Chapter Twenty-Eight: Breaking through the defense line of Yanshan and Yuanshan, the bloody battle of Daqiu annihilated the defending enemy

In order to counter the attack of the Ming army, the Koreans placed a large number of troops on the Western Front. In order to expand its armaments, this war-torn country has already made the people's livelihood miserable. On the Yeonsan line, there were more than 30,000 North Korean troops.

Here in charge of defense is a soldier commander. This person is also a veteran, who has fought with the Ming army, and knows the strength of the Ming army's artillery fire, so he did not arrange a large number of troops at the forefront, but on the front line, leaving Youbalidi, and arranging most of the troops near a mountain beam.

This mountain beam is very well chosen. He believed that if the Ming army wanted to break through from this direction, a large number of chariots and horses would inevitably pass through the valley here, and in that case, the artillery he placed on the mountain beams would be effective.

This is also the benefit of the defender setting up a preset battlefield.

But he forgot that his opponents were also battle-hardened, and that they knew no less about their defenses than they did about their own, and even better about the weaknesses of his defenses.

Because when the front broke through, the Yaogang army did not use heavy artillery, but only used 65-mm guns and vehicle-mounted machine guns on the gun trucks, and the sound of this sparse artillery was very small when it reached the eastern side of Yanshan, and the Yaogang army often opened artillery training in the border area when it was fine, the North Korean army was accustomed to it and did not pay attention to the sound of artillery at all.

The commander of the North Korean soldiers and horses stubbornly believed that if the Ming army really attacked, he would definitely give full play to the superiority of artillery and flatten their front-line positions. At that time they heard the sound of cannonballs, and there was still plenty of time to prepare. He never expected that the Yaogang people did not use heavy artillery at all to break through their positions directly with artillery trucks, and then the mechanized soldiers and infantry who followed up divided and surrounded their first-line troops. The Korean soldiers on this line knew that they would be sent to death if they were placed on the front line, and as soon as the battle began, they did not resist at all, and the kiln soldiers surrendered one after another. More than 1,000 of the more than 5,000 Korean officers and soldiers on the front line were killed, and the rest soon surrendered.

The front-line officer noticed that the situation was not good and sent the messenger backwards, but his speed was not much faster than the artillery carriage that had driven straight after the breakthrough. Without waiting for the messenger to send the information to the commander of the soldiers and horses, the heavy artillery regiment that followed up had already begun to arrange artillery positions under the mountain beams. This position was chosen by the artillery regiment in advance, and the firing range was very good, and it could be aimed directly at the opposite mountain beam.

When the messenger ran into the tent of the Korean soldier and horse commander, the sound of the roar of the kiln gun carriage arrived.

Before the herald could finish the situation, the commander of the soldiers and horses shouted hoarsely: "Enter the position!" Get into position! ”

At this time, he no longer needs to understand the situation on the front line, the opponent's chariot has already driven to the door, what else to say.

While there was chaos in the North Korean army's camp, the artillery commander and chief of staff who had hurriedly set up their cannons were looking at them with binoculars.

The chief of staff said: "Regiment commander, there is no need to measure what to shoot Zhu Yuan. Let's shoot straight at it! ”

The head of the regiment said with the telescope in his hand: "What are you waiting for, the enemy will disperse in a while!" ”

Originally, the original plan was that after the artillery regiment had arranged its positions, it would coordinate with the artillery convoy and the regimental artillery of the infantry regiment, and at the same time launch an artillery attack on the enemy. However, the commander of the artillery regiment was a veteran, and he knew that when they had finished cooperating, the enemy would disperse and then carry out artillery bombardment, which would greatly reduce the effect, so he responded to the situation and ordered the artillery to carry out artillery bombardment immediately.

The artillery regiment was equipped with a total of fifty-four 130-caliber cannons, and these cannons fired at the same time, and the ground immediately trembled. Where the shells fell, the houses, personnel, and horses in the North Korean battalion quickly dispersed with the rising smoke. At this point, any command is invalid. These North Korean officers and soldiers had no common sense of anti-artillery at all, and ran desperately, but where could they outrun the flying shrapnel. In fact, without shrapnel hitting these officers and soldiers, the explosion of the shells was enough to make them collapse. The only thing that makes the North Koreans feel fortunate is that the camp of tens of thousands of people is built along the mountain beam, it is long, and when the shells cover the camp on this side, the officers and soldiers in the camp on the other side still have time to escape the camp.

