Chapter 558: The Kwantung Army was beaten!
"Is there really no movement at all?" Hattori Jiro asked suspiciously.
"I really didn't find it." Qiushan's cheeks turned slightly red. In the past three days, the remnants of the 9th Division had been huddled in the town and had not sent troops to investigate. He just watched the other party build positions and bunkers face to face. He had not yet figured out how the firepower point of the East Column was configured, and he suffered a great loss during the attack just now.
Even though he had no firepower point, he suddenly felt like he was a machine gun hole, and shot it out, causing a large number of casualties.
This made Akiyama feel very embarrassed in front of Hattori Jiro!
"Report, Commander Muto ordered that the 9th Division's headquarters immediately stop attacking and wait for orders!"
"What, why stop the attack? Do you really have to negotiate with the Chinese people?" Major General Akiyama said with anger. The Sixth Brigade suffered heavy casualties, and the ending of the peace talks was indeed a shame for the Japanese Empire!
No matter what, he was unwilling to accept the ending of a peace talk with the Chinese!
"I want to report to the commander of Ueda Division!" Akiyama was furious. The 9th Division was not affiliated with the Kwantung Army and had autonomy. If the commander of Ueda Division insisted on fighting with the Chinese people, I am afraid that the commander of the Kwantung Army, Muto Nobuyoshi would have no choice, unless the base camp has an order!
The Prime Minister Araki Sadao was already full of conceit. The Emperor scolded him, and the Prime Minister was dissatisfied. The Kanto Army suffered a crushing defeat in Manchuria, which made his position as the Prime Minister in danger.
At this time, he could no longer support Muto Nobuyi's plan to continue his attack.
At this time, Manchukuo took the initiative to act as a peacemaker. Let the Kwantung Army and the East Column sit down to negotiate. This might as well give it a try, at least delaying the time.
Moreover, at this time, Manchukuo actually found representatives of the five countries of the League of Nations investigation team and expressed his desire for "peace talks" to the five countries.
After consultations, the representatives of the five countries of the League of Nations investigation mission decided to stay out of the matter, neither support nor oppose it.
There is a big trap here. If the investigation team supports peace talks, it means that the five countries recognize the legitimacy of the existence of the Manchukuo regime. Gu Weijun argues with reason, which prompted the representatives of the five countries of the investigation team to be neutral.
Before the League of Nations investigation report was released, the League of Nations investigation mission did not involve any political and military battles.
After the puppet Manchukuo wanted to take advantage of the hope of the League of Nations investigation team, he had to go barely. Originally, if the representatives of the five countries "support peace talks", the League of Nations could be the intermediary. It prompted a ceasefire between the Kwantung Army and the East Column and then negotiated.
Just as the Manchus tried hard to promote this negotiation and wanted to recruit Dongzong, Dongzong suddenly launched an attack on Jilin!
Zhai Lequan on the left side led more than 5,000 people from the 1st Agricultural Reclamation Division to attack from the southern part of Jilin. Qin Shiyu and Wang Rong's 9th Brigade and the 1st Division of Construction Division launched an attack on the front. On the right side, Feng Zhanhai's troops of the newly joined East Column 1st Brigade led more than 4,000 people under their command to launch a fierce attack from the north!
When the news came out, Pu Jie, the ruling Manchukuo State in the pseudo-Imperial Palace in Changchun, was so scared that he was deserted, and the Kwantung Army Command was in chaos.
Once the Eastern Zong conquered Jilin, Changchun would be directly under its military attack. Although Changchun had nearly 10,000 troops, the 18th Regiment of the Japanese army could be used.
The whole country of the puppet Manchukuo was also in a mess, and the Prime Minister of the Cabinet Zheng Xiaoxu even wrote a letter to Pu Jie, asking him to move the capital to Fengtian immediately!
But moving the capital is not something that Pu Jie can decide, a puppet like Pu Jie, and it must be nodded by the commander of the Kanto Army, Muto Nobuyi.
Muto Nobuyi also had a look of earth. If he made the decision to move the capital at this time, he would probably have lost all his face!
Where should I move the capital? Go south to Fengtian or north?
When they went south, the Japanese were unwilling, and when they went north, the ministers of the puppet Manchukuo were unwilling!
What to do? Tunnel troops to defend Xinjing. This is the only thing Muto Nobuyi can do. The 14th Division will set off quickly and head north to Xinjing.
Lu Shan didn't expect that Muto Shinyi would transfer the 14th Division to Changchun north. He was not afraid of the Northeast Army entering the pass. If something happened in western Liaoning, would he be unable to return to the rescue?
The 14th Division entered Changchun. In this way, even if Jilin was captured, the East Zong would face considerable pressure.
"Order Lei Dong to attack Liaoyang and Fengtian to force the 14th Division to return!" Lu Shan said heavily.
Sure enough, after receiving the order, Lei Dong immediately made arrangements and took an offensive posture. Most of the 10th Division, which was about to set off from Liaoyang City, retreated back.
Wudo Nobuyi now understood what it means to make one wrong step by step. Manchuria is too big. The Japanese Empire just occupied important cities along the railway line. It was not enough to spread 100,000 troops.
What to do? It is quite difficult to ask for local troops to increase troops. The empire's economic situation is not very good. Although it has gained a lot of benefits from Manchukuo, it is impossible to achieve immediate results. It is not up to him, Muto Nobuyi, who has the final say.
