The cannon roared, and the sound of killing shook the sky. The border area between Manchuria in China and the Japanese Far East and Japanese Korea, as well as the lower reaches of the Songhua River. From the beginning of July '92, it was a melee. Nearly one million officers and men of China and Japan are engaged in the fiercest life-and-death struggle on this land in the Far East of East Asia.

The powerful striking force composed of five Wehrmacht infantry corps plus 500 artillery pieces broke through the thin defense line of the Japanese army in less than 24 hours and surrounded the Japanese Twin City Fortresses! At the same time, it also firmly blocked the Japanese reinforcements mobilized from the north and south, and from the Suifen River Valley to the Xingkai Lake Plain, the whole became a battlefield for fierce competition between the two armies.

On the west bank of the Ussuri River, the Japanese had the upper hand on the battlefield after a week of bloody fighting. The Japanese finally broke through the resistance of the squadron along the Linhai Highway and advanced the battle line to the foot of the Hutou Fortress. The Japanese troops of the four divisions completely ignored the huge crisis that their logistics line had been cut off by the squadron, and instead launched round after round of fierce attacks on the Tiger Head Fortress with the greatest determination.

On the plains on both sides of the Songhua River in North Manchuria, the other main Japanese army seemed to have broken into a no-man's land. In just a few days, even the counties of Ketongjiang, Fujin, Suibin and Huachuan advanced to the west gate of Harbin, Jiamusi City. After only one day and night of onslaught, the 0th Division of the Chinese National Defense Force, which was holding Jiamusi, was unable to parry, and it successively appealed to the military headquarters of the 0th Army in Harbin!

Beginning on the afternoon of 7 July, the Japanese and Korean forces assembled on the south bank of the Yalu River also began the campaign to forcibly cross the Yalu River. Four divisions of 100,000 Japanese troops under the cover of 200 artillery pieces. The most desperate attacks were launched against Andong, Tonghua, Linjiang and other places heavily defended by the Chinese army. The guns and artillery fire of both sides almost turned the Yalu River into a sea of fire, and the Japanese officers and soldiers who drove the assault boat to force the crossing were killed by boats and boats! Blood stained large swaths of the river red. But more Japanese still shouted, screamed, and rowed their boats to the north shore with red eyes.

For a time, on the battlefield of Manchuria and the Far East, the Chinese and Japanese armies actually fought against each other! And from the scene, it seems that the Japanese who are red-eyed still have the advantage!

In Shenyang, the General Headquarters of China's Northeast Front Army was also in an extremely noisy and chaotic atmosphere. The Wehrmacht staff officers, who had been in high spirits a few days ago, were going in and out with a straight face. Or discuss the battle situation around the map. On the map, the red arrows of the Japanese army and the blue arrows representing the Wehrmacht are twisted together. It's all a bit scattered and confusing.

The progress of the first line of the twin cities was quite smooth, and the three huge arrows collided together. One of them is the blue arrow of the Chinese army, representing the Fifth Army, and the other two are the red arrows of the Japanese army, extending from Shin An Tu and Vladivostok respectively - the inexperienced lieutenant ** officers came to be confused by the tricks of the Japanese army, and mistakenly thought that there were still large Japanese troops in the Vladivostok fortress! Therefore, the 16th Division of the Sixth Army set up a defensive posture in the Suifen River Valley. The failure to take advantage of the victory to seize the first fortress in the Far East also gave the Japanese troops on the Far Southeast Front a chance to survive, and also made the situation of the war less clear.

The situation in the three directions of the Ussuri River, the Songhua River and the Yalu River is not so good. From the map, the entire Heilongjiang and Songhua rivers are empty, if a division in Jiamusi is defeated by the Japanese army, then the Japanese army can even fight all the way to Harbin! Although such an action did not have any effect on the overall situation of the war. However, the erosion is certain, and in the past two days, many reports of Japanese troops burning, killing, and looting along the Songhua River have been sent to the headquarters of the Northeast Front. This is quite a pressure on the Wehrmacht soldiers who are responsible for defending the territory! It seemed that it was time to use the two reserve armies of the Fifth Army to move north to maintain the situation in North Manchuria.

