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Text Chapter 579 Fierce Battle with North Korea

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    However, even though Chen Hanzhang adopted correct tactics, he also had an absolute advantage in equipment.  But having too few troops has always been his fatal weakness.  After three days of fierce fighting, half of Li Mingrui's workers there had not been evacuated, but Chen Hanzhang's troops suffered heavy casualties.  The Korean Independent Division pulled up.  It took only three days to become disabled.

    What is even more surprising to Chen Hanzhang and several military and political officials of the Korean Independence Division is that the Koreans in North Korea are not very enthusiastic about resisting Japanese colonial rule.  Although they invaded North Korea, when the Korean Independent Division recruited troops, only a few people applied.

    Not only were the number of applicants very small, there were even a large number of military and police units composed of Koreans to cooperate with the 19th Division during the operations.  And when cooperating with the Japanese army in combat, they worked extremely hard.  It even took on a considerable part of the main attack tasks.  In quite a few positions, it actually became a civil war between Koreans standing on two different sides.

    Chen Hanzhang's right wing set up a blocking position on the line from Songzhen Mountain to Guiluoli. It was the main force of the North Hamgyong Province garrison composed entirely of North Koreans, cooperating with two squadrons of the 19th Division.  Taking advantage of the familiarity of the terrain at night, and following the guidance of the locals, they succeeded in a sneak attack by taking a small road.

    Although Guiluoli is not large in area, it is indeed a very important outpost on the front line of Songzhen Mountain.  Without Guiluoli, the mountainous plain area that could be used as a starting point for counterattacks, the blocking troops could only shrink back and abandon their two wings, and completely withdraw into Songzhen Mountain to defend.

    The Korean Independent Division was crippled within three days, and Chen Hanzhang simply did nothing to stop it.  After obtaining Yang Zhen's approval, he forcibly transported all the young and middle-aged Koreans suitable for military service in the area under his control from Fanghengling in the west to Wufenglao in the east and reorganized them on the Hunchun front line.

    ¡°Coupled with the thousands of Koreans recruited in Hunchun, an area where Koreans organized and concentrated in China, the number of soldiers for the Korean Independent Division was increased by more than 20,000.  Together with the rescued workers, they were all transported back to the base area.  As for the captured Korean military and police officers, they were all transferred to the Korean Independent Guerrilla Detachment.

    What he didn¡¯t expect was that he originally wanted to recruit some soldiers for this Korean independent guerrilla detachment.  Unexpectedly, the seven to eight hundred Korean prisoners of war he handed over were dragged into a ravine by the detachment leader, and all were executed with machine guns in front of the surrounding residents.

    Looking at the behavior of the detachment leader, Chen Hanzhang shook his head, very worried about his guerrilla actions.  Because after Li Mingrui completes his retreat, the main force of the second column will also all withdraw to the base area to rest.  This independent guerrilla detachment will be left to fight guerrillas in North Korea.

    These Korean Japanese soldiers were basically recruited locally.  It is easy to kill these people who are in trouble, but it is difficult to win people's hearts.  Chen Hanzhang understood the intention of his old comrade in the Second Anti-Alliance Army, but he believed that this was not the best way to solve the problem.

    His compatriots have been under Japanese rule for nearly decades.  If he wants to change the mindset of his compatriots in a short period of time, it can't be solved by simply killing someone.  If they deserve to be killed, only their senior Korean officers who hold the rank of major sergeant or above in the Japanese army should be killed even more.

    ¡°His behavior may not have the deterrent effect he hopes it can, but can only have the opposite effect.  I'm afraid many people will stay away from their activities in their homeland in the future, and the Japanese will seize this rare opportunity to further demonize the Anti-Union in propaganda.

    Without the support of the people, how long can they persist in North Korea, which is only separated from Northeast China by a river but has three Japanese divisions stationed?  At least in North Hamgyong Province, it may be difficult.  Chen Hanzhang was very worried about the future fate of his old comrade in the Second Anti-Alliance Army.

    ¡°But worries are worries. Whether this Korean independent guerrilla detachment can survive in North Korea is not something he can consider after all.  Although Chen Hanzhang also heard about the Korean Independent Division, he also vaguely guessed what No. 1 was thinking.  But for him, he didn't dare to think too deeply.  For him, what is more important right now is the battle situation.  How much time can I buy for Li Mingrui to evacuate those tens of thousands of workers?

    Under the situation that the Korean Independent Division has been crippled and there is no reserve force available for use.  Chen Hanzhang has made up his mind to change his previous passive defense tactics and adopt a step-by-step approach.  Gradually shrink the troops and retreat to the west of the Tumen River, relying on the Tumen River to hold on, and buy Li Mingrui one to two days.

    However, Wang Xiaoming, who was fighting hard with the 57th Division on the front line of Laosongling, could not mobilize reinforcements for him after understanding the battle situation here.  However, Wang Xiaoming withdrew some heavy equipment from the firing line and quickly reinforced him with a tank battalion, two light tank companies, and two 107 rocket launcher companies.

    And the Dongning Fortress combat mission has been completed.While traveling south to Dukai Mountain, he also assigned the relatively most complete regiment he had on hand to Chen Hanzhang, vacated all the trucks transporting laborers, and rushed to Chen Hanzhang's location at the speed of a forced march.  battlefield.

