Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

The 126th Division was expanded based on the former 12th Border Guard of the Kwantung Army and was formed in January this year.

Even so, he never expected to be suppressed by the Eighth Route Army. He was already in a bad mood because of the suppression of the Eighth Route Army. Unexpectedly, Hongo Yoshio directly blamed the 126th Division after the call, which made Nomizo Takehiko really lose his temper.

"Nogou-kun, I don't have time to listen to your complaints. You must break through the enemy's blockade as soon as possible and rush to the battlefield to support the 79th Brigade.

Yoshio Hongo directly answered the phone.

Nomizo Takehiko looked at the phone and couldn't help but say, "Baka."

damn it.

I just keep pushing myself forward, but I don't even look at the current situation.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, something has happened."

"how?"

Takehiko Nomizo looked at his chief of staff sweating profusely and felt a pang in his heart.

"Here, there is an Eighth Route Army unit that has bypassed Qima Mountain and is attacking our 279th Regiment from the flank. The Eighth Route Army unit has strong firepower and a large number of troops, at least a regiment."

"Around Qima Mountain?"

Takehiko Nomizo looked at the map.

His face became increasingly uglier as he said, "Let the 279th Regiment hold on, the 277th and 278th Regiments take turns providing cover, and the rest of the troops quickly retreat.

Chapter 612 The Transfer of Initiative

Takehiko Nomizo of the 126th Division was beaten by the th Brigade, and in fact, the th Brigade is also very angry at the moment.

Is this unit in front of us definitely the Kwantung Army Division?

I really don't understand.

为了阻击126师团，第八旅选择攻坚能力最强，守阵地能力最强大的37团突袭126师团的前锋277联队。37团和277联队兵力几乎相同，都在3000人左右。

Although the surprise attack had the advantage, the 277th Brigade did not expect that the th Regiment would be so vulnerable.

After the two sides had been fighting for about an hour, the first to collapse was the 277th Regiment. Originally, after the 37th Regiment's surprise attack, it immediately moved into the defense line it had built, ready to defend against the attack of the 277th Regiment. However, as the battle went on, the 37th Regiment discovered that the 277th Regiment's offensive capability was too poor, and its position was completely undisturbed. As a result, the 37th Regiment exerted a little force and attacked forward. As a result, the 277th Regiment could not withstand the attack of the 37th Regiment. As a result, the situation became one where the 37th Regiment attacked and the 277th Regiment defended. The poor combat capability of the 277th Regiment completely baffled the Eighth Brigade.

Although everyone knew that the elite troops of the Kwantung Army had been transferred away and most of the Kwantung Army divisions were newly formed units, no one had expected the 126th Division to be so vulnerable.

The Kwantung Army's combat effectiveness is even worse than in history.

Seeing the performance of the 126th Division, Zhang Dahu's appetite grew.

His original mission was to stop the 126th Division and prevent it from interfering with the Second Column's efforts to annihilate the 126th Independent Mixed Brigade and the 79th Independent Guard. However, after the battle, Zhang Dahu realized that the 57th Division was not as strong as the Independent Mixed Brigade he had previously fought in North China.

So he immediately adjusted his battle plan.

He dispatched the 26th Regiment, the Eighth Brigade's main force, to bypass Qimashan and flank the Japanese forces. He wanted to see if the 126th Division was truly that weak, or if it was just the 277th Regiment. It was clear that the entire 126th Division was weak.

The 279th Regiment was thrown into panic by the 26th Regiment's flank attack.

Although they managed to stabilize the situation in the end, they suffered nearly 600 casualties in a short period of time.

Takehiko Nomizo was very decisive.

Seeing that the situation was not right, he immediately chose to retreat.

Zhang Dahu was a man who took advantage of the situation. When he saw the 126th Division retreating, he immediately gave chase. This was definitely a rare event in the history of the War of Resistance.

A brigade of the Eighth Route Army actually defeated an entire division of the Japanese army.

It is also one of the most iconic events in the history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

"Comrade Lin Biao, we have won a great victory in this battle."

Chen Yun was very happy.

The Northeast Bureau had been established for a year, and until then, it had focused solely on developing bases in the countryside. While effective, its influence was limited. However, after the Central Committee dispatched Marshal Lin Biao to the Northeast, along with another 100,000 troops, the situation changed dramatically.

