During this day's offensive, despite the fact that the communication was cut off and the accidental bombing was caused by various difficulties, the Japanese infantry unit still desperately advanced two kilometers, which was two or three kilometers away from the river bank, and the Northeast Army retreated on the whole line under the comprehensive general attack of the Japanese air force, artillery and infantry, and Lieutenant General Komatsubara ordered the infantry units to consolidate the positions they had won before sunset; The artillery group advanced accordingly, covering the infantry to attack the river bank at dawn the next day, at 8 o'clock in the morning of the next day, the Japanese army attacked the whole line, the target was the Sangye River pontoon bridge The Japanese planes and artillery groups pressed on the bridgehead together, the artillery fire was fierce, although the long-range artillery of the Northeast Army continued to bombard the Japanese heavy artillery positions the day before, but the artillery group of Major General Yan Yong still concentrated the artillery fire in the area of the confluence of the two rivers, the shells were like a rapid wind and rain, the river was like dumplings under the pot, countless water columns rose into the air Finally, the pontoon bridge was hit, and the bridge board flew into the air. Under the threat of black smoke, the Chinese defenders and anti-aircraft artillery units fell one after another on the bridgehead, and hurriedly retreated to Canbralt on the west bank, at this time, about a large group of Japanese infantry rushed across the pontoon bridge and entered the foot of the Canbralt Mountain, trying to go up the mountain to seize the Northeast Army artillery on the platform, and a small number of death squads carrying anti-tank grenades and explosive packs were inserted to the north as soon as they crossed the river to distract the attention of the Northeast Army. The original objectives of encircling and destroying all Chinese troops on the east bank of the Sangye River, crossing the Sangye River, advancing to the west bank to eliminate the reserves of the Northeast Army, and seizing and expanding the landing ground on the west bank of the Sangye River were achieved to ensure subsequent operations

However, unexpectedly, the troops crossing the river to attack the Canblatt Highlands had just rushed halfway up the slopes of the heights, and from the east and west passes of Canblatt and the flat hilltops, hundreds of tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armored vehicles poured out from the mountains, which were the guns on the tanks of the 11th Tank Brigade of Major General Jiang Dengxuan and the 8th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of Colonel Maudsheng, and the machine guns on the armored vehicles of the armored vehicles were spitting grenade shells and incendiary shells, and the machine gun shells were pouring down like rain on the various suicide attack squads of the Japanese troops who were charging down." The "meat bullets" rushed up and died together with the Chinese tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armored vehicles, but the Chinese tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armored vehicles did not retreat, but formed an encirclement, driving the Japanese brigade to the Sangye River, and the retreating infantry of the Northeast Army and the cavalry of the Northeast Army also outflanked Jiang Dengxuan's lead tank from both flanks, leading the tank group to rush to the river bank At this time, three "meat bullets" rushed up, two were immediately killed by the machine gun fire on the tank, and the other "meat bullet" rolled out of the ray, pulling the mine, and an arrow approached the tank of Major General Jiang Dengxuan, I saw a flash of fire, "boom" and two explosions, the tank did not move, and the smoke and flames wrapped the blown up tank, Major General Jiang Dengxuan, and all the tank crew died heroically

Although the Japanese death squad blew up many Chinese tanks and armored vehicles, they could not stop the counter-charge of the mechanized troops of the Northeast Army, and the Siberian garrison troops poured back to the pontoon bridge like a tide, scrambling to retreat to the east bank, and the Chinese tanks and armored vehicles chased after the Japanese troops on the east bank of the pontoon bridge, and the Japanese follow-up troops on the east bank were caught off guard, unable to hold their ground in the wave of retreat on the west bank, and the whole line was forced to retreat

The Japanese positions collapsed on all fronts, and the troops were defeated, and the headquarters of the Siberian garrison reluctantly issued an order to "immediately stop the offensive and occupy the east bank front, build positions and prepare for a protracted war."

