Ma Zhenguo paused, and then said: "Moreover, although the main force of the Liaoning Military Region was ordered to go north, in terms of time, it would take at least three days before it could reach the Siping front. ”Li Guotao frowned, and then said with a serious face: "Time is very precious to us now, isn't the first special operations brigade always active in the area north of Shenyang, can we order them to cooperate with the local troops to sabotage the railways along the way, and try to delay the speed of the Japanese army moving north." ”"Yes," Ma Zhenguo replied respectfully, then turned around and ordered a staff officer to convey the order.Ma Zhenguo turned around and glanced at the sand table again, and said with a serious face: "Judging from the current situation, our army should concentrate the main force to annihilate the Japanese army that is supporting the north first, but now Siping's troops are insufficient. ”Li Guotao waved his hand, interrupted Ma Zhenguo's words, and said with a serious face: "I know what you want to say, but we don't have enough troops to support Siping now."
The 2nd and 3rd Independent Divisions, as well as the local units of the Heilongjiang Military Region and the Jilin Military Region, currently need to guard the area around Harbin, and the Japanese army has assembled tens of thousands of troops from the 123rd Division and the 124th Division in the eastern part of Heilongjiang, and there is a possibility of launching a counteroffensive against our army at any time. ”Li Guotao raised his hand and put the half-smoked cigarette to his mouth, took a puff, spit out a puff of white smoke in his mouth, and then continued: "In Changchun City, the Japanese puppet army still has tens of thousands of troops, and this force should not be underestimated.We are now in the vicinity of Changchun, with the new 2nd Division, the new 3rd Division, the new 5th Division, the Cavalry Division, as well as the troops directly under the column and some local troops, although the total strength is about 150,000 people, but if we want to completely besiege Changchun and contain this little devil in the city, our troops are not sufficient, so we cannot arbitrarily transfer troops south to support Siping. ”Ma Zhenguo sighed deeply and said: "The strength of the Japanese army in Changchun City is too strong, if we can lure the little devil out of the city and annihilate one of them, then we can draw out some of our troops and go south to support Siping." ”Li Guotao nodded slightly and said, "I was also thinking about this just now, but I don't know if the current Yamada Otozo still has the guts." ”Ma Zhenguo sighed softly and said: "This is really hard to say, the little devil has lost consecutive battles, judging from the actions of the devil in recent days, Yamada Otozo, this old thing, has become a lot more cautious, if Yamada Otozo is really too scared to go out of the city, and the turtle is waiting for help in the city, it is really not easy to deal with."
And it will hold back a large number of our troops. ”Li Guotao took two more puffs of cigarette, one cigarette had basically burned out, Li Guotao casually threw the cigarette butt to the ground, sighed softly and said: "In the first battle of Liaoning, our army's losses were not small.In view of the current situation, some people at the headquarters proposed to temporarily suspend the offensive against the Japanese army and withdraw from Changchun.In order to stabilize the existing base areas, we will further develop and strengthen our strength, and when we are fully prepared, we will launch an attack on the Japanese army.However, in this way, it is equivalent to giving the little devil a chance to breathe, and when the time comes, if we want to recover the Northeast again, I am afraid we will have to pay a heavier price. ”Ma Zhenguo nodded thoughtfully and said: "The commander is right, we must not give the little devil any respite, now that the situation is very good, we should take this opportunity to recover the entire Northeast region in one fell swoop." ”Li Guotao nodded with a serious face, looked at the sand table seriously, frowned and said: "So now, we can only fight this battle hard, overcome all difficulties, and win this battle." ”On June 5, 1942, about 100,000 people of the 7th Division of the Japanese Army arrived in Siping, and immediately launched a fierce attack on Siping, in an attempt to open up the passage to the north to support Changchun.The Battle of Siping broke out.The Japanese concentrated their superior forces and stormed the Siping defensive line.Li Guotao ordered the troops defending the city to resolutely resist the Japanese attack, defend Siping, and defend the victorious achievements of the Anti-Japanese War.The Japanese army deployed three corps on the left, center, and right to attack Siping.Its left corps attacked at Bamianseong and Lishu to the west and northwest of Siping; The central part attacked in the southwestern suburbs of Siping; The right part of the road from Kaiyuan to Yehe attacked Siping.The Japanese offensive was rapid, and the battle began with a fierce battle for position, and the Japanese launched more than a dozen group charges in one day.My heroic soldiers of the Eighth Route Army responded calmly, became more and more courageous the more they fought, and repelled the attacks of the devils again and again.The battle situation fell into a stalemate for a while, and the Japanese army stormed for five days, but never made substantial progress, but lost thousands of troops as a result.At this time, Yamada Otozo, who was trapped in Changchun, was faced with a difficult choice, and the fierce battle of Siping was in full swing, and some people proposed to immediately concentrate their forces, attack south, cooperate with the Japanese army in the north, and attack from both sides, and crush the Eighth Route Army troops besieging Changchun in one fell swoop.This move is undoubtedly the quickest way to solve the siege of Changchun, and now Changchun has been surrounded for half a month, and the people's hearts in the city are fluctuating and morale is unstable.If this continues, the consequences will undoubtedly be catastrophic for the Japanese army.However, if you go out of the city at this time to fight a decisive battle, if you win, it is needless to say, but in case of defeat, it is likely to cause the Changchun guards to be weak and eventually lost, so Yamada Otozo hesitated.Yamada Otozo thought hard for a long time, and it was really difficult to make up his mind, so he raised his head and glanced at the chief of staff, Yoshimoto Sadachi, and asked hopefully, "Yoshimoto-kun thinks that the imperial army should be good." ”"Well" Yoshimoto Sada, he didn't know how to answer this question for a while, this old guy has always been cunning, with the current situation, for the Japanese army, whether it is a decisive battle out of the city or a strong defense of the city, it is a risk.Yoshimoto Sadachi was also hesitant in his heart, so he naturally didn't dare to help Yamada Otozo easily get an idea, in case of defeat, he couldn't afford to bear the responsibility.Seeing this, Yamada Otozo couldn't help but be a little disappointed, sighed softly, and asked with some displeasure: "Then Yoshimoto-kun thinks that if we don't send troops to assist, the Seventh Division and other divisions will be able to defeat the Tsuchibachi Road of Siping." ”Yoshimoto Sadachi frowned and thought about it, and said cautiously: "Judging from the current situation, with humble and humble opinions, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the imperial army to defeat the Tuba Road of Siping in a short period of time and open up the passage to the north.Siping is likely to become the second sunrise. ”At the mention of Chaoyang, the muscles on Yamada Otozo's face twitched, the battle of Chaoyang is undoubtedly an eternal pain in Yamada Otozo's heart, if it weren't for the stalemate in the Chaoyang war, how could the Japanese army fall to this point today aaa2705221: