Chapter 267 Yulin Fortress

Zeng Yiyang has never had the habit of contacting him in advance when traveling, and only Xie Weijun knows about it in the headquarters.

The guard company that followed could only know the commander was walking with him the moment before departure. After knowing the destination, everyone was already on the way.

In addition, people have searched the routes along the way, so there is no problem with safety. The only thing to worry about is the planes in the sky. The Kwantung Army's reconnaissance planes fly around the sky every day, but for the entire eastern defense line, in order to avoid being discovered by the Japanese army, the Chinese team can only be mobilized at night.

The Kwantung Army is not the US military, it is rich and bombs are used as bullets.

Thinking back to the time when the Kwantung Army was generously sent 10,000 artillery shells to the Nomenkan front, which was rare on the battlefield. When the 5th Division launched the Nankou Battle, it was the "Steel Army" who became the Japanese mechanized division attack with all its strength. The consumption per day was no more than 1,000 rounds, which is half of the normal base of an artillery regiment in Europe. However, the Japanese artillery battle was also discounted, not only the field artillery mountain cannons, but also the large-caliber mortars.

In the Japanese army, even the artillery shells of the front-line heavy artillery corps were calculated to the day, and they were allocated according to the Taoist script.

Unfortunately, the Kwantung Army encountered the Soviet army. Facing Stalin, the Soviet leader who had a special liking for artillery, the Japanese army on the front felt the power of the artillery rain. The Soviet army consumed 30,000 shells in a day of artillery battle, all of which were heavy artillery with large caliber. Who should Lieutenant General Komatsuhara, who was commanding on the front line, ask for reason?

During that battle, the Japanese army had discovered that it was in the army.*** could not compare with the European army power at all.

The number of air forces is not as good as the army, tanks and cannons. Japanese strategists with some common sense all believe that it is not worth the cost to attack the Soviet Union. The Soviet industry was not in the Far East at all, and even if the Soviet army gave up the Far East, they would not worry about being taken away by the back. In addition, the Soviet industrial center was in the Volga River Basin, and even if Germany attacked the Soviet Union, the Soviet industry moved backwards, at most it would be rebuilt in Central Asia and the Caucasus region.

The Japanese army wanted to attack the Soviet Union and defeat the opponent.

Then you must prepare for an expedition of more than 6,000 kilometers of supply lines, which will make the Japanese strategists discouraged.

Therefore, after Hideki Tojo served as the prime minister, his strategy of going south suddenly gained the support of most important military figures. The second-largest navy in the world was not used, but instead had to rely on an army of only one million. This stupid thing is that even Japanese strategists with not broad-minded eyes would think it was a very 'two' behavior. Preserving the integrity of Manchuria is the only hope for the Japanese army in the Northeast.

Under this opportunity, 6 new division groups were formed in China at once.

The purpose was to increase the investment in China's battlefield, and he did not intend to attack Sichuan, because the people of the *** also knew that it was impossible to attack Sichuan with six new divisions. This idea was based on the change of Chiang Kai-shek's attitude towards the pseudo-government of Nanjing Wang Jingwei. Using strength to make Chiang Kai-shek surrender was what the *** people were most willing to see. After Britain cut off the Yunnan-Burma Highway, this strategic strategy was very popular in the military.

However, the war in Manchuria shattered the hope of the Japanese army to increase China's battlefield troop investment at one time.

He could only draw the troops first and enter the Kwantung Army sequence. After the war was stable, he could draw the troops south.

Facing a small team of cavalry, the Japanese bombers would not be dispatched at all. I thought I was worried about the reconnaissance planes in the sky. If the pilot wanted to find something to relieve his boredom and catch up with the team, it would cause some trouble.

It was just a trouble. There were more ditches and obstacles on both sides of the road along the way. If you jumped down alone, you couldn't find it on the road. Not to mention, in the sky, the Kwantung Army reconnaissance plane was flying at a speed of 400 kilometers per hour.

The one who stands high and looks far is naturally not fake.

But no matter how good a person's eyes are, they cannot be used as the eyes of an eagle. In the sky and the earth, the houses on the ground are all small, let alone people who are much smaller than the house. Unless the troops march and line up long queues on the road.

