634: Nogi Noshinori, the god of war
The aerial bombs did bring certain casualties to the Japanese troops hiding behind, but because the Japanese army had an absolute advantage in the terrain, the casualties were also within the controllable range, and among the original dozen or so shooting holes, there were finally 11 shooting holes that launched an attack at the first moment of the landing of the second batch of landing troops. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
In fact, this was not what the Japanese wanted, but considering that their position had been discovered by the Chinese, there was no need to continue to hide at this time.
Therefore, the Japanese army must also change its way of thinking, change its original plan, and let the beachhead first block the enemy's troops, and kill and wound a large number of enemy landing troops in the early stage, and when the ammunition of the Japanese troops in the beachhead is almost consumed, or when the enemy is almost dry, the hidden position behind it suddenly opens fire, giving the Japanese troops in front a chance to breathe.
According to the deployment of the Japanese army's forces here and the deployment of the position, if everything can develop according to the Japanese army's thinking, then this position will not be a problem to block the attack of the three Chinese divisions.
No matter how advanced your equipment is, you are still no match for the Japanese army, even if you have a machine gun in your hand, give you unlimited ammunition, and expose your whole body in front of the enemy.
On the other side, everyone has a rifle, but there is a complete cover, and the only thing you can hit the opponent is the narrow firing port.
In addition, the Japanese army has a large number of bonuses in terms of terrain, so the Japanese army is so sure that they can block the Chinese army here, not because of their arrogance, but because the terrain here does have the possibility of them blocking the landing of the Chinese.
And the superiority of the Chinese's equipment, in such a narrow landing field, there is no way to play at all, even if the tanks are piled up all over the beach, the Japanese only need to transfer an infantry artillery squadron to be able to kill all the tanks in half an hour.
As for the breakout, then it can only be hehe. To the east is the mouth of the river, to the west is also a small river, in front of which is a six-meter-high defensive line, behind which is the sea, and the range of movement of the tanks is only so large that there is no place for them to break through if they want to break through.
The commander of the Japanese army in the Akune Line was Nogi Noshinori, an army general known as the god of war by Japan.
The reason why Nogi Noshinori can be called the god of the Japanese army comes from Nogi Noshinori's promotion of a series of reforms such as Japanese tactics and ideology, which led to a huge transformation of the Japanese army in a short period of time.
Although the current Japanese army is still being suppressed and beaten by the Chinese, and because of the rise of the Chinese, Japan has not broken out into war with the Russians, but Nogi Noshinori's canonization of the gods has still become a reality. Unexpectedly, the main merit of Nogi Noshinori's canonization was to develop a set of methods for the Japanese army to deal with the Chinese.
At that time, this method was also accepted by many Japanese soldiers, although the current war is still confused, but at least one thing is certain, that is, the battle in which Nogi Noshinori personally participated, its effect is still relatively prominent, at least it is not comparable to the Japanese army that was defeated in one blow on the Hokkaido side.
By virtue of the fact that he eliminated the first batch of Chinese landing force of nearly 2,000 people, Nogi Noshinori was enough to prove his talent and his plan was effective.
It's just that the Chinese did not expect that Nogi Noshinori would use this way to block them, and Nogi Noshinori did not expect that the Chinese would have aviation.
In the post-war review, almost all people unanimously agreed that if there were no Chinese in the air force, although they were able to land on Japanese soil and successfully open up landing sites in this war, the number of soldiers killed in battle would definitely not be a small number, and it would be an unacceptable number for the Chinese.
Although the European air force was put into the battlefield relatively early, the mission and role of the European air force are still relatively limited, and they are only limited to the methods of reconnaissance, bombing, and strafing the ground with machine guns, although they have been discovered, but they have not been widely used, because the speed of the plane is too slow, it is easy to be shot down from the ground, and the low-altitude flight is too dangerous, and the plane will crash if you are not careful.
About twenty kilometers behind the Akune Line, where Nogi Noshinori's headquarters was located, Nogi Noshinori knew very well that there were not many suitable places for landing on Kyushu, and although the Chinese might use the same method as the Hokkaido landing, Nogi Noshinori did not think that the Chinese would use the same method twice.
However, in order to prevent this possibility from happening, Nogi Noshinori ordered the troops defending the ports and wharves to install a large number of explosives on the wharves, and once it was discovered that the Chinese were trying to attack the ports and the Japanese could not ensure the safety of the ports, they must blow up the wharves as soon as possible, so as not to give the Chinese any chance to seize the complete wharves.
