Chapter 465: A Thorn

When Ueda Kenkichi returned to the headquarters, there was silence in the headquarters. The second-line positions were lost, and now only the third-line positions can be organized for defense. And the fourth-line position they themselves know that it is just a consolation, but how can the hastily constructed position withstand the attack of the overwhelming Wehrmacht?!

"Send a report to the military department!! Tell those officials that if they don't come again, then wait for the Wehrmacht to occupy the whole of Korea, and then collect the corpses for us!! Yu Heng pulled open his collar one by one, and shouted at the staff officer: "We have no two-line positions, no heavy artillery, and even the flying regiment has been lost!" How to fight this battle?! Just ask those idiots in the military department! How to fight?! ”

Yuheng Yicheng was really angry, and he scolded the staff officers angrily at the bureaucrats of the military department regardless of it. All the swear words and wild words were scolded, and Ueda Kenkichi and the others beside him were silent with a blue face.

The battle has reached this point, and fools know what will happen if there is no support! The Wehrmacht's air force has annihilated the flying regiment, and now it is free to free up its hands and feet, and it only needs to clear those firing points and charge in a cluster of armored troops, then the Japanese army will really be dead!

How can flesh and blood withstand the torrent of steel?! Today's battle situation has shown this, but the cluster charge of dozens of tanks directly collapsed the second-line position of the Japanese army! Who can guarantee that the next position is foolproof?!

For a moment, the entire command fell silent.

Early in the morning, worse news came! There was a burst of gunfire from the fourth-line position, and after the news came back from the Sixth Brigade guarding the fourth-line position, Yuheng Yicheng knew that the Wehrmacht didn't know when it moved to their back! And now the troops on the entire front line of the Yalu River have been surrounded!

When the news of the encirclement spread, the Japanese positions were suddenly filled with a sad atmosphere. Being surrounded means that they are in danger of running out of food and ammunition, and this position has not much food stored in the first place! In the past few days, a lot of ammunition has been consumed, and if it cannot be replenished, it will lose its combat capability for a week at most......

"Bang!" At the same time that the 9th and 10th divisions were surrounded, Prince Kan Gongyuan of the military headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, was also furious! He scolded the staff officers in front of him: "Road wolf!" Didn't I know that the 9th and 10th Divisions were under siege right now?! But the empire is also in difficult times, and it takes time to raise military salaries and ammunition! Prime Minister Inukai Takeshi was already very dissatisfied with what Kitayama Sora was doing in Germany! Now that such a thing has been triggered, how can he approve us to call those supplies?! ”

The prince of Xiangongyuan, who has always paid attention to the demeanor of soldiers, pulled his collar open. He scolded at those staff officers: "And! Are these three bastards idiots?! It's only been a few days?! Two positions were lost! And surrounded by people! What a bunch of idiots!! It's a shame for the emperor! They should have disemboweled, to thank the emperor!! ”

No one dared to speak up to the angry scolding of the prince of the idle palace, and everyone listened in silence as the prince fiercely scolded the military department and Ueda Kenkichi and others in that sarcastic tone for being mixed protein idiots and fools.

After a long while, the Prince of Xiangongyuan finally scolded and was tired, and then Ishihara Wan'er, who was standing at the bottom, said in a deep voice to Prince Xiangongyuan: "Your Royal Highness, in fact, you can't really blame Lieutenant General Ueda Kenkichi for this war. According to the battle report they sent back. The Wehrmacht dispatched the Air Force, which included more than 100 P26 fighters, the Navy, which was equipped with two light cruisers and shallow water heavy gunboats, and even armored vehicles with dozens of tanks. Moreover, there were more than 100 heavy artillery pieces, which broke through the defensive position of Lieutenant General Kenkichi Ueda at once......"

Hearing this, the prince of Xiangongyuan couldn't help but shrink his pupils, and said in a deep voice to Ishihara: "Ishihara, tell me about the analysis you made!" ”

"Hay!" Ishihara stood solemnly at the Prince of the Idle Palace, and then took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to the Prince of the Idle Palace.

