I have to praise the Japanese base camp for doing a very good job in propaganda work, which has greatly stabilized public opinion in Japan. However, once the Southeast Theater and the Ryukyu Islands are lost, the Chinese air force will fully cover the Japanese mainland and carry out comprehensive bombing of Japan.

How will the Japanese base camp explain all this?

In fact, in the next few weeks, fighter planes taking off from Jeju Island will carry out targeted large-scale bombings of Japanese military factories. This should cause a headache for the Japanese military base camp, right?

Zhang Zizhong and Fu Zuoyi, the commanders and generals of each group army, opened the detailed battle plans and read them carefully. The grand strategy of the Sino-Japanese War had long been determined by the emperor and the Central Military Department as a blockade war that gradually eroded consumption, and they and

Army General Cai E was just a tactical executor.

The "Random Arrow" plan issued by the Central Military Commission is itself a collection of various plans proposed by various group armies and the Northeast Defense Force. However, the tactical direction is more detailed, and all detailed arrangements have been systematically distributed.

As long as it can ensure the implementation is in place.

A soldier's duty is to obey orders.

Cai E waited quietly for the frontline commanders to read through their respective combat plans. The military department has made a lot of preparations. If the group armies and the Northeast Defense Force still think there is anything inappropriate, they can do so within a week.

Propose with the Central Military Headquarters, but the task must be completed, and when and which positions each group army must capture, supply transportation and other logistical support work, prisoner arrangements, etc. will be stipulated.

Various necessary requirements can be added. Failure to complete the requirements of the combat plan is a dereliction of duty.

According to the plan of the Central Military Headquarters, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Group Armies will launch an attack on the Japanese army in the southeast battlefield at the same time. The 1st Group Army will indeed be the main force, and the focus will be on the 1st Group Army to launch the attack from Qingyuan County.

, occupied Boeun County, Sangju, Gumi, and finally the same

The Third Group Army joined forces in Daegu, while the Second Group Army and the Fourth Group Army were both operating on the sidelines. They launched penetration attacks from the north and southwest to attract the Japanese army to disperse their forces, allowing the First and Third Group Armies to occupy the superiority in strength, encircle and annihilate the Japanese army, and cut off the various departments of the Japanese army.

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To put it simply, the "Chaos Arrow Plan" planned by Liu Gengyun and Jiang Fangzhen is to attack in two directions and outflank them in two directions. They will conduct encirclement and annihilation battles against the main force of the Japanese army in six areas, cut the Japanese army into six sections, and encircle and annihilate two units. As long as

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If one step of the offensive is successful, it can effectively cut off the Japanese army's supply capacity in the entire theater. After a war of attrition lasting one to two months, a general offensive will finally be launched to annihilate all remaining Japanese forces on the Korean Peninsula.

Cai E waited in silence for more than ten minutes, until all the commanders had read the battle plans in their hands. Then he looked at each other with Chief of Staff Liu Gengyun beside him in a tacit understanding, and then said: "Everyone, I am Cai E.

Beaten for a lifetime

There is no other secret to winning Japan's battles. No matter whether the enemy is weak or strong, it must be taken seriously. Japan's strength has always been the desperate service and bravery of its middle and lower-level officers. The southeastern theater is full of mountains, which can be used by our armored forces.

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The margin of victory is very small, so this battle is destined to be mostly hand-to-hand bloody fighting from the beginning, and heavy sacrifices are unavoidable. I hope that you will all be fully prepared and that no arrogant soldiers will be defeated. This time, the emperor personally sent me a telegram

, the Battle of the Southeast is not

But there are mistakes. Now the overall situation is extremely favorable to us. As long as we don't make low-level mistakes, we will be able to sweep away the Japanese army. If you still make mistakes under such circumstances and lose due to arrogance and mistakes in war preparation, you must be punished.

Severe punishment."

After a pause, he coldly picked up the tea cup next to him and drank tea, and then added: "The emperor's intention is very clear. Regardless of the empire, the military and the cabinet, the country has made all efforts for you.

If you succeed, you will be a generation of famous generals who will go down in history. If you fail, you will be the people who missed the opportunity.

The sinners of the clan, the scum of the Central Army of the Empire who have thousands of troops but are not even as good as the thieves and bandits. Whether it is serious or not, you weigh it yourself. Don’t think that sitting in this position will definitely lead to success. If you will be successful during this period of time,

If you dare to be negligent, there will be no regrets."

