Hesitated for a long time. Ma Qichang couldn't help but ask the question in his heart and said: "Commander, even if we don't have the manpower to drive these warships, if we remove the guns on these warships and fortify them at several key parts of the river, we can at least ensure the safety of a section of the river." Especially at the mouth of the Songhua River in Suibin, if a few gates are installed, even if the Japanese army reorganizes the Jiangshang Army, it will not be able to enter Heilongjiang. ”

"Many of these 120-millimeter high-level dual-purpose guns and 80-millimeter flat-firing guns were designed to fight Jiangbei. Not only is the caliber large, the range is long, but also the power is great. In particular, those 120-mm high-level dual-purpose guns can still be used as anti-aircraft guns. It is used as an air defense for important places, "

Regarding Ma Qichang's doubts, Yang Zhen shook his head and said: "It is not difficult to capture these warships, but the Japanese army has air superiority. We have no air power, and these warships are live targets for Japanese planes in the narrow river, and they can blow up and sink them at any time. After the July 7 Incident, the navy of the Nationalist Government and the Japanese army hardly fought any naval battles, except for those that sank themselves, they were all bombed and sunk by Japanese planes.

"So these warships are captured by us, and they have no air superiority, and they will not be able to stay in our hands for a few days. Why bother to transfer our already weak air defense forces for them, we have only six 20-millimeter anti-aircraft guns and only a hundred anti-aircraft machine guns. There is simply no excess power to draw out. ”

"And the reconnaissance battalion they have a more important task and can't afford to delay time here. As soon as the cannon sounded here, but Jiamusi, who was across the river, was probably woken up by ghosts. That is to say, as soon as we started at the mouth of the Lianjiang River, all our strategic intentions were exposed. ”

"As long as the little devil's staff officers are not idiots, they can now completely determine the next combat intention of our army. The main force of the little devil's garrison in Jiamusi is on the line of Lianjiangkou, but there are still a large number of puppet Manchu troops there. These puppet Manchu troops may not be able to fight in the field, but their ability to defend the city should be good. Even if we don't, we can't take the slightest risk. ”

"We must capture Jiamusi before the Japanese army reacts, at least the material warehouses there. Seeing that winter is about to begin, the winter clothes of the troops are still missing. Unless the supplies that were originally allocated to the immigrants in Ylang are recovered, we must seize them. Otherwise, the wintering supplies of the entire army will not be solved. ”

"Things are prioritized, and the task of raising supplies for the winter has been overwhelming. In the face of this task, no matter what kind of things have to give way. How to ensure the safety of the army through the winter is now a priority issue that we must consider. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen sighed and said, "Although I am not from an artillery background, I don't understand what you said." The purchase of cotton and winter clothes from Jiangbei has not been negotiated. Jiangbei not only refused to sell ready-to-wear garments, but even our purchase of cotton was a prevarication, no matter how the commander-in-chief negotiated, he just didn't spit out. ”

"More than 100,000 people who have moved north in Yilan also need cotton clothes, and hundreds of thousands of people in the base area also have to spend the winter. The winter clothes and quilts in stock can only be used by the people first. As for the troops, we can only raise them ourselves. Jiamusi now has winter clothes for hundreds of thousands of Japanese puppet military and police officers in the entire East Manchurian region, and we must get it. ”

"The little devil is ruthless. Once it is found that Jiamusi can't hold it, there will be a jade burning. We can't afford to take any risk of losing this material and procrastinating now. Since we can't count on the outsourcing side, we can only rely on ourselves. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen pondered and didn't use Ma Qichang to speak, and said first: "You go and screen the prisoners of the Japanese puppet Jiangshang Army captured this time." All the prisoners of the puppet Manchu army will not let go, and those who can win it will be fought over. If you can't win it, you will be sent to Tsurutachi with the Japanese officers. ”

"The current Jiangshang army is all trained by little devils. This warship is easy to build, but the training of personnel cannot be completed in one or two years. The puppet Manchurian army was born out of the Northeast River Defense Fleet, no matter what the previous combat effectiveness was, but the foundation was still quite strong. It is precisely on this basis that the Japanese army was able to train the Jiangshang Army, which is now quite strong in combat effectiveness. ”

"We almost finished the Jiangshang Army this time, and the little devil has to start from scratch if he wants to form it, not only the equipment, but also the personnel training needs to start from scratch. This back and forth, coupled with the time taken to build warships, will not be a threat on the Songhua River for at least a year. Warships may be able to be built in a short period of time, but the shortage of personnel is unlikely to be able to be trained in a short period of time. ”

Hearing Yang Zhen's order, Ma Qichang can be described as ecstatic. But Yang Zhen's latter order made his excitement plummet: "The gunners who have won over cannot all be given to the artillery regiments directly under you, and the three brigades and the artillery regiments directly under you must be evenly distributed." ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen pondered for a while and then said: "Since their skills are good, I think most of them are still left in the artillery training regiment." As soon as they don't go to the battlefield, these people can't make any big mess. Second, the instructor strength of our artillery training regiment is still somewhat weak and needs to be strengthened. Except in special circumstances, the Third Artillery Corps Training Regiment basically does not take part in operations, and this can prevent these people from causing any accidents. ”

