readx; At the beginning of August, one cavalry division and two infantry divisions reinforced by China from the northeast arrived in Anju and joined the Eighth Army and the Provisional First Corps in the battle sequence, bringing the number of the main field troops to more than 350,000 in Korea. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The total number of troops dispatched by the army in Korea was about 150,000, and after several months of fierce fighting, the total casualties were close to 50,000, and at this time, there were less than 70,000 men left in the Second Army, and more than 10,000 were in the eastern part of Korea, and the remaining part was in the southern part of Korea.

Although it was said that a general mobilization had already been carried out in the country, and that "it had planned to set up a number of new divisions and regiments and expand the total number of divisions and regiments to 30, mobilization would take time, and it would take time for the domestic troop transport team to come to Korea; before the war, it was said that there were only about 20 divisions in total, and in addition to the necessary domestic deployments and the troops stationed on the island of New Guinea in the South Seas and the Taiwan region, it was said." At most, there are only about 15 divisions that can be invested on the battlefield in China, but there are already almost two divisions in Lushun, and nine divisions have been invested in Korea.

In order to prevent Pyongyang from being captured by China and the main forces of Anju and Yuancheon on the front line, the Second Army chose to take the initiative to retreat during the battle against Dandong again.

However, this time the retreat is not so easy, China's Eighth Army and the Provisional First Corps have a total strength of nearly 250,000 people, while the main force of the Second Army is less than 70,000, if they want to retreat, they will not only face the pursuit of the Chinese Eighth Army and the Provisional First Corps, but also face the interception of the Chinese armored cluster on the periphery of Pyongyang.

When the army raised almost the entire northeastern region to enter Korea and prepare to defeat the Japanese army in one fell swoop, the navy also took corresponding cooperative actions in order to cooperate with the army's decisive battle. The battleships Yandi and Huangdi, which had been overhauled, left Shanghai again, accompanied by a large number of auxiliary ships, including heavy cruisers, aircraft carriers, light cruisers, and destroyers, and several other light ships deployed at the Qingdao naval base, including even China's few submarines, also went to sea. The purpose is almost the same, that is, to attack the sea supply lines of the Yue army.

When the main force of the Chinese Navy poured out of the nest again, the intelligence was obtained, and the Navy immediately made corresponding moves, and the Haruna, Kirishima and Amagi, which had just been overhauled, formed a new 4th Sentai together, and the 1st Sentai and the 4th Sentai composed of Kaga, Nagato and Yamashiro acted together, and the goal was quite clear, that is, to intercept China's main fleet, in addition to this high-speed main fleet, other low-speed traditional battleships of the Navy's were also following the action to support.

In the face of the interception of the main force of the Chinese Navy, the Chinese Navy also deliberately avoided it, and the two aircraft carriers in the fleet were not in vain, although the ability to bomb at sea was not good, but the maritime reconnaissance was still very reliable, and the main force of the Chinese Navy intended to avoid large-scale battles, so the two sides launched a chase and hide and seek in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, although there were occasional exchanges of fire between light ships, but there was never a large-scale naval battle.

Although there was no engagement, the main fleet of the Chinese Navy relied on its high speed to attack the transport fleet several times, and in addition, the submarine force departing from the Qingdao base, with the cooperation of surface light ships, sank two large transport ships by ambushing, although the Chinese Navy itself did not know what was in the two transport ships sunk, but it caused a lot of damage to the Japanese army in the direction of Pyongyang, because the two ships were transporting dozens of artillery. All the belongings of the Heavy Artillery Wing of the Reading Force, which had been urgently sent to Pyongyang for reinforcements, and the other artillerymen in the flotilla were all fine, but their guns were sunk.

These fortuitous attacks made the Army very dissatisfied with the Navy, believing that the Navy had not fulfilled its responsibility to protect the sea routes, resulting in heavy losses for the Army.

If it weren't for the naval escort, the army in Korea and Lushun would have been unable to fight, and although it has been attacked by the Chinese navy several times, the overall loss is not large, and the navy still maintains the sea communication supply line. Therefore, the accusations of the army and the navy are simply ignored.

In the early days of August, when the Soviet army in Omsk attacked the Russian Defense Forces on a large scale, and even the Chinese Sixth Army deployed in Karachinsk went to Omsk for reinforcements because of the tense war situation, the Chinese army on the Korean side was also engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese army.

The period from late July to mid-August was the most difficult time for China, when China's general mobilization had not yet been completed, and although the major arsenals were urgently expanding production, it would take a certain amount of time before a real large-scale increase in production, and China at this time was completely relying on pre-war troops and material reserves to carry out operations.

On August 8, Zuo Yugang's armored cluster defeated the defenders in Pyongyang, and then stationed in Pyongyang to build a defensive line, at this time, the main force of the Second Army was retreating all the way south from the direction of Anju, and after learning that Pyongyang was occupied by China, Imotonomiya Morimasa did not have time to curse how stupid the commander of the mixed brigade who was guarding Pyongyang.

