Having said this, Guo Bingxun paused for a moment, looked at the two brigade commanders in front of him, and the political commissar said: "The headquarters did not expect that the one that caused us the most trouble was not the mixed infantry, artillery, and equipment, with four regiments. As well as many attached troops, the total strength of the First Division is more than 30,000. But it is the 51st Division that has just been formed and is mainly composed of reserve soldiers."
"Although Tao Jingfei on the Western Front won the first battle and defeated a regiment of the 51st Division. However, when faced with a mixed counterattack by the Japanese and puppet troops, they had a hard time fighting with insufficient strength. And when our army entered Heihe, , and completed the encirclement and annihilation of the 49th Regiment. In order to cope with the First Division in Heihe, the 51st Division actually abandoned Qiqihar and mobilized in full force."
"It ignored the four columns in front of them, except leaving the puppet Manchukuo army to counterattack Lindian and the Taikang line to attract the attention of the four columns under the supervision of the **4th garrison. The main force forcibly rushed along the Beihei Railway line to a Keshan and Dedu on the longitudinal flank and rear tried to relieve the first division."
"If Tao Jingfei hadn't reacted quickly and left two regiments to deal with the puppet Manchukuo army. The main force abandoned the baggage and pursued forcefully. After blocking its main two regiments and the two puppet Manchukuo army brigades on the Yangjiadian front line, I'm afraid we would have fought in the following battles. You will be made quite passive."
"When the 51st Division faced the main blockade of the four columns, it did not hesitate to use a large amount of poisonous gas to clear the way, and forced its way northward at all costs. Although the fourth column finally intercepted it on the Yangjiadian front line, it did not consider its losses. The crazy attack also resulted in heavy casualties."
"In the end, the first column urgently mobilized the Second Brigade to march westward, and through the internal lines of the Military Region Intelligence Department, instigated a large number of middle and lower-level officers and soldiers of the Puppet Manchukuo Army to rebel, and disintegrated the two infantry brigades of the Puppet Manchukuo Army that cooperated with them, and finally defeated them. The two regiments they belong to are encircled at the junction of Keshan and Yi'an."
"Although after five days of fierce fighting, all of them were finally solved, your four columns are really disabled. Now the first six regiments to participate in the battle, plus the two regiments of emergency reinforcements, can only It was able to be organized into three regiments. The First Column and Second Brigade, together with the **3rd Brigade that was reinforced later, also suffered heavy casualties."
"And it was precisely because the first column was transferred away from a main brigade that the remnants of the First Division had the opportunity to escape after massacring more than a thousand workers in the Aihui and Heihe fortresses. Otherwise, the main artillery in the military region and the directly affiliated The reconnaissance brigade is placed on the First Division, and the rest of them have no chance to escape."
"At the moment, Wang Xiaoming's second column is fighting fiercely with the enemy's 29th Division, trying its best to open up the Binsui line to regain Mudanjiang and Ning'an. The third column, Du Kaishan's headquarters, is fighting fiercely with the enemy's 12th Division on the Muling line, attacking Dongning. Under the situation on the front line in Suiyang, except for a few newly formed brigades of recruits, the headquarters no longer has any reserves or mobile forces."
"We don't know whether the Japanese army is still capable of fighting anymore, but right now we really don't have the ability to fight anymore. The remaining soldiers of the Ninth Division don't matter, but now the Ninth Division is different from the Second The Fourteenth Division has become one. We want to swallow them all in one go, but we no longer have the strength for the time being."
"That's why the headquarters set up such a pincer attack, and actually used the bluff of seeing off the guests, just to scare them away. However, the headquarters is also prepared for a real attack when necessary. Now the four new recruits transferred from Liu Changshun The Corps is marching day and night to the Harbin front line. However, the combat effectiveness of the new Corps transferred is still limited."
Ma Fengqi and Huang Shengbin were stunned when they heard the headquarters' latest plan revealed from Guo Bingxun's mouth. After a long time, Ma Fengqi said: "No. 3, would you and No. 1 think about it again? I think that although there are only four regiments in the first column, the addition of A regiment of the Fifth Brigade is not without the strength to fight."
"The Ninth Division suffered heavy casualties, and the 24th Division was our defeat last year. These two divisions put together, although the lineup looks very large, for us, even if there are only more than 70 tanks There are still ways to join the war. On the 1st and 3rd, I hope the headquarters will consider it carefully."
Regarding Ma Fengqi's idea of fighting for a while, Yang Zhen was not angry but just smiled and said: "Old Ma, if I remember correctly, your hometown seems to be on the edge of the Songhua River. I don't know if you have seen it. A fishing net? If a fishing net is too wide-open and only wants to catch big fish, then it is very likely that you will not catch anything."
"Look at our current distribution of troops, starting from Ning'an in the east and reaching Nenjiang River in the west. They are spread over hundreds of kilometers from east to west, covering tens of thousands of square kilometers of land. What is this if it's not an overly large fishing net? We Now the troops have been used to the extreme, and it is no longer enough to fight south."
"What we punch now is no longer fists, but slaps and even fingers. Do you think it's more powerful to hit someone with a fist, or to stab someone with your fingers? You can't make a fist, and the power of relying only on your fingers is limited. .”
