Looking at the extremely tired commander-in-chief, he knew that his heart was extremely heavy due to the continuous heavy blows he had received in the past few days. The commander-in-chief, who was almost physically and mentally exhausted by the worsening situation in Xiajiang, was already exhausted mentally and physically.
Yang Zhen waved his hand, signaling to the beautiful secretary who had been following the commander-in-chief and his guards to help the commander-in-chief back to rest. [.Com text]
These six months may be the most difficult days for the commander-in-chief. From the beginning of the Second Route Army's Western Expedition to the present, the commander-in-chief has not received a single piece of good news. Especially the Second Route Army's last hope, the Seventh Army suffered heavy losses.
The news came, which dealt a serious blow to the commander-in-chief. I am afraid that the ability to sustain it until now is already the limit.
Yang Zhen wanted the commander-in-chief to rest, especially since the beautiful secretary who was in love with the commander-in-chief was here, just to let him relax. He thought that as soon as the two people came into contact with the commander-in-chief's body, they were kicked out by the commander-in-chief.
Push away.
Pushing away the two people who wanted to help him, the commander-in-chief walked to the map laid out in front of Yang Zhen, pointed at the map and said: "When you go down to the river, there is the equipment you need here. And it's not hundreds of guns, but
It is enough equipment to be organized according to the Northern Expedition, and at least enough to equip an integrated army."
Looking at everyone who was confused after hearing his words, especially Yang Zhen who looked puzzled, the commander-in-chief finally said with a smile on his pale face: "You also know that before the September 18th Incident, the Northeast
Some senior figures in the military may have foreseen the changes in the situation. In addition to expanding part of the police force, they also issued some guns and ammunition on a surprise basis for the establishment of self-defense groups in various places."
"In addition to the special geographical location of the Northeast, after the October Revolution, a large number of White Russians retreated to the Northeast, and a large number of weapons and equipment they carried also flowed to the civilian population. Before the incident, various open and semi-open armed forces among the civilian population, and even
I estimate that the number of privately owned guns in the hands of ordinary people in the entire Northeast is at least several hundred thousand."
"These weapons and ammunition became the main source of weapons for the anti-Japanese volunteers in various parts of Northeast China after the incident. When the Anti-Japanese Alliance was first established, it was based on weapons and ammunition collected from the private sector that they initially formed combat effectiveness."
"In order to cut off the channels for replenishing weapons for the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the little devils have been collecting civilian weapons in recent years. Not counting Southern Manchuria and Western Manchuria, nearly 100,000 guns have been confiscated from Xiajiang alone. Among them, the former Feng Feng faction
The purchased Italian-made rifles, Shui Lianzhu rifles and Hanyang-made rifles account for a large part. The number of new Liao-13 rifles and Type-38 rifles copied by Fengtian Arsenal is not too large."
"As for the quantity of ammunition, I don't know, but it shouldn't be too much. After the September 18th Incident, the Japs occupied all the arsenals in the Northeast, and almost all weapons lost their sources of ammunition. In addition, in recent years, the anti-Japanese armed forces from various places have
Collect and use them, so the amount of ammunition will not be too much."
"The weapons collected by the Japanese in the Xiajiang area, mainly rifles, are stored here. But they are mainly rifles, and there are very few light and heavy machine guns. Moreover, I estimate that most of these weapons have been among the people for so many years, and their condition should not be ideal. However,
This batch of weapons is neither ideal nor ideal, but the advantage is that they are huge. And there are many water rifles among them, which are still the standard equipment of the Soviet Red Army. With the Soviet Union as our backing, the supply of ammunition should still be guaranteed to a certain extent.
"
Speaking of this, the commander-in-chief said with a somewhat heavy tone: "This information is the last information that came to our Mudanjiang underground party organization before it was destroyed by the Japanese puppets. This is also the information that our underground party comrades paid for with their blood. It is a pity.
, we have never had the strength to seize these weapons for our use."
