Chapter 16: Bloody Battle (4) ()

Ishihara Kanr slowly put down his telescope, turned around and looked at Honjo Shin-hyun. Honjo Shin-hyun was suppressing his anger. How long has the brave and powerful Second Division been here in Manchuria? The famous Sendai Division in Hokkaido was beaten by enemies far fewer than them and was thrown away and fled in panic. If it weren't for seeing it with your own eyes, Honjo Shin-hyun would never believe that all this was true?

Standing behind Honjo Shizuka, Seishiro Ishihara hurriedly gave Kanji Ishihara. Kanji Ishihara took a deep breath and said, "Commander, from the battle just now, the 7th Infantry Brigade of the Chinese Army, which is serving as the defense, is itself the elite of the Northeast Army. They seem to know the combat characteristics of our Kanto Army. Moreover, they are equipped with a large number of submachine guns. The effectiveness of submachine guns in hand-to-hand combat is far greater than that of rifles."

Although Major Nishii, who was hanging a guinea belt, was very disgusted with Seishiro Itagaki's statement, he was not easy to interrupt Shangguan's words, so he could only stand aside with anger.

Honjo Hon nodded expressionlessly, turned around and returned to the carriage of the armored train and stretched out the map and said, "Please call Lin Xianjuro, the commander of the North Korean army, and immediately send no less than two mixed brigades to cross the border immediately to support our army, occupy important cities along Liaoning and Jilin Manchuria Railway, and at the same time, order multiple divisions to accelerate to move closer to Fengtian. I want to know the position and name of the Chinese commander responsible for defending Beida Camp."

After repelling the Japanese attack, Zhang Xuewu and Xu Guohui and Wang Chuang, who were covered in smoke, met with the smoke on their faces. Wang Chuang, who had a color on his head, seemed very excited because he had just knocked down at least one hundred Japanese troops in front of the position he commanded. He fought for a night but could not feel any fatigue at all. The only problem for Zhang Xuewu was that the terrain of the Beida Camp was not suitable for defensive operations. The flat terrain of the Beida Camp was typical for easy attack and difficult defense. The artillery preparations before each attack by the Japanese army could bring huge casualties to the defenders.

Even though he can't stand it, he still has to stand it? Is it a regret for history or a stubbornness? I'm afraid even Zhang Xuewu himself can't explain it clearly.

As the Japanese army was attacking Beidaying with all their might, the officials who stayed in Shenyang City fled to the direction of Jinzhou with their families. Rong Zhen, who was left and right in Shenyang City, ordered the Office of the Commander-General of the Northeast Frontier Defense Force to start burning documents and retreating to Jinzhou before dawn.

The retreat of the Northeast Frontier Defense Force Commander-in-Chief Office made some wait-and-see people prepare to leave the city. For a moment, the entire Shenyang City seemed to have suffered a catastrophe. Children cried, horses cried, and car horns mixed together. A large number of policemen and officers took off their military uniforms and carried suitcases and slowly marched in the refugee stream.

Because the Japanese control the Manchurian Railway, several railway stations in Shenyang City were either occupied by the Japanese or paralyzed. The crowd had no choice but to hike to the freight station in the western suburbs of the city to take a bus.

Rong Zhen, sitting in the black Buick car in the Northeast Frontier Defense Force Commander Office, finally looked at Shenyang City with smoke from the back window. Rong Zhen felt very uncomfortable. The Japanese soldiers were approaching the border and ordered the troops to retreat and refuse to resist. As a result, his order became a big fuck? After all, he was also the chief of staff of the Northeast Frontier Defense Force, the director of the Military Department, and the acting commander! What was most unexpected to Rong Zhen was that the person who took the lead in organizing the disobedience was Zhang Xuewu, the cousin of the deputy commander, and the eldest brother Zhang Xuecheng plundered, and the second brother openly incited a brigade of elite troops to disobey?

To be fair, Zhang Xuewu was much better than Zhang Xuecheng. The Seventh Brigade was the guard brigade of the young marshal when the old marshal was still there. Wang Yizhe worked hard for many years. Although it cannot be said to be a solid piece, it is also unbreakable. Why did the Seventh Brigade follow Zhang Xuewu overnight? He even blocked the Northeast Frontier Defense Force Commander Office, robbed the Border Bank, the Deputy Commander's Residence, and the Arsenal of the Three East Provinces? Where did they get the courage? Just Zhang Xuewu? I'm afraid it's not that simple.

Rong Zhen slowly closed his eyes. The originally very simple thing became confusing under his analysis. However, he knew better than anyone else that if the order of non-resistance was implemented, then once the situation was out of control and the country's population was the first person to be devilish and punished for thousands of years.

The Beidaying was overturned and bloody. How could the Japanese, who suffered heavy casualties, let it go? However, Rong Zhen no longer cared about these issues now, and the deputy commander could not convince his cousin. What other people could do? Should they fight against the Japanese to the end or make a secret agreement and make a peace? Let Peking and Nanjing have a headache!

Zhang Xueliang, who had not been asleep all night, did not contact Jiang Jiang who arrived in Nanchang directly until around 10 a.m. on the 19th, and anxiously reported the situation to Jiang Jiang.

Chiang Kai-shek immediately returned to Nanjing urgently. On the one hand, he comforted Zhang Xueliang and wanted to calm down and judge the situation. On the other hand, he decided to take charge of command in Nanjing and sent Gu Weijun to report to the League of Nations as soon as possible. Chiang Kai-shek believed that the great powers who had interests in China would not ignore Japan's attempt to dominate the country. He insisted on resolving the Northeast incident through diplomatic means!

However, there was a Northeast border defense force who did not listen to the orders of the top, and the news of fighting with the Japanese in the North Camp of Shenyang City also made Chiang uneasy!

"Who is it? So reckless? This is to miss the national affairs!" On the way back to Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek sent a power to the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Beijing Army, Navy and Air Force to request a thorough investigation of the matter.

The anger of Nanjing caused influential newspapers such as Guangzhou, Shanghai, Hong Kong, etc. to make large reports on the application, Ta Kung Pao, and Xiangjiang Daily. For a time, all the public opinion and attention across the country were concentrated on Shenyang. As the mouthpiece of the Nanjing government, the Central Daily News carefully maintained silence, waiting for the government's final conclusion.

At noon on the 19th, fifteen hours have passed since the Manchuria Incident launched by the Japanese army. Unlike history, not only Shenyang City has not yet fallen into the hands of the Japanese army, but even Andong, Benxi, Gaiping, Anshan, Fengtian, Tianzhuangtai, Changchun, Fushun, Haicheng, Liaoyang, Tieling, Changtu, Gongzhuling, and Kuanchengzi along the Manchu Railway have not yet fallen into the hands of the Japanese army with extremely short troops. Conservatively speaking, if Peking issued combat orders at this moment, it would not be difficult to wipe out the Japanese Kwantung Army.

However, everyone knows that behind the small Kanto Army is the entire Japanese Empire, a war machine that has been in power for many years. The military and political affairs have not yet been unified, and domestic warlords do their own things. China, which does not even have a unified national defense force, cannot fight a full-scale war with Japan.

Soon, the main force of the Second Division of the Japanese Kanto Army and the Manchurian Railway Independent Guards could mobilize a total of more than 7,900 people, all arrived at the periphery of Beidaying. This was the maximum mobile force that the Kanto Army could mobilize.

Lieutenant General Domen, who has a fat face, a short figure but a beard, walked into the armored command vehicle of Kwantung Army Commander Honjo Shin. Domenori saluted with a slap in his legs and said, "Commander, in accordance with your order, the main force of my Second Division and the Independent Guard of Mori Company, the first, third, fourth and sixth battalions have arrived and are implementing deployment!"

Hon Zhuang smiled slightly and nodded to Erro Domen and said, "Thank you for your hard work! Please convey your respect to Mori Lianjun for me!"

Immediately, Honjo Shin pointed to the Beida Camp map spread on the table and said: "The Chinese army's defense is very tenacious, and it has built a complete and systematic field fortification. The infantry firepower is stronger than our army. One of the artillery battalions in the Dongling Ammunition Depot has provided firepower support. Now the artillery battalion has retreated to the Arsenal of the Three East Provinces. This army is the elite 7th Infantry Brigade of the Northeast Army. One of the ones who stubbornly blocked our army in the Beida Camp. The commander was named Zhang Xuewu, who was Zhang Xueliang's cousin."
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