Yang Zhen misunderstood the commander-in-chief's meaning. Although they haven't been together for a long time, the commander-in-chief already knows Yang Zhen's personality in detail. He knew that Yang Zhen was the kind of person who would never change lightly after making a decision. He wanted to speak, not to continue to persuade him, nor to change Yang Zhen's determination and arrangement.

Since he had promised to be Yang Zhen's logistics minister, the commander-in-chief still did what he said. He also knew that in this battle, which would never be small, the arsenal, which was one of the lifelines of the troops, needed a strong person to take charge there. The entire logistics also needs a competent manpower to arrange and dispatch to ensure the supply of food and ammunition for the troops and the transfer of the wounded. Therefore, the commander-in-chief had no objection to Yang Zhen's arrangement for him to go to the arsenal.

Moreover, he thinks that Yang Zhen's words are not unreasonable. In this big battle, which is related to the life and death of the troops, it is not a good choice for the four top commanders of a unit to gather in one place. What he wanted to say was because when Yang Zhen was deploying the defense just now, he didn't assign tasks to himself and the second regiment.

Of course, the commander-in-chief would never think that Yang Zhen was deliberately preserving his strength and deliberately avoiding the battle. He was sure that this guy had not assigned combat missions to himself and the second regiment, which had the strongest combat effectiveness among the three regiments, and he must have had an idea that could definitely be called bold.

Didn't he just say that he had a new plan and wanted to discuss it with a few people. Based on the commander-in-chief's understanding of this guy, this new plan of his, either if it is not implemented, it will definitely be an earth-shattering plan.

Sure enough, after the commander-in-chief asked Yang Zhen what he was doing, Yang Zhen smiled at a few people: "You see, this time, just because the Japanese army has not yet completed the deployment of troops, the fourth division and the third cavalry brigade of the Japanese army stationed in Jiamusi have been almost fully dispatched. The troops of the Seventh Military Region of the Puppet Manchurian Army stationed in Jiamusi have also been dispatched. In this way, Jiamusi has almost become an empty city. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen smiled a little weirdly and said: "It's okay to come and not be rude, since the little devil thinks so highly of me, the Japanese puppet army stationed in Jiamusi is almost completely transferred." So, how can I pay attention to him if I don't go there to make trouble? So I decided to take the 2nd Regiment with a battalion of the 3rd Regiment plus five independent companies, as well as two mountain artillery battalions directly under the artillery to Jiamusi for a visit. It's called you hitting yours, I'm hitting mine. ”

Seeing that a few people were a little stunned by their own whimsical thoughts, Yang Zhen just smiled faintly and said: "The Japanese army is pouring out, and the rear must be empty." Most of the other units of the Japanese army were in the Manchu-Soviet border counties in East Manchuria. The closest to Jiamusi is also in the Mudanjiang and Mishan areas. As long as we grasp the opportunity, there is no big problem in winning Jiamusi in one go. ”

"As long as we take Jiamusi, we can mobilize the Japanese army on a large scale and create a Zào fighter for our army to finally break the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese army. I don't believe that the Japanese army can watch its strategic town of Jiamusi occupied by me and remain indifferent? As long as the Japanese army moves, we can find fighters to inflict heavy damage on one of them. ”

"From now on, the main clearing forces of the Japanese army are still deployed in front of Qunce Mountain. There are a lot of gaps that we can detour. Therefore, I plan to take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Japanese army is attacking Qunce Mountain, and a force will take advantage of the weakness to attack the Jiamusi line. At least judging from the current deployment of Japanese troops, there should not be any big problems. Mobilizing the enemy's forces in the movement is the essence of guerrilla warfare. ”

However, the key to this battle lies in the resistance of Lao Guo and the political commissar. You have to drag the Japanese army into the hinterland of the Gunce Mountains and delay it, but you can't inflict too many casualties on yourself. So you have to pay attention to the use of tactics. It is still the old rule, the firepower allocation is heavy in the front and light in the back, and the troop allocation is light in the front and heavy in the rear. ”

"The Japanese army is good at flanking detours, so you must pay more attention to the protection of your flanks. The Japanese attack tactics were generally launched from a distance of 600 to 400 meters. First of all, it will use more tentative attacks, luring me to expose the main firepower point, and then its heavy firepower will destroy it. ”

"In particular, the use of grenadiers was a great threat to my light and heavy machine guns. The national army in Kannai is facing the Japanese army head-on. This loss is not less. You must not fight hard, but pay more attention to the use of the undulating terrain and the ridges of the mountains to form a trapezoidal configuration. Try to put the Japanese troops within 200 meters, or even 100 meters, and open fire. ”

