Chapter Seventy-Eight: Lightning Ambush
The Japanese troops stationed in Korea fought across the river and coerced Mukden, and the situation suddenly became tense. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and the tactics adopted by Feng Tian is to make full use of the period when Japan has not yet made a final decision, and achieve its own goals at the lowest cost.
The first is to consume the strength of the Japanese army, the second is to buy time for the Mukden Volunteers, and the third is to allow the newly formed air force to have a real combat training and complete the first battle of the new air force pilots with almost no casualties.
The September 18 incident is still controversial in Japan, and the War Department and the Cabinet have not yet reached an agreement.
Although the Japanese troops stationed in Korea disobeyed the order to fight across the river, with the support of the War Department, it was imperative for Japan to invade Northeast China on a large scale, but the mobilization of troops could not be completed in a short period of time, and this created a situation in which the Japanese troops stationed in Korea fought alone.
At the very least, the Japanese army did not have a strong air power as a cover, which provided an excellent opportunity for the Japanese army to be brutalized. The Japanese troops stationed in Korea had airfields, but they were all on the other side of the Yalu River, and the distance was too far.
If you want to support the Japanese ground forces in the operation, you must build a new airfield in Mukden.
However, is it too late to build the airport?
Therefore, the air power of the Japanese army could not directly threaten Mukden in a short period of time.
It is conceivable that the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, without the cover of air power, will never make the Japanese troops stationed in Korea feel better with their personality of sealing the sky.
Feng Tian was very cunning, he did not send ground troops to stop the Japanese army. If Fengtian used all the troops, it would not be a problem to destroy the 20th Division, in that case, the casualties of the Volunteers would be inevitable, the 20th Division of the Japanese Army would be destroyed, and the Fengtian Volunteers would be almost disabled.
The most important thing is that Feng Tian doesn't want to show his full strength, so it's better to maintain a certain amount of secrecy, so that the Japanese army can't figure it out.
Although the 20th Division is one of the first-class divisions, like the 2nd Division, it is a downsized division in non-war times, with a total strength of more than 10,000 people.
I didn't see Mukden planes all day yesterday, which made Major General Tatsujiro Kamura very pleased, it is estimated that the 20th Division is about to threaten Mukden, and they are probably busy evacuating urgently now, right?
The more Maj. Gen. Tatsujiro Kamura thought about it, the more likely this became, and the next morning he ordered his troops to hit the road, preferably before the Mukden resistance forces had withdrawn, and let these hateful Tohoku air forces all work to the death.
Yesterday's inventory of the army showed that there were less than 8,000 people left in the army of more than 10,000 people, which made Major General Tatsujiro Kamura tremble in pain.
Sycophants, this has lost so many troops before a head-to-head battle, and I can't afford to be injured!
Major General Tatsujiro Kamura felt aggrieved in his heart, the most important thing is that the ground armies of the two sides have not fought head-on.
Bag, my army died unjustly.
The resistance of Mukden has been greatly damaged, and it is really despicable and shameless to adopt such methods, how can there be such a bad abuse of people?
As he was about to get out of the mountains, getting closer and closer to Mukden, Major General Tatsujiro Kamura was anxious and ordered his army to advance quickly, hoping to reach Mukden as soon as possible this evening, and no later than tomorrow morning.
The soldiers of the Japanese army were very tired, but Major General Kamura Tatsujiro could not take care of these things, and the rapid march and surprise attack might have unexpected gains, and even if they went slowly, even if they reached Mukden, maybe the resistance would have run away.
Major General Kamura Tatsujiro's desire for revenge was too strong, and it was difficult for Major General Kamura Tatsujiro to swallow this evil breath no matter what.
On the winding and long mountain road, the Japanese soldiers almost trotted forward, and every soldier gritted his teeth and persevered in the state of ultra-limit.
Soon after crossing the banks of the Yalu River, the road was almost entirely camped in the wild, with no complete villages in sight, let alone people.
The 20th Division suffered from the exhaustion of the march during the day and the bombing of planes during the day, and even more at night, and the weather in the northeast at the end of September was already very cold, and only the Japanese officers and men knew the taste.
Paralyzing, this is not a human sin!
The current soldiers of the 20th Division look like wild beasts from the outside, needless to say, their uniforms are dirty, their exposed skin is all gray and dirt, and their eyes are full of bloodshots, and they look really scared.
The platoon of more than 7,000 troops was so long that it was dozens of miles away, and it stretched endlessly.
The mountains on both sides are not too high, and here we are almost out of the mountains.
It was more than ten o'clock in the morning, and the soldiers of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army were already quite tired, and they had to grit their teeth and drag their tired legs forward mechanically under the shouts of the officers.
At this moment, a "pop" gunfire suddenly broke the silence in the valley.
The sound of this gunfire echoed only briefly in the valley, and was quickly drowned out by the violent gunfire.
Loud noises erupted simultaneously on the hillsides of the long march of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, which showed how fierce the fire was, and no one knew how many troops were ambushed in the hillside.
"Sudden Sudden Sudden Sudden T
"Da Da Da--"
The gunfire was too dense, gray and fierce, and the bullets hit the Japanese soldiers who were still in a daze like a storm.
