Chapter five hundred and nineteen Yang Zhen's intention
There was not a single anti-aircraft weapon, and the only heavy machine guns capable of anti-aircraft shooting were almost all lost in the Shuangcheng. [.Com/Text. The Japanese troops were almost helpless and could only bite the bullet and suffered losses in the air raids.
Even more than the artillery fire I endured outside the Shuangcheng City in the early morning.
Especially napalm bombs. This kind of terrorist weapon that can spread into a large area when burned is an irresistible nightmare for any army. When the fleet consumed all the ammunition it carried, after leaving, the entire Lanling Town had already
Caught in a sea of fire. This small, typical northeastern market town will only exist as a place name on the map for a long time to come.
After this air raid, Lieutenant General Suzuki Teiichi burst into tears when faced with heavy casualties and yet another army that was defeated. His 25th Division was completely crippled this time, and this time it was only a few days since the battle last autumn.
Later, the reorganized 25th Division actually entered the battle for less than two days.
Compared to Suzuki Teiichi who was in tears, Ma Fengqi in Shuangcheng was slightly relieved, but not too relaxed. Because he knew that the retreat of the 25th Division was just the beginning, and the real test was yet to come.
The Ninth Division behind him will be the real tough nut he has to face.
After the poison gas produced by the Japanese poison gas shells on the battlefield had evaporated, Ma Fengqi ordered his people to quickly clean the battlefield. After collecting the weapons abandoned by the Japanese army on the battlefield, Ma Fengqi quickly adjusted his deployment. In addition to collecting the captured weapons
Three 105mm cannons and seven 75mm Type 38 field guns were organized into the brigade's direct artillery group, six 120mm howitzers, and sixteen 150mm and 90mm mortars.
He incorporated the artillery and artillery units into the forward troops.
Although these Meiji 38-style 120mm howitzers have a range of only 5,000 meters, the lethality of the 120mm shells is still better than that of the 75mm mountain field caliber.
The artillery was only deployed. Seeing the artillery deployed, with the cooperation of the infantry, pushing these heavy artillery into the newly constructed position, Ma Fengqi also smiled bitterly: "If others knew that he regarded the 120mm howitzer as infantry,
If you use the cannon, will anyone accuse you of wasting your money?"
However, for Ma Fengqi, it is a waste to not use these artillery pieces and the sufficient artillery shells abandoned by the Japanese army. Regardless of whether these artillery pieces are backward or not, it is better than nothing. On the battlefield, abandoned Japanese ammunition, light and heavy machine guns and grenades are everywhere.
Tube, these weapons were also taken back by Ma Fengqi, and all were strengthened to the front-line troops.
As a result, the defensive firepower density on the front line of the Twin Cities was terrifying. Although there were only four battalions of troops on the front, the number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars was more than a brigade. These Japanese-style crooked weapons, Type 92
Light and heavy machine guns are no stranger to the troops of the Jidong Military Region, which started with Japanese-style weapons.
These can be described as a huge number of light and heavy machine guns, more than a dozen mortars, plus six 120mm howitzers that were strengthened to the front line, turning the defense of the front line troops into a fire hedgehog. In subsequent battles
, the Ninth Division has suffered a lot.
Not only has the firepower of the frontline defense forces been greatly strengthened, but Ma Fengqi also has some good things left behind when the 25th Division retreated. Although the special smoke shells carried by the 25th Division on this trip were in battle,
, most of them were hit by artillery fire and exploded. However, some of them fell into Ma Fengqi's hands intact because of scattered reserves.
Because no one dares to store the demons in Pandora's box in one place. These things are a double-edged sword. When they hurt others, they may hurt themselves at any time. Although the number of chemical shells that fell into Ma Fengqi's hands is not counted
There were too many, only six or seven hundred, but there were a lot of gas canisters.
Ma Fengqi has made up his mind that since these demonic artillery shells were made by the Japanese to kill Chinese people, they should be returned to their former owners at the appropriate time. This also goes with the saying, good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be punished with evil.
Retribution does not mean that the time for retribution has not yet come. When the time comes, all retribution will come.
As for its use, Ma Fengqi was not worried at all. Because the Japanese army was accustomed to using poison gas during combat, especially when they were at a disadvantage. As soon as conditions allowed, Yang Zhen immediately selected one of the Puppet Manchukuo high school graduates who had enlisted in the army.
More than 500 people who passed strict vetting were transferred to each brigade to form a chemical defense company, which was specifically used to dismantle or use captured Japanese chemical weapons.
Although the number of these people is not too large, they have received half a year of training from the military region. In addition, they are all graduates of national high schools and have a high starting point. They are still very skilled in the mastery and use of these chemical weapons. Although they are assigned to their own independent two
There are only seventy-three people in the brigade, but there is no problem in maximizing the effectiveness of these hundreds of poison gas shells.
After everything was deployed, Ma Fengqi stood on the city wall of Shuangcheng, which was already in tatters under the bombardment of Japanese artillery fire, and looked at the Japanese-controlled area in the south for a long time before Ma Fengqi put down the telescope in his hand and said to Huang Shengbin beside him: "Old Huang
, I am afraid that what we are going to face next is a fierce battle. The Twin Cities are located in the plains and are almost undefendable. We must be careful in this battle."
