At the moment of dawn, the Yue army ushered in the most magnificent and tragic scene in the history of the entire Yue Ben Empire, and it was also the most painful moment, before this moment, they seemed to be only one step away from the victory of the Battle of the South, within reach, but after this moment, they would be devastated and completely lose the basis for confronting the Chinese [***] team in the Korean battlefield.

The rain of bullets was cathartic.

General Toshiroku Hata's army transferred almost all of his troops to contain Zhang Zizhong's troops and encircle and annihilate Fu Zuoyi's army, which made Chen Wu's Fourth Army unusually smooth in the attack, quickly breaking through the defense line of the Yue army, and approaching Wenqing's Third Army to rescue Zhang Zizhong.

The two sides gathered more than 1 million troops in Sangju.

At dawn on this day, the garrison of the Japanese army in Jinquan was attacked by the first D-5B medium-range ballistic missile, which carried a conventional high-explosive warhead of more than 300 kilograms, and accurately hit the artillery position of the Japanese army.

The sky was roaring and angry, but the sound was still far away in the sky, and the missiles had already hit the ground targets, and the heavy artillery positions of the Second Artillery Brigade of the Chinese Army were the first to be hit, and the headquarters of the East Asian Dispatch Army stationed in Daegu was also attacked by a number of high-explosive and biological and chemical ballistic missiles, and the huge shock wave scattered the neurotoxin tower and scattered it to the entire headquarters and base of the Chinese army.

This is where the value of ballistic missiles really lies.

Because of yesterday's long operational meeting, General Shunroku Hata did not rest until about 3 o'clock in the morning, and had just slept for a few hours, and it was as if a violent earthquake had been encountered outside the museum, and the entire museum trembled.

He got up urgently and put on his military uniform, and was about to go out to check the situation, when the whole headquarters continued to hear a roaring explosion, and the earth was trembling, the explosive power of this bombardment seemed to be too amazing, even the long-time battlefield General Shunroku Hata was extremely surprised.

The most terrifying thing was that in just a few minutes, four tower bombs hit the headquarters in a row, and the huge shock wave diffused a large amount of poisonous gas, and this neurotoxin was different from all the biological and chemical weapons that the company had previously contacted and developed, and under the impetus of the shock wave, the diffusion speed was also extremely alarming, and it quickly covered the entire headquarters and the surrounding areas for several kilometers.

Because there was no time to take precautions at all, the army did not even have time to take any precautions, and the alarm bell suddenly sounded after the poison gas had completely spread, but this was the rear headquarters, and the anti-chemical warfare equipment and equipment were seriously insufficient.

After confirming that it was a poison gas bomb, the staff officers of the headquarters hurriedly ran into the room, first put on a chemical protective suit for Commander-in-Chief Shunroku Hatata, and escorted him into the basement.

In addition to the chemical attack on the headquarters of the Chinese army, the targets of the four conventional high-explosive ballistic missiles launched this time were all the ammunition depots of the headquarters of the Chinese army, but the army was unusually lucky that none of them really hit the target effectively.

Except for the headquarters of the East Asian Dispatch Army, most of the other units of the Japanese army that were fired at were attacked by high-explosive missiles, mainly at the airfields, ammunition depots, and artillery positions of the Japanese army, which almost completely deprived the Syrian army of its air force's ability to counterattack.

Jiang Fangzhen ruthlessly took advantage of the rights granted to him by the Song Emperor to launch more than 200 ballistic missiles at a time, about one-fifth of which were neurotoxin chemical warheads, and after clearing the airfield of the Yue army, the subsequent large-scale air raid organized by the air force began at 9 o'clock in the morning, and two units simultaneously attacked the rear base camp of the Yue army and the frontline positions in Shangzhou, and the target was directly aimed at a number of ammunition depots and artillery positions of the Yue army.

The ammunition depot area of the army headquarters was finally not spared.

May of that year was destined to be a dark period for Samoto, and for Army General Shunroku Hata, his greatest mistake was to underestimate China's ambition to preserve the dignity and honor of the Wehrmacht, and the empire would not tolerate defeat.

