readx; On June 20, the armored group led by Zuo Yugang adopted an active defensive strategy, led the troops to the north first, and then engaged in a fierce battle with the remnants of more than 10,000 people of the Sixth Division of the Chinese Army, destroying more than 3,000 enemies in two days. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

On 21 June, the army withdrew its last troops from Dandong and blew up the Yalu River Iron Bridge in an attempt to cut off the southward route of the main force of the Chinese Eighth Army.

Due to the withdrawal of the main force of the army from the Dandong front, Zuo Yugang's armored cluster began to be under great pressure, and the eastern supply line of the armored cluster was attacked by the cavalry of the army on a large scale.

The superiority of the armored group's mobility and firepower is very obvious, but it is based on the fact that a large amount of supplies are consumed every day, and the armored forces composed of these three divisions consume a huge amount of supplies every day, and these massive supplies need to pass through Uiju County to the area around Sinuiju. While the armored cluster cut off the supply line in the south of the army, it also faced its own supply line being cut off.

On the 23rd, the troops reinforced from Pyongyang and Fushan arrived 50 kilometers south of Sinuiju, and had a fierce battle with the 9th Motor Infantry Division.

By the time the Eighth Army finally crossed the river, the main force of the Second Army had already broken through the interception of the armored cluster and made contact with the reinforcements from the south.

After being escaped by the main force of the Second Army, Shen Gang paid attention to the Fifth Division, the Fifth Division was unlucky, and had been trapped in Yiju County, when the Second Army began a full-scale counterattack to the south, although the Fifth Division also retreated to Sinuiju, it was still the rear of the palace, when the main force of the Second Army was difficult to withdraw, the armored cluster once again attacked and stopped the rear of the Palace, and then the main force of the Eighth Army followed up and carried out an annihilation strike on the remnants of the Fifth Division, although the main force of the rear army wanted to go north to rescue, However, the armored group was reinforced, and then surrounded by more than 200,000 Chinese troops, the Fifth Division of the Chinese Army finally gave up after five days of hard fighting, except for more than 3,000 people who scattered and broke through and escaped, the remaining 10,000 people were left behind.

Subsequently, the Yue Army began to organize a defensive line in Xuanchuan County to try to prevent the main Chinese force from moving south, but for the Chinese Army, which had broken through the Yalu River moat and brought together the three main forces of the Eighth Army, the Provisional First Corps, and the armored cluster, the Xuanchuan County defense line temporarily organized by the Yue Army was not able to stop for a long time, especially under the rapid assault of the armored group, the Yue Army did not get sufficient preparation time at all, so that the temporarily constructed Xuanchuan County defense line quickly broke through by the Chinese troops, and the Eighth Division, which covered the retreat of the main force of the Second Army, suffered heavy losses. In the face of the disastrous defeat suffered by the front-line troops, the General Staff Headquarters of this army gritted its teeth and directly ordered the Second Army to abandon the area north of the Qingchuan River and retreat to the south of the Qingchuan River, and to re-establish the defensive line by relying on the Qingchuan River with Anju and Yuanchuan along the Qingchuan River as the core.

After advancing more than 100 kilometers to the south, China's four main forces across Korea have been exhausted and unable to continue to advance, the 10th Army in the Northeast Theater is because the northeast of Korea is mountainous, and the advance speed is really limited, and the western coastal plain area as the main direction, that is because the advance speed is too fast, plus hundreds of thousands of troops are gathered together, the armored cluster and the Provisional First Corps and the Eighth Army are all crowded together in a chaotic manner to cause a certain amount of chaos, and more importantly, At this time, after hundreds of thousands of troops crossed the river and advanced rapidly, the supplies in the rear could not keep up in time. At the beginning of the Dandong Campaign, most of the supplies of the armored cluster and the Temporary First Corps were carried by themselves, so the logistical pressure in the early stage was not great. After the Eighth Army also crossed the river, the supplies brought by the armored cluster and the Provisional First Corps themselves were almost used, and after the first battle of Xuanchuan County, even the supplies brought by the Eighth Army were used up.

When the supplies brought by the troops themselves were used up, the shortage of supplies suddenly appeared, and the bombing of the Yalu River Bridge also affected the railway transportation and supply, so when the troops attacked the Qingchuan River, these troops had to stop because of the lack of supplies, and the armored cluster could not even make up the fuel for the march, so they could only stand by and wait for the oil to be transported from the rear.

The Chinese troops postponed the offensive because of the supply problem, which also gave the Yue army a chance to breathe and strengthen the defensive line, and when the Chinese troops had sufficient supplies, it was found that the Yue army's defense line was no longer as easy to break through as before, so the battle was suspended.

"At this time, in the Battle of Dandong, our army achieved great results, and after the battles of Gulouzi, Yizhou County, Dandong, Xinuiju and Yanzhou, our army killed a total of 28,000 people and captured more than 6,000 people. The rest of the wounded are not counted," Ma Cheng reported to Chen Jingyun on the situation of the Dandong Campaign.

