War is a war of attrition, which consumes not only ammunition and supplies, but also human lives. Although it has absolute advantages in tactical deployment, equipment and total strength, the Northeast Army also suffered a large number of combat casualties while quickly eliminating its opponents.
Especially on the Eastern Front battlefield which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Even so, the Imperial Central Army Northeast Defense Revolutionary Army has completely completed the overall strategic plan.
In the five days from April 5 to April 10, 1911, the Northeast Army deployed a total of 448,000 troops on the two major battlefields in the east and west, recruited more than 1.4 million militiamen and civilians, and 450,000 horses.
More than 2,000 artillery pieces were fired, firing a total of 325,000 shells.
Built a temporary railway of 52 kilometers, built temporary roads and fortifications over 400 kilometers long, annihilated 103,000 Japanese and North Korean officers and soldiers, captured 21,800, and eliminated four Japanese divisions, three reserve brigades and one artillery brigade.
, severely damaging the Japanese Sixth and Tenth Divisions.
In the evening of April 11, 1911, the main frontline force of the Northeastern Army had successively advanced to Taichuan County, Turtle City, Dingzhou, Yongbyon, and Bocheon. Many years later, these places happened to be the densely populated areas of North Korea's nuclear bases.
Song Biao also arrived in Bochuan at this time and personally observed the Japanese army's war preparations on the front line.
The Daning River and the Chongchuan River formed a delta between Bochuan and Anju, dominated by hilly slopes about 100 meters high. This was the focus of the Japanese defense, and the Koreans called it Anbeiling.
Song Biao observed the Japanese army's line at the sentry post on the north side of the Daning River. Chen Qicai and General Martos also accompanied him. They observed together.
North Korea is a very strange nation. Sometimes when you think about it carefully, you can only use the word "obscene" to describe it. Whether it is the Jiandao incident or the Suyanjiao incident, this weird national personality can be fully revealed from top to bottom. It is simply
It is the Poland of Asia.
This nation can be summed up in two simple words - being humble.
To sum it up in one word, cheap!
The average width is less than 100 meters. The river channel less than 300 meters wide at the mouth of the sea is called a river in North Korea. The same is true for the Qingchuan River on the opposite side. The height of 100 meters is called a ridge. In China, this place is a platform or a fortress at best.
, the slope is not seven to eight hundred meters and it is not qualified to be called a ridge.
How large is the territory of a country? Is it really necessary to have one more square kilometer? Whether it is a politician or a ruler, the whole country will be in trouble for this one square kilometer of territory that does not belong to them at all.
, is it really necessary to start a war and cause hundreds of thousands of casualties?
Song Biao was holding his riding whip and looking southward in the cool evening sea breeze. His mind was filled with thoughts. In the war with the Northeastern Army, the Japanese army completely miscalculated. He did not expect such a powerful offensive at all. As a result, he pushed it to the north in one breath.
Bo Chuan.
The Japanese army had no idea that they would avoid the coastal railway line on the Korean Peninsula, which ran from Kuandian to Bochuan and surrounded large and small basins. It relied on 400,000 manpower and horses to establish a supply channel, making the role of the Japanese navy completely
Unable to perform.
From Shuozhou to Taichuan, the First Railway Brigade and the Far Eastern Railway Corporation are urgently deploying local Korean labor to build the railway, and blasting ships to fill the river at the mouth of the Daxieshao River in Pearl Harbor and Taiping Bay, even if it is a 300-ton
Japanese naval boats were also unable to go north, so the Far Eastern Railway Company quickly laid cement piers to build a second railway bridge, extending the railway that originally extended to Yongdian Town to Shuozhou.
This kind of temporary railway has a lot of unreliability and will always be re-laid in the future. However, during the war, it is definitely still an important transportation shortcut, but this is just a gesture.
At this stage, the main supply of supplies still relies on manpower and horse power. More than one million laborers and more than 600,000 horses have been mobilized from Zhili, Northeast China and North Korea to continuously use the Shuobo Channel to transport supplies, which is enough to ensure that the Northeast Army fights a war.
A large-scale battle from Bocheon to Pyongyang.
Song Biao looked into the distance, thought for a while, and asked Chen Qicai: "I heard that the Japanese 11th Division has arrived in Fukuoka and is about to be shipped to Seoul for reinforcements?"