"And we have only eliminated a large number of Japanese troops now. Many scattered Japanese and puppet troops scattered in the new area still need to be eliminated. In a word, it will take time to digest what we are eating now. If we don't care about our stomach size and eat desperately In the future, we will only be the ones to burst our bellies."
"The most important thing is that it has been more than three months since the battle began. Let's not talk about the number of casualties among the troops. The troops who have been fighting continuously have been exhausted to the extreme. If the battle continues, I am afraid that the troops themselves will not be able to bear it. At the moment, our troops are now They all urgently need a rest."
"Lao Guo and I understand your thoughts, but for us right now, whether to destroy the 24th Division is not the most important task. The most important thing is to rest and reorganize the troops. As you said before, in the ninth With the division already crippled by you, just one Japanese 24th Division cannot make it over the top."
Having said this, Yang Zhen paused for a moment, stepped forward, patted Ma Fengqi on the shoulder and said: "The headquarters has decided that in addition to Du Kaishan's headquarters on the eastern front and Wang Xiaoming's headquarters on the middle line, we will wait until the two cities are over. After the enemy retreats, all units will rest and recuperate on the spot. At the same time, after Wang Xiaoming's second column captures Ning'an and Mudanjiang opens the Binsui Railway, in addition to using part of its troops to move eastward to cooperate with the third column's operations, it will also stop advancing."
Yang Zhen's words made Ma Fengqizong nod unwillingly. As a brigade commander, he didn't understand what Yang Zhen said, but he was somewhat unwilling to let go. After these ten days of fierce fighting, he didn't understand what Yang Zhen said. , his Second Brigade was crippled, but he didn't believe that the Ninth Division had been killed even if it had no injuries.
According to his estimation, it would be pretty good if the Ninth Division could achieve 30% of its previous combat effectiveness in these ten days.
In Ma Fengqi's view, even if the main force suffered heavy casualties and could not completely defeat the 24th Division in Shuangcheng, eating the currently incomplete 9th Division was not a big problem. It was just that the headquarters had made up its mind. He could no longer stick to his decision. Ma Fengqi could only watch the fighter opportunity in his eyes slip away from his hands.
Looking at Ma Fengqi, who was still somewhat unwilling, Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun could only look at each other, shake their heads and smile bitterly. When it came to giving up, they were unwilling to give up. As long as the 24th Division was defeated, the trip from Harbin to Xinjing would only take a few seconds. The Japanese army that is hundreds of kilometers away will no longer have the strength to defend it.
But now it is more than capable. Although the Kwantung Army suffered heavy losses after this battle, there are not many mobile forces on hand. But behind the Kwantung Army there are Korean troops and Chinese dispatched troops. As long as the Japanese army is willing, they can even return the troops at any time. Large numbers of troops can be mobilized from within the country to participate in the war.
As for myself, the current military strength has been used to the extreme. The continuous months of fighting have also made the troops extremely tired, and the casualties are also quite large. They are in urgent need of rest and replenishment. Moreover, the newly liberated areas are also in urgent need of digestion. On the bright side, Although the enemy has been defeated, the enemies hidden under the water still need to be eliminated urgently.
The establishment of political power in the newly liberated areas and the cleansing of enemy and puppet forces, including the Japanese and puppet stragglers who went up to the mountains to become bandits after being defeated, are all issues that need to be solved urgently. According to the current strength of the army, if a rash attack is not carried out, it may be counterproductive. And because All the troops were mobilized, and now the old base area was extremely depleted of troops.
If there is any instability within the base area and the troops are attacked from inside and outside, it is likely that the previous good situation will be lost. Therefore, after the fourth column completed the operation against the 51st Division, both Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun I think it's time to end this battle now.
The current situation has changed and has entered a situation of steady attack. Blindly attacking the city and occupying the territory without stabilizing the rear. Under the extremely complex enemy situation and special situation in the Northeast, it will only cause one's own foundation to be unstable. There will be no stable foundation. , which means that the current situation is like a sandcastle built on the beach, and it is likely to collapse when a big wave hits.
However, for Yang Zhen, some illusions still have to be made, and before the operation is terminated, some things still have to be completed. The first Dongning, the fortress group in Suiyang area, must be captured. Dongning is the east exit of the entire Middle East Railway , is an important external channel. Failure to capture the Dongning region will not only destabilize the entire eastern front, but also restrict the import of various equipment and raw materials.
The other is to occupy Mudanjiang and open up the Binsui Railway. Because of its unique strategic location, Mudanjiang has always been an area where heavy Japanese troops gathered, and it is also the chokepoint of the Binsui Railway. The surrounding mountainous forest area is a natural barrier to Jiamusi in the north.
Yang Zhen has decided to build the future industrial base in the area from Jiamusi to Qitaihe to take advantage of the rich coal, iron, timber, and gold resources here. But if the industrial base is built here, Mudanjiang, which serves as its southern barrier, Ning'an and Muling areas must be captured.
Moreover, the Binsui Railway, as the main railway line in the base area, will in a certain period of time in the future serve as the main artery for the eastward transportation of oil produced in the Nenjiang and Qiqihar oil fields in the west. Without opening up the Binsui Railway, the oil produced in the Longjiang area cannot be transported eastward. Said that various oil extraction equipment cannot be transported westward.