Chapter 256: Good News (Part 1)

"2,000 people?" Zeng Yiyang frowned and thought for a while.

"On the Eastern Front battlefield, except for the 11th Division and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, there were two puppet troops with the established numbers. They were all defeated by the 10th Column in Tianmenling. After that, in the counterattack initiated by the 10th Column, the puppet troops of these two brigades were all annihilated. In addition, two of the three infantry corpses of the 11th Division had been completely wiped out, the artillery corps were killed in name only, and the cavalry corps had also been annihilated. The data of the remaining soldiers of the 2,000 Japanese army are still credible." To be asked, the only person who knows the results of the anti-Japanese volunteers' army in June and July was Xie Weijun.

At the beginning of the battle, it is necessary to know the deployment of troops between the enemy and us, which is the most important information to mobilize the troops.

Xie Weijun had to pay attention to the ever-changing situation of the enemy and us all the time.

At least for the staff officer who had information coming, this is still good. What I fear most was that there was a dark look in front of me. From time to time, I needed to use the troops in my hands to test the opponent. This was the worst.

"Where is the 10th Column?" Zeng Yiyang nodded, thinking: only these troops are fighting in the mountains. It seems that even if the Kwantung Army wants to airdrop materials, it will be extremely difficult.

As long as the remaining 11th Division is surrounded, whether it is necessary to destroy the remaining soldiers of the 11th Division in the end is not very important to the entire battle situation. However, in politics, the impact of being able to wipe out a Japanese division will be huge.

"I have already passed the war preparation road in Tianmenling to reach the southern hills of Wuchang." Xie Weijun held a cup and was blowing his breath carefully. After just finishing breakfast, the saliva was the tea that was eaten, and he felt very comfortable drinking it.

All the combat deployments of Oshi are centered around the combat readiness highways built by the Northeast Army during the Yang Yuting period. Speaking of these highway networks, they are well-connected. At the beginning of the design, Yang Yuting established a traffic supply network to prepare for the Northeast Army and the Japanese army to fight. The design was to provide 200,000 front-line troops, and his strategic vision was very advanced.

Although the railway network in the northeast is extremely developed, the Central East Railway will enter the northeast from Manzhouli and Hailar, cross the Daxinganling Mountains, pass through the Nenjiang River, enter the Songnen Plain, and then pass through Harbin and arrive at the Sino-Soviet border.

The Kwantung Army's railway construction in South Manchuria also took ten years of construction.

The embarrassing thing is that at that time, the Northeast Army was in the three eastern provinces and could not control the railway network at all. The Middle East Railway was occupied by the Soviet Union, and the South Manchuria Railway was controlled by the Kwantung Army. Only those winding mountains seemed to be seen by anyone. The Northeast Army's combat readiness highway system was established under this situation.

Unfortunately, in September 18th, the Northeast Army did not resist and gave up the three eastern provinces.

Before this, the Northeast Army combat readiness highway advocated by Yang Yuting was also abandoned after he was assassinated by Zhang Xueliang.

If it weren't for Zeng Yiyang's intention to manage the Northeast and when the North China and Northeast Army were in the coordinated combat operation, he would have come from Zhang Xueliang to the entire Northeast war readiness system map. Otherwise, he would have never known that there were so many abandoned combat readiness roads among the mountains and ridges of Changbai Mountain.

Zeng Yiyang put his waist on his waist and twisted left and right, which could relieve fatigue. In just half a minute, he continued: "I ordered the 10th Column to seize Wuchang as soon as possible and go south to Acheng. I must make a good attitude and let the Kwantung Army determine that our next goal is Harbin."

"Harbin?" Xie Weijun repeated in disbelief, and then hurriedly stood up and reminded Zeng Yiyang: "The conditions for fighting Harbin are not yet ripe. At least the three columns of Deputy Commander Chen must cross the Nenjiang River to realize this strategic intention. It seems inappropriate to launch the battle now, right?"

"Taking Harbin? This idea is good, but I don't have this plan now." Zeng Yiyang stared at Xie Weijun with a smile. In fact, his eyes were not good, and he couldn't see anything from Xie Weijun's eyes.

