Chapter 12: Night of 918 (Five) ()

There is an old saying in China that plans will never keep up with the rapid changes. Just when Zhang Xuewu was preparing to lead his troops to retreat, Xu Guohui sent people to send news that the arsenals and the inventory of weapons and ammunition in the three eastern provinces was huge, and they could not be transported and demolished as planned, and there was not enough preparation of explosives!

Zhang Xuewu took a deep breath. Although he had done everything possible to collect all the car strips and fronts that could be called, more than 3,000 artillery pieces of various calibers, nearly 6,000 machine guns of various types, more than 110,000 rifles and a large number of ammunition were put in, and a large number of equipment from the Arsenals in the three northeastern provinces. Even with the help of the workers in the arsenal, it was definitely not something that could be demolished in just one or two days.

The only good news now is that Zhao Xinyu's battalion defeated a small-scale tentative attack by the Japanese army and allowed all the planes of the East Tower to fly to Jinzhou or Peiping. Zhao Xinyu's troops who rushed to the Arsenal of the Three East Provinces could help some more.

What to do? What to do? Zhang Xuewu realized the seriousness of the problem. In history, the Japanese army did not face organized large-scale resistance on the night of the incident, so the incident started with the sound of counterattacks from Beidaying and completely deviated from the trajectory of history.

As a time traveler, Zhang Xuewu's biggest advantage is that he is familiar with the direction of history and can formulate a response plan that is closest to the direction of history in advance. However, now Zhang Xuewu has to admit that he has lost this advantage.

If his counterattack made the Japanese stop moving, then his destruction to the arsenals, Bank of China, and Border Bank of the three northeastern provinces would be far more than the destruction brought by the Japanese army. In the end, he might be the one who was unlucky! Zhang Xuewu, who was hesitant and confused, could only regard the dead horse as a living horse after thinking about it!

Zhang Xuewu had also considered investing all the troops of the Seventh Infantry Brigade to carry out tactical counterattacks on the Japanese army and defeating the 29th Infantry Regiment and the Second Independent Guard Brigade stationed in Shenyang. The premise of this was that Zhang Xuewu himself must be able to control the Seventh Infantry Brigade, but this was obviously impossible.

Moreover, the fifth independent garrison brigade stationed in Tieling had arrived in Shenyang City. Although the Japanese army had not many troops, it could quickly gather relatively superior troops to attack with key forces.

In terms of command power, no matter how direct orders are from Zhang Xueliang, Rong Zhen, or Wang Yizhe, Zhang Xuewu's previous efforts will be wasted. If Wang Tiehan rushed back in time, it seems to be a problem whether he can work with Xu Guohui, Zhao Xinyu and other five people. The army is a small society with a class system. The more elite the troops are, the higher the obedience of military orders. Unfortunately, the Seventh Infantry Brigade is the elite of the Northeast Frontier Defense Force.

Zhang Xuewu, who was defending Beidaying, was in a dilemma. Hirata Duanshan, whose arm was fixed on his chest with a triangle scarf, was staring blankly with his own samurai sword. Could it be that itagaki's intelligence was wrong? The Chinese army had no intention of not resisting at all. The fortifications on the playground, precise shelling, and the minefield of the Western Wall could fully illustrate the problem.

The fierce resistance of the elite 7th Brigade of the Northeast Army caused heavy casualties to the 29th infantry revolt under his command. Hirata Duanshan even suspected that he had fallen into the trap of the Chinese army. Otherwise, how could there be a garrison army digging field fortifications on the playground of his own camp?

As one of the standing divisions, the Second Sendai Division is not a full wartime division. The two brigades under it are all under 40% non-wartime organization, which means that the 29th infantry regiment commanded by Hirata Duanshan does not have sufficient troops for him to use.

Beidaying had a total of 8,000 Chinese troops, and he could command only the Second Independent Guard Brigade of Manchuria, which had more than half of the casualties. The 29th Infantry Regiment of the infantry he commanded had killed more than 300 people in the just-fire bombardment, and all the combatants were less than 1,500. If the Fifth Independent Guard Brigade who came from Tieling arrived, Hirata Duanshan would have to consider retreating rather than attacking at this moment.

With the previous lessons, Hirata Duanshan organized several so-called "attacks" organized in succession were just to occupy several guard posts abandoned by the Northeast Army outside Beidaying. Hirata Duanshan, who had been gradually replaced by reason, knew very well that if he insisted on attacking Beidaying, he would probably not have to wait until the reinforcements from Lushun arrived tomorrow morning, and his 29th Regiment would be surrounded or even defeated and annihilated. Therefore, Hirata Duanshan was helplessly forced to form a defensive formation.

The war in Beidaying entered a strange state of stalemate. Hirata Duanshan, who was frustrated, dared not attack easily. Zhang Xuewu was worried that the Japanese army would not dare to retreat easily after the attack.

The Japanese army concentrated all the troops nearby Shenyang for mobilization to attack Beidaying, so the Fengtian secret service and military police squad, which had only a small number of people stationed in Shenyang, could only be busy destroying and spreading rumors, hoping to create chaos in Fengtian City!

Li Xinkai led the army to escort a large number of cash-bank trucks directly out of Shenyang from the east gate and joined the convoy that was escorting gold to Bianye Bank. Looking at Shenyang City behind him, Li Xinkai seemed a little sad. Or he was worried about his worries, and bombed the Bank of China and Bianye Bank, and forcibly opened the six vaults of the Supervisor's Mansion. This was enough for him to die dozens of times.

