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The successful landing of Hakata immediately shocked and nervous the Japanese General Staff Headquarters, because the Chinese Emperor could flank the three Japanese divisions deployed on the front line of Kumamoto and Fukuoka from the north and south. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info╔╗ Baidu search to win phone bills,

Faced with the situation of being attacked on the back of the enemy, the Japanese army urgently mobilized the reserve 23rd Division to urgently reinforce the Hakata front line to prevent the Chinese Emperor from advancing southward. At the same time, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters believed that the main direction of attack of the Chinese Emperor was in Kyushu, and that there was no intention of landing in Tokyo Bay in Honshu since the start of the war for eight months, so the Japanese army relaxed the defense of Honshu and mobilized three divisions from Honshu to rush to Kyushu.

In this way, the Japanese army in Kyushu reached 8 main divisions and 4 reserve divisions, and the strength of the army increased to 300,000 men. The front line of Honshu's Tokyo Bay, which has always been the focus of defense, has also been slightly relaxed due to the crisis of the Kyushu war. At the beginning, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters always thought that the Chinese Emperor would first land in Tokyo Bay and capture Tokyo to end the war, so the 11th main division was assembled in Honshu to prepare for a decisive battle with the Chinese Emperor.

The Wa Kingdom continued to seek the support of the international community and demanded that The Hague International stop the Chinese Emperor's aggression against the Wa Kingdom. However, the Imperial Chinese government always insisted that the war against the Japanese was motivated by humanitarian considerations, that the Japanese people were in dire straits under the reactionary rule of the Taisho and Yamamoto Gonbei cabinets, and that the Chinese Emperor sent troops to the Japanese archipelago only to improve the human rights of the Japanese and to free the Japanese people. The Chinese Empire insisted that the war was a war for the liberation of the Japanese and a just war.

The government of the Chinese Empire demanded the abdication of Emperor Taisho and demanded that Yamamoto Gonbei come to power, otherwise the war would not be stopped. The Supreme Command of the Wa Kingdom was so angry that it was about to vomit blood, knowing that even if Emperor Taisho abdicated, even if the Yamamoto Gonbei cabinet was dissolved, the Chinese Empire would find more excuses.

Emperor Taisho and the cabinet of Yamamoto Gonbei then issued an order to defend the Japanese kingdom to the death and fight the whole people to the death, and to fight to the death against the Chinese emperor.

On 20 June, the main force of the Chinese Emperor completed the landing at Hakata Port and advanced towards Fukuoka, where a fierce battle broke out with the Japanese reserve 23rd Division. ╔╗

The Wa Kingdom is a mountainous country, and the central part of the archipelago is basically mountainous, with only a few plains in the coastal areas, and it is also the main source of the Wa Kingdom's economy.

Fukuoka is strategically located with the Wakoku Railway running from Honshu into Kitakyushu and then connecting the western and southern regions of Wakoku Kyushu via Fukuoka.

It can be said that Fukuoka is the most important railway hub and strategic point in Kyushu.

At such a strategic point, the Japanese army sent the reserve 23rd Division to defend it, and at the same time, the 7th Division from Tsukushi was rapidly reinforced.

In order to quickly capture Fukuoka, the 1st Marine Division of the Imperial Chinese Navy used 20 M10 tanks, 200 artillery pieces, and 400 fighters to carry out a fierce attack on the positions defended by the Japanese 23rd Reserve Division.

The Japanese Army's Reserve 23rd Division relied on Tachibana Mountain to build a defensive position, and the echelon configuration of light and heavy weapons could be regarded as a precise defense.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, a fierce artillery battle broke out between the two sides, and the artillery units of the Chinese Emperor were well-trained, and nearly a thousand shells fell on the Japanese positions on the opposite side every minute. On the other hand, due to the lack of funds, the number of artillery live fire was too small, and the number of artillery was insufficient, only about 100 shells per minute were used to block the attacking troops of the Chinese Emperor.

