Chapter 437: The Waves in Action
The border between China and North Korea is mainly divided by the Yalu River, with a length of more than 1,298 kilometers, and in the face of such a wide front, the Chinese army is divided into three directions to break through, a total of one division and one independent brigade on the North Road set off from Linjiang to attack Da Lizi, while the Central Route is composed of an infantry division and a motorized infantry brigade, starting from Ji'an, breaking through Manpu, which is defended by the Korean servant army.
After breaking through the Yalu River, the two armies advanced deep into Korea, and at the Jiangjie Division, the entire area of attack was the mountainous northern part of Korea, which was sparsely populated and Japanese rule in these areas was relatively weak, and Jin Jiu and his men also moved with the Central Route Army.
After entering Korea, Jin Jiu and others will let go of their hands and feet, destroy the Japanese colonial order, and then expand the ranks and establish a government in the real sense, and then call on all Koreans to rise up against Japan with this government, of course, the role that these two route armies and Jin Jiu can play is only to contain them.
The main direction of the real attack is Sinuiju, that is, the southern line of China, Sinuiju and China's Dandong City across the river, is an important port of trade between North Korea and China, and the area around Sinuiju is flat, it is also an important production area of North Korea, and there is a train from Sinuiju to Pyongyang, a military town of North Korea, which is definitely a battleground for soldiers, and both China and Japan have invested all their forces.
China's most elite first armored division was sent here to serve as the main attack mission, Lu Han as the commander of the most powerful armored division at this time is also in high spirits, China has passed the army expansion plan, but also to form four new armored divisions, each division of the number of tanks to reach 336 this amazing number, this kind of formation is absolutely the first in the Far East, even the world so far there is no such a generous armored division.
There is no doubt that the newly built armored division will become the elite of the elite of the Chinese army, many Sichuan generals are staring at this position, even Long Yun is moved, being able to command such a tank division is definitely more enjoyable than being a commander, but in the end it still fell on Lu Han's head. At present, China has only completed one division. The remaining three divisions are still on paper, just like the other armored division in the army group this time only has 200 tanks, of course, all this is also Lujรกn with his excellent performance.
Starting from northern Myanmar and hitting to Nebuchu, it is the southernmost point to the northernmost point of China, but no one can live on the merit book, and only continuous progress can gain the respect of everyone. This attack on the DPRK is something that all military personnel dream of.
In everyone's hearts, Japan is regarded as the most important and most vicious enemy at present, and Japan's rise in modern times is entirely a matter that is only on the shoulders of China, and Japan has done too many evil things to China, and everyone knows that there must be a day of reckoning, and this is the best opportunity for soldiers to make meritorious contributions. If you can make a contribution, it will definitely be a famous thing in history.
Originally, in 1911, Japan built a bridge over the Yalu River to connect Sinuiju and Dandong, which was actually a land passage for Japan's invasion of Northeast China. Mainly, a railway bridge.
Since the declaration of war between China and Japan. This bridge linking the two sides of the river is extremely important, and it is a strategic point that both countries want to seize. At first, Japan was also preparing to attack China through here, but because the Chinese Air Force firmly controlled the air supremacy, the Japanese knew that they had no chance to kill it, so they simply blew up the Yalu River Bridge to prevent China from using the bridge to attack Japan.
However, due to the rush of time, the Japanese only blew up the middle of the bridge, and there were still piers in the middle of the river, and this time Lu Han ordered the engineer troops to quickly build a bridge through the Yalu River after the artillery fire was prepared.
The sappers used the remaining piers to tie the ships that had been prepared side by side, and then fixed them on the piers, so that a solid road appeared, although it was not yet possible to pass tanks of more than fifteen tons, but tanks and armored vehicles for more than ten tons were enough, and soon the Chinese tanks passed through this road and rushed to the opposite bank, of course, the Japanese were also fully prepared.
Dense firepower continued to spray into the river, even with the cover of the air force and artillery, more than 100 sappers died while building the pontoon bridge, and the corpses flowed into the sea with the rolling river, but their sacrifice was still very valuable, and the Chinese armored forces finally set foot on Korean soil.
There was a hole in the Japanese defense line on the riverbank, and the Chinese tanks on the other side of the river quickly took advantage of their speed advantage and quickly rushed to the Japanese defense line, as if cutting tofu with a quick knife, and soon opened a gap, and the Chinese follow-up troops were more and more, and finally formed a solid foothold.
Japan has been operating in Korea for many years, especially after China became strong, the defense line of the Yalu River has been strengthened several times, and the depth is tens of kilometers, which is also the lesson of Japan absorbing the lessons of World War I, and striving to make the defense line deeper and more solid, I have to say that once the little devil goes crazy, it is indeed very scary, and the entire defense line of the Yalu River is not so much built with reinforced concrete, but with the lives of the Koreans.
A total of more than 150,000 sticks died here in order to build this defensive line, but it did have an effect, although the Chinese tanks occupied a foothold, but it was too difficult to easily break through the opponent's defensive line, and both sides fell into a bitter battle.
