In the headquarters of the 1st Corps in Harbin, Chief of Staff Peng Xuelan hurriedly walked out of the telegraph room, "Commander Su, Chief of General Staff Ouyang is calling!" Ask our department to take Jilin before the 20th and encircle the enemy in Changchun! Su Yu took the telegram and glanced at it and said, "It seems that there is a problem with the offensive on the Liaodong Peninsula, otherwise it would be impossible for Chief of General Staff Ouyang to change the battle plan." The Expeditionary Force and the 9th Corps www.biquge.info the Expeditionary Force and the 9th Corps could not form a joint force without a unified command. ”

"Stilwell's command of the expeditionary force was the first time that he fought at home, and the war was in its final stages, perhaps because he was too concerned about his own honor, and it was inevitable that he would hold back." "It's better to ask for others than for yourself, Chief of General Staff Ouyang changed the original battle plan, the purpose is very clear, that is, to force Gangcun Ningci to retreat to the Korean Peninsula as soon as possible, and free up his hands as soon as possible to deal with the Soviet army, it seems that time is too precious for us!"

"Commander Su, Zhao Liang's subordinates took Gudianzi Town and cut off the connection between Jilin and Changchun. The 3rd Division of the 1st Army reached Zuojia Town, and as we judged, the Japanese troops reinforced by the 3rd Division at Changchun broke out in Zuojia Town. The number of the Japanese troops reinforced in Changchun has been confirmed to be the 61st and 68th divisions of the Japanese army that retreated to Changchun, and the 61st and 68th divisions are currently combined into one, and the division commander is our old opponent Yuichi Wasina. ”

"This morning, the Air Force dispatched 10 aerial bombing planes to support the operation, and at present, the main force of the 3rd Division has reached Zuojia Town, and the Japanese attack has been contained." "What about the 2nd Division of the 6th Army?" "After the 6th Division is airlifted to Mudanjiang to assemble, it will quickly advance southward, and its vanguard will be able to reach Jiaohe this evening, and launch an attack on Jilin from the east as soon as the day after tomorrow!" "Very good, order Zhao Liang to continue to advance towards the urban area of Jilin, without any hesitation, and strive to take Jilin before the 20th."

"Commander Su, General Staff Chief Ouyang ordered to take Jilin as soon as possible, and then eat the Japanese army in Changchun. I am a little confused about this decision, will the Japanese army honestly stay in Changchun and wait for us to encircle? "This is the cleverness of Chief of General Staff Ouyang, whose purpose is to force Okamura Ningji to give up Changchun. To put it bluntly, it is to ask Okamura Ninji to speed up the retreat to the Korean Peninsula. Stilwell's retreat has affected our overall strategic deployment, so we have to make up for it. ”

In the headquarters of the 1st Army in Gudianzi Town, northwest of Jilin City, Army Commander Zhao Liang was drawing up a new battle plan. The 3rd Division of the headquarters came up with reinforcements, but the 3rd Division encountered Japanese reinforcements at Zuojia Town and had to be blocked. The 6th Division of the 2nd Army from Mudanjiang arrived at Jiaohe this evening and would be put into battle the day after tomorrow at the earliest, so Zhao Liang decided to postpone the attack and wait for the 6th Division to arrive before launching a general attack on Jilin City.

"Report, call from headquarters!" An operational staff officer reports. The chief of staff took the telegram and glanced at it, and hurriedly handed it to Zhao Liang and said: "Commander Su has called, asking our department to take Jilin before the 20th!" Army commander, today is the 14th, and the 6th Division will be able to reach the east side as soon as the day after tomorrow. The original plan was to take Jilin before the 25th, and the battle plan was 5 days in advance, but now we are attacking, and our troops are not enough! ”

Zhao Liang said: "The battle plan is in advance, which means that the battle situation has changed. The 198th Division and the Border Garrison Brigade of the Japanese Army have a total strength of nearly 25,000 people, while we only have more than 10,000 people, which is almost an impossible task. "Did you explain the situation to the command?" "No, no matter how big the difficulties are, we have to overcome them. Chief of Staff, it seems that we can only let the tank units charge! "Is it inappropriate to let tanks storm the city!"

"There is no way, I will take this responsibility, immediately call the tank commander Liu Xiaofeng!" In the afternoon of the same day, Liu Xiaofeng led the tank and combat vehicles to launch an attack on Sidaogou. Listening to the name of the four ditches, it can be concluded that its terrain is not suitable for tank troops to fight. Before the attack, Liu Xiaofeng leaned out half of his body in the turret and held a telescope to check the Japanese defensive position, the terrain ahead was very complicated and not suitable for tank attacks, so his expression was a little depressed.

