Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Anderson walked out after finishing speaking, and said as he walked, "I'll bring someone to install it for you."

Togo Heihachiro nodded, and at this time a young man about 30 years old came in from the outside and said to Togo Heihachiro: "General Togo, we have been forming the 'Hehun Special Fleet' for a long time, should we also be dispatched? Have you tasted the blood of the Chinese?"

Dongxiang Heihachiro laughed loudly: "There is a loyal captain in Futian, and it is not the time for you to attack, but you can rest assured that you are the blade of the empire, and one day the empire will use you."

The young man nodded silently and walked out.

Incheon Port is a full thousand nautical miles away from Chongjin Port. According to the speed of the Japanese army at [-] knots, it would take nearly four days to arrive. During these four days, the battle on land continued.

At 35:[-] a.m. on February [-], the fourth, fifth, and sixth regiments of Lin Yuan's troops wiped out all the Japanese troops at the No. Laoxianshan, [-] kilometers west of Chongjin City, was stationed. The troops of the Eighth Division failed to break through the defense line of Lin Yuan's troops after a night of bloody battle, and finally had to withdraw to Chongjin City.

In the headquarters of Laoxianshan, Mizuta Mingyuan, Aso Yasuhito, and Kumamoto Masakazu all looked bitter, Akutagawa and Mi stood up and said: "Division Commander, this battle is not good, it is all my responsibility. We failed to drive Lin Yuan's troops into the sea in time, and that's why we failed later."

Mizuta Mingyuan said: "It's not your fault, it's because Lin Yuan's troops dispatched the aircraft that we failed."

Akutagawa and Mi said: "If I had decisively ordered the troops to charge at the beginning of the battle, instead of asking Korean civilians to pretend to be our warriors, Lin Yuan's troops would have no chance to dispatch aircraft, so I can hardly shirk the blame for this failure. .”

Aso Yasuhito said: "Akutagawa, don't blame yourself anymore. If you want to hold accountable for this failure, you must also hold accountable those who escaped. Akutagawa, go and investigate immediately. Who took the lead in last night's battle? Those who ran away? Those who took the lead in fleeing, all of them were shot."

Akutagawa and Mi said: "Master, there is no need. The person who took the lead in escaping last night has already apologized to the emperor because of his shame."

Aso Anren nodded and said, "Well, there is no need to delve into this matter any further. Let's think about the next step."

Mizuta Mingyuan said: "Lin Yuan's troops landed near Chongjin, and they must be surrounded by enemies on all sides. General Nogi has already said that the Ninth Division in Yoshikawa will also be transferred here, and reinforcements will be sent to support us in Japan. , according to the latest news, our third and fourth divisions have already set off from the port of Japan and headed for North Korea."

"So what we have to do is to defend Chongjin! As long as we can defend Chongjin, we have the hope of annihilating Lin Yuan's troops!"

Everyone replied, "Yes!"

At this time, Kumamoto Masaichi said: "Division commander, I request to lead the main artillery tank unit to launch an active attack on Lin Yuan's unit!"

Mizuta Mingyuan said: "Kumamoto-kun, your main artillery tank is not the opponent of Lin Yuan's army, so you should stop attacking!"

Masaichi Kumamoto said: "We are equipped with brand-new armor-piercing shells, which are powerful enough to destroy the main artillery tanks of Lin Yuan's troops, and the terrain around Laoxianshan is changeable, we can use the terrain skillfully to attack Lin Yuan's troops !"

Mizuta Mingyuan said: "Well, I agree with your attack plan."

The Japanese army dispersed and prepared separately. On Lin Yuan’s side, the First Division was stepping up to transport various materials to the beachhead, including shells of various calibers, bullets, food, fresh water, medicines, and batteries needed for the tank’s infrared detection lights. The First Division recruited a large number of civilian ships before landing, and after the landing site was consolidated, they transferred supplies to the shore, and the sea was full of small boats for a while.

Vladivostok also stepped up the transfer of materials. The Ninth Regiment of the First Division captured a series of small islands at the mouth of the Tumen River, and then established a material transfer base on these small islands. These small islands are only 48 nautical miles away from Chongjin, and the small boats also You can go directly to the island, load the supplies on the ship, and then transfer them to Chongjin.

Having such a material transfer island is very important to Lin Yuan's troops. During the material transfer process, the large ship can load a large amount of cargo and sail directly from Vladivostok to Chongjin. However, the large ship has a deep draft and cannot approach the shore. Although the small boats can get close to the shore, they can't carry too much cargo, and the endurance of the small boats is not enough to support them from Vladivostok to Chongjin directly. Therefore, if you want to transfer materials, you must transport a large amount of cargo to the landing site Then unload the cargo from the big ship, put it on the small boat, and then transport it to the beach by the small boat.

And the delivery speed of this mode of transportation is very slow, because the large ship cannot transport a lot of goods to the small ship at once, and the means of transportation of the large ship is also limited. It can only transport goods for one or several ships at a time. It can wait, and there may be errors in the transport vehicles, which will interrupt the material transfer process. The damage to the sling last night is a vivid example.

However, the situation is different when there is a material transfer island. The large ship can put the material directly on the transfer island, and the small ship can take it away directly after coming over. The speed is obviously much faster than the previous situation.

On the evening of February 6th, after hundreds of transport ships rushed to transport more than [-] tons of materials to the shore, with sufficient material reserves, Shen Xin ordered the first regiment, the second regiment and the third regiment The regiment launched an attack on Chongjin at [-]:[-] am on February [-]th. The three regiments were commanded by Yuan Zhengmao, the commander of the first brigade.

Lin Yuan's army has a brigade-level organizational system, but in the landing operation, in order to improve the flexibility of command, Shen Xin adopted the method of directly commanding regiment-level combat units. Yuan Zhengmao felt that he did not perform well in the battle, and was very unhappy , and now I am very happy to hear that Shen Xin has handed over the command to him.

Yuan Zhengmao saw that the vicinity of Chongjin was a plain, suitable for armored troops to attack, so he put the tank troops of the three regiments at the front, followed by infantry in trucks, and the three regiments stretched the front width to 400 meters. At a distance of three kilometers, they launched an attack on the Japanese Laoxian Mountain in a width of ten kilometers.

At this time, Masaichi Kumamoto also led all the tanks of the First Tank Regiment to the location of Lin Yuan's troops. At [-]:[-] in the morning, the scouts from both sides spotted each other, and the Japanese tanks fired red signal flares. Indicates that the troops are ready to meet the enemy.Yuan Zhengmao also notified his own tanks with a communicator, and the tank duel was imminent.