960 Korean War VIII Opening Battle

"According to the Central News Agency in Shenyang, Marshal Luo Fuwen, Chief of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces, announced that Tokyo, the capital of Japan, was attacked by 500 bombers of the Air Force of our National Defense Forces last night! A total of 500 tons of the latest napalm were dropped by bombers of our invincible air force, and according to the photographs taken by the reconnaissance plane, at least 15 square kilometers of central Tokyo have been covered in flames! It is estimated that more than 50,000 Japanese will be killed or injured in the fire, and more than 100,000 will be left homeless...... Marshal Luo also declared that the bomber units of our air force will destroy every city in Japan with fire! Wehrmacht officers and men will wipe out every Japanese officer and soldier who resists stubbornly! The victory of this Sino-Japanese war will surely belong to the Chinese ......! ”

With a snap, Ishihara turned off the radio in the corner, walked over to Gangmura Ninji, who was standing in front of the huge map of the Korean Peninsula with his hands behind his back, and whispered: "Your Excellency Marshal, the secret telegram of the military department, Shumi Group 4∴8065" As he spoke, he held a copy of the telegram marked top secret in front of the temple with both hands.

"Tell me, what's going on again?" Gangmura Ningji asked lightly, his eyes still not leaving the map in front of him, as if he was thinking about something. Okamura Ninji's body looked much older than it had been a few months ago, the short hair on his head and the toothbrush-like mustache on his mouth had turned completely white, and his back was a little bent, and now the fortunes of the entire Japanese Empire seemed to have weighed on his shoulders. His army will soon reach 2 million! Moreover, in order to increase his prestige and facilitate the command of the army, Emperor Hirohito had conferred on him the rank of marshal a few days earlier, and the whole of Japan expected him to achieve an unprecedented victory in Korea and reverse the decline of the empire.

"Your Excellency Marshal, the War Department has instructed the Korean army to launch an air raid against the major cities of China in retaliation for their misdeeds of burning Tokyo. The War Department has asked us to dispatch at least 100 Type 97 heavy critters, preferably tonight or tomorrow night. Ishihara said in a deep voice.

Mura Ningji responded slowly, turned around, took the top-secret telegram in Ishihara's hand, hurriedly glanced at it and said lightly: "Jiāo will be done by Lieutenant General Tokugawa Yoshitoshi...... It's a pity that these pilots, as well as those 100 Type 97s, were reexploded. ”

Ishihara Wan'er sighed, and drafted the order in the office in the temple, and after Jiāo signed it for Gangmura Ningji, he was ready to leave. Gangmura Ningji did suddenly stop him: "Ishihara-kun, do you think there are any leaks in our defense line?" ”

Ishihara turned around and came to the edge of the map, standing side by side with Okamura Ninji. Presented in front of him was a military map of 1/50,000, which showed the latest military deployment in detail, and the divisions and regiments of the Japanese Korean Army had as many as 75! In addition, there are more than two dozen independent artillery brigades, independent tank brigades and a cavalry group, and the theoretical total strength is already as high as 2 million! Of course, there are actually many new divisions that are not yet fully manned, and the total strength should be around 1.5 million. These 76 divisions are now known as the 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd Army, as well as the Mecha Army. Among them, the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th armies each have 8 divisions and an independent artillery brigade, a total of 32 divisions and 4 independent artillery brigades, nearly 800,000 troops (on the books), and 2,500 mén artillery, which are deployed along the Sino-Japanese (Korean) border to defend the so-called Yalu River defense line.

Eight divisions and one independent artillery brigade of the 19th Army were deployed in the northern part of the west coast of Korea, and the corps headquarters was located in Pyongyang; Eight divisions and one independent artillery brigade of the 20th Army were deployed in the southern part of the west coast of Korea, and the corps headquarters was in Seoul; The 21st Army also had 8 infantry divisions and 1 independent artillery brigade, and their defense area was Jeju Island in Korea.

