The good news on the front line is naturally what the Chinese people like to see, and the war is far away from home, and the casualties of the troops are not large, at least there is no story such as pulling the strong Ding to share the military expenses, and after dinner, discuss which ace division you value can kill the flag in the war, or make a small bet, and make a small bet to discuss how the invincible Wehrmacht can drive the little devil into the sea in a few days.

In fact, the Japanese army is by no means a fish belly army, after experiencing the panic of being defeated continuously after the start of the war, the Japanese army has now stabilized the defense line in Pyeongtaek and Chungju, and the arrival of the fifth division and the 19th division rebuilt by the Japanese army with the collected defeated soldiers and armed soldiers in the countryside made the Japanese army once again have the strength of three divisions, and the 5 divisions of the 8th Army on this line and the 10th Mountain Division on the Eastern Front. Quickly counter the 97th Division and confront each other.

However, an unexpected incident made the situation delicate, which was also something that neither China nor Japan expected, and it was brought about by a Japanese major who brought about this change, and he was Ishihara Waner, who was then the combat staff officer of the 21st Brigade of the Fifth Division. Originally, in May 1921 (Taisho 10), he was transferred back to Japan and became a military instructor at the Army University. However, because the Fifth Division was urgently transferred, it was inevitable that the officer allocation would be a little out of stock, and it was reasonable for this fellow boss to unanimously think that he was a nasty smart guy to replace a certain son of the Changzhou Domain who happened to be transferred to Lu University as an assistant teacher, not to mention that he was also appointed as the operational staff officer of the 21st Brigade (Zhongzuogang), which can already be regarded as a promotion. Ishihara was also an early officer in studying the situation in China. The chaos after the Wuchang Revolution, and the later Wu Chenxuan regime, which reused businessmen and ruled the country with business, all disappointed a group of Japanese young Zhuang soldiers such as Ishihara Waner. Ishihara commented: Now the country's officials are corrupt officials, the people are corrupt people, and the soldiers are ruffians, and China's patriotic students are the most chaotic in the world. In a word, China is a politically failed nation, and it is obviously unable to assume the responsibility of leading the yellow race to challenge the Mi Ying ghost animals, and if Japan leads the yellow race to turn over and become the master, will China drag its feet and talk about it.

The 5th Division began to arrive in Pohang on 5 December, and the 21st Brigade was assigned a task as soon as it came ashore as a striker, stationed at Jecheon to stop the Seventh Army's offensive on the eastern front. If it is an ordinary Japanese army staff officer, he can also help the brigade commander plan the march route, plan the supply of grain and grass, assign a line of troops, catch two flower girls and talk to the brigade commander about life ideals, etc. However, this second officer is the well-known brain of the Japanese army, although there is no later saying of "Ishihara's wisdom, Itagaki 's courage", but the fourth son of the police chief who is not willing to be lonely (fortunately, his father is not called Li Gang, which fully shows that our country's family planning policy should not be abolished, if Japan can also have early family planning, there may not be the later eight-year war of resistance), but there is no consciousness of being a staff officer to share worries for the leader, but the more than he planned a bold sneak attack plan. So the situation in the war between the three Koreas, which had already calmed down, had a new variable, and the 21st Brigade, which was supposed to arrive at the front line of Dycheon Nyeongviet, did not stop on December 8, and soon after, the good news of the 21st Wing to conquer Fuju came to the country, and now the Chinese and Japanese commands were dumbfounded, what was the situation?

"Report, the commander of the 8th Infantry Division, Luo Shunqing, called." A staff officer reported to Lieutenant General Wu Luzhen, commander of the Eighth Army, who was stationed in Kaesong.

After reading the telegram, Wu Luzhen gasped and handed the telegram to Chief of Staff Li, "What? Wonju was lost. The commander of a brigade of the Japanese army drove straight in, intending to intersperse the rear of our army in Pyeongtaek. Was the Japanese commander a madman? A brigade of no more than seven or eight thousand people, inserted between the three infantry divisions and armored divisions of our army, and still planning to recapture Seoul, are they looking for death? ”

"I'm afraid that's not the purpose?" Wu Luzhen stared at the military map carefully, as if he could see the flowers, from Wonju to Seoul, there is a horse and a river, and there is a railway line, no one will let go of this good opportunity, but a brigade has no tanks and no air force cover, so it is reasonable? Since the opponent is not dead, then, Wu Luzhen's fingers moved.

"Hengcheng-gun?" The chief of staff also reacted, and if it wasn't westward to Seoul, where should this sharp knife go? Naturally, it was the junction of the two group armies, but because of the traffic problems on the eastern front, only the 97th Fast Reaction Division of the 7th Group Army was stationed in Gangneung, the 10th Mountain Division was still in Sokcho, and the 22nd and 35th armored divisions had only passed Fengshan, and the other infantry divisions had not yet been shipped in China. Once the rear route of the 97th Division is cut off, the Japanese navy can bombard Gangneung on the Sea of Japan and send more troops on the other, and the 97th Rapid Reaction Division will have no way out but to abandon its equipment and break west into the mountains. Once an opening is opened on the Eastern Front, the Japanese will certainly not let go of the opportunity to outflank in a roundabout way, then the Eighth Army is now also a time when the front is stretched and supplies are insufficient, and the combat effectiveness can be exerted 7 achievements are good, and these tanks, armor, automobiles, and artillery are all consumable tigers, if the logistics and transportation lines are cut off by the Japanese, the Eighth Army has no other way but to abandon Seoul and retreat north.

