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Chapter 890 Everyone has his own plans

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    The troops that rushed to reinforce the Imjin River were the 100th Division, which was famous for its broadswords and was nicknamed the "Long Live Division" by the young marshal himself.  After receiving the order, Zhao Dengyu mobilized urgently and forced the army from vacation to front-line combat status, which took 4 hours.

    It is 122 kilometers from Pyongyang to Kaesong and 58 kilometers from Saliwon to Kaesong. According to the traffic conditions of this era, it only takes one or two hours to take the train. Fortunately, the Beijing-Xinjiang Railway built by the Japanese in North Korea allowed the People's Army to  The speed of troop deployment is quite fast.

    Zhao Dengyu was extremely anxious.

    Knowing the failure of the 3rd Army means that all previous efforts can now return to the starting point.  He went south with the first group of troops, preparing to take over the defense of Linjin River as deputy army commander, which was personally designated by Jian Yiqiao.  Knowing that the heavy artillery on the front line was there, the 100th Division advanced lightly.  What is lacking now is people, not heavy weapons that take up space and are cumbersome.

    Due to the rapid defeat and elimination of the Japanese army in northern Korea, the railway tracks from Pyongyang to the south were not damaged in time, and even the scenery was beautiful.

    The scenery is picturesque.

    But Zhao Dengyu was not in such a good mood to appreciate it.  The chief of staff had already fetched a topographic map of North Korea. Although all the mountains and rivers were in his mind, he still took a heavy look at both sides of the Imjin River and considered several places.

    Xintan and Jinhua are temporarily guarded by the remaining 12th Brigade regiment that was driven out by the 3rd Army.  These two places must be conquered quickly and contacted with the 3rd Army on the east side, because the Japanese army can bypass the Imjin River and enter the Five Sacred Mountains at any time.

    ¡°Given that the Five Sacred Mountains are the throat of central Korea, once they are broken through, there will be no danger to defend the two hundred miles to the north, and the door to Pyongyang will also be opened, and the war will become more serious.

    The 3rd Army currently has no obvious enemies. It is just trying to pull the line of control as far south as possible. Unfortunately, due to limited communication conditions, he was unable to contact them.  What he could do was to have his 299th regiment follow them by car to Pingshan and then walk eastward, striving to reach and occupy these two important areas before Japanese reinforcements.

    According to the defense plan delivered to the headquarters by Hu Zhen, commander of the 9th Division, 12 infantry companies and the expanded 7th Artillery Regiment were deployed on a 12-kilometer-long front.  At the southern end of the railway bridge, a battalion of troops and an artillery battalion were deployed, and the rest served as the general reserve.  This arrangement appears to be useful.  Even I can only do this.

    Ji Yiqiao has already thought about Zhao Dengyu's troubles, but there is no good solution for the moment.  He has ordered the deployment of troops from Sinuiju or domestically, but due to limited transport capacity, it is saturated in Pyongyang.  Deputy Commander and Logistics Minister Niu Yuanfeng has tried his best to mobilize trains from Northeast China to enter North Korea, but the delay is too late.

    It¡¯s hard enough for him.

    "The food and clothing for hundreds of thousands of people, as well as heavy artillery and tanks, artillery shells and bullets, the daily consumption alone is an astronomical figure.  In addition, we also encountered practical difficulties such as language barriers and unfamiliar geography. Niu Yuanfeng was like an old cow, working hard and arranging things in an orderly manner.  When the war was at its most intense, he could only sleep two hours a day.

    The people arranged by the young marshal are very capable!

    The sound of the train rumbling south was masked by the rumbling gunfire from the front line. The Japanese 8th Regiment had already carried out four charges.

    ¡°On that mound with a radius of less than two miles, Zhongcun had already lost an entire brigade.  Because it lies across the People's Army defense line and extends into the south of the Yangtze River, it is impossible to cross the railway bridge without solving it, and therefore it is impossible to swim across the river calmly.

