The smell of gunpowder on the Korean Peninsula is getting stronger and stronger, and tensions can be felt even in the Japanese archipelago, and the Army Department has mobilized the troops of the two divisions to prepare for departure, and more troops are being mobilized. The Japanese Army planned to mobilize two armies, six divisions, and about 100,000 soldiers to Myeongkook, Korea.

After the Japan-US Treaty of Mutual Assistance and Cooperation, Japan's economy recovered rapidly, but it is clear from one aspect how much of a role the Americans played. In 1905, Japan produced less than one million tons of steel, and by September 1908, Japan's annual steel production exceeded 2.5 million tons. The steady flow of funds, resources, technology, and equipment from the United States not only enabled Japan to get out of the haze of defeat in the war, but also to a higher level than before the war.

Beginning in June 1907, the militarist Japanese government began to rearm its army, reorganizing the army into 20 standing divisions and regiments, which could mobilize one million reserve soldiers to fight in wartime. The indigenous military factories provided the army with a large amount of weaponry, including more advanced rifles, more machine guns, more and more advanced artillery, and so on.

The increase in steel production and U.S. exports gave Japan more leeway to arm its army, and in January 1908, Japan's Type 08 tank, which was produced on its own imitation of the Huaguo T01 tank, came out of the factory workshop, and was decided to adopt it after being inspected by the army, and the first batch of purchases was 300 units. By the outbreak of the Korean War, the Japanese Army had been equipped with more than 200 vehicles, but the tactical use of tanks was still being explored by various countries, and the Japanese army distributed them evenly among the divisions.

The Japanese Type 08 tank was also favored by the US Army, and the Americans lacked interest in developing this steel monster, although they did not lag behind in fighters, battleships, etc., or lead the world, but due to the problem of army demand, they did not invest energy in tanks and other army equipment.

When various countries have copied the equipment of the Chinese military and made some progress, the United States has also included those new equipment in the procurement list. Among them, the Japanese Type 08 tank significantly surpassed the British and French tanks. The Type 08 tank performed well in terms of firepower, protection, mobility and tank structure, which is related to the fact that the Japanese army directly faced the Chinese tanks in the war many times, and while being crushed by the Chinese tanks, the Japanese also knew what kind of tanks were suitable for the battlefield.

In addition, the wreaking havoc of the Chinese army's fighter planes has allowed other countries to copy the same type of fighters, and anti-aircraft artillery has also come into being. Among the anti-aircraft artillery currently armed by various countries. 20 mm, 40 mm caliber everything, different quality. Japan chose 20 mm caliber anti-aircraft guns and 13.7 mm anti-aircraft machine guns to protect the army's skies, and according to experiments, these two anti-aircraft weapons can fully cope with the low-flying fighters of the Chinese army.

In terms of the air force, Japan did not set up a special air force, but set up an army air force to use this new weapon. Before importing 200 P01 fighters from the United States, the air force recruited more than 300 Army soldiers for flight training, and they used three P01 fighters to train in turn, and those 200 P01s arrived. Two of the three training aircraft have already crashed. However, the more than 300 pilots all have about an hour of flight time, which is barely a pilot.

On September 20, 1908, Japanese Prime Minister Katsura Taro, who thought that the Japanese militarist government had inflated ambitions and gradually aligned his thinking with Ogamitoshi and others, exclaimed: "Han Mingguo is Japan's staunchest ally, and any provocation against Han Mingguo will be regarded as a provocation against the Japanese Empire, and the 40 million Japanese people will regard it as an enemy and teach the enemy of their allies a hard lesson!" ”

Lu Wuxuan was overjoyed to receive the support of Japan and the United States, but instead of focusing on military preparations, he frequently appeared at various drinking parties, dances, dinners, and other public occasions. Spread the power of the allies of the Great Korean Myeongkook to different people, and boast of the invincibility of the army of the Great Korean Myeongkook. The soldiers of the Republic of Korea will not be able to cross the border one step at a time, and the Korean Myungkook, together with the allies of Japan and the United States, will defeat the aggressor and realize the reunification of the Korean Peninsula, and he will be one of the greatest leaders in the history of Korea!

Lieutenant Colonel Carter, the US military attaché, and Hashimoto, a Japanese diplomat, urged Lu Wuxuan to speed up preparations for war many times, but Lu Wuxuan refused. The fragile national pride made Lu Wuxuan unable to tolerate outsiders pointing fingers at his army. He thinks that the persuasion of the two is to mock the vulnerability of his army, and Carter and Hashimoto can only watch their pig teammates secretly anxious.

Since September 22, the Korean Republic **** has mobilized 130,000 troops to the border areas, of which all the troops of Lee Kwang-joo have arrived at the border. All kinds of materials are also being delivered to the border areas, and countless civilians have been requisitioned by the republican ****, driving horse-drawn carts and pushing carts to move supplies for the army. After the supplies arrive at their destination in the border area. It was piled up in a mess near the barracks, and there were no correct officers and staff officers to hand it over. The North Korean soldiers on the front line did not have enough supplies, they lacked food, but they had enough cigarettes, and as a result, there were Korean soldiers who secretly exchanged food from the soldiers of Korea Myeongkook with cigarettes!

