Chapter 587 Anti-Japanese War Northeast Defense of Harbin (2) -

Chapter 587: Defending Harbin in the Northeast of the Anti-Japanese War (2)

Fortunately, Song Xizeng, the captain of the mountain and forest garrison who moved to Bin County, did not obey Han Jiān Xiqia's orders, but directly drove the captain appointed by Xiqia out of Bin County. **

Song Xizeng, who was extremely angry and extremely disappointed, no longer had any hope for the Northeast Army stationed in Harbin and other places headed by Ding Chao, and immediately led a mountain and forest garrison of more than 2,000 people to Songyuan, announcing that he would henceforth break away from the Northeast Army and join the Eastern Resistance.

This result made Song Zhewu stunned, and also made Han Guangdi, Liang Zhongjia, Wang Tiehan, Guan Yiheng and other generals from the Northeast full of shame and indignation, it has been a few months since the September 18 Incident, and it is already a fact that Xiqia has become a Han Jiān, but Han Jiān's order can still be implemented in the Jilin Northeast Army, and the order of Zhang Zuoxiang, the auxiliary commander of the Northeast Army, is like waste paper, which cannot be explained.

This can only illustrate one problem, that is, the attitude of the generals of the Jilin Northeast Army stationed in Harbin on the major issue of right and wrong of the Japanese invasion of the northeast can no longer be simply described by the word "wait-and-see". Song Zhewu was very suspicious that as long as Xiqia offered a suitable price, the generals of the Jilin garrison stationed in Harbin would probably openly surrender to the sun.

The generals of the Northeast Army generally lacked a sense of national identity, and many of them were not enthusiastic about resisting Japan, which made Song Zhewu, who originally thought that as long as he ascended the heights, he would be very discouraged, and also made him thoroughly understand the reason why the Japanese army occupied the Northeast for three months in the original history.

However, the complacent Xiqia made a big mistake at this time.

After successfully forcing Xing Zhanqing to resign, Xiqia despised these people in the Northeast Army even more, and even thought that with only one order from him, he could smoothly take over Harbin, and then ordered Ding Chao to leave the post of commander of the Middle Road Road Guard Army and the envoy of Binjiang Town, and only retain the post of brigade commander, and ordered Ding Chao to lead his troops to withdraw from Harbin.

After getting this telegram, Ding Chao woke up like a dream, and regretted his hesitation and wait-and-see. He never thought that he had been "serious" for so long, and the result he had waited for would be like this? It turned out to be a demote to Ding Chao!

If he doesn't resist and obediently admits defeat, he doesn't want to. But if he resists, he has no confidence. The Xing Zhanqing Brigade, which was also stationed in Harbin, has now fallen into the hands of the Xiqia faction, and the Su Dechen Department of the 22nd Brigade stationed in Shuangcheng in the south of Harbin is also unable to point out, and the brigade commander Su Dechen has slipped away. If he really wants to resist, will he Ding Chao rely on his own 28 brigade to resist, besides, if he resists alone, are the regiment commanders under him willing to follow him?

Since you don't value Lao Tzu, then Lao Tzu won't niào your pot. The warlords and green forest habits of many generals of the Northeast Army are undoubtedly evident at this time.

Ding Chao knew that in order to keep Harbin, he would have to find the Allies outside his 28th Brigade. This allied army must have sufficient strength, and its leading figure must have considerable appeal in the Jilin military circles, and the key is that this person must have the determination to take risks and fight with the Japanese army. And at this moment, there is almost only one candidate for this person, and that is Li Du, the guard of Yilan Town, and his 24th Brigade.

Li Du, a native of Yixian County, Liaoning, was born in the army, and was one of the first eight lieutenant generals awarded the title in the Jilin Army in 28 years. Li Du's 24th Brigade fought against the Soviet and Russian troops up the Songxia River in the Middle East Road Incident, and showed tenacity. Among the five provincial defense brigades of the Jilin Army, the recognized strongest combat strength is Ding Chao's 28th Brigade and Li Du's 24th Brigade. And most importantly, among a group of wait-and-seeers, Li Du is the most powerful one in the main battle.

