Chapter 623 Landing in Japan (5)
Luo Yue waded through the sea water that was deeper than his knees and walked onto the land. He felt quite moved. In the old time and space, sweeping across Japan and trampling on Fusang was the yearning of countless passionate young people, but it was basically impossible to achieve it. At most, he could only enjoy it in the online world. In this era, conquering Japan has become an achieveable goal and has become the goal of many time travelers. Now that he has finally set foot on Japan, he has a lot of his own step, but it is a big step for time travelers. Thinking of this, Luo Yue couldn't help but feel a little funny, but he quickly adjusted his emotions and walked ashore.
At this time, the troops who had arrived on the shore had set up several tents on the shore and established temporary command centers, telegraph rooms, battlefield hospitals, warehouses and other facilities.
Under the leadership of the guard, Luo Yue walked into the command center tent. At this time, the staff who went ashore in advance had arranged the facilities inside the tent, put together a large podium, lay the map, placed more than a dozen folding chairs while commanding, and several desks were placed beside them.
Seeing Luo Yue come in, the staff immediately stood up on both sides of the podium. Luo Yue came to the middle position in front of the podium, and the adjutant said, "Salute."
The staff immediately raised their hands to salute each other, and Luo Yue also gave the salute, and then said, "What is the situation now? How many troops have we come ashore and how to arrange them."
A staff officer said: "Report to the commander, the 1st Division has all successfully landed. The 2nd Regiment has replaced the 1st Regiment, responsible for the surrounding vigilance of the shore head position. The 1st Regiment and 3rd Regiment are now repairing the shore beach. In addition, the 1st Regiment and 2nd Regiment of the 1st Army of the mercenary regiment have also been landed. Now the artillery is being unloaded on the dock. The 1st Regiment and 2nd Regiment are taking the landing ship. In addition, we have arrested more than a dozen Japanese near the dock."
Since there is only one trest bridge that can load and unload materials, it is not efficient to get ashore. Therefore, after a part of the army lands, it can ensure that after standing firmly on the beach, the trest bridge will mainly unload materials, while other military personnel will change to board a landing ship to get ashore.
At this time, Chief of Staff Lin Chengdong said: "Commander, I think we should attack Yuzha Town immediately, otherwise it will be difficult to fight when the Japanese take precautions. And only by taking Yuzha Town can we truly gain a foothold and have a foothold."
Luo Yue nodded. Yuzha Town is very close to the site where the People's Army landed, only about 3 kilometers. You can see the outer buildings of Yuzha Town at a higher position on the shore. In fact, the pier occupied by the civilian army belongs to Yuzha Town. There is a road that can lead directly to Yuzha Town, and there are many houses and shops on both sides of the road.
Luo Yue nodded, looked at the map again, and said, "It's not safe to take down Yu'e Town. I think we must take down Qiwei City so that we can truly stand firm in the peninsula."
Lin Chengdong said: "Okay, after the fight, Yuzhacho will attack Qiyou City immediately."
Luo Yue shook his head, took a raft on the map, and said, "No, attack these two places at the same time, and take them all today. It would be best if we move to Qiwei tomorrow. The next batch of ships will all dock at Qiwei."
Lin Chengdong was stunned and said, "Split the troops to attack?"
Luo Yue said: "Yes, I plan to send the 1st Regiment to lead the 1st Regiment to attack the Qiwei; the 3rd Regiment to attack the 2nd Regiment to attack the 2nd Regiment to the 2nd Regiment to serve as a reserve team."
Lin Chengdong said: "There are only two regiments left to guard the shore, and the Russians are unreliable and cannot be used as reserve teams at all. Isn't this too risky?"
Luo Yue said: "I don't think the danger is too high. Japan's defense on the Nodeng Peninsula is very empty. It is impossible to organize an effective response in a short period of time. Moreover, the Hayat-cho is close at hand. Once there is something to do at the strait position, you can return to defense immediately. After our reorganization and training, the mercenary regiment is still relatively reliable. At least at this time, they will never have any unfaithful intentions. Our follow-up troops will immediately dock, and at most one hour, the 1st and 2nd Regiment can get ashore. We have enough troops in our hands. The most important thing is that we don't have much time. We must control the entire Nodeng Peninsula before the Japanese government reacts, and do a good job of defense. Therefore, we must hurry up."
Lin Chengdong thought about it again, finally nodded and said, "Okay, then that's what you do."
So Luo Yue immediately ordered the People's Army and the mercenaries to divide the troops into two groups and attack Yuzha and Qiwei.
After the order was issued, the 3rd regiment first set out and headed towards Yuzha Town along the avenue that led to the dock.
The 3-kilometer journey is only a dozen minutes to complete even if it is a walking distance. However, the regiment commander Jiang Hongtao still sent a reconnaissance team in front of the troops.
