Chapter 290: Prelude to the Battle of Changchun Offensive and Defensive War (2)
For two days in a row, according to the orders of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, Kasawara Yukio attacked the position of the new army in Guanma Cave without slowness, although there were few casualties, but he felt that the battle was aggrieved, his troops could not attack on a large scale, could not advance to occupy the opponent's position, and had to endure an attack that did not know where to appear at night.
Yukio Kasawara endured helplessly, after all, the fiasco he suffered in the Tonghua area made him no longer proud, and it was a great luck to be able to save his life, if he couldn't help but sabotage the plan of the command headquarters, it would be really difficult to say goodbye.
Moreover, Kasawara Yukio analyzed several battles in the Tonghua area, the new army can obviously engage him head-on, but it has been relying on terrain defense, there must be some dangerous attempts, since the large army has not yet arrived, he only needs to contain the new army on the opposite side to complete the task.
Zheng Ming didn't fight this battle happily, and he bombarded the devil's artillery every day, but the distance was too far to give the devil a large number of casualties, and the devil's grenadier had a closer range, so he couldn't hurt the soldiers. As for Kasawara Yukio's mortars, since Lin Junxiong dared to let him go to Lotus Mountain, he naturally did not allow Kasawara Yukio to bring mortars and some heavy weapons over.
Zheng Ming's battle was not happy, but he knew in his heart that Lin Junxiong must have a bigger layout, and the two divisions of the devils on the opposite side spread out a two-kilometer offensive front, making it clear that they were holding back themselves, but it was okay to do so, and they also completed their own tasks, and the two sides tacitly held each other in this way.
Tojo Rock is far away in Dongfeng County, northwest of Lianhua Mountain, and sometimes advances, and it seems that he has no intention of fighting with the new army of Lianhua Mountain at all, and it is more like training with his troops. In fact, it was not that Tojoyan was unwilling to go to Lotus Mountain to fight against the New First Army, but it was the several battles in the Tonghua area that made him frightened by the New First Army's scheming, and as Lin Junxiong's lair, he didn't know how many dangers were hidden in Lotus Mountain.
Zeng Lingshan also had no way to deal with the cunning Tojo Rock, and after a few tests, Tojo Rock was not fooled at all, so anxious that he asked Qiao Xinyu and Shen Yushan whether to send troops to lure the enemy deeper, and finally learned that Lin Junxiong had a big layout in Changchun, and it was enough to hold it for the time being. As soon as Zeng Lingshan heard that Lin Junxiong had a big layout, he let go of the anxiety in his heart, and sometimes sent a small force to harass Tojo Rock, which made Tojo Rock very annoying, but he was afraid that it was a trick to lure the enemy into the depths, so he had to order the troops to strengthen vigilance.
Fuyu County is located between Jilin and Heilongjiang, is the traffic fortress of the two provinces, after the end of the battle of Pseudo-Tonghua, Wei Xin ordered Xiao Quan's 108th Division to go to the northeast of Fuyu County 30 kilometers of hills and mountains to concentrate on the hills, arrange fortifications, block Harbin's reinforcements to Changchun, and his own 107th Division with the dog is always ready to attack from the east of Harbin in Yilan.
On November 12, Xiao Quan waited until the two divisions in Harbin arrived, immediately telegraphed Wei Xin, and launched a blocking battle, after the two divisions of the devils were ambushed, nearly 3,000 people were injured, and after stabilizing their positions, the devils bombarded the hills and mountains indiscriminately, and did not continue to advance until most of the hills and mountains were blown up.
Xiao Quan concentrated his troops in the trenches behind the hills, and when the devils marched over, they gave a head-on attack, thinking that the New First Army, which had lost its terrain advantage, had fled, but he did not expect that it was still stubbornly blocking the trenches, and the two divisions of the Japanese army were in a panic again, and after losing nearly 2,000 people, they continued to organize an attack on the defensive trenches of the New First Army of nearly two kilometers.
After receiving Xiao Quan's information, Wei Xin immediately set off from Yilan, with the assistance of the anti-coalition forces, all the way to Harbin, Harbin after sending two divisions to Changchun, only three divisions were left in the city and around the defense, knowing that there was a force coming all the way to the east, Umezu Mijiro became nervous, although the intelligence showed that the troops attacking in the direction of Yilan were less than 30,000 people, but the combat effectiveness of the new army recently has made him dare not underestimate it, at the same time, the two divisions sent to Changchun sent back the news, In the vicinity of Buyeo County, they encountered stubborn resistance, and the troops suffered heavy casualties.
Umezu Mijiro ordered the 12 divisions and regiments that had withdrawn from the north to speed up the march and rush to Harbin within three days, and ordered the two divisions in Buyeo County to turn from offensive to defensive and wait for the support of a large army. He punched the table hard, and he had to deal with the troops of Yilan and Buyeo before the large army went to Changchun, eliminate the troubles, and make every effort to fight the main force of Lin Junxiong's new army in the Changchun area.
On November 13, after receiving information that the twelve divisions withdrawn from the northern part of the Kwantung Army were expected to arrive in Harbin on November 15, Wei Xin withdrew to Yilan with his troops, and at the same time ordered Xiao Quan to retreat to Jiaohe County with the 108th Division.
On November 15, when Umezu Yoshijiro finally waited for the Kwantung Army, which had withdrawn from the northern border, to prepare for an all-out attack, the attacking force in the direction of Yilan had withdrawn, and the blocking force in the direction of Buyeo Prefecture had also mysteriously disappeared.