"The artillery on hand now is piled up with live shells, and I am afraid that we will not have this condition in the future. So the artillery training regiment also needs to be joined by people with more experience. Regardless of whether these naval artillerymen of the Jiangshang Army are traitors or not, from the perspective of actual combat, there are too many things worth learning from us. ”

"The speed of reaction of these artillerymen, and the accuracy of their shots, we are still far behind. Old artillery is old artillery, although the actual situation of naval artillery and ground artillery is different and has its particularities, but there are too many things worth learning from their table tonight. However, I will hand these people over to the Ministry of Political Affairs for strict review before assigning. ”

Hearing that Yang Zhen finally decided to transfer most of the people to the artillery training regiment, Ma Qichang finally breathed a sigh of relief. No matter where it is transferred, as long as the artillery is still under his own hands, it is good. As for the censorship of the Ministry of Political Affairs, he didn't care much about that. Because in Ma Qichang's view, it is necessary.

Just when Yang Zhen estimated that the front line of Lianjiangkou had finished cleaning the battlefield and was about to end the conversation with Ma Qichang, a confidential staff officer ran over and handed Yang Zhen two telegrams. Yang Zhen took it and looked at it carefully, then handed it to Ma Qichang and said, "Don't be depressed, the remaining four ships have been found." ”

"One of the four ships that escaped was so badly injured that it had only gone up five kilometers before it sank because of too much water. Under the blow of the artillery of the first brigade, the Shuntian ship was unable to fight back because the ship's guns were completely destroyed, and it ran aground on the south bank of the river in a panic. All the crew was captured by a battalion of the 1st Brigade and 3rd Regiment that had already crossed the river. ”

"In addition, in the artillery battle that had just ended, the 1st Brigade of artillery sank the Lisui, which had also been heavily damaged and could only barely sail. Of the four puppet Manchurian warships that ran away, only the Jiang Qing has not yet been found, and according to the observer's report, when it was suddenly attacked by our army, except for the first wave of warships that were disabled, only this Jiang Qing did not return a single shot. As soon as it was hit, it caught fire and drove downstream, taking the lead in leaving the battlefield. ”

It's just that both Yang Zhen and Ma Qichang were a little surprised that after receiving a telegram from the 1st Brigade, the whereabouts of the three warships of the Jiangshang Army heading upstream had already been found. Only after this Jiangqing sailed downstream, the Third Brigade, which was responsible for blocking the downstream section of the river, kept coming with little news. The headquarters asked several times, but never found out the whereabouts. Could it be that this warship disappeared out of thin air?

Although some wonder where this warship, which has a full load displacement of more than 360 tons and is converted from a merchant ship and is equipped with 80-millimeter anti-aircraft guns, two mortars, and two light and heavy machine guns, has run there, the battle plan must not stop because of this warship.

The results of the first telegram made Yang Zhen very satisfied. But after carefully reading the second telegram, Yang Zhen, whose face turned pale, decisively terminated the conversation with Ma Qichang and immediately returned to the Lianjiang estuary as quickly as possible.

There is only one reason why Yang Zhen is in such a hurry, as the first unit of the entire army to cross the river in a whole system, according to Yang Zhen's predetermined plan, Du Kaishan, a restless guy who protects the flank of the whole army, has caused trouble again.

After crossing the river, this guy did not follow the order to deploy defenses along the junction of Jiamusi and Fujin and Baoqing to block possible reinforcements from Fujin and Baoqing. Instead, the troops were divided into three routes, leaving Tao Jingfei with a battalion of the Ninth Regiment and the Eighth Regiment to deploy at the junction of Jiamusi and Baoqing. And he took the main force of the 3rd Brigade and went to the flank of the 11th Division and the 4th Division of the Japanese Army, which were fighting fiercely with the troops of the 1st Division.

As for Yang Zhen's repeated emphasis on letting him detach part of his forces to move in the direction of Xijiamusi City, in response to Li Mingrui's order to fight, he sent a cavalry battalion to cross the river with him. This bold guy didn't call for instructions until the whole brigade was already on the road, and even after he had entered the territory of Fujin.

Looking at this telegram, Yang Zhen was angry. It's good to have the spirit of taking the initiative to seek battle, but repeatedly ignoring the overall situation, violating the overall deployment of the superiors, and changing the combat order without authorization, this has already violated Yang Zhen's bottom line.

After returning to the headquarters, Yang Zhen immediately ordered Wang Guangyu to hand over the task of cleaning up the battlefield to the militia regiment, and he took the 1st and 2nd regiments of the 1st Brigade that remained in Jiangbei to immediately cross the river and go south, join up with the 3rd regiment that had already crossed the river, and attack Jiamusi at the fastest speed.

