。 When Jiang Huwu rushed to the headquarters in the north city of Anzhou. The Anzhou City Defense Commander convened a staff meeting of the headquarters, and although Zhao Qi was a little surprised when he saw Jiang Huwu coming, he did not ask him about his intention, but continued to preside over the meeting.

Most of the people attending the meeting were DPRK officers and staff officers, and there were only a few advisers on Chinese affairs, and Jiang Xianwu was the highest-ranking among them, so he sat down next to those colleagues and asked in a low voice about the current situation on the battlefield between us and the enemy.

Compared with the southern defense line of Anzhou, the defense line in the north of Anzhou is more fragile, and there is a Qingchuan River in the south as a moat, and it is not easy for the Japanese army to attack, but the defense line in the north of Anzhou is almost a plain of Pingchuan, and only some small river ditches are used as natural obstacles to block the Japanese attack, and the "Goryeo Independent Army" responsible for defending the northern defense line is responsible for defending the northern defense line. Faced with a more difficult battle, the Japanese troops coming from the north of Anju could obtain the arms support delivered by the Japanese navy from the coast, so the battle in the north was not easier than the battle in the south, and the battle was fought so far, the troops of the "Goryeo Independent Army" defending the northern defense line had been defeated one after another, and now the reason why Zhao Qi convened a military meeting was to discuss the defense of the northern defense line.

However, the northern defense line also has an advantage, that is, the armored train, compared to the air force, the armored train has plenty of ammunition, which can provide fire cover for the army troops, otherwise, the northern defense line will not be able to hold on to the present, but at present, it seems that the collapse of the defense line is only a matter of time.

After learning about the situation of the northern defense line in Anzhou from those few advisers, Jiang Langwu turned his attention to the current military meeting.

Zhao Qi said in Korean dialect, Jiang Jianwu didn't need to turn Ze, he could barely understand, but the more he listened, the more his eyebrows were twisted together, the reason was very simple, because Zhao Qi was arranging a breakthrough task to his subordinates, and it seemed that he was planning to lead the troops to break through.

Jiang Huwu did not agree to break through now, on the one hand, it is daytime, not a good time to break out, even if you need to break through, you should choose at night, on the other hand, the battle of Anzhou defense is not only a battle that symbolizes the revival of the anti-Japanese independence movement in Korea, this battle is related to the overall situation, and it is very important for the development of the battle situation in Liaodong, the longer Anzhou holds out, the better the situation in the Liaodong battlefield will be for China, so Anzhou must not be withdrawn unless it is absolutely necessary.

Jiang Xie Wu patiently waited for Zhao Qi to finish speaking, and when the other party asked for the opinions of the officers present, he made his position clear in a timely manner.

"I don't agree with the commander's breakout plan."

Jiang Xianwu stood up, walked to the military map hanging on the wall, picked up the whip, pointed to the military map, and carefully analyzed the battlefield situation of the enemy and us.

"At present, although our army has difficulties in supplying ammunition and food, and the combat attrition is very serious, and some units have lost more than half of their combatants, our losses are valuable compared to the entire strategy, and Anzhou must hold on, even if it is a heavy loss. Now, according to the telegram contact of the other day, the guerrilla units of our army have advanced to the southern regions of the Korean Peninsula and are carrying out guerrilla operations, and they will attack the logistics line of the early army, forcing the Japanese to turn around and sweep, in that case. We can still find opportunities to fight back

Jiang Xiewu's words were not entirely sincere, in fact, he put this "Goryeo Independence Army." Regarded as cannon fodder troops, they are used for consumption, and the purpose is to ensure the smooth progress of military operations on the Liaodong Peninsula.

But the North Koreans are not stupid, now the ammunition is about to run out, there is not much food, and the personnel who can be put into front-line combat are less than two-thirds of the number when the war began, and this is still the number after abandoning the local strong men, plus the air force units, which are crucial to the confidence of officers and soldiers, have also lost their combat capability, and the current Anju defenders have lost their fighting spirit, and if they do not risk breaking through now, they may not have a chance to break through in the future.

On the other hand, for the Supreme Commander Cho Qi, this "Goryeo Independent Army" defending Anju. It was an important force that ensured Korea's independence from Japanese colonial rule, and it could withstand casualties, but it was absolutely impossible to annihilate the whole army, so it was necessary to break out of the Japanese encirclement with small units before the disintegration of the army, and go to the mountains to conduct guerrilla warfare, or simply go to the south to join up with the other main force.

One insists on breaking through immediately, the other opposes abandoning Anzhou now, Zhao Qi and Jiang Lingwu's opinions are completely conflicting, if it was placed in the past, Zhao Qi may consider Jiang Jianwu's opinion because of the relationship between the air force, but now, since the air force has no fuel, then, Zhao Qi will not throw a mouse, and he can't listen to Jiang Mingwu's opinion at all.

Just as Jiang Huwu led the Central Affairs Advisory Group to have a heated debate with Zhao Qi, the commander of Anzhou City Defense, a staff officer hurriedly rushed into the headquarters and shouted out of breath.

"The southern front, the southern front, the general attack of the Koukou."

