Chapter 518: The tragic Jiamusi, the unexpected Mudanjiang
On the night of the 10th, Yan'an called to inquire about the situation of the battle, and was very relieved to learn that the attack on the outskirts of the city had been successful. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 I was very relieved to learn that as many as 30,000 Japanese puppet soldiers had been killed and seriously wounded and captured, and I did not know the exact number of minor wounds, and that our army had less than 5,000 casualties.
At six o'clock in the morning of the 11th, Yichun planes set out and arrived in Jiamusi in the morning light.
The Japanese army had four barracks in the city and a large area of fortifications on the outskirts of the city. Outside the city, the Japanese barracks were pointed out with firepit arrows, and several planes bombed the barracks. This bombing was a great success, some Japanese soldiers were resting in the barracks, some soldiers were eating, and some soldiers left the barracks and rushed to the fortifications, and the bombing was just in time.
Yichun's aerial bomb is different, it is an improved version of the armor-piercing bullet with a hollow charge, the bullet is small, the coverage is large, the penetration is strong, the ability is used to combat tank clusters, and now it is used to bomb fortified barracks, and the effect is very good.
After the war, experts assessed the effectiveness of this bombing, and as a result, in the morning planes bombed the barracks, killing and wounding nearly 10,000 Japanese soldiers.
After the bombing of a dozen planes, the group left, and the ground forces began to attack, and before the Japanese could resume their positional defense, the attacking troops had already reached the front of the Japanese position.
The offensive and defensive battles on the outskirts of the city began.
The puppet army camp was not bombed, but only dropped a large number of leaflets to ask them to surrender with leaflets.
At eight o'clock in the morning of the 11th, Mudanjiang.
Wang Renzhi's Mudanjiang Column has now expanded to about 30,000 people, Wu Fugui took 10,000, and he still has 20,000 here.
Wang Renzhi has always liked to use his brain, and he pays the most attention to concealing his strength on weekdays, so that the Japanese army in Mudanjiang thought that he only had two or three thousand people, and sent troops to aid Jiamusi with confidence.
These days, although he stared at the Mudanjiang River, what he was thinking in his mind was the overall situation in his eyes, not only saw the gap in the Mudanjiang River, but also saw that there was something in the Mudanjiang River, and it was difficult to come to the aid no matter which direction, and if the Mudanjiang River was taken, the north-south communication would be unimpeded, and the situation on the battlefield would change.
A few days ago, the Mudanjiang was being transported by train to leave the city, leaving less than 2,000 Japanese troops and 3,000 puppet troops in the city. Attacking Mudanjiang, the opportunity came.
Wang Renzhi sent a telegram to Xiaolu last night, and Xiaolu discussed it with others and agreed.
Yan'an was surprised to know that the Mudanjiang attack was ahead of schedule and demanded that the situation be reported quickly.
The original plan was to wait for Jiamusi to win and then gather a large army to attack the Mudanjiang River. This is to concentrate forces to fight a war of annihilation, but unexpectedly, Wang Renzhi acted in advance.
While waiting for Yan'an's reply, Wang Renzhi had already launched an attack on the Mudanjiang River. The attack was from the west, north, and south of the city to the city. The first target was the railway station in the northwest of the city. This is Wang Renzhi's first move.
When the Japanese army defending the city was fighting the anti-Japanese coalition forces near the railway station with all their might, Wang Renzhi's second move was dispatched.
The police in the city revolted together with the puppet army, and the puppet army in the city defense positions rioted, attacking the back of the Japanese army under the leadership of the officers and the underground party. The Japanese army was caught off guard, and soon, the Japanese defense line was shattered.
Immediately afterwards, Wang Renzhi attacked together in several other directions of Mudanjiang City, the positions in these places were still there, but there was not enough Japanese defense inside, as long as the fortress was blown up and the machine guns inside were removed, the city defense could be broken.
Although Wang Renzhi scattered his troops to attack in several places, he deployed powerful firepower in only one place: more than a dozen rocket launchers and more than a dozen artillery pieces. At the sound of an order, the shell was fired from the depressed. The rockets were fired from launchers pressed almost horizontally. In just a few minutes, the city defense tore a hole several hundred meters wide, and a large army entered the city from here.
