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Chapter 1359 Stormy Rain

Suidong County (now Luobei County) is located in the east of Hegang, north to Heilongjiang River as the boundary, and the Soviet Far East across the river, northwest and Jiayin County, south and Tangyuan, Huachuan as neighbors, southeast and Suibin adjacent, Zhaoxing Town, is an important border town connecting the Soviet Union and Hegang, the Japanese army has a heavy army here. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the 5th Division crossed the river, it quickly took control of the Songhua River waterway, and under the threat of Jiangbei fortress artillery, the Japanese patrol gunboats were either sunk or flew a white flag to surrender. The surrender of four Japanese 42-ton gunboats greatly facilitated the speed of the Fifth Division's material delivery, especially the Soviet Far Eastern Military District's emergency reinforcement of two ferries with a load of 500 tons from Heilongjiang, which greatly facilitated the transportation of artillery and tanks of the Fifth Division.

With a wave of his hand, 100 T28 medium tanks eliminated from the three tank divisions were transported by rail from Suifenhe to Jining, and then 50 of them were transported to Jiamusi to enrich the defense in the eastern part of the Sanjiang Plain. This time he led his troops north, and the Fifth Division was assigned ten vehicles.

With the troops assembled in place, the Fifth Division left a regiment to create an anti-Japanese regime, distributed the land belonging to the puppet Manchurian government and the people of the cantonment to the peasants, and formulated policies to support the peasants and businessmen, reducing the public grain that the peasants needed to pay to a very small ratio, increasing the enthusiasm of the landlords and peasants for farming, and rapidly consolidating the base areas.

The main force of the Fifth Division quickly moved north, and the first to attack was Zhongren Town, which was known as the gateway to Zhaoxing.

The Japanese army has always attached more importance to the defense of the town, and Zhongren Town, as an important town in the east of Heilongjiang, is also extremely tightly defended, there are turrets built around the entrance of the town, and it is also equipped with a large bunker group, the bunker is combined with the hidden bunker, like a thorny hedgehog. At the same time, around the fortifications, the trenches are vertical and horizontal, and at a glance, you can see that the Japanese army has worked hard.

Long before the expedition, Hu Jiying, commander of the Fifth Division, had a relatively intuitive understanding of the intelligence of the Japanese army north of the entire Songhua River, and knew that there was a squadron of the Japanese army stationed here, and there was also a regiment of puppet troops. Such an opponent, for Hu Jiying, who has 22,000 A seed divisions, did not pay attention to it at all, he looked at the time, it is now four o'clock in the afternoon, and soon it will be dark, after the battle, you can rest in the town for the night, and then continue to go north.

With an order, two 105-mm cannons pulled by fifty bomb trucks were erected, aimed at the turret, and the loader loaded the shells into the gun chamber, and then the gunner pulled the launch rope, only to hear the two cannon sounds of "boom", and the two shells accurately hit the turret, only to see a flash of fire, "boom" two loud bangs, and the two turrets collapsed in a violent explosion.

Immediately afterward, several 75mm mountain guns and 70mm mortars aimed at the pillboxes and there was a fierce artillery bombardment, and the shells rained down on the enemy's heads, exploding large and small fireballs.

After a minute of non-stop shelling, the bunker group, which looked murderous just now, immediately became a mess and miserable.

Hu Jiying was very satisfied with the results of the shelling, and shouted "attack", ten T28 tanks let out an angry roar, and rushed towards the fortress group that was burning with raging fire, behind the tanks were the 92-wheeled armored vehicles and infantry captured from ***, the snipers stepped forward to take position, scanned all suspicious targets, and once the enemy appeared to shoot, they would immediately give them a blow to the head.

The T28 tank has a thick skin, the thickest armor protection is 80 mm, and the thinnest is 20 mm, and the 37 battle anti-aircraft guns do not pose any threat to it. At the same time, the T28 tank was extremely powerful, with a dual-purpose 76.2mm gun and three DT machine guns on the turret, one of which was a coaxial DT machine gun, and the other two were deployed on two forward turrets.

The majestic T28 tank roared and rushed towards the Japanese position, machine gun bullets and shells harvesting the lives of the stubborn Japanese soldiers. The metal monsters made by the Soviet Union made those *** soldiers who had received the spiritual education of bushido since they were children also felt frightened, and most of the Japanese soldiers lost their fighting spirit, and they turned around and ran, only a few Japanese soldiers who were not afraid of death, shouted loudly "paste the black card, onboard", and rushed towards the tank with the explosive bag.

However, none of the devils could get close to the tank, and they were killed one by one by the machine guns of the T28 tank, the infantry immediately behind the tank, and the snipers of the squadron in the distance, and they were reduced to pieces after a huge explosion.

A small number of Japanese soldiers fought to the death and hid in the trenches to resist stubbornly, but as soon as those machine guns sprayed tongues of fire, they were immediately reimbursed by the shells fired by the T28 tank, along with the guns of the people.

Seeing that the firepower of the attacking squadron was so ferocious, the Japanese puppet army, which knew that it could not be resisted, collapsed on all fronts, and fled backwards without a life, T28 tanks and 92-wheeled armored vehicles spat tongues of fire, roaring all the way to the enemy, and the stormy dense bullets, like the sickle of death, harvested the enemy's life to their heart's content.

After about half an hour of fighting, the skirmish was easily declared over, and the enemy guarding the town, the devils, were killed two hundred and twenty-four people and three captured. More than 500 puppet soldiers of a regiment were killed and wounded, and the rest of the 500-odd people were all captured.

