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"General Umezu Yoshijiro reported that the violent (referring to China) army began to violently bombard the Yalu River defense line in the Chushan area. The violent army invested at least 3000 cannons of various kinds! Most of them were heavy artillery above 100mm. The first-line troops of the Imperial Army's 16th Army lost Very large, communication has been lost to most of the forward positions."

With a calm and indifferent voice, Ishihara Wanji reported the telegram he had just received to Okamura Neiji who was slowly getting dressed: "Hayao Tada is calling, and the 18th Army position on the Yalu River defense line in front of Hyesan encountered violent troops. It is estimated that at least 2000 heavy artillery pieces of more than 100mm were thrown into the violent army, and the frontline positions of the imperial army also suffered heavy losses..."

Ishihara Wanji picked up another telegram at this time, looked at it, and sighed: "Lieutenant General Tokugawa Hotoshi reported that the bomber group that raided China's Tianjin tonight was intercepted by a Japanese night fighter... loss Seriously, the night attack on Tianjin has failed."

Neiji Okamura had already put on the marshal's uniform at this moment, and after hearing the news that Lu Hang failed to attack Tianjin at night, he just snorted coldly: "Another meaningless sacrifice." He left his bedroom after saying that, everyone Step towards the direction of the war room.

In the war room of the North Korean Army Headquarters, there is an extremely tense atmosphere. Several senior staff officers of the North Korean Army are standing in front of the radio station and the map in disheveled clothes. They immediately marked various symbols on the map. Seeing Ningji Okamura and Wanji Ishihara walking in unhurriedly, these elite staff officers of the army seemed to have found the backbone at once. , one by one stood up and saluted, and the panic expression disappeared from their faces.

Okamura walked to the front of the map table, folded his arms and stared at it for a while, then asked indifferently: "Apart from the 16th and 18th armies, have the other two armies sent any reports? The 19th and 20th armies on the west coast of North Korea have What hasn’t been reported? Have there been any reports from the Navy’s submarines monitoring the Taiwan Strait?”

"No, none of the reports have been sent." Ishihara Waner flipped through the telegram in his hand and replied. He knew that Neiji Okamura wanted to find out the main attack direction of the Chinese army. Judging from the current situation, the target of the Chinese army is very likely. It is a prominent part of the Yalu River defense line between Chushan and Huishan.

Chapter 0953 Korean War ([-]) Across the Yalu River

To the south of Chu Mountain is Jiangnan Mountain, and to the south of Hui Mountain is Gaima Plateau. This area is the mountainous area in northern North Korea, with undulating mountains and dense forests. It has always been an active area for the Korean Independence Army, but it is not suitable for mechanized troops to pass through.However, the Japanese army's defense between Chushan and Huishan is relatively weak. There are only 300th, 16th, 55th, and 106th divisions belonging to the Japanese 58th Army on the nearly 59-kilometer defense line. And 18 divisions including the 70th Division, 108th Division, 72nd Division, and 73rd Division of the 8th Army.Among them, the 106th and 108th divisions are special divisions of the four regiments with strong combat effectiveness; the remaining six divisions are all new divisions. At present, only three regiments are in place for each division, and the remaining one The team is still training at home.

If the Chinese army puts the main breakthrough direction on the Chushan-Huishan line, it is almost certain to achieve a breakthrough, but what happens after the breakthrough?It is difficult for the Chinese mechanized troops to deploy in the mountains of North Korea, while the Japanese army can rely on the Gaima Plateau to resist steadily... Even if the Chinese cannot be driven back to the north of the Yalu River, the war can be dragged into a long and protracted war.

Could it be that the Chinese National Defense Forces, with its powerful sea and air superiority and mechanized corps, are willing to fight a war of attrition in the style of World War I with the Japanese in North Korea?

Looking at the map, Neiji Okamura was a little uncertain. On the one hand, he did not believe that the Chinese army would give up their advantages to fight a war of attrition with Japan; on the other hand, China's overwhelming population, resources, and industrial advantages could indeed Let them afford a brutal war of attrition!At this time, Chief of Staff Ishihara Wanji and Deputy Chief of Staff Sanji Oshiroto reminded Okamura that the Chinese army has an overwhelming air superiority. If the deployment is not adjusted now, the army will have to risk the Chinese army's bombing march after dawn. The losses will be severe.

