Chapter 585 The Korean War(1/2)
At this time, several Japanese divisions staying in Taiwan finally began to land in Fujian. Several division commanders were gnashing their teeth at Hirose Hisuke and the others for daring to act privately!
They have all taken advantage of this. What is this? Are our divisions just here to make trouble?! Originally, they still had some intentions of finding trouble, but after Commander-in-Chief Juichi Terauchi spoke, they started to find trouble.
My thoughts were also extinguished..
"In any case, Hirose-kun and Wakayama-kun have opened up and expanded the territory of the empire after all..." Looking at the several division commanders, Terauchi Shouichi did not shy away. He said directly: "The winner will not be blamed!
Even His Majesty would not do this!"
It was then that these division commanders suddenly realized that although the Kwantung Army was completely wiped out, Ishihara Kanji, who launched the September 18th Incident and achieved initial success, was highly used in the military headquarters!
What does this mean?! It means that as long as you conquer territory and win, then all your actions will not be criticized! The winner is blameless!
The trend of the Kwantung Army and the Kwantung Army, which had been somewhat low after 226, is slowly rising again! This trend may have been quietly promoted by the military for its own interests.
Or perhaps the militaristic thoughts of Prince Hanguin are at work. In short, the division commanders present will spread this kind of thinking. There is no doubt that the Japanese army in the future will definitely carry this way of thinking...
Zentaro Wakayama was leading his troops to join Hirose Hissuke at this time. Through telegrams, he already knew that the 52nd Division had jumped out of the encirclement and Hirose Hissuke and the others were pursuing!
"Da da da..." Gunshots suddenly rang out on the mountain! The search team on the mountain immediately headed towards the place where the gunfire rang out!
However, Hisuke Hirose, who was at the foot of the mountain, ordered in a deep voice: "Don't let all the troops concentrate, so as not to fall into the enemy's plan of diverting the tigers away from the mountain! The Chinese people are very cunning, let a squadron go over to see the situation first!"
"Hai!!" Hirose Jusuke's adjutant responded loudly, and then went down to let the communications squad pass the order.
I have to say that this is one of the experiences Hirose Hisuke has learned since he landed in Fujian. When they were in Zhanggang, the Japanese army suffered such a loss! Red and Huo Qingyun mobilized the main force and jumped out of the encirclement!
Therefore, Hirose Jusuke paid great attention to this kind of action. He requested that the situation must be investigated clearly before deploying troops!
After delivering the order, the adjutant quietly walked up to Hirose Hisuke and said in a deep voice: "Report to the division commander, Your Excellency, the commander of the division, Wakayama, has called you! They can get here in about twenty minutes, Wakayama.
The division commander asked you how to arrange your tactics?!"
Ruoshan was also anxious. He originally advanced slowly. But after learning that the 52nd Division actually jumped out of the encirclement, he led his troops to rush in!
He also knew that if the 52nd Division was not annihilated, then this military operation would not be considered a complete success! In his opinion, this is a shame! A division was actually blocked by a division of no more than 4,000 people.
Nearly a week long! This is obviously inexcusable!
Moreover, the casualties were so high. If the Japanese military headquarters and divisions were informed, they would be able to hold on to it, but they might not be able to reap the rewards!
"Call to Commander Wakayama Division and ask him to disperse his three brigades into squadrons to surround this place!" After pondering for a while, Hirose Hisuke said to his adjutant: "Squadrons should not be too far apart from one another.
.Keep in touch! We cannot let this force break out of our encirclement!"
"Hai!" the adjutant took the order, and then sent a telegram to Wakayama Zentaro. After getting the telegram, Wakayama Zentaro looked at the strategy on the telegram and nodded with satisfaction. As long as the area is surrounded, it is not enough to kill this army.
Is it a piece of cake?!
So without thinking, he convened a military meeting and asked his staff to formulate a blockade plan. Then he asked his adjutant to go down with the order, and then the three brigades that came with the division dispersed separately!
Each squadron immediately rushed to the predetermined location - don't be surprised! Since the Japanese had already made up their mind to invade Fujian, they naturally went to great lengths to explore the terrain here.
Even the squadrons have detailed maps, so they will not lose their way if they are spread out. Due to combat readiness, the division under Zentaro Wakayama is a fully organized wartime division.
