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"Aim! Fire!" The Japanese squad leader commanding the two anti-aircraft guns let out a desperate roar.His two-door 37mm tanks can only deal with a few medium tanks, but now there are more than 100 assault tanks. I don't know how thick the armor of these small Chinese tanks is?

"Boom..." Two muffled sounds, the two T-39 assault guns rushing to the front were hit at the same time, and the shells hit the 39mm armored steel arranged at a 60-degree oblique angle on the front of the T-60 assault gun. It exploded immediately, and two clouds of smoke rose.However, the beaten T-39 assault guns were unharmed. The two assault guns stopped and quickly found the position of the Japanese anti-tank guns under the instructions of the advancing infantry, followed by two bangs.The two 37mm guns, six artillerymen and a small captain who were playing with anti-aircraft guns were all thrown into the sky.

"On board! On board!" There was a shout.Dozens of Japanese soldiers stood up and rushed towards the oncoming assault guns holding Molotov cocktails, grenades and so on.

"Tap, tap, tap..." The anti-aircraft machine gun on the T-39 assault gun and the rifles accompanying the infantry fired at the same time. Dozens of Japanese soldiers were immediately caught in the rain of bullets, and they were beaten into blood gourds. The Molotov cocktail was even worse. Before the person died, the gasoline flowing out of the broken Molotov cocktail was ignited by the bullets fired by the Chinese army, and another live Japanese barbecue came!It is said that the Chinese assault artillery who participated in this battle basically stopped eating barbecue after retiring...

Seeing more than 100 Chinese army assault guns leading thousands of infantry to wantonly massacre the infantry of his two brigades, Colonel Tanaka Shengdao was already a little hysterical.The 106th Division is the four divisions with the strongest combat effectiveness in the 16th Army, and the 113th Division is the core backbone of the 106th Division. There are three infantry brigades and a mountain artillery squadron, all of which are fully equipped and fully equipped. There are more than 4000 people!

Unexpectedly, on the first day of the war, he hit the steel plate with his head, and it seemed that all the jade was going to be broken here!Once the jade of the 113th regiment is broken, the Jiangnan Mountains behind them will have no soldiers to defend.Looking at the number of Chinese troops on the opposite side, it might be the main force of the so-called Panzergrenadier Division, allowing them to control the Jiangnan Mountains, and the door to Yunshan can be considered open!If Chushan in the north of Guipingli is captured by the Chinese army again, then the armored troops of the Chinese army may be able to march along the road to copy the rear of the 15th Army defending the western section of the Yalu River defense line!In this way, their 113th Wing is a sinner of the Japanese Empire!

Colonel Tanaka held up his saber, and stared at the more than 100 vehicles in front of him with bloodshot eyes, which seemed to be Chinese army assault guns that smashed mud.Cursing loudly, he urged his subordinates to organize another suicide attack to destroy the armored assault guns.Regardless of these steel giants and the Chinese infantry guarding them, the rain of bullets fired has killed hundreds of soldiers who stood up.Even if all members of his 113th Regiment are broken, they must try their best to delay the advance of these terrifying steel monsters to the Jiangnan Mountains, so as to buy time for the entire North Korean Army to adjust and deploy!

At the same time, the report of the defeat of the 113th Wing also reached the headquarters of the Japanese 16th Army in Xichuan.

"Baga! What is Junrokuro Matsuura doing! He even foolishly used a regiment of infantry to attack a Panzergrenadier division of the Chinese army! Does he still think that the current Chinese army is the Manchu Qing army in the Sino-Japanese War!"

