.Update the latest chapter of this book) On the official road that was disrepaired, four "Boncat C-type" chariots lined up in a row and were jogging. Behind them was an infantry company with a negative attitude. It seemed that they had been marching for a long time, and all their morale was wiped out by the long journey.

Since the end of the Jiangjie Battle, the armored regiment directly under the command of the Group Army Command has hardly participated in the battle. The most recent mission was to assist the 37th Division in pursuing the remnants of the 7th Division, but no shot was fired from beginning to end.

With the great victory in the Battle of Ham Hing, large troops advanced from this gap to southern Korea. The second line of defense of the Japanese army was handed over to the Fourth Division of the National Defense Forces and the 38th Division behind them. The remaining troops required the front to Seoul in the shortest time.

In mid-February, the armored regiment was transported to the rear by train and appointed to the 37th Division. Today, it officially participated in the Pyongyang Campaign and assisted the infantry to attack the Pingcheng Armored Regiment’s main battalion had already been put into operation a few hours ago. At present, the four armored vehicles and an infantryman in a company were lost and left behind during the encirclement operation. At this time, they were anxiously looking for the correct route to follow the main force.

The armored vehicle in front slowed down. Chen Wuma opened the car door and poked his head out and looked forward, with a sad look on his face.

"Battery Commander, the radio still didn't reply." The communication soldier in the armored vehicle said helplessly.

"It's so unlucky. If I had known that Wang Dingfeng and his company would have gone roundaboutly, we would have been done from the front attack." Chen Wuma complained, and couldn't help but lined up the roof of the armored vehicle in annoyance.

"I also said in the morning, why should you set an example and encircle yourself..."

"You're talking nonsense, hurry up and continue contacting me with the radio."

The armored vehicles and infantry companies continued to advance, and a few minutes later the driver suddenly shouted

"Battery Commander, someone is ahead"

The armored vehicle stopped immediately. Chen Wuma jumped out of the car and picked up the telescope to look at it. He saw that there were indeed a few figures shaking and carefully identifying it. When he saw that the other party was carrying some wooden shelves, which seemed to be setting up roadblocks on the official road.

At this time, the infantry company commander who had been following the armored vehicle ran up and asked Chen Wuma a little nervously: "Battleman Commander Chen, what's the situation?"

Chen Wuma put down the telescope and said seriously: "Captain Li, I need you to send a few scouts to the front to see if the light here is not very good, and you can see clearly the specific situation on the hillside, and be careful if it is a Japanese camouflage team."

Commander Li nodded, immediately turned around and waved his hand, and called a few scouts to go forward to investigate.

When the scouts approached the hill carefully, they found that the soldiers who were busy above the hill were wearing mid-range uniforms, but even so, they did not take it lightly. Many cases had been reported before. The Japanese pretended to be mid-range team and launched a sneak attack. Now they have been behind for several hours. They don’t even know where they are now. Naturally, they should be more cautious.

But soon, the team on the hill also found the armored vehicles parked in the distance and immediately waved to the armored vehicles.

Seeing this scene, the scouts felt a little relieved. They continued to move forward a few steps. When they were about one hundred meters away, one of them shouted loudly: "Which part are you from?"

The squad on the hillside saw a scout approaching quietly and immediately understood. A squad leader replied with a smile: "Our 73rd Regiment of the 37th Division, don't be nervous, they are all people, which part of you are from?"

“We are from the Seventy-Fifteenth Regiment”

"What? Seventy-fifth Regiment? Why did the Seventy-fifth Regiment come here? Didn't your regiment start attacking Pyongyang at noon?" The captain was puzzled, but he saw the bobcat-style armored vehicles parked not far away. The Japanese didn't have such things.

"How is it possible? We only attacked Pyongcheng in the morning, and why did we start to attack Pyongyang at noon?"

Hearing this, the team leader vaguely understood that these people were soldiers who were left behind.

After explaining clearly between the two sides, Chen Wuma drove an armored vehicle to the top of the hills and met with the scouts and the checkpoint team.

Chen Wuma walked out of the armored vehicle, found the captain of the checkpoint team, and asked: "Is the Pingcheng battle over?"

The captain nodded and said, "It is said that the Japanese retreated after only two hours. Our regiment had only one battalion to catch up with the final attack, and the others were still in the marching. Oh, the Japanese are indeed in a state of great success."

Chen Wuma slapped his thighs in annoyance and murmured: "***, I've been lost for several hours. My brothers have all hit Pyongyang. If this is said, it will definitely make the whole group laugh to death if it comes back."

The captain laughed and said, "Don't worry, sir. In fact, many of us on the side of Pingcheng have never fired guns. After the Second Air Cavalry Brigade airborne, they beat the city almost the same. Our army's attack is basically to clear the battlefield. I heard that the Second Air Cavalry Brigade was the first to attack Pyongyang."

This battle of Pyongyang also adopted joint land-air combat. The 2nd Air Cavalry Brigade, which had been trying out in Huishan, was soon put into this battle after another month of rest. Yesterday, the 2nd Air Cavalry Brigade was airborne to the middle of Pingcheng and Pyongyang in the middle of the night, cut off the traffic lines between the two places, and took the lead in launching a raid against Pingcheng in the early morning.

The 37th Division and the Armored Regiment started attacking at six o'clock in the morning. Strictly speaking, it was half an hour later than the Second Air Cavalry Brigade. However, the Army attacked from the north and the Second Air Cavalry Brigade attacked from the south. It always took a while for the two sides to meet, so this half hour was to advance north for the paratroopers.

