Age of Conquest Reborn

Liu Cuigang took a sip of wine and said to He Zhijun encouragingly: "Chief of Staff He, what is your conclusion?"

He Zhijun glanced at Le Yiqin, who was still deep in thought, and said with certainty: "Commander Liu, based on this judgment, within the next week, the Japanese army will not be able to attack Incheon, which is being repaired.

If we conduct air strikes at the airport, similarly, there will be no Japanese aircraft groups on the Mokpo battlefield!"

Liu Cuigang pondered for a moment and said: "Chief of Staff He, don't rush to conclusions yet. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and anything can happen!"

At this time, Le Yiqin took over, "Cui Gang, I have seriously considered your words just now. It is possible, but it will not appear in the short term. Fleet carrier aircraft are a huge threat to the Japanese aviation force."

deterrence!"

Liu Cuigang raised his glass, touched it lightly with Le Yiqin, and said: "Yiqin, Chief of Staff He, let's not discuss this topic anymore. I will proceed according to the original plan. Come and have a drink. Tonight, even if it is for the sake of the old friend's upcoming

I went to Incheon Airport to put it into practice and did it!”

At about ten o'clock that night, the telegram from the Southeast Mobile Corps arrived in the hands of Lieutenant General Tang Qiuquan, commander-in-chief of the Cross-sea Campaign Headquarters. Qiuquan read Ma Chaoyang's telegram carefully several times. After putting down the telegram, he fell into deep thought.

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Judging from the content of the telegram, Ma Chaoyang's plan was very bold and novel. He used Mokpo as a huge magnetic field to continuously attract Japanese troops from Busan and Gwangju to come for reinforcements. He even attracted Japanese troops from Japan.

reinforcements in order to achieve the purpose of consuming the effective strength of the Japanese army.

But what Tang Qiuquan considered was that as a result, the Battle of Mokpo would be delayed for a long time, which would in turn affect the progress of the entire Korean Peninsula campaign and lead to a war of attrition. It would not be achieved overnight and would require hundreds of thousands of troops from the Southeast Mobile Corps, which would be spent for a long time.

In the direction of Mokpo, this conflicted with the division commander's overall idea of ​​​​the northern campaign. The original plan was to quickly annihilate the Japanese army on the Korean Peninsula, occupy the Busan, Gwangju, and Mokpo lines, and block Japanese reinforcements from Japan.

"This Ma Chaoyang has a big appetite. Give me a problem!" Tang Qiuquan said to himself, "Chief of Staff, what do you think of Ma Chaoyang's new plan?" He turned around and asked the Chief of Staff.

Major General Xin Xiguo said.

Xin Xiguo said cautiously: "The biggest highlight of Commander Ma's new campaign plan is its follow-up effect. As far as the existing Japanese troops on the Korean Peninsula are concerned, it is not worth investing such a long period of consumption. The existing Southeast Mobile Corps

Ten brigades of troops gathered together with the Japanese army

The forces at the southernmost tip of the Korean Peninsula were comparable, supplemented by absolute air supremacy and fire support from the fleet's naval guns, to capture Mokpo. It did not take long, and together with the three brigades heading south from Gunsan, they attacked Gwangju, Busan and other places.

, Within a month, the war on the Korean Peninsula can be decided!"

"But I have carefully analyzed that the biggest highlight of this new combat plan is the follow-up effect. If the Japanese reinforcements from Japan become a war of attrition on the Mokpo battlefield, it will inevitably affect the Japanese base camp's troop support for the Northeast battlefield.

, to the point where the final weakening of Japan’s mainland defense force is another way of encirclement and reinforcements. This follow-up effect is bold enough. I personally admire Commander Ma’s courage very much!”

"But one thing is that we must expect that the three brigades of the Southeast Mobile Corps' landing force in the direction of Incheon will attack northward. As a result, the battlefield of the Korean Peninsula will be divided into two parts, the north and the south. The troops in the direction of Mokpo will not follow up.

Once the Japanese army has its base camp and is determined to retake the Korean Peninsula and repel or severely damage our army, it is bound to increase the investment of troops. And if the troops invested by the Japanese army exceed the troops currently commanded by Commander Ma, it will not be so consumed.

It’s easy!”

Tang Qiuquan looked at Xin Xiguo with bright eyes and asked, "Chief of Staff, what's your opinion?"

Xin Xiguo replied succinctly: "This battle is feasible, but there must be sufficient follow-up reinforcements. Once the Japanese army invests in the Mokpo battlefield and exceeds the Southeast Mobile Corps, we will quickly increase our troops!"

After a pause, Xin Xiguo said worriedly: "Commander, as far as I know, all the troops participating in the Northern Campaign have clear combat objectives. Compared with the Kwantung Army, they have superior strength, but there is no huge disparity. The only one is that there is no

The exposed direct corps is the killer prepared by the division commander for Nanjiro and Zai Ren. It is impossible to transfer to the Korean Peninsula battlefield. The so-called carrot and pit, this is my opinion!"

Tang Qiuquan understood that Xin Xiguo agreed with Ma Chaoyang's new combat plan, but there was a prerequisite, which was that there must be reserve forces to reinforce the Southeast Mobile Corps at any time. This was quite consistent with his own thinking. There must be sufficient reserve forces as Ma Chaoyang's new

The guarantee of the battle plan, perhaps, the Mokpo battlefield will affect a considerable number of reserve soldiers in Japan. The battlefield is in Mokpo, but the impact will be on the Japanese mainland.

