Three hundred and twentieth chapters fight the last battle
When the two divisions of the Kwantung Army fought in the counterattack, they fought half-heartedly. At the beginning, the attack momentum was still very fierce. However, the troops participating in the Anti-Japanese War resisted tenaciously and used constant tactical counterattacks to defeat the enemy.
After the two divisions were partially in strength, the offensive power of these two divisions was immediately reduced.
After receiving the order, the two divisions immediately threw away everything they could and retreated very quickly. Under the cover of the Duanhou troops, they ran all the way towards Dongfeng City. Mu Changqiu had no time at all.
Respond and get rid of the entanglement of face-to-face resistance.
In order to avoid the air strikes of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and speed up the retreat, these two divisions adopted a multi-way retreat method. All troops were organized into brigade and all took mountain roads. Where they could take small roads, they would never go there.
The main road. If you can take a shortcut route, no matter how rugged and difficult it is, you will still take the shortcut. As long as you can avoid the air strikes and pursuit forces of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the Japanese army will take the road no matter how difficult it is.
Mu Changqiu, who was in a hurry, only caught a tail of the 7th Division. Although he surrounded the main force of the 28th Regiment of the 7th Division and an infantry brigade of the 26th Regiment, he also intercepted another division.
A regiment of the division, as well as one artillery, one baggage, and one engineer each belonged to the division, but the main forces of these two divisions were allowed to escape.
The mountainous terrain in Liaodong also brought considerable difficulties to Mu Changqiu's pursuit. The Japanese covering troops, who adopted the gecko tail-cutting tactic, continued to use the terrain to resist desperately along the way, delaying Mu Changqiu's pursuit.
Facing the mountains of Liaodong, Mu Changqiu also hesitated and did not adopt tactics of overtaking and pursuing.
By the time Mu Changqiu pursued them all the way to Xiuyan, the two Japanese divisions had already rushed to Fengcheng without a breath, regardless of the bombing by the Anti-Alliance Air Force along the way. Although by the time they reached Fengcheng, the two divisions were fighting hard.
Minato could only form one division, but it had some subtle effects on the situation on the battlefield along the Anfeng Railway.
With the addition of these two divisions, Wang Xiaoming immediately felt the pressure doubled. Although he received reinforcements from Mu Changqiu's troops who had completed the operations against Anshan and Haicheng, due to the complex terrain along the Anfeng-Feng Railway controlled by the Third Army,
He could only start a tug-of-war with the main force of the Third Army in the mountainous area.
Wang Xiaoming tried many times to concentrate some of his forces to outflank the Third Army's flanks from Kuandian, Yongdian or Lianshanguan. However, his many detours were all stopped by Lieutenant General Zhongshan Dun, who blocked him from the left and attacked from the right.
Multiple attacks on the front line of Caohekou also failed due to the tenacious Japanese defense.
In order to curb Wang Xiaoming's outflanking, Lieutenant General Zhongshan Dun even attached the military station garrison, the gendarmerie, three field railway regiments directly under the Kwantung Army within his jurisdiction, several independent engineering regiments, and mortar regiments.
As well as the security forces from their own army headquarters, they all pulled up.
Fortunately, although his direct troops are not large, there are several independent garrison troops in his jurisdiction. The Kwantung Army headquarters behind him has also given all the troops directly under his command. Although these garrison troops and railways
The regiment and other direct troops were all wiped out, but Haolai finally contained Wang Xiaoming's roundabout attack.
After the two divisions retreating from Liaozhong arrived, Lieutenant General Zhongshan Dun, who was in a panic, did not even agree to let the two divisions take a break. He directly pulled these two divisions down.
It unfolded to the north of the city. It was the timely arrival of these two divisions that blocked Wang Xiaoming's most ferocious roundabout attack on the Dongyang Ridge line, thus resolving the most dangerous danger of the Third Army and avoiding
The Kwantung Army headquarters was surrounded.