Chen Qicai said: "Yes, the Ministry of Intelligence has confirmed this news through multiple channels. It's just that the war has reached this point, and the entire army has basically made a judgment on the current level of the Japanese Army, no matter what they think in their hearts.
Whether the evaluation is high or low, in general it is nothing more than that, there is nothing terrible about it.
A division coming over really won't do much. We currently have an army of 400,000 sweeping across the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. In two days, we will move further south for a decisive battle and completely annihilate the Japanese Manchurian Army. Without waiting for the Japanese army to continue to reinforce, I think this war will basically be over.
If the Japanese army continues to fight, there won’t be much benefit.”
Song Biao nodded slightly, but reminded: "Not to mention in the history of world wars, even in the history of Chinese wars, it is not uncommon for hundreds of thousands of troops to be defeated by tens of thousands of troops. Don't take it lightly."
Chen Qicai said: "Your Majesty has foresight. After returning, I will ask the General Staff to order all departments to guard against arrogance and impetuosity. We must continue to maintain the original combat effectiveness and strive to defeat all Japanese troops on the Korean Peninsula as soon as possible."
Song Biao snorted, although he had no plans in this regard.
The terrain in southern North Korea was more complex than that in the north, and supplies were more difficult. He really had no intention of continuing the attack. Breaking through to Seoul would be the limit.
A lieutenant from the staff department hurried over and handed the telegram book to Chen Qicai.
Chen Qicai opened the message and took a look at it, and reminded Song Biao: "Your Majesty, the Japanese navy's Lushun fleet has arrived in Nanpu and has not directly gone to Dingzhou to threaten the Korean coastal railway."
Song Biao said with no surprise, "Japan was really careless this time. It was obviously a battle in which they were betting on their national destiny, but in fact they were really not fully prepared."
Chen Qicai thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty is wise."
Song Biao's words were not wrong. Japan did not expect that the army would be defeated so badly. Judging from the casualty rates of each other, the Japanese army's performance in the Battle of Yishuo was not too bad. They suffered 125,000 casualties and captured 125,000 prisoners.
people, and only less than one brigade retreated south to Anzhou.
, while the Northeastern Army suffered 43,000 casualties. However, the Northeastern Army's post-war replenishment speed was extremely fast. The main force could mobilize a large number of second-line troops from the patrol army to supplement the damage. The new regiments of each patrol army were recruited from the Northeast and Zhili Luyu 152
A total of 70,000 recruits were mobilized for recruitment training camps in each county.
War is consumption, especially the consumption of "people".
The Northeast Army must not be afraid of attrition, and must be brave enough to consume "people", because the Northeast Army relies on the overall advantage to fight, rather than relying on the individual qualities of its soldiers. War is always cruel, with big waves washing sand and blood seas digging for gold. The rest will naturally be
Elite.
Song Biao always thought so, but he never said it because it was too cruel and inhumane. But the fact is that there is no human nature in war.
War is also bloody.
Although the Anju battlefield has not yet begun to bleed, it is destined to become a river of blood in two days. As the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Manchurian Army, General Oshima Yoshimasa will of course lead his troops to evacuate Anzhou at this time, but he can
Where to retreat?
Now as long as he retreats, the Northeastern Army will go all the way south to occupy Pyongyang, and the Japanese army will not even have time to destroy the railway.
Oshima Yoshimasa still has the 2nd Division, the 2nd Artillery Brigade, two general reserve infantry brigades and some scattered baggage brigades, which add up to only 45,000 troops.
Right in front of Song Biao's eyes, the Japanese army has been strengthening the fortifications. A distance of about 500 meters away, they are detaining thousands of Koreans along the Daning River south to strengthen the defense line and build additional earthen fortifications.
Song Biao read it briefly and felt that it was not very meaningful.
The Japanese army was obviously very aware that they concentrated the main fortification areas in the Ungu Mountain area in the north of Anju County. The mountains there are continuous and surrounded by plains and hilly areas. The Ungu Mountains stretch for forty kilometers.
Twelve kilometers wide, it reaches Anju in the north and Pyongyang in the south. It can be said to be a natural fortress north of Pyongyang.
