Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 562 Seoul is Falling

"Yes, yes!" Zhang Zuolin nodded slightly. "But you are a senior commander, so you can't take this risk. I think it's better to let your men go down." At this point, he stopped the head of the [-]st Paratrooper Regiment: "Chunsheng, go and command a battalion to attack Little Nose." In addition, I have equipped your troops with mortars and howitzers, can you take them down?"

"No problem!" Chunsheng raised his head proudly, "Our paratrooper unit is one of the most elite units of the Northeast Army of the Empire. Please rest assured, Commander, we will definitely be able to complete the task."

Zhang Zuolin said to Xiong Bingnan again: "General Xiong, are your troops ready?"

"Report to the commander, my commando team has been fully prepared. The reconnaissance force has been dispatched, and we have also connected with the military intelligence agents in Seoul. As long as we get accurate information, we will immediately dispatch to destroy the other party's military command agencies and intelligence agencies."

At this moment, an adjutant came in, gave a military salute to Zhang Zuolin, and said, "Marshal, our liaison officer in Seoul is here."

"Oh? Say Cao Cao will be there." Zhang Zuolin smiled at Xiong Bingnan, "Let him in quickly."

In this Eagle Project, these military intelligence liaison officers played an extraordinary role. Not only did they have to provide timely intelligence support, they also had to take on the role of guides after the Chinese troops entered Seoul, especially the guides of the vanguard troops.

Soon a middle-aged man in a suit and a top hat walked into the meeting room. He took off his top hat and bowed slightly to Zhang Zuolin, "Master, let me introduce myself first."

"Stop fucking nonsense! How's the situation in Seoul now? Did the enemy take any special response?" Zhang Zuolin seemed impatient.

The liaison officer smiled awkwardly: "Most people in Seoul don't know what happened. However, our military personnel have begun to play a role. Now there are rumors that the imperial army has entered the urban area of ​​Seoul. , and various versions have been spread. For example, our armored forces have appeared in the western suburbs, and the Incheon area has been occupied by us. There is also our air force preparing to bomb Seoul, etc. In short, they are already panicking now. "

The liaison officer paused, then continued: "And now the Kwantung Army's entire city defense command system is in chaos. Our agents have already destroyed several major radio facilities in the city. Now even if they know something, they can't mobilize The troops fought against us."

"What's Little Nose's plan now?"

"The 21st and 22nd Divisions of the Kwantung Army are stationed here. Their division heads seem to have gone to a meeting after hearing that the airport was attacked."

"A meeting? Damn, I have a scar. It's this time, and you still go to the meeting?" Zhang Zuolin felt that people were really beaten. If they got the news that the airport was attacked, they should make a judgment immediately and take advantage of their own foothold. When it is stable, concentrate superior forces to launch a counterattack, regain the airport, or immediately shrink the defense line, and evacuate all senior officials from Seoul. Perhaps people have not received any news, because the main communication lines in the city have been destroyed.

But now he didn't think so much anymore, and turned to Tang Yulin and said, "You are still the vanguard officer of this attack, you should know what to do now, right?"

"Don't worry, Commander, the brothers have already prepared to kill the little nose." Tang Yulin said eagerly.

Zhang Zuolin asked Li Zenan again, "How many troops do we have at the airport now? How is the equipment?"

"Commander, now we have gathered about 2 troops near the airport. In addition, we also have an armored company and a motorized corps. It should be enough to deal with the counterattack of the enemy's two divisions, and the transport planes are still there. Follow-up troops are being sent in a steady stream."

Zhang Zuolin shook his head resolutely: "What I want to do now is not just defense, we want to attack and take down the entire city of Seoul."

"What? Attack?" Li Zenan was taken aback: "Marshal, although our strength and equipment are almost the same now, they are all concentrated near the airport. It will take some time to disperse the attack on Seoul, so I suggest that just to be on the safe side, It is better to defend first, and then wait for the peripheral troops to launch an attack, and then we will respond from here, so that the internal and external attack, Seoul will definitely be broken!"

Zhang Zuolin looked at his pocket watch, "It will take at least an hour to wait for a full-scale attack from the periphery, who knows what will happen in this hour, the emperor is still waiting for our good news in Pyongyang, and this kind of attack can be more unexpected. "Speaking of this, he put on his military cap and said to the generals present: "All troops set off as planned!"

At this time, in the garrison headquarters of the Kwantung Army in Seoul, the commander of the 21st Division, Masaki Oya, and the commander of the 22nd Division, Toshio Kawata, were conducting emergency consultations.

