After receiving the report from the troops below, Wang Jun's face was not happy at all when the command post was set up in Bajiaweizi. Even some troops had broken into Tongliao City, which did not make him excited. Because for him, seizing Tongliao
The last peripheral position is just the beginning. The real hard battle has just begun.
Street fighting is a military problem that is still a headache even decades later. Not a few of the world's most powerful military units have been defeated in street fighting. This is a way to annihilate a thousand enemies and kill one thousand enemies.
A battle that cost eight hundred people. The most troublesome thing is that although Tongliao City is not big, there are still tens of thousands of our own flesh and blood compatriots in Tongliao City.
How to avoid accidental injuries in street fighting is undoubtedly even more difficult. This is not fighting on the enemy's territory, and there is no way to annihilate the enemy. The experience of the Linxi County battle transferred from the Linxi battlefield is of great significance to Wang Jun.
There is simply no experience to draw from.
Although Tongliao County is not much larger than Linxi County, the population density here is higher than that of Linxi County because it is located on a major transportation road, has the advantages of railway and Xiliao River water transportation, and is the main grain-producing area in Western Manchuria.
There are many in the West. Not counting the outskirts, the total population in just one county is almost equivalent to the population of the entire Linxi County.
The difficulty of fighting in such a densely populated county without accidentally injuring too many people can be imagined. Except for some direct-aimed artillery, I am afraid that weapons such as guns, artillery, and flamethrowers cannot be used. Even the penetrating power
The extremely powerful twin-mounted 14mm anti-aircraft machine guns are also unusable.
At a distance of 800 meters, that thing can penetrate even the armor of ordinary reinforced concrete fortifications, light tanks, and armored vehicles, let alone ordinary houses? If this burst of fire penetrated into the houses, what would the people inside think?
It is difficult to leave a whole body.
In Wang Jun's view, breaking through the city wall defense line was just a starting point for a deep breakthrough into the city. The real test had just begun. Therefore, for Wang Jun, there was nothing exciting about breaking through the Japanese city wall defense line.
There's nothing to celebrate.
Therefore, after receiving the report that the troops had broken through and entered the city, Wang Jun did not rush and ordered the troops to attack fiercely. Instead, he ordered the troops to attack steadily and advance in division. Yongfu Street is the two dividing lines between the north and the south, dividing Yongfu Street.
The Japanese troops in the south pressed toward the train station, and the Japanese troops in the north pressed toward the Japanese puppet county government and county police station.
After hesitating for a moment after issuing the attack order, Wang Jun still issued an order to the troops that broke into the city. Outside the reinforced concrete fortification groups of the Japanese army and the Japanese and puppet government offices at all levels, the use of artillery in street fighting was strictly prohibited. Although his
The division's artillery had transferred all the last shells, but he did not dare to use them.
Although he also knew that this would cause his casualties to skyrocket, and may even exceed his ability to bear. But this was no choice. He could not let the ordinary people in the city be buried with the Japanese army. Not only him, but also
Even the headquarters cannot afford this consequence.
Fortunately, Tongliao County is not big, and the main streets are in a well-shaped shape. There are only four main roads from east to west, north and south. All the administrative facilities of the Japanese and puppets, as well as the strongest buildings, are mainly concentrated on these four streets. The troops move along these four streets.
Attacking on the street can save a lot of effort.
Compared with receiving the report that the troops had broken into the city, Wang Jun was not excited at all knowing that the real test had just begun. Lieutenant General Sichuan Binmi, who was located at the 14th Division Headquarters in the puppet Tongliao County Government, faced
The battle situation is getting worse day by day, and even the city wall has been breached, which makes it look even more depressed.
In fact, at this point in the battle, Chuan Bingmi already knew that he was just a trapped beast still fighting. After the failure of the battle for Kongjiawo Fort, the entire garrison in Tongliao City, as well as miscellaneous baggage, engineers and other non-combat troops
, including the remnants of the search wing, there were actually less than two brigades, and there were also hundreds of armed expatriates.
As for the remaining troops, they were either left on the front line of Kongjiawo Fort by Oniwu May Day, or they were trapped in Kailu and Zhanggutai like themselves. Especially the battle for Kongjiawo Fort caused the greatest losses to the defenders in the entire Tongliao City.
.The main force of the 2nd Regiment of the 14th Division and the three infantry brigades that participated in the battle were reduced to two out of three.
Even if the military police, cremation troops, grooms and other personnel are all armed with guns, and the lightly wounded are mobilized to stay in the firing line. And when the artillery shells are consumed too much and only part of the artillery can be guaranteed, some artillery that has no guns available will be mobilized.
Including the infantry combat sequence, the actual number of combat soldiers in the entire Tongliao City was less than 1,500.
Tongliao County is not that big, but it still needs people to defend it. Fortunately, this is the county seat, which is known as the thoroughfare of nine provinces. Even if it is not good, it is much larger than a village. Such a small force can defend a county without a complete city wall.
It still seems a little less.
The most critical and fatal problem is that ammunition is already insufficient, especially artillery shells with a caliber above 75 mm. In the previous battle, the amount of artillery shells consumed by the 14th Division was too large. Only one Kong family
In the battle for Wo Fort, coupled with the firepower coverage of Buntong Wo Fort, the 14th Division consumed tens of thousands of artillery shells with a caliber of 75 mm or more.
Coupled with the huge consumption in the previous Battle of Bayantala, the artillery shells of the 14th Division have also bottomed out. Even with the support of the Eastern Army's combat readiness warehouse, this ammunition consumption is not affordable. Especially one hundred
The fifty-millimeter howitzer, an artillery piece that is old but still very powerful, has almost run out of shells.