    After several rounds, the People's Army artillery on the other side has calibrated its position.  For intensive Japanese charges, the artillery usually set up three or four artillery fire lines on the road, and all of them were rapid fire from a "reinforced" artillery battery.  During the intervals when the Japanese troops were dodging barrages, the KPA infantry could calmly unleash their firepower, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese troops.

    What a destructive tactic!

    Originally, in order to eliminate the 3rd Army, the Japanese Army Headquarters adopted a light-armed versus light-armed approach to defeat the main force of the People's Army in one fell swoop. However, when the advance reached a certain level, their shortcomings of insufficient firepower were exposed.

    Waiting for the cannon to come up?  It takes a day.  On this day, I don¡¯t know what will happen, and it is not difficult for the People¡¯s Army to take the initiative to blow up the railway bridge and let everyone see each other across the river.

    Various intelligence shows that the number of the People's Army on the other side is not large, so considering the distance between Pyongyang and here, reinforcements can arrive day and night.  In order to avoid a new round of stalemate, or to occupy more favorable terrain before a new stalemate, proactive and fierce attacks are essential.  Moreover, the brigade headquarters has issued an order to advance quickly and expand the results of the battle. Being blocked here is not an option.

    Nakamura looked at the people and horses coming one after another and felt heartbroken: These are his countrymen!  The artillery fire in China was too sharp. If the estimate is correct, all the artillery of the 3rd Army was concentrated here.  According to the establishment of the Chinese army, there are four artillery regiments.quantity!  His own 8th Regiment and the entire brigade came, but they were just filling in the holes.

    How can flesh and blood compete with steel?

    Is there any way to avoid this fatal situation?  Nakamura thought about it.  Hey, there it is!  The main force of the China Army is here, does it mean that the defense in other places is empty?  I might as well take this opportunity to bypass this place and attack the weak position of the China Army. Places such as Xintan and Jinhua are the junctions of the two fists of the People's Army, the 3rd Army and the 2nd Army.

    "If we hit here, we can not only tear the connection between the two parts, but also have the opportunity to penetrate into the middle of North Korea from behind the Imjin River and shoot from the left and right. Why not?"

    What's more, the leader of the Gumi Brigade of the 12th Brigade of the 6th Division was rushed there together with a regiment from the north of the city. If he merged with it, it would be a great force, and it might be possible to avoid the current very strict situation.  The situation can also be explained to the superiors.

    The only undisciplined 4th Division of the Japanese army has always made unexpected trips, and this time is no exception.  When Captain Nakamura decided to withdraw from the frontal siege and turn to the northeast, he heard a sound of praise.

    ¡° Brute force and recklessness are not our strengths, surprise is our specialty.  In this way, the 8th Regiment broke away from the battle line without any fanfare. The 9th Division, which was fighting hard, breathed a sigh of relief and also had some doubts: What are they going to do?

    Hu Zhen, on the other hand, felt something was not good. He reported the situation to the Chaosi and asked what troops would join the Jinhua and Xintan front lines. The answer weighed on him: an infantry regiment of the 100th Division was rushing there at night.

    At the beginning, the 3rd Army only defeated the remnants of the Japanese 12th Brigade instead of annihilating them, allowing them to escape safely to the critical place of Jinhua.  Instead of consolidating the defense line and taking advantage of the victory to drive it out and open up connections with the 2nd Army, Commander Jixing underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, resulting in the current dangerous situation.

    It was a good victory, but being beaten like this made him feel unspeakably angry.

    Instead, he hoped that the 8th Regiment could touch his position, so as to provide indirect support to friendly forces.  But when the Japanese army left, he didn't dare to divide his troops to pursue them - how could he know how the war was going in the south?  If the Japanese army defeats the main force of the 7th and 8th Divisions and then advances quickly, this strength will be exhausted.  Should Chao Sihuo be asked to urgently mobilize troops again?  Isn¡¯t it enough that the Third Army made a fool of themselves before?  ?(Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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