At the same time that Yasuo Yasuda struggled to explain to the revolutionary prophet why the Japanese Red Navy dropped its chain at a critical moment. Thousands of miles away, in the war room of the Japanese Revolutionary Military Council, an extremely important military meeting was being held.

Standing in front of a huge map platform, Blyukhel, the general adviser of the Japanese Red Army, handed a baton to his deputy, Chuikov: "Comrade Chuikov, tell the Japanese comrades about our specific ideas. ”

"Yes!"

Blyukhel could not speak Japanese, and Muto Nobuyoshi, Terauchi Shouichi, and Masaki Shizaburo in the war room could not understand Russian. So Blyukhel simply let Chuikov speak instead of himself, Chuikov was a sailor in the Tsarist Russian Navy, entered the Red Army Moscow Military Instructor Training Course after the October Revolution, and after graduation served as an officer in the Southern Front, the Eastern Front and the Western Front, after the end of the Soviet Russian Civil War, he was already a regimental officer, and also participated in the blitzkrieg campaign in Poland, and then served on the Western Front until he entered the Trotsky Military Academy in 1925. After completing his studies, he joined the famous First Tank Army as a tank battalion commander, tank brigade commander and deputy commander of the tank army, accumulating rich experience in commanding mechanized troops. One of the important reasons why he was sent to Japan this time was to help the Japanese Red Army train tank divisions and teach the Japanese Red Army how to use these valuable tanks.

After taking the baton, Chuikov lightly pointed to the Korean Peninsula on the map: "According to the requirements of the Japanese Revolutionary Military Council, the Korean campaign must be decided and won completely. In order to achieve such an aim, our army should adopt the tactics of surprise attacks, large-scale attacks, and successive offensive operations. That is, the tactics of large-depth assault, striving for the greatest suddenness and the shortest time. Achieve a decisive victory!

According to intelligence, the total number of North Korean puppet troops, including the irregular army, is only 350,000, it has 12 artillery pieces of various types, no tanks and armored vehicles, and its combat ideas and methods are completely stuck in the mode of World War I. They built a defensive line about 22 kilometers long in a relatively narrow strip of land in the central part of the Korean Peninsula. About 150,000 men from three armies were deployed, relying on trenches, barbed wire, anti-artillery fortifications, artillery and machine guns to carry out positional defensive operations.

Of course, with such a small number of troops. Coupled with this outdated tactic, the possibility of the North Korean puppet army holding the 38th parallel is almost non-existent. However, in the past seven years, the Japanese Red Army has not been able to break through such a thin line of defense and liberate the oppressed North Korean people. The reason for this is imperialist China in the north!

Presently. The Chinese stationed 2 million troops on the Sino-Soviet border, of which Manchuria and the Far Eastern coastal areas near the Korean Peninsula were the focus of the squadron's deployment. Intelligence shows that Chinese imperialism has deployed a front army, seven to eight group armies, and more than 20 infantry or armored armies there, with a total strength of more than one million! It is also equipped with a large number of tanks, aircraft, and heavy artillery, which poses a serious threat to the security of Japan and the Soviet Union, and is also the biggest obstacle to the liberation of North Korea. So we have to react before the squadron reacts and enters North Korea in a big way. Inflict a annihilating blow on the North Korean puppet army. ”

"How can the 350,000 North Korean puppet army be wiped out in a short period of time?"

Shouichi Terauchi questioned, and Chuikov smiled and said, "Of course, it is impossible to use the traditional mode of positional warfare. Moreover, the width of the Korean Peninsula is limited, and it is already the limit of being able to deploy 300,000 or 400,000 troops on a frontal battlefield near the 38th parallel. However, by taking advantage of the Soviet Red Army's latest tactics of large-depth assault operations, the powerful tank divisions of the Japanese Red Army, and the coordinated operation of the powerful Japanese Navy, I am sure that the North Korean puppet army assembled north of the 38th parallel will be dealt a devastating blow within a week! ”

