Chapter 534: The Second Battle of the Yalu River (5)
On this return trip, Luo Yue took the train for a total of 3 days, rested on the train for two nights, and arrived in Vladivostok at noon on the third day.
As soon as he arrived in Vladivostok, Luo Yue received a notice from the Military Commission, and only then did he know that his mission to return to Qingdao was to participate in the battle of the defense line on the Yalu River, land on the Korean Peninsula, and stick a knife in the back of the Japanese army.
Of course, Luo Yue has no objection to this, Bi Jing's landing operation can only be done by using the Marine Corps, and now there is basically no big war to be fought on the battlefield in the Far East, for himself now, the more battles he has experienced, the better, one is to accumulate qualifications, and the other is to increase experience, and for the landing on the Korean Peninsula, Luo Yue also believes that the probability of success is very high, this is not blind confidence, because in the old time and space, the landing on the Korean Peninsula itself has a successful example, and although the Japanese army has now gathered 300,000 troops, most of them are new recruits, although they are not considered a rabble, but their combat effectiveness is not strongIn addition, the Marines have accumulated a lot of experience after being honed in two landing battles.
In addition, Luo Yue also received a letter from home, only then did he know that his wife had given birth to a little boy, of course, now that the mother and son are safe, Zhou Weiying has also stopped working, and rested and recovered at home, so that Luo Yue should not worry about it and work with peace of mind. During the war, Luo Yue and his family basically did not communicate with each other, but they would send a telegram to each other every month to say goodbye, this was because the family was afraid of affecting Luo Yue's work, after all, Luo Yue was fighting a battle of life and death on the front line. It wasn't until the situation in the Far Eastern Theater calmed down now, and it happened that Zhou Weiying was also giving birth, so he wrote a letter to Luo Yue.
After reading the letter, Luo Yue couldn't help but feel a little guilty in his heart, although he couldn't go home because he was on official duty, and his wife could understand his work, although the material life of the family was relatively rich, but due to his own mission, Zhou Weiying would definitely worry about his own safety, so he did not fulfill his responsibilities as a husband. However, I can take this opportunity to return to Qingdao to see my wife and children, and the family can be reunited for a few days. Luo Yue is very strict in governing the army, and he is also strict with himself, but he is not so strict that he is not close to people, so that he does not enter the house three times, and it is still okay to open a convenient door for himself without violating the general principles.
Finally, there was another document, that the German military observation group led by Ludendorff was going to the Far Eastern Theater to observe the war situation, understand the course of the war, and observe the battlefield, and asked Luo Yue to do a good job in receiving and making arrangements, and to provide convenience to the German military observer group as much as possible without affecting the war work.
Of course, Luo Yue knew who Ludendorff was, but he didn't have much interest in Ludendorff, because Ludendorff was only a famous general in World War I after all, and in the whole process of World War I, military technology has been greatly improved, but military theory is still in the stage of the Russo-Japanese War. Therefore, although Ludendorff can be regarded as the best army commander in World War I, he is still essentially an old-fashioned soldier, and Luo Yue is obviously more interested in those soldiers in World War II.
However, Luo Yue did not have any ill feelings towards Ludendorff, on the contrary, he still admired him a little, after all, in the later stage of World War I, it was indeed Ludendorff who supported the overall situation of Germany, and Germany finally failed, the main reason was the lack of national strength, not the lack of Ludendorff's ability. Of course, Luo Yue would not stay in Vladivostok for a long time, and he would have to board the ship and set off tomorrow at the latest, so Luo Yue immediately ordered someone to immediately arrange a time to meet with the members of the German military observation group.
At this time, the German military observer group had already arrived in Vladivostok for two days, and did not continue to Harbin, where it was waiting for Luo Yue; although Luo Yue was just about to leave the Far Eastern Theater, he still retained the post of commander of the Far Eastern Theater, so it was reasonable that the German military observer group should wait for Luo Yue to arrive here. Moreover, in the past two days, the military observation group has not wasted in vain, but has been inspecting the battlefield in Vladivostok and seriously surveying the fortifications and batteries built by Russia on Vladivostok and Lefu Island.
Ludendorff is an army soldier, not good at the navy, and even more ignorant of landing operations, but he has a high evaluation of the fortifications left by Russia, although the Russian army is not enough to defend Vladivostok, but it is not easy to break through the defense of Vladivostok, and it is attacked from the sea, although Ludendorff does not understand the navy, but the naval guns cannot beat the shore defense artillery, Ludendorff still understands. After all, the KPA had breached this fortified fortress, so it was clear that the KPA had adopted effective tactics.
