Chapter 691 Knocking on the Mountain and Shaking the Tiger (Ask for Subscription!) ）

Knock on the mountain and shake the tiger

It is less than 80 kilometers away from Meihekou City. Because the entire county is on the railway communication line, in addition, the entire Qingyuan county is like a nail, nailed to the middle of the Meihe estuary and the CCP base area. It not only plays a role in the safety of the south gate of the Meihe estuary, which is a traffic point. In the same way, it also played a role in curbing the trend of the Northeast Field Army to the north.

In the face of such an important military point, although the entire Qingyuan county, a few months ago, was only a small county town with a population of less than 20,000 people and a garrison of less than 1,000 people. However, in order to guard against the growing momentum of the Northeast Field Army. The cautious Kwantung Army, however, was here, with two infantry brigades totaling more than 2,500 elite Kwantung Army troops. As for the Manchurian Army troops that assisted in the defense, it had a whole integrated division, totaling more than 3,000 people.

Plus an order from the Kwantung Army Command more than a month ago to 'shrink the defense'. Nearly 1,000 Japanese puppet soldiers distributed in the large and small strongholds in Qingyuan County all shrank into the county seat. At this moment, the garrison of the entire county has reached an unprecedented 7,000 people.

It can be said that the entire Yuanping County, because of the addition of the more than 7,000 puppet troops, immediately changed from an inconspicuous small county town to a military fortress today.

In the face of a military fortress with heavy defense, and in addition, the two armies of the enemy and ours had a calm military confrontation for more than a month. The entire county, from the wing captain Song Ping Dazuo to an ordinary puppet soldier, all unconsciously slowly relaxed their vigilance.

However, this relaxation was broken by a sharp gunshot early this morning.

Just when the sky was just dawning, the entire Qingyuan County slowly revealed a trace of its silhouette. On the city wall, a puppet soldier who was in charge of patrolling suddenly found that in the wilderness about a mile away from the city wall, I don't know when, a huge trench appeared. As for the trenches, there were countless soldiers, waving sapper shovels in their hands, quickly piling up the knocked dirt in front of the trenches, ready to be used as cover.

"Company commander, something happened, there is a situation ahead...."

Faced with a sudden emergency in front of you, as an ordinary patrolman. After a short period of shock, he immediately rushed into the city gate tower desperately and called out to the company commander who was sleeping.

Through the telescope, after seeing the shocking scene in front of him, as a small company commander who joined the puppet army just to make a living. A platoon of soldiers was immediately dispatched to attack, trying to find out the specific situation and then report it.

However, what he didn't expect was that a platoon, dozens of soldiers, had just left the city for less than two minutes. With a sporadic burst of gunfire, he immediately collapsed in a pool of blood, motionless.

More than 30 soldiers of the Manchurian Army, with just one round of rifle fire, did not miss the net, and all of them turned into corpses. This couldn't help but make the puppet army company commander guarding the city wall stunned, and at the same time, it also shook the hearts of all the puppet soldiers on the city wall.

And this is the effect that Liu Hua needs. Liu Hua, the commander-in-chief of this campaign, just wanted to use the lives of these more than 30 puppet soldiers to hit the morale of the puppet army in the city. Then, let these puppet armies not have enough morale and confidence to fight against themselves in the siege battle that will take place during the day...

Outside the city, the piercing gunshots were also at the first time, like a thunderclap, waking up the Japanese puppet army in the entire Qingyuan County. Just when the wing commander was in a panic, just put on his military uniform, a staff officer rushed into the room with a panicked face.

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, something has happened. According to the report of the defending troops, on all sides of the city wall, there were large Chinese troops, because the weather was too dark, and the total strength was unknown. However, what is certain is that the entire county town of Qingyuan has been surrounded by the people of China..."

"Smack...."

As soon as the words of the combat staff officer fell, perhaps because of fright, the command knife that the wing commander had just held in his hand fell heavily to the ground because he was no longer bound by his hands.

After a few minutes of shock, the wing commander, who had slowly regained his composure, immediately stared at the staff officer in front of him with a pair of murderous eyes, and roared loudly.

Still stunned for what to do, he ordered the county garrison headquarters to immediately impose martial law on the entire county seat. All combat units are immediately put into combat readiness and ready to fight at any time. Notify the city defense forces and increase vigilance. In addition, it is necessary to find out the total strength of the troops outside the city at the first time... Go and deliver the order right away....",

"Hayi, Your Excellency, Wing Commander..."

Looking at the combat staff officer who was leaving quickly, the wing commander did not dare to slack off. Picking up the command knife that had fallen on the ground, he walked quickly to the brightly lit war room not far away.

"Chief of Staff, what's going on outside the city now? Is there a tendency for the Chinese troops outside the city to attack immediately..."Before entering the war room, the wing commander asked eagerly to the chief of staff who was standing in front of the map and frowning.

Faced with the question of the wing commander, at this moment, the chief of staff, who also had no clue, could do just shake his head helplessly. However, after answering another phone call. The chief of staff immediately walked up to the huge map of the city's defenses, and replied loudly to the wing commander in front of him.

