However, panic is of little use. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info because at this moment, the armored unit of the "White Tiger Regiment" of the People's Army moved its offensive front forward again, to a place only 300 meters away from the Japanese army.

Such a distance may not be able to cross the death distance of the past for an infantry charge, but for the armored group, in this era when it is not known what a tank is, let alone a special anti-tank gun, it seems that there is not much of a problem at all.

Although Yujiro Sugimura didn't know this, he felt the threat to his position. After overcoming the fear in his heart, he hurriedly ordered: "Yaga! It's a Shina tank, shoot! Let's all start shooting! ”

Finally, fire was opened on the positions of the Japanese. But after a while, when the Japanese officers and soldiers found that the rifle and machine gun bullets they fired hit the steel monsters in front of them, and they could no longer cause any damage except for a chaotic sound of "dang dang dang", the emotions of panic and fear began to permeate the hearts of each of them again.

The armored units of the KPA are getting closer and closer to the positions of the Japanese army. While the vehicle-mounted machine guns on the tank were strafing and suppressing the Japanese infantry, the 37mm tank guns were also continuously firing at the Japanese positions. Hundreds of tanks were hundreds of small-caliber guns and machine guns, and this crushing attack method was simply not something that a small Japanese infantry wing could resist. The huge tank, taking advantage of its superior cross-country ability, began to constantly run over the bodies of the Japanese soldiers, and after constantly crossing the trenches, it almost swept through the entire Japanese position like a violent wind.

At this time, countless Japanese officers and soldiers who were about to break down their spirits either howled and began to charge forward, or in despair dropped their rifles and lay on their positions. But as a result, they were either knocked down by machine guns or directly crushed by tanks. Flesh and blood were mixed together, and only a handful of people survived to become captives.

In the trenches, Yujiro Sugimura, who had witnessed such an asymmetrical war, was already cold. He saw with his own eyes that the machine gunner, who was operating heavy machine gun fire, was blown away with a machine gun; He saw with his own eyes the frightened and helpless soldiers of the Empire, run over their young and immature bodies by the chariot of China; He saw with his own eyes that the position was ......

"It's over! It's all over! Yujiro Sugimura's face turned pale, and his heart kept wailing. But he didn't notice it at all, and at this moment, not far from him, a Chinese tank began to slowly aim its guns at him.

A few seconds later, as a cloud of flames erupted from the muzzle of the tank, Yujiro Sugimura was immediately pushed several meters away by the shock wave of the explosion as if he had broken a kite. Although he opened his eyes soon after falling to the ground, and tried very hard to get up, the severe pain all over his body did not make him wish. After a long struggle, he finally got up again, leaning his back against the side of the trench. At this time, he realized that a large amount of blood was flowing out of his abdomen.

Yujiro Sugimura pursed his lips as he looked at the many enemy chariots that were passing over the trenches not far away, and he opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't say anything. Gradually, he felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and gradually, he couldn't hold on anymore and closed his eyes. And this one is closed, and it can no longer be opened.

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When the news came back to Seoul, the temple was stunned. The battle of Pyongyang is imminent, but I didn't expect that the strength of the Chinese army will be exposed again. Although this is a good thing to some extent, the current result is definitely not what he wants, because it is too difficult for him to accept.

Stronger than their own squad fire, caliber and number of artillery far superior to their own, as well as aircraft that occupy an absolute advantage, and now suddenly appear in a stubborn ironclad chariot, how many secret weapons of the Chinese army have not been exposed? Why is it that all of a sudden, the Chinese army is so strong? Terauchi Masashi couldn't figure it out. It's so unreal! This is so unreal!

What's next for the Japanese Empire?

Peace talks? No, it's not the time yet. The account of tens of thousands of soldiers spilling their blood in Fengtian has not yet been calculated, and the lost rights and interests of Manchu and Mongolia have not been completely won, so how can peace talks be possible? But if there is no peace talks, then how can we break the situation? If we want to continue the war, it seems that there is no choice but to increase the number of troops.

"Then increase the troops, and use cannons and bayonets to talk to the Chinese people!"

Terauchi Masashi was a man who would not compromise easily, and when he had made up his mind, he no longer hesitated and immediately began to draft a telegram. The content is very simple, in addition to increasing troops, that is, increasing troops as soon as possible.

The telegram was sent back to China, but Prime Minister Gonbei Yamamoto was full of helplessness. Although the financial situation of the empire is already very bad, in the face of this war that is related to the national fortunes of the empire, as long as he grits his teeth and mobilizes a few more divisions, it is still completely possible. What really troubled him was how to quickly transport these troops to Korea and Manchuria. However, the lack of original sea capacity, coupled with the frantic attacks of the Shina submarine on the route, made it impossible for Japan to speed up the delivery of reinforcements.