According to Nogi's plan, even if the Chinese eventually grabbed the dock, they would not be able to put it into operation without a few months of repair.
And in doing so, in the end it will only force the Chinese to land in a few other places, but no matter what, there are fleets of the Japanese Navy, although those navies are not opponents of the Chinese Navy, but it is not a problem to drag them, as long as the other fleet arrives, then a large number of troop carriers will repeat the mistakes of the Japanese Combined Fleet.
On another level, Nogi Noshinori was trying to force the Chinese to land in Akune.
If you simply think that Nogi Noshinori has such a thing in store for you, you are very wrong. Nogi Noshinori is well aware of the superiority of the Chinese in equipment, which is incomparable with the Japanese army, and it is very possible to drag the Chinese for a while, but it is almost impossible to drive the Chinese into the sea, and the Japanese army does not have this strength.
So, the question arises, what is the core of Nogi Noshinori's plan? Step by step, the effective strength of the Chinese will be consumed in batches.
Don't you have an advantage in terms of equipment? Well, I'll prepare more lines of defense for you, and about ten kilometers behind this position, there is a second line of Japanese defense, but on that line there is only one brigade of troops stationed, and the troops who are actually stationed there have not yet arrived.
This position was built by Nogi Noshinori with a large number of young and strong laborers, and after the first line was built, they were transferred there to start building the position.
Nogi Noshinori also made full use of Japan's special terrain, and made full use of large and small rivers, either directly using the river as a position, or using the river to dig a man-made river to act as a surprise soldier.
Even dug a lot of dark forts, aren't you Chinese strong in firepower? Then use your artillery fire to occupy this place, the more intense the Chinese's artillery fire, which means that their logistics pressure will be greater, which is exactly what Nogi wants to see.
On the other hand, Nogi Noshinori also hopes to use this method to introduce the Chinese army to Kurume little by little, and Nogi Noshinori has prepared a big gift for the Chinese there, and even he has planned to sacrifice the entire Kurume, including the civilians among them, so that the Chinese can take out at least two divisions of troops to accompany the burial.
Of course, it wasn't just these that gave Nogi Noshinori so much confidence, there was also an unknown news, and it was this news that made Nogi Noshinori make up his mind to do this.
Because Nogi Noshinori knows very well that the Japanese no longer lack weapons and equipment, although they are also lacking now, but at most half a month, the weapons in the hands of the Japanese army will undergo earth-shaking changes, and in a few months, even civilians will have a lot of equipment in their hands, and that is when the Chinese will have the most headache.
Nogi Noshinori made full use of the trick of the Taiwanese people against him when he was in Taiwan.
"Your Excellency Commander, I just received the news that Your Excellency Shengdian's jade is broken!"
"Got it! Do what you're supposed to do. Nogi nodded slightly, and there was no emotion in his expression, as if he had died as if he was just an ordinary soldier, a person who had nothing to do with him.
Katsunori, whose full name is Nogi Katsunori, is the eldest son of Nogi Noshinori, who now serves in the Guards Division with the rank of captain.
As an army general, Nogi Katsunori's son made Nogi Noshinori feel very ashamed for a period of time, because in the Lu Shi's exam, Nogi Katsunori actually failed twice in a row, and he barely passed the exam until the third time.
This is much worse than his younger brother Nogi Baodeni, who was admitted to Lu Shi after only one use, and then only used it once to be admitted to Lu University.
Although compared with the second son, the eldest son's talent and knowledge made him very difficult, but fortunately, the eldest son's performance in the army was also remarkable, and he earned a lot of face for Nogi Noshinori. Therefore, Nogi Katsudeni, who did not enter Lu University, because there is such a general father, and now his promotion speed is not slower than that of those who graduated from Lu University.
Because of this sudden war, Nogi Honori, who was supposed to graduate next year, graduated early, and Nogi Noshinori began to make mistakes again.
Well, Nogi Noshinori prepared three coffins, one for him and two for his two sons. Nogi Honori, the second son who had just graduated early, was also transferred to Kyushu Island by Nogi Noshinori, and organized training troops in Kurume, which can also be seen from this Nogi Noshinori's iron blood, in order to make more Japanese accept his plan, he even did not hesitate to let his son fight that battle to the death.
(Note, Nogi Katsunori died in the Battle of Namsan (Kanayama) in the Russo-Japanese War on May 27, 1904, and Nogi Honori died on November 30, 1904 in the Russo-Japanese War on the 203 heights of Arthur.) )