After the failure of the Japanese army's general attack, it was forced to retreat to the east bank of the Sangye River to build defensive facilities and organize defense, while the Northeast Army took advantage of the Japanese army's foothold and launched a full-scale counteroffensive

For the great counteroffensive, the Chinese Supreme Command expanded the 37th Panzer Army into the L Army, forming a large corps composed of various arms, and Zhong Liwei was appointed commander of the 1st Army...,

On November 20, 1942, the Northeast Army concentrated 157,000 troops, 1,498 tanks, 1,385 infantry fighting vehicles and armored vehicles, 1,542 artillery and mortars, and 1,515 aircraft to launch a counteroffensive campaign against the Japanese army

Zhong Liwei divided his entire offensive force into three clusters, and the total strength of the onslaught and counteroffensive against the Japanese positions from the center, south and north roads was 175 infantry battalions and 160 cavalry battalions

The Japanese army assembled 75,000 defensive forces on the central, southern and northern fronts, 1,283 machine guns, 300 artillery pieces, and 310 aircraft

At 5:46 a.m. on November 20, the Northeast Army first launched a fierce artillery bombardment of the anti-aircraft positions of the Japanese 6th Army Corps, and then bombed and strafed the forward positions of the 6th Army Corps with 750 bombers and 100 fighters

At 8:15, artillery and mortars of various calibers of the Northeast Army bombarded the Japanese positions

At 8:30 a.m., the Chinese Air Force bombed and strafed the Japanese forward positions for the second time, enveloping the Japanese army's forward positions stretching for 40 kilometers in thick smoke and fire

Under the repeated rapid attacks of the planes and artillery of the Northeast Army, the Japanese army was completely suppressed for an hour and a half, and the artillery fire was unable to return fire, and the observation posts, communication links, and front-line and shallow artillery positions were destroyed

At 8:45, a red signal flare was raised in the air, and the armored units of the Northeast Army, under the cover of artillery fire, crossed the Sangye River and began a general attack on the whole line, from the headquarters of Lieutenant General Komatsubara, the commander of the 23rd Division, to the stronghold-type positions on the front, which were fiercely attacked by the Northeast Army, and the central line positions defended by the 64th and 72nd Wings of the Japanese Infantry and the 72nd Wing - the Lombabur Heights, which were heavily bombed by Chinese aircraft from 6:30 in the morning, and the smoke from the explosion of the bombs became a semicircle, Nothing could be seen on the position, 50 minutes after the air raid, several Chinese planes strafed the position of the 6th Wing of the Field Heavy Artillery, at 9:40, 39 4-engine "Kuaidao" bombers of the Northeast Army were protected by the "Swiftlet" fighter group, and another air attack was flew, of which 9 bombers flew to the position of the L Wing of the Field Heavy Artillery to drop bombs, and the position of the L Brigade of the Heavy Artillery was covered with shrapnel and smoke. The fighters immediately caught up and opened fire, and six Japanese "Zero" fighters were damaged and flew down the grass at a low altitude

From the beginning of the bombing of the Chinese planes in the morning, the artillery of the Northeast Army also began to bombard, rows of shells exploded on the first line of positions, and then carried out in-depth shelling, and the Japanese army's line of sight was completely cut off, and they had no ability to parry or fight back, but only to be beaten

On the Serantula Heights on the Japanese Army's Northern Front, the troops of the Izuki Wing withstood bombing, strafing, and artillery shelling from Chinese aircraft; Before he came to his senses, 50 tanks, 10 self-propelled guns and 600 Mongolian cavalry of the Northeast Army attacked from the direction of Balangang, and a regiment of artillery of the Northeast Army also attacked from the northwest direction. There was no place to hide in the entire position, and the Japanese could only crawl back and forth, advancing and retreating, or rolling and crawling to avoid the increasing number of casualties from the shells

At 12 o'clock, the artillery bombardment of the Northeast Army was interrupted for a while, and the Japanese army just felt relieved, and suddenly the tanks of the Northeast Army broke into the position from the north, and the melee began, and the Molotov cocktails, anti-tank mines, anti-tank guns and grenades all went up At this time, the troops of the well placed Nakasa, who guarded the stronghold on the Serantula Heights, were 200 cavalry, 600 infantry, 12 field artillery, 4 artillery pieces, 2 heavy armored vehicles, and 5 13-mm machine guns, and the Northeast Army gradually stopped attacking until sunset

