Just when Yang Zhen and Liu Changshun were feeling puzzled by the sudden outbreak of the Third Brigade of the Eighth Wing of the Fourth Division, in fact, at this time, the commander of the Japanese army, Kitano Takatsu Shaosa, also had a hard time. It's not that he doesn't want to run, but he really doesn't dare to run.

Kitano Takatsu is actually suffering now. Originally, according to the Kwantung Army's division of the Fourth Division, the Eighth Wing was not stationed in Jiamusi. However, after the first battle in northern Dunhua was disabled, the third brigade has been relying on Jiamusi for rectification. No matter how the division and regiment headquarters rushed, they just didn't move the place for a long time.

In fact, Kitano Takatsu's 3rd Brigade fought in the north of Dunhua, and the battle casualties were not very large. When his 3rd Brigade collapsed, even the formation remained intact, and most of the people were not killed or injured in the battle. In addition, after the battle, because of the relationship between the shape and shì, Yang Zhen did not clear his stragglers. So except for a few unlucky people who were trapped in the deep mountains and old forests of Zhang Guangcailing because they got lost, at least sixty percent of them ran out.

In terms of the consistent efficiency of the Japanese army, although the replenishment of troops should give priority to replenishing the losses in the Kannai battlefield in China, as a heavy army group that the Japanese army attaches the most importance to, the replenishment of the Kwantung Army is not slow. In fact, the previous losses of the 3rd Brigade had already been replenished before May. The reason why I still rely on Jiamusi is because it is really a good place to do business.

Jiamusi's railways and shipping are extremely developed, and its north is rich, rich in coal, timber and all kinds of high-grade furs of the small Xing'an Mountains. As the provincial capital, Jiamusi, which is full of lights and wine, and has an extremely rich nightlife, is much more attractive to the officers and soldiers of Kitano Takatsu and the officers and men at all levels of the Third Brigade than the original station.

After receiving the order from Kenkichi Ueda, Shigeru Sawada transferred all the troops that could be mobilized of the Fourth Division to the front line of Gunce Mountain to participate in the clearance. But Jiamusi, as an important town in North Manchuria, can't sing an empty city plan, and in desperation, Sawada Shigeru can only leave the third brigade, which always finds various excuses not to return to the original station, to stay in Jiamusi to serve as a security guard.

In Sawada Shigeru's view, the anti-Japanese forces on the front line of Qunce Mountain would not have the strength to divide their troops to attack Jiamusi in the face of the large-scale pressure of the imperial army. The rest of the anti-Japanese armed forces in North Manchuria had already lost much combat effectiveness at this time. Either they were forced to hide in the deep mountains and old forests, or they had crossed the Xiaoxing'an Mountains and retreated to the west.

As the location of the headquarters of the Fourth Division, Jiamusi, which has a large number of reserve materials for the Fourth Division, will not pose any threat in the short term. But the necessary remaining troops still have to be left. What's more, Sawada Shigeru's top boss, Kenji Dohihara, commander of the Fifth Army of the Kwantung Army, is still supervising the battle in the city, and if he doesn't even leave the army commander's guard troops, it's really unreasonable, isn't it?

Since your third brigade can't fight in the field, but without any threat, it should be okay to take on the garrison duty, make a temporary cameo appearance as a gendarmerie and policeman, show the army commander and everyone, and set up a sentry. In order to show the importance of the 3rd Brigade, Sawada Shigeru also appointed Kitano Takatsu as the acting commander of the Jiamusi garrison when he was leaving.

Shigeru Sawada's wishful thinking is good, and Kitano Takatsu, the acting commander of the garrison, is also leisurely. Every night sings dogs and horses. Sawada Shigeru has only been gone for a few days, and this guy has already visited the large and small brothels in Jiamusi City, whether they are opened by Japanese, Chinese, or Koreans, adhering to the determination to kill mistakes and not let go.

Although the commander of the army is in the city, this guy who thinks he is tough in the background doesn't care. What to do, or what to do. How to play, or how to play. Now Jiamusi is very safe, as long as there are no anti-Japanese elements coming, even the military commander has no way to take himself. And now those anti-Japanese elements simply do not have, and it is impossible for them to have the strength to attack Jiamusi.

