On February 10, 1944, the 33rd year of the Republic of China, the 8th Army of the Fourth Army successfully landed on the beach in Jinzhou Bay, Liaodong.
The next day, 10 infantry divisions of the Kwantung Army's 3rd Front Army, in coordination with 2 tank divisions and 4 heavy artillery brigades, entered the vicinity of Huludao, directly threatening the 8th Group Army's beachhead position in Jinzhou Bay.
At this time, the Chinese Air Force was tightly entangled by the Kwantung Army aviation group and was unable to send bombers for bombing.
At the critical moment, the "1st Army Aviation Division" that Yue Weihan worked hard to officially join the war!
Under the low-altitude attack of the 1st Army Aviation Division, the Kwantung Army's 3rd Front Army suffered heavy losses. Its 2 tank divisions and 4 heavy artillery brigades were basically wiped out. The 81st, 83rd, and 83rd infantry units of the 8th Group Army were
The 85th Division immediately launched a counterattack with the cooperation of the 8th Armored Division and occupied Lianshan Railway Station at dawn the next day.
At the same time, the 87th and 88th Infantry Divisions of the 8th Group Army were already along the Middle East Railway, heading directly towards Jinzhou, where the Kwantung Army's frontline headquarters is located! However, when attacking Japanese immigrant villages and armed reclamation strongholds outside Jinzhou,
, but met with stubborn resistance from the Japanese.
30 miles west of Jinzhou, Jinxing Town.
Although the land around Jinxing Town is fertile, it was originally an uninhabited wilderness.
When Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Xueliang and their sons were in power in the Northeast, they encouraged immigrants from Shandong, Henan and Hebei to leave the customs on a large scale to open up wasteland. This was the famous "invasion of the Guandong" in history. Marshal Zhang even dispatched troops and trains to snatch people directly from the customs.
Through more than 20 years of unremitting efforts by Zhang and his son, a total of more than 24 million people have immigrated from the customs!
It was during the wave of inroads into Guandong that Jinxing Town began to appear on the map of the four eastern provinces.
After the September 18th Incident, the Japanese began to immigrate to the Northeast on a large scale. Soon a Japanese armed garrison was built outside the town of Jinxing. Thousands of hectares of fertile land nearby became the property of the Japanese, and the land was lost.
The Chinese had no choice but to reclaim wasteland in the periphery.
When more than 120 officers and soldiers from the 9th Company of the 3rd Regiment of the 88th Division of the 8th Army of the Fourth Army drove into Jinxing Town in armored personnel carriers and trucks, all the Chinese and Japanese in the town had already disappeared.
Apart from the wild dogs scurrying up and down, there was not a single living thing in sight. The whole place was like a ghost land.
"Company commander, there's not even a ghost here." Captain Lu Jianyong, commander of the 9th company, was standing on an armored personnel carrier with his binoculars raised high to look around. Xiang Dakui, the leader of the vanguard squad, came up to him out of breath, and his words trailed off.
Another soldier from the vanguard squad ran forward and reported, "Squad leader, there is a village not far ahead, and there seems to be someone there!"
"1st Platoon, 2nd Platoon rest where they are, 3rd Platoon follow me!" Captain Lu Jianyong immediately issued the order.
Immediately, more than 30 officers and soldiers clambered onto a large truck, and then followed Lu Jianyong's armored personnel carrier to a village not far from the east end of Jinxing Town. That village was actually a Japanese armed garrison village, with only the gatehouse at the entrance of the village.
The Japanese plaque on it had been taken off, and the soldiers in the vanguard class couldn't find any locals, so they didn't know the inside story.
Shortly after Captain Lu Jianyong left with 3 platoons of tanks, dozens of Japanese suddenly appeared outside the town.
The Japanese people who showed up were basically old people, women and children. There were almost no adult men over 16 years old or under 60 years old. The eyes of these people were either indifferent or dull, and they also revealed hatred. 9 companies But the officers and soldiers didn't pay much attention to them. They were all old people, children and women. What could be done to them?
A little soldier borrowed from Hunan took out a biscuit from his marching bag and walked towards a seven or eight-year-old girl. The little girl was pink and looked very much like his sister, so she immediately attracted him. The remaining officers and soldiers of the 9th Company smoked and chatted without realizing that the god of death was waving to them.
As soon as the little soldier walked up to the little girl and squatted down, he suddenly froze there.
The little girl's little hand that was behind her back just now has been stretched out in front of her. In her white and tender hand, she suddenly holds a cold tortoise box. The black muzzle of the gun is suddenly aimed at the little soldier's eyebrows. This scene is obviously beyond The little warrior's thinking limit prevented him from reacting in time. In fact, it was too late to react.
