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. Now the troops have broken through the Songhua River.
Since then, troops along the line have been unable to be replenished, and many organized units can only adopt downsizing measures to ensure combat effectiveness as much as possible.
And now that the troops are in circuitous situations, it is even more difficult to replenish the troops. The Third Division suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Bayantala, the shortage has not been solved, and the lost organic units have been unable to be replaced. This situation will not be solved anymore.
Solution, it has affected the army's continued combat capability.
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 add to the army. At least some of the people who can only be reduced due to excessive losses can be
Organized units can be replenished without relying on reinforcements from the rear.
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 looser and the physical examination is included, it will still be possible.
It is difficult to identify the number of people requested by Chen Hanzhang. Moreover, considering the current situation of the puppet Manchukuo army, Chen Hanzhang's requirements are also somewhat high.
In fact, the year before last, the Kwantung Army further strengthened its control over the Puppet Manchu 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 in the Northeast
Strict restrictions were placed on recruiting soldiers from among the Korean and Manchu populations.
Most of the current supplementary troops of the Puppet Manchu Army come from the Korean Peninsula. The original Puppet Manchu Army was disarmed and then served as the so-called engineering force, that is, the coolie force. Now the entire Puppet Manchu Army system has met Chen Hanzhang's requirements
There are almost no recruits whose military experience is preferably less than one year, and they can be replenished into the army within a short period of time. Even if they are, their training is mostly focused on 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 relatively easy to transform, they cannot form combat effectiveness in a short period of time if they are added to the army.
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. All the recruits recruited were just
In the name of the army, they are just acting as coolies."
"The combat soldiers needed to cooperate with the Kwantung Army were basically reorganized by Koreans recruited from the Korean Peninsula by the Japanese army. They were just under the name of the Puppet Manchukuo Army, and the actual content was completely different. This situation
Under this situation, one can imagine the level of military training that the newly recruited puppet Manchukuo troops received."
"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 Manchu Army recruited before the battle last summer. 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 Manchu Army.
And seeing it with our own eyes, we can almost say that we rescued them from the slaughterhouse of the Japanese army."
"Under this situation, I think as long as we mobilize for combat, I think there will be no people who are still completely devoted to the Japanese and puppet regime. Although I can't guarantee that there won't be any. But I think I have suffered so much, especially after having suffered so much.
After seeing the machine guns massacred by the Japanese army, 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
Officers, 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. Those who are stubborn and 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 separately, but we are going to disrupt them and integrate them into each existing organization. At the same time, in the units with serious shortages, we will make large-scale adjustments within the organization to ensure that the original structure within the organization is maintained.
With veterans accounting for half of the number, I don’t think there should be any big problem.”
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
Situations such as betrayal on the battlefield are 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 these 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
, you can choose a few more among these people.
As for the weapons to arm this group of soldiers, they are readily available. Although there is a lack of 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 are supplemented.
These puppet Manchu troops are still okay.
Even if there are still some gaps, they can be mobilized 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 them was handed over to the advancing army,
But judging from the amount of equipment and ammunition they seized, they should still be quite wealthy.
There should be no problem in allocating it to the Tongliao battlefield. At the same time, some prisoners of the puppet Manchu army can be transferred to Tongliao and used as supplementary troops. This is also a very profitable choice for the two major battlefields in Western Manchuria.
and methods. Presumably, Commander Wang Guangyu doesn’t have too many problems.
Chen Hanzhang nervously adjusted his deployment here, while Wang Jun had already commanded the troops to arrive at 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 an initiative to seize Bajiaweizi and Panjiayao in Dongwazi.
, and the battle on the front line of Xiaojieji.
Compared with the fierce battle on 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 resistance and fire support of the Japanese army also failed.
Far less intense than the Kongjiawobao front line.
Since Oniwu lost more than half of the troops in Tongliao City on May 1st at the front line of Kongjiawo Fort, Chuanbingmi was trapped on all sides and his troops were no longer enough to control all the key points outside the city. He thought that instead of taking advantage of the situation, he would not be able to control all the key points outside the city.
The troops were scattered outside the city to defend several key points outside the city, and were divided by the Anti-Japanese Alliance and eaten up one after another.
It is better to shrink most of the troops into the city and the train station to strengthen the defense of the city and the train station. Rely on the buildings, streets and street fighting of the Anti-Japanese League in the city to delay one day as much as possible. This is very important for the current Tongliao City.
Defense is the best choice.
As for the strongholds outside the Tongliao city wall, some simply gave up and used artillery fire control, and some only had one infantry squad. The Panjiayao line with the largest number of troops only had half a squadron of infantry plus an engineering squad.
Even the small street base 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.
However, it is said that the firepower on the city wall is used for control, but in fact, under the situation that the Anti-Japanese Alliance has already reached right under our noses, the machine guns on the city wall are almost useless. Although there is artillery support, but because of the artillery shells,
The number is insufficient and the actual effect is pitifully small.
And this distance is the best range for the direct firepower of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. At the same time, the twin-mounted 14mm anti-aircraft machine guns, the 23mm twin-mounted anti-aircraft guns, and the largest number of them followed the troops during the battle.
The 12mm machine gun also knocked out the Japanese covering fire on the city wall one by one like target practice.
Not to mention the Maxim machine guns that were trophies on the city wall, or the Type 92 heavy machine guns that were standard equipment of the Japanese army. Even the imitations produced by the Northeast Army, the Taisho 11th-year-old infantry flat-fire guns that were authentically equipped by the Japanese army, or
It was the Type 97 20mm automatic cannon. Even the Type 92 infantry gun 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 gaps were destroyed one by one at close range by rocket launchers and recoilless rifles under the cover of 12mm machine guns.
It was the twin-mounted 14mm anti-aircraft machine gun that had its muzzle turned in the end, and was directly beaten into parts together with the defensive troops inside.
Less than an hour after the peripheral battle started, the entire Japanese firepower on the east wall of Tongliao was cleared away. In addition to the artillery fire inside the city, the attacking troops did not have to worry about the city wall even if they were fighting under the nose of the Japanese army.
Japanese military fire suppression.
The troops of the 54th Regiment that participated in the battle not only successively captured four strategic points in Xiaojieji, Panjiayao, Bajiaweizi, Dongwazi, and the east of Tongliao City in a short period of time. They even captured the first battalion of the 54th Regiment.
Two platoons of the First and Third Battalions broke into Tongliao City from Xiaojieji and Dongwazi respectively.
The attached tanks took advantage of the gap 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 Bajiawei also launched an attack on the due east city wall and had already broken through.
The Japanese city wall defense line is gradually clearing the remaining Japanese defenders on the city wall.
The Japanese army in Tongliao has 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 can 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 army in Tongliao City, which had lost most of their blood, was no longer able to compete with them for a breakthrough. They could only use the streets and houses in the city and hastily built barricades to resist desperately, trying to maintain the city's defense line.