In other words, the three regiments under his command are full! There are a total of 20,000 people. Hirose Hisuke, who cooperated with the search in the mountain, and Wakayama Zentaro's troops blocked the entire mountainous area in a short time!
The gunshots on the mountain rang for a while and then gradually fell silent. Then some soldiers ran back screaming to report. After the attack, they found that the opponent was not the main force, but a small force that was supposed to lure the enemy. It has now been repulsed.
Hirose Hisuke sneered and thought, it's a good thing he tried it himself, otherwise he would have been deceived by them!
"Order the troops to continue searching! Be vigilant!" Hisuke Hirose said in a deep voice to the adjutant: "This troop must not be allowed to break out of our encirclement!"
"Hai!!"
At this time, the situation on the mountain was not good either. Ren Dehai, who fought the Japanese for a while with the detachment leader of a team, soon discovered that this was not the main force of the Japanese army! But behind them were the Japanese heavy machine gun troops and artillery troops!
If you insist on holding on, you will only suffer heavy casualties, so after his hard persuasion, the team leader finally chose to let the troops withdraw. Before coming, Ye Xiping also told the team leader that Ren Dehai and others were fighting against the Japanese troops face to face.
There was a fight on the other side.
You can listen to him more when things happen. Now that this veteran has made a judgment, a team leader chose to evacuate. Then through small-scale movements, they got rid of the Japanese troops who tried to follow them.
Then a correspondent was sent to report the battle situation here to Ye Xiping.
After receiving the information, Ye Xiping squatted by a tree and smoked a cigarette without saying a word. The soldiers of the National Defense Force who had just gone out to conduct reconnaissance reported that a large number of Japanese troops had entered the mountainous area!
And they should have detailed maps, with several key points blocked by them! And their current tactics are somewhat similar to the Nanjing government's iron-arm encirclement policy.
The distance between each key point is not far. Once attacked, other points will pounce! Then surround and annihilate the attacking troops!
Ye Xiping knew that the Japanese army could not launch an attack now because it was dark. Once daylight came, the Japanese army would definitely launch a war without hesitation!
With the strength, firepower and quality of the Japanese troops, you can imagine the consequences if the troops in your hands are surrounded!
We must fight. But how to fight and how to save ourselves from the encirclement have become the problems Ye Xiping is facing now.
"Old Ye, don't be embarrassed!" Lu Xingrong, who had calmed down and regained his composure, walked to Ye Xiping and said in a deep voice: "Just bring ten soldiers from our 52nd Division to stand out! I and others will come to cover you.
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"Cover the ball!" Lao Ye slammed the cigarette in his hand on the ground and roared at Lu Xingrong: "Don't think that you, Lao Lu, are not afraid of death. We are not afraid of death either! We are afraid of death.
Just go against Nanjing!"
Then, Ye Xiping took a deep breath and said to Lu Xingrong: "If it doesn't work, I will allocate half of my troops to attract the attention of the Japanese army! You take the opportunity to break out!"
"Old Ye! Aren't you a coward and I am?!" Lu Xingrong was also angry! He said to Ye Xiping: "Until now, I have fought with the 52nd Division, and there is not a single man who doesn't have a handle! Let us go with all your strength?!
I can’t do this!”
Ye Xiping stopped talking and squatted down to smoke a cigarette. At this time, Huo Qingyun quietly walked up to the two of them and whispered: "Both of you, stop arguing. Don't forget our commander-in-chief..."
Ye Xiping and Lu Xingrong immediately gave Huo Qingyun a roll of their eyes, yes! We all know that your National Defense Forces can fight, but now the National Defense Forces are thousands of miles away from Fujian!
Can they still fly over to support us in the battle?! Huo Qingyun also understood the eyes of the two people, smiled lightly and said softly: "The commander-in-chief's father. That is, the commander-in-chief of the Korean Theater of our National Defense Forces, Mr. Pao, just sent a message. He surrounded
The fifth and sixth divisions of the Japanese army were inhabited..."
Hearing Huo Qingyun's words, the two looked at each other and couldn't help but swallowed a mouthful of saliva! They were both people who had fought with the Japanese army, so they naturally knew how powerful the Japanese army was!
The two divisions that landed did not carry many heavy weapons! The Red and Fifty-second Divisions were not only prepared, but also calculated mentally and unintentionally.
Even so, they were all beaten to pieces! However, the National Defense Force was better. They launched the attack later than them, but they made faster progress than them! In just a short time, they had already surrounded two Japanese divisions.