"Boom!"

In an instant, the cannon roared, the earthquake trembled, and the entire Tachibana Mountain was enveloped in gunpowder smoke in an instant, covering the sky and the sun.

The artillery preparations of the Chinese Empire were very sufficient, but the real purpose was to attract Japanese artillery fire to counterattack, so as to induce the exact location of the Japanese artillery positions, and to provide fire support for the next naval heavy naval guns, and the air support of the carrier-based aircraft of the aircraft carrier battle group was smoothly carried out.

Sure enough, in order to block the offensive of the Chinese Emperor, the position of the only 50 guns of the Japanese artillery was quickly exposed.

In Hakata Bay, four Yuan-class battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy with a displacement of more than 60,000 tons quickly prepared for artillery fire after receiving the enemy's artillery positions provided by the headquarters of the 1st Marine Division. ╔

"Target No. 13 height, azimuth 192, shooting height 41, distance 27450 meters."

The turrets of the three triple 17-inch guns of the battleship Genghis Khan were driven by electricity, quickly rotated, making a squeaky metal friction sound, the main guns were unanimously turned 12 degrees to south-west, the muzzle of the black hole that could accommodate one person was quickly raised to 41 degrees, and the automatic lifting machine loaded the shells weighing 1.5 tons and more than 40 packs of propellant into the gun chamber.

The artillery preparation of the battleship Genghis Khan did not take more than a minute, and soon, the artillery preparation of the other three Yuan-class battleships was also completed one after another.

"Ready, put!"

The order was given, and the nine 432-mm guns of the battleship Genghis Khan opened fire with a bang, and the first fire salvo was launched on the Japanese heights of the 13th.

"Knock knock!"

Nine 17-inch guns fired a salvo like a thunderbolt from the blue. The huge recoil force caused the huge ship weighing more than 60,000 tons to tilt several degrees to the right, and the muzzle of the gun spewed out a huge ball of flames, and the violent air wave caused the sea surface within more than ten meters in front of the muzzle to burst into a half-meter-high wave, rolling towards the shore.

The 1.5-ton shell instantly pierced through the fire and shot into the sky, drawing a long parabola, roaring and flying towards the Japanese Army's No. 13 Heights 27 kilometers away.

At the same time, three other Yuan-class battleships also opened fire one after another, firing shells at the Japanese positions one after another.

Half a minute later, 36 rounds of 17-inch shells fell on the Japanese artillery positions on Heights 13.

"Boom!"

The shells exploded with a bang, engulfing everything in an instant. ╔╗ No. 13 Plateau was full of flames in an instant, soil and rocks splashed, and smoke and flames were stirred for thousands of meters, reaching into the sky, like a volcanic eruption.

The Japanese artillery positions were leveled in an instant, all artillery was destroyed, and hundreds of Japanese artillery were torn to pieces in the violent shock wave.

Immediately afterward, the first wave of 120 fighters and 10 bombers took off from the thirteen aircraft carriers anchored in Hakata Bay, and the fighters launched fierce machine-gun fire on the Japanese infantry defensive positions, and the bombers dropped powerful aerial bombs and gasoline incendiary bombs.

The first wave of attacks by the Chinese Emperor lasted half an hour, and the Japanese positions were plowed over and over again by the shells of the Chinese Emperor, and the earth turned into scorched earth and streams turned into steam.

The 23rd Reserve Division of the Japanese Army suffered heavy casualties, not only losing the only artillery wing, but also suffering more than 3,000 casualties among the front-line troops of the Japanese army with no combat experience, accounting for one-third of the total strength of the army.

At 8:35 a.m., the naval artillery fire support stopped, the artillery fire of the 1st Marine Division of the Chinese Emperor began to extend, and the 3rd Regiment as the main attack launched an attack formation, and under the cover of the powerful fire of more than 100 fighters and 20 combat vehicles of the naval aviation, it began to attack the No. 7 and No. 9 positions of Tachibanayama defended by the Japanese army.