Therefore, if we want to break the current stalemate as soon as possible, the only way is for the navy to quickly defeat the opponent and seize sea supremacy. In this way, when the time comes, whether it is a leased foreign country or relying on a domestic one, it will always be able to safely transport materials and reinforcements to the place across the sea.

It's just that at this time, not only Gonbei Yamamoto didn't know, but even Yuzaburo Kato, who was drifting on the ocean and leading the Japanese naval fleet to seek the main decisive battle, probably didn't know.

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In the East China Sea, inside the "King Kong", the new flagship of the Japanese Navy's First Fleet, Kato Yuzaburo was frowning and looking at the big circle he had drawn on the chart. He was already very sure that the special fleet of China, which also went to sea, was operating in this area. But now the key is, how can we catch them?

A large number of capital ships of his own fleet are now limited in speed, and although they cannot have any advantage in the face of the new battleships of China, Kato Yuzaburo is still confident that he will still be able to win the naval battle by virtue of the numerical superiority of the battleships in the 1st, 3rd, and 5th warframes.

At this time, the chief of staff of the First Fleet, who is also the chief of staff of the Combined Fleet, Gentaro Yamashita Osa, hurriedly walked in: "Commander, the 'Otowa' of the 2nd Mine Combat Team of our army has discovered the main fleet of Shina!" ”

"Oh? Where are they? Hearing this news, Kato Yuzaburo was a little surprised and hurriedly asked.

Gentaro Yamashita walked over, quickly marked a dot in the big circle on the chart on the table, and said, "They're here." Half an hour ago, the Otowa spotted the main fleet of Shina, and quickly reported their position, speed, and course, and tracked them. ”

"Yoshi, order Tashiro Aijiro Nakasa (Captain Otoba), be careful!"

"Yes, Commander. Now that it is almost dark, I believe that the people of China will not find out. Speaking of this, Yamashita Gentaro was also a little excited: "According to the current course of the Shina fleet, they are sailing in the direction of the 5th Sentai team, if they don't adjust the course halfway, then after a night of maneuvering, it is expected that in the early morning of tomorrow morning, the 5th Sentai will be able to stop the main fleet of Shina." ”

Yuzaburo Kato looked at the big black dot on the chart and the large number of red dots around it, and did not speak immediately, but stared at the dense lines for a long time. At this time, the Shina Special Fleet was heading northeast, with the 5th Sentai being in the northeast direction and their own team being due east. What's more, the Shina fleet doesn't know now that it has discovered them, so next, he can use this night's time to lead his team closer to the 5th team.

After a long time, Yuzaburo Kato took a deep breath and said, "Immediately order the 5th Sentai to move towards the southwest at full speed to meet the Shina fleet and entangle them!" ”

"At the same time, order, the fleet headquarters to move to the northwest at full speed to support the 5th Sentai Force!"

If there is no miscalculation, then at dawn tomorrow, the 5th Sentai will first make contact with the Shina Special Fleet, and two hours later, the 1st and 3rd Sentai of the 1st and 3rd Sentai led by themselves will be able to arrive on the battlefield and join the battle. As for whether the 5th Sentai will be able to hold out until the arrival of reinforcements, Kato Yuzaburo is not worried at all, he never thought that the Shina Navy would be able to sink eight battleships in just two hours, including "Asahi", "Fuji", "Mikasa", and "Hizen". Even if their battleships were all cutting-edge battleships, it would not be possible.

On the night of November 18, just a week after China and Japan declared war, the main fleets of the two navies began to quietly approach the Yellow Sea, intentionally or unintentionally.

At 5:40 a.m. on November 19, the 5th Sentai of the First Fleet of the Japanese Navy, after a whole night of high-speed sailing, finally discovered the traces of the Chinese special fleet in front.

At this time, the fleets of both sides were going in both directions. At the same time that the Japanese Navy discovered the Chinese fleet, the lookout on the battleship "Huashan" of the KPA Navy also discovered the Japanese Navy warship only 20 nautical miles away through the high-powered telescope in his hand.

Then, the sirens began to sound throughout the sea, and the sailors on the warships on both sides ran quickly and continued to enter their combat positions.

At 5:55 a.m., on board the flagship "Dingyuan," Qiu Baoren, commander-in-chief of the Chinese Special Fleet and commander of the East China Sea Fleet of the People's Army, formally issued an operational order.