Chapter 540: The Battle of North Manchurian (3)

At a time when the two brigades of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army in Qiqihar were mired in the guerrilla warfare of the Anti-United Nations and could not return, a meeting was being held at the temporary headquarters of the Anti-Japanese Federation in Dahudian to make arrangements for attacking Qiqihar.

"Comrades, according to the telegram sent back from the front, the two brigades of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army have been pinned down by our army in the mountains of Qinggang and Mingshui counties. The following combat missions are up to you. Chief of Staff, give all the comrades present a briefing on the current deployment of troops in Qiqihar City," Meng Qingshan said as he looked at the dozens of cadres in front of him who were full of excitement.

"Yes, commander-in-chief, according to the information sent back by the intelligence officers in the city, the number of Japanese troops in Qiqihar City is about 5,000-8,000 now. Among them, there are about 4,000 combat personnel, who are distributed in the city wall and the material warehouse and division headquarters in the city, and the non-combat personnel are about 2,000 people, including the division and regiment communication team: 255 personnel, the division and regiment health team: about 1,101 personnel, the weapons service team: ominous, the field hospital: 280 people, and there is also a baggage team with about 800 people left in the city. In addition, there is a Japanese military camp in the Xicheng District of Qiqihar City, and in the barracks, there is a Japanese artillery wing, about 800 people, including a heavy howitzer brigade and a field artillery brigade. A dissatisfied Japanese army brigade was stationed at the Qiqihar Railway Station, with a total of more than 800 people, equipped with heavy machine guns and mortars and other heavy weapons, and this is all the strength in Qiqihar City at present," Liu Yalou, chief of staff, sat down after speaking.

"Yes, after a few months of development, our intelligence department has made significant progress, and now everyone knows the number and distribution of Japanese troops in the city, what do you think?" Meng Qingshan asked with a smile.

"One word, the main force of the little devil has been led away, and the rest of the city is only second-class cripples, if you want to eliminate them, it's no problem to destroy them, please give an order from the commander-in-chief, my third division will definitely be the first to rush into the city and plant the military flag on the roof of the little devil's headquarters." Zhou **** got up and said.

"Commander-in-Chief, give orders! The soldiers have been training for months, and their hands are itchy, and they have been waiting for this moment," Liu Tieshi, commander of the 20th Division of the Left-behind Corps, asked for battle.

"Yes! Commander-in-chief, leave the task of the main attack to our division! Last time, the third division ate meat, and we picked up leftovers to drink some soup on the side, but this time we can't let them go anymore, and it's time to change us. ”

"Drip, drip!"

"Comrades are quiet" Seeing that the cadres below were eager to fight one by one, Meng Qingshan was very happy and stopped the agitated crowd.

"Comrades, to fight Qiqihar, we must fight, otherwise, all our efforts before will be wasted but, in what we are facing is not the puppet army that swept before, but with more than 4,000 well-trained little devils, and there is a strong city defense, it is not very easy to take it, you must know that our soldiers are all baby Gada, I don't want to sacrifice the blood of the soldiers in vain in order to take this lonely city. Therefore, we must be cautious and fully prepared. Next, I will assign specific combat mission orders to you," Meng Qingshan shouted loudly.

As Meng Qingshan blurted out the two words of order, more than a dozen division-level cadres below stood up one after another.

"Your task of the cavalry division is that after the gate of Qiqihar is opened, your task is to rush to the Japanese artillery wing in the Xicheng area of the Japanese army in the shortest possible time, and be sure to completely annihilate the Japanese artillery when the Japanese army does not react, and strive to capture all the weapons and ammunition of the artillery wing. How, do you have the confidence to complete the task? Meng Qingshan ordered loudly.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the cavalry division guarantees the completion of the task." Hou Guozhong gave a military salute and replied neatly.

"Okay, Comrade Liu Tieshi of the 20th Division. Your mission is to attack the railway station in Qiqihar City, be sure to occupy the railway station in the shortest possible time, and wipe out all the little devils in the railway station, so that no one can escape. Then deliver as many strategic materials as possible to the hoarding in the station, and protect the materials from being destroyed by the devils. There is also an important task, to blow up all the Japanese military facilities at the railway station, and to strip the railroad built by the Japanese army, so as to paralyze the railway transportation of the little devils. How's it going, do you have the confidence to complete the task? Meng Qingshan ordered again.

"Yes, commander-in-chief, our division is guaranteed to complete the task." Liu Tieshi stood up and shouted loudly.

"The mission of the 3rd Division is to rush to Tailai County to block the enemy at Wangye Temple, as well as to clean up the remnants of the Japanese army in the southern counties of Longjiang Province."

"Please rest assured, our third division guarantees to complete the task, and will firmly block the Japanese reinforcements on the periphery of the Longjiang River." Zhou **** replied.

"The guard division, the artillery division, and the rest of the troops were personally commanded by me and the chief of staff to attack Qiqihar. The premise of these is that the special operation is successful, and if the special operation mission fails, then we will have to storm strongly, and then the 20th Division will be responsible for feints to attack the east gate of Qiqihar, and the cavalry division will be responsible for feints to attack the south gate of Qiqihar. The artillery division concentrated all its artillery and attacked the north gate of Qiqihar from the front with me. Before the battle began, the electronic squadron tried to cover all the radio communications of the Japanese troops in the city, so that the distress signals of the Japanese troops in the city could not be sent."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, guarantee to complete the mission"

"Okay, the various units can set off after the meeting is dismissed and rush to their respective combat positions. Launch an attack on time at three o'clock in the morning tonight, and we will be caught off guard by the Japanese army," Meng Qingshan stood up and said.