Because the little girl pulled the trigger while raising the gun, and the shot hit the little soldier between the eyebrows.
The bullet penetrated the little soldier's eyebrows, rotated at high speed, smashed the little soldier's brain, and finally completely opened the back half of the little soldier's skull. Seeing this extremely bloody scene, all the nearby 9th company soldiers They were so shocked that they couldn't believe that a six or seven-year-old girl could actually use a gun and dare to kill people!
Then, an even more terrifying scene happened. The Japanese old men, women and children suddenly appeared and stretched out their hands behind their backs. The officers and soldiers of the 9th Company were shocked to find that the hands of these Japanese old men, women and children were What was inside was either a pistol or a grenade and explosive bag, and the string was drawn.
"Kill, kill them all!" the deputy company commander jumped up and ordered sternly.
But it was already too late, because the distance between the two sides was too close. Almost at the same time as the deputy company commander gave the order, the Japanese old men, women and children who had fired grenades or explosive packs had already rushed into the middle of the 9th company officers and soldiers. Amidst the continuous explosions, the officers and soldiers of the 9th Company were knocked to the ground one by one by the air waves, while more officers and soldiers were killed by the roaring fragments.
No one can resist a suicide attack at such a close range, not even the most agile and experienced veterans!
Almost at the same time that the Japanese old men, women and children launched the suicide attacks, hundreds of Japanese military police members, members of the armed pioneers and police personnel emerged from the tunnels hidden under the snow and rushed towards them. The officers and soldiers of the 9th Company in Jinxing Town launched a fierce attack!
Tianjin small station, Siye frontline headquarters.
The combat hall was crowded with people, and there was an atmosphere of excitement and excitement everywhere.
Many senior generals gathered around the simulated sand table, which was dozens of meters long and wide. Their eyes were shining, and they were pointing at the sand table and discussing happily.
Yue Weihan did not join in the fun, but stood alone in front of the window admiring the snow scene.
There was another heavy snowfall in North China last night. When I woke up in the morning, there was more than three feet of snow. This heavy snow will definitely have a great impact on the subsequent military operations in the surrounding areas, especially the low weather that will accompany the heavy snow. Adversely affects heavy equipment such as tanks, artillery and armored trucks.
Once a large-scale freeze occurs in Liaodong Bay, it will even endanger the logistics supply line.
However, low temperature weather will also have an impact on the Kwantung Army, and even the impact will be greater, because the tanks and trucks in the four fields burn gasoline, while the Kwantung Army's Type IV tanks and trucks burn diesel, and
Diesel obviously freezes more easily than gasoline.
Amidst the rapid footsteps, Mr. Zuo had already arrived behind Yue Weihan.
"General, the 88th Division failed in its attack on Jinxing Town in the western suburbs of Jinzhou!" General Zuo saluted with a military salute and said solemnly, "The Kwantung Army actually does not have many regular troops in Jinxing Town, but the little devil's gendarmerie and police force still have
The Armed Pioneer Regiment has shown strong combat effectiveness, and oh yes, there are also Puppet Manchurian ***!"
"This is also expected." Yue Weihan waved his hand with an indifferent expression.
The desperate resistance of the Japanese military police, police forces and armed pioneer groups is completely understandable, because since the fall of the four northeastern provinces, the Japanese government has begun large-scale immigration to the Northeast. By the 33rd year of the Republic of China, the Japanese who immigrated to the Northeast
There are more than 2.6 million people. These Japanese have taken root in Northeast China.
Now the Chinese Communist Army is launching a massive counterattack to pull out the roots of the Japanese from the Northeast. Of course the Japanese will resist. This is just like the tens of millions of Shandong people in history who used wheelbarrows to launch the Huaihai Campaign.
The principle of victory is exactly the same. Whether they are Chinese or Japanese, in order to protect their own land, they all dare to risk their lives.
As for the desperate resistance of the puppet Manchukuo, it was the fault of Chi Chengfeng, a stupid and ruthless man.
Chi Chengfeng killed dozens of big traitors in the Second Battle of Songhu with very cruel methods. It was a pleasure, but it also caused panic among all the traitors in the Northeast. Many traitors who were in Cao's camp and had a heart for the Han were helpless.
Later, they also devoted themselves to becoming real hard-core traitors, including Pi Chengcheng, the father of Pi Xiaocheng, the chief engineer of the Myanmar Ordnance Industrial City.