"Send a report to Lao Du, reminding him to pay attention to the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army in the direction of Hengcheng County, and in addition, we dropped a regiment of the 99th Fast Reaction Division of the Yi Government to enter Chuncheon, blocking the way of the 21st Brigade to the north, and asked Lao Du to drop the 10th Mountain Division and abandon Sokcho. Let those iron turtles of his hurry up and move in the direction of Wonsan, the little devil is definitely not their opponent on the main road. Wu Luzhen dictated the telegram, and the chief of staff thought about it and agreed to this method, and he couldn't let the brother troops fall into a heavy siege just because of a brigade and regiment, and the chief of staff signed it, and the operational staff officers began to be busy, and the telegrams and phone calls continued. However, Wu Luzhen's heart is not steady, he and Lao Du are a famous pair of enemies in the army, Lao Du was born in a martial arts hall, and there is not much formal theoretical education in modern warfare, his brothers are all those who are halfway monks, and Wu Luzhen, who graduated from Lu Shi, is close to Wu Peifu, and pulls up the graduates of the general Japanese military academy, which is also a big faction in the army. The two groups of soldiers look down on each other, and the Seventh and Eighth Army are the two oldest group armies of the National Defense Force, which were born from the left and right towns of the Wuyi New Army, and they are also old powerhouses, and the WHO is afraid of the WHO. Wu Luzhen was really worried that Du Zicheng would be angry and not supported by him, and if he came to divide his troops into the mountains, it would be troublesome to single out the 21st Brigade and the like.

Chu didn't know that Wu Luzhen was worried, and when Du Zicheng scratched his head, Wu Daguan in the conference room of the Ministry of Defense had already discovered the slenderness of this problem. Wu Chenxuan, who is the head of the seat, naturally does not care about the specific military deployment, and he does not plan to be the commissioner. At this moment, what he wants to arrange is not a battle, but a big question for the whole war, who will command the Samhan war situation? Theoretically, the current Seventh Army and the Eighth Group Army are all under the leadership of the General Staff Headquarters, fighting monsters in the east and in the west, but now that the battle line has been closed, it is necessary to let them fight separately.

"Brother Jianyuan, I will leave the matter of the three Han wheel battles to you. Whether you can use the little devil to hone a steel defense force depends on your brother's ability. In the office of the chief of the Ministry of National Defense, Wu Chenxuan pulled a tall young general and instructed, "In the previous stage, the two group armies were not closely connected, allowing the little devils to take advantage of the loopholes. Although General Staff Duan took the responsibility for me, I didn't arrange the things I pointed out before, and it was my fault to let Duan Lao command remotely. The contradiction between Lao Wu and Lao Du is not a big deal, but there is no room for a difference on the battlefield. Before you go, I will transfer Lao Wu and Lao Du back, and the two group armies will be under your independent command. You are the champion of the first phase of our defense university, and you are a double high-achieving student of West Point and Saint-Cyr, I don't need to say anything about military matters, but there is one thing that must be explained to you, that is, no matter what, no senseless sacrifice is allowed, in addition to protecting the family and defending the country, our national defense forces must take the lives of soldiers as the first element at other times, and the phrase loving soldiers like children is not just for you to cover the soldiers with quilts and wash their feet. ”

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, I will control the casualty rate, give full play to the superiority of our army's equipment and firepower, and if necessary, I would rather save people and lose ground, and I will definitely put an end to unnecessary sacrifices. Use the little devil as a whetstone to train a field army cast of steel and iron for our national defense forces. "Smart people don't need to point it through, this chief of operations of the General Staff can immediately understand the meaning of the general seat, and his guarantee is also what Wu Chenxuan wants to see the most. Lao Duan looked at his closed disciple, and he also smiled with a smile that I was optimistic about him, although the rebellion of the eldest disciple Xu Shuzheng made Lao Duan sad, but the success of this little apprentice made him feel very relieved.

After the chief of operations, Major General Zhang Jianyuan, left, Lao Duan and Lao Wu sat on the big sofa in the commander-in-chief's office, Wu Chenxuan poured Lao Duan a cup of tea, and Lao Duan also took two sips honestly and unceremoniously, he has been following this Wu General for 20 years, and the two are very easy-going in private, but the content of their chat is not easy.

"Let Zhang Jianyuan go this time, Lao Wu and Lao Du are afraid that they will have some ideas in their hearts, is there any other arrangement for the general seat?" General Staff Duan was very worried that this kind of gang atmosphere in the circle of Wehrmacht generals would affect the following, but at present, it is only limited to the major generals and above in the army, and it is only the three major factions of the local faction, the Lu Shi faction, and the European and American faction, and of course, there are also independent people like Zhang Shaozeng who do not participate.

"It's normal to have ideas, but Lao Wu and Lao Du are all people who understand, the two group armies fought well, and their military exploits are indispensable, and besides, the European war has been fought, shouldn't the young people step on the table more, so that they can sing a cushion field?" Wu Chenxuan didn't care, he knew the faction problem in the army, but now it was controlled at the level of head-to-head competition, which was also the state he expected, so that the army would not participate in politics and not form gangs was already a pure baby in this world. Thinking about the factions under the chairman and his old man, it is not easy to remember the names clearly.