Cai E is not a rude person like Chen Wu, but he can be regarded as a very tough old man. He fought against the emperor for the cavalry. Moreover, his qualifications, reputation and achievements in the army are not comparable to Liu Gengyun's.

, let alone Fu Zuoyi and others here.

He said these words with a straight face and so ruthlessly, which still put a lot of pressure on everyone present.

If another person were replaced, two tougher senior army generals such as Zhao Tingzhu and Zhang Yahu, the effect would probably be even greater. "Prestige" is still a very powerful thing within the army.

These senior generals are actually very powerful and can handle the situation very well. Fu Zuoyi and Zhang Zizhong are not even qualified to lift shoes in front of them. They are one level lower than Jiang Fangzhen, Cai E, Zhao Tingzhu, Zhang Yahu and Chen Qicai.

It’s Zhang Jun,

Liu Gengyun and Han Chunlin, as well as Zhang Xianren, Xiao Xingheng, Wang Tingzhen, Wu Luzhen in the early years... This group has basically retired. The remaining five, Jiang, Cai, Zhao, Zhang and Chen, all have very high military merits and reputations, and their role is to serve in the National Defense Forces.

Zhongzhen Field.

To put it bluntly, when Cai E was promoted to lieutenant general in the Army, none of the military commanders here was a colonel. Zhang Zizhong's qualifications were relatively advanced, and he was only a lieutenant at that time.

It is true that Cai E did not bang the table and shout loudly, but his cold face and harsh words made even Fu Zuoyi and Zhang Zizhong feel unable to sit still, while Cai E continued to glance around indifferently.

In fact, Cai E was also very worried.

He went to inspect Chen Wu's Fourth Army a few days ago and discussed the Southeast Campaign with Chen Wu. Chen Wu fought very hard against the Japanese army. Although Chen Wu's record during that period was very good, the Japanese army's

That brave and desperate formation still left a very deep impression on Chen Wu.

Chen Wu's advice to Cai E was to suppress the situation and be more fully prepared. If a bloody battle started in the southeast theater, the casualties might be very high.

In addition to Chen Wu, Emperor Song and Zhao Tingzhu also sent messages to Cai E, telling him to be careful of the Japanese army's use of the special terrain of the mountain war zone to launch a desperate counterattack.

Especially the emperor's telegram made Cai E nervous.

Seeing the silence in the conference room, Liu Gengyun said to Zhang Zizhong: "You all should express your stance!"

Zhang Zizhong stood up immediately and said: "Please rest assured that the commander-in-chief and the chief of staff, we will do our best to never let the Japanese army slip through the net."

Fu Zuoyi, Wei Lihuang and others also stood up in a hurry and expressed their stance together: "Commander-in-Chief Cai and Chief-of-Staff Liu please rest assured."

Liu Gengyun smiled and said: "It is precisely because of our uneasiness that the Commander-in-Chief and I have to hold this meeting. There is definitely no problem with your ability, there is no problem with our military deployment and preparation, and there is also no problem with the tactical planning and design.

What I am more worried about now is that I am afraid that you will underestimate the enemy because of your previous consecutive victories. Fighting on the ground, the Japanese army is not our opponent at all and will not even give us shoes.

Well equipped, this is not an exaggeration, but they are still very powerful when fighting in the mountains, they have certain specialties, and they dare to fight hard, so we must be cautious. Strategically, we can despise Japan. There is nothing to fear from little Japan.

Tactically, we must attach great importance to Japan, strive to use up all our talents and energy in every battle, and strive to fight every battle beautifully."

"yes!"

Fu Zuoyi and others agreed again.

Chief of Staff Liu Gengyun then motioned for everyone to sit down and added with emotion: "Everyone, most of you are my students and former subordinates. Let me say a few more words here. Commander Cai and I have never been in the military throughout our lives.

There is a defeat. Now that this battle is over, we will officially retire. Therefore, I hope you will be cautious, strive to show your talents, be more cautious and fully prepared, and give Commander Cai and I the opportunity to retire with dignity.

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He and Cai E are quite a bit like you playing the red face and I playing the bad side, one is hard and the other is soft.

After listening to Liu Gengyun's words, Fu Zuoyi, Wei Lihuang, Liu Yazhao and others felt quite emotional. Time is not forgiving, and the senior generals have finally come to leave CSKA. If they really wait for them...

With his departure, the era of the Continental Army may have come to an end.

