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Chapter 954 Big fight

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    Since November, the Japanese army has continued to add troops to the Korean front. With the efforts of the army's own transport ships, new divisions full of organic structures have crowded the docks of Busan Port.  They recruited almost all the trains in southern Korea and drove along the southern half of the Gyeongbu Railway to the disputed points between the two sides. What they brought to them was an unknown fate.

    Except for the 7th, 10th, and 11th divisions that were transferred earlier and have a long history, the eight divisions that followed were all new formations. Among them were veterans, but most of them had only received three  Monthly military training of paramilitary forces - reservists.

    Fortunately, relying on American arms, their firepower is no less than that of the Japanese troops on the front line, but they may still lack combat experience.

    These eight divisions, numbered 101, 102, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109, and 110, together with the 5 divisions that retreated on the front line and the 3 newly recruited divisions, completely occupied the Japanese Army's territory.  Half of the country.

    ??In fact, strictly speaking, the Japanese Army has already used its full strength.

    Of the earliest 17 divisions, 3 were completely annihilated by the People's Army: the 2nd, 19th, and 20th Divisions, 3 were almost annihilated: the 6th, 5th, and 16th Divisions, and 2 were seriously injured: the 3rd and 4th.  division.  Japan was forced to withdraw almost all the three divisions of its territorial defense forces that could be vacated from Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa in the south for emergency relief, so that there were only three divisions left in the country:

    The Guards Division cannot move to defend Tokyo, the 14th Division cannot move to control Taiwan, and there is also a 12th Division to help defend Kyushu, Shikoku, and the vast area on Honshu Island from Shimonoseki to Osaka.

    Without conscription, it would not even be able to garrison.

    Because the 6th Division only had less than one brigade of the Gumi Top Regiment left, this army was transferred back to the country for replenishment in order to preserve its "heroic name."  The remnants of the 5th and 16th divisions also withdrew to Busan to recruit a large number of new troops to prevent them from being paralyzed. Therefore, there were 8 Taisho era divisions and 8 new divisions on the front line.

    So many armies need commanders who are good at fighting.  King Kunihiko Kunihiko was defeated in Korea. Although there were reasons for insufficient military strength, the Empire of Japan could not tolerate this "only equipment and numbers" theory.  However, due to his royal dignity, the Japanese military still transferred the deputy chief of staff Nanjiro as his deputy.  Although he is said to be a deputy, in fact everyone knows that Jiuer Palace is going to step aside.

    Nanjiro is an "old friend" of the Chinese people.  He took up the post of commander of the Chinese garrison during the Beiyang period and had many dealings with Zhang Zuolin and others.  Although the number of men under his command was less than that of a brigade, he still made great achievements in China at that time.

    Later, he was transferred to the commander of the Cavalry Brigade and the 16th Division. Last year, he was promoted to deputy chief of staff and became the assistant to the chief of staff, the most important of the three officers of the Japanese Army.

    You should know that although the minister of the army changes like a revolving door, the chief of the army can be a member of the royal family as usual. For example, the current commander-in-chief is the emperor's great-uncle, Prince Kanin Miyazaihito, who was promoted to general of the army in 1912 and to the army who was promoted in 1919.  marshal.

    Prince Zain will not go to the front line personally. Japan, which has entered a wartime state, needs important ministers who can sit at the center.  King Kuni Kunihiko had been fighting for a long time without success. Both the Military Ministry and the Ministry of War believed that he was not suitable to serve as the commander-in-chief of North Korea with the important task of commanding nearly twenty divisions. However, it was inconvenient to replace him, or no one had his prestige to command so many officers and soldiers, so  , Nanjiro appeared in person.

    After experiencing three major defeats, even a man as arrogant as Nanjiro had to be cautious in deploying his troops.

    The Western Front is suitable for large-scale combat, so he deployed a large number of elite troops here: 5 elite divisions together with 5 new divisions formed the main attack corps, plus the newly added 1st Tank Regiment, Army  The 1st and 2nd Aviation Brigades and the 1st Artillery Division formed the 1st Front Army, with the commander of the 3rd Division, Anman Qinyi, concurrently serving as commander;

    The two divisions of the original Eastern Front and three new divisions formed the 2nd Front Army, as well as the 3rd Aviation Group and the 15th Independent Cavalry Brigade, with Nagai Lai, commander of the 9th Division, serving as the concurrent commander;

    The 10th Division and the 1st Independent Guards serve as the general reserve force, with the division commander Shigeru Honjo as the commander, and are under the direct jurisdiction of the Japanese Korean Army Headquarters.

    The 1st Front Army has 10 divisions and the assistance of tanks, aircraft and artillery divisions, with more than 300,000 people. It basically concentrates the essence of Japan's military industry.  Its combat vehicle development started later than China's, but it was still able to complete the production of a regiment in such a short period of time, which fully demonstrates Japan's industrial strength, but it also drained the family's wealth.

    Its tank wing includes three tank squadrons, each squadron has 10 tanks, together with 3 tanks in its wing headquarters, a total of 33 tanks, accompanied by an artillery tank squadron.  Its idea of ????joint operations is in line with China's. I don't know if it refers to Zhang Hanqing's efforts?

    This kind of tank is Japan¡¯s ¡°prototype No. 1¡± tank that weighs 18 tons and attracts national attention.  Because the war broke out in advance, it ultimately did not have the chance to change.?The later Type 59 tank was directly named the Type 88 tank for mass production because the Korean frontline urgently needed it.

    After finally creating a number of coalitions, when I wanted to name it as a heavy tank coalition, I found that China's tank weighing 25 tons is also called medium-sized, so it ¡¯s so embarrassed?