However, this extremely ambitious guy did not relax his business when he played. Every day, he dealt with the merchants of China, Japan and North Korea in Jiamusi City, and wondered how to sell the private goods in his hands at a good price.

As for whether the fierce bandits on the front line of Qunce Mountain would take advantage of the situation to sneak attack Jiamusi, this guy didn't think about it at all. The commander of the division in front concentrated three infantry wings, plus a reinforced wing attached to the 11th Division, and the elite troops of the Imperial Army with more than 10,000 people supported by aircraft, not to mention a small bandit, even if the regular army of the Nationalist Government came to take up a few troops. Those bandits are too busy to take care of themselves, where will there be a chance to sneak attack Jiamusi?

It's just that he didn't expect that Yang Zhen would really dare to divide his troops to attack when the Japanese army was overwhelmed. The Japanese troops on the front line of Qunce Mountain ignored them, but came to a long-distance attack to really kill Ben Jiamusi. When the first wave of shells smashed into the barracks, blowing up the flesh and blood of the troops who were assembling for the morning exercise, Kitano Takatsu, who had just returned from the brothel, could hardly believe what he saw with his eyes.

After Liu Changshun launched an attack on the Japanese entrenched barracks. Kitano Takatsu, who thought he was at the back and should be the safest place, found that Jiamusi, who was originally at the back, suddenly became the front line.

However, although I have always been a little unprofessional, I spend more time on how to earn extra money. However, Kitano Takatsu is still a graduate of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School after all, and his military level is still at a certain level. Although he likes to spend time drinking, the basic literacy of a soldier is poor, which does not mean that his reaction ability is also poor.

He immediately reacted from the density of the shells that smashed on his head, and the opponent's sneak attack on Jiamusi was definitely the main force. And when the dense gunfire rang out everywhere in the city, Kitano Takatsu, who knew how many troops there were in Jiamusi City, immediately keenly discovered that he was now a lone soldier, and unfortunately fell into the circle of that cunning opponent.

After finding that he was surrounded and knew that his life was at the end of his life, it was extremely rare to stimulate the blood of soldiers who had not been seen for a long time or had never existed in Kitano Takatsu and his subordinates. Although the Fourth Division was a bit of a bargaining and had poor willpower, and generally lacked the will to die in the rest of the Japanese army, when they were cornered, it did not mean that they would not fight to the death. However, the toughness of their determination is related to the situation of the war.

It's just that although Liu Changshun has been fighting fiercely for half a day, several attacks have always progressed, and the casualties are not small, and only half of the camp has been captured. But it was this fierce battle for half a day that wiped out the bloody nature that this third brigade barely stimulated. Liu Changshun's casualties were not small, but Kitano Takatsu's casualties were not much better.

After the reorganization of the 3rd Brigade, in addition to the brigade artillery that also needs to be transferred by the Kwantung Army, the four infantry squadrons and the heavy machine gun squadron have all been replenished. But one of the four squadrons was still outside the barracks as a guard for the division headquarters and Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara, who was now living in one of the most luxurious hotels in Jiamusi. There were only three squadrons in the barracks, as well as some baggage, engineer, artillery and cavalry units directly under the division.

In the fierce fighting for half a day, among the three infantry squadrons, except for nearly one squadron lost in the shelling, the remaining two squadrons also suffered nearly 30 percent casualties. As for the sappers and baggage squadrons that were pulled by Kitano Takatsu extremely immorally and had few guns, more than half of them had already suffered casualties. Half a day of fierce fighting, with such high casualties, had long since made the officers and men of the Third Brigade lose their determination to fight.

The reason why he is still resisting, not breaking through, and running away directly is first because the commander of the Fifth Army, Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara, is now in Jiamusi. Even if Kitano Takatsu and his subordinates cherish their lives, they also know that if they leave a lieutenant general commander in the city and run away by themselves, no matter how hard they are in the background, no matter how rich their family is, they will not forgive themselves.

Secondly, neither Kitano Takatsu nor his troops had enough confidence in breaking through. The density of the artillery fire that had just fallen on their heads made them know that the anti-Japanese forces that had entered Jiamusi would definitely not be in the minority, and the firepower was also extremely powerful.