Qiao Yu is now in Zhongnanhai, all the members of the Chinese Supreme Command have gathered, and everyone is anxiously waiting for the situation on the front line, as soon as they hear that China has successfully crossed the Yalu River, everyone's face is smiling, as long as they can break through the Yalu River and take Pyongyang, there will be no more problems.
However, Jiang Baili's next words reminded some people who were overly optimistic.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the Japanese have established a defense in depth along the river for a full forty kilometers, and their forces are very strong, and we are only occupying a few footholds now, and we are far from the time to successfully break through the Japanese defense line!"
"Brother Baili, I still believe in our soldiers, and Lu Han is also a tiger general, it is possible to break through the defense line of the Yalu River, but I also want to remind everyone that this war will not end soon, although Japan is an island country, but industrialization is decades earlier than China, the national mobilization ability is stronger, and the quality of the people is higher. And they also have superiority at sea. Being able to get supplements from foreign countries, in this way, the combat power is also very amazing, and we must be ready to fight a protracted war! โ
"President, haven't the great powers already declared their strict neutrality, how can there still be supplies flowing into Japan?" Jiang Yonggui asked on the side.
"Obeying the rules is not called a great power, their neutrality is just an excuse. Who will get along with money, the United States is selling a large amount of oil to Japan, as well as scrap steel, the price at this time is more than double the usual, in the face of such huge profits, can those capitalists sit still. Besides, didn't the great powers also send us a lot of supplies through the South China Sea! โ
Qiao Yu is right, this kind of war is a good time for the great powers to make money at both ends, the great powers will never become good babies, and the current powers are like the five hooligans of the future, I am a hooligan, who am I afraid of!
Although China has a large land and abundant resources, it cannot completely rely on imports, such as the most important strategic material rubber must be imported from Southeast Asia, although China has established a rubber plantation in Hainan. However, neither in terms of output nor quality can be compared with those in Southeast Asia.
In addition, China also needs minerals such as copper and tin. It just so happens that these are abundant in Southeast Asia and other places, although Britain and France have old enmities with China. But they also don't want to see China fall and Asia become the world of Japan, what they hope most is that the war in Asia will last for a few years like World War I, and turn the two hated yellow countries into ruins, only in this way can they be regarded as the wish of the great powers.
"President, since Japan can get material replenishments from the great powers, we might as well knock out all these replenishments and completely trap and starve the island countries to death, so that Japan has only one way to admit defeat!"
Jiang Baili is preparing to use submarine forces, the Chinese side has always regarded submarines as the best choice to deal with island countries, and it is also China's most important killer weapon, there are already many submarine activities in the waters between China and Japan, and the Chinese side is not in a hurry to let these submarines attack, but first found out the characteristics of Japan's routes, and figured out the hydrological currents and other issues, after all, although submarines can launch attacks very secretly.
However, the speed of the submarine is still very slow, and the ability to protect itself is insufficient, and once it is discovered by the opposing warship, it is possible to be sunk, so it is necessary to find a good way to retreat first, and it is also necessary to let Japan be vigilant, but more than ten days have passed since the declaration of war, and now the time is ripe for a large-scale attack.
At this time, the Japanese Combined Fleet had concentrated its main forces in Okinawa and Keelung, Taiwan, relying on these two bases, while firmly blocking the sea passage in eastern China, and then the Japanese used their sea power to constantly harass China's coastal routes, trying to cut off the sea links between the north and south of China.
And China's navy is also-for-tat, mainly deployed in the coastal area from Quanzhou to Zhoushan, firmly guarding China's coastline, all Chinese navies have entered a state of war, ready to deal with the outbreak of a naval war at any time, everyone knows that this day will not be too far away.
Although China's latest warship has not been completed, but with the existing three aircraft carriers and underwater forces, China also has a fight, especially Cheng Hailiang, who has won the flag, is also full of confidence at this time, he is drinking tea and relaxing with his two friends Wu Kaijie and Tang Lin.
Wu Kaijie was originally one of China's earliest aircraft carrier pilots and the most skilled, but he served on the Qiqi and missed the precious opportunity for naval aviation to sink an enemy ship for the first time, which has been frustrating him for several days.
"Lao Wu, if you want me to say that you don't have to worry, so many Japanese warships are placed there, don't we have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and this time after really experiencing the war, I really understand the huge advantage of aircraft attacks, condescending, unobstructed, no matter how fierce the firepower of the battleship will always have flaws, as long as it is caught, as long as a bomb goes down, any warship will be seriously injured!"
Wu Kaijie let out a sigh of relief, "Lao Cheng, let's compete with each other to see who can sink more Japanese warships and have a large tonnage, let's bet on a dog meat hot pot!" โ
While he was talking, someone suddenly sent a telegram, which was handed over to Tang Lin, who was the captain of the major, and in fact, he had long been preparing to make contributions in the vast blue waves, and after getting the telegram, he immediately rushed towards the military port! (To be continued.) )