After weighing it over and over again, Ningji Okamura finally decided to transfer four divisions from the 22nd Army serving as a reserve to Umezu Yoshijiro and Tada Hayao.At the same time, he sent an emergency to Tokyo and asked for reinforcements.

"Your Excellency, Marshal, the North Korean army is asking for tactical guidance just after the attack, isn't it..." Deputy Chief of Staff Sanji Oshiroto hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The North Korean army now has more than 150 million troops, and they can still fight on the spot." It should be no problem to recruit North Korean volunteers and rely on the mountains of North Korea to repel the 200 million violent troops."

In the tradition of the Japanese army, it is a very embarrassing thing to ask for reinforcements, so the Japanese army also gave the request for help a more euphemistic name "Tactical Guidance".Now that the Chinese army has just started large-scale bombardment, and the infantry and armored assaults have not yet begun, Okamura, the commander of the North Korean army, hastily asked for help from the country, which is really disgraceful.

Okamura sighed softly: "Now is not the time to think about dignity, Oshiro-kun, today's empire is no longer the overlord of the East 8 years ago, the Chinese people's sea and air advantages are too great... In case the main port of West Japan Damaged by air strikes, it will be difficult for North Korea to get reinforcements."

"The commander is right," Ishihara Wanji agreed with Okamura. He folded his arms and stared in front of the map for a while, then said: "Although so far, the battle situation is still within our expectations, the attack of the violent army Sure enough, the direction is in the middle of the Yalu River defense line. However, the battle has just begun, and everything is uncertain, and the violent attack may be a feint, and their real target is the west coast of North Korea."

"However, the eastern exit of the Taiwan Strait is closely monitored by naval submarines. It is impossible for the Chinese fleet to escape the surveillance of submarines. It is impossible to sneak attack." Dacheng shook his head.

Neiji Okamura frowned slightly: "It is only 1000 kilometers from the east exit of the Taiwan Strait to Jeju Island, and the Chinese fleet will arrive in less than 24 hours...How far can our ground troops go in 24 hours?"

Compared with the west coast of North Korea, Okamura is now more worried about Jeju Island.Although the Japanese army on Jeju Island also has 8 divisions with nearly 20 people, the current Japanese navy dare not fight the Chinese navy in the West Sea (the Yellow Sea of ​​China). Therefore, once the Chinese army lands on Jeju Island, the 20 troops above Most likely will become a lone army.Once Jeju Island is lost, Chinese submarines and aircraft will be able to block the Tsushima Strait, and the North Korean army's retreat will be completely cut off!

"The guys in the navy are just fancy but not useful!" Ishihara Wanji obviously agreed with Okamura's opinion, and he complained in a low voice: "The defense of the entire west coast and Jeju Island took 24 divisions...or else The troops on the northern front will not be so tight."

Neiji Okamura shook his head: "Stop whining, the Imperial Army is not afraid of any difficulties." He gritted his teeth: "Even without any sea and air support, the army alone can fight the war!"

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At this time, Luo Yaoguo had already moved to the Beida Camp outside Shenyang City. His residence was in the small courtyard next to the headquarters of the Beiyang Front Army. The war room of the Beiyang Front Army Command.However, he did not interfere with Bai Chongxi and Liu Fei's command, and Luo Yaoguo was very relieved of the command ability of these two.Of course, the right to use the three atomic bombs that were secretly transported to Shenyang was still in the hands of Luo Yaoguo himself.

Outside the window of the headquarters, the roar of the train approached from far and near, and gradually faded away.A military train loaded with weapons and ammunition has just passed the South Manchuria Railway outside Beidaying, and this train will then go to the front line through the newly built branch line of the Yalu River.This branch line of the Yalu River was built after the September 9.18th War. It was not inconvenient for supplies to enter and exit the mountainous area north of the Yalu River.

"Report, Deputy Chief Li called. Our central group is bombarding the Yalu Jiangnan Japanese defense line with extremely fierce artillery fire. So far, there has been no Japanese artillery counterattack."

The person who was speaking was Lieutenant General Du Yuxin, the deputy chief of staff of the front army. He also graduated from the first phase of Whampoa and was Du Yuming's cousin. He died in the Battle of Longtan in history. The official paid homage to the deputy chief of staff of the lieutenant general.

