To the south of Chusan is Gangnamsan Mountain, and to the south of Huisan is the Gaima Plateau, which is a mountainous area in the north of Korea, with undulating mountains and dense jungles, which has been an active area of the Korean Independence Army in the past, but is not suitable for mechanized troops to pass through. However, the Japanese army's defense between Chushan and Huishan was also relatively weak, and there were only 8 divisions and regiments, including the 55th Division, the 105th Division, the 58th Division, and the 59th Division under the 16th Army of the Japanese Army, and the 70th Division, 108th Division, 72nd Division, and 73rd Division under the 18th Army. Among them, the 105th Division and the 108th Division are special divisions of the Fourth Wing, and the combat effectiveness is relatively strong; The remaining six divisions are all newly built divisions, and at present only three wings of each division are in place, and the remaining one wing is still training in China.

If the squadron puts the main direction of the breakthrough on the Chushan-Huishan line, it will almost certainly achieve a breakthrough, but what about after the breakthrough? Chinese mechanized troops were difficult to deploy in the mountains of North Korea, while the Japanese could rely on the Gaima Plateau to resist...... Even if the Chinese cannot be driven back to the north of the Yalu River, the war can be dragged into a long and protracted war.

Could it be that the Chinese National Defense Force, with its strong naval and air superiority and mechanized corps, is willing to fight a war of attrition in the First World War mode against the Japanese in North Korea?

Looking at the map, Okamura Ninji was a little undecided, on the one hand, he did not believe that the squadron would give up their advantages to fight a war of attrition with Japan; But on the other hand, China's overwhelming population, resources, and industrial superiority can indeed afford a brutal war of attrition! At this time, Chief of Staff Ishihara Kanji and Deputy Chief of Staff Oshiroto Sanji both reminded Okamura that the squadron had overwhelming air superiority, and if the deployment was not adjusted now, the army would have to march against the bombardment of the squadron after dawn. The damage will be severe.

After much deliberation, Okamura finally decided to transfer four divisions from the 22nd Army, which served as a reserve, to Umezu Mijiro and Tada. At the same time, he sent an urgent message to Tokyo and asked for reinforcements.

"Your Excellency Marshal, now that the violent branch has just started to attack, the North Korean army has asked for tactical guidance, isn't it ......" Deputy Chief of Staff Oshirodo Sanji hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The North Korean army now has more than 1.5 million troops, and it should be no problem to recruit North Korean volunteers on the spot, relying on the North Korean mountains to repel 2 million violent troops." ”

In the tradition of the Japanese army. Asking for reinforcements was a very humiliating thing, so the Japanese army also gave the request for help a tactful name "tactical guidance". Now that the squadron has just begun large-scale artillery bombardment, and the assault of infantry and armored troops has not begun, Okamura, the commander of the Korean army, is urgently asking for help from the country, which is really undignified.

Okamura sighed lightly: "Now is not the time to consider decency, Oshiro-kun, today's empire is no longer the overlord of the East 8 years ago, and the sea and air superiority of the Shina people is too great...... In the event that the main ports of western Japan were destroyed by air raids, it would be difficult for North Korea to receive reinforcements. ”

"The commander is right," Ishihara agreed, Okamura. He crossed his arms and stared at the front of the map for a while, and then said, "Although so far, the battle situation is still in our expectations, the direction of the attack of the Riot Army is indeed in the middle of the Yalu River defense line. But. The battle has just begun, everything is uncertain, and the attack of the Tyrannical Branch may also be a feint, and their real target is still the west coast of Korea. ”

"However, the eastern exit of the Taiwan Strait is under the close surveillance of the naval submarines, and it is impossible for the Chinese fleet to evade the surveillance of the submarines, and it is impossible to sneak attack." Ayutthaya shook his head.

