Nanjiro carefully recalled his several disastrous experiences in the position of commander of the Kwantung Army, and finally said: "Bai Shujie, the devil, has always been insidious and vicious, and he does everything. He knows very well the truth of relaxation, he will not do things that he is not sure of, and there are no certain rules, which is always unexpected. ”

"In any case, even if North Korea really falls into the hands of Bai Shujie, he is still a newcomer to a strange place, and he should not be as handy in all aspects as he used to be. Keeping him under pressure and buying us time is the only way to do it at the moment. ”

Kawagishi Bunzaburo and Minamijiro plotted, and then sent out their search wing (light cavalry) and maritime garrison to carry out a comprehensive reconnaissance to the outside world.

Three days later, the results were obtained: no enemy was found northeast of Seoul, south of the Masilyeong Mountains, and the roads and railways from Cheolwon and Pyongkang to Wonsan Port and Hamhung remained unimpeded.

No enemy was found along the coast of the East China Sea, and it was normal all the way to the port of Chengjin, where the gendarmes and police were intact, and no signs of enemy attack were found.

"Yo Xi!" When Kawagishi Bunzaburo received the information, he immediately regained some self-confidence, and then called Nanjiro: "Your Excellency the Governor, Bai Shujie's strength is insufficient, and he has only stolen the hinterland of Pyongyang. ”

"According to the results of reconnaissance, the area controlled by Bai Shujie is no more than a quarter of the Korean Peninsula, and the eastern area is still under our control. The connection between the North and the South of Korea has not been severed, there is still a lot of room for maneuver, and there is still much to be done. ”

Minamijiro didn't have such an optimistic idea: "Kawagishi-kun, what I'm worried about is that Bai Shujie doesn't care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, and making trouble everywhere makes us unpeaceful. That's what he did when I was in Manchuria. ”

"Your Excellency the Governor's fears are justified!" Kawagishi Fumizaburo elaborated on his thoughts on the phone: "In order to restrict Bai Shujie's freedom of movement, I decided to send the 40th Infantry Brigade to deal with the situation in the northwest direction. The 39th Infantry Brigade defended the northeast on the one hand, and on the other hand, ensured the main communication routes along the eastern coast. ”

Minamijiro listened to Kawagishi Bunzaburo's deployment, and his heart was a little calmer: "The empire is at a critical juncture, and the security of this base in North Korea is of paramount importance. I will do my best to recruit the Korean division, and at the same time ask the military headquarters to allocate equipment. The problems of the front line, all of them are entrusted to Kawagishi-kun! ”

Kawagishi Bunzaburo's 20th Division, with the exception of the 39th Wing of the 77th Brigade, suffered some losses at Nanyuan, and later all went on a shit luck and did not encounter any major setbacks.

After Feng Zhi'an's 37th Division was defeated in Zhoukoudian, and the vanguard was intercepted by Wei Lihuang, the large army was blocked by the infantry battalion of Zhang Er's Fangshan Independent Regiment. As a result, the 20th Division did not catch up with the "Nankou Bloody Battle", so it did not suffer heavy losses.

Kawagishi Bunzaburo ordered the 40th Brigade to be in charge of the northwestern front, which was also considered. Because of this 40th brigade, the past six months have been completely "armed parades", and not a single battle has been fought.

The brigade commander of the 40th Brigade was originally Yamashita Fumi. Because when the headquarters of the North China Dispatch Army was in Baoding, it was wiped out by Bai Shujie. Later, the headquarters was reorganized, and Yamashita Fengwen became the "Chief of Staff of the North China Dispatch Army" half a year earlier than in history because of his noble family.

At present, the 40th Brigade is under the command of the 79th Infantry Wing (Wing Commander Ishiro Moriki) and the 80th Infantry Wing (Wing Commander Kenji Suzuki Osa), and the brigade commander is the newly arrived Major General Yoshio Kamitsuki.

Last month, Major General Yoshio rushed directly from the base camp to North China and brought two brigades of supplementary troops, so the current 20th Division is fully manned, and it is the most neat establishment of "two brigades, four companies, and eight brigades."

Together with the 26th Field Artillery Wing, the 28th Search Wing, the 20th Baggage Wing, 1 machine gun brigade, 1 cavalry brigade, 1 communications brigade, and 1 medical brigade at the division headquarters, the total strength of the 20th Division is more than 24,000 people.

Born in 1886, Yoshio is 52 years old. This old bastard is not young, cruel and vicious, and inhumane. The greatest "merit" in history is the "slaughter of villages" in Pingyao, Shanxi.

Because of the serious changes on the Korean Peninsula, the 20th Division was ordered to return urgently, so it did not have the opportunity to go to Shanxi to make trouble.

Without having time to "slaughter the village", the 40th Brigade did not suffer a fatal blow, and Yoshio did not receive a meritorious service last month, so he was very depressed.

After receiving the order to "go northwest to the north and secure the north side of Seoul". Last month, Major General Yoshio immediately ordered Moriki Ishiro Daisa's 79th Wing to conduct operations to ascertain the enemy's disposition in front of him.

The first division of the Feilong under Shi Liancheng encountered a brigade of more than 1,350 people in an infantry brigade of the 79th Wing. One of the squadrons divided into two lines and pounced on the line of Shirakawa and Jinchuan respectively. This is the bait released by the little devils, and the main four squadrons of the brigade dragged back 5 kilometers to press the formation.

Lieutenant General Kawagishi Bunzaburo's original intention was just to maintain a certain amount of pressure on Bai Shujie's subordinates who might exist in the north, and he was not ready for a big battle. But when it came to the brigade commander Yoshio Kamitsuki, it became "sweeping northward and correcting law and order." ”

"Maintaining a certain amount of pressure" and "sweeping up" are completely two different concepts. But the army of little devils has a long history of "going down and up", and it is impossible to change it all at once.

