Wang Guangyu in the middle line adopted various tactics to ravage Gen Bo and his 24th Division, but he was never bitten by him. The exchange ratio of casualties is almost negligible. On the Western Front, the Liu Changshun Brigade and the Du Kaishan Brigade commanded by Yang Zhen, with the cooperation of the Basic Regiment of the Third Division, had secretly completed the deployment of Kuwabara Shiro's headquarters.

The battle plan formulated by Yang Zhen was very simple, that is, to concentrate superior forces and firepower and adopt the tactics of advancing in unison against the 25th Division of the Japanese Army on the Western Front, and to adopt the tactics of first east and then west, and divide and annihilate.

First, concentrate the main forces to solve the enemy crossing the river from Yilan on the east road, that is, the 70th Wing, the main force of the Japanese army on the western front, and the mixed 16th Brigade of the 4th Army District. Then turn around and go west to encircle and annihilate the two infantry battalions of his 14th Wing, which had crossed the river from Fangzheng, as well as the other two brigades of the puppet Manchu army.

The reason why Yang Zhen adopted this tactic was because the 70th Wing of the Japanese Army, which crossed the river from Yilan, played a central role when the Japanese army went north this time. To the east, it can coordinate the actions of the 25th Division, and to the west, it can support the 14th Wing, which crossed the river from Fangzheng and went north through Tonghe and Fengshan. The defeat of this 70th Wing will completely cut off the direct line connection between the Japanese forces on the east and west fronts.

In fact, for the arrangement of the 70th Wing in such an important and even critical position, the impression of the 4th Division after the first battle of Jiamusi was extremely poor, and the commander of the 5th Army, Kenji Dohihara, who was also very uninterested in the 70th Wing from the 4th Division, did not agree.

Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara has on several occasions proposed that the 40th Wing, which is drawn from the 10th Division, or the 14th Wing, which is from the 12th Division, which is recognized as one of the strongest combat units in the Japanese army, should be used as the center. As for the 70th Wing, it's better to let them stay.

But no matter how much he persuaded him, Umezu Mijiro, who didn't know what he had smoked, still resolutely used this 70th Wing. In the view of General Umezu Mijiro, who had not yet suffered from the Fourth Division, there were no soldiers in the Imperial Army who could not fight, only cowardly generals. Although the 70th Wing was born in the recognized mud pit of the 4th Division, it did not mean that the 70th Wing would not fight.

Admiral Umezu's reasons are quite normal. At present, it is necessary to deploy heavy troops in the Normenhan area to prevent the Soviet counterattack, and now that the Kwantung Army is in a tight situation, there is no reason to keep such a fully equipped infantry wing behind. Since the Seventy Wing is the most combat-effective unit in the old division of the Fourth Division, maybe it should be good, right?

In the opinion of Senior General Umezu Mijiro, as the strongest fighting force of the former Fourth Division, the fighting style of the 70th Wing from the relatively poor Sasayama area of the Osaka area was far stronger than that of his comrades in the Fourth Division. At least they won't be like them to save their lives first, at least they won't do anything like death or abandon their allies.

Its wing commander, Masao Iwabe, was also the most powerful among the original four wing commanders of the Fourth Division. He can be called a famous general of the Fourth Division. Of course, at least on the surface, this Seventy Wing and their Wing Commander looked much better than the other Wings that the Fourth Division couldn't even pull out.

It's just that whether the 70th Wing, which was born in the Fourth Division, can take on the heavy responsibilities entrusted by General Umezu Mijiro, commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara, commander of the Fifth Army, and Lieutenant General Shiro Kuwabara, commander of the 25th Division.

It's just that the reason in front of General Umezu is that Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara also agrees, but the one in the back may be good, right? But it almost scared Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara's jaw off.

"Maybe"? Fighting such a strict thing, can it still be decided maybe? Even if he is an agent for most of his military career, Kenji Dohihara, who is at most half a soldier, knows that this is an extremely lax thing.

Of course, General Umezu had high hopes, whether the 70th Wing, who had been entrusted with the heavy responsibility, could take on this responsibility, and he didn't know that he had become Yang Zhen's preferred target, of course, Masao Iwabe's chest was full of chests. In the face of the doubts of Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara, he almost didn't take out his ancestor who had been dead for hundreds of years and was known as the most famous samurai in the Hideyoshi era of Toyoda and swore an oath.

It's just that it's hard to say how many years he has been with the merchants of the Fourth Division, especially the subordinates of nearly half of the officers who come from the high-educated city of Osaka, can fight for him and save the reputation of the Osaka people who are already notorious among the Japanese army.

However, the offensive momentum of the 70th Wing was indeed fierce at the beginning, and it can even be described as a triumphant song. First went down to the bamboo curtain in the north of the Songhua River without a fight, and then occupied the county seat of Tangyuan, which had become an empty city, without a fight. It was only after occupying the county town of Yuyuan that the Seventy Wing found themselves in a very bad situation. In addition to going to the Tangwang River outside the city to get water, I couldn't find a single well in the entire Tangyuan County.