Reduce troops and focus on defense!
Muto Nobuyi can only take this method, first take back the scattered troops and occupy key cities. If the benefits are not big or not too important, you can give up first to protect the existing interests!
However, I have to say that Muto Nobuyi's move has a bit of a hero's broken arm, and the effect looks pretty good later on.
Let’s talk about the Dongzong attacking Jilin City fiercely. The next day, the Dongzong broke through from the northeast corner. By the evening of the next day, it cleared out the remaining enemies in Jilin City, and this important military center fell into the hands of the Dongzong.
The speed of changing hands is so fast that it makes people feel dazzling.
On August 3, Jilin fought against Japan and rescued ** Li Haiqing couldn't raise all his troops and set out from Nong'an to attack Fuyu.
On the 5th, Fuyu City was broken, and the lifeline of the Japanese army from Jilin to Harbin was cut off!
The news came, and the attack on the Kwantung Army was a bolt from the blue. The railway line was cut off by the anti-Japanese armed forces, and the 8th Brigade of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army living in Harbin became an isolated army.
At this time, the Kwantung Army had no spare energy to open this passage, because all the troops were either restrained or moved the whole body.
From the aggressive momentum at the beginning of the war, the Kwantung Army suddenly fell into a passive state of being beaten.
And it hurts so much that it hurts.
Muto Nobuyi held military meetings one after another, and after discussion, there was no good way to deal with the current situation.
The dramatic changes in the Manchurian battlefield were dazzled by the whole world. At the beginning of the war, no one was optimistic about the Dongzong. Even though the Dongzong had achieved many brilliant achievements before this, destroying tens of thousands of Japanese troops, occupying Liaoyang, robbing Fengtian Dongta Airport and Arsenal, etc.!
However, the time it took for an army to be built to form combat power and finally became a lion brigade, which was definitely done one year or two years, but they saw a miracle.
A miracle that is considered impossible in the history of the world's military.
Japan, which owns the first Asian army, was defeated by an army that had been established less than half a year ago. Most of the people in this army were farmers, students and workers who had not been professionally trained.
At this time, Lu Shan led 10,000 Li Chunrun, Bao Jinghua and others to confront the Japanese 9th Division and the reinforced Hattori Mixed Brigade in Meihekou Town for five days.
Hattori Jiro is not a good boy, so he certainly won't obey the above orders honestly. In fact, since the East Zong attacked Jilin, Muto Nobuyoshi had already cancelled this order.
Muto Nobuyoshi also hoped that Hattori Jiro could save him and the Kanto Army some face, but Lu Shan did not give him face. Hattori Jiro's several attacks were made to fight back, and both sides were hurt.
After Li Haiqing's troops captured Fuyu, they announced that they would accept the leadership of the Eastern Column, and more than 4,000 people under their command were reorganized into the 11th Brigade.
The total strength of the Eastern Column exceeded 100,000 at once!
This number also exceeded the total of the Kwantung Army's total troops in Manchuria, and Dongzong was in the limelight for a while!
The common people compared the Northeast Army with the Eastern Column. A Northeast Army with an armour of 400,000 yuan was shot and handed over the three eastern provinces to the Japanese. At that time, the Northeast Army and the Japanese army had at least five to one, and they could not defeat one of them, which lost all the faces of the 30 million people in the Northeast.
The Eastern Zong started at a small scale, and with only a few thousand troops, they finally became more than 100,000 armored soldiers. Although the generals were few and the soldiers were not very good, they could attack tens of thousands of elite Japanese troops with a "millionaire" and defeat them in battle. Wouldn't it be a sigh for the world?
It’s not that the battle is impossible, but the general is afraid of the battle!
In the large living room, the lights flashed, and the Northeast Army generals gathered together.
"Master, do you mean, should you send troops or not?" Wang Yizhe was full of resentment. His 7th Brigade was known as the Imperial Guard, but on the night of the incident, he had the opportunity to turn the tide, but because of Rong Zhen's "non-resistance" order, he gave Beidaying and Fengtian City to the Japanese in vain.
"Dingfang, I understand your mood, but now is not the time to send troops. We are insufficient equipment and insufficient food and salary..."
"Master, where did you have the courage to go to war with the Russians back then?"
"Ding Fang, don't be rude. Han Qing has its own difficulties. We can send troops, but when fighting with the Japanese, we used to win less and lose more, and the risk of sending troops was very high..." The auxiliary coach Zhang Zuoxiang said with a serious attitude.
"Is our regular army not as good as the miscellaneous Dongzong?"
"I agree with sending troops and fucking him little Japanese..."
"I've long wanted to fight with Japan!"
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The generals and the school were talking a lot, and the majority of them agreed to send troops. Even old-fashioned figures such as Tibetan Yi also had a vague sense of approval.
This made Zhang Hanqing feel a little bit difficult to get on the ground.
"The situation in Northeast China has changed three times a day, and I still can't see who can gain the upper hand. If I send troops rashly, will Nanjing agree not to say it. If the Japanese do something happens again, how can we deal with it?" Rong Zhen said that on the night of the incident, he gave the order "no resistance" and he was one of the people who did not agree to send troops.
The situation is unclear and no one can guarantee whether the three northeastern provinces can be recovered in one fell swoop, or face a more deteriorating stall after sending troops?
Chapter completed!