Chapter 52: The Decisive Battle of Jiangqiao (2)
Chairman Ma, I am a member of the Northeast Righteous Revolutionary Army, the purpose of this time is to discuss with you to unite to resist Japan, there are not many people who resist Japan and patriotism in this era, Chairman Ma heard that the national ** Lao Jiang is not active in resisting Japan, Zhang Shaoshuai does not let the conflict with the Japanese, ammunition is not supported, and no additional troops are given, don't mention, these people are afraid of the Japanese, Lao Tzu is not afraid.
President Ma, I will provide you with some ammunition.
The Japanese army has suffered heavy casualties in the battle these days, and in order to break the deadlock as soon as possible, it has hastened to dispatch troops and troops to prepare for another attack. At the same time, Ma Zhanshan was urged to immediately go into the field, relinquish power, and withdraw the Chinese troops in Qiqihar, but Ma Zhanshan flatly refused. The Kwantung Army proposed to the Central Department of the Japanese Army to quickly increase the strength of one division. Honjo Shigeru ordered "the 2nd Division to assemble in full force on the Daxing side." By the 11th, the Japanese army had the headquarters of the Hase-Brigade, the 16th Infantry Wing, the 4th Infantry Wing (owed to the 3rd Squadron), the 1st Brigade of the 29th Wing (owed to the 3rd Squadron), the 2nd Cavalry Wing and the 2nd Squadron of the 28th Wing, the 2nd Field Artillery Wing (owed to the 8th Squadron), and the 2nd Engineer Squadron. On the south bank of the Nenjiang River, there are the 3rd Brigade of the 26th Field Artillery Wing and the Temporary Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, with a total strength of more than 30,000 troops.
In response to the Japanese army's deployment of troops, on the evening of November 7, 1938, Ma Zhanshan presided over a military meeting to study measures to deal with the enemy, determine the adjustment and deployment, and re-set the three lines of defense. The first line of defense is in the areas of Tangchi, Wunuotou and Xinlitun, and its frontline positions are in Houyiliba, Qianguandi, Houguandi and other places, which are defended by two regiments of the 1st Cavalry Brigade Wu Songlin Division. After the 14th, the 2nd Cavalry Journey, Zhiyuan, was thrown into battle in Tangchi and other places. The second line of defense was the main frontal defense of the Black Army in Yinglao Tomb, Sanjianfang, Daxingtun, Xiaoxingtun, Huotuoqi and other places, and was defended by the four regiments of the Chonggu Division of the 1st Brigade of the tentative 1st Brigade, the Wu Delin Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, the Li Qingshan Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, the Wang Kezhen Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, the Park Bingshan Artillery Regiment, and the engineering troops. After the 14th, 2,000 people from the Sun Hongyu Regiment of the 1st Infantry Brigade and the Suihua Security Brigade joined the frontal defensive operation. The third line of defense was in Zhujiakan, Fularji, Pleiades, Yushutun and other places, and was defended by two regiments of the 9th Zhangdian Division of the 1st Infantry Brigade, all of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade and the Guards Regiment. The total strength is more than 13,000 people.
On November 8, the Northeast Revolutionary Army came to reinforce, a tank regiment with more than 2,000 tanks in place, a mechanized field artillery regiment arrived at the predetermined position of Jiangqiao, a bazooka regiment, an engineer regiment, a grenadier battalion, a mortar battalion, a car company, and a large number of weapons were sent to Chairman Ma, but Chairman Ma was very happy, Ma Zhanshan was stunned when he saw this weapon, this is still a revolutionary army, a bandit organization, this is clearly a regular army, and later Chairman Ma learned that Li Mingyuan was the commander-in-chief of the Northern National Revolutionary Army, with a thick family background, and it is said that he has his own headquarters. The military factory, as well as the bomber brigade, the news said that Li Mingyuan, who was making a lot of trouble in the south, was you, brother! Don't dare to be, it's all a false name... Li Ming, who is low-key, said with a smile Chairman Ma has reorganized your department in order to unify the command! However, the command of your troops is still under your control, and your troops are fully organized, Chairman Ma agreed, and Chairman Ma appointed him as the brigade commander of the Northeast Revolutionary Army to fight together.