After much thought, Umezu Yoshijiro decided to leave three divisions to defend Harbin and the surrounding important towns, and he personally led fourteen divisions to search and approach Changchun.
Lin Junxiong stood on the tower of Andingmen Castle, a year ago, he single-handedly met with Tojo Rock here, not only rescued Qiao Xinyu and Li Shili, but also made Tojo Rock frightened, and now standing here again, he has to face the battle to defend Changchun.
"Commander, the clean-up of the inner city has basically ended, and a total of 32 Japanese spies have been captured, do we still want to continue to monitor?" Zhao Xing walked behind Lin Junxiong and reported.
"Continue to strengthen surveillance, the inner circle artillery array in the inner city cannot be exposed in advance, and whether Changchun can hold it for five days depends on the inner circle and outer circle artillery array!" Lin Junxiong stared at Changchun City and said slowly.
"Commander, Wang Biao and they have been arriving at Lotus Mountain for several days, do he ask if he wants to take the assault team back to Changchun?"
Lin Junxiong turned around, "Let him stay in Lianhua Mountain for the time being and obey the command of the political commissar, and tell the political commissar that the more than 1,000 stubborn devil captives can be prepared to solve it, and use it to lure the enemy according to the original plan, the devil army has been assembled in Harbin, and it is estimated that the troops will come to Changchun City in less than ten days, and Lotus Mountain will also be ready for battle." ”
Lin Junxiong saw Wu Dafang and Feng Zhansong coming over from a distance, and said to Zhao Xing: "You go down and send a message to the political commissar, and you go to see how your brother-in-law Wang Bangzi is doing in the past few days." ”
Zhao Xing scratched his head a little unnaturally, the matter between him and Wang Feng was now settled under the mediation of Lin Junxia, and he only waited until the battle of Changchun was over, and he was ready to do a happy event. Wang Bangzi is the only male member of the Wang family, before leaving, Wang Feng's parents deliberately asked Zhao Xing to watch more, he has been busy cleaning up Japanese spies in the past few days, and he has not taken care of Wang Bangzi, who insists on staying in Changchun, and now Lin Junxiong mentions it, which makes him a little ashamed.
"Uncle Dafang, Lao Feng, you came just in time, let's go, let's go and see if there is anything that needs to be improved in the inner circle and outer circle array."
Wu Dafang said with a bitter face: "Junxiong, I'm here to report to you on the situation of the support organization, and now nearly 20,000 people have joined the Changchun Defense War support team."
Lin Junxiong pulled Wu Dafang and Feng Zhansong towards the city, "Uncle Dafang, you do something, I don't worry, let's talk as we go." ”
The outer circle array is a circular artillery array arranged according to the outer city wall, with a total of more than 200 mortars and Japanese mountain guns, and the maximum firing range reaches nearly 10 kilometers. Lin Junxiong and the three of them came to the command post of the outer artillery array and said to Wang Lianfang, the commander of the artillery array: "Lianfang, how are you prepared, and are there any difficulties?" ”
"Commander, everything is ready, but the number of shells is a little small, and it is estimated that it can be fired for two days at most." Wang Lianfang thought about more than 200 cannons, but there were less than 4,000 shells, and Lin Junxiong's order was that the outer round artillery array must hold out for three days, and said with some embarrassment.
"There are not enough shells, you have to think about how to use them yourself, you must insist on three days, you must win time for the subsequent actions, there are more than 100 runs in the inner circle, more than 2,000 shells, and the order I gave them is also to hold on for three days, regardless of conditions, the task must be completed!"
"Yes!" Wang Lianfang saw that Lin Junxiong was a little angry, and immediately responded loudly.
Lin Junxiong and the others checked the layout of the external round array artillery array all the way, adjusted the layout of some cannons, and promised to complete the task before leaving Wang Lianfang.
Lin Junxiong, Wu Dafang and Feng Zhansong inspected the inner circle array again, the inner circle array was arranged in a circle according to the inner city, a total of more than 120 cannons, more than 2,300 shells, the commander was Zhang Rubi, commander of the 112th Division of the Sixth Column.
"Division Commander Zhang, once the battle starts, after the outer circle formation holds on for three days, the support team will withdraw more than 200 cannons to the inner city for arrangement, you have to reserve a good place for more than 200 cannons in advance, if everything goes well, the day after tomorrow, Lotus Mountain will transport more than 2,000 shells produced recently, and hand them over to you for use after they arrive."
When Zhang Rubi heard this, he was first shocked, and then he gritted his teeth and smirked, he was worried that the number of shells was insufficient, but now with these more than 2,000 shells, he was more confident in holding the inner city for three days.
Lin Junxiong said with a smile: "This artillery shell is almost all the belongings of our new First Army, and it also determines whether the Changchun defensive battle can be victorious, and it is also related to the situation in the three northeastern provinces in the future, I don't want to put pressure on everyone, but this is the case, so we must make good use of the reconnaissance troops to obtain the enemy's accurate position." ”
Wang Biao suddenly ran over in a hurry, Lin Junxiong looked at him suspiciously, isn't this guy in Lotus Mountain, why did he come to Changchun.
"Commander, my sister-in-law has arrived in Changchun with the people from the logistics hospital, and we can't stop it!"
"Junxia came to Changchun, isn't this nonsense?" Lin Junxiong said as he ran towards the headquarters.