The artillery regiment had a very enjoyable artillery bombardment, but it angered the artillery company and the artillerymen of the infantry regiment, who originally agreed to shoot together, but the artillery regiment did it alone without informing them. But if you are angry, you can't watch the artillery regiment do it alone. So the guns of the battery company also began to join the chorus of firing, and they were in the front, so they pointed their cannons at the nearest target and fired directly.

Although the 92 infantry guns of the infantry, as well as the 120 heavy mortars and the 60 guns, were not fully coordinated, their experience made them agree that they could not shoot at the targets that the artillery regiment was firing at, and their shells, which were added to the targets of the 130 heavy guns, would no longer play a role, so they fired at places that the artillery regiment did not cover.

The artillery commander and the chief of staff were happy to see this scene.

The chief of staff said: "Regiment commander, wait for the infantry to scold us!" ”

"Haha!" The head of the regiment smiled and said, "I guess they have already started to sue." Shoot at the enemy batteries at once, if the enemy fires at our infantry, we won't be able to eat and go away! ”

Before the chief of staff could arrange it, the chief of staff of the division called, "Wu Fatzi!" What the fuck are you guys doing? Why the uneasy planned coordinated shelling? ”

The chief of staff of the division and the artillery commander named Wu Fatzi had a good relationship, and the artillery commander was not polite, "Come on!" Why are you so angry? Isn't it just that the official is a little older than me? "Get some face for yourself, artillery commander, or tell me about the situation.

The division chief of staff is also willing to let his subordinates deal with the situation intelligently, "Okay! I have also seen the situation, you will immediately knock out the batteries and fortifications on the opposite side, and if the infantry attack suffers losses, I will settle accounts with you! ”

"Alright! The shells will pass right away! The artillery commander said impatiently.

"Hey! I said Wu Fatty, your fucking disobedience is justified! ......" The chief of staff of the division did not finish speaking, and the artillery commander had already put down the phone.

By this time, shells from 130 guns had already smashed on the batteries and fortifications of the Koreans. Once again, the earth began to tremble.

In fact, only some of the North Korean soldiers who escaped from the camp rushed to their fortifications, and a large part of them had already begun to retreat.

When the artillery of the artillery regiment began to bombard their fortifications, these Korean officers and soldiers who had taken up the positions regretted it. Most of the North Korean officers and soldiers who were not killed in the bombing began to flee again as soon as the artillery stopped, and they did not know when there would be another shelling. The command of the officers no longer works, and more often than not, many people no longer hear the order in their ears.

At this time, the artillery trucks of Yaogang opened the way, and four-wheel drive cars and infantry followed, approaching the position of the North Koreans.

Only in a few places did a few bows and arrows come out, but before the archers could turn their heads, they didn't know how many bullets had been fired in their heads.

The infantry rushed to their positions, meeting almost no decent resistance, and even a few of the prisoners were disobedient.

A lot of the infantry weren't very happy, because many of them didn't get a few bullets. When we attacked the enemy's deep positions again, there were basically no figures.

After interrogating the prisoners, it was revealed that the North Korean soldiers and horses were hit by shells during the first round of shelling, and the corpses could not be found.

The artillery commander was even more awesome when he heard the news, and it seemed that his artillery had hit it right.

Yanshan's defense line was easily broken through in this way.

Wonsan's side is also a reorganizationr, and they are taking action at the same time as Yeonsan's side. However, their operations on their side have always been along the coastline, and there is a warship at sea to accompany them. The cannons of the warships could directly support them in combat from the sea.

The Koreans on the Wonsan side also lagged behind the army, and the attacking Yaogang army was also an artillery carriage company with twelve artillery carriages to open the way, and then the infantry behind followed. Encountering the defense line set up by the North Koreans in Wonsan, with the cooperation of artillery and artillery on the sea warship, it also took one day to break through the defense line painstakingly managed by the North Koreans, and defeated more than 40,000 people on this line.

Whether it was Yanshan or Wonsan, almost all of them were routs, and there were not many enemies annihilated.

This is also the plan that was prepared at the beginning, and in the first battle, it is only necessary to break through the enemy's painstakingly managed defense line, and not to seek to destroy many enemies. This is also to speed up the advance to the east. If you destroy a large number of enemies, it will inevitably take some time.

