The central and northern routes are advancing all the way, and the southern line is not silent.

At six o'clock in the afternoon of July 27, 1939, Shi Liancheng, the commander of the First Division, rushed to the location of his headquarters: Shayuanli.

On the way, his order had already reached the headquarters, and all five regiment commanders were waiting in the war room of the division headquarters.

They are Ding Jianming, commander of the infantry regiment, Jing Zhongzhong, commander of the machine gun regiment, Guan Xingguo, commander of the armored regiment, Zhu Mingming, commander of the artillery regiment, and Luo Dingkun, commander of the air defense regiment.

"Brethren, your good days have come!"

Chief of Staff Yang Zhaodi presided over the meeting, she is the eldest sister of these people, she was the division commander before entering North Korea, and these people are her subordinates. Now that she is the chief of staff, no one dares to say that her status is low, so she naturally speaks very casually:

"My senior brother, the boss in your mouth, knows that none of you can sit still, so he is very kind and decides to let you go out for activities. There is some attention to how to do the specific activities, so let the division commander tell you about it. ”

"Ahem, in fact, things are very simple, there are only three tasks." Shi Liancheng was a young man, and then he was shot again, in fact, except for being a little mature, everything else has not changed, and his speech is concise and to the point:

"Killing the 2nd Division of the Korean Japanese Army, and occupying the line of Kaesong and Panmunjom by the way, this is the first thing. Then he waved his army south, took Seoul and occupied it, which was the second thing. In the end, he turned around and grabbed the butt of the 20th Division, and attacked Liu Zhiliang's 3rd Division from the north and south, annihilating it in one fell swoop, and occupying the entire territory of South Korea by the way, which was the third case. ”

Shi Liancheng's tone was calm, as if he was saying something that had nothing to do with him. Although the five regiment commanders are all twenty years old, they have followed Bai Shujie to the rivers and lakes for more than ten years, and they can experience a lot of bullets and bullets.

So Shi Liancheng said three things very easily, and the five regiment commanders suddenly tightened in their hearts: "My mother, this matter is a big deal!" ”

"Of course, the boss has a lot of requests, and this is what I want to emphasize." Shi Liancheng's tone was still flat: "First, the casualties must be limited to less than 10%, so as not to affect the combat effectiveness in the later stage. Second, the entire duration of the operation was only 15 days. ”

Deputy division commander Xia Enze added: "Actually, you can calculate, just starting from here and then rushing to the beach in Busan, a straight-line distance of 500 kilometers." Let's not talk about fighting, even if you just walk, you can't walk less than 40 kilometers a day. ”

In fact, as soon as Shi Liancheng said it just now, the five regiment commanders already understood it in their hearts, and Xia Enze emphasized this point, just to make the problem clear. Of course, the five regiment commanders all know, don't look at their division commander's bland tone, there must be follow-ups.

Sure enough, Shi Liancheng smiled slightly: "So, there must be a method for the activity that Sister Yang said just now, otherwise, no one will be able to complete the task assigned by the boss." ”

"The boss is calculating others, will he give an account of an impossible task? No, you can't! In that case, there must be a way to get the job done! Lao Tzu came to you today to talk about this method. ”

"Order: A battalion of Guan Xingguo's armored regiment, at eleven o'clock this evening, will receive 16 rail armored vehicles of the armored regiment of the General Headquarters at the Pingshan railway station. Then set off overnight and rushed to the Jinchuan front-line defensive formation before five o'clock tomorrow morning. The other two armored battalions also set off overnight and rushed to Jinchuan. ”

"Tomorrow at 6 o'clock in the morning, your whole regiment will advance at full speed along the railway, leaving aside the enemy on both sides of the railway, and will continue to rush into the Kaicheng railway station and occupy it. Then stick to the help, not allowed to take half a step back. ”

