Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in hlnovel.com -> Historic -> my northeast army

Chapter 22 The dragon is in the abyss (2)

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    You can search "My Northeastern Army" on Baidu to find the latest chapters!

    On July 11, the Japanese army lost Jincheon, an important town on the outskirts of Cheongju.  When the Northeastern Army rushed into the city, which had been without food for nearly ten days, there were only more than 2,000 Japanese guards left in a detachment inside, who were thin and hungry and could not lift a gun.  The 3rd Armored Regiment and 6th Independent Infantry Brigade of the 101st Armored Division of the Northeast Army that captured Pingtaek were more creative. The officers and soldiers attacked the 4th Division of the Korean Army and the 29th Regiment of the 2nd Division (which had been besieged for five days).  Aizu Wakamatsu United) launched psychological warfare.  Before launching the general offensive, soldiers from the 3rd Armored Regiment and the 6th Brigade buried pots and cooked rice outside the bullet range in front of the Korean army's position.  Fresh pork shipped from the country was chopped into fist-sized pieces and cooked with vermicelli to make the Northeastern specialty "Pork Stewed Vermicelli". Large pieces of beef bones were boiled in a soup pot with a lot of chili peppers. The officers and soldiers used blowers to boil the meat.  The scent blew to the Korean army's position.  The Korean soldiers in the army shouted to the hungry Korean soldiers opposite, with their eyes wide open and their noses sniffing desperately: "Compatriots! Come here, don't work for the Japanese! We are Koreans and Han here  All are equal! We have food and meat here!"

    The morale of the Korean soldiers who had been living on chaff for many days was shaken. Under the Japanese bullets, they ran over without caring about the casualties in large areas. After throwing down their guns and surrendering, they grabbed the food and wolfed it down. In one fell swoop, the Northeast Army captured hundreds of people.  Prisoners of the Korean Army.

    Before the general offensive, the majestic tanks and armored units of the Northeast Army and the infantry units of the Northeast Army all over the mountains and plains gathered into a dense team. The infantry marched step by step with their bayonets pointed out, marching neatly in their military boots and making a majestic "click" sound.  Tanks also formed a steel formation and moved forward amidst the "rumbling" sound of mechanical operation.  In the past, this was an extremely dangerous thing, because if the team was too densely packed together, it would be covered by Japanese artillery fire, resulting in a large number of casualties. However, the officers of the 3rd Armored Regiment and the 6th Infantry Brigade had grasped the pulse of the Japanese army and knew that they had already  Use up all the cannonballs.  The officers and soldiers, led by the officers, chanted slogans:

    "The Northeastern Army must win!"

    The soldiers of the Northeast Army shouted in unison like a roaring mountain and a tsunami: "We must win! We must win! We must win!"

    "Long live Marshal Zhang!"

    The soldiers of the Northeast Army shouted in unison like a storm: "Long live! Long live! Long live!"

    The powerful momentum hit the hearts of the frightened Japanese and Korean soldiers like a roaring wind and huge waves.  The offensive composed of bullets and pork from the Northeastern Army, combined with the hunger that is spreading in South Korea, is gradually disintegrating the defense lines of the Japanese and Korean troops.

    Cheongju, the headquarters of the Japan-Korea Expeditionary Force.

    "In the past ten days, freighters and transport ships sailing from the empire to North Korea have been frequently attacked by Northeastern submarines. A total of 137 ships have sunk, including more than 150,000 tons of ammunition, food, fuel and other urgently needed supplies for the troops.  The sea. The Northeastern Army can continuously transport supplies to the front line through the pontoon bridge on the Yalu River, but we have to transport supplies through the Korean Strait where an unknown number of Northeastern Army submarines are hidden. Now the sea lines of communication from the Empire to North Korea are being severely damaged.  Due to the massive destruction, less than 30% of the supplies have been delivered to the frontline troops." Chief of General Staff Jun Tada reported with a sad look on his face, "The frontline troops are already quite short of ammunition. Among them, the Korean army now has an average return of bullets per person at most.  There are 15 rounds, and the Imperial Army has about 50 rounds. The reserves of artillery shells and aircraft parts have been exhausted due to huge consumption; important military supplies factories in Daejeon, Gongju, Sangju and other places have reduced their production by 60% due to the Northeast Army's air raids.  quantity; in addition, food has also been

    "Enough! Didn't it mean that the Northeastern Army only has no more than five submarines purchased by Germany? But what do these loss figures mean! There are at least thirty! It means that the Northeastern Army has begun to be able to manufacture submarines! Their submarine force has been established and  They are wreaking havoc on our maritime supply lines! What do the intelligence geeks in the military department do for a living! What do the Empire of Japan's 'Asia's number one' navy do for a living!" The bad news on land and in the air these days has made Xiao  Iso Kuniaki was very worried. The bad news at sea suddenly made him hate his teeth. These hateful Northeastern submarines not only frequently sank the most deadly transport ships of the Japanese army, but also placed a large number of them in some important ports and sea areas that must pass through.  Mines.  On July 12, the 5,000-ton Japanese transport ship "Yamaguchi Maru" was frightened all the way but finally arrived at the Port of Busan without any danger. However, at the last moment, it ran into a mine deployed by a Northeastern Army submarine, causing thousands of tons of damage.  All the food urgently needed by the imperial army stationed in Korea sank into the sea.

