Age of Conquest Reborn

Major General Ma Chaoyang, commander of the Southeast Mobile Corps, faced the three brigade commanders of the Marine Corps who were assigned to his command. He bluntly put forward his opinions. He was only excited in his heart. He stepped forward, took Chen Mengqiao's hand, and said:

"Brigadier Chen, I understand what you guys mean. I admit that I had a lot of concerns when using your troops. After all, you are assigned to my command. If the casualties are too large, the other side will not be able to do anything."

Easy to explain!”

"Now, I understand your thoughts. Well, starting from tomorrow, your three troops will serve as the first round of offensive troops. I also believe that the commanders and soldiers under Commander Han are capable of fighting well.

of!"

Chen Mengqiao and the other three took a step back, saluted again, and said in unison: "Thank you Commander Ma for your trust. The troops in front have done what they should do. Next, it is our business! Commander Ma, despite his orders,

Order!"

After sending Chen Mengqiao and others away, Ma Chaoyang showed a smile on his face, but Xu Guangqi said with concern: "Commander, the three brigade commanders of the Marine Corps, it is understandable that they take the initiative to ask for battle, but tomorrow we have to

What we are facing is the second line of defense of the Japanese army. I am afraid that the intensity of the battle will not be less than today. Moreover, according to the intelligence of the reconnaissance force, there are about a brigade of Japanese troops heading towards Mokpo for reinforcements overnight!"

"The strength of the Japanese troops in the direction of Mokpo is still more than 60,000. Moreover, as our front advances inland, the naval fleet's artillery fire gradually loses its role as fire support. Therefore, I suggest that one of the Marine Corps'

Travel, this is the safest way!”

Ma Chaoyang replied: "Chief of Staff, please think about it. After all the troops are ashore, based on the length and width of the Japanese second line of defense, can our strength of more than 100,000 people be fully deployed?"

Xu Guangqi silently calculated and replied: "Yes. For every kilometer of front, we can devote at least one battalion of troops. Commander, you mean that tomorrow, we will use all our troops to attack the Japanese Mokpo second line of defense."

, launch a full-line attack, break through in one fell swoop, and then approach Mokpo City!"

Ma Chaoyang smiled and said, "That's exactly what I mean. After occupying the Mokpo port, there is no need to worry about our logistics supply line. I have ordered the 1st and 2nd artillery brigades of the Corps that are stranded on the Shandong Peninsula to cross the sea overnight and rush to Mokpo. It is estimated that

.We will arrive at Mokpo at about 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. Hundreds of 155 mm caliber howitzers are all prepared for the little devils!"

"If the two artillery brigades cannot arrive on time, I would rather postpone the attack for a day. Aren't the defenses of the little devils strong? I will use hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to blast a passage. Chief of Staff, I am thinking about whether to rush

Take Mokpo City!”

Xu Guangqi's heart moved and he said: "Commander, do you have a new plan?"

Ma Chaoyang said: "After the troops landed, I was thinking about our army storming Mokpo. In order to keep the bridgehead, Tanaka Shinichi will definitely defend it with all his strength. The battle of Mokpo is destined to be tragic, and he will definitely continue to invest troops!"

"My plan is to use the Mokpo battlefield as bait to continuously attract the Japanese troops gathered on the line from Busan to Gwangju to reinforce the Mokpo direction. We will have absolute air supremacy, and two artillery brigades will be in place to capture Tanaka Shinichi.

The mentality of clinging to Mokpo, constantly taking advantage of superior ground and air firepower, and consuming a large amount of Japanese troops. The total strength of the Japanese troops on the Busan front line is more than 200,000, it must be a big war!"

"Only when the Japanese army's strength is exhausted to a certain extent, and then in the subsequent capture of Busan and Gwangju, will our resistance be reduced to a minimum. In addition, if the Japanese reinforcements from the mainland are also attracted to the Mokpo battlefield

, then it will be a larger-scale war of attrition. For us who have absolute superiority in ground and air firepower, isn’t it something we can only dream of!”

Xu Guangqi thought deeply for a moment, then raised his head and said: "Commander, this plan is feasible! Mokpo will become a meat grinder for the Japanese army! The staff will start formulating a specific combat plan immediately!"

Ma Chaoyang stopped him with a smile: "Bu Xiang, this is just an idea. It also involves many specific issues that need to be considered. In an hour and a half, the brigade commanders and chiefs of staff of each brigade will be held at the temporary headquarters of the Corps Headquarters.

, the military meeting attended by the heads of each regiment and the chief of staff will focus on discussing the plan I just made and listen to everyone’s opinions!”

Xu Guangqi was also happy, knowing that he was impatient, and said: "Okay, Commander, I will notify all the troops right away!"

After Xu Guangqi left in a hurry, Ma Chaoyang called over to the combat staff and asked: "How is the progress of the troops in the direction of the mountains? Where are the troops now?"

The staff officer replied: "Reporting to the commander, an hour ago, I received a telegram from the commander of the attacking force in the direction of Kunshan, Commander Xu Shihao of the fifth brigade. I am attacking the troops in the mountains, the fifth brigade, the sixth brigade, and the seventh brigade.

