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After hanging up the phone, Colonel Xu Wenliang, the head of the 9th Assault Artillery Regiment, ran over with a few people. Liu Yuzhang looked back and asked, "Wen Liang, is the Assault Artillery Regiment ready? When can we launch a charge?" ?”

Xu Wenliang wiped the sweat from his forehead, nodded and said: "Army seat, the assault artillery regiment has dispatched 48 T-39s from the north, east, and west, plus 16 on the mountain road, a total of 64. You can charge at any time!"

"Okay!" Liu Yuzhang nodded: "In a moment, two companies of infantry will come from the direction of Guipingli, and they will be handed over to you to command... When the Japanese offensive is over, you will take the opportunity to fight back! You have to fight back! The little devils retreat a little, so that the brothers can catch their breath." He looked up at the dark sky and gritted his teeth: "There is still more than an hour before dawn, and Shi Jue's armored troops will be able to When we arrive, the Air Force can come to support us, and this battle will be considered as a victory."

At the same time, in Banpingli, less than 10 kilometers southwest of Gufeng Village, on the east bank of the Zhongman River, in the joint command headquarters of the Japanese 122nd and 123rd Divisions, Lieutenant General Matsuura Junrokuro and the divisions of the 123rd Division Nagakita Issei was arguing loudly around the map.

"...The Chinese army in front of Gufeng Village is no more than 4000 at most, which is only equivalent to a regiment of the Imperial Army! And my two divisions of more than [-] people have to turn to defense when facing one-tenth of the enemy. Why are the soldiers so cowardly! The current predicament that the empire is facing is entirely due to being too cowardly on the issue of China and blindly retreating and forbearance... Now the imperial army has retreated to North Korea. If it retreats again, it will be the mainland of the empire! Therefore, we We can no longer retreat, but counterattack! Continue to counterattack! We must break the myth that the Chinese army is invincible here!"

It was Kita Issei who spoke, and he slapped the map table heavily, the muscles on his fat face twitching slightly.He was a military attache of the Japanese Empire stationed in China, and he was one of the few senior generals in the Japanese Army who first realized "China's conspiracy to destroy Japan".As early as 1936, when China joined forces with Germany and Poland to plan to launch a war against the Soviet Union, he wrote to the Japanese military headquarters, proposing to take advantage of the "bestowed opportunity" of the Sino-Soviet war to launch a decisive blow to China!It's a pity that this opinion was not adopted by the top Japanese army at that time.

"Attack! Attack! Break the myth that the Chinese Army is invincible!" As soon as Xi Duo finished speaking, the staff officers in the war room also raised their arms and shouted.

Ryotaro Nakai was a little helpless. The telegram from the headquarters of the 16th Army stated very clearly that a Grenadier Division of the Armored Division of the Chinese Army had penetrated through the ice of the Chuman River and had just defeated the 18th Division... and Chu Under the onslaught of the Chinese army, the 55th Division and the 106th Division of Shanshan could no longer hold on, and were about to abandon Chushan and retreat to Weiyuan.This shows that a large number of Chinese reinforcements will arrive in Guipingli and Gufeng Village soon.If the 122nd Division and the 123rd Division cannot switch to defense in time and deploy defenses in Banping, the reinforced Chinese army will quickly switch to counterattack!After a night of bloody battles, the 122nd and 123rd divisions now have a total strength of only more than 3 troops. It is impossible to take down Gufeng Village, which is defended by thousands of Chinese troops, before the main force of the Chinese army arrives.

Therefore, General Yoshijiro Umezu, the commander of the 16th Army, ordered the 122nd Division and the 123rd Division to switch to defense at an appropriate time to delay the main force of the Chinese army from advancing towards Yunshan.

But giving up like this, Ryotaro Nakai also felt unwilling.After all, his 122nd Division has already paid more than 6000 casualties under the hills around Gufeng Village. Presumably, the loss of the Chinese army will not be too small. Maybe the key point of Gufeng Village can be captured with the last blow!

After thinking for a moment, Nakai Ryotaro nodded heavily: "Okay, Kita-kun, let the 122nd Division and the 123rd Division jointly carry out a decisive blow to the ancient Toyohua Army! Let us two divisions work together to break the Chinese army Invincible myth!" He said to the chief of staff of the 122nd division beside him: "Is the 266th regiment's attack ready? Let them attack immediately!"

"Yes!" The chief of staff turned around and was about to give an order, but Kita Issei suddenly stopped him: "Please wait a moment." The chief of staff hurriedly stopped and turned to look at Lieutenant General Kita.

