At dawn, the sound of cannons shook the earth.

Countless shells fell on the Japanese positions, turning them into a sea of fire in an instant. 75mm, 105mm, 150mm, 210mm, almost all caliber guns equipped by the Wehrmacht were put into this battle...

However, when the artillery fire had just ceased and the Wehrmacht rushed to the position, countless Japanese troops rushed out of the position like gophers, holding snow-bright bayonets, fighting with the Wehrmacht in the sun. In the end, even if the Wehrmacht had an all-round advantage in equipment, it was still unable to capture the positions held by the Japanese army.

And according to the intelligence provided by the aviation forces, at the time when the Wehrmacht was engaged in the war near Pyongyang, in the south of North Korea, more troops were rushing towards Pyongyang ...

The shape shì is clearly in desperate danger...

Utsunomiya Taro knew very well that if he continued to wear it head-on, he would never be able to win. It was not because he did not have the confidence to defeat Feng Guozhang, but because there was a large gap between him and the Wehrmacht in terms of strength and other aspects, and it was already possible to maintain the original front with the strong fortifications built earlier.

As for taking the initiative to attack, to gain the upper hand, and then to have an advantage in negotiations or something, this Utsunomiya Taro almost didn't think about it...

But he also knows one thing very well, that is, if it continues to be consumed like this, of course, the consumption of the Chinese is also very large, but the first to be consumed will definitely be Japan.

If 10 years ago, Japan still had the ability to fight with China. By now, Japan has completely lost this capability.

Even, on this chessboard in Asia. What Japan has is only the ability to contain China, but also the ability to dominate the whole of Asia...

Hehe...

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It is precisely because he knows this very well that this time Utsunomiya Taro took a risk, a great risk...

Open an impregnable line of defense, put the Chinese into North Korea, or even let them drive straight to Pyongyang...

This seems to others. It is undoubtedly extremely dangerous, but in the eyes of Utsunomiya Taro, it is worth it, because at the same time as the danger. There are also great benefits to be gained.

For example...

Sometimes, the long drive can actually be translated as a lone army to go deep, if Utsunomiya Taro can eat this Chinese army. Then the tide of the war in Korea will inevitably be reversed, and if these Chinese troops can be made to surrender. No matter how arrogant the Chinese government is. I also had to lower my head―――――― after all, it was more than 100,000 people...

Therefore, Utsunomiya Taro made careful arrangements near Pyongyang, deploying at least 200,000 Japanese troops around Pyongyang, and quietly building some fortifications nearby. Although Seoul was the capital of Korea at this time, Pyongyang was no less important than Seoul, and in May 1902, the Korean Empire upgraded Pyongyang to the status of a companion capital. It's called 'Xijing'.

At that time, there were not only many Japanese and Westerners in Pyongyang. It is also an important place for overseas Chinese in North Korea. With the opening up and status of Pyongyang, the process of modernization has accelerated, and it has gradually become the commercial and industrial center of the Korean Peninsula, and has become the center of Christianity on the Korean Peninsula, with more than 1,400 churches in its heyday (these churches were all blown up by the US military during the Korean War), and it is nicknamed the "Jerusalem of the East". On the eve of the Russo-Japanese War, Emperor Gojong of the Korean Empire also intended to move the capital to Pyongyang to avoid the Japanese threat, but it did not succeed under Japanese pressure.

In response to the Japanese annexation of Korea and the rise of the Chinese threat, Japan moved all of its political and military centers to Pyongyang to counter Chinese pressure in response to the threat from the Yalu River.

Naturally, in order to ensure the security of North Korea, Japan could not only build a defensive line near the Yalu River, and as the most important city in the north of Korea, many fortifications were also built near Pyongyang. And what the Japanese did afterwards was only to carry out some reinforcement work on the basis of these fortifications, and nothing more...

In fact, the real difficulty of the whole plan is how to mobilize a large number of troops around Pyongyang without concealing the Chinese. You must know that even Utsunomiya Taro, the commander of the Korean Front, had to be cautious about Chinese spies when carrying out many plans, let alone such a huge military operation.

Fortunately, the technology in this era is not yet developed, especially in terms of messaging, and in the end, North Korea is the territory of the Japanese, who have been operating here for many years. It's absolutely no problem to hide it for a moment or three.

Therefore, after placing the 17th Army of Gowensan and another 33rd Army near Pyongyang, Utsunomiya Taro immediately ordered the troops deployed nearby to cut off the rear routes of the 17th Army and the 33rd Army, and at the same time ordered the troops from the other two directions to surround them.

As for Pyongyang, which is crucial, a large number of troops have also been deployed by Utsunomiya Taro. Although they are certainly not comparable to them in terms of numbers, they can at least be sure that they will not be able to take Pyongyang.

On the other hand, reinforcements from the country began to come in large numbers, as well as troops from the south. Utsunomiya Taro's plan was very simple, that is, to eat all the more than 100,000 people of these two armies in one go, and to force the national government to negotiate peace, so that the war could be over.