At the same time, Ding Chao sent people to Songyuan to contact Han Guangdi, saying that he would fight the war together, hoping that when Xiqia attacked Harbin, the Eastern Resistance would actively support.

When you ask someone to do something, you always have to get a greeting gift. Therefore, Ding Chao sent someone to send twenty wagons of grain to Han Guangdi. …,

In the warehouse of the Harbin Middle East Railway Bureau under his control, there is grain, which is a year's worth of military rations for hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army troops inside and outside the Guan, but these grains cannot be transported, and these troops in Harbin will not be able to eat it for ten years, so it is just the right time to give it away.

Now we often see the saying that after 918, Li Du sent a telegram saying "refuse to adhere to the Tao and resolutely resist Japan." However, after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, the report obtained from the Japanese General Staff Headquarters showed that until January 32, the Japanese army listed Li Du among the "gray forces" on the sidelines, and marked his "attitude is unknown".

Fortunately, no matter what the surface is, Li Dusī's work has not relaxed. On the one hand, he purged his officers who were close to Xiqia one after another and cleaned up the ranks, and on the other hand, he secretly mobilized the army to the Jiāo boundary area of Binjiang Road and Yilan Road, ready to be dispatched at any time, and also sent his adjutant Ma Zezhou to Harbin as a representative of the Sī people to keep in touch with Ding Chao and others.

Ding Chao sent people to contact Li Du to resist the Japanese, and the two sides hit it off. But at this time, Yu Datou's army had already arrived near Acheng, only a few dozen miles away from Harbin, while Li Du's troops were much farther away from Harbin.

Ding Chao is still very courageous, once he makes up his mind to resist the war, his action is vigorous and resolute, and he immediately sent people to welcome Li Du to Harbin to fight the war together. Li Du did not hesitate to get the letter and set off immediately.

To Harbin, you must first pass through Bin County, Li Du went to Bin County and then went to Bin County, after the defeat of Feng Zhanhai is stationed here. On the 24th, the provisional provincial government of Bin County, Chengyun, Feng Zhanhai, and Li Du held a meeting to discuss, and decided to enter Harbin as quickly as possible and join forces with Ding Chao to resist the war.

But at this time, Yu Datou's puppet army vanguard had already entered Baicheng near Acheng. Now, everyone is fighting for speed, it depends on who gets to Harbin first, if Li Du goes late, Yu Datou will be easy to occupy Harbin with the cooperation of Song Wenjun, the new commander of the 26th Brigade of Qinxiqia. And from Shuketu to Harbin, compared with from Acheng to Harbin, the distance is slightly farther. Just when everyone was anxious, Cheng Yun, the chairman of the Provisional Provincial Government of Bin County, did a great favor, and through various connections, he collected more than 100 trucks and hundreds of carts.

With a vehicle, a hundred miles away is just a few miles away. Li Du, who marched in a hurry overnight, finally rushed to Harbin before the big-headed puppet army.

The first to enter the city was Feng Zhanhai's department, the military situation was urgent, Feng Zhanhai only hurriedly met with Ding Chao, and according to the defensive deployment formulated by Ding Chao, the troops immediately divided into three routes and occupied the predetermined position.

By 8:30 a.m., Feng Zhanhaibu first road into Qinjiagang, which is now Hongbo Square, Nangang District, Harbin, which is the location of the Eastern Railway Bureau. The second road entered the West Mén Face, which is now Harbin Chengde Square, which was the most prosperous area of Harbin at that time, and the third road occupied the Songjiang Wharf and controlled the waterway. At 9 o'clock in the morning, Li Du also led one of his regiments to set up defenses outside the road.

