At the same time that the Air Force launched its attack on the Japanese airport, according to the previous plan, the Anjia Army Army also began to launch attacks in four directions on the Mongolian border at the same time.
More than 30,000 artillery pieces made an angry roar in unison within less than ten seconds.
In an instant, the ground shook the mountains.
The terrifying impact intensity of more than 400,000 artillery shells per hour was like an endless rain of meteors and fire falling from the sky. Countless artillery shells, carrying huge destructive energy, fell into the Japanese-controlled area on the other side of the border, with flames and thick smoke billowing into the sky.
, turning thousands of kilometers of border areas into a horrific purgatory.[..com]
Countless bomb craters quickly replaced the original terrain of ravines and fortresses. As the bombardment continued, border towns disappeared one after another, dense woods disappeared one after another, leaving only a purgatory of flying sand and rocks and a raging heat wave between the sky and the earth.
The bombardment lasted for an hour. As news came that the air force had successfully attacked airports across Northeast China, the bomber groups assembled at major airports in Mongolia began to dispatch in full force.
The reason why Huang Xuyi mobilized so many fighter planes to participate in the battle in Northeast China this time was that he wanted to allow most pilots to accumulate sufficient practical experience through rotational combat.
The fighter planes that sortied out in the morning were all flown by experienced elite pilots from each air force. However, the fleet of aircraft currently cooperating with the ground attack were mostly newcomers with little actual combat experience.
In recent years, major aviation schools have trained more than 60,000 pilots and more than 20,000 ground service personnel, of which more than 10,000 pilots have been selected to serve in the navy. Of course, most of them can only serve as land-based pilots for Hainan Airlines.
Less than 3,000 people are lucky enough to become carrier-based aircraft pilots.
Previously experienced carrier-based aircraft pilots entered the Cam Ranh Naval Flight School to teach, and the best among them entered the Hai Phong Naval Aviation Officer School for further studies, and served as naval aviation officers after graduation.
Half of the remaining more than 50,000 pilots were transferred to the reserves for various reasons and served as instructors in "flying clubs" belonging to the militia in various parts of South China. The other more than 20,000 were assigned to serve in the Air Force. Through continued in-depth systematic theoretical knowledge
Learn and train in the air to accumulate experience.
The Battle of Northeast China was a great opportunity to train new recruits. Since the ability of the Japanese aviation force to fight back was stifled from the very beginning, most of the pilots who generally had hundreds of hours of flight records but no actual combat experience had a chance to test their daily training levels.
Opportunity, many old models, even training aircraft, also appeared in the sky in the Northeast.
However, the effect of such a concentrated use of fighter planes is also very amazing. Amidst the unprecedented dull roar, the first wave of air strikes, consisting of more than 3,000 fighter planes and more than 5,000 bombers, flew over the border with overwhelming force, attacking those who
Targets that may hinder a ground attack.
In the face of this frightening "dark cloud of death", the Japanese army's front line was once again mercilessly baptized. From the front-line positions to the military camps and material warehouses more than 20 kilometers behind, everything was enveloped in a web of flames and shrapnel.
, the thick smoke rising into the sky can be seen even from dozens of kilometers away.
At 9:45, the shelling gradually weakened. The endless tanks, armored vehicles and infantry of the Anjia Army appeared on the horizon.
At this time, more than 3,000 B2 bombers were divided into hundreds of attack squads and appeared over the battlefield. They were completely unafraid of the weak anti-aircraft firepower of the Japanese ground troops. They screamed and swooped down from high altitude, dropping a hundred kilograms
Accurately drop aerial bombs ranging from 1,000 to 1,000 kilograms
towards the target. Unusually violent explosions echoed each other. The rising flames and thick smoke came one after another. The earth was strongly shaken, and people's hearts were also strongly baptized. It was as if the world here was facing a landslide and the earth was torn apart. People had no way to escape.
Can be helplessly trapped in a desperate situation.
At ten o'clock sharp, after more than 600,000 rounds of artillery shells were consumed, the large-scale bombardment finally stopped. Countless fighter planes flew across the front of the battlefield thousands of kilometers wide, tightly suppressing the counterattack firepower of the Japanese front-line positions, and effectively
It isolated the transportation links between the Japanese front line and the rear.
Millions of Anjia officers and soldiers, led by tens of thousands of tanks, armored vehicles, assault guns and self-propelled artillery of various types, and supported by firepower from ground-skimming armed helicopters, rushed towards the Japanese defense lines with overwhelming force, using
The perfect tacit cooperation between the various arms continuously impacted and tore apart the Japanese defense system.
All along, the Japanese army has not lacked the courage, will and dedication to fight, but what they paid for with their blood and even their lives was just a slight slowdown in the attack speed of the Anjia Army, and they blocked leaks everywhere. Loopholes appeared everywhere, and finally.
