At the moment of the attack of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, Major General Grigorenko, chief of staff of the Soviet Far Eastern Military District, who was across the river from the Japanese position, was still asleep, when he heard the dense artillery sound, he suddenly turned over from the bed, simply put on a piece of clothing, took out a pistol in his right hand and felt the outside of the house, when he went to the office, he found that the Japanese on the other side of the river did not attack here, but seemed to be attacked, which made him very puzzled to tidy up his clothes a little, Rushed to the position and walked to the position to look at the opposite bank with a military telescope, only to see the Japanese positions on the opposite bank of the mountain have burst out of thick fire, and then look down and find that the town of Dawujiazi not far from the river is under attack, Grigorenko found a group of soldiers in gray military uniforms holding a red five-star red flag rushing towards the town, and after a while the town raised the five-star red flag, as soon as he saw the flag and gray military uniform, he understood that this was the group of comrades of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation, and they looked like they were attacking Heihe Province, Grigorenko hurriedly reported this information to Moscow.

These days made Stalin very relaxed, in the past, the Japanese army deployed nearly five divisions and regiments, six subordinate brigades on the border line of the Far East, a large number of tanks, artillery, aircraft, cars, and 100,000 people used 18 days of war material reserves, which made Stalin always worried that once the war with Germany started, this group of damn dwarfs would not stab them in the back, so Stalin had to support a force in the northeast to delay the pace of Japanese aggression. Let the Kwantung Army not experience the north, and as a result, the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which was originally at its peak, shrank suddenly in less than a few years, and was about to be wiped out by the Kwantung Army. At this time, the Kwantung Army had no worries, and their ambitions were suddenly exposed, and they actually started a battle with the Soviet Union in Nomenkhan in the middle of last year. Although Stalin looked down on the dwarfs, he did not look down on the dwarfs. This group of dwarfs relied on their hot and crazy beliefs to make a draw with the great Red Army soldiers, they were not an army at all but a group of brainwashed madmen, I thought that the Kwantung Army would never dare to go north again after seeing the strength of the Red Army, but I did not expect to soon get news from the Far East spy network that the Japanese army was actively expanding its army, and in just a few months it expanded several divisions, which made Stalin very worried.

At this time, the Anti-Japanese Federation, which thought it had been wiped out, actually sent people across the river to seek support, in order to show the identity of the big brother. At the same time, he also wanted them to continue to grow and make trouble for the Kwantung Army, and let the Far Eastern Military Region support them with a batch of weapons and food, but Stalin was shocked by the return, and there was a legendary figure Meng Qingshan in Northeast China, who led dozens of people to make trouble in the hinterland of the Japanese army, and gradually grew into a powerful army, achieved a brilliant victory in the North Manchurian region, and contained the strength of several divisions of the Kwantung Army. Not long ago, Harbin made a big disturbance and destroyed a secret bacteriological factory, which made the Japanese government condemned in front of the world public. forced the attention of the Japanese army to focus all on them, and now watching the Anti-Japanese League become stronger and stronger, Stalin's long-hanging heart was completely put back into his stomach. The bluffing Japanese army will soon be completely dragged down by Meng Qingshan's 40,000 or 50,000 people in the anti-union area, and going north has become a fantasy for the Kwantung Army. The great Soviet Union will completely get rid of the scruples of fighting on two fronts.

Stalin immediately thought of the conversation between Zhou Baozhong of the previous Anti-Japanese Union coming to the Soviet Union and talking to him, and he decided that as long as the Anti-Japanese Union could completely occupy Heihe Province this time, the great Soviet Union would speed up the transportation of personnel and equipment in the North Manchurian industrial zone. Let them build up their production capacity as soon as possible and promote the formation of synthetic and mechanized troops at an early date. Let the Anti-Japanese Federation be more powerful and stronger, so that the great Soviet Union can guard the borders of the Far Eastern Military District, so that the Soviet Union can concentrate on dealing with the hungry wolf. So Stalin immediately sent people to organize the scientific researchers needed for the Anti-Japanese League, and of course these people were all Jewish refugees and the people who had been imprisoned for several years to renegade and revolutionaries

Shinkyo Japanese Kwantung Army Command. Senior General Umezu Yoshijiro was convening the generals to discuss whether the battle plan written by the commander of Qiqihar, Tada Jun, was feasible. An officer suddenly walked into the conference room, bowed, and placed a telegram in front of Umezu Mijiro's desk.

When he picked up the telegram and read a line, he was so shocked that he almost fell off his chair, and then his face turned pale and his hands trembled.

The Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Muto Akira, hurriedly asked, "Your Excellency, Commander, what happened?" ”

General Umezu Mijiro said bitterly: "That Meng Qingshan actually led the troops to attack Heihe Province, and now except for the Xigangzi position in Heihe, the rest of the territory is occupied by the Chinese people, this is a farewell telegram sent by Major General Hamada Shinosuke." ”

The officers present were extremely shocked when they heard this, and as soon as Umezu Mijiro's words fell, there was an uproar in the venue, they never thought that this group of Shina people had grown into a military force that could not be ignored, and their outbreak of combat effectiveness shocked the Japanese army, and what shocked them even more was that this group of Shina mobs actually dared to attack the important town on the border of the empire.

Umezu Mijiro let out a long sigh, waved his hand weakly, and said, "Since the war of aggression against China, the empire has never suffered such a thing, and it is only right that the monarchs are shocked!" ”

Lieutenant General Muto Akira hurriedly said, "Your Excellency! ”

Umezu Mijiro seemed to have aged ten years all of a sudden, and said sadly: "The responsibility for this defeat is all on my own, it was my mistake in judgment that I didn't expect that the Chinese Resistance Alliance, which had just experienced an encirclement and suppression by the empire, still had the ability to attack, and the combat power was stronger than before, and from the telegram they actually dispatched armored vehicles and tanks, I will ask His Majesty the Emperor and the military department for punishment." However, before the military department can dismiss me, we must free Junosuke Hamada. We can't let the stars fall again, and it's fine if we start a war with Lao Maozi in the north, but we must not let the people of China succeed, and we must defeat their arrogance! ”

The officers lowered their heads with a snort, and then said in unison, "Hai! ”

Major General Saburo Endo, commander of the Aviation Corps, said: "Your Excellency, as far as I know, the Xigangzi position is an important part of our army's sixth national border position, the main position, and its strategic location is very important. Xigangzi is the only place to enter and exit the Heihe River. The Beihei Railway, the Beihei Highway, and the Heinen Highway all pass in front of the position. The terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The core fortifications were built in accordance with the special standards of our army, and the concrete thickness was up to 3 meters, which was enough to withstand the bombardment of Soviet artillery shells of 30 cm caliber and 1 ton of aerial bombs. In addition, Hamada Junosuke is also a famous brave general in the army, how can he not hold on? ”

Umezu Mijiro shook his head with a wry smile and said: "The Sixth National Border Garrison has fought several times with the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and the losses of troops are serious, and there is no replenishment of troops, and there are less than eight squadrons left to defend Heihe, so that the spread of troops makes this group of people in Hamada Shinosuke have not yet reacted, and there is a surprise battle, in less than three hours, all the positions in Heihe Province except for Xigangzi have been lost, this must be the battle plan that the people of China have been planning for a long time, and we didn't even notice it, so that a group of bandit mobs were teased. ”

There was another uproar in the conference room, and everyone was shocked that this group of anti-Japanese federations that had been looking down on them suddenly broke out with such combat effectiveness. In the minds of the Japanese officers, except for drilling into the mountains and fighting guerrilla warfare with the troops, the rest of the anti-Japanese alliance was completely vulnerable, and one brigade was enough to chase after a division. But now, after the Chinese attacked Qiqihar not long ago, they actually dared to attack the imperial border position, will they directly hit here next time.

Major General Saburo Endo said suspiciously: "Your Excellency, I really find it difficult to accept, when did the Shina army become so strong in combat?" ”

Lieutenant General Muto Zhang said: "Could it be that Meng Qingshan is the ghost again." ”

Umezu Mijiro handed the telegram to Lieutenant General Akira Muto and said, "Komai Tokukun's actions this time were not taken seriously before, and it is a serious dereliction of duty by the intelligence department!" ”

The head of the Kwantung Army's secret service, Tokumi Komai, took the telegram and looked at it, and said indignantly: "Yaga, despicable Shina! Your Excellency, Commander, I suggest that the Tiger Extermination Plan be activated in advance! ”

Umezu Mijiro nodded and said, "You can advance, but the top priority is to rescue the Xigangzi position and save our Heihe Fortress, and we can't let them repeat the mistake of Katsuyama Fortress." Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any good opinions? Please tell us all! ”

The officers quarreled with each other, but for a time they could not come up with a good solution. The main reason is that the reinforcements are too far away, and the mobilization of large troops requires the preparation of food and grass, and it is impossible to dispatch immediately.

In the end, twelve fighters and five transport planes full of soldiers were sent to support the Xigangzi position, so that they could hold on for some time and buy some time for the mobilization of troops, and at the same time, Tada Jun was asked to send troops to rescue Heihe, and sent a telegram to the fourth division of Jiamusi, asking them to concentrate ships along the Heilongjiang River to send a batch of reinforcements to Heihe to support the Heihe defenders, and the entire Kwantung Army launched a rescue operation. (To be continued.) )