Five hundred and thirtieth chapters lost soldiers to protect the car
This telegram was personally drafted by Lieutenant General Yokoyama Isamu, the commander of the First Division. [In the telegram, Yokoyama Isamu informed the Kwantung Army headquarters that just last night the opponent sent a unit to board the ship of the Hara Jiang Army, take the waterway and attach it
Some airborne troops took advantage of the fact that the main force of the First Division was fighting in the south and the Sunwu area was empty of troops. They suddenly seized Sunwu County and the Hormozin Fortress Group and the Farabie Fortress Group. They will build two major fortress groups and the surrounding defenses of Sunwu.
More than 50,000 workers were rescued.
Faced with the opponent's sudden attack and strong firepower, the 5th and 13th border garrison troops stationed in the Hormozin Fortress Group and the Farabie Fortress Group fought hard but failed to recapture the lost Hormozin Fortress.
The group and the Fabila Fortress Group under construction, on the contrary, suffered heavy casualties under the intensive firepower of the opponents and lost their combat capabilities. All the captains of the two border guards were killed.
Even if Lieutenant General Yokoyama Isamu had not temporarily moved the First Division headquarters from Sun Wu to Heihe City due to the unfavorable situation of the war, I am afraid that the person who sent the telegram for help would have to be replaced now.
Although after Sun Wu was lost, the First Division tried its best to organize the Sixth and Seventh Border Guards, as well as the troops that could be concentrated on hand to counterattack Sun Wu. However, during the battle, the opponent also used the Hormozin Fortress.
The group's heavy artillery fire and ship fire repelled it.
In the telegram, Lieutenant General Yokoyama Isamu clearly told the Kwantung Army Headquarters that the First Division was now unable to advance or retreat and could only be trapped at the two national borders of Aihui and Heihe between the Fabila Fortress Group and the Hormozin Fortress Group.
On the position, if there are no reinforcements, the first division can only sit and wait for death.
The main force of the First Division is currently engaged in fierce fighting with the enemy's First Column in the south of Sunwu and Aihui, and cannot mobilize troops to return for reinforcements. Lieutenant General Hengshan Yong requested to transfer the 72nd Regiment of the 23rd Division stationed in Mohe.
Rapidly reinforce the Sun Wu front line, and hope that the Kwantung Army can increase reinforcements to support the 1st and 3rd regiments of the 1st Division that are fighting hard in the south of Sun Wu.
And rescue the 49th Regiment, which was surrounded by opponents in Nenjiang County, and the 57th Regiment, which was surrounded by opponents on the way back to aid Sun Wu, was unable to rescue the 1st Division. If the Kwantung Army was not there,
In the shortest time, at least one regiment of troops was added to the First Division, so that the First Division, which was divided into four parts, would be unable to reverse the situation of the war.
It is true that the First Division has four regiments, but each regiment has only two brigades in Manchuria, and the remaining one brigades remain in China. A new third brigades of each regiment are being formed. So far,
So far, only one squadron has been formed, which is far from full strength.
And among the four regiments that are currently divided into four large groups, two are currently surrounded by opponents. The remaining two are now incomplete and cannot protect themselves. If the Kwantung Army Headquarters does not give the first
The division mobilized reinforcements, and the First Division was probably in danger of being wiped out.
After carefully reading the telegram sent by the First Division, Lieutenant General Iimura Rang knew that with a character like Yokoyama Isamu, he would not have sent such a straightforward distress telegram if the war situation had not reached an irreversible point.
After Lieutenant General Iimura calmed down his emotions, he gave Lieutenant General Yokoyama Isamu an order to immediately shrink all the main forces of the first and third divisions of Sun Wu's southern First Division back to Heihe. At the same time, they gave up all
The fortress group along the river immediately took the time to arrange an evacuation plan along the river from the waterway. All supplies that could not be carried were blown up. As for the 49th and 57th Regiments trapped in the Nenjiang River and the southern area of Aihui, they were allowed to move towards the river on their own.
To break through the encirclement in the west, we can protrude as much as we can. The Kwantung Army Headquarters has no reinforcements to send to the First Division. At least there is no place to find reinforcements for the First Division now.
At the same time, he ordered the 51st Division to abandon Qiqihar, and immediately move the entire division northward at all costs to open the Beikoku Railway in the shortest possible time. Iimura Rang decided to use the 51st Division to attract the opponent's attention. After thinking about it,
I think that after giving the order to Lieutenant General Kanichiro Ueno, Iimura Rui added the words "use whatever means necessary".
In other words, Iimura Rui clearly told Lieutenant General Ueno Kanichiro that he could use chemical weapons on a large scale at any time when necessary. The priority was to open the North Kurotsu Railway in the shortest possible time. As for the 51st Division
Whether they can survive the next possible siege by their opponents depends on them. There is no way, plus the Independent Fourth Guards and the Manchurian Army, the current strength that the entire 51st Division can mobilize is
The most abundant in Northern Manchuria.
At this time, Iimura Rō can no longer care about anything else. He will first rescue the remaining troops of the First Division. As for the rest, he can only leave it to fate. Losing soldiers to save the carriage is also a last resort. There is no other way.
The First Division is too important to the entire Japanese Army.
After issuing orders to the First Division and the 51st Division, Lieutenant General Iimura Rang rushed to Shuangcheng without stopping, and as the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, he supervised the Ninth Division and the 24th Division that had already arrived.