Huang Shengbin beside him heard this and looked back at Shuangcheng County behind him, nodded and said: "The terrain here is indeed a very bad terrain for fighting a blocking battle where the enemy is strong and we are weak. However, No. 1
You’re right. We can’t always huddle in the mountains. One day we will have to sit on the plains.”
"This battle is a difficult test for us, but it is also a rare opportunity. Whether the Second Independent Brigade can truly become the fist force of the entire army like the First Brigade and the Fifth Brigade depends on this battle.
Lao Ma, as a military commander, you have a heavy burden on you."
Hearing this, Ma Fengqi nodded slightly but did not answer. Instead, he raised the telescope and looked into the distance. He didn't know what to think about. After a long time, he said: "Political Commissar, no matter what big move No. 1 will make next, but
One thing is certain, the direction of the Twin Cities is a top priority. Defending the Twin Cities is equivalent to stabilizing the flanks of the entire battlefield."
"Once the twin cities are lost, not only Harbin will not be able to defend it, but the headquarters' next battle plan will probably suffer serious losses. The position we are in now has a heavy responsibility, and I am walking on thin ice now. I finally realize that I was
No. 1 will take us out of the mountain, and we will be under pressure before we leave the old Heidingzi secret camp and head north."
"Judging from the current actions of the main force of the column and the first column, the headquarters is very determined in this campaign, and its appetite must be quite big. I always feel that the headquarters wants to eat up all the Japanese troops in Binjiang Province and Longjiang Province this time.
The puppet army then marched south to seize Xinjing."
Having said this, Ma Fengqi also knew that he was being whimsical. He touched his nose and said: "Haha, I also know that with the character of No. 1, although he is a good soldier and takes risks, he will not take such risks. It is somewhat wild. But I always feel that the headquarters
The scale of this operation will not be too small."
Both Ma Fengqi and Huang Shengbin were secretly guessing whether they had arrived in Harbin on the 1st, and what big move the headquarters would make by asking the Second Independent Brigade to stay in the twin cities for at least seventy-two hours. In fact, their guess was not wrong. Yang Zhen had indeed arrived in Harbin.
.But the big move is not what they thought.
Yang Zhen's current goal is very simple, which is the Japanese 51st Division stationed in Qihar. And this goal is even more important to Yang Zhen than the capture of Harbin. Regardless of whether the 51st Division participates in the battle for Harbin
Come on, he is Yang Zhen's next most important target.
In fact, for Yang Zhen, who now has the First Division in the north, the Japanese 9th and 25th Divisions in the south, and the 51st Division in the west, facing Japanese attacks from three sides, and even other Japanese divisions participating in the battle, facing
The best deployment for the 51st Division is to focus on defense. What he should do most is to go north and deal with the First Division behind him first.
But for Yang Zhen, the goal of fighting the 51st Division was placed first. Yang Zhen's decision puzzled many people, including Guo Bingxun. In fact, it made Yang Zhen determined to fight the 51st Division.
The reason why we captured Qiqihar and Longjiang Province in Manchuria was not because of the importance of Qiqihar's strategic location, but because of two words: resources.
To put it bluntly, Yang Zhen's action against the 25th Division is to capture Longjiang Province in a short period of time, which contains resources related to his long-term strategic goals in the future. Compared with this goal, for Yang Zhen, other things
It doesn't seem so important.
Even among the reasons why surprise troops captured Harbin, in addition to wanting to obtain Harbin's industrial base and talent base, a large part of it was to march westward to Longjiang Province and completely occupy Binjiang Province, in order to seize the key to their future development.
Important resources.
The Sanjiang area is rich in coal resources. Although the iron ore is not as good as Anshan in Liaoning, it is sufficient. However, it does not have the oil and the most basic military raw material copper needed to maintain a modern army. On both sides of the Nen River in the Heilongjiang area,
It is the largest oil field in China in later generations, but it is concentrated to the west of the Lesser Khingan Mountains.
Although Nenjiang County in Longjiang Province does not have a coal mine as large as the Sanjiang area, it does have the largest copper mine in Northeast China, and the Duobaoshan copper mine ranks among the top three in the country. Moreover, the Duobaoshan area not only has the largest copper mine in Northeast China.
Mines, as well as molybdenum and gold, which are crucial to the development of the armor industry. The Zhaodong and Zhaozhou areas have the largest oil field in China in later generations, the Daqing Oil Field.
Copper is the most basic raw material for making guns and ammunition, and it is also one of the most important raw materials. In addition, it is also used in large quantities in the manufacture of communication tools. Oil is the blood of modern industry and the lifeblood of the modern army. Without oil
, tanks, airplanes and other modern equipment are just a pile of scrap metal.
As long as we can capture Longjiang Province and rely on the rich copper mines and oil resources here, we can truly build a modern army that has the ability to completely defeat the Japanese army. Instead of being stuck in the neck like now, we can only accept others.
The sky-high asking prices.
Although I have aircraft, cars and tanks now, they are not in large numbers. I can barely maintain my financial resources by relying solely on imports. But if the army further develops and grows in the future and relies solely on imports, even if we do not consider the factors of the European battlefield.
The required financial resources are not something you can afford.
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