During the offensive on this day, despite the fact that communications were cut off and the bombing was caused by mistake, the infantry unit of the Yue Army still desperately advanced two kilometers, which was two or three kilometers away from the river bank. Under the all-out general attack of the army's air force, artillery, and infantry, the Northeast Army retreated on all fronts. Lieutenant General Komatsubara ordered all infantry units to consolidate the positions they had already commanded before the fall; 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 army attacked the whole line, and the target was the mulberry river pontoon bridge. The planes and artillery groups of the army pressed on the bridgehead together, and the artillery fire was fierce, surpassing the previous day. Although the long-range artillery of the Northeast Army continued to bombard the heavy artillery positions of the Yue Army, the artillery group of Major General Yan Yong still concentrated the artillery fire in the area around the confluence of the two rivers. Eventually, the pontoon bridge was hit, and the bridge slabs flew high into the air, falling again under the black smoke. The Chinese defenders and anti-aircraft artillery units at the bridgehead hurriedly retreated to Canblat, on the west bank. At this time, about a large group of infantry rushed across the pontoon bridge and entered the foot of the Canblatt Mountain, in an attempt to go up the mountain to seize the artillery of the Northeast Army on the platform. A small group of death squads, carrying anti-tank grenades and explosives packs, plunged north as soon as they crossed the river to distract the Northeast Army. At this time, the young officers of the front-line troops of the Siberian garrison army believed that the air and ground battles had been successful, and they were ready to continue to expand the results of the battle, and achieve the original goal of encircling and destroying all the middle [***] squadrons on the east bank of the Sangye River, crossing the Sangye River, entering the west bank to destroy the reserves of the Northeast Army, and seizing and expanding the landing ground on the west bank of the Sangye River to ensure the subsequent operations.

Unexpectedly, however, the troops crossing the river to attack the Canbralt Highlands had just rushed halfway up the slopes of the heights, and hundreds of tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and armoured vehicles poured out from the eastern and western passes of Canbralt and the flat hilltops, covering the mountains. This is the 11th Tank Brigade of Major General Jiang Dengxuan and the 8th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of Colonel Mo Desheng. The guns on the tanks and the machine guns on the armored vehicles of the infantry fighting vehicles spat out shrapnel and incendiary shells, and the machine-gun shells rained down on the charging troops. The "meat bullets" of the suicide attack squads of the Japanese army rushed up and died together with the Chinese tanks. However, the Chinese tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and armored vehicles did not retreat, but formed an encirclement, driving the Yuejun brigade to the Sangye River, and the retreating infantry of the Northeast Army and the cavalry of the Northeast Army also outflanked from both flanks. Jiang Dengxuan was the lead tank of Major General and led the tank group to rush to the river bank. At this time, three "meat bullets" rushed up, two of them were immediately killed by the machine gun fire on the tank, and the other "meat bullet" rolled out of the ray and pulled the mine, and one arrow approached the tank of Major General Jiang Dengxuan, only to see a flash of fire, "boom" two explosions, the tank did not move, and the thick smoke and flames wrapped the blown up tank. Major General Jiang Dengxuan and all the tank crew died heroically.

Although the death squad blew up many Chinese tanks and armored vehicles, it could not stop the counter-charge of the mechanized troops of the Northeast Army. The Siberian garrison rushed back to the pontoon bridge and scrambled back to the east bank, with Chinese tanks and armoured vehicles chasing after the pontoon bridge. The follow-up troops of the Yue Army on the east bank were caught off guard and could not hold their ground in the wave of retreat on the west bank, and were forced to retreat on the whole front. As a result, the artillery of the Northeast Army on the west bank extended its firing, and the artillery fire was concentrated on the heavy artillery positions of the Japanese army, leaving the retreating infantry to tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and armored vehicles to drive and crush.

It was said that the army's positions collapsed on all fronts, and the troops were defeated like a mountain. The headquarters of the Siberian garrison reluctantly issued an order to "immediately stop the offensive, occupy the east bank front, build positions, and prepare for a protracted war."

After the failure of the general offensive, the army 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 army's foothold and launched a full-scale counteroffensive.

In order to counterattack, 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 pieces and mortars, and 1,515 aircraft, and launched a counteroffensive against the army.

Zhong Liwei divided all his offensive forces into three clusters and stormed the positions of the Yue army from the center, the south and the north. The total strength of the counteroffensive was 175 infantry battalions, 160 cavalry battalions.

The army assembled a defensive force of 75,000 men 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 artillery positions of the 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 a.m., artillery and mortars of various calibers of the Northeast Army bombarded the positions of the Japanese army.

At 8:30 a.m., the Chinese Air Force bombed and strafed the forward positions of the Chinese army for the second time. As a result, the army's 40-kilometer forward position was shrouded in thick smoke and fire.

