Tan Zhengfu was not frightened by the severe and urgent situation, nor was he panicked. Years of modern military education and military career trained him well, allowing him to think about countermeasures calmly, and in a very short time.

Tan Zhengfu made a series of decisions, first, strengthening the fortifications around the fortress left by the Japanese army, second, immediately counting the list of materials seized from the Japanese army, and third, sending correspondents to Juchang County, because the Wei Lihuang army had just captured Juchang.

The county will definitely have troops and materials to be drawn out to support them. Fourth, find a way to contact the people from the surrounding North Korean Free Liberation Front to see if they can find local troops. Fifth, send a company back.

He asked everyone in the battalion to give up rest and immediately started doing things, and only then did he find Wu Zheng, the staff officer of the battalion department who was patrolling the positions, and the general's department told Wu Zheng about the information.

Wu Zheng was as surprised as Tan Zhengfu, and could not believe that all this was true.

Seeing that he looked puzzled, Tan Zhengfu emphasized: "Yes, these are all facts. The military commander is still fighting fiercely with the Japanese army in Shangzhou. Four Japanese divisions attacked the two divisions of the military commander. Our third division was also a Japanese army.

The division blocked the Jinquan area and could not meet with the 22nd and 23rd Divisions, who were in the military seat."

Wu Zheng felt a headache and spat fiercely, saying hatefully: "This is the worst case for him."

Tan Zhengfu sighed, took out the cigarette box and bounced it open, gave Wu Zheng a gang, and lit it and took a few sips. Then he said: "There is indeed no worse situation than this, but the situation we face may be more than the military throne.

Oops, the Japanese army may have a brigade to attack our headquarters. I have sent someone to ask for help from the Second Army. The telegram was sent and the people were sent. It is hard to say when I can get support. As soon as tomorrow morning

Before, everything had to be up to us."

Wu Zheng thought for a moment and said, "We don't have armored vehicles or artillery now, so we can only guard these Japanese bunkers. However, these Japanese bunkers are very strong. If you want to add some more, I think we should be

I can hold on for a while.”

Tan Zhengfu looked at the time and said, "The most pitiful thing now is time. If you go and see the situation on the supplies, I want to send a few people to the front to keep watch, hoping that the Japanese army can react later."

Wu Zheng nodded immediately and went to check the materials seized from the Japanese army in person.

Tan Zhengfu thought about it in his mind 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 bazooka, and 22 mortars.

The losses of the previous capture of the Fortress of Guankiri were left, and there were about 14 shells left per gun.

This is all his ammunition. If the Japanese army left behind the materials, his only hope was to pray that Lieutenant General Wei Lihuang would send troops to support the battle.

Before arriving in Guankiri, Tan Zhengfu had obtained military maps around Guankiri and recent aerial photos from the Northeast Staff Bureau, but he still lacked intuitive judgment on the terrain here. Before dark, he personally brought one

Team scouts went to the high ground to inspect the terrain.

The terrain of Guanjiri is actually an intersection. There are 337,335 highlands on the south side of the valley entrance, which just guards the main road to Juchang County. The 337 highland is on the east side, 457 meters high, and is also in Guanjiri.

The main base is gentle in the southwest and steep in the northeast, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Japanese army had previously set up the main game and defense line here.

In the mountainous areas in southern North Korea, most of them are left over from this ancient glacier, with a large number of ravines. Light tanks still have certain combat effectiveness in this area, while medium and heavy tanks are completely ineffective here.

The Imperial Army's MT22 light tank is roughly the same as the M24 light tank used by the US military during the Korean War. The horsepower and maneuverability are relatively better, the armor and firepower are roughly the same, the tank body is lower and the front

Strong defense and good shelter performance.

Compared with the Imperial Army's MT22, the US M24 is far behind. Therefore, it is difficult for the Imperial Army to attack in the south of North Korea such as Guankiri, while the Japanese army is completely

Helpless.

As long as Tan Zhengfu's troops are not short of ammunition, if the Japanese army wants to send infantry to attack from the front, the price it will have to pay is amazing.

The development of modern military is changing with each passing day. With the complexity of equipment of infantry units and the increase in firepower, no tank wants to implement frontal penetration, they can only rely on artillery, and the effect is very low.

Although the entire Arrow Plan failed due to Fu Zuoyi's lonely army, and many main forces were defeated and surrounded by the Japanese army, the Imperial Northeast Defense Force still occupies a greater advantage and leading position in the entire strategic field and the positive factors of modern military.

