At present, the conscription has even reached the point where even the college students and technical workers who were originally exempted from the conscription have been conscripted. It is really impossible to mobilize enough troops to reinforce the Kwantung Army in trouble. This is why the base camp is in the south.
At the most critical moment of the battle, the Kwantung Army's telegrams requesting reinforcements almost filled a room. This was the main reason why reinforcements were never sent out.
Not only did the base camp fail to provide the Kwantung Army with any needed reinforcements, the Kwantung Army repeatedly requested that the forces allocated to the Korean Army before the war be readmitted back to the Kwantung Army in order to enhance the Kwantung Army's mobile combat capabilities. The base camp also failed to provide any needed reinforcements.
Kwantung Army, any answer they want.
For the Japanese base camp, what is more important right now is to strengthen the defense of various key points around the mainland. Compared with Okinawa and the Ogasawara Islands around the mainland, the Kwantung Army's status is still higher than that of the Chinese dispatched army. But in terms of the overall strategic deployment of the Japanese army,
The importance has gradually begun to decline. Now there is no more important thing in that direction than homeland defense.
Although the North Korean army, which is connected to the mountains and rivers of Nanman, has repeatedly tried to reinforce the Kwantung Army. However, the troops who penetrated deep into North Korea during the Anti-Japanese War took the initiative to attack continuously and launched many tank clusters into the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.
The main force of the army is firmly tied to the Korean Peninsula.
The armored assault group of the Anti-Japanese Alliance in North Korea cut off the railway line from Sinuiju to Seoul for a long period of time. The North Korean military spent a lot of effort and a considerable cost to reopen the railway line from Sinuiju to Seoul.
line, driving the anti-alliance troops back to the mountainous areas to the north, preserving this lifeline of the Kwantung Army.
However, the Northern Front had just reopened the Gyeonggi Line, and the armored clusters of the Anti-Japanese Alliance on the Southern Front suddenly forced their way through, and even hit the Uijeongbu on the outskirts of Seoul, where the Japanese Governor-General in Korea was located.
The sound of artillery fire from the north can be clearly heard.
The troops interspersed by the Anti-Japanese Alliance usually consist of a tank battalion, plus a quadruple anti-aircraft machine gun company, a self-propelled artillery battalion or company, plus a 107 rocket launcher company, plus an infantry regiment, with intensive firepower
The degree is quite high.
All anti-aircraft machine guns are installed on half-tracks, and all artillery pieces are self-propelled or installed on jeeps. Their maneuverability is quite strong. Moreover, they do not carry out any offensive operations during the battle, but only use the protective power of the tanks.
, mobility and firepower, avoiding the key points of the North Korean army's defense, and rushing the Japanese army in a certain direction along the mountain road.
After breaking into a certain defense direction, they rushed into chaos and immediately retreated quickly to find another breakthrough. The tank guerrilla tactics of the Anti-Japanese Army in North Korea made the North Korean army extremely uncomfortable and unable to grasp it.
, unable to hit, and the enemy would catch one of his points and beat him hard if he wasn't paying attention.
The troops waiting for the North Korean army to dispatch finally surrounded the intruding enemy troops. The anti-alliance assault troops immediately directed the tank muzzles towards the outer city. In the fortress composed of tanks, they fired flat-firing quadruple anti-aircraft machine guns and double-headed anti-aircraft machine guns.
With the fire support of the combined anti-aircraft guns and artillery, it formed a fire hedgehog that left people with no place to eat.
Coupled with a large amount of rapid air support, more than half of the besieging troops were often killed by its intensive firepower. After the encirclement circle was weakened, the encircled people escaped unscathed. The North Korean army tried to control the surrounding mountains, but the enemy
The artillery fire of the army and the napalm bombs dropped by the aviation force made it difficult for the North Korean army to stand even if it controlled the commanding heights.
It is impossible for the North Korean army to build permanent fortification groups in all areas. And it is difficult to prevent the enemy's rapid penetration by relying solely on infantry field fortification groups. This has become a very difficult problem for the North Korean army.
