Looking at the two infantry brigades that set out and the dozens of defeated soldiers that came back, Hebian Zhengzo couldn't help but burst into tears. He knew that taking back Triangle Mountain could only be a dream for him, whose retreat had been cut off. And Having lost the water source, it is also just a fantasy to stick to Mada Mountain, unless he wants to let the remaining troops die of thirst here.
However, it was the person who single-handedly provoked the July 7th Incident. After realizing that it was no longer possible for him to continue to hold on to Mada Mountain, Kawabe Shozo quickly led his division headquarters and the rest of the troops to take advantage of the night. Evacuate directly to the Ganhezigou fortification area at the southernmost end of the entire Dongning Fortress.
In order not to alert Wang Xiaoming's troops who were facing him during the retreat, Kawabe Shozo did not order any fortifications to be blown up. However, in order to protect several secret passages inside the Madashan fortress complex, he ordered the secrets of more than a thousand coolies inside the fortress to be blown up. All special workers were gassed to death.
After retreating to the Ganhezigou fortification area, Hebian Zhengsan concentrated his forces to prepare for a breakout to Hunchun, while seizing the time to contact the Kwantung Army headquarters. He hoped to receive support from the 57th Division stationed in Hunchun. and cooperation. In addition, Hebian Zhengsan did not have the courage to abandon the Dongning fortress group, the largest in Manchuria, without asking for instructions.
But no matter how Kawabe Shozo urged and the communications troops debugged the radio, the high-power radio that contacted the Kwantung Army Headquarters from the 12th Division Headquarters was like a mute, never saying a word. It was impossible to contact the Kwantung Army Headquarters. , Hebian Zhengzo, who was afraid that his retreat would be discovered by his opponent, simply gritted his teeth, concentrated the troops of the six brigades he could still muster, and abandoned the Japanese troops north of Suifenhe to break through with all his strength to the south.
Knowing that the opponent must deploy troops along the Sancha River to prevent himself from breaking through, Hebian Zhengzo did not go anywhere in Manchuria, but boldly risked a direct war between Japan and the Soviet Union. After throwing away all the baggage, he headed east from the Ganhezi line. She crossed the Sambutu River and entered the Soviet Union.
Hebian Zhengzo's movements were fast enough, and he risked crossing the Manchurian-Soviet border. He disarmed a Soviet guard post in front of him, cut off the phone line, killed all the Soviet soldiers in the post, and then headed south along the Sambutu River at full speed. Before the Soviet army could react, this guy had already circled around the Soviet territory and re-entered the Puppet Manchukuo territory from Baidao Mountain in southern Dongning.
When they were slow to react and moved slowly, and when they discovered that the Japanese army suddenly crossed the river and entered the Soviet Union, the Soviet army, which was even a little overwhelmed, reacted and hurriedly mobilized its troops to pursue the pursuit, but it was too late. The Soviet army was in a hurry. Only some straggler officers and soldiers of the Twelfth Division were captured. However, the large troops of the Twelfth Division had already re-entered the Puppet Manchukuo territory with great arrogance.
Shozo Kawabe led the team to take the risk of traveling abroad. Although it might provoke another conflict between Japan and the Soviet Union, it saved the main six brigades of the 12th Division. Although the Tokyo Base Camp advocated severe measures after the incident, This bold lieutenant general who acted without any scruples was saved by the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Yoshijiro, and the transferred chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, Iimura Jo. He only received a mild warning.
But as a result of his half-day trip abroad, the Soviet border defense system in front of him was in bad luck. After this incident, the Soviet army carried out a thorough rectification of the border defense system in the entire Far East. A large number of border defense officers were lost. Not only did they lose their positions, a few unlucky ones were even sent to military courts, and many of them were killed.
It's just different from the previous situation where the two sides had a disagreement on the border and then flexed their muscles and punched each other. Planes, artillery, and tanks came together. The Soviet side regarded the Japanese troops' crossing of the border as an invasion. In addition to attacking itself, the Soviet Union There was not even a single verbal protest other than a certain amount of purge.
During the battle, Wang Xiaoming made the superior move, but during the run, it was Hebian Shozo who obviously took advantage. Because Hebian Shozo was too cautious when retreating, when Wang Xiaoming noticed that the Japanese army had abandoned Madashan Fortress, Hebian Zhengsan has already reached the front line of Ganhezigou.
By the time Wang Xiaoming reacted, he pursued the front line of Ganhezigou and mobilized the two regiments at Sanchakou to intercept them northward. Hebean Zhengzo had already led the team into the Soviet Union. Watching Hebean Zhengsan enter the Soviet Union regardless of risk, Wang Xiaoming They did not dare to pursue pursuit across the border without permission. They could only watch the Japanese troops running farther and farther at the speed of a forced march but were unable to do anything, not even to pursue them with firepower.
There was no way, the opposite side was Big Brother's territory. The Japanese army could have no taboos, but they themselves could not. During the battle on the Eastern Front, both Du Kaishan, who had been fighting on the Eastern Front, and Wang Xiaoming, who was later transferred, received instructions from the headquarters. Yang Zhen personally drafted that no one was allowed to enter the territory of the Soviet Union under any circumstances. When conducting fire strikes against the Japanese army, the range must be controlled and no shells were allowed to fall into the territory of the Soviet Union.
With this order, Wang Xiaoming could only watch as the Twelfth Division disarmed and massacred the soldiers in the Soviet outpost, and then swaggeringly withdrew southward along the border within the Soviet Union.