Only by being clear at a glance in the sky will it attract the attention of Japanese reconnaissance planes.

The Japanese reconnaissance aircraft are not absolutely without threats. The Yeshi has two battalions of air defense equipment, and one of them is already assigned to the Eastern Front.

If the Japanese reconnaissance plane flew a little lower, there was a danger of being shot down. Therefore, the Japanese aircraft also flew very high, and the reconnaissance targets were Zeng Yiyang's mobilization of troops in the rear and on the defense line that confronted the two teams.

Along the way, I finally arrived at the position of the New 2nd Brigade safely.

On the lookout post, the Japanese army on the other side took water from the river as if nothing had happened. The Japanese army's boldness also made Cui Yongjian and others speechless for a moment.

If Noji had not ordered the well behind the position, his troops would have to go to the river to fetch water. However, the river was only more than 200 meters wide, and it was the dry season. The rainy season in the northeast had not yet arrived, and the entire Lalin River could flow through it.

The sandbank in the middle will also be flooded by river water during the flood season.

These sandbanks are useless during the day. But at night, no matter the attack of the troops on both sides of the strait, they are a must-fight place. First, fire positions can be set up on the sandbank as firepower support for the offensive. In addition, offensive materials can be temporarily paused on the sandbank and shortened the supply of front-line attack troops.

Therefore, the Japanese army was very careful with the sandbanks. At night, the flares would hit the sky one after another.

The entire banks are shining like during the day, but during the day, this defense is ignored. Both sides of the river bank, which is thousands of meters wide, are all riverbeds during the flood season of the Lalin River, with a very slow slope and people cannot be hidden at all.

When the world's military powers are all studying automatic individual weapons, the *** Army still holds their 38 rifles, which is not unreasonable. The 38 rifles have a small caliber and poor lethality, but the bullets can still kill them in one blow.

Just like, during the Soviet Patriotic War, the Soviet army's recruits were trained and fired five bullets and went to the front line.

Whether you can survive depends on the heaven and earth to luck.

The Japanese army is different. It takes half a year to a year of military training from being recruited to entering the army, especially firearms and bayonet fighting training, which is particularly strict.

Facing the Lalin River, such a long open land, any force will be a road to death on this road. Therefore, during the day, the Japanese army's defense is not tight.

Cui Yongjian had no idea when facing such a battlefield. For him, there were only so many people, and the Lalin River was wide and long. Not to mention the strength of a brigade, even a division or an army, if the strength of a force is invested on the Yulin defense line, it may not necessarily be possible to see any improvement.

In his opinion, the column ordered him to build a defensive position here and continuously strengthen civil fortifications. The biggest function was to defend against the fortification flanks of Twin Cities and Acheng. It prevented the Japanese army from crossing the Lalin River and circumventing the flanks of the New 1 Brigade occupying Acheng, thereby eating the New 1 Brigade in one bite.

After understanding this truth, Cui Yongjian also secretly said something bad.

In his opinion, even on the Jilin-Harbin railway line, any point will attack, and Yulin will not be chosen. The best main attack direction is Shulan City. The main force of the Japanese army is clearly gathered around Changchun and Harbin, around the two big cities, and Shulan is exactly the middle between the two. Once the Shulan railway line is cut off, the railway line from Jilin to Harbin will be cut off. Whether it is a surround point to attack and aid the enemy, it can win the most time.

Yulin is just a defensive direction to prevent the Japanese army from attacking the defense line on the eastern flank of Kazakhstan.

There was no war in Yulin, and it had long been deeply rooted in Cui Yongjian's mind.

Unless the Japanese army attacked, it seemed that the Kwantung Army was not in a hurry at all. On the position of a Japanese corps in Yulin, after observing during the day, the Japanese army's defense was extremely relaxed, with only a few guard posts, plus patrol teams, and then they should take a bath and change to play in the water.

After all, it is hot, and taking a bath in the river can make the soldiers envious.

The soldiers of the New 2nd Brigade had been busy in the fortifications for a long time, and the fire was coming out of their eyes enviously. They were digging fortifications on the mounds day and night. Not only did this work be tiring, but they accumulated a lot of smelly sweat every day and had no water to take a bath.