This has resulted in a situation where defenses are everywhere but cannot be defended everywhere.
The most critical thing is that when the enemy troops intersperse, they usually adopt the tactics of intersecting in multiple directions in one direction and cooperating with each other. The Korean army, which can only stick to the key points, often focuses on one thing and misses the other. By the time the reinforcements arrive, the enemy has already completed the attack on a certain area.
The killings of the defenders in one direction swept away.
Facing the weird tactics of the anti-alliance forces in the Korean peninsula, they also made full use of the maneuverability of tank clusters to carry out large-scale mobile operations. At present, the North Korean army can only use all its energy to deal with the anti-alliance forces in the Korean peninsula.
There was no time to consider supporting the Kwantung Army's operations.
Although the Korean Peninsula is mainly mountainous, and the North Korean army also has an advantage in terms of military strength, the long mountainous terrain of the entire Korean Peninsula has also caused a lot of trouble for the North Korean army. The North Korean army has fortified defenses everywhere, but they are in a hurry everywhere.
Taking care of one thing and not the other, we can only passively put out fires everywhere.
After the Anti-Japanese Alliance tank cluster broke into Uijeongbu, in order to free up some of its mobile forces to deal with the Anti-Japanese Alliance's tank penetration tactics, the North Korean army simply abandoned the area west of the line from Tokcheon to Icheon. Instead, it concentrated its forces to ensure that Seoul to Sinui
along the railway lines in the prefecture, and to ensure the stability of the areas south of Gaocheng, Jinhua, and Yichuan.
Especially in the south, which is directly related to the connection between North Korea and the Japanese mainland, the North Korean army has greatly strengthened the deployment of troops in this direction. A large number of troops and firepower have been deployed in almost every valley and every road. They have adopted a comprehensive defensive and
The stupid method of deploying a large number of mobile troops on the second line is to cope with the enemy's changing tactics.
The Anti-League's tactics, which made the North Korean army unable to guard against it, specifically targeted the weakest places. It can be said that it has become a nightmare for the North Korean army. Under the supervision of the Japanese base camp, the North Korean army could only try its best to deal with the Anti-Alliance armored cluster.
, a rampage in North Korea.
What caused trouble for the Korean army was not only the strength of the Anti-Japanese Alliance forces in North Korea and the tactics they adopted that made them unable to deal with it, but also the more serious threat from the aviation forces of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the US military stationed in North Manchuria. At present, all the forces on the entire peninsula were
The highways, railways, ports, docks and other transportation lines are all within the range of the Anti-Japanese Alliance's air strikes.
At the same time, the US military also mobilized some aviation forces stationed in North Manchuria to join the air blockade of the Korean Peninsula. The addition of a more powerful US military made the already passive North Korean army even more helpless. Whether it was quantity or aircraft performance,
The North Korean aviation force, which was at an absolute disadvantage, could only retreat to the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and even withdraw most of its troops directly to the mainland.
Going to the sky is tantamount to death. If you don't go to the sky, you will still be bombed indiscriminately on the ground. The aviation force of the North Korean Army was bombed at the Jeju Island Airport in a joint air raid by the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the US Army. Dozens of aircraft were blown up from other airports.
The interceptor group took off, and more than 30 of them were shot down in the air battle. Such huge losses were unbearable for the North Korean army.
After this battle, the North Korean army gave up the fight for air supremacy. In addition to relying on ground anti-aircraft artillery, the North Korean army was almost helpless in the face of the aviation forces jointly dispatched by the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the US Army. The sky of the Korean Peninsula no longer belongs to the North Korean army.
This local snake belongs to.
After losing air supremacy, the attack fleet jointly dispatched by the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the US military paralyzed the entire railway line on the Korean Peninsula. The two major transportation hubs of Seoul and Pyongyang were bombed and repaired, and then repaired and bombed again. Since the start of this battle,
There was no train. The interruption of the railway line made it difficult for the Japanese army, which had always relied on railways, to move forward, and its mobility was at least doubled.