Nowadays, in the Central Military Headquarters, the status of the Navy and the Air Force has been unprecedentedly improved. Although the Army won a victory over Seoul in the previous series, it still cannot be compared with the Navy's several major victories. The focus of the country's attention is indeed on the Navy and Marine Corps.

The establishment was also expanded again and again, and the plan of a large navy was finally succeeded by Chen Houfu and his group.

Cai E actually had this sense of crisis, but he had suffered losses from the cavalry before, and it was not convenient to say anything now. He and Liu Gengyun said: "We won't talk about other gossip, let's seize the time to talk about the tactical plan.

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Liu Gengyun nodded slightly, stood up and walked to the wall with the command map hanging on it, picked up the baton and pointed at the location of Daegu, and said to everyone: "This time the random arrow plan is a two-pronged attack and a two-pronged attack strategy.

Pursuing rapid advancement at the overall strategic level, occupying Daegu, and cutting off the Japanese frontline dispersion positions and the headquarters

The First Army and the Third Army should rush to Gumi to join forces within a week of the start of the campaign. The focus of the Japanese defense is in the Seongju and Chilgok areas in the upper reaches of the Nakdong River. It is expected that the decisive battle will occur here.

The battle turned to a large-scale offensive and defensive battle. The terrain here was extremely unfavorable for our army's motor vehicles.

To this end, our army has adopted a new type of equipment, which is to remove the turret structure on the basis of the light tank T15 and erect only a heavy machine gun. By greatly reducing the weight, it can ensure the rapid advancement of this armored vehicle.

If the road conditions are suitable, although infantry fighting vehicles can pass, forward insertion and deployment without tanks should be considered.

Due to the combination of the situation and the narrow road conditions, the Central Military Headquarters ordered to abandon the main combat status of armored fighting vehicles. This means that the damage to the frontline troops will be relatively heavy, and the Air Force will provide more support, and the Navy will also provide more support in the near future.

A more comprehensive and frequent blockade of the Straits was implemented to prevent Japan from providing adequate supplies to Japan's dispatched troops."

The commanders listened quietly to Chief of Staff Liu Gengyun's explanation, and they were already prepared in their hearts.

Because the terrain is too complex, the process of continuing to advance eastward is not suitable for mechanized combat at all. Even the advancement of MT22 light tanks has become very difficult. For this reason, an extreme method can only be adopted to remove the turrets of some retired T15 tanks.

Dismantle it and reduce the weight as much as possible to make it an armored vehicle that can travel freely in this complex mountain environment.

Of course, the Imperial CSKA is not afraid of this kind of terrain. It can only be said that fighting in such terrain will greatly narrow the gap between the Imperial Army and the Japanese army. In order to enhance its equipment and tactical advantages, the Empire's main countermeasure is still

The equipment of assault rifles and rocket launchers has been strengthened, including the use of unique equipment such as tracked rocket launchers in the finalization of rocket launcher vehicles.

In addition, the empire transferred more tasks of storming Japanese bunkers and defensive lines to the Air Force, with the Air Force's G2\205 attack aircraft taking on this important task. The main ground attack weapons were aviation rockets, incendiary bombs and

25mm caliber aviation cannon.

This random arrow battle is mainly based on the cooperation of the air force and infantry. However, this combat method has only been practiced several times in Fujian before. The Central Military Department is not very sure about this. If the actual results are not very satisfactory,

In the end, we can only continue to rely on the brave struggle of soldiers and the frontline command of grassroots officers.

It is too late for Liu Gengyun to deal with these things now. All he can do is to distribute the combat tasks in a more detailed manner. No matter how the commanders of the group army execute it, no matter how many sacrifices and casualties they have to pay, Daegu must be captured.

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and the Third Army must complete the rendezvous in Gumi within three days after the launch of the operational plan, plus the strength of 14 new infantry regiments, forcibly break through the Japanese defense lines in Chilgok and Seongju, and capture Daegu within a week, otherwise

, the entire Ranjian plan will fail.

Before this, Liu Gengyun and Cai E had discussed various remedial measures if they failed to break through Daegu. There were still many ways, but they hoped that such a situation would not occur.

Another thing worth paying attention to in this random arrow plan is that the two airborne divisions of the Air Force will be dispatched, but the wartime command of these two divisions is still handed over to the Northeast Defense Force, with Cai E personally commanding and dispatching.
To be continued...