On September 15, the 6th year of the fire, in the area around Beijing, all the troops of the United Kingdom of China arrived at their destination.

The Southern Assault Group, which was subordinate to the Army, and the Han River Temporary Detachment, which was subordinate to the Navy, successively completed their tactical movements and officially formed a large encirclement posture against Shangjingcheng.

Then, on the same day, the various units of the Southern Assault Cluster, with squads and platoons as units, formed a straggler line and covertly broke into the fortress group set up on the outskirts of Shangjing, and took the lead in starting a fire reconnaissance of the Shangjing area.

In the midst of the intense gunfire, the scouts on the front line quickly marked every enemy artillery position on the map that could be observed.

However, the speed of this kind of fire reconnaissance is not fast, because the number of small fortresses built around the city by the Houjin side is too many.

In recent years, Sukh Saha and An Bu have been fighting each other for the position of the number one leader in the North Korean region of the Houjin, and there has been a lot of uproar, and any officer on the Houjin side knows that there is a disagreement between the two sides.

However, now, after An Bu died on Tower Mountain, Sukh Saha should be grateful to An Bu Yang.

Because, it is precisely because An Buyu has continuously strengthened the capital and expanded the defensive fortresses around the city in the past few years that Suke Saha has left such an impregnable fortress group.

It took a whole day for the Southern Assault Group to complete the reconnaissance of the enemy's outermost firepower, and at least half of the areas on the map were not detected.

By the next day, the progress was still very slow, the navy side was a little anxious to start the war, and the army side also felt that it could not save face and began to be anxious.

In the war room of the general headquarters, Chen Xin looked at the newly made sand table in the Shangjing area in front of him after synthesizing all the recent intelligence, and many blank positions displayed on it had not been marked at all.

After Chen Xin saw the sand table, he couldn't help but complain silently, "I was a game black hole back then, and in the real world, the level is still not good, and now, the fog of war has not yet opened." ”

After the complaining was completed, Chen Xin turned around and asked the staff officer, "To what extent has our army advanced now?" ”

"Report to your lordship, our army units have captured about 10% of the fortresses on the periphery of Shangjing, and at the same time, they have completed the fire reconnaissance of about 20% of the targets on the periphery."

Chen Xin's gaze stared at several ministers of the War Department and asked, "At this rate, how long do you expect it will take to completely conquer the outer areas of Shangjing?" ”

The officials of the War Department looked at each other, and after a long time, someone gritted his teeth and gave the answer: "Your Excellency, we, we need at least 7 days." ”

Chen Xin's army adjutant saw the embarrassment of the War Department, and came up to relieve the siege and said, "Your Excellency, the army's attack is much slower than expected, do you want to change the plan and involve the navy?" ”

"Oh?" Chen Xin looked at several officers of the Admiralty on the side, "What do you think?" ”

At this time, the minister of the Admiralty who heard Chen Xin's question immediately came over, and he said with a serious face, "Report to Your Excellency, our navy is confident that it will be able to attack the capital within three days."

The minister is willing to make a military order, if he can't do this, the minister is willing to give this head. ”

"The morale of the officers and men is commendable." After Chen Xin praised him, he waved his hand and said, "However, there is no need for this for the time being, and we are not unable to capture Shangjing, so we don't need to be in a hurry, we just need to follow the original plan and go down step by step." ”

Turning his head, Chen Xin reassured everyone in the War Department, "Seize this good opportunity of actual combat, train the team well, and temper the cooperation between various branches of the army." In the future, there will not be many opportunities for this kind of opportunity, and the next time you encounter a tough battle, it will not be such a soft and fluttering enemy. ”

"Yes."

In fact, Chen Xin has absolute confidence in his own capture of Shangjing, and in his mind, whether it is the Southern Assault Cluster or the Han River Temporary Detachment, they all have the ability to conquer there alone.

In particular, the navy's temporary fleet, with 12 search warships and dozens of rifled guns, as long as there is enough ammunition, can completely bomb the Shangjing area into ruins.

And Chen Xin, with the absolute certainty of capturing Shangjing, did not want this battle to end quickly.

In Chen Xin's plan, this battle was exactly the rehearsal of the next phase of combat operations that he expected.

Therefore, according to his plan, this battle is to take it slow and take every step steadily.

He hopes that all units will be able to find their own shortcomings and loopholes in their battle plans in the battle, and accumulate experience for the next stage of important combat operations.

Under these circumstances, the Army was unable to complete its advance plan as quickly as expected, and the Navy naturally could not attack first.

After receiving Chen Xin's order, all the ministries no longer had a burden, and all of them hurried to get busy.

As a result, a peculiar scene appeared on the battlefield.

On the one hand, in the direction south of Shangjing, the brothers of the Chinese Army were constantly moving and moving under the scorching heat of the autumn tiger, and they were in full swing.

The scouts found the artillery hiding in the fortress one by one, and then guided the artillery behind them, using infantry guns to knock out the enemy's exposed artillery one by one.

Without artillery, the Houjin army defense units inside the small forts everywhere are the toothless Teddy, and as long as a battalion is dispatched, it can be easily solved.

However, the number of fortresses of the Houjin Army is too much, and no matter how high the morale of the army brothers is, things are not subject to human will, and they can only advance slowly.

On the other side, on the other three sides of the Han River, the Chinese naval soldiers were boringly wiping the deck.

On the battleship Kokang, the sailors carefully cleaned every dead corner with tools, and wiped the entire deck shiny.

Then carefully brush each part with tung oil to prevent mold and rust everywhere under the humid air.

Finally, after completing the routine maintenance tasks, the non-commissioned officer went to report to the duty officer, while the other sailors gathered in twos and threes to chat.

One of the sailors could not help but be depressed, and complained, "In three days, this deck has been wiped a dozen times, and I am afraid to wipe it again, and this deck will be thinned by us." ”

A bearded sailor also chimed in, "Who said it wasn't, originally, Shangjing City, which was built on the riverside, could be easily solved as long as we used artillery."

However, if we don't have such a strong combat power, we just let those guys in the army who don't have heavy firepower slowly gnaw hard bones, I really don't know what the above thinks. ”

On the top deck of the bridge, the first mate and the commissar accidentally heard the chatter of the sailors below and looked at each other in embarrassment.

"Political commissar, if it goes on like this, it's not okay, the soldiers' complaints are getting bigger and bigger, this morning, I received more than 20 letters of war from all cabins, I'm afraid that if it drags on any longer, it will hurt the enthusiasm of the soldiers."

Facing the first mate's grievances, the political commissar also felt the trickiness of the matter, but this kind of thing was originally his scope of work, so he patted the first mate on the shoulder and comforted, "Don't worry, I will find a way." ”

The first mate saw that the political commissar expressed his willingness to solve this matter, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a sincere tone, "Political commissar, then the ideological work of this group of cubs will be entrusted to you." ”

However, after finishing speaking, the first mate also felt that the practice of throwing the pot to the political commissar so completely seemed to be a bit unauthentic, so he added another sentence, "If you need me, please just ask, I will fully cooperate." ”