Early the next morning, Sokov came to the temporary headquarters and was about to ask Captain Feng if they had set off. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Yakov talking to an Asian-faced soldier wearing the rank of lieutenant.
, he couldn't help but frown slightly, thinking that this person appeared from somewhere, and he seemed to have never seen this person before.
When Yakov saw Sokov come in, he quickly stopped talking with the lieutenant and said excitedly: "Misha, let me introduce to you. This is Company Commander Chen from the 88th International Brigade. He is here to assist
Captain Feng started working. Comrade Lieutenant, this is the commander of our group army, General Sokov."
"Hello, Comrade General!" Lieutenant Chen raised his hand to salute Sokov and began to introduce himself: "I am Lieutenant Chen, commander of the sixth company of the third battalion of the 88th International Brigade."
"Hello, Lieutenant Chen." Sokov knew that the 88th International Brigade was a four-battalion unit. Below the brigade commander was the battalion commander, and below the battalion commander was the company commander. Although the other party's military rank was not high, his position was not low.
He quickly held the other person's hand, smiled and said, "Welcome to come and work with us!"
"Comrade General." Lieutenant Chen asked hesitantly, "I wonder where our intelligence section chief, Captain Feng, is now?"
"Yasha." Seeing that the other party wanted to see Captain Feng, Sokov quickly said to Yakov: "Call Captain Feng and ask him to come here and say that his comrades are here."
"I've already called him." Yakov raised his hand to look at the time and said, "I'll be there soon."
As soon as Yakov finished speaking, a report was heard outside the tent.
Sokov recognized Captain Feng's voice and quickly said outside: "Come in!"
After Captain Feng entered the tent, he raised his hand and saluted Sokov and Yakov: "Commander, Comrade Chief of Staff, I have been ordered to come here, please give instructions!"
Sokov pointed to Lieutenant Chen who was standing next to him and said, "Captain Feng, look who's here!"
After Captain Feng saw the other party clearly, he exclaimed: "Lieutenant Chen, why are you here?"
"The brigade commander was worried that you don't have enough manpower here, so he sent me over to assist you."
"How many people did you bring here?"
"15 people." Lieutenant Chen might be worried that Captain Feng would think there were too few people, so he specifically explained: "The comrades in our brigade are all assigned to their respective units of the Soviet army. The number of people left is limited. I can bring so many people here.
Considering the special situation here, the brigade commander specially sent a few more people."
"I know, I know. The brigade commander has always attached great importance to this unit, otherwise he would not have sent me, the intelligence section chief, here..."
Captain Feng and Lieutenant Chen were talking in Chinese, but they never dreamed that Sokov, standing next to them, could understand their conversation. As Sokov was listening, Yakov suddenly asked: "
Misha, do you know what they are talking about?"
"I don't know." Sokov quickly shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, and said with a look of helplessness: "Although I don't understand what they are talking about, I feel that after their comrades reunited after a long separation, they must
Talking about old times."
"Oh, that's it." Yakov nodded after hearing this, and continued: "Before you came, I received a call from General Lyudnikov. He said that he sent a captain to meet Captain Feng in Xinjing.
, and will cooperate with their actions in Xinjing."
"Very good." After Sokov learned that Lyudnikov agreed to his request, he felt much more at ease. With the strong assistance of friendly forces, there should be no problem in finding Commander Yang's head: "Yes
With the cooperation of General Lyudnikov, Captain Feng and others will encounter greatly reduced obstacles when carrying out their work in Xinjing."
"Also, the group army headquarters has left Solon and is heading here." Yakov continued: "I believe that our new headquarters will be established in Zhengjiatun by noon at the latest."
"Yasha, I feel that establishing the headquarters here is not the best choice."
"Why?"
"Both Solon and Zhengjiatun are just small places. They are obviously not suitable as the headquarters of the group army." Sokov stated his thoughts plausibly: "As for Fengtian, as a big city in the Northeast, it is better for us to establish the headquarters.
The best choice.”
"So, you are planning to move our headquarters to Fengtian?"
"Yes, that's what I think." Sokov nodded and said in a positive tone: "If the headquarters is located in a big city, communication and transportation will be very convenient, and the supplies of our troops will become more convenient.
It’s more convenient.”
"Well, what you said makes sense." Yakov nodded after hearing this and said, "Then after the headquarters arrives, I will let them continue on their way to establish a new headquarters in Fengtian."
