Changjin Lake: From Xinxingli to Seoul

Chapter 128 Wu Wanli: I can see the movements of the US Air Force!
Steel Seventh Company's Base

When Wu Wanli returned after the meeting, he saw several tanks and armored vehicles drive in.

"Reporting, Company Commander!"

"They said these armored vehicles and tanks were allocated to the Seventh Steel Company."

"And these are only some of them; others are too far away to be driven over."

Pinghe stood in front of the jeep, saluted, and said.

"Our Armored Steel Seventh Company is going to be fully equipped with heavy armor so quickly?"

Wu Wanli laughed and jumped off the jeep.

"Company commander, you didn't see the bitter faces of those people just now."

"Our Steel Seventh Company took away the elite soldiers, took away the drivers, and concentrated the tanks and armored vehicles for us to use."

"Those people say our Steel Seventh Company is raised by its own mother, and they're raised by its stepmother, hahahaha..."

Yu Congrong laughed heartily and said smugly.

"Our Steel Seventh Company is indeed receiving the best treatment. Are there any complaints from our brother units?"

Wu Wanli strode towards where the tanks were parked, his eyes filled with excitement as he spoke.

"A little, but overall I'm convinced."

"After all, most of these armored vehicles and tanks were captured in their entirety from the US 1st Marine Division, which is thanks to our Steel 7th Company."

Yu Congrong said.

"Pershing heavy tanks, Sherman medium tanks, M16 anti-aircraft guns, half-track armored vehicles, troop transport trucks..."

"If there's another batch coming up, then our Steel Seventh Company will be fully mechanized."

Wu Wanli counted the number of vehicles and said.

"Company commander, does this mean we can basically stay in vehicles for the entire next campaign?"

The prehistoric creature beside him smiled and said.

"No."

"Soviet air support can only guarantee our temporary air superiority; it is impossible to suppress the US air superiority throughout the entire process."

"Armored assaults require integrated air and land operations, as well as coordinated infantry and tank operations; they cannot be conducted in isolation."

“Once we lose air superiority, our armored vehicles will become sitting ducks.”

Liu Hanqing got out of the car and sighed.

"In that case, the faster and more fiercely we fight, the greater the effect we can have!"

Wu Siyi thought it through and said.

"Yes."

"However, going too fast can easily lead to getting separated from the main force, so there are pros and cons to it."

"Or we could fight our way through the Imjin River to the vicinity of Goyang Fortress, the barrier of Seoul, and strike straight into the core of the US defense line."

"Either we divide and annihilate the South Korean forces at the Imjin River to expand our gains, but the front line will advance more slowly."

Wu Wanli thought for a moment and then said.

"Fight their way all the way to Gaoyang City?"

"That's equivalent to attacking Tianjin, which is right next to the capital!"

"Wouldn't this disconnect be too risky?"

Liu Hanqing thought for a moment and then asked.

"Our goal is not to quickly breach the defenses of Goyang, but to break through the American reinforcements that are advancing from the Imjin River to Goyang!"

"In this way, our main force will be facing a chaotic American army, and we can harvest a large number of enemy troops."

Wu Wanli said.

“Wanli, I have done in-depth research on the Soviet Union’s Great Patriotic War and I understand the power of blitzkrieg that you mentioned.”

"But there is a big problem, which is that we have not reached the point where we have an elite armored group that can tear apart everything in the U.S. military."

"In other words, if we run into an insurmountable obstacle and can't break through, the American troops behind us will gather and surround us, and the Steel Seventh Company will be completely wiped out!"

Instructor Liu thought for a moment and then said.

"The instructor is right. Unless we have precise intelligence on the movements of the U.S. military, we can perform a surgical-like precision cut."

"In this way, our small assault troops can bypass their main force and continuously attack from their weak points, playing a huge role."

Pinghe, who has extensive reconnaissance experience, said.

"How is it possible to have precise intelligence on the movements of the US military?"

"During the day, we can achieve some results through the cooperation of reconnaissance aircraft and radio, but at night it's all in complete darkness. It's already a good thing if we don't lose track of the troops during the attack."

At this moment, Lei Gong walked over, smoking a pipe, and shook his head repeatedly.

"Accurate intelligence on the movements of the US military..."

Wu Wanli muttered to himself, suddenly thinking of the Sky Eye dynamic map, a combination of Hearts of Iron and Company of Heroes.

It's a pity, though, since we got the Creek Village one before, we won't be able to use it in the next battle.

"Ding--"

"The system has detected a choice facing the host and is now activating!"

"Option 1: Fight your way through the Imjin River to the vicinity of Goyang Fortress, the barrier of Seoul, and strike straight at the core of the US military defenses!"

"Select Reward: Dynamic Super Sky Eye Map of the area from Imjin River to Goyang!"

"Option Two: Divide and annihilate the South Korean forces at the Imjin River, and expand the victory!"

"Select reward: Three Katyusha rocket launchers, equipped with ammunition capable of continuous firing for two hours!"

