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Behind the armored convoy are several yellow promenade lines composed of thousands of infantrymen... These infantrymen are also carefully selected from the entire Northeast Army, and they are all top-notch in terms of appearance and height!The daily training is also strict, whether it is target shooting or stabbing, they are all leaders in the Northeast Army!But no one has taught them how to cooperate with tanks.Right now they have formed the most standard infantry attack skirmish line, trailing behind more than 100 tanks and armored vehicles, so as to advance towards the Japanese position at a walking speed!

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At this time, in a shelter on the high ground behind the Japanese defense line, the commander of the Kwantung Army Takashi Ryokan, the chief of staff Miyake Miyake who had just arrived from Lushun, and a group of staff were using high-power binoculars to observe every move of the armored troops of the Northeast Army. There are also a few staff officers who are taking notes with pens and paper!It's unbelievable to say, but they are actually learning how the armored units of the Northeast Army fight!Unlike the Japanese devils who were superstitious in history that "the advance of the bayonet determines the outcome of a war", the Japanese in this time and space finally began to pay more attention to the huge potential of tanks than ever before after blaming the failure of the Shandong Battle on the power of the Kuomintang army's aircraft and tanks!

It's just how to use the tank?How should a large-scale tank assault be organized?How should tanks and artillery infantry and aviation coordinate?There are a lot of questions like this, and the Japanese are also blinded.Fortunately, the Yamato people are very good at learning, and the best player in tank warfare in the world today... seems to be China!So the elites of the Imperial Japanese Army Ministry and the General Staff Headquarters came to the scene today to "learn" how the Chinese Northeast Army uses tanks!For this reason, the Japanese were patient and did not use planes or heavy artillery to deal with the Northeast Army tanks and armored vehicles that were attacking in large groups under their noses.

"Tanks should form while the bombardment is underway...and then go out when the bombardment is over."

"Oh! The tanks should be lined up in three rows. The distance between each tank should be about five meters."

"The infantry should be trailing the tank formation in a prowling line...it appears to be the tanks covering the infantry attack."

"Uh, this method does not apply to the imperial army. The infantry of the imperial army should cover the tanks, and the expensive tanks cannot be easily destroyed by the enemy!"

"Yes! You should use infantry to launch a few charges first, and after the weakness of the enemy's formation is determined, put into the tank formation to make a decisive blow! This is the most correct method of tank warfare."

"No, tanks should turn around. They should turn around from the enemy's flanks like cavalry, and attack the enemy's back... just like the Southern Branch of the Kuomintang Army in the Battle of Jinan."

Hishikari Takashi and Miyake Miyake glanced at each other, their eyebrows were furrowed tightly.This group of elites who are chattering all over the place don't know if they can see any tricks?The tanks of the Northeast Army are about to crash into the Japanese positions!I'm afraid it will be too late if we don't organize shelling.In the end, Miyake Miyake coughed lightly: "My lords, let's try the method of using artillery to fight tanks next!" He didn't wait for the group of elites to nod their agreement, but rushed to the waiting room. The artillery staff officer there waved his hand and gave the order to bombard!

Since they had learned of the Northeast Army's combat plan a long time ago, the Japanese artillery also made careful preparations for this artillery attack. Many cannons were concentrated and deployed behind the center of the Japanese defense line.All the muzzles are raised high, pointing at the advancing armored cavalry brigade of the Northeast Army!Following the order of the commander-in-chief of the Japanese artillery, it was like a strong wind was blowing on the Japanese artillery position, and white smoke rose above the position, and then there was the sound of continuous cannonballs being ejected!

The sound of the cannon was like thunder in winter, sweeping across the entire east bank of the Daling River!The experience of the armored cavalry brigade of the Northeast Army was of course also disastrous. Sitting in the armored vehicle, Wang Yizhe suddenly felt the ground tremble, and then there was a loud explosion of shells!The entire formation of tanks and armored vehicles, as well as the infantry promenade behind them, were immediately submerged in a jungle of smoke pillars.Fragments of the shells flew in all directions, hitting the steel plates of the tanks and armored vehicles, making a clear and crisp sound.Except for a few tanks and armored vehicles that were directly hit by shells or overturned by the huge air wave from the explosion of 150 mm shells, most of the tanks remained intact during this shelling.However, the fate of the infantry behind the formation of tanks and armored vehicles was a bit miserable. Dense shells exploded in the infantry formation, shrapnel whizzed and flew around, and every explosion made a gap in the walking line of the charge!

