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- The situation is actually more serious than Wada Kameji knows.
The main reason is that the tanks of the People's Army are traveling too fast. According to the pre-war deployment, the tank troops should penetrate into the hinterland of the Japanese army. The flat land in the west is where it gallops, invincible. Except for a few main positions that were compressed together and were avoided as required in advance, the other lines of defense collapsed at the first touch and did not stop until the southward attack was 30 miles away.
It¡¯s not that the People¡¯s Army is too tenacious, but that the action is too sudden and the tanks are too powerful.
Since they have never found an effective way to restrain tanks, the upper echelons of the Japanese army can only use explosives, trenches, and mines to educate soldiers about the limitations of tanks. However, the lower-level Japanese officers and soldiers who have personally experienced their power have been afraid of them for a long time. Guilt cannot be eliminated, and it affects others.
Especially when the unstoppable tank, rumbling and spitting flames, appeared in front of him, his indomitable momentum extinguished everyone's courage in an instant. Except for the troops who were directly killed and crippled, the other teams chose to stay away from it.
At this time, the Japanese army still did not realize that the People's Army had cast a wide net for it. More than a hundred infantry fighting vehicles accompanied the tanks deep into the hinterland, assaulting thousands of soldiers and placing them in their rear areas. After the people's army on the left and right sides successfully encircles the enemy, all enemy forces within the circle will become turtles in the urn.
The premise is that the retreating Japanese army cannot break through this line of defense, but can such a small force that arrived temporarily withstand the test? No one knew the answer until the battle began on March 15.
The darkness and chaos allowed this unit to calmly set up simple fortifications for an hour, and then faced the retreating Japanese army like a tide.
Within this hour, the Japanese command finally obtained some sporadic but useful information. Faced with the fact that the People's Army on the Western Front committed four armies to capture the First Division, even the most obtuse person would understand its purpose.
The Japanese Korean Command, which focused on defense, could do little about this situation. Launch an all-out attack on the People's Army on the opposite side to achieve the goal of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao? It shouldn't be realistic.
First, it has no strategic offensive plan at all, and the temporary offensive can only be a large-scale firefight; second, since the People's Army can carry out this attack carefully, it must be prepared to fight on other lines of defense. It is unknown whether Haohui will have main attack points in other locations.
Assistance is not realistic, at least it is true that friendly forces do not dare to act rashly at night. The Japanese army, not accustomed to night fighting, had to wait until dawn before launching targeted operations. This night was destined to be a disaster for the First Division.
Of course, the word "retreat" does not exist in Wada Kameji's dictionary. Without Chief of Staff Nanjiro's advice, he knew he could no longer retreat. At present, the area controlled by the Japanese army only accounts for about 40% of the Korean Peninsula. If it continues to retreat, how can the Army, which has always been regarded as a weak point by the emperor, have the face to explain to the people? From now on, it will be completely defeated by the navy.
Although the information was poor, he believed that his soldiers would not retreat without permission. Escape at night is far more dangerous than standing firm in the trenches. Besides, the glory of the imperial soldiers has no place for deserters to survive. The status of a family of soldiers who died in battle and those of deserted soldiers is very different in the hearts of the people. This kind of pressure is enough. Make soldiers willing to die.
Therefore, Wada Kameji issued an order to the various regiments he could contact to hold their positions and wait for dawn. This order was implemented unconditionally. Later, when Wada Kameji returned home, he spent the rest of his life repenting of this order.
The Japanese army faithfully carried out this order, but soon they were divided and surrounded by the people's army that surged up like a tide.
As before, the People's Army is not fond of fighting. Their purpose in this battle is to surround as many enemies as possible, then trap and annihilate them. Often a division of troops surrounds a defensive position, and then automatically separates into a regiment to surround without fighting, while other troops continue to charge forward. An hour later, the sound of artillery on the battlefield became quieter, and the sound of gunfire was often limited to areas where fighting was really unavoidable.
However, Wada Kameji felt that the position was getting closer and closer to his headquarters. He instinctively asked the front line to report the situation. However, except for the nearby brigades that could be contacted, other units had unknown situations. The telephone lines of the two brigades ahead of the sudden attack had been cut off.
Then his chief of staff, Colonel Sakai, came over in panic and reported that less than three miles behind his headquarters, the Guards had engaged in a firefight with a People's Army of unknown origin.
This surprised Wada. There is a distance of thirty miles from the front line to his headquarters. More than 20,000 elite Japanese troops are not just decorations. How can the Chinese army calmly attack here? They can't run this far in an hour, unless they are mechanical troops. Thinking of the teams that had lost contact, he suddenly had a bad feeling.
From the map, the missing teams are concentrated on an almost straight route on the right wing, which was also the main attack direction of the People's Army armored forces at first.
At first, the tanks of the People's Army almost reached the rear of the First Division, but somehow they retreated back. He thought it was the fault of one of the teams along the line - although the tanks were powerful, they were marching at night. Fighting is only much more difficult than infantry. It is certain that they would not dare to go deeper without support.