"According to our analysis, it is clear that the P26 fighter is better suited for air combat than the current biplane fighters of the Empire. And the empire is now equipped with a part of the Nakajima 91 fighters. But the performance aspect is slightly lacking. And the amount of equipment is not much. Therefore, in terms of air force, although unwilling to admit it, the empire is indeed at a disadvantage. ”

Ishihara's words made the faces of everyone present extremely ugly! The great Japanese Empire can't even compare to a warlord in China?! This fact obviously embarrassed them exceedingly.

"In terms of combat vehicles, although we have developed and produced the first-class medium combat vehicle, we did not support North Korea this time." Ishihara paused and said in a deep voice to everyone, "But obviously, the Wehrmacht is doing better than us in this regard. They used tank clusters in real combat, and judging by the breakthrough of the position, it is clear that they used it in the right way! In this regard, our concepts are lagging behind......"

And the navy, Ishihara directly skipped not to mention it. Everyone knows the fact that the Army and Navy have never been in contact with each other. Even the two sides have been beating each other and tearing down the stage without incident.

And Ishihara's next words made them feel directly stunned!

"And according to the battle report sent back by Lieutenant General Ueda Kenkichi, what we can be sure of is that the Wehrmacht must have used means that we did not know about to detect Lieutenant General Ueda's artillery position." Ishihara looked at everyone and said in a deep voice, "That is to say." In fact, all the actions of Lieutenant General Kenyoshi Ueda from beginning to end fell into the eyes of others! ”

Ishihara's words made everyone shudder a little, and all the actions fell in the eyes of others?! How is that battle going on?! The eyes of the prince of Xiangong Yuan showed a trace of coldness, and he said in a deep voice to Ishihara: "Ishihara! Make it clear! What the hell is going on?! ”

"Hail!!" Ishihara stood upright, then bowed and said, "According to our intelligence and analysis, it is very likely that Jin Jiu's Korean Patriotic Regiment has already contacted the National Defense Force. That is, it is highly likely that their people in the DPRK became Wehrmacht guides or even spies! Responsible for spying on our military intelligence and sending all the intelligence back to the Wehrmacht! ”

As he spoke, Ishihara paused and continued to say in a deep voice: "Judging from the recent situation, the Korean Patriotic Regiment has obviously received a certain amount of arms support and even military training!" Their attacks on the logistics of our garrison in Korea are extremely frequent, and they have been successful repeatedly! It is clear that there is a professional unit in which it commands and even participates. Otherwise, with Jin Jiu's own ability, they wouldn't be able to do this. ”

The prince of Xiangongyuan heard this, his face became extremely ugly, and after a long time, he slammed "Bang!" He slammed his fist on the table and scolded: "Red deer!! Ueda Kenkichi and their group of bastards, why haven't these things been rewarded?! ”

No one dared to squeak. But I was muttering to myself. Lieutenant General Kenkichi Ueda had already made a report on this, and even asked for additional troops several times. But you don't approve it!

"I'll go talk to His Majesty the Emperor again, and try to send troops to Korea as quickly as possible......" Prince Kangongin took a deep breath. Looking at these staff officers, he said in a deep voice: "Tell Ueda Kenkichi!" At least he has to make it to the end of the festival! ”

After speaking. The prince of Xiangongyuan straightened his collar and hurriedly left the military office. Ishihara sighed helplessly, although it was only three days before the Tianchang Festival. But with such a situation, Lieutenant General Kenkichi Ueda, can they still hold on?! Maybe it will only be a matter of a day for the Wehrmacht to break through their positions and annihilate them?!

"One day?! I can break their position in half a day! Tu Sancang smiled at Eisenhower and said in a deep voice: "They have no heavy artillery, no planes!" That is, now my Air Force is all empty! I just need to let the Air Force scout the location of their firing points and the artillery target to clear them! Then let your tanks charge directly! My infantry is divided and surrounded! The second army in the back attacked at the same time! How long do you think the fight will last?! ”

Half a day, maybe even just a few hours! Eisenhower secretly said in his heart that this man's tactical arrangement and even strategic thinking were very clear and clear. It even gives people the feeling that he is commanding the Japanese army and fighting with himself!