"Order: The machine gun regiment of Jing Zhongcheng will draw out a battalion, take over the armored vehicles of a battalion of Guan Xingguo, and rush to the forward position of Sanjuli before five o'clock tomorrow morning. At six o'clock in the morning, he crossed the Licheng River, rushed straight to the west gate of the city, and then went to the railway station to join the armored regiment, and took over the defense of the Kaicheng railway station. ”

"Guan Xingguo's armored regiment immediately set off after handing over the defense task to the machine gun regiment, passing through Panmunjom and Wensan, and heading straight for the north gate of Seoul. The biggest obstacle that can be encountered is Bukhansan Mountain. But you have to do everything you can to get into Seoul by three o'clock tomorrow afternoon. ”

"Because a regiment of the Marine Corps, while you are raiding south, will land at Incheon and then go straight to the west gate of Seoul. Each of their regiments is lightly armed, and under the cover of carrier-based aircraft, it is not difficult to capture Seoul, the difficult thing is to hold on and wait until the follow-up large forces arrive, so reinforcements are needed. ”

"After making full use of the powerful firepower of the armored vehicle's 20mm five-tube phalanx to assist the marines in clearing out the resistance in Seoul, Guan Xingguo's armored regiment could not rest and had to immediately turn around and go south. Be sure to arrive at Daejeon the day after tomorrow, July 29, at 12 p.m., and then assist the 2nd Marine Regiment in clearing the obstacles. ”

"After stabilizing the situation in Daejeon, Guan Xingguo's armored regiment still cannot rest, and must go south to Jeonju with lightning speed, and after sweeping it, continue south to Gwangju and occupy it, and then hold on to wait for help."

"The main purpose of this rapid southward march was to occupy 27 railway stations, seize all the trains, and then all of them went north to transport troops. Pyongyang has only 6 trains in total, which can transport only two regiments at a time. So we need a lot of personnel carriers. ”

"The strategic point this time is whether Guan Xingguo, a leopard, can fight for three days and three nights in a row, like a hurricane, sweeping across the entire western region of South Korea. This tactical move, the boss named the blitzkrieg of the nest capture operation. Be sure that your troops have completed their strategic mission before the enemy reacts. ”

"Order: Ding Jianming's infantry regiment will rush to Pingshan Railway Station to get on the train this evening. These are six armored personnel carriers, and your regiment is going to rush to Seoul and take over the defensive tasks of the 1st Marine Regiment, because they have more difficult operational objectives ahead. ”

"The time when your infantry regiment held on to Seoul was until the arrival of the 2nd Division of Choe Myong-cheol of the Korean People's Liberation Army. Then the whole regiment went south to Daejeon and Gwangju to participate in the defense. In the meantime, one of Choi Ming-che's regiments will go south with you. They hold on to Daejeon, and you go south to Gwangju. ”

"Order: Zhu Mingming's artillery regiment set off overnight tonight and rushed to Sanjuli to assemble. Tomorrow morning at seven o'clock sharp, the artillery shelling of the forward positions of Kaesong will relieve the pressure of the machine-gun regiment in the city. ”

"Order: Luo Dingkun's air defense battalion will rush to Jinchuan tonight, as soon as the train comes, you will quickly get on the train, and then go straight to the front line of Seoul to build an air defense position."

"Order: The guard battalion and reconnaissance battalion directly under the division headquarters will form a special detachment, under the joint command of Liang Jishan, commander of the reconnaissance battalion, and Tang Pingshan, commander of the guard battalion, to launch a frontal attack on the enemy north of Kaesong. Remember to cooperate closely with the artillery regiment, and don't fight hard for Lao Tzu. ”

"The machine gun regiment that was holding on to Kaesong immediately abandoned the city as soon as it heard that a fierce battle was being waged from the north. Launch an all-out attack from behind the enemy, break the enemy's will to fight in one fell swoop, and then start chasing down the remnants of the enemy. Don't care about the territory, don't care about the direction, you will chase the enemy wherever he goes. ”

"Don't beat you to death with a stick, you have to surround three and miss one every time, and let the Korean Japanese soldiers run out to open the way for you. It should be noted that this North Korean division should not be allowed time to rest. If they don't run, you will run with them. This is a human shield for one of your regiments and two battalions, don't eat it up lightly. ”

Shi Liancheng sent out all the combat units of the entire First Division in one go, leaving a baggage battalion, an engineer battalion, a communications company, and a medical company, with more than 2,600 troops.