Wang Xiaoming's progress along the Anfeng Railway was not smooth, and the entire Anfeng Railway war remained stalemate. Until the two divisions chasing the retreating Japanese troops, Mu Changqiu's troops, arrived, and Tao Jingfei's three divisions captured Xiuyan and attacked An Feng from behind. The enemy on the railway launched an attack, and the stalemate was finally broken.
At this point in the battle, Yang Zhen's sullen face finally had some smiles. On the one hand, he urged Tao Jingfei's three main divisions to attack and advance along the Xiuyan-Andong highway, and directly penetrated the Andong Kwantung Army headquarters. location. And seize Fengcheng to cut off the retreat route of the main force of the Third Army.
At the same time, he sent a telegram to Du Kaishan to order no less than two divisions and cavalry brigades to be immediately transferred to the Benxi battlefield. They would attack on the spot from the Shenyang and Liaoyang lines and south of the Anfeng Railway. Thousands of soldiers trapped in the mountainous battlefield in the eastern part of Kaiyuan were The remnants of the Fourteenth Army no longer need that many troops.
Although Yang Zhen also knew that the troops had become extremely tired from the continuous fighting, and the number of casualties was not small. But this was the critical moment to grit one's teeth, and it depended on who could persist until the last moment. As long as the Third Army, the last resort of the Kwantung Army, was defeated, With an organized unit, the entire South Manchu War can basically be said to be over.
Faced with the current situation where all the troops were extremely exhausted and suffered heavy casualties, Yang Zhen ordered all troops in the army to grit their teeth and fight the last battle, cleanly and neatly eliminate this enemy that had been causing trouble to China for many years since the Sino-Japanese War of 1884-1894, and launched a comprehensive Announcement of the Kwantung Army's first shot in the invasion of China.
In his briefing, Yang Zhen encouraged the troops to give full play to the Anti-Japanese Alliance's spirit of continuous and courageous fighting regardless of fatigue, casualties, and thoroughly annihilate the Kwantung Army, a strategic group that has always served as the vanguard of Japanese imperialism's invasion of China, and strive for the First World War. Completely liberate the entire Northeast. Fight the final battle on the Northeast battlefield and completely liberate the entire Northeast.
With the slogan of fighting the last battle in the Northeastern battlefield, Yang Zhen's telegram spread to every company in every combat direction, and even every infantry squad. The troops, who were already too exhausted from continuous battles and suffered heavy casualties, Inspired by this slogan, the morale already high due to consecutive victories increased even more. With the encouragement of political cadres at all levels, all fatigue was forgotten.
At the same time that Yang Zhen issued the final general attack order, the Kwantung Army headquarters in Anton was facing the current battle situation and knew that the Fifth Army had no rescue value. If the delay continued, the Kwantung Army finally An organized army might be eaten by the Anti-Japanese Alliance. General Yamada Yisan in the mountains of Liaodong also issued an order for a general retreat to the Third Army.
At the same time, General Yamada Otsuzo immediately began to transfer materials, documents, and family members to North Korea. Although for the Kwantung Army at the moment, there was nothing to transfer. A large number of materials stored in Shenyang that had not yet been transported were transferred to the harem. General Chun lost everything.
At present, most of the only supplies of the Kwantung Army have been abandoned in Dalian and Shenyang. The remaining fuel and shabby ammunition reserves can only barely meet the combat needs of the Third Army. The only thing that needs to be large quantities is Those who were transferred were the wounded and some non-combatants.
But after all, having been entrenched in Northeast China for decades, the Kwantung Army still has some possessions. In particular, some top-secret information that must not fall into the hands of the Chinese must be rushed back to the mainland. Even if it cannot be shipped back, it must be completely destroyed. The materials ordered by General Yamada Otsuzo to be transferred are the things that have been following the Kwantung Army headquarters.