    "First, immediately report the information about the Northeastern Army's submarine force and the losses they caused us to Tokyo! Let those noble navy men completely eliminate these damn Northeastern Army submarines! Secondly, before re-establishing  In front of the maritime supply line, the troops collected food on the spot to solve the ration problem! Third, telegraph to the military department that keeping North Korea requires not only food, ammunition, and fuel supplies, but also more troops! The teams composed of useless Koreans not only consume military rationsChanneled, "Target direction is 80 degrees, speed is 25 knots! All launch tubes 1 to 4 are open! Prepare for sector launch! Torpedo speed is adjusted to 45 knots! Prepare! launch!"

    After the lightning that illuminated the sea like daylight, there were four thunders that tore the sky apart, like a red sunset setting on the destroyer "Taifu Knife".  The Japanese destroyer "Taifu Knife", which was hit solidly by all four "Lance" torpedoes, was torn into several pieces and quickly sank on the rolling sea.

    U-1012 limped back to Incheon in semi-submersible mode. What awaited it was a full week of overhaul.

    Since the Japanese naval fleet stepped up its anti-potential operations in the Korean Strait on the 20th, the Northeast Army¡¯s submarine force¡¯s stranglehold on the Japanese maritime supply lines has become more serious.  In just ten days, two U-shaped submarines of the Northeastern Army were sunk by Japanese escort warships, and 90 submarine officers and soldiers were martyred. In addition, U-1009 ran out of torpedoes and was damaged by a Japanese submarine in the northern part of the Griffey Islands. It managed to reach the Incheon military port.  It was seriously injured and sank when it was 15 kilometers away. Fortunately, almost all the officers and soldiers on board were rescued.  Although it cost a lot, the results were brilliant.  Every week, the Japanese army sent more than 50,000 tons of supplies into the sea.  At the same time, the third batch of four domestic U-type submarines (numbered: u-1029, u-1030, u-1031, u-1032) from the four shipyards of Dalian, Lushun, Qinhuangdao, and Huludao were delivered to the navy and added to the submarine force.  Fighting to sabotage Japan's maritime supply lines.  The officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army's submarine force, who grew up in arduous and dangerous battles, became more and more mature and became more tenacious in strangulating the material transportation lines from Japan to North Korea.

    When the percentage of materials transported from the mainland to North Korea sinking into the sea barely dropped from more than 60% to 30% due to the efforts of the navy, Koiso Kuniaki began to care about the issue of troop transportation.  When he later learned that the military had dispatched the Fourth Division to North Korea for reinforcements, Koiso immediately called the military and claimed that North Korea was short of ammunition and food, so the support of the 6th Independent Mixed Brigade was enough, and he would not bother the elites of the Osaka Division.  Troops.  But soon I got a call back, saying that the Sixth Brigade had just been established and could not participate in the war before it had completed training.

    After putting down the phone, Koiso Kuniaki sighed. He knew this Fourth Division very well.  Although this division is also one of the seventeen permanent divisions established by the modern Japanese army, they are all veterans and equipped with sophisticated weapons, and can be called "elite".  But these soldiers were all composed of traders and farmers from Osaka, and they had the aura of "calculated" profiteers that had been formed over hundreds of years and had been deeply ingrained in their bones.  Unlike the other Imperial Army's tenacious will to fight to the end, the 4th Division was afraid of death and passively avoided fighting. Especially the core unit of the 4th Division, the 8th Regiment, was defeated repeatedly in the Russo-Japanese War.  , won the nickname "The Eighth Regiment Not Afraid of Defeat", and the entire Fourth Division also received the title "The First Wimpy Division of the Imperial Army" within the Japanese Army.  But it's not a scarecrow at least. If you can't attack, you can always defend.

    At the Port of Busan, Chief of Staff Tada Shun met the officers and soldiers of the 8th Regiment of the 4th Division who had just landed. When the sea was bumpy, this vanguard was attacked by a Northeastern Army submarine and a transport ship was sunk.  , more than 300 soldiers drowned in the sea before seeing the enemy.  This added fear to the war-fearing Osaka officers and soldiers.

    "Hey, they look even more decadent than those troops that suffered heavy casualties. Why not send the Empire's most elite Sixth Division!"

    After the rise of Japan in modern times, it learned from the Western system and successively established 20 divisions, plus 4 independent mixed brigades stationed in other areas and the Guards Division guarding the Imperial Palace, forming the main body of the army. Later, it was disbanded after the London Disarmament Agreement in 1925.  Drop the 13th, 15th, 17th, and 18th divisions.  In the Northeast Battle of 1933, the 8th and 9th Divisions were completely wiped out. The 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 7th Divisions and the newly formed 5th Brigade that participated in the battle at the same time all suffered heavy casualties, and the 2nd Division was left behind.  Rest in North Korea.  Forced by heavy losses in troops, the Japanese military rebuilt the four divisions that had been laid off at the London Conference and transferred them to North Korea to reinforce the local 19th and 20th divisions.  As a result, the 19th, 20th, and 13th Divisions and the 2nd and 4th Brigades were completely lost in the Northeast Army's "V" Operation. The Second Division, which had just barely recovered its strength, was hit hard again, and the main regiment was completely wiped out.  , the remaining troops were transferred back to the country.  In order to reverse the defeat, the 11th, 14th and 16th Divisions were transferred to North Korea.  Despite this, Koiso Kuniaki still felt that the troops on hand were insufficient and applied for the transfer of another division. As a result, the notorious Fourth Division was transferred.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report