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Text Chapter 534: The Shame of an Era

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    After the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, the threat from Western Manchuria had actually been lifted. Although the Kwantung Army transferred part of its stock of standard equipment, it did not know what it was thinking. At the insistence of Meizu Yoshijiro, a large amount of additional  The inventory has been replenished, but is actually in a scrapped state. The weapons and equipment of the former Northeast Army were seized during the September 18th Incident.

    Originally, these weapons and equipment were to be recycled, or to be transferred to arm the puppet troops in the pass, because the light weapons among them were basically 79-caliber and were left in the Japanese warehouses, which were unused and took up space. However, Umezu  However, after Meijiro was short of heavy weapons and most of the supplementary heavy weapons were transferred to the Southern Army, he suddenly had a whim and transferred almost all of the inventory to Tongliao and Linxi.

    The 23rd Division, which is well-equipped in the west of Linlin, naturally disdains these weapons of different calibers in their eyes. As the so-called Manchuria-Mongolia border garrison, the 23rd Division is naturally the first batch to be supplemented.  Before the Battle of Linxi began, the 23rd Division was already fully equipped and even equipped with additional artillery.

    These weapons were left behind because the caliber increased, which added to the trouble of supply, and because many artillery pieces were too backward. Except for some mortars used by the 23rd Division, the rest of the weapons were locked in the warehouse.  There was only a small team of guards lined up and no longer in charge.

    As a result, all these weapons and equipment were cheaper than Wang Guangyu's. Five million rounds of 79 bullets, 110 Czech light machine guns, and 30 were directly transferred to the advancing army, but the 23rd Division dismissed them.  , does not mean that the Fourteenth Division, which is still seriously short of heavy equipment, is so wealthy. Although light weapons are not necessary, the heavy weapons and machine guns are what the Fourteenth Division lacks.

    Especially those captured mountain and field artillery. Except for those they used to win over the scum among the Chinese before the July 7th Incident, as long as they had artillery shells, they were transferred over to supplement the current situation because they were located in deep areas.  No independent artillery was strengthened outside the two groups of the regimental artillery wing, especially the artillery of the 14th Division with large-caliber artillery.

    The Fourteenth Division was reduced to a skeleton last year and suffered the greatest losses among the divisions that participated in the war. Although the Kwantung Army's painstaking efforts have basically replenished its military strength, the loss of technical equipment  , but it cannot be replenished so quickly.

    Although the Kwantung Army Headquarters and the Tokyo Base Camp tried their best to prioritize the deployment of the Japanese army's new Type 97 20mm automatic cannon, the division's artillery wing and the artillery of each wing have not been able to fully recover.  The regiment was supposed to be equipped with fifty-four mountain field guns and large-caliber howitzers, but so far it has not been able to make up for one-third.

    Now, due to insufficient production and the large number of new divisions added by the Japanese army, the various artillery pieces lost in the battle last year in the entire division can only be replenished with old equipment. The two mountain artillery brigades, in addition to the field artillery  In addition to the twelve Type 38 75mm field guns that the brigade supplemented, the mountain artillery brigade has never been able to recover and is only equipped with six Type 41 mountain guns that were originally supposed to be wing guns.

    The Type 91 105 howitzers originally planned to be equipped have now become the old Type 38 120mm howitzers, with the number being less than half of the establishment. As for the Type 41 in the artillery squadrons of each wing in the Japanese military establishment  Mountain artillery is currently replaced by 92 infantry guns and 90mm mortars. Brigade artillery squads can only be replaced by 37 infantry flat-firing artillery.

    After the start of this battle, after receiving a notification from the Kwantung Army about a large number of tanks equipped by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, Lieutenant General Kawami Mi, who had just taken over as commander of the 14th Division, saw that the quantity and quality of the division's artillery were insufficient.  Among them, the Kwantung Army was set up in the equipment storage warehouse in Tongliao, and all the artillery that could fire was pulled out.

