Tan Zhengfu was not intimidated by the grim and urgent situation, nor was he flustered, and many years of modern military education and military career have trained him very well, allowing him to think about countermeasures very calmly, and in a very short time.

Tan Zhengfu made a series of decisions, the first was to strengthen the fortifications around the fortress left by the Yue army, the second was to immediately count the list of materials seized from the Yue army, the third was to send a messenger to Juchang County, because Wei Lihuang's troops had just captured Juchang County, and there would definitely be troops and materials to support them, fourth, to find a way to contact the people of the surrounding Korean Free Liberation Front to see if they could find local troops, and fifth, to send a company back to let everyone in the battalion give up rest and immediately start to do things. Only then did he find Wu Chen, the staff officer of the battalion headquarters who was inspecting the position, and told Wu Zhen about the intelligence of the military headquarters.

Wu Zhen was as surprised as Tan Zhengfu and couldn't believe that all this was true.

Seeing that he looked puzzled, Tan Zhengfu emphasized: "Yes, these are all facts, the military seat is still fighting with the Yue army in Shangzhou, and the four divisions of the army are attacking the two divisions of the military seat, and our third division is also blocked by a division of the army in the area of Jinquan, and it is impossible to meet the 22nd and 23rd divisions of the military seat. ”

Wu Zhen only felt a headache, smacked hard, and hated: "This is the fucking worst situation." ”

Tan Zhengfu sighed, took out his cigarette case and bounced it open, gave one to Wu Chen, and took two puffs himself, then said: "There is indeed no worse situation than this, but the situation we are facing may be worse than the military seat, it is possible that the army will transfer a brigade to attack our department, I have sent people to ask for help from the Second Army, the telegram has been sent, and people have been sent, it is difficult to say when we can ask for support." Until tomorrow morning at the earliest, everything will have to be on our own. ”

Wu Zhen thought for a moment and said: "We don't have armored vehicles or artillery now, so we can only guard these bunkers of the Yue Army, but these bunkers of the Yue Army are very strong, and with a little supplement, I think we should be able to hold on for a while longer." ”

Tan Zhengfu looked at the time and said: "The most pitiful thing now is time, you go and take a look at the situation on the material side, I want to send a few people to the front to sentry, I hope that the army can react later." ”

Wu Zhen nodded immediately, and went to check the materials captured from the army in person.

Tan Zhengfu calculated in his heart that his battalion headquarters had 12 MBV4 tracked armored reconnaissance vehicles, 47 light machine guns, 755 M35 assault rifles, an average of 120 rounds of ammunition per person, 4 rocket launchers, and 22 mortars.

This is all his ammunition, if the supplies left by the army are not sufficient, the only hope on his side can only be to pray for Lieutenant General Wei Lihuang to send troops to support the operation.

Before arriving at the pavilion, Tan Zhengfu had already obtained the military map of the vicinity of the pavilion from the Northeast Staff Bureau, as well as recent aerial photos, but he still lacked intuitive judgment of the terrain here, and before dark, he personally led a team of scouts to the high ground to inspect the terrain.

The terrain of the pavilion is actually a crossroads, there are 337 and 335 two highlands on the south side of the valley mouth, which just guards the main road to Juchang County, and the 337 plateau is on the east side, 457 meters high, and it is also the main base of the pavilion base, the southwest is gentle and the northeast is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the army has set the main game and defense line here before.

In the mountainous area of southern Korea, most of them are the remnants of this ancient glacier terrain, there are many ravines, light tanks still have a certain combat effectiveness in this area, and medium and heavy tanks are completely ineffective here, the Imperial Army's MT22 light tank is roughly equivalent to the M24 light tank used by the US Army during the Korean War in terms of overall surname and combat parameters, horsepower and mobility are relatively better, armor and firepower are roughly the same, the tank body is lower, and the frontal defense is slightly stronger, The refuge surname can be good.

The light tanks and armored vehicles of the Imperial Army were far behind the MT22 of the Imperial Army and the M24 of the American Army, so it was difficult for the Imperial Army to attack the terrain of southern Korea such as Guangiri, and the Japanese Army was completely helpless.

As long as Tan Zhengfu's troops were not short of ammunition, if the Yue army wanted to send infantry to attack from the front, the price it would have to pay would be staggering.