Did the Chinese actually leave a team here? From the map, it looks like a place called Songtan. The source of the Bukhan River flows north from here and flows into the Hongcheon River. The tanks cannot move freely here. I'm afraid that's why they fought back, right? From here to the west, not far away is Asan Bay, which leads directly to the Yellow Sea. The area was crisscrossed with ravines, making it impossible for larger warships to enter.
not good! The Chinese want to cut off our army's retreat! This was Wada Kameji's subconscious reaction.
If Pingze was not still in the hands of the Japanese army, he would probably take a breath: "What a huge appetite!" Of course, he would be even more shocked if he knew the truth. But even if there is a retreat for him, he can't take more troops.
The Japanese army, which was trapped in a separate battle situation, had no one to organize an effective front to eliminate the threat of this thousand-man team. The various brigades and squadrons that had been frightened by the tanks only dared to huddle in relatively strong trenches and refuse to defend. It makes the actions of the People's Army much more convenient.
Let go of the strong Japanese defense line - this kind of defense line will be cleared one by one later - and keep marching in depth, giving full play to the strength of the People's Army and surrounding as many enemies as possible , which is the military deployment before the war.
Wada Kameji felt that he could not underestimate the enemy. He called Matsushima, the captain of the 57th Regiment under his command: "Send troops to destroy this enemy force quickly. It will interfere with our military deployment!"
He was right, but Matsushima didn't understand the urgency. As he was dividing his troops to stabilize the position to meet the People's Army's offensive, he was not worried about the combat effectiveness of this army at all. He arranged a large group of troops to complete the task of extermination. The same infantry versus infantry, with similar numbers, he had great confidence in the combat effectiveness of the Japanese soldiers.
He has fought several cruel battles, and no one knows where his confidence comes from? This decision killed him and almost killed Wada.
Because of the asymmetry of information, he had no idea that although this thousand-man People's Army was indeed infantry, it was accompanied by at least four self-propelled artillery pieces and one tank.
It was not intentional, but because of the instability of the quality of vehicles in this era. During the 30-mile straight attack, some vehicles were inevitably damaged, not necessarily due to the Japanese counterattack, but they themselves would also break down.
That tank had difficulty moving due to damage to its power and was unable to keep up with the group operations. It was simply temporarily included in the infantry establishment and used as a movable defensive position. The addition of the four self-propelled artillery was to take into account the subsequent counterattack of the Japanese army. Zhongneng can give this force a certain amount of firepower support.
The next evolution does not require much writing. The general conclusion is that this small force of a thousand people supported by mobile artillery beat the entire Japanese brigade to the point of losing its teeth. Do you want to take down a temporary position that has been slightly arranged with just a few machine guns? At least in frontal combat, the gun troops cannot deal a fatal blow to the advancing self-propelled artillery!
In order to report to the division commander, the Japanese captain who was ordered to attack attacked several times and suffered repeated defeats, giving full play to the "gummy candy" fighting spirit of the Japanese army.
If it was a purely offensive battle, perhaps he could be praised for his heroic behavior, but considering that fighter planes are life, this approach cannot be forgiven.
Perhaps the clutter at night interfered with Wada Kameji's memory, or perhaps the burning military situation affected his intervention in this matter. Anyway, no one reported back the latest status of this unit in the next few hours until the 27th Army's The sharp knife troops inserted into the junction of the rear of the 1st Division and the 104th Division like a wedge and encircled them eastward.
The advancing People's Army attacked, attacked, and attacked again regardless of losses, breaking a series of counterattacks or blockades by the Japanese army. At the same time, the first section of the 28th Army also advanced along the Bukhan River towards its source, and met with the thousand-man team responsible for blocking.
The defenders suddenly became stronger. Captain Songdao, who was still tirelessly directing the remaining soldiers to attack, knew that the situation was over and asked for support in embarrassment.
It was at this time that Wada Kameji felt that something bad was going on. After two pincer attacks by the People's Army, which seized the favorable terrain first, more than half of the First Division had been put into their pocket.
Ignoring that damn Matsushima, Wada Kameji nervously studied the situation: the 4th Division has not made any rescue operations yet, and there is heavy artillery fire over there, so it must be in a hard fight; the commander of the 104th Division on the left is actually there. The news was just a request for help from him. At this time, he only had more than half a brigade of troops at his disposal, and his artillery regiment was already trapped in his pocket.
More than 10,000 troops are surrounded by the Chinese Army. Do you want to use the nearly 6,000 people at hand to carry out a counterattack before the People's Army encircles them? Wada was confused for a while. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)?At this time, he only had more than half a brigade of troops at his disposal, and his artillery regiment was already trapped in his pocket.
More than 10,000 troops are surrounded by the Chinese Army. Do you want to use the nearly 6,000 people at hand to carry out a counterattack before the People's Army encircles them? Wada was confused for a while. (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
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