Age of Rebirth

Major General Ma Chaoyang, the commander of the Southeast Mobile Corps, faced the three brigade commanders of the Marine Corps assigned to him, and expressed his opinions bluntly. His heart was only excited. He took a step forward, took Chen Mengqiao's hand, and said: "Brigade Commander 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 party will not be able to do anything." Good explanation!"

"Now, I understand everyone's intentions. Well, starting tomorrow, the troops of the three of you will be the troops for the first round of attack. I also believe that the commanders and soldiers under Commander Han are capable of fighting of!"

The three of them, including Chen Mengqiao, took a step back, saluted again, and said in unison: "Thank you for your trust, Commander Ma. The troops in front have done what they should do. Next, it's our business! Commander Ma, just give orders. Order!"

Sending off Chen Mengqiao and others, Ma Chaoyang showed a smile on his face, but Xu Guangqi said worriedly: "Commander, the three brigade commanders of the Marine Corps, it is understandable to take the initiative to ask for a fight, but tomorrow we will What we are facing is the second line of defense of the Japanese army, and I am afraid that the intensity of the battle will not be less than today, and, according to the intelligence of the reconnaissance troops, there is about a brigade of Japanese troops that went to Mokpo overnight for reinforcements!"

"The Japanese army in the direction of Mokpo still has more than [-] troops, and as our battle line advances inland, the artillery fire of the naval fleet has gradually lost its role in fire support. Therefore, I suggest that one of the Marine Corps be used." Brigade, this is the safest way!"

Ma Chaoyang replied: "Chief of Staff, think about it. After all the troops have landed. According to the length and width of the Japanese second line of defense, can our 10,000+ troops be fully deployed?"

Xu Guangqi silently calculated, and replied: "Yes, we can invest at least one battalion of troops for every kilometer of frontage. Commander, what do you mean, we will use all our troops tomorrow. The second line of defense against the Japanese Mokpo , launched a full-line attack, broke through in one fell swoop, and then, went straight to the Mokpo Castle!"

Ma Chaoyang smiled. "That's exactly what I meant. After occupying Mokpo Port, our logistics supply line. Don't worry at all. I have ordered the [-]st and [-]nd Artillery Brigades of the Corps stranded on the Shandong Peninsula to cross the sea overnight and rush to Mokpo. It is estimated that tomorrow morning at [-]:[-] Xu. You can reach Mokpo, hundreds of [-]mm caliber howitzers are all prepared for the little devil!"

"If the two artillery brigades can't arrive on time, I would rather postpone the attack for one day. Isn't the fortification of the little devil strong? I want to use 10,000+ rounds of shells to blow up a passage. Chief of Staff, I am thinking, should I rush to get Go down to Mokpo Castle!"

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 it. Our army stormed Mokpo. In order to keep the bridgehead, Tanaka Shinichi will definitely defend it desperately. The battle of Mokpo is destined to be tragic, and he will definitely continue to invest in troops!"

"My plan is to use the Mokpo battlefield as a bait to continuously attract the Japanese troops gathered on the front line from Busan to Gwangju to reinforce the direction of Mokpo, and we have absolute air supremacy, plus two artillery brigades will be in place soon, to capture Shinichi Tanaka The mentality of sticking to Mokpo, constantly using the superior ground-to-air firepower, consumes a lot of Japanese troops, and the total Japanese troops on the front line in Busan, two 10,000+ people, must be a big battle!"

"Only when the strength of the Japanese army is exhausted to a certain extent, our resistance will be reduced to a minimum when we capture Busan and Gwangju and other places afterwards. 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, and for us who have absolute superiority in ground-to-air firepower, wouldn't it be something we wish for!"

Xu Guangqi thought deeply, raised his head in a short while, and said, "Commander, this plan is feasible! Mokpo will become a meat grinder for the Japanese army! The staff will immediately formulate a specific combat plan!"

Ma Chaoyang stopped him with a smile: "Xiang is not busy, I am just imagining this, and it involves many specific issues that need to be considered. After one and a half hours, at the temporary station of the Corps headquarters, a meeting of the brigade commanders and chiefs of staff will be held. , the military meeting attended by the regiment heads and chiefs of staff will focus on discussing my plan just now, and listen to everyone's opinions!"

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

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

The staff officer replied: "Reporting to the commander, an hour ago, I received a telegram from the commander of the attacking force in the direction of Gunsan, the brigade commander Xu Shihao of the [-]th Brigade. The Brigade and the Eighth Brigade, after five hours of fierce fighting, wiped out more than [-] Japanese garrison troops in Gunsan and armed more than [-] Japanese civilians. By the time the telegram was sent, the troops had completely controlled the Gunsan port and surrounding area."