Wang Xiaoming, who had been tricked by Lieutenant General Masanori Hebian, vented all his anger on the Japanese First Border Guards in several other fortresses in the north. After the 12th Division ran away, the 1st Border Guards could not stand alone. In addition to scolding the Twelfth Division for being unjust, the First Border Guard could only rely on the Xunshan Fortress, Shenghongshan Fortress and other fortress groups on the north bank of the Suifen River for support.
After seizing the Madashan fortress group, Wang Xiaoming used blasting technology to modify the Japanese heavy artillery fortification group. He adjusted the heavy artillery group originally built by the Japanese army in the fortifications facing the east. He moved the muzzle to the north and placed it on the spot. The captured Japanese artillery shells were used to bombard the Shenghongshan, Xunshan, and Chaorishan fortresses in Suifen Hebei. In Wang Xiaoming's view, even if the Japanese fortifications could not be penetrated, they should at least destroy their surface positions and support the three-column operations in the north.
However, despite Wang Xiaoming's heavy artillery support from the Mada Mountain line, Du Kaishan's attack on Xunshan, Shenghongshan, and Chaori Mountain was still not smooth. And Machichang's heavy artillery group was not as good at blocking the 409 Highlands and Chaori Mountain. Unfortunately, it was not possible to completely cut off the connection between Highland 409 and Asahi Mountain.
After a hard day's fighting until dusk that day, although Du Kaishan's three columns adopted a multi-pronged combat method of blasting, blockade, and poison gas, they still failed to completely clear out the Japanese troops in the 409th Highland. They defeated the Hongshan Fortress in a roundabout way. One regiment suffered heavy casualties under the firepower of the Xunshan Fortress and the Japanese fortification area of Qingshilizi, and was forced to retreat to the starting point.
However, Li Mingrui's troops who penetrated the entire fortress group failed because the Japanese fortifications were too dense and the defenses were too tight. In addition to the water sources of the North and South Tianshan fortresses and the Japanese ammunition depot between the North and South Tianshan mountains, After blowing up and capturing Eye Mountain and the important mountain Yeongbei fortification group, there was not much progress.
The only bright spot was to rescue more than 7,000 laborers who were trapped between Shenghong Mountain and Gaoli Camp, and between Miaogou and Langdonggou before the Japanese army massacred them. At the same time, the Japanese army had set up machine guns at Mulu Mountain. With his mouth shut, he rescued more than 20,000 workers who were about to be slaughtered.
In addition to these points, the greatest function of the reconnaissance brigade directly under the military region is to calibrate targets for artillery fire. Most of the other infiltration operations failed. The defenders of Dongning Fortress have obviously absorbed the lessons of the defenders of Hutou Fortress. When the strength is insufficient, Under certain sufficient conditions, a large number of power grids were deployed, landmines were laid in large areas, and poison gas was spread in places where the other party could penetrate.
The extremely vigilant Japanese army was a little troubled. In addition to sweeping light and heavy machine guns, they even directly used poison gas shells to greet them. The Japanese army's defense was too tight, which greatly restricted the penetration operations of the reconnaissance brigade. Although Li Mingrui adjusted his tactics many times, But it never worked.
Faced with the sluggish progress the next day, Du Kaishan was almost helpless. He hesitated and sent a telegram to the headquarters. He hoped that the 410mm heavy artillery captured by Tao Jingfei in Harbin could be transferred to join the battle. At the same time, Mobilize some tanks to fight on the Eastern Front.
Of course, although he did not say it explicitly, Du Kaishan still hoped to get the kind of new bombs that attacked the Mishan Fortress Group and Lumingtai Fortress Group. These two almost indestructible bombs left a deep impression on Du Kaishan. In his opinion, as long as these two kinds of bombs are available, there will basically not be too much trouble in capturing the Shenghongshan Fortress Group.
Yang Zhen was slightly startled when he received a call for help from Du Kaishan, who rarely complained. After carefully reading Du Kaishan's telegram, Yang Zhen was a little hesitant. Although the ton bombs had been completely consumed, the fuel-air bombs were not empty. .Although more than ten were used before, there are still ten more in the warehouse directly under the headquarters.
However, unlike the previous Miaoling Fortress and Lumingtai Fortress Group, the Dongning Fortress, especially the two major fortresses Shenghongshan and Xunshan, which were the main targets, were too close to the Soviet Union. There was no mountainous forest zone in between like the Lumingtai Fortress Group. , and there is no large lake like the Xingkai Lake in the Mishan Fortress Group as a buffer. Once used, the Soviet troops on the east bank of the Sambutu River will not fail to notice it.
From the bottom of his heart, Yang Zhen did not want this powerful new bomb to be targeted by the Soviet Union's thieving eyes. If the previous bombing of the Miaoling Fortress Group and Lumingtai Fortress Group could be explained by hitting the ammunition depot , then this time under the nose of the Soviet army, no matter what, the old excuses can no longer be used. And it is okay to use an excuse once or twice, but if it is used too many times, it will arouse more suspicion on the other side.
Although he himself was limited by technology and craftsmanship, he was unable to exert the maximum power of this bomb. But for the Soviets, there was no difficulty at all. Because the manufacturing principle of this bomb itself is not complicated, and all it requires is the development of Just a way.
Once this kind of weapon fails to exert its maximum power, once it is targeted by the Soviet army, the Soviet army can maximize the power of this weapon. And the threat of this kind of weapon to the tank group can greatly reduce the Soviet army's ability. The army's losses in the future world war. This is not in Yang Zhen's interests.
And considering the Soviet people’s disobedient character, who can guarantee that these bombs will not fall on the heads of the Chinese one day? Especially since the Soviets have always had certain ambitions towards China, even though these weapons In a few decades, it will not be a secret. The future is a matter for future generations, but for now, Yang Zhen will not let this technology fall into the hands of the Soviets under any circumstances.