Modern times are truly a highly advanced discipline, and it is clear that the young army of the Republic of Korea is not yet able to cope with such a complex scene. The delay in completing the preparations for the war made Liu Zaishi, Kim Jong-yu and other high-level officials frequently scold their mothers, but to no avail, there were no talents under him who were proficient in the deployment of logistics and materials, and Song knew that the director also needed to deal with the distribution of civilian materials, and her work was more important than war preparations - her existence was the pillar to ensure that the social order in North Korea did not collapse.

Therefore, the arrival of the 100-member officer corps of the Chinese state made Kim Jong Yu overjoyed, and he could not wait to hand over most of the logistics management work to the Chinese officers, and sure enough, after formulating a new material transportation and distribution plan, appointing sufficient logistics officers, and issuing a strict management system, the situation of logistics chaos was immediately alleviated. Although it still did not reach the desired level, the preparations finally stumbled forward, and Kim Jong-yu could also focus on the formulation of the battle plan.

"The overall battle plan is divided into three phases, the first stage, the Lee Kwang-ju Army will launch an attack from Panmunjom to Ganghwa to defeat the Korean Myeongkook army in the border area, after which the First Army of the Lee Kwang-ju Army will capture Incheon and cut off the sea retreat of the top echelons of the Korean Myeongkook government, and the Second and Third Armies will attack Seoul from the left and right flanks. Kang's army attacked the enemy's right flank from the Kimhwa line, captured Hoengseong along the Chuncheon line, and pinned down the Korean army supporting Seoul. Jin Zhongyu pointed to the large map hanging in the war room and proudly introduced it to the Chinese officers and staff officers. The battle plan was formulated by him, and he personally explained it to the Chinese officers, so that he could get praise from the other party after the end.

"After the first phase of the battle, the Republican army will crush the main South Korean army and, if possible, capture Roh Moo-sun and other high-ranking enemy countries and force them to surrender. Of course, this is the ideal situation. If the ROK army does not suffer a major blow, our army will launch the second phase of the battle immediately after the end of the first phase of the battle, and the army of Lee Kwang-jok, the army of Kang Xijian, and the army of Hadong Xun will advance in parallel from Seoul to Hoangseong, and completely occupy the richest area of the Han River Plain. ”

"The third stage of the battle is to completely drive the South Korean army into the sea and occupy Daegu, Busan, Gwangju and other places, according to my estimate, the South Korean army at this time cannot still have a large number of resistance forces, and our army's battle in the third stage is just sweeping the end."

Holding his head high and waiting for the praise of the Chinese officers, Kim Jong-yu believed that his plan would definitely make these teachers worship, but he didn't hear each other's voices for a minute.

"That," a lieutenant officer of the Chinese army raised his hand hesitantly, as if he had something to say, Jin Zhongyu frowned, how could a lieutenant appear? If you praise yourself, you must at least be a general, such as Lieutenant General Lu Feng, the leader of the officer corps.

Lieutenant Wu Peifu hesitated for a while, but decided to express his doubts, listening to Jin Zhongyu's explanation, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a child's level: "Commander Jin Zhongyu, I have a few questions I want to ask, and I would like to ask Haihan for the offensive words." First, I need to understand in detail the armament situation, the number of troops, the mobilization situation, etc., in order to judge whether the battle plan is appropriate; Second, did the issue of logistical supply be taken into account when formulating the battle plan? Will the rapid advance of the troops cause logistical supply difficulties? Third, has it taken into account the issue of Japan or U.S. intervention, and once Lu Wuxuan receives support from the U.S. or Japan, does the Republican Army have any countermeasures? ”

"Please also rest assured that our Republican Army has a good enough military staff and has already made a well-developed plan. All you have to do is watch our Republican Army sweep across the battlefield and take a look at the beauty of Pyongyang by the way! With a gloomy face, Kim Jong-yu barely finished these words, and then said goodbye to everyone, leaving a dozen officers and staff officers to stay in the war room and look at each other.

"Why do you say so many things in one breath? I have to save some face for other people's commanders! Lieutenant, you still don't know how to behave! Lieutenant Sun Chuanfang, who was next to him, quipped quietly.

"Let's play! The things I said can be said by a student of a military academy who has not yet graduated, and they are all the most basic things, okay? ”

"Commander, what are we going to do? I can't stand here! Another member of the officer corps, Lieutenant Colonel Le Fei, asked Lu Feng, the head of the officer corps.

"Back to the dorm!" Lu Feng's answer was simple and straightforward. Le Fei nodded, it can only be so, their identity is determined, without the cooperation of the North Korean high-level, it is difficult to dictate their military operations. Instead of being treated indifferently here, it is better to go back to the dormitory to fight the landlord, maybe in a few days Jin Zhongyu will take the initiative to find him! (To be continued.) )