Chapter 20 The Sixth Count Tone, East, West, and West

The enemy's aspirations are chaotic, and there is no danger, and the image of Kun Xia and Shang is used to benefit him and take it involuntarily. The enemy's will is as chaotic as weeds, and unexpected disasters will happen at any time.According to Cuifeng's calculation results, the enemy should be confused from the geographical position, and the enemy should be wiped out when he loses control. In the Thirty-Six Strategies, sounding east, west, and west is one of the most successful strategies often used in ancient and modern Chinese and foreign wars.Attack east and attack west, confuse the enemy with false appearances, so that the enemy can't grasp the real intention and have nothing to guard against, then the attacking side can be sure of victory.

There are quite a few battles of attacking the east and attacking the west, and the methods used are also different. The key lies in whether the attacking side's "sounding east" can convince the defender completely, making it weaken the defense of the "west" or even completely abandon the defense against the "west" , and achieve their own goals. When Han Xin attacked Wei Wangbao, Wei Wangbao's army blocked the crossing of the Yellow River.Han Xin then ordered a big camp to be set up, and flags were planted inside the camp. At night, more lanterns and torches were lit, and soldiers were ordered to come and go. The upstream secretly crossed the river, which dealt a fatal blow to Wei Wangbao.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei general Zhonghui wanted to attack Sichuan, but ordered to build ships beforehand. Even Sima Zhao couldn't understand this matter, and asked Zhonghui why he used ships to attack Sichuan?Zhong Hui replied: "First spread the momentum and attack Wu. Wu did not dare to move, and Shu was also negligent in taking precautions." As a result, when Zhong Hui attacked, Wu did not dare to act rashly, and the unprepared Shu army was beaten back steadily. . During the Second World War, eight "mosquito" light bombers of the British army flew over the German capital Berlin and dropped a large amount of aluminum foil strips, which made dazzling bright bands appear on the screens of all radars in the German Berlin defense zone. , Just like a huge fleet was about to attack Berlin, so they hurriedly ordered planes from many airports in mainland Germany to defend Berlin. sea ​​of ​​flames.

Of course, if the tactic of attacking the east and attacking the west is not used well, and the other party discovers his true intentions, he will shoot himself in the foot.Zhou Yu once wanted to take back Jingzhou by smacking east and west, but Zhuge Liang saw through it. As a result, Zhou Yu was in a mess and couldn't get down. Therefore, there is a lot of knowledge about how to use the east and the west. In 1942, the Second World War entered a state of intense heat, and the two major military forces of the Axis and Allies began a life-and-death struggle on the North African battlefield. The secret plan of "Swift Foot", the core of which is to use the tactics of attacking east and west in El Alamein, Egypt, to destroy the German and Italian fascist troops in North Africa.

In October 1942, Montgomery drove to the north of Alamein to inspect the terrain. He raised his binoculars, but saw that Alamein was surrounded by a wilderness, with hard sand and stones, bare stones, and short shrubs.However, Montgomery's marching troops required 150,000 troops, 10,000 military vehicles, and tens of thousands of tons of war supplies. It was almost impossible for such a huge army to pass through the wilderness without attracting the attention of his opponent—German Field Marshal Rommel. , in order to reduce the casualties during the attack, the only way is to use the tactics of attacking the east and attacking the west, so as to convince Rommel that Montgomery will attack from the south.

For this reason, on the one hand, Montgomery ordered the troops preparing to attack in the north to carefully camouflage and slowly "move forward" at a speed that "the enemy's sharpest eyes and telescopes" cannot detect.On the one hand, Montgomery ordered people to lay a 20-mile-long new waterway in the south, and built a simulated pump room, "elevated oil tank", "oil barrel gas station", "cistern" and so on. A large amount of "military supplies" are piled up on the vehicles. Looking down from the plane, you can see that the vehicles coming and going here are very busy.

In order to further deceive Rommel, Montgomery also cleverly used the "super secret" that Britain had already mastered, that is, Germany's radio communication code, and sent some false intelligence sources to Germany to attract Rommel's attention to the south of Alamein. .It firmly believes that "Montgomery will attack from the south end". On October 23, 1942, night fell quietly in Alamein. The night here was so quiet. Except for the occasional barking of wild dogs in the bushes, the entire Alamein front line was completely silent. And that night, there was a gentle breeze and a bright moon in the sky, which brought extremely favorable weather conditions to Montgomery's attacking troops. At 21:40, when Montgomery gave an order, thousands of cannons roared in unison.Immediately, the tranquility of Alamein was broken. The flames illuminated the desert in western Egypt, but only reflected the sky on the seashore. The German and Italian troops stationed in Alamein fell into a sea of ​​flames.

When Rommel left Alamein, the troops were under the command of his deputy, General Sturm.The powerful dense artillery in the northern section of Alamein roared in unison, which shocked Sturm and his commanders. At this moment, Montgomery's troops also launched a feint attack to confuse the enemy in the south. Sturm was confused, and until dawn he still figured out that direction was Montgomery's main attacking force.When he hurriedly boarded a half-tracked armored vehicle and went to the front line to learn about it, he was ambushed by British anti-tank guns and machine guns. He fell from the vehicle and died of a heart attack.

