Chapter 1577: Test your skills with a sledgehammer
On May 28, Edminster, the plenipotentiary representative of the U.S. government, concluded his "secret" inspection of South China, officially showed his identity in Saigon, and began a state visit to South China.
During this more than one month trip, Edminster visited railways, highways, industrial bases, trade markets and urban residential areas under construction in various parts of South China. He also visited villagers in rural areas to inquire about the situation of land reform and collective farms.
After an in-depth understanding of Nanhua's legal and political and economic policies, we finally came to a conclusion: Nanhua's industrial structure is reasonable and its agricultural policies are targeted, which can greatly stimulate the development of productivity. It is only a matter of time before the economy takes off. But now Nanhua's industry
The layout is not yet balanced. The central and southern regions are still virgin lands that need to be developed. There are many opportunities and it is the right time for American capital to enter.
Edminster sent the news he interviewed back to the United States every day for Secretary of State Hull and President Roosevelt to refer to. When Edminster visited Saigon from north to south, he took countless economic samples.
The U.S. government already has a relatively intuitive understanding of the situation in Nanhua.
In the United States today, low factory operating rates due to insufficient demand are the main reason for the continued economic downturn. Therefore, finding and developing markets and finding investment directions for the United States' surplus funds are the top priorities of the U.S. government. And Nanhua not only has a large population,
It can even radiate to the entire southwestern region of China, the richest region in China, through Nanhua, and is fully qualified to cooperate with the United States.
Previously, Americans were concerned about the unstable social environment in South China and were worried that their investments would be lost. However, judging from the feedback from Edminster, the public security situation in South China is good and the political economy is gradually becoming stable. If they choose to cooperate with
If the Nanhua government establishes diplomatic relations, it will surely gain Nanhua's friendship and occupy a favorable position in commercial exchanges.
As for the whereabouts of the Americans, An Yi, who received special intelligence almost every day, naturally knew very well. He did not show too much affection and instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Government Administration Council to come forward to receive them. Although the United States is now very economically and industrially developed, it is known as
The world's factory, but he is not the notorious "international policeman" who will get involved in everything. As the supreme leader of a country, An Yi has no need to flatter a diplomatic representative. If he needs to meet him, the other party
Naturally, he would obediently submit a request to the Nanhua Government Affairs Council.
On June 1, after an in-depth exchange of views with South China Foreign Minister Ngo Dinh Diem and Prime Minister Xu Ziliang, Edminster requested a face-to-face conversation with An Yi. An Yi did not refuse and met with Edminster at the Xiaonanhai Zhengtang Hall.
, the two parties talked for more than two hours and reached a number of agreements. An Yi said that he would assign specialized personnel to follow up on the series of agreements.
The next day, Edminster boarded a passenger ship bound for San Francisco at Haiphong Port. Nam Hwa sent a delegation of 100 people, represented by Foreign Minister Ng Dinh Diem, to the United States to negotiate with the U.S. government on a series of issues including the establishment of diplomatic relations.
On June 6, at a regular press conference of the U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs, spokesman Bruce publicly stated that U.S. Secretary of State Hull would launch a state visit to South China next month, causing an uproar in world public opinion.
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Far Eastern battlefield.
On the evening of June 7, the Japanese army airdropped two divisions into the valley on the south bank of Heilongjiang at the cost of thousands of casualties. One division went north to attack Komsomolsk City, and the other division went south to Gurskoye Pass to lurk.
Behind the entire defense line, they were ready to respond to the Japanese attack from the front.
On the morning of the 8th, the Japanese army used aircraft and artillery to launch a violent attack on the city of Gurskoye.
While the Far East Army focused its attention on the frontal defense line, the Japanese paratroopers launched a sudden attack on the rear of the defense line. Unprepared, the Gurskoye defense line was penetrated by the Japanese army, and then the Japanese troops stationed in front of Xiongguan surged over.
After entering, the Far East Army was in panic and the defense line immediately collapsed.
The coastal railway passes through the town of Troz, forty kilometers south of Gurskoye, and the headquarters of the First Army Group of the Anjia Army Mongolian Military Region is set up on the train platform.
"What?"
Major General Dong Jinmin's expression changed drastically. He looked at the Chief of Staff, Colonel Zhang Zixuan, and asked loudly: "Did the Gurskoye defense line fall?"
