Chapter five hundred and twentieth seventh anger into anger
For the Ninth Division, more than 700 people were killed on the first day. [. Text, this ratio of casualties almost broke the record of the Ninth Division’s previous battles. Huang Shengbin’s side was exhausted because of one day.
The two battalions felt distressed. Here, Kiichiro Kuchi almost burst into tears when faced with such a huge casualty ratio and the hard battle that followed, even though he always considered himself to be strong-willed.
The heavy casualties on the first day were just the beginning of a battle that would later make Kiichiro Kuchi extremely miserable. On the second day, despite his reluctance, urged by a telegram from the Kwantung Army headquarters almost every day, Kiichiro Kuchi could only
They can bite the bullet and continue to launch a frontal offensive that inflicts huge casualties on the Ninth Division, trying to capture the train station or Shuangcheng County.
However, after dawn, neither Kuchi Ichiro, who continued to forcefully attack regardless of the number of casualties on the first day, nor Ma Fengqi, who was on the defensive, knew that this day's battle could be said to be the highlight of the entire Twin Cities Defense War. It was also this battle.
In the entire eleven-day offensive and defensive battle, it was the day that brought the greatest casualties to both sides.
Compared to the day's mediocre offensive and defensive battle in Shuangcheng County, the Shuangcheng Railway Station, which changed hands repeatedly, was the focus of the entire battle on this day. Sixty percent of the casualties incurred by both sides in the battle on this day were
Fierce fighting began at Shuangcheng Railway Station and around the station's freight yard.
Although Lieutenant General Kiichiro Kuchi had great expectations for the next day's battle, the progress of the battle on the second day continued to disappoint him. After repeated battles, the 7th Regiment that attacked the station annihilated the station defenders.
One battalion briefly captured the Shuangcheng Railway Station, the most critical place on the entire front.
But the only bright spot in the second day's battle, or the only victory that can be seen, was due to the excessive casualties and the lack of follow-up attacks. At the train station, before the buttocks were even hot, the opponent took advantage of the night and attacked the entire Western Front.
He launched a counterattack and was driven out of the train station.
The defenders' counterattack against the station was just one point in the fierce battle that lasted for a day and night. In addition to taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the 7th Regiment that captured the station, the defenders quickly launched a counterattack. They also took advantage of the main force of the 7th Regiment.
Attention was drawn to the battle at the station. Two battalions of troops were dispatched as soon as they came up to the west of the station, and they used artillery cover to launch a clean and beautiful counterattack.
The defenders counterattacked and forcibly separated the two squadrons attacking on the western front from the main force of the regiment. After completing the encirclement, they adopted the tactics of close combat and night combat. They captured these two squadrons before the seventh regiment could react.
Nothing was left in sight. When the 7th Regiment Captain Fujioka Hiso Colonel bravely summoned the reinforcements from the station to arrive, what greeted him were only corpses on the ground.
At this time, the station that had just been captured was taken back by the opponent, taking advantage of the reduced strength of the 7th Regiment that had just captured the station, and launched a fierce counterattack. After a night of fierce fighting, the 7th Regiment did not take advantage.
Not to mention, not only was he exhausted from all the hard work, but he also lost his wife and soldiers.
The fierce battle on the second day can be described as a strain on the 7th Regiment. Although the train station was briefly captured, one battalion of the defenders suffered casualties, but the 7th Regiment also fought hard.
More than two squadrons were killed. In addition to the casualties on the first day and the two squadrons annihilated to the west of the station, the 7th Wing had already become paralyzed after just two days of fierce fighting.
After three days of fierce fighting, Ma Fengqi defeated more than one regiment, but the number of casualties of the attacking Ninth Division was even higher than that of Ma Fengqi. In these three days, the entire Shuangcheng battlefield became the enemy of the Ninth Division.
An out-and-out meat grinder. Every Japanese troop that was thrown into the county or the station direction would have to face at least one broken muscle or fracture after a day of fierce fighting.
By the end of the third day of fighting, Lieutenant General Kiichiro Kuchi, who was overwhelmed by the average daily casualty figure of two thousand, sent a report to the Kwantung Army Headquarters requesting a temporary halt to the attack. Since the July 7th Incident, this report has
On the Sino-Japanese battlefield, which has already begun full-scale fighting, it can be said that this is the first time in history.
After receiving the report, the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Yoshijiro, could no longer be described as dissatisfied. Instead, he was angry, absolutely angry. Since the September 18th Incident, there has been a major or minor fight between China and Japan.
It has been fighting for nearly ten years now. They are arrogant and look down on any Chinese armed forces from top to bottom. The Japanese generals at all levels, who have always been domineering, have always done nothing but expand the situation without hesitation and repeatedly crossed the bottom line set by the military.
For these Japanese division commanders who have always been arrogant, there is nothing in the world that they dare not do, and there is no hornet's nest that they dare not poke. It is their custom to attack without authorization and defeat the superiors. However, it is their custom to ask their superiors to suspend the attack.
This is unheard of and can be said to be the first of its kind.
After receiving the telegram from Kiichiro Kuchi to suspend the attack and wait for follow-up reinforcements, Umezu Yoshijiro was quite dissatisfied. It could even be described as irritated. How many defenders are there on the front line of the twin cities? As someone who always values intelligence work, his nose is pretty good.
