On the fragmented Japanese defensive position, when the artillery fire of the Northeast Frontier Army began to extend and weaken, the surviving devil officers and soldiers hiding in the fortifications rushed out one after another, quickly entered the position, and prepared to meet the battle. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The position of the Japanese army is to take the original Yalu River Bridge as the front line, set up near the river, about two miles wide, large in depth, relying on the earth mountain behind, the dangerous pass extends to the direction of Sinuiju, the echelon configuration of troops and firepower, and the stage blockade.

A torrent of steel consisting of hundreds of No. 4 tanks and German-style armored vehicles crossed the steel bridge as fast as possible, guiding the thousands of vanguard infantry that followed closely behind to quickly approach the Japanese position.

Due to the fact that the front-line positions near the river were attacked by the most intensive and fierce ground-to-air fire of the Northeast Frontier Army, and the fortifications and trenches were completely lost, most of the Japanese defense forces were now deployed in fortifications five or six hundred meters away from the river bank.

A group of No. 4 tank artillerymen, who were the first to cross the river and roar at the forefront, began to carry out a large-scale and indiscriminate shelling of the Japanese positions hundreds of meters away.

All the tanks were firing as they advanced, and one shell after another fell on the Japanese position, causing the ground to shake and the flames to the sky.

From time to time, some devil soldiers hiding in the trenches and preparing to meet the enemy were hit by the shock wave or shrapnel of the explosion, and the screams were drowned out by the explosion, and they were killed on the spot.

"Kill! Come on! Thousands of officers and soldiers chanted in unison, and behind them, the officers and soldiers of the second echelon were still swarming across the river.

Soon, under the cover of tank troops, they assaulted within a range of five hundred meters, and the remnants of the Japanese light and heavy machine guns were already firing one after another.

From time to time, bullets whizzed through the gaps between the tanks, and the tanks and guns of the Northeast Army fired in unison, effectively suppressing the Japanese machine-gun fire points.

None of the Japanese machine-gun points could finish firing a single magazine or bullet plate, so they would be targeted by the tank guns of the Northeast Frontier Army, and they would be named one by one with high-explosive armor-piercing shells, turning into a pile of rubble.

With the cover of tank units and the opening of the road, the charge of the infantry was quite smooth. Butan combined, crushed all the way, invincible.

It was an asymmetrical battle at all, and the Northeast Frontier Army not only attacked suddenly, but also used extremely powerful artillery and the air force to deliver a fire strike.

Later, a breakthrough attack was carried out by an assault group of hundreds of tanks, and a powerful armored tank assault of this scale was not at all something that the Japanese army could compete with at this stage.

The two sides are not equal in terms of troops, weapons, artillery fire, etc. So the outcome of this offensive and defensive battle was predestined from the beginning.

The Northeast Frontier Army's offensive was like a tide, all the way like a bamboo, and in three hours it broke through the Japanese army's field defense positions one after another, and assaulted under the city of Sinuiju, where tens of thousands of troops surrounded Sinuiju.

In Sinuiju Castle, the garrison headquarters of the Japanese army.

After the adjutant reported on the situation between the enemy and us and the battle losses of the troops, the Japanese commander Inukaiichiro was already dead.

In just three hours, his garrison lost more than two-thirds of the battle and lost all defensive positions outside the city. Countless losses of weapons and ammunition, surrounded by the Northeast Legion, have fallen into a desperate situation.

In addition to being disheartened, Inukai Ichiro was more shocked. Although reinforcements from the 19th Division are already on the way, judging from the current situation, it may be difficult for him to hold out until they arrive.

Inukaiichiro's shock lies in the strength of the Northeast Army, his own garrison and the puppet army. There were more than 5,000 people, and in less than four hours, they were almost completely wiped out.

The white-knuckle warfare that the Imperial Army was proud of in the past was completely useless in the face of the attack of the Northeast Frontier Army. Individual firepower, artillery fire, and machine-gun fire on both sides are not at the same level at all.

Compared with the Chinese army, his subordinates are like an old-fashioned army with cold weapons that is an era behind, and they have no power to fight back against such a mechanized army almost armed with steel.

Listening to the dense gunfire and explosions faintly coming from outside the city, the adjutant on the side urged and asked: "Your Excellency Commander, the situation is critical, please make a decision quickly, what should we do?" ”

Inukaiichiro looked up at him, and said expressionlessly: "Send a telegram to General Okamura Ninji, our troops have encountered an unprecedented fierce attack by the Shina people, and the fierce battle has lasted for four hours, the loss of two-thirds of the troops, the loss of all positions, the battle has reached a point of no return, the lowly Inukaiichiro is determined to lead his troops to live and die in Sinuiju, and fight to the end to serve His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

The adjutant's face turned pale, but after seeing Inukaiichiro's indifferent gaze, he hurriedly bowed his head: "Hai! Then he turned around and took the order to leave.

In the city of Andong County, the front command of the Northeast Frontier Army.

After Jiang Baili hung up the phone, he said to Zhang Xinghan with joy: "Commander, the front report is that our army has cleared all the Japanese strongholds and fortifications outside Sinuiju City, and successfully surrounded Sinuiju regiments. ”

"What about the direction of Shuozhou and Manpu? How's the battle going? Zhang Xinghan asked.