Sure enough, when the troops walked about 2 kilometers away, Jiang Hongtao received a report from the scouts. It turned out that the army had already lined up to guard the formation.
When Jiang Hongtao heard this, he didn't dare to be careless. He hurriedly found a small hill and climbed up to the high ground to observe. However, after reading the enemy's arrangements, Jiang Hongtao was completely relieved. It turned out that there were not many enemy troops guarding, only about 100 people.
It turned out that Yuzha Town was very close to the People's Army's landing. Although there was no decent battle in the People's Army's landing and there was no decent fire, there was a round of artillery fire before the landing, and the momentum was quite loud. Of course, Yuzha Town's head of Yuzha Town could be heard. So Kogoro Kishida, the head of Yuzha Town, sent people to Qiou to report the news and rescue, and immediately organized defense.
Yuzha Town is actually a small city with a population of only more than 50,000, and there are only about 15,000 people in the town. There is no regular army at all, only about 60 policemen. However, Japan is a military service system. Adult men have served in the military and received military training, so they can at least shoot. So Kishida Kogoro ordered the police station to open the gun warehouse, take out all the guns, and organize adult men in the town to send weapons, lay out defensive positions at the entrance of the town to prepare to resist the attack of the People's Army.
However, Kishida Kogoro is not a professional soldier after all. He has served in the army for three years, but he is just an ordinary soldier, shooting, rushing and sprinting, but he can do so at all. Therefore, in Jiang Hongtao's eyes, the defensive formation he arranged is also very unprofessional, with only frontal blocking, side and rear no protection, obviously not a regular army. If the People's Army had only one company, he could completely separate a platoon and attack around the enemy's flank or rear. However, Jiang Hongtao's men now have a regiment of troops, dozens of mortars and machine guns, so it is not a waste of time.
So Jiang Hongtao immediately ordered the mortar troops to give Japan a few shots first.
So the People's Army launched six 60 mortars and fired three rounds of volleys at the enemy's positions.
The shells fell into the Japanese position and exploded, and the Japanese troops guarding Yuzha Town were in chaos. Dozens of people were injured and killed on the spot. The rest were scared. They dared to stay in the position and fled back to the town. Even Kishida Kogo was shocked. Unexpectedly, this People's Army was still with cannons. How could they fight this battle?
Seeing that the enemy was dispersed after only a few guns, Jiang Hongtao immediately ordered the mortar troops to extend the strike distance and also give a few guns to Yuzha Town. It doesn't matter if the correct head is right, but the Japanese only want to know the power of the People's Army, stop resisting, and surrender immediately.
So the six 60 mortars readjusted the firing unit and fired another five rounds of volleys in Hachi Town. Anyway, as long as the shells were shot into the town, it would be fine, and it would be considered there when it landed there.
A total of 30 shells fell into Yuzha Town, and a series of explosions sounded. You could see a large amount of gunpowder rising from the town, and you could vaguely hear the sound of shouting and crying.
Although he did not see the result of the shelling with his own eyes, Jiang Hongtao was also very satisfied with the effect of the shelling. It seemed that the first time basically destroyed the Japanese will to resist, so Jiang Hongtao ordered the army to launch a final attack on Yuzhamachi.
However, when the People's Army attacked the head entrance, a few people came out carrying a white flag. Seeing this, the attacking troops did not shoot, but instead intercepted and interrogated people in the future. It turned out that this was Kogoro Kishida, the head of Haeka Town, led his people to surrender to the People's Army and asked to meet with the commander of the People's Army.
In fact, the power of the 60 mortar is not very strong and it is not very destructive to fixed buildings. For example, the exterior walls of Chinese houses are mostly adobe. Unless the shells hit the adobe wall, the damage effect is not great. However, Japanese houses are basically made of wooden structures, and the doors and windows are mostly made of paper, which is very weak to explosion and is very flammable, so 30 shells also cause considerable losses.
Of course, the most important thing is the psychological blow to the Japanese. Although before the war started, the Japanese were all passionate and determined to fight to the death with the People's Army and survive and die with Yu'a Town, after personally feeling the cruelty of the battlefield, the courage suddenly melted like the ice and snow under the scorching sun. Therefore, when Kishida Kogoro proposed to surrender to the other administrative officials and gentry of Yu'a Town, they also received the approval of everyone. To be honest, the round of artillery attacks just now did scare them. So Kishida Kogoro took two servants, carried a piece of white cloth, and went out to the Town to surrender to the People's Army.
So the attacking troops immediately sent people to report the news to Jiang Hongtao.
After receiving the report from the front troops, Jiang Hongtao thought about it and felt that since the opponent had already surrendered, he did not have to rush to attack Yuzhe. He might as well listen to what the other party said. It would be better to be able to occupy Yuzhe without bloodshed. And anyway, Yuzhe is basically not in front of the People's Army now, and he is not afraid of them playing a delaying strategy.
Chapter completed!