However, the army wanted to bypass Pyongyang and continue to retreat, but Zuo Yugang was unwilling to let the main force of the army slip away from his eyes, although the armored group had suffered heavy losses after several months, and the combined strength of one armored division and two motorized infantry divisions was less than 40,000 people, and the number of tanks was more than 200 and more than 100 remained, but it still failed to stop Zuo Yugang's idea of wanting to leave this army behind.

Defending has never been Zuo Yugang's approach, so Zuo Yugang made a decision that was unexpected by everyone, Zuo Yugang with the armored cluster actually gave up Pyongyang, and then took the initiative to attack the main force of the Second Army thirty miles away from Pyongyang.

When Zuo Yugang made this decision, it meant that a major war would take place dozens of miles north of Pyongyang.

In Shenyang, when Shen Gang, commander of the Northeast Theater of Operations, received a report on Zuo Yugang's battle plan on the front line, his face was a little unpleasant, and the battle plan of North Korea was formulated by him, and it was his decision to go south to capture Pyongyang by the armored cluster.

As for the complete encirclement and annihilation, Shen Gang never thought that it would be very difficult to encircle and annihilate the Second Army, and if one was not done well, it would be counterattacked, in the previous Dandong Campaign, in the face of nearly 70,000 people, the main force of the Second Army retreated south, and Shen Gang ordered Zuo Yugang's armored cluster to retreat to make way for this is also in this regard, because if you want to besiege it, you can't encircle it. Although it failed to leave the main force of the Second Army, it was chased down along the way, and it annihilated 40,000 or 50,000 people, and now the main force of the Second Army is only more than 60,000 people, you must know that the Second Army was **10,000 at the time of the Dandong Campaign, and later received reinforcements from two divisions. If we calculate it in this way, we will say that we have lost more than 60,000 people after retreating all the way, and according to Shen Gang's prediction, if we continue to pursue all the way, it is estimated that when the Second Army reaches Busan, there will be at most 20,000 or 30,000 left, and then it can be said that the entire Korean war is over.

Now Zuo Yugang took the initiative to intercept it, which obviously wanted the entire Second Army to stay, which made Shen Gang also a little hesitant.

If the armored cluster can really leave the main force of the Second Army, when the main force of the Eighth Army and the Provisional First Corps also come up, it is also possible to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Second Army, but the key question now is whether Zuo Yugang's armored cluster can stop the main force of the Second Army. You blocked the way for people to flee south in the field, saying, 'This second army must be desperate, and when the time comes, will the armored cluster be able to stop it?'

"Fuck, these are saying'I'm really dead, so ruthless!'" Sergeant Lee's thigh was already mixed with bandages, and the blood oozing from the wound was also stained red with bandages, although his leg was injured and he was unable to move, but the leg was not hit to the bone, but only injured the muscles, and he was finally able to walk with a limp.

"You yourself are unlucky, you can blame that 'myself!'" Lieutenant Pei hadn't shaved for several days, his face was full of beard scum, he took out his pocket, took out a shriveled cigarette case, and then took out a flattened cigarette from it, lit it with a match, took a deep breath, and showed a satisfied look on his face: "No, this is the last one on me!" ”

Sergeant Li took the cigarette and took a deep breath: "Those bastards in the quartermaster department are too picky, they haven't smoked for two days!" ”

Lieutenant Pei said: "It's not that there is no hair!" ”

"Bullshit, others don't know, I don't know yet, there are still several boxes of cigarettes in the quartermaster's department, but the bastard in the quartermaster department said that it was reserved for officers, I know that those bastards only remember the officers, and they remember us big-headed soldiers!"

After the armored cluster went south, the supply of materials was very tight, and the limited transportation capacity was all used to transport ammunition and food, where there was effort to transport additional military supplies such as cigarettes, and not long ago, the army of Yuanchuan also retreated south, and the road of retreat was the road where the armored cluster went south, so the armored cluster has been cut off for three or four days, and the ammunition and food had been expected in terms of this situation, so the preparation was quite sufficient, but there were not too many reserves of cigarettes, Now some of them are also given priority to supply officers, and Lieutenant Pei can still receive one pack a day, while Sergeant Li can only rely on Lieutenant Pei to receive one or two.

Sergeant Li cursed and scolded, and after hearing the gunfire not far away, Sergeant Li slowly poked out with the head of the steel helmet, and saw that it was all over the mountains and fields, saying, "This soldier is charging at them in a skirmish line, and when he is about to retract, his whole person suddenly wants to do something, and then he falls into the trench." Lieutenant Pei saw it and hurriedly bent forward: "Lao Li? ”

Sergeant Li shook his head and scolded: "I said to you, 'This cub, dare to beat your grandfather and me!'" While scolding, he took off the steel helmet on his head, and saw that there was already a scratch on the steel helmet that had been hit by a bullet: "Fortunately, Lao Tzu is not too heavy to wear a steel helmet, otherwise this more than 100 catties will have to be explained today!" ”

Seeing Lao Li scolding, Lieutenant Pei was also relieved: "Then I am here to charge again, hurry up and prepare!" ”