With the increasing complexity of the equipment of the infantry units and the increase in firepower, no tanks can only rely on artillery if they want to carry out frontal penetration, and the effect is very low......

Although Fu Zuoyi's lone army went deep and the entire Random Arrow Plan fell short, and many main forces were defeated and surrounded by the Yue Army, the Imperial Northeast Defense Force still occupied a greater advantage and leading position in the entire grand strategic field and the positive factors of modern military affairs.

The Northeast Defense Force reacted quickly, confirming that Tan Zhengfu's 203 Battalion had suddenly captured the 337 Highland Fortress, the Northeast Defense Force immediately arranged for the Air Force to resupply, and more than 20 S25s flew over the pavilion before dark, and after confirming the orange smoke grenades fired by the 203 Battalion, a large amount of supplies were airdropped in this area.

While arranging for people to sort out the supplies airdropped by the military headquarters, Tan Zhengfu also sent people to strengthen the construction of fortifications, added two layers of trenches and bulletproof trenches at the front of the fortress, and dug a large number of cat's ear holes to resist the heavy artillery bombardment that the army might carry out.

Prior to this, Tan Zhengfu also confirmed the latest information from the military department, saying that the army had already used chemical weapons on a large scale in this counterattack, and the Northeast National Defense Force was also preparing to arrange a retaliatory war with chemical weapons, and the whole army was urgently strengthening the anti-chemical warfare work, and in the construction of trenches, anti-chemical warfare was also a factor that must be taken into account.

Before 7 p.m., a wing of infantry arrived at an area three kilometers north of Heights 337, but did not attack immediately, but only fired a few shells with 75mm mountain guns.

The military headquarters airdropped a batch of ammunition and machine guns, including four infantry anti-tank guns, to the 203rd Battalion to prevent military light tanks and combat vehicles from storming the position.

The Imperial Air Force's closest air base to Guankiri was in Jeonju, and the distance between the two places was only 70 kilometers, and soon a batch of Tiger Shark fighter-bombers were dispatched to assist in the surrounding area to carry out counter-bombing against the Japanese army and help the 203rd Battalion defend its position.

After nightfall, Tan Zhengfu asked all the soldiers in the battalion to take precautions, arranged for the engineers to repair the searchlights that were blown up during the daytime attack on the fortress, and arranged for a reconnaissance team to infiltrate the perimeter of the Japanese army's position at night to confirm the size of the opponent's troops.

No sooner had the searchlights been repaired than the Second Army arrived with one or two new infantry battalions drawn from the garrison in Juchang County, along with a major from the Military Intelligence Department.

Hearing that the Central Military Intelligence Department had sent someone over, Tan Zhengfu still felt very strange, in the command post of the fortress, he saw this major, who was not tall and not good-looking, but his eyes were very sharp, and he looked like he was thirty-five or sixteen years old.

Tan Zhengfu's military rank is captain, and he is basically a low-ranking officer in this war, and there are officers with a much higher rank than him everywhere, and when he saw the major walking in, Tan Zhengfu took the initiative to come forward and salute.

The major of the Military Intelligence Department glanced at Tan Zhengfu roughly, and after returning the salute, he took out a letter of certification from his pocket and handed it to Tan Zhengfu, saying: "Captain Tan, hello, I am Major Fu Dashi of the Strategic Intelligence Bureau of the Central Military Intelligence Department, and this is a telegram from the Central Military Department. ”

Tan Zhengfu was more and more surprised, he didn't understand how a captain of his level could be qualified to directly get the telegram order from the Central Military Department, he opened the telegram and glanced at it, and roughly knew that Major Fu had a special mission to carry out this time.

He hurriedly asked: "What special tasks does the military department have?" ”

Fu Dashi pointed to the corner of the command post, signaling Tan Zhengfu to follow him to a remote place to talk, after the two walked over together, Fu Dashi and Tan Zhengfu explained: "The current situation is already obvious, the implementation of the indiscriminate arrow battle plan is not good, although our army still maintains a certain advantage, but it is already very difficult to annihilate the main force of the army in southern Korea, in addition, the army used a large number of chemical weapons in the process of besieging the first army, and our army will inevitably use chemical weapons to counteract, It is only considering the army's precautions against chemical weapons, the military department has already reported to His Majesty for approval of the use of special weapons, and according to the latest secret instructions, the 203rd Battalion will send a tactical detachment to follow me deep into the enemy's heavy artillery positions, and as for other matters, you have no right to know for the time being. ”

