Chapter 656: Purging the Remnants of the Enemy
At the beginning of the war, the 20th Division screamed from top to bottom, shouting that it would cross the Yalu River and conquer Manchuria. These guys also made up a military song, singing "Nanman is my home" and "Manmeng is my home".
But before they could attack, the Feng army preemptively blew up the Yalu River Bridge, and as a result, they could only look at the water and sigh. These arrogant Japanese soldiers did not take Fengjun in their eyes, believing that the Chinese would only play small tricks and did not dare to confront the Japanese warriors head-on, so they would blow up the bridge.
However, the next battle made them more and more frightened, the sixth division, the ace unit was completely annihilated, which shows the strong combat effectiveness of the Feng army, and many Japanese are glad that they did not enter the three eastern provinces, otherwise the consequences may be unimaginable.
Of course, there are also some people who stubbornly believe that the Feng army is not worth mentioning, and if they go into battle, they will definitely be able to win. This is how Yoshikawa Shu saw that the defeat of the 6th Division was an accident.
But he soon learned the sharpness of the Feng army's attack, and with the successive breakthroughs of the central and northern fronts, the southern front army was no longer polite, and they also launched a river crossing operation.
The bombers of two squadrons served as the lead, and the Japanese fortifications along the river, as well as Sinuiju, carried out a fierce bombardment. To the Japanese, the plane was like a locust, constantly passing over their heads and dropping deadly bombs.
The Japanese army's anti-aircraft equipment was also seriously insufficient, so they could only take some copycat measures, adding wooden frames to the machine guns and converting them into anti-aircraft machine guns. However, these rudimentary anti-aircraft weapons had little effect, and the continuous bombardment caused Sinuiju to drown in a sea of fire, billowing black smoke, and from twenty or thirty meters away, nothing could be seen.
It wasn't enough to bombard the sky, and the heavy artillery on the ground roared. Both sides of the Yalu River were red, on one side was the fire caused by the opening of artillery, and on the other side was the sea of fire caused by the explosion, and all the fortifications built by the Japanese army were smashed and smashed.
A large number of Japanese soldiers were in the fortress, bombarded to death, shocked to death, in short, a mess, corpses were strange, under the cover of firepower, the vanguard of the Feng army took various ships. Ascended to the east bank of the Yalu River. The Japanese army had only sporadic resistance, which did not form a scale at all, and there was no threat to the Feng army.
It wasn't until he approached Sinuiju that the battle became tense, and Yoshikawa Shu was ordered to lead his wing to defend Sinuiju. As for the main forces of the 20th Division, they have retreated in great strides. According to Minoru Saito's jihua, it is to retreat directly to Pyongyang. In fact, to put it bluntly, Yoshikawa Shu has become an outcast of the Japanese.
But this guy is very arrogant and thinks that he is capable of it. It can block several times the Feng army. And keep going for any amount of time. It is truly remarkable that there are still people who can have such courage in such a rout, and Minoru Saito praises him very much.
Yoshikawa Shu also had two brushes, and he requisitioned a large number of local Koreans around Sinuiju. Having built strong ring fortifications and recruiting a large number of Japanese workers and expatriates, and arming them all, he prepared to fight the Feng army to the death.
For this kind of trapped beast fighting guy. The Bong army was no longer much interested, they had already detected that the main forces of the 20th Division had retreated towards Pyongyang. That's the real fat, and as for the centaur in front of you, it can only be regarded as a snack at best.
The Bong army concentrated thirty 152 guns, 45 122 guns, and 60 75 guns, the size of a World War II artillery division, and bombarded the defense line of Sinuiju on an unprecedented scale.
The shelling lasted for two hours, and the Feng army poured more than 3,000 tons of artillery shells and hundreds of tons of aerial bombs, and the scale of this firepower was unprecedented in the Asian theater.
After a cannon beating, almost all the urban areas of Sinuiju were reduced to rubble, and a wing of Japanese soldiers also lost more than 20%. And they were all stunned by the roar of the cannons, and their eyes were glazed, and there were even blood stains in their ears.
By the time the Bong army rushed into Sinuiju from all directions, the Japanese resistance was already extremely weak, and many Japanese, who could not bear the torture of artillery fire, simply surrendered. As for the co-captain, Yoshikawa Shu, who swore before the war, was also stupid at this time, and the level of command plummeted.
