Chapter 812: The Fall of Haishanwei

On the battlefield of Uriya Sutai, what happened was incredible, not only did the two sides of the jiāo war not jiāo fire, the encircled side, but also allowed the encircled side to supply all kinds of materials to their heart's content, dozens of Soviet transport planes, at first they were afraid to drop the materials and quickly flew away, for fear of being hit by a high shell.

Later, seeing that the squadron had no intention of making a move, he became bolder, and the airdrop action became more and more calm, and then, several fighters also came over to join in the fun, hovering above the squadron's position at a low altitude, and the probe seemed to be looking for the location of the squadron's headquarters.

An order went down, and the Gao shè artillery group unceremoniously beat these fighters with obvious purpose into a volley of salutes, which was the most direct warning, warning the Soviets not to make small moves, and the Soviets were so frightened that from then on, they were more honest than rabbits, and time passed like this, and the Soviets never made new demands.

Tang Qiuli is not in a hurry, every day you enjoy a rare free time, when you have nothing to do, you also take the guards out to hunt, the yellow sheep on the ancient grassland is the best game, every time he goes out, he has a lot of harvest, he eats according to the law, the small life is quite moist, and the brigade commanders who are idle and uncomfortable are depressed.

I can't guess the division commander's thoughts, only Tang Qiuli knows that with the gunfire of the Japanese, in the eastern section of the Sino-Soviet border, Uriya Sutai's qiē should be over, and he will get what he wants, the longer the time, the more he gets, Stalin will send a representative, otherwise, he will not make such a big effort here.

Tang Qiuli was at ease in Uriya Sutai, but Stalin was troubled, the Japanese were gathering more and more troops in the area of Haishanwei, and the Far East was already full of war clouds, but Stalin still did not want to fight with the Japanese at this time.

In order to win the war, General Kenkichi Ueda, commander of the Kwantung Army, organized all first-class field divisions and regiments that could be mobilized into four corps, each with four divisions and regiments, equipped with three heavy artillery wings, two field artillery brigades, and a light tank brigade, with a total of more than 680 fighters and bombers to provide air cover for the attacking forces.

No matter how much Stalin hoped that the Japanese would gather more than 400,000 troops in the Far Eastern border area and that it would be a demonstration of force, the fact did not happen according to his wishes, and the Japanese still acted before the Soviets.

In the eastern section of the Sino-Soviet border in early September, the chill of the Bī people was already felt in the morning and evening, although the sun was still bright and warm during the day, full of lush trees and wild grasses, the water level of the rivers and lakes and river forks had been low and clear, and the paths that meandered and stretched along the grasslands and water networks were still so muddy.

At four o'clock in the morning of 10 September, the sea breeze blowing from the Sea of Japan had not yet blown away the hazy morning fog in the Ussuriysk area, and the air was full of damp and cold moisture, and the 580,000 troops of the Japanese Kwantung Army, divided into four routes, crossed the Sino-Soviet border from the areas of Fuyuan, Raohe, Suifenhe, and Dongning, and launched an attack on all fronts against the Soviet troops in the Far East, and the Soviet-Japanese war officially broke out.

Ueda Kenkichi's strategic intentions were obvious, the First Army, which launched an attack from Fuyuan, was responsible for capturing Boli and cutting off the Soviet army's retreat to the interior, the Second Army went straight to Sakhalin Island and occupied the whole island and marched to Kamchatka, the Third Army captured Ussuriysk, and cooperated with the Fourth Army to encircle the troops of Timoshenko of the Second Army in the Soviet Far East, and the Fourth Army was to occupy the Haishan Wei Military Port and capture all the warships of the Soviet Pacific Fleet.

In the Far East, only Timoshenko's Second Army was a formidable enemy of the Kwantung Army, so the forces used by Ueda Kenkichi in this direction were 320,000 people, and heavy equipment, artillery, combat vehicles, and aircraft were also inclined in this direction.

When the war broke out suddenly, the Soviet border garrison units, which belonged to the local units of the Far Eastern Military District, put up a stubborn resistance in the face of the surging Japanese soldiers, but this resistance was quickly collapsed, and the local Soviet troops, which were inferior in terms of strength and firepower, only lasted less than four hours before they were completely annihilated.

By 8 o'clock in the morning of 10 September, the troops of the Kwantung Army had advanced more than 60 kilometers into the territory of the Soviet Union, and Boli, Golenki, and Ussuriysk had been conquered one after another.

In order to cooperate with the army in the operation, although the Japanese navy was extremely reluctant, under the strict order of Emperor Hirohito, it sent most of the navy's 1st, 2nd and 4th fleets to blockade the Tsushima Strait and the Soshin Strait, block the Soviet Pacific Fleet in the Sea of Japan, and let the army catch turtles in an urn.