The Northeast Defense Forces responded quickly. After confirming that Tan Zhengfu's 203rd Battalion had suddenly captured the 337th Highland Fortress, the Northeast Defense Forces immediately arranged for the Air Force to provide supplies. More than 20 S25s flew over Guankiri before dark and confirmed that the 203rd Battalion was launched.

After the orange-red smoke bomb, a large amount of supply will be airdropped in this area.

While arranging people to sort out the supplies airdropped by the military headquarters, Tan Zhengfu sent people to strengthen the construction of fortifications, adding two layers of trenches and bulletproof trenches to the fortification front, digging a large number of cat ear pierced to resist the possible heavy artillery bombing by the Japanese army.

The military dropped a batch of chemical defense suits and therapeutic drugs for chemical weapons. Before that, Tan Zhengfu also confirmed the latest information from the military. The Japanese army had already used chemical weapons on a large scale during this counterattack, and the Northeast Defense Force also followed.

To prepare to arrange a retaliation war for chemical weapons, the entire army is urgently strengthening chemical defense work. In the construction of trenches, chemical defense is also a factor that must be considered.

Before 7 pm, the Japanese army had an infantry corps who arrived at the three kilometers north of the 337 Highland, but did not launch an attack immediately. They just used 75mm mountain cannons to scatter a few shells.

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

The closest air base to Guankiri is in Quanzhou, and the two places are only 70 kilometers away. Soon, a batch of tiger shark fighter bombers were dispatched to assist the surrounding area, carrying out anti-bombing of the Japanese army, and helping the 203rd Battalion defend.

position.

After nightfall, Tan Zhengfu asked all the soldiers of the battalion to take precautions and arranged for engineers to repair the searchlights that were blown up during the day when attacking the fortress. He also arranged for a reconnaissance team to infiltrate the Japanese positions at night to confirm the size of the opponent's troops.

The searchlight was just repaired, and the Second Army drew two newly formed infantry battalions from the garrison troops in Juchang County, and a major from the Military Intelligence Department arrived at the same time.

When Tan Zhengfu heard that the Central Military Intelligence Department had sent someone over, he still found it strange. In the command post of the fortress, he saw the major. He was not tall and had a good appearance, but his eyes were very sharp, looking like he was thirty-five or six years old.

Tan Zhengfu's military rank was captain. In this war, he was basically a low-ranking officer. There were officers with a rank much higher than him everywhere. When the major walked in, Tan Zhengfu took the initiative to come forward to salute.

The major from the Military Intelligence Department looked at Tan Zhengfu roughly, and after returning the gift, he took out a letter of proof from his pocket and handed it to Tan Zhengfu, saying, "Captain Tan, hello, I am Fu Dashi, major of the Strategic Intelligence Bureau of the Central Military Intelligence Department, this is the Central Army

Ministry’s telegram.”

Tan Zhengfu was increasingly surprised. He didn't understand how a captain of his level was qualified to directly get the telegram from the Central Military Department. He turned it on and took a look, and roughly knew that Major Fu had a special task to carry out this time.

He asked hurriedly: "What special mission does the military headquarters have?"

Fu Dashi pointed to the corner of the command post and signaled 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 very obvious, and the implementation of the rifle combat plan is not good.

Although our army still maintains a certain advantage, it is already difficult to annihilate the main force of the Japanese army in southern North Korea. In addition, the Japanese army used a large number of chemical weapons during the siege of the First Army, and our army will inevitably use chemical weapons to counterattack.

The system is just considering the Japanese army's prevention of chemical weapons. The military headquarters has reported to His Majesty for approval of the use of special weapons. According to the latest secret instructions, the 203rd Battalion will send a tactical team to go deep into the enemy's heavy artillery position. As for other matters, you temporarily

There is no right to know."

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

Fu Dashi said: "The Second Japanese Artillery Brigade is stationed in the north of you, and it is expected that it will also be the most threatening military armed forces to you. So, we must first confirm its location. I need about two reconnaissance squads."

Tan Zhengfu is still a little strange. It is always strange that an army major personally leads the team to reconnaissance deep behind enemy lines, but this is a secret order from the Central Military Department, and he has no right to inquire, so he let the company commander of the second company come over and go from the second company.

The reconnaissance company selected two elite troops from the squad and followed Fu Dashi into the Japanese artillery positions to reconnaissance with night vision instruments.

At this time, Tan Zhengfu didn't know that although the situation had not deteriorated to the extent that the empire was at stake, Fu Zuoyi's mistakes could indeed endanger the combat plan of the entire Northeast Defense Force. In order to forcibly ensure that the Northeast Defense Force annihilates the Japanese army in this decisive battle.

