The War of Resistance Against Japan: Special Operations Battalion Traverses Shanghai and Slaughters

Having suffered a significant blow, Chen Yiding immediately issued an order to the Northeast Army: the Korean Peninsula has no need for a single Japanese prisoner, and will not accept any Japanese surrender.

At the same time, Chen Yiding ordered the Northeast Front Army to speed up its advance, catch up with the fleeing Japanese troops, and resolutely and thoroughly annihilate them.

This got interesting. The various units under the Northeast Area Army mustered all their strength and charged southward. In less than a day, one of the divisions caught up with the Japanese 19th Division.

The commander of the Japanese 19th Division, Kamezo Otaka, had just led his troops in a frantic retreat to the outskirts of Kaesong, near the Ahu Flying Mountains.

He thought that as long as he crossed the Imjin River, he would soon arrive in Seoul.

Meanwhile, in Seoul, the 7th Division of the Kwantung Army, which had retreated from Jilin to the Korean Peninsula, had already established a solid blocking position, allowing its 19th Division to breathe a sigh of relief for the time being.

Before the 19th Division could even begin crossing the river, the Longyan troops had already followed and immediately launched an attack.

When Kamezo Odaka saw that the Dragon Flame Force had caught up so quickly, he knew that the 73rd Regiment, which was responsible for blocking them, must have been completely destroyed.

He had no choice but to order the remaining officers and soldiers of the 19th Division to enter Kaesong and resist.

At the same time, Kamezo Otaka sent a telegram to the 7th Division of the Seoul garrison, requesting reinforcements and assistance for the 19th Division to cross the river.

The 7th Division is the only armored division built by Japan. Although it has only 14,000 troops, half the size of other Class A divisions, it is still classified as a Class A division and enjoys the best resources and treatment.

第七师团下辖第13和第14两个装甲旅团，拥有335辆89式中型坦克，以及一百辆94式豆丁轻型坦克。

In addition, it possesses more than 1,200 cars, a luxurious configuration that is unique among all Japanese divisions.

This is precisely why the Japanese General Headquarters ordered the 7th Division to undertake the arduous task of blocking enemy positions in Seoul.

The headquarters attempted to use the numerous tanks of the 7th Division to hold off the Longyan troops' attack, buying at least a few precious days for the other units to retreat.

After receiving a telegram requesting assistance from Kamezo Odaka, the commander of the 7th Division, Sonobe Kazuichiro.

Although reluctant, they still dispatched the 25th Armored Regiment of the 13th Armored Brigade, with more than 100 medium and light tanks, to provide support.

The 7th Division had never fought against the Dragon Flame Army. In their most recent battle, they were ruthlessly crushed by the Russian armored onslaught at Nomonhan, ultimately suffering heavy losses.

In the minds of Sonobe and the other officers in the division, the Dragon Flame Force should not be stronger than the armored forces of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

Despite having previously received news that the Dragon Flame Army had defeated the Rakshasa Kingdom's 500,000-strong army.

Despite their shock, they did not change their original perception, or rather, they were resistant and unwilling to accept the fact that the Chinese army was more powerful than the Russian army.

Upon receiving the order, Tachibana Ryobe, the commander of the 25th Armored Regiment, immediately assembled his troops and set off.

A reinforcement force consisting of more than 100 tanks and more than 300 trucks marched in a mighty procession toward the Imjin River.

Upon learning that Sonobe and Ichiro had sent reinforcements, Kamezo Odaka saw a glimmer of hope for survival.

He immediately relayed this good news to the 19th Division, hoping to boost the morale of the soldiers so that they could hold out until reinforcements arrived.

However, cruel reality ruthlessly shattered Kamezo Otaka's illusions.

The Northeast Area Army division then surrounded Kaesong and launched a fierce attack.

The heavy weapons, such as tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery, previously deployed by the Japanese 19th Division had long been lost in the air raids.

Now they can only offer a feeble resistance with their light weapons and city fortifications.

And the most critical thing was that because the ammunition depot was destroyed, the ammunition could not be replenished, and the Japanese soldiers were running out of ammunition.

Therefore, the 19th Division only held out for a dozen minutes before the defenses of Kaesong were breached.

The Japanese had no choice but to switch to street fighting, but the Longyan troops, with their powerful armored forces, swept through the city and swept all before them.

Many Japanese soldiers were killed by tank artillery fire, and many were even buried alive by the collapsed houses.

By the time the 25th Armored Regiment arrived not far from the south bank of the Imjin River, the battle for Kaesong had already ended.

The Japanese 19th Division had 17,000 to 18,000 troops that fled into Kaesong, under the orders of Chen Yiding not to take prisoners or accept surrender.

All the Japanese soldiers of the 19th Division were wiped out in the city without exception.

As the division commander, Otaka Kamezo was first seriously injured by artillery fire, and then, after his enraged soldiers discovered that he was still alive, he was riddled with bullets from dozens of guns and turned into a pile of mud.

Moreover, this division of the Northeast Area Army, in coordination with the arriving pontoon bridge troops, has begun to construct a pontoon bridge across the Imjin River.

When Tachibana Ryoube, who was commanding the tank, saw this scene through his binoculars, he knew they were too late; the 19th Division no longer existed.

Moreover, he naively believed that since the Dragon Flame Army was building a pontoon bridge and had not yet crossed the river, now was the best time to launch an attack and stop them.

Relying on his more than one hundred tanks and dozens of artillery pieces, Tachibana Ryoubu thought he could catch the enemy off guard and achieve good results.

Therefore, Tachibana no Ryoubu decisively ordered an immediate attack.

"Boom boom boom..."

More than a hundred Japanese tanks, firing their cannons, rushed rapidly toward the south bank of the Imjin River.

The other dozens of cannons also quickly aimed at the north bank and opened fire.

Despite suffering over a hundred casualties in the face of the sudden artillery barrage, the Northeast Area Army division did not panic.

The division commander decisively ordered all infantry to retreat immediately to find cover, and ordered all Type 59 tanks and artillery to launch a counterattack immediately.

Just as Tachibana Ryoubu was secretly overjoyed at the success of the sneak attack, he suddenly discovered that all of the dozen or so tanks at the forefront had been hit by artillery shells.

These tanks not only stopped immediately, but several of them also exploded, with their turrets blown into the air.

"What?! Are the tanks and cannons of the Chinese army that powerful?"

In the brief moment that Tachibana Ryoubu was surprised and hesitant, another thirty-odd tanks were hit by Type 59 tanks.

In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred tanks were turned into more than a hundred lumps of scrap metal.

There are only these few dozen cannons at present, and because the exact location coordinates have not yet been determined by the Dragon Flame troops, they are still shelling.

However, the shells fired by the Japanese could not cause any damage to the Type 59 tank at all.

The division commander of the Longyan unit then quickly reported the situation.

After receiving the report, Chen Yiding believed that although the air force stationed at Pyongyang Airport could be deployed to search and bomb the Japanese artillery positions on the south bank of the Imjin River.

But that would take at least half an hour. On the battlefield, time is life, and Chen Yiding didn't want to wait that long.

Political Commissar Xu Ke then reminded us: "Commander, Marshal Long has allocated fifty helicopters to us. We can arrive in less than ten minutes from here."

Chen Yiding slapped his forehead: "Oh dear, how could I forget that? The political commissar is right."