Suddenly, the system's cold notification sound rang out.

"Fire with Katyusha rockets for two hours straight, that's incredibly powerful. I heard you have to spend gold to get it later on."

"But I can't explain why it suddenly appeared. It's not like the US military has a way to deal with ten howitzers."

"Let's choose the dynamic map. I'm going to lead the Steel Seventh Company to break through the American reinforcements and strike straight at the Seoul defenses!"

After a moment's thought, Wu Wanli made his decision in his mind.

"Host selection complete. Super Sky Eye Map (partial area of ​​the defense line from Imjin River to Goyang Castle) has been issued!"

Soon, a dynamic map appeared in Wu Wanli's mind.

The image above is a battle map from the Hearts of Iron version, showing all the armed soldiers representing the troops.

Each soldier with a gun had their unit number marked on their head, such as the ROK 1st Division, the US 1st Cavalry Division, and the US 2nd Division.

More importantly, you can see the lines they are moving.

"What a pity, how come we can only see part of it? Why is there still fog of war in other areas?"

"That's fine too. This area is enough for the Steel Seventh Company to make a breakthrough. We can upgrade it later."

Wu Wanli's eyes gleamed as he exclaimed in admiration.

"Company commander, what's wrong?"

Pinghe looked at Wu Wanli and asked in confusion.

"Oh it's all right."

"By the way, the headquarters also gave our Steel Seventh Company a super high-powered radio. From now on, the Seventh Company headquarters can directly contact military-level units and above."

Wu Wanli smiled and pointed to the radio that Shi Qian was holding.

"so good!"

"This is a treasure!"

Yu Congrong looked at the radio in Shi Qian's hand and exclaimed with shining eyes.

"Yes!"

"Before, our Steel Seventh Company didn't even have a walkie-talkie or a small radio. We were mostly equipped with Japanese weapons and equipment."

"Now we have everything: light and heavy machine guns, tanks and armored vehicles, high-powered radios."

Lei Gong looked at the radio and said with a slight sigh.

"We'll have them all. Let's take the radio back to the company headquarters first."

Wu Wanli said.

"Yes!"

Instructor Liu and the others quickly agreed.

……

Steel Seventh Company Headquarters

As soon as Wu Wanli entered, he saw Lin Yun'er standing at the entrance of the department, biting her lower lip and looking at Wu Wanli, as if she had been waiting for a long time.

"Shouldn't you be in the field hospital? What brings you here to see me?"

Wu Wanli asked with a hint of doubt.

"Let's go inside and talk, just the two of us. It's something very important..."

"I can't believe it," Yoona said in a low voice, sounding a little anxious.

"You all wait outside for a bit, Lin Yoona, come in."

Wu Wanli hesitated for two seconds, then waved his hand and said.

"Yes!"

Yu Congrong and the others agreed without hesitation and watched Wu Wanli and Lin Yun'er enter the company headquarters.

Inside the company headquarters, Wu Wanli waved to the people inside, asking them to leave temporarily.

"What's so important? Tell me quickly."

Wu Wanli said.

“The Navy SEALs attacked my brother’s regimental headquarters before, causing many wounded soldiers.”

"When I was bandaging a wounded soldier, he suddenly handed me this letter and asked me to give it to you."

"He said it was given to you by a high-ranking South Korean military officer and involves important military intelligence." At this moment, Lin Yoona handed the letter to Wu Wanli.

"Is this a major military development for the South Korean military leadership?"

Wu Wanli immediately thought of Chun Doo-kwang in Seoul and opened the letter.

The slightly charred letter described the current situation in Seoul and the general situation of the Capital Division's uprising in Seoul.

Chun Doo-gwang's capital division controls the east gate, allowing them to secretly feign defeat and retreat, thus opening a breach in Seoul.

Then the main force of the Capital Division took advantage of the chaos to go and protect President Syngman Rhee, hoping to prevent any "accidents" from happening to him.

However, Syngman Rhee was accompanied by about a battalion of guards, so it was still somewhat difficult.

"This Quan Douguang, as expected, doesn't dare to touch the US military, but instead wants to be ruthless to his own people."

As Wu Wanli read the contents of the letter, he couldn't help but chuckle to himself.

"Then I'll leave first."

Lim Yoona tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and said.

"Wait, don't go yet."

Wu Wanli smiled slightly and said...
"Huh? You're not leaving..."

Yoona was slightly taken aback, then her face turned bright red.

"How is the person who gave you the letter doing now? I'd like to make some transfers."

Wu Wanli said.

After all, this could be a handle to seize upon Quan Douguang, leaving him with absolutely no way out.

"That person was doing well during treatment, but for some reason, he died shortly after giving out the letter, foaming at the mouth."

Yoona said with a hint of disappointment in her eyes.

"Okay, I knew it would be this kind of tactic."

"Go back now. If anyone sends you a letter in the future, just bring the person and the letter with you and say that it was me who sent it."

Wu Wanli said.

"I see."

After nodding, Yoona walked outside.