The Japanese artillery fire was undoubtedly fierce, but the Northeast Army showed no sign of stagnation!At this point, they have no way to retreat, they can only grit their teeth and speed up the charge!All the cars and people unconsciously rushed forward at the fastest speed!In a blink of an eye, it has rushed to the edge of the anti-tank trench dug by the Japanese army.Some soldiers got out of the armored vehicles at this time, unloaded the bundles of firewood that had been prepared in advance and tied to the armored vehicles, and threw them into the trench in front of them, filling in several passages in a short while.Dozens of flame-breathing tanks pressed past these passages, broke through obstacles such as the barbed wire fence of Luzhai, and rushed into the Japanese defensive position in a blink of an eye!

What was waiting for these armored soldiers of the Northeast Army was not the collapse of the Chinese and Japanese troops, but a dense rain of grenades and Molotov cocktails!It is not 37 anymore. Although the Japanese have various shortcomings, they are undoubtedly a nation that is good at learning lessons and finding solutions.In the past two years, experts of the Japanese Army have researched all kinds of weird anti-tank tactics.Including big anti-tank grenades, Molotov cocktails filled with gasoline, of course, there are also [-]mm anti-tank guns under development, and even Long Live Attack with bombs on their backs to die with tanks!

Just after the armored troops of the Northeast Army were attacked by grenades and Molotov cocktails, the infantry of the Northeast Army finally rushed up with bayonet-mounted rifles.An armored assault finally turned into hand-to-hand combat. Both sides were armed with the same [-]-type rifles, and they both underwent the same rigorous training, and even the training methods were exactly the same.The difference is that the Japanese army is not afraid of death, while the Northeast Army is tall and powerful!The fight between the two sides quickly entered a white-hot state.

At this time, the remaining tanks and armored vehicles of the Northeast Army did not continue to assault the Japanese army in depth, but stayed on the line of defense that had been broken through, acting as a fixed firepower point.The machine gun mounted on the Renault FT-17 was spitting flames frantically, strafing any Japanese who tried to get close. After a while, every tank was piled up with corpses in front of it!The ferocity of the Japanese army is also rare. These almost crazy Japanese soldiers desperately want to get close to the tanks of the Northeast Army, and then struggle to throw the heavy anti-tank grenades in their hands!There are even crazier guys with bombs all over their bodies, screaming and rushing to the tank, blasting grenades and killing the tank together!Such a battle is nothing more than a hand-to-hand combat with tanks participating.In this hand-to-hand combat, the exchange ratio between the Japanese army and the soldiers of the Northeast Army reached more than 2:1, and the final victory was also won by the Northeast Army.The price was the loss of sixty Renault FT-1 tanks of the Northeast Army Armored Cavalry Brigade!

Chapter 0517

The sound of gunfire suddenly fell silent. After using the armored cavalry brigade to give the Japanese position a thunderous blow, all the attack momentum of the Northeast Army was finally exhausted!

Zhang Xueliang and Guo Songling stood side by side in the forward headquarters on Little Bauhinia Mountain, holding up binoculars to watch the whole offensive and defensive battle.All the tanks and armored vehicles of Zhang Xueliang's most precious armored cavalry brigade were exhausted in one attack!Although they successfully captured a line of defense of the Japanese army, they failed to achieve the intended goal of cutting the Japanese army in half, but only forced them back to the third line of defense.Obviously, for such a large-depth defensive zone, a small number of tanks and armored vehicles alone will not help at all.

Guo Songling shook her head lightly: "It looks like it's time to switch to defense next, and buy some time for the consolidation of the North Manchurian Anti-Union base, Han Qing."

Zhang Xueliang's face was ashen.The devil's fighting power is beyond imagination!Just relying on grenades and Molotov cocktails actually disabled an armored cavalry brigade, and more than 100 tanks and armored vehicles were all destroyed. I don’t know how many can be repaired?These treasures were painstakingly saved by their father and son, and their hearts were so distressed that their livers trembled.

