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    Faced with the sudden acceleration of the Japanese army's retreat, the Anti-Alliance Air Force stationed at various field airports in Qiqihar dispatched all fighter jets and bombers to continuously pursue and bomb the 23rd Division, which had forcibly retreated despite bombing from aircraft in the sky.  While suppressing the speed of the Japanese army's retreat, kill and injure the Japanese army as much as possible.  At the same time, a group of bombers were gathered to bomb various peripheral positions in Hailar in an attempt to stop the Japanese army from massacring the city.

    While bombing the retreating troops of the 23rd Division on the ground to slow down the retreat of the 23rd Division and inflict maximum damage to them.  In order to cover the retreat of the 23rd Division, the aviation force and the Kwantung Army concentrated on several aviation groups at Wangyemiao Airport for a fierce battle.  This battle, which later generations called the Battle of Xing'an, first started in the air.

    However, in order to get ahead of the arrival of the main force, the aviation force launched a high-intensity attack in an attempt to delay the retreat of the 23rd Division and inflicted heavy casualties on the troops of the 23rd Division.  However, after all, aviation troops can only operate in the air and cannot participate in battles on the ground.  Although it slowed down the retreat of the 23rd Division to a certain extent, it could not completely stop its retreat.

    The ground offensive launched by Wang Guangyu, who was attacking westward along the Binzhou Railway Line, was blocked by the covering troops of the 23rd Division under the command of Colonel Shirahama, relying on the favorable terrain to block the front line of Wunuer Mountain to the north of the Zamin River.  .  Facing the dense forests and complex terrain on both sides of the Zamin River, the vanguard troops commanded by Wang Guangyu were struggling.

    Because the journey from Qiqihar to Hailar almost crosses the entire Greater Khingan Range, the 1st Brigade of the Nenjiang Military Region, as the main vanguard force, only carries the 120mm heavy mortar battalion of the military region and the mountain artillery battalion of the brigade.  In terms of supporting firepower, it was obviously weaker than the Japanese army.  Now the Japanese army has occupied almost all the commanding heights, so the vanguard troops commanded by Wang Guangyu are fighting very hard.

    Even with air cover.  However, the dense forests on the ground greatly limit the lethality of air cover.  Faced with the extremely tenacious resistance of the Japanese army, Wang Guangyu's troops, who could only attack one hill after another, suffered heavy casualties.  Under the Japanese army's tactics of large-depth, ladder-shaped defense and continuous resistance based on favorable terrain, the only brigade had already suffered casualties of nearly five companies in less than six hours of fighting, but there was still little progress.

    Facing the telegrams from Yang Zhen asking about the progress almost every hour, Wang Guangyu put down the telescope and frowned more and more as he looked at the mountains in front of him that were spraying deadly flames.  The tenacity of the Japanese army in front of him did not surprise him, who had been fighting the Japanese army for several years.  But the failure of his troops' attack was far beyond his expectation.

    Back when the First Brigade of the Nenjiang Military Region was formed, Wang Guangyu, who knew that sooner or later he would have to fight the Japanese 23rd Division in the mountains and forests of the Greater Khingan Mountains, had specially strengthened mountain combat training for this brigade.  But I didn't expect that in the face of the Japanese army's unrelenting fight, the attack was still so difficult.

    This time, the Japanese defense changed its previous tactics of repeatedly fighting for even a small hilltop, and instead adopted a passive posture of being beaten.  Relying on the favorable terrain, concentrating firepower and troops to hold on to all the commanding heights but unable to escape.  No matter how many attacking troops there are, they will only use firepower to kill them and never fight with the attacking troops with bayonets.

    And once the position is lost, except for a few crucial points, there will never be any counterattack, let alone repeated battles with the attacking troops.  Only use a large amount of artillery fire or poison gas to cover the remaining troops, and immediately withdraw to the next blocking position.  And in more positions, they will fight to the death until the last person is killed.

    In addition, the Japanese army used landmines on a rare large scale during the battle on the Zamin River.  Moreover, poison gas was used on a large scale many times during defensive battles.  At most, more than 200 poison gas shells were fired in one battle.  Under the Japanese army's style of play, it is not surprising that the first brigade failed to attack the enemy.

    Watching the time on the watch go by second by second, but still unable to achieve a fundamental breakthrough, Wang Guangyu couldn't help but feel a little anxious.  Twenty-four hours have passed since I received the order from the military region.  But he has not yet been able to break through the front line of the Zamin River, how can he not be anxious.

    The Japanese army has now adopted this tactic, which has made it clear that it is not to fight to the end, but to delay time on one hilltop after another.  But he was faced with such a simple tactic, but due to the limitations of the terrain, his troops could not be deployed.  The troops can only adopt the method of small troops in multiple batches, bit by bit from the front and there is nothing they can do.

    He was ordered to use his own maneuverability and the fact that the cavalry was far inferior to mechanized troops due to terrain restrictions, and detoured from the northern line of Gurichina Mountain. It was related to whether they could seize the Teni River Sumu line before the Japanese massacre began, so as to force  The 23rd Division's cavalry brigade gave up its original massacre plan.  It has been nearly six hours since we set off, and it has beenThere has been no response.