Isn't there a large number of Type 89 water-cooled heavy machine guns that are a little bulky, but have a much higher rate of fire than the Type 92 heavy machine guns, although they are a little bulky, in the permanent fire points of this warehouse? Use both. While reinforcing firepower, it is also necessary to pay attention to the connection between the various positions and the main positions. Each blocking position should be equipped with field telephones connected to the main position. Note that all lines must be buried underground. ”

"Five days, Lao Guo, political commissar, you must hold out for at least five days under the onslaught of the enemy. After five days, if the Japanese offensive has not weakened, you will seek an opportunity to retreat to the headquarters of the Blue Black Mountain. ”

"However, you must be careful to guard against your rear path, both in battle and in breaking out. Although there are no Japanese troops behind us yet, I estimate that the Japanese army will definitely send troops to detour to our flank and rear in order to prevent us from retreating into the mountains and forests. So you have to be more careful when you break out. The little devil's strategy is terrible, but the tactics are quite good. ”

"The Japanese forces have begun to build-up one after another, and I don't think they will delay for long. If the estimate is not bad, with the deployment of its troops, the time for its action should be within these three to five days. We should start preparing now. ”

Regarding Yang Zhen's thoughts, after several people glanced at each other, they didn't speak, but just nodded slightly. For Yang Zhen's risky move, everyone knows that although it is dangerous, it is also a last resort at the moment. There is no merit in fighting on the inside line alone, except for fighting to the death and consuming the limited strength of the troops a little bit.

When necessary, jumping to the outer line and combining the internal and external lines of combat is the best choice under the shape of the enemy's strength and weakness. Although there is a certain danger in fighting deep into the heart of the Japanese puppet hinterland. But this kind of adventure was necessary to break the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese army.

Yang Zhen's guess was not wrong, the Qunce Mountain base had indeed been exposed, but the reason for the exposure was something he couldn't imagine. The exposure of the Qunce Mountain base and the sudden increase in the firepower of Yang Zhen's department were only one reason.

In the end, the reason why the Japanese army determined that Yang Zhen's headquarters was hiding here was that when Yang Zhen's headquarters was fighting on the outside line in the previous period, they had intensive telegraph contact with the front line of Qunce Mountain, so that a radio listening station of the Japanese army stationed in Jiamusi discovered a high-power radio signal with an unknown call sign appeared on the front line of Qunce Mountain.

The Japanese are not fools, on the contrary, they are calculating, and they are above the other old Western powers. This listening post was originally used to listen to the radio signals of the Soviet troops on the north bank of the Heilongjiang River. But he didn't expect to find an unknown signal source in the mountains northwest of Yubara, which was very close to him. With the full pursuit of the Japanese listening station and the cooperation of the mobilized aircraft, it was finally determined that the unknown signal source was in the area of Gunce Mountain in the northwest of Yubara Prefecture.

For this discovery came as a surprise to the Kwantung Army command. What's in Qunce Mountain? The Kwantung Army knew it very well. There is the largest secret arsenal in the entire puppet Manchurian Sanjiang region. As the builder of the warehouse and the owner of the inventory equipment, the Kwantung Army Command knows much more about the quantity, type, and use of weapons here than Yang Zhen.

The amount of equipment stored there is sufficient to maintain all the ammunition used by at least three Category A infantry divisions for a year and all the equipment to form three divisions in a short period of time, in the event of a lack of supplies in the rear.

The most important thing is that there are not only a huge number there, but almost all of the weapons and ammunition that the Kwantung Army has hoarded in the entire North Manchurian region, nearly sixty percent of the number of weapons, ammunition, and a large amount of food and materials. There are also thousands of military industrial machines and a large number of military raw materials that were transferred from the Mukden Arsenal there as a reserve in order to maintain the continuous combat capability of the troops.

Not counting the huge amount of explosives, smokeless gunpowder, and the propellant of various artillery shells, the 65 bullets, primers, and other semi-finished products used in the Type 38 rifle alone have reached the level of being able to produce 10 million rounds of ammunition in a short period of time.

There are also a large number of seven- and seven-millimeter heavy machine gun shells and a large number of semi-finished products and spare parts of seventy-five-millimeter mountain artillery shells. and parts such as rifles, light and heavy machine gun barrels, which have been processed and can be put into use only after partial assembly.

In addition, it includes a large number of high-quality gun steels and various communication equipment used in the manufacture of rifle machine guns. There are nearly 100 high-power radios in stock alone.