Oshima Uichang still has the courage to stay south of Pyongyang under the current circumstances, and it is the Ungosan area that he relies on.
It was getting late, and Song Biao could no longer see the scenery on the other side. He returned to the frontline headquarters to hold a combat meeting. If the army advanced to Bochuan at the pace of the Russo-Japanese War, it would have to build fortifications and adjust for several days.
Only then will a full-scale decisive battle be launched.
That was the speed during the Russo-Japanese War, but it is different now. If the Japanese army cannot adapt to this new combat characteristics, it can only be the Japanese army's own business. Starting from 9 o'clock tonight, the Third Infantry Division will continue to
Dingbian launched an encirclement battle against the Japanese army in Jiechuan, detoured through mountain roads, directly outflanked the Japanese army's rear route in Jiechuan, and surrounded the Japanese 4th reserve brigade with the 14th Infantry Division, forcing the Japanese army to divide its troops for support.
If the Japanese army provides support, the 15th Infantry Division will carry out an ambush on the south side of the Chongcheon River. If the Japanese army does not rescue, the two infantry divisions will attack front and back to eliminate the 4th Reserve Brigade, then go directly south to Sunchon and Jiangdong, and march 50 kilometers in a 12-hour assault.
Advance into Pyongyang and directly cut off the Japanese Second Division's retreat.
During this period, the 1st Infantry Division and the 22nd Infantry Division will continue to launch attacks in the Qingchuan River and Yungu Mountain areas to contain the Japanese army and prevent the Japanese army from retreating easily. Finally, the 4th and 15th Infantry Division will cut off
Launch the Japanese Second Division and two general reserve brigades, continue to complete the siege of the Japanese Second Division within three days, and strive to annihilate these 45,000 troops in five days.
There is only one word for all standards, and that is "fast". The faster, the better, leaving no room for adjustment for the Japanese army.
The next day, when the dawn sun illuminated the earth from the Qingchuan River on the east side, the roar of artillery in the distance came from time to time, resounding throughout the earth. On the Daning River defense line, the artillery of the Northeast Army continued to burst out, and the sharp sound of artillery
One after another, they bombed the Japanese defenses one after another.
The glorious prelude to the attack officially kicked off from this moment.
An attack does not mean that tens of thousands of soldiers can rush forward and defeat the opponent. That will only allow the opponent's machine gun position to easily tear apart the crowd. Similarly, you cannot expect to gain anything without any sacrifices. An attack is all about heaping human lives.
In order to achieve the goal of breaking through the Anju Defense Line and the Jiechuan Defense Line as soon as possible, after collecting the Japanese artillery, the Second Artillery Brigade was expanded into the Second Artillery Division, which was deployed on the Anju battlefield, with 422 artillery pieces, and the more powerful
The Northeast First Artillery Corps is located in
In the Yongbyon area, the power of 1,782 barrel artillery was used to carry out crazy bombing on a brigade on the Jiechuan defense line, so that the continuous explosions could be heard from a distance of 20 kilometers, as if they were from a volcano
There was a huge explosion, and the earth trembled.
It is hard to imagine what a spectacular scene it would be for 1,782 artillery pieces to fire thousands of shells at the Anju line of defense. Just the attack of 422 artillery pieces set off a crazy rain of bullets in the sky. Coupled with the close-range mortars breaking through the defense, the Japanese army
The entire defense line was subject to constant blasting and destruction.
Song Biao adopted a multi-point attack method. Six infantry regiments spread out their attacks at multiple points at the same time, opening a ten-kilometer-long attack line, making it difficult for the Japanese army to distinguish between key points and the main force.
As for the Dingbian battlefield, it is probably difficult for the Japanese army to imagine how more than 2,000 artillery pieces were transported to Dingbian and Bochuan in two days, and how they ensured the ammunition for these artillery pieces, because the two sides took a completely different path.
, it is normal that the Japanese army cannot understand.
On the entire battlefield. From Jinzhou to Shenyang, from Shenyang to Benxi, Kuandian, Dandong, to Shuozhou, Dingbian, and Bochuan. The total number of civilians and militia recruited by the Northeast Army has exceeded two million, from the three northeastern provinces and
The number of horses drawn from Inner and Outer Mongolia has continued to increase to 600,000, meeting the predetermined requirements.