Tang Qiuquan was very satisfied with having a chief of staff like Xin Xiguo. In just a few words, he grasped the key points of the problem. He smiled and said: "Chief of staff, please organize your opinions just now and explain them as concisely as possible.

Our attitude, as the opinion of the sea-crossing campaign headquarters, should be reported to the division commander!"

Xin Xiguo agreed, turned around and was about to go out, but was stopped by Tang Qiuquan, "Wait a moment, Chief of Staff!"

Xin Xiguo turned around, "Commander, do you have any other orders?" he asked.

Tang Qiuquan said: "In the telegram to the division commander, plus the advice of our sea-crossing campaign headquarters, it is now clear that there is no war in the Indochina Peninsula for the time being. The Sulu Mobile Corps and the Songhu Garrison Corps can take on the task of defending the Indochina Peninsula and cross the sea.

The campaign headquarters asked the division commander whether it would be possible to consider transferring Li Honggang's 29th Corps northward to serve as the general reserve for the Korean Peninsula battlefield!"

"In addition, the entire sea-crossing campaign headquarters will leave Qingdao starting tomorrow and head to Mokpo on the Korean Peninsula to coordinate the combat operations of the army, navy and aviation units. If it is appropriate, please ask the division commander for instructions!"

The telegrams from Ma Chaoyang and Tang Qiuquan arrived in the hands of Tang Qiuli, who was based in Kailu County, East Mongolia, more than an hour apart. The first was Ma Chaoyang's telegram. He read it several times and found it really difficult to make a decision.

Tang Qiuli's plan for the war on the Korean Peninsula was based on the actual situation. General Tanaka Shinichi, the commander of Japan's Korean garrison, abandoned about 100,000 troops north of Inchon, accounting for more than one-third of the total force, and retreated

The strength along the line from Busan to Mokpo has been greatly reduced, but the Southeast Mobile Corps has twelve brigades, plus three brigades of the Marine Corps, and the fifteen brigades have a strength of more than 180,000 people.

Moreover, with absolute air supremacy, the aviation fleet can provide powerful air fire support for ground forces. With the cooperation of the naval fleet, it has the ability to quickly annihilate the Japanese and Korean garrison troops along the line from Busan to Mokpo.

Possibly, two to three brigades will then be deployed on the defensive along the Busan, Gwangju, and Mokpo lines to block reinforcements coming from Japan. The main force will quickly move northward to block the retreat route of Japan's Far East dispatched troops to the Northeast.

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Ma Chaoyang's new Mokpo campaign plan was completely contrary to himself in terms of substantive content. He who originally formulated the northern campaign plan, according to Tang Qiuli's vision, the Southeast Mobile Corps should end the war on the Korean Peninsula as soon as possible, and then free up its hands.

Come, cross the Sino-North Korean border, go straight to Northern Manchuria, block the retreat route of Japan's Far East Expeditionary Force to the Northeast, and even if it cannot use all the troops, it must reach at least eight brigades.

The reason why Tang Qiuli made this plan was that once the directly affiliated corps went north and jointly attacked the Kwantung Army border garrison with the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, there would be no suspense in annihilating this part of the Kwantung Army troops, both in terms of strength and equipment.

, all have an overwhelming advantage. The only uncertain factor is whether Prince Zain, who commands the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Force, will realize the danger of being cut off when the Kwantung Army border garrison is attacked?

Based on his understanding of Zai Ren, he will definitely realize that Zai Ren is a cunning and experienced senior Japanese commander with a keen sense of smell. Once he senses that something is wrong, he will ignore Liu Tiehan's entanglement with the East Command troops.

, even if they lose their soldiers and save their chariots, most of their troops must be withdrawn to the northeastern territory. Now, the reason why they are fighting with the East Point troops in the Far East is because there are no factors that threaten their retreat.

Therefore, from the overall plan of the northern campaign, Ma Chaoyang's new Mokpo battle plan is not advisable. However, what attracts Tang Qiuli most about this new battle plan is that Ma Chaoyang's proposal can continuously attract Japanese troops.

The addition of troops in the mainland to the Mokpo battlefield on the Korean Peninsula is tantamount to clearing the way for future attacks on the Japanese mainland. It can be said that Ma Chaoyang's idea captured Tang Qiuli's heart.

Putting down Ma Chaoyang's telegram, Tang Qiuli rubbed his temples and said to himself: "This Ma Chaoyang has posed a problem for me!" After saying that, he stood up and paced back and forth in the room, frowning.

After thinking hard, one careless move, even if he is dissatisfied and loses everything, will bring uncertainties to the northern campaign. At least, most of the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Force should have the opportunity to withdraw to the Northeast. This is something he does not want to see.

situation, so the pros and cons must be carefully weighed.

There was no one else in the room. Mei Ting, Mei Xue and Liu Xinlan divided their duties and took turns to stay with him. Tonight, Liu Xinlan happened to be the one staying. After sorting out a lot of documents, Liu Xinlan raised her head and looked at herself with concern.

The man couldn't help but worry when he saw him shaking his head and nodding again, frowning and undecided. To be honest, Liu Xinlan had rarely seen Tang Qiuli in such a difficult situation.

Liu Xinlan's big black eyes moved flexibly a few times. After thinking for a while, she poured out the herbal tea in the cup and replaced it with a cup of hot tea. She brought it to Tang Qiuli's side. Just as she was about to speak, "Bang, bang, bang!" The door was knocked softly.

Knock softly.

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