Zuihou Feng Jun blocked him in the command headquarters, this guy wanted to kill himself by drinking bullets, but before he could shoot, he let Feng Jun snatch the gun and catch a live mouth. Since the beginning of the war, the Feng army has also captured many prisoners, but there are not a single middle and high-ranking officers.
Now I finally caught a Dazuo-level officer, this is a complete treasure, no other needs, just to show it, it is the most morale-boosting prop.
Yoshikawa Shu was sent back to Mukden overnight, and there were people around him who did not leave him 24 hours a day, watching him deadly, for fear that this guy would commit suicide.
After taking Sinuiju, the 2nd Division of the Bong Army rushed along the railway line in the direction of Pyongyang. At this time, Zhang Tingshu led the tank division and had already exchanged fire with the 20th Division.
The Japanese also knew that the Sinuiju direction would definitely not last long, and the Bong army would kill them at any time. If they can't rush out, they are afraid that they will be wiped out and repeat the mistakes of the Sixth Division, so the Japanese are particularly desperate.
They held the explosives packs, desperately rushed to the tank, trying to blow up these steel monsters, they charged forward with all their might, the machine guns and submachine guns of the Feng army were all aimed at them, the bullets rained down, one after another Japanese soldiers fell to the ground, not only did they not blow up the tank, but turned into corpses on the ground.
However, even with heavy casualties, the Japanese went forward one after another, and they knew that this was the only way to survive, and if they could not break through, the consequences would be too unimaginable.
In the face of the desperate Japanese army, the Feng army was inevitably negligent, and two tanks were damaged by the Japanese one after another, and the tracks were all broken, but fortunately, no one was injured. However, Zhang Tingshu also felt that something was wrong, his tank division was now very dissatisfied with the formation, and along the way, many problematic tanks were left behind. The troops are relatively weak, and if they continue to entangle with the Japanese like this, they will really suffer heavy losses.
Zhang Tingshu's mind spun rapidly, and he quickly came up with an idea. He hurried everywhere to speak the flag, and the other tankmen received orders, and they quickly formed a steel group. Zhang Tingshu took the lead and rushed to the forefront. Without hesitation, they ran over the Japanese position.
After rushing over, they immediately turned back and continued to attack the Japanese position, at this time the Japanese soldiers had just experienced the impact and were recovering the fortifications, but the Feng army came back and was caught off guard, and a large number of Japanese soldiers were killed.
This back-and-forth assault was carried out three times in total, at the cost of the loss of twelve tanks. Completely scattered a wing of the Japanese. Some of the clever Japanese knew that they were finished, so they fled one after another, and the remaining stubborn ones were all wiped out.
Zhang Tingshu's tank division was like a solid nail. Nailed to the railway line, the Japanese could not fly with their wings. The Southern Front Corps of the Feng Army also came up with its ass. Under the two-way attack. The Twentieth Division was made of dumplings.
The commander of the division, Shimokawa Shinichiro, was panicking in Dingzhou City, and in the face of the attack of the Feng army, he had fallen into the net of heaven and earth, but Shimokawa was unwilling to be eaten by the Feng army. So he sent a request to Minoru Saito, hoping to send a navy to pick them up by water.
Just when the Japanese are actively trying to figure out a way. The Feng army's offensive had begun, artillery and planes were still pouring ammunition into the city, and the small Dingzhou was quickly wiped out, leaving only ruins. Zhang Tingshu also commanded the tanks. Broke through the Japanese defenses, crushed the corpses, and slaughtered into the city.
Each tank has a thick layer of meat sauce hanging on its tracks, and the tanks seem to have been driven out of hell, specifically to harvest life.
The 20th Division was besieged, and the Japanese government was also shocked into a cold sweat, two divisions had already been reimbursed by the Feng Army, and if one more 20th Division was added, it would definitely be the most terrible disaster.
In the whole of North Korea, there are no more formed Japanese troops, and half of Korea will fall into the hands of the Chinese, how can the Japanese want to see this result, so in the name of the base camp, they telegraphed the 3rd Division to rescue the 20th Division as quickly as possible, and at the same time ordered the navy to dispatch warships to transport supplies from the water, provide fire support, and of course, if they could not hold on, they could also withdraw by sea.