"Similar to Sinuiju, the Japanese army's strength in these two places is weaker than that of Shuozhou and Manpo, mainly the puppet army, and there is no resistance in the face of the steel torrent of our army." Jiang Baili said.

Zhang Xinghan got up and walked to the map, and after staring at it for a while, he raised his hand and instructed Jiang Baili: "Tell all attacking troops, especially tank and armored units, not to fall in love with the battle, leave the aftermath of the battle to the infantry, leave a certain number of troops to continue the attack, and the rest of the troops will quickly advance to the hinterland of North Korea, and everything will be implemented according to the original battle plan!" ”

"Yes." Jiang Baili answered, and asked again: "Commander, is it possible for the Northern Route Army to set off?" ”

"Don't worry, when we advance the front to the front line of Dingju and completely attract the strength and attention of the Japanese army, they will set off again, surprise and cover their unpreparedness, and catch the devil off guard, just imagine, if the 50,000 armored army of our Northern Route Army suddenly comes under the city of Seoul, then what will happen to the Japanese army in North Korea?" Zhang Xinghan said.

"It is bound to be a big mess in the army, and it will collapse for thousands of miles!" Jiang Baili continued, admiring Zhang Xinghan in his heart, and Jiang Baili was also ashamed of his grasp of the fighter plane and speculating on the enemy's reaction and the use of tactics.

"The Japanese should not be able to figure out our strategic intentions by now, and they may not have asked for help from the mainland, but once Sinuiju, Soju and other places are lost, they will immediately come back to their senses and ask for reinforcements from the mainland." Zhang Xinghan looked at the map and said: "That is to say, the time left for us may be less than half a month, within half a month, we must advance the front to the hinterland of South Korea, it is best to capture Seoul within ten days, as long as the main force of the Japanese army in Korea is solved, we can immediately blockade and seize the coastal ports, the most important thing is to seize the military airfield on the Goryeo Peninsula, and use a strong air force to deter the Japanese naval fleet to project military power on the Goryeo Peninsula and force them to abandon the Goryeo Peninsula." ”

"Within half a month, the difficulty of taking the Goryeo Peninsula is not ordinary." Jiang Baili said with a frown.

"We have 200,000 troops, more than 1,400 tanks and armored vehicles, and all the troops are marching with full mechanization.

If the decisive battle of Seoul could not be resolved quickly, our army would change its strategy and use a part of its forces to encircle but not fight, while the rest of the troops rushed to seize the important coastal ports, blockaded the entire Goryeo Peninsula, cut off the Japanese troops on Goryeo Island from the outside world, and then turned back to destroy the Japanese troops in the encirclement. Zhang Xinghan said very confidently.

He would not tell Chiang that during the Korean War, the North Korean People's Army defeated the South Korean army with only seven infantry divisions and a few other arms, and almost unified the entire Goryeo Peninsula.

What's more, he has 200,000 elite divisions that have experienced a hundred battles, and compared with the various weapons and equipment of the two sides, the advantage of the Northeast Frontier Army is stronger than that of the North Korean army back then.

The equipment of the Japanese army in this era is far from being comparable to the puppet army of South Korea, which was built by the US military in the 50s.

The only point may be that the Japanese army's fighting consciousness is stronger than that of the South Korean army, but this bayonet-fighting warrior spirit of the decisive bushido, in the face of the overwhelming rain of steel bullets, there is no other way but death.

Whether it was the Soviet Army's offensive in the Far East at the end of World War II, or the US Army's steel firepower strike in the middle and late Pacific Ocean, it all showed the truth that in modern warfare, firepower is supreme and weapons and equipment are supreme.

Not all countries' armies can be compared with the Chinese volunteers in the fifties, and the equipment of the volunteers at that time was much stronger than that of the Japanese army at this time, and all kinds of Soviet-style and American-style equipment were readily available.

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Seoul, the General Headquarters of the Japanese Army.

Lieutenant General Sakurada Goro's face was extremely solemn and he bowed to Okamura Ninji and said, "General, all the farewell messages have been sent from the direction of Sinuiju, Shuozhou, and Manpu. ”

"What?" Okamura Ninji was shocked when he heard this, "Sakurada-kun, are you sure you're not mistaken?" Farewell message? ”

"Yes, the commanders of the three places all said in the telegram that the enemy's firepower is strong, the offensive is rapid, the Imperial Army and the Imperial Allied Army troops have suffered heavy losses in a few hours, lost all their positions, and have been surrounded by the Chinese army, and it is only a matter of time before all the jade is shattered." Sakurada Goro nodded.

After speaking, he handed the telegram in his hand to Okamura Ninji.

After reading the telegram, Okamura Ninji looked shocked, and said: "In just a few hours, the people of China broke through the entire border defense of the Imperial Army almost at the same time, how amazing is the number of air force and artillery fire they used, as well as the number of ground tank armored units dispatched? ”

After speaking, Okamura Ninji slapped the table suddenly, and suddenly realized: "It's not good, I understand, the people of China are probably planning to capture the entire Goryeo Peninsula!" ”

"Huh? Didn't the general say that Zhang Xinghan's Northeast Army was seriously injured and urgently needed to rest? Sakurada Gorou's face was incredulous.

"Don't worry about so much for now, immediately send a telegram to the enemy's 19th Division and the 9th Division, immediately stop advancing, and retreat to Dingzhou Tokugawa!" Okamura Ninji immediately decided. (To be continued......)