Chapter 245: Border Storm (7)

Lieutenant General Yoshida successfully escaped, Rear Admiral Nakajima was captured, and more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers who were scattered and fled were also captured.

Logistical support from the Russian Empire has also been delivered here, and the Beiyang government does not seem to know what is going on here, and no one has shown up until now. In fact, it was clear that it was not that they did not know what was going on here, but that they deliberately allowed the Russian Empire to confront Japan in such a way that they did not hesitate to abandon a dozen or so counties around it.

The Beiyang government was so generous, and the Russian Empire naturally would not refuse, Hu Xuanting and Yu Zhanshan became local regimental training commanders, and the tens of thousands of army soldiers naturally became their direct subordinates.

In order to increase his combat effectiveness, he deliberately mixed more than 3,000 Russian army soldiers with Yu Zhanshan and Hu Xuanting's troops, and 7,000 army divisions formed three army divisions, of course, some of them were young people temporarily recruited from the surrounding counties.

21,000 soldiers is also a large force, especially the armaments in their hands are quite advanced Russian army armaments, artillery, light and heavy machine guns are readily available, and there are even 50 new tanks of the Russian army. Tanks, trucks, submachine guns, automatic rifles, grenadiers, light and heavy machine guns, compared to their previous equipment, their combat effectiveness has increased by more than five times.

After the reorganization, Karasov's first order was to pursue Lieutenant General Yoshida, followed by the specific matter of rebuilding Haining County, because there was not a need for too many soldiers to be stationed here. The person in charge was a captain officer of Yu Zhanshan's department. Together with 200 soldiers, they are responsible for the security here.

The direction of Lieutenant General Yoshida's escape was Kanto Prefecture. The nearest Japanese-ruled county town may be Yuefeng County, where there are about 2,000 Japanese soldiers, and even if you count the remnants of Lieutenant General Yoshida, there are only more than 4,000 defeated generals.

Arrangements had been made for Karasov's side, and friction began to arise on the border between Russia and Japan, and the Second Army, the Thirteenth Army, and the First Army Division of the Russian Empire were preparing to attack Korea from three directions. Korea is an important part of Japan's layout in East Asia and is also a springboard for attacking China, and the Japanese side will never allow this place to be lost.

Four Korean infantry divisions, together with two Japanese infantry divisions, were responsible for the main defensive tasks. At the same time, the two Japanese infantry divisions were both Class A divisions, and the soldiers of the six divisions had reached 110,000, while the combined number of the three army divisions of the Russian Empire was only more than 40,000.

Although there was a gap in numbers, in fact the result was that the Japanese and Korean infantry divisions were losing one after another, and at the beginning of the war, countless artillery and fighter planes ravaged the Japanese positions, and although the Japanese side also arranged for the air force to meet the battle, in less than two hours, more than 100 Japanese fighters were knocked out by one-third, while the Russian air force itself only 8 fell.

The Japanese Air Force was completely stunned, and then no matter how much the Army urged the Air Force to refuse, they looked for various reasons and excuses to take to the air. It's not that I'm really scared to fight. However, the fighters of the DPRK and Kwantung Army combined are only more than 1,000, and the current situation makes the head of the Air Force really unable to afford to lose.

In any case, it is also a defeat. In that case, why take the Air Force? This was what the head of the Air Force, Major General Akechi Kawada, had in mind, but Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara, deputy commander of the Kwantung Army, clearly had other ideas.

Kwantung Army Command:

"North Korea is an important springboard for us, we must not allow mistakes, the North Korean Front has sent a letter of help, the role of the Air Force is to assist the Army, if North Korea falls, then the Kwantung Prefecture will no longer exist, and there is no need for the Air Force of the Kwantung Army to keep it!"

Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara's words were very sharp, but Major General Akeshi Kawada chose to remain silent and not answer, and he naturally knew that the role of the Air Force was to assist the Army to ensure the safety of Kwantung Prefecture, and if North Korea fell, then the Kwantung Prefecture, which was stuck, would naturally be in danger, and if the Air Force had been refusing the orders of the Command, then it would be inevitable that the head of the Air Force would be replaced.

"They won't go deep, they still need to drag the Russian Army, the Air Force has spent a lot of money to accumulate, and it can't be lost on it."

It was a deputy of Major General Akechi Kawada who spoke, and if he was in other places, this Osa was also a high-ranking general, but it was obviously a bit out of place to speak here.

"Major General Akechi Kawada, that's what you mean?"

Now it is not only Yukio Kasawara who is dissatisfied with Kawada Akechi, but also other generals, where is his right to speak? Has Major General Akechi Kawada forgotten his humility? If that's the case, then the next step is to consider whether he still needs to be in his current position.

"The flying regiment can be dispatched, but what we can do is to contain the Russian Air Force and assist the army in combat, please forgive me for not being able to do it."