He whispered: "Arrange, let the troops withdraw to the west bank of the Daling River tonight, and repair the defensive offensive as soon as possible. We must complete the defense before the main force of the Japanese arrives. And... Will the Japanese army be in the south? What about the landings at sea? Huludao, Shanhaiguan, Beidaihe, what about the defenses of these places? Can our navy hold it? Should we ask the Kuomintang to help us find a way?"

Guo Songling put down the binoculars in his hand and nodded: "It's still Han Qing's thoughtful thinking. Our navy can't stop the Japanese combined fleet. The only way is to ask the Kuomintang to lay mines on the sea between the Changshan Islands and Lushunkou. If it can stop the Japanese navy from passing, Jinzhou will have a way to support it.” He thought for a while, and then said: “I will go to Wuhan to discuss this matter with the Kuomintang, and by the way, let’s talk about the way out for our Northeast Army. Hanqing, you Do you have any orders?"

Zhang Xueliang was stunned, and talked about the way out for the Northeast Army, which was to join the Kuomintang... If I had known this way, I would not have mediated the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and would have offended Chiang Kai-shek!Going to seek refuge now, will Lao Jiang wear small shoes for himself?And how should the Communist Party explain it?People's Eighth Route Army also died a lot of people in this battle!His mind turned, and he said in a low voice: "Teacher, don't mention the matter of taking refuge in the Kuomintang for now. We'll talk about it after the battle is over. Right now, the Communist Party's Eighth Route Army and Seventeenth Route Army are fighting side by side with us!" He paused He added: "There is also Rehe! Tang Dahu's attitude is a little ambiguous, do you think there is any way to turn Rehe into our territory directly under our jurisdiction? At least it is a foothold, right?"

Guo Songling's eyes were slightly disappointed, how big is Rehe? How will the 20 troops go to Rehe to live?He shook his head and sighed: "When Jinzhou is over, why don't we send the army to the Rehe area? Tang Yulin only has a few soldiers? How can we stop our 20-[-] people? It's just..."

Zhang Xueliang's face darkened slightly, and he waved his hands: "Let's arrange it like this first. I will wait and see for a while whether we want to join the Kuomintang. Let's see if the Kuomintang is really sincere towards us, and we also need to see if they really want to fight against Japan." ?”

Guo Songling saw the student's upright speech, but sneered in his heart: "You, I'm afraid you still can't let go of the honor of being above ten thousand people?" But on the surface, he just smiled He patted Zhang Xueliang on the shoulder: "Hanqing... I will leave for Wuhan early tomorrow morning, and I will be back in two or three days at the most. Let Wei Youren (Wei Yisan) and Rong Zhen assist you with things here."

Zhang Xueliang also restrained his expression, and pointed at the Japanese army position opposite: "The Japanese army's combat power is no more than that. Didn't our Northeast Army force them back? Right now it's just us and the Communist Party here... If the Kuomintang is willing to send troops Jinzhou, are you afraid that Liao Ji won’t be able to take it back? Teacher, go to Wuhan and talk to Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Yaoguo to see if it’s possible to invite them to send troops? Even if it’s just the air force!”

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In the city of Harbin, amidst the huge cheers of Harbin citizens on both sides of the street, the soldiers of the First Army of the Anti-Union Army, who could not see the end at a glance, were setting off in file, and slogans, flags, and ribbons were flying amidst the sound of firecrackers.Wearing a dog fur hat, the anti-union soldiers with a proud look on their faces rode short Mongolian horses, armed with carriages, artillery carts, Min [-] cavalry machine guns, Min [-] rifles, and mortars, as if they were unstoppable. surge forward.What was displayed in front of the citizens of Harbin and the spies from all walks of life was a mighty and majestic army with excellent equipment and high morale, even marching with a huge murderous aura!With such elite soldiers, the Japanese soldiers who are raging in southern Manchuria may not be able to reach Harbin, right?

Zhang Zuoxiang, Jiang Dengxuan, and Yang Yuting rode on horses, and the honor guard and military band selected by the Northeast Army, which had not yet hung the Anti-Union badge, sent off the friendly army on the street.Their troops are also well-dressed and well-groomed. They also carry brand-new [-]-style rifles, and they also have the same number of cannons and machine guns, but they always give people the feeling that they are completely different from the army in front of them.Zhang Zuoxiang was wearing a full set of admiral's uniform, and his expression was complicated. The expressions of the two people beside him were also very strange. In the territory of the Northeast Army, it was really embarrassing for them to have such an army. .