Just yesterday in the battle to capture Gudianzi, his tank regiment paid the price of 2 tanks. The Japanese used suicide attacks, using human bombs to get under the tanks and detonate them. The lower part of the tank was the weakest point, and apparently the Japanese discovered the weakness of the tanks of the Eighth Route Army. Liu Xiaofeng put down his binoculars and prepared to give the order to attack. At this time, an infantry battalion drove up, "Commander Liu, please wait!" The infantry battalion commander shouted.

"It's going to be attacked, what's going on!" "Commander Liu, the army commander asked you to listen to the phone!" Liu Xiaofeng jumped out of the tank and walked into the temporary headquarters. Soon Liu Xiaofeng's question came from the headquarters, and his tone was very tough at first, but then he was silent. After Liu Xiaofeng came out, he said depressedly: "The commander ordered, the infantry rushed to the front, and we followed behind." Man, it's a shame on us to let you rush ahead. ”

"Captain Liu, little Japan uses human bombs, and it can't be prevented. Our tanks were not replenished, and one less was lost in the loss. Our infantry rushed in without comment, please give an order to Commander Liu! "In that case, let's study how to fight first!" Soon a strange attack appeared, a battalion of soldiers launched an attack in front, and Liu Xiaofeng sent 10 tanks to follow behind, playing the role of cover.

This strange way of attacking was something that no one could think would work at first, but the next scene showed the wonderful combination of Butan. In order to deal with the tanks of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese defenders were very well prepared for suicide attacks. However, when the infantry rushed to the front and the tanks followed, the Japanese defenders were caught off guard. In particular, tank guns and anti-aircraft machine guns formed a powerful support firepower, limiting the use of Japanese machine guns and infantry guns.

The biggest effect of this tactic is to defuse the suicide attack of the Japanese army. In less than 3 hours, the first line of Japanese positions was broken. Army commander Zhao Liang received the good news from the forward position and immediately ordered a brigade to cooperate with the tank attack. Due to the fact that the tanks followed the charging soldiers and provided fire support with high efficiency, the Japanese defenders were unable to parry, and the 4-ditch defense line was broken through that night. On March 16, Zhao Liang led his troops to clear the outlying positions of the Japanese army and approached the city of Jilin.

On 17 March, the 6th Division launched an attack on the eastern flank. At the dawn of the next day, the 1st Division, with the cooperation of tank troops, took the lead in breaking through the fortifications of the city, and the Butan combined with the new tactics to play its role again. At this time, the Japanese reinforcements were still blocked in Zuojia Town, and the offensive was still unabated. It stands to reason that Jilin was breached and the Japanese army should choose to retreat, but the Japanese army did not retreat, and still resisted stubbornly, and brutal street fighting broke out.

After receiving the report that the Jilin defense troops had broken the city, Okamura Ninji, the headquarters of the Japanese army in Mukden, ordered the commander of the 198th Division to hold on until one soldier was killed and not allowed to retreat. Okamura Ninji did not expect that the Eighth Route Army would launch such a fierce attack without full preparation. Therefore, let the 198th Division as a whole be shattered, gain time, and cover the retreat of the Japanese army in Changchun. In order to hide people's eyes, he constantly transferred troops from Changchun to reinforce the direction of Jilin.

"General, the 2nd Chariot Division covered the withdrawal of the last troops from Changchun City at midnight yesterday, and only the army of the Emperor of Manchuria remained in the city. Is it wise for us to abandon the Manchurian emperor? "Report from the Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army." The Manchurian emperors are no longer of any value to us, and it is a burden to bring them. We gave Jilin all our support in order to give Pu Yi the last hope, and when he realized that our troops were far from Changchun. ”

Okamura Ninji took a few steps and continued: "Order Yuichi Wasina, continue to attack after dark, and confuse the enemy army." The offensive was halted after midnight and retreated south. "There is no doubt that Okamura Ninji abandoned the Japanese troops defending Jilin. The northern front was the first to be broken, forcing Okamura Ninji to withdraw his troops on all fronts. The next day, the Japanese army began to withdraw from Tieling and Jinzhou, and the heavy forces of the Japanese army were concentrated on the Sino-Korean border one after another.

After three days of arduous street fighting, on the morning of the 20th, Jilin City was declared to be captured. The commander of the 198th Division of the Japanese Army committed suicide by caesarean section, and the commander of the Japanese Border Garrison Brigade led his troops to surrender. In this campaign, a reorganized garrison division and a border garrison brigade of the Japanese army were eliminated, and 8,000 Japanese officers and soldiers were captured. Japanese soldiers fled in the form of skirmishers, more than 2 thousand people. This battle fully illustrates that the will of Japanese officers and men to resist has dropped significantly, and the surrender of a Japanese major general has fully illustrated the problem.

On March 25, a unit of the Eighth Route Army approached Changchun, and Pu Yi announced his surrender. After 14 years of survival, the so-called Manchukuo came to an end.