"Didn't you just say..." Xie Weijun raised his left hand and rattled back and forth, making Zeng Yiyang feel embarrassed. He had to explain: "I saw that the Japanese army suddenly seemed to have stopped. Look, the Japanese army on the eastern front. Except for the 19th Division in North Korea, other Japanese troops were stationed in important cities on the southern front, forming a stable defense circle. In the northern front and central Jilin, the Japanese army seemed to have a prototype of defending on the river, with the purpose of cutting off our two north and south combat clusters."

"You mean to mobilize the Japanese army." Xie Weijun said suspiciously.

"Yes, if the Japanese army does not move, we will not find any opportunity. Even if Chen Guang's East Advance Corps joins with our three columns, concentrates the troops of six columns to attack Harbin, we will also knock off our front teeth." Zeng Yiyang explained: "Order, except for one regiment, the Mudanjiang Military Region, the rest of the troops will be transferred to the periphery of Harbin. In addition, the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Column was transferred out and lurks in the Lalin River area, so that Zheng Xingguo will pay attention to the secrets of the troops. There are many forests in that area and the troops with thousands of people will be hidden for two or three days."

Zeng Yiyang's statement was based on the fact that there were 30,000 Japanese and puppet defenders in Harbin. In the city battle, without a large number of test-firing artillery, there would inevitably be huge casualties in street battles, which Zeng Yiyang would never do.

My eyes were still staring at the map, the junction area between Tianmen Ridge and Laoye Ridge.

There are not many mountains in this mountain forest, but the spread of the mountain forests makes it much more choice for the 11th Division after losing most of its heavy weapons.

Relying on the tightness of the mountains and forests, you can hide and wait for the multiple divisions to knock on the blocking positions on the northern line.

It is also possible to cross several mountains and ridges in the mountains and forests and escape from the battlefield. Finally, fleeing to Jizhong, which also put an end to the battle situation on the Eastern Front.

After all, the 11th Division is a combat unit of more than two regular troops outside the country. It is also an elite unit that can undertake tactical and strategic operations in the Japanese army. With special troops, supplementary troops, and special troops, the largest number of soldiers can reach nearly 40,000.

Among the three most elite field heavy artillery corps of the Kwantung Army, half of them were assigned to the 11th Division. This is what Niushima Man can do, alone, fight almost all the main forces of Zeng Yiyang, and he will not be weak in the first month.

If it weren't for mountain combat, the 11th Division of the Kwantung Army was indeed not an expert, and the outcome would be difficult to explain clearly.

Even when he reaches the bottom of the end of the country, it is hard to say whether Niujima Man would choose to retreat. At least for him, after retreating, what is waiting for him is death. And he also needs to use the most important ritual of the Japanese army to end his life.

Therefore, death on the battlefield and suicide in the end are the same for Niushima Manta.

Perhaps, he can gain a good reputation by dying in battle, at least he can enter the shrine to worship and bring a considerable amount of pension to his family. But suicide is hard to say.

On the eastern front, after the 11th Division was cut off, a brigade of the 10th Column cooperated with the main force of the 1st Column to encircle and annihilate the left wing cluster of the 11th Division.

In addition to the Tianmenling blocking position, other troops of the 10th Column evacuated the battlefield one after another and entered the East of Hakka. After the main infantry in the Xinzhan area was annihilated, they immediately tore the main force of the Japanese army through the left wing defense line of the 10th Column, broke through, and entered the Laoyeling Mountains.

If Wang Lifa hadn't reacted quickly enough, maybe Niu Dao had made a circle in the mountains and forests and took a detour behind him. The target was the headquarters of the 1st Column in Jiaohe. This made Wang Lifa alert, the Japanese army's reaction was too abnormal.

The situation of the battle is so unfavorable, you can still think of organizing troops and launching a counterattack.

The timing and fighter jets are very accurate. If it weren't for the loss of a large number of heavy weapons, the attack power of the 11th Division would have dropped greatly. If it were wrong, it would have made Niushima successful. At that time, the battlefield would be like another.

Fortunately, the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Brigade in Fara Town, Laoyeling, rushed to the highway in time and blocked the gap. The 11th Division broke through the troops and had to enter the mountains and become the King of Mountains. After that, the two brigades of the 1st Column besieged the Japanese army and continuously compressed the defense line.

The battle once began between the mountains and forests.

The two armies attacked one mountain and the other mountain, and the front line was once stalemate. If it weren't for the good luck, the airdrop supplies of Niudao would not be delivered in time for two consecutive days. The defense line of the 11th Division would not have been suppressed so quickly.