The most lethal thing is not that there are no wells, because outside the town of Tangyuan County is the Tangwang River, which flows with a huge amount of water, and the problem of drinking water is easy to solve. Such a big river, and living water, I don't worry about what the opponent does. The most fatal thing was that the hungry 70th Wing could not find a single common man, not a grain of grain, or even forage to feed the horses in the huge county town of Yuyuan.

In desperation, Masao Iwabe could only connect with Lieutenant General Kuwahara Shiro, the commander of the Electric Division, to urge the rear to replenish the baggage. At least some of the grain should be transferred to solve the urgent need.

It's just that I don't know why, Lieutenant General Kuwabara Shiro only allocated part of the food to Iwabe Masao's request. All in all, it was just enough for the 70th Wing and the puppet Manchu army attached to its operation to form the 16th Brigade for two days. As for the others, under the pretext of insufficient capacity, let Masao Iwabe act cheaply and levy them on the spot.

In fact, at this time, Yilan County, the food and other materials that have just been replenished are not only not lacking, but also sufficient. Capacity is also not as scarce as Lieutenant General Shiro Kuwabara said.

In addition to the baggage wing of the 25th Division itself, there was also an automobile brigade specially transferred by General Umezu Mijiro, who had some foresight in the tactics of the opponent's fortified walls and clear fields, to provide logistics and supply in Yilan County.

Lieutenant General Kuwabara Shiro's strange order made even the chief of staff of the 25th Division wonder why the division commander, who had been behaving strangely since his wife and daughter were robbed, and who was often in a state of distraction, would make such a decision.

This order also meant that Iwabe Masao wanted to feed himself and his subordinates, as well as the bellies of those puppet Manchu officers and soldiers who were fighting together, so he could only go north to find the common people who were hidden by the other side.

As for the kind of business brains that want to do business but do not have comrades in other wings, in addition to small business operations, the greatest source of wealth is the white wolf with empty gloves to rob civilians in wartime, and the most painful thing for the officers and men of the 70th Wing who make a fortune is not without food.

Because it seemed to them that food could be brought in from the rear at any time. For them, there is no woman to vent to, no people to rob. They can't get rich, that's the most painful thing for them.

The Seventy Wing was in fact far less than General Umezu Mijiro had imagined, and if the difference between them and the other wings of the Fourth Division was mainly a little worse in business, they were far more interested in robbery as a means of making a fortune for nothing than in combat.

The grain in the rear was only transported for two days, and it could not meet the needs of the imperial army at all. In desperation, Iwabe Masao could only urge his troops to speed up and move north. I hope to be able to find the hidden people as much as possible so that I can get supplies.

It's just that the marching route given to them by General Umezu is to go directly north from the county seat of Yubara, and go straight to Heli after passing through the old battlefield of Miaolingzi Mountain. That is to say, after leaving the county seat of Yuyuan, their subsequent combat itinerary was in the mountains.

Masao Iwabe is arrogant, but he is not stupid. After making contact with the 14th Wing, which had already reached the front line of the Haoliang River at this time on the Western Front, and ensuring the safety of his left flank, he gathered the troops into a group and rolled all the way north. The starting point of their own attack is in the southwest of Jiamusi, and they are too far away from the main force in the middle.

Iwabe Masao, who was in a hurry to join Lieutenant General Nemoto, did not know that in the mountains on both sides of the Jianshanzi line in the direction of his front, Yang Zhen had already concentrated the main forces of the two infantry brigades, plus the main forces of the field artillery regiment and the rocket artillery regiment, and deployed a pocket array waiting for him.

On the Western Front, the main force of the 14th Wing, Yang Zhen placed the 2nd Brigade and 5th Regiment plus the 3rd Divisional Cadre Regiment under the unified command of Zhao Shangzhi, and used guerrilla tactics to delay its eastward reinforcement. The blocking line that Yang Zhen demarcated for Zhao Shangzhi was the Daliangzi River. That is to say, no matter how Zhao Shangzhi fights, the 14th Wing must not be allowed to cross the line of the Daliangzi River and join the 70th Wing.

In an extremely hidden col in the northwest of Jianshanzi, except for the constant sound of a few radio stations ticking and receiving reports indicating that this is a relatively high-level headquarters, there is no sound to indicate that this will actually be the location of Yang Zhen's former command?

In the sky, Japanese planes continued to roar north over this painstakingly concealed mountain pass. Occasionally, a few bombs were dropped on the surrounding hills, trying to startle the snakes. Examine the reckless mountains below to see if there is an enemy ambush.

For the bombs that exploded on the hills around him from time to time, the headquarters guard unit and the anti-aircraft machine gun company directly under it were nervous enough. The machine gunner's fingers were tightly pressed on the trigger, and as soon as the Japanese planes spotted this place and dived downward, they would not hesitate to open fire.