The Fifth Division occupied Zhongren Town without much effort, and the division headquarters was quickly stationed, and the rest of the divisions were distributed inside and outside the town to help the local government establish an anti-Japanese regime and distribute land. Adhering to the consistent good tradition of An Jiajun, he helped the villagers repair houses and tiles, carry water and pave roads, and soon became one with the local people.

At the same time, the Sixth Division of Jiamusi, under the leadership of He Yifei, also adopted the tactics of attacking the west from the east, first sending a small force to pretend to carry out a forced crossing in Huachuan County in the east of Jiamusi, and after attracting the attention of the Japanese army, the main force crossed the Songhua River at Aoqi Town west of Jiamusi, and then divided the troops into two routes, occupying Tangyuan County and the mouth of the Lianjiang River with lightning speed, and controlling the choke point of the Songhua River in one fell swoop.

The Japanese patrol fleet between Jiamusi and Fujin tried to force their way through the pass, and all eighteen patrol gunboats were sunk. So far, the lower reaches of the Songhua River are all under the control of rescue. The Sixth Division handed over the county seat of Tangyuan to Xia Yunjie's Sixth Army of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, leaving a small group of troops and political workers to form an anti-Japanese regime at the mouth of the Lianjiang River.

Due to the fierce attack launched by the rescue, the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Federation were deeply encouraged, and Li Yanping led the Fourth Army of the Anti-Japanese Federation to the north, joined up with Li Huatang's Ninth Army, and captured Yilan County in one fell swoop. Xie Wendong's Eighth Army, Wang Yachen's Tenth Army, and Qi Mingshan's Eleventh Army cooperated to occupy Fangzheng County.

The Kwantung Army Headquarters quickly adjusted its deployment, mobilized 21 infantry brigades from Liaoning, Jilin and other places, and transferred the 7th Division, 21st Division, and 108th Division from the Chahar Army to return to help, determined to extinguish the anti-Japanese beacon fire in the Sanjiang Plain in one fell swoop with the power of thunder.

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On August 9, the city of Nanjing, which was hit by an eight-level typhoon, was devastated, and the entire Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian and other regions were hit by heavy rain, and serious floods occurred again in many places.

In China, which is full of disasters, when the Japanese invaders are attacking on a large scale, God always sings the opposite tune, always strikes a heavy blow at critical moments, as if he will not give up until he breaks the will of the Chinese people to resist.

Fortunately, at this time, the arid southwest region also ushered in the first heavy rain of this year, starting from last night, the pouring rain moistened the mountains and rivers of Yun, Gui, Sichuan, Gannan, southern Shaanxi, Xiangxi, western Hubei and other places, the original dry and scorched yellow earth, once again a trace of green, vitality reappeared.

It was against this background that the National Defense Conference convened by the Central Military Commission was formally held, attended by important military generals of all armies and divisions across the country, military and political chiefs of various provinces, and representatives of the armed forces, to discuss and formulate the anti-Japanese war policy.

The departments concerned reported on the building of air force units, the formation of reserve forces, air defense forces, national defense fortifications, the construction of military academies, the construction of military industries, and the reserve of strategic materials, so that all the generals attending the meeting could clearly understand their family backgrounds and go to the national disaster together. On the basis of confirming the First and Second Theaters, the congress once again divided the Third Theater in a forward-looking manner, and appointed Feng Yuxiang as the commander of the Third Theater to take unified command of the Songhu Battlefield.

At 8 o'clock that night, the thunder was incessant, the rain was like a pillar, and the joint national defense conference was held, and 56 people, including Lin Sen, Wang Jingwei, Zhang Ji, Ju Zheng, Yu Youren, Dai Boxian, Sun Ke, Chen Lifu, Yan Xishan, Zhu Peide, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Feng Yuxiang, He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Tang Shengzhi, Liu Xiang, Chen Tiaoyuan, Zhang Hongluan, Shi Zhen, and Lao Shoudao, representing the southern Sichuan government, attended the meeting.

Chiang Kai-shek, chairman of the Military Commission, delivered another speech, saying that the current situation in China is the last moment of life and death, and today's daytime meeting has brought together most of the high-ranking generals from all parts of the country to discuss plans for handling national defense in the future.

He Yingqin, chief of the General Staff, gave a report on the general situation of today's daytime national defense meeting; Chen Cheng, minister of military affairs, reported on the situation since the Lugou Bridge incident; Wu Siyu, deputy director of the General Office of the Military Commission, reported on the situation of the enemy and us, the division of the three theaters, and the formation of various reserve armies; and finally Chiang Kai-shek expounded on the significance and determination of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. After discussion, the participants unanimously stood up and expressed their determination and courage to resist the war to the end. Subsequently, the military generals enthusiastically discussed the strategic issues of the War of Resistance, and Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng suggested the formation of an army, navy, and air base camp to command the armed forces of the whole country.

On the same day, the special parliament passed the war appropriation bill, in order to deal with the escalation of the scale of China's war, the special parliament decided that it will no longer meet separately to examine military expenditures in the future, and will devote all its efforts to reorganize and train the army, vigorously develop the military industry, accelerate the construction of aircraft, artillery, ships, guns and ammunition, and at the same time increase investment in the research of aircraft, warships, tanks and other weapons and equipment, and strive to make progress every day, no matter in terms of the quality of officers and soldiers and the quality of weapons and equipment, comprehensively surpass the squadron. Win the Sino-Japanese War once and for all.