Chapter Seventy-Nine: Compromise
"Don't fight? Are you saying that the little devils won't fight with us? Ma Dashan, whose face was covered with blood, grabbed the collar of the combat staff officer next to him and shouted at the other party in a hissing voice. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info "I have less than half of my brothers left in a class now, and you're telling me now that the little devil doesn't want to continue fighting with us?" Grandma, Lao Tzu hasn't killed enough little devils to avenge his brothers, why do they say they won't fight if they don't want to, no, absolutely not. ”
Although the Dangkou army that suddenly launched an attack broke through the Japanese defense line in many places, there were still more than 1,000 casualties, and most of the officers and men of the Dangkou army could not accept the news of the sudden truce with the Japanese army for a while. and the Japanese army in Korea temporarily ceased fire, which was an order issued by Zhuo Fei himself. In fact, not only grassroots officers and soldiers like Ma Dashan did not understand the reason for this order, but even the command level of the Dangkou Army was also confused.
"Tell me why the Japanese had to cease war with our umbrella? According to the current comparison of forces, it should be the Japanese who have the upper hand, and according to the character of the Japanese, it is absolutely impossible to take the initiative to bow to our protective umbrella, but why would the Japanese come to Inchon to seek an armistice with us? Zhuo Fei did not give an explanation, but asked the senior officers who had gathered at the headquarters.
Looking around at these thoughtful officers, Zhuo Fei continued, "The Japanese are not stupid, and they will not make a loss-making deal, and they are even more reluctant to take the initiative to bow to us. But the Japanese are doing it now, so don't any of you want to think about it? Zhuo Fei's continuous questioning made the officers who had been ordered to rush to Inchon speechless, and when they received the order for a ceasefire on all fronts, they only cared about suppressing their anger, but they did not think carefully about the reasons for the Japanese move.
Receiving Zhuo Fei's signal, Zhuo Yan, who took Hefman's place, stretched out his hand and pulled open the curtain covering the wall, and a large world map hung behind the curtain. Stretching out his hand to take the baton handed by Zhuo Yan, Zhuo Fei drew a circle on the position of the Korean Peninsula at one end of the baton, "This is the Korean Peninsula, due to our continuous attacks, the original Japanese defense line south of Seoul has been pushed south by us more than 100 kilometers. Our separate armored division has already moved south to Daejeon, and the servant army units heading south by sea from the port of Incheon have also landed on the west coast of the Korean Peninsula and are ready to attack Daejeon. ”
"The purpose of our assault on Daejeon is not to capture the southwestern coastline, but to use this assault tactic to mobilize the Japanese forces as much as possible and make them exhausted. In one, it was to inflict the greatest possible casualties on the Japanese army, in order to consume more of the living force of the Korean Japanese army. Zhuo Fei, holding a red pen in his hand, drew circles and arrows on the map in succession, and moved the baton of his finger to the northern tip of the Korean Peninsula.
"This is North Hamgyong Province, and we have deployed more than 70,000 troops here, most of whom are good mountain fighters. We all know that North Hamgyong Province is mountainous, so the Japanese armored forces are unable to form a group attack or defense, and our mountain soldiers are at home in this terrain. In addition, we have transferred a large number of new weapons and equipment and dozens of helicopter gunships to the northern front, and I am afraid that the Japanese troops entering North Hamgyong Province will not be able to break through the northern front and move south smoothly for a period of time. ”
"It is precisely because of the terrain of North Hamgyong Province that the heavy firepower weapons relied on by the Japanese army could not play up to their original power, which gave our mountain troops great convenience, so in the several battles that have broken out, it is always us who has the advantage." At this point, Zhuo Fei suddenly stopped, stretched out his hand and drew a large red circle with a red pen on the Japanese mainland. "It's Japan, it's a place we've always wanted to set foot in, and it's also the home of the Japanese."
"To tell you the truth, before I sent the servant troops from China to Incheon, I had already secretly contacted the Japanese negotiating team headed by Japanese Prime Minister Fumima Konoe in Chongqing," Zhuo Fei's words immediately attracted the attention of the officers present, because they had never heard of this matter at all. "The meeting with the Japanese in Chongqing was because of the request of the Chongqing high-level officials, and it was also the highest gesture made by the Japanese for a ceasefire in peace talks, because it was headed by their current Prime Minister Fumima Konoe."