For Bai Shujie, his original idea was to hide his strength, be an ostrich for a period of time, survive the most difficult days, and then carry out a thunderous blow to lay the victory in one fell swoop.

Just like before, I usually make a little fuss, and the main thing is to "declare my own existence". Then it took four years to prepare in the dark, and finally launched two successive campaigns and killed the 6th and 4th Divisions.

If you don't scream, it's enough, if you want to kill, kill it cleanly and thoroughly! This is what Bai Shujie likes to do.

But now the enemy has come up with a brigade and ignored him, right? Then they will go along the railway to the hinterland of Pyongyang, and they will feel uncomfortable in their throats. Do it as a thing, right? Dealing with more than 1,000 people, it seems to be a big fuss.

If it weren't for Zhao Jinxi working hard next to him, Bai Shujie really didn't want to expose his strength for the sake of a big group of little devils.

Because of his limited resources, even if he had to eat the brigade sent to the door, Bai Shujie would not do too much useless work, so he dispatched more than 3,000 people from one regiment to another at once. This is clearly not the idea of dealing with a brigade, but against a wing.

According to Bai Shujie's order, Shi Liancheng dispatched a regiment of troops, and this regiment was the First Machine Gun Regiment, which had never played a role.

It didn't play a role, it didn't mean that this regiment couldn't do it, but that this regiment belonged to the last iron fist of the Feilong First Division, and it was in the reserve position in the Battle of Jinzhou. By the time they entered Jinzhou City, all the battles were over.

Because of this, when entering Korea, the vanguard of the 1st Division of the Wyvern was the 1st Machine Gun Regiment, so they were now closest to the enemy.

Later, Shi Liancheng deployed the defense area, and the three battalions of this regiment were distributed in the three areas of Pingshan, Liuchuanli, and Pingquan, forming a long snake formation and undertaking the frontal defense task in the southeast direction of the Feilong First Division.

A squadron of little devils attacked Tianmo Mountain in the east, and the garrison here was 248 people from the 1st Battalion and 3rd Company of the 1st Machine Gun Regiment. The details are as follows:

1 regular squad of 17 people = 2 DW7.62 light machine guns + 13 DW assault rifles. The machine gun regiment strengthened each squad by 1 machine gun and reduced 2 assault rifles, which became 3 light machine guns and 11 assault rifles;

1 ordinary platoon, 4 squads, 70 people = 8 DW7.62 light machine guns + 54 DW assault rifles, each platoon of the machine gun regiment is 12 light machine guns and 46 assault rifles;

1 artillery squad of 17 people = 4 DW82L recoilless guns + 4 howitzers + 4 DW assault rifles to form four artillery groups that fight alone. One company with two artillery squads, that is, 8 recoilless guns, 8 howitzers.

Therefore, Bai Shujie's combat company is composed of = 3 platoons + 2 recoilless gun squads = 248 people, with the ability to fight alone. In terms of numbers, it is-for-tat with the infantry squadron of the little devils, and it is more than twice as dense as the little devils in terms of firepower.

Because of this, the 1st Battalion and 3rd Company defending Tianmo Mountain formed a circular position, and when they saw a squadron of little devils pouting their butts and rushing up, they didn't take it seriously at all.

When the two sides were about 500 meters apart, the shock squadron of the little devils stopped and began to fight in groups, that is, 4 squads arranged the attack sequence. The crooked machine guns and grenadiers were all ahead of the curve, reinforced to the first shock squad.

The three company commanders were lying on the fortifications with a cigarette in their mouths, and the three platoon commanders and two artillery squad leaders held binoculars and watched the little devil work condescendingly.

"Alright, let's watch the ball!" The commander of the third company saw that the first shock team of the little devil was ready, and was preparing to open the skirmish line, and immediately roared: "Light machine gun fire, first knock out the crooked handle and grenadier for Lao Tzu!" The artillery squad is ready for battle, and as soon as the enemy launches a group charge, bomb the charge cluster for Lao Tzu! ”

The platoon commander was reluctant: "Company commander, our anti-infantry mines are all 200 meters in the front line, just wait for the little devil to come up and blow up his son of a bitch, and the brothers will save some effort!" ”

"Fart!" The commander of the third company turned his head and glared at the platoon commander: "Anti-infantry mines, that's the last line of defense, don't expose it." The regiment commander and battalion commander have repeatedly stressed that we should fully exert our firepower so that the little devils can never rush to within 200 meters. ”

"You don't know the riflemen of the little devil, and when you get close to two hundred meters, it is very likely to cause us casualties. The commander-in-chief personally researched the new weapon, which was to completely suppress the little devils. You have nothing to fucking do, if the teacher knows, you won't be able to eat and walk around. ”

"Hurry up and fire at Lao Tzu, didn't you see that the little devils have already rushed to within 400 meters? Wait a little longer, the little devil's crooked handle is enough to hit the distance, and it's going to fire! ”

A machine gun company of the machine gun regiment consists of 36 light machine guns, all of which have 40 rounds of magazines or 75 large drums, and the effective strike distance is 600 to 800 meters. Now the small cabinet has rushed to within 400 meters, which is within the range of maximum lethality.

The platoon commander was taught a lesson by the company commander, and his heart was on fire. When he turned over and saw the soldiers making strange appearances at him, he was immediately annoyed and angry: "Look at it, you fucking look at it!" According to the original plan, hurry up and call Lao Tzu! ”

The so-called original plan was to concentrate half of the light machine guns for long-range suppression, so that the little devils' reinforced firepower, that is, all the crooked handles and grenadiers were turned into burning sticks, and the large troops could not rush.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.