Xue Boling's First Mechanized Group Army exerted the most effective power of mechanized troops in the northeast, and the torrent of steel defeated the Japanese troops stationed in Harbin without the power to fight back, and Harbin was recovered within 10 days.

The reason why Harbin was able to recover so quickly is also many, first, the number of Japanese troops in the local area was not large, this was once the sphere of influence of the Soviet Union, after the Northeast Incident, the Japanese side in order to avoid angering the Soviet Union, plus the Japanese army in Northeast Asia is not sufficient, so it did not send too many troops to the north; On the other hand, Xue Boling led his troops to have the effect of a surprise army, and the Japanese army never expected that there would be a unit that could march 200 kilometers in a day, from Jinzhou to Harbin for thousands of miles, and hit them by surprise with a long drive.

However, then their shortcomings were revealed, with the elongation of the battle line, the logistics support of mechanized troops has become a major problem, not to mention the ammunition required by the troops, that is, the fuel consumed by hundreds of cars, tanks, and armored vehicles every day is a very headache.

When starting from Jinzhou, Xue Boling's troops carried as much ammunition and fuel supplies as possible, but with the consumption of time, these supplies also bottomed out, and in desperation, the First Mechanized Army could only temporarily be stationed in Harbin for rest and recuperation after recovering Harbin.

In a Gothic building in downtown Harbin, Xue Boling, Sun Liren and others are discussing their next move, charcoal is burning in the European-style fireplace, and the red flames make the temperature in the room as warm as spring, and the senior generals of the First Mechanized Group Army are staring at the table in front of them, or smoking, or contemplation, or frowning......

On the thick solid wood table was a newly translated telegram, on which was written the latest order of the Northeast Theater Command: Suspend the attack on Qiqihar, and the First Mechanized Group Army will remain in Harbin and stand by. A remark was added to the back of the message: After the supplies are sufficient, they will also be on standby, and those who act without authorization will be engaged in military law!

"Look, here's the order from above." Xue Boling raised this order in his hand: "It seems that this is like twelve gold medals!" Ha ha. ”

Xue Boling deliberately eased the current dull atmosphere, whether it was a senior general or a soldier in the First Mechanized Group Army, most of them were young intellectuals, and what they had in common was that they had high patriotic enthusiasm, but they were too angry, and it was not easy for Xue Boling to pick up this burden.

"If I lead the troops outside, the twelve gold medals will not be recalled!" A colonel sitting next to Xue Boling frowned and recited two verses that were not widely circulated.

An officer opposite him smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Zhichuan, do you really want to 'serve the country with sincerity and come back with three thousand iron horsemen'?" ”

"Seeing that the territory cannot be taken back, this is a shame as a soldier! The greatest shame! Wu Zhichuan took the case and said angrily.

The political atmosphere in the First Mechanized Army was relatively relaxed, even at high-level military meetings, and everyone freely expressed their ideas, anyway, how to implement them after complaining.

Sun Liren, who was sitting at the end of the table, shook his head and said, "You are all Yue Fei, and the Supreme Command is not Song Gaozong and Qin Hui, don't talk about it anymore." Let's talk about the current supply routes, as far as we know, the railways are not yet connected, so we can only rely on road and air transport to solve the problem. ”

"Of course it can't be transported, the two railways in the Northeast Manchurian and Mongolian and the Middle East are in the hands of foreigners, which is really ridiculous!" Wu Zhichuan deliberately mocked Sun Liren a few more words, and Sun Liren immediately replied after hearing it: "Soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, do you want to give up military orders to realize your personal heroism?" ”

The two men were arguing at the meeting, and Xue Boling, as the commander, stopped their quarrel and emphasized the discipline of the meeting. Although this order was a little difficult to understand, Xue Boling still carried it out unconditionally.

After the meeting was dismissed, Xue Boling was also unwilling, the supply of the First Mechanized Group Army had been restored by relying on the Air Force, and military supplies other than weapons and guns and ammunition could also be purchased locally in Harbin, so military supplies were no longer a problem, but the question was where to fight?

The original plan was to recover Qiqihar, but I don't know why it was suddenly stopped. Naturally, he did not know that when they attacked Harbin, the Soviet side also made contact with Nanjing, and the chairman of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs brought Stalin's personal letter to Huang Ke and Wang Jingwei.

In the letter, Stalin promised to give China all possible support on the Sino-Japanese issue, and that the Soviet-controlled railways could be used by Chinese military trains, but not to the Japanese side. At the same time, the Soviet side will exert pressure on the Japanese side, and the exchange condition for all this is to guarantee the contents of the "Fengru Treaty" signed between Zhang Zuolin and Russia, as well as the original rights and interests of the Soviet Union in Qiqihar and other cities.