Thinking of this, Li Xinkai immediately made up his mind. Since he had worked with Zhang Xuewu, he couldn't care about so many things. It would be amazing that he could only die last time. He wouldn't bite too many lice, and he wouldn't worry about too much debt!

Zhang Xuewu, who was sticking to Beidaying, unexpectedly received a call from Zhang Xueliang from Peking. It turned out that Zhang Xueliang, who was watching Mei Lanfang's "Cosmic Front" at the Peking Theater that night, received a report of the Japanese army in Shenyang's provocation and fighting with the 7th Brigade. When he returned to Union Hospital, he found that the phone number with the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Frontier Defense Force in Shenyang could no longer be contacted?

Soon, the deputy commander-in-chief's office in Changchun, Jilin reported that the Japanese Manchurian Railway Independent Garage and the Second Division were in action. Zhang Xueliang, who was very worried about the situation in Shenyang, ordered the adjutant to call the relevant officials from Shenyang one by one. From office to home, they found nothing. In the end, they miraculously connected a phone call from the 7th Infantry Brigade stationed in Beidaying!

"Who are you? Which?" Zhang Xuewu knew that the other end of the rustling phone was Zhang Xueliang, the young commander of the Northeast Army. After taking a deep breath, Zhang Xuewu shouted: "Deputy Commander! I am your cousin Chengwen!"

When Zhang Xueliang heard that it was his younger brother, he sighed in relief and said, "What is Chief of Staff Rongzhen doing? Wang Yizhena? What is he doing? Why not implement the 17th-day milling message from the Nanjing Central Committee? You should immediately gather the restraining troops, stop resisting, and do not expand the dispute. Wait for the central government's instructions and report to the League of Nations to resolve the issue through political resolution."

Zhang Xuewu said calmly: "How can I, the chief of staff of my regiment, command so many troops? Now there are gunfires outside and gunfire sounds like heavy rain."

Zhang Xueliang was already a little crazy and said, "Send someone to my coach's mansion. Under the second tiles under my study desk, there is the key to the vault. Go to the vault to get my seal. If you don't listen to this order, you can deal with it on the spot regardless of your rank."

When Zhang Xuewu heard the location of the seal, he breathed a long sigh, so he asked in a deep voice: "Deputy Commander, the Japanese have called them, why don't we resist? This time I can be sure that the Japanese have planned a big move for a long time, and it is definitely not a small fight."

When Zhang Xueliang heard that his cousin Zhang Xuewu, who had always been well-behaved and obedient, actually called him his deputy commander? Instead of his cousin whom he usually talked about, he recalled what Zhang Xuewu's elder brother Zhang Xuecheng had always done, and suddenly became angry from the bottom of his heart, and he became brave and shouted hysterically: "Don't you think that my military law does not kill my family? You are still my good brother or a good officer of my Northeast Army in execution of the order."

Zhang Xuewu paused for a moment. He remembered that later Japanese NHK TV interviewed Zhang Xueliang, who was over 90 years old. Zhang Xueliang admitted frankly that he underestimated the Japanese strategic intentions and ambitions. In addition, the domestic environment and surrounding political forms at that time issued an order of non-resistance.

Zhang Xuewu solemnly put the phone in his ear and said loudly: "I don't want you to make a wrong decision that will make you upset for life, brother!"

Zhang Xueliang was still much calmer, so he admitted: "This is a political need. Military should obey politics, regions should obey the country, and Japanese troops should be killed by the attack and sacrifice themselves. The benevolence and righteousness of the whole country. Do you still remember my admonition in the martial arts hall? Soldiers should obey orders as their duty."

Zhang Xuewu replied loudly: "I am a soldier, and you are the politician. Foreign invaders invade my home. As a soldier, you should sacrifice your life for justice and sacrifice your life for the country. I will not be able to implement your orders. Even if you are stained with yellow sand, horses and corpses, you must be worthy of 30 million Northeast compatriots."

Zhang Xuewu hung up the phone with a bang. Zhang Xueliang, who was on the other end of the phone, stood in a daze, and even the phone slipped out of his hand could not be noticed. He had just successfully rehabilitated drugs and looked very quiet. His blue face and sweat made Yu Fengzhi and Miss Zhao Si standing aside very worried.

The deputy chief Wang Libin, who was standing by, picked up the phone and listened, and shook the handle of the machine again, but there was still a busy sound in the headphones. Wang Libin hung up the phone in disappointment and shook his head helplessly at Zhang Xueliang.

Zhang Xueliang hesitated for a moment and immediately picked up the phone again and called Zhang Zuoxiang, who was in charge of Jinzhou. But without saying a word, Zhang Zuoxiang shouted to Zhang Xueliang on the phone in a hurry: "My deputy commander! Are you really calm? Japan has called, Fengtian, my hometown is ready, our troops are ready, and we will immediately go to Dahu Mountain and take the Japanese way back!"

When Zhang Xueliang heard this, he frowned. Why is Zhang Xuewu again? But who is Zhang Zuoxiang? In private, Zhang Xueliang himself had to call the "Assistant Commander" the leader, so Zhang Xueliang could only comfort him patiently and said: "The current situation is still unclear, and we cannot know Japan's true intentions and motives. Don't act recklessly and expand the incident. I report to the Nanjing National Government above. Your headquarters can send no more than one battalion of guard troops to the direction of Dahushan. The Shenyang Incident should fully cooperate with the central government, and sacrifices are inevitable. Remember that the country is the most important, and personal honor and disgrace are light! Just the more than 20,000 Japanese guns can occupy the Northeast?"

After a long time, Zhang Zuoxiang muttered, "Everyone listens to you. Anyway, this business and this team are left to you by the old coach."
Chapter completed!