"But I won't annihilate the 9th and 10th Divisions!" Tu Sanpao touched his shaved chin and smiled at Eisenhower: "It's useful for them to keep me!" ”

"What are you doing with them?! Aren't these troops supposed to be annihilated?! Eisenhower asked puzzled, and Tu Sanpao stood up and patted Eisenhower's shoulder and said with a smile: "These Japanese cubs are all scared of me!" But it's just for military training, and many of those cubs in our defense forces haven't seen blood yet! Slaughter a few Japanese, if you have seen blood, you will be a veteran! ”

As he spoke, Tu Sancang stood up and patted his buttocks, looked at the Japanese position outside the observation port, and said with emotion: "What's more, it would be a pity if such an opponent was eliminated!" Wouldn't it be nice to keep it for the cubs to practice?! I'm going to kill him. It's not fun to send someone who doesn't know the roots! Haha......"

Eisenhower suddenly found himself speechless at the bearded general, despite his admiration for the general's strategic thinking and tactical deployment. But this does not prevent him from having a strong contempt for this general's character towards the enemy, and you will be done with defeating others and annihilating them. But this one is good. If you don't annihilate you, hang you half-dead and catch the generals under your command to practice.

"Pass the order, and all the ministries will take turns! But it is not allowed to rush into the positions of the Japanese army, and the veterans will lead them to attack along the skirmish line! Tu Sanpao touched his chin and commanded the adjutant, "Hmm...... Don't send out the tanks, it's all the cubs below! Tell them that this is a military drill! Stay safe and don't put yourself in it! ”

"Yes!" The lieutenant wrote down the order and went down to deliver it.

Soon, the Wehrmacht units launched an attack on the Japanese troops in the encirclement! However, this kind of attack seems to be more of a training nature, and everyone is crawling forward under the leadership of veterans.

"Recruit eggs! Give it all to Lao Tzu! Creeping forward! Don't look up, or your head will fall off, don't blame Lao Tzu for not saying it! "A platoon commander crawled forward over and over again. He scolded the recruits behind him.

The recruits do not need to be ordered by the platoon commander, and the tactical actions now are more standard than those of the Wehrmacht assessment. No way, if you don't do it well, you might die!

After the crawling advance reached a certain distance, the platoon commander ordered them to shoot, while the grenadier soldiers used the grenadier to throw grenades at the Japanese positions through the bunker.

Kenkichi Ueda, who was in the headquarters, rushed to various positions to command the defense after learning of the Wehrmacht's attack!

The two positional battles had already caused the Japanese to lose most of the grenadiers, and the remaining grenades were even less pitiful. Therefore, they did not dare to fire at the Wehrmacht's grenadiers. You can only return fire with your own machine-gun fire.

As soon as the Wehrmacht soldiers heard the roar of the heavy machine guns, they immediately retreated, and then the artillery slashed at them! Even the air force continued to dive and shoot, killing all the light and heavy machine guns of the Japanese army in three or two strokes.

Each time the F-FDTL troops were thwarted, it seemed that a new group of recruits had been brought in. It was easy for the Japanese to distinguish these soldiers, because although their shooting skills were acceptable, the way of concealment was obviously the first time they had entered the battlefield.

If this is the case a few times, the Japanese army will probably know about it. The Wehrmacht will not attack their positions. But if they fight back hard, then the air force and artillery will attack mercilessly!

So they learned to behave, and tacitly fired bullets at the side of the Wehrmacht soldiers who were crawling forward. But it was resolute not to hit the Wehrmacht officers and men - if the Wehrmacht was killed, the next firing position would be retaliated against by the Wehrmacht, Air Force and Artillery.

No one wanted to die, so the Japanese army did not hesitate to choose not to kill the Wehrmacht as much as possible. But make the appearance of an attack. Anyway, they knew, the Wehrmacht would not really rush into position. They retreat after entering a certain distance.