According to Huang Ke's temperament, he would have torn up the letter full of ghost talismans in Russian when he received it, but reason told him that he could not do this, at least not for the time being.

As a commander-in-chief, he has to consider not only whether a battle is won or not, but also the entire international situation and the future environment. Although the battle between the two sides went well, Huang Ke knew that countless real money would be spent every day, so this battle must be resolved quickly, and it was guaranteed that Japan could not get the Northeast.

As for the demands put forward by the Soviet Union, it is not impossible to meet them for the time being, and who can budget for the fixed number in the future. At this time, Huang Ke knew that he couldn't provoke both the Soviet Union and Japan, and if they joined forces, he would suffer in the end. This time, Wang Jingwei and the government dignitaries were surprisingly consistent with Huang Ke.

As a result, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense jointly issued an order that after the First Mechanized Group Army recovered Harbin, it would stop its offensive against Qiqihar and other places, and instead proceed to Harbin for rest and recuperation.

After this order was issued, Huang Ke was also thinking about another issue, the First Mechanized Group Army, which was gaining momentum, could not do without a battle, and the significance of this war with Japan was equivalent to that of the Northern Expedition of that year, if the offensive was stopped for no reason, not only would the anger of the officers and soldiers be frustrated, but even the people and public opinion would find it difficult to explain, and it would be difficult to convince the public without any explanation on this matter, and this matter suddenly became tricky.

But none of this is a problem in Huang Ke's eyes. That night, he called Xue Boling to inquire about the progress ahead, and revealed that Lin Mi Shilang had led tens of thousands of Japanese troops stationed in Korea to illegally cross the border and be stationed in many places in Jilin.

Xue Boling immediately understood Huang Ke's intentions, so Xue Boling asked for instructions and waved his army south to take Changchun.

There, tens of thousands of troops of Lin Mijuro's Korean army had already crossed the border and stationed, and the high-spirited Xue Boling could not take tens of thousands of Korean divisions in his eyes, and under his orders, the First Mechanized Army rushed to Changchun at full speed.

At this time, the commander-in-chief of the Korean Army, Lin Mijuro, was in front of several large-scale maps in Changchun, observing the direction of the attack of the First Army Group, and he was confident that he would annihilate the invading enemy in one fell swoop.

Hayashi had recently arrived in Changchun, which would soon be renamed Xinjing as the capital of Manchukuo, a puppet government. Although this move was made by the Kwantung Army, who had never been at odds with him, he had to admit that it was a clever move.

He knows that fighting a war is like eating, China's fat is too big, and he will choke if he can't eat it in one bite, and it is the best policy to divide and take it, but the domestic political parties are too cowardly, so that they have lost many good opportunities to open up territory.

Hayashi was a typical Imperial Scholar who believed that the duty of a samurai was to open up territory for His Majesty the Emperor, but since the Russo-Japanese War, it has been difficult for them to have such an opportunity. So, when Honjo's subordinates launched the Tohoku Incident, he personally led his troops across the border, and although it was a crime of killing his head in military law, he believed that his determination to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor could be well demonstrated, and he was convinced that he would not only not be punished for this, but would also be praised.

Thinking of this, Hayashi Mijuro was a little more excited, he stroked Bismarck's beard on his mouth, imagining that he could one day become the Bismarck of Japan, but he was better at commanding battles than Bismarck.

"Your Excellency Commander, Pu Yi is here." A guard commander walked in and said politely, and after touching his beard, he said, "Let him wait there for a while, and say that I am holding an important military meeting." ”

"Hayi!" The captain of the guard walked out with strong steps, and Hayashi began to lay out the map. First, he did not take Pu Yi, the son emperor, in his eyes, and secondly, he was not an arrogant person, and he had to make all preparations for the attack from the north.

On his desk is a copy of the intelligence information about the First Mechanized Group Army, from which it can be concluded that this army is a completely new type of army, this group army has more than 30,000 people, more than a division of the Japanese army, and most importantly, this army is equipped with more than 200 tanks, more than 100 armored vehicles, and a fairly objective number of artillery.

"I didn't expect the people of China to form such an army, but under the iron hooves of the empire, they are still blocking the car!" Lin Mijuro tapped his fingers lightly on the table, looked at the time of his watch, and then said to the officers around him: "You continue the meeting, and I will be back in half an hour." ”

With that, he picked up his military hat, put it on the hanger again, and walked towards the reception room with strong steps.