Chapter 599: Korean Theater of Operations
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The sudden bombing of the Korean Flying Group of the Central Kingdom completely disrupted the original plan of the Japanese himself. Originally, the Sino-Japanese and Korean Wars were already in a complete disadvantage, not only suffered heavy losses in military strength, but also the chassis was constantly compressed by the Sino-Japanese country. The government of Japan has made it clear that the empire cannot do without Korea, an important strategic colony. In addition, the Sino-British conflict was still in full swing at that time. The government judged that the inkstone of the Sino-British war would become bigger and bigger, and there was even a possibility that it would develop into World War II. And once the anti-China alliance advocated by the British in the West is established, even if the Central and Luzhou countries have obvious advantages in the war, they will only end up in the end. China is a country with a vast land and a large population, the world's largest population, but its industrial base is weak, and it is already a miracle that it can resist the attacks of two industrial powers at the same time. The combat effectiveness of the army of the Central Republic of China has also been recognized by all countries in the world.
However, war is never just a contest of military combat effectiveness, but more of a contest of national strength and the control of resources, and in this respect, China and the country cannot be compared with the world powers. Moreover, the sea area of Zhonglu is vast, but the naval force is weak. Once a world war is formed, the Western countries can drive straight into it and log in to any coastal city in the Middle Kingdom. The industrial industries that the Central Kingdom had scavenged from the West with the help of the autumn winds of World War I were also basically distributed in the coastal areas, and once these areas were lost, the war potential of the Central Kingdom would be further reduced. Even the entire kingdom of China is likely to be divided into a turbulent situation in which several regimes stand side by side.
These were the best endings of the Far Eastern War analyzed by the high-level leaders of Japan at that time. But it turned out that Ri Lu himself was too optimistic. They overestimated the British spirit of honor. As the world's number one power, the British even reluctantly negotiated with the Central Kingdom of the Far East, after suffering from the hands of the newly established country of the Far East, and this kind of behavior of giving up their face for the sake of interests is incomprehensible to the Great Japanese Empire. It is precisely because I can't understand it anyway that I wouldn't have thought that the sun would have been pit by the British.
More than one-third of Japan's troops were concentrated in Korea, and the Sino-Japanese war was already developing towards a situation of endless death. Japan was unwilling to lose North Korea, and the Middle Kingdom would not give up the fat that it had swallowed so hard. Millions of troops on both sides gathered to fight on these hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land, and no matter what the result is, the national strength will inevitably suffer heavy losses.
It is precisely because of this expectation that British Prime Minister Lloyd George will not hesitate to give up the face of the British Empire and expand the war between China and Japan to the extent that no one can stop. Originally, all this was carried out according to the predetermined plan, but the troops of the Central Continent State were already somewhat weak from the banks of the Yalu River to the Imjin River in central Korea, and the troops were under extremely high pressure in long-term and high-intensity operations. The Korean army was losing and retreating, but it had 200,000 well-equipped and high-spirited troops from the country. These are the most elite permanent divisions of the Japanese army, and there are even guards divisions that have never left the country to fight since the establishment of the Japanese Imperial Army.
As the Emperor's Guard, the significance of this division is definitely not comparable to the ability of other divisions. In this case, even if the government of Japan knows that he has been cheated by the British. For the sake of the emperor's honor, they could only go to war with the Nakalu Kingdom. Expelling the Middle Kingdom from Korea is the only way they can retain the honor of being the first power in the Far East of the Great Japanese Empire.
Of course, if the Central Kingdom could give up the occupation of northern Korea, a decisive battle between China and Japan could be avoided. It's just that compared with the Japanese government, the government of the Central Lu State is stronger. It can be said that from this point of view, the British have figured out the tempers and methods of the two great powers in the Far East. Even an armistice puts the two great powers in a situation where they have to fight a decisive battle. If, after the outbreak of war, Western countries are stirring up a stir in it. It's not so easy to stop the Sino-Japanese War. As long as the quagmire of war in the Far East takes shape, neither Japan nor China will be able to intervene in the formation of the new situation in the world. When the war between the two sides ends, even if there is a draw, the national strength will be greatly reduced, and the influence of the two countries in the new world pattern will be far from being compared with this time. In this way, the British Empire's position in the world through the First World War could be retained. Originally, everything was developing in this direction, and the reinforcements of the Japanese army were about to reach the Imjin River, and the Japanese army, including the Korean army, which had been defeated repeatedly, thought that the counter-attack of the Great Japanese Empire was coming. At this time, the large-scale air raid of the flight formation of the Zhonglu State changed this result.
The 200,000 most elite troops lost a quarter before they even set foot in the war, and in the sudden bombardment, officers protected by soldiers were more likely to be targets for bombers. After all, early pilots at high altitudes can't tell who is an officer and who is a soldier. You can only use the bombs as far as possible towards crowded areas. At that time, the Japanese army was marching, and in the face of a sudden air attack, after resisting ineffectively, they could only hide in the jungle on both sides of the official road, and the soldiers subconsciously gathered to protect the officer's location, but they would never have thought that it was this subconscious protection that became the officer's lifeline. This is also the reason why this air raid caused heavy losses to high-ranking officers in Japan. The air raid caused an uproar among the Japanese forces in Korea. Not only did the morale of the troops who came to support drop sharply, but even the North Korean troops, who had been boosted by the reinforcements, were also severely damaged. The Japanese avoided the bombers of the Middle Continent that appeared south of the Imjin River from time to time. Later, it even appeared that once the bomber formation of the Zhonglu country appeared, there was not even a single moving figure on the entire ground, and the pilots of the Zhonglu country had to send fighters to fly at a low altitude to detect. The emergence of this situation made the Japanese completely lose the ability to counterattack during the day. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops were completely ground rats within 50 kilometers of the south bank of the Imjin River.
