Chapter 8? Three: Going out against the wind and the snow (3)
At this time, the Kwantung Army's frontline headquarters received an emergency telegram from Matsuda Kuniichi, commander of the Japanese 6th Division of the 11th Brigade of Jianchang, and was completely angered by the first round of artillery fire in the Battle of Jianchang.
The commander of the Sixth Division, Lieutenant General Masaemon Itamoto, and the chief of staff, Colonel Kira Sasaki, were still in Jinzhou to attend the meeting and were still sleepy-eyed when they were urgently summoned to the headquarters by the chief of staff, Kuniaki Komon.
At 11:15 in the middle of the night, Matsuda Kunichi sent an urgent report to evacuate Jianchang in a very shameless manner. The enemy's troops numbered less than 10,000, and their firepower was fierce. All units suffered serious losses and their structures were disrupted. The command post had to move ten kilometers south.
The Manchurian infantry divisions that went north to support moved closer to stabilize their formation and formulate a counter-defensive and offensive plan."
Muto Nobuyoshi and his generals in the headquarters immediately discovered that the situation was much more serious than expected. Muto Nobuyoshi did not bother to discuss where the enemy's 20,000 troops came from, and immediately ordered the commander of the Sixth Division, Masaemon Itamoto, to force the eleventh
The brigade stopped retreating and defended in place.
The Imperial Guard withstood the enemy's sudden attack and at the same time ordered the Sixth Cavalry Regiment stationed in the Yaowangmiao Mining Area to rush to the aid of Jianchang. The Suzuki Brigade of the Eighth Division approaching the north of Lolaqin immediately went south to attack Lolaqin overnight, determined to carry out the sudden attack on Jianchang.
The enemies of Chang surrounded the Jianchang area.
Muto Nobuyoshi's decision was originally very correct, but it was more than a beat late in time. The Fourth Regiment of the Eighth Division occupied Haolaqin at one o'clock in the morning, which had no soldiers left, and quickly interrogated the Mongolian leaders in the city. Only then did they know about the Chinese army.
A group surrounded Haolaqin for a day and a night
It was not until two hours ago that they moved south. When the Sixth Cavalry Regiment arrived in Jianchang, the Japanese barracks and the county government offices in the city were still burning. The bodies of Japanese soldiers were everywhere inside and outside the city. An urgent report from the regiment commander Kamidai Kikuo stated
The enemies of Jianchang have all moved away from the 11th Brigade and the 11th Regiment. There are no less than 11 casualties in the battle.
Among the two thousand officers and soldiers, the Gaoqiao brigade stationed in Bailang Mountain was suspected of being wiped out. All weapons and equipment were lost, and the barracks and headquarters were burned to the ground. At 1:40 a.m., the 11th Brigade sent an apology telegram and reported to the 11th Alliance
The team, Zhongzuo United, was ashamed of the defeat for a long time and committed suicide.
The headquarters of the Kwantung Army was filled with anger. The two chief officers of the Sixth Division were red-faced and sweating profusely. They all took off their sabers and asked the commander Nobuyoshi Muto for punishment. The chief of staff, Kokuni Akira, clearly judged that the Chinese army was retreating to the west after a blow.
In front of Kuancheng, the Sixth Division had penetrated too far into the surrounding areas and had no troops to deploy. They could only watch the Anjia army calmly withdraw.
Muto Nobuyoshi comforted Banmoto and Sasaki with a dark face and immediately discussed with Xiaofan whether he could find an opportunity to severely attack the Hu Jialin Independent Division that was driving along the outer line of the Great Wall towards Qinglong Town. Xiaofan immediately contacted the 16th Brigade stationed in Qinglong Town.
Contact the head of the regiment, Miaki Tiantaka.
In less than ten minutes, Major General Takata, who was disturbed by the independent division and couldn't sleep, returned the call. The independent division arrived at Badaohe, 17 kilometers west of Qinglong, and immediately stopped advancing. The reconnaissance troops in front of it had already exchanged fire with the headquarters and each suffered damage. It was expected that the enemy would
Attack at dawn.
Muto Nobuyoshi ordered Takata to assemble the troops as soon as possible and take the initiative to attack, showing the indomitable spirit of the Japanese Army and striving to start a decisive battle with the powerful enemy on the Badaohe front line. The follow-up troops will continue to go south to support.