On November 5, Rommel's large forces retreated in chaos. Vehicles and personnel blocked the 60-mile-long passage between Alamein and the Fub position. Rommel's troops carried out indiscriminate bombing. When Rommel withdrew to Fuca Airport on November 7, only 12 of the more than 500 armored vehicles under his command remained, and the troops lost 59,000 people, including artillery and other military supplies. Exhausted, especially the 21st Armored Division of his direct lineage has been routed, and hundreds of senior generals have become Montgomery's captives. Rommel has completely failed in North Africa.

The Battle of Alamein was a decisive battle, after which, a historic turning point occurred in the Second World War. In 1943, the World Anti-Fascist Alliance had entered the stage of strategic counter-offensive.At that time, the Allies had won a decisive victory in North Africa, and the next phase of the war was about to advance to the homeland of the Fascist Axis Powers. However, from where to start? On May 29, 1943, Churchill, Marshall, Eisenhower, Alexander and other major figures from the Western Allies gathered in Eisenhower's villa and held a military meeting. After several consultations, they decided to choose Sicily as the assault point.

Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of ​​more than 25,000 square kilometers and a population of more than 4 million. The island is located between the Apennine Peninsula and North Africa, across the Strait of Mexico from mainland Italy. The narrowest point is only 3219 meters. important barrier.Moreover, there are Mussolini's nine Italian divisions and two German divisions stationed on this island, with a total of 250,000 people, and they can receive support from 500 aircraft in time. The defense force is quite strong. There were major casualties. However, the British intelligence department successfully used the strategy of "striking from the east and attacking the west" to transfer the backbone of the German and Italian fascists' defense of Sicily away from the island, thereby ensuring the smooth landing of the Allied forces in Sicily. This strategy is famous. The "mince" action. One day, a raging tide slapped the coast of Spain violently. The waves pressed from a distance hit the rocks on the shore, making loud noises. "The body of the deceased rushed to the shore of Spain. The Spaniards salvaged the body and took a look. The identity proved that the name of the deceased was William Martin. The Spanish and German spy organizations in Spain discovered several top-secret documents and battle plans in a briefcase carried by William Martin. The documents revealed that the Allied forces were indeed preparing to attack Sicily, but it was only an illusion. In order to cover the Allied attack on Sardinia and Greece. The German newspaper organization in Spain immediately reported to Berlin. Hitler didn't believe it at first, and he specifically discussed the situation in Sicily with Chief of Staff Keitel, Field Marshal Rommel, and Newright, who was in charge of foreign affairs. However, "Major Martin" and other "materials" in his briefcase confirmed that the Allied forces did have Martin and his affairs. First, Martin had the military number "09560"; second, there was a bank overdraft Shanhe Lloyds Bank’s reminder letter. Third, there is a bill on “Martin” for the purchase of an engagement ring on credit from Phoebes, an international jeweler in Bond Street, stating that “Martin” has just been engaged. It also contains two sincere "love letters" written to him recently by his fiancée.Through comprehensive analysis, Hitler was convinced that the documents carried by "Major Martin" were genuine.And "Major Martin" is nothing more than a suicide or accidental death due to the embarrassment of life. At this time, on the coast near Cagliari, the main city of Sardinia, Italy, another body washed up in the sea. The deceased was wearing the uniform of a British commando, and the documents on his body proved that he was on a reconnaissance team. Hitler further trusted his own judgment. "Thank God." Hitler said to himself: "It is absolutely impossible for anyone to deceive me." He triumphantly put on his reading glasses, lay down on the map and started planning. After some measurements and calculations, he asked his secretary to issue the following order: "I request all German command organizations related to the defense of the Mediterranean Sea to cooperate quickly and closely, and use the With all forces and equipment, in the short time remaining, as far as possible, strengthen the particularly dangerous areas, and the measures taken against Sardinia and Peloponnese must take precedence over everything else." According to Hitler's latest instructions, the Nazi Supreme Command quickly adjusted its defensive deployment. Most of the troops on Sicily were transferred to Sardinia and Greece, and only two German divisions were retained. In fact, the two corpses and the documents and supporting materials carried by the corpses are all fake. They are nothing but borrowed and fabricated by the British intelligence agency to deceive Hitler. On July 9, 1943, a large number of Allied troops marched towards Sicily as planned. The morning of the 9th was sunny and calm, but the weather suddenly changed in the afternoon, with strong winds and rough seas.The landing craft were tossed on top of the waves for a while, and fell into the trough for a while, which not only caused difficulties for the landing Allies, but also paralyzed the enemy. The enemy thought that the Allies would never attack in such ghostly weather, so they relaxed their defenses. , They never expected that the Allied landing forces and airborne troops had landed and airborne in a section 180 kilometers south of Sicily. Due to the large disparity in strength between the two sides, the Allied forces quickly took control of the situation after landing, seized the initiative, and moved forward as planned. Although Germany and Italy also actively provided reinforcements, they were already dead. In fierce fighting, the Allied forces wiped out a total of 165,000 German and Italian troops and captured more than 1,000 enemy aircraft. The Allied forces won a decisive victory. At