I don’t know if it’s a coincidence. [.Since the July 7th Incident, the Fourteenth Division has experienced several major battles, and the division commanders at that time were all agents. In the battle of Lanfeng two years ago, the lone army was surrounded deep inside. If not
Lieutenant General Kenji Doihara, the division commander when the Chinese Army was in disarray with each other and almost escaped annihilation during the battle, was a spy.
Now when Fangzheng County, an inconspicuous small county in northern Manchuria, is in trouble, the division commander is an agent. Lieutenant General Seiichi Kita, and Ken Doihara, who also served as deputy commander of the regiment twice with Yoshiyori
Second comparison. Although he also graduated from the Military Academy and the Army University, in his career as a commander, he only reached the rank of battalion captain, and spent the rest of his career in the secret service.
Especially after the July 7th Incident, from the head of the Shanghai Secret Service, the head of the Tianjin Secret Service, to the head of the North China Front Army's secret service. His actual combat experience is not only compared with other colleagues who have risen from the infantry or artillery, but also with his predecessor's predecessor.
Kenji Doihara is also much worse.
When it comes to engaging in espionage work, obtaining some intelligence, and recruiting traitors to establish a pro-Japanese puppet regime, he may be an expert. But if it is to fight such a head-on battle, his military theoretical level may not be bad, but the most critical practical experience is
It's not even a little bit worse.
This type of person is smart, but often a little too forward-thinking in dealing with things. Compared with his colleagues who have stepped up from the grassroots level to squadron captain, group captain, and unit captain, they obviously lack the perseverance to fight decisively on the battlefield.
and battlefield analysis and judgment capabilities.
The commander of the 29th Division, Lieutenant General Toshichi Uemura, had already discovered that the friendly forces had lost contact and that the opponent was about to encircle him.
He deployed nearly a regiment of troops to attract the opponent's attention, while he took the opportunity to run away.
And Seiichi Kita, who wasted his flexible brain trained over many years as an agent, is still waiting stupidly for instructions from the Kwantung Army. Except for some movement on the eastern front, the fighting in other directions has subsided, and the opponent can mobilize a large number of troops at any time.
Although the troops surrounded him, he still stubbornly followed the orders of the Kwantung Army and stayed in Fangzheng.
Although he was once again breached in Jiangfang and his flank was beaten right under his nose by his opponent, he already knew that if he didn't run away, he would be surrounded by his opponent in the palm-sized Founder County. But he still had to wait stubbornly for the Kwantung Army Commander
The promised reinforcements are still on paper.
Maybe Kita Seiichi's threat worked, or maybe General Umezu Yoshijiro understood that if the situation worsened, the whole of northern Manchuria might be in danger. After dawn, although the reinforcements still had not arrived, the air support that had been used as a blank check was
arrive.
Faced with the increasingly embarrassing war situation, Umezu Yoshijiro spent a lot of money this time. The 17th Flying Regiment of the Army Aviation Corps of the Kwantung Army stationed at several airports in Harbin, which was closest to the battlefield, transferred from Nenjiang to the 10th Flying Regiment of Harbin and was stationed in Qiqihar.
The Ninth Flying Regiment, which had just completed its refit and replenishment, was almost deployed in full force.
More than 200 Type 97 heavy bombers, Type 97, Type 98 light bombers, Type 97 fighters, and Type 97 reconnaissance aircraft were dispatched. This was the first time that the Kwantung Army had launched a military operation since the Battle of Nomenhan.
At the same time, such a large formation was dispatched to provide ground support.
Since they already knew that the opponent had aviation, the Kwantung Army Aviation Corps changed its attitude of being domineering in the past when fighting against the Anti-Japanese Alliance and never used escort fighters in ground attack operations. This time, the first and seventy-two were dispatched at once.
The Type 97 fighter jets of several flying teams, and even the 77th Team, which was originally stationed in Longzhen and equipped with Type 95 fighter jets, were dispatched. Fighters accounted for nearly one-third of the dispatched aircraft.
Originally, according to Umezu Yoshijiro's wishes, these aircraft were used to fully support the 14th Division, at least to allow Kita Seiichi to stabilize the battle situation first and let him at least persist until the arrival of reinforcements. For Umezu Yoshijiro, it has now become a barrier to the northeast of Harbin.
The Founder area must not be lost.
Without Fangzheng, not only is the northeast direction of Harbin undefeated. If the opponent is willing, they can insert Harbin from Fangzheng at any time. Moreover, going west from Fangzheng is related to the issue of the retreat of the First Division in Heihe. Fangzheng must
Hold on, this is Umezu Yoshijiro's point of view.
After more than a month of repeated back-and-forth battles, Umezu Yoshijiro was not unaware of the shortage of troops in the 14th Division. It’s just that the strength he can mobilize now is really limited. It takes time to mobilize reinforcements, and mobilizing reinforcements from there requires repeated efforts.
After all, the large number of troops lost in the first stage needed new ones to replace them. As for Kita Seiichi's request for reinforcements, Umezu Yoshijiro could only hold off for now.
In fact, after there was no news from the 11th Division, Umezu Yoshijiro thought about allocating troops from there to fill the huge whirlpool. But after losing four divisions at once, how could such a big hole be so easily filled?
Although there are still several divisions on hand, each one is a carrot and a pit. Which one you choose must be carefully weighed.
