Age of Rebirth

Wang Jun didn't have to wait for too long, that is, more than ten minutes later, the master pointed to the call back, and Wang Jun took the telegram impatiently, read a few lines, opened his mouth for joy, and stretched his thumb towards Liu Chun. , and said with sincere admiration: "Commander Liu, you are worthy of being a senior, and you know the division commander very well!"

Regardless of the fact that he is the deputy commander of the North Manchurian Combat Group of the Independent Division, Wang Jun is the commander in chief, but Liu Chun still accepts Wang Jun's compliments calmly. , From the northeast to Guannei, and then to Outer Mongolia, I have seen the combat orders issued by the division commander, I don’t know how many there are.

In the division's order to the North Manchuria Combat Group, it did not limit the time to capture Harbin, but emphasized annihilating the enemy in the field. Liu Chun understood the division commander's intentions, and the situation in Harbin was different from Fengtian and Xinjing. , The Kwantung Army and the Puppet Manchukuo Army's garrison forces did not suffer any losses, so there is no rush for this battle!

In fact, Tang Qiuli's call back to Wang Jun was also very simple, but it was enough to make Wang Jun feel encouraged and comforted. The situation in the direction of Harbin is special, so it is not appropriate to rush for success, and there is no limit to the time to end the battle. The tactics you have adopted so far are the best ones, and I hope you will continue to maintain them, focusing on annihilating the enemy in the wild!"

Without the pressure to occupy Harbin within a limited time, Wang Jun suddenly felt extremely relaxed. He looked at Liu Chun and said, "Commander Liu, we should adjust our offensive deployment now. Do you have any good suggestions?"

Liu Chun said cheerfully: "You are the commander, let go of your hands and feet. Take out the charter and command the infantry to fight. I am an amateur. If I can add, I am welcome!"

Wang Jun shook his head with a smile. To be honest, when he first formed a team with Liu Chun, he still had some concerns in his heart. No matter in terms of seniority, military rank and position, Liu Chun was a head above him.He is one of the veterans who followed the division commander from the northeast to the pass. He has the rank of major general and serves as the first-level commander of the independent division.I'm really afraid that this old man will be hindered in many ways, and many campaign ideas will not be implemented and implemented?

But after getting along for a period of time, Wang Jun's worries disappeared.completely eliminated.He discovered a phenomenon, all the veterans of the independent teachers who started their careers in the Northeast with their teachers have a very good quality, that is, they never pretend to be veterans, and they are not stubborn, follow the good advice, and put themselves in a good position.They are all very easy to get along with, like my boss Sun Zhenbang.The same is true for Liu Chun, commander of the division's cavalry!

"Commander Liu, since the division commander's intention is to annihilate the enemies of Harbin in the wild, avoid large-scale battles, and conduct them in the city, this is my consideration. Change the current method of attacking from all sides and concentrate all forces in one place. In the direction, then, gradually reduce the investment of offensive troops and the use of heavy equipment, to the commander of the Kwantung Army in Harbin, creating the illusion of our army's lack of strength and logistical supply difficulties, attracting the Kwantung Army troops to continue to fight against our army! "

Liu Chun smiled, and interjected: "Commander Wang, do you have more ruthless tricks?"

Wang Jun was also happy, "I know I can't hide it from you. After attracting most of the main force of the Harbin Kwantung Army defenders to one direction, at the same time, send a force to attack the rear of the Kwantung Army troops at the Chadao , cut off their retreat back to the urban area of ​​Harbin, so that the division commander’s vision of annihilating the enemy in the field can be fulfilled, this army that takes the rear route is none other than your cavalry!”

Liu Chun thought about it carefully, and said straightforwardly: "Success, let the cavalry take the job of copying the back road. My opinion is that the main battlefield should be located in Wujia and Taiping in the northwest of Harbin. , In the transition zone from the suburbs to the urban area, there will be a gap of nearly ten kilometers. My 7000 cavalry troops will insert along this gap, separating tens of thousands of Kwantung Army troops and the Puppet Manchukuo Army from the urban area of ​​Harbin. !"

"Although this is a dangerous move, [-] cavalry will have to face tens of thousands of puppet counterattacks, but it is the most effective. Although the division commander did not limit the time for occupying Harbin, the battle was like a lazy woman's foot wrap, smelly and long , I don’t have a dull face too, do I?”

"In this way, 7000 mortars, [-] recoilless guns, [-] light machine guns, [-] heavy machine guns, and enough ammunition for more than three days will be mobilized from various troops. Damn, cavalry It is impossible to fight a positional blocking war without a competent guy, so I will take more than [-] cavalry and give our Beiman Combat Group an opportunity to encircle and wipe out the enemies in Harbin!"

Liu Chun spoke very proudly, which moved Wang Jun for a while. He knew very well in his heart how much pressure such a tactic would have on the cavalry. If the back road is cut off, there will be a crazy counterattack. The cavalry is not good at fighting in positional warfare.

