Chapter 337: Damn the Intelligence Service
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Speaking of this, Hatada Shigei looked at the commander of the 6th Division, Machijiri Liangji, the commander of the 8th Division, Tsukada Tsukada, the commander of the 10th Division, the commander of the 10th Division, Mitsuru Ushijima, and the commander of the 14th Division, Kita Seiko, and said: "You are all famous generals of the 6th Army of the Empire, and I hope that you can continue to wave your brave spirit on the battlefield of China in this attack, and continue the brilliant achievements of various divisions and regiments on the battlefield of China!" ”
"This time in Manchuria, we will use the means adopted by the empire in China, that is, with iron and blood, to tell those who dare to resist the empire and the Manchurians, what are the real strong people, and we will use their blood and lives to completely wipe out this so-called Manchurian bandits from the face of the earth!"
"Most of the divisions and regiments are troops who participated in the Battle of Nanjing in the 12th year of Showa, I hope you can continue to promote the performance of the imperial warriors in the Battle of Nanjing, in order to encourage the imperial warriors to continue to promote the brave and fearless spirit of the 12th year of Showa, I announce that after the completion of this operation, all units can take a week off in the bandit area and move freely!"
"Imperial warriors, take out your cousins in the Chinese capital, and tell the despicable Chinese and Manchurians, who is the master of this land, and who is the real strong!"
Perhaps it was the change of position that made Hatada Shigeichi at this time lose the sharpness he had when he was the commander of the **** mixed brigade, and he did not have the commander of the Potian detachment during the Battle of Wuhan the year before last, commanding only two infantry wings, and taking the lead when he acted as the vanguard of the entire Eleventh Army to attack Wuhan, but it was a little too steady. 【. netbsp; Although the plane sent out to reconnoiter the situation has not yet returned with any report, Shigeichi Harata still wishfully believes that Yang Zhen's preemptive move this time is just a tactical reconnaissance, and at most it is just a tactical action to try to disrupt the Kwantung Army's next battle plan.
In Hakata's view, relying more on mortars, infantry artillery and other light artillery as the main support firepower, a brigade is no more than four mountain artillery, at most the same as a wing of the Imperial 6th Army, unless the head is hot to 100 degrees, will take the initiative to attack the Imperial 6th Army, which has a large number of heavy artillery, combat vehicles, and strong aviation cover.
Judging from the previous encirclement and suppression of the Kwantung Army, although the tactics adopted by this army are ingenious and the will can be called tenacious, it is constrained by the constraints of equipment, and more tactics of surprise attacks or steady counterattacks are adopted.
It's just that Habata Shigeichi's steadiness was broken by the report of Jiro Togawa, who finally got in touch with his subordinates at lunch after working hard for most of the day, and received a report from the only remaining operational staff officer of the 10th Division, and it was not only Lieutenant General Jiro Togawa who turned pale.
This telegram clearly informed the commander of the division and the commander of the corps that the other side had concentrated tens of thousands of men in the early hours of this morning under the cover of at least 200 guns of more than 75 mm guns, including at least 60 guns of caliber of more than 100 mm, as well as a large number of mortars and infantry guns, and launched a fierce attack on the 10th Division.
The number of concentrated artillery and the fierceness of the artillery fire at the time of the attack by the enemy were almost rare for the 10th Division, which had never experienced such a fierce artillery attack in the two years of operation in the Zhina Pass, let alone encountered such a well-equipped army.
In just one hour, at least 20,000 shells of more than 75 mm caliber fell on the front-line positions of the 10th Division and in areas 20 kilometers deep, and the front-line positions and depths of the 10th Division suffered devastating blows, and the forward fortifications, troop assembly points, various material hoarding points, artillery positions, and tank assembly areas suffered heavy losses in the shelling.
The chief of staff of the division and regiment and the commander of the 35th Wing were killed in the shelling, and the various infantry brigades that had already entered the position suffered heavy losses, the tank wing, the heavy artillery wing, and the divisional artillery were almost completely lost, and the ammunition and other materials stored by the division and regiment were severely damaged, and they almost lost their supply capacity.
After a fierce battle in the middle of the night and a morning, the front-line positions of the 10th Division had all been broken through, the 10th Wing and the 35th Wing had been routed, and most of the two wings were divided and surrounded, except for those killed in the shelling and the battle dead, one was in the process of retreating, and the division headquarters had lost direct contact with all the subordinate units.
After receiving the report of the 10th Division, especially after learning that the chief of staff of the division and the commander of a large Zuo Wing had been killed, and the heavy artillery and chariot units attached to it had suffered heavy losses, Shikawa Jiro, who had just been pacified by Hakata Shigeichi, could no longer sit still, and could not even take care of the most basic etiquette of saying goodbye, so he hurried back to Baoqing in an attempt to regroup the troops that had been defeated.
And after seeing this report, Harata Shigeichi was stunned, more than 200 cannons, more than 20,000 shells, where they got it from, didn't the intelligence say that they only have four mountain artillery guns in each brigade, and the six brigades together, even if even the so-called direct artillery are added, it should not exceed 100 guns.
