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Text Chapter 255 Abnormalities of the Japanese Army

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    After listening to Chen Long's report on the Japanese military funds seized, Yang Zhen said with great satisfaction: "You did a good job opening the door. You got so much money for the military region at once, but you solved the military region's current problems.  It is urgent. [.Com text] Intelligence work is nothing more than daring to think and think, and at the same time being bold and careful. So far, you have done a good job in this regard. "

    "I can accurately capture important clues from the confession of a Japanese military officer, and follow the clues to find such an important figure. What is this? This is the result. But we still need to shift the focus of our work to military intelligence.  , we cannot devote all our energy to the economy.¡±

    "Economic intelligence must be available. Solving some of the economic difficulties in the base area and acquiring some urgently needed strategic materials are one of the tasks I have set for you. But the general direction must still focus on military intelligence work. These Japanese prisoners of war, you  We must make good use of it and strive to open up the situation in a short time.¡±

    "Kitano Takatsu and Nomura Iwa, you must take advantage of these two people. At the same time, carefully consider whether there are any loopholes in your plan. The most important thing in intelligence work is to be careful. Not only must all variables be taken into account,  You also need to carefully consider your own vulnerabilities.¡±

    Yang Zhen had just said this, and before he had time to elaborate further, his words were interrupted by the sound of a staff report.  Looking at the staff officer standing outside the door who had come to ask for instructions for an unknown number of times, Yang Zhen shook his head helplessly and could only interrupt his conversation.

    Originally, Yang Zhen wanted to discuss with Chen Long how to use Kitano Takatsudo, but now he does have some clone skills.  Wang Guangyu and Du Kaishan's telegrams requesting instructions one after another, coupled with the dramatic change in the enemy situation on Guo Bingxun's side, forced Yang Zhen to temporarily terminate the conversation with Chen Long.

    After Chen Long left, Yang Zhen carefully read the latest telegram sent from the front.  Frowning, he ordered people to find Ma Chunsheng, who was replacing Wang Guangyu who had gone south to carry out the mission of clearing out the Japanese and puppet remnants in Jiamusi and arresting anyone.

    Before Ma Chunsheng arrived, the three consecutive telegrams sent from commanders in three directions were almost the same. Yang Zhen, who was filled with doubts, opened the map and compared it with the telegrams of Guo Bingxun and others, and carefully thought about the Japanese army.  What is the purpose of this move?

    After a detachment of the 11th Division and a section of the 4th Division of the Japanese Army retreated to the east bank of the Songhua River, Guo Bingxun immediately began to deploy a full-scale counterattack across the river. He used the 5th Regiment and 6th Regiment as the main force of the 2nd Brigade and a battalion of the 6th Regiment, and strengthened and supplemented Luo's troops.  The first divisional cadre regiment of the Bei and Suibin county brigades.

    Commanded by Liu Changshun, the main force of the mountain artillery battalion and the artillery training regiment directly under the Second Brigade selected German 77mm field guns and French 69mm mountain guns that were in relatively good condition and had a sufficient number of shells from the junk shipped from Jiangbei.  Under the cover of an artillery battalion formed, on the night when Yang Zhen made a surprise attack on the Lianjiangkou line, they forcibly crossed the Songhua River from the Leye line in Tongjiang, attracting the attention of the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops in the Fujin area to the Tongjiang line in the north.

    He personally led the main force of the Fourth Regiment and Sixth Regiment of the Second Brigade to reinforce a 150mm heavy mortar company, a 75mm mountain artillery company and a flat-fire artillery company from the brigade's mountain artillery battalion. Two hours after the frontal forcible crossing battle started,  , sneaking across the Songhua River from the lower reaches of Fujin to Shangjieji and Xi'an.

    After crossing the Songhua River, Guo Bingxun, with Tao Jingfei commanding the two battalions of the Sixth Regiment, and with the cooperation of the mountain artillery battalion, penetrated northward into the line of Dayushu and Shagang north of Fujin County, setting up a front to cut off the front line commanded by Liu Changshun.  A move to storm the Japanese flank.  And he forcibly penetrated Wuding Mountain, which was the Urguli Mountain that Yang Zhen specifically pointed out.