Han Renhe, a staff officer of the military region's guard who was named by Yang Zhen to come from the First Army, also raised his binoculars from time to time to look at the Japanese planes coming and going in the sky. Since Han Renhe was named by Yang Zhen to come over from the First Army, he has been serving as the head of the military region's security department and the head of the guard regiment at the headquarters.

Although there is only one subordinate and there is no real name, in fact there is only one guard company, a guard regiment directly under the personal guard platoon, and a newly formed anti-aircraft machine gun company, and there are only two or three kittens in the entire security department, and there is a shortage of manpower. But this does not prevent him from being enthusiastic and meticulous in his work.

The imperative to ensure the safety of Yang Zhen and his people was what he repeatedly emphasized when Wei Zhengmin, political commissar of the First Army, talked to him before he was transferred from the First Army to the Jidong Military Region. He has a strong sense of responsibility, and he has been serving as a political commissar in the 1st Army Guard Brigade for a long time, and he immediately started his work as soon as he took office. There is no lack of enthusiasm for work due to the lack of manpower under his staff.

He has fought with Dong Ping, and he has always praised the ability of the reconnaissance battalion directly under the military region. After several requests from him, Li Mingrui and Dong Ping also mentioned it again and again, Yang Zhen finally agreed with his idea, agreed with him to form a guard regiment, and transferred a platoon from the reconnaissance battalion as the backbone of the newly formed guard regiment. Moreover, the training of the guard regiment should also be carried out in accordance with the reconnaissance battalion.

It's just that after working by Yang Zhen's side, the first time he fought with Yang Zhen, the situation he faced was fundamentally different from when he was in the First Army, so Han Renhe was a little nervous. When he was in the First Army, he faced more small units of the Japanese puppet army when fighting, and at most there were no more than a few thousand people. It is the first time that a large number of planes in the sky like this have been encountered on the ground, at least with a wing as a formation.

Compared with the highly tense guards and Han Renhe, Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun were not nervous in a wood-made hideaway in the mountain pass. The two of them easily made the final changes to the battle plan on the map.

Although the Seventy Wing gathered all its forces together and marched, it still sent scouts consisting of two infantry squads in accordance with the tactical requirements of the Japanese army. Now that its scouts have appeared in the Jianshanzi area, it means that the main force of the Seventy Wing is not far away.

After completing the final assignment on the map, Yang Zhen dropped the red and blue pencil in his hand and said to Guo Bingxun with a smile: "It seems that the letter from the political commissar was not written to Kuwabara Shiro in vain, judging from the speed and progress of the entire Japanese puppet army on the Western Front, although this guy did not completely follow our requirements, but at least some adjustments were made." ”

"To be honest, there may be Japanese people who are afraid of their wives, but to be honest, this is the first time I've seen someone like this dignified lieutenant general who is so afraid of his wife. For the safety of his wife and children, he dared to negotiate with us with an infantry wing, such a person can be regarded as the extreme. ”

Regarding Yang Zhen's emotion, Guo Bingxun said with a smile: "Betraying the Seventy Wing is not harmful to Kuwabara Shiro. First, it can ensure the safety of his wife and children. Second, this 70th Wing was already very unpopular among the 25th Division, and there was even a tendency for a fish to make a fishy pot of soup. To be able to take this opportunity to exchange blood for the Seventy Wing, presumably this Lieutenant General Kuwabara is also happy to see it. ”

What's more, Masao Iwabe messed up, it can be said that he underestimated the enemy's rash advance, and he has nothing to do with him Kuwabara Shiro. With this Seventy Wing in the middle, he Kuwabara Shiro did not report to Umezu Mijiro to ask for replacement. If the Seventy Wing is surrounded and annihilated by us, then it will also be the wrong decision of General Umezu Mijiro, and it will have nothing to do with him. ”

"The 70th Wing came out of the 4th Division, even if it is the most capable of fighting in the 4th Division, I am afraid that after staying in the mud pit of the 4th Division for so many years, this combat effectiveness is probably still much worse than that of other Japanese troops. The victory of the Seventy Wing is gratifying, but it is also a disadvantage for us. He, Shiro Kuwabara, did not violate that secret agreement with us. ”

"If we lose, even if we meet our requirements, he Kuwabara Shiro can also find a hundred reasons to shirk responsibility. As long as the secret agreement between us and him is not exposed, this guy can be said to have no scruples. ”

"If you don't get it right, you will also have a reputation in Tokyo for the sake of the emperor's interests greater than one qiē, and he would rather kill his relatives for the sake of his so-called imperial interests. I just don't know if his father-in-law, who was born in a famous chaebol in Tokyo, will spare him. ”

Regarding Guo Bingxun's answer, Yang Zhen said with a smile: "No matter how he Kuwabara Shiro should explain to his father-in-law, and no matter how he calculates, if you don't eat this plate of food delivered to our mouths, I'm sorry for his hard work." Wang Guangyu's side played very easily, and it was not easy to toss the fundamental game, and our two military commanders can't be too backward, right? ”