Hailar, a Japanese fortress.
Although the old devil Ishihara Wanji has a low EQ, his IQ is extremely high, and his execution ability is even more terrifying. Less than eight hours after he quarreled with Yamashita Fengfumi and parted ways, this old devil had already appeared in Hyrule Fortress. It was nearly 500 kilometers from the Chita front line to Hailar, and it took less than eight hours to get back.
And Ishihara Kanji didn’t come back alone, he also came back with two armored divisions of the Seventh Army!
The old Japanese couldn't wait for the five infantry divisions of the Seventh Army to set off together. Because the five infantry divisions could not assemble as quickly as the armored divisions, the old Japanese came back with the two armored divisions first. When they arrived at Hylar Fortress with the two armored divisions, the 23rd and 24th divisions stationed here had just completed their assembly and had not yet set off.
This was exactly what Ishihara Kanji wanted. Ishihara Kanji directly took over the command of the 23rd and 24th Divisions without asking the headquarters, and then temporarily organized them into Return to the reinforcements, and at the same time order the railway department to mobilize all trains, giving priority to ensuring the mobility of the Seventh Army.
Just after Ishihara Kanji coordinated everything and all the tanks of the two armored divisions were loaded on the train, a telegram from Xinjing was delivered to him.
"Nani?" Ishihara Wan'er's eyes widened, staring straight at the Seventh Army Chief of Staff Yano Otozaburo, and asked in disbelief, "The Harbin Songhua River Railway Bridge was bombed? Was it bombed?!"
"Hai!" Yano Otonzaburo paused and replied with a gloomy face, "I just received an urgent call from the headquarters. The Harbin Songhua River Railway Bridge has been bombed, and there is no possibility of repairing it in a short time!"
"Baga, Baga!" Ishihara Wandun was furious and shouted angrily, "Yano-kun, do you know what the bombing of the Harbin Songhua River Railway Bridge means?"
"Hai, I know this." Yano Otozaburo paused and said, "The bombing of the Harbin Songhua River Railway Bridge means that the heavy equipment of our Seventh Army cannot directly cross the Songhua River, which means that after arriving in Harbin, it will I had to transfer to a ferry to cross the Songhua River, then get on the train from the south bank and go south again.”
After a pause, Yano Otonzaburo continued: "This also means that our Seventh Army will arrive at Fengtian at least three days later than the original time! In other words, the First Division will defend at least more than the original plan. Three days! And this is just the most optimistic estimate. If there is an error in the process, the time is likely to be delayed by more than five days!"
"Three days, at least three days!" Ishihara smiled and roared, "Do you know what will happen in three days?"
"Hai!" Yano Otonzaburo paused again and said, "But, Commander, what has happened has already happened, and we may have to face it."
"Baga!" Although Ishihara Wanji was angry, he also knew that Yano Otonzaburo was right. Things had already happened, and getting angry again would not help. The only thing he could do now was to urgently order as many Harbin military police as possible. Mobilize ferries and try to build a pontoon bridge on the Songhua River before the returning reinforcements arrive in Harbin.
Otherwise, if we really rely on ferries to cross the river, three days will not be enough.
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Tashan Village, Chahar Independent Regiment Headquarters.
Xu Rui looked at the northeastern sky and remained silent for a long time.
Wang Husheng walked over and said quietly: "Counting the time, the Type 96 land attack aircraft driven by Xiao Ning should have flown to Harbin, right? I just don't know if it crashed into the railway bridge."
A sharp look flashed across Xu Rui's eyes, and he said firmly: "Xiao Ning can definitely do it!"
After a pause, Xu Rui said to Leng Tiefeng again: "Veteran, now it's up to you, the Wolf Fang Brigade!"
"Don't worry!" Leng Tiefeng nodded heavily, "We will definitely do our best to control Fengtian, and no matter what, we will not let the Japanese blow up Fengtian's arsenal! There are also arsenals!"
"Hurry!" Xu Rui said in a deep voice, "We must control the entire city of Fengtian before midnight today!"
"I know!" Leng Tiefeng said, "Before midnight today, we must control the entire city of Fengtian!"
After finishing speaking, Leng Tiefeng stood upright with his chest raised and saluted Xu Rui with a standard military salute. When Xu Rui returned the salute, Leng Tiefeng turned around and walked away.
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Sanglin Town, the temporary division headquarters of the First Division.
The division headquarters of the First Division was originally located in Fengtian, but after receiving the order from the Kwantung Army Headquarters, the division commander of the First Division, Yokoyama Isamu, immediately moved the division headquarters from Fengtian to Sanglin Town. , because Sanglin Town is not only next to the Beijing-Fengcheng Railway, but also located between Panshan Mountain and Heishan Mountain, so it can be commanded nearby.
Isamu Yokoyama, an old Japanese soldier, is a traditional Japanese soldier who likes to command from the front during battles.
When Yokoyama got off the armored train, the Third Field Heavy Artillery Brigade directly under the First Division had already arrived at Sanglin Town and was constructing an artillery position. However, at this time, the Third Field Heavy Artillery Brigade The name is no longer worthy of its name, because the First Regiment of Field Heavy Artillery and the First Regiment of Field Artillery have been transferred away and seconded to the Far East Front.