This sudden blow caused the Japanese soldiers to have no time to react, and there were already a lot of people falling.
The soldiers who were shot fell, and some of the soldiers who were not shot quickly lay down on the spot, and some were still looking for cover. This is an instinctive reaction, you can counterattack when you find cover, and the quality of the Japanese soldiers in field combat is still quite high.
The Japanese did not notice at all that almost all of the heavy firepower in this attack was carried out, mainly heavy machine guns and light machine guns, and relatively few bullets fired from rifles.
It was only five or six minutes, certainly less than ten minutes, when the shooting that had been sweeping just now suddenly ceased, and the gunfire suddenly stopped, and the valley was silent again, as if there had been no attack here.
Conspiracy, absolutely conspiracy, the Japanese army, which is experienced and will never fall for it.
The Japanese soldiers, who had been hidden in the ravine, still lay still, paying close attention to the movements on the mountain, hoping to catch the enemy's target.
The Japanese army is not the kind of army that only takes a beating and does not fight back, they will report every shot, the guns are already in hand, the bullets are loaded, and now they only lack the enemy's targets.
Another five minutes passed, and the ravine was still quiet, and no more bullets were fired.
Ten minutes have passed, and there is wood, and the gods and horses are all wood.
The injured Major General Tatsujiro Kamura felt that something was wrong, and he hadn't seen this routine.
After waiting for a long time, there was still no gunshot, and Rear Admiral Tatsujiro Kamura, whose arm was still bleeding, gave an order for a small number of troops to search and beckoned people to come and bandage his wounds.
The Japanese army tossed for a long time, and searched up and down the mountain but did not find the enemy, and the people who were ambushed on both sides of the mountain had already left.
According to a rough count by Major General Tatsujiro Kamura, this casualty is really not small, with nearly 800 people killed and nearly 2,000 injured, and it happened in a very short period of time, which is really hard to believe.
That's right, this is Feng Tian's shot.
Just when Major General Tatsujiro Kamura thought that the opponent would not send ground troops to block the Japanese army, Fengtian sent nearly 10,000 Wang Tiehan brigades to set up an ambush and give the Japanese troops stationed in Korea a very good idea before leaving.
Wang Tiehan acted in strict accordance with Feng Tian's instructions, and took the heating of the barrel of the Makqin heavy machine gun as the time limit for a round of strikes, and fired fiercely without even changing the barrel.
The Maxim heavy machine gun is the main striking force, followed by the light machine gun, and the rifle can only shoot a few shots, mainly playing the role of guarding against accidents.
The barrel of the Maxim heavy machine gun was heated and stopped firing, so he got up and left, and the follow-up shooting was only the light machine gun to replace the heavy machine gun and become the main striking force, so that the heavy machine gun could be withdrawn first.
Then they also got up and evacuated, and finally after the rifle fired the last row of bullets, the soldiers of the 2nd Brigade quietly walked along the mountain road in camouflage uniforms.
You said that Major General Tatsujiro Kamura was not unlucky, this ambush did not even see a single shadow of the enemy, but it caused heavy casualties on his side.
What can be done when encountering a guy like Feng Tian who does not play cards according to common sense, Major General Tatsujiro Kamura hateful, but he is helpless.
Could it be that the 20th Division did not take precautions at all?
Although the Japanese army had a search team in front to open the way, Wang Tiehan's army did not block the Japanese army head-on, but hid in the mountains on both sides.
Since it was a covert operation, it was impossible for the enemy to discover it, and the Japanese army couldn't go up a hill to investigate first, right?
In that case, it will not be more than a year and a month to reach Mukden.
In addition, the Mukden Volunteers never dispatched ground troops, and Major General Tatsujiro Kamura was convinced that the Mukden Resistance was weak and the Volunteers did not have the courage to fight.
And Fengtian is to paralyze the Japanese army, once they really believe it, then, the Japanese army will be unlucky.
Counting the wounded and having lunch, Major General Tatsujiro Kamura tossed into the afternoon, and the soldiers just took the opportunity to take a good rest.
Lightly wounded soldiers can continue to follow the army, while seriously wounded soldiers can only stay on the spot, and whether they die or live is left to fate.
Along the way, it was constantly bombed, consuming a large number of troops of the 20th Division.
Well, now that there were less than 8,000 troops, now it is even worse, there are less than 7,000 troops left, and it is just over 6,000......
The enemy has such a strong firepower that the killing of Major General Tatsujiro Kamura will no longer believe that the other side is a group of policemen.
When sending a telegram to the commander of the DPRK, Hayashi Mijuro, describing the attack on the 20th Division, Major General Tatsujiro Kamura sent his suspicions in passing.
Lieutenant General Hayashi Mijuro naturally knew that there was a large amount of ammunition left in Mukden, so he sent a telegram to inform Major General Kamura Tatsujiro: "There is no shortage of arms in the Mukden Volunteer Army, and all the weapons and equipment of the Northeast Army are stored in Mukden. ”
The doubts in Major General Kamura Tatsujiro's heart suddenly disappeared, and at the same time, it also caused him to covet Mukden's huge resources.
There is motivation when there is desire, and Major General Tatsujiro Kamura ordered the army to move forward and strive to occupy Mukden as soon as possible.