Although the Anti-Japanese Allied Army did not suffer losses in the first phase of the battle to defend Hailar, in order to resist the next attack of the Japanese army, the 4th Division of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army began to adjust its deployment, of which the 422nd Battalion of the 42nd Regiment began to move closer to the 431st Battalion to cover the flank of the battalion. In addition, the 90th Separate Artillery Brigade of the Soviet Red Army specially drew a battalion of 122-mm howitzers to support the 4th Allied Division.

Sure enough, when the 4th Division of the Allied Army had just been adjusted, Takawa Kumamoto directly threw in a brigade, and his order at that time was: "At any cost, annihilate the Shina army!" ”

On June 27, the Japanese launched a large-scale attack that had been planned for a long time, and the two battalions of the 422nd and 431st Divisions of the Allied Army had to face the attack of an entire brigade of the Japanese army.

On the first day of the battle, the Japanese attacked the 3rd Company of the 422nd Battalion, which was defending the junction of the 422nd Battalion and the 431st Battalion, from the left and right flanks, and had the intention of eating the unit in one go. As a front-line observer of the 990th Separate Artillery Regiment, Dmitry. Timofeevich. Yazov personally witnessed and participated in this terrible battle.

"At that time, I saw a Japanese Type 95 light tank coming out from behind the bushes, and in the binoculars I could see the little devil with the tank cap with a cruel smile on his face, he seemed to be full of confidence in his tank, thinking that he could break through the defense line of my Chinese comrades in one fell swoop. Beside me, Hao Dafu, the company commander of the 3rd Company of the 422nd Battalion, was about to order the death squad to go up and take out the tank, but his movements were so great that his body completely poked out of the trench, and a bullet hit him in the chest, and the young officer soon lost his heartbeat......"

"The death of the company commander made the 3rd company a little confused. Critical time. Cui Jianhua, a member of the Communist Party, stood up. He ordered the machine gunner to shoot at the enemy tank, and he himself jumped out of the trench with a pack of explosives and charged at the Type 95 tank under enemy fire. To be honest, I was just a recruit at that time, I had never participated in a battle, and I had never seen such a brave person, at this time, the deputy company commander Wang Dazhui also woke up, picked up a DP light machine gun and fired at the enemy's tank. The bullets sparked and forced the enemy commander to retract into the car. At this moment, Cui Jianhua went around to the side of the tank, lit the fuse, and then stuffed the explosive bag over...... With a loud bang, the devil was blown up into the sky. ”

"Cui Jianhua's actions greatly boosted morale, and without the threat of tanks, the soldiers instantly felt that their waists were stiff, and they shot at the enemy in ping-pong, repelling the enemy's first attack."

But later Yazov also admitted. The tactical literacy of the Japanese army is indeed higher than that of the Allied forces, for example, the Japanese army's marksmanship is generally better. And more obedient to orders. In particular, the officers of the Japanese army were all graduates of regular military academies and had rich combat experience, but in contrast, the officers of the Allied Army were generally less educated, had not received formal training, and were inferior in judgment and decisiveness in battle to the Japanese army, resulting in certain losses.

So after repelling the three Japanese attacks in the morning, the 422nd Regiment was also forced to abandon part of its position and retreat back. In the afternoon of the same day, the Japanese continued their attack, advancing deep along the retreating steps of the 422nd Battalion, and attacking the core position of the 422nd Battalion with the strength of about an infantry brigade.

"Suddenly fierce gunfire broke out in the streets," Yazov recalled, "and the right flank of our troops came under fire from Japanese machine guns. I thought it was coming from the direction of the wheat field, so I ran in the direction of the gunfire in order to guide the artillery fire. As soon as he turned the corner, he suddenly saw a Japanese officer (armed with a sword) in front of him, so he immediately raised his submachine gun and hit him with a three-shot burst. After making sure there was no other danger around, I quickly ran over to check on his body. This devil doesn't seem to be rich, at least I haven't been able to find anything of value from him, not even a watch. His imitation Luger pistol (Southern Type 14) piqued my interest, and the only fly in the ointment was that the previous burst shot had broken the grip of the gun. Better than nothing, I took this pistol with me......"