When the shadow of defeat loomed over the empire, the central military headquarters of the empire quickly drew up a completely new plan, pouring out several military forces that could be mobilized, and even did not hesitate to temporarily transfer air forces from the Yanjing Military Region and the Northwest Military Region to temporarily stationed in the Korean battlefield to carry out large-scale wanton and indiscriminate bombardment of the Japanese army.

In the last 10 days of late May, the Imperial Central Military Headquarters will successively dispatch more than 1,700 bombers and fighter-bombers to the Korean battlefield, with an additional 2,000 rocket artillery vehicles and more than 400,000 additional troops.

On the first day of the Empire's counterattack.

In the evening, Army General Shunroku Hatata, who had escaped death, accompanied by Deputy Chief of the General Staff Sosaku Suzuki, wore a white chemical protective suit and personally inspected the General Staff Headquarters of the East Asian Dispatch Army after being bombed by Chinese missiles.

At this moment, looking at the hundreds of staff officers and ordinary soldiers who had died tragically on the streets of the headquarters, Shunroku Hata felt extremely heavy, as if he had been poured with lead water, and he was already heartbroken.

No one knew what kind of weapon it was, and no one knew what kind of chemical toxin it was, so much so that in a matter of minutes, it covered a radius of several kilometers in the surrounding area, until twelve hours had passed, and Commander-in-Chief Shunroku Hata, who had escaped by chance, could only watch the desolation from a distance from the dilapidated sentry post.

How can this be?

Oh, my God.

The pain in Shunroku Hata was beyond the reach of others to bear and understand, and he put all his efforts into it, just to turn the tide and give the Yamato Empire and the Yamato nation a chance to end it peacefully, 12 hours ago, he had been so close to this plan, but now it was ruined.

Everything was ruined.

It collapsed in an instant, and from the hope of 12 hours ago to the indescribable darkness and disappointment now.

Heartbroken.

If there are any words to describe Shunroku Hatata's mood at the moment, it can only be these four words.

He was extremely sad, as if he could not find a way out, his life sank, and the nation was annihilated.

Shunroku Hata looked up at the sky helplessly.

In the past 12 hours, during the time when the poison gas had permeated the entire headquarters, all divisions and regiments of the Chinese army had sent urgent telegrams asking for help, and all the air units had been hit by annihilation, and most of the units had also been attacked by poison gas.

Wearing a gas mask, Shunroku Hata could even hear his own heavy gasps, and everything in front of him made him finally clearly realize that strength in military warfare is an irreversible destiny.

At this moment, he still does not understand what weapons the Chinese Army uses, how many such weapons China has, and how many of them will be used on the Korean battlefield...... Everything was unknown, he could only look up at the sky and pray silently, although his heart had fallen into endless darkness, he still hoped to reach his limit.

After accepting this cruel reality, Shunroku Hata was already sensitively convinced that the goal of annihilating the First Army of the Northeast Defense Army in China was impossible to achieve, and now he needed to consider how to better evacuate this battlefield and preserve the strength of the Emperor and the Empire.

After a short moment of thought, Commander-in-Chief Shunroku Hahata sighed with a heavy and helpless heart, and instructed Suzuki Sosaku, the deputy chief of the General Staff beside him: "Let the 7th and 12th Infantry Brigades go south to attack the Kateuri, so as to capture the Kate-ri before tomorrow and night, and ensure that the Matsui Ishigen can fight with our troops, and if the situation is not good in the end, we should retreat from Daegu to avoid the Matsui Division being annihilated by the Second Army of China." ”

"Commander-in-Chief......!"

Suzuki Sosaku couldn't help but be a little worried, and wanted to persuade Shunroku Hatata.

Shunroku Hata didn't say anything anymore, and he didn't want to give any explanation, he knew very well that this war had been completely lost, and it would be the best choice if he could sign a peace treaty now, otherwise, the empire would lose even more.

Life is so unbearable.

It was only when the officers and soldiers suffered so many casualties, but there was no means to fight back, that Shunroku Hata realized that life was so precious and that war was so inhumane.

Death is not terrible, what is terrible is the fear that death leaves in people's hearts.

Shunroku Hata has already made his decision, but this decision is definitely not good news for Tan Zhengfu, and the army with no choice will put him in a difficult moment.

