After hesitating for a long time, Ma Qichang couldn't help asking the question in his heart and said: "Commander, even if we don't have the manpower to drive these warships, we can at least remove the artillery on these warships and fortify several key locations along the river.
It can ensure the safety of a section of the river. Especially at the mouth of the Songhua River in Suibin, if a few gates are installed, even if the Japanese army reorganizes the Jiangshan Army, they will not be able to enter Heilongjiang. [.Com text]"
"Many of these 120mm high-level and flat-firing cannons and 80mm flat-firing cannons are equipped for combat with Jiangbei. Not only are they large in caliber and have a long range, they are also powerful. Especially those 120mm high-level and flat-firing cannons,
If it doesn't work, it can also be used as an anti-aircraft gun. It can be used for air defense in key areas."
Regarding Ma Qichang's doubts, Yang Zhen shook his head and said: "It is not difficult to seize these warships, but the Japanese army has air superiority. We have no air power. These warships are living targets for Japanese aircraft on the narrow river. They can blow up these warships at any time."
Shen. After the July 7th Incident, the Nationalist Government’s Navy had almost no naval battles with the Japanese army. Except for those that were self-sinking, they were all sunk by Japanese aircraft.
"So these warships were captured by us. We have no air superiority and can only keep them for a few days. Why bother to deploy our already weak air defense force for them? We only have six 20mm anti-aircraft guns and no more than a hundred anti-aircraft machine guns.
.There is simply no extra power to be mobilized.”
"The reconnaissance battalion has more important tasks and cannot waste time here. When the cannons here were fired, the ghosts in Jiamusi across the river were probably awakened. In other words, as soon as we fired at the mouth of the Lianjiang River, we
All strategic intentions are exposed."
"As long as the Little Japs' staff officers are not idiots, they can now completely determine our army's next combat intention. The main force of the Little Japs' garrison in Jiamusi is on the line of Lianjiangkou, but there are still a large number of puppet Manchukuo troops there.
These puppet Manchukuo troops may not be very capable in field operations, but their ability to defend the city should be good. Even if they are not, we cannot take the slightest risk."
"We must seize Jiamusi before the Japanese army reacts. At least we must seize the material warehouse there. Winter is about to come, and the troops' winter clothes are still not available. Unless the materials originally allocated to Yilan's immigrants are recovered
, so we must seize these supplies. Otherwise, the winter supplies for the entire army will not be solved."
"Things have priorities, and the task of raising supplies for the winter has taken over everything else right now. In front of this task, no matter what happens, we have to give way. How to ensure that the army can survive the winter safely is now our priority."
At this point, Yang Zhen sighed and said: "Although I am not an artilleryman, I don't understand what you are talking about. But the purchase of cotton and winter clothes from Jiangbei has been unable to be negotiated. Jiangbei not only refused to sell ready-made clothes, but also
Even our purchase of cotton was evaded in every possible way, and no matter how much the commander-in-chief tried to negotiate, he just wouldn't say anything."
"The more than 100,000 people in Yilan who have moved north also need cotton-padded clothes, and the hundreds of thousands of people in the base area also need to spend the winter. The winter clothes and quilts in stock can only be used by ordinary people first. As for the troops, we can only rely on ourselves to raise them.
Jiamusi now has winter clothes for hundreds of thousands of puppet soldiers and policemen in the entire East Manchuria region, and we must get them."
"The little devil is very ruthless. Once it is discovered that Jiamusi cannot be defended, there will probably be a death toll. We cannot take any risk of throwing away this batch of materials now and procrastinate. Since the outsourcing side can't count on it, everything
We can only rely on ourselves.”
At this point, Yang Zhen pondered deeply and did not ask Ma Qichang to speak. He said first: "Go and screen the prisoners of the Japanese and Puppet Jiangshang Army captured this time. All prisoners of the Puppet Manchu Army will not be released, and those who can be won will be captured.
Those who cannot win will be sent to Heli together with the Japanese officers."
"The current Jiangshan Army was trained by little devils. This warship is easy to build, but the training of personnel cannot be completed in a year or two. The Puppet Manchuria Army was born out of the Northeast Jiangfang Defense Fleet. No matter what its previous combat effectiveness was,
The foundation is quite strong. It is on this basis that the Japanese army was able to train the Jiang Shang Army with twice the result with half the effort."
"We have almost destroyed the Jiangshang Army this time. If the little devils want to organize it, they will have to start from scratch. Not only the equipment, but also the training of personnel will need to be started from scratch. This back and forth, plus the time to build warships, at least once
There will be no more threats on the Songhua River within this year. They may be able to create warships in a short time, but they cannot train them in a short time due to lack of personnel."
Hearing Yang Zhen's order, Ma Qichang could be described as ecstatic. But Yang Zhen's next order made his excitement plummet: "The gunners we have won cannot all be given to the artillery regiments directly under the three brigades.
