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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 2385 Fighting a War of Attrition

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    Major General Ma Chaoyang, commander of the Southeast Mobile Corps, faced the three brigade commanders of the Marine Corps who were assigned to his command. He bluntly put forward his opinions. He was only excited in his heart. He took a step forward, took Chen Mengqiao's hand and said:  "Brigadier Chen, I understand what you guys mean. I admit that I had a lot of concerns when using your troops. After all, you are assigned to my command. If the casualties are too large, the other side will not be able to do anything."  Easy to explain!¡±

    "Now, I understand your thoughts. Well, starting from tomorrow, your three troops will serve as the first round of offensive troops. I also believe that the commanders and soldiers under Commander Han are capable of fighting well.  of!"

    Chen Mengqiao and the other three took a step back, saluted again, and said in unison: "Thank you Commander Ma for your trust. The troops in front have done what they should do. Next, it is our business! Commander Ma, despite his orders,  Order!"

    After sending Chen Mengqiao and others away, Ma Chaoyang showed a smile on his face, but Xu Guangqi said with concern: "Commander, the three brigade commanders of the Marine Corps, it is understandable that they take the initiative to ask for battle, but tomorrow we have to  What we are facing is the second line of defense of the Japanese army. I am afraid that the intensity of the battle will not be less than today. Moreover, according to the intelligence of the reconnaissance force, there are about a brigade of Japanese troops heading towards Mokpo for reinforcements overnight!¡±

    "The strength of the Japanese troops in the direction of Mokpo is still more than 60,000. Moreover, as our front advances inland, the naval fleet's artillery fire gradually loses its role as fire support. Therefore, I suggest using a Marine Corps  Travel, this is the safest way!¡±

    Ma Chaoyang replied: "Chief of Staff, please think about it. After all the troops are ashore, based on the length and width of the Japanese second line of defense, can our strength of more than 100,000 people be fully deployed?"

    Xu Guangqi calculated silently and replied: "Yes. For every kilometer of front, we can devote at least one battalion of troops. Commander, you mean that tomorrow, we will use all our troops. Against the Japanese Mokpo second line of defense  , launch a full-line attack, break through in one fell swoop, and then approach Mokpo City!"

    Ma Chaoyang smiled and said, "That's exactly what I mean. After occupying the Mokpo port, there is no need to worry about our logistics supply lines. I have ordered the 1st and 2nd artillery brigades of the Corps stranded on the Shandong Peninsula to cross the sea overnight and rush to Mokpo. It is estimated that  . We will arrive at Mokpo at around 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. Hundreds of 155mm howitzers are all prepared for the little devils!"

    "If the two artillery brigades cannot arrive on time, I would rather postpone the attack for a day. Aren't the defenses of the little devils strong? I will use hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to blast a passage. Chief of Staff, I am thinking about it. Should we rush?  Take Mokpo City!¡±

    Xu Guangqi's heart moved and he said: "Commander, do you have a new plan?"

    Ma Chaoyang said: "After the troops landed, I was thinking about our army storming Mokpo. In order to keep the bridgehead, Tanaka Shinichi will definitely defend it with all his strength. The battle of Mokpo is destined to be tragic, and he will definitely continue to invest troops!"

    "My plan is to use the Mokpo battlefield as bait to continuously attract the Japanese troops gathered on the line from Busan to Gwangju to reinforce the direction of Mokpo. We will have absolute air supremacy, and two artillery brigades will be in place to capture Tanaka Shinichi.  The mentality of clinging to Mokpo and constantly using superior ground and air firepower consumes a large amount of Japanese troops. The total number of Japanese troops on the Busan front line is more than 200,000, which must be a big battle! "

    "Only when the Japanese army's strength is exhausted to a certain extent, and then in the subsequent capture of Busan and Gwangju, will our resistance be reduced to a minimum. In addition, if the Japanese army's reinforcements from the mainland are also attracted to the Mokpo battlefield  , then it will be a larger-scale war of attrition, which is something we can only dream of if we have absolute superiority in ground-to-air firepower!¡±

    Xu Guangqi thought deeply for a moment, then raised his head and said: "Commander, this plan is feasible! Mokpo will become a meat grinder for the Japanese army! The staff will start formulating a specific combat plan immediately!"

    Ma Chaoyang stopped him with a smile: "Bu Xiang, this is just an idea. It also involves many specific issues that need to be considered. In an hour and a half, the brigade commanders and chiefs of staff of each brigade will be held at the temporary headquarters of the Corps Headquarters.  , a military meeting attended by the commanders and chiefs of staff of each regiment, focusing on the plan I just made, and listening to everyone¡¯s opinions!¡±

    Xu Guangqi was also happy, knowing that he was impatient, and said: "Okay, Commander, I will notify all the troops right away!"

    After Xu Guangqi left in a hurry, Ma Chaoyang called over to the combat staff and asked: "How is the progress of the troops in the direction of the mountains? Where are the troops now?"

