Chapter 545: The Airport
This kind of human tragedy also exists in the "water purification plant" in Harbin, and it can even be said that the "water purification plant" is even more terrifying...... Because the Japanese army there conducted experiments on bacterial infection on the Chinese people, and the Japanese army studied the route of infection and possible treatments, many of the Chinese people who became experimental subjects would suffer more prolonged illness and then die. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The reason why the Japanese army wanted to study treatment methods was because chemical warfare, bacteriological warfare, and the like often caused accidental injuries...... This was seen in the Battle of Suzhino Gatekan, where the Japanese poured a large amount of deadly bacteria into the river in order to kill and injure the Soviet troops, and at the same time ordered the Japanese troops not to drink the river water.
Originally, there was no problem with this, as long as the Japanese troops unswervingly carried out the order, there would be no accidental injury.
However, the Japanese army was worried that explaining things too clearly would lead to the leakage of information and would not be able to inflict losses on the Soviet army, so they only told the Japanese troops that they were not allowed to drink because the river water was polluted and unhygienic.
Where could the Japanese troops fighting on the front line take care of these ...... The rear did not transport enough drinking water, and the mouth was dry from the battle, and the river water was flowing "loudly" around it, so how could it not be drunk because it was "unhygienic", so a large number of Japanese troops drank the river water in disregard of this order, and as a result, there were various strange diseases and a large number of abnormal attrition among the Japanese troops.
On the Soviet side, because of the meticulous intelligence work, they knew that the Japanese were going to launch bacteriological warfare, so they insisted on using the drinking water delivered by logistics......
As a result, the Japanese army lifted a stone and shot itself in the foot.
However, the Japanese army has always been very skillful, and it immediately issued a statement condemning the Soviet Union's use of bacteriological weapons in violation of the Geneva Conventions...... The shamelessness of the Japanese army can also be seen from this.
Looking at the Chinese people who had been abused by the Japanese army, the soldiers of the expeditionary force were all indignant, and the fellow villagers ran to Zhang Chi and said: "Master, those devils are too inhuman!" We should shoot those captives to avenge our fellow villagers! ”
The prisoners mentioned by the fellow villagers refer to the more than 300 Japanese soldiers and more than 1,000 Japanese researchers who surrendered to the "Research Institute".
Zhang Chi replied: "If it is on the Burma battlefield and the Pacific theater...... I don't object to it, but now I resolutely can't! ”
"Why is that?" Fellow villagers expressed incomprehension.
Staff Officer Liang interjected: "First Regiment Commander, think about it with your head...... The Japanese troops in the Burma Battlefield and the Pacific Theater basically did not surrender, which means that it makes little difference whether we kill prisoners or not, and the devils will not surrender. Can it be the same now? A large number of devils and puppet armies surrendered, if we kill the prisoners, will we still fight in the future? ”
The townspeople were speechless for a while.
Therefore, many things on the battlefield often cannot be measured by personal feelings, but should be based on the overall situation, simply put, to unite all forces that can be united, and do everything possible to weaken the enemy's morale and will to resist...... Killing prisoners may be a great pleasure, but many Japanese soldiers who are hesitating to surrender will stand firmly on the side of stubborn resistance, which will undoubtedly cause many unexpected problems for the expeditionary force.
But the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, and Zhang Chi turned a blind eye to the next actions of the soldiers.
The villagers tied their hands behind their backs and dragged them out into the city...... This is a traditional practice of the Chinese people in this era, which means to announce their crimes to the world, and along the way, the people have picked up stones and mud and threw them at these Japanese, but it did not make those Japanese feel better.
After taking Qiqihar and Harbin, Zhang Chi organized personnel to open up airports as soon as possible...... This is the top priority of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and the battle has been fought so far, not to mention that the plan is going very smoothly, but secretly it is dangerous and abnormal.
The biggest problem was that at this time the two regiments of the expeditionary force had penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Japanese army: the first regiment was located in Qiqihar and the second regiment was located in Harbin.
The distance between these two cities and the main force of the Chinese army is more than 300 kilometers, of which Harbin is closer, and if you move along the railway, it is only 300 kilometers, and Qiqihar is 600 kilometers away.
If we follow the definition of special operations, it means that after capturing the target, you should immediately retreat with your whole body...... Then it's time for the battle to end.
However, the 1st and 2nd regiments could not retreat, because there were more than 100,000 Japanese poison gas bombs and bacteriological bombs in both places.
For so many gas bombs, the Chinese army simply did not have enough time to transport them away...... Zhang Chi has considered this plan, to be exact, the time is enough, there will be no problem with manpower, and the C47 can land in batches to complete this task.
But it's just too dangerous...... If there was an artillery unit of the Japanese army anywhere, not to mention the artillery unit, even a few mortars fired a few shells while transporting these gas shells, the expeditionary force would be devastated.
So Zhang Chi thought about it for a while, and finally decided to hold here and wait for reinforcements.
The first condition to hold these two places is ammunition and supplies, and the source of ammunition and supplies is the C47, so the airport becomes the top priority.
The opening of the airport is also simple, C47 does not have high requirements for the airport, and the airstrip can take off normally, not to mention that the terrain in these places in Harbin is open and flat, and there are a large number of people who consciously and automatically help the expeditionary force to build an airport...... The so-called crowd gathered firewood and the flame was high, and the airport was soon opened up.
So C47s landed in the two cities laden with weapons and ammunition, and along with these C47s came six bombers and six fighters.
The reason why there are only six bombers and six fighters is because the fighters are just oil-burning things, and they still burn aviation fuel, which has to be transported all the way up from the port in Lushun, plus there are also maintenance personnel and parts to support it...... As a result, in the farthest part of the puppet state of Manchukuo, it became a luxury to use fighters and bombers.
But all of this was worth it, because the expeditionary force that broke into the heart of the Japanese army was basically blinded...... The scouts that the Chinese army could deploy were basically Qiqihar, and then they entered Mongolia further west, and it was difficult for Chinese scouts who did not speak Mongolian to operate in the Mongolian region without being detected.
As a result, intelligence at this time basically relied on fighter planes to seize air supremacy and carry out reconnaissance.
Before the fighters and bombers flew out and circled, the pilot reported to Zhang Chi: "Division, a large number of Japanese troops have assembled in the northwest and southwest directions and are moving towards Qiqihar, and the preliminary estimate is that there are two divisions!" And heavy equipment! ”
"Two divisions?!" Hearing this, Zhang Chi and Staff Officer Liang couldn't help but gasp.
(To be continued.) )