Every car traveling on the road will also become a target for the Anti-Alliance aviation and the US military aviation. The US-made SBD dive bombers and A-20 attack fleets of the Anti-Alliance. The US military's P-51 fighter jets and P-38 fighter jets,
As well as a small number of B-26 bombers transferred from other battlefields, their flights from North Manchuria basically covered the entire Korean Peninsula.
Under the double firepower of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the US military, the entire communication line on the Korean Peninsula has basically been paralyzed. For the Japanese army, South Manchuria is indeed the lifeline of the empire, but the Korean Peninsula is the barrier to the empire's western defense. If
The North Korean army really mobilized a large number of troops into southern Manchuria. Once something happened on the Korean Peninsula, it would directly threaten the empire's homeland security.
At present, the mainland of the empire is being bombed every day. If it faces an enemy land attack, it will have a great impact on the morale of the military, the morale of the people, and morale. Therefore, after much hesitation, the base camp still only ordered the Korean army to dispatch a brigade and enter
The Andong area is responsible for defense. As for the North Korean army, it is still important to seize the time and ensure the security of the Korean Peninsula.
Moreover, the base camp also knew that after the Anti-Japanese Alliance captured the entire southern Manchuria, the next target would probably be North Korea. Therefore, the base camp was not very active in responding to the Kwantung Army's repeated requests for reinforcements. From the beginning, the base camp believed that although the Kwantung Army had no more
Offensive ability, but self-protection has no problem.
Southern Manchuria is not Jilin. Except for the Liaohe River plain area crisscrossed by water networks in the central part, the east and west lines are mountains and hills. These mountainous areas are vast, especially the mountainous areas in Liaodong, which have spread to the entire Liaodong Peninsula. Such a vast mountainous area,
It is not a mountain with a natural pass like Yinshan Mountain.
Moreover, the base camp insists that the entire South Manchuria is backed by the sea, and the enemy does not have a strong navy. In this case, the terrain for the enemy armored groups to exert their power is limited. Regarding the small fleet deployed by the Anti-Japanese Alliance in Tanggu, the base camp believes that at least
Within a short period of time, this fleet will be unable to participate in any combat.
Moreover, the base camp believes that the enemy has indeed carried out tank penetrations in mountainous areas many times, but has never used tanks to participate in large-scale offensive operations in mountainous areas. Therefore, the base camp believes that as long as the Kwantung Army makes good use of its terrain advantages, it is still very confident to hold on to Southern Manchuria.
The lack of intelligence allowed the Japanese base camp to make the most unfavorable choice for the Kwantung Army.
The Japanese army did not have the information that the two airborne divisions of the Anti-Japanese Alliance had fully formed combat effectiveness. At the same time, before the war, the Anti-Japanese Alliance had conducted a large number of specialized training on the tactical use of tanks in mountainous areas. The most important thing is that they could only rely on local materials.
The Japanese troops who built the pontoon bridge did not know that the Anti-Japanese Alliance had already equipped American-made gate bridges and boat bridges that could be used for tanks to quickly cross the river.
Due to the lack of intelligence, the Anti-Alliance's determination to adopt new tactics on a large scale in this battle is expected to be insufficient. Coupled with a series of mistakes in tactical response at the front, and the mental will and military quality of the combat troops have greatly declined.
The decline directly led to comprehensive errors in the strategic judgment of the Japanese base camp during this battle.
Coupled with the importance of the Korean Peninsula to Japan's homeland defense, the Japanese base camp always hesitated when it reinforced the Kwantung Army. In the end, only one brigade originally transferred from the Kwantung Army was transferred back to the Kwantung Army's organizational sequence.
Inside. Just such a brigade was blown up and paralyzed while it was being transported.
First, the Anti-Japanese Alliance attack aircraft group, and then the U.S. military's P-38 fighter group loaded with bombs also participated. The U.S. military even dispatched the B-29 bomber group, which was originally only available to the locals.
Indiscriminate bombing blew up the transporting military columns and the subsequent echelons transported by road. The brigade was paralyzed by the bombing before it reached Sinuiju, and had to return home.