While talking, Du Yuxin drew two huge arrows on the map, looking into the hinterland of North Korea from Chushan and Huishan respectively, and the end points of the two arrows were both at Changjin Lake.If the two assault troops met at Changjin Lake, then the Japanese 16th Army and 18th Army would each have 4 divisions packed into the encirclement, and the army would be able to attack the East Korean Gulf by advancing more than 100 kilometers to the southeast. Straight into the rear of the Japanese 17th Army.In this way, the Yalu River defense line, which the Japanese army had painstakingly managed for 8 years, completely collapsed.

"Brother Fuwen, Guan Linzheng's 9th Army broke through from Chushan; Chen Mingren's 10th Army broke in from Huishan. These two armies have 4 divisions of the 12th Army, including 4 heavy infantry divisions. There are 4 mountain divisions, and 4 elite Central Asian colonial divisions, and these 4 Central Asian divisions will take the lead later."

After listening to Du Yuxin's introduction, Luo Yaoguo nodded slightly.Both Chen Mingren and Guan Linzheng are the first-class generals in the National Defense Forces. Although the Central Asian Division is a colonial division, its equipment and training are no worse than those of the National Defense Army's heavy infantry division. The middle and senior officers are all active officers of the National Defense Forces, and junior officers, non-commissioned officers and ordinary soldiers They were officers and soldiers of the former Soviet Red Army recruited from the Chinese colonies in Central Asia. Many of them fought the war in 1937 and 1938, and their combat effectiveness was very strong.

"Give power to German neighbors, and suggest that the 9th and 10th Group Armies be allowed to use assault artillery regiments to cooperate with infantry attacks." Bai Chongxi issued an order to use armored troops at this time.The so-called assault gun regiment was adapted from the merger and adaptation of the light tank battalion originally attached to the army level. The weapon equipped is the T-39 light assault gun jointly developed by China and Russia. The mission is to cooperate with the infantry to assault the opponent's position.In the original plan, these assault guns will not be put into battle at the beginning, but will wait until the Japanese defense line is weakened by the colonial division's attack, and then put into combat to cover the heavy infantry division of the Wehrmacht to give the Japanese defense line the final blow. .However, Bai Chongxi seems to be eager to win today, maybe it has something to do with Luo Yaoguo's supervision of the battle?

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The artillery fire of the Chinese army swept over the Japanese defensive positions on the line from Chushan to Weiyuan like a hurricane.They plowed over and over again the defensive positions they had painstakingly managed for 8 years.The layers of Luzhai on the Yalu River were swept away, and obstacles such as barbed wire fences and minefields were swept away, and several newly dug anti-tank trenches were also mostly filled with high-throwing soil.The small number of Japanese infantry stationed at the forward position suddenly encountered this unprecedented shelling, and now they are completely silent. Even General Umezu Yoshijiro himself does not know whether his troops on the forward position are still able to move. living?In this sea of ​​fire, probably no life can survive, right?

"Your Excellency, General! The commander of the 55th Division, Matsuyama No. 16 Middle School, will call. The front-line artillery observers have found out the location of the artillery group of the Chinese army, and apply for the use of the artillery group directly under the army to suppress the artillery of the Chinese army!" Major General Chi Luli, Chief of Staff of the [-]th Army reported loudly.

Umezu Yoshijiro stood in front of the sand table with half-closed eyes, staring at the signs representing the Chinese and Japanese armies in a daze, as if he did not hear the chief of staff's report.

Chief of Staff Akashi took another big step forward, almost standing next to Umezu Yoshijiro's ear, and said in a sincere tone: "Your Excellency! Please give the right to use the 16th Heavy Artillery Brigade to the 55th Division, and then from the reserve team From the 106th Division, two regiments were transferred to strengthen the frontal defense line of Chushan. This should be able to severely damage the violent army and open the first victory for the Korean War."

Umezu Yoshijiro let out a cry as if waking up from a dream, bowed his waist and walked a few more steps around the sand table, then suddenly stood still, straightened up and ordered loudly: "The 16th Heavy Artillery Brigade cannot fire for the time being, and the 106th Division immediately!" Leave Jiangnan Mountain and go to Chu Mountain to reinforce the 55th Division, and the 106th and 55th Divisions will be under the unified command of the third right lieutenant general of Songshan."

