When the information submitted by Zhou Yali was delivered to the Kwantung Army headquarters, it was already eight o'clock in the morning on April 3.
"Why, the foreign minister of Soviet Russia has arrived in Chahar?" After hearing this shocking news in the Kwantung Army headquarters, Ishihara Wanji was shocked, "Oh no, Chahar and Soviet Russia are about to reconcile, so they are entrenched."
The 400,000 troops in Siberia will definitely pounce on us like a tiger out of its cage."
Ishihara Kanji is very aware of the terror of the Siberian Army. As the Chahar heavy armored group that has been fighting against the Soviet Union for several years, their combat effectiveness is far superior to that of the general Chahar army. If they had not been dragged down by the Soviets before, they would have
He had already sent his troops south. Now the garrison in Heilongjiang has been depleted by himself, leaving only some third-rate garrison troops. Expecting them to resist the wolf-like Siberian Army is like expecting a weak girl to defeat a group of vicious perverts.
The absurdity.
Ishihara Wanji frantically yelled at a group of staff officers behind him, "Hurry up and order Jilin to immediately send no less than four divisions of troops to the north to support Heilongjiang. It will be too late before it's too late."
"Ishihara-kun, it's already too late." A voice sounded next to Ishihara Wan'er, and the livid-faced Umezu Yoshijiro came over, holding a telegram in his hand. "Su Tong has officially sent a telegram to the whole country, announcing that he will send troops to fully recover Manchuria.
Already."
On the morning of April 3, the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China, General Su Tong, commander-in-chief of the Seventh War Zone of China, officially sent a message to the whole country: From today on, Chahar will officially launch a campaign to fully recover the three northeastern provinces. The million-strong army of the Seventh War Zone will
Simultaneously launch an all-out attack on the 500,000 Kwantung Army entrenched in the northeast from three directions: Liaoning, Hailanpao, and Vladivostok. Su Tong also advised the Kwantung Army to surrender immediately and unconditionally, otherwise he would not mind sending all the Kwantung Army to hell.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the Siberian Group's 350,000-strong army had already assembled on Hailanpao, with more than 300 Siberian Tiger tanks from Bai Yingliao's 1st Armored Division and more than 500 fighter planes from the 2nd Air Force Division and 3rd Air Force Division.
The Japanese army took the lead in launching an attack on Heilongjiang. The two third-rate local garrison divisions of the Japanese army located on the border resisted for less than three hours under the torrent of steel, and the defense line was immediately declared lost.
At the same time, the 150,000-strong Expeditionary Army in Vladivostok, under the command of Sun Liren, also began to attack the frontal enemy Jilin garrison. However, it was a 200,000-person field division stationed in Jilin, so the offensive of the Expeditionary Army
Although it was fierce, the progress was not as smooth as that of the Siberian Group commanded by Bai Chongxi. Sun Liren commanded an army of 150,000 and attacked for two days with the cooperation of aircraft and heavy artillery, but they only advanced less than two kilometers.
As for Fengtian, Hu Lian commanded an army of 400,000 to kill Fengtian City, the center of Japanese rule in Manchuria. For a time, the world's attention focused on the Northeast, and the Western world was exclaiming, these are two countries in the East
We are engaged in a battle that determines our destiny and future. If Japan is defeated, Japan, which has lost the Northeast, will completely lose the initiative in China. If Chahar is defeated, the Kwantung Army will definitely take the opportunity to advance westward and attack Chahar.
In all provinces, then the powerful military industrial enterprises, financial centers and Duolun oil fields that Chahar has operated for many years will inevitably fall into the hands of the Japanese. The Japanese, who have obtained these rich resources, will easily defeat China by relying on these resources.
Yucheng Zhengaxe. This is a war that no one can afford to lose. For both sides, taking a step back will lead to an abyss.
Su Tong and Jiang Baili of the Zhangjiakou Seventh War Zone Headquarters stood next to a huge sand table, watching the staff officer next to them use a wooden pole to move model tanks, model aircraft, villains and small flags representing the troops forward.
. He also reported in different ways the battle reports that had just been sent from each unit.
"The Siberian Army has successfully attacked and has occupied Sunwu City and is advancing towards Bei'an."
"Sun Liren reported that they encountered strong resistance from the Jilin defenders and are making slow progress."
"Hu Lian came to report that they have advanced to Fengtian fifty kilometers away, and the leading troops have already engaged the Japanese Kwantung Army stationed in Fengtian."
"I ordered all the troops to step up the attack and make sure that the Japanese army can't breathe. As long as the Siberian cluster can successfully attack Jilin and work with Sun Liren to annihilate the 200,000 Kwantung Army stationed in Jilin, then everything will be settled." He personally commanded this group.
Su Tong, who was in this battle that could be called a battle to determine the fate of the country, felt his palms were a little warm and sweat slowly seeped out from his forehead.
"Why, are you a little nervous?" Jiang Baili asked with a smile.
"Well, this battle is too important for us in China. To say that I'm not nervous would be a lie." Su Tong smiled wryly and nodded.
Today, although our Commander Su can be said to have experienced hundreds of battles and has commanded many battles, he should not be too nervous, but this battle is so important that no one will lose.