In the area of the Kaisan Heights on the southern front, the artillery bombardment of the Northeast Army continued throughout the day, and the communication between the various brigades of the Hasebe was severed, and the well-equipped Kiogawa Brigade was simultaneously attacked by air raids and the artillery of more than a dozen tanks, and a Chinese artillery group on the west bank also concentrated on bombarding the positions of the Kiogawa Brigade and the Ishikawa Mixed Brigade, and nearly 50 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and armored vehicles quickly detoured from the south and penetrated directly into the rear of the entire Kaisan Heights area defended by the Hasebe detachment, and the 744th Japanese Infantry Wing defended by the 71st Wing. On the front of the two heights of 757, the Northeast Army set up 4 military pontoon bridges on the Sangye River on the night of the 19th, with nearly 200 tanks, armored vehicles and more than 1,000 infantry, rushing to the front of the 71st Wing At the same time, Chinese planes continued to drop bombs and strafe in the air, and the 7L Wing immediately fell into a bitter battle with heavy casualties...,

Judging from the offensive of the Northeast Army on the first day, the North Route Corps attacked Balangang, routed the 3 cavalry regiments of the 1st Garrison Corps, and surrounded the Serantula Heights held by the Japanese army, but encountered stubborn resistance from the Well Placement Wing; The South Route Corps defeated the Japanese Ishikawa Mixed Brigade, detoured back to the vicinity of Ergutna, occupied the 780 Heights, and completed the encirclement of the Haishan Heights; The progress of the Central Corps was slow, with divisions and brigades advancing only 500 to 1,500 meters, and the 6th and 8th Cavalry Divisions of the Northeast Army also stopped after defeating the 2nd Garrison Corps and the Ishikawa Mixed Brigade

At 6 o'clock on November 21, the Japanese army dispatched 113 combat planes of various kinds to launch a counterattack against the Chinese Air Force

However, since the Northeast Army launched a powerful air and ground offensive on 20 November, the Chinese Government Air Force has bombed a total of 256 sorties at various strongholds and rear areas on the battlefield, dropping more than 86 tons of bombs, and the powerful Chinese Air Force aircraft group is more than one and a half times that of Japan in terms of quantity, and is also superior in quality to Japanese planes. There is no sign at all that Chinese aircraft have been hit hard

Therefore, from the afternoon of 22 November, the planes of the 2nd Flying Corps were forced to switch to the battle to support the ground forces, but each sortie was surrounded and intercepted by the Chinese aircraft group formation, and the Northeast Army even opened several field airfields near the west bank of the Sangye River, as long as the Japanese planes flew over the battlefield, the Chinese planes took off to meet the battle, and the air supremacy on the battlefield was firmly controlled by the Northeast Army. The battle was bogged down in extreme difficulty

The day after the Northeast Army launched its ground offensive, the fighting intensified

The Serantula Heights on the Northern Front, the Northeast Army encountered the stubborn resistance of the Well Placement Wing, this high ground was occupied by the Japanese 23rd Division on October 1, after a month and a half of operation, with steel reinforced cement to build a permanent stronghold position, the trenches were staggered, and the Well Placement Wing was equipped with 72 heavy armored vehicles, 36 machine guns, 24 field artillery, 14 artillery guns, more than 2,000 cavalry infantry, and the support of heavy artillery in the rear On November 20, the Northeast Army counterattacked all day, General Zhong Liwei sent the 9th Armored Brigade and the 212th Parachute Brigade to the front line from the reserves, and the 9th Armored Brigade made a big detour from the Balangang line to the east of the Serantura Heights, and then assaulted the rear of the Japanese central position, so as to join forces with the 8th Armored Brigade attacking from the south in the rear of the Lombabor Heights, and complete the encirclement of the Japanese Central Heights, and the paratrooper brigade was airdropped to the rear of the Japanese army to occupy the logistics base and cut off the supply of the Japanese troops on the front line. The 80-kilogram shells hit the Japanese reinforced concrete bunkers one after another, and the combat soldiers in the well had to be moved to the field trenches