It's only been over a month.

The Northeast Field Army won a resounding victory.

It should be said that this is the case for the entire Northeast Military Region Command.

This battle was fought with ease and with distinction, successfully completing the mission. Li Tianyou led the 119st Independent Division, the rd Independent Division, the st Cavalry Division, and various local units under the Western Manchuria Military Region, not only blocking two Japanese regiments but also, through maneuvering and maneuvering, annihilating a large number of puppet Manchukuo troops and police forces. The st Cavalry Division even returned to attack, cutting off the retreat of a regiment of the th Division attacking from Baicheng.

The 1st Independent Division and the 3rd Independent Division have begun to concentrate their forces to encircle and annihilate this unit.

Of course, the most outstanding one is the second column.

The Second Column, with 23000 men, completely annihilated the 79th Independent Mixed Brigade in nine hours. They also eliminated the puppet Manchukuo troops and the police battalion accompanying the 79th Independent Mixed Brigade. In one fell swoop, they annihilated nearly 7000 Japanese and puppet troops.

Then came the 13000th Brigade of the Second Column, which concentrated over 57 men to encircle and annihilate the 57th Independent Guard Regiment. Within eight hours, they wiped out over 4000 of the th Independent Guard Regiment. The Second Column, operating on both the northern and southern fronts, annihilated over Japanese and puppet troops within two days.

However, Marshal Lin was not concerned about these things. He was concerned about the battle between the 126th Brigade and the th Division of the Kwantung Army.

The 8th Brigade performed amazingly.

Not only did they succeed in stopping the 126th Division, but after only six hours of fighting, the 126th Division was completely routed. The 126th Brigade pursued the victory and inflicted heavy losses on the th Division.

Finally, it was the 112th Division stationed in Chun that sent troops to reinforce the 126th Brigade and ended the pursuit of the Japanese th Division.

In this battle, which seemed absurd to the Kwantung Army, the 126th Division lost more than 4000 men. More importantly, the 126th Division lost a large amount of property during the defeat.

It can be said to be a huge loss of face.

"Too conservative."

Marshal Lin looked at the battle report and shook his head.

"We overestimated the Kwantung Army. This battle should have annihilated the 126th Division," he said.

Coach Lin felt a little regretful.

Although Cai Debao had previously said that the combat effectiveness of the Kwantung Army had seriously declined.

The 138th Division currently stationed in Changchuan has not even managed to defeat a single battalion of the Second Brigade of the Northeast Military Region.

But Marshal Lin still had a high opinion of the Kwantung Army.

I thought that even if the elite troops were transferred, the remaining Kwantung Army units wouldn't be too bad. I never imagined that the combat effectiveness of the Kwantung Army's rebuilt divisions would be so poor. In fact, one of the main reasons was that not only were the Kwantung Army's earliest elite divisions transferred by the headquarters, but even the second batch of divisions formed by the Kwantung Army were transferred by the headquarters. It's unclear which batch of Kwantung Army divisions were expanded to the present day.

If we talk about the divisions that were expanded in the past, they at least had some foundation. They were either expanded from independent mixed brigades, independent garrisons, or at worst, border garrisons. But the divisions that were expanded in the past year don't even have these foundations.

Because the Imperial Headquarters massively evacuated Kwantung Army troops in 1944, even the Kwantung Army's independent mixed brigades, independent garrisons, and border garrisons were withdrawn. Having lost so many troops, the Kwantung Army had no choice but to reorganize itself from the remaining garrisons of these independent garrisons and border garrisons. To put it bluntly, these were completely newly formed units, simply using the original organization.

After entering 1945, the Kwantung Army used these newly formed independent garrison units and border garrison units to expand into new divisions.

126师团就是这种情况。12国境守备队是1940年组建，1944年初就编入南下部队，扩编为一个师团，进入了琉球半岛。然后关东军以12国境守备队留守人员重新组建了一个12国境守备队。

However, in 1944, the Kwantung Army sent a large number of troops into North China and expanded the 12 border garrisons into two independent garrisons and entered Rehe.

At the end of 1944, the Kwantung Army once again formed 12 new border garrisons.

In early 1945, the Kwantung Army was expanded.

The 12th Division was formed with the 126 Border Guard Regiments formed as the backbone. How could such a division have any combat effectiveness? Because of the lack of officers, the commanders of the 126th Division were all majors.