Sanjianfang is a station on the railway line from Taonan to Pleiades River, 70 miles away from Qiqihar in the north and 60 miles away from Nenjiang Bridge in the south, which is an important defensive position of the Chinese army to defend the capital of Heilongjiang Province. If the Japanese army wants to occupy Heilongjiang Province, it must occupy three rooms to reach Qiqihar directly. Therefore, the battle for three rooms became the focus of the second phase of the battle for the river bridge.
On the morning of November 12, 1938, 500 infantry cavalry, the vanguard of the Japanese army, attacked the front official land, rear official land and Zhang Huayuan of the forward position of Ma Zhanshan, and the defender Wu Songlin rose up to resist. At 13 o'clock, the position was occupied by the Japanese army, and more than 600 defenders withdrew to the first line of positions.
At 5 o'clock in the morning of November 13, 1938, more than 500 Japanese troops attacked Xinlitun with the cooperation of two aircraft, but were counterattacked by the defenders, and at 10 o'clock, they were repelled by the defenders. At noon on the same day, the bombed Nenjiang Bridge was repaired, providing favorable conditions for a large-scale Japanese attack. At noon, the commander of the Kwantung Army, Honjo Shigeru, issued a reinforcement order for the third time: "Send the remaining troops of the 2nd Division and the three infantry brigades mixed into the 39th Brigade and the ambulance squad to the vicinity of Daxing", and ordered the commander of the 2nd Division, Lieutenant General Tamon, to command the Nenjiang detachment together. The Japanese base camp increased three flying squadrons to Heilongjiang Province, and the 4th Mixed Brigade, which was preparing to land in Dalian, was relocated to Pusan, North Korea, and arrived at Heilongjiang in a hurry. In the afternoon, more than 3,000 Japanese infantry cavalry launched a fierce attack on Tangchi, Wunuotou and Xinlitun with the cooperation of artillery. The defenders put up a resistance and fought until 12 midnight, when the Japanese occupied Unotou.
On the morning of November 14, 1938, under the cover of two planes and heavy artillery, the Japanese attacked the Tangchi position, but were repulsed by the Mazhan Mountains. At about 10 o'clock, more than 2,000 Japanese troops under the command of Hase, divided into two units of infantry and cavalry, adopted the tactics of large encirclement, attacked Tangchi from the left and right directions, and the horse army fought and retreated, and the fierce battle was until the morning of the 15th, and the Japanese army attacked to tie the horse. Ma Zhanshan had already ordered the two cavalry regiments to quietly outflank the enemy's two flanks, and at the sound of an order, the frontal guard regiment first rushed into the Japanese position, and the cavalry regiment roared from both flanks, and the Japanese retreated in a hurry. Ma Zhanshan captured 2 cannons and 70 horses; 300 Japanese soldiers were killed, 200 were captured, and more than 2,000 puppet soldiers were killed or wounded and more than 2,000 armed escapees. In order to strengthen the defensive force, the defenders organized the 2,000 people of the Suihua Security Brigade into an independent regiment and joined the frontal position. On the 15th, Honjo was ordered by the Japanese Minister of Land, Minamijiro, to once again propose to Ma Zhanshan that the Ma army should withdraw from the south of the Eastern Railway, that the area be managed by the Tao Pleiades Bureau, and that Ma should not obstruct it, but Ma Zhanshan refused.
At 7:30 a.m. on November 15, 1938, Lieutenant General Tamon, commander of the 2nd Division of the Japanese Army, led the main force of the division to the Daxing front.
At 11 o'clock on November 16, 1938, with the support of 10 aircraft, heavy artillery and tanks, the Japanese infantry and cavalry of 4,000 people launched a fierce attack on Xinlitun, Sanjiazi and other positions. The defenders put up a fierce resistance and fought until 15 o'clock, when they repelled the Japanese army. Heavy casualties on both sides. At 10:10 on the 17th, Honjo received a request from the Chief of Staff of the Army to "advance north of Qiqihar." Do your best to take decisive action to bring the enemy to a route", and ordered the 2nd Division to "capture Qiqihar in one fell swoop." He also ordered the 39th Brigade to be mixed, except for one infantry squadron and an engineer squadron, to "mobilize the rest of the troops to Daxing, and put them under the command of the commander of the 2nd Division." At 13 o'clock, the commander of the Duomen Division issued an order to all Japanese troops in the rear coat liba train to attack the Black Army in an all-out attack (focusing on attacking three rooms).