In the afternoon, on the Serantula Heights, the artillery of the Northeast Army shelled the entire highland fortifications at a rate of 12 rounds per minute, and under the shock of the violent explosion of the shells, the vertical trenches became horizontal trenches, and finally all of them were blown up, all the bunkers turned over, and the skirmisher bunkers did not exist at all, from noon, the Japanese army's medical center was hit by shells, and the stretcher was blown away, and there was no spare material to be found, it was impossible to contain the wounded, and it was impossible to transport them out, and the infirmary was crowded with seriously wounded at this time. The flamethrower tanks of the Northeast Army broke into the depth of the position and could hide people in the sand trench with bushes and wickers, and under the flamespray of the tanks, all of them were ablaze, and the infantry who followed up behind the tanks fired at the Japanese snipers who escaped from the bushes with submachine guns and machine guns, and the Japanese positions were almost all wounded, and the men and horses were blown into the sky from time to time, but the well-placed troops did not retreat, the enemy and us were mixed together, the infantry were scuffling, and the smoke of the explosion covered the entire Serantura Heights...,

4,500 people of the 71st Infantry Wing of the Japanese 23rd Division south of the Gurustu River on the southern front, under the command of Toru Morita, fought hard with the tanks of the Northeast Army The 1st Brigade of the 13th Wing of the Field Artillery Supporting the infantry was surrounded and crushed by tanks and armored vehicles of the Northeast Army, and all members of the 10th Squadron were killed by artillery fire or crushed by tanks, and most of the other squadrons were also killed or wounded, with the loss of 30 "38" type 75 mm field guns At l0 o'clock in the afternoon, 8 tanks of the Northeast Army, 200 infantry men broke into the 733 heights near Ergutna, which was held by the 7th Japanese Industrial Wing, and then 95 tanks, self-propelled guns and towed guns poured into the breach, turned their guns and bombarded the 71st Wing's flank, and at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, another 30 tanks attacked the previous wing headquarters and grain gathering site, at the same time, this tank group rushed left and right within the defensive range of the 71st Wing, cut the 71st Wing into several pieces, and then rushed to the main assembly of the 71st Wing in waves with more than a dozen tanks without using infantry, Because these tanks are driven by diesel fuel, and their armor is thick, they are not afraid of incendiary bottles thrown by the infantry, and they are not afraid of ordinary mines, so the battle situation of the 71st Infantry Wing deteriorated, and one by one the small heights of sand dunes were occupied by the Northeast Army step by step

On the central position, since the 72nd Infantry Wing was drawn to the area around the Sangye River to assemble, only the 64th Infantry Wing was left to defend on the position, and the field heavy artillery group in the rear was also attacked by 50 tanks and armored vehicles of the Northeast Army, and the tanks and armored vehicles that were resisting the Northeast Army with self-defense mountain artillery were sandwiched in the area between the Japanese artillery and infantry, attacking southeast of Nowru Huktu and threatening the headquarters of the 23rd Division, Lieutenant General Komatsubara hurriedly ordered the 26th Wing of the 7th Division to fortify and intercept the area around Nowru Huktu

The results of the Northeast Army's offensive on the second day were completed, and the division and encirclement of the Japanese 23rd Division and other units were completed, and on the third day, the Northeast Army began to "feast" with the encircled enemy

The Seranturadi of the northern front was occupied by the Northeast Army, and the only remaining 300 people led by Jing Zhi broke through to the south with the heavy troops of the Northeast Army, and it was difficult to converge with the headquarters of the 23rd Division, so he rushed east to Simbaktu within the national border, and gathered with the headquarters of the 5th Garrison Division The 300 people in the well were all wounded, and they lacked food and drink for a few days, and even threw away their weapons in order to escape. Supplying a large amount of bread and water, but because he did not receive the order to retreat and left the battlefield without authorization, Jing Zhi was afraid of being tried by military law, so he committed suicide with **** that night

The 64th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army on the Central Gartkel Heights was completely annihilated by the Northeast Army on November 29, and the Wing Commander Takemitsu Daisa Yamayama burned the military flag and then committed suicide by disembowelment

After the 7L Infantry Wing of the Japanese Infantry was killed in the explosion of Mori Toru Daisa, the whole wing was surrounded and annihilated, and after the acting wing commander Tosho Nakasa burned the military flag, he and the flag officer rushed to the tank of the Northeast Army with a mine in their arms, and the two died with the tank (to be continued)