Li Guotao also attached great importance to the campaign of attacking Harbin, and personally rushed to Zhaodong from Qiqihar with his headquarters to command the battle nearby.In the early morning of the 13th, Li Guotao got up early, washed his face briefly, and hurried to the command room.The staff officer on duty hurriedly greeted him, and introduced to Li Guotao with an excited face: "Report to the commander, last night, the second and third special operations brigades, with the cooperation of the first armored division, attacked the Harbin airfield of the Japanese army, and completely annihilated more than 1,000 defenders of the airfield, and more than 3,000 Japanese troops rushed to support. ”"Good general order to reward all participating troops."
Li Guotao nodded with satisfaction and said.Li Guotao then strode to the side of the sand table, looked down at the sand table, and said with a serious face: "At present, almost all the little devils in Harbin have shrunk into Harbin and the surrounding area, and the Japanese troops in other directions can move anything" "I have not received the relevant report for the time being." ”The staff officer on duty hurriedly replied.Li Guotao nodded noncommittally and said: "Our army is besieging Harbin on a large scale, and the Japanese army will definitely send troops to support."
However, up to now, the little devils have not moved, do they think that they can hold Harbin with just 30,000 Japanese troops in Harbin?"
"Maybe the Japanese army is hurrying to mobilize reinforcements and mobilize reinforcements from all over the country, it will always take some time, so we have not received relevant information for the time being." ”The staff officer hurriedly replied."
Hmph" Li Guotao snorted coldly and said: "In this way, the reaction speed of the little devils is still too slow, probably because it is not painful enough for us to hit them, and they don't know how to be in a hurry." ”"Then keep beating until they cry out in pain."
At this time, Ma Zhenguo walked over with a smile.Li Guotao turned around and glanced at Ma Zhenguo, and said with a smile: "That's how it should be, the little devils just don't clean up, if they don't hurt them, they won't know how powerful our Eighth Route Army is." ”Ma Zhenguo said with a serious face: "All troops have prepared for the attack according to the previous plan, as long as our army continues to attack and annihilate all the Japanese troops outside Harbin, then Harbin will be in an emergency, and the Japanese army will be in a hurry, and send troops to support Harbin quickly, and we will have more choices at that time."
You can block reinforcements from all directions, and then concentrate the main force to attack Harbin and recover Harbin in one fell swoop.Of course, it is also possible to encircle but not attack, lure the Japanese army to come to the rescue, encircle the point to send reinforcements, and break the Japanese army that comes to help, so as to have no worries, and then our army can attack Harbin with all its strength, and then take it in one fell swoop. ”Li Guotao nodded slightly, did not rush to express his opinion, looked at the sand table in front of him, and said with a serious face: "Harbin is an important transportation hub in North Manchuria, the Japanese army has been operating here for ten years, and has built a large number of strong fortifications in the city. ”Ma Zhenguo pondered the meaning of Li Guotao's words, nodded and said: "The Japanese army is still about 30,000 troops, and if the city is defended, it will indeed be difficult to take Harbin."
The commander's meaning was that the long-term siege would gradually wear out the spirit of the Japanese troops in the city, and then take advantage of this opportunity to concentrate superior forces to encircle and annihilate the Japanese troops who came to help. ”Li Guotao nodded and said: "Encircling the point to send reinforcements is our usual strategy, and judging from the current situation, this is indeed a good idea."
However, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and how to decide in the end depends on the reaction of the Japanese army.What worries me most now is that the Japanese army has suffered losses no longer knowing how many times, and if they are cautious and do not rush to rescue Harbin, our army's plan to encircle and annihilate the Japanese reinforcements may not be so easy. ”Ma Zhenguo nodded and said: "This is also the case, now that the situation is unclear, we should also be cautious." ”Li Guotao smiled and nodded and said: "The plan can't catch up with the changes, let's take care of the present first, and as for the future, let's look at the development of the situation first, and then make a decision."
Immediately order all troops to immediately launch a full-front attack on Harbin, uproot all the Japanese strongholds outside Harbin, and destroy all the Japanese troops outside the city."
Yes" Ma Zhenguo responded respectfully, and hurriedly ran to convey the order.With Li Guotao's order, the units of the Eighth Route Army, which had already been ready, immediately launched a fierce attack on Harbin from four directions, and for a time the artillery fire was continuous, and the sound of guns and artillery could be clearly heard in Harbin, and the sound of guns and artillery was constantly coming from all directions, and even the artillery fire and gunpowder smoke rising in the distance could be clearly seen.The Eighth Route Army attacked fiercely, the Japanese army could not resist at all, and the main force of the Japanese army in the city did not dare to go out of the city easily to fight a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army in order to keep Harbin, but began to shrink its forces and withdrew to the city, preparing to defend the city and wait for reinforcements.Therefore, the offensive of the Eighth Route Army proceeded smoothly, and it took less than a day to uproot all the Japanese strongholds around Harbin, annihilating more than 2,000 Japanese troops and annihilating and capturing nearly 10,000 puppet soldiers.It turned out that after the lessons of the last Chaoyang incident, the little devil knew that the puppet army was unreliable, so he drove all the puppet troops in Harbin out of the city and was responsible for guarding the positions and various strongholds outside the city.Even after the puppet army was defeated, a large number of routs were routed and fled to the city of Harbin, and the Japanese refused to open the city gate and let the puppet army enter the city.The puppet army was desperate and could only surrender to the Eighth Route Army, so about 10,000 puppet troops outside Harbin were killed in the battle, only less than 2,000 were killed, and the remaining 8,000 people all surrendered to the Eighth Route Army.After this battle, all the peripheral strongholds and positions outside Harbin were captured by the Eighth Route Army, and a large number of troops of the Eighth Route Army poured into Harbin from all directions, surrounding Harbin City.Thousands of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army began to seize the time outside the city to build positions, ready to attack at any time, and the clouds of war gradually enveloped this emerging city.The panicked little devil began to strengthen the fortifications in the city overnight, and at the same time gathered all the young and middle-aged people among all the Japanese expatriates in the city to join the troops to help defend the city, trying to fight the trapped beasts.Harbin was in an emergency, and the Japanese reinforcements drawn from all over the country also began to rush to Harbin.aa2705221: