Chapter 14: Bloody Battle (2) ()

Honjo, wearing all medals, was ambitiously boarding the armored train with his command knife in his hand. As soon as he entered the command car, Ishihara Kaner quietly came to Honjo Shin and whispered: "Your Excellency, my 29th Infantry Regiment stationed in Fengtian cooperated with the second Manchurian Railway Independent Guard Brigade, and the Fifth Brigade failed to attack Beida Camp. Captain Hirata Duanshan Corps requested tactical guidance!"

"Hey? Baga!" Honjo, who was shocked, quickly leaned over in front of the map and frowned and exclaimed: "If we cannot defeat the elite 7th Brigade of the Northeastern Army of Fengtian and completely eliminate Fengtian's resistance, it will be meaningless to divide troops from multiple groups to occupy the Manchurian Railway. It can only give the Chinese army a chance to defeat one by one."

"Immediately order the commander of the division and the commander of the Mori Company to concentrate all their forces to attack the defenders of Fengtian Beida Camp and completely occupy Fengtian City. Isaihara's commander Lin Xianjuro, asking him to send all the most powerful troops to support our army's operations immediately!" Ishihara Kaner was really relieved after hearing the oral orders of Honjo Shizuka. At this moment, what Ishihara Kaner was most worried about was that Honjo Shizuka's position was shaken. After all, there was a Miji Kenkawa who held the emperor's handwriting in Fengtian and waited for an opportunity to move.

After receiving a call from the senior staff officer of Kanto Army, Seishiro Itagaki, who was in Fengtian, Tamenjiro had just issued an order to cooperate with the independent garrison to attack along the Manchurian Railway. As a result, he received another order from Commander Honjo Shizuo. Looking at the order that seemed to be a little contradictory in the past and behind, Tamenjiro hesitated and decided to ask the commander to make a decision.

The request of the commander of the Second Division, Jiro Tamen, made Honjo Shizuki return to the map again. The most ideal result at present is to occupy Fengtian City, annihilate or expel the military and police in the city, and the headquarters of the 7th National Defense Brigade of the Northeast Frontier Defense Forces stationed by Beidaying. At the same time, with a small amount of troops along the Manchurian Railway, occupying important cities along the Manchurian Railway, creating a fait accompli.

However, the failure of the 29th Infantry Regiment and the Second and Fifth Independent Guards to attack Fengtian Beida Camp can be said to have disrupted all the previous plans of Seishiro Itagaki and Kanji Ishihara.

Should we divide our troops into seizing key cities along the Manchurian Railway as planned, or change the plan and concentrate our forces to capture Fengtian City! On this issue, Honjo Shin hesitated. Honjo Shin knew that the Kwantung Army was one of the few troops directly affiliated with the Emperor, so the Kwantung Army has always been the most intolerable of failure. As the commander of the Kwantung Army, he must not only be responsible for the entire Kwantung Army, but also for the honor of His Majesty the Emperor!

Honjo Honjo took a deep breath, slowly letting the sound of a train running in his ears! Ishihara Kanir, who stood beside him with his hands down, held his breath and concentrated at the moment, because Ishihara Kanir knew that this was the habit of Commander Honjo Honjo Honjo Honjo before making an important decision.

After a long time, Honjo Man slowly opened his eyes and said solemnly: "I order! All the mobile forces of the multiple divisions and independent garrisons will immediately gather along the Manchurian iron to Fengtian, and we must clear the resistance between Fengtian City and Beidaying!"

"Kill it!" The Japanese mountain artillery squadron attacking Beida Camp desperately poured out the few ammunition they carried to the Chinese army guarding the fortifications in the camp. In less than half an hour, the Japanese artillery fire gradually weakened! Hirata Duanshan, who found that the artillery fire was weakening, came to the artillery position with a claw and asked why the artillery fire stopped. Captain Yokota of the artillery squadron reported with a bitter face: "Report to Colonel, we only have the last half-base shells left, and even a decent fire suppression could not be completed! Please understand!"

"Baga!" When he thought of the dense shelling that hit him a few hours ago and caused him to suffer heavy casualties, Hirata Duanshan was furious. The second gate shore defense heavy artillery hidden in the backyard of the Yamato Hotel, which is the second independent garrison camp, had already stopped the shelling with little effect due to the fire rate and accuracy.

Attacked? At least before reinforcements arrived, Duanshan Hirata did not have such a plan. The Fengtian secret service eavesdropped on the phone number of the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Frontier Defense Forces of Fengtian Chinese Army to the outside world, and repeatedly proved that the Chinese military's orders prohibit resistance from retreating quickly. For this reason, Duanshan Hirata did not order the Beidaying to cut off the contact between the outside world, hoping that the defending Chinese army could receive an order to retreat.

But what is very strange is that the Chinese army seems to have destroyed a large part of the communication lines themselves? He has sent a communication team to carry out emergency repairs. All this made Hirata Duanshan feel a sense of confusion?

Since the Chinese army has issued an order not to resist retreat, why is there such fierce resistance within the Beidaying? Could this be the trick of the Chinese army?

With the burning fire, Hirata Duanshan looked at the bodies of the officers and soldiers who were dead in a row. Is this the honor of soldiers that Itagaki Jun mentioned? Which is more important than life or honor? Perhaps for those high-ranking staff members, the lives of officers and soldiers below are just as emotional data as weapons and materials. For those who have not experienced war, how could they know the smell of blood?

The communications soldier just connected the telephone line with the Fengtian secret service agency, and Seishiro Itagaki called the temporary command center of Duanshan Hirata. Faced with Seishiro Itagaki's questioning and criticism, Duanshan Hirata responded angrily: "Isn't this your credit for Itagaki? My wing and the second and fifth independent garrison brigades encountered organized and tenacious resistance from the Chinese army outside the Beida camp. Does your so-called Chinese army's non-resistance mean mines, artillery and machine guns? Those who have not faced death and are not qualified to be held accountable!"

Seishiro Itagaki took a deep breath. In order to appease Hirata Duanshan, Seishiro Itagaki had to say patiently: "Haita, as a soldier, don't you know that there will never be any three words impossible on the ever-changing battlefield? Now isn't the time to say deflated words. Commander Honjo Shizuka has led the Kwantung Army Command and the Heavy Artillery Corps to Fengtian to support you, and the commander of the division commander also ordered the main force of the division to quickly reinforce."

When he heard that Commander Honjo and the commander of the Duomen Division were rushing to Fengtian, Hirata Duoshan was a little regretful at first. Although Seishiro Itagaki and Hei Shishiro Itagaki, who had a captain on his shoulder, was a senior staff officer of the Kanto Army Command. When the commander of the Duomen Division was not in the command position, Seishiro Itagaki was the first candidate for the first acting commander.

Hirata Duoyama adjusted his emotions and quickly changed his tone and said to Itagaki Seishiro: "Itagaki, I am also anxious for a while to delay the progress of the war. I just said harshly, please don't mind!"
Chapter completed!