Zhang Zixuan had a serious look on his face: "Yes, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the two flanks of Gurskoye have been broken through by the Japanese army. The three infantry divisions that came to the rescue from Komsomolsk were defeated by the Japanese army in the Humi Lake area. Gurskoye
It is a foregone conclusion that Skoye’s defense line will fall.”
Dong Jinmin stood up and paced back and forth. After a while, he asked in a deep voice: "In which direction are the Japanese troops advancing?"
Zhang Zixuan shook his head: "There is no accurate movement yet. After the Japanese forward troops occupy the mountain pass, they spread out on both wings along the junction of the plain and the mountains. If the Japanese army adopts a forced march, they can contact us at midnight."
Dong Jinming strode to the map, looked at it carefully for a while, and murmured: "The situation is not good. Zhou Xin's third division is stuck on the northern line. Lao Zhang, I think they should withdraw immediately and exit from Humi Lake."
Cross the Knus Mountain in the northwest and retreat to Komsomolsk City. The Japanese army has to walk at least more than 200 kilometers from Gurskoye Pass to Komsomolsk City. If Zhou Xin can seize the time, he can completely encircle Komsomolsk City before the Japanese army
In front of the city, withdraw across Heilongjiang."
"Can--"
Zhang Zixuan hesitated: "Abandoning the position without receiving orders is a very serious crime. Should we communicate with the senior officials of the Far East Army?"
"I guess they are all panicking now! The Japanese army actually defeated the reinforcements of the Far East Army in the Humi Lake area. This is strange. There is only one explanation, and that is that the Japanese army used their paratroopers again!"
Dong Jinming waved his hand: "The military situation is urgent. If we sit back and watch the passage of time, we will be seriously irresponsible for the lives of our officers and soldiers!"
"All right!"
Zhang Zixuan also understood that the situation was serious: "Old Director, I will draft and sign the order, and I will be responsible for any problems!"
Dong Jinming smiled: "We are close comrades-in-arms, how can we put you on the fire? Let's sign our names together. Don't worry, there won't be any trouble..."
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After the Ninth Division stationed on the northern line received the order to retreat, the division commander Zhou Xin, although extremely shocked by the collapse of the defense line, still arranged the evacuation of the entire division in an orderly manner, giving priority to sending away the wounded and sick in trucks, and then packed up. The entire division had 10,000 soldiers.
One thousand officers and soldiers and five companies of tanks made an emergency retreat westward in the evening.
The next morning, when the troops arrived along the highway at a small town fifty kilometers north of Humi Lake, the reconnaissance troops discovered that the crossing of the Humi River ahead had been firmly occupied by the Japanese army.
"Damn it! How could the Japanese army get ahead of us?" Zhou Xin quickly ordered the team to pause their advance and wait for the reconnaissance force to give precise information.
Half an hour later, Xu Tianshu, the commander of the reconnaissance company wearing a camouflage and a branch on his head, walked into the headquarters that was used as a residential building and reported:
"Division Commander! There are not many Japs at the ferry. They should be paratroopers dropped by the Japanese army. There is probably a brigade. However, this is part of the river defense fortification area recently built by the Far East to resist the Japanese army attacking from the southeast.
I don’t know why, but now this place has become a position for the Japanese to stop us.”
Zhou Xin thought for a while and said: "Let's go! Let's take a look at the Japanese defense line!"
Subsequently, Zhou Xin, deputy division commander Qi Huishen, chief of staff Zhang Ke, took several guard soldiers, and reconnaissance company commander Xu Tianshu to a small forest about five kilometers away from the Japanese defense line on the other side.
When he arrived at the edge of the woods, Zhou Xin picked up his binoculars and looked at the enemy's defense line. He found that the enemy's river bank positions were heavily fortified, and all the trenches were deepened trenches. He secretly complained in his heart.
"Commander, there aren't many Japs on the other side. We can solve the problem with a blast of heavy artillery and a rush of tanks?" Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Ke, Chief of Staff, said.
Zhou Xin shook his head: "There is an anti-tank trench in front of the enemy's position. It will be difficult for our tanks to rush through it!"
"Our firepower should be stronger than the Japanese army...Since they are paratroopers dropped by the Japanese army, they should not be equipped with heavy weapons. Can we take advantage of this?" Qi Huishen analyzed.
"But the problem is that the defense line here was built by the Far East. We don't know if the Japanese army has received the heavy firepower weapons of the Far East Army! Damn it, these defenses against the Japanese army have now become a roadblock for our progress...
