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Chapter 543 Zhennanpu Landing (3)

The dock and customs were both occupied by the People's Army, and only the warehouse was left. However, the People's Army encountered some trouble when attacking the warehouse.

Although Zhennanpu Port is not a large port in South Korea, it is a seaport after all, so the warehouse has a large area of ​​more than 8,000 square meters, which is slightly larger than a football field. It is divided into more than 20 warehouses of different sizes and 4 roads. The terrain is much more complex than that of the wharf and customs. Once the Japanese and Korean troops retreated to the warehouse were also the largest, with more than 2,000 people, and the Japanese army alone had more than 400 people. Relying on the warehouse to arrange defense lines.

Although the People's Army has the advantage in firepower and practical experience, as long as it attacks the warehouse, it will definitely be able to attack. However, the number of people is too small. It is a bit too late to capture such a large area. After more than half an hour of fierce fighting, the People's Army captured about 3,000 square meters and killed more than 300 Japanese and Korean soldiers. However, there was a clear shortage of troops. After all, the occupied areas must be guarded by soldiers, and to defend the occupied areas, the People's Army has used almost half of the troops. Therefore, at this time of fierce fighting, two warehouses were taken back by the Japanese and Korean troops.

Fortunately, at this moment, the dock and customs sent a company of troops to support it. Although the army of these two companies was nothing on the ordinary battlefield, it solved the big problem at this time. The People's Army took advantage of the situation and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese and Korean troops. The Japanese and Korean troops were not opponents of the People's Army, but the number of people in the People's Army was small, so they could avoid being forced to deal with each other. Now that the People's Army has reinforcements, they are naturally even more defeated. Warehouses were captured by the People's Army, and the area controlled by the People's Army became fewer and fewer. They were soon defeated in full swing, and some of the troops fled, and the rest surrendered to the People's Army.

At this time, the People's Army, which landed on the seaside, also arrived at the port. The two sides met and completely controlled the Punanpu Port. It was less than 7 o'clock in the morning. The People's Army quickly controlled the key points around the port and accelerated the transport of soldiers and supplies to the ashore. In this battle, the People's Army killed a total of 1,657 Japanese and Korean soldiers and captured 1,273 people, while only 17 were killed in battle and another 36 were injured. It can be said that this landing operation basically encountered no strong resistance and achieved complete success.

In fact, such results were basically within Luo Yue's expectations. Of course, the People's Army won so easily and casualties, which Luo Yue did not expect. According to Luo Yue's expectations, the casualties of the People's Army should be between 200-300.

However, it is of course a good thing to easily win the landing war, but this is just the first step to success. Luo Yue ordered a reserve regiment to be left at the landing site by the sea, to arrange positions, and to build a simple trestle bridge, and the rest of the army and materials landed in Zhennanpu Port. In addition, Luo Yue was quite interested in Choi Haozhi, a Korean who surrendered in the landing war in Zhennanpu. Although the goal of this landing war was not to occupy the Korean Peninsula, he could take this opportunity to lay out on the Korean Peninsula and train some leading parties to prepare for the East China government to compete with Japan for the Korean Peninsula in the future. Choi Haozhi is obviously a person who meets this condition. Of course, whether Choi Haozhi can be of great use can be decided by seeing him.

In the afternoon, Luo Yue left the Sanya ship and boarded Zhennanpu Port, and used Zhennanpu Customs as the headquarters. After the settlement was settled, Luo Yue immediately recruited Cui Haozhi.

Since the People's Army was busy landing on the shore and did not care about Cui Haozhi and others for the time being, they were placed in a room at the customs office, which temporarily restricted their freedom. Of course, they could still move freely in the customs office, but they could not go out. However, the customs office did not have much space. And some people brought them some tea and food.

Cui Haozhi was also a little uneasy, not knowing how these Chinese soldiers would deal with him, but from the perspective of his attitude, he was quite polite. After all, he could be active in the customs, not imprisoned, and was given tea and food, not treating himself as a prisoner. Cui Haozhi was careful to observe and saw someone coming in and out, moving things, cleaning rooms, setting up antennas, installing electric lights, etc., which were very busy, but in order and order.

It was almost dusk, and two soldiers came over and called Cui Haozhi, saying that it was the commander of the People's Army to see him. Cui Haozhi was surprised and happy, and his heart couldn't help but thump. What was his fate? It was this time to meet.

When he arrived at the main room of the customs, two soldiers stood at the door. A soldier who led Cui Haozhi to shouted: "Report to the commander, Cui Haozhi is here."

Luo Yue nodded and said, "Come in."

Two soldiers took Cui Haozhi into the room. Cui Haozhi saw a young man in military uniform sitting behind an office desk. He seemed to be around 30 years old. Cui Haozhi was also a little confused. This man was too young and looked not as big as himself. Is it difficult to be the commander of this army? I didn’t know what kind of rituals to perform. South Korea is actually a feudal dynasty now, so etiquette is still a kneeling ceremony. However, Cui Haozhi has been a soldier for more than a month. The Korean army is organized completely in the form of modern troops, and he also holds a military salute. Of course, Cui Haozhi is unwilling to kneel down to the Japanese and is quite satisfied with the military salute.