    It's just that among these artillery pieces, there are no Japanese-standard artillery pieces. Except for a few old-fashioned equipment such as Meiji 38-type 150mm howitzers and Meiji 120mm howitzers that have been transferred to reserves, the rest  They are all miscellaneous artillery pieces of the Northeast Army captured during the September 18th Incident.

    Of course, the original 13-year-old Type 75 field artillery, which was copied from Japanese artillery, and the Type 38-type field artillery purchased by the Fengjun Army have long been added to their own divisions by the Japanese army. In last year's battle, the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces  During the battle with the Kwantung Army, they captured the Liao 13-year-old field artillery that was imitated by the Feng army and captured by the Japanese army after the September 18th Incident.

    After most of the Japanese army's active equipment was transferred away, the rest of the large warehouse was used as a reserve of old-fashioned miscellaneous artillery imported by the Feng army. Not only did it have the best performance, but it was also the Liao Shi that had the largest number of captured weapons by the Japanese army.  Type 4 77mm field guns, and some obsolete artillery pieces.

    Lieutenant General Chuan Binmi added the best-performing 21 Liao 14-type 77mm field guns, the German-made Krupp 75 field guns, and six Italian-made field guns to the division's artillery.The wings are respectively equipped in two counties as long-range suppressive firepower to make up for the gap that the standard artillery has never been able to replenish.

    Among the remaining artillery pieces, there are some other miscellaneous artillery pieces that have a certain power and cannot fall apart as soon as they are fired. The most important ones are the ones with cannonballs and the Liao 14th style of the Japanese Taisho 11th-year-old 37-type infantry flat-firing cannon copied by the Northeast Army.  There are thirty-three flat-fire guns, all of which are mobilized to the front line for use as anti-tank weapons.

    At the same time, sixty 97-type 20mm automatic cannons were also extracted without authorization from the Tongliao Kwantung Army material warehouse and had not yet been transferred, and the power was no longer enough. In fact, with the 1-type 47mm rapid-fire cannon  In service, they have begun to lag behind, and most of the 14 Type 94 37 rapid-fire guns that have been transferred to reserve have also been sent to the front line.

    Even the Shanghai-made Qiwu Mountain Cannon and the Guangxu 29-year-old field gun, which were extremely backward in performance, as well as the Gruson Wuqi Mountain Cannon imported in the late Qing Dynasty and imitations of Hanyang Arsenal, were also sent to the front line as anti-tank artillery.  , for Lieutenant General Jingshan Mi, as long as it is a cannon, no matter how old it is, as long as it has artillery shells, it can be used as an anti-tank. If not, it can also be used as fire suppression.

    In addition to these artillery pieces, the Kwantung Army captured nearly 200 Czech-type 79 light machine guns, 64 Bergero-type machine guns, 16 Japanese-made 38-type heavy machine guns, and 5  There were Maxim water-cooled heavy machine guns made in Daku and thirty-one Liao-type 17 heavy machine guns, which gave the Japanese defenders on the Tongliao front line an unusually large number of machine guns and artillery that could be used as anti-tank.

    Although Lieutenant General Kawami's trick was such that the Japanese equipment warehouse in Tongliao was so empty that rats could starve to death, its front-line firepower density far exceeded that of other Japanese divisions, and guarding the Tongliao arms warehouse, the old-fashioned  Although the number of miscellaneous artillery shells is somewhat insufficient, good ones are better than none.

    In addition, the number of 79 bullets, as well as the number of 37-caliber and 20mm artillery shells, is still quite sufficient. These weapons were put into the front-line battlefield by the 14th Division, which made up for the lack of firepower of the Japanese infantry to a considerable extent, and combined with minefields and  Various permanent and semi-permanent fortifications, as well as a large number of blockhouses and bunkers, brought considerable trouble to Chen Hanzhang and his troops.

    Although most of these weapons produced or imported by the Chinese have lagged behind in performance, they are still used by the Japanese army to deal with the Chinese anti-Japanese troops. Among them, the 79 Czech-type light machine gun is still the main light machine gun of the Nationalist Government Army.  machine gun.

