Beiyang reactionaries

This is the continuation of the 1923 war between China and Japan, and it can even be said to be the continuation of the Sino-Japanese War.Although the Korean peninsula is at war, it is a battle between China and Japan, two Far Eastern powers.

If Japan can quickly quell the rebellion on the Korean Peninsula and stabilize the situation on the Korean Peninsula, then Japan still has enough strength and influence in the Far East.

Japan can rely on the Korean Peninsula to continue to deter China's Northeast.

However, once Japan fails to quickly pacify the Korean Peninsula and gets stuck in the quagmire of the Korean Peninsula, Japan's finances will inevitably collapse completely, and even lead to the collapse of the Japanese economy.It will also affect the situation in Japan.Maybe what kind of big event broke out in Japan.

If Japan loses the Korean Peninsula, then Japan's situation in the Far East will be very bad.Because Japan has lost all the strategic advantages that Japan has been able to possess for half a century.In the future Far East, Japan's right to speak will be greatly reduced.On the contrary, once Japan loses the Korean Peninsula, China's situation will be very good.Because a sword hanging over China's head was pulled out.

The intelligence agencies of various countries are paying attention to this war on the Korean peninsula.

Therefore, a lot of pressure was put on the Japanese frontline generals.Everyone in the command room of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army, which is attacking Huisan County, is working very intensely.

"General, information from the navy."

"What are these things?"

Kishimoto Kataro threw the information directly on the ground, and then said angrily: "Baga, what are these idiots in the navy doing? There is no valuable information at all, and the opponent's artillery positions and logistics bases have not been found. Feel free to give it to us. Haven’t their planes been scouted many times? Just make something like this for me.”

The 56-year-old Lieutenant General Kishimoto Shikataro, head of the Fifth Division, has deep qualifications and rich battlefield experience.In the history of the Japanese army, there have been different models.That is, the training of officers is to enter the Army Teaching Corps first, and after studying here, they become non-commissioned officers.It means that both soldiers and officers are relatively mixed.Some were directly assigned to the army after graduation, while others were transferred to the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy.

Many of the current leaders of the Japanese army were trained in this model, and many of the generals of the Japanese army came from the Army Teaching Corps.It was only in 1899 that Japan abolished the Army Teaching Corps. After graduating from high school, high school students could directly enter the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy, so the Army Teaching Corps became history.And Kishimoto Kataro was the last Japanese general who graduated from the officer training group in history.

He has more than 30 years of military experience, starting from the rank of small captain to the current lieutenant general.Participated in the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War.

It is precisely because he has fought too many wars that he is very cautious, and he is not impulsive because the country is in a hurry and the military wants to end the Korean Peninsula War as soon as possible.Kishimoto Kataro marched cautiously all the way, fearing that he would be attacked by North Korean rebel forces.

After landing in Busan, it was about forty days before the troops arrived in Hyesan County.

very slow.

After arriving in Huishan County, they did not immediately deploy an attack.On the contrary, the No.11 Wing of the Ninth Brigade was sent to make a tentative attack, to see the deployment of the Korean Independence Army's defensive positions, and to see where some of the surrounding resistance forces are.Because he is blind to the current situation in this area.

The northern part of the Korean Peninsula is too chaotic, and most of the places are already in the form of self-government. The Japanese army really doesn't know much about the specific situation here.

While asking his own troops to test, Kishimoto Kataro also asked the navy for help to investigate the situation in Hyesan County.That's why the navy sent an aircraft carrier to investigate Hyesan County.

But he was very angry.

Because the information sent to him by those idiots in the navy didn't even have anything of value.Most of their reports are that there is a pontoon bridge on the other side of the Yalu River, and military supplies are pouring into Huisan County from Northeast China.

This is bullshit intelligence.

No one in Japan knows that the Korean Independence Army is supported by China.But what's the use of this.What Kishimoto Kataro wanted was the deployment of the Korean Independence Army, such as the deployment of artillery units, the location of the logistics base, and so on.

But nothing.

"General, it's July now, and there are trees on the mountain. As long as the troops are well hidden, it will be difficult for planes to detect them. It is their limit to find a few concentrated troops."

The staff officer of Kishimoto Kataro explained to the navy.

what season is it now.

July.

The mountains are full of lush green trees. As long as the army troops take a little concealment, it is difficult to find and distinguish the high-altitude aircraft.After all, it's not 100 years from now when airplanes have HD cameras.