Kita Issei said: "The reinforcements of the China Army must arrive soon, so we don't have much time left. If we want to achieve a breakthrough, we must strengthen our troops! I suggest that the 123th Regiment of the 268rd Division, the 269st Three infantry brigades were transferred from the 266th regiment to strengthen the 6th regiment, so that 5000 brigades and nearly [-] infantry could be dispatched at one time! Gufeng Village must be filled even with human lives! Also, do not leave any room for artillery preparations Now, shoot out all the remaining ammunition!

In addition, all commanders must take the lead, and must destroy the Chinese defenders with a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood! "

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At 12 o'clock in the morning on December 13, the artillery shells of the Japanese army landed accurately on several hilltops south of Gufeng Village again, and the high and low smoke columns shot straight into the sky at the same time above the Chinese army's position.The scale of this bombardment was the most violent since the start of the Gufeng battle, and it was almost twice as strong as that experienced by the Chinese army before.

As soon as he saw the momentum of the shelling, Liu Yuzhang sensed that something was wrong. The Japanese army was going to do their best!He hurriedly called the artillery position: "Counterattack! Counterattack me, shoot out all the shells! I must suppress the Japanese artillery group!"

With an order, the 18 105mm light howitzers that had already been adjusted to shoot at Zhuyuan began to roar immediately. A round of shiny shells was filled into the barrel, and then spewed out, across the night sky, roaring and flying into the distance.On the artillery positions of the Japanese army whose positions were determined by the Chinese Army's audio measuring company, blood and flesh flew all over the place.However, the Japanese artillery who suffered heavy casualties did not intend to move their positions at all, nor did they counterattack the Chinese artillery group, but gritted their teeth and continued to shell the forward positions of the Chinese army.

"Onboard! Onboard..."

This round of Japanese attack was really crazy. Before the shelling stopped, the infantry started the "long live assault" with their bayonet-mounted rifles, and all the middle and lower-level officers took the lead, waving their command knives and rushing to the front!Even the captain of the 266th regiment and several lieutenant captains followed the charging infantry!

Liu Yuzhang, who was commanding the battle from the commanding heights, saw this posture and quickly hung up the phone of the artillery position, ordering to concentrate firepower to bombard the attacking Japanese infantry.

Consisting of more than 4000 infantrymen, columns of smoke rose suddenly in the Japanese attacking ranks, which appeared to be very dense by the standards of World War II.The Chinese army's 105mm howitzers, 70mm infantry guns, 105mm recoilless guns, and mortars of various calibers, and even the 39mm cannon of the T-75 assault gun began to pour shells at the highest rate of fire.The artillery fire plowed from the front to the back of the Japanese attacking team, shrapnel roared and danced in all directions, and every explosion wiped down a large number of Japanese officers and soldiers.But the command sword of the Japanese officer was still moving straight forward, and all the infantry ran forward with shouts.

The artillery fire of the Chinese army was undoubtedly fierce, but the determination of the Japanese army to attack was even stronger. They rushed to the position in a blink of an eye, and fierce battles began on various hills south of Gufeng Village.

"Chi Chi Chi..." The ear-piercing scream of the Min 25 general-purpose machine gun immediately rang through the sky, instantly sweeping down a large area of ​​the Japanese army rushing to the front, but just as the front fell, wave after wave of Japanese troops behind He stepped on the corpse of his companion and rushed to the battlefield, ignoring the rain of bullets.

Hand-to-hand combat immediately unfolded in various positions, shouts, screams, guns, explosions, and the roar of huge motors rang together!

At the most tragic and critical moment of the battle, dozens of T-39 assault guns ambushed in Gufeng Village and the reserves of two companies suddenly launched a counter-charge to the Japanese flank.

Seeing that the Chinese armored troops were about to cut off the Japanese assault team, a Japanese major commander suddenly waved his command knife and let out a final roar at the top of his lungs: "Long live the emperor! Stand up, come and follow me..." After shouting , he seemed to be completely insane, holding a samurai sword and rushing towards the rumbling assault gun, but was soon beaten into a gourd of blood by a rain of machine gun bullets.Seeing the mad major being shot to death, hundreds of members of the "stand up team" who had long put life and death aside, separated from the charging team, holding lit Molotov cocktails and large anti-tank guns. Holding a grenade, he rushed towards the assault gun group holding the explosive package.

