Hakodate, one of the most economically developed cities in Hokkaido, was the most densely populated and commercialized area in Hokkaido, and the main task of the 37th Army in the early landing operation plan was to attack all areas south of Sapporo and occupy them. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Within this area, the number of troops invested in an army is still sufficient, but the problem is equally serious, after all, this is not the mainland, and it is not a vast and sparsely populated Russia.

Although the population of Hokkaido is only a few hundred thousand, at least 500,000 of them are concentrated in the area south of Sapporo, and Hakodate, as the closest city to Honshu Island, is connected by a port, so it is naturally a key area in Japan.

The 37th Army had advanced to the periphery of Hakodate, because it was a pure infantry advance, and the transport trucks were not all transported, so there was no way to fully guarantee the war materials, so the advance speed was much slower, but all this was expected.

The resistance of the Japanese was not as fierce as imagined, perhaps they were stunned, or they had not yet reacted, except for some scattered Japanese troops fighting along the way, the Japanese civilians were a little quieter.

But on the 10th, four days after the landfall, the situation suddenly changed drastically. First of all, the Wharf of Esachacho was besieged by Japanese fishermen and troops, and then the 37th Army's baggage regiment, which was responsible for transporting supplies, encountered serious problems on the way to the 371st Division, which was about to attack Hakodate.

In the past few days, there was nothing wrong, but today, the road was dug up, and a large pit about two or three meters long and about two meters deep was dug out, and it was filled with clear water. It is not known whether there are any dangerous items in it, but this kind of problem is very embarrassing.

In addition to the road, there are either farmland or trees around it, and it is difficult for trucks to pass normally, and in this case, there are only two roads left in front of them, either to open a new passage next to it, or to fill in the water-filled pothole.

But no matter which way you choose, you will be delayed in this one place for at least half an hour to an hour. However, since such a problem has occurred once, will there be more similar situations like this in the future? If it takes half an hour or an hour to solve each place, how much time will be wasted on this journey to transport materials?

The Japanese only had to dig one or twenty of these holes, and they would have to delay one more day, and one day would be enough for the troops to occupy a city. The trucks of the baggage troops have not been transported all, and there will not be too many trucks in the next few days, and with the landing of the troops, the tasks of the baggage troops will become heavier and heavier, if it is only with such efficiency, the later plan will definitely not be able to be carried out on time.

At the headquarters of the 371st Division, Major General Huang Jianbin was in a hurry at the moment, and according to the time reported in the telegram, they should have received the supplies from the baggage regiment this morning. But until noon, they did not see the shadow of the baggage regiment.

The baggage regiment is equipped with enough defense forces there, so there is no need to worry about any security problems that will arise for them, and there will be no trouble for the Japanese to stupidly go to the baggage troops, and in one, they do not have that many troops.

Since the landing of the 37th Army, the newly assembled units of the 31st Division of the Japanese Army have been dispersed, and now the remnants of the Japanese army have less than 5,000 troops, and they are still scattered in various places, and it is impossible to organize an effective offensive at all. The guard force of the baggage regiment is basically based on battalions, and the baggage soldiers are also second-class combat troops, unless the remnants of the 5,000 Japanese troops are gathered together, it is impossible for those scattered Japanese troops to pose any threat to them.

However, the bad news is that since yesterday, Japanese troops have appeared in Hakodate, and by the time the 371st Division arrived on the outskirts of Hakodate last night, about 10,000 Japanese troops had gathered in Hakodate, but this morning it was suddenly discovered that the number of Japanese troops had doubled, and there was a steady stream of Japanese troops heading to Hakodate on the sea in the distance.

The closest place between Hakodate and Honshu Island is only 20 kilometers from the sea, and the Hakodate Pier is the closest to Honshu Island, the largest pier is 120 kilometers, but at a distance of about a few tens of kilometers, there are about four or five small-scale docks, and the Japanese do not directly use the largest dock, because the distance is too far, and it takes about 12 hours for a troop carrier to run a round trip, which is too slow.

Therefore, the Japanese undoubtedly chose to go the other way, and on the island of Honshu, the Japanese also recruited a large number of ships of all kinds, often a steamship with several long ropes at the back, and then these ropes were fixed in a small boat, and then continued to extend backwards, carrying another small boat.