The Japanese quickly organized their forces to resist, and the heavy machine-gun positions on the left and right flanks condescended and opened heavy fire on the Chinese Emperor in the form of crossfire.

The soldiers of the Chinese Emperor who rushed to the front hid behind the chariot and used the chariot as cover to advance slowly. Japanese bullets hit the chariot with a clanging metal crash.

With a buzzing sound, more than a dozen cat demon fighters in the air formed a ground attack formation and quickly swooped down.

"Da Da Da!"

Countless bullets rained down from the air at the Japanese heavy machine gun position, and the Japanese machine gunners and nearby secondary shooters were instantly beaten into a meat sieve. Soon the Japanese killed a group of machine gunners, and then a group came up to replace them, and they were soon killed by the fighters of the Chinese Emperor. ╔╗

The two sides confronted each other like this, and the Japanese died one after another, until their heavy machine guns were broken.

In order to defend their homeland, the Japanese resistance was very fierce, even if the artillery and machine gunners were exhausted, the Japanese infantry armed with rifles still held their positions, not giving up an inch of land.

Due to the lack of artillery support, the Japanese army did not seem to have any countermeasures in front of the chariots of the Chinese Emperor. After losing two lines of defense in a row, the 119th Wing of the 23rd Reserve Division of the Japanese Army saw the loss of its position and launched a suicide attack.

However, the effect was not obvious, and the armor of the Chinese Emperor's M10 tank was very thick, and the Japanese army pounced on the tank head-on and could not cause fatal damage to the tank.

But soon, the Japanese army came up with a solution, and their suicide attack chose to get under the chariot of the Chinese Emperor and then detonate it.

This trick really worked, and 7 chariots of the Chinese Emperor were blown up.

The Japanese army's desperate fighting style made the vanguard of the Chinese Emperor pay a certain price. However, in the face of the powerful firepower of the Chinese Emperor, the victory of the Japanese army's small local counterattack could not change the overall rout.

After four hours of fierce fighting between the two sides, the casualties of the Japanese 23rd Reserve Division reached more than 7,000 people, and the remaining more than 3,000 people were wounded, and only 700 soldiers could be occupied, and the defense line of Tachibana Mountain could no longer be held.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Chinese Emperor launched the fourth round of fierce attack, dispatched 200 fighters and bombers, and the fierce artillery fire prepared to plow the last line of Japanese positions three times, and a 300-kilogram aerial bomb accidentally hit the Japanese army's hidden ammunition depot, causing a martyrdom and killing thousands of Japanese troops nearby. The headquarters of the 23rd Reserve Division of the Japanese Army was also affected in this explosion, and all 23 people below the division commander were killed, and the Japanese army lost its command and fell into chaos.

At 3:15 a.m., the Chinese Emperor's artillery fire had just begun to extend, and before the Japanese army could react and enter the position, the Chinese Emperor rushed forward and launched a fierce white-knuckle battle with the Japanese army, and seized the position. ╔╗

At 4:17, the 1st Marine Division of the Chinese Emperor took control of Lihuashan and completely annihilated the 23rd Reserve Division of the Japanese Army.

On the battlefield, corpses were piled up like mountains, blood flowed like rivers, and the air was filled with heavy gunpowder smoke and the smell of corpses, and the cruelty of war was vividly highlighted at this moment.

As the attacking side, the 1st Marine Division of the Chinese Emperor suffered only 347 casualties. As the defender, the 23rd Reserve Division of the Japanese Army was completely annihilated, and all 11,300 people were killed.