..." Zhou Xin said dumbfounded.
"Report!"
The communications staff officer strode to Zhou Xin and handed him a telegram.
Zhou Xin looked at it and frowned even more: "The Japanese army is coming from the south, about 80 kilometers away from us. The Japanese army is equipped with tanks and heavy artillery. It has a strong force. Our S3 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft uses 'mighty and mighty'
"Boundless" is used to describe the quantity... In other words, there is not much time left for us. If we delay even a little bit, our entire army will be wiped out."
"What should we do?" Zhang Ke asked in shock.
Zhou Xin did not answer, but turned to Xu Tianshu: "Captain Xu, as early as a week ago, I asked you to familiarize yourself with the terrain leading to Gongqingcheng. Is there a path here that can go around to the other side of the river? The enemy has already prepared a counterattack
Tanks are being prepared, we should not attack by force."
Xu Tianshu replied with some embarrassment: "Yes, but..."
"But what?" Zhou Xin frowned slightly.
"That path has to pass through a small river in the middle. Infantry who can't swim can't pass it, let alone tanks and heavy artillery. Moreover, it's about thirty kilometers away from here, and the round trip is 60 kilometers. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time!" Chu Tian
Shu replied.
"That's it!"
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, go around to the enemy's rear, and let's also attack from the front and back."
Zhou Xin’s suggestion is that the cavalry battalion in the division disguise themselves as Japanese soldiers, cross the river from a distance, and go around the enemy’s back to attack suddenly. The Japanese paratroopers may not know the progress of the frontline battle, nor the situation of their own friendly forces.
Use your brain on this point.
Zhou Xin's plan was unanimously agreed by everyone, and soon, a "Japanese Cavalry" appeared in front of everyone. There were four hundred people in this cavalry. Most of them were equipped with carbines and sabers, and a small number were equipped with submachine guns or automatic rifles.
, and some are simply equipped with box cannons.
The cavalry battalion commander Zuo Yuan led his cavalry, and under the guidance of the guides sent by the reconnaissance company, they crossed the small river more than 30 kilometers from the north. Without even having time to dry their clothes, they went around to the rear of the enemy's defense line.
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At ten o'clock in the morning, Zhou Xin commanded the troops to launch a frontal attack on the river bank positions guarded by the Japanese army.
All the artillery and small artillery of the Ninth Division Artillery Regiment roared together, and the ground trembled. The overwhelming fireballs fell like hail on the Japanese positions. A series of loud noises sounded on the Japanese positions, and each one was not very strong.
The fortifications flew into the sky, and the enemy's defense line suddenly turned into a sea of fire.
The shelling lasted for five minutes, and Anjia's army poured thousands of artillery shells into the Japanese positions.
Subsequently, more than 70 tanks from five tank companies rushed out of the attack position. Behind the tanks were six-wheeled armored vehicles and anti-aircraft artillery vehicles.
The infantrymen shouted, followed the tanks and armored vehicles, and rushed towards the Japanese positions. From time to time, enemy firepower points spit out tongues of fire, but they were quickly destroyed by tank guns and smoke.
Colonel Qi Huishen, the deputy division commander, personally sat in a Panther tank and charged all the way. However, when the tank rushed to more than 200 meters away from the enemy's trench, he realized that something was wrong.
"The tanks have stopped advancing! There is an anti-tank ditch ahead! There must be Japanese death squads inside!" Qi Huishen shouted into the phone.
Qi Huishen's judgment was correct. The anti-tank trench in front of the Japanese position was dug so wide that tanks could not pass through it. A large number of Japanese "death squad" members were ambushed inside!
The tanks and armored vehicles paused their advance, and the armored soldiers of the Anjia Army just used their vehicle-mounted machine guns to spray bursts of bullets into the trenches. As expected, the Japanese "kamikaze" hiding in the trenches could no longer hold back and started to fight.
Jump up and lunge towards the tank.
The barrel of the tank's parallel machine gun spit out a scarlet tongue of flame, and the Japanese "kamikaze" who had just jumped out of the trench were immediately beaten to draw strange arcs in the air, accompanied by flying scarlet blood lines,
These Japanese soldiers fell down in the ditch one after another.
Tanks and armored vehicles fired in unison, beating the Japanese "death squads" to pieces.
However, the battle was not smooth sailing. The fire points hidden in the second and third trenches suddenly spit out countless tongues of fire. Many soldiers following the tanks and armored vehicles were caught off guard and fell in a pool of blood.