The army was completely suppressed under the repeated rapid attacks of the planes and artillery of the Northeast Army. Within an hour and a half, artillery fire was unable to return fire, and observation posts, communications 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 offensive on the whole front. From the headquarters of Lieutenant General Komatsubara, the commander of the 23rd Division, to the stronghold-type positions on the high ground along the front, they were fiercely attacked by the Northeast Army. The Lombabur Heights, the central position defended by the 64th and 72nd Infantry Wings and other units, was heavily bombed by Chinese planes from 6:30 a.m. The smoke from the explosion of the bomb became a semicircle, and nothing was visible from the position. Fifty minutes after the strike, several Chinese planes strafed the positions of the 6th Field Heavy Artillery Wing. At 9:40 a.m., 39 4-engine "Kuaidao" bombers of the Northeast Army were protected by the "Swiftlet" fighter group, and another air attack came. Nine of these bombers flew to the positions of the L Wing of the Field Heavy Artillery to drop bombs, and the positions of the L Heavy Artillery Group were covered in shrapnel and smoke. At this time, the planes of the Northeast Army flew in to intercept the 18 bombers of the Northeast Army that had not yet flown away, and the "swiftlet" fighters of the Northeast Army immediately came up and opened fire, and the six "Zero" fighters were damaged and flew down the grass at a low altitude.

From the beginning of the bombing of Chinese planes in the morning, the artillery of the Northeast Army also began to bombard, and rows of shells exploded on the first line of positions. Then, they carried out in-depth artillery bombardment, and the sight of the army was completely cut off, and they had no ability to parry, let alone fight back, but could only be beaten.

On the Serantula Heights on the northern front of the army, the troops of the Jingzhi Wing withstood the bombing, strafing and artillery bombardment of Chinese aircraft; Before he could come 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. At this time, not only did the shells of tank guns and field artillery continue to fall on the positions, but also the heavy artillery shells in the rear of the Northeast Army were like thunderbolts, pouring tons on the positions of the Japanese army, and about 200 shells fell every minute. The army could only crawl back and forth to retreat or roll and crawl to avoid the shells, and the casualties continued to increase.

At 12 o'clock, the artillery bombardment of the Northeast Army was interrupted for a while, and the army just felt relieved, when suddenly, the tanks of the Northeast Army broke into the position from the north, and the melee began, with Molotov cocktails, anti-tank mines, anti-tank guns, and grenades all going up. At this time, the forces of Ioki Nakasa, who was guarding the stronghold on the Serantula Heights, consisted of 200 cavalry, 600 infantry, 12 field artillery, 4 rapid-fire guns, 2 heavy armored vehicles, and 5 13-mm machine guns. After the battle ended, the Northeast Army gradually stopped attacking.

In the area of the Haishan Heights on the southern front, the artillery bombardment of the Northeast Army continued throughout the day. The various brigades of Hasebe were cut off from each other, the well-armed Kiogawa Brigade was simultaneously attacked by air raids and 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. Nearly 50 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and armored vehicles made a swift detour from the south to the rear of the entire seamount highland area defended by the Hasebe detachment. On the night of the 19th, the Northeast Army erected four military pontoon bridges on the Sangye River, and nearly 200 tanks, armored vehicles, and more than 1,000 infantrymen rushed 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 was immediately locked in 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 Yue Army, but encountered stubborn resistance from the Jingzhi Wing; The Southern Route Corps defeated the Ishikawa Mixed Brigade of the Yue Army, 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.

In order to save the passive situation, the army made a death struggle. At 6 o'clock on 21 November, the Chinese army dispatched 113 combat planes of various types to launch a counterattack against the Chinese Air Force.

However, since 20 November, when the Northeast Army launched a powerful air and ground offensive, China's political axe air force has bombed 256 sorties and dropped more than 86 tons of bombs on various strongholds and rear areas on the battlefield. The powerful Chinese Air Force has more than one and a half times the number of planes and is superior in quality to the planes, and a large number of new aircraft with high speed and firepower have appeared in the air. It is said that several shock waves of this plane were surrounded and intercepted by Chinese planes, and the bombing effect was far from being obvious at the beginning of the war, and there was no sign of heavy blows to Chinese planes.

Thus, from the afternoon of November 22, the planes of the 2nd Flying Corps were forced to switch to combat support for ground forces, but each sortie was surrounded and intercepted by a group of Chinese aircraft. The Northeast Army even opened up several field airfields in the area near the west bank of the Sangye River, and as soon as the planes flew over the battlefield, the Chinese planes would take off to meet them, and the air supremacy on the battlefield was firmly controlled by the Northeast Army.

