The sound was rolling, and the torrential rain poured down, washing the ground and cutting, that heavy grunt. Lian Xiaowang begged for it. Everything is so blurry.

This is the first rain in the central part of the Liaodong Peninsula since the beginning of summer, after a long dry morning, there was a sudden rainstorm, for agriculture. The rain was timely, but it was so untimely for military operations that it wasn't just the commanders on the front who were worried.

As the supreme commander of the Chinese army in this campaign. Wu Luzhen was very depressed now, standing in front of the window of the former enemy headquarters, looking at the pouring rain outside the window, his brows tightly twisted. The corners of his mouth were also tight, his hands were behind his back, and he was holding a copy of a telegram in his right hand, which was a telegram from the front that he had just received.

Due to the large area of this rainfall, almost the entire central part of the Liaodong Peninsula was under its influence, and the weather was very bad, and the fighters and bombers of the air force could not take off for combat at all, and even airships could not fly in the thunderstorm, which further weakened the offensive advantage of the Chinese army, and under the current situation, it could only rely on ground forces. "Report! Call again. ”

A staff officer walked up to Wu Luzhen and handed over a copy of the telegram.

Wu Luzhen took the transcript of the telegram and glanced at it, and it was a telegram taken by Zhou Daowang, commander of the East Road Column, which was about the current advance of the East Road Column, which was also threatened by flash floods, and some troops in the East Road Column had to change their march route, and the deployment of the troops was affected, and they had to re-select the position of the position, but it was also due to the same reason. The movement of the Japanese troops also appeared to be very slow. There is no need to worry that the Japanese army will take the opportunity to break through.

Wu Luzhen was really not too worried that the Japanese army would take advantage of the heavy rain to break through, what he was really worried about was the implementation of the entire strategic plan. According to the battle plan he formulated, the battle on the Liaodong Peninsula must end as soon as possible, and then mobilize heavy troops to attack Lushun and deal with the Japanese army in Lushun, and then turn north to the direction of the Yalu River to guard against a large-scale invasion by the Japanese army from the Korean Peninsula.

But now due to the rains, the deployment of troops is much slower than originally planned. This will postpone the date of the general attack, and once the date of the general attack is postponed, then Arthur will not be able to take it according to the original plan, and if the troops are blocked under the fortress of Arthur, and the Japanese army pounces from the Korean Peninsula, then the whole strategy will be thrown into chaos.

At present, on the Liaodong Peninsula, the Chinese army has a crushing superiority in total strength, and this is precisely the main reason why Wu Luzhen took the initiative to ensure the total annihilation of the Japanese ground forces on the Liaodong Peninsula with more and fewer troops, but this is precisely the reason. The Chinese troops deployed in the direction of the Yalu River will be weak, and it will not be a problem to resist one or two divisions of today's army, but if the Japanese military headquarters arranges for a second batch of Japanese troops to reinforce the Liaodong Peninsula to land on the Korean Peninsula, then the military pressure on the defense line of the Yalu River will be unprecedentedly greater.

After all, now that Anzhou has been lost, the Japanese army's troops can rush to the bank of the Yalu River in one go, and directly cross the Yalu River to attack the thin field defense line built by China.

With that in mind. Wu Luzhen now had to adjust the battle plan, on the one hand, ordering the troops to step up their deployment and make sure to encircle the Japanese army. On the other hand, he planned to change the original plan of attacking the Lushun fortress, first carry out a tentative attack on Lushun, if the Japanese resistance is fierce, then adopt the strategy of encirclement but not attack, leaving only a small number of troops to jam the Jinzhou Isthmus, to prevent the Japanese army in Lushun from attacking northward, and transfer the main force north to Phoenix, where to establish a sortie position, if the Japanese army lands from the Liaodong Peninsula again, then immediately attack south, if the Japanese army lands from the Korean Peninsula, then go out from Phoenix City, to the Yalu River defense line, Resist the Japanese attack head-on, defeat it according to the original plan, and then turn back to clean up the Japanese army in Lushun.

However, this new combat plan requires the consent of the General Staff, and just now Wu Luzhen has already made a report on his plan and sent it to Gaiping by telegram, and now Gaiping is not only the headquarters of the Army General Staff, but also the actual residence of the General Staff, because the president is there, although on the surface, Lan Tianwei is the chief of the General Staff, but in fact, it is the president who presides over the work of the General Staff.

Now, Wu Luzhen is anxiously waiting for a call back from the General Staff.

The telegram had been filmed for almost an hour. Wu Luzhen was a little worried, after all, his new combat plan was a bit risky, and in order to carry out a tentative attack on Lushun, he had to transfer a part of the elite troops from the reserve to Lushun to carry out the attack. If these troops are transferred, then the strength of the Western Route Column will be weakened, and there will be some negative impact on the encirclement and annihilation plan.