    At this moment, most of the Japanese army's attention was focused on the frontal force crossing commanded by Liu Changshun, and part of the troops used for side and rear security were also firmly attracted by the roundabout troops commanded by Tao Jingfei.  The intervening troops under the personal command of Guo Bingxun successfully reached the front line of Wuding Mountain without encountering any obstruction.

    At this time, the Japanese army at Wudingshan Fortress, which had just begun construction, only had one squadron, one gendarmerie squad, and a Puppet Manchukuo police brigade composed of Koreans.  The construction of the entire fortress has just started less than half a year ago, plus the impact of floods.  Apart from a few field fortifications made of barbed wire and sandbags, there were almost no fortifications.

    Guo Bingxun easily defeated the Japanese and puppet garrison and rescued more than 10,000 workers before the Japanese army realized something was wrong and massacred the workers in the fortress.

    After sending a battalion to send these workers back to the old base west of the Huajiang River, Guo Bingxun commanded the remaining two battalions to turn north and attack Fujin County, which was only 11 kilometers away from the Wudingshan line.

    In the afternoon of that day, when Yang Zhen forced the landing of the last remaining troops of the Fourth Division in Jiamusi, he captured almost all the troops in one fell swoop.Fujin County, which has no military defense.  And immediately went south to enter the territory of Baoqing. After taking Baoqing, they cooperated with the frontal breakthrough troops and attacked the front line of Raohe, trying to hit Hulin in one go.

    What Guo Bingxun didn't expect was that after discovering that he was in danger of being attacked from two sides, the Japanese troops in front of Liu Changshun did not fight to the death. Instead, they burned the heavy equipment that they could not carry. With the extra food and ammunition, they quickly took turns to cover the Taiping  The mountain line retreated quickly to the southwest.  Only when they retreated to the Shimenyu line within Raohe River did they hold their ground and build fortifications.

    At this time, the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Tongjiang, Fuyuan in the northeast of Fujin had all moved south. After joining the northbound detachment of the 11th Division in the southeast of Fujin, they all retreated to the mountainous area in the southeast of Raohe.  And seized all the commanding heights in the shortest possible time.

    When Liu Changshun, who commanded the troops in pursuit, reached the front line of Shimenyu, he encountered the Japanese troops who had retreated all the way here and used the terrain to resist tenaciously.  Except for a few blocking operations before, the Japanese army that had been retreating seemed to be a different person at this time, not only desperately blocking, but also launching tactical counterattacks.  Liu Changshun commanded his troops to attack several times, all of which were successful.

    When Guo Bingxun led the fourth regiment to arrive, he discovered that a large number of new Japanese reinforcements had appeared in the mountains around Shimenyu.  Judging from the results of the reconnaissance, the Japanese troops appearing in the mountainous area southeast of Raohe were the first division of the 12th Japanese Division stationed in Suiyang and four squadrons of the Eighth Border Guard Corps.  As well as some artillery and cavalry.

    In the difficult terrain, all commanding heights were occupied by the Japanese army.  Moreover, by this time, the Second Brigade, which had been fighting fiercely on the front line for nearly two months, was already exhausted and in urgent need of reinforcements.  The most critical thing is that due to the excessive speed of advancement, the logistics troops are still lagging behind the front line of Erlong Mountain.  The troops arriving at the front line of Shimenyu were short of food and ammunition and were no longer able to continue advancing eastward.

    In the face of unfavorable terrain, shortages of ammunition and food, and the arrival of a large number of Japanese reinforcements, Guo Bingxun quickly gathered his troops and withdrew to the west of the Naoli River to fortify on the spot. On the one hand, he urged the logistics troops to follow immediately.  On the one hand, a report was sent to Yang Zhen, asking for instructions whether to continue heading eastward.

