Several important railway bridges were blown up and could not be repaired in a short time. The day before, the most important Ducao Tunnel on the Binsui Railway, known as the choke point, was completely blown up.
Let this main artery of the Japanese army in the entire Northeast Manchuria area be completely interrupted.
Several railway regiments that were repairing the railways were rushed around all day long under the almost unlimited and uncompromising attacks from the other side. Not only did they suffer heavy losses in personnel and materials, it was often that one side had just been repaired, and the other side was bombed again.
It was destroyed. The rails here had just arrived, and the sleepers there were completely burned by a fire.
What was even more unacceptable to the Railway Regiment directly under the Kwantung Army who was rushing to repair the railway was that the attackers not only blew up almost all the railway bridges and tunnels east of the Zhuhe River on the Binsui Line, but also burned the ties and rails to nothing.
A large number of mines were also placed on the upper part of the roadbed.
The officers and soldiers of the Railway Regiment who were repairing the railway suffered heavy casualties from the mines buried on the roadbed. Because of these abominable landmines and those hateful thieves who used cold guns and artillery attacks from time to time, the Railway Regiment was in the process of repairing the railway.
At the same time, a large number of personnel and troops must be dispatched to clear mines, and troops must be dispatched to cooperate with the railway garrison to clear the area along the line to ensure the safety of emergency repairs. In this way, safety has improved, but the progress of the emergency repair project has greatly slowed down.
The interruption of the entire Binsui Railway has disrupted the supply of more than 100,000 Japanese ammunition and materials to various forward Japanese divisions, including the 12th Division in the Dongning area. Now all combat materials can only rely on the Kwantung Army's insufficient numbers.
Multiple transport planes and trucks to transport.
Although after the Hamasui Railway was interrupted, General Umezu Yoshijiro would mobilize all the military and civilian trucks of the Kwantung Army and even Manchuria as quickly as possible to provide supplies for the Japanese troops fighting in the front. However, firstly, the number of trucks of the Kwantung Army was limited;
Road transportation is not safe either, and it has been attacked repeatedly, which has caused a rapid downward trend in the supplies that can be replenished to the front line. From the original replenishment of how much was used, to now it can only be described as a drop in the bucket.
The Manchurian military police, who had been beaten up and bruised in several campaigns, had no choice but to ask for help from the Kwantung Army headquarters. However, Umezu Yoshijiro, who did not have any troops at the moment, transferred the request for help telegram to the troops he had on hand with a stroke of his pen, occupying the Kwantung Army.
Nearly 70% of Namada Juichi.
But now that the war situation on the front line is almost eroding, Juichi Hata, who only hates the lack of troops, can mobilize no less than 20,000 troops as requested in the telegram. Not to mention 20,000 troops, not even a single brigade can be mobilized.
, but it was impossible not to send troops. The Binsui Railway was the main artery for all Japanese troops in the entire theater.
With no squadron at the front being able to be spared, Namada Juichi had no choice but to send the 14th Regiment of the 29th Division who stayed behind in Muleng plus the 11th Division's remaining troops in Mishan.
The three infantry squadrons formed a detachment, under the unified command of Colonel Iwaji Watachi, captain of the 38th Regiment, and went south to Ning'an, Weihe, and Mudanjiang to clear out the First Army that was active there and was now starting a prairie fire.
The 38th Regiment was transferred from the 16th Division, and its combat effectiveness is the strongest among the three regiments that formed the 29th Division. Sending out the 38th Regiment should be able to contain those who have no power.
The spirit of the samurai, the attack on the railway line by thieves who only know how to sap the cold.
After the telegram to mobilize troops was sent, Shigeichi Hatada sat down on the sofa in his office in frustration, and did not speak for a long time. The rear was constantly being attacked, and the front was losing one after another, which made him extremely exhausted physically and mentally. From the beginning of the battle to the present , in just a few days, the two regiments of the 10th Division were completely destroyed, and the life or death of the division commander was unknown.
The Sixth Division collapsed across the board, and both regiments were completely destroyed. Less than one squadron escaped, and one regiment was still struggling to survive. Although it relied on the full support of the aviation force, it was still barely holding on, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that. , their time to exist as an organized force can be said to be counting down.
Judging from the farewell message just sent by Colonel Shimatsubo Fumio, the commander of the 13th Regiment, under the full attack of the opponent's superior artillery fire and troops, the time they will continue to exist surrounded in the central mountainous area of Boli can no longer be calculated in days. It can be calculated in hours.
"Intelligence, damn intelligence. All the people in the Kwantung Army's intelligence department should commit seppuku and apologize to His Majesty the Emperor. We still haven't figured out the strength and equipment of the other side. Could it be that the artillery that appeared on the battlefield, especially the large-caliber ones, Are the artillery pieces falling from the sky, and the increasing number of troops?"
