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Text Chapter 356: The Kwantung Army Who Slaughtered Potatoes

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    The Kwantung Army has great expectations for this full-line counterattack, and their appetite is quite big. What they want is not simply to restore the pre-war situation stipulated by the base camp. Their ultimate goal is to annihilate at least most of the forces of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, thinking that  Prepare to regain Manchukuo across the board in the future.

    However, both Umezu Yoshijiro and Yoshimoto Teiichi believe that even if the so-called elite and elite troops of the Western Manchurian Anti-Japanese Alliance cannot be fully equipped, they will be severely damaged. According to the current strength of the Kwantung Army, it is not enough.  Used, there are still considerable gaps.

    It is precisely for this reason that both Umezu Yoshijiro and Yoshimoto Teiichi consider this battle to be the most important battle since the establishment of the Kwantung Army. In their view, the Kwantung Army must fight against several enemies with its existing strength.  The offensive in the direction of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, while still trying to protect Xinjing, was fully devoted to the Western Manchuria front, but the strength was still quite insufficient.

    Unlike Naosaburo Okabe and Shinichi Tanaka who do not attach too much importance to Xinjing and believe that Xinjing can be completely abandoned when necessary, both Yoshijiro Umezu and Teiichi Yoshimoto, as well as all the senior officials of the Kwantung Army, have no regard for Xinjing.  They attach great importance to it. If they compare Xinjing with Ximan, they would rather give up Ximan than Xinjing.

    Because in their eyes, Xinjing means the rule of the Kwantung Army in Manchuria. Giving up Xinjing means that the Kwantung Army has completely failed, just like letting the China Dispatch Army give up Nanjing, Wuhan, and Peiping, which symbolized the imperial army.  Just like conquering the central city of China, they will not accept even temporary abandonment.

    In the hearts of all the officers of the Kwantung Army, Xinjing is already the life of the Kwantung Army. If Xinjing is lost, the Kwantung Army, which is invincible in their hearts, will also be defeated. If Umezu Yoshijiro and Yoshimoto Teiichi accept the base camp when necessary,  , we can temporarily give up Xinjing's suggestion, I am afraid that their position will not be secure, and I am afraid that the 226 incident in Tokyo will be repeated at the Kwantung Army Headquarters.

    It is precisely because they know the importance of Xinjing to the Kwantung Army that Umezu Yoshijiro and Yoshimoto Sadashi will resolutely refuse to accept the suggestions from the base camp. Moreover, for them personally, if they abandon Xinjing, it will undoubtedly be a great shame for them.  , although the Kwantung Army headquarters has temporarily moved away from Xinjing, it is definitely unacceptable to them.

    Xinjing is the capital of Manchukuo and the location of the headquarters of the Kwantung Army. Giving up Xinjing would be equivalent to admitting the failure of the Kwantung Army's rule in Manchuria. The foundation laid by the Kwantung Army in spite of the world's injustice is now with them.  To end it in their hands, for them personally, it will be something they cannot accept no matter what.

    However, the war situation in Western Manchuria made them worried. It was not entirely because the base camp had to ensure the safety of the Beining Railway, but also because the battlefield in Western Manchuria posed a great threat to Southern Manchuria, so they made a plan to focus their counterattack first.  In Western Manchuria, on the battlefield north of Xinjing, water was used in place of troops to cut off the resistance forces' retreat and buy time for the next counterattack north of Xinjing.

    At the same time, in order to achieve this strategic goal as successfully as possible, the Kwantung Army even ordered the defensive troops north of Xinjing to abandon the defense of Xinjing's most important peripheral platform and shrink all defensive forces to the fortification groups outside Xinjing.  , First, use these inherent positions to maximize the consumption of the strength and equipment of the Anti-Japanese Alliance north of Xinjing, causing it to lose its subsequent offensive capabilities.

    The second is to attract the anti-alliance forces north of Xinjing as deep as possible to create a salient that is very beneficial for the next counterattack. Once the purpose of replacing troops with water is achieved, the entire north of Xinjing will  The anti-alliance force will completely become a lone army unable to advance or retreat.

