Chapter 623: Landing in Japan (5)
Luo Yue waded through knee-deep seawater and walked on land, and he was quite impressed in his heart, in the old time and space, sweeping Dongying, and stepping on Fusang is the yearning of countless hot-blooded young people, but it is basically impossible to achieve, at most he can only enjoy himself in the online world. In this era, the conquest of Japan has become an achievable goal, and it has become the goal of many travelers, and now that they have finally set foot on the land of Japan, they also have their own steps, but it is a big step for them. Thinking of this, Luo Yue couldn't help but feel a little funny in his heart, but he also quickly adjusted his emotions and walked ashore.
At this time, the troops who had gone ashore in advance had set up several tents on the shore and set up temporary headquarters, telegraph rooms, field hospitals, warehouses, and other facilities.
Under the leadership of the guards, Luo Yue walked into the tent that was used as the headquarters, and at this time, the staff officers and guards who had gone ashore in advance had already arranged the facilities inside the tent, put together a large command platform, laid out the map, placed more than a dozen folding chairs on the side of the command, and placed a few desks on the side.
Seeing Luo Yue come in, the staff officers immediately stood up on both sides of the command platform, Luo Yue came to the middle position in front of the command platform, and the adjutant said, "Salute." ”
The staff officers immediately raised their hands together and saluted, and Luo Yue also returned the salute, and then said: "What is the situation now, how many troops have we landed, and how are they arranged." ”
A staff officer said: "Report to the commander, the 1st Division has all successfully landed ashore, and at present, the 2nd Regiment has taken over the 1st Regiment and is responsible for the perimeter vigilance of the shore position, the 1st Regiment and the 3rd Regiment are now repairing on the shore, and the 1st Regiment and the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Army of the Mercenary Corps have also gone ashore, and now the artillery is being unloaded on the pier." The 1st and 2nd regiments of the reserve are going ashore on landing ships. In addition, we arrested more than a dozen Japanese near the pier. ”
Since there is only one trestle that can load and unload materials, the efficiency is not high, so after going ashore to ensure that some troops can ensure that they stand firm on the beachhead, the trestle is mainly to unload materials, and the rest of the army personnel are changed to take landing ships to go ashore.
At this time, Lin Chengdong, the chief of staff, said: "Commander, I think we should attack Yuzha Town immediately, otherwise it will be difficult to fight when the Japanese take precautions." And only by taking Haza Town can we really gain a foothold, and we also have a foothold. ”
Luo Yue nodded, Haza Town is very close to the place where the People's Army landed, only about 3 kilometers away, you can see the peripheral buildings of Haza Town at a higher position on the shore, the actual dock occupied by the People's Army belongs to Haza Town, there is a road that can lead directly to Haza Town, and there are many houses and shops on both sides of the road.
Luo Yue nodded, looked at the map again, and said, "It's just that it's not safe to take Yuza Town, I think we must take Nanao City, so that we can really gain a foothold on the Noto Peninsula." ”
Lin Chengdong said: "Okay, after the fight is over, I will attack Nanao City immediately." ”
Luo Yue shook his head, scratched on the map, and said, "No, attack these two places at the same time, and take them all today, it is best if we move to Qiwei tomorrow, and the next batch of ships will all dock at Qiwei." ”
Lin Chengdong was stunned for a moment, and said, "Divide the troops to attack?"
Luo Yue said: "Yes, I plan to send 1 regiment with 1 regiment of mercenaries to attack Nanao, 3 regiments to attack Haza Town, and 2 regiments of mercenaries can be used as reserves." ”
Lin Chengdong said: "Then there are only 2 regiments left guarding the shore position, and the Russians are unreliable, so they can't be used as reserves at all, isn't this too risky?"
Luo Yue said: "I don't think the danger is great, the Japanese garrison on the Noto Peninsula is very empty, it is impossible to organize an effective response in a short period of time, and the town of Hazuma is close at hand, once there is something on the shore position, you can immediately return to defense, the mercenary corps is still relatively reliable after our reorganization and training, at least at this time they will never have different intentions, and our follow-up troops will immediately dock, at most 1 hour, reserve 1 regiment, 2 regiments can go ashore, we have enough troops on hand." The most important thing is that we don't have much time, and we must control the entire Noto Peninsula and do a good job of defense before the Japanese government reacts, so we must hurry. ”
Lin Chengdong thought about it again, finally nodded, and said, "Okay, then do it." ”
So Luo Yue immediately ordered the People's Army and the mercenaries to divide their troops into two routes, and attack Yuza Town and Nanao separately.
After the order was given, the 3rd Regiment first set out in full gear and marched along the avenue leading to the pier towards Haza Town.
The 3-kilometer distance can be completed in only 10 minutes even on foot, but regimental commander Jiang Hongtao still sent a reconnaissance team to the front of the troops, on the left and right.
Sure enough, when the troops walked out of a distance of about 2 kilometers, Jiang Hongtao received a report from the scouts, and it turned out that at the entrance of Yuza Town, there were already troops lined up to guard them.