In the pavilion, Tan Zhengfu was overjoyed by this sudden and mysterious attack, and after the heavy artillery position of the Yue army was defeated, the Yue army lacked the ability to threaten him.

His keen sense of war made him realize that if the army was in a strategic offensive situation, the pavilion was the key road that the army must capture, but if the army was in the retreat stage of strategic contraction, the pavilion was also the throat where the roots of Matsui Ishigen and the headquarters of the East Asian Dispatch Army of the Japanese army must be connected together.

Perhaps the pressure on the Imperial Army on other positions would be reduced, but in the pavilion base, it would only usher in a more fierce final assault.

Tan Zhengfu, who realized this, almost dispatched all the manpower to strengthen the construction of fortifications overnight, and fortunately, Wei Lihuang, the commander of the Second Army, also had a premonition of this at the same time, and sent Xue Yue to lead two regiments of troops into the pavilion overnight.

Xue Yue.

A shrewd man among the Mesozoic in the Imperial Army.

At this time, Xue Yue, who was already a major general of the army, arrived at the pavilion in the early morning of the next day, and at the beginning of the dawn, he was accompanied by Tan Zhengfu to inspect the entire defensive line, although the pavilion belonged to the position controlled by the First Group Army, but in the army system, Xue Yue, as a major general of the army and the highest-ranking local officer, naturally took over the local supreme command from Tan Zhengfu in the name of the 15th Armored Division of the Second Group Army.

Because of the difficulty of the passage of this section of the mountain road in the middle, Xue Yue first applied for an engineering regiment to repair the road, and he temporarily brought a light tank battalion to arrive at Guanjili first, and two infantry regiments arrived later.

When he arrived at the pavilion, Xue Yue knew that it was difficult for the tank troops to play a fulcrum role here, and if he wanted to hold here, he still had to rely more on strong fortifications and a large number of infantry, as well as more heavy firepower, and coordinate the air force to suppress the opponent's logistics and artillery positions as much as possible.

Xue Yue also realized that there would be an unusually tragic bloody battle here, he did not expect that history would give him such a mysterious and unpredictable opportunity, so that he could jump up, stand out, and lay the foundation of his life's military service.

Accompanied by Tan Zhengfu, Xue Yue inspected the entire position, standing halfway up the mountain, wearing riding boots, wearing white gloves, he calmly scanned the surrounding terrain, and after a long time, he sighed with Tan Zhengfu and Wu Zhen beside him: "This is really a dangerous place, and all the efforts you have made to strengthen the fortifications in the past two days will definitely go down in history, and the army will pay a heavy price." ”

Tan Zhengfu replied modestly: "Master Xue is too praised. ”

Xue Yue still sighed and said, "It's definitely not a false praise!" ”

After saying this, he turned around and motioned for Tan Zhengfu to go back to the fortress with him.

Wei Lihuang has three generals who can recruit and fight, namely Huang Baitao, Bai Chongxi, and Xue Yue, among these three, Huang Baitao is the most brave and loyal, Bai Chongxi is shrewd and cunning, and Xue Yue is a typical example of being able to attack and defend well, and Huang Baitao is stronger than the armored troops' large mobile operations, Bai Chongxi's light mechanized troops are different from the small mobile operations, Xue Yue's characteristics are comprehensive, and there are no obvious advantages, nor obvious defects.

At this time, after inspecting the surroundings of the pavilion, Xue Yue's heart was already as clear as a mirror, he could already predict every possible course of this battle once it started, if he wanted to win, the army had few choices, and his choice was also not many.

Back at the command post, Xue Yue made a number of small adjustments on the basis of Tan Zhengfu's previous arrangement, scattered some light tanks MT22 to assist in the defense of various fronts in the mountains, and personally called back to the headquarters of the Second Group Army, asking the superior commander Wei Lihuang to send an additional light tank regiment, two infantry regiments, and a self-propelled artillery regiment, and to retain the strength of the four newly formed infantry regiments as much as possible for preparation.

At this time, Wei Lihuang was engaged in a fierce contest with the Songjing Shigen in the Xianyang battlefield, and he had no spare strength to continue to draw troops, but Wei Lihuang and Xue Yue were very aware of the important surname of the 305 Jindaoling Heights in Guanjili, and they also knew that the Central Military Department had made major adjustments in strategic deployment, and would give the most supplements to their Second Group Army in the next ten days, and directly transfer four regular central infantry divisions and about 35 newly formed regiments from the Jinan Military Region to join.

