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Chapter 881 Siege

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    Unwilling to give up, the People's Army decided to go head-on.  Although an attack without heavy firepower may cause heavy casualties, this loss is still worth it compared to returning halfway and conducive to the post-war layout.

    The second battalion rushed forward. Countless figures were jumping in the Japanese artillery fire.  Light and heavy machine guns rang out, and the battlefield returned to calm.

    The Japanese firepower was extremely fierce, and the front line of the position was almost plowed.  At this time, the well-trained characteristics of the Japanese army came into play.  They can independently choose the intersection point of firepower according to the intensity of the People's Army's charge. Their light and heavy machine guns and artillery are also well coordinated. In addition, the excellent individual soldier skills have also caused the People's Army to suffer enough.

    The one responsible for the frontal attack has now been replaced by the second battalion.  Facing the fierce firepower, the battalion commander asked the regiment for fire support. But at this time, how could there be time to mobilize the field artillery in the rear?  On its own, the battalion headquarters did have a two-row mortar company, but the mere nine direct-fire cannons caused too little damage to the Japanese positions. The weapons that were basically area-killing were of no help in attacking the enemy.

    When the 19th regiment was in a bitter battle, the 27th regiment in charge of the rear discovered the enemy's situation.  The reconnaissance force discovered that a large number of Japanese troops had entered the left and right wings of the People's Army. This sudden news made Hui De'an very uneasy.

    He is the commander of the 8th Division, and follows the 7th Division to assume the defensive task of the second echelon after the occupation of Seoul.  Originally, after the main force of the Japanese army reinforced North Korea, he was dissatisfied with the military headquarters' decision to urgently capture Seoul in violation of the orders of the General Secretary.  Now, with this trend, he must make a decision.

    During the movement, contact with the military headquarters was temporarily interrupted. As a front-line commander, he ordered the 22nd and 24th regiments that had already fought with them to quickly roll out their defense lines.  These two regiments are on the two wings of the entire army and are responsible for protecting the main force of the Central Committee.

    At the same time, he ordered to contact the advancing 7th Division and asked them to stop advancing and defend on the spot; he also tried to contact the military headquarters to inform them of this unusual development.

    In fact, Jixing no longer needs him to inform him, because while he is still halfway, his garrison has already exchanged fire with the Japanese army.

    His military headquarters included a regiment of the 9th Division at the rear, as well as the baggage troops of the 7th and 8th Divisions.  At first, he thought it was a sporadic small unit of the Japanese army, but with just one charge, the infantry regiment in charge of the perimeter was disrupted.

    Fortunately, the Japanese army was also marching in a hurry, and they also did not carry heavy artillery and other weapons. After the 3rd Army gathered the various units together and formed a group, for a while, the Japanese army could not take down this huge body.

    However, the Japanese army was not willing to fight, and continued to move northward while encircling the enemy. The excellent tactical qualities of the Japanese army began to show. The infantry and engineers quickly dug out simple fortifications in the direction of the retreat of the People's Army, which made Ji Xing extremely anxious.

    There are only two infantry regiments behind, as well as an artillery regiment from the military headquarters and an artillery regiment from the 9th Division stationed at the Imjin River. The divisional artillery regiments of the other two divisions are slowly rushing here with the baggage.  The two artillery regiments without escorts were no match for the assault infantry unless they set up artillery formations.

    But if they all want to capture Seoul, who will set up a formation to play in the middle of the road?  The deployment of towed artillery is also very troublesome.

    So he urgently ordered the entire army to retreat and tried to contact this unit.  The radio notification has been sent out, but I don¡¯t know if they can receive it.  Considering the communication capabilities of this era, communication with various ministries was basically out of control during the emergency march.

    When he wanted to break through, he realized that he had no chance.

    I don¡¯t know where so many Japanese troops came from - they should have bypassed the forward 7th Division and emerged from the mountains on both sides, otherwise the 7th Division would have no reason not to have a face-to-face encounter.  They seem to be dusty and have no heavy weapons, but their fighting style is very tenacious.

    Yes, tenacious!  Simple fortifications and intensive defense made it impossible for the People's Army, which did not have superior strength, to break through.  For this kind of intensive defense, the best breakthrough tool is artillery. Japanese soldiers are still in the backward tactics of World War I.  But this backwardness is very effective here and now.

    In order to notify the army, Jixing sent out all the army's cavalry regiments.  Of course, part of it is for its use as "artificial communication". The main idea is to break through the enemy's obstruction.

    As long as the cavalry rushes out, the troops in the rear, especially the artillery, can be informed to the maximum extent.  If the precious cannons cannot be repaired, the best plan is to blow them up. They must not be thrown into the hands of the Japanese army.

    Zhang Hanqing's purpose of retaining the army's cavalry regiment during the military reform in 1927 was to use it as a fast force to win by surprise. Before tanks became a formal formation, the cavalry was still very useful, especially for harassing the enemy's logistics line.  .  Of course it is not used to duel with infantry. In the era of hot weapons, confrontations between cavalry and infantry were rare.Or, this is completely opposite to the cold weapon era.

    But the infantry could not break through the Japanese firepower network.  The defense system consisting of machine guns and mortars repulsed the joint offensive of the People's Army infantry and cavalry.

    Although the People's Army also showed a fearless spirit and continued to attack despite the roar of bullets and mortars, the huge casualties still forced them to stop a new round of charge.  By this time, the 1,062-man cavalry regiment had suffered all its casualties, and what was left on the battlefield were the corpses of the sacrificed cavalry and the wails of the horses.

    The war has reached this point and it can no longer be fought.  It's not that they don't want to charge any more, but that the Japanese army, which is obviously more numerous and more fearless than the People's Army, is desperately holding on to the front line. Even if all the troops in the military headquarters are exhausted, they can't rush out.  Moreover, what Jixing was thinking of at this time was the two divisions in the south - the organization had completely retreated!

    He could only shout loudly in his heart and pray for good luck to the artillery regiment.  Of course, he did not forget to telegraph the situation to the court at this time.  It was this information that gave the People's Army a little hope.  Of course, the good luck he prayed for for the artillery regiment did not come true, because at this time, the artillery regiment was under siege by numerous Japanese infantry.

    The artillery regiment of the People's Army has a standard configuration of 1,494 people. In addition to 54 cannons, there are 100 trucks. In addition to the pistols used by officers at all levels for self-defense, the only ones that can participate in the battle are regimental guard platoons and battalion guard squads.  .  The field artillery company of the infantry regiment has a similar organization. In terms of long-range firepower, they are masters, but in close combat, they can only be scumbags.

    So when dense gunfire came from the distance, Liu Yanji, commander of the 7th Artillery Regiment in front of the sudden attack, sensitively ordered the entire regiment to stop advancing.  Due to the difficulty of walking on the road, the artillery towed by cars and a dozen people made the artillery regiment move slower than the infantry.  We are already 20 to 30 kilometers away from the main force. What is happening ahead?

    Ordinarily, it is still far from Seoul. According to the pre-war military headquarters order, the 7th Division of our own division is opening the way, so there should be no more enemy troops.  But where did the sound of gunfire come from?  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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