Zhang Zuoxiang sighed, then suddenly turned around and asked Jiang Dengxuan beside him, "Chao Liu, what do you think of them going south to fight devils?"

Jiang Dengxuan frowned: "Their quality and combat effectiveness may be better than ours, but they may not be compared with the Japanese. After all, they only have 4 people, and the Japanese have nearly 20 in South Manchuria! This battle is not worth it." beat."

Zhang Zuoxiang nodded, expressing his agreement with Jiang Dengxuan, and the expression on his face had turned into worry.He knew immediately that the main force of the Northeast Army was in a disadvantageous situation in Jinzhou.If this army is defeated by the Japanese army again, it is estimated that it will be difficult to preserve Beiman, and the Northeast Army will really have nothing left.

He smiled bitterly and shook his head: "If they win the battle in the south, even if it is a small victory, we have to join the Anti-League, otherwise the brothers below will not do it, but that Wang Zhongyi is ruthless! But if they lose When Japan comes tomorrow, our strength is not enough to look at. This matter is really inconsistent..." He asked Yang Yuting again: "Lin Ge, when will the KMT's Anti-Union Army be able to pull it together?"

Yang Yuting was taken aback by his question, and after a while he said: "How can you pull a team so fast? That's not pulling a pole... I guess it's a miracle to be able to form an army in three months, and it will take at least half a year to be able to fight! Look!" I can't count on getting up."

Zhang Zuoxiang smiled deeply: "I can count on it! Neighborhood, I will suggest to Hanqing that the chairman of Heilongjiang Province be made for you. You should quickly find a way to help the Kuomintang recruit troops. If you can't tie them with rope, you have to tie them up!"

Yang Yuting was stunned again and again, not knowing how to reply for a while, but Zhang Zuoxiang said to himself in an inaudible voice: "If Wang Zhongyi dominates Beiman, then there is really no way for us to survive! But if Wang Zhongyi and How about the Kuomintang fighting against the court? By then, we local snakes will be worth a lot of money... Isn’t that how the veterans developed back then?”

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Beside the street, on the third floor of a building with a platoon of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army Headquarters hanging at the door, two brothers, Luo Yaoguo and Wang Zhongyi, were also watching the scene of the army marching.It was Lin Yurong's idea to send troops with such fanfare. He believed that the main purpose of "going south of the Jiang (Songhua River)" this time was not to grab territory, nor was it to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army.It's to create influence and start the brand of the Anti-Union League.So don't be afraid that others will know, but be afraid that others will not know!Besides, based on the 20 years of Japanese infiltration into the Northeast, the dispatch of troops this time cannot be concealed anyway, so it is better to put it in front of everyone openly.

However, on the eve of the dispatch of troops, news came from Jinzhou that the Northeast Army's offensive had failed, which seemed to cast a shadow over the dispatch of troops this time.At this time, Luo Yaoguo's eyebrows were still slightly frowned, and Wang Zhongyi was also silent.

The Japanese army used at most three divisions to defend the attack of 30 people from the Northeast Army and the Communist Allied Forces!In this way, their troop deployment is much more relaxed.In particular, the four divisions that had arrived in Lushun one after another could merge with the Japanese troops on the Daling River to the west and then attack westward to drive the Northeast Army out of the Northeast.You can also go north to snatch Harbin, and kill it while the Anti-Japanese Alliance is not yet strong!

The two were silent for a while, before Luo Yaoguo said: "Brother, are you sure about going south this time?"

"Yes!" Wang Zhongyi answered bluntly. He smiled and pointed to the army on the street: "Lin Yurong said he is sure, so I am sure. His certainty is my certainty."

Luo Yaoguo was taken aback when he heard the words. These words were what Cao Kun said about Wu Peifu back then, and now Wang Zhongyi put them on Lin Yurong.He smiled and nodded: "If that's the case, I'm relieved." He turned around and beckoned to Wan Yanhao who was standing behind, invited the spy chief of the three eastern provinces to come to him, pointed at him and said to Wang Zhongyi : "Wan Yan Wenqiang is in charge of the entire network of the Military Intelligence Bureau in Northeast China, which is worth [-] soldiers! This time I will hand over this intelligence network to my elder brother." As he spoke, he rushed to Wan Yan Hao again. Wink.