The surviving soldiers lay down one after another, letting bullets whizz past their heads, suppressed by the enemy's fierce firepower and unable to raise their heads at all.
"fire!"
Qi Huishen's eyes widened angrily and he shouted loudly.
The tank shuddered slightly, and a long tongue of flame spit out from the muzzle. There was a loud "boom", and a bunker that was spitting out flames flew into the sky in the light of the fire.
Various tanks fired one after another, destroying the hidden fire points one after another.
However, at this moment, several firepower points appeared in front. Those firepower points were all built of solid reinforced concrete. How could those small-caliber tank guns destroy them? The shells hit the bunker wall, leaving only a trail.
Small traces.
These solid firepower points with a frontal thickness of up to two meters were specially built by the Far East Army to strengthen the defense line of Komsomolsk. Only large-caliber cannons can penetrate it. The bunker was constantly spitting out tongues of flames, and bullets like a rainstorm "swish"
"Whoosh" hit the ground, and many Anjiajun soldiers lying on the ground were unfortunately shot and died.
Among them, many soldiers used the rocket launchers they carried to shoot directly at those bunkers. However, the range of the rockets fired from the rocket launchers did not exceed 300 meters. The rockets fell to the ground during flight and exploded violently. Although they killed many people,
There were only a few Japanese troops, but the bunkers were unscathed.
In the temporary command post in front of the formation not far away, Zhou Xinxin saw the thwarted attack through his telescope and quickly ordered: "Retreat! All retreat! Suspend the attack!"
After the attacking troops returned, Zhou Xin immediately summoned officers above the battalion level to hold an emergency meeting on how to deal with the Japanese defenses along the river bank.
"Division Commander? Why not ask the Air Force to help?" Lieutenant Colonel Zheng Zhen, commander of the Seventh Regiment, suggested.
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The ministry will not agree to our request. Moreover, it is too late to mobilize the air force now."
Zheng Zhen sat down in disappointment. Liao Xinong, commander of the eighth regiment, and Cai Ziqiang, commander of the ninth regiment, made suggestions one after another, but they were rejected one by one. Just when everyone was at a loss, Wang Cheng, commander of the engineering battalion, stood up: "Report to the division commander, I have a way.
, I don’t know if it will work!”
Zhou Xin waved his hand: "You have your say, but the pursuit is too urgent, so your plan cannot waste too much time!"
"We can dig trenches to get closer to the enemy! Use rocket launchers to fire at the Japanese troops at close range! According to the armor-breaking performance of the rocket launchers, even reinforced concrete fortifications will be destroyed! If we can get close to the shooting holes for shooting the Japanese troops, the effect will be even better!"
Zhou Xin thought for a while and immediately agreed to Wang Cheng's proposal: "Okay! I agree. I will let the infantry cooperate with the actions of your engineers!"
Just go ahead and do it, the engineers and infantry immediately began intense work.
At this moment, a dark group of bombers suddenly appeared from the southeastern horizon. If the Japanese planes smelled the bloody shark swarm, they would swoop towards the Anjiajun position.
At this moment, countless fire nets suddenly shot out from the ground, intercepting the enemy aircraft.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Japanese aircraft had to give up the attack on the position. Suddenly, a Japanese pilot shouted: "Over there! There are Chinese digging trenches over there!"
As the Japanese planes circled in the sky and adjusted their posture to swoop down towards the construction site, more than 80 anti-aircraft artillery vehicles fired fiercely at the enemy planes in the air to protect the engineers from digging trenches.
The engineers and infantry were not afraid, and worked tenaciously despite the enemy's fierce bombing. They wanted to push the trenches right in front of the enemy!
The Anjia Army's anti-aircraft artillery vehicles demonstrated extraordinary power. They shot down four enemy planes and damaged six while suffering six casualties, forcing the enemy aircraft to turn around and fly back towards the Soviet port.
Without the threat of enemy aircraft, the speed of digging trenches was obviously much faster. The soldiers dug trenches step by step. According to Zhou Xin's request, the trenches must be advanced to the enemy's position before sunset and use their own trenches to
Cutting off the Japanese anti-tank trenches allowed the infantry soldiers to rush into the enemy's trenches and take advantage of their strength to start a fierce battle with the enemy.