Looking at General Umezu Yoshijiro who was furious, Akaka Ri was also furious in his heart.The head of the 106th Division, Matsuura Junrokuro, reported that the 106th Wing, the backbone unit of the 113th Division, encountered a Chinese armored grenadier division in Guiping at the foot of the Jiangnan Mountains, south of Chu Mountain.Since the enemy's situation was not identified in advance, the 113th Regiment mistakenly believed that it was an infantry regiment and a dozen light tanks of the Chinese army that occupied Guipingli, so they blindly launched a counterattack. There are less than a thousand people left in the entire alliance.At present, the 113th regiment has retreated to Gufeng Village, a traffic point in the Jiangnan Mountains, to defend, but it is estimated that it will not be able to defend for too long.

"Tell Matsuura Junrokuro that Gufeng Village must stick to it for two days, and at the same time deploy at least one regiment to attack the Jinpingli North Line. The captain of the Tanaka Sacred Way Regiment will be dismissed and stay on, and he will make a contribution." Umezu Yoshijiro suppressed his anger and began to adjust the deployment.

“命令第60师团、61师团接管大坪里到昌城的整个防线，抽调出第18师团；命令第18师主力立即轻装东进，务必于明天凌晨对华军龟坪里西侧防线发动攻击。命令江界的第62师团做好随时调动的准备。”

Chiluli hesitated for a moment, and reminded: "Your Excellency, the line of defense from Dapingli to Changcheng covers the flanks of the 15th Army, and the 15th Army guards the road along the west coast of North Korea... If the 18th Division is drawn out, only It may be difficult to stop the onslaught of the Chinese army with two newly formed divisions."

"You can ask the 15th Army to transfer a division to strengthen the defense line from Daepyeong-ri to Changseong, and then transfer one of the two divisions assigned to us by the Korean Army Command to the 15th Army, so that it can be completed in the shortest time. Transfer." Umezu Yoshijiro paused, and then said: "It is better to report this plan to the North Korean Army Command, and ask Commander Okamura for approval before implementing it."

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At this time, news that Liu Yuzhang's detachment detoured along the Zhongman River to the rear of the Japanese Chushan defense line and seized Guipingli also spread to the Beiyang Front Army Headquarters in Shenyang Beidaying.

To be honest, Luo Yaoguo and Bai Chongxi were not satisfied with fighting for more than half a day. The Japanese army's resistance was very tenacious, and the Chinese army's progress was very slow. The news that Guipingli was captured came.

According to the original combat plan, on the first day of the war, Guan Linzheng's 9th Army should have made a breakthrough on the line from Chushan to Weiyuan, knocking on the first door to Yunshan and Jiangjie; Chen Mingren's 10th Army should have Breaking through the Japanese defense line in the Hyesan area, advancing towards Paektu Mountain, threatening the rear of the Japanese 17th Army and forcing it to retreat southward.However, due to the strong defense line of the Japanese army and tenacious resistance, even with overwhelming firepower and air superiority, the 9th and 10th armies have not completed their missions and have suffered heavy casualties. The two armies fought in less than 15 hours. Nearly 6000 people were killed or injured in the battle, and nearly a hundred T-39 assault guns were lost.

Both Luo Yaoguo and Bai Chongxi were taken aback by the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. According to the information provided by the previous intelligence agencies, most of the Japanese troops defending the central part of the Yalu River line of defense were newly-built divisions of the third line. Equipped with an artillery brigade reinforced with an anti-aircraft artillery squadron, its combat effectiveness is not worth mentioning; a small number of second-line divisions with full staff, such as the 106th and 108th divisions, are used as backbone troops.

But such 8 divisions actually withstood the attack of the Chinese army with tens of thousands of cannons, mortars for fire support, and overwhelming air superiority!