As soon as the foreign aid arrived, Ding Chao immediately pulled Li Du to find Zhang Jinghui. Now, Ding Chao no longer pays attention to Zhang Jinghui's attitude, and Zhang Jinghui, who only has 3,000 guns in his hand, does not dare to openly express his objections to the Anti-Japanese War. Besides, when Feng Zhanhai entered the city, Zhang Jinghui didn't want to stop him, he once assigned the police to stop Feng Zhanhai from entering the city. As a result, those policemen who dared to stop Feng Zhanhai's department were ordered to kill by Feng Zhanhai on the spot. No matter how stupid Zhang Jinghui is, he doesn't dare to touch the moldy head of this group of desperate Qiu Eight Masters.

On the morning of the same day, more than 20 people, including Li Du and Ding Chao, held a meeting at Zhang Jinghui's house to discuss countermeasures for defending Harbin.

At this time, Zhang Jinghui was already just a tablet, where did he dare to have any objections, everything was up to these Qiu Eight Masters, he just kept nodding his head and saying yes.

In the end, everyone "unanimously" decided to keep Harbin, one is to clean up the interior and remove all the officials who support Xiqia, especially some powerful units. So, with the support of Ding, Li, Feng Dajun and others, the brigade commander Xing Zhanqing Xianyu turned over and returned to the army to drive out the brigade commander appointed by Xiqia. …,

As for the policemen who are loyal to Zhang Jinghui, they can no longer stay in Zhang Jinghui's hands, and Ding Chao is not polite, and directly replaced a group of his own people. At the same time, Ding Chao and Li Du jointly sent a telegram to Zhao Yi, the acting commander of the 22nd Brigade, ordering him to rush to Harbin to stand by.

However, after this telegram was sent, there was no more news.

Ding Chao's 28th Brigade, Xing Zhanqing's 26th Brigade, and Li Du's Ma Zezhou Regiment were responsible for defending the urban area and the southern Shanghao (that is, the area of Xiangfang in Harbin today), where the railway line went directly to Acheng, which was occupied by the puppet army. Feng Zhanhai's department defended Sankeshu and Nangang in the east of Harbin to prevent the puppet army from outflanking from the right flank.

Li Du and Feng Zhanhai rushed into Harbin in front of the puppet army of Datou, which made Xiqia and Yu Datou unexpected. However, things have developed to this point, and the army is approaching the city of Harbin, and it is already a situation where it is difficult to ride a tiger, and if you can't fight again, you have to go up and try it.

As the saying goes, salute before soldiers. Li Du and the others entered the city on the 25th, and on the 26th, a Japanese plane flew to Harbin and threw leaflets in the name of Yu Datou, so that Li Du and others could understand the current affairs and leave Harbin as soon as possible. Such persuasion, of course, is useless. So, on the 27th, after all the units of the Datou puppet army had arrived at the city of Harbin, they immediately launched a full-scale attack on Harbin.

The formation that Yu Datou put out this time was almost the same as the previous two battles, and it was still a multi-directional attack. The puppet army launched an attack in three directions at the same time: Shanghao, Nangang, and Sankeshu. However, the same tricks, when you meet different opponents, the effect is completely different. There were originally a lot of troops in the hands of Yu Datou, among which the largest number of troops was Liu Baolin's First Garrison Brigade, with 4,000 people. However, because the attitude of the 22nd Brigade in the direction of Shuangcheng was unclear, Yu Datou left the unit in Shilipu east of Shuangcheng to monitor Zhao Yi, so as not to be cut off by Zhao Yi.

Without this brigade with the largest number of people, there were only about 9,000 people left in the Datou Division, mainly relying on the brigades of Li Yujiu and Wang Shutang. However, the anti-Japanese army in front of him had the number of three brigades plus Feng Zhanhai's department, and the number was already more than his Yu Datou. Therefore, the offensive of the puppet army was completely frustrated as soon as it was launched.

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