There are always many things that are hard to imagine for the Japanese army. What is even harder to imagine is what it would be like to see the rain of bullets fired by two thousand artillery pieces. Although this situation was very common in World War I and World War II, it can be seen in
Asia, this is the first time in the history of Asian wars
During the Russo-Japanese War, the combined artillery of both sides did not reach this scale. In the Sino-Japanese War of 1911, the number of artillery invested in a large-scale battle could reach 8,000 pieces, including mortars.
About 70% of them belong to the Northeast Army.
In the Battle of Anju, this proportion further expanded to 90%.
From artillery to machine guns, from mortars to submachine guns, from shotguns to self-loading rifles. From grenades to grenades, from the number of troops to material supplies, the Northeast Army occupies a real absolute advantage, regardless of the combat level of the Japanese army.
, regardless of the level of generals, this is a gap that is difficult to make up. On the whole, the combat ideas and leading policies of both sides are the gap between the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea and the Russo-Japanese War.
The gap of 45 years is really not something that the Japanese army can easily reverse.
When talking about the history of war in Northeast Asia, people always think of the Battle of Shangganling and the Battle of 203 Highlands. These were two very tragic battles, but they were also very rare battles, and it is almost difficult to encounter similar situations.
With the equipment level and training quality of the Japanese army, they are capable of repeating the tragic positional battle of Highland 203 in Anzhou. The reality is close to this.
The Daning River flowed with blood, mostly the blood of the soldiers of the Northeast Army. In order to rush through this 100-meter-wide river, the Northeast Army soon paid heavy casualties. The number of thousands of people killed in the battle was as high as Song Biao's.
The commander-in-chief seemed to have suffered very low damage. If the Japanese army attacked in turn, he could inflict tens of thousands of casualties on the Japanese army within two hours, and would not be able to cross the river at all.
The river was dyed red with blood, four pontoon bridges were successfully built, and three infantry regiments had already passed through the Japanese first line of defense.
In the simple front command room, Chen Qicai summarized the latest situation and presented it to Song Biao for review. At this time, the First Infantry Division had already seized the Qingchuan River Railway Bridge.
This news surprised Song Biao. He did not expect that the second division, the elite main force of the Japanese army, did not destroy the bridge.
Chen Qicai stood silently next to Song Biao, waiting for the emperor to make a new assessment and decision. With his level, he naturally understood that the emperor had made a wrong decision. If the artillery troops were concentrated on the Anzhou defense line from the beginning, then
There is no need to divide the troops to raid Pyongyang, and the Battle of Chongchon River can be concluded within two days, and the Third Army of the Japanese Manchurian Army can be annihilated here.
He didn't dare to speak, and no one dared to stand up and accuse him.
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Estimate.
After thinking carefully for a moment, Song Biao slowly adjusted his previous miscalculation and told Chen Qicai: "Call Zhang Xiaohuai and ask the Fourth Infantry Division to cut off the Anping Line within an hour to prevent the Japanese second attack.
As the division retreated, the artillery regiments of each division were concentrated to fully support the Fourth Infantry Division. The artillery regiments were telegraphed, requiring each unit not to rush to cover the opponent's defense line, but to focus on deep attacks.
Each infantry division must be good at using mortars to deal with small fortresses and machine gun positions. In addition, the 15th Infantry Division and the 22nd Infantry Division were sent up, and the divisions in the Jiechuan area were ordered to defeat the Japanese Fourth Reserve before noon.
Brigades and regiments, no matter what the cost, each newly formed regiment can directly go into battle. Before tomorrow, the Northeast Artillery Corps must be transferred to concentrate firepower on the Anju defense line, so that the engineer brigade and the baggage brigade can make relevant preparations."
Chen Qicai nodded in agreement and then asked: "Your Majesty, do the 3rd and 14th Infantry Divisions still need to continue moving south?"
Song Biao did not intend to correct his strategic layout, saying: "We must go south to occupy Pyongyang as soon as possible and cut off the Pingjing Railway. This matter may be controversial, but the matter is over, and all ministries must continue to adhere to the original combat policy.
Rather than changing policy temporarily, it is better to speed up and achieve a quick resolution."