"Soon I regretted taking this pistol, the devil's knock-off is far from the genuine Luger, the jam is crazy, the bullet power is quite speechless, this thing can only be used to whack-a-mole!"

"But I didn't have much time to look at this trophy at that time, and I continued to move forward, and soon my allies told me that the 3rd Company and 1st Platoon, which were responsible for the broken rear cover, were trapped by groups of enemies in several houses near the railway on our right, and the enemy blocked the area with a heavy machine gun, and there was only one way to save these comrades, find the heavy machine gun and destroy it!"

"When I arrived near the railway line with my comrades, the machine gun fired, and the bullet kicked up a cloud of dust five meters in front of me, but fortunately it didn't hit me. I quickly rushed across the railroad and broke into a house, where the 1st platoon of soldiers told me new information - the enemy had not only a heavy machine gun, but also a mortar cover! ”

"After determining the general location of the enemy's machine-gun and mortar positions, I informed the company commander with the portable radio that I carried with me, and fifteen minutes later, the 122 howitzers would fiercely bombard the area, suppressing the enemy's machine guns and mortars, and helping us to escape from this mortal enemy."

At the call of Yazov, the shelling came as promised. After a burst of artillery fire, the Japanese machine guns and mortars were dumbfounded, and Yazov and a platoon of his comrades retreated to their positions. "Since then, the Chinese comrades have changed their minds about us, the artillery observers, who have had quite a problem with us only 'watching' and not fighting, believing that we are all cowards," Yazov later recalled. But after this time, they began to understand our role, and in the later battles, they would do everything they could to protect us and let us play our best role. I sacrificed quite a lot of soldiers for this, and I will never forget the time when I fought side by side with my Chinese comrades! ”

In the afternoon, a large number of devils crossed the railway to launch a fierce attack on the 422nd battalion, and Yazov had to radio from time to time to indicate artillery support. Under the accurate strikes of the Red Army artillery, the Japanese did not advance much and were still pressed on the other side of the railway.

But the good times didn't last long. At dusk. Once again, the devils attacked. The attack was so sudden, so swift, that at one point, the 422nd Battalion was engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the devils. This situation made Yazov anxious, and the two armies were entangled, and there was no way to call for artillery support.

At this time, Yazov witnessed a scene that he will never forget: a platoon of commanders who were stabbed in the stomach with bayonets in the stomach and intestines flowed out, while holding on to the devil's rifle and not letting go. The other side turned back and shouted at Yazov: "Open fire!" Fire now! Shoot at me! ”

Although Yazov didn't know Chinese, at that moment, he didn't need any translation, he clearly understood the meaning of a long line, but he really didn't want to do it. Once the fire is fired, it will be a burning jade, you know, he only rescued a platoon not long ago! How can you kill them with your own hands!

It wasn't until the platoon leader shouted at him with a bloody cry for the third time that Yazov tearfully called for artillery support. The whistling rain of bullets soon covered the scene of the hand-to-hand combat, and the violent explosion set off a large amount of earthwork. The smoke of gunpowder fills the air, and the sand and rocks are scattered. A few minutes later, when the shelling stopped. Through the smoke, all Yazov could see was a piece of stumps and severed arms, and a row of dozens of men disappeared like this, and at that moment Yazov deeply felt the cruelty of the war.

The fierce fighting broke out not only in the defense zone of the 422nd Battalion, but also in the 4th Division of the Allied Army, which was responsible for defending the positions on the southern front, fierce fighting broke out on all positions, and on this day alone, the casualties of the division were close to a thousand.

However, the heavy casualties are not meaningless, the anti-Japanese allied army told the devil with flesh and blood, the Chinese are not the sick man of East Asia, and every conscientious Chinese child will defend his motherland at the cost of his life!

