In the other direction, Yang Zizhen saved a lot of things, he originally planned to catch the captives and was soft, but because of a heavy snowfall, many captives were frozen to death in the wilderness. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Originally, the eastern battlefield on the north side of the Korean Peninsula, that is, the main battlefield of the 2nd Army of the Ming Empire, was far away from the supply line, and logistics supply was more difficult.

Their own soldiers' medicines, ammunition, and food and drink are not guaranteed, so where is there any surplus to distribute to the Japanese soldiers. Therefore, many Japanese prisoners could only be held in the wilderness, and many died of freezing and starvation.

War was brutal and brutal from the very beginning. The 2nd Army of the Ming Empire also recovered some vitality after receiving large-scale supplies from the sea.

They advanced in the other direction, hoping to capture the coastal cities on the eastern side of the Korean Peninsula, which could be regarded as a parallel approach to the 1st Army.

Compared to the 1st Army, which was being pinned down head-on, the 2nd Army and the other army behind it had a much more dazzling record recently.

The group army behind Yang Zizhen, although the number is not eye-catching, has already conquered Qingjin, Jizhou, Jince and Duanchuan.

If you connect these cities, it's a long way off. The Japanese troops were stationed in these places with very few troops, but they actually defended every city.

Similarly, adhering to the principle of encirclement, Yang Zizhen also sent his own infantry to capture Xingnan, Hongyuan and Xinpu along the coastal railway.

In Xinpu, the main force of resistance in the Japanese encirclement, about 3,000 people, held the city and held out for two whole days before being annihilated by the Ming army.

On the one hand, the Japanese army gradually felt the essence of street fighting, and on the other hand, it was also because the 2nd Army was concerned about casualties and increased the time of siege, instead of carrying out a strong attack with greater losses but faster results.

Subsequently, on December 21, the Ming Empire captured Liyuan and Beiqing, and finally opened up this railway line that had been destroyed by the Japanese army.

On December 22, the defenders of the Japanese advance area, realizing that their situation was very dangerous, abandoned their defensive positions and left Tokugawa, which should have been abandoned long ago.

On the 23rd, the reconnaissance forces of the Ming Empire occupied Tokugawa, which had been abandoned by the Japanese army. Then they arrived at Monsan, where they found it empty.

The Japanese 20th Division, which had retreated from here, naturally retreated to Kitakura in one fell swoop, and began to arrange its new defensive positions there.

Because of the lack of offensive forces in this direction, the 1st Army of the Ming Army did not attack strongly, but took a laissez-faire attitude towards this matter.

At this time, the 1st Army attacking on the frontal battlefield, Zhang Jianjun's army had broken through the first line of defense of the Japanese army and went south to the city of Anzhou.

Obviously, this time the Japanese did not intend to abandon their positions easily. The two sides engaged in a fierce battle outside the city of Anzhou.

Fan Ming sat in his armored car and looked at the village with black smoke rising in the distance. His armored battalion advanced along the railway between Jiechuan and Shuncheon, directly threatening the flank and rear direction of the Japanese line.

Therefore, as a last resort, the Japanese commander Mitsui Takanomiya asked the main force of the 2nd Division to counterattack northward, trying to stabilize his position.

The 2nd Division of the Japanese Army, commanded by Major General Sata Ohno, was the main armored unit of the Japanese army, equipped with more than 100 Type 91 combat vehicles.

This tank was designed for the Ming Army's No. 1 tank, using a larger-caliber gun, abandoning the rate of fire in an effort to surpass its opponents in terms of firepower.

Ono Sata is also one of the few generals in the Japanese army who has his own research on armored forces.

In the previous battle for the defense line of the Yalu River, his troops never played their role due to the interference of the Ming army's air power.

This time, he set up a defensive line between Jiechuan and Shunchuan, waiting for the Ming army to crash into his own defensive line.

Then, after thwarting the Ming army moving south, he bit the other side all the way to the north, and used the staggered situation of the two sides to eliminate the influence of the air force on his division.

At this time, Fan Ming did not know that in the direction of his advance, there were tanks ambushed by the Japanese army, and he commanded his tanks, covering the armored infantry behind him, along the damaged railway line, according to the advance plan.

"It seems that the Japanese really don't plan to counterattack this time, they are just waiting, waiting for us to fight over." The deputy battalion commander had a cigarette in his mouth and said indistinctly.

"It's hard to say right now...... We are still quite a distance away from Suncheon, so let the reconnaissance troops be careful and be vigilant! "Fan Mingke is an armored warfare expert trained in the first batch of new troops.

He is different from those pure theorists, obviously has more practical combat experience, and at the same time, he has experienced war, and he is also more cautious.

In his understanding, those who can survive on the battlefield are always cautious and cautious. While those who do this will still die of bad luck, those who don't will surely die.

"Suddenly! Dodo! Sure enough, before he could finish speaking, gunshots rang out in the distance directly ahead, obviously the reconnaissance team had discovered something, and the other party had also discovered the arrival of the Ming army.

"Boom!" In the woods on the side of the road, an armor-piercing projectile flew out and hit a tank No. 2 driving in front with a streamer.

It is a pity that this shell hit the turret of tank No. 2 directly on the frontal part of the thickest protection. So with a loud bang, the shell did not penetrate the target, but only left a deep crater on it.

"In the woods! There is an ambush in the woods! Fan Ming looked at the direction of the enemy shells, grabbed the radio and frantically reminded his tanks.

At this time, it was obvious that the Japanese army also discovered the armored car where Fan Ming was, and rushed out of the woods with about a hundred Japanese soldiers, and rushed towards the armored car where Fan Ming was frantically.

"Suddenly! Dodo! On an armored car behind Fan Ming, the vigilant soldiers operated machine guns with iron shields and began to strafe at the group of Japanese soldiers.

Dense bullets flew towards the target like raindrops, and tracer bullets were intertwined like a glittering fishing net, which looked beautiful and beautiful.

Unfortunately, death was in this fishing net, and the soldiers who were shrouded in this net soon became corpses.

But this was not the whole of the Japanese attack, because one after another the Japanese Type 91 tanks could not wait to rush out of the forest.

And in the same way, the Ming tanks also passed over the infantry behind them, revealing slender barrels. (To be continued.) )