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Text Chapter 474 Premonition

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    I don't know if it's a coincidence.  ¡¾.Since the July 7th Incident, the Fourteenth Division has experienced several major battles, and the division commanders at that time were all agents.  In the battle of Lanfeng two years ago, the lone army was surrounded deep inside. If it weren't for the internal dissension within the squadron and the unfavorable battle, the division commander, Lieutenant General Doihara Kenji, was almost wiped out. He was a spy.

    Now in Fangzheng County, an inconspicuous small county in northern Manchuria, when it is in trouble, the division leader is also an agent.  This Lieutenant General Seiichi Kita is compared with Kenji Doihara, who also served as deputy commander of the Regiment twice.  Although he also graduated from the Military Academy and the Army University, his career as a commander only reached the level of battalion captain, and he spent the rest of his career in the secret service.

    Especially after the July 7th Incident, from the head of the Shanghai Secret Service, the head of the Tianjin Secret Service, to the chief of the North China Front Secret Service.  The actual combat experience is not only compared with other colleagues who have climbed up from infantry or artillery, but also compared with his predecessor Kenji Doihara.

    ¡°When it comes to spy work, obtaining some intelligence, and recruiting traitors to establish a pro-Japanese puppet regime, he may be an expert.  But if he were to fight such a head-to-head battle, his military theoretical level might not be bad, but his most critical practical experience would be quite a bit worse.

    These people are smart, but tend to be a little too forward-thinking in dealing with things.  Compared with his colleagues who have risen from the grassroots level step by step to squadron captain, group captain, and wing captain, they obviously lack the perseverance to kill decisively on the battlefield and the ability to analyze and judge the battlefield.

    Lieutenant General Toshichi Uemura, the commander of the 29th Division, had already discovered that the friendly forces had lost contact and that his opponents were about to encircle him.  He deployed nearly a regiment of troops to attract the opponent's attention, while he took the opportunity to run away.

    ¡°And this Kita Seiichi wasted his flexible brain that he had honed over many years as an agent, but he was still waiting stupidly for instructions from the Kwantung Army.  Except for some movement on the eastern front, the fighting in other directions has subsided. Even though the opponent can mobilize a large number of troops to surround itself at any time, it is still stubbornly following the orders of the Kwantung Army to stay in Founder.

    Although he was once again broken through in Jiang Fang, and his flank was beaten right under his nose by his opponent, he already understood that if he didn't run away, he would be surrounded by his opponent in this palm-sized Founder County.  But he still has to wait stubbornly for the reinforcements promised by the Kwantung Army Commander, which are still on paper.

    ¡°Perhaps Kita Seiichi¡¯s threat worked, or perhaps General Umezu Yoshijiro understood that if the situation worsened, the entire Northern Manchuria might be in danger.  After daybreak, the reinforcements still had not arrived.  But the air support that had been used as a blank check had arrived.

    Facing the increasingly embarrassing war situation, Umezu Yoshijiro spent a lot of money this time.  The Kwantung Army's 17th Army Aviation Flight Regiment stationed at several airports in Harbin, which were closest to the battlefield, the 10th Flight Regiment that transferred from Nenjiang to Harbin, and the 9th Flight Regiment stationed in Qiqihar, which had just completed its refit and replenishment, were almost deployed in full force.

    ¡°More than 200 Type 97 heavy bombers, Type 97 and Type 98 light bombers, Type 97 fighters, and Type 97 reconnaissance aircraft were dispatched.  This is the first time the Kwantung Army has dispatched such a large formation at the same time for ground support since the Battle of Nomenhan.

    Since they have learned that the other side has aviation, the Kwantung Army Aviation Corps has changed from its domineering behavior in the past when fighting against the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and never used escort fighters in ground attack operations.  This time, Type 97 fighter jets from the 1st and 72nd flying teams were dispatched at once, and even the 77th Team, which was originally stationed in Long Town and was equipped with Type 95 fighter jets, was dispatched.  Fighters accounted for nearly one-third of the dispatched aircraft.

    Originally, according to Umezu Yoshijiro's wishes, these aircraft were used to fully support the 14th Division, at least to allow Kita Makoto to stabilize the battle situation first and let him at least persist until the arrival of reinforcements.  For Umezu Yoshijiro, the Founder area, which has now become a barrier to the northeast of Harbin, must not be lost.

    Without Fangzheng, not only the northeast direction of Harbin is no longer safe to defend.  If the other party is willing, he can insert Harbin from Fangzheng at any time.  Moreover, heading west from Fangzheng is related to the issue of the retreat of the First Division in Heihe.  Founder must be defended, this is Umezu Yoshijiro's point of view.

    After more than a month of repeated back-and-forth battles, Umezu Yoshijiro was not unaware of the shortage of troops in the 14th Division.  It's just that the strength he can mobilize now is really limited. It takes time to mobilize reinforcements, and mobilizing reinforcements from there requires repeated weighing.  The large number of troops lost in the first stage need to be replaced by new ones.  Umezu Yoshijiro could only delay Kita Seiichi's request for reinforcements.

    In fact, after there was no news from the 11th Division, Yoshijiro Umezu thought about allocating troops from there to fill the huge whirlpool.  But four divisions were lost all at once, soIs the hole in ? so easy to make up for?  Although there are still several divisions on hand, each carrot is a pit.  Which one should be selected must be weighed repeatedly.