The combat effectiveness of the Kwantung Army is several levels lower than in history.

"We didn't expect the Kwantung Army to be so vulnerable."

Chen Yun was also very surprised.

Who would have thought that the 8th Brigade alone could chase down an entire Japanese division.

Chen Yun was happy, but he quickly thought of the important matter and said, "Comrade Lin Biao, do you think we can capture Harbin, Jilin, and Baicheng in a short period of time?"

Marshal Lin looked at the map and understood what Chen Yun meant.

The two came to the Northeast to partner up, so of course the central government told them everything.

One thing to worry about is the Soviet army.

The Central Committee was not particularly keen on the Soviet Red Army's entry into Northeast China. While the current situation made it difficult to stop the Soviet Red Army's advance, if the Northeast Military Region could secure control of Baicheng, Harbin, and Jilin, it could keep the Soviet Red Army out of this semi-circle.

The Eighth Route Army can gain the upper hand in the Northeast.

Marshal Lin did not answer immediately.

Because Marshal Lin was a very cautious general and would not make promises lightly, he inherited his style of fighting. Marshal Lin looked at the map for a while and said, "There is a chance, but it won't be easy. Baicheng and Jilin are not a big problem, but Harbin is difficult."

"If we can't take Harbin, then taking Baicheng or Jilin would be fine."

Although Marshal Lin said that Harbin was in difficulty, Chen Yun was still very happy.

As secretary of the Northeast Bureau, he had the task of developing a base in the Northeast and establishing contact with the Soviet Red Army. The stronger the Eighth Route Army was in the Northeast, the more initiative it could take in negotiations with the Soviet Union.

"Comrade Chen Yun, for the sake of future large-scale combat operations, I would like to propose that the Northeast Field Army establish a Fourth Column.

"The Fourth Column?"

"Correct."

Marshal Lin pointed to Tongliao and Shuangliao on the map, and then said: "From this battle, we can see that the combat effectiveness of the 119st Independent Division, the rd Independent Division, and the st Cavalry Division is very strong. The Ximan Military Region has been established for a long time, and the bandit suppression work here is done well, so there is no need for so many local troops. So my idea is to merge the st Independent Division, the rd Independent Division, and the st Cavalry Division to form the Fourth Column. Appoint Comrade Li Tianyou as the commander of the Fourth Column, and Comrade Xiahou Wen as the political commissar of the Fourth Column. After the Fourth Column is formed, it will be responsible for dealing with the th Division in Tongliao and Baicheng, and finally conquering Tongliao and Baicheng. The First Column will be responsible for conquering Siping, while at the same time pinning down the Japanese and puppet troops in Changchun, Tonghua and other places. The Second Column will be responsible for taking Jilin and the counties around Changchun."

Chen Yun nodded.

Marshal Lin was the head of the Northeast Military, and although Chen Yun was the secretary of the Northeast Bureau, he did not want to interfere in this matter. So Chen Yun said, "Let's hold a meeting of the Northeast Military Region to determine this matter."

"it is good."

Chapter 613: Chiang Kai-shek's Northeastern Strategy

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Japan is growing weaker.

In the Pacific, the US Navy crushed the Japanese Navy, causing the closure of most shipping routes between Japan and Southeast Asia. Japan's conquest of Southeast Asia was originally intended to obtain resources from Southeast Asia.

But now that this route was cut off, Japan could not get the resources it needed. Japan had no choice but to open up the mainland transportation line, but after fighting for dozens of days, it found that it had completely failed.

After the United States gained absolute advantage in the Pacific battlefield, it began large-scale air strikes on the Japanese mainland.

The Japanese mainland was about to collapse.

The Japanese casualties on all fronts were increasing.

Although the Nationalist Army had not yet launched a full-scale counterattack, the expeditionary force was currently fighting very well in Burma. The British Army, with its own colonial troops and the expeditionary force, was defeating the Japanese army in Burma.

After receiving support from the United States, many units of the National Army began to replace their equipment with American equipment, greatly increasing their combat effectiveness.

Of course, what Chiang Kai-shek was most satisfied with was that he used the Anti-Japanese War to eliminate most of the warlord forces. If we say that before the July 7 Incident, Chiang Kai-shek was only the leader of the warlords, he was the strongest among the warlord forces in the country, so he controlled the central government.