If it is fought in the plains. Wu Luzhen did not have these worries, because he could take advantage of the armored forces, but now he was fighting in the mountains, and the movement of the armored troops was greatly restricted, and he could only rely on infantry and artillery. Moreover, the Air Force is not able to work together, which will indeed make the General Staff hesitate a little.

According to the original battle plan of the General Staff, the final battle would be fought on the plains, but due to the rapid movement of the Japanese army, this battle plan could no longer be implemented, and now the tactics could only be changed, placing the armored forces in the secondary position of the offensive and the infantry in the first line of the attack.

As for the "redundant" armored forces, Wu Luzhen had decided to divide a part of it to attack Lushun. The other part was replenished to the reserves.

This arrangement is still relatively safe, but whether it can be implemented depends on whether the General Staff agrees with Wu Luzhen's tactical adjustments, and this battle is of great importance, and both the General Staff and Wu Luzhen are very cautious.

"Shouqing, hasn't the General Staff called back yet? Do you want to take another telegram and ask questions? Jiang Fangzhen walked into the former enemy headquarters, took off the poncho, and after entering the door, he asked Wu Luzhen first.

"Nope. If I don't call back, I do plan to send another telegram to give a detailed introduction to the situation at the front. The General Staff may now be meeting to discuss tactical adjustments. We don't have to be in a hurry. Baili, you came back just in time. I would like to send you to Lushun with the troops to assist in directing a tentative attack on Lushun. ”

"No problem, I'm always available. But have you now selected the troops to participate in the attack? Who was transferred to the past as a commander? ”

"I intend to appoint Ji Yushuang as commander of the Southern Front. As for the specific sequence of troops, I have drawn it up, and you are a staff officer

Wu Luzhen walked back to the desk and took out a letterhead from the drawer, Jiang Fangzhen took it, looked at it carefully, but there was no disagreement.

"This sequence is relatively safe, but at present, the front-line arms of our army are not very abundant. There are still some things to add, especially the heavy shells of the train guns, the more the better, the Lushun fortress is extremely strong, and the non-train guns cannot work, and the air force also needs to participate in the war, it depends on the weather on the Lushun side. ”

"I have taken a telegram to Liaoyang, the cannonballs are on the way, and they will arrive tonight at the latest, in addition to the cannonballs, I have also specially applied for the "demon fog" Wu Luzhen said.

Jiang Fangzhen was a little surprised and asked, "You applied for" Demon Mist,? Did the president approve it? ”

"Demon Mist" is the code name for the gas bomb. This weapon of mass destruction is directly controlled by the adjutant of the chamberlain, and not everyone can get it casually, and without the approval of the president, Wu Luzhen can't get even a gram of poison gas, and in fact, since the outbreak of the Fengri War, the Chinese army has not used this top-secret weapon, and there are not many high-ranking officers who know about the inventory of this weapon.

"The president has given the go-ahead. However, I don't think it should be used unless necessary. This weapon is too vicious after all. Wu Luzhen sighed and did not continue the topic.

Jiang Fangzhenxin did not continue, but changed the topic, which was somewhat unexpected by Wu Luzhen.

"I went on patrol just now, and guess who I met?

"Who?" Wu Luzhen also asked casually.

"Zhu Daniu."

"He? Isn't he in Liaoyang? When did you come over? How did I not know? The Special Operations Brigade is also here? ”

Wu Luzhen was very surprised, Zhu Daniu was the supreme commander of the special operations force, after the outbreak of the war, he had been leading the troops to stay in Liaoyang, and did not directly participate in the battle, but now he suddenly rushed to the location of the enemy headquarters in front of Xiongyue City, and he did not inform Wu Luzhen in advance, no wonder he was surprised.

"The special operations force is directly under the presidential palace, since I didn't specifically notify you and me before coming, I'm afraid that it was also deliberately arranged by the presidential palace. Their mission is, after all, very special. Jiang Fangzhen was also puzzled.

"What can the special operations brigade do here? It's not their forte. ”

Wu Luzhen was also puzzled, and was pondering. A staff officer hurried into the headquarters.

"Commander-in-chief! The General Staff called, and your new combat plan was approved by the General Staff. ”

"Great! Immediately notify the troops, form a column on the southern route, and move south at any time, and as soon as the order is given, immediately go south along the South Manchurian Railway and go straight to Lushun! ”

Wu Luzhen was very excited, and immediately put aside the matter of the special operations brigade, grabbed the field phone on the table, and shook the switchboard.

"Switchboard! Pick up the commander of the season rain and frost and tell him. Come to headquarters now, I've got a task for him! ”

Pressing down the microphone, Wu Luzhen rubbed his hands, he understood that the most critical time for this battle had come.