Under the comprehensive and fierce attack of the Anjia Army, the Japanese army's front line continued to lose sight of one thing and the other. Positions were separated one by one, troops were in desperate situations, and the front line gradually presented a tragic situation of fragmentation.
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While the Anjia Army's main combat group was attacking the enemy ahead, the three armies of the Northeast Combat Group, which were located in the heart of the enemy in Heilongjiang, Jilin, and western Liaoning, began taking action more than an hour ago.
Aihuicheng was later Heihe City. It was located between the Greater Khingan Mountains and the Lesser Khingan Mountains, on the southwest coast of Heilongjiang. Its geographical location was extremely important. It was used as a flight base to control the airspace of the entire central Heilongjiang and the Lesser Khingan Mountains. The Japanese army
Construction of the airport began at the end of the year, and it took a year and a half to build a high-standard military airport that can take off all types of fighter planes.
At 8:30 in the morning, the first wave of fighter planes of the Anjia Army Air Force flew over the Japanese airport and dropped dense bombs. The entire city of Aihui was shrouded in shrill sirens.
When all the attention of the Japanese army was attracted by the air raid, the 131st and 132nd Divisions of the Lei Dong 41st Group Army had launched a fierce attack on Aihui City.
There is no suspense in the battle. Although Aihui City is important, the areas south and north of Heilongjiang are controlled by the Japanese army. The guerrilla zone of the Northeastern Military Region of the Anjia Army was previously mainly limited to the area west of the East Xing'an Mountains, including the Yilhuri Mountains and West Xing'an.
Ridge, Longtoushan and other places. For the Japanese army, the defensive pressure was not great, so placing an independent mixed brigade in Aihun was considered a matter of great importance.
The two divisions of the Anjia Army suddenly launched an attack. The Japanese army was already disoriented under the air attack. Now it was hit directly by the ground forces and was unable to organize an effective defense. Although the Japanese army used the city to resist stubbornly, the strength of the two sides was too disparity. In a short period of time,
In four hours, the Japanese troops in Aihui City were basically eliminated, and the red flag flew above the city.
The 133rd Division of the group army split up and attacked, breaking through the defense of a large group of Japanese troops in Nenjiang City, capturing this important city on the Qi-Heilongjiang Railway, and directed its troops towards Nehe River and Ningnian.
In addition, the special agent group directly under the group army had already lurked in Longmen Town, an important town in the area west of the Lesser Khingan Mountains on the Binhai-Hero Railway. They entered the town as soon as the war started and successfully annihilated a Japanese garrison. They captured and held this important town.
Prevent the Japanese army from destroying the railway line crossing the East Xing'an Mountains and ensure smooth operation of the railway.
During the Republic of China, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang was not Harbin, but Qiqihar City, which was still called Longjiang at this time. Heilongjiang Province and Jilin Province were demarcated along the Songhua River. The north of the river was the boundary of Heilongjiang Province, and the south of the Yangtze River was under the jurisdiction of Jilin Province. Therefore, in ***
Previously, Harbin was actually an important town in the northern part of Jilin Province.
After Japan occupied Northeast China, it divided Heilongjiang Province into Longjiang Province, Heihe Province, Hing'an East Province, Hing'an North Province, Sanjiang Province and Binjiang Province. Among them, Longjiang Province annexed Zhendong, Tao'an and Tao which were originally part of Liaoning Province.
South and other counties, Binjiang Province includes the southern area of the Songhua River, and the provincial capital is Harbin. Sanjiang Province includes the areas north and south of the Songhua River, with Jiamusi as the provincial capital.
Xie Yizhi's 43rd Group Army used the 137th Division to capture the Hinggan Mountains Railway Tunnel and the Guandi Temple on the top of the mountain, and concentrated all the forces of the 138th and 139th Divisions as well as the units directly under the group army to attack Hungarian East Province.
Zhanantun, the provincial capital, broke through the defense of two Japanese regiments within half a day, and successfully entered the Jin Changlu Chunbian Fort to threaten Qiqihar.
The Japanese army stationed two second-class divisions of the Eastern Army, the 119th Division and the 123rd Division, on the border between Hung Yen North Province and Mongolia for defense, as well as three border garrison regiments to assist.
When the main force of the Anjia Army launched its ground attack at ten o'clock, the Japanese army withstood a boundless sea of tanks. The Anjia Army's tank army had three tank divisions, two armored infantry divisions, five independent heavy tank regiments, and one spray tank group.
The main battle force is a fire tank regiment and a tank destroyer brigade, as well as a large number of auxiliary arms and army aviation units.
Such a strike combination, coupled with the vast grassland terrain in the border area that is extremely conducive to mechanized operations, was tantamount to a nightmare for the Japanese army who were passively beaten.
Those in front, the Tiger tanks equipped by the heavy tank regiment, were invulnerable, and the 120mm caliber grenades hit their bodies like it was tickling. The Leopard II tanks following behind them kept firing at the Japanese fire points, and there were also clouds in the sky.