With such an imperial order, the enthusiasm of the navy was unprecedentedly high, and it was said that the Soviet Pacific Fleet had a very strong foundation, and it was the main force in Stalin's struggle with the Americans for control of the Pacific Ocean, with two aircraft carriers, eight battleships, 12 cruisers, 21 destroyers, 36 torpedo boats, 28 submarines, and only 60 ships of various types, with a total tonnage of more than several hundred thousand tons.

As a matter of fact, the Japanese insisted on waging war against the Soviets, and the Pacific Fleet was also one of the important targets; sure enough, as soon as the battle on the border began, the Japanese fleet viciously pounced on the Haishan Weijun Harbor, and the warships of the Soviet Pacific Fleet were blocked in the port before they could anchor.

It was a Sunday, and as is customary, most of the officers and sailors of the Soviet Pacific Fleet went ashore on vacation, soaked in bars, drank and drank in the dark, met lovers and wives, and were so tired that they could not get up on the belly of the NV people.

More than 30,000 people of the 107th Division, the vanguard of the Fourth Army of the Kwantung Army, which attacked Haishanwei, had already rushed into the city, which was the only mechanized unit of the Kwantung Army, and the speed of the attack was extremely fast, and it quickly defeated the 3rd Garrison Division of the Soviet Far East Military District defending Haishanwei and attacked the city.

When these Soviet sailors were still running in a daze on the street, the streets were already full of Kwantung Army sailors, seeing that one by one caught one by one, the battle was launched too suddenly, and Haishanwei's resistance was extremely weak, and in less than five hours, it had completely fallen into the hands of the Kwantung Army.

At this time, the warships of the First Fleet of the Japanese Navy had already approached the port, and after laying down several hundred landing craft, more than 10,000 Japanese marines quickly rushed to land on the beach and seized various key points on the port and wharf.

The soldiers of the 107th Division of the Kwantung Army and the soldiers of the Marine Corps met at the port, but the scene of the meeting was too enthusiastic, and when the soldiers of the army and navy met, they were like fighting each other, and they did not give in to each other, and the Imperial Army unit did not want to capture more trophies and make their troops famous in the Imperial Japanese Army.

First of all, the army soldiers accused the Marines of taking the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to snatch the credit of the 107th Division, when attacking Haishanwei, how could they not see you guys in blue skins, when the army bleed, after defeating the Soviet army, and occupying the whole city, you only came in, not a single shot, not a drop of blood was shed, you had to snatch so many trophies, how can there be such a good thing?

The soldiers of the Marine Corps accused the army of crossing the line, and the occupation of the military port was originally the task of the navy, and your army violated the battle plan, so can your army fight? Words came and went, they didn't give in to each other, the anger was getting bigger and bigger, and they didn't know that the stunned young man in the army, the bushido god on his body was overflowing, and a karate side kick kicked a marine, kicked his nose and mouth to the point of blood, and immediately fainted to the ground.

This time, it can stab the hornet's nest, and it is also the fuse, the army and navy soldiers, immediately it is a big hún battle, the brawl scene of nearly 10,000 people, is also spectacular, the Japanese are also unceremonious to their compatriots, what karate, judo, boxing, a full set of martial arts are up, however, the Japanese soldiers are still a little sensible, did not use guns and knives.

Broken bones and tendons, dislocated ribs, blue nose and swollen face, good guy, the fight was a mess, and it was not okay to see the captured Soviet soldiers staring at them, thinking that the Japanese were collectively wrong.

Later, the commanders of the two sides came forward and finally calmed down the situation, and the lawsuit went to the Minister of War Binshan Moto and the Minister of the Navy Mitsumasa Yoneichi, and they also had their own reasons, and the dispute could not be settled, and there were still thousands of wounded people lying on the dock, so there must be an explanation for this matter?

I had to ask Emperor Hirohito to judge, and the succession of good news on the battlefield made Hirohito feel very good, and his face was full of red light, as if he had taken a hundred injections of jī blood, and there was no blame for such a ridiculous behavior of the army and navy, in his opinion, this is the best embodiment of the god of bushido, a soldier of the Great Japanese Empire, and the troops are fighting for merit, indicating that the combat effectiveness is strong.

Emperor Hirohito finally showed his holy will very generously, "Two Aiqing, our Great Japanese Empire established the country by force, so we should not punish the soldiers, their medical expenses and condolence money will be allocated by the national treasury, and from now on, the Haishanwei Military Port will be taken over by the navy, but the credit for occupying Haishanwei will still be credited to the head of the army." ”

In less than a day, the sea and mountains were completely in the hands of the Japanese, almost all the warships of the Pacific Fleet were captured by the Japanese Navy, most of the officers and men of the Soviet Pacific Fleet were captured, and Stalin's largest naval force in the Far East was completely annihilated.

The Japanese carnival, and another person was also very happy, in his opinion, it was another windfall, and the seizure of these warships from the Japanese had nothing to do with the Soviets, Tang Qiuli paid attention to these warships again.