Jiamusi City is located in the northeast of Heilongjiang Province, southwest of the Sanjiang Plain, and on the south bank of the Songhua River. It is the political, economic, cultural center and transportation hub of the northeastern Sanjiang Province of the puppet Manchurians. The urban area faces Tangyuan County across the Songhua River in the north and west, Yilan and Huanan counties in the south, and Huachuan County in the east.

The Jiamusi area was originally under the jurisdiction of the three surnames of the Jilin generals in the Qing Dynasty. In 1888, the Yilan Flag Office established Dongxing Town on the basis of Zhangfang Street, Jiamusi. After 1905, it was successively under the jurisdiction of Yilan Province and Huachuan County, and was the seat of Huachuan County. In 1930, Jiamusitun was combined with Dongxing Town and named Jiamusi Town.

After the 918 Incident, Jiamusi Town still belonged to Huachuan County. On December 1, 1934, the puppet Manchurians established Sanjiang Province as a new province, and the provincial capital was located in Jiamusi Town. In September 1937, the puppet Sanjiang Provincial Office set up the Jiamusi Municipal Preparatory Office, and on December 1, Jiamusi City was formally established, which was directly governed by Sanjiang Province and was the seat of the puppet Manchurian Sanjiang Provincial Government.

Jiamusi is backed by the Xing'an Mountains and faces the Sanjiang Plain, and since the 918 Incident, it has been an important base for the Japanese army to control the northeast and attack the Soviet Union in the north. In order to better control Jiamusi, serve their own so-called strategy. Since the Japanese army occupied Jiamusi, they vigorously built the railway. In addition to the completed Hejia Railway and Tujia Railway, the Japanese army is also building the Harbin-Jiamusi Railway, and the Binsui Railway under construction also passes through Jiamusi.

But there are always two sides to everything. Although the Japanese army built a large number of railways in order to increase its mobility and make it easier to plunder the rich resources of the Xiaoxing'an Mountains and the Sanjiang Plain, it was not necessarily unable to provide help for the anti-Japanese forces to counterattack them.

After taking the train, it was supposed to take a long march of more than 30 kilometers, but it took less than an hour to reach the destination of the raid. When Yang Zhen's department quietly entered the city by train and arrived at Jiamusi Station, the entire Jiamusi did not react at all at this time.

Even if the puppet Manchurian railway police along the railway line found the mountain cannon placed on the flatbed car in the open, and the muzzle of the gun with a black hole in the open door of the stuffy tank car, they did not care. Because during this period of time, the Japanese army was moved too frequently.

In addition to the fact that all the Fourth Divisions originally stationed in various parts of Sanjiang Province were transferred back, Japanese troops from other places were also transferred to Jiamusi. Because of the lack of sufficient automobiles, the movement of Japanese troops was basically mainly transported by rail.

And these transfers are basically not known to these puppet Manchurian railway police. Seeing the artillery and machine guns on the military columns, these puppet Manchu policemen thought that it was the Kwantung Army that had been mobilized to prepare to clear the mountains northwest of Yuyuan. The military uniform of Yang Zhen's department is too similar to the Japanese army. Except for the different hats and no ranks, the others are almost identical.

And the artillerymen on the flatbed car almost took off their military caps in order to avoid being scraped off on the speeding train. After such a deal, if you don't look closely, you still think that the people in the car are Japanese soldiers. And the speeding train can't leave enough time for them to look closely.

When the train entered Jiamusi Station, it did not wait for the train to stop. A large number of troops poured out of the car, and occupied the entire Jiamusi station as quickly as possible, cut off all the telephone lines inside and outside the station, and disarmed all the puppet Manchu military and police in the station. The few passengers who were waiting for the train at the station were also stunned when they saw these troops with the words Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army written on their badges.

After occupying the station, Yang Zhen immediately issued an order to attack the intended targets in Jiamusi City. The 24 mountain guns placed on the flatbed trucks also launched a large-scale artillery bombardment of the camp of the Japanese troops left behind at a distance of less than a kilometer from the station. When the first batch of shells landed in the Japanese barracks, the remaining Japanese troops who were out of the exercise without the slightest defense were immediately blown up and flesh flew everywhere.

