436. The situation is very weird
It turned out that after getting the news that the cavalry brigade deployed in the Alukorqin Banner and the cavalry artillery brigade on the front line of Baiyintao in the west of Kailu were annihilated at the same time, the entire Kwantung Army Commander's Headquarters was shocked for a moment, and all the battles were immediately chaotic!
At this time, the Kwantung Army Headquarters got another piece of news: "The two cavalry brigades of Kulun Banner and Zhangwu County have all been annihilated, and Kulun Banner and Zhangwu County have been lost!" Overnight, the 26th Wing of the Fourth Brigade of the Independent Cavalry lost three brigades, which are currently paralyzed, and the west gate of the first line of Fengtian and Tieling has been completely opened! ”
The commander, Admiral Minamijiro, connected to three pieces of bad news, and the whole person became a little stupid.
Why?
Because during this period, the anti-Japanese coalition forces in the Changbai Mountain area, the Heilongjiang River Basin, and the Songhua River Valley took turns to attack, and the entire Manchuria was already in chaos. It was precisely because of this that he ordered the cessation of the "Suzheng" campaign against Rehe and concentrated on Liliang to stabilize the interior.
Now, the troops have just entered the "sweeping" area, and they haven't had time to start the battle, and the damn Bai Shujie stabbed himself in the back of the heart at this juncture! Not to mention that if Bai Shujie moves eastward, Fengtian and Tieling will be in trouble!
General Minamijiro thought twice and felt that it was unlikely that Bai Shujie would directly attack Mukden and Tieling, and then threaten Siping and attack the Kwantung Army Headquarters in Xinjing (Changchun). The real target of the attack is likely to be the Kailu and Tongliao lines.
Could it be that Bai Shujie wants to open up the passage of the Rehe River and the Songhua River basin, and connect with the "anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese elements" in North Manchuria, and then echo each other from afar?
Thinking of this possibility, General Minamijiro and the old devils and little devils of the entire staff broke out in a cold sweat: if those anti-Manchu anti-Japanese elements were supported by Bai Shujie, then the whole of Manchuria would not be imperial in the future!
Now that the 26th Cavalry Wing is paralyzed, there is only one cavalry artillery brigade and one machine gun brigade left in Tongliao, which is impossible to stop the devil Bai Shujie!
"Order: The Sixth Division immediately stops moving south, temporarily garrisons Tongliao, and assists the Fourth Brigade of the Independent Cavalry to deal with Bai Shujie's attack!"
Speaking of this sixth division, it's really a bloody mold!
The year before, in September 1933, they received the first order to return to the entire island, and they also handed over the defense of the Guisui line to the mixed 13th Brigade, which had been temporarily drawn to make up the numbers.
Unexpectedly, when he walked to Tieling, because Bai Shujie's squad raided Anton, and later there was a bloody battle in Shentouling, as a result, the little devil stole chickens and rice, and lost Fuxin, Beipiao, Suizhong, and Jinxi. The Sixth Division had no choice but to return to the Jining front line and continue to undertake the task of pinning down Bai Shujie.
Well, the Sixth Division sacrificed the two chess pieces of Wang Ying and Li Shouxin this time, and finally sneaked to Baichengzi. As a result, before he could take a breath, Bai Shujie launched another four-sided raid, and took the Alu Korqin Banner, Kulun Banner and Zhangwu County overnight!
The Kwantung Army Command, General Minamijiro, gave an order, and the matter of the Sixth Division returning to the island for rectification this time was in vain!
Taking over the 26th Wing of the 4th Brigade of the Independent Cavalry and stationed in Tongliao to prevent Bai Shujie from advancing eastward, this task was a huge challenge for Lieutenant General Kohei Kashii!
The sixth division of the little devil has been unlucky since he met Bai Shujie!
attacked Fuxin that year, and as a result, the 23rd Infantry Wing was killed by nearly two brigades! then seized Chifeng, and was hit desperately by Bai Shujie, and the 13th Infantry Wing was wiped out! finally arrived in Duolun, and was killed by Bai Shujie again!
Because the 6th Division failed to achieve an inch in the Battle of Rehe and the Battle of the Great Wall, and was also the unit with the heaviest losses, the division commander, Lieutenant General Zuihou of Masaemon, Sakamoto Masaemon, was dismissed. However, Masaemon Sakamoto never figured it out:
"My Sixth Division really didn't want to deliberately go against the devil Bai Shujie, weishenme he just grabbed me and didn't let go? Moreover, as soon as Bai Shujie's troops saw my Sixth Division, they all felt like they had eaten Viagra, and they all died! ”
After Lieutenant General Kohei Kashii took over the Sixth Division, he learned that his previous Weishenme would be dismissed! Because he made the 11th Infantry Brigade under the 6th Division (Major General Tokutaro Kikai Brigade Commander) only half left, and the establishment of the 13th Infantry Wing was gone! Not a single one of the entire wing has returned, which has never been done in the history of the Imperial Army!
What is especially bad is that the heavy artillery wing assigned to the 6th Division turned out to be only artillery, and all the heavy artillery was lost! Heavy artillery is the lifeblood of the Imperial Army, and if you lose a heavy artillery wing, you should commit suicide and apologize to the Emperor! It seems that the shili of the Sakamoto family is very big, and Sakamoto Masaemon was just dismissed!
Because the heavy artillery wing of the Sixth Division was robbed and half blown up by Bai Shujie on the front line of Duolun at the beginning.