Yang Zhen looked at the point where the Commander-in-Chief had landed on the map. He pondered for a moment but shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Commander-in-Chief, you want me to attack Mudanjiang? We currently have only a thousand soldiers. Do you have the ability to capture Mudanjiang?"
"Equipment is the prerequisite for army expansion. Without equipment, how can I arm new recruits? Moreover, these weapons have been used for many years and are mainly used by civilians. If they are not available for maintenance, they should not be very good."
"Especially those Italian rifles. Even if I get them, I don't even have anywhere to get the ammunition. How are they different from scrap metal? I will not risk attacking a Japanese heavily fortified weapon for these weapons that lack spare parts or even ammunition.
city. At least not now."
The commander-in-chief was not unhappy at all for Yang Zhen's rejection of his suggestion. Not only did the performance of these weapons not necessarily satisfy the rookie's appetite, but they also went deep into Mudanjiang, where the Japanese had accumulated a large number of troops, to seize them. With his temperament, he would
I don't necessarily think I would take this risk.
Therefore, the commander-in-chief was not angry at Yang Zhen's rejection. After being rejected, the commander-in-chief just raised his head and looked at Yang Zhen with a smile and said: "Then what do you do? I don't think you will spread the beans into soldiers and destroy the forests all over the mountains and plains.
Turn it into weapons and ammunition?”
Looking at the commander looking at him with a smile, it seems that he really has the ability to turn waste into treasure, but Yang Zhen responded with the same faint smile and said: "I have that ability. Regarding the equipment, I can only take one step first. See
The first step is to wait until the Xiajiang area expands before considering it. But there is still a way to get to the mountain."
Regarding Yang Zhen's ambiguous answer, the commander-in-chief nodded and said: "Little slippery man. Since you don't want to say it, I won't ask further. I will see what kind of ability you have and how you can conjure up equipment."
Come."
After seeing off the commander-in-chief who had gone back to rest first, Yang Zhen turned to Li Yanping and said: "When the situation calms down a bit, we will find an opportunity to arrange the marriage between the commander-in-chief and Secretary Wang."
You should need a woman to take care of you. Guards are still men after all, and if they are a little careless, women are more suitable for taking care of people personally."
Regarding Yang Zhen's idea of arranging a marriage for the commander-in-chief, Li Yanping smiled and said: "You are the only one who dares to interfere in this kind of thing. However, what you said still makes sense, but we should wait until the situation is more stable. Bring it up now.
With the character of the commander-in-chief, he must be scolded. The most important thing for us now is to help you fulfill your promise."
After hearing Li Yanping's last words, which made him somewhat worried about whether he could fulfill his promise, Yang Zhen, who was staring at the map, did not make any answer, but just smiled with uncertainty.
After deciding how to carry out the next step, the follow-up things went much smoother. Just as Yang Zhen estimated, the sight of the Japanese and puppet troops was dazzled by his false moves. They focused their attention on the north, east, and even
In the west, only the south deployed the least troops, which made Yang Zhen's move south go smoothly.
Yang Zhen led his troops southward to the front line of Dashazuizi, sweeping away all levels of Japanese and puppet organizations, police stations and tribal groups in northern Dunhua, and once occupied the front line of official land in the key areas of northern Dunhua. He destroyed a large number of local puppet Manchukuo organizations.
Just when Yang Zhen occupied the front line of official land, the Japanese and puppet soldiers in the entire Dunhua area were panicked. Almost everyone was guessing whether this group of powerful bandits would take advantage of the situation and occupy the entire Dunhua Regiment's second brigade.
When Dunhua County seemed empty of troops, Yang Zhen suddenly made a false move and suddenly headed east to seize the important Haerbaling Station on the Beijing-Turkish Railway.
After an hour of fierce fighting, a brigade of Puppet Manchukuo road protection police was completely wiped out, and more than 30 kilometers of track on the Beijing-Turkish Railway were blown up overnight, causing the entire Beijing-Turkish Railway to be disrupted.