Seeing such a battle situation, Luo Yaoguo couldn't help but think of the military historians in his previous life's evaluation of the infantry combat effectiveness of the Imperial Japanese Army.In terms of individual tactical ability and combat tenacity, the Japanese infantry of this era is probably the best infantry, even the infantry of fascist Germany cannot be compared with them.Bai Chongxi explained in a low voice at the side: "Brother Fuwen, the battle has just begun. Although we have not achieved a breakthrough, we have killed and wounded the Japanese army in large numbers. Every Japanese army position captured by us is surrounded by dead Japanese soldiers. The battle report also said that two Japanese divisions in mobilization (two of the four divisions transferred from the Japanese 22nd Army to reinforce the front line) were bombed indiscriminately by them, and the roads were all destroyed. Weapons and equipment, as well as the corpses of the Japanese army... Roughly estimated, after more than ten hours of fighting, the Japanese army will always suffer more than 2 casualties! If this consumption continues, their 8 divisions will be wiped out in less than three days Well, Neiji Okamura has no choice but to transfer troops from the west coast of North Korea, and our goal has been achieved."

Luo Yaoguo nodded secretly, Bai Chongxi was right, the current campaign to attack the central part of the Yalu River line of defense was just to mobilize the two armies defending the west coast of North Korea to go north, as long as this goal could be achieved, the task would be considered complete.Just when Luo Yaoguo was about to say a few words to encourage the Beiyang Front Army, Chief of Staff Liu Fei suddenly shouted excitedly: "Assistant Commander, Mr. Jian, good news, good news! Part of the 52nd Army broke through to the Japanese army's base in Chushan. Afterwards, they occupied Guipingli, cut off the retreat route of the 55th and 106th Divisions of the Japanese Army, captured Gufeng Village, an important pass in the Jiangnan Mountains, and annihilated the 113th Regiment of the Japanese Army!"

Chapter 0956 Korean War ([-]) Fierce Battle

"What!?" Luo Yaoguo and Bai Chongxi exclaimed at the same time, especially with a look of ecstasy on Bai Chongxi's face.He led the formulation of the entire battle plan for the Korean campaign, and the North Korean soldiers would have memorized it fluently. As soon as Liu Fei said that the 52nd Army had captured Gufeng Village in Guipingli, he immediately knew that the road leading from Chushan The road to Yunshan is already halfway through!

"Weizhang, what did Guan Yudong (Guan Linzheng) say in his report? How many troops did the 52nd Army detour to Guiping Village?" Bai Chongxi asked Liu Fei, strode to the front of the map, and quickly found Guiping Village. and Gufeng Village.

“有步兵307团、308团，还有第9突击炮团的100多辆T-39突击炮，总兵力有8000多人！该部是由52军军长刘玉章亲自指挥的。”刘斐看了眼电报，脸上也露出了惊诧的表情。

"More than 8000 people! There are more than 100 assault guns! My God, how did this Baldy Liu get there?" Bai Chongxi searched the map for a long time, but he did not find a road that could allow more than 100 assault guns to pass.You must know that although this T-39 assault gun has strong firepower and strong defense, its mobility is really unsatisfactory.

"They walked across the ice of the Zhongman River. This was the idea of ​​Jiang Peiyuan, chief of staff of the Ninth Army."

"Okay! Okay! They're all good!" Bai Chongxi said yes in succession. Although he explained it to Luo Yaoguo just now, he was more anxious than anyone else.Tens of thousands of cannons, more than 2000 aircraft, and 12 elite infantry divisions and 360 T-39 assault guns!Such a powerful force can't break through the defense line guarded by 8 second- and third-rate Japanese divisions. Where do you put the face of Commander Bai?

"Jiangong, Guipingli and Gufeng Village not only threaten the back of the Japanese army in Chushan, but also hold the main road leading to Yunshan. Once Yunshan is captured by our army, the Japanese army's defense line on the Yalu River may be destroyed. The whole thing collapsed! Therefore, this Guipingli and Gufeng village will definitely become the main points of contention between the two sides. It is estimated that the Japanese army will soon organize a counterattack. Guan Yudong unified command, first strengthened the attack on Chushan, and strived to open the road leading to Guipingli as soon as possible; at the same time, he ordered Guan Yudong to dispatch a powerful force to reinforce Liu Yuzhang through the Zhongmanjiang ice surface, and ordered the air force to organize airdrops before dark. Sufficient supplies must be provided to Liu Yuzhang's detachment. In addition, the 7th Army must be ordered to launch an offensive against the Japanese troops on the front line from Dapingli to Changcheng, and the Japanese troops in the western section of the Yalu River must be attracted."