    Compared with Guo Bingxun's early progress, after Yang Zhen captured Jiamusi and occupied the entire Huachuan territory with two regiments of troops, the progress southward to Dukai Mountain in Baoqing via Huachuan was extremely unsatisfactory.  On the day they entered Baoqing, they encountered a large Japanese army in the southeast of Baoqing, with at least one regiment in strength.  The only numbers that have been identified include the 11th Japanese Division stationed in Mishan and the 1st Division of the 8th Division stationed in Muling.

    Wang Guangyu on the western front also encountered a large number of newly arrived Japanese reinforcements in Yilan and Boli.  According to Wang Guangyu's report, its military strength so far is except for the Japanese troops who are in at least one regiment.  The puppet Manchukuo army alone discovered the numbers of two infantry brigades, one cavalry brigade, and even the numbers of some Belarusian troops.

    After interrogating the Japanese prisoners of war captured by the reconnaissance camp, it was learned that the Japanese troops Wang Guangyu encountered in Yilan and Boli were a regiment and a search regiment of five infantry squadrons reinforced by the 14th Division that had just been transferred to Northern Manchuria.  and one artillery regiment each.  The Eighth Division stationed in Muling has four infantry squadrons and one mountain artillery squadron.

    Wang Guangyu, who only had a regiment of troops at hand, immediately switched from offensive to defensive after identifying the enemy in front of him.  Build field fortifications on the spot and start a fierce battle with the newly reinforced Japanese troops.  It's just that this Japanese army is a little strange. After repelling Wang Guangyu's attack, in addition to using the main force of the puppet Manchukuo army with a small Japanese force to launch a tentative attack on Wang Guangyu's troops, the main force is right under Wang Guangyu's nose.  Underground fortifications were built in an orderly manner.

    Wang Guangyu was not the only one who encountered this kind of thing. Guo Bingxun and Du Kaishan, who fought on two fronts, also encountered similar situations.  In particular, the situations of Guo Bingxun and Du Kaishan are particularly similar.  Once the two attacked eastward, the Japanese army resisted desperately.  If the attack is stopped, the Japanese army will not pursue it and will only focus on building fortifications.  Even when Guo Bingxun on the Raohe front line reduced his troops and retreated westward, he did not even pursue the errand.

    The addition of the Japanese 14th Division to the battlefield was not good news for Yang Zhen.  If the 14th Division cooperates with Muling's 8th Division, Suiyang's 12th Division, and Mishan's 11th Division to launch a full-scale counterattack, plus the second line of Haolianghe who are still on its flanks,  The First Division of the 15th Division, already tired of its veterans, is likely to be pushed back to the north of the Songhua River.

    Of course, Yang Zhen didn¡¯t know this yet. The Eighth Division was just an empty frame. In fact, it only had the strength of one brigade.  The main force is still forming new garrison forces in Japan and the customs, but the additional troops have not yet arrived.  The troops heading north to Baoqing and Raohe had almost exhausted their strength.

    Except for the nine squadrons that have already reached the front lines of Baoqing and Raohe, no more troops can be mobilized.  Tsukada, commander of the 8th Division, attacked the center.?Except for the squadron that serves as the guard of the division and regiment headquarters, almost all of his soldiers have been transferred and have become a veritable polished commander.

    The Fourteenth Division is subject to transportation capacity constraints. Except for some of the troops that have arrived in Yilan and Boli, the rest of the troops, especially most of the artillery, heavy baggage troops, and engineers are either still on the railway line or in Xin.  Jing waiting for shipment.  It will take at least three to five days for them all to reach the battlefield.

    When the Second Division's troops heading north were completely destroyed, the 24th and 25th Divisions suffered heavy losses in succession, and Umezu Yoshijiro, who suffered heavy losses in succession, was unable to mobilize troops for reinforcements in other aspects,  No matter what, we dare not put the 14th Division into the battlefield alone.