    When the time comes, if they want to advance, they will have to face the solid fortifications on the outskirts of Xinjing. If they want to retreat, there will be a torrential flood behind them. The surrounding areas are too prominent and will lose the support of friendly forces and become a lonely army. The Kwantung Army can take it easy first.  After encircling and annihilating their troops in Western Manchuria, they turned around and ate up the anti-alliance troops one by one.

    In fact, Umezu Yoshijiro's deployment was neither a risky move nor a risky move. He knew that although the resistance force north of Xinjing was not large, it was not easy to deal with.  At that time, its offensive was fierce and its combat effectiveness was not inferior to several elite troops of the Western Manchurian Anti-Japanese Alliance.

    Currently, the Kwantung Army units defending Xinjing, except for the newly transferred Ninth Division, only have the remnants of the 28th Division that were compressed from the south bank of the Songhua River to Xinjing City, and the remaining elements of the 29th Division.  As for the main force, although there are many troops, their organization seems a bit chaotic. The Ninth Division, on the other hand, has been recharging its strength before, and its organization and equipment are extremely complete.

    "However, the 28th Division that retreated from the front has lost two-thirds of its strength and almost all its heavy equipment. The total strength of the entire division is now less than 3,000, and the heavy equipment isThe machine guns were reduced to one-fifth of their standard configuration, and all artillery, including mortars, were lost except for grenade launchers.

    The situation of the 29th Division is no better than that of the 28th Division. The only consolation is that if you add the part of the 51st Division that followed the 28th Division, this  Nearly half of the division's total strength remains, and one-third of its heavy weapons remain.

    The number of light and heavy machine guns is quite sufficient. If you add in the engineer regiment that has not been on the front line but has been completely retained, the 28th Division responsible for the defense of Xinjing in the west is still relatively complete. The Kwantung Army defending Xinjing is still relatively complete.  Among the three divisions, one was already in dilapidated condition, and the other only had half its strength.

    The Ninth Division, which is the only complete organization and sufficient equipment, is not only responsible for the defense of Xinjing city, but also for the defense of the east side of Xinjing and the Jilin railway line, as well as the in-depth defense of the line from Xinjing to Gongzhuling. In this way, the first  The Ninth Division could not concentrate all its forces to defend Xinjing.

    In order to prepare for this counterattack, the 7th Division, which was originally fighting on the Lalin River front line, had intensively withdrawn to the Gongzhuling front line south of Xinjing for reinforcements as early as when the Anti-Japanese Alliance broke through the Nong'an front line. At this time, it was updated.  It has been transferred to the front line of Changtu and is preparing to be the first wave of main divisions to participate in the counterattack.

    The entire defense of Xinjing can currently only rely on the Ninth Division, which was originally used as the main force of the Kwantung Army north of Xinjing. In the previous battle, the Seventh Division, which suffered heavy losses, was transferred to the rear for reinforcements.  This is also one of the main reasons why Ma Chunsheng's offensive went relatively smoothly after taking over from Du Kaishan to command the troops north of Xinjing.

    Umezu Yoshijiro used these troops to defend Xinjing, which was a risky move in itself. Although the anti-alliance forces north of Xinjing were not as numerous as Western Manchuria in terms of tanks, they had more heavy artillery than Western Manchuria.  The number of anti-alliance forces, especially the 155 howitzers that pose the greatest threat to the fortification group, is quite sufficient.

    Once the anti-alliance forces north of Xinjing tear through the peripheral fortifications, then Xinjing is likely to fall into a dangerous situation. Not to mention that Xinjing is captured by the anti-alliance forces, even if Xinjing is broken into by the anti-alliance forces, it will cause great harm to the overall situation.  of turmoil.