The main reason for such a huge gap is that the 23rd Division of the Japanese Army is only a reserve division, with no experience and weak combat effectiveness. The position they chose was too close to the coastline, and within the range of the huge guns of the capital ships of the Imperial Chinese Navy, under the heavy bombardment of the 17-inch guns, no Japanese fortifications could stop it. In addition, the Japanese army did not have air supremacy, and the Japanese troops on the positions were slaughtered with impunity by the fighters of the Imperial Chinese Naval Aviation. The Japanese artillery force was destroyed by the Chinese Emperor at the first time, and there was no artillery support, which made it even worse in the face of the fierce attack of 200 cannons of the 1st Marine Division of the Chinese Emperor. At the same time, the Japanese army used flesh and blood to block the armored combat vehicles of the Chinese Emperor, although it achieved some success, but in the end it was declared a failure because the cost was too great.

In the Battle of Tachibanayama, the Japanese 23rd Reserve Division was completely annihilated, and then the Chinese Emperor quickly captured the city of Fukuoka, took control of the Fukuoka Railway Station, cut off the supply of the Japanese army to the Kumamoto front line in Kitakyushu, and exposed the flanks of the three divisions of the Japanese Kumamoto front, forcing the Japanese army to divide heavy forces to protect the flanks and rear flanks, which was conducive to supporting the landing operations of the Korean Imperial Allied Army on Kumamoto.

At the same time, on the Kumamoto Port battlefield, 100,000 Korean Imperial Allied troops were as brave as if they had taken aphrodisiacs, and with the support of the powerful naval and air force of the Chinese Empire, they paid the price of 20,000 men to break through the defense line of the Japanese Sixth Division on the left flank of Kumamoto Port, and tore open the hole in the Japanese Kumamoto Defense Line.

On 23 June, the 3rd Division of the 2nd Army of the Korean Imperial Allied Army took the lead in completing the landing operation at Triangle Harbor, and with the support of the naval artillery fire of the 2nd Combat Force of the Imperial Chinese Navy and the air fire of the 3rd Air Force of the 6th Detachment, it defeated the 39th Wing of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army defending the Kami-Amakusa Peninsula in one fell swoop, achieved the campaign goal of occupying Kami-Amakusa City, and opened up a strategic passage to the left flank of Kumamoto.

Subsequently, the Second Army of the Imperial Allied Army of Korea landed at the Upper Tenkusa Triangle Port, and under the cover of the Imperial Chinese Navy and Air Force, quickly advanced along the Upper Tencho Peninsula to the left flank of Kumamoto Port.

Although the Japanese army organized many large-scale counterattacks, because it did not have air and sea supremacy, the counteroffensive was fiercely attacked by the naval and air forces of the Chinese Empire, and suffered heavy losses. At the same time, after the fall of the Upper Amakusa Triangle Port, there was no natural danger to defend at the junction between the Upper Amakusa Peninsula and the left flank defense line of Kumamoto Port, and the Japanese army was forced to shrink the defense line and fortify the Uto of the left flank of Kumamoto Port.

Although the fighting power of the Korean Imperial Allied Army was not strong, they were supported by the powerful naval and air forces of the Chinese Empire, which made the Korean Imperial Allied Army appear to be unstoppable on the surface.

The Chinese Imperial Command did not expect that the Korean Imperial Allied Army would be able to land successfully, and had to think that the Korean Imperial Allied Army was still useful, so the Chinese Imperial Emperor Wang Chenhao immediately issued an order to commend the Korean Imperial Allied Army and encourage them to make persistent efforts to do their best for the prosperity of the Greater China Co-Prosperity Sphere.

While thanking the Emperor of the Chinese Empire for his commendation, King Yi Hee of Joseon issued an order to the First and Second Armies of the Imperial Allied Army of Joseon, asking them to fight bravely and increase the prestige of the Korean army. At the same time, in order to curry favor with the Chinese Empire, Li Xi continued to mobilize in the Korean Kingdom, and then the Third Army and the Fourth Army of the Korean Imperial Allied Army were formed one after another, preparing to go to the battlefield to participate in the war.

On 25 June, the Korean Second Army advanced along the Kamitencho Peninsula all the way to Uto, and the capture of Uto completely opened the door to Kumamoto's left flank.