    The order received by the Japanese troops in front of Yang Zhen was to ensure that the Naoli River in Raohe County merges into the south of the Wusuli River estuary, east of Shimen Valley, east of the Baoqing Toadong River, and the upper reaches of the main stream of the Naoli River to Wanda Mountain Pass.  to the south.  Absolute control of the area south of the Woken River in Boli County, south of Daotai Town in Yilan County and east of the Songhua River.  As for Fujin, Tongjiang, Fuyuan, Huachuan and Yidong counties, they have actually been abandoned.

    This line is a so-called high-voltage line that the Tokyo Daban Camp requires the Kwantung Army Headquarters to ensure. It is also the lifeline of the Kwantung Army.  The Tokyo base camp directly told Umezu Yoshijiro without any subtlety that if this line was lost, then he would resign on his own initiative.

    Of course, Yang Zhen didn¡¯t know these things, but what he knew was that the Japanese army¡¯s move was extremely abnormal.  After the arrival of a new division, these Japanese troops retreated instead of advancing.  Judging from the current actions of the Japanese army, they seem to be preparing to re-build a blockade along the perimeter of their current control area.

    After marking the area currently controlled by the Japanese army on the map, Yang Zhen, who had been unclear about the Japanese army's intention, suddenly understood.  This should be because the Japanese army has begun to adjust its overall strategic deployment after two large-scale attempts to cross the river suffered disastrous defeats.  Although Yang Zhen did not fully understand the actions of the Japanese troops on the western front, he clearly understood the actions of the Japanese troops on the eastern front.

    The reason why the Japanese troops on the eastern front abandoned Tongjiang and Fuyuan was because they knew that most of these two counties were swamps and wetlands, and that they could only communicate with Raohe, Mishan, and Hulin where heavy troops were gathered through Jiamusi.  , Fujin first line.

    If you continue to stay behind, not only will the Japanese troops be dispersed, but once you capture the entire territory of Fujin, you will cut off the retreat of all the Japanese and puppet troops in the two counties. The Japanese and puppet troops in the two counties will become the turtle in the urn.  .  It was a helpless move for the Japanese army to voluntarily abandon these two county towns that were actually left alone after being lost in Jiamusi.

    As for the stubborn resistance of the Japanese army in Raohe and Baoqing, Yang Zhen understood it as soon as he looked at the map.  Raohe is located to the north of Hulin where the Japanese army built huge fortifications, while Baoqing is located behind Hulin.  The mountainous areas in these two counties actually served to protect the flanks and rear of the Japanese army in Hulin.

    Based on the geographical location and strategic depth considerations, the Japanese army cannot accept the loss of both Raohe and Baoqing.  Unless they give up the Hulin Fortress Group, which has been completed and deployed at a huge cost.  And this is basically impossible.

    The Wanda Mountain area in the southeast of Raohe River is connected to the Hulin Fortress by mountains and rivers, and plays a role in protecting the northern wing of the Hulin Fortress.  Once the mountainous area southeast of Raohe is lost, the northern line of Hulin Fortress will be directly exposed to its own guns.  At that time, not only the fortress group that the Kwantung Army has kept strictly confidential is in danger of being exposed, but most importantly, it will pose a direct threat to the entire fortress group.

    In addition to the depth of the Huilin Fortress, Baoqing south is directly protecting the safety of the side of the tiger forest fortress. The intertwined railway route and the highway line connected to Mishan are the only supply channel for the Japanese Japanese army.

    If all Baoqing is lost, the Japanese troops in Hulin and Suiyang can only supply supplies through a railway in Mishan.  Throwing away Baoqing would not only expose the rear of Hulin Fortress to himself, but also cut off one of the only two supply lines.  Even the supply lines in the Mishan area were exposed to their own guns.  Given these circumstances, it is not difficult to understand the Japanese army's move on the eastern front.

    But why are the Japanese troops on the Western Front acting so strangely?  If the Japanese troops in Baoqing and Raohe maintained such a large number of troops, they would never dare to bring back the second and third brigades.  In other words, my western front is now very empty.  Why did the Japanese troops on the Western Front also retreat instead of advancing after reinforcements arrived?

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