Glorious Mission 1937

The sharp attack of Chen Feng's troops completely shocked the entire Kwantung Army headquarters. Neither General Yamada Otosan nor Lieutenant General Okabe Naozaburo had expected that Chen Feng's troops would use so many paratroopers to fight. There were so many well-trained paratroopers and transport planes, so they were hit by Chen Feng's troops all at once.

Immediately, the Kwantung Army Command urgently held a military meeting to discuss countermeasures. Regarding the mobilization of more than [-] troops by Chen Feng's troops to launch the Hulunbeier Battle, the Kwantung Army's senior officials agreed that this was the beginning of Chen Feng's troops seizing the entire Suidong prairie, and even So it was the beginning of Chen Feng's troops seizing the whole of Manchuria.

General Yamada Otosan is very aware of the importance of Manchuria to the empire. If it is just a mere Hulunbeier grassland, the Kwantung Army can barely recognize it. The Kwantung Army did not hesitate to engage in a strategic decisive battle with the Chinese army.

As a general of the Japanese army, Otozo Yamada is already one of the top officers in Japan, so he knows a lot of secrets, especially the main combat direction of the imperial army in the next few years.

In the eyes of General Yamada Otosan, there is no room for the empire to launch a war against the United States and Britain. Sooner or later, the empire will have a war with those western countries, and it is only a matter of time.

What is the fight for? War is not just about people fighting each other. It is more about fighting the economy, resources, logistics, and industrial production capacity. Ultimately, it is the overall national strength.

Although the Great Japanese Empire is now powerful in military power, it is still unable to compete with the United States, Britain and other countries in terms of overall national strength.Especially in terms of resources and other aspects of the empire, there are inherent defects, so the importance of Manchuria is highlighted.

Manchuria is sparsely populated and rich in natural resources.According to the resource investigation report of the "State Council" of the Puppet Manchukuo in 1936, the coal reserves in the entire Manchuria region are about 30 billion tons, and the iron reserves are about 40 billion tons.Gold, magnesium, aluminum, oil shale, diamond, forestry, fishery and other resources are also very rich.

最让日本人感到眼红的是满州地区的农业条件，根据上述报告，满洲地区有可耕地面积为4000万顷（40亿亩），其中已耕地2500万顷。森林面积为1亿7000万顷。年产大豆250万吨，小麦200万吨，稻谷70万吨。小米100万吨。高粱800万吨，玉米500万吨，杂粮豆类60万吨，棉花30万吨。烟草16万吨。存栏牲畜包括马400万匹。牛300万头。羊3000万头，猪4000万头。年产粮食约2000万吨左右，其中农民全年所需食用粮约750万吨。种籽粮400万吨。[

This is a very important food supplement base for the Great Japanese Empire, which is seriously short of food. According to the requirements of the Kwantung Army, Manchukuo will provide Japan with more than 100 million tons of food every year.

In addition, the industrial base of the region is very developed. The steel and chemical industries are mainly concentrated in Anshan and Benxi, the coal industry is concentrated in Fushun, Benxi, and Fuxin, the oil shale and synthetic fuel industries are concentrated in Fushun and Jilin, and the magnesite mining industry is concentrated in Haicheng and Dashi. bridge.Hydropower was concentrated in Jilin and the Yalu River, Fengtian (now Shenyang) was the center of machinery, munitions, and aircraft industries, and light industries such as textiles and food were concentrated in cities such as Dalian, Dandong, Harbin, and Qiqihar.

For the Empire of Japan, Manchuria is a "nanny", a source of strength to support the continuous expansion of the Empire of Japan, and an important reliance for the Empire of Japan to dare to challenge the United States, Britain and other countries.In order to turn Manchuria into a base for the empire to wage war, the Empire of Japan placed high hopes on Manchuria.

All in all, no matter what, Manchuria cannot be lost. If Manchuria is lost, the efforts of the Great Japanese Empire over the past century will be in vain.

With such a consensus, the Kwantung Army Command responded quickly and immediately dispatched elite troops from the entire Puppet Manchukuo area to Hulunbuir to reinforce the Ninth Division.

According to the combat arrangement of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, the Ninth Division should try its best to limit the main force of Chen Feng's troops, and then give the Kwantung Army Headquarters time to dispatch troops and generals.Then after the reinforcements arrived in Manzhouli, the Ninth Division cooperated with the reinforcement center and completely defeated Chen Feng's troops.

随后关东军司令部下达了第8号作战计划，调集第1师团、第11师团、第24师团、第25师团、第28师团、战车第一师团、战车第二师团、野战重炮第7、8、11旅团、航空兵第五集团前往海拉尔方向集结，同时关东军司令部还命令伪满洲国国防军抽调4个步兵师和一个骑兵师参战，另外还命令参谋长冈部直三郎中将前往海拉尔指挥作战。

Due to the extreme deterioration of law and order in the entire Manchuria region recently, it will take some time for the troops to assemble. In addition, the strength of the Kwantung Army is also very limited. Therefore, Yamada Otozo sent a report to the Japanese army base camp, requesting domestic military assistance. According to Yamada Otozo It is estimated that in order to restore the state of law and order a few years ago, the Kwantung Army needs only one less division of troops.