Chuikov used his baton to lightly draw on the positions of the North Korean army marked on the map, and said confidently: "For the 200 and dozens of kilometers of defense line, as long as you concentrate your forces and firepower to tear a hole, then the assault column composed of tanks, cavalry, and motorized troops will be used as sharp knives to plunge into their rear...... The total collapse of the North Korean puppet army is inevitable...... Just like the Polish campaign of 1923 and the Battle of Ahvaz in 1924! ”

Takeda Heng and Muto Nobuyoshi both nodded after listening, these two battles have now been in the textbooks of the 6th Army Military Academies in all countries around the world. Of course, the classics of the classics, and the commander of the Soviet Red Army, who commanded both battles, is recognized as the authority on the use of tanks in combat in this era. Now that the authorities have patted their chests and put down the tickets, what is there to doubt?

However, Shouichi Terauchi, who has been commanding operations on the Korean Peninsula for a long time, frowned and said: "In the past few years, the first team has also attached great importance to the development of tanks and armored vehicles, and their Volkswagen tractor company alone can produce four or five thousand tanks and armored vehicles every year...... And in the whole of Japan, there were only more than 2 tanks of 26 and 28 with the assistance of the Soviet Union. Once the reinforcements of the squadron cross the Yalu River, how can we resist? ”

Hearing this question, Chuikov's brows tightened. He was sure that he would crush the 350,000-strong North Korean puppet army with a surprise attack, and he was even seventy percent sure that he could do it before the Chinese reacted. But what about when the Chinese react? Although the Chinese 6th Army did not know how to use tanks, they stubbornly dispersed them and assigned them to infantry divisions, rather than pooling them to form tank armies. However, the annual production of four or five thousand tanks is not a joke, and it is even slightly more than the Soviet Union produces tanks in a year, and this kind of numerical superiority can no longer be overcome by relying on tactics alone. Unless the Soviet Union threw all its might, it was only a matter of time before the Japanese Red Army was driven out of the Korean Peninsula......

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Nanjing, Tangshan Residence.

"Brother Zi and Comrade Shi Piercing are here, come and take a look."

As soon as the two entered the gate of the main building of the official residence, they heard the sound of loud discussion coming from the direction of the conference room. There are also a few generals of a slightly lower rank, they are Wang Geng, the new deputy commander of the armored corps and principal of the armored corps school, and Pan Wenzhao, chief of staff of the armored corps. The two are Sun Liren and Hu Zongnan, who were newly appointed commanders of the Panzergrenadier Division, as well as Chang Ruiqing's adjutant Tian Yuchen and a beautiful female officer Chen Xinrui in a major's uniform.

This conference room, which is usually used for small meetings, has been converted into a war room at some point. A large military map of the Korean Peninsula was hung on the wall, and the conference table had been turned into a sand table, showing the situation on the Korean Peninsula. It was Sun Liren and Hu Zongnan who were talking. The two of them stood on both sides of the sand table with their arms crossed, constantly giving orders in their mouths, while Tian Yuchen and Chen Xinrui were placing military symbols according to their orders. It turned out that a war game related to the situation on the Korean Peninsula was being staged here.

Sun Liren "commanded" the Japanese Red Army, and his opponent was Hu Zongnan, who "commanded" the Korean Defense Forces. Both of them graduated from the Central Military Academy and participated in the Sino-Japanese War in 1923, and Hu Zongnan also participated in the Chinese Expeditionary Force's muzzling defeat in Persia. After the end of the Persian Wars. The armored corps became the big hit of the 6 armies around the world. The two of them were both admitted to the Armored Forces School, became classmates, and after graduation, they have been working as armored soldiers, and later went to the 6th Army University. In the past two years, China's armored forces have been greatly expanded, so their official fortunes have prospered, and they have both been promoted to lieutenant generals and division commanders (the commander of the panzergrenadier division has a rank one level higher than the infantry division). Today, Wang Geng and Pan Wenzhao took them to the Tangshan Mansion to receive the letters of appointment. happened to meet Bai Chongxi, Zhao Zhenzai and Chang Ruiqing discussing the situation in North Korea, and as a result, on a whim, Premier Chang asked the two newly appointed armored division commanders to conduct a war game.

