Chapter 667: The Battle of Anju II
readx; On the outskirts of Pyongyang, Lieutenant Colonel Bae of the 52nd Regiment of the Fifth Division led his troops to resist the attack of tens of thousands of Japanese troops from the south. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
To the west of the 5th Division, the combined assault force of the 1st and 9th Divisions was already rapidly advancing westward, targeting the west coast of North Korea, all the way to the sea, thus completely cutting off the road from Anju to Pyongyang.
At this time in the war, in fact, the strategic intentions of both sides had been exposed, and the Chinese army saw that the Chinese army wanted to cut off the communication line from Anju to Pyongyang, so while Pyongyang vigorously counterattacked the First Panzer Army, the First Army on the Anju side also began to retreat gradually, and its Fifth Division had withdrawn from the Anju front line and arrived at Suchuan. This is clearly to evacuate from the front line in Anzhou.
The Chinese side also noticed that the army wanted to leave, and naturally tried its best to keep them, so it happened that the First Panzer Army wanted to stop them, and the troops of the Fourteenth Army, the Seventeenth Army and the Eighth Army also increased the pressure on the Anzhou Army.
At this time, the strategic intentions of both sides have been exposed, and then the two sides have carried out a series of strategic deployments for this purpose, the units of the 17th Army of the Chinese Army have moved south and covered the First Armored Army, and at the same time, they have launched a strike from the northeast to the Yue Army in the area from Anzhou to Suchuan, and in the front of Anzhou, the 14th Army has received reinforcements from the Eighth Army, and on the frontal battlefield of Anzhou, it has gathered six infantry divisions and a number of units of the Reading Artillery Brigade and Regiment to try to launch a strong attack on the frontal enemy in Anzhou.
If we add the First Panzer Army from Pyongyang to Sucheon, then it can be roughly seen that China's First Army has formed a three-sided offensive posture against the troops of the Yue Army in Anju from the Cheongchon River to Pyongyang.
At this time, the troops of the army in Anzhou had formed a salient, and this salient was in danger of being stopped and broken at any time.
And if anyone can recall the war in mid-1923, they will find that the current situation is very similar to that of the past.
At that time, it was also the Chinese armored group that forcibly crossed the river, and broke through the defense line of the Yue army in Akutagawa and captured Pyongyang all the way south, thus bypassing the Anju defense line, and finally forced the Yue army of the Anju defense line to carry out a strategic retreat, and surrounded and annihilated nearly 100,000 troops of the Yue army on the periphery of Pyongyang.
Although the current situation is different from that of the past, for example, Akutagawa is currently under the control of the Japanese army, and Pyongyang has not taken it, and the troops of both sides are much more involved than in the previous war, but the overall situation remains roughly the same.
They all bypassed Anzhou, a key defensive area of the Chinese army, and used armored forces to break through from the eastern part of Anzhou, so as to force the Anzhou army and annihilate a large number of living forces of the army.
In order to prevent the recurrence of the situation of the last time, the Chinese army greatly strengthened the infantry anti-tank firepower, and to a certain extent, dealt a great blow to China's armored forces. In the last war, the tanks and other armored vehicles in China's armored forces were not destroyed much by the Chinese army, but in this war, China has lost as many as 70 or 80 tanks in just one month. And it can also be seen that the war strength of an industrial country is far from being comparable with that of non-industrial countries, and China, which has mobilized the defense industry and has begun to produce various military supplies in full force, can timely replenish all kinds of losses on the front line, and use these newly produced equipment to equip the front-line troops in time to supplement the war losses.
In addition to strengthening anti-tank firepower, the army also attached great importance to the Akutagawa and Pyongyang defense lines, resulting in the Chinese armored forces having to avoid Akutagawa and choosing the junction between Anzhou and Akutagawa to break through, and even mobilized more than 100,000 troops to launch an attack together in order to open this gap. After reaching the periphery of Pyongyang, they fought a bitter battle with the army at Pyongseong, and not only was the strategy of the armored forces continuing to move southward blocked, but even the armored forces had lost the strength to conquer Pyongyang, so they were forced to turn westward and directly intercept the communication line from Anju to Pyongyang without conquering Pyongyang.
In this case, the armored forces will face even more serious pressure than in the previous war, and the armored troops under the command of Fang Dashan will not only have to continue to advance westward, but also have to block the counterattack of the Syrian army in the direction of Pyongyang, and at the same time have to intercept the counterattack of the Syrian army from the direction of Sucheon.
While the Yue army in the direction of Anzhou was attacked from three sides, the First Armored Army under the command of Fang Dashan was facing a three-front battle with the Yue army.
In Pyongseong, the Fifth Division, which was covering the 1st and 9th Divisions of the 1st Panzer Army, had been fiercely attacked by the Pyongyang direction for two consecutive days, and the 3rd Army in the Pyongyang direction had soon launched a large-scale counteroffensive after retreating to Pyongseong, and at least two divisions had already launched an attack on the 5th Division.