When Sasaki mobilized all the reinforcements of more than a thousand Japanese and puppet troops south of Dunhua and rushed to the Halbaling Station, they were ambushed by Yang Zhen's planned ambush force to the west of the station.
After two hours of fierce fighting and intensive firepower, the reinforcements, mainly composed of the puppet Manchukuo army, were neatly annihilated. Yang Zhen took the prisoners and captured equipment and mysteriously disappeared again in Laohei, a branch of Harba Ridge.
There is no trace left in the ridge.
After learning that Yang Zhen's troops were missing again, Sasaki, who had rushed to Dunhua County to supervise the battle in person, flew into a rage. He punched and kicked him and disappeared for several days until Sasaki arrived at the first place in Dunhua County.
The next day, Major Kitano Takatsu's entire face was swollen from running back from the mountainous area near Guailaipou Valley.
If it hadn't been for the persuasion of Colonel Xingxian, the captain of the 8th Regiment, who was familiar with the background of this major, I am afraid that the furious Sasaki would have directly and cleanly hacked alive this major who he called the disgrace of the imperial army.
A complete infantry brigade, plus some coordinated puppet Manchukuo troops, were defeated by a group of bandits. This was almost a first for the Kwantung Army after the September 18th Incident.
After they opened the passage out of the mountain, they made a big fuss. Why didn't Sasaki get so furious?
Not to mention anything else, the damage on the 30-kilometer Beijing-Turkish line, where even the roadbed was blown away, was enough for Sasaki to have a drink in front of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, or even the Tokyo Base Camp.
The number of days that construction can be carried out in the North Manchuria area is limited. Unlike the Anti-Japanese Alliance who only stole rails, this time even the roadbed and the bridges on large and small rivers were blown up for more than 30 kilometers in one breath. The losses were huge. In other words, at least during the Spring Festival
Before Huakai could start construction, the Beijing-Tujia Railway was completely paralyzed.
What made Sasaki even more angry was that these series of things actually happened on the day after he arrived in Dunhua. In other words, under the nose of himself, the commander of the purge, not only was a railway police brigade wiped out,
Even the Beijing-Tujia Railway, which was crucial to the Kwantung Army, was cut off, but it was still carried for more than 30 kilometers. If it were a little further west, the bomb would have reached Dunhua County.
After receiving an unusually severe telegram of reprimand from the Kwantung Army headquarters, Sasaki, who was cold all over, slumped in his chair and couldn't even come up with an excuse to defend himself. Such a big thing had happened and such a huge loss had been suffered. As a result of the purge,
Commander, as the person who insisted on deploying the Fourth Division to participate in the suppression campaign, he himself cannot absolve himself of the blame.
Seeing Lieutenant General Sasaki slumped in the office chair without saying a word, with a pale face, First Lieutenant General Xingxian next to him couldn't help but have a headache. After all, the mistake was caused by his own troops, so why should this board still be destroyed?
A blow to myself. Especially at this critical time when I am about to climb to the rank of major general.
What Xing Xianyi didn't expect was that after receiving the reprimand telegram from the Kwantung Army headquarters, Sasaki Toichi, who had been in a rage, suddenly calmed down uncharacteristically.
Sasaki stood up and walked to the large map hanging on the wall. He was silent for a long time before turning to the adjutant and Xing Xian and said: "The failure of this encirclement and suppression has actually caused the imperial army to suffer the biggest loss since the establishment of Manchukuo."
As the commander of the Qing Dynasty, I cannot absolve myself of the blame for the loss. I will go to the Kwantung Army headquarters to apologize. But for us now, the most important thing is how to wipe out this group of bandits as quickly as possible, so that
It cannot flow to other places."
At this point, his originally gloomy look perked up again, and he issued several combat orders to the adjutant beside him: "Order the Manchurian troops who have already been stationed in Ning'an County to participate in the blockade of the east line of Zhang Guangcai Ridge to go south immediately.
From north to south, we will carry out large-scale clearing operations in the Harbal Ridge area as far as the Great and Small Jiaji Rivers."