"On the side of our army, 18,000 people were killed, more than 27,000 people were wounded, and more than 3,000 people were missing, among which the Provisional First Corps suffered heavy casualties because it carried out a siege operation on Uiju County in the middle of the period, and served as the main force to attack Sinuiju in the later period and received the Eighth Army to cross the river!" Ma Cheng looked at Chen Jingyun's face after speaking, and saw that Chen Jingyun did not show any surprised or angry expression, which was a psychological relief.

From the beginning of June to the beginning of July, in order to recapture Dandong, the bridgehead of the Chinese army, and in order to cross the Yalu River, the Northeast Theater mobilized nearly 300,000 troops to launch a full-scale attack. Although the number of wounded in the army could not be calculated, the retreat of the army was very hasty, and basically the seriously wounded were not taken away, either by suicide or captured or shot.

Therefore, for the Yue army, the 28,000 killed and the more than 6,000 captured were almost the total loss of troops.

Because the Chinese troops were the attacking side, many of the wounded were able to be transferred to the rear for treatment, and if the seriously wounded and the number of dead were added up, then the loss of troops exceeded that of the Japanese army. And there is another very key point here, that is, the total strength of the Chinese troops in this operation is close to 300,000, while the main force of the Chinese army, the Second Army, is less than 100,000, even if you count the reinforcements of a division and a mixed brigade, it will be about 120,000. And in terms of firepower, the Chinese troops with the presence of armored clusters definitely have a firepower advantage.

In the case of the superiority of firepower and troops, their own losses exceeded the enemy's army, which was a little unacceptable to Shen Gang and Ma Cheng, the army bosses, although they won the strategic victory, but Ma Cheng was still worried that Chen Jingyun would be furious after seeing the casualty report. Since the establishment of the National Army, the National Army has never failed, and after intervening in the Russian Civil War, it also fought with the Soviet Army, which was one of the leading powers, and the two are mutually victorious, and this army that has fought for more than ten years is not afraid of the army or the troops of the great powers, and the senior generals of the National Army are not those Beiyang generals nor the generals of the National Revolutionary Army, they have never been afraid of the army.

So in this case, Ma Cheng was a little worried that he had suffered such a large number of casualties, but he didn't know that Chen Jingyun's impression of the Yue Army also came from the Yue Army in World War II in later generations, and he always felt that the comparison of troop losses could be two to one or even three to one, so when he heard that his own casualties were not much greater than the Yue Army, he showed a satisfied smile today.

Although the army's casualties were a bit larger, on the whole, Chen Jingyun was quite satisfied with the army's performance, and this unit that he had built up by himself had gradually acquired the quality of a strong army.

After the hardware conditions such as firepower and equipment are raised, it is not impossible to become a world-class strong army!

"How's the situation going over there in Lushun?" The war in the North Korean direction is better than Chen Jingyun expected, so there is nothing to worry about, and now it is Lushun that needs to be worried!

Ma Chengdao: "Lushun's side is now adopting a steady and steady tactic, although the progress is slow, but if it continues like this, it will be a matter of time before Lushun is taken!" ”

Chen Jingyun nodded and said, "There's no need to rush over there in Lushun, we have time to spend it slowly!" ”

The strategic surname of Arthur is actually very small, because of the existence of the Nationalist Air Force, Port Arthur was bombed into ruins as early as a month ago, and now the battleship Ise and the battleship Tsukishi are still slowly rusting under the seabed in Port Arthur. No matter how strong the firepower and protection are, what is the use of never catching up to the battlefield. The 4th Sentai in the Second Fleet sank two battle cruisers, and the other two battle cruisers were also seriously injured and are now undergoing emergency overhauls, so that in a short time it was said that "the only battle cruiser that could have been used was the Amagi." And the Amagi and the two Nagato and Kaga, which were said to be the few four high-speed warships, could not be easily used, because they had to be on guard against the two Yandi-class battleships of China at any time. Ben's intelligence unit had already confirmed that the two Chinese battleships were not seriously injured, and that they had already completed emergency repairs, and that they could go to sea again at any time to attack the flotilla, so they had sent out those slow battleships to escort the cargo ships, while the Amagi, Nagato, Yamashiro, and Kaga were cruising and preparing for a decisive battle with the two Chinese battleships at any time.

Now it is said that "this navy is bent on preparing for war, and wants to completely sink those two Chinese battleships before the snow is disgraced, and in addition, it has to send a large number of troops to escort the sea by sea, so that it will not be able to distinguish enough troops to carry out land bombing, after all, those important coastal cities and ports have many coastal defense guns, and if this navy wants to bomb these cities on the shore, it will not be able to send capital ships."

In a short period of time, he said, "This navy will not need the port of Arthur, and it will not be able to enter the Bohai Bay for landing operations."

Although Lushun held the Bohai Bay, but in this war, it did not play a big role, and China did not break the requirements of attacking Lushun, which was not in a hurry, Liang Xunqin did not have a huge pressure from above, so he took his time, and slowly bombed with large-caliber artillery, and the air force also bombed every day, and in the face of those turtleshell-like fortresses on the ground, Liang Xunqin did not use infantry to attack, but used digging tunnels to blast all the way up, although the progress was slow and countless explosives were consumed. But the victory is that there are few casualties in safety.

