Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 543
"Your Majesty, the artillery attack on the Andong area was launched last night. The Fourth Division of the Japanese Army used artillery fire to suppress and forcibly cross the Yalu River, and there was a fierce exchange of fire with the border guards. Fortunately, our military made preparations first, and finally succeeded in blocking the attempt to break through. The enemy army." The next morning, Xu Shichang reported the battle situation in Andong.

"They are cunning and cunning by nature. Sudden attacks are their usual practice, and they are also very effective. I told Zhang Zuolin to be cautious when fighting. In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an announcement to all countries in the world, stating that the Japanese and Korean troops took the lead in launching a war of aggression against our country last night. The Chinese Empire is bound to Fight the enemy to the end!"

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As soon as the news came out, it immediately attracted worldwide attention.Each country started from its own position and expressed different voices.

German Chancellor Hitler was the first to issue a diplomatic announcement, "China must recognize the current situation and not hesitate to confront China in order to safeguard the interests of North Korea, a small and weak nation. This is the inevitable act of any just country in the world, such as China. The ancient and backward dictatorship will greatly endanger the democratic process of the world, and the just behavior it claims to support, China must reorganize if it wants to avoid war, and become a friend of democratic countries, otherwise it is an enemy of democratic countries."

North Korea and North Korea also issued a statement: "China must have an account with North Korea and Japan and the people, must bring the perpetrators of the Wanbaoshan incident and the Nakamura incident to justice, and hand them over to trial, and must compensate North Korea and Japan for their crimes in the Far East since the founding of China. The loss of regional rights and interests must take practical actions to prove that China is a trustworthy friend, otherwise, the armies of North Korea and Japan will fight to the end!"

Italy also issued a statement from the standpoint of its allies, saying: "China is a dictatorship and has caused great damage to the interests of European powers in the Far East over the years. In order to protect the interests of European countries, especially Germany and Italy in the Far East, In order to force China to give up its monopoly on the European economy, Italy will take the necessary measures and, where appropriate, act in unison with China." Italy is obviously standing behind Germany, and this time the statement openly stated that if China does not withdraw Due to the debt relationship with Italy, Italy may become China's new enemy at any time.

However, to Guan Xuqing's surprise, this time the Soviet Union pointed out tit-for-tat with the Axis powers: "Germany and Italy are still stuck in the stupid colonialist thinking, and being in the company of such a beast country is enough to prove that the two countries are reactionary. It goes against the will of the people. As for whether China is democratic or not, it is up to the Chinese people to decide.”

Not only that, the United States also clearly pointed out this time, "Germany is a country of global dictatorship. I hope that Germany and Italy will face up to this and return to the path of a normal country as soon as possible."

French Prime Minister Daladier publicly issued a statement with a good-natured attitude: "God wants to destroy people, he must first make people crazy. The world has gone crazy once, and no one wants to see a second time."

Soon after, Emperor Guan Xuqing of the Chinese Empire immediately issued an announcement to the world: "The Chinese nation has always been a peace-loving nation, and has never invaded other countries and nations in history. The Chinese nation has never liked war. But this does not mean that the Chinese nation is afraid of war, if someone wants to impose war on us, we will deal the most merciless blow to the enemy!"

The 4th Division of the Japanese Army, which had been unable to start the situation in Anton, had to temporarily stop its offensive and began to build fortifications at the front.In order to quickly complete the plan of the Japanese base camp across the Yalu River, on April 4, the 7th Division of the Japanese Army set out from Shuozhou to launch a tentative attack on Taipinggou.However, because the 7st and 1nd Armored Divisions of the 1st Group Army of the Northeast Army were secretly concealed around Taipinggou, in order to avoid advance, a large number of fortification groups and field troops were deployed around Taipinggou, which made the 2th Division of the Kwantung Army The attack launched hit the nail on the head from the start.

In order to prove his ability to the base camp and the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Ishii, Lieutenant General Ishii of the 7th Division needs to break through China's defense line as soon as possible and open a gap for the entire 10 divisions to attack China.Therefore, from the very beginning, he asked the 28th Artillery Regiment assigned to him, all 36 75mm mountain guns and 12 75mm field guns, to launch shelling on the Chinese position on the other side of the river regardless of consumption. The entire shelling time lasted for an hour. It was immediately interrupted by Chinese artillery.The long bombardment marked the obvious position of the Chinese artillery unit. When the Japanese artillery bombarded Zhenghuan, the artillery of the 4th Army had a total of 200 105mm howitzers and 24 155mm howitzers.With a rapid fire rate of 3 rounds in 20 minutes, a total of more than 4000 shells were fired, turning the Japanese artillery positions into a sea of ​​flames.The violent large-caliber artillery fire really gave the artillery a taste of cutting-edge heavy artillery. The martyred shells even collapsed the underground headquarters of the Japanese 7th Division not far from the artillery position.General Ishii, who survived by chance, was dug out of the dust by his subordinates, and he never dared to say anything about attacking Taipinggou, so he could only stare fiercely at the opposite side of the river.