Looking at the map, Luo Yaoguo was also quickly deducing the changes in the current battle situation. For the Japanese army, Guipingli and Gufeng Village were indeed important transportation points. After these two places were occupied by the Chinese army, the Chushan-Huishan line The defense cannot be sustained.And once Chushan is lost, the armored troops of the Chinese army can advance to Yunshan along the Chushan-Yunshan Highway, and Yunshan is a crossroad extending in all directions. The Yalu River line of defense will completely collapse!

Faced with such a situation, the Japanese army had only two possible choices.One is to organize a counterattack with all their strength to regain the Guipingli-Gufeng Village line, or at least capture Gufeng Village to block the southward pass of the Jiangnan Mountains, and then build a defense line along the Jiangnan Mountains-Gaima Plateau to defend the Yalu River defense line. There are two paragraphs.The second is to simply step back, abandon the Yalu River defense line that has been painstakingly managed for 8 years, and retreat to the Qingchuan River-Miaoxiang Mountain-Gozhanling line to build a new defense line that is much shorter in length and easier to defend.

If I put myself in the position of Gangcun Ningci to choose, I would definitely choose the second option, abandoning the long line of defense on the Yalu River, and withdrawing troops to the Qingchuan River-Miaoxiang Mountain-to Zhanling to build a new line of defense.Moreover, the length of this new line of defense is at most more than 300 kilometers, which can greatly save the limited strength of the Japanese army, and can also make the Japanese army's line of defense tighter, reducing the risk of being breached by Chinese armored forces.

However, it is not so easy to withdraw the main force from the Yalu River defense line that is being attacked by the Chinese army. The withdrawn army will not only be chased by the Chinese armored forces, but will also be chased and bombed by the Chinese Air Force. The four armies and 32 divisions on the Yalu River defense line have a total of 80 million troops. It would be good if half of them can be withdrawn. As for heavy weapons and supplies, I am afraid that more than two-thirds will be lost!Therefore, the determination to retreat in great strides is not easy to make.

Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo looked at Bai Chongxi with questioning eyes, and Bai Chongxi was also thinking about Neiji Okamura's thoughts. Now the Japanese Marshal will choose to put all his eggs in one basket and fight the Chinese army in the south of the Yalu River; What about the price in exchange for the opportunity to build a new line of defense in the middle of the Korean peninsula?This is the scene of hundreds of thousands of troops throwing away their helmets and armor, abandoning their luggage and fleeing in a hurry all the way came to his mind.

Bai Chongxi sneered: "Whether Ningji Okamura fights or leaves, we will fight hard! Only by beating him up and disabling the 32 divisions deployed on the Yalu River defense line can he be convinced of our mission." The main direction of attack is in the north of North Korea, so that the two armies on the west coast of North Korea can be mobilized to the frontal battlefield of North Korea."

Having said that, he looked up at Luo Yaoguo, and seeing Luo Yaoguo nodded, he went on to say: "The Japanese offensive on the front of the Yalu River defense line will be strengthened. The 5th Army and the 6th Army will immediately start attacking the east and west sections of the Yalu River defense line." Offensive, dispatched train artillery to bombard the Japanese fortifications. The 8th Army was ordered to launch an attack on the Japanese army from Dapingli to Changcheng. The 7th Army could give Guan Yudong a unified command and was ordered to capture Chushan within 12 hours. Liu Yuzhang's detachment was in Zhongmanjiang To the east, to the south of Chu Mountain, and the Jiangnan Mountains to defend. The Second Armored Army dispatched an Panzergrenadier Division to reinforce Liu Yuzhang's detachment along the Zhongmanjiang River, and the other Panzergrenadier Division should also be ready to be dispatched at any time. As soon as Chushan was opened up, it immediately went south. The First Air Force canceled its bombing plan for the Japanese mainland, and concentrated all its efforts on air strikes on the kilometers, railways, and transportation hubs in the Japanese-controlled area in northern North Korea. The Air Force organized a transport plane to drop a batch of ammunition supplies to Liu Yuzhang’s detachment At the same time, a tactical bombing aviation regiment was deployed to cooperate with Liu Yuzhang's detachment.