It was precisely because of the direct support of the Central Military Department that Wei Lihuang would rather be on the defensive in the Xianyang battlefield to drag Matsui Shigen to the retreat of Matsui Shigen's retreat from the pavilion base.

This is likely to be a long-lasting tug-of-war, and in view of this, Xue Yue also arranged for the adjutant to negotiate with the Free Army of North Korea, asking them to send personnel to Guanjiri to set up a temporary political axe to assist the squadron in establishing a logistics militia unit.

At the same time, the Hosokawa Tadayasu Division of the 7th Army, which was dispatched by Toshimoto Toshimoto 6, also arrived at Gimcheon, only 30 kilometers away from the most important position of Geimdoryeong in Kwankiri, and the army had the 22nd Division, the 31st Division, the 4th Artillery Brigade, the 1st Infantry Brigade, the 7th Infantry Brigade, the 5th Mixed Brigade, the 9th Mixed Brigade, and the 9th, 11th, and 12th Garrison Brigades. The 4th Artillery Brigade was also attacked by a number of ballistic missiles and biological and chemical weapons at the Yushan garrison, and basically lost its combat effectiveness, but Lieutenant General Hosokawa Tadayasu personally came to preside over the Battle of Jindaoling this time, and still brought the 1st, 7th, and 5th brigades, and the 11th Garrison Brigade as its reserve force.

In the field of artillery, due to the continuous attacks of the Imperial Air Force and the Strategic Missile Forces, the artillery strength of the Japanese army was lost by more than half in one day, and Hosokawa Tadayasu could only temporarily combine the remaining artillery brigades into a temporary artillery wing, and combine them with the two artillery wings of the 31st Division of the headquarters to form the 5th Artillery Brigade.

Hosokawa Tadayasu was also a tiger general who could fight well, and naturally knew the importance of artillery power, and as soon as he arrived in Gimcheon, he immediately sent people to disperse and arrange artillery positions, and the requirements were to strengthen camouflage, retreat, and mobile deployment conditions, so as to realize the concept of hitting and running, and avoid being wiped out by the enemy's air force.

Because it is a new battle that may break out temporarily, neither side knows who the opponent is, but no matter who the opponent is, all they can do this time is to do everything to ensure that the final victory belongs to them.

The Battle of Jindaoling, which will forever be recorded in the history of war, is coming.

The so-called Geumdoryong is famous for a ravine-wide path less than 100 meters wide between the two mountains, the river in this ravine is the upper reaches of the Namgang River in North Korea, which was rich in gold in ancient times, and the highest mountain on the north side is called Geumdo-yeong, with an altitude of 748 meters.

On the north and east sides of Jindaoling, there are three more important related positions, 303, 314 and 332, and on the west side is the equally important 307 Heights.

Xue Yue made many adjustments in a row, and arranged fortifications on the 303 and 314 heights as the most important forward defense line in front of the breakthrough, forming a ring defense line to defend Jindaoling, if the two sides fought too fiercely and were forced to retreat to Jindaoling, Xue Yue's plan was to use a small-scale light tank battalion to break through the defense, cut off the logistics of the Yue army, and then use the 332 heights as a tug of war for the counterattack, and repeatedly fight with the Yue army, delaying time, until Wei Lihuang's troops can support him to reach more levels.

Xue Yue's judgment is still very clear, the army is bound to win against Jindaoling, and the attack will inevitably be fierce, but the troops that the army can support in the future are very limited, especially with the first group army getting rid of the predicament and returning to work, and the fourth group army's offensive is deepening, it is even more impossible for the army to divide troops to support indefinitely, and it is impossible to support for a long time.

In other words, as long as he holds on for about half a month, the offensive of the Yue army will automatically collapse and shift from offensive to defensive, so the most favorable tactics for him are the war of attrition and delay, rather than the war of annihilation and counterattack, as long as he can delay the offensive of the Yue army for half a month, the army will be in a difficult situation of not winning and losing, and then it will be the best time for him to wave his army to counterattack.

(To be continued)