Zeng Yiyang was worried that the Japanese army would use bacterial weapons and ordered the frontline troops to dig wells to get water. This little water was only enough to eat and drink, and could wash their faces. It was enviable, let alone take a bath. After more than ten days, a thick layer of salt and dirt had accumulated on the soldiers' military uniforms. A distance of five or six meters, a strong sour smell could be smelled. Such clothes could be smoked by people when they were digging fortifications. Therefore, many soldiers did not wear clothes at all, and worked naked in the fortifications, which made them much cooler.

The sky gradually became darker, and the day's work was about to end. Although the mound seemed to be the same as the mound more than half a month ago, it was already well-connected inside. Inside the fortifications supported by logs, there were hidden gun positions under the soil layer as thick as ten meters. Needless to say, the soldiers of the New 2nd Brigade did not work in vain within more than ten days.

Bang-

Liu Chengen still put the iron pick in the corner of the command center. With his dark hands, he picked up the cup and took a cup of cold boiled water into the tea bucket. He tilted his neck and drank it in one gulp.

After drinking a cow, he felt a little more comfortable.

During the Anti-Japanese United Nations League period, Park Ji-hoon was the commander of the division, but at that time, he had about 50 people under him, and he used bows and arrows to kill wild animals in the mountains and forests all day long. Bullets were too expensive and could not bear to use them. He was completely like a hunter.

Since the reorganization of the Anti-Japanese United Army, he has been relegated to the regiment commander, but his soldiers have two thousand soldiers, which has made this kid happy. In the battle of Mount Lafayette and blocked Laoyeling, he saw the pleasure of the large army fighting. The situation was that bombs flew in the sky and bullets drilled holes on the ground, and they all died when they met, but it was also satisfying to kill the Japanese.

The new 1st Regiment calculated it himself and in the Battle of Laoyeling, it annihilated more than 500 Japanese soldiers and more than 300 puppet troops, almost catching up with half of his regiment.

After falling from Tianmenling, they thought that after resting, their brigade would be able to receive a new task, but unexpectedly, they received a job from a rabbit.

I dig holes all day long, and at night I have to cut trees in the surrounding mountains and forests to strengthen the fortifications.

Sometimes, inside the fortification, he was sweating profusely thinking that if he was captured by the Japanese and dug coal, it would be like this!

However, he began to repent again. The Japanese would not let the soldiers have enough food. No matter whether they were injured or sick, they would be whipped. Among the miners rescued from Heli Coal Mine in the army, they all experienced inhuman rule by the Japanese, and what they said naturally makes people believe it.

"Brig Commander, what is a head!" Liu Chengen was not discouraged, but angry. If he had no war, he would have done a small battle! Don't hike under the grave all day long and can't see the sun all day long. The combat troops have become cellars digging. Where can I reason?

When Liu Chengen saw the weekly report, he did not dare to say anything, but instead instigated Cui Yongjian to go to the commander to argue.

"You're just talking too much!" Cui Yongjian glared at the tiger's eyes. Although he was not tall, his eyes were sharp. Liu Cheng'en suddenly got angry. He couldn't help but complain: "The brigade commander, the troops were either blocking or infiltrating the enemy-occupied area. There was like us, who crept underground all day long, and we also wanted to fight the Japanese. With everyone doing revolution, why is the gap so big?"

He was ridiculed by his subordinates. Even though Liu Chengen did not really give Cui Yongjian's face, Cui Yongjian was furious and cursed: "I'm clamoring in front of me, you kid is still a little tender. Get out of here, get out of your regiment headquarters, I've requisitioned."

Liu Chengen's face changed for a while, and he felt a little distressed. He escaped from Incheon County at the age of 17 and wandered in the Northeast for more than a year. Later, he followed Choi Yongjian into the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. Speaking of which, Choi Yongjian is a father and friend and a teacher to him.

Not only did he, a fleeing middle school student, teach him a qualified soldier, but he also took him on the path of faith to drive away the invaders.

"Uncle..." Whenever Liu Chengen provoked Cui Yongjian, he would use this trick. A plain uncle could make Cui Yongjian feel nothing in his heart.