Dive bombers cleared out the remaining Japanese artillery positions, and Army Aviation helicopters were used to attack anti-tank guns. The mechanized cluster easily defeated the Japanese front line without any effort.
The same situation encountered by the Japanese troops near the border line of Hung Yen North Province was the Japanese border garrison troops in Hung Yen South Province and Hung Yen West Province. These two provinces were also newly established by the Japanese army after the Tiananmen Incident. They used to be Liaoning Province and Rehe Province.
And the northern part of Chahar Province, which is close to the Mongolian border, was cut off from the east and west by the Japanese army to form two provinces.
The Japanese army deployed the 114th Division and the 163rd Division in Hung Yen South Province. The 117th Division and the 134th Division were deployed in Hung Yen West Province, each with three border guard regiments.
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However, such a combination of forces is not enough to face the Anjia Army's motorized group army, let alone face the attack of the Anjia Army's main tank group.
Almost all the border passes were not able to hold on for even half a day before they collapsed under the three-dimensional attack of the Anjia Army from the sky to the ground, from the front to the rear, and even escape became a luxury.
Just as the Japanese troops near the border were shouting and calling every day, cities such as Hailar and Manzhouli in the rear had already been lost to the attacks of the 134th Division of the 42nd Group Army of the Northeast Military Region and the armored brigade directly under the group army.
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Huang Bangqiang personally led the main forces of the 135th and 136th Divisions, together with the tank brigade, artillery brigade directly under the group army, as well as engineers, anti-aircraft artillery, chemical defense and other auxiliary arms, and went south from Laotou Mountain. At 12:30 noon, they captured the troops almost simultaneously.
Lowering Aershan and Solon Town, the troops were directed towards Pueraria Temple and Tao'an.
Although the Japanese army tried their best, they had no choice but to lose air supremacy. In addition, they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength and weapons and equipment. The main force was quickly divided and surrounded. Most of them were annihilated, and a small number surrendered. The remaining troops escaped into the nearby mountains and were met by familiar enemies.
Due to the guerrilla suppression campaign in the Northeast Military Region, very few people escaped from the mountains.
The First and Second Route Army advanced extremely fast. After breaking through the border, they advanced towards the heart of the Northeast at high speed. In just one day, they successfully advanced the front line one hundred kilometers.
The Northeast Military Region has dispatched troops to fully cooperate with the army's advance. Currently, Shi Lejun's engineering headquarters is organizing troops to rush to repair the railways from the border to Manzhouli and Aershan. Once the railway lines are connected and connected, the efficiency of transporting troops and materials will be doubled.
The Third Route Army led by Zhang Chengzhu also progressed smoothly in the battle. Although the Third Route Army was weaker than the First Army and the Second Route Army, and the tank force was only equipped with one tank division for each group army, Zhang Chengzhu's combined forces also had
The strength of four tank divisions is already very strong against the Japanese army's weak defense in the Chahar direction for a long time.
In just one day, the Japanese 135th Division and the two border garrison brigades retreated on a large scale, and the Third Route Army's attack encountered extremely weak resistance.
By the end of the first day of the battle, the Third Route Army had advanced 150 kilometers into Chahar and was only 250 kilometers away from Duolun. The speed advantage of the motorized army on the Mongolian grasslands was demonstrated.
To the fullest.
The Fourth Route Army's offensive also went very smoothly. The Japanese army attached great importance to important transportation hubs and border towns such as Shunha (Erenhot). The Mongolian troops under the command of the Chinese Expeditionary Force stationed an independent mixed second brigade and a cavalry group here.
, but faced the attack of the three tank divisions of the Anjia Army, they still collapsed without any suspense, and the troops retreated towards Zhangbei.
However, there were Anjia Army bombers dropping bombs in the sky, tanks and armored vehicles pursuing them on the ground, and terrifying dragonfly-like aircraft hovering in the air, destroying the Japanese temporary positions that were trying to cover the retreat of friendly forces and prevent the Anjia Army from attacking.
All the light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers were torn to pieces.
In the area of Anming Town (today's Sunit Right Banner), the Japanese army saw that their legs could not outrun the wheels and tracks, so they tried to entangle more than 40,000 Mongolian puppet troops to resist stubbornly. As a result, within two hours, the battle line collapsed again, and the 30,000 Japanese troops fought
Twelve thousand people died, and the rest, including their horses, were successfully surrounded by An's army and became prisoners obediently.
In general, today the Anjia Army was victorious on all fronts, and good news came frequently. However, under the attack of the Anjia Army's mechanized army, the Japanese army seemed to suddenly become incapable of fighting. No matter how hard they struggled, they were defeated. This led to the Japanese
The Kwantung Army and the Chinese dispatched army generals were in great panic.