When Shigeichi Hatada once again cursed the Kwantung Army intelligence department more than 10,000 times for not having figured out anything, Major Ryuichi Hashimoto, leader of the 1st Field Intelligence Squadron directly under the Fifth Army, shouted a report and walked directly in Come on, he is the only person in the entire Fifth Army, other than Chief of Staff Tasaka Seichi, who can walk into Namada Shigeichi's office at any time.
Seeing Major Higashihashimoto Ryuichi coming in, Namada Shigeichi waved his hand and said: "Tell me, if there is any news about funerals, just tell me directly. I am now completely immune to losses of one regiment or less. I’ve heard so much bad news that I’m numb now.”
Major Ryuichi Hashimoto looked at the listless Juichi Namada, hesitated for a moment and then said: "Your Excellency, news just came from the aviation force. There is no sign of resistance in the direction of the 13th Wing. The 13th Wing has not been able to stand out. , and failed to persist until reinforcements arrived, which means that the Sixth Division, as an organic division of the Imperial Army, has now been completely wiped out."
Major Hashimoto Ryuichi, who originally thought that Hatada Juichi would be furious for the loss of an entire division, was shocked to find that the lieutenant general in front of him had a calm face without any waves, just like the lost sixth The division is not an army of the imperial army.
Seeing the astonished expression on Ryuichi Hashimoto's face, Juichi Hata stood up and walked to the window. He looked at the main road of Mudanjiang outside the window and remained silent for a long time before saying: "We have been passive from the beginning of this battle. Even now, the 29th Division as a reserve force has invested, but it still cannot change the passive situation."
"Judging from the current development of the situation, we have completely lost strategically. Since the end of the so-called autumn campaign last year, they have been plotting against us, hiding their troops and equipment, and deliberately showing weakness to us. In terms of intelligence, We still haven't figured out exactly how many troops and equipment they have."
"Thousands of artillery pieces with a caliber of 75 mm or more have accumulated at least more than 100,000 troops. We knew nothing about these, but when we learned about them, they were already on the battlefield. Hashimoto Jun, you are a soldier and one of the best graduates of the Imperial Army Military Academy. What will it be like if these tens of thousands of people appear on the battlefield out of thin air?"
"We have become accustomed to using the old thinking to deal with these Chinese people. When facing this cunning and tenacious anti-Manchu armed forces, we still use the old perspective of looking at the Chinese government forces and the so-called Anti-Alliance. To look at it, there is a saying in China that is to take one step and see three steps. The empire can go from being so poor and weak to what it is today because of its long-term vision."
"The empire has always been far-sighted in doing things, but this time it has stumbled. We have always been known for our meticulous intelligence work, but you have seen the results this time. I always have a feeling in my heart that one of them must be interested in us. People who know very well, their every step of the plan is very targeted."
"Their deceptive tactics not only deceived the Kwantung Army's intelligence department, but even their own people did not know it. During the battle, the Eighth Division captured one of their political workers, a so-called battalion political instructor. You can also see the results of the interrogation. By the time he arrived, apart from his own troops, he didn’t even know the total strength of their troops.”
"This is a terrifying person. He sees our every step clearly. He knows almost everything about the technical and tactical characteristics of the Imperial Army. In his eyes, we are like being put under a microscope. We are being looked at. It's so thorough. Not only are they completely targeting our weaknesses in terms of strategy, but they are also specifically targeting us in terms of tactics and weapons and equipment.
"Tactically and strategically, we are almost completely passive. They have studied us very thoroughly, but we know nothing about them except the things on the surface. Until now, we know nothing. They Where do their equipment come from? Where do so many weapons and ammunition supplies come from? How much equipment does their arsenal produce in a year? We have no idea how we can change the passive situation. From this point on, we are completely If we lose, we lose quite cleanly, and we don’t even have a chance to recover our losses.”
After Major Ryuichi Hashimoto heard what Juichi Hatada said, he quickly stood at attention and said: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, I am here just for this matter. This time they were able to expand so many troops at once, but the weapons did not have any weapons." The shortage does not mean that the output of their military factories can meet their needs, but that there are foreign aid channels."
After saying that, Major Ryuichi Hashimoto walked out the door and waved, and the two soldiers behind him placed a few things on Juichi Namada's desk.
Hatada looked at the weapons in front of him and frowned: "What's going on with these things? Is there anything special about them? These are German rifles that have been used by the government forces as standard equipment. And Is it our standard Type 38 rifle? There’s nothing strange about it.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Namada Juichi's eyes suddenly fell on a thick pipe with a large diameter, but it went straight up and down and had no bottom. He picked it up and looked at it carefully for a long time, but he didn't see anything interesting. He pointed at this very-looking pipe. Ordinary Guanzi said: "What on earth is this? An artillery piece. This is the first time I have seen such an artillery piece that is transparent on both sides and does not even have a base."
"The caliber of this kind of artillery is not small. It doesn't even have a basic gun mount. How can it be used? Is it to shoot birds in the sky? This is the first time I have seen such a strange weapon in the army for so many years. Was this also seized from them?"