"It's guaranteed to get the job done"

Immediately after the meeting, the divisions began to assemble, and after handing over the wounded to the militia who had come to support, they began to advance lightly, carrying only enough ammunition. The main forces of each division, like a fire dragon, began to act around Qiqihar as the center. After several hours of continuous marching. Finally, in the early hours of the evening, all the units arrived at their designated positions. Begin to build positions in accordance with the pre-battle deployment, and quietly wait for the final time to attack.

At the same time as the troops were moving, Meng Qingshan was chatting with General Yu Chencheng, commander of the First Military Region of Fengtian in Manchukuo, who had been captured, in the war room.

"Mr. Yu is old and strong, and he is still majestic, and he is so old that he does not take care of his old age at home, but comes out to continue to work hard for the Japanese, which is really admirable. You didn't think you'd be where you are today. Meng Qingshan said in a flat tone, looking at the gray-haired old traitor in front of him when he was caught, he was doing villain making exercises with the two concubines on the bed, and he was still able to *** when he was old, and his combat effectiveness was a little admired when he thought about it, if it wasn't for the enemy, maybe Meng Qingshan would learn from him.

Yu Chencheng saw clearly that the person in front of him must be Meng Qingshan, the commander-in-chief of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, who has been famous in the Northeast in recent years, the most hated by Emperor Puyi, and the most feared by all the soldiers of the Eastern Army. He nodded and replied, "I really didn't expect that I would lose to you today." ”

Meng Qingshan stared at Yu Chencheng for a long time, with a rectangular face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a bold and sven look. Shaking his head and puzzled, he said: "As a Chinese, especially a Chinese soldier, what are you better than being a traitor?" Why are you willing to betray your motherland for the sake of the Japanese and act as a lackey of the Japanese army to oppress your compatriots? ”

"It is because you vulgar people who don't know a few words, and after listening to some foreign theories, you don't know the height of the sky, you are self-righteous, you open your mouth to resist Japan to the death, keep your mouth shut to recover the rivers and mountains, and lead people to attack the Japanese expatriate, which arouses the dissatisfaction of the Japanese, so that the group tribal plan is implemented and the people suffer. The friendly situation between China and Japan that we have worked so hard to create is all in the hands of your people.

Let me ask Commander Meng, with your less than 60,000 or 70,000 poorly equipped troops to stop the mighty military might of the imperial army? When the Japanese advanced into the Northeast, the Northeast Army, known as the largest in the country, did not resist without the young marshal, and hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army abandoned their hometowns and gave up the great rivers and mountains to the Japanese. In the process of China and Japan joining hands to build the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, the fathers and villagers of the three eastern provinces will surely live in a happy, peaceful, developed and prosperous society, instead of the ruined and miserable places in the Kannai region.

In just a few years, the economic level of Manchukuo has far exceeded that of Guannai, and the total length of the Manchukuo railway line has reached more than 6,000 kilometers, and I believe that the railway line in Guannai may not even be 1,000 kilometers. The total length of highways in Manchukuo is nearly 60,000 kilometers, while there are almost no in the Guannai. Our education system in Manchukuo is more modern than that in Kannai, and it is modeled after the Japanese education system, which attaches great importance to the cultivation of students' character and physique, and they are given free textbooks and free lunches.

Throughout Manchukuo, 12,000 primary schools, 200 middle schools, 140 vocational colleges, 50 professional and military schools, 1,600 private schools, 150 religious schools, and 25 international schools were established. ”

"If you can't fight, you will surrender on your knees? Just give it up? If others are strong, they can forget their ancestors, recognize thieves as their fathers, and sell their souls? Happiness and tranquility are self-inflicted, not given by ferocious aggressors. Prosperity and prosperity depend on the efforts of several generations of your own nation to create, and your master only wants to see a poor and backward China, a China that is slaughtered by others, and Chinese people like you who wag their tails and beg for mercy. Your Manchukuo government is just a puppet of the Japanese, I believe that if one day your little emperor angers the Japanese, the next day the news of his death will come out, you say that the Japanese are here to help you, then the tens of thousands of compatriots who were slaughtered in the three eastern provinces of our country are also their help, you said that the construction of railways and roads, I admit it, but they were all built by my Huaxia Erlang with blood, and there are the bones of my Huaxia Erlang near each railway, and I also admit the school you mentioned, But it was the Japanese who wanted to corrupt our minds, assimilate us, and turn us into their slaves permanently, and you said that the Japanese came to help us, then I would like to ask where the laborers who were caught by the Japanese and went to the border to build fortresses and never returned, and the people who were deceived into going to the institute in the name of work, and where the grain produced in the three eastern provinces every year is there, these cannot be an excuse for you to be a traitor. ”

"It's normal to lead the way for the Japanese, Zhang Shaoshuai has ordered a policy of non-resistance, how can the remaining stragglers resist the advance of the imperial army, I lead the way so that they can avoid casualties. Yu has a heart of patriotism and love for the people, and is willing to slander for the sake of my fathers and villagers in the three eastern provinces, to compromise and achieve peace, so as to avoid the spread of war and disasters to the people, what is the crime? ”

(To be continued.) )