It should be distributed evenly with your direct artillery regiment."
At this point, Yang Zhen pondered for a while and then said: "Since their skills are good, I think most of them should be retained in the artillery training regiment. Once they don't go to the battlefield, these people won't be able to cause any big trouble. Second, we
The teaching force of the artillery training group is still a bit weak and needs to be strengthened. Except for special circumstances, the third artillery training group basically does not participate in combat, which can prevent these people from causing any accidents."
"The artillerymen on hand now are all fired with live ammunition. I'm afraid we won't have this condition in the future. Therefore, the artillery training group needs people with more experience to join. It doesn't matter whether the naval artillerymen of the Jiang Shang Army are traitors or not.
, but from a practical perspective, there are too many things worth learning.”
"The reaction speed of these artillery and the accuracy of shooting are far behind us. Old artillery is old artillery. Although the actual situation of naval artillery and ground artillery is different and has its own particularity, the battle they launched tonight
There are many things we can learn from their performance. However, I will ask the Political Department to strictly review these people before assigning them."
Hearing that Yang Zhen finally decided to transfer most of the people to the artillery training regiment, Ma Qichang finally breathed a sigh of relief. No matter where they were transferred, as long as they were still in the artillery under his command, that would be fine. As for the review of the Political Department, this
He didn't care much, because in Ma Qichang's opinion, it was necessary.
Just when Yang Zhen estimated that the battlefield at Lianjiangkou had been cleared and was about to end his conversation with Ma Qichang, a confidential staff officer ran over and handed Yang Zhen two telegrams. Yang Zhen took them and read them carefully before handing them over.
Ma Qichang said: "Don't be depressed anymore. The remaining four ships have been accounted for."
"The Yangmin ship among the four escaping ships was too seriously injured and only went up five kilometers before sinking due to too much water. The Suncheon ship was hit by the 1st brigade artillery because all the artillery on the ship was destroyed.
Unable to fight back, they panicked and ran aground on the south bank of the river. All the crew were captured by a battalion of the 1st Brigade and 3rd Regiment that had already crossed the river."
"In addition, in the artillery battle that just ended, a brigade of artillery sank the Lisui, which had also been severely damaged and could only barely sail. Of the four puppet Manchukuo warships that escaped, only the Jiangqing has not yet been traced.
According to the observer's report, when it suffered a sudden attack from our army, apart from the warships that were crippled in the first wave, only the Jiangqing did not return a single shot. It burst into flames immediately after being attacked.
We drove downstream and got out of the battlefield first."
What surprised both Yang Zhen and Ma Qichang was that after receiving the telegram reporting the victory of the First Brigade, the whereabouts of the three warships sailing upstream by the Jiang Shang Army were already known. Only the Jiang Qing was sailing downstream.
After leaving, no news came from the Third Brigade, which was responsible for blocking the downstream section of the river. The headquarters pressed for questioning several times, but could not find out its whereabouts. Could it be that the warship disappeared out of thin air?
Although I am a little confused about where this warship, which has a full load displacement of more than 360 tons and was converted from a merchant ship and equipped with an 80mm flat-fire cannon, two mortars, and two light and heavy machine guns, ended up, but in combat
The plan cannot be stopped because of this warship.
Yang Zhen was very satisfied with the results of the first telegram. But after carefully reading the second telegram, Yang Zhen, whose face turned livid, decisively terminated the conversation with Ma Qichang and immediately rushed to the hospital as quickly as possible.
Returned to the Lianjiangkou line.
There was only one reason why Yang Zhen was in such a hurry. As the first unit in the entire army to cross the river in an integrated manner, Du Kaishan, a restless guy who protected the flanks of the entire army according to Yang Zhen's planned plan, got into trouble again.
After crossing the river, this guy did not follow the order to set up defenses along the junction of Jiamusi, Fujin and Baoqing to block possible reinforcements from Fujin and Baoqing. Instead, he divided his troops into three groups, leaving Tao Jingfei to lead the ninth regiment and join the eight.
One battalion of the regiment set up defense at the junction of Jiamusi and Baoqing. He led the main force of the third brigade to kill the Japanese 11th Division, which was fighting fiercely with the troops in the first division, and left part of the 4th Division on the flank.
As for Yang Zhen's repeated orders to allocate part of his troops to move towards the west Jiamusi city to support Li Mingrui's battle, he sent the cavalry battalion to cross the river with him and dismissed him. This audacious guy didn't wait until the whole brigade had already arrived.
We were on the road and even entered Fujin territory before we sent a telegram for instructions.
Looking at this telegram, Yang Zhen was so angry that he was furious. It's good to have the spirit of taking the initiative to fight, but to repeatedly ignore the overall situation, violate the overall deployment of superiors, and change combat orders without authorization has violated Yang Zhen's bottom line.