"According to the established combat plan, the eighth brigade was left to guard the port of Gunsan and the surrounding areas, and was responsible for clearing out the remnants of the Japanese army in the area between Gunsan and Incheon. The other three brigades are rushing towards Busan and Gwangju. Execute the combat plan to attack the above two places!"

"Okay!" Ma Chaoyang shouted excitedly. In one day, including the Incheon battlefield, the defending Japanese army was completely annihilated, and the troops landed smoothly. It is not surprising that the Japanese army defending Incheon and the mountains were composed of some local garrison teams. The second-rate troops, including most of the Korean soldiers, are incomparable with the regular troops of the Japanese and Korean garrison troops in terms of combat effectiveness and weaponry.

Usually, bullying civilians and maintaining local law and order is okay. If it is pulled on the battlefield, it will be a group of bear-packed softies, who can scare their pants when they hear the gunshots. Maybe the Japanese soldiers among them are more powerful and dare to fight. , but after all, the combat power is there, so it only took more than five hours for the troops to attack the mountains, and they successfully landed, and the casualties are estimated to not be too great!

Before that, the division commander mentioned the issue of Japanese armed civilians in the telegrams of the various troops. The units of the Southeast Mobile Corps have attracted great attention. For so many years, the division commander has specifically emphasized a specific point in a telegram. This was the first time Ma Chaoyang had seen this matter, so he had to pay enough attention to it.

Therefore, Ma Chaoyang personally issued an order to the brigades, "The division commander sent an order the day before yesterday, and the content emphasized by the brigades must not be taken lightly. Depending on the attitude of the troops, once they are discovered, they will be wiped out on the spot. In addition, it is necessary to guard against the unconventional combat methods they adopt! The division commander's telegram should be communicated to every soldier so that everyone knows it!"

The commander of the corps has personally deployed this matter. The brigade commanders below dare not attach great importance to it. They will grasp it level by level and implement it layer by layer. Soon, all the soldiers of the Southeast Mobile Corps will know what is going on. The strange armed forces of the Yamato National Standing Team did not dare to fight head-on, so they could only shoot black guns behind their backs and play personal bombs and so on.

Therefore, in the face of the Japanese civilian armed forces, the Southeast Mobile Corps suffered almost no losses. In Incheon and Gunsan, the Yamato National Standing Team suffered a devastating blow, and it was too late to display the power of the human bomb. When they engaged in a desperate charge, they were bombed into self-exploding bombs by the dense rain of bullets. 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 most important thing is Mokpo. Thinking of this, Ma Chaoyang is more determined to wring out the Japanese and Korean troops stationed on the Mokpo battlefield. The idea of ​​​​blood, do you want to fight offensive and defensive battles, you have capital, you have absolute superiority in ground-to-air firepower, and a smooth logistics supply line, let's see how many little devils there are, and fill the battlefield?

After analyzing the specific situation of the battlefield on the Korean Peninsula, Ma Chaoyang felt that the pressure on Tanaka Shinichi was not enough just for Mokpo's frontal attack troops. Then, the troops after occupying the mountains needed to change their original combat objectives.

Ma Chaoyang shouted: "Communication staff officer! Communication staff officer!" The young communication staff officer quickly ran to him, "Commander, what orders do you have?"

Ma Chaoyang looked in the direction of Mokpo with both eyes, and said in his mouth: "Call Xu Shihao back, order, Commander Xu Shihao of the Gunsan Campaign Command, the three brigades under your department, the original order to attack Pusan ​​and Gwangju in the south is cancelled, and the deployment is as follows Adjustment, the fifth, sixth, and seventh brigades of the Gunsan Campaign Group, concentrate their forces, and attack the Japanese positions from the north of Mokpo. The specific attack time, when the troops arrive at the designated position, wait for the order of the Corps Headquarters!"

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 18 troops, and the Japanese army concentrated on the southernmost tip of the Korean Peninsula, Busan to Mokpo, has basically the same strength. Rather, 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 said to the battalion commander of the guard battalion, "Take a few people and come with me to the Ninth Brigade!"

How dare the battalion commander of the security battalion be negligent, this is a battlefield, how many people will he bring with him?What if a few little devils and remnants are found? Although the commander said so, the battalion commander of the guard battalion still brought two guard platoons. The beach, protecting Ma Chaoyang, drove towards the Ninth Brigade's station.

(to be continued) (to be continued...)