But what about the Ussuri and Yalu rivers? Especially on the Yalu River, the Japanese army is attacking like crazy! There is really a question mark over whether the Second Army, which has only one Ninth Army and one Fortress Brigade, can withstand it! In case the Yalu River defense line is lost, the Japanese army will advance to the core hinterland of the northeast! At that time, the whole battle situation may be reversed!

In addition, there are at least five divisions and regiments in Japan. Will they be shipped to Vladivostok? Or simply land somewhere in the Bohai Bay?

The phone in the war room was noisy, and all kinds of news kept coming. There are good and bad, but most of them don't sound very good.

"What? Japanese cavalry units appeared outside the county seat of Yubara? How many defenders were there in Yubara County? Were there any fortifications built? ”

"The Japanese army has three or four divisions on the Jiamusi line? Reliable messaging? Did you find out the number? How many days will the 0th Division hold out? Will it be able to make it until July 5th? ”

"The Tiger Head Fortress was bombarded by Japanese 240mm caliber howitzers! What's going on now? Are the fortifications at the core of the fortress intact? Did the fortress artillery counterattack? The Japanese 240mm heavy howitzers had a range of only 0 km, and they were destroyed with the artillery group of the Tiger Head Fortress! ”

"Has the Fifth Army completed the encirclement of the Japanese Twin Fortresses? That's great! When can we start attacking? To wait for the artillery group to arrive? Then please hurry! Now that the strength of the whole front is tight, your 5 armies must be liberated as much as possible! ”

General Guo Songling, commander of the Northeast Front Army, also had an anxious expression on his face now. This war should now be at its most critical moment! The Japanese attacked on three fronts, while the Chinese concentrated their forces on a counterattack in one direction. Now it's up to you to get the first shot. If the Twin Cities Fortress could be taken, then the Fifth Army would be completely liberated. Even if one army was left to defend Vladivostok and one army to act as the general reserve of the overall situation, five armies could still be put into the direction of the Ussuri River, and the convergence of the Eighth Army would form a situation in which six armies would fight five or six Japanese divisions. Moreover, the Japanese army's logistics line has been cut off, and the supply of ammunition has become a problem, and it will certainly not be able to withstand the blows of the six armies of the Wehrmacht...... As soon as the six Japanese divisions collapsed, the victory of this war could be determined!

At this time, I heard the sound of military boots outside. General Bai Chongxi, chief of the General Staff, did not know when he came to Shenyang, and suddenly appeared in the headquarters of the Northeast Front Army in Shenyang's Beidaying. Guo Songling hurriedly stood up. wanted to step forward to greet him, but Bai Chongxi waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down, and asked directly about the military situation.

"How's it going? It's the most critical moment, right? The chairman of the committee was not worried about the situation at the front, so he asked me to fly over. ”

The words were polite, but the officers of the Wehrmacht present knew that this chief of the General Staff had come to Shenyang to supervise the war on behalf of the chairman of the National People's Congress. Guo Songling still greeted him, took Bai Chongxi's hand and said, "Brother Jiansheng, now the Japanese ghosts are desperate!" The strength of the Northeast Front was a little tight. Can you transfer two more armies from Kannai? ”

Bai Chongxi frowned and said, "The Japanese have a total of 20 standing divisions, and now about 5 of them have been used on the battlefields in Manchuria and the Far East. However, it is difficult to say where the remaining five will be used, and the chairman of the committee is worried that the Japanese will jump over the wall in a hurry to launch the Shanghai operation, so he does not dare to empty the army in Nanjing and Shanghai. ”

Shanghai Operations? The supply lines of the Japanese Far Eastern Army have been cut off, and they still have the heart to fight Shanghai? Guo Songling shook his head in his heart, but he didn't dare to question Chang Ruiqing's opinion on his face. He pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Jiansheng, if the five divisions of the Japanese army are dispatched. Is there a way for us to find out in advance? We are now defenseless at sea, and there are loopholes everywhere in the sea and frontier! ”

Bai Chongxi listened to Guo Songling's words, nodded silently, and said after a while: "There are not many ways to find out in advance, and the two submarines of the Navy take turns to rotate around the Japanese archipelago...... Naval aviation also has reconnaissance aircraft patrolling the coastal waters. However, it's hard to say whether the Japanese landing fleet can be discovered in advance, so the only way now is to defeat the Japanese ghosts in the northeast battlefield as much as possible! I discussed with Chairman of the National People's Congress in Nanjing, Zhao Youlin, and Wang Zizi

Measured a way...... Of course. It was only built and not forced to be adopted by the Northeast Front. ”

"The trick that the chief of the general staff Bai and the commissioner came up with must be a high-level move." Guo Songling didn't show any unhappiness, he was a little anxious now, and of course he couldn't ask for someone to help him.