If you just blindly entangle and escape, then although there will be losses, at least not as heavy losses as before, this is also a compromise that Major General Kawada Akeshi has no choice but to make, after all, if he doesn't open his mouth again, then his position as the head of the flying group is estimated to be given to others.

In his heart, the flying regiment is his son, and now he can still carefully ensure its safety, but the outcome of another "father" is not certain, and it is not impossible for the whole army to be destroyed, after all, in the eyes of the army generals, the only role of the air force is to assist the army in attacking and watching.

Although the army generals were not very satisfied with this result, but then the commander of the Kwantung Army opened his mouth to confirm the matter, and they could only give up and continue to entangle. And with the compromise of Major General Akeshi Kawada, the number of fighters on the Korean battlefield began to increase, and with the addition of local North Korean fighters, the Russian Air Force was successfully pinned.

Crossing the Tumen River, the Russian Army forced the Korean infantry division and the Kwantung Army to support it in Pioneer County, although it was temporarily impossible to take it due to geographical reasons, but it is believed that it was only a matter of time.

Temporary Command of the Russian Army outside Pioneer County:

"We can use the strength of the Korean Independence Organization, and with the current military power we simply can't go any deeper, otherwise there will be a risk of being surrounded."

The person who spoke was the commander of the 13th Royal Russian Army Division, a major general, and the Korean independence organization he was talking about was an organization formed by those who longed for Korean independence since the merger of Japan and Korea, and their current head was in Vladivostok, and I believed that if they could use their strength, maybe this time not only could they accomplish the goal of containing the Kwantung Army and the Korean army, but they could even inflict heavy damage on Japan, leaving him with countless troubles.

The opinion of the division commander of the major general was recognized, and they immediately contacted the country to make a request, and the Russian Foreign Ministry acted very quickly, contacting the main responsible personnel of the Korean independence organization on the same day, and after the two sides reached a series of agreements, the Korean independence organization gave a contact list, with which the Russian army could obtain the support of the intelligence officers of their organization in North Korea.

Speaking of which, the agreement can be regarded as a traitorous move, because according to the content of the agreement, after the Russian Empire has established 10 army divisions for the Korean Independence Organization and provided the corresponding weapons, in the future, the Korean Independence Organization needs to cede the northwestern regions of Korea such as Cheongjin City, Hyesan City, Gangjie City, etc., and once the Kwantung Prefecture is attacked, the Russian Empire will be able to connect with these regions along with the Kwantung Prefecture. The Beiyang government would not have any opinion on such an outcome, for they were eager for the Russian Empire to separate them from Japan.

Of course, it's too early to think about it, and the Kwantung Prefecture may not be able to take it, and the same is true for North Korea, and even if it can, it won't be able to be done in a short time, maybe 5 years, maybe 10 years, maybe when World War II begins, it's still the same here.

When the Russian Empire came and went with the Kwantung Army and the Korean Army, Karasov had already approached Yuefeng County, but a field ambush made Karasov suffer some losses, he did not expect that Japan would be so cunning, and the roads were full of mines and other traps.

The northeastern warlords of the Beiyang government have retreated to the Mukden area, leaving enough room for Russia and Japan to confront, and dozens of county towns and more than 400,000 people have all been abandoned.

Pinch Karasov is also a character who likes to take advantage, along the way the county town is recaptured, and their army has been armed to 30,000, but most of these newly recruited young people are still stupid ordinary youths, although brave but stupid often do not know how to dodge bullets and mines, which is also the main reason for the loss of Pinch Karasov. However, there is a saying that once a snake bitten for ten years is afraid of the well rope, after an ambush, the recruits also have some looks.

Because the distance is too far for the logistics to keep up, these recruits are using bolt-type rifles captured on the battlefield, although there are some antiques, but this is only an old antique in the eyes of the Russian Army, after all, Britain and France are not fully equipped with automatic rifles and submachine guns.

Although there are not many garrisons in Yuefeng County, he is not as easy to fight as he imagined, because of geography, the tanks cannot come to the front of the city at all, and at the same time, some small peaks around it make Karasov's biggest advantage The large-caliber artillery cannot be carried out, so he can only bombard the city wall of the county with some small mortars.

The air force can naturally do it, but there are still a large number of ordinary residents in the county, and this is the territory of the future Russian Empire, and Karasov does not want to create too many killings out of thin air, which is not conducive to rule. Compared with Karasov's concerns, Hu Xuanting and Yu Zhanshan had no worries, they didn't care about the killing, and the bombing didn't matter at all, and they even took the initiative to bomb the air force, saying that they would succeed in everything.

The cold-bloodedness of Yu Zhanshan and Hu Xuanting made Karasov very unhappy, but the importance of the two made it impossible for Karasov to say anything, not to mention that they are now army division commanders of the same level as him, although they are not royal army divisions and their military ranks are only brigadier generals, but no matter how they say, they are also officers of the same level, even if everything is now dominated by him. (To be continued.) )