"Comrade Commander," Captain Feng, who had been chatting with Lieutenant Chen for a while, came to Sokov and asked, "I wonder if we should proceed as planned?"
"Of course, Comrade Captain." Sokov nodded vigorously and gave the other party a positive reply: "Of course you will set off according to the original plan. But the only change is that I will set off with you. After arriving in Fengtian,
I will stay while you continue to march towards Xinjing."
"Captain Feng." After hearing what Sokov said, Lieutenant Chen quickly asked Captain Feng in a low voice in Chinese: "What are you doing in Xinjing?"
Captain Feng quickly briefed Lieutenant Chen about the fact that Commander Yang's head was stored in the basement of the medical school in Xinjing by a Japs.
But after hearing this, Lieutenant Chen glanced at Sokov and Yakov with vigilant eyes, and then lowered his voice and asked: "Captain Feng, do you think they are trustworthy?"
"Of course." Captain Feng nodded and said, "If they are not trustworthy, who else is trustworthy?"
"Okay, then I will act with you." Lieutenant Chen said: "The more people we have, the stronger we will be. With more people, even if something goes wrong, the chance of escape will be higher."
"Comrade Commander." Seeing that Lieutenant Chen wanted to act with him, Captain Feng asked tentatively: "Lieutenant Chen wants to go to Xinjing with me. Do you approve it?"
"No." Unexpectedly, Sokov refused simply: "He can't go to Xinjing."
"Why?" Lieutenant Chen suddenly became anxious when he heard Sokov said that he would not be allowed to go to Xinjing.
Sokov looked at Lieutenant Chen, whose face was flushed with anger, and said with a smile: "Lieutenant Chen, I have arranged enough manpower to assist Captain Feng in carrying out his work in Xinjing, so I don't need to trouble you to accompany him.
Besides, I still have some things in Fengtian City that I need you to do."
"What happened?" When Lieutenant Chen asked, there was obvious anger in his tone.
Captain Feng was worried that Lieutenant Chen's attitude would anger Sokov, so he quickly gently pulled the hem of his clothes from behind to signal him to stop talking nonsense, so as not to make things difficult to deal with.
"As far as I know, in big cities like Fengtian, although countless anti-Japanese comrades and progressives were killed by the Japs, there are still a large number of such prisoners in the Japs' prisons. The task I give you,
It is to lead people to liberate them, treat the injured, see the sick, and provide them with various daily necessities. How about, can you complete such a task? "
Lieutenant Chen originally thought that Sokov was making things difficult for him and would assign him some difficult task. But now after hearing about his mission after arriving in Fengtian, he immediately realized that he had wrongly blamed Sokov, and he quickly stood at attention and shouted loudly
He replied: "Comrade General, please rest assured that I will successfully complete the task you assigned me."
Half an hour later, a convoy of five jeeps and three trucks was ready to set off.
While waiting for the troops to board the vehicle, Sokov asked Lieutenant Chen: "I heard that before the start of this battle, your International Brigade sent a lot of personnel to our army, right?"
"Yes, Comrade General." Now that the Japs have surrendered, there is no need to keep the arrangements before the war secret. Lieutenant Chen truthfully told what he knew: "As early as July, our brigade sent
340 commanders and fighters were sent to the Soviet army as an advance detachment to conduct unified military training. Among them, 160 were assigned to the 1st Far East Front, 80 were assigned to the 2nd Far East Front, and 100 were assigned to the Transbaikal Front. At the end of July, the brigade
There, 290 commanders and combatants from the bridge were formed and more than 20 task forces were secretly parachuted to Mudanjiang, Jiamusi, Harbin, Qiqihar, Xinjing, Fengtian and other places for pre-war reconnaissance, and the Kwantung Army's 17 strategic fortresses and borders were
The three lines of defense above are all marked as targets for air strikes.
After the battle started, the commanders and fighters of our advance detachment and the task force that penetrated behind enemy lines, from the Heilongjiang River Basin to the Xiaoxinan Mountains, either guided the ground troops at the border or communicated with the Air Force via radio to guide them to attack all military targets of the Kwantung Army.
"
After hearing this, Sokov nodded and asked, "I bet your brigade's casualties in this battle will not be small, right?"