Okamura Ninji frowned slightly: "It is only 1,000 kilometers from the east of the Taiwan Strait to Jeju Island. The fleet of the people of China will arrive in less than 24 hours...... How far can our ground forces go in 24 hours? ”

Compared to the west coast of North Korea. Okamura is now more worried about Jeju Island. Although the Japanese army on Jeju Island had nearly 200,000 troops in eight divisions, the current Japanese Navy did not dare to engage the Chinese Navy in the West Sea (China's Yellow Sea), so once the squadron landed on Jeju Island, most of the 200,000 troops above would become alone. And as soon as Jeju Island is lost, Chinese submarines and planes will be able to block the Tsushima Strait, and the back road of the North Korean army will be completely cut off!

"These guys in the Navy just don't use it!" Ishihara apparently agreed with Okamura, and he complained in a low voice: "The entire west coast plus the defense of Jeju Island used 24 divisions...... Otherwise, the forces on the northern front would not be so tight. ”

Okamura shook his head: "Don't complain. The Imperial Army is not afraid of any difficulties" He gritted his teeth: "Even without any naval and air support, the army alone can fight the war!" ”

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At this time, Luo Yaoguo had already moved to Beidaying outside Shenyang. His residence was in the small courtyard next door to the headquarters of the Beiyang Front, just before the shelling of the Chushan-Huishan line by the Beiyang Front began. He personally sat in the war room of the Beiyang Front Headquarters. However, he did not interfere with the command of Bai Chongxi and Liu Fei, and Luo Yaoguo was still very relieved about the command ability of these two. Of course, the right to use the three atomic bombs that secretly arrived in Shenyang was still in Luo Yaoguo's hands.

Outside the window of the headquarters, the roar of the train gradually faded from far and near. A military train laden with weapons and ammunition had just passed the South Manchurian Railway outside Beidaying, and the train was then heading to the front line via the newly built Yalu River branch line. This Yalu River branch line was built after the war, the purpose is to provide logistical support for the squadron's Yalu River defense line, and at the same time, a total length of more than 5,000 kilometers of convenient roads has been built, so now millions of troops and countless materials in and out of the mountainous area north of the Yalu River do not feel much inconvenient.

"Report, Deputy Chief Li called, our central cluster is bombarding the Japanese defense line south of the Yalu River with extremely fierce artillery fire, and has not been counterattacked by Japanese artillery fire at present."

The one who spoke was Lieutenant General Du Yuxin, deputy chief of staff of the front army, who was also a graduate of the first phase of Huangpu and a cousin of Du Yuming, who died in the Longtan Battle in history, but there was no Longtan Battle in this time and space, so he was very lucky to live until now, and he also paid homage to the lieutenant general and deputy chief of staff of the front army.

As he spoke, Du Yuxin drew two huge arrows on the map, respectively from Chusan and Hyesan to the hinterland of North Korea. The end points of the two arrows are at Changjin Lake. If the two assault forces meet at Changjin Lake, then the Japanese 16th Army and the 18th Army will each have four divisions into the encirclement, and the army will advance more than 100 kilometers to the southeast to attack East Korea Bay and directly penetrate into the rear of the Japanese 17th Army. In this way, the defense line of the Yalu River, which the Japanese army had painstakingly operated for eight years, was completely collapsed.

"Brother Fuwen, it was Chen Mingren's 9th Army that broke through from the direction of Chushan; Attacking from Huishan was Guan Linzheng's 10th Army. These two armies had a total of 4 armies and 12 divisions, including 4 heavy infantry divisions, 4 mountain divisions, and 4 elite Central Asian colonial divisions. It will be these 4 Central Asian divisions that will take the lead later. ”

After listening to Du Yuxin's introduction, Luo Yaoguo nodded slightly. Although the Central Asia Division is a colonial division, its equipment and training are no worse than those of the Wehrmacht's heavy infantry divisions, and the middle and senior officers are all active officers of the Wehrmacht, while the junior officers, non-commissioned officers, and ordinary soldiers are former Soviet Red Army officers and soldiers recruited from the colonies of Central Asia in China, and many of them fought in the wars of 1937 and 1938, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.

"Send a telegram to the German neighbors, and it is recommended that the 9th and 10th armies be allowed to use assault artillery regiments to cooperate with the infantry attack." Bai Chongxi gave the order to use armored forces at this time. The so-called assault artillery regiment was reorganized from the merger of the light tank battalions originally attached to the army level, and was equipped with T-39 light assault guns jointly developed by China and Russia. The main mission of this inexpensive and high-quality light assault gun is to cooperate with the infantry to assault the opponent's position. In the original plan, these assault guns would not be put into battle at the beginning, but would wait until the Japanese lines were weakened by the attack of the colonial divisions, and then put them into the battle to cover the Wehrmacht's heavy infantry divisions to deliver the final blow to the Japanese lines. However, Bai Chongxi seems to be a little eager to win today. Maybe it has something to do with Luo Yaoguo's war?

……

The squadron's artillery fire swept like a hurricane over the defensive positions of the Japanese on the line from Chushan to Weiyuan. Over and over again, ploughed the defensive positions that they had painstakingly managed for 8 years. Obstacles such as deer, barbed wire, and minefields along the Yalu River were swept away, and several newly dug anti-tank trenches were mostly filled in by the tossed earth. The small number of Japanese infantry stationed in the forward position has now completely stopped moving after the sudden encounter with this unprecedented artillery bombardment, and even General Umezu Mijiro himself does not know if there are any living people in the troops on his forward position. In this ocean of fire, I'm afraid there is no life to survive, right?

"Your Excellency! The commander of the 55th Division, Lieutenant General Matsuyama, sent a telegram that front-line artillery observers had ascertained the location of the Chinese artillery group. Apply for the use of artillery groups directly under the army to suppress the artillery of the Chinese army! Major General Akakari, chief of staff of the 16th Army, reported loudly.

Umezu Mijiro stood in front of the sand table with half-squinted eyes. Dingding looked at the signs representing the Chinese and Japanese military units on them and was stunned, as if he had not heard the report of the chief of staff.

Chief of Staff Akaka took another big step forward, almost standing next to Umezu Mijiro's ear, and said in a sincere tone: "Your Excellency! Please hand over the use of the 16th Heavy Artillery Brigade to the 55th Division, and then transfer two wings from the 106th Division of the Reserve to strengthen the frontal defense line of Chushan. This should be able to inflict heavy losses on the tyrannical army and open the war for Korea. ”

Umezu Mijiro sighed as if he had just woken up from a dream, hunched over his waist and walked a few more steps around the sand table before he suddenly stood still. Straightened up and ordered loudly: "The 16th Heavy Artillery Brigade cannot open fire for the time being, and the 106th Division immediately leaves Jiangnan Mountain to rush to Chushan to reinforce the 55th Division." The 106th and 55th Divisions were under the unified command of Lieutenant General Matsuyama Right 3rd. ”

"Are all the 106th Divisions going up?" Chilu Li was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly reminded: "Your Excellency Commander." The army's defensive line was stretched from Shuozhou to Zhongjiang, and the reserve was only the 106th Division and the 60th Division. Moreover, the 60th Division is still a new unit, with only three wings and only one artillery brigade......"

"I know," replied Umezu Mijiro, smiling bitterly, "but the Shina army has already controlled the sky, and it will be dawn in a few hours, and if the troops are to be mobilized at that time, they will have to bear at least 30% of the losses, so that even if they reach the front, they will not be able to fight." ”

The Japanese generals of this time and space are not as arrogant as they were in the original history, and even a little Sinophobic. In particular, in the past few months, the German side has also provided Japan with a large amount of operational materials on the European battlefield, which greatly shocked all the high-ranking Japanese generals. In particular, the powerful assault capability of the Chinese armored forces is almost comparable to that of the German army, and the Chinese tactical air force is also the best in the world (Herman Goering's assessment). The military experts sent by the German side told the Japanese that if a war broke out with China, the Japanese army would absolutely not be able to mobilize its troops during the daytime when the weather conditions were acceptable, otherwise the troops would lose half of their troops on the way!

The only way to do this was to take advantage of the night move, and at the same time to accurately determine in advance the direction of the main attack of the squadron. It is better to have the troops in place before the battle, and it is also necessary to do sufficient earth work, build a continuous and strong defensive line, and the troops in the forward positions must not be too large, so as not to be killed or injured by the enemy's artillery fire.