By occupying there, we have not only acquired a huge arms warehouse, but more importantly, a huge military factory, which has even reached half of the production capacity of the Mukden Arsenal, the largest arsenal in the whole of Asia. Although there is no necessary equipment for the production of weapons, such as steelmaking, as long as a stable source of steel is obtained, a large number of weapons and equipment will be produced here in a short time.

The semi-finished products and raw materials of the military industry there were secretly stockpiled by the Kwantung Army for the purpose of fighting against the Soviet Union, and the number of the Tokyo base camp reported was only half of the actual reserves here. And those military machinery are also secretly stored in the name of scrapping. Losing it not only lost a large stockpile of weapons and gave the opponent a huge arsenal, but it was also tantamount to putting a noose on the heads of all the parties involved. Once the base camp knows about this matter, I am afraid that the Kwantung Army will not be able to eat and leave.

Originally, the insiders in the Kwantung Army Command were still a little lucky. After all, the area of Qunce Mountain is vast, and although there is a secret high-power radio signal there, it is not necessarily a problem with the secret warehouse. It's just that before the Kwantung Army Headquarters sent an order to strengthen the vigilance of the Gunce Mountain garrison, the telegram from Sasaki to Ichichi made the Kwantung Army Headquarters immediately feel like Sanjiu was being poured cold water on their heads.

To Sasaki to a rebel bandit with extremely strong firepower, now equipped with a large number of imperial mortars and artillery, the number of light and heavy machine guns is extremely amazing, and the number of equipment has even exceeded the elite divisions of the Kwantung Army. And all of them are Taisho 11th years, Type 96 light machine guns, and Type 92 heavy machine guns of the Imperial Army.

After the telegram that the Kwantung Army Headquarters could conduct a detailed inspection of the various secret military warehouses under its subordinates, the Kwantung Army Headquarters combined with the secret high-power radio signals found on the front line of Qunce Mountain before, and immediately keenly affirmed that this time it was really the secret warehouse of Qunce Mountain.

The Kwantung Army command was well aware that the reason for the sudden increase in firepower of this group of bandits, without detecting the contact between the opponent and the Soviets, was that they seized the secret warehouse of Qunce Mountain. Because in the entire North Manchurian region, except for a secret warehouse in the Hailar region, where the number of reserves is far inferior here, only here can provide such a huge amount of equipment. This also explains why the opponent has a huge amount of Imperial Army equipment in his hands.

In fact, Yang Zhen didn't know that the Kwantung Army Command knew much earlier than he expected about Sasaki's accident. Otherwise, there would not have been such a rapid reinforcement of the 4th Division and such a great intensity of its follow-up actions.

After affirming the accident at the secret arms depot in Gunce Mountain, General Kenkichi Ueda, who was the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, immediately gave Sasaki an order. Let him concentrate all the troops on the attack and immediately turn the direction and immediately attack and advance to the front line of Qunce Mountain. No matter what the price is, it is necessary to recapture the secret warehouse of Qunce Mountain in the shortest possible time.

If it is said that after the order was issued several times, but there was no response for a long time, Ueda Kenkichi had not yet discovered that Sasaki had an accident. Then, after receiving the report of dense gunfire coming from the Taipingchuan group tribe transferred from the Fourth Division, compared with the previous news that he had lost contact with Sasaki Zhiyi, he immediately reacted that this was probably Sasaki Zhiyi's accident.

Although Ueda Kenkichi felt that something was wrong with Sasaki Toichi losing contact, after all, he was a veteran Japanese general, and his reaction speed was definitely superb. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately dispatched a wing of the infantry cavalry of the Fourth Division stationed in Jiamusi, quickly reinforced Sasaki, who had entered the mountains to clear the slaughter, to a department, and immediately ascertained the whereabouts of Sasaki to one at any cost.

Kenkichi Ueda, who had already lost his eyes, did not even wait for dawn to order the Fourth Division to assemble troops overnight. and ordered the commander of the 4th Division, Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, to personally direct the troops to reinforce Sasaki to Ichi. Immediately after dawn the next day, it is necessary to set off immediately. Kenkichi Ueda's orders were unusually tough. As for whether the Fourth Division can complete the mobilization within the time set by him, it has nothing to do with him.

When the next day, Kenkichi Ueda, who was almost looking forward to it, received a telegram from Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada Sasaki that a mutilated body had been found by a shell, he was completely dumbfounded. A current lieutenant general was killed in battle, which was not only the first in the Kwantung Army's purge of anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese forces in Manchuria, but also the first in the Japanese army.