The bloody battle of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army even attracted the attention of Blyuhel, and the old commander was surprised that a division of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army was able to resist the attack of a brigade of the Japanese army, and you must know that on the frontal battlefield of the National Army, a brigade of the Japanese Army could solve a single army of the National Army like chopping melons and vegetables, and a division could beat three or five armies of the National Army. To tell the truth, Blyukhel was very disdainful of the combat effectiveness of the national army, and even looked down on the Chinese army.

And this is the main reason why Blyukhel only sent a few troops to reinforce the anti-Japanese Allied forces before. Because at that time, he felt that the anti-Japanese allied army would soon be defeated in the face of the siege of the Japanese army, and it might be crushed at the first touch. In this case, there is no need to waste the precious vital forces of the Red Army on the Chinese, just a symbolic rescue.

But now the ironclad facts made Blyukhel a little speechless, and he finally realized that he had made a mistake, and he should not use the combat effectiveness of the Kuomintang's army to measure the combat effectiveness and fighting spirit of those Chinese troops who were really willing to resist Japan.

Especially in the next few days, the anti-Japanese allied army fought vigorously in Hailar, thwarted the Japanese army's offensive attempts again and again, and inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army. Blyukhel changed his original intention: "Order the 9th Mongolian Cavalry Division, the 308th and 317th Frontier Regiments, and the 177th Artillery Regiment to immediately reinforce Hailar and cooperate with the Anti-Japanese Allied Army to stabilize the front." ”

After giving this order, Blyukhel stared at the map on the table again in a daze, in these days of fighting, the Far Eastern Military District can only be said to be average, although it did not give the Japanese army much advantage, but also failed to achieve any advantage, the battle form can only be described in one word - bitter.

Why is it so depressing? Was it the Red Army units in the Far East that were caught off guard by a sudden sneak attack by the Japanese army and suffered a big loss?

Certainly not, the Military Commission informed Blyukhel on June 9 that the Japanese army might enter the war, and Blyukhel was not 255, so it was impossible to turn a deaf ear to the Military Commission's warning. On the contrary, Blyukhel attached great importance to the warning of the Military Commission, and immediately ordered the Far Eastern Military District to enter a first-class combat state.

Although the Japanese did not launch an attack on June 10, Blyukhel did not relax its vigilance, but continued to mobilize troops, constantly rush to repair fortifications, and even the second-line troops were ready to attack the northeast first.

In this case, the undeclared war of the devils on June 15 did not catch the Far Eastern Military District by surprise, whether it was in Khabarovsk or Zhanggufeng, the devils had just launched an offensive and were pushed back from the front by the Red Army.

There may be comrades who don't understand, so it doesn't seem that the situation is bad, why do you say it's boring? The reason is in the back, because the devils did not declare war. This led the Politburo and the Military Commission to issue an order to the Far Eastern Military District: "In response to the provocation of the Japanese army." It is necessary to fight back with reason. Don't be presumptuous. ”

And Tukhachevsky also called Blyukhel and told him: "The Politburo wants to maintain the situation in the Far East and does not want the war to expand in the Far East. We hope that you will cooperate with the work of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs. ”

To put it bluntly, the Politburo still hopes that this conflict will end like the previous Haraha River and Zhang Gufeng, and it is better not to let Japan really declare war with the Soviet Union. Such an order made Blyukhel naturally very depressed, and he could obviously fight back in an all-round way, but in order to stabilize the Japanese, he could only swallow his anger. This Nima is disgusting!

But who made the Politburo and the Military Commission have already made a decision! Blyukhel couldn't resist and couldn't resist, so his feelings were very bad, that is, the anti-Japanese allies fought well, which diluted his depression, otherwise he would have the heart to pick his son and leave.

is also dissatisfied with Li Xiaofeng, a certain immortal has never been beaten and does not fight back, and this time the Politburo made him patient, or endure the arrogance of the little devil, and hated him so much that his teeth itched. In the office. He scolded Lao Tuo and Xiao Si.

But after scolding, Li Xiaofeng could only accept the reality. The reality is that at present, when Trotsky and Sverdlov have basically converged, there is no room for any other dissent to survive and develop.