In a word. The squadron's firepower is very strong, its strength is almost unlimited, and its armored forces are strong enough to launch a multi-arm joint assault on the Japanese position, while the Japanese can only be passively beaten and consume the opponent through positional warfare...... Of course, the premise is that the position is not broken through by their tanks.

The commander of the 55th Division, Lieutenant General Matsuyama, also fully adopted the Germans' suggestion, and after his division took over the defensive task from Chushan to Weiyuan, he continued to repair defensive positions day and night. The original trenches were reinforced and widened, and two anti-tank trenches were dug. In accordance with the standards of the European theater, dozens of anti-tank defense bases have been built, 76mm anti-aircraft guns and 50mm anti-tank guns have been deployed from China, and the main force has been placed on the second line in accordance with the experience of the European theater. The first line was staffed with only a small number of troops, and the first and second lines were connected by cobweb-like trenches.

However, when the squadron's overwhelming artillery fire came, countless Chinese officers and soldiers shouted "Ula! Ulla! At a time when more than a hundred chariots that seemed to be iron boxes with a cannon on their way to attack, Matsuyama still found that his preparations were all in vain!

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"Ulla! Ula ......"

2 a.m. on December 12. The 2-hour artillery preparation was finally over. When the artillery of the squadron began to extend deep into the Japanese army. The two infantry regiments of the 1st Central Asian Division, which had long been ready, and nearly 5,000 Central Asian officers and soldiers wearing yellow uniforms and white smocks, shouted the Soviet Red Army's iconic slogan "Ula" and began to launch the first wave of charge, and in front of them, a whole regiment of 180 T-39 light assault guns roared forward. From a distance, it looks like a sea of fire, a sea of people and tanks (assault guns), no matter how you look at it, it looks like the tactics of the Soviet Red Army in history.

"Your Excellency! The Riot Armored Forces have begun to storm! The Riot Army threw in at least one Panzergrenadier Division (through German advisers, the Japanese finally figured out the difference between Panzer and Panzergrenadier Divisions). There were about 180 assault tanks and a few thousand Russian mercenaries! ”

Umezumi ~~-Update debut~~ As soon as Jiro took the phone, he heard a rush in his ear. He furrowed his eyebrows slightly, moving the phone slightly away from his ear. After Matsuyama's roar, he ordered: "Matsuyama-kun, I will now transfer the use of the 16th Heavy Artillery Brigade to the 55th Division." Remember, you must hold the line until reinforcements from the 106th Division arrive, please! ”

"Hay! The subordinate will work hard to complete the task, please rest assured. Although Matsuoka's words were said beautifully, his voice trembled slightly, and no matter how he listened to it, he looked like he was lacking in confidence. Umezu Mijiro lowered his voice and continued to instruct: "Remember to use the anti-aircraft artillery brigade well, and also, organize an anti-tank commando team in time, and use Molotov cocktails, anti-tank grenades and ...... once a Chinese tank approaches the position. Destroy them by the anti-tank attackers! ”

"Hay! Your Excellency the Commander, rest assured! ”

Matsuyama put down the phone, took a deep breath, and gave the order to open fire to the artillery units of the 16th Separate Heavy Artillery Brigade and the 55th Division!

The artillery group composed of 24 150mm heavy field howitzers and 90 105mm field howitzers suddenly let out a roar, and the shells rumbled through the attacking formation of the officers and men of the charging Central Asian Division and the 9th Assault Artillery Regiment, and the scattered shrapnel almost did not pose any threat to the 16-ton T-39 light assault gun, which was equipped with a 75mm cannon of 48 times the caliber and had strong armor still slowly moving forward! However, the Central Asian mercenaries who accompanied the assault gun charge were unlucky, and the shells exploded in swarms among them, and countless flying shrapnel seemed to be the scythe of death to cut them down piece by piece. However, these mercenaries with high salaries (like ordinary Chinese infantry) also showed the bloody nature of the Central Asian nomads at this time, and they were stunned to shout slogans and charge with their heads covered, which was very like death! In the blink of an eye, the first wave of attacking troops of the squadron rushed across the frozen Yalu River and rushed onto the land of the Republic of Korea!