"Cheng'en, you have to know. If the defense line of Lalin River is not important, the Yeshi would not have allowed three brigades to be placed on this defense line that is only a hundred miles long. The defense areas of the other two brigades are not suitable for geotechnical construction, and we have many slopes here, which is very suitable for building geotechnical fortresses. But if you only see this, you are wrong!"

"Wrong?" Liu Chengen asked in confusion.

"Wrong!" Cui Yongjian nodded and replied: "In military terms, it is enough for two samurai who duels. They both hold a killing sword in their hands. Once they make a move, they can kill the opponent. However, often the warriors will have footsteps and shoulders before they set out their swords. Then at the most critical moment, they will kill with one blow. The position of the sword is often the most unavailable place to draw the sword."

"Uncle, are you talking..." Liu Chengen's face was almost smiling. Yes, he had a big mouth. Many times, he couldn't keep the secret because it was written on his face.

Cui Yongjian said nothing, but nodded. Then he corrected in a deep voice: "In the army, you must call him a position."

"Yes, brigade commander." Liu Chengen left with a smile. Before leaving, he had not forgotten to hold his iron pick under his arm.

Whether you are close or not, you are from my hometown.

Liu Chengen is Cui Yongjian's fellow Korean hometown. When he first met Cui Yongjian, Liu Chengen, who had become a beggar, called him uncle in his hometown dialect. Cui Yongjian opened his mouth and sighed. Suddenly, he felt that using a kind lie could help Liu Chengen eliminate the unhappiness caused by digging fortifications.

For veterans, they are not afraid of fighting. It is strange to say that in the army, many veterans are very afraid of digging fortifications. Not to mention hardship or fatigue, sometimes fortifications are useless and they have to work in vain. Unlike blocking wars, fortifications often come before they are dug up. This is a defensive war, on a defense line that is hundreds of kilometers long, where do you know how the Japanese will attack?

Although the political cadres were all propaganda among the soldiers that the fortifications were dug to protect the lives of the soldiers during the battle.

It was just the complaints among the soldiers that were suppressed, but many people still had doubts. The three brigades of the column and a security brigade directly under the military region all seemed to be similar in combat. However, once they went to the battlefield, someone would fight the main attack, and naturally someone would fight and block the attack.

It is uncertain who eats meat and who drinks soup.

The brothers are as close as a family, but even if they are a family, there is still a suspicion of favor. Cui Yongjian believes that he is just a classmate with the commander of the column. When he was in the martial arts lecture hall in Yunnan, there were several North Korean students. However, his Chinese was not very good at that time, and his communication with Chinese classmates was only average.

It is already good to be able to take care of the new 2nd Brigade.

At least in terms of supply, Zhou Baozhong treated him equally, which made Cui Yongjian very grateful. The New 2nd Brigade is mostly Korean. In Cui Yongjian's view, this army will be the fundamental force for the establishment of the North Korean army after driving away the *** Japanese in the future.

He was also very conflicted. On the one hand, he hoped that the new 2nd Brigade could become the fist of the 10th Column and an invincible army.

But on the other hand, he was very worried that if he had been the main attacking force, the casualties would be huge. The troops were refugees from North Korea to the Northeast before, but after September 18, he still did not escape the Japanese army's iron hooves.

Even in a conflicted mood, Cui Yongjian was still a little unwilling to let his troops dig fortifications.

In his impression, this should not be done by the main force, because it will take a day or two to dig fortifications. But in half a month, he has almost become a simple fortress.

Moreover, the fortification drawings were taken from the staff of the column headquarters, and the column's training staff director was also supervising the work in the fortifications of the 2nd Brigade, which made him a little worried. Will his brigade become a defensive force stationed on the Lalin River in the future?

Just as Choi Yongjian was thinking about it, political commissar Park Ji-hoon hurriedly ran into the lookout. When he came in, his head hit the lump of soil at the entrance of the door, making him feel embarrassed.

"You guys, go out first. Xiao Liu, guard."

"yes."

Cui Yongjian was stunned for a moment. What was going on is like arresting, but he believed that Noji would not do this, because he had a clear conscience about what he did.
Chapter completed!