger's cub. Thinking of this, he slammed the table with his hand: "Is there any disagreement?"

The people present were discussing for a while, but no one could come up with a better opinion.

Zhang Zuolin immediately said: "I decided to follow Guo Songling's plan! But the area must be investigated in advance to ensure that no one deploys heavy troops, and the investigation will not attract people's attention."

Now that the Commander-in-Chief has given the order, everyone present has to follow it immediately, but they still need to formulate a detailed plan. In this plan, there are still many problems to be solved. The most important problem is where the troops will board the ship. Where to go ashore, the composition and organization of the troops, etc., all of these require planning and preparation.After nearly half an hour of planning, a new battle plan was released.That is, the troops crossed the Taedong River from the opposite bank northwest of Pyongyang City, and after capturing the high ground on the opposite bank, they went directly to Suzaku Gate.

In terms of troop distribution, it is estimated that the main force of the three battalions will serve as the advance force of the attack. In addition, there will be elites selected from the First Combat Engineer Company. The number of this troop is only 40, but their mission is the most important. These elites The main task is to cross the river smoothly, investigate the situation on the other side, and capture the opponent's first line of defense, thus opening the way for the troops to advance.

In addition, in order to be able to distract the attention of the enemy troops stationed.Zhang Zuolin ordered the Northeast Army to launch diversionary attacks in four other places at the same time to attract the attention of the enemy.

After the plan was formulated, the teams began to act.

After half an hour's rapid march, the advance team dispersed near the scheduled boarding site on the north bank of the Datong River. Under the protection of tall poplars, trees and willows, they avoided the detection of the opposite bank, and at the same time used binoculars to observe the situation on the other bank.

As the follow-up troops, the 27th, 28th, and 29th divisions also marched to the predetermined location in the northwest under the leadership of the army commander Guo Songling. Guo Songling knew that the military situation was urgent and urged all the ministries to speed up.The water tank of the truck was broken, so they just unloaded the truck and pushed the truck aside to clear the road.The horse carrying supplies was so tired that it was about to go crazy, Guo Songling unceremoniously picked up a pistol and aimed at the damn animal and killed it.Several times on the way, the troops had to disperse to avoid the peripheral detection and the sight of the local residents.Their purpose in doing this is simply to achieve the purpose of a surprise attack.

Near the northwestern point of the Datong River, there are maple forests and post-war ruins everywhere. An arrow pointing sign is nailed to a tree, and the word "ferry" is written crookedly in Chinese characters.

It was already one o'clock in the morning, in Pyongyang across the Datong River.The commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, Daisaku Kawamoto, just came out of his office after a busy day at work.The current situation is very critical, and the entire periphery of Pyongyang has been surrounded by Chinese troops.And the few railway lines in North Korea are not enough to transfer troops from all over the south in a short time, which makes Kawamoto very angry.As for the success of the so-called urban defense war, in fact, the most critical thing is the need for a large number of reinforcements to clear the siege.If you don't have a single reinforcement, it's useless to defend your city well, because sooner or later the opponent will exhaust your strength.

Thinking of this, He Ben sighed helplessly, pushed open an inconspicuous small door, and slowly went down through this small door to the telephone station on the second floor of the basement, where there was a telecommunications room.It is currently the only place in Pyongyang that can communicate with the outside world.He walked through the training room full of people, and walked directly to the No. 1 transmitter that communicated with the North Korean military.A full month has passed since Kawamoto made his first contact with the military through this telegraph.

Although, Kawamoto thought he had done his best, although, he used many methods.But now he has to admit that the enemy has greatly surpassed the troops put together by the Kwantung Army and North Korea in terms of military strength, the quantity and quality of weapons and equipment, and the quality of soldiers.And it was this that made his seemingly extremely strong defensive circle become riddled with holes under the aggressive attack of the opponent.At the same time, he also knew that according to the current attack speed of the enemy, the fall of Pyongyang has entered a countdown. According to his prediction, the Chinese will completely control the entire Pyongyang area within a week at most.

Thinking of this, Heben felt a burst of sadness. He tried his best to suppress his depression, nodded to the operators, then put a notepad on the side of the small table, and raised his wrist to look at the hands of the watch on his wrist , ordered: "Send the message, Daisaku Kawamoto is at the telegraph machine."

With the operator's fingers beating lightly, the military department's reply was quickly displayed on a long and narrow note: "General Hideki Tojo will talk to you, please wait a moment."

One minute later, the telegraph machine suddenly spat out a second note, and Kawamoto grabbed the note, which clearly read: "I am Hideki Tojo, how is the situation in North Korea?"

"Very bad!" Hemoto said quickly, then glared at the telegraph operator who was in a daze, and continued: "In the current situation, the Chinese have controlled 80% of the northern urban area, and our defense line has been destroyed by the enemy. A breakthrough has been made. Several armies of the Northeast Army have surrounded Pyongyang. Through the war in the previous period, the Kwantung Army suffered heavy losses, and the troop attrition rate was about [-]%. Now we urgently need ammunition and food, especially ammunition, please deliver them as soon as possible , if conditions permit, I also need a reserve team of divisions."

After a while, the other party said: "I order you to take a plane to Tokyo immediately. Three hours later, the plane of the Ministry of War will appear at the Busan pier."

Go to Tokyo?at such a time?This order was beyond Kawamoto's expectation.How could the commander of the Kwantung Army abandon his soldiers and leave Pyongyang under such circumstances? Kawamoto snapped the notepad, pushed it aside, and hurriedly dictated: "As far as the current situation is concerned, I can't go to Tokyo, Pyongyang It could fall at any moment."

"This is an order!" The other party replied quickly, with a tone that could not be doubted at all.

"Okay. I'm leaving for Busan right now."

(End of this chapter)