When the first shells of dawn exploded, and the dense gunfire that broke out like popping beans, Jiamusi, who had just woken up from his slumber, immediately blew up his nest. No one knew what was going on. When they saw a large number of unidentified armed forces pouring out of the station and attacking various targets in the city, almost all of them had the first instinct to hide so as not to harm the fish pond.

Yang Zhen, who set up the temporary headquarters in the Jiamusi Railway Station, did not know the reaction of the residents in the city. And that's not the most important thing for him to worry about right now. For him, whether he can complete the predetermined goal in the shortest time and control Jiamusi is what he is most concerned about.

Although the main force of the Japanese army in Jiamusi has been transferred to Tangyuan, it will attack the front line of Qunce Mountain. But Jiamusi is still too important for the Japanese army after all. The Japanese puppet army left behind in Jiamusi, plus all kinds of puppet Manchurian policemen and spies, there are still two or three thousand people.

Of these two or three thousand, the Japanese army accounted for at least half. Among the remaining half of the puppet Manchu military police, there are quite a few Japanese police officers and officers, as well as Japanese advisers among the puppet Manchu military and police. Maybe the combat effectiveness of the puppet Manchu military and police is not strong, but the remaining Japanese do not have a few soft persimmons. Even if the troops of the Fourth Division are softer, they must prevent their dogs from jumping off the wall.

And these two or three thousand people, for Yang Zhen, means that his own strength does not occupy an absolute advantage. The biggest advantage he has now is that he has achieved tactical suddenness quite well. The use of railway transportation to perfectly catch the opponent off guard.

Whether it was the Kwantung Army, which occupied the northeast and became the emperor of the so-called Manchukuo, or the so-called Manchukuo Army, as well as various police and spies of Manchukuo, such as various gendarmes, railway police, and forest police, for them in the past, their work was more to guard against how the anti-Japanese forces would destroy the railway, and they never thought that one day the Japanese armed forces would use the railway to attack the city. I didn't expect that there would be people who would have the audacity to take the train and swagger directly into the train station.

Yang Zhen's plan to use the train to go straight to Jiamusi can be described as a very beautiful one. The suddenness of the tactics and the fact that although there are a lot of Japanese puppet troops in the entire Jiamusi, most of them are logistics and baggage troops, and their combat effectiveness is not strong. As time went on, the war progressed relatively smoothly.

The puppet Manchurian police, who occupied half of the Jiamusi garrison, except for a few Japanese policemen whose resistance was still stubborn, most of the police's resistance was not fierce. After only a few shots, most of the police officers of the Sanjiang Provincial Police Department and the Jiamusi City Police Department surrendered their weapons.

The real difficulty is still the Japanese troops left behind. Although they were attacked suddenly, the Japanese troops still showed a very high level of military literacy and reacted in a very short time. Although they were divided into their respective camps and could not form a unified deployment, they were still under the command of their respective commanders and relied on the construction of the camps to resist desperately.

In particular, the resistance of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade was the fiercest. Although only two squadrons of cavalry remained, they not only put up stubborn resistance, but also launched several counter-assaults. Tried to counterattack Yang Zhen's troops who had already attacked the city out of the city. It wasn't until he lost his ability to fight back because of the intensive firepower that he became honest. Relying on rudimentary fortifications, he continued to struggle to the death.

However, the appearance of the troops left behind by the Fourth Division made Yang Zhen a little strange. Because this unit was the main force of the Japanese army left behind in Jiamusi, the first wave of artillery fire mainly fell on their heads. But Yang Zhen's old friend's appearance this time is completely different from that in the north of Dunhua.

Despite the heavy artillery fire, and the number of casualties of the unsuspecting Japanese troops under artillery fire was by no means small. But instead of any collapse, it was a desperate resistance. Although he did not make any counterattacks, just an honest passive defense, and did not launch several counterattacks from time to time like the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, the resistance was still stubborn.

Looking at the two camps of the Japanese army, which had been unable to attack for a long time, Yang Zhen, who had already received reports from Dong Ping that he had successively taken over important targets such as the puppet Manchurian Sanjiang Provincial Government, the Sanjiang Provincial Police Department, the Jiamusi City Public Office, the Jiamusi City Police Department, and the Telegraph Bureau, did not have any happy expression.

The remaining Japanese troops could not solve the problem for a long time, and they could not completely occupy Jiamusi. Although this roundabout operation was mainly to mobilize the Japanese troops to attack Qunce Mountain, it was not to occupy Jiamusi. But several attacks were frustrated, but it still made Yang Zhen a little unhappy.