At the same time, he ordered Yu Wenze, who had arrived in the eastern suburbs of Jiamusi, to order his cavalry, in addition to fighting with the reconnaissance battalion with the main force, to spread out to the south with a force and closely monitor the Japanese puppet army in the direction of Boli. After quickly adjusting and deploying, Yang Zhen sent three telegrams to Du Kaishan in succession, ordering the Third Brigade to immediately stop going north. U-turn and re-execute headquarters orders. Yang Zhen was obviously really angry this time, and the wording of these three telegrams was tougher than the other.

If it is said that Du Kaishan's previous unauthorized southward movement affected the deployment of the headquarters, after all, it did not deviate from the general operational direction, and it was still within the range that Yang Zhen could tolerate. So this time, according to Yang Zhen's overall deployment, most of the brigades are responsible for sending reinforcements, and the position of the three brigades responsible for containment is extremely important. Du Kaishan's behavior of changing the battle plan without authorization was absolutely unacceptable to Yang Zhen.

Perhaps it was from the tough tone that the telegram himself had never seen before, and felt Yang Zhen's anger. It didn't take long for Du Kaishan to reply and say that he had not acted without permission. The troops, with only one force, made a tentative attack in the north-east direction in order to relieve the pressure on the side of the first division. In fact, the main force is being deployed in echelons along the line between Jiamusi and Fujin and Baoqing in accordance with the deployment of the headquarters.

For Du Kaishan's way of arguing for himself, Yang Zhen was really angry this time. Still tentative attacks? If his tone was a little softened, this guy would probably have gone north. That's right, the troops of the 1st Division in front of Fujin were taking advantage of the terrain to fight fiercely with a detachment of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army.

But a brigade had already rushed over there. After the first brigade arrived at the battlefield, and Guo Bingxun personally commanded it, the pressure on that side can be said to have been sharply reduced. Moreover, Guo Bingxun, who arrived in Luobei, had already called, and after the Second Division lost contact, the attack intensity of the 11th Division plummeted, and it did not advance but retreated. At present, they have all retreated to the Songhua River and withdrawn to the starting point of the attack.

In other words, there is no pressure on the first division now. This guy did this to make it clear that he wanted to grab meat with Liu Changshun to eat. This guy is definitely the kind of person who has a strong attacking spirit, and let him honestly act as a flank cover, and it will be more difficult to block it than to kill him.

But why didn't he want to think about it. There are indeed not many Japanese troops in Baoqing, and now they are basically dominated by the puppet Manchu military police. However, the main force of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army was still stationed in Mishan to the east of Baoqing, and there was also the 12th Division of the Japanese Army in Suiyang, southeast of Mishan. The 8th Division of the Japanese Army was also stationed in the Muling area.

There are three standing divisions of the Japanese army around him, and these three divisions can enter Jiamusi west at any time. At the time of the 1st Brigade launching the Battle of Jiamusi, his 3rd Brigade was almost the only unit at the headquarters that could be used to block Japanese reinforcements, as well as the only reserve.

However, he only saw that the 11th Division of the Japanese Army in Fujin was only a detachment, and that part of the strength of the 4th Division rushed straight up, regardless of it, but he did not care at all about the overstretched use of troops by the headquarters after the departure of the 3rd Brigade. He really thought that the strength of one of his regiments would be able to hold back three field divisions of the Japanese army?

The deployment of troops of the Kwantung Army along the entire Manchu-Soviet border was a whole. In addition to the 2nd Division and the 4th Division in Jiamusi, which were originally stationed in Mudanjiang, five divisions were deployed in Xiajiang and Dongmanchu alone. These five divisions can be said to be linked from end to end, responding to each other, and moving the whole body with one trigger. Does this guy really think that the Xiajiang area is in a mess, and the three Japanese divisions will not be quickly reinforced?

If they were trapped in Jiangbei, the Japanese army might not have mobilized the three divisions that were mainly responsible for the combat mission against the Soviet Union in the East Manchurian region out of consideration for the so-called overall situation of stabilizing the Manchurian-Soviet border. But once it hits its own base, the Kwantung Army Command will definitely not sit idly by.

Because the Kwantung Army would never allow the two largest element groups to fight against the Soviet Union, the Tiger Head Fortress and the Dongning Fortress. Even the entire East Manchurian region, which stretched vertically and horizontally for nearly a thousand kilometers, was the softest behind the fortress net, facing its own bayonets.

Yang Zhen, who was furious by Du Kaishan's actions of only caring about eating meat for himself and not having a view of the overall situation, had only one sentence for Du Kaishan's reply, ordering him to immediately stop advancing and follow the orders he had issued earlier. If there is any further act of changing the operational plan of the headquarters without authorization, it will be dealt with strictly and dismissed from office on the spot.