The current aircraft detection relies on the pilot's eyes to detect.The eyes of people at high altitude can see some dense things at most.For well-concealed troops, it is difficult to find where they are.

"a bunch of idiots."

Kishimoto Kataro thought for a while, and said: "Send them a telegram, let the plane fly to a point, and do a good scouting of the enemy's position. The main thing is to see where the enemy's artillery positions are placed and where the enemy's logistics base is. If even these They can’t be detected, what do I want them to do with these planes.”

"General, this is a bit reluctant. There are many mountains over there. If the plane flies too low, it is easy to be attacked by ground troops. The navy probably won't agree."

"There is no one who is not attacked in a war. If they can't even do a good job in reconnaissance, let them cooperate with our attack. Help us bomb the position."

"Yes."

After his staff officer went out, Kishimoto Kataro was still very angry.

Fighting a battle is too troublesome.

There are too many contradictions between Japan's army and navy. The army does what the army does, and the navy does what the navy does. The two sides basically rarely cooperate.Even knowing that the other party is in trouble, they will not go up to help, but happily watch the other party's jokes.It is so difficult to get the two parties to cooperate.Don't say that I am a small division head, a small lieutenant general, even a general of the army can't command the navy.You must communicate with the Ministry of the Navy and get their support before you can get help.There is no affiliation between the two systems at all.

But if this continues, the fighters are gone, so much time wasted.

Kishimoto Kantaro shook his head and stopped thinking about it.Looking at the map, I drew a circle in Pyongyang, and then started to draw a circle in Hyesan County.

After some trials, Kishimoto Kataro also had some understanding of the deployment of the North Korean Independence Army on the opposite side.Although Kataro Kishimoto is very cautious, there is a lot of pressure in Japan.The Japanese cabinet has no money, and the riots on the Korean peninsula that began at the beginning of the year have caused huge losses to Japan.

There are hundreds of millions of yen in losses, and it may even reach more than one billion yen.This time, the cabinet prepared more than 5000 million yen for the mobilization of reinforcements from the three divisions and the provision of supplies to the Japanese troops on the Korean peninsula.

But the money is nothing.With the dispersal of Japanese troops, money was spent like water. 5000 million yen won't last long at all, and the cabinet is really anxious.

Several telegrams a day urged Kishimoto Kataro to attack quickly and end the current situation on the Korean Peninsula as soon as possible.Because the Japanese cabinet can't stand it anymore.

If the military spending continues to increase, Japan's financial collapse is one aspect, and civil strife may break out in Japan.People in Japan are now living in poverty, and people starve to death from time to time, and peasant riots are not once or twice.The 5000 million this time was also robbed of the people in Japan.If there is another robbery, Japan's domestic conflicts will become more and more serious.

So the Japanese cabinet is in a hurry.

Kishimoto Kataro knew that he could not continue to hesitate, so he had already begun preparations for war.Start thinking about how to deploy troops to attack Huishan County.

"General."

"kindness?"

"This is the latest telegram from General Saito."

"Let me see."

Major General Saito, the brigade leader of the Ninth Brigade, sent a telegram to Kishimoto Kataro almost every few hours.Bring back their intel on the front lines.

"These damned Chinese people."

After watching for a little bit, Kishimoto Kataro said angrily: "Look, look. The North Korean rebels have such firepower. The density of heavy machine guns and light machine guns is so high that it even surpasses our troops. All of them It was given by the damn Chinese."

Seeing the information from the front line, Kishimoto Kataro looked ugly.

Hyesan County is full of mountains.

The defensive positions of the Korean Independence Army were built on one mountain after another.The current situation is that the Korean Independence Army has deployed a defense line condescendingly relying on the mountain.If the Korean Independence Army has too many heavy machine guns and light machine guns, it will be very difficult to break through these defensive positions.

Judging from front-line intelligence, the Korean Independence Army possesses an astonishing number of heavy and light machine guns.When the Ninth Brigade stepped up its offensive, heavy machine guns and light machine guns emerged from the positions, catching the Japanese army by surprise.The Korean Independence Army is a group of bereaved dogs. Without the support of China, where would they have so many weapons.

And how many bullets will be used with such a fully fired firearm.It is obvious that China strongly supports the Korean Independence Army, which is why they use so many powerful machine guns.

"Send a telegram to Seoul."