Of course, Ludendorff did not know much about the navy, but he had in his group a naval authority, Colonel Maximilian von Spee, who was a naval newcomer in Germany on a par with Schell. Therefore, Ludendorff asked Spee how to break through the fortress if he commanded the navy, and Spee spread his hands and said that unless he could have more than 8 battleships and pay the price of sinking at least 2 battleships, it would be possible to break the fortress from the sea. He was also interested in how the KPA Navy broke through the fortress of Vladivostok.
Knowing that Luo Yue had returned to Vladivostok and was going to meet with the German military observation team, Ludendorff and the team members also changed their military uniforms and came to see Luo Yue in a neat manner.
After the two sides met, Ludendorff and Shi Pei were very surprised, because Luo Yue looked too young, at most about 30 years old, and he still had the rank of major general, Ludendorff and Shi Pei were both new to the German military, and the military rank was colonel, the former was 40 years old this year, and the latter was 44 years old, so in comparison, Luo Yue was indeed too young.
However, the two also dared to despise Luo Yue because of this, not only because of diplomatic etiquette, but because under the command of Luo Yue, the People's Army not only captured Vladivostok, but also fought all the way west to Harbin, thus changing the trend of the entire war in one fell swoop. Both Ludendorff and Spee were standard soldiers, recognizing only their achievements and nothing else.
After the two sides exchanged polite words, Ludendorff eagerly asked about the war. It happened that Luo Yue was summarizing the war, so he also gave them a detailed introduction, of course, the introduction of the Germans was reserved, and Luo Yue certainly knew what to say and what not to say. For the battle of attacking Vladivostok, Luo Yue focused on the reconnaissance of Vladivostok by the People's Army before the war, and had a very clear understanding of the hydrology, altitude, location of the batteries, and the distribution of artillery in Vladivostok, and made accurate calculations.
In fact, the victory of the People's Army in the landing battle was mainly based on the destruction of the Russian army's heavy artillery, and the warship's artillery firing at night relied on the UAV to provide shooting parameters through the ship's radar, so it easily won the victory in the landing war. Of course, these words will not be said.
Ludendorff and Shi Pei are both soldiers with formal military education, and of course they can hear that Luo Yue's words are about ambushes, such as how a warship shoots at night, even if the collected data is complete, it can be fired at a point or called a map, but how is the warship positioned at sea? And even if it can be fixed, the warship floats uncertainly on the sea, and coupled with the recoil of artillery fire, it will not stay in one position, and how does the People's Army measure and correct the position of the warship? Luo Yue did not say any of these things. Of course, the two also understood that these should be military secrets belonging to the East China government, or secret technology, of course Luo Yue would not disclose them, so the two did not ask, after all, there was still self-knowledge of this.
Then Luo Yue introduced the battle of the Muling River, this time it was Ludendorff's business, so Ludendorff also listened very carefully, and kept recording in his notebook, every time Luo Yue said a location, Ludendorff had to ask the translator to find the location on the map, and also measure the distance. He also asked questions from time to time, and he asked quite professionally, basically about the construction point, Luo Yue also admired it, and he really deserved to be a famous general in the future, and Luo Yue also replied as much as possible to Ludendorff's questions, but some of the things that could not be said were laughed and not answered, Ludendorff was also very knowledgeable, so he would stop at this time and would not ask endlessly.
After listening to Luo Yue's speech, Ludendorff's eyes were also full of admiration, throughout the entire battle process, Luo Yue's grasp of the fighter was quite accurate, and several Guan Jian's fighters were firmly grasped by Luo Yue, so they achieved a brilliant victory, if they missed one of them, the result may be rewritten. And with such a keen eye and precise judgment, Ludendorff previously thought that only Napoleon could do it.
Listening to Ludendorff compare himself with Napoleon, Luo Yue even claimed that he "didn't dare to be", because Napoleon was also one of Luo Yue's most admired foreign famous generals. In fact, in the battle of the Muling River, Luo Yue was able to accurately fight, on the one hand, Luo Yue's judgment, and on the other hand, the people's super intelligence reconnaissance ability, in addition to scouts, there are fixed-wing aircraft and drones, coupled with advanced communication systems, so that Luo Yue can find the fighter in time, and immediately react, to achieve the effect of winning the enemy first, in fact, the so-called famous generals who are like gods, their judgments are all based on accurate intelligence, and on the basis of dividing the fingers, everything can be understood when you pinch your fingers, and only exist in novels。
However, Luo Yue did not deliberately elevate himself, but attributed all this to the fact that the People's Army had fixed-wing reconnaissance planes to conduct aerial reconnaissance, so that he could understand the movements of the Russian army.