Wan Yanhao snapped to attention, and gave a respectful military salute to Wang Zhongyi: "The humble Wan Yanhao has met Zhong Gong."

Wang Zhongyi patted Yan Hao on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I know Wen Qiang's ability, with him by my side, this Beiman territory will be unbreakable."

Luo Yaoguo also laughed loudly and said: "As long as we and the Northeast Army are united in good faith, regardless of each other, Little Japan will never want to take North Manchuria from us, and they will never even think about securing the land of South Manchuria!" He glanced back again The army that was still on the march took a deep breath: "Guo Songling is going to Wuhan to ask for help today... I will also leave immediately, and try to see him at night. Although their Northeast Army has failed in their attack, they have not yet As long as they can defend Jinzhou, the Japanese will not dare to go northward. Even if it is delayed for three months, the North Manchurian base can be consolidated."

"Besides... it's the Communist Party." He walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, his brows gradually furrowed: "Do they still have contact with Big Brother now? Big Brother is still a member of the Politburo, right?"

Wang Zhongyi smiled wryly and shook his head: "As a member of the Politburo, I have never attended a Politburo meeting! I guess I won't be able to come back after going to a meeting. But sometimes they will notify me of the resolutions of their Politburo meetings. For example, this time they set up a Manchurian special committee. The secretary is Liu Shaoqi, and they made me the top leader of Heilongjiang Province and political commissar of the Anti-Japanese Federation, commander and political commissar of the North Manchuria Military Region... I don’t know what that means?”

Luo Yaoguo glanced at Wan Yanhao who was standing upright and expressionless: "Wen Qiang, tell me, what do they mean?"

Wan Yanhao smiled lightly and said: "This is because the CCP wants to divide the sphere of influence with Zhong Gong. Now the Anti-Japanese Alliance has a 30-strong army, and the weapons, equipment and food are sufficient. It will only take a few months to expand to [-] people. .And the CCP’s power in Manchuria is just in its infancy, and it’s not time to turn against us, so it’s time to win over Zhonggong. And I guess they want to win over Zhang Xueliang who has just lost the battle now, right?”

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Beijing, Zhongnanhai West Flower Hall.

Cuikov, the Soviet military adviser who followed the Eighth Route Army and the Seventeenth Route Army to Jinzhou, had already rushed back to Beijing overnight, and was presenting the situation of yesterday's war to the leaders of the Central Bureau of the Communist Party of China.Hearing the heavy losses suffered by the No.20 Second Division of the Eighth Route Army when it broke through the Japanese Dalinghe defense line, all the participants frowned tightly, and the atmosphere in the meeting room gradually became gloomy.

"...General Zhang Xueliang, after the Northeast Army's armored cavalry brigade's attack was crushed by the Japanese invaders, decided to abandon the offensive plan and switch to defense across the board, and used last night to complete the retreat from the east bank of the Daling River. Now the Jinzhou front has returned to the war The previous standoff."

Chuikov stood in front of a freshly hung military map, pointing with a pointer in his hand.At the end, he turned around and looked at Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong solemnly:

"Comrade Zhu De and I made a preliminary estimate. In the battle yesterday, the loss of our army, including the Northeast Army and the Communist Army, was about 2 people! Among them, the Eighth Route Army lost more than [-] people. In addition, the consumption of shells was also very large. Yesterday At least [-] rounds of various cannon and mortar shells were destroyed in one day! Therefore, the front line urgently needs to replenish personnel and equipment, otherwise it will be difficult for Jinzhou to hold on for a long time. In addition, the Liaoxi Corridor is close to the Bohai Bay, and the defense of the beach also urgently needs to be solved.”

Mao Zedong's face was ashen, and he was smoking a stuffy cigarette. When he heard Cui Kefu's question, he just smiled coldly: "Twenty thousand people were killed in one day! This Zhang Xueliang and Guo Songling really don't know how to fight! If you hand over the army to them, how many troops will you give them?" How much is it going to be? I think what we need to consider now is not to replenish troops and weapons and equipment, but to replace the front-line generals and send generals who can really fight."