However, contrary to the victory of the Second Army at Triangle Harbor, the attack on Uto was slow and costly. The Japanese army sent the 15th Brigade to launch a counteroffensive, which once repelled the attack of the Korean Imperial Allied Army and regained some of the lost territory.

However, whenever the Japanese attacking force approached the coastline, it would immediately be hit by the powerful naval artillery fire of the Imperial Chinese Navy, causing the Japanese attack to be hindered and suffering heavy losses.

The tug-of-war between the two sides lasted for a day, and both paid a heavy price in casualties.

The next day, the ships carrying the 7th Infantry Division of the First Army of the Korean Imperial Allied Army were completed by the landing, and the commander of the Korean Imperial Allied Army, Kim Pyong-myeong, was eager to quickly capture Uto and break the Japanese Kumamoto Line.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the 32nd Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the division, under the cover of fire from the Imperial Chinese Navy, made a roundabout way through the northern part of the Kami-Amakusa Peninsula and moved towards the 204 stronghold to the right of Uto Castle. At the same time, the 7th Infantry Regiment of the 31st Infantry Division swam in the water on the southern shore of the Kami-Amakusa Peninsula and landed at the Uto 209 beachhead.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the Battle of Uto broke out.

Before the battle, the Japanese army had only one wing with weak combat effectiveness stationed in Uto, and most of the wing was guarded in the southern part of Uto, and Kim Pyong-mei personally supervised the Second Army's battle with the Japanese on the road to Uto, and the command of Operation Iron Chrome was handed over to the First Army of the Imperial Allied Army.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the guns of the Imperial Chinese Navy were prepared, and the naval air force dispatched 300 fighters and bombers to launch a fierce attack on the 204 strongholds of the Japanese army in the northern part of Uto. The Imperial Allied Army of Korea then attacked Area 204 at the cost of 2,000 men, fought with the Japanese army in the area house by house, and after paying the price of more than 500 people, defeated the Japanese 231st Wing.

At the same time, in the direction of the main attack, the 7th Infantry Division of the Korean Imperial Allied Army and the 15th Brigade of the Japanese Army broke out in a head-on decisive battle, although the Chinese Imperial Naval Air Force sent a large number of combat aircraft to support, but the 7th Infantry Division of the Korean Imperial Allied Army was still routed by the 15th Brigade of the Japanese Army and suffered heavy losses.

However, when the Japanese learned that the defensive positions north of Uto had been attacked and lost by the Korean Imperial Allied Army, the Japanese army was forced to abandon Uto and retreat to Kumamoto for fear of being attacked by the Korean Imperial Allied Army from the north and south.

The excited Jin Pingmei immediately announced the occupation of Utu and asked the Chinese Imperial Theater Command for credit, but in fact, there were still many sporadic battles in Utu that had not ended.

Kumamoto Port was the core of this Kumamoto landing battle, because the port had a large throughput and many wharves, which was in line with the large-scale landing of the Chinese Imperial Army.

In order to defend Kumamoto Port, the Japanese army deployed three main divisions in Yatsushiro City, and two more divisions from the rear are being reinforced here.

After learning of the fall of Uto, the Japanese Kyushu command was greatly shocked, knowing that the right flank of Kumamoto Port had been exposed, and the three divisions of the Japanese army holding Kumamoto Port and Yatsushiro City were afraid that they would be exposed to the enemy.

At the same time, the successive losses of Hakata Port and Fukuoka City on the Northern Front also brought the Japanese anti-landing defense line in Kyushu to the brink of collapse, after the capture of Fukuoka by the Chinese Emperor, the 1st Marine Division continued to advance south along the railway, and successively captured Ono and Tsukushi, and the Japanese 7th Division held on to Kiyama and temporarily blocked the Chinese Emperor's southward advance, but as far as the overall situation is concerned, the Kyushu Command believes that the anti-landing campaign is already in danger of failure, and it is no longer possible to prevent the Chinese Emperor from landing in Kyushu, and even the five divisions on the front line are in danger of being completely annihilated.

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