Half an hour later, the besieging and insurrectionary forces joined forces, led by the insurrectionary troops, and attacked the other fortifications from the rear.
Soon, the Japanese army was not enough to use because of the small number of troops, except for the railway station and a few defensive positions, other areas had been taken, and the large forces followed the plan, some entered the city, and some turned back to reinforce.
At twelve o'clock at noon, Yan'an called back and agreed to Wang Renzhi's early action.
At this time, Wang Renzhi had already broken through most of the city defenses, and at present, only the railway station and the headquarters were still exchanging fire. At two o'clock in the afternoon, the railway station was breached, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, the headquarters was breached.
At 10 o'clock, Wang Renzhi's telegram was sent, the underground party instigated the puppet army and the police to revolt, the Mudanjiang was restored, the Japanese army suffered 2,000 casualties, only a few wounded soldiers were captured, and a large number of Japanese recruits did not know how to surrender, and were killed by the rebel troops in a daze.
At 4:30, the Kwantung Army was shocked when they learned that the Mudanjiang River had been breached, and the staff officers couldn't hold their breath and exclaimed loudly: The plan to transfer the tiger from the mountain in the center has been made!
In fact, this strategy is Wang Renzhi's own strategy.
By the afternoon of the next day, Mudanjiang City was in normal order, Wang Renzhi's small troops went out in all directions, and in the evening, several surrounding county towns were all recovered. At night, Wang Renzhi sent a telegram requesting instructions to expand the 30,000 militia in the vicinity into the troops, arm these recruits with captured weapons, and stationed them in several barracks on the east side of the Mudanjiang River to deal with the Japanese troops in the Soviet Far East, Xinjing, Jilin, and other places, especially in Vladivostok and other places.
In this battle, Wang Renzhi's series of actions were planned, measured, and interlocked, and he took precautions against various situations, took the initiative to attack, and created a series of opportunities, so that the city defense troops made the mistake of evenly distributing military forces, and took a big city in just ten hours, with troop losses and damage to the city to a minimum, and the results were brilliant, winning praise from Yan'an. Mao Gong used three comforts to evaluate his achievements, and the small road was timely replenished with the weapons and equipment of Wang Renzhi's troops to guard against the Japanese army in the east.
On the 12th, the battle of Jiamusi continued, and the besieging army launched the final blow.
The news of the loss of Mudanjiang has long been transmitted into the city of Jiamusi with a loudspeaker, and the puppet army has accelerated the pace of surrender when it sees that the general trend has gone, and so far, the vast majority of the puppet army has surrendered.
Not only did the defenders in Jiamusi City reduce by more than 10,000 people, but it also caused the Democratic Alliance Army to go deep behind the Japanese army, and the Japanese army suffered huge losses, and they retreated one after another, and began street fighting in dozens of buildings in the center of the city. At this time, the Japanese army mobilized planes to help in the battle, but they could not distinguish the positions of the two sides, so they had to retreat.
In the morning, the Democratic Alliance Army of the Northeast Army concentrated rocket launchers and infantry artillery to attack the Japanese building from all sides.
On the morning of the 12th, the attacking troops reached the center of the city, and the remnants of the Japanese army held on to the headquarters building, calling several times, refusing to surrender.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the killer of the trail was taken out, the tank troops.
Dozens of tanks surrounded several buildings in the center of the city from four directions, firing together at all. Half of the Japanese headquarters building collapsed, and several other buildings were damaged. The firepower in the building suddenly weakened.
The tanks attacked, knocking the broken walls of the large mouth open. The infantry followed the tanks and approached the building.
At this time, the Japanese death squad came out, and dozens of Japanese soldiers carrying explosive bags with wooden poles rushed out to blast the tank.
At this time, a few sporadic shots of rifles were heard. The sound was so inconspicuous, but then the explosion was earth-shattering.
It was the special operations team that hit the explosives pack, and the explosives exploded, blowing up the Japanese army's own defensive positions.