At this time, an eerie picture was formed on the battlefield. The Wehrmacht's constant use of new recruits to alternate attacks was clearly a training exercise. However, the Japanese army chose to help the Wehrmacht train with tacit understanding, and their bullets would roughly shoot to the left and right of the Wehrmacht soldiers. But there will be no direct shooting of the Wehrmacht.

And the soldiers of the Wehrmacht will not be polite, and they will shoot wildly at the Japanese position! However, the level of the new soldiers is difficult for the Japanese soldiers to shoot at these veterans.

Even if one or two Japanese soldiers were killed occasionally, many more would choose to continue shooting from a different position. An idea was formed in the minds of the Japanese troops, who did not realize that they were now fighting on the pretext of fighting without provoking the Wehrmacht to launch an all-out offensive.

It may sound ridiculous, but it's true. They are already surrounded. The enemy has an air force, armored forces and heavy artillery! For them, they are even more heavily encircled, and in this case, to break through is tantamount to looking for death.

If you stick to it, how long can you hold on without baggage?! Moreover, all the Japanese knew in their hearts that the Wehrmacht only needed a heavy artillery salvo, and then the armored cluster charge then their positions would immediately collapse.

Don't provoke them, don't let them launch a general offensive. Waiting for the troops of the military headquarters to arrive to rescue themselves, this is already a tacit understanding formed from Ueda Kenkichi and others to the soldiers below.

However. The day after the siege, the news came that made them almost desperate: Pyongyang is lost!

After crossing the river, Lin Bao rushed towards Pyongyang without stopping, and along the way, he was led by a Korean patriotic guide who was familiar with the road. The Japanese troops along the way have been emptied, and the policemen in charge of garrisoning are almost the scum of combat effectiveness 5.

Pu Zhen, who had experienced the Wehrmacht's suppression of bandits in Manchuria, did not hesitate to learn the Wehrmacht's strategy of suppressing bandits. All the Korean landlords who had defected to the Japanese army were speculated, and in addition to some confiscations, the other part was distributed on the spot.

It has to be said that this practice has won a lot of support for the Korean Patriotic League. Of course, the Wehrmacht also showed its face in a timely manner to distribute supplies. And how much the Wehrmacht mixed up with it is not enough to be humane.

Basically, the landlords along the way were looted. And the organization of the Korean Patriotic League is also growing, which makes Park Zhen and Jin Jiu, who are far away in Shanghai, quite happy!

And the military police unit that was originally stationed in Pyongyang with heavy artillery and other weapons has already been deployed to the front line to support, which has led to the emptiness of the entire Pyongyang's defense, and thus has been hit down by the cavalry units of the Wehrmacht!

The loss of Pyongyang caused the whole of Japan to panic, and the emperor, who had been a little hesitant, finally made up his mind to send troops to Korea! At the same time, he also agreed to the request of the prince of Xiangongyuan about the oath of the Changtian Festival!

The Japanese Army, which had been anxious for a long time, finally breathed a sigh of relief, while the Navy sighed because there was one less opportunity to strike at the Army. In their opinion. The naval component of the Wehrmacht is still insufficient. And it is still appropriate to take this opportunity to knock the Army.

But now that the emperor has given the order, the only thing the navy can do is to obey the emperor's orders.

April 29th, Tianchang Festival. The holiday was established to celebrate the birthday of the Emperor of Japan, and on this day the Emperor Showa chose to go to the Yoyogi training ground to participate in the military parade. By the way, it was announced that the 1st Division would be sent into Korea for operations!

And in order to boost morale, but also to show the authority of the emperor, Emperor Showa chose to travel from Sakurada Gate. He didn't know that at the Sakurada Gate, which had been verified that only nobles could enter. A man named "Taro Asayama" looked coldly at his car.

At the same time, the Japanese army in Hongkou Park in Shanghai was also holding a celebration! They have been informed that the Emperor will choose to send troops to Korea after the parade! And they didn't know that a pair of eyes under the high platform were already looking at them...