The Central Military Commission of North Korea has decided to do whatever it takes, and this price is the first time in the world that it is officially used such a special weapon as a ballistic missile.

In order to ensure the hit accuracy of the Imperial ballistic missile D-4\5\5B\10, like Major Fu Dashi, about a dozen military agents will be responsible for leading the team deep into the enemy's backbone, using theodolite to re-proof, and ensuring each missile as much as possible.

The hit accuracy can be lower than the range of 1 km required by combat parameters.

Within this range, every two to three D-4\5\5B\10 can effectively destroy an important position of the Japanese army and as much as possible to convert the Japanese main artillery troops in the first large-scale missile attack.

, the main forces, airports and important strongholds were eliminated.

The Central Military Department is also preparing a large-scale retaliation plan for the use of chemical shells in the Japanese army to attack the first and third army groups, but this matter will be launched after tomorrow. The current first round of counterattack will begin with the attack of ballistic missiles.

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There have always been many controversies within the Central Defense Commission regarding whether to use ballistic missiles, chemical ammunition, nuclear weapons, etc. in this war. However, with the unexpected failure of the Arrow Plan and the Japanese army first used chemical weapons, national defense.

The committee has reached a consensus in the shortest time to formally approve the use of missiles and chemical weapons by the Central Defense Forces.

This order was ultimately approved by Emperor Song Biao of China, just as the highest approval order for the Japanese army to use chemical weapons against the Chinese during the war of aggression against China was approved by Emperor Hirohito of Japan.

While preparing in the Northeast base and in front of the city was secretly and busy, Song Biao did not fall asleep early that night in the distant Central Palace.

The night is so quiet.

Song Biao was still sitting in his office, facing the application report of the strategic troops submitted by Jiang Fangzhen on behalf of the Central Military Department, and there was an indescribable trance in his expression. Time flies, and under the shadow of the empire, modern warfare is already there.

It has developed to this level.

The D-10 medium-range ballistic missile, currently being mass-produced in China, was finally finalized and put into service in early 1939. This is an improved model developed based on the D-5 ballistic missile. There has not been any obvious improvement in range and power, but its accuracy is relatively

It has been improved to a better level, and its effective range accuracy of 800-1200 kilometers will be reduced to 1 km range. This technology is used in the upgrade 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 missile officially put into service in the Empire. Its effective range is 300.

Kilometers, after two improvements, the D-4B type is the most in service in the strategic missile army. There are 1,400 in stock at this stage. Compared with medium-range ballistic missiles, this series of missiles is cheaper and powerful enough to deter.

enemy.

The range of the D-6 short-range ballistic missile has increased to 500 kilometers, because it was late in service and only had more than 100. Northwest Aerospace Industry Corporation is the main manufacturer of this series of missiles and is currently accelerating production and service.

As long as Song Biao is willing, as long as he signs and approves the Central Military Department's declaration, the empire will have enough strength to eliminate the Japanese army's main war strength before the army contacts. The combat plan declared by Jiang Fangzhen is a backup plan, once the arrow plan and the poisonous toads are planned.

The implementation of the plan failed, the Empire will launch this emergency plan, using more than 600 ballistic missiles to reverse the situation, and the Empire will expand the purchase of missiles at the same time, and there will be more than 1,000 certified military enterprises in China.

Dedicated to multiple series of missile industrial production.

This kind of production capacity, which was only expanded during the war, officially broke out in China with the signature of Emperor Song.

This is just a precautionary measure, and it really has to be used.

This situation made Song Biao feel extremely complicated in his heart. He couldn't say whether this was a good thing or a bad thing. In the quiet night, it was difficult for him to fall asleep and could only wait for news in the office.

The power of a ballistic missile actually lies in the huge shock waves generated by high-speed impact. Even so, at its cost, using conventional high-explosive warheads is a waste, but the cost of short-range ballistic missiles is much cheaper.

Therefore, some D-10 missiles are equipped with chemical warheads, and their range is sufficient to attack Tokyo.

The original plan was like this, but at the last moment, Song Biao rejected such revenge. At this stage, the Japanese army is still the main force, mainly destroying the heavy artillery troops of the Japanese army, airports and main fortress areas, as well as the dense garrison areas of the Japanese army's main force.

Key targets such as command centers, logistics ammunition warehouses, etc.

Because there are no short-range ballistic missiles installed on the Korean battlefield, the more than 140 missiles launched tonight to tomorrow before noon are all D-5\5B\10 series medium-range ballistic missiles, from various missile units in the Northeast

and bases launch, attack the most important military zones, and use of mass destructive chemical warheads on the rear of the Japanese army.
To be continued...