Chen Qicai paused again and hurried out. In fact, he had considered different proposals yesterday, but he did not dare to risk putting them forward. After all, the second division of the Japanese army was the most elite on the opposite side.
After Chen Qicai left, Song Biao called Han Linchun over and together with him marked the deployment of the Japanese army on the terrain map, trying to guess what Oshima Yimasa's true thoughts were at this time.
After many troops were forced to withdraw from the battlefield, the Japanese army mainly retreated to the Yungu area instead of strictly guarding the railway line. From this, it can be seen that the Japanese army still wanted to defend Yungu and use the mountain advantages to delay the Northeast Army.
The terrain in the Yungu area is very complex, and the possibility of conquering it quickly is relatively low.
After this calculation, Song Biao decided to continue to attack Pyongyang quickly in advance. On this basis, he used multiple divisions to besiege the Japanese army. At this time, he was not in a hurry to attack quickly, but tried to reduce the sacrifices and knock out the Japanese strongholds one by one.
By 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the main force of the Northeastern Army had crossed the Chongchuan River, cutting off the retreat route of the Second Division. Only then did some artillery regiments of the Northeastern Artillery Corps move to the Anju battlefield to provide support for the main forces.
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After the 14th Infantry Division annihilated the Japanese 4th Reserve Brigade at great sacrifice, it renovated on the spot. The 3rd Infantry Division led two new regiments south to attack Pyongyang. It attacked quickly along the way. With the input of the 15th Infantry Division,
On the Anzhou battlefield, Song Biao had used four infantry divisions and 1,400 artillery pieces to besiege the Japanese Second Division, the Second Artillery Brigade and the only remaining general reserve brigade.
There has not been a minute's rest since the outbreak of the entire battle. The artillery fire has never stopped and has become more and more fierce. Both sides gathered in the Tongqian Ridge area south of Anzhou City. This is a typical volcanic ridge with a cone-shaped top.
Shaped like a copper coin.
The Japanese army built long-term fortifications on the mountains to hold on, and the Northeast Artillery Army mobilized more and more artillery, and the artillery fire crazily covered the entire mountains.
This is the last stronghold of the Japanese army. Once it falls, the Japanese Second Artillery Brigade will face the siege of two infantry divisions, and it will be too late to retreat.
The fighting lasted until evening, with heavy casualties on both sides. Corpses were scattered all over the hillside, and the slopes were stained red with blood. Most of the trees were cut off by artillery fire and fell everywhere, becoming a common barrier for the Northeast Army to attack upwards.
Several mountain paths have become the focus of contention between the two sides. After repeated battles, each other's blood has long been smeared on the cecal paths, and corpses are piled up like mountains, burning in the raging fire.
The period from the Russo-Japanese War to the Second World War was the craziest stage of the Japanese Bushido spirit. During this period, the middle and lower-level officers and soldiers of the Japanese army were crazy and bellicose, foolishly loyal, and willing to sacrifice their lives. In the previous Yalu River and
In the Battle of Tumen River, the two divisions of the North Korean Army only suffered 20% casualties.
If the number of troops is reduced, the army will be defeated. However, many Japanese brigades and regiments can still continue to fight when the combat attrition rate reaches 50%. Even under the casualty rate of 70%, some Japanese army officers and soldiers may still have extremely strong fighting will. Extremely
Under such circumstances, almost crazy hand-to-hand combat and counterattacks will occur.
Even the Northeast Army cannot achieve such a fighting will.
During the entire Yalu River Campaign from April 5 to April 10, the Northeast Army's total casualties on the first day were as high as 13,000, and even on the lowest day, there were more than 2,000 casualties. This level of human life consumption made Song
Biao shuddered.
But before he decided to go to war with the Japanese army, Song Biao had already made such mental preparations.
No matter how much it costs, advantage is advantage, and victory is victory after all.
The Battle of Anzhou was the first fierce battle since the First Infantry Division entered the DPRK and was actually responsible for the main offensive. Zhao Tingzhu and the entire division were so eager to fight a beautiful battle that Zhao Tingzhu, the division commander and deputy commander-in-chief of the Western Front,
He also went into battle personally and led the two most elite infantry regiments to charge to Tongqian Ridge.