As for the problems in the northeast of North Korea?

From the very beginning of this decision, Utsunomiya Taro had already decided to give up the northeastern part of Korea. Because after carrying out this plan, he simply did not have the ability to surround more than 100,000 Wehrmacht troops and at the same time help the Japanese army in the northeast to resist the attack from the direction of Vladivostok ...

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After the back road was cut off, Gao Wenshan's 17th Army and 33rd Army suddenly became turtles in the urn.

When the results were reported back to the North Korean Front Command in Pyongyang, there was an immediate cheer, even among the spies of the Special Service. After learning the news. I also had to use cheers to cover up the strangeness of my feelings.

"Commander, do you want to release this news to the whole city next?"

After the cheers in the room were a little smaller, an officer hurriedly leaned into Utsunomiya Taro's ear and said yes.

"Oh?" Hear the officer say that. Utsunomiya Taro, who looked at the cheering officers below with a smile on his face, was slightly stunned.

Seeing Utsunomiya Taro's appearance, the officer hurriedly said.

"Recently, because of the imminent arrival of the Chinese, the situation in Pyongyang is somewhat unstable, and the Korean people in the city and those troops composed of North Koreans seem to have some abnormal movements, so it is better for us to take advantage of this opportunity. Announce our victory, and in doing so, reassure the hearts of the people in the city..."

Speaking of this, the officer's face also became a little gloomy.

Actually, some time ago. In fact, the situation in Pyongyang is somewhat unstable, and it is clear that the whole of North Korea is somewhat unstable. Because of the rumor that the Chinese came to liberate the Koreans from the iron heel of the Japanese, almost the whole of Korea was shaken, and there were Koreans everywhere singing the news. This is especially true in the north of Korea, which is closest to the IDF. The North Korean Belt and Road Party is just one of those phenomena.

Such as in the city of Pyongyang. There are many Korean people who are looking forward to the arrival of the National Defense Force, and some units composed of Koreans are also unstable. If the Wehrmacht really came to the city or something, maybe these people would really dare to turn against the water.

It is not surprising that although North Korea has not been very good, he has only been dead for a long time. On top of that, the original 'Korean Empire' was corrupt. However, the brutality of the Japanese made the Koreans feel a little nostalgic for the past.

And because of that. With the opportunity to break away from Japanese rule, the Koreans would be so excited...

"And such a thing?" Hear the officer say that. Utsunomiya Taro frowned slightly, and only nodded after a while. "Well, you'll be in charge of this matter..."

Hearing Utsunomiya Taro say this, the officer bowed slightly. "Yes!"

After the officer left, Utsunomiya Taro's mood had deteriorated a lot. In fact, if you follow the character of Utsunomiya Taro, he will definitely come to kill a chicken and make an example, or even kill a hundred policemen! Kill all those unstable North Koreans, so that there will naturally be no instability.

But now it can't be done, now that the Chinese have fallen into his encirclement, it is time to seek stability, and the rear must not be chaotic, especially Pyongyang. If Pyongyang is in chaos, things will be in trouble.

Now their troops in Gowensan can be said to be surrounded on all sides, the first side is naturally Pyongyang, and then the two sides and the rear road. The two sides of this are the real main direction of attack, and as for the force that cut off their back road in Gaowen Mountain, the greater role is to block it!

Not only to block Gaowen Mountain, lest they escape from the encirclement, but more importantly, to block the rescue troops, in other words, this road is not only a wall to encircle Gao Wenshan, but also to the point of being attacked from both sides.

Therefore, it is impossible to participate in the siege at all, and the same is true for the Pyongyang side.

And whether they were broken through from the back by Gao Wenshan or captured Pyongyang, it was possible to lead to the failure of this strategy. Not only that, but this time, in order to win, Utsunomiya Taro made a sky-high bet ―――――― the whole of North Korea.

So if he can't win, then the price he has to export this time is inevitably too great...

So at this time, Utsunomiya Taro is probably the person who wants Pyongyang to be safe and sound.

As for the future...

When this time it's over, Utsunomiya Taro will naturally make them pay some price...

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The war spread to almost all of North Korea, from the banks of the Yalu River to Pyongyang.

Especially in the area around Pyongyang, there are fierce battles on all fronts, and on the banks of the Yalu River, the fighting has never stopped. At this time, the troops located in Pukou had stopped continuing to tear their mouths, but went south with all their might, and Feng Guozhang was almost crazy at this time.

After all, there are more than 100,000 people of the two armies surrounded near Pyongyang, and if these more than 100,000 people are really eaten by the Japanese―――――― you must know that since the establishment of the Anhui Military Government, whether it is the later Shandong Campaign. Or later, in the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front in Europe, the Wehrmacht never lost more than 100,000 men in a single battle, and the largest one was the Battle of Verdun. It was only a few tens of thousands of people lost.