The two cavalry squadrons left behind by the 3rd Cavalry Brigade are better said. After a fierce battle for half a day, only two squadrons of cavalry, because it was a defensive operation, could only be changed to infantry, and the two Japanese squadrons, which had no fire support, had suffered nearly two-thirds of the casualties. Even if they could not be dealt with completely, the remnants of these two Japanese squadrons could no longer pose any threat to themselves.

However, the remaining troops of the Fourth Division were definitely a threat to themselves in terms of strength. There was not only one infantry brigade of the Japanese army, but also three squadrons of artillery, two squadrons of baggage and one squadron of cavalry. If this Japanese army cannot be eliminated, once it retreats, it will have a great impact on its next operation.

Although the troops of the Fourth Division were not completely stationed in Jiamusi on weekdays, they were scattered and stationed in various county towns under Sanjiang Province. However, the artillery wing, the baggage wing, the cavalry wing, and the 70th Wing, which had been transferred to Harbin at this moment, were all stationed in Jiamusi. Therefore, the Jiamusi camp, which is the location of the headquarters of the Fourth Division, is still very large.

Although Qiu Jintang's previous shelling did not stingy with shells, it only knocked out part of the camp. The remaining troops of the 4th Division relied on the remaining barracks and the ruins of the destroyed barracks as fortifications, and the resistance was still very stubborn.

In this kind of close-range, almost hard-hitting battle, the Japanese army's individual soldier Su zhì is reflected. Not only did the light and heavy machine guns move positions extremely quickly, but their grenadiers were especially threatening. Suddenly, there was almost no sound from the wall, and suddenly it came in, causing a lot of trouble for the attacking troops. Many of the light and heavy machine guns of the attacking troops were knocked out in this way.

Liu Changshun attacked several times, although he attacked the Japanese military camp. However, because of the unfamiliarity with the structure here, and the fact that the troops were completely unable to deploy due to the limitations of the terrain, it became the most unwilling tactic for Yang Zhen to see. can only gnaw layer by layer, and after a morning, only half of the camp has been taken. But the casualties were not small, and an entire vanguard company was crippled.

Yang Zhen was dissatisfied with Liu Changshun's attack that could not make great progress, and Liu Changshun himself was also quite depressed. When the third brigade of the Eighth Wing was in Dunhua, it was obviously his own defeated men. Although it was not a one-hit crush, its fighting will was not even garbage compared to other Japanese troops.

It's just a detour in the back, that is, a collapse across the board. What's the matter today, it's like fighting like a chicken? It is almost impossible to believe that this is the opponent who was defeated by his own light yì in the north of Dunhua at the beginning of the year. People who don't know think it's a different person.

To be honest, after the battle in northern Dunhua, Liu Changshun looked down on the Fourth Division, at least the Eighth Wing. The ability of these people to be a single soldier, and even a grassroots commander is absolutely top-notch. Whether it is marksmanship or tactical maneuvers, it is not inferior to other Japanese units.

Compared to the other Japanese troops, who were extremely resolute in their resistance even when they were absolutely disadvantaged by being surrounded, these Japanese troops were simply a pile of garbage. In the first battle of Dunhua, although it was considered to be the upper abdomen and back, the speed of collapse was a little too fast. Almost as soon as he noticed that an opponent appeared behind him, he immediately collapsed.

Even if it is related to the fact that due to climate and environmental reasons, it is impossible to build field fortifications, and they are exposed to the snow and passively beaten, but the speed of their collapse also shows that these guys have a weak will to fight.

To be honest, it is not worth looking down on, but Liu Changshun also admitted in private that if these guys really fought as stubbornly as they do now, in terms of the real combat effectiveness of the troops on both sides, even if their side occupies the tactical initiative and concentrates their forces and firepower, they will not be defeated in such a short period of time.

If nothing else, his own troops used the same Type 38 rifles at that time. Their own people may not be able to hit the target within 300 meters. But even if people are six or seven hundred meters away, almost most of them can hit one by one. At a distance of five or six hundred meters, it can be knocked down with almost one shot.