    Another problem is that its artillery tank is a cannon towed by a crawler-type vehicle. It can only accompany the vehicle while traveling, but cannot accompany it in combat. This is a major shortcoming.  Unlike China's tracked self-propelled artillery, it can accompany the tank in combat and provide fire support. How important this is when the performance of the tank is not yet perfect and the anti-tank pressure on the infantry is still small!

    Considering that its tanks had not been finalized before the war, it is good to be able to produce them like this in such a short time.  No one knew that the war would start like this, right?  All shortcomings can only be tested during the war, right?

    The Army Air Force developed earlier than China, which benefited from its observation experience during World War I.  Now that it has left Asia and joined Europe, how can Japan ignore the aircraft that have already started fighting in Europe?  However, it seems that the impact of the air on infantry combat is not great, so it followed suit and began to introduce a number of replica aircraft from Italy, but did not delve into its far-reaching significance.

    In the Army, only Gen Sugiyama, who once served as the aviation section chief of the Military Affairs Bureau, recognized its role and urged the Army Ministry to establish the Army Aviation Corps.  According to official history, it was not until 1933 when this man served as the head of the Ministry of War Aviation Headquarters that he re-established the aviation code of conduct that Japan's Army Aviation became a fully modern arm. Therefore, Sugiyama Moto is also known as the first person in the Japanese Army Aviation.

    At this time, China and Japan were fighting in the air, and after the Chinese air force caused huge losses to its ground forces, the Japanese military began to pay attention to it.  As a result, its 1st, 2nd, and 3rd aviation groups were hastily established, and its deep domestic industrial base began to operate rapidly. Its self-contained military industrial enterprises also allowed its aviation strength to quickly surpass that of China.

    A Japanese flying squadron has a quota of 12 aircraft. Every two to three squadrons are organized into a battle group, and every two to three (later fixed to three) battle groups are organized into an aviation group, and above that is the pilot regiment.  But now, Japan's entire assets can only be organized into three brigades, six battle groups, and 12 squadrons, with a total of 144 aircraft.

    With this number alone, it can overwhelm the People's Army's air force in North Korea.  You must know that before the war, the Chinese Air Force only equipped 8 wings, and 2 were transferred to the Korean battlefield, with a total of 108 aircraft.

    Japan is also the first country in Asia to establish an artillery division-level establishment. The firepower of the Chinese Army is so fierce that one army has an outrageous 288 cannons, and half of them are large-caliber 125mm and above!

    And one division of the empire only has 48 75mm caliber mountain guns and field guns, and only a few have been replaced with 105mm caliber. In addition, there are a total of 16 mountain guns and 16 infantry guns in the infantry wing, for a total of 80 guns.  This gap is too big!

    So after the arrival of American arms, the Japanese army not only ensured that each artillery wing was equipped with a 155mm heavy artillery brigade (traditional 12-gun system), but also specially organized a heavy artillery division.  It has 4 artillery regiments, each regiment has 4 brigades, and each brigade has 18 guns (finally the same organization as the People's Army artillery battalion).

    In this way, an artillery division finally reached the same number of cannons as the Chinese army: 288.

    Nanjiro relied on this to defeat the Chinese soldiers. Although his total strength was still less than that of the People's Army, his artillery was only half that of the Korean People's Army (the total number of cannons in the 11 People's Army was 3168) and it was not as powerful.  .

    In his judgment, the expansion of the Chinese Army is just an attitude, and it is only to make up for its excessive deployment in the inland, especially in the southwest and northwest directions.  The training level of their recruits is far inferior to that of Japanese soldiers, so it is still only these 11 armies that really have to compete with the Japanese army.

    And this force also has to defend the porous Korean sea border, otherwise the Imperial Navy can attack its skirmishers and cut off its supplies at any time.  To shift from strategic offense to defense, the Chinese military must divide its forces, and its front-line deployment will not exceed five corps.

    His judgment is basically correct.

    In order not to affect the operation of the most important economic belts along the coast, and to prevent countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States from taking advantage of the situation, the Korean War basically did not send troops to the Guangzhou, Nanjing, Jinan, and Beijing military regions along the coast. Instead, they sent troops from the original Wuhan  , Chengdu, Lanzhou, and Shenyang mobilized troops.

    To this end, the Chengdu Military Region has already rotated its troops, while the Wuhan Military Region has simply been withdrawn due to lack of time.  Although Sino-Soviet relations are temporarily stable, they have not given up on Mongolia, and there will inevitably be some changes in Xinjiang and Tibet, which must be guarded against.

    Therefore, it is necessary to deploy some new troops that are not strong in combat effectiveness but are better than nothing. Besides, China has such a large territory, and the original army of less than 1.8 million is a little short.  Not to mention reserving talents for the great turmoil in the world ten years later, before time travel, the Chinese army, which had been repeatedly streamlined and streamlined, still had 2.3 million people!

    Therefore, in addition to the 10 divisions of the Marine Corps and the 12 divisions of the Air Force's air defense force, Zhang Hanqing restored 12 full army corps to join active service, with numbers from 39 to 50, bringing the number of the People's Army to nearly 2.4 million.

    But there are only more than 300,000 people on the front line in North Korea.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)There are a few troops.  Not to mention reserving talents for the great turmoil in the world ten years later, before time travel, the Chinese army, which had been repeatedly streamlined and streamlined, still had 2.3 million people!

    Therefore, in addition to the 10 divisions of the Marine Corps and the 12 divisions of the Air Force's air defense force, Zhang Hanqing restored 12 full army corps to join active service, with numbers from 39 to 50, bringing the number of the People's Army to nearly 2.4 million.

    But there are only more than 300,000 people on the front line in North Korea.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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