If Luo Yue was wearing a flower feather, a long robe and a jacket, and a look like a minister of the Celestial Empire, Cui Hao would not have any entanglement and would kneel down directly. However, Luo Yue was wearing a modern military outfit with a double-breasted close-fitting military limb, a middle-row buckle, a cross-body belt, and a high-tube leather shoes. In Cui Hao's eyes, it seemed similar to the clothes of Japanese soldiers, and he was also instinctively repelled and didn't know how to ceremonially.

Luo Yue didn't care, and said, "Are you Cui Haozhi?"

Cui Haozhi came to his senses and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, the villain is Cui Haozhi, I have met... I have seen the adults." As he said that, he pointed the ground with one leg and wanted to do a thousand-legged ritual.

The guards who led Cui Haozhi in could not help but smile because Cui Haozhi was also wearing modern military uniforms, but they were playing a thousand li, which seemed a bit inappropriate. Luo Yue turned his head and glared at the guard. The guard then understood and hurried over to pull Cui Haozhi up and said, "Get up, we are not here to kneel down, call Commander, Commander Luo, don't have any masters, do you understand?"

Cui Haozhi was also shocked and hurriedly said, "The villain understands, the villain understands, Luo...Commander Luo." But he felt a little incredible. Is this really an army from the Shangbang of China? Why is it completely different from what he knows.

Luo Yue smiled, pointed to the chair in front of the desk, and said, "Sit down!"

Cui Hao heard it immediately and hurriedly sat down and said, "Thank you, thank you." But he didn't dare to sit steadily and steadily, so he only sat half of his butt and turned sideways towards Luo Yue.

Luo Yue did not correct his sitting posture and said, "Cui Haozhi, you speak Chinese well."

Cui Haozhi then turned to Luo Yue and bowed: "Commander Luo has been awarded too much, and the villain has been able to speak Chinese since he was a child."

Luo Yue said: "How is your family background?"

Cui Hao did not dare to hide it until he told him about his life experience. It turned out that Cui Haozhi was from Pyongyang and lived here for several generations. Some people in his family have served as officials in their dynasties, but their official positions are not high, but they still have some reputation in the Pyongyang area.

After hearing this, Luo Yue nodded. Cui Hao was a relatively traditional intellectual from South Korea, and it still had some effect on the East China government. First, he was literate. In this era, it was very good to be able to read. Second, he was gentry after all, and had a certain understanding of the situation and government affairs of South Korea. In addition, he was a native of Pyongyang and would have some help in his next attack on Pyongyang. Therefore, Cui Haozhi praised him a few words and briefly introduced the situation of the East China government to him.

Cui Haozhi also listened to the situation of the East China government, but they were all scalp claws, and they were both true and false. Therefore, after listening to Luo Yue's introduction, he was half-believing and half-doubted. He did not believe that the People's Army would be so powerful and could defeat the Japanese and Russian troops. But now the People's Army has indeed occupied Zhennanpu, so maybe it is a bit true.

Then Luo Yue told Cui Haozhi that the next step of the People's Army was to attack Pyongyang, hoping to learn about the situation in Pyongyang from Cui Haozhi. Cui Haozhi couldn't help but feel excited because his wife, children, and children were in Pyongyang. If the People's Army could capture Pyongyang, then he could bring his wife, children, and children, and then he would just follow the People's Army to do his best to tell Luo Yue about everything in Pyongyang.

Cui Haozhi grew up in Pyongyang since childhood. He knew the terrain and roads of the Pyongyang area well, and corrected and supplemented the maps used by the People's Army. He also worked as a soldier for another month and had a certain understanding of the Japanese and Korean troops' deployment in Pyongyang. Pyongyang is a logistics center located on the Korean Peninsula, which stores a large amount of food, materials, medicinal materials, etc., but there are not many troops guarding the army. The South Korean army has one regiment, the Japanese army has two battalions, and there are about 780,000 Japanese logistics personnel.

Now the Japanese army has fully controlled the Korean Peninsula, and Pyongyang has no force worthy of the Japanese concern, so naturally there is no need to leave too much force in Pyongyang. Two Japanese barracks and one Korean legion are completely enough. If something happens, there are tens of thousands of Japanese logistics personnel, which can be handled. However, the Japanese army did not expect the People's Army to land in Zhennanpu.

After listening to Cui Haozhi's introduction, Luo Yue was also very happy. Although all the situations that Cui Haozhi said could not be confirmed, Luo Yue believed that it was basically credible. It seemed that the People's Army was not very difficult to capture Pyongyang, and Cui Haozhi was obviously of great use, because after the People's Army occupied Pyongyang, it would have to rule for a period of time. With Cui Haozhi's help, it would naturally be much easier.

So Luo Yue ordered Cui Haozhi to be appointed as the translator and asked him to organize the Korean soldiers who surrendered together to prepare for the People's Army to enter the city to appease the people and maintain order after the People's Army captured Pyongyang.
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