Chapter 322: The Onslaught Begins

Zhang Xinghan smiled heartily, and then asked Jiang Baili: "Chief of Staff, you immediately send a telegram to all divisions, ask them if they are all ready for battle, and report back immediately!" ā€

"Yes. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info "Jiang Baili happily took the order and left.

After a while, you can hear the radio station in the telecommunications room next door start beeping non-stop.

It didn't take long for Jiang Baili to turn back with a stack of telegrams in his hand, and he stood up and saluted Zhang Xinghan and said: "Commander, all integrated divisions, all heavy artillery brigades, and tank regiments have called back, saying that they are all ready for battle, just waiting for your order, commander-in-chief." ā€

"Good!" Zhang Xinghan slapped the table abruptly and said sharply: "Without further ado, notify the Air Force, horse!" Pig! Pig! Island! Taking off on the novel, the heavy artillery brigades and artillery regiments immediately opened fire on the enemy, and half an hour later, the troops began to cross the Yalu River and launch a full-scale attack on the peninsula! ā€

"Yes!" Jiang Baili, Wang Yizhe, Zhao Zhenfan, and Li Zhenyuan stepped forward at the same time, and immediately turned around and left.

As soon as Zhang Xinghan gave the order, nine 105mm howitzer regiments, three 150 heavy artillery brigades, and artillery units directly under each regiment, totaling more than 1,000 pieces of large and small caliber artillery, opened fire one after another in less than two minutes.

Behind a forest on the other side of Sinuiju, about 300 guns of large and small calibers opened fire one after another, and for a time, the ground shook and the sound of artillery discharges was deafening.

Hundreds of fireballs were wrapped in dazzling flames, dragging long tail flames in a graceful arc in the air, flying across the Yalu River, and smashing down in the direction of the Japanese army's defensive position in Sinuiju.

The next moment, hundreds of fire balls smashed down wildly, and a series of violent explosions suddenly occurred.

The monstrous flames and billowing black smoke rose into the air, and the Japanese defensive positions shook for a while, and the flames soared into the sky.

At the same time, the Japanese positions in the other two directions, Shuozhou and Manpu, were also subjected to heavy artillery fire.

In the Japanese garrison headquarters in Sinuiju. The commander of the garrison, Ichiro Inukai, was shocked by the sudden and violent explosion.

He didn't even have time to put on his shoes before he ran out of his tearoom with his command knife, and asked with an anxious face, "Where is the dripping cannon?" ā€

An adjutant ran over with a panicked look, and before he could salute, he said: "Your Excellency Commander, no, it's not good, the people of China on the other side of the river, they are launching a fierce artillery bombardment on our coastal positions, listening to this explosion, the size of their artillery is at least about a heavy artillery brigade!" ā€

"Baga Yalu? A heavy artillery brigade? What do the people want to do? What do our intelligence officers eat? What do we not notice at all? Inukai Ichiro was furious when he heard this.

The adjutant lowered his head and did not dare to look at him, and asked, "Sir." What do we do next? ā€

Inukaiichiro frowned and walked back and forth a few steps, and immediately said: "Send a telegram to the Seoul Headquarters immediately and report this matter to General Okamura Ninji!" Also, order all troops and get ready for battle! ā€

"Hay!" The devil adjutant hurriedly bowed his head in response, and then quickly took the saber and walked away quickly.

On the Japanese position, the shelling of the Northeast Frontier Army continued, and one after another violent explosions rang out one after another, and various bunker fortifications carefully built by the Japanese army. They were destroyed in a violent explosion.

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Seoul, the headquarters of the Japanese army stationed in Korea.

The chief of staff of the Korean Japanese army, Goro Sakurada, walked out of the telecommunications room with a message in his hand and went straight to Okamura Ninji's office.

When I came to the office door, I didn't bother to say hello. Sakurada Goro walked in quickly, and as he went, he reported, "General Okamura, something is wrong. ā€

Okamura Ninji, who was studying the art of war, said disapprovingly: "Sakurada-kun, what happened?" So flustered. ā€

This certainty comes from the information he has. Zhang Xinghan is wantonly building industries in the northeast, building military academies, and expanding troops. I am very busy, and I am hurrying to recover my energy, how can I have the time and strength to launch an attack on the Japanese troops stationed in Korea at the moment?

Sakurada Goro put all the telegrams in his hand in front of Okamura Ninji, and said: "General, take a look, this is an urgent telegram sent by our army's garrisons in Sinuiju, Shuozhou, and Manpu just now, and the telegrams all say that they have been subjected to fierce artillery fire by the Shina Army, and the situation may change!" ā€

"What?" Okamura Ninji was shocked when he heard this, got up suddenly, grabbed the telegram, and hurriedly read it.

After reading it, Okamura Ningji's face changed for a while, and suddenly, he slapped the table and miraculously roared: "It's not good, it's not good that the people of China are going to launch a full-scale attack on our troops stationed in North Korea!" ā€

When Sakurada Goro heard this, he hurriedly said, "Your Excellency General, what should we do?" Do you immediately report the matter to the base camp and ask for reinforcements? ā€

"Don't report to the base camp for the time being, wait until we have determined the enemy's true intentions." Okamura Ninji said and said in a deep voice: "Sakurada-kun, you immediately order the main force of the 19th Division to go north and rush to the aid of Sinuiju and Shuozhou, and the 9th Division stationed near Tokugawa will also march north to help Manpo and ensure the safety of the river boundary!" ā€

"Hay!" Sakurada Goro suddenly bowed his head in response, and then quickly took the saber and walked away.

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Less than 10 minutes after Okamura Ninji ordered his troops to rush to help, hundreds of Zero fighters, BF109 fighters, Stuka dive bombers, and HE111 medium bombers of the Northeast Frontier Army rushed directly to the skies over the Japanese defense areas of Sinuiju, Soju, and Manpo in three directions, and began a rapid aerial fire strafing and bombardment.

Combined with artillery shelling, a full range of super fire strikes were carried out on the Japanese positions.

Under the joint attack of the bombers and artillery units of the Air Force, the Japanese positions in Sinuiju were shattered, all the fortifications were destroyed, thick smoke and fire were everywhere, and the miserable howls of the Japanese puppet army were endless.

From time to time, devils and Goryeo puppet soldiers were blown up into the sky like hydrangeas, and then fell down fiercely.

Zhang Xinghua, as the commander of the flying regiment, personally piloted a Zero fighter to lead the air attack on Sinuiju this time.

Looking down from his angle, he saw that the flames and smoke on the ground had risen hundreds of meters high, and visibility was greatly reduced.

His dive-strafing could only be carried out in approximate directions, and after a round of strafing, the two Stukas following behind them let out a sharp and piercing whistling sound, and several aerial bombs landed accurately on the Japanese position.

This made the already scarred and blazing Japanese position even worse.

The artillery bombardment and air raid strafing bombardment lasted for more than half an hour, and during this time, the bridge-building tanks of the tank armored units had already taken advantage of the golden opportunity to build steel bridges one after another.

As soon as the sound of artillery began to stop, and before our planes had completely returned home, the infantry and tanks and armored vehicles of the Northeast Army, which had been waiting for a long time, were dispatched one after another.

Hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles took the lead, and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in the northeast let out earth-shaking shouts of killing, followed by the tank and armored units across the Yalu River and stormed the Japanese position! (To be continued......)