Chapter 550: The Power of the Masses
Before Zhang Chi's words fell, Staff Officer Liang let out an "oh". Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The defense forces of the Japanese army are scattered in every township of the puppet Manchukuo, and there is a need for combat in each township, which is not only to defend against the harassment of the guerrillas, but also to sweep and ensure the presence of the Japanese army to suppress the people, so this ammunition reserve is also quite a lot, and even if it is gathered, it is very likely to exceed the ammunition from the direction of Korea or the Manchurian-Mongolian border.
"Master!" Hearing this, the fellow villagers couldn't help frowning: "These ammunition are too scattered...... We're just afraid it's hard to limit! ā
"yes!" Staff Officer Liang sighed and said, "Scattered in various towns and villages, and our troops are seriously insufficient, if we want to limit the devil's ammunition...... If you have to break it into pieces first, it will be easy for the Japanese to break it down! ā
"Not really!" Zhang Chi replied.
"How?" Staff Officer Liang asked.
"We may not be able to do it, but someone will!" Zhang Chi explained: "We can use the power of the masses! ā
"The power of the masses?" Staff officers and fellow villagers couldn't help but look at each other.
This is not to blame for the staff officers and fellow villagers, both of whom grew up in the Kuomintang army...... In fact, the Kuomintang represented the interests of the landlord class and the bourgeoisie, and Chiang Kai-shek's policy of governing the country had always been to control the landlords and capitalists and then control the people through them.
Therefore, more often than not, the Kuomintang army stood on the opposite side of the people, and it was not uncommon to sometimes "catch strong men" in order to replenish the supply of troops during this period of war.
As a result, the national army units usually do not think about "using the power of the masses...... The masses are their enemies, if only the masses did not cause chaos for themselves, can they still be used by the national army?!
However, the situation is completely different now, and the people of the puppet state of Manchukuo are living in dire straits under the oppression of the Japanese army...... The actions of the national army can be said to be nothing at all, not only are they nothing, but they can also be called "benevolent", and in addition, Zhang Chi's national army unit is also a well-known "Chinese expeditionary force", so of course this prestige can be used to call on the "power of the masses" to accomplish this seemingly impossible task.
In fact, the force that Zhang Chi mentioned to mobilize the masses began as soon as the Chinese expeditionary force entered the puppet state of Manchukuo, such as organizing militias, organizing transport teams, and even organizing the people in Qiqihar and Harbin to help the expeditionary force dig fortifications.
But, as it is now...... It was the first time that the spontaneous uprising of the common people had disrupted the transportation and logistical supply of the Japanese army.
But now is also the time, because the Chinese expeditionary force at this time can be said to be in full swing...... Since it entered the puppet state of Manchukuo, it has not tasted defeat, but the Japanese army is like a lost dog fleeing everywhere, although the dark tide is turbulent, but the people only look at the surface, so it is easy to respond to the Japanese army group attack.
While Zhang Chi and the others were intensively preparing for the battle, Naosaburo Okabe, who was hiding in the Mudanjiang River, was full of sadness......
He escaped from Xinjing with the imperial family of the puppet Manchukuo, and was originally going to flee to Harbin, but when he was about to arrive, he encountered the puppet army that escaped from Harbin...... After asking, I learned that Harbin had been occupied by the Chinese army.
Okabe Naosaburo couldn't help but curse for a while, but in his heart he admired the strategy and tactics of such a rapid surprise attack by the Chinese army...... The Chinese army can be said to be ahead of him at every step, and he obviously has several times more troops than the Chinese army in his hands, but he is helpless to fight back by them.
But scolding and scolding, Okabe Naosaburo with the royal family did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly changed the direction of the march and drove to the Mudanjiang River east of Harbin...... If Okabe Naosaburo was worried that his speed was too slow, even the Mudanjiang River would be occupied by the Chinese, and he, the commander of the Third Front, would not even have a base area.
Fortunately, the strength of the Chinese army is insufficient, and it is not possible to keep its eyes on the Mudanjiang River for the time being, which makes Okabe Naosaburo have a place to stay.
After settling down, Naosaburo Okabe opened the map and looked at it, and couldn't help but sigh heavily...... The Chinese army had already captured the vast majority of the Zhongchang Railway, which allowed the Chinese army to use the railway to quickly maneuver and transport supplies, while the Japanese had to walk on two legs...... Even because the Zhongchang Railway was in the shape of a "D", after the Chinese army occupied the Zhongchang Railway, the puppet Manchukuo was divided into three parts that could not be connected with each other.
Originally, he was still full of confidence in retaking Manchukuo, because he knew that the Japanese Empire would not give up such an important resource area of Manchukuo...... It can even be said that if Manchukuo was abandoned, Japan would lose almost all of its resources from its colonies, and the passage from Thailand, Singapore, and other places would be cut off.
Therefore, Okabe Naosaburo thought that reinforcements from Okamura Ninji and the Japanese mainland would arrive soon, and it would be effortless to defeat the current "Chinese Expeditionary Force," which had only more than 100,000 men.
Who would have thought......
Okamura Ninji actually only sent two divisions to reinforce it, and the Japanese mainland surprised Okabe Naosaburo even more, not only did he not have reinforcements, but he didn't even have the fighters and supplies that he had planned to send.
"Why did Prime Minister Hideki Tojo resign at this time?!" Naosaburo Okabe sighed: "This is too inopportune!" ā
What Okabe Naosaburo didn't know was that it wasn't a coincidence, but that Zhang Chi did it on purpose.
Now Okabe Naosaburo can only wait in the Mudanjiang River, waiting for the Japanese, scattered in the eastern towns of Manchukuo, to come and assemble, and then he can cooperate with the 63rd Division and the 59th Division returning from the Manchurian-Mongolian border to flank the two cities of Qiqihar and Harbin.
Only by taking these two cities can the smooth flow of the Eastern Railway be guaranteed, and the Japanese army can rely on the Eastern Railway to defend, and more importantly, ...... Only by taking these two cities can the poison gas bombs and bacteriological bombs be recaptured, so that they can be invincible in the battle in Manchukuo.
After looking at the map for a while, Okabe Naosaburo ordered: "Order the 320th Division to attack Yingkou, and the 117th Division to attack Siping!" The sooner the better! ā
"Yes!" The staff officer answered, and immediately conveyed the order.
Okabe Naosaburo used these two divisions to attack Yingkou and Siping respectively, not in the hope that they would be able to take these two strategic points, but in the hope that they would be able to control the logistics of the Chinese army to some extent and give themselves the ability to organize a counteroffensive in the north. (To be continued.) )