If the Japanese really let the Japanese eat Gao Wenshan and them in one bite, then Feng Guozhang can be regarded as creating a historical record. The problem is that this record is absolutely disgraceful, don't say anything about the marshal when the time comes, it's already very good that he doesn't go to the court-martial, and I'm afraid he will follow the stench for 10,000 years in the future...

Think about it, what could be more exciting than this for an old man who is about to reach the glory of his old age...

At the time of receiving their telegram from Gao Wenshan. Feng Guozhang even preferred to pass out by himself. It's a pity that he can't, he can only resist the urge to vomit blood, and try his best to save the situation...

However. The troops in charge of the rescue under his orders were unable to break through the Japanese resistance at all. For a whole day, the troops in charge of the rescue barely advanced a single step, and on the other hand? However, the number of Japanese troops responsible for the encirclement was increasing.

Although, judging by their telegram from Gawainshan. For the time being, they can still hold on with their advantages in equipment and other aspects. But one of the drawbacks of the advantage of equipment is: If the equipment runs out of ammunition, then these advantageous equipment are not as useful as a bayonet...

Among today's great powers, the Wehrmacht's firepower is definitely one of the best, and this means a huge consumption of ammunition. In the past, the Wehrmacht has always relied on relatively reliable logistics to achieve victory.

Even when implementing the westward expansion strategy, the first thing Cai Ye and the others had to solve was the logistical problem.

But now, surrounded on all sides. Even if Feng Guozhang had more ammunition on his side, it was obviously impossible to deliver it to the besieged Gao Wenshan Division.

So. If the 17th and 33rd armies can't be rescued before they run out of ammunition, I'm afraid things will be very troublesome...

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After the news of the encirclement of at least two armies of the Wehrmacht came out, there was an uproar in the country, and almost everyone was holding Feng Guozhang responsible, and some even demanded that he be sent to a military court for trial immediately! There is no doubt that for the Chinese people who have always been smooth sailing, such a shape is absolutely unacceptable to them, and this qiē also brought even more pressure to Feng Guozhang, who was already under great pressure.

On the other hand, the North Korean resistance group, which was about to move, has also calmed down a lot because of this news. After so many years, although there are still many North Koreans who still choose to insist on resisting, many more have learned a lot more wisely, and there is a sense that they do not scatter eagles without seeing rabbits.

Originally, seeing that the Japanese were about to fail, these resistance groups naturally came out one after another, but now that they saw Chinese defeat, they suddenly quieted down―――――― and this is exactly what Utsunomiya Taro wanted.

In addition to China and North Korea, there is also a sensation in Japan. After all, over the years, since the establishment of the Kuomintang-Japanese government, Japan has always been the losing side in the confrontation between China and Japan, whether it was the Shandong Campaign or later.

And this time, Utsunomiya Taro won such a big advantage, and even surrounded more than 100,000 Chinese troops, which naturally excited the Japanese. Moreover, Utsunomiya Taro's practice of taking half of North Korea as a bet is also very much in line with the temper of the Japanese, after all, Japan is a country that naturally likes to gamble.

In the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan won the bet, and later won the Russo-Japanese War.

There are also Yan Shao's 918 and so on in that history, almost all of them won the bet, but the last game was lost, and the loss was extremely thorough, almost losing all the results of Japan's efforts in the past 100 years, but it can also be seen how good the Japanese are at betting...

And it is precisely because of this result that Utsunomiya Taro is also known as a famous general in Japan, and many people even call him a god of war. Even if the war in Pyongyang is not over at this time, Utsunomiya Taro does not seem to be worthy of this title...

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If the attitudes of China, Japan and North Korea are relatively normal, then the attitudes of the great powers seem a little strange―――――― or rather, this is the real attitude of the great powers...

In the conflict between China and Japan, especially when the Japanese side was at a disadvantage, the great powers, especially Britain and France, have been trying to mediate the conflict, trying to return China and Japan to the position before the conflict.

It's just that neither side buys it, and the British have no ability to intervene, and the Americans are unwilling to pay for it, so they have not been able to achieve anything.

Despite this, the Great Powers have not stopped their efforts to mediate.

But now...

Seeing that the Japanese had the upper hand, and even surrounded more than 100,000 troops of the Wehrmacht, the powers, which had been trying to mediate, did not move, and one by one they watched the excitement from the sidelines, and their true thoughts were undoubtedly revealed...

At this time, Yan Shao didn't have the time to denounce the shamelessness of the powers, in the conference room of the presidential palace, Yan Shao, Fu Xiuming and others were standing by Jiang Baili's side, hoping that this general, who was second only to Cai Yi in China, could reverse the situation...

And after staring at the map for a long time, Jiang Baili did come up with a way...

However, this method is not used to relieve the siege of Gao Wenshan, but... (To be continued......)