Two people walked to the front of the electric sand table. Bai Chongxi picked up a baton and pointed at Andong County on the map. He said to Guo Songling: "The Japanese Korean Army probably used four divisions to storm our Yalu River defense line. Anton: There are two here. I mean to get out of Andong County and put these two divisions in to fight! The Seventh and Eleventh Armies were mobilized to ambush in the mountains around Fengcheng. Is it possible for you to eat two of their divisions with two armies at once? ”

Guo Songling's mind flashed the words Long Wangshu. He said in his heart, Chang Ruiqing and Bai Chongxi's appetite is really not small! The Japanese troops in the twin cities and the Ussuri River have not yet eaten. Are you ready to fight the doctrine of the Japanese army in Korea? is not afraid of breaking the big teeth of the Northeast Front.

Guo Songling was silent. Bai Chongxi smiled and said: "Now the Japanese army's attacks in the three directions of the Ussuri River, the Songhua River, and the Yalu River are actually difficult to echo, and there is not much coordination and coordination, which is a bit of a dog jumping over the wall. If we divide our forces to resist, we will inevitably be in a bit of a hurry. But what if you lure the enemy deep into each one? The Japanese were in a hurry, and if their attack on Andong suddenly succeeded, they would definitely quickly move north to attack Liaoyang and Shenyang. Let's set up an ambush here in Fengcheng, the two Japanese divisions are at least a heavy blow, and if we don't do it, we can be annihilated! ”

"But where are the troops from?" Guo Songling asked. Bai Chongxi's method is definitely feasible, but the problem is that the strength of the Northeast Front Army is really tight.

"Transfer one army from the Fifth Group Army, and then transfer the First Army from Beijing and Tianjin."

"What if the Japanese army lands on the Liaodong Peninsula?"

"No, once the Japanese army forms a breakthrough in the Yalu River, they should directly strengthen the strength of the Korean army, rather than launching a time-consuming and laborious landing battle."

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Boom Boom Boom ......

Japan belongs to the Far East, near the Twin Cities. The shelling of Chinese heavy artillery clusters has begun again! Artillery fire swept through the cities and fortresses of the Twin Cities like a hurricane. In an instant, high and low columns of smoke rose above the Japanese defense line at the same time. Looking north from the Japanese positions in the Suifen River Valley, all you see is ballistics flying on all sides. The whistling sound of explosions came like rolling thunder. The officers and men of the temple detachment, which had been put together on a makeshift basis, were terrified. All the soldiers were thinking: the Chinese army is so powerful! The elite of the Far Eastern Army were all defeated, how could a reserve soldier like himself defeat them and relieve the siege of the two cities? Now the Far Eastern Army Command in Yanpu City has gone completely crazy. Instead of using conscription notices to recruit new soldiers, gendarmes are directly sent to knock on doors! As long as I see a Japanese man who can still afford a weapon. Just pull it directly to join the Imperial Army! Before he had time to train, he was sent to the Suifen River Valley to be cannon fodder! I don't know if I came to kill the Chinese, or came to let the Chinese kill?

It's not that Major General Shouichi Terauchi is ruthless, it's really that the shape of the twin cities is too critical. From the early morning of July 9, the Chinese infantry, under the cover of their powerful artillery fire, launched an assault on the Japanese positions on the outskirts of the twin cities! In the pre-dawn darkness, these Chinese infantrymen shouted slogans to drive out the Japanese and regain lost territory, and launched a forward and successive charge against the Japanese entrenched positions, and the fire was mixed in the Japanese positions. Heavy artillery shells rained down. In less than three hours, all the Japanese positions on the outskirts of the twin cities had fallen! Urgent telegrams flew like snowflakes to Shioura, to Shin-Azuchi, and to Tokyo! The base camp in Tokyo had agreed to transfer the forces of two divisions to Yanpo by sea. But it is also a distant water that cannot quench the thirst of the near. The Second Army of Xin'an Land also desperately moved two divisions to the south, but it was firmly blocked by the Second Army of the Chinese Army on the east bank of Xingkai Lake! Therefore, Terauchi Shouichi also had to put down a heart and desperately drive the Japanese rabble under his command to the firepower of the Chinese army in batches! Even if it can contain some of the firepower of the Chinese army and consume some ammunition of the Chinese army, it is good!