    ????????????? And judging from the previous war, there were fewer people deployed, and they were just food delivered to people¡¯s doorsteps.  If too many are deployed, the entire Kwantung Army's rear defense will be completely empty.  Especially when the remaining divisions are either in unsatisfactory conditions or unable to move in critical positions, it is a headache for Umezu Yoshijiro to dispatch that division to go north for reinforcements.

    The 24th and 25th Divisions, which suffered the most losses in combat last autumn, have not been fully replenished due to slow replenishment.  One is suppressing the increasingly rampant communist army in Jehol, and the other is responsible for ensuring the defense of Xinjing's periphery.  That one can't be easily mobilized.

    Among the remaining divisions, the Second Division, which was almost completely beaten last year, was smarter and did not wear any flags above the regiment level before the expedition.  As a result, the establishment was not canceled due to the loss of the military flag due to last year's fiasco, but due to the huge losses, it was transferred back to the country for reorganization.  The remaining 28th Division will also be responsible for the defense of the entire southern Manchuria, especially from Xinjing to Shenyang.

    As for the 51st and 57th divisions, they are still being formed and have not yet been completed.  Artillery, search and other technical arms are not yet fully equipped, and their combat effectiveness is still very limited.  Moreover, one of these two divisions is responsible for protecting the retreat of the First Division in Heihe and the 23rd Division in Xing'an area, and to support the operations of these two divisions at any time.

    The other one is stationed in the Hunchun area to ensure the connection between Manchuria and North Korea, and to protect the borders of Manchuria, North Korea and the Soviet Union, especially to ensure the security of land connections between the Kwantung Army and the North Korean Army.  Both divisions have heavy responsibilities. Similar to the 23rd Division, they cannot mobilize themselves without orders from the Tokyo Base Camp.

    The 23rd Division is the main force responsible for defending the Soviet Army in Western Manchuria, and the base camp will not agree to transfer it easily.  The Ninth Division, although it had arrived in the Lushun area, had yet to move north.  Before he could open his mouth to urge him, he was transferred to the Korean army again.  In other words, the Ninth Division originally promised by Tokyo Base Camp will not be allocated to the Kwantung Army according to the original plan.

    As for the last First Division, no one dares to let him go to the battlefield easily.  What does the First Division stand for?  It is the ancestor of the modern Japanese Army and the first division to be formed. Its nobility can be seen from its code name Jade.  Most of its officers came from either rich or noble backgrounds, and almost all of Japan's elites were military children.

    This First Division and the Guards Division, commonly known as the Palace, are also known as the two giants of the Japanese army. The current Chief of Staff, Prince Zain, once served as the division commander of the First Division.  If the First Division folds in again, even if the base camp gives him another chance, the Emperor and the Chief of Staff will not spare him.

    There seemed to be a lot of divisions on hand, but after being transferred here and there, Umezu Yoshijiro could not find many troops that could be mobilized at the moment.  Except for the 12th Division and the 29th Division, Umezu Yoshijiro was embarrassed to find that he had no available troops at hand.  He was just a little worried about mobilizing these two divisions, for fear of filling in the last two divisions of the Kwantung Army that could be used for maneuvers.

    But the Fourteenth Division is currently in an extremely important position and must be saved.  Under the circumstances that the Twelfth Division had been entangled by its opponents and could not be transferred to the west at all, Umezu Yoshijiro decided to use the Twenty-ninth Division as the backbone and the independent Second Guard Corps stationed in Harbin to quickly reinforce the Fourteenth Division.  group.  At the same time, the 25th Division stationed along the Xinjing-Harbin railway was quickly transferred to Harbin to take over the defense of Harbin and serve as the second echelon.

    For General Umezu Yoshijiro, who is now in dire straits, the 25th Division has not yet been replenished, and there are still many vacancies in each regiment that have not yet been replenished. Insufficient troops are no longer a reason not to mobilize.  As long as the troops are close to the battlefield and can maintain mobility, he only wants as many as possible.

    The 29th Division, which had been evacuated to Ning'an by Bo Li, had been strictly ordered to rush to Fangzheng territory in the shortest possible time to assist the 14th Division.  At the same time, the independent second garrison deployed from Harbin did not wait for the replacement troops of the 25th Division to arrive, and immediately used trucks to transport them to Yanshou.

    Although Umezu Yoshijiro's actions have been very fast, it takes time for these troops to move from mobilization to concentration.  However, the war situation in Founder's territory has become a mess, but it does not provide sufficient time for reinforcements to arrive.  Regardless of the objections of the Kwantung Army Aviation Corps, Umezu Yoshijiro insisted on dispatching a large number of aviation troops to participate in the war. He wanted to use the support of aviation troops to allow the 14th Division to persist until reinforcements arrived, at least to complete the reduction of the troops first.

    ¡°Whether things will develop as Umezu Yoshijiro imagined is another matter.  Umezu Yoshijiro and the Kwantung Army Aviation Corps already knew that his opponent had aviation.  But the opponentHow many aircraft are there, what their combat effectiveness is, and what kind of equipment they have, it is a mystery to the Kwantung Army.  This is also the reason why the Kwantung Army Aviation Corps opposes the hasty dispatch of aircraft for combat.

    In other words, his opponent now also has an aviation force.  Of course, this matter is no longer a secret to the Japanese army.  However, the number of aircraft equipped and the level of training are unknown to the Japanese army due to strict confidentiality.

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