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Chapter 1402 - Battle Suihua (1)

Suzhou Lingering Garden, Wufeng Immortal Hall. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Teacher, Shicai made you feel wronged at the meeting!" An Yi and Zhang Zhizhong sat opposite each other, their faces full of apologies.

"It's okay, this is what I have repeatedly asked you to do, why do you say that you are wronged?" Zhang Zhizhong shook his head slightly, his eyes full of pain and regret: "There are indeed many mistakes in my command of the operation, and for more than a day of the armistice, I have recalled and summarized them one by one, and I have always regretted them. To this day, I still clearly remember the grievances and unwillingness on the face of the tank company commander, and the stubbornness and prejudice are very harmful! Before the war, I underestimated the strength of the Japanese army and assured the chairman that the Japanese concession would be taken within two days, but as the war unfolded, I found that the *** people had already run the concession like an iron bucket, and they still could not break through the core position of the Japanese army after spending tens of thousands of troops. The chairman of the NPC committee was very dissatisfied with this, and the needless consumption of the tank regiment made it even more serious, and I heard that the chairman of the NPC committee had summoned General Yimin (Zhu Shaoliangzi) to recuperate in Nanjing to discuss the Songhu war.

"General Yimin is the chairman of the Zhenwu Military Academy and the army non-commissioned officer school of the junior disciple, even the chairman of the committee, the Northern Expedition was the chief of the military administration, after the second Northern Expedition, General Guiyan 40th Army reorganized, General Yimin replaced General Guiyan, in charge of the 8th Division organized by the 40th Army, and then served as a member of the front army for a long time. I asked you to go crazy at the meeting, because I want to find a reason to beat the group of proud soldiers under my command before you are transferred, and you will start this head, so that I can use the topic to play, no matter whether I stay in this position in the end or not, I can retain a little more vitality for the country and the nation. ”

An Yi said with relief: "Don't worry, teacher, with the intimate relationship between you and the principal, the principal will not change generals at will." Before the war, who would have thought that the war zone would be hit by a typhoon, and who would have thought that the Japanese would take advantage of the storm to suddenly increase their troops on the front line of Pudong? Now that the Japanese army is pressing, it is good that the war can be maintained like this. ”

"An Yi, you don't need to comfort me, in fact, I let you do this, and I have a certain amount of selfishness. The headmaster's resentment and anger against me will definitely be much better if you vent it through your mouth, and maybe I can use this to turn the corner for peace. Zhang Zhizhong smiled a little embarrassedly when he said this.

An Yi said sincerely: "It is an honor for students to be able to resolve conflicts for teachers and principals. What does the teacher think about the evolution of the battle situation next? ”

Zhang Zhizhong's expression suddenly became solemn: "This battle still has to be fought, I heard that taking advantage of the armistice, the Japanese army began to build several ports of Waigaoqiao, Chuansha and Laowankou on a large scale, and constantly transported reinforced concrete and other materials, and the Japanese army clearly wanted to operate Pudong into an impregnable bridgehead." ”

An Yi nodded: "The Japanese army is indeed building permanent fortifications on the east bank of the Huangpu River, the whole fortification runs through the Huangpu River and the Jinhui River, from the mouth of the Yangtze River to Hangzhou Bay, the Japanese army is very determined to hold on, but this is also what I feel incomprehensible, since the Japanese army is painstakingly planning to open up a second battlefield, its core purpose is naturally to capture Nanjing, force our national government to surrender, and end the war as soon as possible, otherwise the war drags on, and the economy will collapse sooner or later." But looking at their actions in Pudong now, it seems that they insist on fighting for a long time, which makes people scratch their heads. ”

Zhang Zhizhong pondered for a while and slowly analyzed: "This problem is very easy to understand, defense is for a better attack, as long as the Japanese army firmly controls the Pudong line, then they can pass through Pudong, and continuously send troops to the Pudong area, and then under the protection of warships, they will carry out strong attacks on both sides of Hangzhou Bay and the Yangtze River."

"We have seen the power of the Japanese naval guns before, just imagine, if the Japanese warship artillery covers the Jinhui River estuary all the way to the Jinshanting, Jinshanwei, Quangongting, and Zhapu line, the Japanese army combines land and water, implements a strong assault, forms a local advantage in a short period of time, eats away our positions and living space step by step, cuts off the Shanghai-Hangzhou railway and highway, and then separates our Shanghai army from the rear, from a strategic point of view, this is an extremely clever response, and we cannot but pay enough attention to it."

An Yi thought about it carefully, Zhang Zhizhong said very reasonably, now the Japanese army occupies the absolute superiority of the navy, and the air force strength is also steadily recovering, once a huge number of land forces are invested, with the usual arrogance of the first people, it is completely possible to force a breakthrough in a hard-hitting way, so the doubts about whether the Japanese army, which was originally faintly uneasy and speculated, will adopt the strategy of "attacking the east and attacking the west" to land from the coast of Jiangsu or Zhejiang have dissipated a lot.