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

On the northern front, on the Serantula Heights, the Northeast Army encountered stubborn resistance from the Well Wing Wing. This high ground was occupied by the 23rd Division of the Chinese Army after a month and a half of operation on October 1, and a permanent stronghold-type position was built with steel reinforced concrete, with staggered trenches and condescending positions. The well wing is equipped with 72 heavy armored vehicles, 36 machine guns, 24 field guns, 14 rapid-fire guns, more than 2,000 cavalry infantry, and the support of heavy artillery in the rear. On November 20, the Northeast Army could not counterattack, and General Zhong Liwei sent the 9th Armored Brigade and the 212th Parachute Brigade from the reserve to the front. The 9th Armoured Brigade made a great detour from the Balangang Line to the east of the Serantula Heights, and then assaulted behind the central position of the Japanese Army, so as to join forces with the 8th Armoured Brigade attacking from the south in the rear of the Lombaber Heights and complete the encirclement of the Central Highlands of the Chinese Army. The paratrooper brigade was airdropped to the rear of the Chinese army to occupy the logistics base and cut off the supply of the Syrian army at the front. At the same time, the heavy artillery units intensified their bombardment of the Serantula Heights, and 80-kilogram shells hit one after another, and the reinforced concrete bunkers of the Japanese army were blown up one after another, and the combat soldiers in the wells had to be moved to 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. Under the shock of the violent explosion of the shells, the vertical trenches became horizontal trenches, and finally all of them were blown flat, all the bunkers were turned over, and the skirmisher bunkers were completely non-existent. From noon onward, the army's infirmary was hit by artillery shells, stretchers were blown up, and there was no spare material to be found, so it was impossible to contain the wounded and could not transport them, 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 the sand ditch with bushes and willows that could hide people was able to hide people, and under the flamethrows of the tanks, all of them were ablaze, and the infantry following behind the tanks used submachine guns and machine guns to strafe the snipers who escaped from the bushes. The positions of the army were almost all wounded, and men and horses were blown into the sky from time to time. But the well troops did not retreat, the enemy and the enemy were already mixed together, the infantry were scuffling, and the smoke of the explosion covered the entire Serantura.

On the southern front, 4,500 men of the 71st Infantry Wing of the 23rd Division of the Zoben Army, under the command of Toru Morita, fought hard against the tanks of the Northeast Army. The 1st Brigade of the 13th Field Artillery Wing, which supported 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, losing 30 "38" 75-mm field guns. At l0 o'clock in the afternoon, 8 tanks and 200 infantry of the Northeast Army broke through to the 733 heights near Ergutena, which was entrenched by the 7th Labor Wing of the Japanese Army. Ninety-five tanks, self-propelled guns and towed guns then poured into the breach, turning their guns around and shelling the 71st Wing's flank. At 2 p.m., another 30 tanks attacked the former wing headquarters and grain assembly site. At the same time, this tank group rushed left and right within the defensive range of the 71st Wing, cutting the 71st Wing into several pieces. Then, a dozen tanks rushed in waves to the main assembly of the 71st Wing, without using infantry, because these tanks were driven by diesel fuel and had thick armor, so they were not afraid of Molotov cocktails thrown by the infantry, let alone ordinary mines. As a result, 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.

On the central position, since the 72nd Infantry Wing was drawn to the area of the Sangye River to assemble, only the 64th Infantry Wing was left to defend the position, and the field heavy artillery group in the rear was also attacked by 50 tanks and armored vehicles of the Northeast Army, which was resisting with self-defense mountain artillery. The tanks and armored vehicles of the Northeast Army were sandwiched between the artillery and infantry of the Japanese army, and the enemy and us were staggered, and the heavy artillery group placed all the self-defense mountain artillery on the left flank to engage the Chinese tanks, and the heavy artillery supported the positions of Yama County Dazuo and Jingzhi Zhongzuo. In the evening, the 9th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Northeast Army attacked southeast of Nowru Huktu, threatening the headquarters of the 23rd Division, and 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 to complete the division and encirclement of the 23rd Division and other units of the Army. On the third day, the Northeast Army began a "meeting" against the besieged enemy.

The land of Serantula on the northern front was occupied by the Northeast Army, and Izuki led the remaining 300 men to break through. To the south, there were heavy troops of the Northeast Army, and it was difficult to converge with the headquarters of the 23rd Division, so they rushed east to Simbaktu within the national border and converged with the headquarters of the 5th Garrison Division. The 300 people in the well, all of whom were wounded, lacked food and drink for a few days, and even threw away their weapons in order to escape for their lives, like a group of wandering spirits, wandered to the land of Simbaktu's army. The officers of the garrison headquarters hurriedly recruited this group of soldiers and supplied them with a large amount of bread and water. However, because he left the battlefield without receiving the order to retreat, Izoki committed suicide with a pistol that night for fear of being court-martialed.

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

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

(To be continued)