Brigade, the Eighth Brigade, after five hours of fierce fighting, more than 15,000 Japanese troops in the Gunsan garrison were wiped out, and more than 20,000 Japanese civilians were armed. By the time the telegram was sent, the troops had completely controlled the Gunshan port and

Surrounding areas.”

"According to the established combat plan, the Eighth Brigade was left to guard Gunsan Port and nearby areas, and was responsible for clearing out the remaining Japanese troops in the area between Gunsan and Incheon. The other three brigades were rushing towards Busan and Gwangju.

Execute the battle plan to attack the above two places!"

"Okay!" Ma Chaoyang shouted excitedly. Including the Incheon battlefield, all the defending Japanese troops were wiped out in one day, and the troops successfully landed. Not surprisingly, the Japanese troops defending Incheon and Gunshan were composed of some local garrison troops.

The second-rate troops, including most of them Korean soldiers, are incomparable to the regular troops of the Japanese and Korean garrison troops in terms of combat effectiveness and weapons and equipment.

Normally, it is okay to bully civilians and maintain local security. But if they are dragged to the battlefield, they will be a bunch of weaklings who will pee their pants when they hear the sound of gunshots. Maybe the Japanese soldiers among them are more powerful and dare to fight hard.

, but after all, the combat power was there, so it took more than five hours for the troops attacking the mountains to successfully land, and the casualties were probably not too great!

Previously, the division commander mentioned the issue of Japanese armed civilians in his telegrams to all units, which attracted great attention among the units affiliated to the Southeast Mobile Corps. Over the years, the division commander emphasized a specific matter in a telegram.

This was the first time Ma Chaoyang had seen this matter, so he couldn't help but pay enough attention to it.

Therefore, Ma Chaoyang personally issued an order to each brigade, "The division commander called the order the day before yesterday and emphasized that the content must not be taken lightly. Japanese armed civilians, the so-called Yamato National Support Team, should be treated as regular Japanese troops."

The attitude of the troops is to treat it as such. Once discovered, they will be annihilated on the spot. In addition, they need to guard against the unconventional combat methods they adopt! The division commander’s message should be conveyed to every soldier, so that everyone knows it!”

The commander of the corps had personally deployed the matter. The brigade commanders below dared not to attach great importance to it. They went down level by level and implemented it layer by layer. Soon, all the soldiers of the Southeast Mobile Corps knew what was going on.

The Yamato National Defense Force, a strange armed force, did not dare to fight head-on, so it could only shoot behind the scenes, use personal bombs and so on.

Therefore, in the face of Japanese civilian armed forces, the Southeast Mobile Corps suffered almost no losses. In Incheon and Gunsan, the Yamato National Standby Team suffered devastating blows and had no time to unleash the power of suicide bombs.

When they were engaged in a desperate charge, they were hit by a dense rain of bullets and turned into self-exploding bombs. Compared with the Marine Corps, this was a huge difference.

Now, the battle situation on the Korean Peninsula battlefield has become clear. The focus of the battlefield is on the line from Busan to Mokpo, and the top priority is Mokpo. Thinking of this, Ma Chaoyang is more determined to squeeze out the Japanese and Korean garrison troops on the Mokpo battlefield.

Bloody's idea, do you want to fight a position offensive and defensive battle? You have the capital, master the absolute advantage of ground and air firepower, and a smooth logistics supply line. See how many people the Japs have to fill the position?

After analyzing the specific situation on the Korean Peninsula battlefield, Ma Chaoyang felt that the frontal attack force at Mokpo was still not enough pressure on Shinichi Tanaka. Then, the force after occupying Gunshan would need to change its original combat objectives.

Ma Chaoyang shouted to him: "Communications staff! Communications staff!" The young communications staff quickly ran to him, "Commander, what are your orders?"

Ma Chaoyang looked in the direction of Mokpo and said: "Call back to Xu Shihao and order Xu Shihao, commander of the Gunsan Campaign Command, that three brigades of your troops were originally scheduled to go south to attack Busan. The order from Gwangju has been cancelled. The deployment is as follows.

Adjustment, the 5th, 6th, and 7th brigades of the Gunsan Battle Cluster will concentrate their forces and launch an attack on the Japanese positions from the north of Mokpo. The specific attack time will be waited for the order from the Corps Headquarters when the troops arrive at the designated position!"

After this order is issued, it means that the independent division troops concentrated on the Mokpo battlefield have reached ten field brigades, with a strength of about 180,000, and the strength of the Japanese troops concentrated on the southernmost tip of the Korean Peninsula, along the line from Busan to Mokpo, is

Basically the same, it also changed the original plan of attacking Busan and Gwangju respectively.

After Ma Chaoyang gave the order, he was silent for a while, looked at his watch, and saw that it was still early for the meeting, so he said to the commander of the guard battalion: "Take a few people, let's go, follow me to the Ninth Brigade to have a look!"

How dare the guard battalion commander be negligent? This is a battlefield. How many people should he bring? What if a few little Japanese remnants emerge? Although the commander said so, the guard battalion commander still brought two guard platoons.

, blowing by the increasingly strong sea breeze from the South Yellow Sea, along the soft beach, protecting Ma Chaoyang, and drove towards the direction of the Ninth Brigade's station.

(To be continued)