Dozens of assault guns stopped, and aimed their muzzles at these volunteers, and there was a heavy bombardment. The machine guns on the roof and the infantry accompanying the attack also fired at the same time.The shells exploded in the middle of the Japanese army's stand-up team, and many Japanese soldiers were blown to pieces immediately, but the remaining people seemed unmoved at all, still rushing towards the rain of bullets fired by the Chinese army... In a blink of an eye, the front of the Chinese army assault artillery group There was a bang of explosions, and several T-39 assault guns began to burst into flames.Seeing that the attack by the self-propelled team was effective, the commander of the 266th Wing, Otsuka Hiroshi, was overjoyed and ordered the second and third waves of suicide attacks.Waves of devil officers and soldiers who looked like evil spirits twisted their faces ferociously and let out roars like howling ghosts and wolves, and rushed towards the Chinese army's assault guns holding crude weapons such as Molotov cocktails, grenades, and explosives!In an instant, the yellow corpses of Japanese soldiers were piled up in front of the T-39 assault gun group.Although these Japanese soldiers, who seemed to be dying, failed to destroy a few assault guns, they prevented these steel behemoths from supporting the Chinese army positions with firepower.

The support of the assault artillery group is temporarily unavailable. It is said that the Chinese army on the hill outside Gufeng Village has finally begun to fail. The key 102 highland was first captured by the Japanese army. More than 307 officers and soldiers of the 1st Battalion and 3rd Company of the 100th Regiment of the National Defense Forces stationed there were transported down. Except for more than 30 wounded, the rest all sacrificed heroically!Subsequently, the Sanjiaoling highland next to the 102 highland was also captured by the surging Japanese infantry, and then the 101 highland and Baishiling highland also fell one after another.

On the hilltop of the Japanese advance command post on the opposite side, Ryotaro Nakai raised his binoculars and stared at the opposite scene.Witnessed 4000 Japanese officers and soldiers "pile down" one Chinese army position after another with corpses.He put down the binoculars, and whispered to Kita Issei who seemed to be stunned by such a scene: "It seems to have won."

Kita Issei also put down his binoculars and squeezed out a smile: "The combat power of the Chinese army is indeed stronger than imagined. Especially their assault tanks are very powerful... However, they are not invincible! The imperial army is undoubtedly Winner of this fight tonight!

The myth that the Chinese army is invincible has been broken by the invincible Imperial Japanese Army! "

Chapter 0959 Korean War ([-]) Crisis

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, the 16th Army Headquarters is urgently calling."

A somewhat hoarse voice suddenly rang in the ears of Ryotaro Nakai and Issei Kita, two lieutenant generals who had just "broke" the myth of the invincibility of the Chinese army.Matsuura Junrokuro turned his head and saw that his adjutant was standing behind him holding a thin dossier in both hands.Matsuura took it suspiciously and opened it, and inside was a copied newspaper printed with top secret.Matsuura said indifferently: "What's going on?"

"It's an order from the army headquarters, and... there is also the latest report on the battle situation. It seems... It seems that Chushan was defeated."

"Baga! The 55th Division is such an idiot!" Nakai Ryotaro frowned slightly, reached out to take the reading glasses, and looked carefully.

The first half page of the newspaper is the battle report of the army headquarters: "The 55th and 110th regiments of the 111th Division of the Army defending Chushan suffered a serious setback under the attack of the superior forces of the Chinese army!

第110联队、第111联队虽然发扬武勇，死战不退，但是仍然难耐敌军之优势火力兵力。苦战一昼夜后，遗憾告负。楚山已于今日凌晨2点10分被华军攻占。第110、111联队除少数预先转移之伤员，已经全员玉碎……第55师团、第106师团余部约一万余人正向渭源方向撤退。楚山至龟坪里、古丰村公路已经被华军打通。”

"Why?" Ryotaro Nakai exclaimed in a low voice.The 55th Division and the 106th Division have a total of 6 infantry regiments on the front line of Chushan. In addition, there are more than 2 people in the index troops of the divisions. It took only one day and one night, and there were only more than [-] people left. In other words, more than [-] people were lost!This died too fast, right?

"Nakai-kun, what's the matter?" Kita Issei, the head of the 123rd Division, saw Matsuura's face turn pale, and asked quickly, "Did you lose another battle somewhere?"

Nakai Ryotaro nodded with a livid face: "Chu Mountain is lost! The reinforcements of the Chinese Army will come via the road soon!" He glanced at the second half of the telegram copy and sighed: "General Meijin Order us to withdraw from the battle immediately and retreat to Banpingli to deploy defenses without any delay, otherwise military law will be followed!"