"Order the Manchurian troops stationed in Weihe County to immediately load their vehicles and head eastward, get off at the Laosongling Station at the junction of Ning'an and Wangqing, and participate in the clearing of Halbaling from east to west. They have already entered Laobai Mountain,
The remaining troops of the 8th Regiment in the upper reaches of the Hailang River immediately marched eastward, arriving at Xiaoshanzuizi and Yaodianzi. At the same time, Wangqing garrison and forest police units were ordered to cooperate with the clearing."
"Order all ministries participating in the campaign to cooperate closely and strengthen contact with each other. All ministries arriving in advance will temporarily conduct a tight blockade of the Harbal Ridge line. After all ministries participating in the campaign are launched, the campaign will be unified. Each ministry will advance on the front line.
The distance between each other should not exceed ten kilometers. I will adopt a step-by-step squeezing tactic and see how he can find the fighter plane. Halba Ridge is not Zhang Guangcai Ridge."
"At the same time, we telegraphed the Kwantung Army Headquarters, hoping to send aircraft stationed at Mudanjiang Airport to conduct strict reconnaissance on the Halbaling line. We also sent aircraft with night flying capabilities to conduct 24-hour strict surveillance of the Halbaling area. This
This time I want to know the exact location of this bandit."
After deploying the latest suppression plan, Sasaki Toichi turned to Colonel Anxian and said: "Commander Xingxian, your eighth regiment will take the lead in this campaign. Remember, this is what I gave you.
This is the last chance. If your troops still perform so poorly, you don’t have to come back to see me again and just apologize to the Emperor."
Hearing Sasaki's tone as cold as Sanjiutian, Xingxian Dazuo even didn't bother to wipe the cold sweat off his body, and nodded quickly: "Please rest assured, Lieutenant General, this time we will attack Halbaling."
, I personally supervise the battle, and I will never let you down again, let alone the scene in the mountainous area in northern Dunhua."
Senior Colonel Xingxian's chest clattered, but it was hard to say whether things would progress as he promised. Judging from the 8th Wing's follow-up actions, which were not much faster than a turtle crawling, I'm afraid he was guaranteed to not even get a single penny.
Not even worth the money.
No matter how much First Lieutenant Xingxian urged, who personally rushed to the front line of Laobai Mountain to supervise the development, and no matter how angry Lieutenant General Sasaki was, the soldiers of the Eighth Regiment still marched at an unhurried pace. They could not even reach ten kilometers every day.
Arrived. Although the mountains were blocked by heavy snow and the snow in the mountains was very thick, the marching speed was definitely slow enough.
These Osaka soldiers didn't care about the sabers wielded all day long by Anxian, the captain who was ordered to commit seppuku without having the rank of major general, but he was ordered to commit seppuku. However, Sasaki, who personally flew in to supervise his progress, paid no attention to it every few days.
It would be airdropped within an hour, and I didn't care more about that letter than a harshly worded reprimand letter. No matter how these two urged them in the sky or on the ground, the marching speed just couldn't pick up.
In fact, Sasaki too overestimated the determination of these Osaka soldiers to fight. When a few of them were scattered and fled into the forest, after a blind run, they actually ran to the west road. The second group of skirmishers among the Japanese army gave up the battle.
After the battle that was still fresh in their memory was described, all the Japanese soldiers of the Eighth Regiment understood one thing: "These bandits are definitely not soft persimmons. And to touch rocks is definitely not the style of the Fourth Division."
Especially after learning that fighting in this icy and snowy environment, a small injury may be fatal, these soldiers made up their minds. This kind of three-no-participation in the battle, which is in line with the private regulations of the Fourth Division, is unreasonable.
It is better not to participate in the battle.
The dilly-dallying of these Japanese soldiers prevented the new blockade Sasaki built along the Halba Ridge from being completely closed. This allowed Yang Zhen to easily escape the encirclement of the Japanese and puppet troops and cross the Halba Ridge.
The branch of Laohiling enters the Jingbo Lake area in the southeast of Ning'an.
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