Bidding farewell to Zhang Zhizhong, it was already the early morning of the 20th, An Yi gave up the idea of going to the Humble Administrator's Garden to disturb Ye Zixin, who had returned to Suzhou to handle official business, and rushed to Jiaxing overnight to discuss with Xia Jian and other generals of the 26th Army about strengthening the defense line of Pudong and Hangzhou Bay.

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Heilongjiang Province, Suihua City.

Due to the successive loss of three positions on the periphery of Suihua and the heavy artillery of the Japanese field artillery wing, which was a deep threat, the commanders of the 5th and 6th Divisions successfully joined forces at the railway station northeast of Suihua City.

"Lao Hu, your Fifth Division is attacking the city with such a big momentum, such a large-caliber heavy artillery, our Sixth Division can't even think of it! These days, I have led my troops to fight in the south, and I have heard good news from you every day. ”

Amid the fierce gunfire in front, He Yifei, commander of the Sixth Division, and Xia Yuling, deputy commander of the Sixth Division, hurriedly came with a staff officer from the division headquarters and praised Hu Jiyang, commander of the Sixth Division, Li Xiao, deputy division commander, and Tang Wen, chief of staff, who were getting off the train.

Since the river crossing operation, Tang Wen's performance has been extremely outstanding, whether it is the formulation of the battle plan or the establishment of new arms and new sequences of troops, Tang Wen has been well organized, Li Xiao felt that his deputy division commander had the title of chief of staff and had a bit of a taste of standing in the pit and not, so after occupying Aihui City, he took the initiative to suggest to the division commander Hu Jiyang, and the two jointly nominated to the Rescue Army Department, and Tang Wen, an operational staff officer, served as the chief of staff of the division. Headquarters soon replied and agreed to the request of the 5th Division.

Hu Jiyang said with a smile: "If there is no support from the brother troops, where can we achieve such a record?" This time, we will partner to lay Suihua, and in the future, this big and small Xing'anling will be our shelter, and the opportunity for cooperation is indispensable, so don't mention this kind of polite words in the future. ”

He Yifei pointed to the colorful and rainy Suihua City and asked: "This place is only more than 100 kilometers away from Harbin, can it be defended after it is defeated?" ”

Hu Jiyang said: "It will definitely not be able to be guarded, but there are mountains near here, so let's spend it here with the little devils." After the defeat of Suihua, we have to seize the time to clear the wilderness, all the strategic materials and machinery and equipment are transported to Aihui City, backed by the Soviet Union for reconstruction, and then resolutely carry out the order of the military department, move the people in the plain area to the Far East for reclamation, even if we are infamous on our backs, we must act decisively, otherwise when the Japanese reinforcements go north, the manpower and material resources of the Songnen Plain will be all owned by the Japanese army. War is fought with comprehensive strength, and manpower is also a huge resource, so we can't have the kindness of women at this time. ”

He Yifei nodded a little heavily.

The generals of both sides are mostly acquaintances of the Syrian Non-commissioned Officer School, and they met for a while at this time, and unconsciously talked about the wise and decisive Hu Jiyang. Now the Fifth Division can be described as an upstart, not only has it captured a large number of Japanese weapons and equipment, but in addition to the advantage of being close to the Soviet Union, it has also established a tank regiment and a mortar regiment, and the strength of the artillery regiment has been strengthened again.

Colonel Xia Yuling, deputy commander of the Sixth Division, who was born in special forces, was a little ashamed, and it was precisely because of his irrational behavior that he suffered a large number of casualties when forcibly crossing the Songhua River, and as a result, after crossing the river, he could only resort to guerrilla warfare to harass the enemy's rear.

Hu Jiyang had long noticed Xia Yuling's unnaturalness, and grabbed his hand: "Lao Xia, you are a genius of the special forces, and in the future, we will have to ask you for more guidance in the construction of the special brigade of our Fifth Division." You don't know, last night, the night before yesterday, when we attacked Bei'an, the special brigade played a huge role, and it didn't take much effort to occupy the heavily guarded county town. The advantage of our Anjiajun can be maintained and carried forward in our hands. ”

Hearing his old job, Xia Yuling's expression was much soothed: "Certainly, definitely!" Although I am not good at formulating operational plans and coordinating the overall situation, I dare to say that no one in the team going north can compare with me when it comes to special operations. I will definitely help with this favor, and in the future, I will carry out guerrilla warfare in the large and small Xing'an Mountains for a long time. ”

"Ah! Just waiting for your words. Let's go, get in the car and talk, it will take some time to consolidate the entire front and launch the next wave of attacks, let's talk about it first. ”

After Hu Jiyang finished speaking, he took He Yifei and Xia Yuling's hands and got on the train. As soon as the group walked into the command car, the communications staff officer walked in quickly and reported loudly:

"Report! The reconnaissance unit of the Sixth Division reported that the Japanese army in Harbin had rushed to repair the bombed-up railway and highway bridges on the Hulan River and quickly sent reinforcements northward, and that its forward troops had already advanced along the improvised highway next to the railway to Shiren Town, which was more than 50 kilometers southeast of Suihua, and the troops of the Sixth Division were blocking the attack. ”

Hu Jiyang and He Yifei glanced at each other, with a surprised face, obviously they didn't expect the Japanese reinforcements to come so quickly, which means that while attacking Suihua, they must also allocate a part of their forces to block the Japanese army in the southwest of Suihua, otherwise the battle situation is very likely to have unexpected changes.