As he said that, he handed the copy of the telegram to Kita Issei. Kita glanced at it twice, then heaved a long sigh. Just as he was about to say something like "successful failure", he heard someone shouting: "Bombardment! Take cover... ..." Before the shout fell, the screaming sound of the shells piercing through the air rang in my ears.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..." The deafening roar seemed to ring in the ears of Ryotaro Nakai and Issei Kita, and the two Japanese lieutenant generals were pushed to the ground by their respective adjutants at the same time.The earth trembled, and everyone in the shelter was shaken to the left and right, and several young staff officers couldn't restrain their screams!

The shelling of the Chinese army suddenly became unprecedentedly violent!Groups of orange flames exploded one after another on the Japanese positions, from the few hills just captured by the Japanese, to the Japanese offensive starting positions and artillery positions, and even this seemingly well-hidden advanced command post. There was a dense rain of bullets!The density of the bombing points of the artillery fire cannot be counted, only the huge roaring sound of one piece can be heard.And what makes all the officers in this forward command post feel a little scared is that these deafening loud noises must belong to 150mm shells!

In the fierce battle last night, the Chinese army on the opposite side had never used a 150mm cannon!In other words... the reinforcements from the Chinese army have arrived!

Nakai Ryotaro realized that something was wrong at that time, he pushed away the adjutant who was pressing on him, but he didn't know what he touched, but his hands were wet.But he didn't care too much, reached out and touched the phone on the table, picked it up and shook it a few times, called the rear command post, and it took a long time to hear the staff officer of the 122nd Division who was staying in Banping. Chang Akiyama Yoshitaka said in a panicked voice: "Is it your Excellency, division commander? Are you okay? What happened in front?"

Nakai Ryotaro yelled into the phone: "Organize the defense immediately! Send all the troops that can be collected to deploy defenses! Send the logistics personnel of the two divisions, including the medical staff of the division's field hospital, and the division's comfort station. All the comfort women are organized, and all active wounded soldiers must be dispatched! We must guard Banpingli! Do you understand! Also, immediately ask the military headquarters for tactical guidance!"

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The fall of Chu Mountain, and the news of the defeat of the 122nd and 123rd divisions in Gufeng immediately made the atmosphere in the headquarters of the Japanese and Korean Army extremely tense.Chief of Staff Ishihara was running around in the headquarters in a hurry.Marshal Neiji Okamura sat in a daze in front of the sand table.In just one day and two nights, the entire Yalu River line of defense was broken by the Chinese army!Moreover, as many as five divisions of the Japanese army suffered heavy losses!Among them, the 18th Division was still surrounded in Dapingli; and the 55th Division and the 106th Division had less than 122 troops in one place, and under the pursuit of the superior Chinese army, the fate can be imagined; the 123nd Division And the [-]rd Division lost more than half of them in one night's attack, and lost most of their artillery and supplies!The remnants of these two divisions are now deploying defenses in Banping, and it is estimated that the entire army will be wiped out within two days.If Banpingli is not guarded, the Chinese army will be able to assault Yunshan in less than a day, and Yunshan has no Japanese soldiers yet!The situation of the North Korean army is extremely dangerous!

Chief of Staff Ishihara Waner was circling in a hurry in the headquarters, while looking at the sun at eight or nine o'clock outside the window, gritting his teeth and cursing the damn sun to get out of the sky earlier!Because only at night can the Chinese army's air superiority be unable to play a role, and the Japanese army can also readjust its deployment, and can find a way to safely retreat the main forces of the 16 divisions in the east and west sections of the Yalu River defense line, and disengage from the Chinese army!

The news that the Chinese Navy battleship fleet passed the Taiwan Strait has also been sent to the North Korean Army Command.However, the North Korean army, which was very concerned about the Chinese navy's movements, has almost forgotten the news now.The key now is how to save the front of the North Korean army!The Yalu River defense line, which the Japanese army has painstakingly managed for 8 years, is as vulnerable as paper in the face of China's large-scale assault operations.Their defenses are close to collapse.Something must be done to save this frontage now!If the Chinese army is allowed to break through along the Chushan-Yunshan Highway, then it will be a matter of time before the entire North Korean army is wiped out!

Once the North Korean army is wiped out, once the Korean peninsula is occupied by the Chinese army... Then Chinese fighter jets and bombers will cover the entire sky of Japan!Blow up all cities!And the Korean Strait, which is only more than 200 kilometers wide, is of course impossible to block the Chinese army, which has the world's second navy and second air force.This also means that the Japanese mainland is about to suffer a full-scale invasion!The end of the Japanese Empire is not far away!