Zhuo Fei didn't intend to continue to dwell on this issue, but just changed the topic after passing it off. "That's why the Japanese came to Chongqing first, on the one hand, to seek the attitude of the Chinese government, and on the other hand, to divide the relationship and cooperation between our umbrella and the Chinese government. So, I negotiated with the Chongqing side and decided to fight separately. The units of the Chinese Forces nouvelles will help us to blockade the border areas in the north-east and northern Korea, and we will draw out all our forces in China so that the Japanese will not have the opportunity or excuse to accuse the Chinese government. ”
Zhuo Fei explained like this, and the officers present understood why Zhuo Fei wanted to transfer a large number of servant troops north to the Korean Peninsula to help in the war. "Now it seems that the Japanese believe that our umbrella has parted ways with the Chinese government, otherwise they would not have sent a special envoy to Inchon to meet with us. So, now the topic has turned back to square one, that is, why did the Japanese have an armistice under our umbrella? ”
The baton in Zhuo Fei's hand was heavily pointed at the position of the American continent, "This is the American continent, the Japanese troops who were escorted eastward by the Japanese Combined Fleet and landed on the west coast of the United States, with the cooperation of the Mexican army, have won consecutive victories and occupied many places in the United States. In order to expand Japan's war success and influence on the American continent, the Japanese cabinet had to continuously transfer troops from the Chinese theater to support the American theater, which is why the Japanese took the initiative to withdraw their troops from central China at the beginning of the year. ”
Because the Japanese lacked well-trained troops to expand their warfare on the American continent, they had to propose an armistice and peace talks to the Chinese government for the first time at the beginning of the year, and took this opportunity to transfer the troops they had drawn to the American continent to help in the war. If the Japanese had strengthened their forces in the Far East at this time, they might not have had the opportunity to take advantage of our protective umbrella to enter the Korean Peninsula, but unfortunately, the Japanese had already been carried away by the success of their war in the United States, and the arrogant Japanese thought that they could take the whole of the United States. ”
"Compared to the U.S. and China, the U.S. is naturally more attractive to the Japanese at the moment. In order to achieve this goal, the Japanese forces in Northeast China and Korea chose to temporarily hibernate and refrain from tolerating a series of military operations in Northeast China by our umbrella and the Chinese army, and I guess the Japanese would never have thought that our real target was the Korean Peninsula. Later, the Japanese finally came to their senses, but the Dangkou army had also gained a firm foothold on the Korean Peninsula, and it was impossible for the Japanese garrison in Korea alone to force the Dangkou army to retreat, so they began to mobilize Japanese troops from the northeast and the Far East into the Korean Peninsula to encircle and suppress the Dangkou army from the north and south. ”
"But the Japanese never imagined that our umbrella resistance would be so active, not only successfully holding back their troops southward in North Hamgyong Province, but also breaking through their defensive line in the south and advancing to Daejeon. The Japanese should be very entangled at this time, on the one hand, they do not want to lose the Korean Peninsula, which they have occupied for a hundred years, and on the other hand, they do not want to lose the opportunity to fully occupy the American continent. So, they came to us for peace talks, trying to buy time, because whether the Japanese army wants to counterattack or transfer troops, it takes a lot of time. ”
After saying a lot of things, Zhuo Fei finally stopped talking, took the tea handed by Zhuo Yan and poured a big sip. "The strength of our umbrella is far inferior to that of the Japanese army, and even if the Japanese mainland no longer sends troops to the Korean Peninsula, it will probably not be easy for us to destroy the Japanese army on the Korean Peninsula, and there will be inevitable casualties in the process. Like the Japanese army, in fact, our umbrella also needs time and opportunity to breathe and recuperate, if it weren't for the fact that they completely disrupted the arrangement of the Korean Japanese army, I think, the Japanese would never have taken the initiative to choose a truce with us, now, you all understand it?"
It took Zhuo Fei so much trouble to explain the reason to these excited officers, and after learning the details of the whole matter, the officers who had calmed down began to think about how to deal with it. The armistice conditions offered by the Japanese were that the Dangkou army retreat to the original Seoul defense line and open up North Hamgyong Province, allowing the Japanese troops entering North Hamgyong Province to move south into the Japanese-controlled area. The Japanese side promised that it would not take the initiative to cross the Seoul defense line to provoke the Dangkou army, and at the same time fully withdraw from the northeast and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.
Because this matter involved the Northeast, Zhuo Fei could not refuse the Japanese side's request for an armistice, and since he settled in Ruili with Jews, Zhuo Fei looked forward to the day when the Japanese army fully withdrew from China. This day has finally come, but it has to damage the interests of the umbrella, but Zhuo Fei can't refuse the Japanese proposal, in fact, it is Zhuo Fei who is the most angry in his heart. The umbrella promised to cease fire and armistice with the Japanese army, and took the initiative to transfer the independent armored division that had gone south to Daejeon back to Seoul, and the Japanese troops in Heilongjiang also reacted and began to withdraw troops from Heilongjiang in a step-by-step manner according to the requirements of the cabinet.
With the exception of the Philippines, which was besieged by the United States and Australia, there was no war in the whole of Asia, and Japan, which had repeatedly compromised, did not seem to think that they were left behind, because they finally had the opportunity to safely transfer the troops from Manchuria and the Far East back to their homeland, and had plenty of time to send these drawn combat troops to the American continent.