Although General Kawamoto, who had other plans, was not very concerned about the battle in Taipinggou, the annihilation of the entire division artillery unit still made him unhappy, and he also cut off the idea of ​​​​attacking across the Yalu River.The Japanese army has always been best at sneak attacks. Obviously, Kawamoto did not give up this tradition, and decided to let China suffer a bit.

At 23 o'clock in the evening, on the sea south of the Yalu River Estuary, hundreds of various transport ships and even fishing boats sailed quietly to the river beach, escorted by the Navy's 11th and 12th fleets.This time they transported the 2nd Division that had just been transferred from Xuanchuan to Qifengli. They planned to find a loosely guarded beachhead to land on the beach.

At midnight, the frogman team of the 2th Regiment of the 25nd Division secretly landed on the beach under the cover of night. Provide artillery support to the Japanese troops performing landing operations.Just listening to the sound of "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh", more than a dozen flares exploded in mid-air, emitting dazzling light, and then shells fired by 11mm and 12mm naval guns stirred up countless dust on the beach , the orange-red flash from the explosion was extremely dazzling in the dark night, and the reef fragments flew around for a while.The Chinese defenders, who were caught off guard, had no power to fight back under the strong firepower of naval guns.Soon, a brigade of the 12th Wing successfully landed on the beach.The brigade did not make any stops, and immediately rushed to the trenches of the 140rd Battalion of the 120st Armored Division with a rifle in hand.

The gunners on the ships of the Navy's 11th and 12th Regiments appeared to have excellent night shooting ability until the Japanese infantry rushed to only 100 meters from the trenches and began firing in deep echelons.There was only one company of Chinese defenders in the first trench. The shelling just now caused the company to lose more than 20 soldiers, but the officers and soldiers of the third battalion quickly adjusted their combat status.As soon as the shelling stretched back, they stuck their heads out and quickly mounted machine guns and rifles.Since the Japanese army had rushed to less than 100 meters from the trench, the soldiers began to aim and shoot without waiting for the order to fire.One wave of shooting brought down two or three hundred Japanese soldiers, but the Japanese army rushed too close. Before the second wave of shooting was ready, the Japanese army had already jumped into the trenches and fought with the Chinese soldiers in the trenches. stand up.Due to the large number of Japanese troops, all Chinese soldiers in a company in the first trench died in less than 3 minutes.

Then, most of the Japanese soldiers climbed out of the trenches and rushed to the second trench, while a few cunning Japanese soldiers walked towards the second trench along several traffic trenches.The Japanese army was not familiar with the route of the traffic trench, and the Chinese soldiers guarding the traffic trench beat back with machine guns and grenades.Although the barbed wire fence of the second trench was blown up and down by naval guns, a considerable part was still intact, which kept the Japanese army out.Dozens of gaps in the barbed wire also became the main target of the Chinese machine gunners. The Japanese troops who rushed in through the gaps were knocked to the ground by the chains of fire sprayed out by the machine guns, and the Japanese offensive was immediately contained.In order to give the follow-up troops time to go ashore, this group of Japanese soldiers desperately charged towards the barbed wire fence, threw themselves on the barbed wire fence and used their bodies to set up a cushion for the subsequent Japanese troops.In this way, the remaining 800 people of the brigade finally broke through the barrier of the barbed wire.

The two companies and a machine gun platoon stationed in the second trench fired desperately, finishing one magazine after another. Soon, empty magazines were piled up in front of every machine gun position.White smoke drifted from the red barrel in the cold night wind.The ears of every Chinese soldier were deafened by the loud bullets, and everyone's eyes were bloodshot. If anyone can keep calm at this time, then he is a god.Of these 800 people, less than 200 were able to rush into the trenches, and the rest jumped into the trenches screaming and fighting hand-to-hand with the Chinese guards. However, the Chinese quickly killed the remaining 200 devils with their superior numbers Sent to the west.

The destruction of this Japanese brigade also bought time. In less than a minute, the two Japanese brigades that had just landed jumped into the first trench, and the captain of the 1th Regiment of the Japanese Army who arrived immediately organized an attack in person.Due to the bombardment of the Japanese naval guns and the incomplete tunnel work, the follow-up troops of the third battalion could not be replenished through the traffic trenches, which made it impossible for the Chinese defenders in the second trench to stop the Japanese army from charging frantically.

In less than 15 minutes, the Japanese army launched a group charge with about 2500 people from two brigades. After dropping four or five hundred corpses, they finally occupied the second trench.But it was not enough to establish a solid beachhead, so the Japanese army launched an attack on the third trench after making some adjustments.

(End of this chapter)