"Captain, the current situation is very not optimistic... According to the report of the garrison troops at the south gate, as a platoon of a tentative sortie, all of our city defense troops were killed in a volley of rifles fired by the opponent, and none of them escaped the net. It can be seen from this that the Chinese troops outside the city must be the elite troops of the Northeast Field Army...."

"Yaga, cunning Shina man... Isn't there a military confrontation with us now, why, a sudden attack on us ... The command of the Kwantung Army, why did not warn us in advance. Now, all our troops are gathered in Qingyuan County, as long as the people of China fire even one shell, we will suffer huge losses, why is this..."Facing the chief of staff's answer, after a brief shock, Wing Commander Song Ping Dazuo couldn't help but roar loudly.

Facing the angry face in front of him, because of anger, even the Kwantung Army Command dared to scold, and it seemed that he had lost his mind. As the chief of staff of his subordinates, what he can do is to follow his words and answer.

"Hayi, Your Excellency the Wing Captain said yes. However, now our Qingyuan county town has fallen into the heavy encirclement of the Northeast Field Army. If we can't come up with a countermeasure in time, maybe we will only be left with one way....Please think twice and make a decision sooner..."

Under the reminder of the chief of staff, the wing captain, who was still angry just now, slowly woke up from the anger just now. knows that at this moment, he has become the fat in the mouth of the Northeast Field Army. As long as the Northeast Field Army is willing, it is in danger of being wiped out at any time, and it will be after the end of the empire.

Co-captain Song Ping Dazuo's body couldn't help but shudder. Then, a pair of eyes quickly swept to the city defense map in front of him, and said to the chief of staff in front of him.

"Chief of Staff, I have just given a specific order. Next, we will have to wait for the specific news from the city defense force before we make a final decision. …”

"Ha Yi, Your Excellency the Company Commander is wise...."

About three kilometers away from the outside of Qingyuan County, in the temporary headquarters of the Northeast Field Army's expedition to the Northern Army, looking at the outside of the tent, the sky is getting brighter and brighter, and then looking a few kilometers away, you can already vaguely see the outline of Qingyuan County. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang Jingyu quickly walked into the tent and asked Liu Hua in front of him with a puzzled expression.

"Commander-in-chief, why don't we take advantage of the darkness of the night to immediately launch an attack and take the enemy by surprise. If this is the case, I believe that the casualties we have paid in the whole process of the battle will be very small. There is another question, the entire Qingyuan County garrison has 7,000 people, and we only sent the strength of a main division to attack, is it a little less..."

Hearing Yang Jingyu's question, he also showed a puzzled look on the faces of the senior commanders around him. Liu Hua's face immediately showed a mysterious smile, and then he pointed to the huge map of the three eastern provinces in front of him and said.

"Comrades, let's take a long-term view. Suddenly launched an attack on the county seat of Qingyuan, although it was able to achieve unexpected results. However, the ultimate goal of our expedition is not only one county town in Qingyuan, but dozens of county towns in the southeast of Jilin. In such a large area, if a county town or even a town has to send troops to attack, how long will it take? Moreover, to recover these places, how many units will we divide into the limited forces in our hands....? ”

"Everyone is thinking about it, if we can rely on the strength of one division, in broad daylight, in the shortest time, without having a superiority in troops, occupy the county seat of Qingyuan, and completely annihilate the 7,000 defenders in the county. Tell me, if such a classic siege battle spreads, what a sensation it will be in the entire three eastern provinces...",

Seeing that everyone nodded thoughtfully, it seemed that someone had understood what they meant, Liu Hua continued.

"If we can pass this classic siege battle, we can hit all the Japanese puppet armies in the southeast of Jilin hard. Not to mention anything else, under the powerful offensive of our army, forty or fifty thousand Manchurian soldiers in the entire southeastern part of Jilin, after learning that they have fallen into the heavy encirclement of our army, as long as they do not want to die, they will definitely fall to the wind..."

At this moment, the senior generals who can stand in the command headquarters are, without exception, the elite generals in the entire Northeast Field Army. If, at this time, under such a transparent explanation, you still can't understand the intentions of Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua, then you don't need to stand here.

As soon as Liu Hua's words fell, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang Jingyu's eyes immediately flashed a sharp gaze. Then, facing Liu Hua in front of him, he said excitedly.

"Commander-in-Chief, you mean to knock the mountain and shake the tiger. Through this siege battle, the morale of the Japanese puppet army in the three eastern provinces will be severely hit..."

"Yes, it's knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger...."Liu Hua replied affirmatively. Immediately, he asked Yang Jingyu in front of him.

"Lao Yang, immediately give an order to the logistics department, let the logistics department, within an hour, get a thousand leaflets for me. As for the general meaning of the leaflet, it is this: 'Order the defenders of the city to surrender within an hour, and we can not blame the past.' Otherwise, when the city was broken, all the Japanese soldiers were executed as war criminals. All Japanese nationals, with lifelong hard labor. All the soldiers of the puppet army, for the crime of traitors, serve hard labor for life...', of course, the specific content is written by the General Staff. An hour later, these leaflets were delivered into the county seat with cannonballs..."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief...."

