Since the start of the war, the Japanese really have no record that they can achieve, and the successive defeats have made the domestic public resentment boiling, from Prime Minister Takahashi Isei to the Korean Governor Saito Minoru, they have been criticized in every way, if they can win a war, it will naturally be a good thing for them, but once they fail again, the situation will be out of control.

Minoru Saito asked worriedly, "Kikuchi-kun, are you sure you will win?" ”

"Of course, there is no problem, dealing with those rabble in North Korea is just a matter of hand-to-hand capture."

"I mean the Chi Na!"

When Shinnosuke Kikuchi heard this, his eyes rolled and said: "Kaesong is only about forty kilometers away from Seoul, there is a railway maneuver, the journey is only one day, the third division rushes to the front, and then let the main force of the seventh and eighth divisions be on standby to help, and the three divisions cooperate with each other, I think that even if the people are strong in combat, they don't have the ability to eat three divisions in one go." ”

Kikuchi said, Saito Minoru nodded frequently, Kikuchi said very reasonably, as long as the three divisions cooperate well, at least ensure that the whole body retreats, there is no problem.

They quickly passed the battle plan, Shinnosuke Kikuchi led the main force of the 3rd Division, and immediately set off to rescue Kaesong, while the 7th and 8th Divisions, divided into left and right wings, followed about 20 kilometers behind, and put on a zigzag shape, even if the Feng army launched an attack, they could calmly deal with it.

Kikuchi also thought that he had a plan, and he was going to lead the 3rd Division to win the first real victory for Japan since the beginning of the war. The train roared, and the soldiers of the 3rd Division couldn't help but hum Kinoyo.

During the First Sino-Japanese War, they faced the former Celestial Empire, but as a result, the army of the Celestial Empire was simply vulnerable and collapsed. They successfully crossed the Yalu River and fought all the way to Manchuria, and this time it was the same, they wanted to follow the path of their predecessors and regain the glory that belonged to the Japanese.

At this time, there was a bloody battle outside Kaesong, and Choi An-do commanded the Korean Free Army, going forward one after another, storming Kaesong, and the ground was already full of corpses, and these Koreans were all relying on their blood and courage for a while. Hardly any tactics. Although the Japanese were outnumbered, they had strong firepower and accurate marksmanship, and inflicted heavy casualties on the Koreans.

Almost all the outside of Kaesong were corpses, and the blood had stained the ground red. As soon as you step down, you will see dark red muddy water. It's like Shura hell. Cui Andao was also red-eyed. If this continues to be fought, the casualties will be too great, and the Free Army will collapse. He gathered all his men with military training together and formed a commando regiment, which he personally led and launched a decisive charge.

At this time, the Feng army also sent two squadrons of bombers to come. Assist them in carrying out indiscriminate bombardment of the West Gate of Kaejo. With the addition of the Air Force, the lack of firepower of the North Koreans was compensated, especially when an aerial bomb blew the city wall to pieces.

Cui Andao keenly grasped this gap. Led the men and horses, rushed in, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese guarding. The ability of the Koreans to fight hard cannot be compared with that of the Japanese, but fortunately, there are many of them, and they can fight one of three, or even five to one.

And at this time, the Koreans in the city also moved, and these people were also fed up with the oppression of the Japanese, so they picked up kitchen knives, axes, shovels, and wooden sticks, and rushed out of the house, and beat the Japanese when they saw them.

They knew that they couldn't beat the Japanese soldiers, but they could attack the expatriates and show the evil anger in their hearts. They poured into the homes of the expatriates, dragged the elderly and children out, and beat them to death, and the women were much more miserable, and in front of dozens, hundreds of North Korean men, zuihou died in tatters on the streets.

It was not enough to kill people, they also set fires everywhere, the order of Kaesong was completely chaotic, and under the internal and external troubles, those Japanese defenders became unprecedentedly difficult.

They retreated to the east of the city and held the railway station, knowing that as long as there were reinforcements, they would come from the railway. Just when these Japanese were almost desperate, Shinnosuke Kikuchi finally sent a telegram that his troops had arrived.

The news of the arrival of reinforcements was like a shot in the arm for the Japanese army, which regained hope, and they fought with the courage of Zuihou to fight against the surging Korean army.

At this time, there was finally a rumbling cannon sound outside the city, and the artillery wing of the third division aimed dozens of cannons at the Koreans.

The smoke of the cannon swallowed the lives of countless people in an instant, and due to the billowing black smoke, twenty or thirty meters away, basically nothing could be seen clearly.

Shinnosuke Kikuchi looked at the fallen North Koreans, and finally a smug smile finally appeared on his old face, and he jerked out his saber and aimed it at the panicked North Korean crowd. The Japanese soldiers of the 3rd Division rushed forward, and they used machine guns and grenadiers to carry out bloody killings against the Koreans.