    Wang Guangyu personally interrogated the puppet Xing'an Army who defected to the Nenjiang Military Region. He naturally knew exactly what would happen to Hailar, a small city on the border but with an extremely important strategic position.  If we delay any longer, I'm afraid even the King of Heaven will come and I won't be able to save the fate of the people on the front lines of Hylar.

    Gritting his teeth, Wang Guangyu turned his head and said to the combat staff beside him: "Send a report to the aviation force and ask them to use napalm and special bombs to burn the Japanese positions here to ashes. Those bombs are not used at this time.  Are you still waiting to give birth?"

    "Tell Li Ming that as long as we can break through the Zamin River as soon as possible, even if the mountains and forests in this area will be barren of grass for decades, I will fucking admit it. If we can't make breakthrough progress again, if we continue at the current breakthrough rate. Wait.  Let¡¯s get to the front line of Hailar, and the day lilies will be cold long ago.¡±

    "Also, seize the opportunity to contact the cavalry brigade on the northern line and ask them where they are. Tell them that no matter what method is adopted, they must arrive at the Teni River Sumu line before eight o'clock tomorrow morning. If they can't make it on time  Arrive and ask their brigade commander and political commissar to report to No. 1 with their heads in hand."

    The staff officers around him were shocked by Wang Guangyu's cold tone when he said these words.  Seeing the always kind commander now looking gloomy.  Knowing that the situation was urgent, the staff officer did not dare to delay, and hurriedly ran three steps at a time to convey the order to the radio station.

    After receiving Wang Guangyu¡¯s three-point command that sounded like a rebuke, Liming could only shake his head and smile bitterly.  It's not that he doesn't want to use napalm, but he really has a taboo against it.  At this time, the wind is blowing from the southeast, and it is also the time when the trees are dry and flammable in spring, and the line of the Zamin River is densely forested.

    ??If you use this napalm bomb, it will definitely cause a forest fire.  According to the current situation of the forest, once a fire breaks out, the fire may burn the entire Zamin River line.  Li Ming didn't care about setting fire to the mountain.  But this is a battlefield between the enemy and ourselves. Once the fire is caused, who will be burned?

    It is precisely because of these reasons that I am somewhat taboo and dare not let go of using this powerful incendiary bomb.  When providing first-line ground support to the Zamin River, only ordinary high-explosive bombs are generally used.  He was just afraid of causing a fire that even burned down the One Brigade.

    This own plane knows that the one below is our own people, and the other side is the Japanese army.  But the fire caused by the bomb was unknown.  Under the current conditions of dry weather and mountain wind, once a fire breaks out in the mountains and forests, it is not a trivial matter, and it will burn a large area.

    But Wang Guangyu¡¯s strongly worded telegram made Liming, who was ordered to temporarily command the aviation units stationed on the Qiqihar frontline because he was in the Nenjiang Military Region, feel somewhat in a dilemma.  Although he didn't know much about the terrain at the Zamin River.  But he also knew that if Wang Guangyu, who had always been steady, could issue such a reproachful order, the progress of the Sole Brigade might be very unsmooth.

    When Liming received the notification from the Aviation Headquarters, of course he knew that the matter was urgent.  But this kind of fire support method, which killed one thousand enemies and probably cost one thousand himself, made him quite embarrassed.  Looking up at the strong southeast wind blowing over the airport, Liming looked helpless and hesitant.

    Seeing the helplessness on Liming's face, a combat staff officer from the Nenjiang Military Region, who was sent by Wang Guangyu as a liaison staff before departure, thought for a while and said: "Deputy Chief of Staff Li, I suggest you follow Commander Wang's instructions.  Ask for it to be carried out. I¡¯m afraid Commander Wang is going crazy, otherwise he wouldn¡¯t have issued such an order.¡±

    "The Japanese army on the front line of the Zamin River should have no permanent fortifications. They are all field fortifications. Using napalm bombs has the best attack effect on such fortifications. Our army is currently blocked on the front line of the Zamin River and has been unable to move westward.  . Once the Japanese troops on the front line of Hailar really take action, we will truly become sinners for the ages.¡±

    "I also understand your concerns. In this season, using napalm bombs is not a good idea in the terrain along the Zamin River. Once a forest fire occurs, not all the unlucky ones will be the Japanese army.  Well, our own troops will suffer a lot of losses, but the situation is really pressing now, and there are tens of thousands of people in Hylar waiting for us."

    "Of course, if you agree to use the No. 1 special bomb, I think the effect will be better. Judging from the current situation that the Japanese army on the Zamin River front line has no permanent fortifications to rely on and only uses relatively simple field fortifications,  The lethality of the No. 1 special bomb should be higher than that of napalm."

    "I know you have more than a dozen of these bombs here. If they are all put into use, they can kill the Japanese army more effectively. At least Commander Wang canThe number of casualties among soldiers was reduced by more than 60%.  And the speed of advancement can be at least doubled.  "

    "I think even if there is no order from the headquarters, as long as you can cover Deputy Commander Wang's place to quickly break through the Japanese blockade and allow the troops to arrive at the Hailar line on time, the headquarters will not blame you. And if I remember correctly, No. 1  In the telegram to you, I gave you the order to use the No. 1 special bomb when necessary. "
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