Even if he cannot afford it, our Chief Su cannot help but be nervous.
Su Tong thought for a while and then ordered: "Order Gao Zhihang, the bomber group and the heavy bombers to increase the intensity of bombing the Fengtian defenders. I don't believe it. Now those little Japanese dare to play hide and seek with me."
Well, Su Tong was right. The Fengtian garrison, which had been scattered like sheep in order to avoid plane bombing, had regrouped and was ready to start facing the menacing 400,000-strong army commanded by Hu Lian.
However, the Japanese army, which had lost air supremacy, was bombarded by a group of bombers that had been on standby as soon as it was assembled, resulting in heavy casualties. Umezu Yoshijiro was already struggling to support the hundreds of thousands of Japanese and Manchukuo troops around Fengtian.
The puppet army has been blown away by the overwhelming bombers and thousands of heavy artillery groups. The Kwantung Army is better, after all, it still has the spirit of bushido to support it, but the puppet army in Manchuria does not have this kind of perseverance.
Under the constant attack of Stuka dive bombers with shrill sirens, they had already lost their fighting spirit. The only thing they could do was to pray that the bombs would not fall on their heads.
On the third day of the battle, the Siberian Army, which poured in like a tide, occupied the entire Heilongjiang area with lightning speed. Harbin garrison commander Lieutenant General Kamada Quanichi committed suicide by caesarean section when the city was breached.
Bai Chongxi, who was unreasonable and unforgiving, commanded the army to rush towards Jilin without stopping, preparing to attack the Jilin defenders together with Sun Liren's expeditionary army. At this critical moment, the Japanese base camp held an emergency meeting chaired by Hirohito himself.
Hirohito was dressed in military uniform, sitting on a spacious and majestic throne. Behind him were several ancient and luxurious golden screens, showing the extraordinaryness of the Yamato Emperor. But at this time, the emperor sitting on it no longer had the majesty of the past.
His majestic, thin face was full of sorrow. But at this time, no one came to remind him of His Majesty the Emperor's disgrace, because everyone was in the same mood now, and everyone didn't want the boss to laugh at the second.
"My lords, the situation in Manchuria is now critical. Do you have any countermeasures?" Hirohito, as the leader, spoke first.
"Your Majesty," Hideki Tojo, the newly-appointed Deputy Minister of Military Affairs, stood up first, "Now that the Chinese are coming fiercely, the Kwantung Army has no retreat. We can only fight to the death with them to protect the foundation of our empire."
"Tojo-kun's move is to kill hundreds of thousands of our Kwantung Army and millions of people from the Reclamation Corps." Prince Kanin Palace Zaihito stood up and shouted loudly. "Now the Chinese people have an absolute advantage.
, has surrounded Fengtian, especially the Siberian Army has occupied Heilongjiang and is rushing towards Jilin. If Jilin's 200,000-strong army is also surrounded or crushed, then Fengtian's 300,000-strong army will not be spared. What can we do?
Fight to the death with the Chinese”
"Are you going to surrender to the China people if you don't fight to the death?" Tojo Hideki retorted.
"No, they can retreat to North Korea and rely on North Korea's favorable terrain to withstand China's tank clusters and attacks from the air."
"But what hope does the empire have after losing Manchuria? If the empire loses Manchuria, the only thing waiting for us is destruction."
"Can we keep Manchuria if we resist? Umezu-kun just received the telegram. Now he has not even twenty planes that can take off. The Chinese have so many planes in Fengtian that they can just use rocks.
Throwing it down can drown the Imperial soldiers. But where are our planes? Where are our Imperial planes?"
Everyone was speechless looking at Prince Hanyuan Gong Zairen who was almost in a state of hysteria. The Japanese Kwantung Army, once known as the flower of the Imperial Army, was so high-spirited. They no longer regarded the Chinese army as their opponent, but it was just now.
In just three short years, it has been reduced to the point where it is about to be completely annihilated. What an irony this is.
Just when everyone was silent and speechless, Lieutenant General Anami Yuiki, the commander of the bodyguard, hurriedly walked in and said, "Your Majesty, General Yoshijiro Umezu has called. The Chinese used a large number of incendiary bombs, high-explosive bombs and thousands of heavy artillery to attack Fengtian."
On the defense line, the Fengtian defenders have suffered heavy casualties, with nearly 100,000 casualties so far. General Umezu Yoshijiro claimed that without new reinforcements, they can last for a week at most."
This piece of news, which was like adding insult to injury, completely defeated Hirohito's will. After sitting on the throne for a while, Hirohito opened his mouth, raised his trembling right hand and pointed at the ministers and said, "Order the Kwantung Army to retreat. All withdraw to
Korea."
"Your Majesty, you can't do that." A group of young officers headed by Tojo Hideki fell to their knees on the ground crying and howling like dead parents.
"My decision has been made. You are not allowed to say anything. Anyone who refuses to listen to my will will be regarded as disloyal to me." Hirohito squeezed out these words through his teeth and stood up, walking toward the screen with slow steps.
He walked back, leaving behind only a group of generals who were in pain.