Although there is no order from the base camp, the Kwantung Army, knowing that there is no point in holding on, has decided to conduct a general retreat to North Korea. At the same time, the engineers are ordered to immediately lay explosives on the Yalu River Bridge connecting Andong and Sinuiju, North Korea. Once the general retreat is completed,
If you retreat, blow up all the railway bridges.
In response to the Kwantung Army's repeated requests, the North Korean troops stationed on the Sinuiju front line were also prepared to respond to the Kwantung Army's retreat. A large number of ships were mobilized on the Yalu River and more than ten pontoon bridges were erected to ensure that the Kwantung Army
retreat. But the North Korean army really cannot send out more reinforcements at the moment.
Faced with the unfavorable battle situation of the Kwantung Army and the rout of the entire Southern Manchuria, the Japanese base camp was helpless. With the Southern Army actually being divided, the Japanese base camp now had no troops to mobilize. It just wanted to give the Kwantung Army
There is no place to mobilize troops for military reinforcements.
The U.S. military in the Pacific has now reached the Philippines, and the main naval force was lost in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Although the army and navy on the Philippine battlefield are still resisting tenaciously, a large number of U.S. Navy and Army aviation units and ships have been stationed in the Philippine battlefield.
With the arrival of the U.S. Navy and Air Force, the last shipping connection with the Southern Army along the Chinese coastline has been completely interrupted due to the blockade of the U.S. Navy and Air Force. In other words, the entire Southern Army has now been blocked by the U.S. Army.
Southeast Asia, or various islands in the Pacific.
The base camp has tried many times to mobilize some of the troops that invaded Australia, but the success was almost failed due to the blockade of the US Navy. Moreover, it failed to mobilize the troops under the attack of the US-Australia coalition forces, but suffered serious losses. On land, the US and Australia
The military could not defeat the Japanese, but it was very powerful at sea. A large number of transport ships were sunk, and the Japanese in Australia became completely alone.
At present, a single transport ship may still have hope of successfully breaking through the blockade. But a large fleet of ships cannot pass the sea and air blockade composed of the US military's sky, sea and subsea submarines. The current navy can no longer mobilize
Any escort fleet can protect the safety of the troops withdrawing from the Southern Army. Now it is basically impossible for the base camp to transfer troops from the Southern Army.
Now that the enemy has reached the Philippines, who can determine where the next target will be, Taiwan, Okinawa, or a direct attack on the mainland? The Americans, who are afraid of the easy and avoid the heavy, have come up with the so-called island hopping tactic.
They avoided the defensive lines carefully deployed by the base camp and specifically targeted weakly defended positions.
As a result, a considerable part of the Southern Army's troops were blockaded on the islands in the South Pacific by the U.S. Navy and Air Force. They could neither withdraw nor attack. According to the U.S. military's style of play, who knows, after they completed the Philippines operation, they
Will it directly attack the homeland?
For the base camp, the Americans have now formed absolute sea and air superiority and have adopted tactics that avoid the real situation and avoid the weak. At present, the local defense can only be continuously strengthened and cannot be weakened in any way. The attitude of the base camp is very
It is clear that not a single local soldier can be mobilized.
Japan is an island country, and the Americans with their powerful navy are even more deadly to the mainland. Under the island-hopping attack tactics adopted by the Americans, the mainland's defense system can only be continuously strengthened and cannot be weakened in any way.
The emperor is still in the homeland, and the main industries are also in the homeland. There must be no danger in the homeland.
Therefore, not only is the mainland unable to mobilize troops, but the defenses of Taiwan, Okinawa, and the Ogasawara Islands surrounding the mainland need to be strengthened. Currently, troops are being collected everywhere, and even the inventory of weapons is being used to form the base camp of the new division.
, in order to increase the defense of the homeland and surrounding areas, no expense has been spared.
Japan has carried out many mobilizations in the country. Although new divisions are constantly being formed, the base camp still feels that there are not enough troops. The so-called inner defense circle, the last line of defense that endangers homeland security, is also large enough. From the Ogasawara Islands to
Okinawa, Taiwan, and even North Korea all need large numbers of troops.