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Volume 1: The Arms Dealer¡¯s Feast Chapter 49: Mistakes and Mistakes

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    Looking at the documents on Minister Song's desk, and the documents sent over from time to time by the staff behind him, Jin Batian asked, "How is the situation on all fronts now?"

    "Except for the fact that Shang Zhenbu failed to defeat the First Manchukuo Army and the 67th Division under the 32nd Army suffered heavy losses, the situation on all fronts was good. Shangzhenbu has already asked it to cooperate with the Miao Huiliu Department of the 57th Army.  Let's meet up and chase the little devil together." Minister Song was quite satisfied with the current situation.  Even though the Shang Zhen Department did not break through the defense line of the First Manchukuo Army, it still suffered heavy casualties and forced the Japanese and puppet troops back.

    At this time, Warrant Officer Deputy Platoon Commander Duncan, whom Jin Batian knew, came over with a telegram: "Minister, Li Fuying of the 61st Army was attacked by the Japs and the Puppet Manchukuo Second Army in a counterattack, and the Chicheng defense line can no longer hold up.  ."

    This telegram undoubtedly gave the somewhat arrogant Minister Song a slap in the face. After reading the telegram, Minister Song cursed: "Damn it Li Fuying, how did the 61st Army fight? The Chicheng Line is the flank of the 67th Army at Gubeikou. He  What should we do if Wu Keren¡¯s troops of the defeated Sixty-seventh Army are blocked by the Japanese?¡±

    What Minister Song is really worried about is not that the 67th Army has been cut off, but because Wu Keren of the 67th Army is the flank of the 17th Army. Worrying about the 67th Army is the same as worrying about the 17th Army Division.

    But Jin Batian said something fair: "The Sixty-first Army only has one division and two brigades, which is equivalent to a B division. Yan Laoxi is very stingy. In the face of a national crisis, he is only willing to send one division to support an army.  front."

    Minister Song also thought about it. The Jinsui Army was not under his control. It was Yan Xishan's army. Yan Laoxi was not very talented, but Shanxi was run like an iron barrel by Yan Xishan. If it hadn't been some time ago,  Yan Xishan and his general Shang Zhen were at odds, and the Central Army had not yet had a chance to win over Shang Zhen.

    Minister Song said: "The telegram was forwarded to Shanxi, and Sun Dianying's 41st Army was sent to flank the Puppet Manchukuo Second Army to rescue Li Fuying's troops of the 67th Army in Chicheng."

    After a while, a telegram came from Shanxi. Yan Laoxi had sent Fu Zuoyi of the 35th Army to meet the 67th Army.  The best place for Li Fuying would be a military court, of course the military court of the Jinsui Army.

    Seeing this, Minister Song was relieved. The two armies combined with the remnants of the same division could defeat the Puppet Manchukuo Second Army.  The Second Manchukuo Army also only had two divisions and four brigades under its control, and when it was full, it numbered more than 19,000 people.  I heard that the commander of the Second Puppet Manchukuo Army is still his own family. He was formerly a brigade commander of the Northeast Army.  The difference between the two armies is that most of the subordinates of the Second Manchukuo Army are former Northeastern Army.

    As mentioned before, most of the Zhongtian family¡¯s troops at this time were mercenaries, and everyone came to serve as soldiers for food and pay.  They did not shy away from surrendering to the enemy after defeat. Most of the unlucky ones were officers. Only generals received preferential treatment. Colonels, lieutenants, and lieutenants were either removed from the army or demoted.  As for soldiers who surrender, they will generally be separated and integrated after removing the old, weak, sick and disabled.

    This is how Song Yinya, the Second Army of the Puppet Manchukuo, got his start. He has been peeping into the Northeast for decades since the previous dynasty. This layout was also laid out early. Regardless of whether it will be used in the future, laying out the nails first is the devil's fault.  Consistent strategy.

    Song Yinya, the commander of the Second Puppet Manchukuo Army, was from Jixi, Heilongjiang. He was targeted by the little devil¡¯s instructor when he was attending the Northeast Martial Arts Lecture Hall. The little devil¡¯s instructor took special care of Song Yinya and asked him to spend time with him every two days.  Drinks, please visit the cigarette shop once a day.  As time went by, Song Yinya became more pro-Japanese.

    At that time, Song Yinya had been in the army for ten years and was just a battalion commander of the Northeast Army. Later, after the Japanese special high school developed Song Yinya, Song Yinya could only use a lot of money sent by the Japanese in two years.  As soon as he moved, he was promoted to brigade commander.

    Youdao is to use people's money to eliminate disasters. On the occasion of September 18th, Song Yinya did not follow the little devil's routine and immediately imitate the old officer Zhang Haipeng to change the flag with electricity, nor did he imitate other troops to resist or flee into the pass.  .  Instead, he chose to sit still and wait for changes. Because of the special high-level course, the little Japs didn't make things difficult for him. In other words, the Japs didn't have the extra strength to deal with him at that time.