"Commander, call from the headquarters."

"Remember—" Wang Lifa's face was calm, and his head was still lying on the observation mirror, staring at the Japanese position on the opposite hill.

In Wang Lifa's heart, the plaster flag on the opposite Japanese position should have been pulled down long ago. However, for two consecutive days, it was impossible to pull out the plaster flag. The attack echelon of the 1st Column was almost exchanging casualties with the 11th Division of the Japanese Army.

"Noji ordered that before July 15, the 3rd Brigade would be transferred to the Lalin River area to wait for an opportunity to cross the river."

"Old Wang, this matter cannot be delayed. It takes at least 3 days for infantry marching from Jiaohe to the Lalin River defense line, and the Japanese army on the opposite side..."

"You mean, within two days, I can't take Niu Dao's head?"

1st Column Chief of Staff Hu Xiuquan glanced at Ma Wenjun and said to himself: Go and persuade him!

"Old Wang, the soldiers naturally need to take care of their moods. But the headquarters' orders cannot be ignored. Besides, the Japanese 11th Division only occupies a few small hills and does not have air supplies, so they can't hold on for a few days. Even if the weather gets better, the Japanese transport aircraft airdrop supplies are not all cheaper than Niushima, so we can still benefit from it, right?"

Ma Wenjun picked up all the good things, but Wang Lifa just couldn't listen. He rolled up his sleeves and said, "Okay, just follow the political commissar's words. The 3rd Brigade set out in two days and deployed to Hadong."

At this moment, he also exclaimed. Faced with such a difficult bone, he didn't believe in this evil. Seeing that the 11th Division of the Japanese Division had no ten troops left, and all supplies were cut off. He was unable to launch an attack. If he faced such an opponent, the 1st Column could not take it down, what was the face of his commander?

In his words: "Even if I knock off my front teeth, I will chew this hard bone in Niu Dao and swallow it with blood!"

As early as the beginning of the battle, Zeng Yiyang had talked to Wang Lifa. The problem at that time was that the Field Department needed to form at least two to three divisions. As mobile forces, there were only three columns of combat forces, and for Sanjiang and surrounding areas, there was less force.

At present, it is a foregone conclusion that the 3rd Brigade will be expanded into the ** Division, and Wang Lifa must also be prepared. In the future, the 3rd Brigade will be lost, the tiger, the 3rd Brigade, in the number of troops.

The 1st Column's troops will be reduced in the future, and at least the newly expanded troops will not be comparable to the old troops. Besides, the result of annihilation of an elite Japanese division is that such a battle is hard to meet for Wang Lifa. If the 10th Column had not been able to hold the main force of the 11th Division to death and the 3rd Brigade succeeded in a sneak attack. It would not be too difficult for Niudaoman to break through the Jiaohe area.

But such tough battles cannot be expected to be a new force.

Just like the 2nd Brigade, with a weak foundation, and if it were fighting in Ningdong, there would be great casualties. It had a very bad impact on the soldiers' hearts. If the 4th Brigade had not been against the Japanese army reinforced from North Korea on the southern line, the 2nd Brigade's defense line would have been broken by the Japanese long ago.

"Are there any shells in the logistics?" Wang Lifa thought about it. It was very difficult to eliminate the remaining Japanese in the mountains in a short period of time without the suppression of artillery fire.

"Our column left four mountain cannons, and the other cannons were taken away by the 10th column and transported back to the liberated area. The ammunition for each cannon is less than a base."

A list of materials consumption on Hu Xiuquan's ground, which at first glance made Wang Lifa take a breath of air conditioning.

Unexpectedly, in just a few days of consumption, the artillery shells seized by the column from Dunhua and Ningdong were almost consumed. Especially in the logistics supply warehouse of the 11th Division seized in Dunhua, the guy had ammunition in a room, and thousands of people were busy transporting it. After two days of working, they were all transported away.

No wonder there is a saying in the army: When a cannon is fired, there will be ten thousand taels of gold.

The consumption of this artillery is indeed a very luxurious thing for the Chinese team.

After a while, Wang Lifa said as if he was comforting himself: "Our cannon still has at least some shells, but the Japanese have no shots."

At this moment, Zhang Wuqiang, the political commissar of the 3rd Brigade, walked into the headquarters.

