Umezu Mijiro didn't care much about the civilian anti-Japanese armed forces at first, but as the Anti-Japanese Federation continued to grow, this made Umezu Mijiro gradually pay attention to this opponent who was not an opponent, this sudden rise of the Anti-Japanese Federation under the leadership of their leader Meng Qingshan, successively captured the book fortress in the north of the empire, and then attacked the county seat, expelled the expatriates, and several major generals were defeated in his hands, and not long ago attacked the key base of the Kwantung Army 731, so that the information on the secret development of chemical weapons in the empire was exposed, At present, the international community is pimping the base camp, and His Majesty the Emperor has recently ordered that this anti-Manchu force must be completely eliminated by the middle of 1940, so Umezu Yoshijiro has sent a large number of troops to the front to prepare for the complete elimination of them in one fell swoop in order to cope with the new international situation.

Umezu Mijiro mobilized the 24th and 25th Japanese divisions that had just been formed, four mixed brigades and two independent brigades of the puppet Manchurian army, and a cavalry brigade of the Xing'an Army, which had the strongest combat effectiveness among the puppet Manchurian army, and the Japanese puppet army together had a total of more than 60,000 troops.

As for the Fourth Division, which was originally stationed in Jiamusi, in view of the continuous defeats of the division's advance and suppression, not to mention the heavy losses caused by other supporting units, Umezu Mijiro, under the persuasion of the new chief of staff, Lieutenant General Iimura, did not think at all of using this unit, which was called the broom star in the Kwantung Army because of repeated defeats and his own small losses, but carried on the supporting troops to annihilate the whole army

Knowing that the Japanese army had mobilized troops, the Anti-Japanese Federation immediately convened an operational meeting of the four main divisions and the principal responsible persons of the various military divisions that had already been notified a few days earlier and had arrived one after another.

At the meeting, Meng Qingshan said straight to the point: "Two days ago, I got urgent information from the underground party comrades. It was discovered that the Japanese army had secretly moved troops in the past few days, and it was determined by the intelligence department of the headquarters. We found that the enemy was intensively approaching our base area, and truckloads of supplies were hoarded in the Japanese county town not far from us. According to the usual style of the Japanese army. Its large-scale offensive was also launched in the pursuit of a period of time. Now it is up to the Chief of Staff to talk about the operational determination of the General Headquarters. ”

Hearing Meng Qingshan's signal, Liu Yalou stood up, came to the large map hanging on the wall and said, "The situation is tense, so don't talk nonsense." West Road, that is, two wings of the Tenth Division led by Shanxiita Fengwu in the Qiqihar area, one brigade of the puppet Manchu army, and one brigade of the puppet Mongolian cavalry. ”

"On the east road, the enemy in front of us is two infantry brigades of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army deployed in the vicinity of Fujin and Tongjiang, and an integrated wing of the 4th Division of the Japanese Army. and strengthened a brigade of the puppet Manchu army. The first division of the puppet Manchurian Jing'an Army. The Japanese army deployed two infantry squadrons of the 70th Wing of the 25th Division, the 1st Brigade and the 2nd Brigade of the 14th Wing in the Yilan and Fangzheng areas. and strengthened the mixed 16th and 17th brigades of the Fourth Military Region of the Puppet Manchurians. The 6th Cavalry Brigade and other puppet army units. ”

"In the middle road, that is, in the Harbin area, there are the 29th Division of the Japanese Army reinforced by the 40th Wing of the 25th Division, two brigades of field artillery, and one brigade of independent mountain artillery. In addition, the First Division of the Xing'an Army, known as the crown of the combat effectiveness of the puppet Manchurian army, was attached to the operation. ”

"According to what we know so far, the main battle plan of the Japanese army is that the enemy on the east road Fujin and Tongjiang will tightly seal the banks of the Songhua River in this section to prevent the possibility of our army advancing eastward. The enemy in the middle was commanded by Lieutenant General Shiro Kuwahara, commander of the 25th Division of the Japanese Army, and its main operational purpose was to launch an attack on the flanks of our troops from Yanshou and Weihe to Tonghe and Fengshan, and the front of the troops was directed towards Foshan. Under the leadership of Lieutenant General Gu Toshio, commander of the enemy's 29th Division, the purpose of his operation was to launch an attack from Bayan and Lanxi to our front flank of Hailun and Suileng, and the front of the troops was directed at the dark clouds. ”