    But within a few months, there were only sporadic resistance forces left in the three eastern provinces, and the young commander's order of non-resistance made Song Yinya feel despair.  After giving money to his subordinates who were unwilling to become puppet soldiers and sending them away for travel expenses, Song Yinya switched his flag and became the commander of the First Puppet Manchukuo Division.  If it hadn't been delayed for a while, the position of commander of the First Puppet Manchukuo Army would probably have fallen to Song Yinya.

    After powering up and changing the flag, Song Yinya was very effective as a professional soldier in suppressing bandits and appeasement. The little devils slowly let down their guard and incorporated all the captured and surrendered former Northeast Army soldiers into Song Yinya's department. Originally a brigade  The Yinya tribe of Song Dynasty, which was not even strong enough, gradually became full-fledged, forming a military head of nearly 20,000 people in two divisions and four brigades.

    Li Fuying of the 61st Army really had a tough nut to crack this time. Sun Tzu's Art of War said that when the number of troops is doubled, attack.  Although they all bear the name of an army, the enemy?It is twice as powerful as him. In the past, defensive operations had to rely on the lack of enthusiasm of the puppet troops to attack.

    Li Fuying, who had no confidence in this all-out attack, only sent two battalions as vanguards. After simple fire preparations, the two battalions of the Jinsui Army rushed forward. This sudden attack only caused a short period of damage to the Puppet Manchukuo Second Army.  The panic, after the panic is over, everything is over.  The Second Army of the Puppet Manchukuo is not a bandit army that lacks guns and artillery like the First Army and the Third Army. The Northeast Army established in the era of Marshal Zhang attaches great importance to the construction of artillery. Although the heavy artillery of the Second Puppet Manchukuo Army was not allocated by the Japanese for this reason,  However, light artillery under 100 mm can still form an artillery brigade.

    In comparison, the 61st Army of the Jinsui Army is much shabby. Everyone knows that it is impossible to establish an artillery brigade with one division and two brigades. Therefore, the artillery of the 61st Army of the Jinsui Army adds up to an artillery battalion.  scale.  The artillery equipment is mostly combat anti-aircraft artillery and mortars.

    The battle situation began to turn after the artillery fire of the Puppet Manchukuo Second Army started. The subsequent attacking troops were cut off by the artillery and repelled. The two battalions of the 61st Army that were the vanguard of the attack had few people who came back alive.

    Taking advantage of the enemy's new defeat and low morale, Song Yinya sent a brigade to launch a beautiful counterattack and directly captured the front-line positions of the 61st Army.  After the Second Manchukuo Army gained a foothold, it immediately launched an artillery bombardment on the second-line positions of the 61st Army.  The second-line defense was also in danger for a while, and it was at this time that Li Fuying sent a telegram to the Military and Political Department of Peking for help.

    Fortunately, the little devil's troops are tight at this time and have no intention of annihilating the 61st Army.  Before Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army of the Jinsui Army and Sun Dianying's 41st Army rushed over, the Second Manchukuo Army withdrew.

    The former enemy general headquarters in Chengde of the Little Japs ordered the ministries below to retreat towards Chengde and set up defense lines. Although the Little Japs did not say so clearly, they have actually begun to shift from offense to defense in terms of North China strategy.  Facing the fact that Shanghai and other concessions have been lost, and the Tianjin concession is also in danger, it no longer makes much sense to win through tactical counterattacks without backup in one or two locations.

    Originally, the Great Wall defense line would definitely not be able to be defended blindly, as Jin Batian could see: a thousand-mile defense line can withstand the enemy.

    The principal also made mistakes, allowing 300,000 troops to launch a full-scale attack on the entire Great Wall. Now it doesn't matter even if the attack fails in one or two places and the enemy counterattacks (Dugu Nine Swords lying down).  Because the Japs now need to defend Chengde with inferior forces and eat the war dividends they have already received, they have no reinforcements or supplies to follow up.  We have to wait for all local reinforcements and supplies to arrive, which will take at least a month from now on.

    At this time, the Japanese had only 40,000 to 50,000 troops. Although they had been replenished many times, they still did not reach the level before the war.  There were 70,000 to 80,000 puppet troops. However, except for the Second Army, most of these puppet troops were recruited and formed by surrendered gangsters from all over the pass. They were good at harassing local areas, but they were unable to resist the Japanese regular army, especially the Central Army.  After all the calculations, the troops of 120,000 to 30,000 people seemed to be a lot, but the Japanese were also wondering, how many troops are left that can be used?

    At this time, the puppet troops on the first line of defense outside Chengde were also panicked.

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