This time, in order to let Wang Ying and Li Shouxin contain the second division of Hou Zide's department, they gave them the equipment of a mountain artillery brigade in Zuihou. Of course, what Kohei didn't know was that these cannons had already arrived in Hou Zide's hands.
At present, the Sixth Division has only two infantry brigades, three infantry wings (in fact, only two and a half regiments), a cavalry wing, an engineer wing, a machine gun brigade, and a heavy artillery wing without heavy artillery.
If you want to use such a force to deal with Bai Shujie, who is like a wolf and a tiger, Kashii Kohei has no confidence at all!
How can I block Bai Shujie's attack on Tongliao and Kailu, Lieutenant General Kohei Kashii had a headache all night. If it is passive defense, damn Bai Shujie now has five or six heavy artillery regiments. If he pulls two heavy artillery regiments over, he can blow up the county town of Tongliao into ruins in an hour!
In the face of such a powerful shelling, the more people, the faster they will die!
"No, you can't be passively defensive!" Kohei Kashii Zuihou gritted his teeth and decided: "Although our heavy weapons have been lost, ten thousand imperial warriors are not dry!" Attack, only by using continuous attacks can Bai Shujie's defense line be pressed, so that he has no chance to peek into Tongliao! ”
However, after the troops were deployed, Kohei Kashii suddenly changed the battle order temporarily: "Maintain strong military pressure on the enemy in front of you, but you must stick to the spot all in place, and you are not allowed to fight without an order, and those who violate the order will be engaged in military law!" ”
It turned out that after the troops were dispatched, the crisis in Tongliao was naturally temporarily lifted. But Lieutenant General Kohei Kashii was in a relaxed mood, but suddenly discovered another major problem!
Because his current strength is only equivalent to the strength of an independent mixed brigade. That is, he has been automatically demoted and turned into a brigade commander! If one or two more wings are lost, I'm afraid that even the brigade commander won't be able to do it!
Defending the front line of Tongliao should be the task of the 4th Brigade of the Independent Cavalry, and I just came here to "work as a temporary worker". If I make myself the brigade commander, the credit will be on that guy from Shiro Inaba at that time, and I guess it's time for me to apologize!
No way! This business can't be done, it can't be done!
Because of this, the three-way army of the Sixth Division was menacing, putting on a desperate fight, but at the same time stopped thirty kilometers away. Then he gave full play to his strengths and began to dig field fortifications, and it seemed that he was ready to fight a protracted battle.
After wiping several cold sweats from Daisen Dayi, who was closest to the enemy, he suddenly received a report from Daichin: "The little devils have all stopped advancing, and they are digging fortifications in place, and it seems that they are ready to stalemate with us. Is it to take the initiative and disrupt the enemy's deployment? ”
"Hit hit! Just know how to fight! Daisen said angrily to the herald: "Go back and tell you the battalion commander that the current situation is very strange, and let him try to figure out the enemy situation in several directions and report it immediately!" ”
The situation encountered by Dai Sendari on the front line of Baiyintao, Xia Enze also found out on the front line of the Kulun Banner. This situation is rare, no, it has never been seen in the body of the little devil.
Two infantry wings and a cavalry wing of more than 9,000 people spent the night advancing covertly, and finally suddenly appeared in front of the position, and instead of launching a surprise attack, they began to dig fortifications with a "loud roar."
In that case, why did you bother to be so mysterious last night? I don't know what to do!
Because Xia Enze's guards division had just completed the task of encircling and annihilating the enemy's cavalry brigade under the Kulun banner, he did not pay attention to the enemy situation in the northeast direction at all. Or rather, the main attention was not paid to the northeast, so the enemy was touched within thirty kilometers.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for little devils!
As long as there was a surprise attack, Xia Enze had to temporarily withdraw from the Kulen Banner. Moreover, after Xia Enze received the urgent information of the attack of the enemy on three routes, the first deployment he made was that an infantry regiment divided into routes to block the enemy and cover the retreat of the large army!
Unexpectedly, after the soldiers of the infantry regiment arrived at the front line, the enemy was still thirty kilometers away, and all the fortifications were being dug, and there was no intention of launching an attack at all.
Xia Enze immediately canceled the order to "withdraw from the Kulun Banner", and then hurriedly informed Bai Shujie of this strange situation.
In Chengde Summer Resort, Bai Shujie was anxiously waiting for news from the front line at the headquarters, and he was also worried.
Bai Shujie was worried: "The Sixth Division has not been able to achieve two rectifications, which is a big deviation from history!" The '77 Incident' is only two years away, and if the Sixth Division cannot complete its reorganization, it will not be able to appear in Shanghai on time, let alone in Nanjing. ”
These things can only be kept in the heart, and they cannot be revealed to others.
Bai Shujie stared at the map all day, and Zuihou could only shake his head: "There's no way, you can't blame me." Unexpectedly, after the three brigades of the 26th Wing of the Independent Cavalry were lost, the west of Tongliao was completely opened. If the Sixth Division does not stop, Lao Tzu can directly occupy Tongliao and threaten Nenjiang, no wonder Nanjiro, an old devil, temporarily changed his hexagram. ”
Now the rest of the 2nd Division under Hou Zide is moving to the front line, and the 1st Battalion of Zhao Dayong's Heavy Artillery Regiment has also crossed the Qinglongshan fortress and is preparing to deal with the 6th Division.
A big battle looks inevitable in the northeast, but with the participation of heavy artillery regiments, the problem is not very serious.
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.