At 22 o'clock on November 17, 1938, the Japanese soldiers who had received reinforcements were divided into three routes and launched a fierce attack on the Mabe position. The right-wing troops, under the command of Amano, set out from Unotou and attacked the left flank positions in the area of Xinlitun. Although the defender Wu Songlin Brigade was exhausted from several days of fighting, it still resisted to the death in the face of several times stronger enemies, and repelled the Japanese attack for more than ten times. In the early morning of the battle, most of the defenders' trenches were destroyed, and the positions of various regiments and battalions were cut off in dozens of places, making it difficult to hold them, so they retreated to the second line of positions in the Daxingtun area. At 22:40 on the 17th, the Japanese left flank troops, under the command of Hase, attacked the right flank positions in the area of Yuchi. The defending army Cheng Zhiyuan's brigade fought to the death. At 2 o'clock the next day, the Japanese army increased its attack force, with 8 tanks and more than 30 artillery pieces, wantonly and fiercely, and the defenders were unable to support it, so they withdrew to the position of the three owners.
At 3 a.m. on November 18, 1938, the Japanese army assembled all units and deployed to the area to be attacked. At 6:30, the planes and artillery bombarded the front-line positions of Sanjianfang for one hour, and the defenders returned fire with artillery, and each other's artillery rumbled, shaking the entire Shuobei wasteland. At that time, the Japanese army's heavy artillery had a range of 30 kilometers, and the Northeast Revolutionary Army's heavy artillery had a range of 15 kilometers. At about 8 o'clock, the Japanese army began a general attack under the cover of tanks. The defenders put up a hard resistance, and the Japanese attack was thwarted. At 9:20, Duomen ordered reinforcements from the reserve and launched a frantic attack. At 10 o'clock, although the defenders' right flank troops fought bloodily, it was difficult to hold on, so they retreated to the Pleiades River. At 10:30, the defenders' left flank position Xiaoxingtun was lost, and the troops fought and retreated to the area of Hongqiyingzi and Yushutun. At this time, Hase's infantry and cavalry, with the cooperation of aircraft and tanks, attacked the position of the three owners. The defenders of the Chonggu Brigade and the Ninth Brigade of Zhang Dian resisted stubbornly.
At 14 o'clock, the 39th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army continued to join the battle with a wing from Sanjiazi on the west side of Sanjianfang. and with the frontal attack of the Hase Brigade, full force flanking. After 15 o'clock, the Japanese army added 12 planes, 12 tanks, and more than 30 artillery pieces, and destroyed all the trenches with heavy artillery fire.
On the 15th, the three armies of the Northeast Revolutionary Army, under the attack of the tank regiment, the bazooka regiment, and the field artillery, the devils suffered heavy losses, Li Ming transferred a bomber brigade to attack the Japanese planes, and the Japanese bombers continued to be defeated, and on the afternoon of the 16th, the three tank brigades of the Japanese army basically defeated the bazooka regiment, a small number of Japanese tank chains were blown up, the Japanese tank soldiers were captured, and the top of the Japanese Kwantung Army put pressure on Lao Jiang to let Ma Zhanshan stop military operations, and the devils 14 infantry divisions and 10 imperial army brigades were defeated, On the 18th, Ma Zhanshan dismissed Lao Jiang.
On the 25th, the 1st Bomber Brigade of the Northeast Revolutionary Army bombed the Japanese aircraft factory, the headquarters, and the Fushun Navy also began to fire artillery bombardment on the positions of devils near Dalian and Fushun.
In December, Ma Zhanshan promoted Li Ming to the commander of the Northeast Revolutionary Army, and the revolutionary army sang all the way to the Japanese army, driving the devil all the way like a duck.