The Japanese no longer want to see the destruction of their troops in formation, and the military flag even falls into the hands of the other side, which is simply an unbearable disaster for the small island nation.
Since the beginning of the war, the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea have become an arena for the Chinese and Japanese navies. It's an unfair contest. The Japanese had ten times as many warships as the Feng army, and the total tonnage was far exceeded, and the displacement of one battleship even exceeded that of all the warships of the Feng army.
In this contrast, the sea liliang of the Feng army did not fall silent, on the contrary, it became more and more moist. They just hold on to one trick, and that's stealth!
The turbid waters of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea are simply natural hunting grounds for submarines. Since Chen Shaokuan successfully sank the King Kong, he has been looking for new targets, from the Tsushima Strait to the Luda, there are traces of him.
Finally, when he was wandering on the sea, a fleet of six warships, escorting ten merchant ships, slowly sailed in front of Chen Shaokuan. There is no doubt that this is a fat sheep, but if you want to take a bite, you must prevent the counterattack of those warships.
It was too dangerous during the day, and only by waiting until night could he deliver a fatal blow, Chen Shaokuan followed slowly behind, and the Japanese fleet went straight to Dingzhou. In order to keep the 20th Division, the Japanese also made a bloody investment. When it was dark, these warships finally arrived off the coast of Dingzhou, looking for a way to enter the port.
At this time, a submarine was eyeing them, and Chen Shaokuan secretly aimed a torpedo at one of the largest freighters, and visually saw that this guy also had more than 10,000 tons, and there were definitely a lot of good things in it.
"Put!"
Chen Shaokuan screamed below zero, and four mines lined a beautiful waterline and shot at these warships. The Japanese were already suffering from submarines, and they were still hurting to the marrow, so when they found the torpedo, everyone was shocked.
Rumble! The two torpedoes hit the 10,000-ton ship almost at the same time, and the civilian ship can never compare with the military, and the defense capability is too bad, this torpedo hit the middle of the freighter, and immediately the keel was broken, and the warship quickly cracked into two pieces, and sank quickly underwater.
Many Westerners jumped from this boat, all of them struggling desperately in the water, this is not a Japanese freighter, originally from the British. The Japanese used the large ship to load large quantities of ammunition, food and medicine. Heecheon was lost, and all the hoarded supplies fell into the hands of the Feng army.
In order to keep the 20th Division alive for a longer period of time, the Japanese government also had to send more supplies, including artillery shells, food, and much-needed oil on board. Seeing that the freighter was about to sail into Dingzhou, it turned out to be a fate that died before he could get out of the school.
The warship quickly sank to the bottom of the sea, and some Western sailors who did not have time to retreat also died at the bottom of the sea. At the same time as the giant ship sank, there was also a destroyer sinking rapidly, this ship was hit by two torpedoes, one hit the bow and one concentrated the stern, but the stern did not explode.
But this was enough, a torpedo sent the destroyer above the water, there was a hideous opening in the bow, and all the machines inside leaked out, like a belly, and the sea water poured in frantically, and the warship sank quickly.
Four torpedoes, killed two ships, one of which had millions of worth of supplies on it, and the corresponding submarine was only a few hundred thousand yuan, which was definitely an extremely cost-effective business.
With such a result, Chen Shaokuan was not easy, his submarine was attacked by depth charges, and the hull seemed to have been damaged, but fortunately, he could continue to drive, and he quietly left the land of right and wrong.
This attack slapped the Japanese Combined Fleet in the face again, and also indirectly undermined the possibility of aiding the 20th Division by sea. At this time, the twentieth division could only wait for the end of the Zuihou to come.
The Feng army concentrated more than 30,000 soldiers, more than 200 artillery pieces, and 187 tanks to launch an attack on Dingzhou.
The shouts of killing, the sound of guns, all intertwined, the Feng army poured into the city like a tide, the Japanese resisted to the death, the city was full of scenes of white-knuckle battles, and corpses kept falling. The battlefield has become the most primitive bloody battle. The Japanese were indeed highly skilled, and the Feng army also suffered casualties.
But the stabbing could not be stabbed, there was nothing remarkable, the Feng army also had a large number of pistols with a large number of equipment, and the violent bullets left a hideous hole in the Japanese body, and blood and internal organs were gurgling. (To be continued......)