Chapter 357: The Japanese Navy Moves
"Your Excellency Marshal, Feng Yong in the Northeast is really a demon, he is so old and spicy at a young age. In less than two years, the developed forces could confront the Great Japanese Empire. Such evil was too harmful to the Great Japanese Empire, and it must be nip in the bud. If he is given enough time to develop, the Japanese Empire may not be able to deal with him in the future. Masaki Terauchi's face was worried. Although the power of the northeast is strong now, Masaki Terauchi does not see it in his eyes. The combat effectiveness of the Northeast Army seemed to him to be mediocre. The situation in the Chinese battlefield was carefully assessed by the Japanese military observation team, and after analysis, the elite troops in the northeast were already comparable to the active divisions of the Japanese Empire. But there are not many such troops in the northeast. And in terms of weapons and equipment, it is far from the Imperial Japanese Army. After all, Japan has a complete military-industrial system. Logistics equipment can be continuously supplied. Japan's level of science and technology is not comparable to that of Tohoku.
However, Tohoku's ability to produce more than 100 mm artillery was indeed beyond Japan's expectations. Fortunately, in the entire Central Plains battlefield, the number of heavy artillery in the northeast adds up to only one regiment. The size of a regiment does not look at the eyes of the Japanese at all.
"Feng Yong is really good. But his rise depended too much on luck, and when luck ran out, that is, when he was beheaded. However, if you have the chance, you still have to kill him as soon as possible. It is enough to have a large Japanese empire in the Far East, and there is no longer a need for the rise of the Chinese Empire! "Japan's rise is stepping on China's head, and if Japan wants to prosper forever, it must completely suppress China. If China rises, it will be a crisis for Japan, or even the end of the world. After all, Japan is an island country, and its population resources cannot be compared with China's. The reason why Japan is so jealous of Tohoku is that the Tohoku government has been an extremely strong government from the moment it was established. The arrogance of the Northeast is obvious to all, and it dared to confront the Japanese when it had just unified the three eastern provinces. Now that his power has expanded several times, the threat to Japan has naturally increased greatly. Not to mention the fact that the three eastern provinces share a border with North Korea. Japan already regards Korea as an inalienable piece of Japanese territory, and naturally it does not want a strong and domineering neighbor next to it.
"According to our intelligence, Feng Yong is still remotely commanding in Changchun. If we want to kill him, we can only lead the army into Changchun. There is hope that this situation will be realized. Masaki said in a deep voice.
"Humph! Doesn't the special high class claim to be able to spy on everyone? This tricky thing can be delivered to them. Killing Feng Yong as soon as possible would also benefit the situation of the Great Japanese Empire on the battlefield. Youpeng of Shan County said slowly. The people of their generation were killed from the sea of corpses and blood, and it can be said that they treat human life as if they were a mustard.
"The special high school has already taken action, but the intelligence forces in the northeast are not weak, and it is difficult to find an opportunity in a short time." Now the Tohoku has already fought with Japan. Feng Yong, as a leader, naturally didn't have much time to go out. Feng Yong's character is already quiet and can endure loneliness. Naturally, it was difficult for the agents of the special high class to find an opportunity for assassination. In Western democracies, assassination is a very shameful act, but in Japan, assassination is a very normal method. Little Japan fully implemented the idea of the Chinese ancestors becoming kings and defeating the emperors.
"Report to Your Excellency Prime Minister, intelligence has been sent from the Navy Headquarters. The 9th and 10th Divisions have been loaded and ready to set off. ”
"Order the Navy to act immediately." Masaki said in a deep voice. From the beginning to the end, the goal of the Japanese was the three eastern provinces, and the mineral resources of the three eastern provinces were coveted by him. It's just that there is a strong and domineering Feng Yong in the Northeast, so they have never had a good chance to plunder.
Northeast, front.
"Report to the brigade commander, a regimental commander sent a telegram for help. The enemy's firepower is strong, and the first regiment has already suffered more than half of the casualties! "The operational staff officer reported the latest information on the front line to Wang Zhidao, the commander of the Second Brigade.
"Brigade commander, the first regiment has already repelled four enemy attacks. In terms of battle loss ratio, the enemy scrapped at least one wing. Do you think we should send other troops to support? Jiang Xingguo, the chief of staff of the Second Brigade, asked.
"Wait! A regiment is the trump card of our brigade, how can the enemy of a wing be enough. Jiang Cheng, this kid, just asked for help, which shows that he can still persevere. "The way of the king is unmoved. The gains and losses of the first line of defense are related to the morale of the army, and if it retreats too easily, it will be detrimental to the army's subsequent war.
"How's the situation on the 2nd Regiment position?" The first regiment is the enemy's main direction of attack, but the Yalu River is long, and there are many places where the enemy can cross the river, and the thick ice on the Yalu River makes the Yalu River less dangerous. Therefore, when the main direction of attack is frustrated, it is normal for Japan to send other troops to seek another direction of attack.
"No problem for the time being, there is only one brigade of the Japanese army attacking the second regiment, and without the support of heavy artillery, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is not strong there."
"Don't be careless. The most terrifying thing about the Japanese army is resilience. Besides, when we faced the attack of more than 100,000 troops this time, it was at most a temptation in front of us! Wang Zhidao said in a deep voice.