As soon as Lin Yoona reached the outside of the company headquarters, she saw Yu Congrong and the others looking at her with gossipy expressions, so she quickly quickened her pace and left.

"How come the company commander is so fast..."

Yu Congrong scratched his head and muttered to himself.

"I'm ready to join the army!!!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Wanli shouted loudly.

"To!"

Yu Congrong quickly took two steps forward, suppressed his laughter, and shouted with a serious expression.

"What do you know? I was just..."

Wu Wanli pointed at Yu Congrong, about to explain.

"Reporting to the company commander, this must be a major military matter, right?"

Yu Congrong said with a grin.

"Forget it, this matter involves the war later on, the fewer people who know about it, the better."

"Don't spread rumors. What if someone's taxi driver brings North Korean soldiers to block the entrance of the Seventh Steel Company?"

"Instructor Liu, come in here for a moment. I have a telegram that you need to send in person."

Wu Wanli still didn't reveal anything related to the letter, but instead called Liu Hanqing outside.

"Yes!"

Instructor Liu rushed in and called out.

"You will..."

Wu Wanli was about to hand the letter to Instructor Liu when he suddenly stopped, a look of shock flashing in his eyes.

At this moment, in the dynamic sky in my mind, the insignia of the US Air Force was particularly conspicuous, and the insignia also had an arrow pointing to the location of the 27th Army Command.

"The American devils are going to bomb our 27th Army headquarters!"

Wu Wanli quickly looked at Instructor Liu and said.

"what?"

Instructor Liu was slightly taken aback, still somewhat confused.

"This is what we're translating!"

"The American devils are going to bomb our 27th Army headquarters! Commander Li Yunlong and the others must quickly head to the air-raid shelter!"

"This is the intelligence I just obtained. Tell them it was obtained through the Winter of Seoul Plan and the prisoners captured in the Battle of Xicun. Quickly!"

Wu Wanli said anxiously.

Fortunately, he had Quan Douguang's letter and the Navy SEAL prisoners on hand, which could barely explain the matter away.

"Yes!"

Instructor Liu realized the urgency of the situation and quickly agreed.

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27th Army Headquarters
"Commander, the newly appointed commander of the 80th Division, Zhang Dabiao, has come to report!"

Zhang Dabiao shouted.

"Yo, they've finally arrived!"

"I begged the old brigade commander for ages before I brought you to the Korean battlefield. Don't you dare embarrass me, Li Yunlong!"

Li Yunlong said.

"Don't worry, Commander. I've been fighting alongside you since the beginning of the war in Shanxi. Have you ever seen me fail you?"

Zhang Dabiao straightened his back and said with a confident expression.

"Hahaha...that's true!"

"After fighting for so long, I just find you easy to use!"

Li Yunlong said.

"Old Li, Da Biao, let me remind you, this is not the Jin-Sui region nor a civil war area. The American devils have very strong firepower."

"Especially their air force, their bombing can bury people alive in trenches!"

Kong Jie reminded him.

"Isn't it just indiscriminate bombing?"

"But the Nationalist army also uses American-made warplanes. It's not like we haven't been bombed before!"

Zhang Dabiao said nonchalantly.

"that is!"

"If you ask me, you're such a coward, Kong Erlengzi. Why are you so timid in battle? These American devils are just..."

Li Yunlong was about to continue boasting.

"Old Li, move out immediately!"

"Comrade Wu Wanli called to say that the US Air Force is about to bomb this area!"

At this moment, Zhao Gang, holding a telegram, spoke hurriedly.

"What!?"

Is this information about Wu Wanli accurate?

Zhang Dabiao was slightly taken aback and asked.

"We must be wary of intelligence obtained from South Korean agents and American prisoners of war!"

Zhao Gang explained briefly.

“I believe Wu Wanli. He’s probably telling the truth, and there’s even evidence to back it up.”

"Old Li, give the order to retreat quickly, or the losses will be huge."

Upon hearing this, Kong Jie quickly offered some advice.

"Pass down the order: everyone in the military must immediately evacuate to the air-raid shelter!"

General Li Yunlong put on his hat and gave the order directly.

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Dabiao and the others quickly agreed.

Soon, everyone in the military was busy.

They took all the important documents, weapons, and supplies to a safe place.

Li Yunlong and the others hurriedly crawled into the air-raid shelter, waiting for the US Air Force to bomb them.

However, when everything was ready, there was no movement in the sky for a long time, as if nothing would happen.

"Commander, aren't we making a mountain out of a molehill?"

"I know Wu Wanli is a skilled strategist, but he might not be able to accurately assess this intelligence. He might even be the one being deceived."

Seeing that there was no movement, Zhang Dabiao guessed.

"Even so, it's not making a mountain out of a molehill. We should be prepared for any risks. It's always better to be cautious."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Gang spoke up in support of Wu Wanli.

"Old Li, listen, isn't that the US Air Force coming!"

Kong Jie listened intently and quickly reminded him.

"Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz—"

At that moment, the roar of bombers echoed in the sky.

(End of this chapter)