And the gunfire that had gradually subsided in other parts of the city, especially the gunfire at the garrison of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, was also telling them that by now there was probably only one of them left in the Japanese army in Jiamusi City. Breaking through, without reliable cover, I'm afraid it is simply impossible. The memory of the battle in northern Dunhua is still fresh in their memories at this moment.

These Japanese soldiers knew that with their own casualties, their opponents being extremely cunning, and being trapped in a walled city on all sides, the chances of a successful breakthrough were almost zero. Unless a force is left to cover with full force, it is almost impossible. Although at the moment they were not far from the straight line of the western wall, which had been demolished.

But leaving that unit to cover the breakthrough, several squadron leaders passed the buck to each other, and no one was willing to take on this task that in their opinion must be death. After a long time, I haven't decided who will stay. When I was in a hurry, I yelled to go together, to stay together. All of them stayed, relying on the large amount of ammunition in the station, and maybe they could hold out until the division commander came back.

In view of the statements of several squadron leaders, Kitano Takatsu, who did not want to offend his subordinates too much, could only make a decision that almost everyone was happy with except him, and everyone did not leave, staying and sticking together.

The most crucial reason for all the officers and men of the Third Brigade to persist in fighting is that they have been coming to Jiamusi for several months, and the money and goods they have collected are now in the barracks. For these Osaka soldiers, life is precious, but the charm of money should not be underestimated. Throwing away all this money and goods is as uncomfortable for them as it is for them to kill them.

For all the officers and men of the Third Brigade, the safety of Kenji Dohihara, the commander of the army, is no more valuable than these items that can make him rich compared with his own money and property. If the commander of the army is killed, this responsibility will naturally be borne by the commander above, and he will have almost no loss.

If all these valuable things are lost, then you are trying to make up for the loss, but you don't know that you will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey. It can be said that among the three reasons, this reason is the most fundamental reason that inspired all the officers and men of the Third Brigade to resist except Kitano Takatsu.

The officers and men of the Fourth Division had a good idea, but when they changed their previous tactics of advancing layer by layer, using bayonets on artillery, advancing mountain artillery under their noses and firing flat shots, knocking out the barracks where they were hiding one by one, these Japanese officers and men were dumbfounded. Take the power of the grenadier and compete with the mountain artillery, isn't that looking for your own death?

When Hu Zhaoshan commanded four mountain guns to brave the Japanese machine gun fire and enter the Japanese barracks under the cover of the main artillery force, Liu Changshun saw that the commander had transferred all the precious artillery, and knew that Yang Zhen had actually given the final general attack order, so he gritted his teeth and made a bloody investment.

In order to ensure the success of the attack, Liu Changshun concentrated all the 60 submachine guns temporarily distributed to the first regiment and all the fast and slow machines in the existing units in his hands into one company, and all the new grenades that were not large in the whole regiment were also transferred to this company. The regimental mortars and infantry guns, which had been providing fire support outside the camp, were also transferred to the battlefield by him. Fire support is provided nearby. A total attack was launched.

The submachine gun had just begun to be mass-produced, and because of the lack of technical personnel and lack of experience, even if it was a surprise production, even if it worked overtime, only more than 1,000 units were produced before this roundabout operation. With the exception of the headquarters guard unit and the arsenal guard unit, which remained part, the main equipment was first given to the reconnaissance battalion. Each of the remaining regiments was temporarily equipped with an average of one hundred and twenty units. Because he had to divide his troops to fight, Liu Changshun only had sixty in his hands at this time.

Grenades are also due to insufficient production capacity, although there are many Type 97 grenades in the seized inventory, but the number of remodeled pull-fuse grenades is not large. And again, it was mainly rationed to the reconnaissance battalion. The average of the three regiments was also not very well equipped. At the moment, the most used by the troops is still unmodified, using the impact fuse Type 97 grenade.

Liu Changshun strengthened all the submachine guns and new grenades, and even all the fast and slow machines that could be concentrated on hand to this company, which could be regarded as a bloody investment. You must know that the troops he has at hand now are only more than one battalion, and the number of these sharp weapons and equipment for street fighting and melee combat is really not much.