"How many people are there in the forward force of the Japanese army?" Hu Jiyang asked.

The communications staff officer replied: "The reinforcements are the 28th Brigade and the 35th Brigade of the Japanese Army, which were originally stationed on the Liaodong Peninsula and arrived in Harbin yesterday morning. ”

"Thirty thousand? The devil is really willing to spend the money! He Yifei glanced around, strode to the map of Beiman captured from the Japanese army hanging on the wall of the carriage, picked up the baton, and pointed to Baizhen, ten kilometers north of Shiren Town: "The railroad tracks south of Baizhen have long been looted by our Sixth Division, and even the railway embankment has been blown up, so they can only continue to walk, and they can't threaten us in a short time." However, just in case, I suggest that a group of men and horses go to meet the battle, and after taking Suihua, then quickly go south and eat this reinforcement in one fell swoop! ”

Hu Jiyang thought thoughtfully: "Eating the three *** brigades of the Japanese army in one go, the appetite seems to be a little bigger, but if we don't solve this enemy, we can't let go of the mass migration next, so even if it is difficult to bite, we must resolutely eat it." ”

"However, the enemy of Suihua City is also very important!"

Tang Wen, who had a stern face, said: "Now there are a lot of defenders in Suihua City, at least 5,000 Japanese troops and 6,700 puppet troops, the opponent has a huge advantage in city defense, our two divisions have a total of more than 35,000 people, if we divide our troops to block the enemy, this battle is very difficult!" ”

"I think that by detaching a brigade to block the enemy and equipping the tanks and armored vehicles of our six divisions with the blocking force, we should be able to complete the blocking mission. The Japanese army is moving north quickly, and there will definitely not be much heavy equipment, and on the plains, it is convenient for our mechanized troops to deploy. ”

Li Xiao put forward his own opinions.

He Yifei, the commander of the Sixth Division, nodded, Li Xiao's suggestion was extremely good, in order to save a brigade plus tank armored vehicles, it could completely resist the attack of a light infantry unit of the Japanese puppet army without heavy weapons. Xia Yuling, deputy commander of the Sixth Division, felt that Li Xiao's suggestion was a little inappropriate: "With less than two divisions, we attacked the defenders with strong city defenses, relying on tanks and armored vehicles aided by the Soviet Union!" Without these advanced weapons, it would have been difficult for us to break through the turtle shells of the Japanese army! When the time comes, the attack will not be effective, and the defense will be tight, and this battle will not be able to be fought......"

Hu Jiyang shook his head with a smile and expressed his opinion: "You all have a point, I think it should be deployed like this: part of the tanks and armored vehicles should be divided to assist in the defense, and the other part should participate in the attack!" Once you enter the street battle, if the tanks and armored vehicles are not defended by infantry, they can easily be blown up by the devil's "death squad", so I think the number of combat vehicles entering Suihua City should not be too much! ”

The generals and colonels of the two divisions finally decided that Xia Yuling, deputy commander of the Sixth Division, would personally lead the 18 th Brigade of the Sixth Division to Xinglong Town, southwest of Suihua, to block the enemy, and the Fifth Division would send two battalions of armored forces in Aihui, which had been continuously reinforced by the Soviet Far East Red Army and had been expanded into a regiment, to assist in the battle. In order to strengthen the artillery fire, the artillery regiment and air defense battalion of the 6th Division were assigned to the blocking troops, and the artillery fire for the attack on Suihua City was covered by the artillery regiment of the 5th Division.

Xia Yuling led the order to leave, Hu Jiyang gave an order to the units of the Fifth Division that were ordered to block the attack, took a slight breath, and then looked at his watch, the time was already one o'clock in the morning, in order to take Suihua before dawn, Hu Jiyang decisively ordered:

"Give the artillery regiment and armored troops fifteen minutes to prepare, and then the fifth and sixth divisions will launch a final attack on the outer positions of Suihua City together!"

The Japanese troops in Suihua City, the heavy artillery group has been completely destroyed, and the rescue *** began to lay the railroad tracks on the railway that was blown up by artillery shells, so that when the troops attacked, the armored train could get close to Suihua City and bombard the solid target with 240 mm train guns.

At the same time, the cannons and anti-aircraft guns of the artillery regiment of the 5th Division quietly moved forward, all aimed in the direction of Suihua City.

The final showdown is coming.