Chapter 1098: Start the Attack

Instead of responding positively to the warnings of the Americans and the protests of the British, the Japanese continued their military operations, occupying the whole of Vietnam in ten days with two divisions plus a few mixed brigades and some marines, and then quickly invaded Cambodia and Laos, intending to completely occupy the French colonies in Southeast Asia and take them for themselves.

In addition, on the battlefields of Jiangnan, South China and the Central Plains of China, the Japanese army took the initiative to abandon Wuhan, Changsha and other important places on the two lakes, and shrank its forces eastward along the Yangtze River.

However, in the Liangguang area, the Japanese South China troops fought a crushing defeat of the local anti-Japanese regular army, Yu Hanmou and other divisions were defeated, and the 7th and 4th theaters suffered heavy losses, not only losing the original defense line, but also causing the Japanese army to cut off the Guangdong-Hanzhou railway.

Of course, the main reason for this is that some Japanese troops were divided from Wuhan and other places, and marched towards Guangdong along the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway through Hunan and other places, causing Yu Hanmou and other troops to suffer from the enemy. However, the army's weapons and equipment were backward, and the ammunition was not sufficient, so it was defeated.

When Chairman Chiang learned of this, he was furious, and it was really a shame that the anti-Japanese troops in South China had suffered such a crushing defeat when the anti-Japanese situation in the whole country was very good, so he ordered Yu Hanmou and other senior officials of the 4th and 7th theaters to shoot the division and brigade commanders who had withdrawn on their own initiative to execute on the spot, and to correct military law, and to fine Yu Hanmou a year's military salary to set an example.

Two days later, Qiao Youhua left Shenyang and took a train to the forward headquarters of the first column, at this time, the vanguard of the third column had already arrived in Beiping and Tianjin, and was about to leave the customs.

After arriving at the headquarters of the first column, Qiao Youhua said to Jiang Haidong: "Before Wu Ming leads the third column to arrive, you are responsible for all military tasks, and I have some things to be busy with." ”

Jiang Haidong knew that Qiao Youhua needed to draw a design in exchange for the support of the Germans and the polar bear, so he nodded and said, "Please rest assured, Commander." ”

So, Qiao Youhua set up a separate military tent for him at the front-line headquarters, and was busy drawing design drawings in it every day.

Outside, the first column and the logistics units in the northeast were operating at full capacity, building airfields, rushing to repair roads, transporting and hoarding ammunition and various supplies.

Although there were only two columns on the expedition this time, it was the first time that the Dragon's Tooth Corps had gone abroad to fight, and the Goryeo Peninsula was mountainous and the battle line was thousands of miles long, so it was extremely challenging to test the logistics support capability.

Therefore, it is necessary to be more prepared.

After all, there are more than 200,000 troops, and the daily consumption of food alone is an astonishing number.

Fortunately, the Dragon Tooth Corps now has a very high reputation and has won the hearts of the people, and the local people are all elated when they learn that they are going to go abroad to fight against the Japanese, and they all take the initiative to help, build roads and bridges, and transport materials and supplies.

After all, the Eighth Route Army rescued them from the dire situation and drove out the Japanese invaders who were extremely vicious and evil-doers.

The 1st Regiment of the 1st Division, where Scarface belonged, finally asked for the task of a vanguard force, and at that time, this regiment would serve as the spearhead unit and take the lead in attacking the Japanese defense line.

In the final analysis, Liu Yidao also wants to give Scarface and even the entire group a chance to atone for their crimes and be ashamed.

So Jiang Haidong asked for this opportunity somewhere.

Getting the opportunity he wanted, Scarface was in a good mood, and the guy carried a semi-automatic rifle on his back, humming a little song, and staggered back to the regimental station.

Wang Erbao has been promoted to second lieutenant because of a series of outstanding performances in previous battles, and Scarface also admires him, so he suggested that the deputy regiment commander transfer him to the regimental headquarters as a guard platoon leader.

Although Scarface was nominally demoted to a minimum, no one in the entire regiment dared to treat him as a minimum, so his orders and the deputy regiment commander had to listen to him.

After all, his prestige and seniority are there.

As soon as Scarface walked near the regiment headquarters, Wang Erbao greeted him and saluted him to startle him who was humming a little song: "Deputy division commander, you are back!" ”

Scarface raised his head and waved his hand and said: "You kid, how many times have I told you, I am no longer the deputy division commander, Lao Tzu's rank is lower than you now, if you call me like that, you have to give you a kid to the end!" ”

Wang Erbao hurriedly shrank his head, smiled, and followed Scarface into the regiment headquarters.

"Sir, what's going on with the Vanguard? Any news? The deputy regiment commander and several operational staff officers were originally leaning over the map to discuss military information and tactics, but when they saw Scarface coming back, they got up and surrounded them.

"I, Liu, am out of the horse, can there be anything that can't be done? Commander, they have agreed to give us the position of the vanguard this time! Scarface said triumphantly.

When the deputy head of the regiment and the others heard this, they praised Scarface.

Scarface was very useful, but he quickly smiled and said: "But Lao Tzu also said ugly things in front, this mission is Lao Tzu fought for the old face, and several other regiments are hungry to death, if you don't beat me well, don't blame Lao Tzu for turning his face and not recognizing people!"

Don't look at Lao Tzu now that he has no military rank, it's no problem to treat a few battalion commanders! ”

"Yes, please rest assured, we will do our best to revive the prestige of our group!" The deputy regiment commander and several operational staff officers all patted their chests one after another to assure.

Half a month later, the 100,000 troops of the third column and the hundreds of thousands of logistics troops composed of militia and civilians who rushed from Guannei rushed to the front line of the Yalu River one after another.

These logistical personnel will be the absolute force to ensure that the two main columns of the Dragon's Tooth Corps enter the DPRK to fight.

In addition, the Dragon's Tooth Corps also used more than 10,000 vehicles of various kinds, of which more than half were trucks, ox carts, and horse-drawn carts accounted for half.

Of course, in such a short period of time, it is possible to gather huge supplies that can be consumed by hundreds of thousands of people to the front line, not to mention the well-developed railway network in North China and Northeast China.

"Dragon King, Wu Ming, they have arrived, and the first wave of attack troops has also been put in place, can you start attacking?" Jiang Haidong and Liu Yidao came to Qiao Youhua's military tent together and asked him for instructions.

Qiao Youhua has been drawing design drawings these days, but he is always in control of the situation in the outside world, put down the pencil in his hand, and said with high spirits: "Start immediately, the first stage goal of the first column is to drink the Mahan River, and then the third column will take over the first column to continue the attack, completely capture the entire territory of the Goryeo Peninsula, and drive the Japanese into the sea to feed the sharks!" ”

"Yes!" Jiang Haidong and Liu Yidao suddenly stepped forward and responded.