    The large number of weapons and equipment of the former Northeastern Army currently appearing on the battlefield in Tongliao is undoubtedly a great irony to the former Fengjun Army and the Northeastern Army, which were once the top local warlords in terms of equipment and strength. At the same time, it also makes Chen Hanzhang quite  It gives me a headache, and there are so many ants that they can bite people to death.

    These weapons and equipment that were supposed to be used to resist foreign invasions, instead of being fired at foreign invaders, became weapons for the invaders to fight back against the Chinese. This is undoubtedly a tragedy for the Chinese people in this era, and it is also a tragedy for China in this era.  Human shame.

    Regardless of humiliation or tragedy, for Chen Hanzhang and his men, these are the pages that are about to turn over. The humiliation brought to the Chinese by the army composed of Northeasterners ten years ago will soon be overthrown by their army, which was also composed of  The army composed mainly of Northeasterners was thoroughly cleaned.

    But now these weapons and equipment of the former Chinese army that have fallen into the hands of the enemy and been turned against the Chinese have indeed brought a lot of trouble to the Anti-Alliance offensive, but for Chen Hanzhang, this is not the main reason for the slow offensive.

    Chen Hanzhang was very dissatisfied with the various mistakes that occurred during the battle, but he also knew that although the commanders at all levels below had certain responsibilities, the root causes had to be found from above, including himself.  , I also have to bear considerable responsibilities, but now is not the time to make a review. The key issue is how to adjust.

    And Liu Yan is right. According to his plan to abandon the two wings in the next stage and directly attack the main target, urban combat will probably be the main combat mode. There are not only Japanese fortifications in the towns, but also a large number of residential buildings that can also be used as fortifications.  , and more flesh and blood compatriots who can be used as hostages at any time.

    The troops knew which of the enemy groups was Chinese and which was Japanese, but when they fired bullets and artillery shells, they couldn't tell which one was Chinese and which one was Japanese. If the artillery fire continued, more people might die.  Chinese compatriots, if a flamethrower is burned once, more Chinese people may be harmed.

    Judging from the Battle of Bayantala, after the Japanese army has lost several regiments in holding on and tactical counterattacks, I am afraid that in the next battle, all troops will be reduced to the fortifications.  In any field battle with the Anti-League.

    Although the battle in Bayantala progressed slowly, it was still fought extremely hard.It was tragic. Although the Anti-Japanese Alliance's attack speed was delayed by layers of permanent and semi-permanent fortification groups, countless minefields, and a large number of super-equipped machine guns and anti-tanks, the attack speed was extremely slow.  And paid a considerable price.

    However, the main force of the Anti-Japanese Armored Brigade and part of the Third Division, the offensive on Horqin's left center banner, and the front line of Shuangliao brought huge pressure to the fronts of Shuangliao and Kailu, making Lieutenant General Sichuan Bingmi attack the entire Baokang.  During the battle between , Bayantala and Bayantala, they did not dare to mobilize too many troops for reinforcements.

    In fact, even if Lieutenant General Kawami tried his best to reinforce the Baokang to Bayantala line during the battle, he could not send the reinforcements under the tight blockade of the Anti-Union long-range artillery fire, especially the 122 rocket launchers.  After crossing the Xiliao River, the two squadrons could only use the cover of night to sneak across, which was almost a drop in the bucket on the battlefield covering almost the entire Horqin Left Center Flag.

    During the entire battle, except for these two squadrons, the Bayantala garrison, which received almost no effective reinforcements, the two infantry brigades of the 15th Infantry Regiment of the 14th Infantry Division of the Kwantung Army, and the 59th Infantry Regiment  One and a half infantry squadrons, one squadron of field artillery, one squadron each of the wild mountain artillery improvised from miscellaneous artillery of the Northeast Army, and two squadrons of engineers were also completely wiped out.
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