    The staff officer replied: "Report to the commander, an hour ago, I received a message from the commander of the offensive force in the direction of Kunshan, Commander Xu Shihao of the 5th Brigade.??, our troops attacking Gunshan, the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th brigades, after five hours of fierce fighting, completely annihilated more than 15,000 Japanese troops in the Gunshan garrison.  There were more than 20,000 civilians. By the time the telegram was sent, the troops had completely controlled Gunsan Port and the surrounding areas.  "

    "According to the established combat plan, the Eighth Brigade is left to guard Gunsan Port and nearby areas and is responsible for clearing out the remaining Japanese troops in the area between Gunsan and Incheon. The other three brigades are rushing towards Busan and Gwangju.  Execute the battle plan to attack the above two places!¡±

    "Okay!" Ma Chaoyang shouted excitedly. Including the Incheon battlefield, all the defending Japanese troops were wiped out in one day, and the troops successfully landed. Not surprisingly, the Japanese troops defending Incheon and Gunshan were composed of some local garrison troops.  The second-rate troops, including most of them Korean soldiers, are incomparable to the regular troops of the Japanese and Korean garrison troops in terms of combat effectiveness and weapons and equipment.

    Normally, it is okay to bully civilians and maintain local security. But if they are dragged to the battlefield, they will be a bunch of weaklings who will pee their pants when they hear the sound of gunshots. Maybe the Japanese soldiers among them are more powerful in combat and dare to fight tooth and nail.  , but after all, the combat power is there, so it only took the troops attacking the mountains more than five hours to successfully land, and the casualties are not expected to be too great!

    Previously, the division commander mentioned the matter of Japanese armed civilians in his telegram to all units, which attracted great attention among the units of the Southeast Mobile Corps. Over the years, the division commander emphasized a specific matter in a telegram.  This was the first time Ma Chaoyang had seen this thing, so he couldn't help but pay enough attention to it.

    Therefore, Ma Chaoyang personally issued an order to each brigade, "The division commander called the order the day before yesterday and emphasized that the brigade must not take it lightly. The Japanese armed civilians, the so-called Yamato National Support Team, should treat the Japanese army as regular  The troops' attitude is to annihilate them on the spot once discovered. In addition, they need to guard against any unconventional combat methods! The division commander's message should be conveyed to every soldier, so that everyone knows it!"

    The commander of the corps had personally deployed the matter. The brigade commanders below dared not to pay high attention to it. They worked on it level by level and implemented it layer by layer. Soon, all the soldiers of the Southeast Mobile Corps knew what was going on.  The Yamato National Defense Force, a strange armed force, did not dare to fight head-on. It could only shoot behind the scenes, use personal bombs, etc.

    Therefore, in the face of Japanese civilian armed forces, the Southeast Mobile Corps suffered almost no losses. In Incheon and Gunsan, the Yamato National Standby Team suffered devastating blows. It was too late to use the power of suicide bombs.  When they made a desperate charge, they were hit by a dense rain of bullets and turned into self-exploding bombs. Compared with the Marine Corps, this was a huge difference.

    Now, the battle situation on the Korean Peninsula battlefield has become clear. The focus of the battlefield is on the line from Busan to Mokpo, and the top priority is Mokpo. Thinking of this, Ma Chaoyang is more determined to squeeze out the Japanese and Korean garrison troops on the Mokpo battlefield.  Blood's idea is to fight a position offensive and defensive battle. I have the capital, master the absolute advantage of ground and air firepower, and a smooth logistics supply line. How many people will the Japs fill in the position?

    After analyzing the specific situation on the battlefield on the Korean Peninsula, Ma Chaoyang felt that just the frontal attack on the Mokpo troops was not enough to put pressure on Tanaka Shinichi. Then, the troops after occupying Gunshan needed to change their original combat goals.

    Ma Chaoyang shouted to him: "Communications staff officer! Communications staff officer!" The young communications staff officer quickly ran up to him, "Commander, what are your orders?"

    Ma Chaoyang looked in the direction of Mokpo and said: "Call back to Xu Shihao and order, Commander Xu Shihao of the Gunsan Campaign Command, the order of the three brigades of your unit to go south to attack Busan and Gwangju has been cancelled. The deployment is as follows.  Adjustment, the 5th, 6th and 7th brigades of the Gunsan Battle Cluster will concentrate their forces and launch an attack on the Japanese positions from the north of Mokpo. The specific attack time will be waiting for the order from the Corps Headquarters when the troops arrive at the designated position! "

    After this order is issued, it means that the independent division troops concentrated on the Mokpo battlefield have reached ten field brigades, with a strength of about 180,000, and the strength of the Japanese troops concentrated on the southernmost tip of the Korean Peninsula, from Busan to Mokpo  Basically the same, it also changed the original plan to attack Busan and Gwangju respectively.

    After Ma Chaoyang gave the order, he was silent for a while, looked at his watch, and saw that it was still early for the meeting, so he said to the commander of the guard battalion: "Take a few people with you, let's go, follow me to the Ninth Brigade to have a look!"

    How dare the commander of the guard battalion neglect this? This is a battlefield, how many people should he bring?  What to do if a few remnants of the Japs emerge, even though the commander said so, the guard battalion commander still led two guard platoons along the soft sea breeze under the increasingly strong South Yellow Sea sea breeze.  Beach, protecting Ma Chao?, take a bus to the direction of the ninth brigade station.

    (To be continued)
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