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The Japanese fleet also dispersed its targets. Although it destroyed more than a hundred Soviet tanks and armored vehicles, it failed to injure them. The Soviet 1st Army's armored forces still maintained a strong deterrent effect.
So much so that the Kwantung Army headquarters did not dare to send any more troops out of the city and stronghold.
At this point, it was not until all the additional troops in North China were in place that they were prepared to send troops to rescue Harbin again under the strict orders of the Japanese Army's General Staff Headquarters. However, at this time, the Red Army North China Military Region was not satisfied after regaining Pingjin and actually sent troops to fight outside the customs.
, surrounded Jinzhou with at least 200,000 troops
Now the Kwantung Army headquarters was immediately anxious. Jinzhou is the gateway to the Northeast. Once it falls into the hands of the Red Party, their two million troops in the Guan can continue to advance into the Northeast. In addition, they have already let the
The Anti-Japanese Alliance and the Soviet Army, which the Kwantung Army has a headache for, are definitely not something that the Japanese Kwantung Army, which has only over 600,000 troops even with reinforcements, can defeat them. Moreover,
With the total population of the major border areas of the Red Party being almost twice that of Japan, theoretically they can mobilize at least a huge army of tens of millions of people. However, Japan's current domestic military resources are on the verge of exhaustion. Without strong city defenses,
In the throat of Jinzhou, on the open northeastern plain, how can the Kwantung Army, which is getting smaller and smaller as it fights, fight against the endless killing squad of the Chinese Army?...
But if they really want to send reinforcements to Jinzhou, the Japanese Kwantung Army headquarters is worried that the Chinese will once again encircle them for reinforcements. Especially as they know, the Red Party now has one million troops (including local troops) in the North China Military Region alone.
At the same time, due to the complete and deep militia system,
To win the hearts of the people, they did not need to leave too many troops to garrison the city. Therefore, the troops that could be used for mobile warfare accounted for a large part of the total military strength, at least 600,000 to 700,000 troops. But they only had 100,000 troops to attack Jinzhou.
More than 200,000 troops were employed. Where were the other troops?
The more they thought about it, the more frightened the Kwantung Army headquarters became. They did not dare to be careless. They gritted their teeth and gathered an army of 300,000 people and headed for Jinzhou. They also specifically asked them not to rush forward greedily and to be careful at every step on the way to avoid being surrounded by enemy troops. As for the siege of Harbin,
The enemy mainly used the advantage of "internal operations" to send a large number of bombers to carry out air strikes. At the same time, they strictly ordered the two Osaka divisions in Harbin to defend the city and encouraged them to reproduce the glory of the first Harbin defense war.
However, Japan's Kwantung Army Headquarters did not expect that the North China Military Region was really determined to capture Jinzhou this time. The reason why it only sent more than 200,000 people was because this time all the heavy artillery in the military region had calibers above 150mm and most of the 75mm.
Artillery and mortars of higher caliber and above were sent, so the pressure on logistical supplies increased greatly, and it was really unable to support more troops in front-line operations.
Since the turn of events in the war of aggression against China, the worried Japanese have continued to strengthen Jinzhou's city defenses, almost turning it into a real fortress. However, Commander Lin of the North China Military Region spent almost all his wealth this time, and in one fell swoop
More than 3,000 artillery pieces and mortars were concentrated, and they bombarded Jinzhou City indiscriminately without hesitation to exhaust their inventory.
It is particularly worth mentioning that after the victory in the Central Plains Conference, Hu Weidong considered that the new 152mm howitzer in the arsenal had already been finished, and the more powerful 203mm howitzer would also start mass production within a month.
Therefore, all the RI-type large-caliber heavy artillery captured by the 15th Army were given to the Eighth Route Army. These included the Type 96 240mm heavy howitzer and the Type 96 150mm heavy cannon that had been coveted by the Communist Party of China for a long time. At first, they were only
When there were two 240mm heavy howitzers, Mr. Lin had already dared to attack Jiancheng, not to mention that the military region's heavy artillery brigade now has 16 guns? In addition, after the recapture of Pingjin and Tianjin, the airports in the two places were quickly repaired and used.
Although bombers cannot enter for the time being, Soviet fighter jets that have lower requirements for site conditions are no problem. It is precisely with the escort of more than 300 Soviet fighter jets that Mr. Lin dares to bombard Jinzhou with confidence.
The 240mm caliber artillery shells are so powerful that no matter how strong the Japanese army's city defenses are, they cannot withstand it. After the city defenses that they thought were indestructible were easily destroyed by the enemy, the Jinzhou Japanese army, which had suffered most of its casualties in the shelling, became increasingly demoralized.
18th Group Army (original
Part of the Eighth Route Army was assigned to the Northwest Military Region, so it is not called the Eighth Route Army here to distinguish it.) The siege force took only three days to occupy the entire city, killing nearly 20,000 enemies and capturing more than 10,000 prisoners of war.
.At this time, the reinforcements sent by the Kwantung Army Headquarters were only halfway there.
After learning that Jinzhou had been lost, the Japs who were already walking slowly became more and more afraid to move forward. The Kwantung Army headquarters also did not dare to pursue them at the moment, but could only ask the navy to send a fleet to cover an army field division landing on Qinhuangdao.
Directly threatening the flanks and rear of our army in Jinzhou,
Trying to force it to withdraw from Jinzhou or divide its troops so that the Japanese army can take the opportunity to take it back. But Mr. Lin was not moved at all. A mere field division only dared to be so rampant because of the protection of the fleet. Otherwise, any military division under his command
can easily
Clean it up, and this field division is actually facing an unsolvable problem. If they want to really cut off the logistical supplies of the Jinzhou Squadron, they must go deep into the inland, but in that case, they will be outsourced in minutes.
Dumplings were made, whereas if they were not
If they dared to come in, Mr. Lin could just ignore them. As a result, the Japanese army division did not dare to take risks. Not only did it not create any real trouble for Mr. Lin, it actually dragged a large number of navy warships to a pointless pace.
Off the coast of Qinhuangdao
In the past few days, the Chinese and Soviet troops besieging Harbin have launched multiple attacks on Harbin. Although they suffered a lot without air supremacy, both commanders Zhukov and Xu Gao noticed the weakness of the Harbin Japanese army's lack of long-range heavy artillery, so a large number of
The use of mortars, which have short range but are extremely easy to move and conceal, as the main support firepower makes the day
The army suffered a lot of losses but was unable to effectively counterattack and suppress it. At the same time, mortars also have another advantage, that is, the equipment and process requirements for shell production are relatively low, and even the simple arsenal of the Northeast Military Region can produce them. Therefore,
There is no need to rely entirely on ammunition supplies shipped from afar from the Soviet Union, and the sustainability of operations is greatly enhanced.
Although the Osaka soldiers are good at defending, they have never been able to fight tough battles. Now tens of thousands of people have been killed in less than a week. Such huge losses have never been encountered by them. Everyone can't help but feel timid.
He secretly discussed that there was no chance of winning if he continued fighting, and instead of dying in a vain battle, it would be better to simply surrender (To be continued.)