After pondering for a long time, Yue Weihan finally sighed and said: "Immediately give an order to the 8th Army. If the frontline soldiers encounter civilians on the battlefield, whether they are Japanese or Chinese, first shout in Chinese to ask them to leave immediately. Listen.
Anyone who doesn't understand or refuses to leave will be shot on the spot!"
Jinzhou, Kwantung Army frontline headquarters.
In the office, Okamura Neiji is gently stroking the black and white photo in his hand. In the photo, there are two women, equally beautiful and equally gentle. The one on the left is his wife, and the one on the right is his daughter. I don’t know.
Before he knew it, two tears had quietly slipped down Okamura Neji's cheeks.
Kazuko, have you received the letter and allowance I sent you?
And Meiko, you will graduate from college in the first half of next year, right? Unfortunately, dad can’t attend your graduation ceremony. I really want to see your bright smile, but maybe dad will never be able to see you again.
, if your father really cannot come back to you, you and your mother must live on and live strong...
The closed door was suddenly moved away, and a solemn-looking Tamura Yoshitomi hurriedly entered.
Seeing the traces of tears remaining on Okamura Neji's cheek, Tamura Yoshitomi couldn't help but be stunned. Marshal Okamura, who had always been as strong as steel, could actually shed tears? He could also be sad? Thinking about the sudden turn of events in the Manchuria war, Tamura
Yoshitomi's heart couldn't help but sink, sink...
Okamura Neji did not hide his sadness in front of Tamura Yoshitomi.
Now there is no need to hide your emotions anymore, and there is no need to pretend to be strong in front of your subordinates.
With the successful landing of the Chinese *** team in Jinzhou Bay, the war situation in Manchuria was actually irreversible. Although Okamura Neiji still assured Umezu Yoshijiro on the phone that as long as Okamura Neiji is here,
Jinzhou, a transportation hub connecting eastern Liaoning and western Liaoning, will never be lost, but everyone knows that this is only the "official language".
How could it be that Umezu Yoshijiro couldn't tell that Okamura Neji was determined to "break his jade into pieces" in Jinzhou?
After a long while, Okamura Neji finally stabilized his emotions and asked Tamura Yoshitomi: "Is everyone here?"
"Hai." Tamura Yoshitomi suddenly lowered his head, Okamura Neji nodded, and then strode out of the office.
When Okamura Neiji appeared in the conference room again, he had become energetic and high-spirited again, showing strong self-confidence in his words and deeds. The military police captains and police chiefs gathered in the conference room,
The commanders of the armed development regiments and the division commanders of the Puppet Manchuria Army calmed down one after another.
"Everyone." Okamura Neiji glanced at everyone with stern eyes and said solemnly, "Jinzhou's strategic position is very important. It is no exaggeration to say that Jinzhou is the backbone of our Kwantung General Army. Once Jinzhou is lost, it will be stationed in Liaodong.
, the army in Liaodong will be completely separated by the China Army, especially the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Front Armies stationed in the Western Liaoning Corridor, their logistics supply lines will be completely cut off by the China Army, and the consequences will be disastrous!"
"So..." Okamura Neiji said this and solemnly said, "Jinzhou cannot afford to lose anything!"
"Of course, we are definitely not fighting alone! The heavy troop groups of the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th Front armies are returning from the east and west directions. Our mission is to defeat the China Army that has landed at all costs and by any means.
Firmly contain the troops on the outskirts of Jinzhou, buy time for the heavy troops returning to support, and finally encircle them on all sides, bloom in the center, and annihilate the Chinese Army on the outskirts of Jinzhou in one fell swoop!"
After some impassioned agitation, the military police captains, police chiefs, armed development regiment commanders, and puppet Manchuria *** division commanders left one after another. Tamura Yoshitomi immediately entered the conference room and asked Okamura Ning.
He then said: "Your Excellency, Marshal, these ragtag groups are simply vulnerable. It is better to mobilize the five field divisions stationed near Linghe and the ancient pagoda."
"No!" Okamura Neiji suddenly raised his hand and said coldly, "Before the reinforcements of the 5th Front Army arrive, these five field divisions are our last general reserves. They must not go into battle so early.
As for these local troops, they are by no means a mob. Tamura-kun, never underestimate the fighting power of human beings in desperate situations!"
"But they are civilians!" Tamura Yoshitomi said disapprovingly, "Do they really have the courage to fight against the Chinese army?"
"Tamura-kun, you are wrong again." Okamura Neji shook his head and said in a quiet voice, "They are civilians, but they do not lack the courage to fight. When their existing property is threatened, they will definitely