"Is all the 106th Division going up?" Chi Luli was startled when he heard this, and quickly reminded: "Your Excellency, Commander, our army's defense line stretches from Shuozhou to Zhongjiang, and the reserve team only has the 106th Division and the 60th Division. Moreover, the 60th Division is still a new formation, with only three regiments, and only one brigade of artillery..."

"I know," Umezu Yoshijiro replied with a wry smile, "But the Chinese army has already controlled the sky, and it will be dawn in a few hours. If you want to mobilize troops at that time, you must bear a loss rate of at least 30%. Even if we get to the front line, we can’t fight anymore.”

The Japanese generals in this time and space are not as arrogant as in the original history, and even have a little Sinophobia.Especially in the past few months, Germany has also provided Japan with a large amount of combat data on the European battlefield, which shocked all the senior Japanese generals.In particular, the powerful assault capability of the Chinese armored forces is almost comparable to that of the German army, and China's tactical air force is also the best in the world (Hermann Göring's evaluation). The military experts sent by the German side told the Japanese that if the same When China goes to war, the Japanese Army must not mobilize troops during the day when the weather is fair, otherwise half of the troops will be lost halfway!

The only way is to use night mobilization, and at the same time accurately judge the main attack direction of the Chinese army in advance.It is best to deploy the troops in place before the battle, and do enough soil work to build a continuous and solid line of defense. Moreover, the troops in the forward positions must not be too large, so as not to be killed by the opponent's artillery fire.

In short, the firepower of the Chinese army is very strong, and its military strength is almost unlimited. There are also armored forces that are strong enough to launch a multi-army joint assault on the Japanese positions. , the premise is that the position is not broken by their tanks.

Lieutenant General Matsuyama Yousan, head of the 55th Division, also fully adopted the suggestions of the Germans. After his division took over the defensive mission from Chushan to Weiyuan, it continued to repair defensive positions day and night.The original trenches were reinforced and widened, and two anti-tank trenches were excavated. Dozens of anti-tank defense strongholds were built according to the standards of the European battlefield, and 76mm anti-aircraft guns and 50mm anti-tank guns transferred from China were deployed. The configuration is also based on the experience of the European battlefield, the main force is placed on the second line, and the first line is only equipped with a small number of troops. At the same time, the first and second line positions are connected with spider web-like traffic trenches.

However, when the overwhelming artillery fire from the Chinese army came, when countless Chinese officers and soldiers shouted the slogan "Ula! Ula!" When the cannon's iron box-like chariot launched an attack under the cover of the cannon, Matsuyama Yousan still found that his preparations seemed to be in vain!

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"Ulla! Ulla..."

At 12 o'clock in the morning on December 12, the 2 hours of artillery preparations finally came to an end, when the artillery of the Chinese army began to extend deep into the Japanese army.The two infantry regiments of the First Division of Central Asia, which had been prepared for a long time, nearly 2 Central Asian officers and soldiers wearing yellow uniforms and white blouses, shouted the iconic "Ula" slogan of the Soviet Red Army and began to launch the first battle. Bo charged forward, and in front of them, there was a whole regiment of 5000 T-180 light assault guns roaring forward.From a distance, it looks like a sea of ​​fire, a sea of ​​people and a sea of ​​tanks (assault guns). No matter how you look at it, it looks like the tactics of the Soviet Red Army in history.

"Your Excellency, General! The violent armored force has begun to attack! The violent army has invested at least one panzergrenadier division (through the German consultant, the Japanese finally figured out the difference between the armored division and the panzergrenadier division), and there are about 180 vehicles Assault tanks and thousands of Russian mercenaries!"

As soon as Umezu Yoshijiro answered the phone, he heard an urgent call from his ear. He frowned slightly, and moved the phone away from his ear. After Matsuyama Yousan's roar, he ordered: "Matsuyama-kun, I am now Transfer the right to use the 16th Heavy Artillery Brigade to the 55th Division. Remember, you must hold the line until the reinforcements from the 106th Division arrive, please!"