Takada returned to power and resolutely obeyed the order. He urgently gathered more than 7,600 officers and soldiers from the headquarters and a full artillery brigade of more than 1,100 people. He bravely attacked and rushed to the Badaohe front line at 6:50 in the morning. Suddenly he found that he had taken five rests.
All the independent divisions that had been fighting for hours had moved southward and were now more than twelve kilometers away from Badaohe.
The furious Takada Miaki gave the captain of the cavalry reconnaissance team a dozen slaps in the face. After the anger subsided, he very wisely reported to the Kwantung Army headquarters to request instructions. He did not rush to catch up along the winding icy river bank. The independent division originally hoped to fight.
The back-and-forth battle was enjoyable, but because the Japanese army did not pursue them, they were unable to do so and could only continue southward to the planned destination of Lengkou Pass.
The Kwantung Army was suddenly attacked but had no way to take revenge. Everyone was furious and furious. Remembering that since the fight with the Anjia Army, they had been passively beaten everywhere. The only large-scale battle with equal strength was Shi Shi who was familiar with the Anjia Army.
Haoyi's mixed brigade obtained the victory at Butterfly Valley at a high cost of more than half of the battle losses. Moreover, An's army's bloody revenge methods were definitely not inferior to the ruthless Kwantung Army. The generals were full of anger and had no way to express themselves. From then on, they regarded An's army as an enemy for many days.
The whole army secretly determined to retaliate against An Jiajun ten times and a hundred times.
But no matter how angry the general of the Kwantung Army was, he could not change the fact that he had not won but suffered heavy losses since the battle with the Anjia Army. Muto Nobuyoshi and Komon Kuniaki quickly suppressed their anger and actively reflected on the gains and losses since the battle. Finally, they realized that their previous strategic estimates were too great.
If you were too optimistic, otherwise the Sixth Division would not have gone deep alone without waiting for the Eighth Division and neighboring armies to catch up with the progress of the march. This would have given the cunning enemy a perfect opportunity to concentrate its forces and defeat them one by one.
After learning from the painful experience, Muto Nobuyoshi suspended the implementation of the offensive plan on the central and western fronts, and quietly issued an order on August 14, ordering the 16th Brigade and the Independent Artillery Brigade still stationed in Qinglong to move back to Jianchang for rest and ordering the Manchurian Army Infantry Division to stay in place.
Toudaoyingzi, 10 kilometers south of Jianchang, also ordered the Fourth Brigade of the Eighth Division to be stationed in Haolaqin and urgently dispatched an engineering brigade and a transportation brigade to the south of Haolaqin via Chaoyang to move into Zongshan's base.
A step-by-step attack lays a solid foundation.
The stagnation of the Kwantung Army's aggressive pace did not satisfy An Yi and his brothers. They once again gave their own imperialism, especially the Kwantung Army, a loud slap in the face with an action that surprised the whole world.
On the morning of Wuyue 16th, Peking citizens and groups from all walks of life were informed in advance that the heroic troops returning home in triumph would hold a grand celebration ceremony. Early in the morning, they rushed to the streets to greet the heroic soldiers who had fought hard outside the customs and achieved brilliant results in consecutive victories over the Japanese army. Major leaders in Peiping City
The streets were filled with colorful flags and crowds of people. Chinese and foreign journalists stationed in Beijing and representatives from all walks of life flocked to the streets. The long-lost sunshine broke through the clouds and illuminated the earth.
At nine o'clock in the morning, a jeep full of military policemen slowly passed through the Yuetan South Bridge and arrived at the intersection.
Turning to the east and driving into the Fuxing Gate where tens of thousands of people cheered in unison, the next troop truck was loaded with guns and live ammunition. The heroic and triumphant officers and soldiers. The flag fluttering on the first troop truck sent a letter to the 44th Division of the Central Army.
1. Brigade Hero Company" is the first reconnaissance unit under Gu Changfeng to be awarded the title of hero by the Central Military Commission. The battle flag held high on the second truck is the 17th Assault Division of the Central Army.
