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Text Chapter 559 Breaking through the city wall

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    Liu Yanlai was not surprised by Chen Hanzhang's decision. The two Puppet Manchukuo military brigades and nearly 6,000 soldiers who had received all Japanese military training were indeed a pretty good supplementary force at this time.  .  At present, the troops have been unable to replenish their troops since the breakthrough along the Songhua River. Many organized units can only adopt downsizing methods to ensure combat effectiveness as much as possible.

    And now that the troops are in a circuitous situation, it is even more difficult to supplement the troops.  The Third Division suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Bayantala. The shortfall has never been solved, and the lost organic units have been unable to be replaced.  If this situation is not resolved, it has already affected the troops' continued combat capabilities.

    If there is enough time to identify and carry out ideological education, it would be a good choice to select some people from the puppet Manchukuo troops in these two brigades to join the army.  At least some of the organic units that could only be downsized due to excessive losses can be replenished without relying on rear reinforcements.

    It¡¯s just that there are less than twenty hours left between now and noon tomorrow, and the Political Department cannot allocate too many manpower at this time.  Even if the screening process is a little looser and a physical examination is performed, it will be difficult to screen out the number of people Chen Hanzhang requires.  And considering the current situation of the puppet Manchu army, Chen Hanzhang's requirements are also a bit high.

    In fact, the year before last, the Kwantung Army further strengthened its control over the Manchurian Army.  After the battle last year, the Kwantung Army had completely stopped recruiting field reinforcements for the puppet Manchu Army from among the Han people.  Even the recruitment of soldiers among the Korean and Manchu populations in Northeast China was strictly restricted.

    ¡°Most of the current supplementary troops for the puppet Manchukuo army come from the Korean Peninsula.  The original puppet Manchukuo army was disarmed and served as the so-called engineering force, that is, the coolie force.  Now in the entire puppet Manchukuo army system, there are almost no recruits who meet Chen Hanzhang's requirement of less than one year of military service, and can be replenished into the army in a short period of time.  Even if there are, most of the training they have received is mainly in construction projects.

    In addition to the veterans who have completed full training before the start of last summer's battle, among those newly added to the Puppet Manchukuo Army, those who are most suitable for this selection condition must complete all military training in addition to the training in building various projects.  There is almost no training.  Even if these people are easier to transform, adding them to the army cannot form combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

    Thinking of this, Liu Yanlai still tried to persuade: "Commander, judging from the Kwantung Army's current attitude towards the Puppet Manchu Army, it is difficult for this group of Puppet Manchu Army to meet your needs. According to the situation we currently have, since last year  After the unreliable performance of the puppet Manchukuo army in the battle, the Kwantung Army not only changed the original puppet Manchukuo army into a labor force, but also basically stopped recruiting combat soldiers from the so-called puppet Manchukuo territory.  Just acting as coolies in the name of the army."

    "The combat soldiers needed to cooperate with the Kwantung Army were basically reorganized from Koreans recruited by the Japanese army from the Korean Peninsula. They were just under the name of the Puppet Manchukuo Army, and the actual content was completely different. This situation  Under this circumstance, one can imagine the level of military training received by the newly recruited puppet Manchu soldiers.

    "Not only is the quality far from meeting your needs, but the quantity is probably far different from your requirements. According to your standards, I'm afraid I can only choose from the puppet Manchukuo army recruited before last summer's battle. Because there are only  Only veterans with more than one year of military service can meet your requirements.¡±

    "Commander, in fact, according to our current situation, we do not necessarily have to rigidly treat the veterans and recruits of the Puppet Manchukuo Army in the selection process based on the differences between them. You also know the situation of this group of Puppet Manchukuo Army.  And seeing it with our own eyes, we could almost say that we rescued them from the slaughterhouse of the Japanese army.¡±

    "Under this situation, I think as long as we mobilize for battle, I think there will be people who are still determined to support the Japanese and puppet regime. Although I can't guarantee that there will definitely be none. But I think we have suffered so much, especially after we have already suffered so much."  After seeing the machine guns massacred by the Japanese, the number will definitely not be too many.¡±

    "And although there are not many officers above the platoon level, there are even fewer officers at the battalion and company level. But I think those being used as laborers at this time must be people who are considered unstable by the Japanese army. These so-called squad leaders and above  The Japanese army did not give them any special treatment because of their status. They were all in ragged clothes and severely malnourished."

    "Screening is about screening, and the stubborn ones, those who act as spies for the Japanese army, must be eliminated. As for the other people, I think you are a little worried, Commander? Even those who are full of veterans, with  With my previous experience, I¡¯m afraid I won¡¯t be completely devoted to the Japanese army or play double-dealing.¡±

    "And we are not organizing them into independent organizations, but?Disorganize them and integrate them into each existing organizational system.  At the same time, in the units with serious shortages, we will make major adjustments within the organization to ensure that half of the original veterans in the organization will occupy them. I don't think there will be any big problems.  "

    Liu Yanlai's persuasion made Chen Hanzhang ponder for a moment and then nodded slightly: "It's up to you to arrange this matter. But you must do a good job in ideological work to ensure that when these people are dragged onto the battlefield, they will never  "Rebellion on the battlefield is absolutely not allowed."

    Chen Hanzhang's nod made Liu Yanlai, who had been troubled by the inability to replenish the troops since the detour, especially since the troops entered the Tongliao battlefield, and the troops' casualties during the battle, unable to replenish the vacancies, was naturally greatly relieved.  Take a breath.