"Cooperate with the Japanese puppet army attacking in Heihe to cut our troops into several sections. The finishes can't meet each other and surround my base. and the main force of the Japanese army attacking in the middle of the road, cooperate with each other. Encircled and annihilated our army in the Daxinganling area east of Sunwu County and west of Foshan. ”

"The Japanese army on the East Road attacked from Jiamusi head-on. Advance to the Heli attack north of the Songhua River, echoing the enemy on the other two sides. Push our army step by step to its intended combat area. The appetite of the Japanese army was great. They're trying to wipe us out in one fell swoop. ”

"In order to defeat the heavy siege of our army by the Japanese army this time, the strategic intention of the headquarters is that our army will use the headquarters of the second division of the main force Zhang Yunzhi and a battalion of field artillery of the headquarters to hide in the Tangwanghe area, and with the cooperation of the three military regions and local troops, give priority to attacking the enemy's 25th division and regiment to contain the enemy."

At the same time, the East Road was arranged in a trapezoidal configuration along the highway from Jiamusi to Heli by the Second Military Region, and the resistance was launched step by step. The main forces of the Japanese army were gradually drawn to the mountains east of Yubara. You should not fight to the death, but take advantage of the favorable terrain and adopt the tactics of mine warfare and sparrow warfare to resist. It is necessary not to allow the Japanese army to enter the Luobei area, but also not to cause excessive casualties and bring inconvenience to the follow-up operation. The Fourth Military Region attacked all the major facilities of the Japanese army, forcing the main force of the Japanese army to return for reinforcements. ”

"The Central Route Chen Hanzhang Division of the First Division, the 1st Regiment, the 3rd Regiment, and the 5th Regiment of the Garrison Division are blocking the enemy's 29th Division in the Tongbei area, and the headquarters has decided to transfer the batch of Taisho four-year heavy artillery and all the shells in stock to the 1st Division to strengthen its blocking firepower, so as to give the Japanese army in the middle the impression that the main force of our army is on the middle line."

"The western route is to contain the enemy attacking Qiqihar with the cooperation of the 3rd Division Guo Bingxun's Division, the 2nd, 4th, 6th Regiments of the Garrison Division and the 5th Military Region."

"All departments should do a good job of clearing the fields within their respective defense areas, and all the grain and materials that can be taken away will be taken away, and those that cannot be taken away will be burned. All wells along the road were filled in. Let the Japanese puppet troops from all walks of life in the north be replenished with a grain of food, and they will not be able to drink a sip of clean water, and they will not be supported by intelligence. ”

"In addition, the reconnaissance battalions directly under each military region should secretly infiltrate behind enemy lines with the company-level formation as a unit, and continue to carry out the tasks of collecting intelligence on the Japanese army and cutting off the supply of the Japanese army."

"According to intelligence analysis, the most likely time for the Japanese army to attack is in a month's time, so all departments must immediately start preparations when they return, and the political workers of all departments must do a good job in mobilizing the troops to ensure that all departments successfully complete the tasks assigned by the headquarters."

When Liu Yalou's words fell, Meng Qingshan stood up, looked at the division commanders, political commissars, and military division commanders and political commissars with a solemn expression: "This is a battle related to our life and death. Winning the war will mean that we will completely gain a foothold in the North Manchurian region. If we lose, we will have to retreat to Jiangbei or return to the deep mountains and old forests to live a half-starved life. ”

In order to ensure that the battle can be more stable, Meng Qingshan deliberately left the representatives of the first military region and the fifth military region, and explained some afterwards, the representatives of the two military regions hurriedly returned to their respective jurisdictions on horseback, Meng Qingshan in order to prevent the base area from being empty after all the main forces of the Anti-Japanese Federation were dispatched, and once the enemy army in Heihe attacked, the base area would have no resistance at all, so Meng Qingshan decided to solve the Japanese puppet army troops in Heihe Province before the battle started, and even if they could not be eliminated, they would be injured and disabled. Meng Qingshan's goal this time was to try to eliminate Heihe's mobile troops. (To be continued.) )