"Brigade" All generals in the army know that this so-called assault brigade is the most elite mountain brigade of the 17th Division. In this Jianchang battle, they achieved the success of annihilating a brigade of the 11th enemy regiment. The first truck held two battle flags high.
On one side is the Independent Second Division of the Central Army, which is alien to the vast majority of soldiers and civilians. On the other side is a red flag full of smoke and bullet holes, with seven thundering characters in the middle: Yang Jiuxiao Anti-Japanese Detachment.
Wherever the motorcade passed, it received thunderous cheers and applause from the soldiers and civilians along the way, which really made the meritorious soldiers in the car participating in the celebration as representatives of a division feel flattered and extremely proud.
Everyone was shocked by the appearance of twelve trucks after the military police vehicle and the troop transport truck.
After seeing clearly that the prisoners in the front row and compartment of the truck were being escorted for public display, the whole street and even the entire city of Peiping were wearing Japanese military uniforms.
Each of the twelve large trucks escorted ten Japanese prisoners. The total number was as high as 120. This was a scene that the soldiers and civilians in Peiping had never dared to imagine since the Opium War. Therefore, after a brief period of consternation, the excited soldiers and civilians cheered and beat them down with blood.
The slogans of the Japanese imperialists to drive the Japanese invaders out of China came one after another. At this moment, the Japanese imperialists were full of pride and pride that had never been seen in a hundred years.
Chinese and foreign reporters who only knew about the celebration parade in advance but did not know that prisoners were paraded in the streets were all aware of it. No matter what their attitude was towards the actions of the Peking Military Branch and the Military Commission’s former enemy headquarters, they all seized this rare and precious opportunity and were deafening.
Amidst the waves of slogans and cheers, I desperately took photos to capture this precious historical moment.
After the grand celebration, countless soldiers and civilians were still immersed in the passionate excitement. The Anti-Japanese War documentary "Liaoxi Battlefield Documentary" jointly launched by Feidongfang Film Company of the Nanjing Central Government's Communication Department was held in Peking, Nanjing, Shanghai, Nanchang and Wuhan respectively.
Seventeen major cities including Syria and Kunming were grandly screened. Thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians and personnel stationed in China saw the bloody battle scenes for the first time. A vivid and detailed panoramic view of the scene captured by military photographers risking their lives.
The fierce battlefield unfolds now
The deaths in front of everyone were so real and the explosions were so frightening. When Gu Changfeng and his generals met, Map frowned in thought - one by one. Brigade Major General Wang Xulun's bald head and mouth stood up from the explosion mud.
The blood gushing from the nose was
The old squad leader Xie Ting, who had half of his right foot broken but still knelt down to shoot at the Japanese invaders, showed each of the vivid and shocking scenes of soldiers flying. Each position with smoke billowing and splashing mud and rocks was shown to everyone in the narrator's cadence of voice.
in front of.
The last part of the film is extremely sad, infuriating and depressing. When the camera shows the corpses of Anjiajun soldiers whose heads were beheaded by the Japanese army and their chests and abdomens were dissected one by one on a messy battlefield, the cries slowly sounded out and finally turned into a tragic sound.
How can we not be heartbroken and filled with hatred when hundreds of soldiers' bodies were destroyed like this by the cruel, barbaric and bestial Japanese army?
The miserable scene slowly ended, hundreds of Japanese prisoners appeared, and then the narrator's rich and sad voice sounded melodiously. This is the prisoner of war camp directly under the Central Military Commission in Baoding, where 214 Japanese soldiers captured from previous battles in western Liaoning are held.
From the time they were captured until now, Japanese officers and soldiers have not been abused or discriminated against. The officers and soldiers of the Chinese army eat whatever they want. In addition to having no personal freedom, they can enjoy the most humane and preferential treatment, including complete medical care and diet.
In contrast, we can't help but wonder if the officers and soldiers of the Chinese army were captured by the Japanese army, could they receive such humane treatment as the Japanese army? Can they be given towels and cigarettes? Can they also write letters home? Can they receive treatment and be treated equally?
treatment?
We dare not imagine and cannot imagine that the thousands of Chinese officers and soldiers whose heads were beheaded and their chests and abdomens were cut open on the Butterfly Valley battlefield silently told us that there is an essential difference between the Chinese and the Japanese.”