Chapter 180: Press Conference
"I didn't expect the puppet army to have no resistance, which was beyond my expectations." Dong Lei nodded.
"These puppet soldiers are just soft bones, and they are afraid of death." Xu Feng said with some contempt.
"Lao Xu, don't think so, Ergouzi used to be a puppet army, but if you look at it now, in fact, these puppet soldiers are not necessarily afraid of death, but they think it's not worth dying for the devil." Dong Lei explained.
"Yes, too." Xu Fengtou agreed.
"The battle was won, but this time it was not because of our own strength, because this was a battle with unequal news, and if the devil got my information in advance, victory or defeat would not be certain." Dong Lei said with a solemn expression.
"We also lost this time, the battle casualties reached more than 15,000 people, which is twice as many as the devils, especially Ding Chao's third brigade, which is almost disabled, and there are only more than 1,000 people left. Xu Feng's joy also became a little heavy.
"Tell Wang Zizhong to let people flood the captured puppet army to the Third Brigade, remember our principles, and can't force them. In addition, a press conference will be arranged to convey the message of our victory. ”
"Okay, I'll go."
Harbin was reoccupied by the Iron Army, because the battle happened suddenly, and Dong Lei still focused on controlling the combat losses to a minimum, so the damage to the city of Harbin was not serious, and now the gunfire has stopped, and the normal life of the people has not been greatly affected.
After the occupation of Harbin, Dong Lei ordered all the property of the Japanese puppet army in Harbin to be confiscated, including the Japanese consulate in Harbin.
It was a two-story building with a basement, and although it was a consulate, the basement was originally built with a water prison, a torture chamber, and cells that could hold hundreds of people.
Since 1905, more than 200,000 people from more than 30 countries have lived here in Harbin, making Harbin a rare multi-national, multi-ethnic and multi-religious city in China, and more than 20 countries have established consulates here.
After the Iron Army entered the city, many Japanese puppet officials were put under house arrest and screened, as long as there was no situation after screening, soon m.≦.co⊙m
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When Dong Lei arrived at the Japanese Consulate General with a convoy of staff, the Japanese Consul General in Harbin, Koichi Shimoda, and some of the consulate personnel were temporarily guarded in the consulate.
"Seven, clear the field!" Dong Lei sat in the car, opened the window and ordered to Qi.
"Great!"
"After inviting people out, find a place to temporarily settle them, as long as they bring their personal clothes, not a single piece of paper can be taken away, and the women must also be checked." Dong Lei continued to order.
"Got it!" Seven heads.
Dong Lei now has another identity in Mukden, so his current identity needs to be kept secret, and he doesn't want to show up in public anymore, especially the Japanese, let alone see him.
After seven left, after a while, a group of people walked out of the consulate, and at the front was a middle-aged man wearing a black suit and a white shirt.
Shimoda Koichi now felt a special humiliation, he was very unwilling, but he was only a diplomat, not a soldier, although he wanted to be loyal to the empire when the city of Harbin was broken, but when he saw his wife and children, he raised his pistol and put it down again, gave up suicide, and finally became a prisoner of the Iron Army.
At the moment when he walked out of the Japanese consulate, he looked back at the plaque of the consulate, as well as the national flag that had been thrown on the ground, his heart twitched slightly, he had only been working here for a few days, but now he was leaving, and he was forced to leave.
"Look at what, hurry up."
"Daddy............" Koichi Shimoda's son ran over crying after seeing his father being pushed, and hit the soldier who pushed Koichi Shimoda.
"Rabbit cub, look for death!" The soldier who was hit suddenly showed a fierce look in his eyes and grabbed Koichi Shimoda's son.
"I'm sorry, he's still a kid." Koichi Shimoda tightly guards his son behind him!
"Humph! Let's go! The soldier who was hit snorted coldly, and did not delve into it.
After Dong Lei entered the consulate, Xu Feng arranged a press conference the next day, but the spokesman was Xu Feng, and Dong Lei did not show up.
"Staff Officer Xu, I'm a reporter from the Beijing News, I want to ask, which faction does your army belong to? Northeast Army? **? Or some other faction? A female reporter asked at the press conference.
"Our Iron Army is not an army of any faction, our team was formed by our Commander Dong, and our purpose is to protect our country from bullying and our people can live and work in peace and contentment." Xu Feng said on the podium in a straight military uniform.