Tan Zhengfu did not doubt this secret order, and asked Fu Dashi: "Which artillery position, how many people will be sent?" ”

Fu Dashi said: "The Second Artillery Brigade of the Japanese Army is stationed in the north of you, and it is expected to be the military force that poses the greatest threat to you, so we must first confirm its location, and I need about two reconnaissance squads." ”

Tan Zhengfu is still a little strange, it is always a strange thing for an army major to personally lead the team to reconnoiter behind enemy lines, but this is a secret order of the Central Military Department, and he has no right to intervene, so he asked the company commander of the second company to come over, select two squads of elite troops from the second reconnaissance company, and follow Fu Dashi with night vision devices to reconnoiter the artillery positions of the Japanese army.

At this time, Tan Zhengfu did not know that although the situation had not deteriorated to the extent that the empire was in danger, Fu Zuoyi's mistake might indeed endanger the entire Northeast Defense Force's operational plan, and in order to forcibly ensure that the Northeast Defense Force would annihilate the troops of the Yue Army in North Korea in this decisive battle, the Central Military Department had decided to do whatever it takes, and this price was the first official use of such a special weapon as ballistic missiles in the world.

In order to ensure the accuracy of the D-4\5\5b\10 of the Imperial ballistic missile, like Major Fu Dashi, about a dozen military agents will be responsible for leading the team deep behind enemy lines, using theodolite to recalibrate and ensure that the accuracy of each missile is as low as possible within the 1 kilometer range required for combat parameters.

Within this range, every two to three D-4\5\5B\10s can effectively destroy an important position of the Chinese army, and as far as possible, in the first large-scale missile attack, the main artillery units, the main forces, airfields, and important fortified strongholds of the Japanese army.

In response to the army's use of chemical shells to attack the First and Third Armies, the Central Military Department is also preparing a large-scale retaliation plan, but this matter will be launched after tomorrow, and the current first round of counterattacks will begin with ballistic missile attacks.

There has always been a lot of controversy within the Central Defense Commission about whether or not to use ballistic missiles, chemical munitions, nuclear weapons, and so on in this war, but with the unexpected failure of the Random Arrow Plan and the fact that the military first used chemical weapons, the National Defense Committee has reached a consensus within the National Defense Commission in the shortest possible time to formally approve the use of missiles and chemical weapons by the Central Defense Force.

This order was eventually approved by Emperor Song Biao, just as the highest order for the use of chemical weapons against Chinese in the war of aggression against China was approved by Emperor Hirohito.

While the preparations were secretly and busy at the northeast base and at the front, in the distant Central Palace, Song Biao did not fall asleep very early that night.

The night was so peaceful.

Song Biao was still sitting in his office, facing the application report of the strategic forces submitted by Jiang Fangzhen on behalf of the Central Military Department, and there was an indescribable trance in his expression.

The D-10 medium-range ballistic missile, which is currently being produced in large quantities in China, was finally finalized and put into service at the beginning of 1939, which is an improved model developed on the basis of the D-5 ballistic missile, and the range and power have not improved significantly, but its accuracy has been relatively improved to a better level, and its effective range accuracy of 800-1200 km will be reduced to 1 km, and this technology is used in the upgrading and improvement of the D-5, that is, the D-5B medium-range ballistic missile.

The empire has three models of D-2 \ 4 \ 6 in the development of short-range ballistic missiles, D-2 is the earliest short-range missile, D-4 is the first generation of short-range ballistic missiles officially put into service by the empire, its effective range is 300 kilometers, and after two improvements, the most in service in the Strategic Missile Army is the D-4B type, there are 1,400 in stock at this stage, compared with medium-range ballistic missiles, this series of missiles is cheaper to build, and the power is enough to deter the enemy.

The range of the D-6 short-range ballistic missile has been increased to 500 kilometers, because of the late service period, the number of active service is only more than 100, and Northwest Aerospace Industries, the main manufacturer of this series of missiles, is also accelerating production into service.