At this time, the Northeast Army's 1st Infantry Division and the Japanese Army's 2nd Division in Tongqianling were both the most elite units of the two armies, and also represented the highest level of the Chinese and Japanese armies at this stage.
After three consecutive attacks were tenaciously defended by the Japanese army, Zhao Tingzhu couldn't wait to go into battle himself. He mobilized all the submachine guns of the entire division to the 1011th and 1012th Infantry Regiments, and organized 7 stormtroopers, drawing from other regiments and attached new troops.
The regiment mobilized a large number of mortar squads and heavy machine gun squads, used two elite infantry regiments to attack at the same time, and dispatched two new regiments to coordinate operations and advance crosswise.
The Battle of Shangganling can prove that in such mountain fortification areas, the power of artillery will be greatly weakened. At this time, more accurate mortars must be relied on, especially the new M1910 60mm mortar equipped by the Northeast Army. This
This new type of mortar has no improvement in power and range compared to the previous one, but the improvement in shooting accuracy is obvious. The error within the effective range of 600 meters can be less than 5 meters.
Simply comparing the training, combat literacy and sergeant level of the soldiers. Even the most elite First Infantry Division may not be better than the Japanese Second Division. It may be worse, but in terms of equipment and tactical advantages, the gap between the two sides is
Very big.
The adaptability of frontline commanders is very important. After several offensive failures, Zhao Tingzhu made a lot of temporary emergency adjustments, using stronger firepower and penetration tactics to tear apart the Japanese defense lines and prevent the Japanese counterattack.
The Sino-Japanese War of 1911 was destined to be a good opportunity for Madsen light machine guns and Popnin submachine guns to become famous in one battle. The Northeast Army did not have an absolute advantage over the Japanese army in other equipment, but the number of light machine guns and submachine guns assembled was really disappointing.
The Japanese army could not catch up.
The Japanese army is not equipped with light machine guns and submachine guns. Each infantry squadron is still equipped with one heavy machine gun, while the Northeast Army has installed 11,000 light machine guns and 17,000 Popnin submachine guns on a large scale on the east and west battlefields. As soon as the two sides engage in battle,
Regardless of whether the Japanese army is attacking or retreating, corpses litter the fields when they leave the trenches. On the Japanese army's regular three-kilometer defense line of a brigade, the Northeast Army can often deploy 3,000 submachine guns for breakthrough defenses.
Even during the period of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, the gap in firepower between the Chinese and American armies was not so large.
Objectively speaking, if it were not for the extremely brave and strong Bushido spirit of the Japanese officers and soldiers, this battle would actually be completely impossible to fight. Moreover, the Japanese army had no idea before that the Northeast Army had installed such a large-scale light machine gun and
Submachine guns, including when fighting the Beiyang Army. The Northeastern Army did not use equipment such as submachine guns. It was urgently distributed when the entire army retreated to the Northeast, and 17,000 of them were equipped at one time, and the additional light machine guns were close to 6,000.
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The Madsen machine gun is indeed very expensive. Japan's expenditure on the navy is too staggering. It cannot support itself and is reluctant to buy light machine guns for the army. The Japanese military's military thinking has not kept up with the development of the times. It simply uses light machine guns as a weapon.
After comparing machine guns with heavy machine guns, they felt flashy and expensive, so they did not consider the new idea that light machine guns should be installed at the squad level.
As a result, they paid a very heavy price in the Sino-Japanese War of 1911.
The excellence of a frontline commander largely depends on his ability to adapt. Half of this ability comes from talent and thinking, and the other half comes from experience and knowledge. A good general must be good at thinking.
After Zhao Tingzhu adjusted his offensive tactics and equipment, he quickly tore through the defenses of the Second Division, attacked from two paths, and quickly separated multiple Japanese defense lines.
The 4th, 9th, and 16th Infantry Regiments of the Japanese Army were all divided into three sections, unable to take care of each other. The 1st Infantry Division of the Northeast Army encircled and besieged the 4th Infantry Regiment at the forefront, and at the same time used artillery fire.
Suppress the 9th and 16th Infantry Regiments.