Got it!
"Another division has arrived, and Master Pao is also plotting..." Huo Qingyun seemed to be planning to keep swearing without saying anything surprising. He said quietly to the two of them: "Master Pao just sent a telegram. If the Japanese dare to come, he will
Burn the flags of three divisions to us..."
Now the two of them were stunned! Good guy, this is really the father of the Tiger! The father and son look so fierce. The old man actually wanted to burn the flags of three divisions to them in one breath!
Just this domineering attitude is unforgettable for both the Nanjing government and the Red Army!
At this time, Tu Sanpao, who was speaking domineeringly in North Korea, was looking at the map with dark circles under his eyes and asking questions to the military commanders around him.
"Has the Eleventh Army arrived at its position?!" Following Tu Sanpao's question, an adjutant on the side quickly stood up and responded loudly: "Just now, the commander of the Eleventh Army, Han Weiyi, sent a telegram that they have arrived at the designated location.
Location!"
"Have the 33rd and 34th Divisions arrived at their positions?!" Tu San continued to ask without raising his head: "There are also cavalry divisions! They are the top priority of the encirclement!"
"Commander Gao Xuan and Commander Jiang Wende both called! They have arrived at the designated location and have initially prepared temporary fortifications!" After a pause, the adjutant continued: "The commander of the cavalry division directly under the legion, Yu Lizuan, called and they have also arrived at the location!
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"Where's the Air Force?!" Tu Sanpao continued to ask while looking at the map.
"Commander Gao Zhihang just called. The last batch of supplies has been airdropped!" The adjutant opened his notepad and said in a deep voice to Tu Sanpao: "Commander Chen Haihua also called. More than 600 fighter jets in the entire Air Force have been
On standby in Dandong!"
"Bang!" Tu Sanpao smashed the pencil directly on the table, turned to the adjutant and said: "Okay! Tell the troops at the front! Start a general attack on the Japanese army! Inform Gao Xuan and Jiang Wende! They must withstand the Japanese army for me.
Support the troops!"
"Tell Chen Haihua! His air force is on standby and ready to take off at any time! Han Weiyi told him that if the Japanese support troops come, he will cut off the escape route and wipe my neck by himself!"
"Yes!!" the adjutant responded loudly, and then went down to generate electricity.
Tu Sanpao's plan is not complicated at all. It is just to seize the key points of the two divisions and then cut off the retreat! Surround them and force the Japanese army to support them!
The Eleventh Army let go of the supporting troops on the road, and then surrounded the last supporting troops when they started fighting with the two divisions that surrounded the Japanese divisions!
This gesture is not insignificant! It can even be said to be a bit arrogant!
Although the two divisions of the Japanese army are weak, they still have a fighting strength of more than 20,000 people! There are also more than 10,000 Korean servants, which adds up to a force of nearly 40,000 people!
The Japanese troops who came to support were definitely not good at it! Whether the 33rd and 34th divisions could withstand the enemy's attack was the most important issue.
But Tu Sanpao is obviously quite confident about this! The reason for his confidence lies in the "Tiger I" tank that quietly came to the Korean battlefield!
What came over this time were thirty-three temporary tank battalions led by Zhu Zhong! Their purpose was to use the battlefield to test the performance of the newly produced Tiger I tanks of the National Defense Force on the battlefield.
Although everyone from the Germans to the designers of the three eastern provinces to Eisenhower and others believed that the Tiger I was perfect, this perfection needed to be tested on the battlefield. There is no weapon that has experienced war, and its actual combat results cannot be determined.
So, Zhu Zhong brought his tank battalion to this battlefield! And Tu Sanpao was not ambiguous. He decided to let Zhu Zhong do the decisive charge! The first thing was to test the combat capabilities of the tanks.
In fact, with such a good human shield, there is no need to use the lives of soldiers to fill the positions?! Only a fool would do it!
At ten o'clock in the morning, when people were most physically sleepy, the National Defense Forces suddenly launched an attack on the Japanese positions! This attack did not just end with a burst of artillery fire or a charge and then withdraw.
For this attack, the National Defense Forces prepared for a bombardment of hundreds of artillery pieces for more than an hour! The entire Japanese position was shaken, and the tunnels that were originally not very reliable were torn apart by the bombardment!
To be continued...