Chapter 217 The first battle between the Soviet Union and Japan
——Wuhan
Agent Jiang nodded while holding the telegram, and laughed loudly and said to Bai Chongxi and others, "Bo Ling did a good job. One division was wiped out by us. I wonder if those newspapers, European and American newspapers will say that we only know how to fight."
The battle was lost."
Falkenhausen smiled and said, "Yes, this is one of our greatest victories. It can be said that it complements the Lunan battle."
Bai Chongxi said with a smile, "Although this victory is great, our overall situation has not changed much, but Okamura Neji should calm down for a while."
He Yingqin came in with a piece of paper and said, "Commissioner, this is the list of requests for merit that was uploaded below. Look, Xue Boling is rushing to attack the 101st Division, hoping to capture them too. I think this will put pressure on the south."
It’s much smaller, but I don’t know why the Japanese troops on the northern front haven’t made any big moves yet.”
"Do we know why?" Several officers wearing Soviet military uniforms came in, looked at Falkenhausen and others fiercely and said, "Just yesterday, the Japanese army suddenly built a large number of bunkers and fortifications in Zhanggufeng. I
The army has already started taking action. I heard that this was a decision made by Japan in order to fulfill the international anti-red agreement. I don’t know if it was assigned by some countries.”
But it was Cherepanov and others who came.
Agent Jiang couldn't help but feel a headache when he heard that. Although Germany's support had almost stopped, it had not yet come to Japan's side in a big way. The Soviet Union was now the largest financial backer, and it could not be offended. He could only say "Japan" in a haha manner.
It is indeed extremely abhorrent, and we in China will immediately send out a message to condemn Japan’s actions in Zhang Gufeng.”
Falkenhausen could not stand such a look, and immediately said, "This is Japan's unilateral act. We in Germany have not taken any actions against the Soviet Union. Your Excellency, Chairman of the Generalissimo, take a step back. The war between Japan and the Soviet Union cannot be slowed down from the side."
Is there pressure from China? Even if this involves us, it can only further represent Germany's friendship with China, not to mention that we are completely unaware of this matter."
When Agent Jiang heard this, he felt that it was better now. He couldn't help anyone anymore, so he simply covered his head and said, "Oh, my head, ah, it's not working anymore, it's not working anymore, I have a headache again, I'm sorry, I need to
Take a rest, someone, come quickly, take me to the doctor."
When Bai Chongxi and He Yingqin saw this, they didn't know what was going on. Bai Chongxi said quickly, "Yes, yes, yes. Our chairman has an old problem of headaches. This disease has not been cured. The only way is to open his head. You said, this
Can your head be opened? Let's go, let's take the Chairman to rest."
Seeing this, Cherepanov and Falkenhausen could only give up, looked at each other, snorted at each other, and strode away.
After the two people left, Agent Jiang and others looked at each other and laughed. Bai Chongxi laughed and said, "It doesn't matter who they are, the key is that our pressure is reduced."
Agent Jiang pointed to the cabinet next to him and said, "If the Soviet Union really fights Japan, we will have won half the battle. There is a bottle of red wine there. Let's have a drink to celebrate."
Zhanggufeng has always been Chinese territory, but when Tsarist Russia signed the "Yuanhun Treaty" with the Qing government in 1858, it deliberately stole this area secretly through different texts of the treaty. The Chinese text of the treaty shows that according to the national boundaries delineated in the treaty,
Zhanggufeng is Chinese territory. The Russian text of the treaty places Zhanggufeng under Tsarist Russia.
Whether it was the Manchu Qing government, the Beiyang government or later Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Xueliang regarded this place as Chinese territory. After September 18, the puppet Manchu army had no troops stationed here, and only a few border police patrolled, leaving it in a semi-open state.
——Zhang Gufeng
At this time, Zhanggufeng, which was originally rarely visited, has become a large battlefield. Countless artillery shells fell on Zhanggufeng Mountain, and dozens of Soviet aircraft continued to dive and drop bombs. The shock wave caused by the artillery shells made the Japanese troops inside the fortifications only
I felt like my internal organs were about to be shattered.
"Ula!! Ula!!" Hearing the familiar cry of the Soviets, the Japanese army quickly looked up and saw countless Soviet troops with red stars on their heads roaring towards the top of the mountain under the cover of tanks.