In the fear of imminent catastrophe, Marshal Komura Ningji looked blankly, looking at the huge blue arrow symbolizing the Chinese armored forces on the sand table, which pierced the heart of the entire Korean army like a sharp knife. No, it was inserted into Neiji Okamura's heart!A throbbing pain in the heart woke up the Marshal who commanded one-third of the Japanese Empire's army from his thoughts.Okamura raised his left hand to hold his heart, took a few deep breaths, and felt a little better. At this time, a very noisy voice seemed to suddenly appear in his ears.Ishihara Wanji didn't know when he started arguing with Sanji Okito, it seemed to be about where to rebuild the second line of defense.Okamura Ningji coughed in a low voice: "Have you not come up with a feasible plan yet?"

Upon hearing Okamura's question, Ishihara Wanji replied loudly: "The Yalu River line of defense is about to collapse. Only by retreating decisively can the North Korean army break contact with the Chinese army and win the chance of reorganization! Therefore, the lower official suggested that the 16th The 17th Army, 15th Army, and the 18th Army and 19th Army on the west coast of North Korea, the 20nd Army near Pyongyang, The Mecha Corps and other departments are retreating to the south...in order to establish a new line of defense on the Gwangju-Daegu line, as the last line of defense to shield the empire's mainland!"

"What's the difference between this and giving up the whole of North Korea! Although the situation is unfavorable now, the main force of the North Korean army is still there! Except for the 16th Army which suffered heavy losses and the 18th Army which also suffered certain casualties, the rest of the armies are basically intact. The military strength is still around 140 million. How can such a strong military force give up 10,000+ square kilometers of land? Then what face does our North Korean army have to meet the citizens of the Japanese Empire? What face do we have to meet the people who have high expectations for us? His Majesty the Emperor!" Okito Sanji immediately refuted Ishihara's opinion loudly, he strode up to Okamura, bowed and said: "Your Excellency, Marshal, my suggestion is that the 19th Army, the 20st Army from the west coast of North Korea Each of the 22th Army dispatched four divisions, plus the remaining four divisions of the 15nd Army, to build a second line of defense on the Qingchuan River, Miaoxiang Mountain and Fuzhanling. At the same time, the 16th Army and the 17th Army were ordered to Army, 18th Army, and [-]th Army resisted and consolidated the Qingchuan River step by step—go to the Zhanling line of defense to buy time."

But Ishihara Waner quickly retorted: "This is a fool's dream! The Yalu River defense line has been breached. Although the 15th, 17th, and 18th armies have not suffered as heavy losses as the 16th army, they have all suffered great losses. Pressure. Once they give up their solid line of defense and start retreating, they will inevitably lose troops under the double attack of the Chinese air and ground mechanized troops! In the end, half of the troops can successfully disengage from the enemy. It will be a blessing. If they are still to resist ...The only consequence is to ruin these four armies, which is a group of more than [-] divisions! It must not be lost!"

"But most of the Korean peninsula must not be lost either!" A staff officer in his 30s almost stood up in tears and opposed Shi Yuan's opinion: "If we retreat to the Gwangju-Daegu line, of course the defense area can be greatly reduced and the defense line It is closer. But the Chinese army can also build the airport to the south of the Korean peninsula, which is too close to the mainland of Japan! Enough for their fighter jets to escort the bombers. This way they can bomb Japan during the day with good visibility Cities! Our citizens and His Majesty the Emperor will live day and night under the bombardment of Chinese military planes, and their incendiary bombs will destroy the cities and factories of the entire Japan!"

Okamura Ningji stood up supporting the edge of the sand table: "Order Umezu Yoshijiro, the 122nd and 123rd divisions must hold on to Banpingli for at least 24 hours, and then retreat towards Yunshan. The 18th division is in Dapingli Stand firm on the spot, be sure to fight until the last person is fired; order the 55th and 106th divisions to stick to Weiyuan on the spot, and also resist to the end! Order the 58th and 59th divisions to retreat to Jiangjie, On the front line of the city, together with the 62nd Division, relying on the Tulu River to deploy defenses; the 60th Division retreated to Langlin Mountain for defense; the 61st and 62nd Divisions stood firm in Changcheng and Shuozhou to cover the flanks of the 15th Army. Before you advance, you are not allowed to take a step back, even if you are surrounded by the Chinese army, you must fight to the end!"

“命令第15军、第17军、第18军务必坚守防线，不得擅自后退一步！命令第19军抽调4个师团集结于昌城江以西龙头里一线待命；命令第22军北进至清川江以北九龙江以南地区待命；命令第20军抽调出4个师团充当总预备队；命令机甲军全军集结待命，做好今晚出动的准备……他们的目标是云山！机甲军必须要在一夜之内挺进到云山附近，最晚到15日夜，他们就将同支那装甲部队决战！”