    Among the nearly 6,000 people, about 1,500 were selected, which should be an acceptable number.  With these 1,500 people, at least two-thirds of the need for additional troops can be met.  If necessary, more of these people can be selected.

    As for the weapons to arm these soldiers, they are readily available. Although they lack heavy machine guns, the number of rifles and light machine guns is barely enough.  Although there is no Anti-Union standard equipment, the captured Japanese light and heavy machine guns, rifles and ammunition can still be replenished to these puppet Manchu troops.

    Even though there are still some gaps, they can be allocated from Commander Wang Guangyu.  They surrounded and annihilated most of the 7th Division and completely annihilated the 23rd Division.  Even if a considerable part of it was transferred to the advancing army, judging from the amount of equipment and ammunition they captured, they should still be quite wealthy.

    There should be no problem in allocating it to the Tongliao battlefield.  At the same time, Tongliao can transfer some prisoners of the puppet Manchukuo army and assign them to be used as supplementary troops.  Doing so is also a very profitable choice and approach for the two major battlefields in Western Manchuria.  Presumably, Commander Wang Guangyu shouldn't have too many problems.

    Chen Hanzhang is nervously adjusting his deployment here, but over there he has already directed the troops to reach Wang Jun on the outskirts of Tongliao County.  Without any hesitation, he immediately commanded the troops who had already detoured back to their positions regardless of the fatigue of the troops, and immediately launched a battle to seize the front lines of Bajiaweizi, Dongwazi Panjiayao, and Xiaojieji.

    Compared with the fierce battle for the front line of Kongjiawo Fort, the battle for these three villages, which were right under the nose of the Japanese defenders at the top of Tongliao City, did not encounter many difficulties.  The Japanese resistance and fire support were far less intense than the front line of Kongjiawo Fort.

    Since Gui Wu lost more than half of the troops in Tongliao City on May 1st at the front line of Kongjiawo Fort, Chuan Bingmi was trapped on all sides and his troops were no longer enough to control all key points outside the city.  I thought that instead of spreading the insufficient troops outside the city to defend several key points outside the city, they would be eaten up one by one after being divided by the Anti-Japanese Alliance.

    It is better to shrink most of the troops into the city and the train station to strengthen the front-line defenses in the city and the train station.  Rely on the buildings, streets and street fighting in the city to delay the fight for as long as possible.  This is the best choice for the current defense of Tongliao City.

    As for the strongholds outside the Tongliao city wall, some simply gave up and used artillery fire control, and some only had an infantry squad.  Panjiayao's front line, which had the largest number of troops, only had half a squadron of infantry and an engineering team.

    Even the small street base, which is only 500 meters away from the city wall, has been effectively abandoned, and is only controlled by machine gun fire on the city wall and artillery fire in the city.

    It is said that the firepower on the city wall is used for control, but in fact, with the Anti-Japanese Alliance already under their noses, the machine guns on the city wall are almost useless.  Although there was artillery support, due to the insufficient number of artillery shells, it actually played a pitiful role.

    And this distance is the best range to use the various direct firepower of the Anti-League.  At the same time, the twin-mounted 14mm anti-aircraft machine guns, the 23mm twin-mounted anti-aircraft guns, and the largest number of 12mm machine guns that followed the troops during the battle also covered the Japanese troops on the wall like target practice.  Knock them out one by one.

    Not to mention the Maxim machine gun as a trophy on the city wall, or the Type 92 heavy machine gun standard equipment of the Japanese army.  Even the imitations produced by the Northeastern Army are the Taisho 11-year-old infantry flat-fire cannon or the Type 97 20mm automatic cannon that are authentically equipped by the Japanese army.  Even the Type 92 infantry artillery was defeated in this contest.

    In the end, even the infantry could no longer stand on the city wall.  The simple fortifications built by the Japanese army with sandbags at the gap were destroyed one by one at close range by rocket launchers and recoilless rifles under the cover of 12mm machine guns.  Or the twin 14mm anti-aircraft machine guns whose muzzles were finally turned around were directly beaten into parts together with the defensive forces inside.

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? Less than an hour after the battle started, the entire Japanese firepower on the east wall of Tongliao was completely cleared.  In addition to the artillery fire in the city, the attacking troops did not have to worry about the Japanese fire suppression on the city walls even if they were fighting under the nose of the Japanese army.

    The troops of the 54th Regiment participating in the battle not only successively captured Xiaojieji, Panjiayao, Bajiaweizi, and Dongwazi, four strategic points in the east of Tongliao City in a short period of time.  Even the first battalion of the 54th Regiment and two platoons of the third battalion broke into Tongliao City from Xiaojieji and Dongwazi respectively.

    The attached tanks used the gaps opened by the infantry to quickly rush into the city, using accurate direct fire to cover the infantry's follow-up troops entering the city.  At the same time, the troops who entered Bajiaweizi also launched an attack on the due east city wall, broke through the Japanese city wall defenses, and were gradually clearing the remaining Japanese defenders on the city wall.

    The Japanese troops in Tongliao shed too much blood on the front line of Kongjiawo Fort.  The number of Japanese defenders currently available to participate in the battle is no longer able to control all key points outside the city.  They could only shrink their already quite limited forces into the city in order to carry out the final desperate resistance.

    Facing the anti-alliance forces that had broken through the city wall, the Japanese troops in Tongliao City, which had lost most of its blood, were no longer able to compete with them for a breakthrough.  They could only use the streets and houses in the city, and the hastily constructed barricades were desperately resisting, trying to maintain the integrity of the city's defense line.
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