"Hello, I'm a reporter from Huaxia Daily, may I ask what are the results of your army's battle this time? Have you met your expectations? ”
"Our goal in this battle has basically been achieved, you have also seen, now Harbin has been completely controlled by us, in this battle we eliminated more than 10,000 Japanese puppet soldiers, including more than 7,000 Japanese troops, in addition to we also captured the Japanese major general Hasebe Tetsu, dozens of other junior generals."
"You Hu! General Hasebe is already loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, so how can he be captured by you? Just after Xu Feng finished, a young man with eyes in the press gallery suddenly stood up and said angrily.
"Sir, I hope you will obey the order of our venue, or I will order my soldiers to invite you out." Xu Feng said with a slight anger.
"I'm sorry, I'm a little too excited, I'm a reporter from the daily newspaper, we got the news that General Hasebe Teru has died in the line of duty, how could he suddenly be captured by you?" The young reporter said.
"We will hold this press conference in an open manner, and we will not deliberately spread rumors, since you don't believe it, then I can let you see." Xu Feng finished waving his hand to the backstage, and the two soldiers escorted Hasebe to the front of the stage.
Dong Lei knew that someone would question the news, so as soon as he saw it, he asked Xu Feng to take the Hasebe photo over. Hasebe Teru's face was decadent, his hair was fluffy, and he no longer had the majesty of a general.
Teruichi Hasebe was escorted out, and all the reporters frantically pressed the shutter, and they all wanted to record this moment, because it was a big news in China at that time.
As soon as the newspaper was issued, the whole country began to boil, and everyone saw that the invincible devils were not a perennial army, they would also be defeated, and a major general was captured, which was a great shame for the Kwantung Army.
Up to now, the devil's strategic attempt has completely failed, thousands of puppet troops have been captured in Qiqihar, and the casualties in Harbin and various blocking battles have reached more than 7,000, which is an astonishing number in the eyes of the Kwantung Army Command, think about the occupation of Jilin, Liaoning, Jinzhou and other places It was only taken down with less than 1,000 casualties, but only this Heilongjiang lost so many soldiers, and the Kwantung Army was obviously a naked failure.
After the defeat, the Japanese Cabinet and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately seized the handle to exert pressure on the Kwantung Army, telling them to exercise restraint and not expand the war any longer, and another important reason was that the Soviet Union had already issued a serious warning to Japan, because the Japanese army's fighting in Heilongjiang seriously affected the interests of the Soviet Union in North Manchuria, so in order to avoid war with the Soviet Union, the devils withdrew their troops to South Manchuria, and there was a rare time of peace in the Heilongjiang region.
The defeat in Harbin directly led to the dismissal of the commander of the Kwantung Army, Shigeru Honjo, and the 64-year-old Nobuyoshi Muto succeeded Shigeru Honjo as commander of the Kwantung Army, and concurrently served as the head of the Kwantung Agency and the plenipotentiary ambassador to the puppet state of Manchukuo, realizing the so-called "trinity" colonial rule of Japanese imperialism in northeast China. This Muto Nobuyoshi, who has the nickname of "Taciturn General" in the Japanese army, has three positions and has become the emperor of the puppet Manchukuo who is full of words and power.
After the matter in Harbin was almost dealt with, Dong Lei immediately got up and rushed back to Qiqihar, and Ma Zhanshan stayed in Harbin to manage. Dong Lei is most worried about Zhang Yi now, after he was rescued by Wang Erniu, he was directly sent back to Qiqihar for treatment.
Zhang Yi was arranged to be treated in Dr. Peter's hospital, Dong Lei did not return to his residence when he returned to Qiqihar, he went directly to the hospital to visit Zhang Yi, and dozens of planes were seized.
"Commander Dong ......"
When the soldiers standing guard at the door of Zhang Yi's ward saw Dong Lei, they immediately saluted and planned to say hello, but they were stopped by Dong Lei, and Dong Lei planned to surprise Zhang Yi.
Dong Lei opened the door of the ward softly and saw Zhang Yi lying on the bed, and there was a girl next to the bed who was feeding Zhang Yi something, but because the girl was facing away from Dong Lei, he didn't know who this woman was.
"Lao Zhang, are you living a very nourishing life? And beautiful women to feed! Dong Lei pushed open the door and said with a thief smile.
"Ahh ......" Hearing Dong Lei's voice, the girl screamed in fright, immediately stood up, and put the dishes and chopsticks aside.
After the girl stood up, Dong Lei saw that this girl was none other than Lei Ling'er, whom he rescued in Fengtian.
Lei Ling'er didn't know if it was because of shyness or for some reason, she tugged at the corners of her clothes with both hands, lowered her head and blushed