The remaining Mecha Corps and the 22nd Army commanded a total of 4 tank divisions, 5 separate tank brigades, 8 infantry divisions, 1 cavalry group, and 4 independent artillery brigades, which were deployed near Pyongyang and served as the general reserve of the entire Korean army.

In addition, there is also a 104th Division deployed on the east coast of Korea, because China's naval forces in the Sea of Japan are very limited, so the east coast of Korea is basically not attacked, so it only symbolizes that Xing belongs to a division.

Ishihara was of course well aware of the deployment of the North Korean army, and in fact, the entire North Korean defense plan was formulated by him under his leadership at the North Korean Army General Staff. Ishihara knew very well that this plan was a decent and stable defense, and if there was any shortcoming, I am afraid that the strength of the Korean army, or the strength of the entire Japanese Empire, was insufficient......

In the final analysis, war is still an all-out confrontation between the comprehensive national strength of two countries! Now Japan is fighting against a 10-fold enemy, and even the first strategist of the Japanese army can't think of any tricks now...... Perhaps, Japan's current tragedy was doomed when it lost the 9/18 War eight years ago!

In the end, Ishihara Wan'er snapped and said loudly to Gangmura Ningji: "Your Excellency Marshal, as a military commander, everything we can do has already been done, and now we can only rely on the samurai god Jing who is not afraid of sacrifice of the soldiers of our imperial army, and the blessing of Amaterasu God to fight with the strong enemy to the end!" ”

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Luo Yaoguo smiled lightly and put down the "Ta Kung Pao" in his hand. On the front page of the newspaper, the headline reads, "Germany, Italy, and Russia issue a joint statement strongly condemning the burning of Tokyo by our national defense forces." Below the caption is a photo of a burned neighborhood from somewhere, with only a large area of charred ruins and a few Japanese in kimonos standing there in a daze...... Below the photo is a stern condemnation of the article, signed by Goebel, the German Minister of Propaganda and National Education! At the end of the article, Germany and Italy also made high-profile announcements about the recall of their ambassadors from China in a bid to distance themselves from China's civilian affairs. Seeing such an article, Luo Yaoguo didn't know whether to laugh or be angry, he set a fire in Tokyo and became the executioner of the massacre of the Japanese working people! It seems that in the previous life, Hitler put all the Jews of Europe in concentration camps, and more than 6 million people died! Didn't see him self-criticize a bit!

However, Luo Yaoguo did not have the strength to compare with these fascist leaders now, and his attention was attracted by the upcoming Korean campaign. With the onset of winter, the Yalu River on the Sino-Korean border has gradually begun to freeze, and the 15 group armies and 100 divisions (including colonial divisions and hundreds of Korean battalions) of the National Defense Force have basically been put in place. The Japanese on the other side of the Yalu River also mobilized troops and repaired fortifications like crazy during this time, and despite the threat of Chinese bombers in major cities on the Japanese mainland, a large number of antiaircraft artillery was transferred from the mainland to strengthen the defense line of the Yalu River to deal with the armored forces of the Beiyang Front. If the Beiyang Front really wants to break through from the front line of the Yalu River with armored forces, I am afraid that it will suffer terrible losses and casualties, right? I don't know how Bai Chongxi's landing plan is doing? Do you want to make a phone call?

Just as he picked up the telephone and was about to dial the headquarters of the Beiyang Front. I heard the sound of military boots hitting the huā granite floor outside the office. Then, I saw Natalie leading Bai Chongxi in, followed by Liu Fei, the chief of staff of the Beiyang Front, who was holding a large document bag. In the memory of Luo Yaoguo's previous life, this Chief of Staff Liu seems to be a ground worker lurking within the Kuomintang, but the history of this time and space has been completely hunluàn, and it is entirely possible for revolutionary fighters in another time and space to go astray in this time and space. Luo Yaoguo even saw the names of Huang Yisheng, Wu Fxian, Qiu Hzuo, and Li Zpeng in the huā roster of the National Defense Army's generals, not to mention that there was also a "deputy commander" who became the commander of the group army.