The Fifth Division single-handedly withstood an attack of at least twice as many troops, and this situation will be further exacerbated by reinforcements from Pyongyang.
The deterioration of the situation on the front lines in Pyongyang and Anju caused the army to quickly transfer troops from southern Korea to the north to help, and when these troops arrived in Pyongyang, the number of troops in Pyongyang would exceed 100,000, and these forces would definitely not be able to withstand the Fifth Division.
Looking at the Japanese army attacking his position like a tide, what Lieutenant Colonel Bae could hope for was that the friendly 1st and 9th Armored Divisions would be able to quickly break through the interception of the Japanese army and reach the western coast of Korea. Strive to carry out a comprehensive annihilation strike on the Anju army in Anju before the Third Army gathers more forces in the direction of Pyongyang and breaks through the defense line of the Fifth Division.
Whether or not it can be carried out is far from being able to be influenced and judged by Lieutenant Colonel Pei, and this battle is no longer only a matter for the 52nd Regiment itself, nor for the Fifth Division, or even for the First Panzer Army to decide, but for the entire First Army.
In the headquarters of the 17th Army, Xu Jingqing looked at Chen Huatian, unlike other subordinates who kept a straight face all day long, but he had a kind look on Chen Huatian: "Huatian, you just came, first familiarize yourself with the military staff!" ”
Chen Huatian had already been taught by Chen Jingyun before he came, and he knew very well what he was doing when he came to North Korea, and he came to increase his knowledge, so he would not say that the main requirement of ignorance was to go to the grassroots troops. Moreover, he also knows that his identity is a little special, but he still maintains the necessary respect in front of a powerful military general like Xu Jingqing.
The generals above the rank of lieutenant general in the military are all founding heroes with outstanding military achievements, and even when Chen Jingyun receives them, he is kind and angry. And those active generals, Chen Huatian always maintained the attitude of juniors when he saw them, and he had to respectfully call him uncle when he saw them.
This Xu Jingqing is also a lieutenant general with older qualifications in China, and he was a senior general of the lieutenant general during the Unification War, and although he has not risen further in the following years, he is also the top 20 generals in the army.
"My father said before I came, everything is subject to Uncle Xu's arrangement when I get to the front line!" Chen Huatian's age is not an exaggeration to call him Xu Jingqing's uncle, although Xu Jingqing's grandsons are in their twenties, but no one in the country dares to claim to be a generation older than Chen Jingyun, he Xu Jingqing and other military bosses in China are commensurate with Chen Jingyun as peers, and Chen Huatian calls him an uncle who has just become popular.
Chen Huatian is only seventeen years old, even if he counts the virtual age, he is only eighteen. In the military, some of the soldiers are seventeen or eighteen years old, but the age of the officers is generally older, basically when the officers graduate from the military academy, they are generally about 20 years old. According to the normal process, Chen Huatian still needs to study at the military academy for another year, and next year he can enter the army with the rank of second lieutenant.
His younger brother Chen Huajun is even younger, only 16 years old this year, and he has only been in the military academy for just over a year, and there is a unique example of them directly participating in the front-line troops in the name of internship when they are still studying at the military academy.
Regarding Chen Huatian's respectful attitude, Xu Jingqing also nodded secretly, although the president's eldest son looks young and immature, but when he speaks, he is as old-fashioned as a person in his thirties and forties, and he is worthy of being the son of that person. It seems that he can see the shadow of Chen Jingyun in him.
As Chen Jingyun's son, especially when Chen Jingyun was still a Chinese ruler, Chen Jingyun was not only a mythological idol for many young people in China, but also had a very complex impression in the hearts of his sons, with a little admiration and a little fear, but no matter what the mentality was, Chen Jingyun's sons learned Chen Jingyun's every move intentionally or unintentionally.
Chen Huatian is still easy to write, and his younger brother Chen Huajun's every move is deliberately learning Chen Jingyun's manners, treating people kindly on the surface, but secretly ruthless, he has only been in the military academy for more than a year, and he has already kicked out two military cadets who inadvertently offended him with words, no matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like a good person. Not only does he learn from his surname, but he also likes to learn from Chen Jingyun on women's issues.
He was only sixteen years old, and he hooked up with several girls in Wuhan, and he also raised a female student from the local Wuhan Normal Girls' School to Jinwu Zangqiao. Naturally, neither he nor his mother Lin Yun dared to let Chen Jingyun know about this kind of thing, so it took a lot of effort to cover it up.
But even if they cover it up, how can they hide it from Chen Jingyun, Chen Jingyun already knows about Chen Huajun's bad things, and he has even seen the photos of the female students of Wuhan Normal Girls' School, and after seeing it, Chen Jingyun just smiled and said: "This kid's vision is not lazy!" ”