At this time, the Third Field Heavy Artillery Brigade had only one Heavy Artillery Regiment left. In order to strengthen the artillery firepower, Yokoyama transferred the cavalry artillery regiment from the Second Cavalry Brigade and temporarily assigned it to the Third Heavy Artillery Brigade. Commander, this barely supported the Third Field Heavy Artillery Brigade.
The brigade commander of the Second Cavalry Brigade even ran to Yokoyama Yong to make a fuss over this, which resulted in Yokoyama being cursed bloody.
The commander of the second cavalry brigade was in a bad mood, and Isamu Yokoyama was in an even worse mood, because the base camp not only transferred two artillery regiments from the first division, but also transferred the third infantry regiment and the first tank regiment. All the regiments were transferred, which directly caused the First Division to be downgraded from a first-class ad hoc division to a three-unit security division.
So during the recent period, Yokoyama Isamu has not been in a good mood.
Even Kitani Minoru, the chief of staff of the First Division, was often scolded by Yokoyama Isamu for no reason.
When Yokoyama stepped off the armored train, he happened to see a group of Japanese soldiers digging for artillery emplacements. Because the shape of the artillery emplacements was not regular, the old Japanese man immediately became angry. At that time, he called the gunner of the Japanese artillery team in front of him and started to show his face. It was just a scolding, and at the end he slapped the unlucky Japanese squad leader twice.
The Japanese team leader was beaten, but he could only admit his mistake by nodding his head.
The commander of the 7th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment came over and was also scolded.
It wasn't until the chief of staff of the First Division, Kitani Minoru, stepped down from the armored train and reported the news to Yokoyama Isamu that Yokoyama finally ignored the Japanese artillerymen and followed Kitani hurriedly to the temporary division that had just been established. When the two old Japanese soldiers walked into the war room, a dozen Japanese staff officers were already engaged in war games.
"Kugu-kun, what's going on?" Yokoyama Isamu asked angrily, "It's so good, why did the Harbin Songhua River Railway Bridge get blown up? Are the Harbin gendarmerie just eating shit? A military thing like the railway bridge Why don't you send heavy troops to garrison such an important place? What a bastard!"
Kiya Minoru said: "Division Commander, I'm afraid the Harbin Military Police cannot be blamed for this, because the Chahar Independent Regiment did not blow up the bridge from the ground, but used the Type 96 land attack aircraft to hit the bridge from the sky. , the military police had no way to do anything, and the aviation troops stationed in Harbin had no time to respond."
"Nani? Using a Type 96 land attack aircraft to hit the bridge from the sky? A suicide attack?" Hengshan Yu couldn't help but take a breath and said in a deep voice, "The Chinese are crazy!"
After a pause, Yokoyama Isamu continued: "How much impact will the bridge be bombed?"
"The impact is huge!" Miyako said worriedly, "After the Harbin Songhua River Railway Bridge was blown up, the Seventh Army going south for reinforcements will be delayed for at least three more days! This means that our First Division will have to fight in Panshan, The Montenegrin line must be held for at least five days! And this is only the most optimistic estimate. If we follow the most pessimistic estimate... "
Yokoyama's expression suddenly became serious, and he asked with a livid face: "What will happen according to the most pessimistic estimate?"
Koutani nodded heavily and said: "The most pessimistic estimate is that we may have to hold on in Panshan and Heishan for ten days!"
"Baga, we have to hold on for ten days?!" Hengshan Yong's expression suddenly changed when he heard this. Although the operational staff of the general staff were still intensively deducing war games, and the final result of the derivation had not yet come out, he thought with his toes , and one can also imagine that it is impossible for the First Division alone to hold on on the Panshan and Black Mountain lines for ten days!
You know, Xu Rui's Chahar Independent Regiment easily crushed the three main divisions of the North China Front and hundreds of thousands of directly affiliated troops in just two days. No matter how powerful the first division's combat effectiveness is, It is absolutely impossible to be stronger than the hundreds of thousands of troops on the North China Front! Yokoyama Isamu has always been arrogant, but he still has this bit of self-awareness.
After a while, the results of the war game came out. The results were worse than Isamu Yokoyama expected. According to the results of this game, the First Division could only hold on in Panshan and Heishan for two and a half days at most! Not to mention the most pessimistic standard, even the most optimistic three-day standard failed to reach it.
Hengshan Yong said angrily at that time: "Baga, why do you insist on holding on for less time?"
"Division Commander, because the battlefield elements have changed!" One of the combat staff members paused heavily and said, "We just learned of an important situation. In addition to the previous flying group, the aviation force cooperating with the Chahar Independent Regiment has been newly added. An Il-16 fighter flight group!"
"Baga!" Isamu Yokoyama said angrily, "Where did this Il-16 fighter flying group come from?"
"The secret service is still investigating." The combat staff member shook his head and added, "However, it is most likely that it came from Vladivostok, because apart from Vladivostok, it is impossible for fighter jets to come from other directions."