And judging from the previous period of war, if there is less deployment, it will be food delivered to everyone's door. If there is too much deployment, the entire Kwantung Army's rear defense will be completely empty. Especially if the situation in the remaining divisions is not satisfactory.
, that is, when the position is critical and cannot be moved, it is a headache for Umezu Yoshijiro to dispatch that division to go north for reinforcements.
The 24th and 25th Divisions, which suffered the heaviest losses in combat last autumn, have not yet been fully replenished due to slow replenishment. One communist army has become increasingly rampant in repressive activities in Jehol, and the other is responsible for ensuring the outskirts of Xinjing.
defense. It cannot be mobilized easily.
Among the remaining divisions, the Second Division, which was almost completely destroyed last year, was smarter and did not carry any flags above the regiment level before the expedition. As a result, it was not deactivated due to the disastrous defeat last year and the loss of flags.
However, due to the huge losses, they were transferred back to China for reorganization. The remaining 28th Division also had to bear the responsibility for the defense of the entire South Manchuria, especially from Xinjing to Shenyang.
As for the 51st and 57th divisions, they are still being formed and have not yet been organized. Artillery, search and other technical arms are not yet fully equipped, and their combat effectiveness is still very limited. Moreover, each of these two divisions is responsible for protecting Heihe.
The First Division and the 23rd Division in the Xing'an area are in the rear, and will support these two divisions in their operations at any time.
The other one is stationed in the Hunchun area, to ensure the connection between Manchuria and North Korea, and to protect the borders between Manchuria, North Korea and the Soviet Union, especially to ensure the security of land connections between the Kwantung Army and the North Korean Army. Both divisions have heavy responsibilities and are closely related to the Second Division.
The Thirteenth Division is similar. Without orders from the Tokyo Base Camp, it cannot be mobilized at all.
The 23rd Division was the main force responsible for the defense of the Soviet Army in Western Manchuria, and the base camp would not agree to the transfer easily. However, although the 9th Division had arrived in the Lushun area, it was still reluctant to go north. It did not wait for him to open his mouth to urge.
, was transferred to the Korean Army. In other words, the Ninth Division originally promised by the Tokyo Base Camp will not be transferred to the Kwantung Army according to the original plan.
As for the last First Division, no one dares to let it go to the battlefield easily. What does the First Division represent? It is the ancestor of the modern Japanese army and the first division to be formed. This can be seen from its code name Yu
You can see that he is noble. Most of his officers come from either rich or noble backgrounds, and they are almost all the military children of all the nobles in Japan.
This First Division and the Guards Division, commonly known as the Palace, are known as the two most powerful families in the Japanese army. Prince Zain, the current Chief of Staff, once served as the division commander of the First Division. If the First Division is folded into it again, even if
The base camp will give him another chance, and the Emperor and the Chief of Staff will not spare him.
There seemed to be a lot of divisions on hand, but after calling them here and there, Umezu Yoshijiro could not find many troops that could be mobilized at the moment. Except for the 12th Division and the 29th Division, Umezu Yoshijiro was embarrassed.
He found that he had no available troops at hand. He was a little frightened about mobilizing these two divisions, for fear of adding the last two divisions of the Kwantung Army that could be used for maneuver.
However, the position of the 14th Division was extremely important and had to be saved. Under the situation that the 12th Division had been entangled by its opponents and could not be transferred to the west, Umezu Yoshijiro decided to use the 29th Division to
The division is the backbone, and the independent Second Guard Corps stationed in Harbin is quickly deployed to reinforce the 14th Division. At the same time, the 25th Division stationed along the Xinjing-Harbin railway is quickly transferred to Harbin to take over the defense of Harbin.
At the same time, as the second echelon.
For General Yoshijiro Umezu, who is now in dire straits, the 25th Division has not yet been replenished, and there are still many vacancies in each regiment that have not yet been replenished. Insufficient troops are no longer a reason not to mobilize. As long as they are close to the battlefield,
, and can maintain mobility of the troops, he just wants more, the better.
The 29th Division, which had been withdrawn to Ning'an by Bo Li, had been strictly ordered to rush to Fangzheng territory in the shortest possible time to assist the 14th Division. At the same time, the independent second garrison dispatched from Harbin did not wait to replace the 29th Division.
When the troops of the Fifth Division arrived, they immediately used trucks to transport them to Yanshou.
Although Umezu Yoshijiro's actions have been very fast, it takes time for these troops to mobilize and concentrate. The messy battle situation in Founder's territory just cannot provide sufficient time for the arrival of reinforcements. Umezu Yoshijiro ignored the Kwantung Army Aviation Corps'
They objected and insisted on dispatching a large number of aviation forces to participate in the war. The purpose was to use the support of aviation forces to allow the 14th Division to persist until reinforcements arrived, at least to complete the reduction of the troops first.
But whether things will develop as Umezu Yoshijiro imagined is another matter. Umezu Yoshijiro, including the Kwantung Army Aviation Corps, already knows that his opponent has an aviation force. But how many aircraft does his opponent have, what is their combat effectiveness, and what are they?
For the Kwantung Army, equipment is a black eye. This is why the Kwantung Army Aviation Corps opposes the hasty dispatch of aircraft for combat.
In other words, his opponent now also has an aviation force. Of course, this matter is no longer a secret to the Japanese army. However, how many aircraft are equipped and the level of training are strictly confidential, but it is not known to the top and bottom of the Japanese army.
Don’t understand.
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