Japanese mountain artillery and mortars opened fire. There are only a handful of thirty or forty doors! There are many large-caliber fortress guns in Yanpu Fortress, but those are old antiques made in Russia before World War I and even at the end of the 19th century, and they can be put together in the fortress. It's unrealistic to pull out the field! So I could only collect some mountain artillery and mortars to save the scene. And this kind of artillery preparation can only be counted casually twice, but I don't dare to bombard for dozens of minutes, the hot air balloon of the Chinese artillery is still floating in the sky!

Rushing to the front were thousands of hastily assembled Japanese infantrymen, mostly elderly people or children who were just getting their hands dirty. Only half of them had guns, and the rest took two grenades or carried explosives bags on their bodies. Those who are ready to die with the Chinese army.

One used to be a captain officer at the Yanpo military station, and now the captain of a temporary wing jumped out of the trench, pulled out a bushido, and shouted the slogan of the charge. Then I saw the Japanese soldiers who came from Lazhuang Ding shouting, "Onboard! Onboard! The slogan began to rush in a very dense formation towards the positions heavily defended by the Chinese army's artillery and machine guns. Behind them were the ashamed Japanese gendarmes who were about to commit suicide by seppuku. They were aiming the muzzles of their machine guns at the backs of these impetuous creatures. Major General Terauchi Toshiichi, chief of staff of the Far Eastern Army, who commanded the suicidal attack, was neatly dressed and held a command knife on a high ground behind the Japanese battle line. He stared at this qiē with cold eyes.

At this moment, a staff officer of the Far Eastern Army shouted while running: "Good news!" Good news! He rushed up the high slope, walked in front of him, and saluted with a straight salute: "Report to Major General, I received a telegram from Yanpu that the North Korean army has broken through the defense line of the Yalu River of the Chinese army!" Invade Liaodong in China! Your Excellency, the tide of battle is about to turn around! ”

"Really? That's great! The fate of the empire really has a chance to be saved! "Major General Shouichi Terauchi almost looked up to the sky and roared. He looked in the direction of North Korea to the east, bowed deeply, and muttered, "God bless! God's blessing......"

Win! The fate of Japan was reversed by the Korean army!

The sea breeze was blowing, and Lieutenant General Shirakawa Yoshinori, commander of the Japanese Korean Army, stood on a high ground near the mouth of the Yalu River, bursting into tears of excitement.

From the afternoon of July 7 to the present, three days of hard fighting, the sacrifice of tens of thousands of soldiers, finally exchanged for a turn in the fate of the Japanese Empire! Just when he was almost desperate to give up the attack, the officers and soldiers of the 04th Wing of the 1st Division finally planted the Rising Sun Banner on the trench defended by the 26th Division of the China Army on the other side of the Yalu River! And the 26th Division of China, which had blocked the two divisions on the south bank of the Yalu River for six days, finally chose to admit defeat and retreated in the direction of Phoenix Mountain!

The Japanese officers and men who were jubilant all over the mountains and fields, but Lieutenant General Shirakawa Yoshinori, who had not closed his eyes for three consecutive days and three nights, did not feel sleepy at all. The staff officers beside him, as well as the division commanders of the 1st and 4th divisions of the Japanese army, all held their chests high, revealing an arrogant expression, looking at the Chinese land on the other side of the Yalu River.

"The fate of the empire lies in the hands of the Korean army!"

"The North Korean army is invincible!"

"The gates of China have been opened. Your Excellency, Commander, give orders. Advance to Liaoyang, to Shenyang, and seize the logistics base of the Northeast Front Army of China! ”

Shirakawa Yoshinori held his saber and looked at the high-morale generals in front of him with satisfaction, and said in a deep voice: "Gentlemen! The battle has just begun! There are still many strong troops like the 26th Division in the Chinese Army, can you be confident that you can destroy them one by one? ”

"Have faith!" The voice of the answer was also deafening. It's just that none of them would have thought that a column full of troops and heavy weapons was roaring into the platform of the Fengcheng County Railway Station. Another big battle between China and Japan is about to start!