In order to maximize the transportation capacity, the Japanese can be said to have racked their brains, all kinds of brain-opening methods are used, and some people even suggested tying soldiers to wood and throwing them directly into the sea to pull them over, but this method was rejected.

However, no matter how embarrassed the Japanese were in their hasty crossing of the sea, the number of Japanese troops near Hakodate had indeed increased to 20,000, and the number was still increasing. The strength of the two sides has basically been equal, and perhaps the Japanese will have a disadvantage in terms of baggage, but there is no doubt that these Japanese troops are also a great threat to the 371st Division.

The reason why Huang Jianbin was in a hurry was not because there were more and more Japanese troops, let alone 20,000 Japanese troops, even 40,000 Japanese troops, and he was not afraid.

He was worried about the problem of baggage, the troops advanced all the way to the south, after nearly 100 battles, and the ammunition was basically about half consumed, and the ammunition alone could not support them in a division-scale battle. If the baggage does not come, the 371st Division will have no way to attack, and the number of Japanese troops on the opposite side will increase.

If it drags on for a week, when three divisions are gathered on the opposite side, even if supplies come, it will be difficult for the 371st Division alone to completely annihilate the Japanese army in a short period of time.

There was a moment when Huang Jianbin even wanted to order the troops to storm Hakodate, but when he thought of the little supplies in his hand, he could only run out of follow-ups, and at this time the attack was not to win, but to joke with the lives of the soldiers.

"Where's the baggage?" Huang Jianbin anxiously asked, it is difficult to achieve such a supply line of less than 80 kilometers, which is a situation that is absolutely unimaginable before landing.

"Report, the baggage team encountered problems on the way, the road was seriously damaged by the enemy, the vehicle could not pass normally, the baggage team is rushing to repair the road, at this time it is about 20 kilometers away from us, it is expected that the fastest two hours, the slowest five hours can deliver the materials to our department." The communications soldier just came in with a telegram and said.

"Fuck, the little devil is really a soldier for everyone." Huang Jianbin couldn't help but scold, the Sino-Russian War and the Sino-Japanese War formed a sharp contrast, and there was a completely different style between the two.

If he had enough troops at his disposal, he would have gathered all the Japanese as he had done in the Russian theater, and left them to fend for themselves in the demarcated areas, and the province would have caused them trouble outside.

But now that there are not so many troops, who the hell would have thought that little Japan would use this method to stall for time?

"Order the 356th Regiment to immediately rush over to meet the baggage regiment, repair the roads along the way, and leave troops to garrison until the convoy passes."

Just relying on the baggage regiment to repair the road, this speed is too slow, maybe when the baggage regiment rushes over, the Japanese army on the opposite side will increase by several thousand, and the difficulty of the war will increase a little more.

And the fastest way is to send troops on your side to repair the road, repair it from both ends at the same time, and let the supplies be delivered in a short time as much as possible, and then they can also go to war.

"Yes!" The signal soldier answered, and immediately turned and left.

"Report, military command." Another signal soldier hurriedly walked in and handed the order of the military headquarters to Huang Jianbin in his hands.

Huang Jianbin read the order in his hand, and his heart immediately became happy, this order of the military headquarters can be said to be as timely as rain, completely solving the embarrassing situation of Huang Jianbin who wanted to fight, but was worried about the ammunition problem and did not dare to fight.

"The 1st and 2nd Brigades were ordered to immediately prepare for the attack, and half an hour later, an attack on the Japanese began. In addition, tell them, don't fight too hard, give Lao Tzu a little leisure, this time it is a war of attrition, if the Japanese counterattack is more fierce, pretend to be defeated and pull it out first. Huang Jianbin ordered.

This order was forwarded by the military headquarters to the headquarters, and after learning about the situation on their side, the headquarters decided to build Hakodate into a meat grinder, using the temptation of Hakodate to attract a large number of Japanese troops to come over, and then destroy their forces little by little while they increased their troops.

The reason why the occupation is not the main thing is to leave Hakodate to the Japanese, so that they do not dare to give up easily, so they are forced to continue to increase their troops, because they are separated by the sea, so the Japanese increase in troops cannot be too fast, that is to say, in the early stage, the strength of the Japanese army should be controlled within 30,000 people, more than 10,000 people, and the 371st Division can wait for the opportunity to launch an attack, as long as it is controlled within this range.