When Wang Junhao and Peng Dhuai arrived. The results of the war games were almost out, and the 800,000 Japanese Red Army defeated the 500,000 Korean National Defense Forces in less than 15 days. The Korean army commanded by Hu Zongnan had retreated to the edge of the Yalu River and was about to be wiped out......

"Thirty Japanese infantry divisions, one cavalry group, and one tank division will defeat ten South Korean infantry corps in half a month......" Chang Ruiqing roughly told Wang Junhao and Peng Dhuai about the results of the war games, and then shrugged his shoulders and said: "If North Korea really fights like this, we will be in big trouble!" ”

Wang Junhao and Peng Dhuai glanced at each other, both showing a slightly surprised expression, Peng Dhuai said, "Brother Yaoru, what happened?" Are the Japanese really planning to attack Korea on a large scale? It's unlikely, right? ”

Although he had obtained a lot of accurate information about the world revolution, Peng Dhuai still did not believe that the Japanese really dared to attack South Korea on a large scale, because that would inevitably lead to China's intervention, and the strength of the Japanese 6th Army was definitely not the opponent of the Chinese 6th Army!

Wang Junhao shook his head and said: "80,000 to 50,000, how can it be evenly matched, the terrain of the Korean Peninsula is so narrow, how can it be possible for the Japanese army to achieve a complete victory in 15 days?" He looked up at Sun Liren. Fumin, how did you do it? Is this military chess deduction accurate? I have seen the defense line of the South Korean army with my own eyes, it is quite strong, and we have recently provided them with a large number of anti-tank guns, anti-tank mines and anti-tank guns, so a tank division of the Japanese may not be able to work wonders, right? ”

"Provincial Princess," Sun Liren picked up a baton, lightly scratched on the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on the sand table, and said with a smile: "The Japanese Red Army 'commanded' by the post department is to tear apart the defense line of the South Korean army from the east coast of Korea, the eastern foothills of the Taebaek Mountains, and then break through with armored troops to ......."

"From the eastern foothills of the Taibai Mountains? How can it be? Wang Junhao waved his hand and interrupted: "There is a continuous mountainous area, the terrain is dangerous, and the defense line is strong, how can you break through?" ”

Sun Liren used his baton to point a warship symbol sign on the sand table and said: "No matter how strong the defense line of the Korean army is, it can't withstand the 41 main guns of the Japanese battleship!" As long as they are willing to shell and cannon fodder, the headquarters believes that it will definitely be able to tear a hole in the easternmost part of the ROK defense line in three days. Then they broke through with assault clusters of tank divisions, cavalry groups, and motorized infantry, sweeping through the rear of the South Korean army. Provincial Princess, you don't have it now, although the defense line of the Korean army is impregnable, there is only one! Once it is broken through by the Japanese fast column, it is very likely to cause the collapse of the whole line!

According to reliable information, 28 and 26 can be refueled once and can cover up to 15 kilometers in off-road conditions! Such assault capabilities. It is unimaginable in the traditional linear combat mode, so the ROK army has no way to adjust its posture in time and rebuild a new defensive line. The real power of mechanized troops does not lie in breaking through the enemy's impregnably fortified defenses. Rather, it lies in the ability to maneuver quickly and continuously after breaking through the enemy's defensive lines, which is precisely the characteristic of Soviet large-depth assault operations. ”

"If North Korea really can't bear it, we will definitely send troops to rescue," Peng Dhuai shook his head and said: "The Japanese army is only a tank division, and it is not enough to support more than 2 tanks in front of us, so what's the point of them doing this?" ”

