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Text Chapter 539 The embarrassing first day

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    Hearing Du Kaishan's praise, Wang Xiaoming smiled bitterly and said: "Old Du, I heard your tone is so sour. [.! Regarding the surface position structure of each fortress group of the Japanese army, you know much better than me. From the Miaoling Fortress Group  When it comes to Lumingtai Fortress and Suifenhe Fortress Group, it was not your three columns that defeated them."

    "Look at a little bit to get a glimpse of the whole picture. These days, you know the external structure of the Japanese fortress group and the configuration of firepower points very well. In contrast, I only have some understanding of the inside of the Japanese fortress group. I think you have already known it in your mind.  It¡¯s a certain number, just don¡¯t say it.¡±

    "My experience is just that when I led the Second Column for synthetic training at the Fujin Comprehensive Training Base last year, I took time out with Lao Tao to visit the Fujin Fortress Group. At that time, I thought that the Japanese army had built countless fortresses in the Northeast.  Fortifications, we will not encounter many opportunities in the future. It will be better to make preparations in advance than to improvise. "

    "Although this Fujin Fortress has not been completed, it still has a rough prototype. Moreover, most of the fortresses built by the Japanese army were built on the mountains. Although the external shapes are different due to the different shapes of the mountains, the internal structures are similar.  , very similar.¡±

    "Now that I am a military officer, I am different from being a political commissar in the past. I have to consider things more from the military aspect, so I took a few rescued workers and carefully inspected the internal structure of the entire Fujin Fortress. You Lao Du  The fortifications you took down may look familiar to you on the outside, but they¡¯ve been bombed inside so much that nothing can be seen. Even if you want to gain experience, you won¡¯t be able to gain experience.¡±

    Regarding Wang Xiaoming's words, Du Kaishan waved his hand and said: "Old Wang, I'm not jealous, we are all old comrades in arms, and I don't have that idea. One is one, two is two. You think longer than me, just compare.  I have just thought about it. We cannot fight separately and need a unified command. I sent a telegram to No. 1 and suggested that you should unifiedly command our two columns to attack the Dongning Fortress. "

    Hearing Du Kaishan's thoughts, Wang Xiaoming waved his hands and said: "Old Du, don't criticize me. My experience is just on paper. Your brother has been fighting from the Miaoling fortress group in Mishan. In the face of this kind of  The fortification group has much more experience than I do. This battle is still under your command."

    Having said this, Wang Xiaoming sighed and said: "It's a pity that Lao Ma was defeated by the remnants of No. 1 who stayed in Mudanjiang to suppress the Japs. If he were here, there would be many more Dao Dao than us. That is a poisonous wolf. To deal with these Japs,  The ideas and skills are definitely better than ours.¡±

    Of course, Wang Xiaoming's emotion was only short-lived, and he quickly said: "Old Du, let's not say more. We will submit our combat plan to the headquarters, and we will start preparations here. We commanders should consider it in more detail.  The soldiers will bleed less.¡±

    For several people¡¯s requests for instructions, the headquarters responded very quickly.  Less than two hours after the telegram was sent, Yang Zhen called back.  In addition to approving the two men's combat plan, they also responded to the headquarters' decision to form an Eastern Front Corps based on the existing troops on the Eastern Front.  Du Kaishan was appointed as the commander and Chen Hanzhang was appointed as the political commissar.  Wang Xiaoming serves as deputy commander, and Huang Yuqing, political commissar of the third column, concurrently serves as deputy political commissar and director of the political department of the Corps.  Sui Changqing, Chief of Staff of the Third Column, served as Chief of Staff of the Corps and unified command of the two brigades of the Second Column and the main force of the Third Column to launch the Dongning Campaign.  "

    "At the same time, Ma Qichang and Xia Boxun will temporarily serve as deputy chiefs of staff of the Eastern Front Corps, commanding the aviation and heavy artillery units that have arrived in Muling and Dongning to cooperate with the Eastern Front Corps. At the same time, the headquarters has decided to increase the number of troops currently undergoing training, and four troops transferred from the pass  The old troops of the first battalion incorporated some Puppet Manchukuo prisoners of war and rescued laborers, and the two independent brigades 9 and 11 were organized and assigned to the third column. "

    People in this era, especially soldiers, are all about being vigorous and resolute.  With the command telegram from the headquarters and a few people holding a simple meeting, Xia Boxun transferred a transport plane from Jiamusi to the captured Dongning Fusangtai Field Airport that afternoon for the regiment chief to use when commanding operations.

    At the same time, the aviation regiment that has moved to Muling Bamiantong Airport was ordered to seize the time to reserve bombs and fuel.  It also urgently airlifted napalm bombs from the Tangyuan Qunce Mountain secret base to Bamiantong Airport, and airlifted heavy artillery shells from Harbin to various heavy artillery groups on the front line of Hulin.

    It¡¯s just that neither Chen Hanzhang nor Huang Yuqing objected to Du Kaishan and Wang Xiaoming taking a plane at the same time to observe the situation in Dongning Fortress.  In desperation, Du Kaishan chose to compromise. Wang Xiaoming and Sui Changqing took several combat staff on a plane to first observe and draw a map of the entire Dongning Fortress.

    However, despite all reconnaissance methods being used, the vegetation in this area was too dense.  An afternoon plus a night of tactical reconnaissance, but the results were very limited.  Wang Xiaoming took several combat staff to make arrangements in the sky.After spending an afternoon, we only found a few obvious heavy artillery positions and anti-tank trenches, as well as some forward fortification groups and railway lines between various fortress groups.