"Commander..., are you looking for me?" Zhang Wuqiang walked behind Wang Lifa and asked softly.

Wang Li sent him back and saw that it was Zhang Wuqiang, and immediately smiled and said, "I have something good to look for you."

"Xiao Liu, bring Noji's orders."

Wang Lifa handed the order to Zhang Wuqiang, and said blessed: "The 3rd Brigade will start in two days. After a few days, after the official order is issued, you will be the political commissar of the 2nd Division. However, I don't have any gifts you can see here. When the war is over, I will invite you and Zheng Xingguo to have a drink. Then call Lao Li and Lao Zhu, they will be your old superiors."

"Thank you, Commander." Zhang Wuqiang saluted: "But it would be even better to call Mr. Zeng."

"You boy..." Wang Lifa shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You really know how to climb up the pole."

Wang Lifa pulled Zhang Wuqiang and walked to the two tree stumps. He marched and fought in the wild. It was good to have a chair with a tree stump. He usually sat in an empty ammunition box. He took the teapot from the guard and poured Zhang Wuqiang a cup of herbal tea himself.

"I really hope that your brigade will wipe out all the 11th Division of the Japanese Army before leaving. Let's talk about it. Is there any good way? The Japanese are not going to be able to do it, but if you breathe, you will never die. Look, I'm worried!" Wang Lifa was not ashamed of his lack of attack, but instead talked about tactics with Zhang Wuqiang.

"The Japanese army did not have airdrops for two days. I think the 11th Division must have supported it for a long time. Half a day ago, a regiment of the 1st Brigade captured a position on the flank of the Japanese army. It was on the position. There was no bullet in the Japanese rifle, and each individual soldier had only one bullet from the bullet bridge. Except for the few crooked ammunition on the position, the other Japanese troops were bayonets and rifles." Zhang Wuqiang also found a reason why the Japanese army would be defeated. Some positions on the periphery of the Japanese army had no supplies and even the ammunition was exhausted. Except for the light machine guns that could use rifle ammunition and hold on, other weapons became decorations.

"What do you mean?" Wang Lifa also had an idea, but he thought so himself, and he also had to look at the opinions of the people around him.

"In just two days, it is very difficult to annihilate the Japanese on the mountain." Ma Wenjun said.

"It is impossible for two days. As long as the Japanese don't go down the mountain and don't fight head-on with us, they can't even suffer greater casualties with the Japanese. The key is that the troops cannot be launched and fight on the high ground, and the troops invested every time are very limited." Hu Xiuquan said.

Wang Lifa seemed to have seen a clue, dragged his arm and his left hand to his chin. After thinking for a while, he raised his head to look at Zhang Wuqiang and asked, "What do you mean is to leave the Japanese to stay away for a day, and when the weather is good and the Japanese supplies are airdropped, then attack?"

Ma Zhangwuqiang nodded and said with a smile: "The Japanese are determined not to go down the mountain. They also know that as soon as they get off the mountain, they will face several times our army. If they lose the defensive position that is high in the mountains, even if the 11th Division is powerful, they will not be able to stand it. Therefore, the only way to get the Japanese to go down the mountain is to voluntarily."

"Voluntarily go down the mountain?" Hu Xiuquan said in disbelief.

"That's right, the Japanese voluntarily went down the mountain." Zhang Wuqiang walked to the edge of the map and said to everyone: "As far as we know, the 11th Division of the Japanese Army established positions on the main peak of Laoyeling and the four surrounding mountains, but there is only the No. 3 highland, which has a water source. In other words, if we want to attack, we must first aim to cut off the Japanese Army's No. 3 highland and the surrounding connections."

"Okay." Wang Lifa couldn't help but exclaim.

"Secondly, the Japanese army can also obtain supplies from the short positions, and of course they can also obtain water. However, the parachutes are in the mountains and forests, especially in the air more than 100 meters above the ground. The strange and changeable mountain-passing wind will make the landing point of the parachute very unstable. This is our opportunity. If the Japanese army has no choice but to control the supply of the Japanese army, they will inevitably send troops to compete with us. The Japanese army on the high ground is the main attack direction of our attack." Zhang Wuqiang kept gesturing on the map, and from the few smiling faces in front of him, he knew that everyone understood his thoughts.
Chapter completed!