"Baga, let these white-skinned pigs know what it means to fight with a bayonet!" A Japanese sergeant pulled out a bayonet and inserted it into his rifle. He took the lead in charging forward. Two Japanese soldiers next to him quickly followed up, forming a three-man formation.
Team of people.
At this time, the Soviet army was still undergoing a major purge. In this purge, more than 40,000 middle and high-level officers at battalion level and above were persecuted. This included 80% of senior officers, 3/5 of marshals, and soldiers.
There were also a lot of people being purged, and the more senior those were, the easier it was to be purged, which also greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army.
I saw only a dozen Soviet soldiers who did not form any fighting formation at all. Instead, they rushed forward in a swarm. Looking at the Soviet troops fighting like farmers, the Japanese sergeant laughed. First, he blocked the Soviet troops.
The bayonet was pushed aside, and the Japanese soldier behind immediately followed up with a thrust, stabbing the Soviet soldier in the throat. The Soviet soldier next to him quickly tried to save him, but was knocked unconscious by the third Japanese soldier with a rifle butt.
"Yo Xi, come on!!" the Japanese sergeant shouted, waving his bayonet.
Several Soviet soldiers looked at each other and couldn't stand the Japanese provocation, so they roared and rushed forward.
However, although the Soviets, who had no combat experience, held rifles, they could not exert the power of these rifles at all.
Seeing his infantry being ravaged by the Japanese army, Bluucher shook his head and sighed that the Great Purge had too much reduced the combat effectiveness of his troops. He could only shout, "Order the troops to withdraw and continue to bombard our infantry with artillery and aircraft."
Too little training.”
"Your Excellency, Marshal, I don't think we should retreat. Our Red Army warriors have already rushed to the top of the mountain. We can easily destroy these Japanese imperialists with just a little more force."
The person who spoke was a young officer, but he was the latest military commissar transferred. As for Blucher’s old partner... May Comrade Stalin live long.
Blyucher shook his head and said firmly, "This is not a charge, it's the Japanese who want us to engage in hand-to-hand combat with them. Look over there, three Japanese soldiers have killed more than a dozen of us, but they escaped unscathed. Such a battle
Can we also fight? We have the advantage of heavy weapons, so we naturally have to give full play to our advantages. If the order goes down, the front line will be withdrawn immediately."
The young officer shouted loudly, "Comrade Blyucher, you are making the mistake of capitulationism. Our people are three times as many as theirs, and our soldiers are much stronger than theirs. Are our Red Army warriors just that?"
Can't we fight hand to hand? Have you forgotten how we defeated the White Army with bayonets? If you insist on this, I will report it to Moscow."
Blyucher snorted coldly and said, "I, Blyucher, have been fighting for almost thirty years. Don't I still know what to do? What about capitulationism? I was the one who fought the battle you mentioned. I was the one who laid the groundwork."
Liu Her led an infantry division to defeat the White Army's tank division. This is a tactic, do you understand? Convey the order!!"
Blyucher is known as the "Soul of the Far East" and has a high prestige among the soldiers. The officer immediately went down to deliver the order. The angry young officer glared at Blyucher and said, "Okay, okay. I want to report it to Moscow and let Comrade Stalin come."
ruling!!"
Blucher shook his head and continued to direct the battle with disdain, but he was full of worries about the combat effectiveness of the Soviet Red Army. After all, the real enemy of the Soviet Union was not this little Japan, but the entire Western capitalist world. In this way
Can our army really defend Geming's victory?
--Jiujiang
There was only Neji Okamura in his office. There were torn telegrams and newspapers on the floor. On the newspaper, you could clearly see the head of a Japanese officer - that was Jun Matsuura, the commander of the 106th Division.
Rokuro's, no one can say that the National Army lied about their military merits this time. Before the Japanese army went out to the expedition, Junrokuro Matsuura accepted a lot of interviews. Now it is impossible for Neji Okamura to find someone who is exactly the same.
Okamura Neiji is not like an ordinary Japanese officer, who goes crazy and beats things whenever he encounters any setbacks. In other words, the newspapers and telegrams he just tore up are enough for him to vent his anger. He is currently practicing in a kimono and holding a brush.
calligraphy.
But his mind was filled with chaos.
"The 106th Division was completely wiped out. The Chinese National Army actually has such combat power. This is the first unit of our Imperial Army to be completely wiped out. It's actually in my hands... Tokyo should have already known the news.