They have so many cannons, is it possible that these people have the magic of sprinkling beans into soldiers in the myth, and they muttered in their hearts, this kind of ethereal myth Hamada Shigeichi naturally won't believe it, but there is one thing he is scratching his head, how much weapons and equipment did the Kwantung Army, which fought two big defeats in a row, lose last year.
These artillery pieces were all discarded by the Kwantung Army, or they made them themselves, could it be that they still have foreign aid, but didn't the base camp and the Kwantung Army have sworn that the Soviet side will never provide them with their own equipment, and intelligence shows that they do have some Soviet-style weapons, but they are all light weapons that were resold to the Feng Army by the Americans because of the domestic revolution after the Russians bought them in the United States.
This is only one direction, just more than 200 cannons, could it be that they concentrated all the artillery at hand on the front of the 10th Division, thinking of this, Ha Tian Shigeichi no longer had the previous steady, and ordered the aviation troops stationed in Mudanjiang to immediately send small planes to send the commanders of each division back to their respective stations as quickly as possible, and as for their cars, let the drivers drive back by themselves.
After hurriedly rushing to the troops, Hakata Shigeichi once again confirmed to each division and regiment that the enemy situation in front of him had changed, and when he received a report from each division and regiment that the enemy in front of him had no other abnormalities except for strengthening his vigilance, and that his troops and equipment had not increased, but had weakened somewhat, Harata Shigeichi was confused.
Could it be that they really want to take the weakest of the five divisions deployed on the entire front line, but the heavy weaponry is the 10th Division, which is the strongest one except for the 6th Division, and the number of tens of thousands of enemies reported by the 10th Division, Hakata Shigeichi, who pays more attention to intelligence, does not believe it.
Moreover, in Harata Shigeichi's view, unless the opponent is willing to risk the emptiness of other directions and put all his forces into the Baoqing and Boli lines, which have heavy troops in everything, although Harata Shigeichi does not believe the opponent's numbers reported by the 10th Division, he firmly believes that even if the opponent has the advantage in firepower and can defeat the resistance of the 10th Division in such a short time, the opponent will at least concentrate at least two to three times the strength of the 10th Division.
In his opinion, those who can defeat the resistance of the 10th Division in a short period of time, even according to the most elite German division in the Central Army of China, must concentrate at least three times as many troops under the situation of superior firepower.
If according to this calculation, then the opponent will also concentrate at least more than 30,000 troops, that is to say, at least more than half of its total strength, why are they doing this, is it that their cunning former commander of the Kwantung Army, who once fought in the Kwantung Army, stepped down in disgrace and was punished almost unprecedentedly by the Imperial 6th Army, did not see that this 10th Division was specially given to them by himself, forcing them to fight a decisive battle.
You must know that even if he concentrates all his forces, it will not be easy to completely annihilate the 10th Division, which is reinforced with heavy artillery and combat vehicles, and the reason why the 10th Division, as the only division and regiment that has been divided and used among the Japanese divisions and regiments on the front line, was transferred a wing, first assigned to the Fifth Division, and now assigned to the Eighth Division, is because the combat effectiveness of the 10th Division is the strongest among the divisions and regiments on the front line, except for the Sixth Division.
In Hakata Shigeichi's battle plan this time, the 6th Division was designated by the Kwantung Army Headquarters as the main attack task of this operation because of its strong combat effectiveness, that is, the most important task of recovering Jiamusi among several attacks, and the 10th Division was only used as a bait to lure the opponent to take the initiative.
If the opponent does not bite the hook, they will advance northward on the spot, cover the flank of the 6th Division with all their might, and disperse the opponent's forces to form a mutual coordination situation with the 6th Division moving north.
However, even if the 10th Division is currently the least powerful of the divisions and regiments that are scheduled to be used, it is not easy for the other side to eat them in one bite, and besides, he has transferred a wing with him, but he has strengthened a wing of heavy artillery and a wing of combat vehicles for it, and its firepower has been greatly strengthened.
Moreover, once the 10th Division encounters an all-out attack by the opponent, the 6th Division and the 8th Division on both flanks, and even the 11th Division on the Mishan line, can be reinforced in a short period of time, especially the 63rd Wing, which is assigned to the 8th Division, has all been changed to vehicle transportation, and can be quickly reinforced at the first time.
It is impossible for such a good commander who can show Xiàn before not to see such a simple trap, but why do they see it and take the risk to attack, could it be that the purpose of their attack this time is not what they guessed.
Thinking of this, it was difficult for him to say clearly the information he had at hand, how much of it was true and effective, and what means the other party had taken to make the so-called all-pervasive Kwantung Army intelligence department lose its nose again, and it was still impossible to come up with a true and reliable piece of information.
Even the most basic information on judging the enemy's strength has been so strictly wrong, and the intelligence department of the Kwantung Army has not found out the true strength of the opponent until now, and the opponent has not noticed the slightest hint of so many artillery pieces at once, so that Hakata Shigeichi has almost lost all confidence in the information on hand.
And the shape shì was far worse than he expected, which made Harata Shigeichi lose his previous calm and steady, and he was completely enraged, and slammed his fist on the map: "Cunning Shina, damn intelligence department, that cunning guy, I don't care what your true intentions are, but after this battle, I will cut off your head with my own hands." ”
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