"In addition, we will immediately use the radio to electrify all the Japanese puppet troops in the entire three eastern provinces, and report the news of our Northeast Field Army's encirclement of Qingyuan County, as well as the specific contents of the leaflets. I want the entire three eastern provinces, all the Japanese puppet troops, to know this news..."

"Commander-in-chief, I understand..."Yang Jingyu replied with a smile on his face.

Looking at Yang Jingyu, who was leaving quickly, Liu Hua's gaze immediately shifted to Wang Nanhu, the commander of the Third Corps, in this siege battle.

"Lao Wang, the ultimate goal of this siege battle, I have just said. Now I only need your words, can you break through Qingyuan County and annihilate all the defending troops in the city within four hours, with a main division, an artillery regiment, and a force of less than 8,000 people. Of course, if I don't have the ability, I'll replace them right away...."

"Please rest assured, commander-in-chief, guarantee the completion of the mission...."

"At present, the 19th Division, which is the most powerful combat force of our Third Corps, is deployed around Qingyuan County, plus the assistance of an artillery regiment, to ensure that the battle will be resolved within four hours. However, in the course of the battle, please ask the commander-in-chief to help solve the possible air reinforcements of the Japanese army...."After changing clothes, Wang Nanhu, who was more confident in combat effectiveness, did not hesitate without any hesitation, and replied with great certainty.

"Okay, I'll help you with the air reinforcements of the little devils. However, if you can't resolve the battle within four hours, I'll remove you directly..."Liu Hua nodded, and then ordered...

"Please rest assured, commander-in-chief, guarantee the completion of the mission...."

In Qingyuan County, the news that the entire county was surrounded by the Northeast Field Army had just spread, causing a huge panic. As the ruler of the entire county, the Kwantung Army, after executing several puppet soldiers, the whole panic was stopped. However, it didn't take long for nearly a thousand leaflets, like snowflakes, to drift to every corner of the county, and the entire county fell into panic again. 、

Especially the thousands of puppet soldiers in the city, the morale of the troops can be said to be extremely low. In the face of the intimidation of the Northeast Field Army outside the city, many people have begun to prepare for their future in their hearts...

"Bagaya Road, cunning Shina man....Chief of Staff, order the gendarmerie to collect all leaflets in the city at once. In addition, send a squadron of troops to the Manchurian Army garrison at once to prevent them from mutiniing..."After reading the specific contents of the leaflet in his hand, the commander of the wing, who had a blue face, did not hesitate and ordered loudly.

"Hayi, Your Excellency Wing Captain...."

"In addition, the situation of the people outside the city has been investigated. Immediately report to the Kwantung Army Headquarters that our Qingyuan county town was besieged by a main division of the Northeast Field Army, and asked for reinforcements..."Song Ping Dazuo continued to order. ,

In the county town of Qingyuan, in the garrison of the Manchurian Army, in the division headquarters surrounded by heavy troops, the entire army, commanders at and above the regimental level, all gathered together because of the leaflets in their hands. Discuss the entire army, the way out in the future, and the choices of everyone at this moment.

"The leaflets sent out by the Northeast Field Army outside the city, I am sure, everyone has also read them. Let's talk about it, our 37th Division, what should we do next? After glancing at all the subordinates in front of him, the division commander spoke, breaking the dull atmosphere in the headquarters.

"What is there to say, after more than a year of development, the Northeast Field Army has occupied the entire Liaoning region. Now, their tentacles have extended to Jilin again, and if my guess is correct, this time, dozens of county towns in the southeast of Jilin will become the pockets of the Northeast Field Army. Stay here and die with the little devils, or serve labor for life. It's better to fight again, as far as I know, the Northeast Field Army's treatment of the battlefield uprising puppet army is very good. I have a brother who, because of the uprising on the battlefield, is currently serving as a battalion commander in the Northeast Field Army, with more than 500 people under him..."

"Division Commander, I agree with Commander Wang's words. This Qingyuan county will only be at the feet of the Northeast Field Army sooner or later. It's better to fight for one time than to die like this, and maybe you can still win a good future...."The other regiment commander said after him.

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"Okay, since everyone agrees to fight once, let's fight once for our future... Now I order that, after the adjournment of the meeting, all units shall immediately prepare for combat and combat. At the same time, all the Japanese instructors among the generals quietly killed me. ”

Seeing everyone's nodding in agreement, the division commander continued to order.

"In the entire county seat, there are only 3,000 little devils, except for more than 2,000 people guarding the city, there is only one infantry brigade and less than 1,000 people at most in the county seat. And we have more than 3,000 people, and we have plenty of ammunition, and we are fully capable of dragging down the little devils in the city. Echoing the inside and outside of the Northeast Field Army outside the city, all the Japanese troops in Qingyuan County were annihilated...."

"An hour later, after the Northeast Field Army outside the city launched a single supply, three regiments immediately launched a sortie to attack the Japanese garrison headquarters, and then, welcomed the Northeast Field Army outside the city into the city.0..."

"Yes....Divisional Commander..."