So much so that Li Xiaofeng felt that he had a good time as a member of the board when he was an alternate, and there was almost no room to show his strengths. As soon as he has any advice or opinion, Xiao Si will personally or let Ruzutak do his work, and make him obey the overall situation, which is about to suffocate someone.

Anyway, Li Xiaofeng himself doesn't know how long he can endure it, if Lao Tuo and Xiao Si still do this, he estimates that it will be difficult to hold on to 1941, anyway, he has reached the edge of the outbreak, and the only thing he lacks is a fuse.

Will there be a fuse? Yes, for example, when Blyukhel felt extremely aggrieved and depressed, there was an even more aggrieved and depressed person in Kiev - Shaposhnikov.

It stands to reason that, as the commander of the Ukrainian Front, the command of the Front should be under the sole responsibility of Shaposhnikov, but this is only an ideal scenario. The reality is that he, as the commander of the front, seems dispensable. As the commander of the Moscow Central Military District, which was in charge of the entire Western Front, Yakir put Shaposhnikov in mid-air.

The vast majority of battle orders were issued from the headquarters of the Central Military District in Moscow, and Shaposhnikov could not change a single word on it at all. Why? Not only because Yakir is the commander of the Central Military District in Moscow, but more importantly, there is also a chief of the General Staff standing behind Yaqir, and Tukhachevsky and Yakir are enough to make Shaposhnikov stare dryly.

At first, Yakir or Tukhachevsky only gave orders, and later when the southern front was tense and the Ukrainian Front concentrated all its efforts on the central counterattack, Yakir and Tukhachevsky directly crossed Shaposhnikov to command the army group or even to the army level, which directly led Shaposhnikov to seem dispensable, and he could not do anything but stay in the headquarters in Kiev in a daze.

Perhaps the only thing Shaposhnikov could do was to worry about the outcome of the war, and as the Germans, as well as the Romanian and Hungarian armies, drew closer and closer to Kiev, he could not help but tremble.

Kyiv is an empty shelf, facing an enemy of almost 60 divisions, Kyiv has less than 30 divisions of defensive forces. And a considerable part of them are second-line troops that were originally hastily formed and reinforcements that have not yet arrived on the battlefield, and the real Ukrainian Front has only 20 divisions in its hands.

What is this troop for? Anyway, Shaposhnikov couldn't think of how to defend Kyiv with the little force at hand.

"Shrink on all fronts and use strong fortifications and cities near Kyiv to fight a defensive battle with the enemy!" This is the building yì proposed by Timoshenko.

From a military point of view, there is no problem with this construction, and if the troops are not enough, they can only shrink the defense, but there is not only one military perspective on the battlefield, and from the perspective of politics, this construction will not pass. Why? This means that the forces that had previously been top of the enemy need to shrink immediately, and they need to give up a large amount of territory, which the Politburo does not want to see. And this means that there can be no large-scale contraction, and we cannot concentrate forces to fight a defensive war.

Not only for political reasons, but also for another military reason, the large-scale abandonment of the territory is tantamount to drying out the main forces of the Ukrainian Front in a fierce counterattack, and then the German army can easily cut off its supply lines or even encircle it, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

In any case, neither Tukhachevsky nor Yakir could agree to the further shrinkage of the forces in the Kiev area, on the contrary, they hoped that the remaining troops in the Kiev area would be able to stabilize the front on their own, and it would be better to actively resist the Germans for a while.

"It's just whimsical," Timoshenko began to curse his mother after receiving the order from the General Staff and the command of the Central Military District in Moscow: "What are we going to do to stabilize the dìng front?" Do you use air? Tukhachevsky is going crazy, there is no way to fight this battle! ”

Who's to say it isn't. Shaposhnikov thought the same thing in his heart, but he couldn't: "Let's think about other ways, can we mobilize the militia to fight?" (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you to Bao Kuroko, Traveler with the Wind, Wind Drifting Shadow, Plane Wanted, Glorious Charter, hzwangdd and Kamen Angel 555 comrades!