As soon as Jiang Xie Wu heard this, he didn't say a word, turned around and left the headquarters, Zhao Qi also hurriedly ordered all troops on the front line to defend on the spot, and the Japanese attack temporarily resolved the differences of opinion about breaking through Now in this case, once the retreat order is issued, it is likely to lead to an uncontrollable situation, which Jiang Keywu and Zhao Qi are very clear about.

Stretch Wu rushed back to the southern line position on the bank of the Qingchuan River. At this time. The sound of gunfire and artillery was all over the place, the artillery fire on the positions was full of dust, the smell of choking gunpowder smoke everywhere, and the strange smell of burnt corpses, many trenches had been blown up by Japanese artillery fire, and the situation was very tense for a while, and even those seriously wounded who could stay awake took up their rifles and went into battle.

Jiang Huwu rushed to the command post and called several positions on the flanks to inquire about the battle situation. It is impossible to judge where the Japanese army will choose as a breakthrough point, so it can only wait for the Japanese infantry to cross the river.

Twenty minutes after the battle began, the first wave of Japanese attacks came, under the cover of artillery, about 5,000 Japanese infantry in small boats from several hidden ferries on the Qing" River to the other side of the river.

The battle was very fierce, the Japanese artillery fire became more and more intense, the position was completely covered in gunsmoke, the line of sight was seriously blocked, the officers and men could only shoot roughly, although the artillery units in the rear were also pouring artillery fire on the Qingchuan River according to the command of the front, but the accuracy of the shooting was also unsatisfactory, and there were not many shells.

Soon, the Japanese assault force landed on the shore, but they immediately encountered a minefield on the beach, all kinds of deadly anti-infantry mines fully wielded, coupled with the anti-shock fire projected on the shore and high ground, the first impact of the Japanese army was repulsed, most of the Japanese infantry rushed to the shore of the beach, and the few surviving Japanese infantry did not dare to cross the river and return to the south bank, so they could only build the corpses into bunkers and support them on the shore, waiting for reinforcements.

Half an hour later, the second wave of the Japanese attack began again, this time it was more crazy than the first one, the Japanese planes also participated in the battle, the explosions on the positions of the defenders of Anzhou were heard one after another, the casualties of the troops were very heavy, even Jiang Keywu was hit in the lower leg by the shrapnel of the bomb, fortunately the injuries were not serious, and he could continue to command the operation.

After two hours of fighting, the Japanese finally suspended their attack, and by this time, the sky was already a little dark, and it was about to get dark. Jiang Huwu was a little worried in his heart, now that the Japanese army stopped attacking, it was likely that they wanted to concentrate their forces on the use at night, and once night came, it would be difficult for the defender's firepower to be effectively wielded.

The Japanese artillery carried out accurate suppressive fire according to the pre-marked position, while the Japanese infantry crossed the river in the dark in small boats, trying not to open fire, so as not to expose their positions.

In the face of the Japanese army's night offensive, Jiang Huwu had nothing to do, just as the headquarters shook the phone and ordered him to gather his troops and retreat to the second-line position, in desperation. Jiang Huwu had no choice but to order a retreat. The troops quietly left the front-line positions by the river with the wounded, and the explosion of mines was heard behind them.

After entering the second-line position, Jiang Langwu received a new order, and Commander Zhao Qi ordered his troops to prepare for a breakthrough, and once the order was given, immediately advance to the northeast, and if necessary, to discard the wounded.

This order is very cold and very rational, Jiang Langwu is difficult to accept, but he also has to accept it, there are too many seriously wounded in the army, which will seriously drag down the progress of the troops, if you don't want to annihilate the whole army, the commander must make a difficult choice.

Without waiting for Jiang Wuwu to make a choice, Zhao Qi shook the phone again, and told Jiang Huwu with excitement that he should not break through to the northeast, and the whole army would break through in the northwest direction and go to meet with the reinforcements.

Reinforcements? Where did the reinforcements come from? Jiang Mingwu was very strange and was about to ask Zhao Qi, but the phone line suddenly failed.

Jiang Huwu immediately made a decision and ordered the troops to take the wounded and assemble in the direction of the headquarters, while he stayed in the position and led the rearguard troops to cover the retreat of the main force.

The Japanese army soon occupied the front-line position along the river, because it was impossible to understand the reality of the defender. The Japanese did not immediately attack in depth after occupying the front-line positions, and Chiang was able to lead the rearguard troops to withdraw to the headquarters.

When he arrived at the headquarters, Jiang Huwu figured out what was going on with the reinforcements.

The reinforcements came from the northwest, and it was a cavalry unit, they came from the Yalu River, rushed all the way south along the west coast of Korea, and broke through the Japanese defense line by surprise at night in the north of Anju, broke through the defense line of the Anju defenders, and connected with the "Goryeo Independence Army", and agreed to immediately cover this force to break through to the northwest.

This support army unit is actually a cavalry brigade, and the brigade commander assisted Zhao Qi in arranging a breakthrough at the headquarters to plan a breakout.

"My name is Yang Banghan, I am the commander of the first brigade of the Independent Cavalry Brigade, I was ordered to support you, our troops are the vanguard, and there are more than 20,000 people behind, Anzhou can't hold it, the General Staff ordered us to retreat to Yizhou and establish a defense line by the Yalu River!"

At this time, Jiang Huwu finally sighed, and heard the whistle of the armored train coming from the other side of the railway, and he knew that his mission was completed.