The remaining 38-type field guns and the Liao 14-type 77mm field guns, all the shells added together, are less than 200 rounds. Even if they are used sparingly, I am afraid they will not be able to sustain it for too long. Now the only
The only relatively sufficient artillery shells are 120mm howitzer shells. But this old antique artillery is not suitable for street fighting because it is too bulky.
Among all the artillery equipment, the only 77mm field gun with anti-tank capability has no shells, which is the biggest headache for Kawami. As for light weapons, especially the weapons and ammunition captured by the old Northeast Army, although the quantity is still sufficient
.But if a rifle machine gun can destroy a tank, what is the need for an anti-tank gun?
There are also a lot of Type 97 20mm automatic cannons and ammunition, but when faced with enemy tanks, except at certain angles, the effect of this type of automatic cannon is quite limited. If it does not work, even if
No matter how many shells there are, what's the use? In street fighting, it's simply impossible to adopt the same tactics as the Bayantala battle.
Faced with a serious shortage of troops and a battle situation where the artillery shells were at the bottom, Lieutenant General Kawami, who had no choice but to send a request for help to General Umezu Yoshijiro, sent a telegram almost every hour. Although the 14th Division suffered a disastrous defeat last year, it still retained its good reputation.
Some troops. But if the fight continues this year, the entire 14th Division will not even have any seeds left.
However, his request for reinforcements in the telegram received only two words of insistence. As for the reinforcements he expected, there was no reply at all. In the face of Lieutenant General Kawami's request for the 5th Division that had been deployed on the new line of Changwu and Xifu,
For reinforcements, the Kwantung Army has yet to give any reply. Just tell him that the Kwantung Army headquarters is still thinking of a solution.
The last telegram replied by the Kwantung Army made Kawami extremely angry. At present, the blood of the 14th Division was about to be drained, and the 5th Division, which was fully manned and well-equipped, even had a tank regiment.
The regiment was just a stone's throw away, basking in the sun leisurely. What were the thoughts in the heads of the Kwantung Army Headquarters and General Yoshijiro Umezu?
And that 18th Division didn't come directly to the battlefield to rescue the 14th Division, but what the hell did it go to cut off the enemy's retreat? Now it didn't cut off their retreat, but was instead adopted by the sea of fire tactics and delay.
The blocking tactics were exhausted. The 14th Division was not rescued, but suffered heavy casualties.
Now the Fourteenth Division has no reinforcements from outside, no soldiers and ammunition inside, how long can it persist even if it persists? Doesn’t the Kwantung Army Headquarters know what it means to be in a state of death? Does the Kwantung Army Headquarters really want to be like this?
Sit back and watch the entire 14th Division be destroyed?
Aren't they afraid that Tongliao and Kailu counties will be lost? After the 14th Division's entire army was annihilated, the resistance forces of the 14th Division directly penetrated into the back roads of Linxi's two Japanese divisions?
The two divisions, plus the 7th Division in Alukorqin Banner, also made the same mistake as the 14th Division?
Being extremely angry at being unable to give a clear answer, Kawaami Mitsuru was now like a prisoner trapped in a prison. Although he was so angry that he almost died. But he did not pay attention to the Kwantung Army Headquarters's indifference.
There is no way. I can't even threaten to go to Tokyo base camp to sue you.
Because he didn't know if the war situation continued to develop as it was now, whether he would ever be able to return to his homeland. If the Kwantung Army did not send reinforcements, then for the Fourteenth Division, according to the current development of the war situation, it would be impossible to survive in the country.
Time in this world is running out.
In fact, Lieutenant General Kawami did this to save face and suffer. Although it was impossible to break through from land with the entire army, if he wanted to break through with a few senior officers from the division headquarters, there would be no problem.
Because in a reed marsh on the west side of the Liao River in the north of the city, there is a gunboat used by the Liaohe Branch of the Puppet Manchukuo Coast Guard for daily patrols.
Although this ten-ton gunboat cannot carry too many people, there is still no problem in transporting Chuan Bin Mi and several of the most senior officers of the 14th Division currently in Tongliao City out of the encirclement. And this boat is already full of oil.
The gunboat can drive to the intersection of the East and West Liao Rivers in Changtu in one go without refueling midway.
If he is willing, he can also mobilize a 45-ton gunboat from the Liaohe Water Police Station of the Puppet Manchukuo Coast Guard Force at Tongjiangkou to go up from Tongjiangkou to Tongliao City to support his breakout. At this time, the amount of water in the Xiliao River is such that the four
There will be absolutely no problem with the fifteen-ton gunboat going up to Tongliao.
Judging from the current battle situation, as long as the gunboat he is riding in safely passes through Shuangliao, it can basically be said to be safe. And the sky is getting dark now. If he breaks out at night, the possibility of his safe escape is still quite high.
Big. After all, the Xiliao River is such a long river in Tongliao. It is impossible for the Anti-Japanese Alliance to set up defenses everywhere?
At the same time, the Anti-Japanese Alliance did not have any water power in the Liao River Basin. Their aviation forces were mainly concentrated on the Linxi battlefield at this time. Since the start of the Tongliao battlefield, neither the Anti-Japanese Alliance nor the Kwantung Army dispatched aviation forces to support the battle. This battle
Mainly, the enemy and we are fighting on the ground.
It can be said that he wanted to escape on a gunboat. At this time, basically all the combat troops had crossed the Western Liao River and there was basically no ability to intercept him. And if he really did this, according to the usual practice of exempting generals in the Japanese army,
, even if there is no current situation, the most that can be done is to let him retire.