As long as Song Biao is willing, as long as he signs and approves the declaration of the Central Military Department, the empire will have enough strength to eliminate the main war strength of the army before the army makes contact, and the battle plan declared by Jiang Fangzhen is a backup plan, once the implementation of the Random Arrow Plan and the Poison Toad Plan fails, the empire will activate this emergency plan, use more than 600 ballistic missiles to turn the tide of the war, and the Imperial [***] Ministry will expand the purchase of missiles at the same time, There will be more than 1,000 enterprises certified by the Ministry of Military Affairs in the country that will be engaged in the industrial production of missiles of various series.

This kind of production capacity, which can only be expanded during wartime, officially broke out in the country with the signature of the Song Emperor.

It's just a precautionary scenario, and it turns out that it really has to be used.

This situation made Song Biao have extremely complicated feelings in his heart, he couldn't tell if this was a good thing or a bad thing, in the quiet of the night, it was difficult for him to sleep, so he could only wait for news in the office.

The power of ballistic missiles lies in the huge shock waves generated by high-speed impacts, and even so, in terms of its cost, the use of conventional high-explosive warheads is a wasteful thing, but the cost of short-range ballistic missiles is much cheaper.

As a result, some D-10 missiles are equipped with chemical warheads, and they have a range sufficient to attack Tokyo.

The original plan was like this, but at the last moment, Song Biao vetoed such a retaliation, and at this stage, it is still mainly based on the Yue army, mainly destroying the heavy artillery units, airfields, and main fortress areas of the Yue army, as well as the dense garrison area, headquarters, logistics ammunition depot and other key targets of the main force of the Yue army.

Because short-range ballistic missiles have not yet been installed on the Korean battlefield, the more than 140 missiles launched between tonight and tomorrow noon are all medium-range ballistic missiles of the D-5, 5b, and 10 series, which are launched from various missile units and bases in northeast China to attack the most important military regions and use chemical warheads of mass destruction against the rear of the Chinese armed forces.

Two days later, the Imperial Army will officially use short-range ballistic missiles on a large scale, and the rocket artillery, which is mainly used for the annihilation of field troops, will be further used on a large scale in the later stages of the war.

The Korean theater was very restrictive to the Imperial Army's use of heavy artillery and heavy tanks, but the improved rocket artillery of tracked armored vehicles had a wider range of use in this area, even if it was relatively more expensive.

The Reich even studied the chemical warheads of rocket artillery.

With the failure of the Random Arrow Plan, in order to reverse the situation, the Imperial Army can only take out more terrifying secret weapons, and try to strangle the counterattack of the Japanese army in the cradle, trying to achieve a goal of suddenly defeating the Japanese army.

After being silent for a long time, Song Biao picked up the summary of the Northeast Defense Army report on the table again, and carefully scrutinized the lies and truths in it.

The circular was compiled by Zhang Hongkui, chief of staff of the Northeast National Defense Army, and criticized Fu Zuoyi, but also found many reasons for Fu Zuoyi, which roughly implied that he would not die for his crimes.

Song Biao's mood is very heavy, Fu Zuoyi is a general he admires, and he is also the main general he has promoted over the years, but it turned out to be like this, which is really unacceptable to him, thinking about it, he feels that the most fundamental responsibility is still on him.

The root of Fu Zuoyi's arrogance is precisely because of the emperor's consistent favor.

The commander-in-chief of the army, Hata Junroku, undoubtedly fought a very beautiful battle, just like in the Battle of Salhu, the Ming Dynasty attacked Houjin in three ways, and Houjin only concentrated his troops all the way to annihilate it.

Hata's strategy was to induce Fu Zuoyi's lone army to go deeper, and take advantage of the time difference between Fu Zuoyi's troops and Zhang Zizhong's troops to fight a battle of encirclement and annihilation with concentrated forces, just like the reproduction of the Shuozhou Battle of the Second Sino-Chinese War.

Although Fu Zuoyi delayed the main force of the Chinese army in the positional warfare and relied on the support of the air force and the superiority of equipment to avoid being surrounded and annihilated by the entire First Group Army, it was very clear that the entire campaign had fallen into a passive situation, and it was very difficult to reverse the situation.

It was precisely for this reason that Jiang Fangzhen decided to use some unconventional weapons, no matter what the final result was, in short, to extinguish as much as possible the signs of the counterattack of the Yue army, and to destroy the possibility and basic conditions of the large-scale counteroffensive of the Yue army.

(To be continued)