"Yes! With such a long Yalu River, there are too many places for the enemy to attack. But why didn't the young marshal let us set up our position on the bank of the Yalu River. In this way, we can concentrate all our forces and give the attacking enemy a head-on blow. Jiang Xingguo said puzzled.
"The young marshal has his own ideas. This battle is not trivial, and it is related to the future of the Northeast. Positional warfare is something that our Northeast Army is not accustomed to. We are now divided into the Liaodong Theater of Operations, under the personal command of Deputy Commander Chiang. Deputy Commander Chiang's strength is very strong. With him in charge, little Japan doesn't want to take advantage. The expression on Wang Zhidao's face was much more relaxed.
The position of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of the Southeast Military District.
"Regiment commander, the positions of the 2nd battalion were attacked by heavy enemy artillery, and several foxholes were blown up. Now there are less than two hundred people left in the second battalion! A group of political commissars had a sad look on their faces. You know, at the beginning of the war, a regiment was a regular regiment of 3,000 men. But now, all the troops add up to less than one and a half thousand people. The second battalion was even more exposed to heavy artillery attacks, and the 800-strong battalion lost less than a quarter. These are all elite veterans of the Northeast.
"What instructions does the brigade commander have?" The head of the regiment had a gloomy face. From the beginning of the war to the present, the first regiment has withstood four large-scale enemy attacks and five artillery bombardments, and the battlefield has been blown to the ground. The first three of those were Honda United attacks, and the fourth was a new team that was ready to go. It withstood three attacks by the Honda Wing, and the fourth attack of the Japanese New Wing was the most devastating to the first regiment.
"The brigade commander asks us to continue to hold on! Wait for the order to retreat! Zhao Wei, political commissar of the Second Brigade, said.
"How's the morale of the fighters? Political commissar, such a large casualty is the first time since the formation of a regiment, and the more this situation is, the more it is necessary to control the thinking of the troops! "Now that the brigade commander has given the order, even if their second regiment fights to the last soldier, they must persevere.
"Don't worry, brigade commander, there is nothing wrong with the minds of the fighters. The sacrifice of many comrades-in-arms made the morale of the fighters very high. ”
"That's good! As the first battle between Tohoku and Japan, even if we all die in battle, we can't have the slightest timidity! Are there enough weapons and ammunition? The head of the regiment asked.
"No problem, it's enough to keep us fighting!" Chief of Staff Jiang Xingguo said.
Japanese Front Command.
"Yaga! What's going on with Yamato United? A well-recharged elite wing could not take the battered positions of the Chinese army that were attacked. Yaga! It's really gorgeous! Major General Kanaya Fansan, commander of the 6th Brigade of the 3rd Division, scolded angrily. According to his intelligence, the opposite side was only the position of one regiment of the Zhina Army, and the two wings of his third division launched four large-scale attacks and did not take it. And the Honda United team lost more than half, and the Yamato United team that attacked it also lost a lot of money. In these four attacks, the battle losses of the two wings reached more than half of the wing. This was something that the Japanese soldiers could not have imagined before the war.
"Yaga! Order Yamato attack again, and if he still can't take this position, let him go to seppuku! The Imperial Army of Great Japan did not need this kind of waste! "Major General Kanaya Fansan's face was very ugly, their Sixth Brigade finally grabbed the main attack task, but they didn't expect that not long after the war began, the battle losses of their own brigade reached more than 2,000 people, and if this continued, it would not take long for the Sixth Brigade to completely lose its combat effectiveness. This is something that Major General Kanaya Van San cannot tolerate.
The captain of the Honda Wing, who had failed three consecutive attacks, had already been severely reprimanded by him. If it weren't for the fact that this was a critical period of the war, Major General Bunzo Kanaya would have ordered a waste like Ichiro Honda to go to seppuku.
"Send a report to Your Excellency the division commander, saying that our troops will definitely complete the occupation of the positions of the Chinese Army next time, and request the support of the heavy artillery wing of the division and regiment!" Kanaya Fan San was embarrassed. After all, the support of the heavy artillery regiment is still powerful. It's just that the position of the Chinese army is very peculiar, even if the heavy artillery plows the entire position, when the imperial army charges, the Chinese army still appears like ground mice. In addition, the firepower level of the Northeast Army in front of it is no worse than that of the Imperial Army, and even in terms of automatic firepower, the Zhina Army has a slight upper hand. This is completely different from what was in the newspaper, and these made Kanaya Fan San feel extremely depressed. I was extremely dissatisfied with the extra-high class. What Asia's No. 1 intelligence agency, bullshit. I can't even figure out the opponent's firepower, it's really a waste.
"Order the Yamato United, Honda United to attack at the same time, if this time it is not possible to take the position. Let these two wastes go to seppuku and be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor! "Major General Kanaya Van San felt that the attack of a wing was not safe, and judging from the counterattack of the Shina Army just now, the enemy's strength in the position was still not weak. To be on the safe side, Major General Kanaya Fan San could only let the two wings go together. After all, if it drags on any longer, the face of the Imperial Japanese Army will be completely lost.
(To be continued)