"Yes, Comrade General." Lieutenant Chen nodded and continued: "Hundreds of people have already died in the two groups of troops dispatched before the war. Now we have also mobilized manpower to cooperate with the 384th Ground Infantry Division of the First Far East Front Army.
Attack the Japanese fortress of Dongning, which is well-defended."
"Dongning Fortress?" Hearing the name of this place, Sokov couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise: "The Kwantung Army has been operating there for many years, and the fortifications built are specifically to prevent our army from attacking. If we want to defeat it, I'm afraid
It's not that easy."
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Lieutenant Chen was surprised and said: "Comrade General, I have received news that the Soviet troops have successfully breached the Dongning Fortress."
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible." Although Sokov did not know the specific circumstances of the Soviet army's attack on the Dongning Fortress, he clearly remembered that it took the Soviet army 21 days to completely conquer the Dongning Fortress.
It had only been ten days since the Soviet Union declared war on the island country. Logically speaking, the battle at Dongning Fortress should have been extremely fierce. How could it be said that it had been conquered? So he said stubbornly: "Lieutenant Chen, I think you must be mistaken.
The Dongning Fortress has strong fortifications, sufficient reserves of ammunition and supplies, and the terrain is dangerous. It is simply impossible to conquer such a strong fortress in just ten days."
After saying this, he began to try hard to recall information about the Dongning Fortress. The fortress was built in the spring of 1935. In order to build the fortress, the Japs deceitfully recruited laborers and some prisoners of war from caves, Hebei, Jilin and other places.
There were 170,000 workers involved in the construction of Dongning Fortress. For these workers who built the fortress, the little devils never treated them as human beings. Not only did they not have enough to eat, they also often had to be whipped by the supervisors. Ten of them were beaten every day.
Several or even dozens of workers died unexpectedly. In an area covering an area of 20,000 square meters, the graves of more than a thousand workers were found.
After the Far East Campaign began, the troops of the First Front Army used aircraft, tanks and artillery to support the infantry in launching an attack on the Dongning Fortress in three directions. Although the Little Devils were at a disadvantage in terms of strength and equipment, they relied on solid fortifications and complex terrain.
, stubbornly resisted the Soviet attack, and held on for seven days before the fortress was forcibly breached by the Soviet army. The little Japs without reinforcements fled towards Jilin, but there were still a large number of Japs left in the fortifications, who continued to resist.
.
Due to the fierce bombing and artillery shelling by the Soviet army, all communications among the defenders of Dongning Fortress were interrupted. Even the surrender order issued by Tianhuang was not known, and they continued to hide in the fortifications and resist. Later, the Soviet army called in the Third Army.
Lieutenant Colonel Kono Sadao, a logistics staff officer, asked him to enter Dongning Fortress with a white flag and convey Tianhuang's surrender edict to the defenders inside. By September 28, more than 900 Japanese soldiers walked out with white flags.
He entered the fortress and surrendered to the Soviet troops outside.
The Xunshan Fortress, located nine kilometers south of Sanchakou Town in Dongning County, is a medium-sized underground military fortress. Their location was hidden and they were not discovered by the Soviet army, so they did not participate in the battle. It was the local people who went up to the mountain to fight.
Chai Shi accidentally discovered this fish that had slipped through the net and quickly reported it to the Soviet army. After receiving the report, the Soviet troops immediately dispatched aircraft and artillery, using tactics of bombing from the sky and bombing from the ground, to launch an attack on the Xunshan Fortress. The battle
It will last until August 30th.
At this point, World War II completely came to an end. Historians of later generations called the battle to conquer Dongning Fortress the last battle of World War II.
It was precisely because of his understanding of this history that Sokov was able to tell Lieutenant Chen without hesitation that the Soviet army had not completely captured the Dongning Fortress from the Kwantung Army. But Lieutenant Chen was skeptical of his statement.
After all, Dongning Fortress is thousands of miles away from here, and Sokov does not have clairvoyance. How could he know that the Soviet army had not completely occupied Dongning Fortress? However, considering the identity of the other party, he still said euphemistically: "Comrade General, I
It's been two or three days since we got out. Maybe there are new changes in Dongning Fortress, but I'm not qualified to know about them at my level."
As soon as he finished speaking, Captain Feng shouted from a distance: "Lieutenant Chen, what are you still dawdling about? Hurry up and get in the car and set off."
This chapter has been completed!