At night, the Japanese army launched a hand-to-hand counterattack, but the Northeastern Army was also famous for night combat. The flares specially made by the Shenyang Arsenal had a residence and burning time in the air of nearly 3 minutes. The combination of flares and light machine guns was the greatest weapon of the Japanese bayonet offensive at night. nemesis.
The Northeastern Army used to use shotguns, but now they don't even use shotguns. They use submachine guns and light machine guns together. Thousands of Japanese troops fell when they came.
At 9 a.m. the next day, the First Infantry Division, with the cooperation of three new regiments, launched another powerful offensive, annihilating the Japanese Ninth Infantry Regiment and annihilating the Japanese Second Division at the cost of 3,400 casualties. The main force, at this point, the Japanese army was no longer able to launch a counterattack on the position.
In the battles of the Yalu River, Tumen River and Qingchuan River, about 35% of the Japanese casualties came from counter-attacking key areas. Normal troops would not do this, because it was clearly proven in the Battle of the Yalu River that counterattacking the Northeast The price of the military defense line was very tragic, but the Japanese army's thinking inertia was very strong, and they often did something they knew they couldn't do. It was not so much their stupid loyalty, belligerence and courage, but their rigid tactical thinking and failure to treat soldiers as human beings.
In the Battle of Tongqianling, the Japanese army's four counterattack losses accounted for half of the casualty rate of the entire Second Division. Obviously, when encountering the 1st Infantry Division, the main force of the Northeast Army's elite and machine gun formations, the more fierce the Japanese army's counterattack, The more people die.
On April 13, 1911, the Battle of the Qingchuan River was basically over. The commander-in-chief of the Japanese Manchurian Army, Oshima Yoshimasa, committed suicide in Yunguling. Chief of Staff Masatoshi Matsunaga was shot dead. The Japanese Manchurian Army was also completely depleted during this period. Total casualties were 134,000, and 35,200 prisoners were taken.
The Japanese military headquarters strangely organized this unit into the "Japanese Manchurian Army of the Imperial Japanese Army", which naturally meant that it would attack all the way to the three northeastern provinces. The main theater of operations was also in the northeast. As a result, the entire army died before the troops were launched. They were "encircled and annihilated" across the board before crossing the Yalu and Tumen rivers.
After this battle, Jiang Yanxing, Zhao Tingzhu, Chen Wu and others of the Northeast Army seemed to be among the famous generals. Just like Song Biao back then, he used the corpses of the Japanese army as the foundation to climb into the ranks of famous military generals in China. .
The shining generals of the Northeastern Army!
A hero is like a dragon, rising from the grass, seizing the opportunity to stand out in this turbulent era, shining like a bright star on this vast land, making the countrymen proud and proud, and making the enemy tremble with fear.
Before provoking the Sino-Japanese War of 1911, Japan had three assumptions. The first was that the Japanese Army defeated the Northeastern Army and then continued to send troops north to use the Anglo-Japanese alliance and Anglo-French relations to contain Russia without stimulating the Russian army to join the war. Under the premise of occupying the South Manchuria area, and under the cover of the navy, the main force was sent to land in Tianjin, and the Eight-Nation Allied Forces once again captured Beijing, completely defeated the Northeast Army, overthrew Song Biao, re-established a new government, and completely trampled on the self-esteem of the Chinese people. ; The second is that the Japanese Army failed to defeat the Northeastern Army and was unable to break through the mountainous areas of Liaodong. Then it would defend the Yalu River defense line, and then use Taiwan as a springboard to occupy the local military forces in Fujian, Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan-Guizhou with the assistance of the navy. Cooperate and divide China for a long time; the third is that the Japanese army is defeated and retreats to the front line defense of Pyongyang. It continues to use Taiwan as a springboard. Even if it cannot occupy Fujian, it will occupy Hainan Island and use Hainan Island as a springboard to support the Japanese navy's southward strategy. Based on Hainan Island, it supports the Southern Local Army of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou.
Now is the fourth situation that Japan had never expected. Only 10 days after the war started, the Northeastern Army occupied Pyongyang and wiped out the main force of the Japanese army. Although the Northeastern Army also suffered heavy casualties, it still had plenty of troops.
The troops continued to fight, but the Japanese army completely lost the capital to compete with the Northeastern Army on the Korean Peninsula.
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