the Potsdam Conference held in July 1945, the Soviet Union and the United States agreed to use the 38% north latitude line as the demarcation line between the two countries' war zones against Japan in North Korea. The "Government of the Republic of Korea" US troops continued to occupy South Korea. In September, North Korea established the Democratic Republic of Korea. Kim Il became the prime minister and head of state. The Soviet army withdrew from North Korea. Near the 38th parallel, there are often conflicts and wars. The dispute between North and South Korea finally led to a large-scale war. On June 25, 1950, the war officially broke out. In the initial stage, South Korea lost steadily, and North Korea captured Seoul in one go.For this reason, the United Nations decided to take action against the North Korean attack on the proposal of the United States. On June 29, the five-star general MacArthur, the head of the United States stationed in Japan, flew to North Korea to inspect the battlefield situation and then telegraphed Washington: South Korean troops had been routed, and asked his government to send more ground troops to fight in North Korea. On July 7, under the control of the United States, the United Nations established the "United Nations Army" composed of personnel sent by various countries, and appointed MacArthur as the commander-in-chief to command. In order to defeat the northern offensive, MacArthur decided to land in Incheon Port on the west coast of North Korea. As soon as his plan was proposed, he was immediately opposed by relevant parties. Chief of Operations Admiral Forrest Sherman went to Tokyo in person to dissuade MacArthur from abandoning the plan on the grounds that: First, the two sides were fighting fiercely in Busan at this time, and Incheon was too far away from the Busan battlefield in North Korea. Landing in Incheon could not provide timely and strong support to the Busan battlefield, and because the distance was too long, it was necessary to disperse the troops and be easily defeated by the opponent. Second, Incheon's terrain and hydrological conditions are not suitable for landing operations. Third, due to tidal restrictions, landing ships can only approach Incheon Port at dusk when the tide is high, but the tide time is only a few days on September 15, October 13, November 2, and 3, so short Time is not conducive to covert landing of large troops. Fourth, the high tide period is only about two hours. Due to the large tidal range, all combat materials and equipment must be strictly limited to landing within two hours. Otherwise, the ship will be stranded in the mud under the control of the enemy's shore fire network. Among them, it is uncertain whether all the baggage can be landed within two hours. Fifth, the entrance to Incheon Port is Wolmido Island at an altitude of 105 meters. The island has strong defense facilities. To ensure the landing in Incheon, it is necessary to control the island for a long time. However, MacArthur rejected all the arguments and insisted on his own proposition. He believed that Incheon is a port of Xizhangan near the capital of South Korea, and it is located 150 miles behind the North Korean army. , And cut off the military supply and communication lines of the northern army, and was able to quickly capture Seoul, dealing a heavy blow to the north. In order to ensure the success of the Incheon landing, MacArthur used a series of methods to confuse the northern army... Before landing in Incheon, the U.S. bombed Samcheok on the east coast of North Korea and Jinnampo and Dayang Island on the west coast to create the illusion that the U.S. military would land on the east coast. On the morning of September 13 (two days before the landing), the American battleship "Missouri", accompanied by several destroyers, suddenly appeared in the sea of ​​Samcheok on the east coast of North Korea, and launched crazy fire attacks on various military targets on the coast. , At the same time, the British light aircraft carrier "Helena" and the American heavy cruiser "Triumph" also attacked the outer port town of Nampo in Pyongyang and Dayang Island at the mouth of the Cheongcheon River. MacArthur also sent part of the troops to implement a false landing in the mountains to the east. MacArthur not only implemented the tactical plan of "strike east and attack west" in the military, but also carried out psychological warfare through various newspapers and radio to enhance its military effect.He intentionally disclosed through newspapers and radio broadcasts that after October, the United States will conduct a landing operation behind the Korean People's Army, and the landing site may be Incheon.He used the time of "after October" to cover up the fact that he would land on September 15, and used the real attempt of "the landing point may be Incheon" to make people feel that "there is no silver three hundred taels here" and "not selling melons". The false impression of saying that the melon is bitter” makes people judge that the actual landing place will never be the Incheon mentioned in the newspapers and radio stations. After a series of preparatory activities, on September 12, 1950, MacArthur boarded the "McKinley Hill" ship in Sasebo, Japan, and quietly led more than 40,000 people from the 1st Army Division, the 7th Infantry Division, and the Li Puppet Army. Many warships and more than 500 planes headed for Incheon. They landed forcefully before dawn on September 15th, occupied the beachhead at 8:00 a.m. and moved eastward. They successfully landed in Incheon, and then joined forces with the American and Lee troops defending in Busan to attack Seoul, and captured Seoul on September 30th. At this time, MacArthur was full of ambition because of the successful landing in Incheon, and led Li Jun to implement a comprehensive counterattack. Soon he crossed the 38th parallel and pushed the war to the land of North Korea. Occupy the entire North Korea, and even arrogantly issued an ultimatum to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to surrender unconditionally. At the same time, the U.S. Air Force invaded the airspace of Northeast China, carried out indiscriminate bombing, and the flames of war burned to the Yalu River.