"Hay! Your Majesty will definitely work hard to complete the mission. Please rest assured, Your Excellency." Although Matsuoka Yousan's words were beautiful, his voice trembled slightly, and he seemed to lack confidence no matter how he heard it.Umezu Yoshijiro lowered his voice and continued to instruct: "Remember to make good use of the anti-aircraft artillery brigade, and organize an anti-tank commando team in time. Once a Chinese tank approaches the position, use Molotov cocktails, anti-tank grenades and... Tank commandos take them out!"

"Hay! Please rest assured, Commander!"

Matsuyama Yousan put down the phone, took a deep breath, and gave the artillery units of the 16th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade and the 55th Division the order to fire!

The artillery group consisting of 24 150mm heavy field howitzers and 90 105mm field howitzers immediately roared, and the artillery shells exploded in the offensive formation of the charging Central Asian Division officers and soldiers and the 9th Assault Artillery Regiment, scattered shrapnel There is almost no threat to this 16-ton T-39 light assault gun. This assault gun with a 48-caliber 75mm cannon and solid armor is still moving forward slowly!But the Central Asian mercenaries who accompanied the assault guns charged were out of luck. Groups of shells exploded among them, and countless flying shrapnel seemed to cut them down piece by piece.However, these mercenaries with high military pay (same as ordinary Chinese infantry) also showed the bloodiness of the Central Asian nomads at this time. They chanted slogans and charged with their heads covered, and they seemed to regard death as home!In a blink of an eye, the first wave of offensive troops of the Chinese army rushed across the frozen Yalu River and onto the land of the Republic of Korea!

Chapter 0954 Korean War ([-]) Breakthrough

"Yugong, Chushan has retreated again!" Jiang Peiyuan, chief of staff of the Ninth Army, put down the phone and yelled. Jiang Peiyuan, whose name is Taihe, graduated from the fourth class of Whampoa and the fifth class of Lu University. He is now the chief of staff of the major general of the army , among the graduates of the fourth batch of Whampoa, they are still doing well.

"Fuck it! Will Liu Guangtou know how to fight? It's the White Russian soldiers (the nickname given to the Central Asian Division by the officers of the National Defense Forces) and the assault guns. They can't shoot down after four times!" Guan Linzheng grabbed the phone and wanted to call. The 52nd Army's military headquarters: "Liu Linsheng, can your 52nd Army fight? If you can't fight, fuck me! Don't embarrass us Shaanxi people here!" After cursing, Guan Linzheng threw down the phone and went to The war room turned around, and Jiang Peiyuan shook his head slightly. The Japanese have worked hard on the other side of the Yalu River for 8 years, and they have built a long-standing defense system in depth. Without the anti-tank warfare capability of the defense line, it is completely normal for the 52nd Army to run into a snag on other people's strong defense line.

"I'll go ahead and watch, Taihe, I'll leave this place to you." Guan Linzheng stood still, grabbed a steel helmet and put it on his head, and was about to go out. Jiang Peiyuan grabbed him and reminded: "Grand Yu, Commander Liu is The well-known warriors in the National Defense Forces must be attacking with 12 points of strength now, but you can't rush to fight this kind of solid defense line, you can only grind it slowly, otherwise the loss will be great."

Jiang Peiyuan pulled Guan Linzheng to the map. "Yu Gong, please take a look." He pointed to the Jinchengli line on the west side of Chu Mountain, which is close to the Zhongman River. Due to the cold weather, the surface of the Zhongman River has also been frozen. It's an open area that's not too big or too small, and it's connected to the Yalu River, which is also frozen hard.The 52th Division of the 104nd Army has broken through the periphery of Jinchengli, occupied a large position on the south bank of the Yalu River, and is currently storming Jinchengli.

"Little Japan's main attention is focused on the front of Chu Mountain, ignoring Jinchengli and Zhongmanjiang. There was no road on that line for the army to pass, so the military value is not high, but now Zhongmanjiang is frozen, isn't it? Is it just convenient for our mechanized troops to pass through? Along the Zhongman River facing south, there is a road connecting Chushan and Shuozhou about 8 kilometers south. Along this road, you can surround the rear of the Chushan Japanese army from behind. !"

Guan Linzheng looked at the map and thought for a while, then asked: "Can the T-39 assault gun pass through the Zhongmanjiang ice?"