The first regiment braved the opponent's long-range artillery fire and air strikes and desperately attacked the twin cities. It tried to break through the twin cities to attract the opponent's main force to return for reinforcements, thereby achieving the purpose of rescuing the first division.
Anyway, although the transfer order has been issued, the new Kwantung Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Kimura Hyotarō, has not yet arrived. His identity as Chief of Staff has not been removed. In addition, with the full support of General Umezu Yoshijiro, although he is about to be
The news of the transfer has spread, but no one dares to disobey the order.
What Lieutenant General Iimura Rang didn't expect was that in the last battle he commanded as the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, the first shot misfired. The problem was not with the Ninth Division, but with the Ninth Division.
He personally led the 32nd Regiment of the 24th Division to the Shuang Cities.
The 32nd Regiment was outside the maximum firing range of the opponent's artillery. Just as they got off the train and were gathering, they were suddenly hit by unidentified ultra-long-range artillery fire. Several heavy artillery shells with a caliber of at least 200 millimeters, ranging from at least 30
Kilometers away, he fell into the gathering crowd of the 32nd Regiment.
In an instant, the concentrated 32nd Regiment suffered heavy losses. Most of the regiment was sent to the west under this burst of artillery fire. And these shells that fell on the 32nd Regiment were obviously not the ninth.
Any large-caliber artillery, ordinary howitzers and cannons encountered by the division could not hit this far.
When Lieutenant General Iimura Rang received the news, he rushed to the 32nd Regiment assembly area in an armored train. When he saw the dead and wounded soldiers, his face turned livid. What kind of artillery fire was caused by this? As the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army,
Iimura Rang naturally understood. Except for the 90-type 240mm cannon previously stored on the train gun in Harbin, no other artillery could shoot so far.
These heavy artillery shells that fell on the head of the 32nd Regiment indicated that the only train gun of the Kwantung Army, and also the heavy artillery with the longest range of the entire Kwantung Army, had no time to destroy itself before being thrown away in Harbin.
fell into the hands of the Anti-League.
If this train gun is lost, what will happen to the other heavy artillery shipped to the two major fortress groups of Hutou and Dongning? Iimura Rang can guess it with his eyes closed. Once these heavy artillery fall into the hands of the Anti-Japanese Alliance
, Lieutenant General Iimura Rang was even more aware of the harm it brought to the Japanese army.
In particular, Lieutenant General Iimura Rang knew the threat that this 240mm cannon and the 410mm super heavy artillery posed to various Japanese fortress groups. A 410mm heavy artillery shell or a 240mm heavy artillery shell
The ten-millimeter cannon can easily penetrate the fortifications with the best protection among the Japanese fortresses.
Thinking of the power of these heavy artillery, Iimura Rang's heart couldn't help but twitch. He secretly cursed the guys at the base camp for not knowing why they were crazy. They had to transfer these heavy artillery to the Kwantung Army at this juncture. He even cursed Umezu Yoshijiro.
The general went crazy because he still wanted to use these heavy artillery to change the situation of the battle.
After the Binsui Railway was interrupted, the trains transporting these heavy artillery were not transferred back to Xinjing, but stayed in Harbin so that the power of these heavy artillery could be used when necessary. Now it is better, these powerful heavy artillery have been
The cannons had not even been fired yet and had become trophies. Instead, they had become super weapons used against the Kwantung Army.
How powerful these heavy artillery are, Iimura Rui, who has seen test firings, knows very well. If the opponent uses these heavy artillery in the field, Iimura Rui, as the current chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, is not too worried about these guys.
In field battles, the power cannot be fully displayed. But against the eastern fortress group, the power of these heavy artillery is just right.
Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Iimura Rang couldn't help but worry about the Dongning Fortress Group and Suifenhe Fortress Group, which were already within the opponent's attack range. They knew very well that even in those fortresses, the maximum thickness of reinforced concrete was several meters.
Even the fortress group cannot withstand the power of these heavy artillery shells.
Looking at the livid-faced Lieutenant General Iimura Rang, who was ordered to coordinate the actions of the vanguard regiment, I thought that the Chief of Staff, who was inferior to one person in the Kwantung Army and surpassed countless others, was just because of the heavy losses of the 32nd Regiment.
Lieutenant Colonel Masahiro Aoki, the senior adjutant of the 24th Division with a hesitant look on his face, said cautiously: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
In response to Lieutenant Colonel's request for instructions, Iimura Rui waved his hands obviously absent-mindedly and said: "Tell your division commanders that the follow-up troops should not take the bus when they are concentrated, let alone wait until they are concentrated before heading to the front line. After each group has crossed the Lalin River,
, advance with the brigade as the organizational order. According to the troops of the 9th Division, move in one brigade and start one brigade."
Lieutenant Colonel Aoki Masanao couldn't help but froze when he heard Iimura Rang's order. He thought to himself: "Isn't this order completely contrary to the previous order that the Kwantung Army repeatedly requested to assemble with the regiment as the basic organization?"
It's just that he felt that he was not qualified to argue with the lieutenant general and chief of staff.
However, it seems that the Lieutenant General Chief of Staff has no intention of holding Colonel Kawamurajo, the commander of the 32nd Regiment, accountable, but it makes him more or less relieved about the fate of his old friend. You know, the Thirty-second Regiment Commander
The Second Regiment had just completed its assembly, and before it had time to deploy, most of the Regiment was destroyed by several rounds of artillery fire from the opponent. As the commander of the Regiment, Colonel Kawamurajo said that it was simply unrealistic to say that he had no responsibility.
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