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On the north bank of the Humi River, a "Japanese cavalry" unit was galloping on horseback. Yellow sand was flying all the way, and the galloping horses galloped on the grass. This cavalry unit was the Anjia Army cavalry unit led by Zuo Yuan.
The cavalry rolled up dust all the way, covering the sky and the sun, and galloped towards the rear of the Japanese defense line. At this time, a small group of Japanese patrols suddenly appeared in front of Zuo Yuan and the others.
"Attention! There are Japanese scouts ahead! Prepare to obey my orders!" Zuo Yuan, who was rushing forward, gave an order to several special forces soldiers following him.
When the Japanese scouts saw the troops coming from a distance, they immediately lowered themselves to the ground and set up their machine guns. When they saw clearly that they were their own men, they breathed a sigh of relief and stood up from the ground. One of them took out two small flags and shouted a flag message to ask.
"What a stupid little devil! He actually raised a flag! We pretended not to see it and rushed over quickly. We must capture a few alive!" Zuo Yuan gave the order to the soldiers.
The special forces soldiers rushed towards the Japanese soldiers on horseback. The Japanese scouts found that the charging horses showed no intention of slowing down. The guy who was signaling the flag just felt his feet leave the ground before he could figure out what was going on.
.The Japanese turned his head and saw that he was being lifted up by a pair of strong hands. He struggled and shouted, but no one answered him.
A group of war horses rushed through the Japs scouts, with sabers waving, and most of the Japs in a small group were immediately hacked to death. The remaining dozen Japs raised their guns and tried to shoot, but in the panic, they did not even raise the muzzle of their guns, and were chopped down again.
Most of them died, and in the end only five Japanese were left.
The special forces jumped off their horses and quickly knocked out all the Japanese.
"It's all tied up! Block your mouth!" Zuo Yuan shouted.
The soldiers captured six Japanese scouts and took them into the nearby woods. The Far East lacked everything except trees. There were continuous mountains and dense woods everywhere, so they had to find roads to pass through.
Zuo Yuan ordered these Japanese soldiers to be interrogated separately. However, none of these Japanese soldiers, who had been trained in Bushido, except shouting, spoke out their passwords and flags, and were even less willing to reveal the status of their own troops. No matter what the special forces used, they
I tried my best to beat these devils with bruises all over their bodies, but no one was willing to speak.
"Damn! Can't a few little bastards handle this?" Zuo Yuan cursed, then strode up to one of the Japanese prisoners, turned around and said to the special forces around him:
"You guys, all of you are so self-righteous, have you lost your temper now? From now on, you should go to the Xufu Military Academy to further your studies in special majors. There are plenty of torture methods to make the enemy speak. Look at me!"
Zuo Yuan asked in Japanese: "Tell me your passwords and flags, as well as the situation of your troops!"
"Baga! Despicable and shameless China pigs! We, the warriors of the Japanese Empire, will not surrender to you!" the Japanese soldier roared fiercely.
"Yo Xi!" Zuo Yuan said with a ferocious smile, "Although you refuse to say it, I will let you do it!" After saying that, he pulled out a steel wire from his waist, then took off the devil's pants and pulled the dirty man off.
The dirty thing was pulled out, and then a steel wire was used to strangle the "balls", tightened hard, and then a needle was pulled out and pierced hard through the devil's eyelet. Suddenly, a pig-like howl was heard in the woods.
cry.
After about five minutes of torture, the Japanese soldier held on and cursed through gritted teeth: "Despicable and shameless China pig! Kill me with one knife if you can!"
"hehe--"
A cruel smile appeared on the corner of Zuo Yuan's mouth, "It's easy to die if you want to! Answer my questions honestly, and I will give you a good time!"
After another five or six minutes of torture, the Japs couldn't hold it any longer and told them the passwords and flags, as well as the general situation of the troops. However, this was not the end. Zuo Yuan walked to the other side and spoke to the other people who were separated.
A prisoner conducts an interrogation.
After more than an hour of interrogation, the results were varied, and each of these devils told something different.
"Fuck your grandma, you little devil! You dare to lie to me!" Zuo Yuan roared, and then turned to the special forces soldiers and said, "You go and interrogate me separately, and do it according to my method! I want to see what they can do
How long can you hold on!"
After more than two hours of interrogation, Zuo Yuan finally got the answer he wanted. Then, the special forces soldiers broke the necks of the Japanese.
After disposing of the corpses of the Japanese scouts, the cavalry set out again.