Due to the huge casualties and confusion during the breakout, when the new encirclement was completed, the Japanese army had been divided and scattered, with two or three thousand more troops in each encirclement and only seven or eight hundred at the least. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and on the route behind them, there were bombed corpses everywhere.

In particular, the Japanese troops who needed to cross the Liao River to break through suffered heavy losses. Although the Japanese army took advantage of the darkness of the night, they used the assault boats in their hands and the wooden boats hidden in the reeds on both sides of the river. After the original pontoon bridge was blown up by the Anti-Japanese Union, more than 300 sappers were concentrated and more than a dozen pontoon bridges were erected in a surprise attack.

But when crossing the river, these dozen or so pontoon bridges became the most obvious targets for the anti-United Nations aviation and long-range artillery. The ground forces of the Anti-United Nations that intercepted and killed on both wings also regarded these dozen or so pontoon bridges as the main target. All artillery fire, as well as large-caliber machine guns, was mobilized to block the bridge deck and the crossings on both sides.

These dozen pontoon bridges were blown up and repaired, and they were repaired and then bombed. The Japanese troops rushing across the bridge deck and the pontoon bridge were constantly bombed into the sky. The troops waiting to cross the river east of the river are also constantly covered by anti-United Nations long-range rocket artillery. After more than 10 hours of fierce fighting, the banks of the Liaohe River and on the surface of the river were killed by artillery shells and aerial bombs, the bodies of Japanese soldiers who were swept away and drowned after the airborne machine guns in the sky were shot at in the sky, and the pontoon bridge was blown up and drowned.

At a bend in the downstream river, thousands of Japanese corpses were densely packed on the surface of the water because the current slowed down. The surface of the river is yellow, and the true color of the river can hardly be seen. After the war, the local fishermen of the Anti-Japanese Union organized a long time to salvage it, but it was not completely salvaged.

There were so many corpses that it was almost impossible to fish. Within many years after that, the Liaohe fish, which was originally famous throughout Liaoning Province, was no longer cared for locally. Even decades after the war, when the water conservancy was being built, a large number of bones, Japanese-style steel helmets, weapons and ammunition could be found in the river.

In just five or eight years, hundreds of corpses and bones and tons of weapons and ammunition were fished out of the river. They even fished out two Japanese-made Type 41 mountain guns, a 50-mm antitank gun, nearly 100 light and heavy machine guns, and a steel helmet and Type 99 rifle for half an acre of land. In the case of a local veteran, it was enough to equip a reinforced regiment with weapons.

The Japanese army who forcibly crossed the Liao River to break through eventually became an insurmountable line of life and death for them, which was once used by them as a natural barrier to block the anti-United Nations tank cluster. Of the more than 8,000 Japanese troops who broke through the encirclement, except for more than 1,000 people in Hexi, who escaped by luck, the rest were all wiped out on both sides of the Liao River and buried in the river.

Originally, before the breakout, the gecko tactics that the various divisions and regiments of the Japanese army had conceived, and the tactics such as bayonet attacks and decisive assaults adopted when necessary, were of no use to the Japanese army. Because when they broke through, the Anti-Union did not pursue at all.

In addition to the tank clusters formed by regiments and battalions along the way, covering the continuous interception and killing of the infantry, and constantly tearing off pieces from the Japanese troops who broke through. It is to take advantage of the number of cars in their hands to deploy troops in advance in the designated area and wait for them. As for the task of pursuit, it was left to the artillery and aviation, as well as to those flattened anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns.

On the contrary, it was the strength of the troops that were scheduled to be left behind by the Japanese army's breakout units, because the attacking forces of the Anti-Japanese Union only attacked step by step and steadily, and did not launch a forced pursuit, so the pressure was not great. After seeing the tragic image of the main force breaking through in front, these Japanese soldiers who were left behind simply gave up the idea of following the main force to break through.

In particular, the Japanese troops in the northernmost part of the encirclement were divided and encircled, because they never thought that they could break out, so they did not take any action at all. After the main forces of the Anti-Japanese Federation were attracted by the Japanese troops who broke through from other directions, their pressure was relieved to a certain extent.

The Qing Shui rule did not make a plan to disperse and break out, but lost more than half of its troops in the process of breaking through, and its remaining forces were compressed and divided from Tongjiangkou in the southwest of Changtu in the north, the ancient city in the west of Kaiyuan, to Cai Niu in the west of Tieling in the south, and Shidianfang at the junction with Faku, Cai Niu in Baijiagou and several other narrow areas.

It turned out that although it was also divided, the troops in each encirclement were still intact, but at this time they had become completely chaotic. The whole army does not have any strength above the wing level, and there is not even a complete brigade-level structure, and its weapons and equipment are even more incomplete. There is not a single artillery piece left in the whole army, only a dozen heavy machine guns remain, and only a dozen light machine guns remain.

At this time, this was once the Kwantung Army, the highest in strength and equipment among the armies under it. At its peak, it occupied nearly a quarter of the entire Kwantung Army, and at this time there were less than 20,000 men left, including the lightly and seriously wounded.

At the same time, in the previous scattered breakthrough, almost all heavy weapons and equipment have been lost. The ammunition of the whole army has been depleted, and the medicine has been exhausted. There is not much food left that has been consumed. Every day is like a year for the remnants of the Japanese army.

Faced with the devastated scene of the Japanese army in front of him, Chen Hanzhang issued an ultimatum without receiving any answer, and issued a general attack order. Concentrate all the forces at hand and launch a final general attack on the last remnants of the Thirty Army, less than 20,000 men.