On March 1941, 3, after three days and three nights of fierce attack, all the outer positions of the Japanese army in Manzhouli were destroyed by Chen Feng's troops. Almost all the walls around the ancient city of Manzhouli collapsed. The horizon outside the west city in the direction of attack was directly cut down by more than one meter.

During these three days, the Japanese and puppet troops in the city lived like years. More than half of the more than 3 defenders had suffered casualties. Many wounded died of pain because they could not receive timely treatment.

What worries Lieutenant General Higuchi Jiichiro the most is that the troops who died in the battle these days are mainly Japanese troops. Although the puppet troops did not lose much, but in comparison, the casualties of the Japanese troops are much more. There are still 4000 soldiers in the city. There are more than 6 troops, of which the Japanese army only accounts for 8 people, while the puppet army has as many as 1 people. In addition, there are more than [-] wounded in the city.

The continuous attack directly tested the will of everyone in the city, and Chen Feng's troops would distribute a large number of leaflets to the city every day, stating that as long as the puppet army took the initiative to do whatever, Chen Feng's troops could forget the past, and if they could bring troops to surrender, then Certain treatment can also be given, and a detailed list is listed.If you bring 10 people to surrender, you will be appointed as infantry squad leader immediately; if you bring 50 people to surrender, you will be awarded the rank of second lieutenant and appointed as infantry platoon leader; 300 people surrendered, and if there was nothing to say, they were immediately awarded the rank of infantry captain and appointed as infantry battalion commander.If you can bring all the puppet troops in the city to surrender, then the theater command will directly award you the rank of major of the National Revolutionary Army, and you will be appointed as the commander of the infantry after training.

This is the "naked" temptation. In this case, once there is a crack in one person's will, then the unlucky one will be the entire Ninth Division. In desperation, Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi He only strictly ordered all soldiers not to read the leaflets distributed by Chen Feng's troops, and those who disobeyed the order were immediately shot on the spot.

However, the defense of the people is stronger than that of Fangchuan. If the Sichuan is blocked and collapsed, many people will be injured.As the positions outside the city were conquered one by one, the elite Japanese army was continuously consumed, and an abnormal undercurrent surged among the puppet troops inside the city.

On the evening of the 30th, an infantry company commander of the puppet army could not hold back the huge pressure, and took the remaining 42 soldiers on the battlefield. Anyway, although the Japanese army discovered it in time and executed more than half of the puppet troops who tried to escape, there were still some soldiers. The fish that slipped through the net escaped. [

Although the Ninth Division held an emergency meeting that night to report the incident and executed a puppet battalion commander, the incident still spread secretly in the city as if it had grown wings.

On the morning of the 31st, Naozaburo Okabe arrived at Yakeshi with the vanguard of an infantry division and a chariot division, and successfully joined the remnants of the Japanese 23rd Division. Then the Japanese army quickly moved towards Hailar. Come.

According to the idea of ​​the Kwantung Army Headquarters, the Imperial Army took Yakeshi as its base, took back Manhailar in one fell swoop with superior forces and a destructive formation, and finally concentrated hundreds of thousands of large troops into Manchuria to the west, and defeated Chen Feng's troops in one fell swoop. collapse.

However, the ideal is full, but the reality is skinny. On the 31st, two infantry divisions and a tank division of the Japanese army encountered a hard nut to crack when they attacked Hailar.

Facing the Japanese army of more than 5 troops, the more than 128 squadrons in Hailar City were not afraid, and opened their posture to fight the decisive battle with the Japanese army outside the city of Hailar. The first division lost [-] new tanks in just one afternoon, all of which were killed by Chen Feng's powerful bazooka.

The 4 troops stopped at Hailar. This is undoubtedly bad news. After receiving the telegram from Lieutenant General Okabe Naozaburo, General Yamada Otosan ordered the rest of the troops to speed up and gather in the direction of Hailar. At the same time, Lieutenant General Okabe Naozaburo was ordered to defeat the Chinese army in front of him at all costs, and he must rush to the outside of Manzhouli City before April 2, otherwise the Ninth Division was in danger of being wiped out.

The Ninth Division has indeed reached the most dangerous moment. As of the last day of March, there are less than 3 troops left in the Ninth Division. The rest are either killed or wounded. Since yesterday At the beginning, the lightly wounded were also organized and sent to the battlefield.

As for the situation on the battlefield, it was extremely unfavorable for the ninth war zone. Chen Feng's troops had already invaded the inner city, and two of the three inner city defense lines built by the Japanese army had been breached, leaving only the last line of defense struggling to hold on.

Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi felt completely chilled when he learned that the reinforcements were blocked in Hailar. Although the Kwantung Army Command ordered him to hold on for two days no matter what, and the reinforcements would definitely arrive after two days, Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi believed that With the current situation in the Ninth War Zone, not to mention two days, it would be a miracle to be able to persist for one day. You must know that the attack of Chen Feng's troops was a continuous attack day and night.

However, just when Lieutenant General Higuchi Kiichiro was completely desperate, a telegram from the Navy Department of the base camp made Higuchi Kiichiro's eyes shine. (To be continued..)

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