Also, the Second Fleet of the Navy will immediately go north through the Taiwan Strait, and will start bombarding important targets on the west coast of North Korea tomorrow night. "

"Should we let the First Fleet go north now? Aren't you afraid of scaring the snake?" Luo Yaoguo was stunned for a moment, and asked.The Second Fleet of the Navy is a battleship squadron, and the three super battleships Zhenyuan, Dingyuan, and Ningyuan are all under the jurisdiction of the Second Fleet of the Navy.

"Don't be afraid!" Bai Chongxi smiled: "We will be able to fight decisively on the Yalu River defense line. If our navy does not move at this time, it will be suspicious."

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North Korea, to the east of Chungman River, the sound of cannons can be faintly heard in the distance. A team carrying the sun flag is advancing rapidly along the road. This Japanese army is completely lightly armed, except for the 75mm mountain cannon that can be disassembled and carried by horses And the 70mm infantry gun, the rest of the artillery were not carried, and all the soldiers only brought three days of rations and three base ammunition, and there was no train team to follow.This is not to speed up the march, but because of the strong air superiority of the Chinese army.While the lightly armed Japanese army trotted forward, the officers on horseback looked up at the surrounding sky one after another. As long as they saw the shadow of Chinese bombers, they would immediately fire warning shots.At that time, more than 18 officers and soldiers of the elite Kurume No. [-] Division will rush into the mountains and forests on both sides of the road at the fastest speed to hide themselves!Now "avoiding planes" has become an important training subject for Japanese infantry recruits.

At this time, on the ice of the Zhongman River, the Chinese Third Armored Grenadier Division was also marching southward, but these Chinese imperialist officers and soldiers were not walking, but were riding on trucks and half-track armored vehicles, pulling Cannons and luggage moved slowly on the frozen river.At the same time, nearly 200 heavy armored vehicles such as huge assault guns and self-propelled artillery rumbled along the frozen soil on both sides of the Zhongman River.

On the road south of the Jiangnan Mountains, the brigade of the 122nd Division of the Japanese Army was also advancing lightly. However, their heavy artillery and transport vehicles were not brought in at the station, but were accidentally exposed during the march this morning. , was blown up by the swarming Chinese planes!At this moment, the Japanese officers and soldiers who still had lingering fears looked up at the sky while advancing...

However, the three-way army had only one goal, and that was to penetrate behind the Japanese army and block Chushan—Guipingli and Gufeng Village on the Yunshan Highway.

Guipingli and Gufeng Village now seem to be the focus of this "Crossing the River Battle". Liu Yuzhang's detachment, which was in this focus, defeated a Japanese 113th Regiment that was delivered to the door, and began to deploy without even taking a breath. defended.The winter in North Korea was extremely cold, the ground was too frozen and hard to build fortifications, and the time was too short, so Liu Yuzhang had to order the troops to collect some door panels, trees, and miscellaneous objects, and to blow up some craters with explosives , formed several thin lines of defense to defend the four sides of Guipingli and Gufeng Village, and 120 T-39 assault guns were assigned to each line of defense to act as fixed firepower points.

The air superiority of the National Defense Forces also played a role at this time. The transport plane of the Air Force not only dropped ammunition supplies for them, but also brought a paratrooper battalion with twelve 27mm light howitzers dedicated to paratroopers.With these artillery, plus two recoilless artillery companies and two heavy mortar companies attached to the 105th and 307th regiments, Liu Yuzhang finally had a strong artillery force in his hands.