The news of the death of Lieutenant General Sasaki to the first lieutenant came, although it had not yet had time to report to the Tokyo base camp, and the Tokyo base camp had not yet made a final ruling. But Ueda Kenkichi clearly knew that this time his position as the commander of the Kwantung Army was really done.

Since the incident of the anti-epidemic water supply department in the Tokyo base camp last year, not only has he been able to completely exterminate this group of rebels, but he has recovered the lost top-secret information, and has repeatedly organized attacks, not to mention no progress, but also suffered heavy losses. The generals alone lost a lieutenant general and a major general. As for the junior officers, I'm afraid there will be more of them. What happened in a row was enough to make the Tokyo base camp and even the emperor angry.

It was not only the first lieutenant general to die on the battlefield since the creation of the new army of the Japanese army. There is also the previous incident of the Ministry of Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply. The loss of the secret warehouse alone, as well as the unknown amount of military machinery and excess equipment in the warehouse, was enough for Ueda Kenkichi to walk around.

The excess equipment in the secret munitions warehouse of Qunce Mountain was secretly carried out under the desperate encouragement of the two fanatical northward marchers, Hanaya Masasa, who was then the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army's Third Division, and Masanobu Tsuji, a member of the Kwantung Army's Military Station Section, under the desperate encouragement of the two chiefs of staff of the Kwantung Army, Hideki Tojo and Ryosuke Isoya, and the Tokyo base camp.

Ueda Kenkichi knew how much of an impact this secret would have on him if it was leaked. As for that Masanobu Tsuji, he was just a member of the military station section before, and now he is just the chief combat staff officer. This board can't hit him anyway. For myself, I'm afraid it's the old and the new accounts together.

In order to cover up the secret of the secret warehouse of Gunce Mountain, Kenkichi Ueda did not even contact Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara, the commander of the Fifth Army, who had just established the Fourth Division, but directly issued it to Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, the commander of the Fourth Division. This move broke another record for the Japanese army. The commander of the front army passed the corps commander and directly commanded the division commander, which was the first case among the Japanese army.

In any case, although Ueda Kenkichi's movements were half a beat slower, he finally saved the 24th Wing of the 12th Division, which had suffered heavy mental and physical damage in the course of the two-day battle.

In order to recover the secret warehouse of Qunce Mountain as much as possible and save as little impact as possible, Ueda Kenkichi did not let the 4th Division, which had completed the task, return to the Jiamusi station, but was stationed on the front line of Taipingchuan with the 24th Wing. At the same time, the 11th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Mishan was transferred to quickly reinforce the 4th Division.

If it weren't for the persuasion of Chief of Staff Ryosuke Isoya, while mobilizing reinforcements, Ueda Kenkichi even did not hesitate to carry his stump leg that was injured in the 128 Incident as the commander of the Kwantung Army, and personally arrived at the front line of Jiamusi to direct the elimination of Yang Zhen's department.

Although he desperately wants to take revenge and send this anti-Manchurian army that completely ruined his career to hell, he considers his last and has little dignity left. Eventually, Ueda Kenkichi accepted Ryosuke Isoya's advice and delegated command to the commander of the Fifth Army, Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara.

Ueda's move is a death throes, a desperate gamble, or a final madness. But the subsequent development of events was not something he could control. He did not expect that this attack would be the opposite of the solution he had hoped for. He threw himself into the troops participating in this attack, and the Fourth Division, relying on his familiarity with the terrain, retreated quickly, and although he lost part of his troops, he finally escaped.

However, the 44th Wing of the 11th Division and its subordinate units that he transferred from Mishan were completely lost. Major General Yoshikatsu Kuroiwa, commander of the 22nd Brigade, who was in charge, also died on the front line of Qunce Mountain. The 57th Wing of the 1st Division, which was responsible for outflanking from behind, also suffered heavy casualties. After crossing the primeval forest area of the Xing'an Mountains and escaping back to Sun Wu, not only were all the heavy weapons lost, but even the infantry was gone.

The failure of this offensive was called the biggest defeat in the history of the army in the armed operation against China by the Japanese army base camp. And Ueda Kenkichi, who lost all his bets, was not only dismissed on the spot after returning to Japan, but even the reserve was canceled, and his rank of general was directly deprived by the emperor, demoted to major general, and sent home for retirement.

was directly demoted from the position of general to major general, and the ending of Ueda Kenkichi can be regarded as breaking another record in the history of the Japanese army. He became the first person to be demoted among the many generals of the Japanese army since the creation of the new army.