North of the Imjin River, Kaesong, temporary headquarters of the Korean Theater of Defense Forces in the Middle Continent.
After the National Defense Bureau laid a huge territory in Korea, Feng Yong immediately made a decision to establish the Korean Theater and take command of the navy, land and air forces in Korea. Li Jun served as the commander-in-chief of the theater and concurrently served as the political commissar, Lin Hu served as the deputy commander-in-chief, Yan Lei served as the deputy political commissar of the theater, and Yan Xishan served as the chief of staff of the theater.
Since the planes bombed the reinforcement force of the Japanese army, the Japanese themselves retreated south of the Imjin River without the slightest movement. The defense line of the Wehrmacht in the lower reaches of the Imjin River did not move much, and even the bombing of aircraft was reduced. On the contrary, in the upper reaches, the Wehrmacht is not small in the south, and the battle line has reached the upper reaches of the Korean Chuan River. At present, the territory controlled by the National Defense Forces is not much different from that of North Korea, which is north of the 38th parallel.
"Commander-in-chief, the Korean royal family Li Zhenyuan asks to see."
"Tell him Commander Ben isn't available right now, and let him wait!" Li Jun didn't raise his head, and said in a cold voice.
The operational staff officer did not dare to slack off, so he answered the call and withdrew, since he became the commander-in-chief of the Korean theater. The military power of Chief of General Staff Lee is getting heavier and heavier. Half of the momentum he has cultivated as the dean of administration for a long time has been transformed into a murderous spirit.
Feng Yong intends to let Li Jun return to the military again, and the presidency of the Government Council will also end with the end of President Li Yuanhong's term. Starting from the next office of the Fung Tak-lun government, the president of the Council of Ministers will be nominated by the president and voted by the National Assembly.
Of course, the current people's congress is still just a formality, after all, the people's education level is low, the quality of the people's congress deputies selected in various places is really not up to the mark, and many people who are famous in the local area are old talents from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and their minds are full of Confucian feudal ideas. There is even a large part of the population that is staunch royalists. These people put forward a proposal to restore the imperial system at the people's congress meeting, which almost caused the anti-imperialist death of the Central and Lu countries. With these old Confucians with rigid ideas, the people's congress will not be able to reflect his value at all. Therefore, at this stage, the people's congress is still in vain.
On the contrary, another national joint meeting of political parties and political parties put forward many useful suggestions for the government, and various political and ideological schools among the people of the central government have formed political parties one after another to participate in this joint political meeting and make suggestions for the construction of the new political government. Among them, the most influential is the Kuomintang and the People's Party led by Sun Wen. In Feng Yong's thinking, the state of China will practice a one-party dictatorship implemented by the National Independence Party, and other parties will be allowed to have the right to participate in and discuss state affairs as long as they do not endanger national security. This can also be regarded as the government's recognition of social thought. After all, although the people's ideas are mixed, they are not all dross.
Korean Theater Headquarters. When Li Jun heard Li Zhenyuan. There was a disgust on his face that could not be concealed.
"Commander, did you really decide not to use this Li Zhenyuan? Will our direct rule of northern Korea give the North Koreans a backlash? Yan Lei asked. After all, they are engaged in politics, and their minds will not be as simple as those of soldiers.
"Humph! What kind of bullshit Korean royal family is Li Zhenyuan, the real Korean royal family has long been killed by Ilbenben, he is just a distant relative of the Korean royal family who doesn't know how many generations, he is just a peasant who doesn't know anything, and he was carried out as a gimmick by those North Korean resisters. Li Jun said disdainfully.
"Commander, during this time, the Korean resistance faction has recruited a lot of people, because there are more than 10,000 soldiers with the signboard of the Korean royal family. If we don't limit it, I'm afraid it will really become the climate. A cold light flashed in Yan Lei's eyes. The Korean resistance faction is formed by the union of more than a dozen resistance organizations in northern Korea, including the main party of the people, the Korean vassals, and even bandits. These rabble did not do much at the beginning of the war, but after the Wehrmacht defeated North Korea, these people came out to seize power as soon as possible, and they also made a lot of noise.
"Humph! The crowd of birds is a rabble, and it is not convenient for us to do anything to them now, but I can generally guess what this Li Zhenyuan is doing here, a peasant who doesn't understand bullshit wants to be the emperor, he really dreams! "There is no emperor in the Middle and Lu Kingdoms. It is really incomprehensible that the small country of North Korea is trying to restore the imperial system with the help of the hands of the Zhonglu state. If it weren't for the fact that the Sino-Japanese War was in full swing at this stage, and the Wehrmacht needed the gimmick of the Korean royal family to calm the people's hearts, I am afraid that these clowns would have been killed by Li Jun long ago. For the sake of the interests of the Central Kingdom, Li Jun will not be merciful at all. What's more, these North Koreans are really disdainful.
(To be continued).
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