After returning to the headquarters, Yang Zhen immediately ordered Wang Guangyu to hand over the task of cleaning the battlefield to the militia regiment. He took the first regiment of the first brigade that was still in Jiangbei, and the second regiment immediately crossed the river south to join the third regiment that had already crossed the river.
, attack Jiamusi as quickly as possible.
At the same time, a telegram had arrived at Yuwenze in the eastern suburbs of Jiamusi, ordering his cavalry to not only use the main force to cooperate with the reconnaissance battalion, but also deploy a force to the south to closely monitor the Japanese and puppet troops in the direction of Boli.
After quickly adjusting and completing the deployment, Yang Zhen sent three telegrams to Du Kaishan in succession, ordering the third brigade to immediately stop heading north and turn around and re-execute the headquarters order. Yang Zhen was obviously really angry this time. The measures of these three telegrams
Each word is stronger than the last.
If Du Kaishan's previous unauthorized trip south affected the deployment of the headquarters, it did not deviate from the general combat direction and was still within the range that Yang Zhen could tolerate. Then this time, according to Yang Zhen's overall deployment, most of the troops will be responsible for providing reinforcements.
, the position of the third brigade responsible for containment is extremely important. Du Kaishan's behavior of changing the combat plan without authorization is absolutely unacceptable to Yang Zhen.
Perhaps he sensed Yang Zhen's anger from the tough tone of the telegram that he had never seen before. It didn't take Du Kaishan long to reply and said that he had not acted without authorization. The troops were only heading northeast with a single force.
A tentative attack was made in order to reduce the pressure on the first division. In fact, the main force was deploying in stages along the Jiamusi, Fujin, and Baoqing lines in accordance with the headquarters' deployment.
Regarding Du Kaishan's way of defending himself, Yang Zhen was really angry this time. He also made a tentative attack? If he had softened his tone a little, this guy might have gone north with his entire army. No.
A divisional force in front of Fujin was using the terrain to engage in a fierce battle with a detachment of the Japanese 11th Division.
But the first brigade over there has already rushed over. After the first brigade arrived on the battlefield, it was personally commanded by Guo Bingxun. It can be said that the pressure there has been reduced sharply. Moreover, Guo Bingxun, who was directed before arriving at Luobei, had already called and was lost in the second division.
After the contact, the attack intensity of the 11th Division plummeted, and they retreated instead of advancing. At present, they have all retreated across the Songhua River and have withdrawn to the starting point of the attack.
In other words, there is no pressure on the first division now. This guy did this clearly to compete with Liu Changshun. This guy is definitely the kind of person who has strong attacking spirit. Let him act as a flank cover and attack.
It would be more difficult to stop him than to kill him.
But why didn't he think about it? There really weren't many Japanese troops in Baoqing, and now they were basically dominated by Puppet Manchukuo military police. But the main force of the Japanese 11th Division was still stationed in Mishan, east of Baoqing.
There is also the Japanese 12th Division in Suiyang in the south. The Japanese 8th Division is also stationed in the Muling area.
There are three standing Japanese divisions around him, and these three divisions can march west to Jiamusi at any time. When the first brigade launched the Jiamusi battle, his third brigade was almost the only one the headquarters had on hand that could be used to stop the Japanese army.
Reinforcement troops and the only reserve troops.
However, he only saw that the Fujin Japanese 11th Division was only a detachment, and part of the 4th Division's troops, so he rushed forward regardless, without caring about the headquarters' shortage of troops after the departure of the 3rd Brigade. He really
Do you think that one regiment of his troops can stop three Japanese field divisions?
The Kwantung Army deployed its troops as a whole throughout the Manchu-Soviet border. Including the Second Division originally stationed in Mudanjiang and the Fourth Division in Jiamusi, five divisions were deployed in Xiajiang and East Manchuria alone.
It can be said that these five divisions are connected end to end, supporting each other, and affecting the whole body. Does this guy really think that the Xiajiang area is in a mess, and the three Japanese divisions will not quickly provide reinforcements?
If they are trapped in Jiangbei, the Japanese army may not mobilize these three divisions, which are mainly responsible for the combat mission against the Soviet Union in Eastern Manchuria, out of the so-called overall consideration of stabilizing the Manchurian-Soviet border. But once they establish a base, the Kwantung Army Headquarters
I will definitely not sit idly by and ignore it.
Because the Kwantung Army will never allow the two largest elements of the war against the Soviet Union, the Tiger Head Fortress and the Dongning Fortress. Even the nearly a thousand kilometers of fortress network in the entire East Manchuria region, the softest behind facing its own bayonet.
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Yang Zhen, who was extremely angry because Du Kaishan only cared about eating meat for himself and had no overall view of the overall situation, had only one sentence to reply to Du Kaishan, ordering him to stop moving forward immediately and follow the orders he had issued previously. If there were any unauthorized actions again
Any change in the headquarters' operational plan will be dealt with seriously and removed from office on the spot.
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