After the breakthrough of Yuanshan and Yanshan, they did not stop and went directly to the **. Many of the positions set up by the DPRK have been ignored by them.

As a result, the Korean defenders on those positions, knowing that Yeonsan and Wonsan had been broken through, and the Ming army drove straight to the east, they quickly abandoned their positions and dispersed. Because the fleeing generals knew that he would be executed if he abandoned his position and returned, they all put on makeup and left the army and absconded. The unrestrained army, in the process of fleeing backwards, robbed and burned all the way, making the Korean people grit their teeth with hatred, hoping that the Ming army would come over.

Song Ying of the Eastern Front left the port of Pusan, handed over the defense of the port of Pusan to the Marine Corps, and their entire army headed north and marched to Daegu on the same day.

Daegu has received the news that the Ming army has occupied the port of Busan, and has made military preparations for two days, especially after receiving an order from Wang Jing Hancheng to the defenders to resolutely hold Daqiu, and the army sent by the king will arrive immediately.

In the past two days, in addition to mobilizing the army and people to strengthen the city, he has also gathered a lot of soldiers and horses from other places around him, and he knows that this is the gateway to block the Ming army's attack on Wang Jing to the north, and they must hold on until Wang Jing's army arrives. As soon as the army arrives, they will be able to counterattack the port of Busan, and the DPRK will have a chance to hold it.

When he arrived at the city of Daqiu, Song Ying took people to take a look, the city wall of Daqiu was still tall and strong, and after several wars here, every general stationed in the city had to strengthen the city. But Song Ying and the generals disdained this. Song Ying was different from other generals, he did not surround Daqiu that day, and the army was stationed outside the south gate of Daqiu.

The chief of staff smiled and asked, "Division commander, aren't you afraid that the enemy in Daqiu will run away?" ”

The commissar smiled and said: "He is afraid that the enemy will not run!" ”

"Haha!" Song Ying laughed and said, "It's still the political commissar who understands me!" There are more than 10,000 of us, and tens of thousands of people have gathered in the mound, plus more than 100,000 people. Run a few and we'll save some effort tomorrow! Besides, if you don't run now, you won't run. Give them two days, it's time to run! ”

The political commissar said: "Take advantage of the fact that it is not dark, send a letter of persuasion to the defenders of Daqiu with mortars, telling them that if they do not surrender tomorrow morning, we will attack the city." Otherwise, the North Koreans will say that we can't count the courtesies! ”

"Behold! North Koreans are cheap, the more polite you are to them, the more shameless they are! Song Ying said.

Song Ying's army spent the night outside Daqiu City in this way. Early the next morning, the whole army had breakfast, and the Koreans had no intention of surrendering, but many heads were exposed on the city wall.

Song Ying's tactics are also very simple, a company of troops was sent outside each city gate in Daqiu to block it, and snipers and infantry patrols were sent outside the surrounding city walls, and those who escaped over the wall were all killed.

Song Ying: Their main direction of attack is located in the south.

Before launching the attack, Song Ying said to the chief of staff: "You saw yesterday, there are a lot of earthen cannons on their city walls, we must blow them up before the battle, otherwise we will be unlucky to be hit by their earthen cannons!" ”

"Alright! Division, you don't have to worry about such a thing, the weather is very good today, you and the political commissar can drink tea and watch the play! "The chief of staff is very young, but he is very capable, and Song Ying is happy to leave this matter to him.

The political commissar said: "Don't be careless, you kid, if you cause too many casualties because of carelessness, let you go to the cooking class as a gangster!" ”

"Don't worry, political commissar, we studied it in the middle of the night yesterday, and the plan has been deliberated!" The chief of staff said confidently.

"Okay, political commissar, let's see if he really has the ability today, let's drink tea here and watch the battle!" Song Ying said.

In fact, Song Ying has already seen the plan they have formulated, and she is still very relieved.

The chief of staff really lived up to expectations, started the war, and immediately organized heavy machine guns to block the city wall south of Daeqiu, and at the same time mortar men rushed over, set up mortars and threw shells at the city wall, and turned the Korean officers and soldiers on the city on their backs. Soon the heavy artillery regiment also dragged 130 heavy artillery with tractors to the front of the city wall, aimed the muzzle of the gun behind the city wall, and at the same time opened fire at one position.

