"It's definitely not a way to go on like this, although our attack speed is fast enough, but if the Japanese army on the opposite side escapes with iron heart, it is not easy to catch up and surround and annihilate them. www.biquge.info"By the dim light, Yang Zizhen stared at the locations of various cities on the map and said to his adjutant Liu Zhijian.

"Your Excellency, you are well aware of what you said, but the Japanese army is retreating towards Sunchon, which is something we have considered in advance." Hearing his commander complaining about the current battle situation, Liu Zhijian could only comfort the other party.

After all, war is not a matter for one side alone, but for the two sides involved in the war to deal with each other. Even if the pre-war plan is well drawn, if the enemy just does not cooperate with the action, it will be in vain.

Who could have guessed that the Japanese army would so decisively abandon the hard-managed defense line of the Yalu River? At that time, the Ming army envisaged that as long as the Japanese hesitated for a day, the 2nd Panzer Army would be able to cut into the flank of the Japanese army and complete the encirclement operation. However, the Japanese army really made a quick decision in actual combat, and did not hesitate to abandon the defense system of the Yalu River, which they regarded as an impregnable wall.

"The direction of the attack must be changed, we can't continue to stupidly set the important attack direction in Anzhou, if we continue to attack in the direction of Anzhou, then before we get there, the Japanese army will return to the Shunchuan line." Looking at the map, Yang Zizhen made his own judgment.

Liu Zhijian nodded again and again after hearing this, and he also knew that if the attack continued according to the original plan, then the troops of the 2nd Army would definitely be left behind by the current 1st Army. After all, the 1st Army has now advanced to the front line of Banghyeon and Taecheon, and it is much closer to Anju than the forward troops of the 2nd Army.

"Attack Tokugawa!" Yang Zizhen looked at the map and asked Liu Zhijian: "If we immediately change the direction of the main attack, attack Tokugawa, and take the underwater to bypass Baishan...... How about intercepting the retreat of the Japanese 5th Army? ”

"In terms of the direction of attack, the effect should be very good, but what if we change the main offensive line and Japan completes its own defensive deployment in the Suncheon direction?" Liu Zhijian fulfilled the responsibility of a chief of staff and told Yang Zizhen his worries.

The other party nodded, then shook his head again, and said firmly: "The Japanese army's Shunchuan defense line is just a passive way to continue life...... With the containment of the 1st Army and the current losses of Japan, I don't think it will be possible to establish a real permanent defensive zone on the Shuncheon line, right? ”

While speaking, Yang Zizhen pressed his hand near Shunchuan and continued to explain his decision: "Even if the Japanese army really builds a new defense line there regardless of losses, it is nothing more than a defense line on the Yalu River." We can smash the defense line of the Yalu River, and naturally we can also smash the defense line of Shunchuan! ”

Of course, Liu Zhijian also knew that although this gave the Japanese troops in front some time to breathe, it completely blocked the retreat of the Japanese 5th Army. As a result, the Japanese 5th Army would be trapped in the mountains of northern Korea and completely collapsed due to a shortage of supplies.

"If we can successfully capture Dingping, Hamhung and other cities, then the result of encircling the Japanese 5th Army can be regarded as a big result." Liu Zhijian nodded, agreeing with Yang Zizhen's judgment, but asked with some concern: "Commander, in this way, isn't the credit all the credit done by our 2nd Group Army?" Commander Zhang Jianjun, can you let us get our wish? ”

"Of course!" Yang Zizhen and Zhang Jianjun are also generals under Wang Jue, so they naturally know each other's temperament, if it is just a matter of grabbing credit, Zhang Jianjun may not give Yang Zizhen face. However, if we talk about the judgment that the decision-making is favorable to the whole, the generals who come out of the new army will always put the overall situation first.

After all, it is a contingent tempered under the new-style command system, and it is absolutely reliable in terms of major rights and wrongs. This is also the basis for Yang Zizhen's plan to change the direction of the main attack - since there is a better choice, he should make the most correct choice and fight for the victory of the empire in the war.

"You can try!" After that, he wanted the telegraph room to send a telegram to the 1st Army asking for a change in the campaign plan. However, before he called his signal corpsman in, another officer walked into Yang Zizhen's temporary headquarters with a solemn face.

After pushing open the door, the other party stood up and saluted, and reported in this temporarily requisitioned house: "The Admiralty of the Imperial War Department has sent a telegram to the whole army that the navy was attacked by the Japanese in the Yellow Sea and lost one heavy cruiser. ”

"Huh?" Yang Zizhen, who had been fighting inland, took the telegram and looked at it carefully. After all, the strength of the navy, as a commander, he has also heard a little, and he can lose warships in the daytime, under the cover of powerful aircraft, which makes him a little unbelievable.

Zhang Rude can be regarded as a capable general in the navy anyway, and he has commanded the fleet of the Beihai Division for several years, and there are not many things that can make this cattle man suffer. Seeing that the telegram emphasized that Japan used a new type of submarine sneak attack and sank the heavy cruiser Fuxian Lake, Yang Zizhen couldn't help frowning.

This was not very good news for the Ming army attacking the Korean Peninsula, and without suppressing the Japanese naval fleet, it would not be able to use more convenient and fast sea transportation to supply the attacking Ming Imperial Army troops. The road conditions on the Korean Peninsula are not as good as those in the Ming Empire, which does bring great trouble to logistics and supply transportation.

"A new submarine? I didn't expect the Japanese to really have a bit of a family background. Yang Zizhen handed the telegram in his hand to Chief of Staff Liu Zhijian, and said with a solemn expression: "It seems that when we attack the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, our army's supplies will be delayed, and the situation is really not optimistic." ”

Then the commander of the 2nd Army changed his words and instructed the officer who sent the telegram: "Oh, just as you are here, I will draft a telegram and send it to the headquarters of the 1st Army." ”

He spoke slowly and said to his subordinates who had already made a record posture: "According to the current situation of the battle, our army intends to launch an attack to the east, strive to occupy the line from Dingping to Hamhung within two days, and encircle the Japanese 5th Army. ”

A few minutes later, Zhang Jianjun handed the telegram from the 2nd Army to his chief of staff, and then instructed the officer in the telegraph room with a facial expression: "He wants to settle Ping Xianxing, that's his business, I only have one line of attack, I don't have a choice...... Don't wait for me to take Pyongyang, he will regret it. (To be continued.) )