But with the arrival of the evening of December 12, the test of Liu Yuzhang's detachment is finally coming.At 12 o'clock in the evening, the artillery shells of the Japanese army first exploded on the position of the 7st Battalion of the 307th Regiment of the National Defense Army on the hillside outside Gufeng Village on the southern line.This time the Japanese army seems to have invested a whole artillery wing, with at least 1 40mm field guns/mountain guns, 75 24mm Type 70 infantry guns, and at least 92 large-caliber mortars firing at the same time.All of a sudden, columns of smoke rose from the position of the Chinese army, shooting straight into the sky in various postures.

Seeing that the hastily built field fortifications of the 307st Battalion of the 1th Regiment were blown to pieces, fragments of various obstacles, wreckage of civil engineering works, and human bodies could still be vaguely lifted into the sky.The earth and rocks on the hillside were also shaken off, the trees were swept down by the shock wave, and the whole place was a mess.

When the Japanese artillery bombardment started, the skirmish artillery battalion that was air-dropped was setting up artillery on the position south of Guipingli, and it was too late to go into battle.The Chinese army had to fight back with heavy mortars for a while, but the firepower was obviously weak.

On a hill not far from the position of the 307st Battalion of the 1th Regiment of the National Defense Forces, the former enemy command post of the 122nd Division of the Japanese Army has been set up. The two sculptures generally held binoculars to watch the effect of the bombardment.

Seeing the poor firepower of the opponent's counterattack, Nakai Ryotaro put down the binoculars and turned to look at Yoshitaka Akiyama: "Akiyama-kun, it seems that the opponent is not a complete Panzergrenadier division, at least their self-propelled artillery regiment is not in place."

Akiyama Yoshitaka also put down his binoculars and shook his head slightly: "That's not something our 122nd division can deal with. According to German estimates, the combat effectiveness of a Chinese armored grenadier division is at least equivalent to three divisions of four regiments... It is still under the condition that the anti-aircraft guns of the three divisions are fully deployed, and now we..."

Ryotaro Nakai snorted coldly: "We are preparing to use three divisions to encircle and wipe out this Chinese grenadier division this time! Our 122nd division will attack from the south line, the 106th division will attack from the north line, and the 18th division will attack from the west line. Attacking from three sides... I don't believe that this China Panzergrenadier Division can slip out of the encirclement of the imperial army with its wings!" After speaking, the commander of Nakai Division already gritted his teeth, and he turned his head to look at the chief of staff. Akiyama: "Send the order to let the 124th Regiment attack, and tell Hebian Dazuo to order him to capture Gufeng Village before dawn tomorrow, and open the passage to Guipingli in the north!"

"Hay!"

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"Onboard! Onboard! Onboard..."

Amid the shouts that seemed to tear their throats, a yellow wave of nearly 2500 Japanese infantrymen appeared just below the hilltop of the 307st Battalion of the 1th Regiment of the National Defense Forces.Behind these infantrymen, hundreds of 92-type heavy machine guns were also erected on various commanding heights, and the spring boards were sent in, and they were fired with a click, turning into a series of red streams of fire at an extremely fast speed. Fly to the opposite hill.

Liu Yuzhang also moved the former enemy command post from Guipingli to Gufeng Village at this time, and he himself stood on a high hill outside Gufeng Village.Using binoculars to watch the waves of khaki men of the Japanese army rushing towards their positions.

I'm afraid there are three brigades of Japanese devils, these little Japanese are really willing to spend their money!The fierce north wind blew his hands cold, but he didn't know it, all his attention was attracted by the Japanese front.A staff officer came behind him at some point and shouted loudly: "Secretary seat, military seat! Battalion Commander Zhang of the Paratrooper Artillery Battalion said that the cannon has been set up and can fire now!"