At six o'clock in the morning of July 28, 1939, Guan Xingguo gave an order, and before the two armored trains were started, two twin-mounted 88mm Gaoping dual-purpose guns, all facing Songyue Mountain, 8 kilometers to the east, fired four magazines in one go, and 112 shells suddenly blew up the enemy's main position into a cloud of smoke.

Guan Xingguo waited for about ten minutes, and suddenly ordered again: "203, fire!" ”

Two 203mm howitzers also bombarded Songyue Mountain, firing 10 shells from each cannon, and fifteen minutes had passed.

Guan Xingguo then ordered the armored train to attack, and 16 armored vehicles followed suit, as for whether the shelling just killed the enemy, there is no need to care.

Although the speed of the train is very slow, it is only 5 kilometers away from Kaifeng. The enemy was still busy firing the artillery, and the armored train had already rushed into the railway station of Kaifeng County. The soldiers of the two companies that came with the train jumped off the train and stopped the entire vicinity of the station.

According to the previous plan, the deputy commander Gao Maochang led 16 rail armored vehicles and 8 land armored vehicles to speed directly along the railway towards Kaesong. When they arrived at the gate of the city, they left the railway and walked around the city, rushing all the way to the south.

Rushed to the Sunheli Railway Station, regardless of whether there was an enemy here, and saw a train bubbling out, Gao Maochang ordered all the irrelevant people on a shuttle bus to get off the train, and then escorted the car north.

Sixteen armored railroad vehicles immediately climbed onto the railway, then went straight to Panmunjom and then straight into the Wenshan railway station. The situation here was much better, and the population was much larger, so 3 locomotives and 2 ticket cars were captured, and two buses were again divided to escort north.

Gao Maochang saw the plaster flag hanging on the platform of the railway station, and quickly ordered the soldiers to take them down, then inserted them in the armored car, and swaggered all the way through the city to the direction of Seoul in the south.

After four hours of travel, at around 11 o'clock in the morning of July 28, Seoul was already in sight. More than 40 planes were circling in the sky, dropping bombs from time to time, and smoke was already billowing from the entire Seoul.

Gao Maochang looked at it in a cold sweat, and suddenly remembered a question: "Damn, this is our plane bombing, and it seems that the marines haven't entered the city yet." The brothers hurriedly took down the plaster flag, so as not to be blown up by mistake, and then went straight down the railway into the city! ”

The governor of North Korea, Minami Jiro, who is said to be a little devil, returned to the island earlier this month to attend a seminar chaired by Prime Minister Fumiro Konoe. At this meeting, the Cabinet decided on the strategic policy for the future of the Empire of Japan, "first the north and then the south."

After returning to Korea, the Governor-General of the DPRK, Senior General Namjiro, and the commander of the Korean Army, Senior General Kotaro Nakamura, reached an agreement after secret consultations:

In order not to cause any extraneous branches, for the time being, do not take the initiative to provoke a dispute with Bai Shujie, the "devil of China", and wait until the situation in northern Manchuria and North China is stabilized, and then attack the Kwantung Army Headquarters in the north and south, and then eradicate it in one fell swoop.

Because of this, the newly formed 2nd Division of the Japanese Army of Korean nationality was ordered to defend the western plain area of the Korean Peninsula in a single line and share the pressure of the 20th Division. The headquarters of the division is in Wenshan.

At five o'clock in the morning on July 28, 1939, the adjutant of communications suddenly came to the door of Minamijiro's "dormitory" in a panic and shouted: "Your Excellency the Governor: Pyongyang's rebellion has suddenly issued a telegram, but the person who made the payment is very strange, and this is the first time I have heard of it today. ”

Nanjiro was still on the tatami mat and didn't get up, and when he heard the report of the communication adjutant who was clueless, he suddenly became furious: "Yaga, what are you panicking about?" It's simply an insult to the face of the Imperial soldiers! What is power-up? ”

"Report to Your Excellency the Governor: A guy named Xian Yu Tongwu, who claims to be the 171st grandson of the Emperor, has now returned to China to form an anti-Japanese national government and has assumed the chairmanship."

At the same time, the Korean Liberation Army was formed, and he appointed himself commander-in-chief, and now the order has been given to make a full-scale march into the territory of Korea. And issued an order to let all Japanese personnel leave the Korean Peninsula within two hours, otherwise there will be no mercy! ”

"Hurry up and call Commander Nakamura and ask him to come over to negotiate immediately!" Minamijiro hurriedly dressed and got up, and ordered in a low voice: "This news has not been specifically verified, so don't announce it to the outside world for the time being." Hurry up, please Commander Nakamura come over and negotiate quickly. ”

Half an hour later, at 5:30 a.m. on July 28, the communications adjutant again came to Minamijiro's room and reported: "Commander Nakamura said on the phone that the enemy in front of him seemed to be showing signs of abnormal movement, and that the matter of electrification must be taken into account. He is currently adjusting his troop deployment and will not be able to come over for the time being. ”

Minamijiro was also a general, and knew that in the event of a war, local stability would come first, so after a little thought, he ordered again: "Notify the chiefs of the Central Council, the General Affairs Department, the Communications Bureau, and the Police Bureau to come and have a meeting!" ”

The first official to arrive at Minamijiro's mansion was none other than the governor of the Central Council, an agency directly under the governor's palace. As a result, before he could speak, the roar of airplanes was already sounding in the sky, and the mournful sirens were also sounding!

"Nani? What are the work of enemy air raids? ”

Hearing the roar of an unfamiliar airplane, Minamijiro was taken aback, and suddenly remembered that a year and a half ago, the southern area of Tokyo had been bombed indiscriminately, so was it Seoul's turn today?

Minamijiro rushed to the balcony of the Governor's Mansion to see that a huge fleet of planes had appeared in the sky to the west, at least more than forty planes.