An artillery regiment, fifty-four guns of 130 heavy guns, concentrated on bombarding a city wall, and soon blasted a large hole in the city wall. At this time, the mortar took advantage of the curved fire and threw the shells near the breakthrough in the city to clear the remnants of the enemy, and the artillery carriage led the infantry to rush into the city through the breakthrough. See the tide of infantry rushing into the breach.

The political commissar said to Song Ying: "There will be a river of blood in the city in a while!" ”

Song Ying said: "I don't know, what kind of enemy in the world can stop us!" ”

The political commissar said: "Mr. Zhang has always been very stable, but he has learned the lesson of Genghis Khan. Where you don't have the ability to govern, no matter how much you lay, it's useless except for a burden. We have come through this step by step! ”

"If you want me to say, it's better to solve it thoroughly like Japan. When we go down the street, we see that people are our own people. Song Ying said.

"It can't all be like this!" The political commissar said, "I don't know why, it seems that Mr. Zhang hates the Japanese and the outside!" There has never been a place where Japan has been completely and completely rooted! ”

"I think North Koreans should fucking go to the roots and leave no seeds!" Song Ying said.

"Hey! Watch out for the impact and don't let the warriors hear it! Let's carry out the command center orders! Said the commissar.

At this time, there were gunshots in the city, and there were constant explosions of hands.

Strange to say, the defenders and civilians in Daqiu City showed little tenacity. Staying in Daqiu City, there are no more old and young women and children, and those who are left are soldiers and civilians who are ready to participate in the battle and defend the city. Although, the Yaogang people suddenly collapsed the city wall and rushed into the city, and the defenders were a little panicked all of a sudden, but the defenders were prepared for the city wall to be broken through by the Ming army, and the preparations for street battles in the city were still very sufficient, and roadblocks were set up on all roads in the city, and there were people guarding them. The defenders put up stubborn resistance accordingly. This kind of tenacity also stimulated the soldiers of the kiln, and the automatic rifle in their hands is a sharp weapon for street fighting, plus the powerful hand of prefabricated shrapnel *** charge**, it is a terrifying weapon for street fighting.

Even so, the stubborn defenders of Daqiu put up a stubborn resistance for a day. Until the sun turned west, there were still sporadic gunshots in Ogaoka City.

The surrounding armies that were ready to intercept the fleeing enemy did not come in handy, and none of the defenders tried to break through the encirclement, and they were all annihilated in the city.

Also, there was not a single prisoner in this battle.

When the chief of staff came to report to Song Ying that the remnants of the enemy in the city had been cleared, his face was obviously not very good.

Song Ying asked: "What's the matter, it's such a bear even after a big victory?" ”

"!" The chief of staff took off his helmet and said, "The North Koreans are still wild and have not surrendered!" It's not the same as the North Koreans we saw in the previous war reports! ”

"It's because they have no way out," the commissar said. In particular, such a battle has a lot to do with the generals defending the city. Some generals can mobilize all their personnel to fight a decisive battle with him, and some are afraid themselves, not to mention that the officers and soldiers and ordinary people can fight to the death! ”

Song Ying said: "When the weather is hot, immediately organize people to transport the corpses out and burn them, and also think of making lime and sprinkling it in the city!" Otherwise, there will be a plague! ”

"Hey! After killing, you have to bury it. The chief of staff said, "These hundreds of thousands of people, it will take time to transport them out!" ”

"Open a few gates and use our cars to transport them out overnight." The commissar said, "The infantry who went into the city to fight withdrew to rest." Artillerymen and transporters who did not participate in the battle entered the city to remove the corpses. ”

The officers and soldiers who did not enter the city to participate in the war listened to the sound of gunfire outside the city and were anxious outside the city. But after the battle was over, the infantry who entered the city withdrew, and the matter of removing the corpses was handed over to them, and many people were reluctant at first, but when they saw the infantry who went out of the city, they all sat down on the ground to rest when they arrived at the place, and they knew that it was time for them to do it. It is too much to let these infantrymen who have fought for a day carry corpses overnight.

When the Yaogang soldiers were transporting the corpses outside Daegu City overnight, the advance of the Korean brigade from Wangjing Hancheng had already approached Daegu City.