The sensitive commander of the Kwantung Army still knew.
Of course, the battle on the front line of the Twin Cities has been fought for six full days since the 25th Division crossed the Lalin River and entered the war zone. If Yoshijiro Umezu has not figured out the number of defenders by now, then he, the Kanto
The position of army commander has come to an end.
For Umezu Yoshijiro, his opponent only had one brigade of troops in the Twin Cities. Not only did he fail to break the opponent's defense for three days, but he himself took the lead in proposing to stop the attack because he had suffered excessive casualties. How could this be?
This is what an imperial army division commander should do.
Although General Umezu Yoshijiro has always been known for his iron fist, he is also known for his stability among the top brass of the Japanese army. It is precisely for this reason that he can take over the position of commander of the Kwantung Army with the rank of lieutenant general, which can only be held by senior generals.
.But for Kiichiro Kuchi's desire to change his performance to focus on stability, Mizujiro Umezu can't just describe it as dissatisfied.
At the end of the first phase of the battle, the 6th, 8th, 10th, and 11th standing divisions were wiped out. Less than 6,000 of the more than 70,000 elite imperial troops escaped. According to this casualty figure, these four divisions can be written off directly.
Established. The Fourteenth Division was severely damaged, and less than one-third of the entire division returned.
The division in the best condition, the 29th Division, also suffered nearly half of its casualties. This was also the division with the smallest losses among all participating troops in the entire first phase of the battle. So far, this battle has only achieved success.
Three first-level generals and five major generals were killed, and countless officers below the rank of colonel were killed.
The loss of technical weapons was unforgettable not only for the Kwantung Army, but also for the entire Japanese Army. The Kwantung Army's painstakingly accumulated aviation force lost most of it to the opponents' tricks. The remaining half never took the initiative to attack again.
He could only allow the army troops to suffer heavy losses under the indiscriminate bombardment of the opponent's sudden appearance of a large number of aviation forces, while he himself became a coward.
As for the tanks and heavy artillery units, the losses were even more heavy. The tank regiments and field heavy artillery regiments, which were few in the Kwantung Army and even in the entire Japanese Army, suffered almost all losses in this war. This result made Japan, which has always been stingy,
Army, almost vomiting blood.
You know, with the Navy taking away most of the domestic steel production, especially armored steel, it is still not possible to restore the vitality of the tank force. These technical weapons, especially tanks, are almost the mainstay of the Kwantung Army and even the entire Japan.
For the Army, it is almost like the lifeblood of the Army.
In the first phase of the battle, casualties were so heavy that even the Tokyo base camp, which had never bowed its head, was saying privately: "This battle is actually the most costly battle for the empire since Emperor Meiji pioneered the new army. This battle has a huge impact on the empire."
This is unforgettable for the Imperial Army."
These words reached the ears of Umezu Yoshijiro, which made him, who was already under great pressure, feel like he was on the crater of a volcano, feeling doubly tormented. Compared with the heavy losses in the previous battle, the Hamasui Railway's current
Completely interrupted, Mudanjiang, one of the strategic locations in Northeast Manchuria, was already within the range of the opponent's artillery fire, but for General Umezu Yoshijiro, the loss was still acceptable.
What made him feel even more comforted was that the 12th Division in the fortification area built previously on the East Manchurian border, especially Dongning and Suifenhe lines, with the support of the 57th Division, was facing
The fierce attack on the opponent not only defended the fortress group in Dongning area, but also hugged the area south of Muleng. If the battle line can be stabilized on this line, Umezu Yoshijiro's defeat will not be too miserable.
But just when Umezu Yoshijiro had been thinking about how to mobilize troops and restore the war situation as soon as possible, a bolt from the blue suddenly blinded him. He had never thought about the fact that his opponent concentrated a large number of tanks and armored troops to use heavy artillery.
Under the cover of the air force and the aviation force, they secretly passed through hundreds of kilometers of the mountainous forest area of the Lesser Khingan Mountains, which was no more than a natural chasm for the heavy mechanized troops. They launched a surprise force and captured Harbin, the strategic hub of Northern Manchuria in one fell swoop.
Umezu Yoshijiro didn't care about the loss of Jiamusi. He didn't even care about the fact that Mudanjiang could be lost at any time. But he couldn't care about the loss of Harbin. For the overall strategy of the Kwantung Army, Harbin controlled Northern Manchuria.
Once the cities with several major railway hubs are lost, the harm can be described as the sky falling in half.
The strategic location of Harbin is too important for the Kwantung Army. The loss of this strategic stronghold can even be a fatal blow to the Kwantung Army. Losing Harbin is equivalent to losing the strategic support point of the entire Northern Manchuria region. If
Not counting the tens of thousands of imperial expatriates in Harbin.
The loss of Harbin not only cut off the retreat route of the First Division in Heihe in the north, but also cut off the previous unified defense posture of the entire Northern Manchuria area. It also controlled the entire Northern Manchurian Railway in its own hands, and the entire Northern Manchurian railway transportation
All will be paralyzed.
What's more important is that if Harbin is lost, the First Division, which used to cause trouble all day long in the country, will become an abandoned son hanging outside. Although the First Division is in the Sunwu area due to the importance of transportation and strategic location.
They had stored enough food and ammunition to support two years of fighting. But for Umezu Yoshijiro, he did not dare to risk the slightest danger to the First Division.
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