When Jiang Hongtao heard this, he didn't dare to be careless, so he hurriedly found a small hill and climbed the high ground to observe. However, after seeing the arrangement of the enemy army, Jiang Hongtao was also completely relieved, it turned out that there were not many enemy troops guarding it, only about 100 people.
It turned out that the town of Haza was very close to the location of the landing of the People's Army, although there was no decent battle when the People's Army landed, and there were not even a few shots of guns, but before the landing, a round of artillery bombardment was carried out, and the momentum was quite large, and the town of Haza was of course audible, so the mayor of Haza Town, Kishida Kogoro, sent people to Nanao to report the rescue, and immediately organized a defense.
Haya Town is actually a small city, with a population of only more than 50,000, and there are only about 15,000 people in the town, and there is no regular army at all, only about 60 policemen, but Japan is a national military service system, adult men have served in the military and received military training, so they can at least shoot, so Kishida Kogoro ordered the police station to open the gun store, take out all the guns, and organize adult men in the town, issue weapons, and set up defensive positions at the entrance of the town, ready to resist the attack of the People's Army.
However, Kishida Kogoro is not a professional soldier after all, although he has also served in the army for 3 years, but he is just an ordinary soldier, it is okay to shoot, rush and kill, but it is not at all possible to arrange troops or anything, so in Jiang Hongtao's eyes, the defensive formation he arranged is also very unprofessional, only frontal blocking, no protection on the side and rear, obviously not a regular army. If the KPA has only one company, it is entirely possible to divide a platoon and attack around the enemy's flank or rear. However, now Jiang Hongtao's subordinates have a regiment of troops, with dozens of mortars and machine guns, so there is no need to be so wasteful.
So Jiang Hongtao immediately ordered the mortar unit to give the Japanese a few artillery pieces first.
So the KPA raised 60 mortars and fired three volleys at enemy positions.
The shell fell into the position of the Japanese army and exploded, and immediately the Japanese army guarding the town of Haza was thrown into chaos, and dozens of people were killed on the spot, and the rest of the people were also frightened, and they dared to stay in the position there, and fled back to the town, even Kishida Kogo was also shocked, I couldn't imagine that this people's army still came with artillery, how could this battle be fought?
Seeing that the enemy army was scattered with only a few cannons, Jiang Hongtao immediately ordered the mortar unit to extend the strike distance and give a few cannons to the town of Yuza, and it didn't matter if he was accurate, he just wanted the Japanese to know the strength of the People's Army, stop resisting, and surrender immediately.
So the 60 mortars readjusted their firing units and fired another 5 salvos at the town of Hazuma, anyway, as long as the shells were fired into the town, it would be counted there.
A total of 30 shells fell into the town of Haza, and a series of explosions were heard, and a large amount of smoke could be seen rising from the town, and the sound of shouting and crying could be faintly heard.
Although he did not see the results of the shelling with his own eyes, Jiang Hongtao was also very satisfied with the effect of the shelling, and it seemed that Xianzhi basically destroyed the will of the Japanese to resist, so Jiang Hongtao ordered the army to launch a final attack on Yuza Town.
However, when the People's Army attacked the town, I saw a few people come out with a white flag, and the attacking troops saw this, and did not shoot, but intercepted and interrogated the people, and it turned out that this was the mayor of Haza Town, Kishida Kogoro, who led people to surrender to the People's Army and asked to meet the commander of the People's Army.
In fact, the power of the 60 mortar is not great, and the destructive power of the fixed building is not strong, like the outer wall of the Chinese house is mostly adobe, unless the shell just hits the adobe wall, otherwise the damage effect is not large. However, most of the houses in Japan are made of wood, and the doors and windows are mostly made of paper paste, which is very weak to explosion resistance and very flammable, so 30 shells also caused considerable damage.
Of course, the most important thing is the psychological blow to the Japanese, although before the war, the Japanese were all impassioned, and they had the determination to fight to the death with the People's Army and live and die with the town of Haza, but after feeling the cruelty of the battlefield, their courage suddenly melted like ice and snow under the scorching sun. Therefore, when Kishida Kogoro proposed to the other administrative officials and gentry of Haza Town to surrender to the People's Army, it was also approved by everyone, and to be honest, the round of shelling just now really scared them. So Kishida Kogoro took two servants, carrying a piece of white cloth, and went out of the town to raise the flag and surrender to the People's Army.
So the attacking troops immediately sent people to report the news to Jiang Hongtao.
After receiving the report from the troops at the front, Jiang Hongtao thought about it for a while, and felt that since the opponent had already raised the white flag and surrendered, he didn't have to rush to attack Yuza Town, he might as well listen to what the other party had to say, it would naturally be better to be able to occupy Yuzha Town without blood, and anyway, now Yuzha Town is basically undefended in front of the People's Army, and he is not afraid that they will play a delaying tactic.
So Jiang Hongtao ordered the troops in front to suspend the attack, but closely monitor the movement in the direction of Haza Town, and then brought Kishiin Kogoro and his party to him.