    Although the reconnaissance effect was not very obvious, Du Kaishan still decided to launch the attack according to the original plan and covered the reconnaissance brigade directly under the military region Li Mingrui to launch a secret infiltration operation.  According to the plan, Du Kaishan's three columns launched an attack from the Yamawangdian line in the north to the 409 Highlands, Beitian Mountain and Demaru Mountain line in the north.

    Wang Xiaoming commanded the main force of the second column, leaving two regiments to guard the Sancha River to block the Japanese army in the direction of Hunchun.  Wang Xiaoming personally commanded four regiments to attack the line of Triangle Mountain and Mada Mountain along both sides of the Suifen River.  The focus is on the Triangle Mountain line, the commanding heights of the entire Dongning fortress group.

    Ma Qichang coordinated various heavy artillery groups and cooperated with the artillery of each column and the artillery of the brigade to provide fire cover for infantry attacks.  At the same time, Xia Boxun personally commanded the aviation force to carry out carpet bombing on various hills of the Japanese army, especially the connections between various fortress groups.

    For this battle, the aviation force took out all the only 1,500 bombs with a specification of more than 100 kilograms on hand.  At the same time, 400 incendiary bombs and napalm bombs of various specifications were stored at Muling Airport.  These are all the various bombs that the aviation force can come up with that can be used in air strikes.

    When the official attack was launched on September 14, Xia Boxun personally led the team into the air for combat.  All bomber groups were dispatched to carry out covering bombing on various important targets in the Dongning Fortress Group.  An air guidance group was formed to guide the heavy artillery groups deployed in depth and conduct long-range fire strikes against Japanese anti-aircraft artillery positions.

    Although the main fortification groups and firepower points of the Japanese army mainly faced the Soviet Union in the east, they still brought unimaginable difficulties to the attacking troops.  Although there were not many artillery firepower points deployed in the side and rear directions, the crossfire formed still caused a lot of casualties to the attacking troops.

    In order to cover the attack of the troops, reduce the casualties of the attacking troops, and destroy the Japanese firepower points.  Machichang did not hesitate to take the risk of the shells hitting the boundary, and pushed the two 240mm cannons to a place less than five kilometers away from the battlefield to fire at close range to increase the penetration of the shells as much as possible.

    Although there was air cover above and heavy artillery below, progress was still very limited after the fierce fighting on the first day.  In addition to destroying most of the Japanese army's mobile anti-aircraft gun positions and cutting off surface traffic in various Japanese fortress groups, progress in other aspects was extremely slow.

    Although in order to cover the attacking troops, the northern artillery group shot down 3,000 artillery shells in one go on the first day of combat.  However, the troops on the northern front under the personal command of Du Kaishan only occupied the superficial position of Highland 409.  The main Japanese fortress groups in the north, Beitian Mountain and Demaru Mountain, were still controlled by the Japanese army.

    On the southern front, the second column commanded by Wang Xiaoming captured the surface position of the Triangle Mountain, the commanding heights of the entire Dongning Fortress Group, at the cost of more than half of the casualties of one regiment, and seized both banks of the Suifen River, dividing the entire Dongning Fortress into two.  However, the attack on the front line of Madashan failed repeatedly.

    Faced with the embarrassing situation of only capturing the surface positions of two permanent fortification groups on the first day, ammunition, especially artillery shells, were severely consumed.  At dusk of the battle, Du Kaishan issued an order to temporarily terminate the attack in depth, and first assembled heavy troops to clear out the underground fortifications in Triangle Mountain and 409 Highlands that had been occupied.

    After the first day of fighting, Du Kaishan and Wang Xiaoming met and saw the helpless look in each other's eyes.  On the first day of the attack, the two columns suffered a total of more than 3,000 casualties, but the result was only superficial positions on two of the eleven hills.

    "As for Wang Xiaoming's command, because it was not equipped with flamethrowers and lacked similar combat experience, the number of casualties was even greater than that of Du Kaishan's command.  In particular, Wang Xiaoming's main regiment suffered one-third casualties in one afternoon. The regiment's command post was attacked by Japanese artillery fire, and the regiment leader was injured and the political commissar died, which made Wang Xiaoming stomp his feet in distress.

    Looking at the mountains that looked dark under the night, Du Kaishan was silent for a long time before saying: "Old Wang, we can't continue fighting like this tomorrow. If we fight so hard on the top of a mountain, you and I will be two columns."  If these more than ten regiments are filled in, it may not be possible to capture the entire Dongning Fortress. "

    "I think we will launch an attack at the same time tomorrow, using multiple approaches to advance together. The feint attack and the actual attack will cooperate with each other to disperse the Japanese firepower deployment. I will use the main force to attack the Xunshan front line, and at the same time use a regiment to adopt roundabout tactics until we reach the target.  Shenghongshan Fortress is the core of the entire fortress group."

    "Over there, attack Madashan Fortress and Nantianshan Fortress with all your strength, and at the same time clear out the Japanese underground fortifications inside Triangle Mountain. I don't think you should enter the fortress and blow up all the exits you can find. At the same time, on the mountain  Check carefully,Be sure to find all the entrances, exits and ventilation holes of the Japanese army, and blow them all up after you find them.  "

    "I estimate that the focus of the battle tomorrow will be on your side. The Triangle Mountain front line is the commanding heights of the entire Dongning border. Now that the surface position is lost, the Japanese army will not give up. This afternoon, the Japanese army's heavy artillery firepower on the Hongshan and Xunshan front lines was mainly concentrated on  Triangle Mountain. The Japanese army will send out heavy troops to compete for this commanding height. This may be a rare opportunity for us. "

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