"The current situation is very critical." Oya Masharu spoke quickly, "According to the reliable information we have received, the Chinese have suddenly occupied the Seoul Airport. You have also seen that batches of Chinese planes are transporting Chinese troops to the airport. They An attack may be launched at any time, coupled with a large number of Northeast Army outside the city, we are now facing the enemy, and the situation is critical! Due to the problem of the communication line, we still do not know the real situation of the matter, but I have sent agents, I hope They can bring important news."

"I never dreamed that the Chinese would suddenly come up with such a move. When the time comes, the Chinese army will come from the airport to launch a central blooming tactic. Will we be able to resist it?" Sitting on the other side Toshio Kawata said: "At this time we should What to do, the strength of our two divisions will not be able to stop the enemy even if they encircle the airport now. From the transport planes flying back and forth in the sky, it can be imagined that the enemy's strength will not be less than ours at present. And this time the action is too sudden , Many fortifications and trenches in the city have not been built yet, what if they launch an attack now?"

Faced with this sudden move by the Northeast Army, these Kwantung Army officers lost their minds for a while. Some advocated a planned withdrawal of troops, some advocated immediately encircling the airport, and some advocated shelling the airport. There are huge loopholes, and it is difficult to expand for a while.In the chatter and debate, another half hour passed.The reason why a consensus has not been reached is because everyone knows that nothing can be done now to save Seoul from being conquered.

Suddenly, fierce gunshots and shouts sounded in front of the Seoul Municipal Government Office.Everyone present looked at each other in blank dismay, they didn't know what happened outside.Soon, a junior officer in charge rushed into the meeting room and said loudly to everyone present: "Chinese, the Chinese have already attacked here!"

There was an immediate commotion at the "what" meeting place. Obviously, none of them expected that the Germans would rush here so quickly.

"Chinese? Is it the regular army of the Chinese?" Oya Masharu said immediately without thinking.

"It's a regular army! There are about thousands of people. Judging from the designation, it seems to be a team of the 1st Army of the Northeast Army." The officer said with certainty: "Our guards caught fire with them just now. The opponent's combat capabilities and weapons and equipment Significantly higher than us, and they are equipped with machine guns and artillery. Now they have occupied the front door and the back door, our retreat is cut off!"

The meeting place fell into chaos again, obviously everyone was confused by the sudden situation.Because there is only one case for the sudden appearance of the Northeast Army, that is, the group of Chinese soldiers at the airport did not take a defensive approach, but took the initiative to attack, which was not expected by anyone present.

At this moment, another sergeant ran in with a disheveled face, gasped and said, "A general of the Northeast Army has sent you a letter."

Oya Masaharu took the letter and looked at it, speechless, and handed the letter to Toshio Kawada, who read it carefully, and it clearly stated: The Seoul Municipal Office has been surrounded by the Northeast Army, and Oya Masaharu, Kawata Toshio and the Kanto All officers and soldiers of the army gave up resistance immediately, otherwise the guns and guns would speak.The signature is Zhang Zuolin, Commander-in-Chief of the Northeast Frontier Defense Forces!

The venue was silent for 3 minutes, everyone looked at each other, and no one said a word.

"How's the situation inside? Is Little Nose ready to surrender?" Tang Yulin stood next to a gun carriage with one foot on the gun barrel, and asked the adjutant who was sending a letter ahead.

"Report to the army commander." The adjutant said, "Now it is said that this issue is unacceptable for a short time, so they need to hold a meeting to discuss it."

"Meeting? Fucking meeting again?" Tang Yulin looked at his watch and waved his hand heavily. "I don't care about him. I don't have time to spend with them." At this point, he turned to his subordinates and said, "The artillery is ready, let me fire a shot at any room, and the machine gun will break a few of their windows." Broken! Do you still have the mind to have a meeting after looking at this shit?"

Three soldiers pushed a 75mm recoilless gun forward and quickly adjusted the muzzle.A long shell was stuffed into the barrel.On the other side, three machine guns were also aimed at the window of the Municipal Office.

"Fire!" Tang Yulin gave an order, and a burst of orange flames spewed out from the muzzle of the black hole, and then there was a loud bang, and a room on the first floor of the Municipal Government Office not far from them was wrapped in smoke, and the reinforced concrete The fragments flew into the sky with a huge impact.Then several machine guns began to fire desperately, and the bullets like locusts smashed all the buildings on the second and third floors of the building to pieces.

"Tell them, if you don't reply, I will raze this place to the ground." Tang Yulin said to the adjutant.

Soon the adjutant came back angrily and said: "The people inside said that they are soldiers, and they would rather die in battle than be prisoners."

Tang Yulin jumped into a rage, "Assault team! Go in! If you see anyone wearing a military uniform, kill them. Let only one person go. I will destroy you all!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)