"What do you see? Lao Tzu still has a regiment of troops in his hands, what are you afraid of? Shi Liancheng saw the five regiment commanders looking at each other, and naturally understood what was going on: "You guys fight well in front, Lao Tzu is very safe." Seoul will henceforth be the headquarters of our 1st Division. At noon on July 31, Lao Tzu's division headquarters will be in Seoul! ”

"Now, everyone goes to Sister Yang to get the call frequency of the First Fleet. When you need help, you can quickly call for reinforcements, don't fucking die. This call frequency is a special confidential content, and if anyone leaks secrets, it will be light to cut off their heads! If you let the little devils call the planes to come and bomb you, you will think for yourself! ”

It turned out that Bai Shujie came to the Korean Peninsula and found that cavalry could be used in this place, so he opened a tractor factory, which actually specialized in the production of military vehicles.

At the beginning, Lan Caiqin and Wang Xinlan were used to purchase auto parts from the United States, Britain, Germany, and France, and then improved and assembled them, produced a batch of armored vehicles, and barely let the cavalry regiments of the four divisions replace their "mounts" and be able to adapt to off-road operations.

Later, when the Jews came, they brought with them a complete line of engines and chassis, so they began to produce specialized armored vehicles. But this time the campaign came in too much of a hurry, and the new tank had not yet been produced, and naturally there was no equipment below.

It is precisely because of this that Bai Shujie ordered his directly subordinate armored regiment to take out 16 dual-purpose armored vehicles for rail and highway as the main striking force of this large-depth raid.

The biggest advantage of the latest dual-purpose armored vehicle of the little devil is that it only takes one minute to convert from rail to road mode. This design guiding ideology has now been fully accepted and improved by Bai Shujie's "tractor factory".

Guan Xingguo was originally the commander of the cavalry, but later gave up his horse and drove into an armored car. After the meeting, he ordered his battalion to draw out a platoon and immediately rush to Hirayama to take over the armored vehicles. Then he drove his own armored car straight to Pingshan and organized a surprise operation in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

At half past ten o'clock in the evening, Guan Xingguo finally saw the real dual-purpose armored vehicles, all of which installed a 20mm five-barreled phalanx on the roof battery, with a rate of fire of 25 rounds per minute, an effective strike distance of 800-3600 meters, and a maximum strike distance of 4800 meters;

There are also two armored trains, both with only four wagons, and they are equipped with a twin DW88mm high-level dual-purpose gun with 7 magazines, a rate of fire of 24 rounds per minute, a vertical fire height of 12 kilometers, and a horizontal strike range of 15.6 kilometers, and a single DW155mm plus howitzer (shipborne modification) with a strike range of 32 kilometers.

At 5 a.m. on July 28, Guan Xingguo, according to Shi Liancheng's order, led a battalion along the railway to a place 8 kilometers north of Kaifeng, less than 8 kilometers from the main position of the 2nd Division of the Korean Japanese Army on Songak Mountain (489 meters above sea level).

After some research, Gao Maochang, deputy commander of the regiment, put forward a plan: "Two armored trains will open the road in front, although the speed is a little slower, but there are two twin-mounted 88mm Gaoping dual-purpose guns, which can unscrupulously strike at the enemy's positions on both sides of the railway and completely destroy the enemy's fortifications." ”

"In this way, not only will your side not have to worry about being attacked by the enemy from both sides, but it will also be able to create conditions for the follow-up troops, which is a way to kill two birds with one stone."

"After the occupation of the Kaifeng railway station, two armored trains entered the marshalling road, leaving two companies to assist in the defense; The other two companies, accompanied by 16 armored vehicles, rushed south along the railway, taking the enemy by surprise. ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.