If there are other ways to complete the scheduled combat missions, Wang Jun will not let the cavalry troops bear the pressure. For example, take advantage of the speed of the mechanized troops, use tanks and self-propelled artillery, and the soldiers will ride vehicles and quickly intersperse. Much cleaner than cavalry!

But there is one biggest disadvantage. The Japanese and puppet troops in Harbin will not leave the urban area too far. Large-scale mechanized troops will move with great momentum, which will inevitably alarm the Kwantung Army. District, if you try to lure him out, I'm afraid it will be impossible!

As long as [-] or even thousands of Kwantung Army soldiers retreated to the urban area, the battlefield would inevitably take place in the urban area. Wang Jun absolutely did not want to see such a result.

Only cavalry units that are more flexible and less mechanized, but more concealed and faster, can accomplish such a task and achieve unexpected results, "Commander Liu, there is no problem at all in strengthening the cavalry units. In addition, I will also contact the aviation unit to provide air fire support to the cavalry!" Wang Jun said sincerely, holding Liu Chun's hand tightly.

Liu Chun laughed, "Commander Wang, with a good guy, it's no problem to fight a positional battle. I will personally command the cavalry to intersperse. It's so damn happy to be able to steal the little devil's back!"

The troops of the independent division that besieged Harbin suddenly withdrew from three directions, but concentrated all their troops in the northwest direction. Moreover, for several days, the soldiers of the Kwantung Army and the soldiers of the Puppet Manchukuo had been bombarded with heavy artillery. And the tanks that made them daunting and had to change their lives also lost their former prestige and showed a trend of weak successors. This made the Kwantung Army's supreme commander in Harbin, Major General Kobayashi Shinichiro, commander of the Harbin Gendarmerie, have an illusion .

Major General Kobayashi believes that the Harbin battlefield is quite far from the western Manchuria battlefield. This independent division that suddenly appeared in North Manchuria should have been alone all the time, and its strength did not have an absolute advantage. After several days of tenacious resistance, they have already lost their offensive vigor. The most important thing is that there are difficulties in logistical supplies. Otherwise, there would be no reason why there would be so many heavy artillery and tanks left unused?

Major General Kobayashi's judgment was also the mistake of General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army. Facing the irreversible situation in the Manchurian War, General Nanjiro gave the order to resist desperately until the jade was broken. , especially when the main forces of the Kwantung Army in Ximan and Liaoxi were about to be annihilated, all Kwantung Army commanders who were fighting in isolation were strictly blocked.

That is to say, the current Major General Shinichiro Kobayashi does not know that in the Nuluerhu Mountain Area in Ximan, more than 40 Kwantung Army troops have been surrounded by the troops of the Independent Division Ximan Theater, and they are destined to perish. It is unavoidable that the more than 50 Kwantung Army soldiers on the battlefield in western Liaoning are already vulnerable, and Xinjing and Fengtian are even more precarious and will be captured by the independent division at any time!

Perhaps, General Nanjiro did this because he did not want the bad news of the defeat on these battlefields to affect the morale of the soldiers of the Kwantung Army who were still fighting tenaciously in various places, but it also directly caused a huge impact on the battlefields, large or small, in the Northeast. , commanders at all levels of the Kwantung Army commanding operations, the result of the occlusion of information, Major General Kobayashi is one of the victims!

The fighting situation in the next few days seems to confirm Major General Kobayashi's judgment. The troops are concentrated in the independent division in the northwest of Harbin. The momentum of the attack has obviously weakened. The pressure on the soldiers of the Manchukuo Army and the Puppet Manchukuo was greatly reduced. On several occasions, even in the eyes of Major General Kobayashi, the positions that were bound to be untenable were not broken through.

The change in the battlefield situation has undoubtedly boosted the morale of the soldiers of the Kwantung Army and the Puppet Manchukuo Army who have been beaten to the ground for the past few days. It is not a problem for the independent division to defend Harbin!

But Major General Kobayashi has enough cunning and promotion. In the next battle, he chose several secondary defensive directions and organized several small-scale counterattacks. , the scale of thousands of people in the mixed formation, although the success is not high, but it has strengthened his judgment. Since the outbreak of war in Harbin, he has been suppressed and beaten by the independent division troops, and is in a state of persistence.

After a few days of hard work, a local counterattack can be carried out. The situation on the battlefield has turned in a direction favorable to the Kwantung Army. Coupled with the unprecedented increase in the morale of the troops, Major General Kobayashi decided to carry out a larger-scale and larger attack. The counterattack in the opposite direction gradually pushed the battlefield away from the suburbs of Harbin.

Major General Kobayashi turned his determination into the actions of the troops. In the next few days, the troops of the North Manchurian Combat Group of the Independent Division and the Harbin Defense Force of the Kwantung Army will attack and defend each other. Between advance and retreat, the battlefield will gradually approach Wujia and the Taiping area.

(to be continued) (to be continued...)