Before the general offensive was launched, Liu Changshun found the last main attack company and the three company commanders of the mortar and infantry artillery companies in front of him, and carefully explained the task: "You three companies should not attack from the front, you should attack from the position of the three companies on the right flank." Because of the relatively narrow terrain, it has always been used as an auxiliary attack direction. This time, I chose it as the breakthrough. ”

"As for the front, I will mobilize troops to take a feint to cover you. Your attack will be fifteen minutes after the feint is launched. It was the densest place for the Japanese barracks, and it was also a dead end when it was covered by artillery fire before, and many buildings were preserved. You need to use melee tactics, mostly using grenades, submachine guns, and fast and slow machine tactics of close and dense fire. ”

"Remember, the artillery should keep up with the advance of the infantry and not skimp on shells. The infantry artillery had to smash a fortification for the infantry. If you want the infantry to hit there, your fire support will get there, tearing apart a Japanese barrage. The mortars were going to hold down the Japanese grenadiers to the death, so that their grenadiers fired one shot, but they were absolutely not allowed to fire a second shot. ”

After explaining the task, Liu Changshun didn't say anything to boost morale, but just pointed in the direction of Yang Zhen's headquarters and said: "The commander is watching us there, and whether we can raise our heads in front of the fraternal troops in the future depends on whether you can succeed in this attack." ”

Although Liu Changshun's words are not much, the effect is obvious. In particular, the commander was there looking at us, obviously arousing his affection for the three company commanders. The company commander who was finally transferred by Liu Changshun was an old brother who had broken through from the Japanese bacteriological warfare base, and when he heard this, he didn't say anything, picked up the submachine gun next to him, and turned to leave. The two artillery company commanders also nodded and rushed to the position where the attack was scheduled to be launched.

Liu Changshun's all-or-nothing gamble soon saw results. The frontal feints attracted most of the attention of the Japanese army, especially the four mountain guns that arrived at the Japanese army's position only more than 100 meters away, and completely blew up the ruins of the Japanese army on which the Japanese army depended on it to survive. The Japanese army was constantly driven out of their positions. In order to secure the remaining territory, Kitano Takatsu had to devote most of his forces to frontal defense.

Just as Kitano Takatsu had just completed the transfer of troops, the flank, which had been silent until now because the terrain was narrow and unfavorable to the attacking side, suddenly burst into a dense burst of gunfire. A unit armed with a large number of submachine guns used dense firepower, combined with infantry guns and mortars, to tear his flank into a thousand holes, and then pierced his remaining territory like a sharp knife.

In a place like the Japanese barracks, where there are a large number of buildings, and the distance between us and the enemy is mostly tens or even several meters, the large range and high-precision shooting of rifles have no effect at all. What is more needed is fast and dense firepower.

Having not expected that the opponent was equipped with a large number of submachine guns, the Japanese army, which was extremely unaccustomed to the opponent's new tactics, was caught off guard, and the defense line was almost easily torn apart. At a very close distance, the manual Type 38 rifles in their hands often had no time to react, and were beaten into honeycomb coal by the submachine guns or fast and slow machines in the hands of their opponents.

Not long after the flanks were fired, the Japanese found themselves simply unable to compete with their opponents. And the grenadiers that used to show their might often just fired a grenade before being fired back by several mortar shells. The opponent almost went crazy, and many times the mortar fired at an angle of almost ninety degrees, and he didn't care whether the shells would fall on his head.

Even the Japanese army was horrified to find that even if they fought grenades, they couldn't fight others. The 97-type grenade with an impact fuse in his hand must be smashed a hard object before the fuse can be fired. And when throwing, even a veteran can't estimate the time of the explosion at all. The grenade used by the opponent is a pull-out fuse, which can control the throwing time very well. A dense rain of shrapnel forms in small rooms.

Liu Changshun's combination of submachine guns, fast and slow machines, mortars, and infantry artillery was very effective in adopting a large number of melee tactics, which brought great casualties to the Japanese army. Soon after the flank attack was launched, the positions that the Japanese had been holding on to before gradually became somewhat unsupportable, and finally began to loosen.

Liu Changshun, who had been carefully paying attention to every move of the Japanese position, immediately launched a full-scale attack without the slightest hesitation after keenly discovering that the Japanese army's defense was gradually collapsing, and dealt the Japanese army the last heavy blow.