"I understand, old brigadier."
After hearing the old brigade commander's words of relief, Li Qiufan no longer struggled with the matter of being the commander-in-chief.
"Correspondent! Immediately send a report to the First Corps and ask them to march towards Hengcheng and rush over as quickly as possible!"
"In addition, quickly get in touch with the Ninth Corps and the Nineteenth Corps, and order them to immediately go south to outflank the enemy troops on the eastern front!"
Li Qiufan then issued an order to the First Corps to march eastward from the south bank of the Han River to Hengcheng as planned, and then contacted the Ninth Corps and the Nineteenth Corps to cooperate with this large-scale encirclement plan.
After the First Corps started taking action, the Third Corps and the Thirteenth Corps also divided into two groups and began to move to the eastern front.
The Third Corps entered the Qingpingchuan area via Shuiluoshan, Zhenfali, and Lisseok-ri, while the Thirteenth Corps set out from Ziyili and went straight to Gapyeong through the county.
From this, a large net quietly spread out and enveloped the enemy troops on the eastern front.
At this time, among the enemy's troops on the eastern front, the beautiful country only had one rebuilt 7th Infantry Division, and the others were all Southern Dynasty troops, namely the Southern Capital Division, the 3rd Division, the 5th Division, the 7th Division, and the 8th Division. Division, the Ninth Division, the Eleventh Division, and a Marine regiment.
Although there are many Southern Korean troops on the eastern front, their combat effectiveness is incomparable to that of the beautiful country's troops, and more than half of them are rebuilt divisions.
At this time, the enemy troops on the eastern front already knew the Haizhou landing plan, and received orders from the commander of the beautiful country not to engage in head-on confrontation with the volunteers, waiting to cooperate with the beautiful troops landing on Haizhou to encircle and suppress the volunteers on the western front.
Therefore, when the Ninth Corps and the Nineteenth Corps were outflanking to the south, the enemy troops on the eastern front did not struggle with them, but gradually retreated.
But after the Third Corps and the Thirteenth Corps entered the Cheongpyeongchuan and Gapyeong areas, the enemy felt that something was wrong, and then immediately reported it to the commander of the beautiful country.
But it was already too late at this time. The Third Corps and the Thirteenth Corps had already spread out their troops and began to advance with all their strength from west to east.
The commander of the beautiful country did not expect that the volunteers would move so quickly. They had already solved the 3rd Infantry Division and the 6th Division of the Southern Dynasties and moved to the eastern front.
This change caused their plan to be readjusted. The six infantry divisions and the Second Cavalry Division that landed from Haizhou were originally scheduled to go straight south, and then the 7th Infantry Division on the eastern front and the Southern Korean troops would cooperate to attack first. Volunteer troops on the Western Front carried out encirclement and suppression.
But now all the volunteer troops had transferred to the eastern front, so it was meaningless for the landing troops to continue going south. The commander of the beautiful country immediately issued a new order to them, asking them to march in the direction of Chuncheon.
In addition, the commander of the Beautiful Country also contacted the two airborne regiments of the 13th Airborne Division in Yeoncheon and asked them to move closer to Hwachuan and cross to the rear of the 9th and 19th Corps of the Volunteer Army.
Moreover, the last batch of troops of the 13th Airborne Division were also ready for airborne landing. Commander Meiguo immediately gave a new airborne location, the Yangkou area east of Huachuan.
Finally, there is the army on the eastern front. Now it is facing the encirclement of four regiments of the Volunteer Army. The commander of the beautiful country directly gave it a retreat order and asked it to lure the Volunteer Army to go straight south.
The purpose of the commander of the beautiful country is to use the eastern front troops as bait to lure the volunteers to continue to go deeper south.
Then the 13th Airborne Division cut off the retreat route behind it and cut off the supply line of the Volunteer Army.
Then, when the six beautiful infantry divisions and the second cavalry division that landed from Haizhou arrived in Chunchuan, it was time for their full-scale counterattack.
At that time, the volunteer army will be surrounded and isolated, and without any supplies, it will be a direct death situation.
This plan can be said to be very perfect. If it is carried out according to the ideas of the commander of the beautiful country, the four regiments of the Volunteer Army will be completely annihilated.
But the commander of the beautiful country only missed one regiment, or he did not think that the volunteers would rush from the west to the east of the peninsula in such a short period of time to surround the troops on the eastern front.
Compared with the huge encirclement arranged by Li Qiufan, the mission of the First Corps was even more shocking.
They wanted to cross the entire peninsula from the Yeongdeungpo area on the western front to Gangneung, and set up an interception line before the enemy retreated.
This was an impossible task in the eyes of the enemy, and even the old brigade commander thought it was too difficult, so he discussed with Li Qiufan and ordered the other four corps to slow down their advance and help the first corps win. Time to rush.
But Li Qiufan directly refused, not because of his confidence in the first corps, but because if the other four corps slowed down, they would probably meet the enemy troops landing on Haizhou.
When the distance between the enemy and ourselves is too close, there will be no room for maneuver, which is not conducive to the development of the follow-up plan formulated by Li Qiufan.
Therefore, Li Qiufan's order to Erhu was to do his best to rush to the designated location as quickly as possible to establish an interception defense line.
But for possible changes, that is, the first corps could not arrive at the designated location in time, Li Qiufan had a plan to deal with it, but it might cost some money to implement it, so he did not inform others.
In this way, the enemy troops on the eastern front continued to retreat southward, and the four regiments of the Volunteer Army followed closely in pursuit.
However, the enemy forces may be afraid that the volunteers would discover their intentions, so they did not retreat very quickly and kept a certain distance from the volunteers.
"Qiu Fan, do you think the first regiment can reach the predetermined position before the enemy?"
At this time, the enemy troops had withdrawn to the front line of Hongchuan River. If they continued south, they would cross Hongchuan and reach the line of Hengcheng and Brother Peak, so the old brigade commander couldn't help but asked Li Qiufan worriedly.
"To be honest, I'm not sure."
After hearing the old brigade commander's inquiry, Li Qiufan was silent for a moment and then responded.
Although he had a countermeasure even if the First Corps could not arrive in time, he still hoped that the First Corps could successfully complete the mission.
"You should have a back-up plan, right? Even if the first regiment cannot reach Hengcheng and Brother Peak before the enemy, it will not affect the overall situation."
After seeing Li Qiufan's reaction, the old brigade commander frowned and pondered for a moment, and then asked Li Qiufan with a strange look on his face.
Because in his impression, although Li Qiufan often made dangerous moves with his sword and soldiers, he never fought an uncertain battle.
Now at this moment, Li Qiufan actually said that he didn't know whether the First Corps could arrive in time. Judging from his reaction, the old brigade commander felt that he was not lying.
But even so, Li Qiufan was not in a hurry, which made the old brigade commander realize that this bitch must have a back-up plan.