Bai Chongxi nodded. He pondered the question: "Yes, but it will not be so easy for us to drive the Japanese out of the Korean Peninsula. At the moment they have 20,000 standing 6 armies. If we fully mobilize, it will not be a problem to gather six or seven million troops, and it is very likely that the Korean War will become prolonged, and at least we will have to contain more than one million troops. So. We must give Japan a head-on blow. Let them completely dispel the idea of going north. ”

Chang Ruiqing pursed his mouth fiercely and said in a deep voice: "It's not us who hit the Japanese, but the Korean army that beats the Japanese army!" We must defeat the idea of Japan's northward advance, and we must also defeat Trotsky's confidence in the Japanese Sixth Army. Otherwise, a joint Japanese flanking attack on Manchuria was always an option for Trotsky. ”

"The ROK army has now expanded to 50,000 people, including about 40,000 regular troops of the 6th Army, forming 4 infantry divisions of four group armies, with more than 15 artillery pieces and more than 300 tanks and armored vehicles. But they are all A-type tanks and light wheeled armored vehicles that we have eliminated, and the Air Force has more than a hundred aircraft. The Navy had some light gunboats, torpedo boats. Bai Chongxi knew the situation of the Han army well, and immediately reported a series of numbers.

Chang Ruiqing nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Do you have any ideas?" You can all mention it. ”

"Prime Minister, the ministry has a little idea." In Chapter 572, the troops defended several important cities, such as Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, Hamhung, an important city on the east coast, Wonsan, and Sinuiju, a border city on the south bank of the Yalu River. At the same time, we will completely destroy North Korea's roads, bridges, railways, and other infrastructure, and it is better to temporarily relocate all the incapable citizens of North Korea to the north bank of the Yalu River......"

Chang Ruiqing looked at the sand table platform, and the scene of two or three million Kuomintang troops being divided and surrounded by the G Army in several large cities in North China and Northeast China came to mind in the later stage of the Liberation War...... This Hu Zongnan really deserves to be President Jiang's protégé!

Peng Dhuai suddenly spoke: "There is no need to defend Sinuiju and Wonsan, North Korea's forces are limited, and they should be concentrated as much as possible." In my opinion, it is only necessary to defend Pyongyang and Hamhung with heavy troops, or even to defend Pyongyang alone, and then deploy some guerrilla detachments on the Gaima Plateau and the Hamgyong Mountains. ”

"Shi Chuan, you also agree with General Shoushan's approach?" After listening to General Peng's words, Chang Ruiqing hesitated a little and asked, "Is it possible for us to adopt the method of luring the enemy deep into the depths and defeat the Japanese armored cluster that broke through alone?" ”

"You can't use the North Korean army, their weaponry and training level are not high, and the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is far above them, and there are more of them than them, and their style of work is quite tenacious." Peng Dhuai pondered and said: "And our intelligence work is probably difficult to keep up, if you can't master the opponent's hole cards, it is very difficult to fight a clever battle, the only way is Hu Shoushan's method, scorched earth tactics, and fight a tough battle with the Japanese in Pyongyang!" He paused, then added, "Either we're fully involved." ”

"Brother Jiansheng, what do you think?" Chang Ruiqing frowned and asked Bai Chongxi's opinion.

"I also agree with Ishizuku and Shoushan." Bai Chongxi thought for a while and said: "The combat effectiveness of the North Korean army is not strong, and it rarely takes advantage of the skirmishes between the 38th parallel and the Japanese, but I am afraid that there are some Japanese fears from top to bottom, and the officers of the North Korean army are very low, and they can't organize too complicated tactics, so fighting a city defense war is indeed the best choice." It's just that...... Will Ji Datycoon, Kim Zuo Jin, and Kim Koo agree to give up most of the country and concentrate their forces to defend Pyongyang? ”

"I went to Pyongyang and told them." Chang Ruiqing raised his eyes and glanced at several senior generals in the room. "I'm also going to send a staff advisory group to help the North Koreans command the army, which of you would like to be the head of this advisory group?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a man stepped forward. "I'll go!" Chang Ruiqing followed the prestige, and the person who spoke was Peng Dhuai.