But now it seems that this short half an hour has allowed the paratroopers to seize the initiative, and they have made a spurt to destroy the Japanese army in Pingcheng.

"The air cavalry is really amazing." Chen Wuma nodded suddenly

"Yes, the First Brigade on the Shariyuan also responded to the siege of Pyongyang. I just heard from the correspondent of the regiment headquarters that the First Brigade may conduct airdrops again, directly attack the north bank of Nanpu, and then attack the southern suburbs of Pyongyang. I am afraid that the first-class merit of conquering Pyongyang will be snatched by these paratroopers." The captain shrugged his shoulders and said, "

"Oh, this is not OK. Our armored group is not a vegetarian. Where is Pingcheng in? We have to rush over as soon as possible." Chen Wuma said immediately.

"Go along this road and don't leave the main road. Be careful in Pingcheng after about ten miles. I heard that there are many Japanese left behind around," said the captain.

Chen Wuma summoned his men to get back onto the car, and then continued to advance along the official road with the infantry company.

It was already three o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived in Pingcheng. The sound of gunfire could be heard in the distance. It should be that there was a war near Pyongyang. At this time, there were chaos in Pingcheng. Occasionally, there were sporadic gunshots. The streets and alleys washed by the war were dilapidated. Countless North Korean refugees like beggars were waiting for rescue.

The Central ** team in the city was busy. While maintaining order in the city, counting the damage caused by the morning battle, the extra manpower was also needed to support the Pyongyang frontline.

Chen Wuma's armored convoy finally found the assembly point of the Armored Regiment headquarters in the center of Pingcheng, but the main force of the Armored Regiment had long followed the 37th Division to participate in the offensive operations in Pyongyang.

The regiment commander Zhang Zhizhong was about to go to the front line to command. When he met four chariots that Chen Wuma fell behind, he didn't bother to listen to the explanation and directly asked him to go out of the city with him and Chen Wuma had been holding his breath all morning. He could finally go to the battlefield, so he quickly ordered a change of fuel, and then followed the regiment headquarters' troops to go to Pyongyang.

Pyongyang gathered about 20,000 Japanese troops, most of which were the remnants of the 16th Division, while the rest were reserved forces of the 18th Division, the 19th Division and the 20th Division.

The 37th Division mobilized all the main combat troops to cooperate with the continuous support of the First, Second Brigade, and an air force squadron. It had much more troops than the Japanese army, and it was attacked from both sides of the front and back.

Since the conquering Hamhung's front line, the morale of the Japanese army has continued to decline. Even the three divisions that have been reinforced from the local area have been trapped near Seoul. They dare not rashly forward to reinforce Pyongyang. The battle of the 37th Division is a matter of easy-to-hand combat.

In fact, from the perspective of the Chinese team, the three additional divisions in Japan dare not support it, but from the perspective of the Japanese army, it is because the three additional divisions lack weapons, ammunition and strategic materials, and many trains cannot even be started, and they cannot send the troops to the front line in a short time.

Furthermore, the 33rd Division, 34th Division, 35th Division and 36th Division, which were mobilized from the rear, are currently advancing quickly along the eastern coastline of North Korea towards Chunchuan. Four major counties have been conquered along the way and are expected to enter Chunchuan within seven days.

Chuncheon is the gateway of Seoul. If Pyongyang is lost, Seoul can still defend, but once Chuncheon is lost, it is equivalent to letting the enemy enter the doorstep of Seoul. After discussion, the three divisions that have reinforced North Korea have already planned to set up a third line of defense in Chuncheon. For them, given the current military's dilemma of poverty, they can only give up the second line of defense.

Although Pyongyang is already a place to give up for the Japanese army, Pyongyang has full strategic significance for the command of the three eastern provinces. No matter how the Japanese army set up the third line of defense in southern North Korea, as long as it occupied Pyongyang, it would completely cut off the second line of defense of the Japanese army. At that time, the 10th Division and the 16th Division would naturally become turtles in the jar.

Since the war between China and Japan started, two divisions of the Japanese army have been wiped out. If two divisions of the Japanese army are wiped out, the blow to the overall morale of the Japanese army is self-evident.

The command of the three northeastern provinces is no longer in a hurry to make the progress of the Korean War. Even so far, even the First Route Army of the three northeastern provinces is still delaying the war on the periphery of Lushun, Cai E is very clear that as long as he delays one more day, he will have a heavy burden on the Japanese mainland. Even if this allows the Japanese army to have enough time to build a third line of defense, he can still conquer it with his strong military strength and morale.

Three days later, the 37th Division originally thought that the Japanese army would fight a desperate and stubborn defensive battle like in Yizhou Huishan. When they broke through the Japanese outer defense line at noon on the third day, no one expected that the subsequent battle in the city would be extremely smooth. The Japanese army in the city would either surrender or escape, and basically did not encounter any serious resistance.

When the telegram of Pyongyang's liberation was released in the evening, most of the officers of the 37th Division were very surprised. This battle was too easy. More than 20,000 Japanese troops had no fighting spirit and gave up the defense in the city.

The First Air Cavalry Brigade fought behind enemy lines for five months. Today is the first time since the airdrop that he met with friendly troops in the rear and met with the soldiers of the First Brigade. They were all very excited. Whether they knew each other or not, many people ran up to shake hands with each other and hugged each other.
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