, what will happen to me next? Will I be transferred to the reserves, or will I be kicked out of the military directly? There is also the 101st Division. I have asked them to retreat. I don’t know if they can come back. I do.
This time I underestimated the enemy."
Just when Okamura Neji was thinking about it, a knock on the door disrupted his train of thought. He looked at the messy writing in front of him, sighed helplessly, and shouted, "Come in."
A signal soldier came in. The signal soldier saluted Okamura Neiji and said, "Report, a telegram from the emperor."
Okamura Neiji immediately stepped forward and took it and read it. After reading it, he clasped his hands and said with tears in his eyes, "Thank you to His Majesty the Emperor for your trust. I have no other way to repay His Majesty's kindness except to die to serve my country."
Wanokamura Neiji said with high spirits, "Convene a military meeting immediately. His Majesty the Emperor has heard the sound of a crane."
--meeting room
Okamura Neiji read the telegram loudly, "I heard the broken voice, and my heart was as sharp as a knife, but I thought about it again. There is a saying in "The Doctrine of the Mean" that being eager to learn is close to knowledge, practicing hard is close to benevolence, and being aware of shame is close to courage. I have always heard that "three
"Yuwu" is named, and I also think about the virtues of Qin Mu Gong, and I only hope that General Okamura will be regarded as the contemporary Meng Mingzhi, so I will not forget the fault. I am waiting for good news in Tokyo."
After reading it, Okamura Neji said excitedly, "His Majesty the Emperor is so kind, should we continue to be immersed in the shadow of failure?"
Everyone was shocked by Okamura Neji's good luck and the emperor's handling, and shouted in unison, "Long live His Majesty the Emperor!!"
Okamura Neiji pointed at the map and said, "It is a foregone conclusion that the Chinese will win a great victory in the south, but this is only a side battlefield and does not affect the overall situation. Now we have to change our thinking. Our strategic goal is still Wuhan. I think defending in the south and attacking in the north will
We need to calm down from our triumph. The National Army is not a group of powerless peasants. They also have guns, and many of them are elites trained by the Germans and the Soviets. And they are much more numerous than us. I hope
In the coming battle, everyone will fight steadily and never make any rash advances, do you understand?"
The officers below shouted loudly "Understood!!"
Okamura Neiji nodded, secretly determined in his heart that this was his last failure, and he would never lose to anyone again in the future.
——Yan'an
"Ah," Mr. Zhu rubbed his nose, and Jiang Cheng asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Mr. Zhu, be careful not to catch a cold."
Mr. Zhu pointed to the warehouse and said, "My health will only get better and worse now. Look at our new baby, so many German weapons and equipment. I can think of how happy our troops below are."
."
In the past half month, Jiang Cheng has been continuously transporting equipment from Germany and Black Iron Island. Now he has transported all the German equipment and half of the Soviet equipment to Yan'an.
Chairman Mao patted the rows of displayed infantry artillery and said, "Mr. Zhu, you see we have so many artillery pieces now. Should we set up a larger artillery unit?"
Mr. Zhu nodded and said, "Well, we can set up a division-directed artillery regiment in each of the following three divisions and set up the frame first. But these of us are still small artillery, and there are no real big ones yet."
"After speaking, he looked at Jiang Cheng eagerly.
Jiang Cheng scratched his head and said, "I will urge you again. Boss, just wait for the news. By the way, how is the reinstaller you sent last time? Is there any response from the army?"
Mr. Zhu nodded and said, "Yes, especially those guerrillas. They are very satisfied. With the primer and warhead, only two or three people can carry it. Many guerrillas have simply set up their own small arsenals in some remote places."
"
Chairman Mao stood up, waved his hands and said, "Our guerrillas have reached as far north as Zhuozhou and as far east as Dezhou. They can no longer rely on our supplies from Yan'an. More and more guns have been captured from the enemy. This
Ammunition is getting less and less, so you have solved most of our ammunition problem."
Jiang Cheng's eyes lit up and he asked, "Are you ready to enter Shandong?"
Chairman Mao took a puff of cigarette and said, "I have this idea, but we have to wait. It is not a good thing if the army develops too fast. Everything must be looked at dialectically."
At this time, Bashun came over and said to Jiang Cheng, "My boss, a telegram from Zhou Weiguo."
Jiang Cheng took it and took a look, waved it to Chairman Mao and said, "Chairman, your mission for Zhou Weiguo has been completed. It seems that I am also ready to take a trip."