Seeing Bai Chongxi and Liu Fei walking in with a smile. Luo Yaoguo hurriedly got up to greet him, and then ordered Natalie to go to the best West Lake Longjing, and then said with a smile: "Brother Jiansheng, for General Zhang (Liu Fei), is the attack plan ready?" I can't wait. ”

"Brother Fuwen, the battle plan for the Korean campaign has come out...... In fact, the first phase of the programme is now being implemented. It was a bluff to attract the main forces of the Japanese army to the Korean Peninsula, and it was better to attract them to the south bank of the Yalu River, and now it seems that this purpose has been basically accomplished. According to intelligence, the Japanese have already concentrated at least 1.5 million troops in Korea, and they are constantly increasing, and by mid-December they will most likely reach 2 million! That's almost one-seventh of the total number of strong men that Japan can mobilize. If you count the 200,000 in Central America, the more than 100,000 in Hawaii, the more than 200,000 in the Philippines, the 200,000 in the Japanese East Indies, the more than 600,000 in Eastern Australia, the 300,000 to 400,000 in the Navy, and at least 1 million to be transferred out of the 'relocation plan...... That's almost 5 million people! If they can be wiped out, the vitality of the Japanese nation will be greatly damaged. ”

Luo Yaoguo looked at Bai Chongxi, although he tried to say this in a relaxed tone. But the worry and anxiety in my heart can still be heard. The elimination of Jinghua of a nation, even for a reactionary like Bai Chongxi, is inevitably a little unbearable or has other ideas. Moreover, before the Chinese and Japanese nations in this time and space, there was actually no deep hatred, at most it was just a struggle for hegemony. In addition, if you kill 10,000 enemies and lose 3,000, and destroy millions of Jing Rui of the Japanese Empire, the Chinese's own losses will probably be above one million! Not to mention, the next step is to occupy the Japanese mainland and eliminate the remaining inferior but still stubbornly resisting Japanese troops...... As for whether such a war can finally win the support of the Chinese people, no one can really say. After all, China is now on the path to democratic constitutionalism, and the next 1940 is another "election year" in a dozen southern provinces, and the country's progressive forces and democratic parties can now plan to form electoral coalitions.

Luo Yaoguo smiled, he also understood these things. But he also knows that China's victory in this world war is only the beginning! As one of the three countries with relatively weak overall national strength, China will only be able to remain invincible in the great power wrestling that will last for decades or even centuries in the future by striving for the most favorable and secure position in geopolitics. And the Japanese archipelago, because of its location, is the most critical area that China must firmly control!

His tone became a little emotional: "Jiansheng, I understand your worries. But this war is especially important for the future of our nation, and it must be persevered. It's not that I can't get along with the Japanese nation, but from the perspective of the post-war world pattern, we must firmly control the Japanese archipelago! The Japanese archipelago is a barrier to the core area of our country...... As long as Japan is in our hands, we will not be militarily passive in the future great power competition. We have an abundant workforce, abundant resources, vast markets and vast territories, and a democracy that will allow the country to remain stable for a long time, and there is no reason for the country to weaken as long as it is not a major threat militarily. ”

When Luo Yaoguo said this, Bai Chongxi nodded wordlessly in agreement, while Liu Fei, who was opening the file bag and putting a stack of battle plans on Luo Yaoguo's desk, had a flickering eye, as if he had heard something that excited him......

At this moment, Natalie suddenly pushed away the mén in the office and walked in quickly: "Fuwen, the report of the Air Force, the FW-200 reconnaissance plane found that about 120 to 150 planes are flying from the Korean Peninsula to North China of our country, and the targets are likely to be Beiping and Tianjin!" ”

Luo Yaoguo smiled coldly and said to Bai Chongxi: "See, this Korean Peninsula and the Japanese archipelago, if it is not under our control, we China will not be able to sleep peacefully!" Especially in the nuclear age of the future. ”

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At 0:00 on December 12, 1939. The border between China and South Korea, on the north bank of the Yalu River.