And the appearance of this kind of aircraft is extremely strange, it is actually two planes connected together, which completely breaks people's normal perception of aircraft!

Boom-boom

When the communications adjutant saw that the bomb was roaring with a roaring sound, it actually flew diagonally towards his side, indicating that the target of the enemy's bombing was very accurate, that is, it was coming towards the governor's palace!

At this moment, the adjutant of communications was suddenly shocked, grabbed Nanjiro's arm and shouted: "Your Excellency the Governor, go quickly, the enemy is coming at you!" ”

Minamijiro was staggered by the communications adjutant, but he still yelled loudly: "What are you panicking, hurry up and notify the garrison brigade of air defense!" Our Gimpo airfield, isn't there a squadron of attack aircraft? Hurry up and call and order them to urgently take to the air to meet the enemy! ”

The Gimpo Airport in Minamijiro's mouth is located 20 kilometers northwest of Seoul, between Seoul and Ganghwa Island. There is a squadron of Type 96 land attack aircraft in this airport, which is Bai Shujie's current light bomber squadron of 24 aircraft.

This aircraft was independently developed by the little devils and belongs to the first generation of modern bombers with retractable landing gear. The dead weight is 4.77 tons, the maximum weight is 7.65 tons, the cruising range is 4,000 kilometers, the combat radius is 1,700 kilometers, the crew is 7 members, 3 7.7mm rotary machine guns, can carry 1 aerial torpedo, or 800kg of aerial bombs.

After the 1st Division of the Flying Dragon Expeditionary Force Shi Liancheng entered Korea, Bai Shujie asked him to immediately seize the Yantian Peninsula, and the 2nd Battalion of the First Expeditionary Corps has been stationed in Yan'an, 65 kilometers away from Ganghwa Island, with the Han River estuary in between.

As the commander of one side, Shi Liancheng must have a basic strategic vision, and naturally understands that the boss will definitely not shrink back forever, and will definitely find trouble with the little devil. Therefore, his reconnaissance battalion has been operating along the coast and knows the situation in Ganghwado, Gimpo Airport, and Seoul well.

Because of this, this time Bai Shujie decided to use the Inchon landing operation, the first point is to control the lower reaches of the Han River, and the second point is to defeat the Gimpo airport before attacking Seoul.

The Type 14 "Phantom" submarine, carrying 10 companies of marines, dived into the port of Incheon at five o'clock in the morning and did not alarm anyone at all. Two offshore shallow-water ships (280 tons) and one offshore patrol ship (650-ton light destroyers) have already been captured.

Luo Fengbiao, the commander of the 1st Marine Regiment, left 4 companies to "clean up" Incheon Port, Bucheon, and Pupyeong, and then occupy Yeongdeungpo, destroy all the "suspicious elements" inside, control all shipping companies, and eliminate the Maritime Police Bureau.

With one of the two shallow water ships with the little devils, they detoured back to Ganghwa Island from the water, and then swept the north side of Seoul along the Han River; One company used an offshore patrol ship to "patrol" directly between Mau Island and Ganghwa Island, which was also their daily practice, and naturally did not cause a special reaction from the locals.

Geng Fengbiao personally led four companies to attack Gimpo Airport from the land, and as a result, he had already killed all the living people at Gimpo Airport, captured 24 Type 96 land attack planes, and took over a complete airfield, laying the foundation for the next layout.

Subsequently, 10 "ghost submarines" were swept away, and 124 people were transported from the Wasp-class aircraft carriers of the First Ocean Fleet, taking over 24 bombers, forming a temporary bomber squadron, a ground support squadron, and a communications squadron.

However, this squadron did not take part in the bombing of Seoul, but flew to the front line of the Imjin River to provide air reinforcements to the ground offensive forces.

It turned out that after Geng Fengbiao took the Gimpo Airport, two shallow-water ships went up the river and swept the Han River and the Han River along the way, only to discover a serious problem - the Han River Bridge south of Nancheng, which is the only way for the troops to continue southward!

If you attack Seoul directly, in case the little devil dog jumps over the wall in a hurry and blows up the bridge, the next southward raid will not be completed at all!

Geng Fengbiao made a quick decision, and immediately dispatched 2 companies to carry out a large intersperse, and there was no need to attack Seoul. Eating the devils of a squad on the Han River Bridge, and then occupying the Han River Bridge to the death is considered the first achievement. Two shallow water ships were on either side of the Han River bridge, providing artillery support to the troops defending the bridge.

With such a temporary adjustment, it took Geng Fengbiao more than four hours to control the west and south of Seoul to ensure that there were no worries, and then he called in carrier-based planes to bomb Seoul and prepare to seize the city.

It was precisely because of these changes that Gao Maochang, deputy commander of the armored regiment, led a battalion to make a long-distance raid and rushed to the north of Seoul, the air raid on Seoul had not yet ended.

Now that the city could not be entered, Ko Mochang began to sweep up the garbage north of Seoul, and the first goal was to occupy Changdeokgung Palace and cut off the connection between Seoul and the Ui government.

The change in the direction of the battle was caused by the temporary adjustment of the two regiment commanders, Geng Fengbiao and Gao Maochang, and it made the ground battle suddenly become hot, and it almost became out of control.

Looking back, General Nam Jiro, the governor of North Korea, found out that the enemy had attacked Seoul on a large scale, and the first target of the bombing was himself, so he knew that things might be very serious.

According to his meaning, he organized the garrison brigade in the city and his own guard brigade, and then held on to it. Unexpectedly, the police chief rushed over in a panic and reported: "The Han River Bridge has been lost, and the southbound passage has been cut off!" Moreover, the connection between Incheon Port and Gimpo Airport has been completely interrupted! ”

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