    However, if the base camp does not agree to increase the strength of the Kwantung Army, if it wants to achieve the results it wants to achieve in Western Manchuria, the strength of the Kwantung Army that can be placed on the front line in Xinjing will be extremely limited, and the Kwantung Army will not be able to  In the case of increasing the defense strength of Xinjing, the only thing that can be relied on is the solid defense fortifications built outside Xinjing as early as when the puppet Manchus established their capital here.

    Apart from this, the only thing that is beneficial to the Kwantung Army's defense of Xinjing is that Xinjing is the capital of the Manchu Empire and the core area of ??the Kwantung Army's rule. There are a large number of Japanese expatriates here. Among these Japanese expatriates, among the Kwantung Army  Under the deliberate operation of the Communist Party of China, there are a large number of so-called soldiers in the countryside. These people are a quite abundant reserve force in wartime.

    Even those expatriates who are not soldiers in the countryside can still be issued weapons to fight when necessary. For these people who have not received military training, letting them fight is to let them die.  Shooting outside is no problem. It takes a long time to teach someone to fight. But if you only teach them how to shoot a rifle, it is very simple. It only takes ten minutes.

    Without increasing the strength of the base camp, if the Kwantung Army devotes all its forces to the battlefield in Western Manchuria, and its entire counterattack cannot be coordinated, if Umezu Yoshijiro and his Kwantung Army want to defend Xinjing, this is the only thing they can rely on.  Two points, this is definitely unacceptable to the always steady Umezu Yoshijiro.

    Therefore, in his opinion, if the sabotage of the Songhua River Embankment cannot be carried out simultaneously with the counterattack in Western Manchuria, and the counterattack against Western Manchuria cannot be achieved when his own strategic goals cannot be achieved, with the current strength of the Kwantung Army, the Kwantung Army will simply not be able to carry out the counterattack against Western Manchuria.  It is impossible to ensure the absolute safety of Xinjing while carrying out the Western Manchuria operation, and in their eyes, Xinjing must not be lost.

    Knowing that they could not have both, but they wanted to pick up watermelons, but did not want to give up cantaloupes, they firmly opposed the base camp's proposal and refused to send more troops to the Kwantung Army.  It is required to either increase the strength of the Kwantung Army, or wait until the weather improves and air strikes can be carried out before conducting counterattacks.

    It's just that the two men in front of them have actually agreed in disguise to the Kwantung Army's request for additional troops. Although they still disagree with launching a counterattack against Western Manchuria alone, with this being a very affordable thing, their previous objections are naturally no longer acceptable.  It will take effect now.

    In fact, although both Umezu Yoshijiro and Yoshimoto Teiichi were very dissatisfied with the decision of the base camp and believed that the requirements of the base camp exceeded the current capabilities of the Kwantung Army, in fact, as part of the scheduled plan,At 8 o'clock, several of their divisions had secretly moved to designated areas in Western Manchuria as early as midnight yesterday, and had completed their covert deployment.

    In order to ensure the success of this counterattack, the Kwantung Army even moved 60% of its artillery shells in stock, 80% of its artillery shells over 100 mm, and most of the field heavy artillery regiments and independent field heavy artillery regiments currently affiliated to the Kwantung Army.  Transferred to the Western Front, it can be said that the entire Western Manchuria region has concentrated most of the essence of the Kwantung Army and the mobilizable troops at this time.

    In order for this counterattack to be successful, the Kwantung Army had already made a desperate effort. It not only mobilized almost all the mobile forces on hand, but even did not leave any reserve team before the fifth division arrived. Even if the defense was switched at this time,  On the eastern front, the 12th Division and the 57th Division, which took over from the 18th Division as the defense on the eastern front, frequently reported emergencies, but they ignored them.

    Not only did they not pay attention to the emergency on the Eastern Front, they also transferred the heavy artillery units originally assigned to the two divisions on the Eastern Front. Not only the Eastern Front, but also the Third Army, which currently commands the front-line defense of Tongliao, is in a more dangerous situation.  Umezu Yoshijiro also ignored the urgency of the Fourteenth Division.
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