When I arrived at Zuihou, some people even felt that these were not enjoyable, and simply used bayonets to kill one North Korean after another, these cowardly and incompetent Koreans, so that the Japanese finally regained a trace of self-confidence, their crazy slaughter, the wildness in their bones was released, and a group of beasts frightened by the Feng army began to wake up again.

The Japanese dispersed the Koreans outside the city and rushed straight into the city. Choi also tried to send men to resist their attack, but all of them were easily wiped out by the well-equipped 3rd Division.

These North Koreans finally felt frightened, the huge army began to break up, crying father and mother, and Choi An-do was also wrapped in his men and had to withdraw from Kaesong.

A tragic offensive and defensive battle ended with the rapid collapse of the Koreans, and the Bong army did not appear from beginning to end, and even the air force did not come to bomb them.

Kikuchi was also overjoyed, and he couldn't wait to send a good news to Minoru Saito, claiming that he had killed 23,000 Korean rebels and captured more than 30,000 prisoners, and that the Korean rebels had been almost wiped out, and that he had suffered little damage.

Of course, these numbers have moisture, at least a discount, it is almost the same as the real situation, but this is the first victory since the Japanese started the war, and they need this victory so much that Minoru Saito immediately increased the number by 10,000 and sent a telegram to Tokyo.

In the face of the long-lost good news, the Japanese were all excited, and their faces also regained a trace of self-confidence, this is the real level of the Imperial Japanese Army, as for the battle with the Feng army, it was a complete accident. Someone in both the military department and the government has proposed to expand the campaign.

It is not enough to send only seven divisions, it is better to send the ninth, fourteenth, and sixteenth regiments to Korea to fight a decisive battle with the Bong army.

At a time when the Japanese were longing for a greater victory, an advance force of the Bong army was rapidly interspersed in the mountains of Korea, this force was composed entirely of jeeps, a total of 150 brand-new jeeps, carrying a battalion of soldiers, in the mountains, marching rapidly, and nothing seemed to stop them.

Since Qin Wei used jeeps to set a marching record, the status of jeeps in the Feng army has risen sharply. For those who only belonged to Qin Wei's troops, Sun Anhu and Jiang Dengxuan were all dissatisfied, and shouted for Zhang Tinglan to increase their equipment.

In fact, Zhang Tinglan is also the first time to be a shiyan, the assault effect is so good, naturally it is necessary to vigorously promote, Zhang Tinglan sent a batch of jeeps from Fengtian's inventory to the front line, and the rear is also producing non-stop 24 hours a day.

Jeeps were brought to handy as soon as they were transported to the front line, and they were faster, more agile and required fewer supplies than armored units. Therefore, when formulating the enticment of the enemy, the jeep once again played the role of the vanguard.

Sun Anhu also knew very well that Kaesong was too close to Seoul, and if he couldn't break through quickly, the Japanese might slip away, which was something that no one wanted to see.

Therefore, this assault knife must be fast enough and sharp enough, so this task fell to Liu Guiwu, who led a battalion of soldiers to bypass Kaesong and cut off the railway line as fast as possible.

Of course, it was not enough to have a battalion close to them, Zhang Tingshu led the tank division to follow closely behind, and the armored forces once again acted as the main force of the assault. Block the 3rd Division in Kaesong, and at the same time block Japanese reinforcements.

In addition, in order to completely annihilate the third division, the Feng army also went out in its elite, the first division and the third division formed the left flank column, and the second and sixth divisions formed the right flank column, these four divisions were the main force to encircle and annihilate the third division, and at the same time, the fifth, seventh, and eleventh divisions, as other artillery and cavalry units, as reserves, supported the battle ahead at any time.

For this operation, the Feng army can be said to have done its best, and Liu Guiwu, who served as the leader of the whole army, also felt the heavy burden on his shoulders, this is the first time that the Feng army is far away from the border, in a foreign country to plan an encirclement and annihilation operation, and the target is a Japanese ace division, there must be no mistakes.

The jeep drove quickly through the valleys, lined with tall trees, and from time to time you could meet the local Korean mountain people, and when they saw the huge team of jeeps, they all seemed to see monsters, and they didn't know what it was. Liu Guiwu didn't pay attention to them at all, and rushed forward vigorously.

After traveling through the mountains for more than a day, finally at dusk, they saw a small village, which was not marked on the map at all, but there was a railway passing through here, and Liu Guiwu checked the map again, it was about 38 degrees north latitude, there was no doubt that this railway was the Gyeongui line, and they had reached the northeast of Kaesong.

Of course, Liu Guiwu didn't know that this unknown small village would be famous in later generations, and this was Panmunjom!

"Brothers, take control of the railroad immediately, build fortifications, and let the Japanese become turtles in the urn!" Liu Guiwu said as he waved his fist. (To be continued......)