Suddenly, a flash of light swept over the front of the Chinese National Defense Forces that turned the night almost into day. Many Japanese officers and soldiers who were nervously staring at the dark and gloomy Chinese positions opposite in the forward positions of the Japanese army felt that their eyes were almost shining with a flash. As soon as the word "shelling" came to the minds of these highly trained Japanese infantrymen, an unimaginably loud roar rang in their ears. It was as if the whole earth was shaken, and the whole sky was about to collapse! The shelling of the Chinese Defense Forces began! And there are more than 6,200 mén 150mm, 105mm caliber howitzers, self-propelled guns, as well as nearly 2,000 mén 105mm recoilless guns, 75mm mountain guns/field guns, more than 1,000 ménshè 120mm and 150mm heavy mortars, concentrated in the middle of the Yalu River on two not very long fronts at the same time! The trajectory of the cannonballs suddenly weaved a huge web of firelight in the sky. Just a few seconds. Groups of shells had already landed on the Japanese positions, and the ground shook suddenly, like Thor's hammer hitting the earth hard!

The report of the sudden blow on the front line quickly gathered to the North Korean Army Headquarters in Pyongyang, Gangmura Ninji was woken up in his sleep, and after learning that the squadron had finally launched an attack, the commander of the 2 million Japanese army actually sighed softly, and Lu let out a long-lost smile: "Okay! The moment has finally come to decide the fate of the Great Japanese Empire! ”

"General Umezu Yoshijiro reported that the Tyrant (referring to the Chinese) army began to violently shell the defense line of the Yalu River in the Chushan area, and the Tyrant Army threw in at least 3,000 mén of various artillery! Most of them were heavy artillery of more than 100mm, and the front-line troops of the 16th Army of the Imperial Army suffered heavy losses, and communications in most of the forward positions had been interrupted. ”

In a calm and indifferent voice, Ishihara reported the telegram he had just received to Okamura Ninji, who was slowly getting dressed: "Tada Jun came to call that the position of the 18th Army on the Yalu River defense line in front of Huishan was subjected to heavy artillery bombardment by the Riot Army, and it is estimated that the Riot Army has invested at least 2000mén 100mm or more heavy artillery, and the Imperial Army's front-line positions have also suffered heavy losses......"

Ishihara picked up another telegram at this time, looked at it, and sighed: "Lieutenant General Tokugawa Yoshitoshi reported that the bomber group that raided Tianjin tonight was intercepted by the night fighters of the Tyrant Branch...... Heavy losses were taken, and the night assault on Tianjin had failed. ”

Okamura Ninji had already put on the marshal's uniform at this moment, and after hearing the news of the failure of the army air's night attack on Tianjin, he just snorted coldly: "Another meaningless sacrifice." With that, he left his bedroom and strode in the direction of the war room.

In the war room of the headquarters of the DPRK army, there was now an atmosphere of extreme tension, and several senior staff officers of the DPRK army were all guarding the radio and the map in disheveled clothes, and the telephone telegrams reporting the military situation were sent over like a stream, and they immediately marked all kinds of symbols on the map.

Okamura walked to the front of the map platform, crossed his arms and looked at it for a while, and asked lightly: "Except for the 16th Army and the 18th Army, have the other two armies reported that they have been sent?" Did the 19th and 20th armies on the west coast of Korea report anything? Are there any reports from the submarines of the Navy that are responsible for monitoring the Taiwan Strait? ”

"No, none of them have been reported." Ishihara Wan'er flipped through the telegram in his hand and replied, he knew that Gangmura Ningji wanted to know the main direction of the squadron's attack, and judging from the current situation, the squadron's target was likely to be between Chushan and Huishan, a salient of the Yalu River defense line.

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