Just when Du Kaishan's division was fighting fiercely with Hongo's breakthrough troops, Chen Hanzhang's division had already entered the final settlement of the Japanese army's 30th Army. At this time, the Japanese army, which was still stiff-mouthed and silent, refused Chen Hanzhang's order to lay down their arms, but the real resistance was getting weaker and weaker.

In fact, it was not that the remnants of the Japanese army did not want to give Chen Hanzhang an ultimatum, but that there was no one in the Japanese army who could give an answer. After the failure of the breakout operation and the loss of the last bit of vital strength, Lieutenant General Qing Shui, who could no longer bear the weight of his heart, shot himself in a small depression on the edge of the Liao River.

His chief of staff, Major General Kawagoe, was breaking through with his headquarters. Targeted by a squad of attack planes of the Anti-United Nations, a rocket and napalm went down. The chief of staff of the major general, together with his headquarters of the 30th Army, completely disappeared from the land of northern Liao.

Among the divisions and divisions of the Japanese army that participated in the breakout, some were missing on the battlefield, and some died in the breakout. There was also a seriously injured and unconscious commander, and the only remaining commander of the lieutenant general's division who was still intact, did not know that he had become the only remaining supreme commander of the Japanese army in the battlefield east of the Zhongchang Railway.

Chen Hanzhang, who did not know that Lieutenant General Qing Shui had committed suicide, naturally regarded the silence of the Japanese army as a refusal. Time is pressing, and Chen Hanzhang doesn't have so much time to give the Japanese army another ultimatum. Simply and neatly gave the front-line troops an order for the final general supply.

According to Chen Hanzhang's order, the anti-union forces at the junction of Changtu, Kaiyuan, Tieling, and Faku launched a final general attack on the Japanese troops in their respective encirclements. With the red flare marking the general attack, it continued to rise on the land. The sound of cannons, which had been silent for several hours because of Chen Hanzhang's ultimatum, sounded again over the land.

According to Chen Hanzhang's report to Yang Zhen, within 24 hours at the latest, the 30th Army in person will be completely and cleanly resolved. He also asked for instructions on the next operational objectives of the Western Front Corps after completing the operation against the 30th Army. Whether to go south to the Xinmin front line and switch to fighting against the Fifth Army. Because of his corps on the Western Front, there are now at least two divisions that can be transferred to other theaters.

After receiving this telegram full of pride from Chen Hanzhang and the telegram from Du Kaishan afterwards, victory already belongs to us. At this time, Yang Zhen, who had already moved his former finger from Guojiadian in Jilin to Xinkaiyuan along the Zhongchang Railway, felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

He didn't expect that this battle would be so hearty, and it could even be described as blowing withering. By this time, the main objectives of the battle could be said to have been largely achieved. Of course, the entire South Manchurian war is not over at the moment, and there is still a certain amount of uncertainty, but this battle, at least so far, has been quite satisfactory.

However, Yang Zhen was quite satisfied with the evaluation of these four words from his mouth, but it made Mr. Lin very dissatisfied. looked at Yang Zhen, who did not have any change in expression on his face because of the frequent successes from the front line. Although he didn't like Mr. Lin, he shook his head and said very unappreciatively: "You, I don't know if you have grown more and more appetite over the years, and this requirement is getting higher and higher, or you really do it without being happy and angry." ”

"The front-line troops fought so wonderfully, and if they changed to any other senior commander, at least there should always be some smiles on their faces, but look at your face is still flat. Looking at the expression on your face now, you know that you have won the battle, and those who don't know think that the troops have suffered some losses on the front line. ”

"Comrade Yang Zhen, this is not good, His Majesty is too strict, which can easily dampen the enthusiasm of cadres. Commanders in all aspects are playing so wonderfully, shouldn't you, the number one, at least say something encouraging? I have read your telegrams these days, and I have never seen you give these commanders a word of encouragement. ”

"If you don't fight well, you really have to criticize, and it's right not to express your stance lightly on some things. However, judging from the current situation of the whole battle, although there are some small mistakes in the various units, they are not subjective. Basically, it can be said that the commanders in all directions of the front showed an extremely high military level. ”

"Even though it's not over yet, I can still say that it's been a good fight. In the first half of the year, I only read the battle report and didn't praise it. However, in this battle, various strategic applications such as large-scale airborne operations, large-scale detours and forced penetration of armored units, forced landing operations behind enemy lines, and special operations operations were used. ”

"There is also a dizzying array of tactical uses on the battlefield, such as the centripetal offensive of tank clusters and the double-layer barrage of artillery fire. The corps of the Western Front preempted the Japanese army's actions and strengthened the allocation of troops at the Japanese breakthrough, the grasp of fighter planes, the judgment of the local battle situation, the mobilization of troops and firepower, and the most important thing was to make up its mind. ”

"Without a group of high-level commanders with extremely high military qualities commanding on the front line, it would not have been possible to fight such a wonderful battle. These actions of yours do not seem to be difficult to implement. But in fact, the requirements for front-line commanders, especially senior commanders, are too high. It's not just a tough character, a tenacious will that can be solved. ”

"Without the corresponding military literacy, these operations cannot be commanded at all. At least the various battlefields are connected and coordinated so closely. Whether it is a head-to-head collision or the use of strategy and tactics on the battlefield, these subordinates of yours have at least caught up with or even surpassed them compared to the Japanese generals. ”