At noon, the troops captured the last building.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Xiaolu sent a telegram to report the victory, the Japanese army was eliminated, and Jiamusi was recovered.
This is the second brutal battle commanded by Xiao Lu, the last time it was the Battle of Yichun, this time the cruelty is that the Japanese side suffered huge losses, nearly 60,000 Japanese troops, more than 50,000 dead, the prisoners were all wounded soldiers, and the puppet army surrendered more than 10,000, and the results can be said to be huge. This battle changed the balance of forces between the two sides in the northeast, and changed from the original close combat strength to a situation in which our side surpassed the enemy's forces.
In the past, the Northeast Coalition Army was more numerous than the Japanese army, but its combat strength was not as good as that of the Japanese army, at least many people did not believe that the Northeast Coalition Army could have an advantage. Up to now, the combat strength of the Northeast Coalition Army has surpassed that of the Japanese army, and all walks of life are much more optimistic about the liberation of Northeast China by the Northeast Coalition Army.
The next day, Wang Diancang was appointed as the mayor of Jiamusi, Wang Diancang was originally the leader of the Jiamusi group of the advance team, and later expanded to the Jiamusi Municipal Party Committee, and he served as the secretary. In all the battles, Wang Diancang provided information and made great contributions. His underground party had infiltrated all strata and immediately began to administer the city after liberation.
On March 30, the siege troops attacked from all sides after the battle, all the county towns around Jiamusi were liberated, and the troops of Mudanjiang on the south side were also attacked, and the two armies finally converged on the railway, so far, the Jiamusi liberated area was connected together.
On April 5, several troops of Mudanjiang advanced eastward and southward and northward, defending several towns surrounded by Japanese troops, and encountered thousands of Japanese troops in Ning'an, Yuan in the south. The anti-Japanese coalition forces fought fiercely for six hours, and a large army arrived and surrounded all the Japanese troops. On the 7th, Ning'an was recovered, and the Japanese army retreated. The anti-Japanese coalition forces let go of the pursuit, and the Japanese fled south.
At the same time, the two fortresses east of Jiamusi, Fujin and Luobei were conquered, and the remnants of the Japanese army entered the Soviet Far East. Two fortresses were blown open by several huge aerial bombs, and the ground fortifications were blown up by mountain artillery and rocket artillery. The Japanese army was unable to defend it, so they broke through at night and were pursued all the way by the Northeast Coalition Army, which was very tragic.
On April 10, the Jingpo Lake Hydropower Station in the Mudanjiang River basin was restored. At this time, the hydropower station had just been completed to generate electricity, and almost all the workers of the power station were underground parties, and when the large army surrounded the power station, they rebelled and controlled all the Japanese technicians.
Harbin was very happy to receive the news of the successful recovery of the hydropower station.
On April 20, all cities in the eastern border area were recovered, except for Hulin, Suifenhe, and Dongning. The Pearl River in the south of Harbin, Shuangcheng and other places were all recovered, and the army reached the Songhua River.
At this point, the war in North Manchuria came to an end, and both sides were unable to continue to fight another big battle, and they both wanted to take a breather. The local units of the Northeast Coalition Army seized this opportunity to continue to encroach on the local power in the hands of the Japanese army, from small towns to county seats, and from both sides of the highway to both sides of the railway. Local governments have been formed, and militia self-defense units have been formed.
At this point, a situation was formed in the northeast in which the Northeast Coalition Army occupied most of North Manchuria, the entire western part of Manchuria, as well as the Jidong Mountains and the South Manchurian countryside. The Northeast Coalition Army already controls 80 percent of the population and 90 percent of the land.
In the whole northeast, the Japanese army only had more than 100,000 troops left, distributed along the railway, distributed in several large cities and large mines. The news reached Tokyo, Tokyo shook, the base camp was in a mess, how to deal with it, there was no result. The Japanese army fought on multiple fronts and had no military strength to mobilize, so it had no choice but to ask the North China garrison army to send troops to reinforce Manchuria.
The Japanese in South Manchurian were panicked and left one after another, some migrating back to Japan and some moving to Vladivostok.