    After receiving reinforcements, Chen Hanzhang adopted the previous tactics.  Instead of waiting for the Japanese army to launch an attack, use tanks to bypass the Japanese army's flanks.  Instead, they used cavalry and tanks to form mechanized clusters and launch continuous counterattacks along the highway into the depths of the Japanese army.  Even once his tank reached less than a hundred meters away from Yoshio Utsuki's headquarters.

    If it were not for the limited fuel on the tanks and the personal call from Yoshio last month, the Japanese fleet in Chongjin Bay fired desperately. The firepower was too fierce and the infantry suffered heavy casualties.  In addition, Chen Hanzhang was worried that the assault would be too deep and he would be surrounded by Japanese troops with an absolute advantage in strength, so he issued an order to retreat.  Otherwise, he would probably be like his subordinates, holding grenades in hand-to-hand combat with tanks.

    However, when the tank company was retreating, it was somewhat unwilling to face the retreat order issued by the superiors. The instructor who replaced the commander of the sacrificed company ordered to concentrate all the remaining artillery shells of each vehicle and focus on the only remaining house around the entire battlefield.  Boom.

    Although Liangfu escaped last month, his headquarters was smashed.  All radio stations, codes, military maps and other documents were destroyed.  The armored troops destroyed the headquarters of the 19th Division, at least reducing the intensity of the Japanese attack for a short period of time, and greatly assisted the infantry's defensive operations.

    After this battle, the first thing Liangfu did last month was to move a nest for his headquarters.  From the east of Songzhen Peak, we moved all the way to the seaside.  Moreover, on the sea behind the headquarters, a torpedo boat was specially transferred from the navy.  So that if there is a similar encounter again, you can retreat quickly.

    Last month, Liangfu¡¯s idea of ??moving the headquarters to the seaside was very simple. In addition to hoping to get full fire cover, not to mention protection, from the warships on the Qingjin Bay behind him.  Another thought is that I can't do anything to you on land.  When I reach the sea, there is nothing you can do to me.  If I run toward a warship on the sea, can your tanks drive into the sea to chase me?

    After moving the command headquarters to the seaside, the frightened Yoshio Uetsuki finally calmed down and re-established the damaged command system.  However, facing the current situation, Liang Fu's hair was almost turning gray.  The logistics base and artillery positions were smashed to pieces by the opponent's tanks.

    Especially the logistics supply warehouse was completely destroyed by the opponent's tank fleet.  Liangfu didn't worry about the food, because the Japanese army always had a good tradition on the battlefield, which was to collect food on the spot.  Although this is in their own colony of Korea, the Japanese army will not show mercy when it comes time to do it.  But ammunition and gasoline were his biggest worries.

    The ammunition depot of the 19th Division in Ronan has been destroyed by enemy bombers.  This time the ammunition depot at the forward position was destroyed again. Except for the ammunition carried by the soldiers, the 19th Division had no ammunition available for a short time.  In order to ensure that the ammunition on hand for the troops could last until reloading of ammunition arrived from Pyongyang, the helpless Yoshio last month issued an order.

    Last month, in addition to the arrival of newly replenished ammunition, Liangfu strictly stipulated that the infantry should not use more than thirty rounds of ammunition per day, and the machine gun ammunition should not exceed half a base.  As for the artillery, each gun was required to fire only five rounds per day.  Because he didn't know when the ammunition he needed would be delivered under the fire blockade of enemy planes.

    At the same time, Liangfu also deployed four squadrons last month to sweep around to collect food on the spot.  To put it bluntly, it means to rob.  Even in order to boost morale, he encouraged his subordinates in disguise to grab everything besides food, the Korean women should also grab.  It was impossible to carry comfort women during the march, and the troops were exhausted after several days of hard fighting.

    Get some women to enjoy and improve the morale of the division which has been declining due to continuous unsuccessful attacks, attacks by enemy tanks and cavalry groups, the destruction of frontline warehouses and shortage of supplies.  It is a very good choice for Mr. Yue Yue.

    Of course, if there are beautiful virgins among these North Korean women, he will naturally be the first to enjoy them.  It has been several days since he left Luonan and headed north. For Mr. Yue Yue Yoshio, who said he could go without food for a day, but could not live without women every day, these days were quite difficult.

    ? It is necessary to collect some food. Collecting women can not only improve the morale of the troops, but also vent one's own desires. For Yue Yueliangfu, it is a double-edged sword.  Although North Korean women are far less beautiful than Chinese women in the opinion of Mr. Yue Yue, they are still better than nothing.

    As for his behavior of robbing food and women.  He couldn't care less about how those obedient Koreans would feel.  AnywayThese Koreans were intimidated by the majestic military power of the Imperial Japanese Army. No matter how they suppressed them, they did not even dare to let out a fart.

    Before the September 18th Incident, there was still constant resistance.  Compared with Taiwan, which finally resisted and was not really suppressed until three years ago, the North Koreans are much more docile.  After being ruled by the empire for many years, there was very little real resistance.  The imperial army temporarily collected some food and women from them, but they would not have the courage to resist in the face of the imperial army's bayonets.
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