In May 1939, the revolutionary army took the city near Jiangqiao, and now the Northeast Revolutionary Army has developed to 50 armies, and on the 15th, the revolutionary army occupied the entire Northeast, Ma Zhanshan was promoted to the commander of the Second Army of the Northeast Revolutionary Army, and on the 17th, under the command of Commander Ma, the Northeast Revolutionary Army launched an attack on the Japanese research institute in the square area of Harbin City, in order to prevent the devil from blowing up the institute, Li Ming sent a ghost special force to assist Commander Ma, and the order was to capture Shiro Ishii alive, and the special forces killed the doorman in a few minutes, and then the soldiers put on devil clothes and mixed in, The peripheral troops surrounded the entire base, the special forces cooperated with the revolutionary army to enter in an hour, most of the devils who resisted were headshot, and the revolutionary army captured more than 2,000 devils collectively by the devils, but they didn't find the devil Shiro Ishii, the culprit, this research institute is a laboratory for the living people of hell, and the friends who have seen the Black Sun 731 can learn about it, all kinds of virus files, which are miserable, and a large number of people who were caught by the devils were rescued by the revolutionary army, and the news of Shiro Ishii's escape was received. Li Ming was very angry, 731 could not be blown up, and it must be kept as evidence.
The full name of Unit 731 is Manchuria Unit 731 (this name was used in August 1941), which is the code name of the bacteriological warfare agent factory of the Japanese invading army. In order to hide people's eyes, it was successively called "Kamo Troops" (1933), "Dongxiang Troops" (1938-1939, the secret number at this time was "Manchurian 659 Troops", and the name Togo Troops was named in honor of Shiro Ishii's idol Togo Heihachiro), "Kwantung Army Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Headquarters" (reorganized into the Kwantung Army Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department in August 1938, and the Kwantung Army Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department Detachment was established on December 2 of the same year, and the Pingfang area facilities became the headquarters), "Manchurian 25202 Troops" (After the Soviet Union conquered Berlin, in order to hide people's sight,). Unit 731 disguised as a water purification unit. Unit 731 built its base in a bungalow area near Harbin in northeastern China, and built a large-scale bacteriological factory covering an area of 300 acres. This area was then part of the puppet regime of Manchukuo. Some researchers believe that more than 10,000 Chinese, Koreans, and allied prisoners of war were killed in the tests of Unit 731, and according to Japanese writer Seiichi Morimura in "The Devil's Food", the "road big" that entered Unit 731 through "special transportation" needed to be numbered, and from 1939 onwards, two rounds of numbering were carried out, each with a numbering limit of 1500, so that at the end of the war, a total of 3,000 people died there. But there is still controversy about how much there is. On the eve of Japan's surrender, it retreated in a hurry, blew up the factory in order to destroy the evidence, and a large number of germ-carrying animals escaped, bringing great disasters to the local people.
Unit 731 is a demon unit born by the Japanese Army. They have turned biology and medicine into weapons and carried out bacteriological warfare, which is prohibited by international law. The team members kept their experiences a secret, and many of them lived incognito.
Unit 731 of the Japanese Kwantung Army is a special unit prepared by Japanese militarism for bacteriological warfare, and occupies an important strategic position. The so-called "small Harbin, big bungalow" of the Japanese soldiers illustrates this point in a certain sense. In terms of size, it is the largest bacterial factory in the world. As far as its status is concerned, it is under the dual leadership of the Japanese Ministry of Army, the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters, and the Japanese Kwantung Army Headquarters, and its personnel allocation is very strong. It has more than 2,600 personnel engaged in bacteriological warfare research, including one lieutenant general and four major general-level officers, more than 80 colonel-level officers, and more than 300 judges and technicians. From 1936 to July 1942, Lieutenant General Shiro Ishii was the commander of the troops, Major General Masaji Kitano took over as the commander of the troops from August 1942 to February 1945, and Shiro Ishii was reappointed as the commander of the troops from March 1945 to August of the same year. All departments and detachments directly under it are assigned junior officers to be responsible, and some important departments are assigned officers with the rank of major general.