According to this, it will take five or six months, and it will be a matter of time before Liang Xunqin's Third Army takes Lushun, but it can't wait too long, and no one knows what kind of accident will happen after a long time.

In the face of the deterioration of the Korean war situation, the army was under great pressure, not only from the accusations from the navy and from the rumors of the political axe, but also from the broad masses of the people, and many people even shouted that Shirakawa Yoshiro was a traitor.

Speaking of Shirakawa Yoshinori is also full of bad luck, his performance in the two months since the start of the war can be regarded as good, when the Chinese armored cluster broke through the Gulouzi defense line, Shirakawa Yoshinori's various strategic decisions can be regarded as not wrong, even if it is not wrong to abandon Dandong and Yizhou County to preserve their strength and break through. However, the appearance of Zuo Yugang's armored cluster in this war made his correct approach wrong, and in the end, he lost his troops and retreated to the Qingchuan River.

The lack of troops, the lack of anti-tank forces, and the lack of armored forces of Shirakawa Yoshinori were not unjust, and the responsibility for the defeat of this battle was not on him, which was recognized by Uehara Yusaku and other army bosses, but someone must come out to take responsibility for the defeat of the Dandong Campaign, and who else could this person be besides Shirakawa Yoshinori.

On July 8, Shirakawa Yoshinori was called back, and although it was ostensibly a debriefing, the meaning of the dismissal was already clear, and he said, "This sent the imperial general, General Itamotonomiya Morimasa, to Korea to take over as the supreme commander of the troops stationed in Korea and the commander of the Second Army."

In addition to the transfer of high-level generals, there are also diplomatic contacts that are not known to outsiders.

In a small courtyard in Tokyo, a man was talking softly to a bearded Slav, and he whispered: "Now that our two countries have a common enemy, we have a basis for cooperation between our two countries!" ”

And the Naslav also nodded and said: "Yes, Chinese imperialism forcibly interferes in China's internal affairs, and still occupies many territories of our country, and even more supports those white army!" If you can, we are very willing to cooperate with your country! ”

"But!" At this point, the Slavs paused before they said, "As for how to cooperate?" How to arrange it after the war is a question! ”

The short one said, "I smiled and didn't care: "As long as there is a basis and sincerity for cooperation, the rest are not a problem, do you say?" ”

The two diplomats quickly reported back to their respective dignitaries after a secret conversation, so much so that a small argument broke out in Tokyo and Moscow.

Lenin in Moscow was a little hesitant to suggest that he should cooperate with himself, and even when he needed to send troops in violation of last year's armistice agreement, for Soviet Russia, the attention of the Chinese Empire is not a good thing, and he said, "This is not a good thing, when the foreign powers intervened in the Russian Civil War a few years ago, China said that two [***] people set foot on Russian soil at the same time, and the social workers who died in the hands of the troops stationed in Russia were not thousands but also **hundred.

Now it is awkward for Lenin to work together against China, regardless of his past suspicions, and he feels that this matter is not very reliable, and a month ago he said, "Why don't they look for themselves when they are not left behind, and they have to wait for them to come to them after the defeat in Korea, which is obviously trying to pull Soviet Russia into the chariot." Since the signing of a temporary armistice agreement with China and the Russian Republic last year, although the three sides are still in a state of war, the Omsk front has stopped the war and entered the stage of strategic confrontation, and Soviet Russia has officially put forward the first five-year plan.

However, despite this or that concern, Soviet Russia still has no way to resist this temptation, and there is no way to recover Siberia and the Far East by Soviet Russia alone, which is also the fundamental reason why Soviet Russia decided to sign a temporary armistice treaty last year. As a result, the number of Chinese troops deployed in the western part of Xinjiang Province and on the Omsk front line is much smaller, adding up to about 200,000. Then there were about 600,000 people of the Russian Defense Forces, and the total number of 800,000 troops stood in the way of the eastward advance of the Soviet army.

If Soviet Russia is ruthless, it is not impossible to break through the defense line of Namsk by bearing huge casualties, and when the time comes, after China is unable to send enough troops to reinforce Omsk because it is said that "this is pinned down, then it will be possible for the Soviet army to advance eastward."

Moreover, even if the front-line troops suffer from homeopathy after breaking through Omsk, it is impossible to continue the counteroffensive to cross Omsk with the military strength of China and Russia, and even if it cannot conquer the Omsk front, there is no loss for Soviet Russia, the big deal is to continue to maintain the current stalemate, anyway, now the three countries are still in a state of war, and there is no need to declare war when it comes to fighting.

After thinking about it for more than ten days, the Soviet Russian side finally made up its mind to send troops, and the Soviet Russia's dispatch of troops was completely unexpected by Chen Jingyun, so when Chen Jingyun heard that the Soviet army had launched a full-scale attack in Omsk, he almost couldn't help but scold Lenin directly.

The sudden entry of Soviet Russia into the war made China, which had the advantage in the Sino-Japanese war, suddenly feel a huge pressure.