In that battle, if it were not for the commander who took a sneak in front of the battle and launched a sudden attack, he tried to adopt the tactics of close combat. If you come hard, just rely on the marksmanship of these little devils, and your troops will have to suffer a big loss. At least today, there is no less loss from these devils.

But fortunately, these devils are very different from the style of other Japanese soldiers, and they are very soft. Seeing that the situation is not good, save your life first. The shape shì is unfavorable, and it slips faster than anyone else. "This is also an army?" This is also the reason why Liu Changshun has always looked down on this Japanese army.

Yang Zhen, who was standing in an attic at the Jiamusi Railway Station that could overlook the battlefield, couldn't help but feel a little annoyed when he saw that Liu Changshun's attack had never gone well. Yang Zhen put down the binoculars in his hand and said to Qiu Jintang beside him: "Sue your artillery, put a bayonet on my cannon, and shoot at the military fortifications in the near future." Knock them on me one by one. ”

"Also, how did your artillery observer train me. With a distance of less than a thousand meters, how can the landing points of the shells be so scattered? Four mountain guns were dispatched to get out of the immediate support, and the rest of the artillery concentrated fire on me to cover the Japanese positions a little bit. ”

"Don't worry about the shells. Dong Ping's side seized at least a few years of artillery shells from the arsenal of the Fourth Division. ”

Hearing Yang Zhen's order, Qiu Jintang frowned a little and said, "Commander, it's not that I'm worried about the shells. It's just that it's already a thousand meters. No matter how close, is it too close to the fire of the Japanese infantry? It's not easy for us to train an artilleryman, isn't it a pity to sacrifice so lightly? We don't have that much capital. ”

Regarding Qiu Jintang's distress about the artillery, afraid that the artillery would be too close to the Japanese position and there would be a large number of casualties, Yang Zhen shook his head and said, "You won't think of a way?" If the Japanese can use the ruins as a place of concealment, your artillery cannot? Liu Changshun has already occupied half of the camp, can you take advantage of it? ”

"You punch between the houses that are still intact and use their windows as launching ports. It really didn't work, so I poured a few quilts with water as a cover. The artillery of the little devils has now lost its effectiveness, how much danger can you be brought to you by relying only on small arms? ”

Seeing that Yang Zhen had some signs of anger, Qiu Jintang didn't dare to argue, picked up the field phone, and directly asked to hand over to the deputy commander of the most powerful battalion under his command, that is, Hu Zhaoshan, a former artillery platoon commander in the puppet army who was with Ma Qichang anyway, and said: "Old Hu, just now the commander ordered the cannon to put bayonets on it and shoot at close range. ”

"You take four mountain guns, and find dozens of quilts, and go in with the follow-up troops of the same regiment. Use the ruins and broken walls as cover, and knock out the devil's firepower one by one. Also, when necessary, water the quilt as a cover. However, you can tell me clearly, if you give Lao Tzu too many casualties, Lao Tzu will not spare you. ”

Over there, Hu Zhaoshan heard Qiu Jintang's order, and after being silent for a while, he said: "Regiment commander, please tell the commander, I will definitely guarantee to complete the task." Cleanly knocked out all the devil's firepower points to ensure that Captain Liu's attack was smooth. However, I have one condition, I ask the commander to promise me. ”

Hearing that Hu Zhaoshan still had conditions, Qiu Jintang was obviously a little dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to vent it in front of Yang Zhen, so he could only deliberately lower his voice and said: "If there are any conditions, hurry up and say, don't mother-in-law." Do you know how many casualties the infantry brothers will pay if you delay for a while? ”

Hu Zhaoshan did not say ambiguously when he heard this: "Please ask the commander to transfer an engineer company to me to cooperate with us." When Regiment Commander Liu had just launched his third attack, I had come up to see it once. There were no problems at all with artillery firing at close range, there were a lot of concealments that could be exploited there. ”

"But there are places where there is not enough shooting. Engineers are needed to help us widen the firing range when necessary. There is also a need for engineers to assist us in arranging more bunkers so that the artillery can advance with the synchronized troops, and it takes too long and not enough to rely on the artillery to do this alone. ”

Hearing Qiu Jintang's request for Hu Zhaoshan, Yang Zhen immediately nodded and agreed without thinking: "Okay, I'll give him an engineer company." But there was a requirement that he must cooperate with the infantry in the shortest possible time and annihilate this stubborn enemy to me. ”