Lin Junxiong received Diao Yongyun's news about Kinoshita Tengxiu's possible Soviet Union sending troops to the Northeast from Mizunuma Hongta, he brought Qiao Xinyu and Shen Yushan and others, and several people discussed and determined that this possibility was extremely great, thinking of the fact that the Soviet Red Army sent troops to Northeast China in real history, which was secretly obtained by Britain and the United States and other countries on the condition of foreign ****, and he also suddenly realized the intention of the Kuomintang to exaggerate the new First Army and himself.

Lin Junxiong pondered in his heart what to do if the Soviet Red Army suddenly entered the northeast when fighting the Kwantung Army, defending the territory and protecting the territory, it would inevitably fight against the Soviet Union, so that the party would lose the support of the Soviet Union and become struggling internationally; Compromise and concession will cause the party's newly acquired popular support in the northeast to face a serious test, and if the KMT is given an opportunity to buy the hearts and minds of the people, it will fail to turn the northeast into another bastion of the party.

"What a poisonous conspiracy, the country is weak and being bullied!" Lin Junxiong's sudden feeling made Qiao Xinyu and several people look at him in surprise.

Lin Junxiong sighed and said slowly: "I just received news that the Soviet Union may send troops to the Northeast because of some secret interest transactions with Britain and the United States and other countries. ”

"What role did Lao Jiang play in the middle? Could it be that he is a traitor? Qiao Xinyu asked with a deep frown.

"Lao Chiang shouldn't be able to betray the country, but he can't influence the decisions of Britain and the United States, but since he vigorously played up the New First Army before, it shows that he is in the know, but he is powerless to change it."

"The Soviet Union dares to send troops across the border, and our new army has nothing to fear, just beat them out, we are not afraid of nearly a million Kwantung Army, are we still afraid of the Soviet Red Army?" Shen Yushan stood up angrily and said.

Lin Junxiong shook his head and said: "Yushan, the new army is the party's army, and it should put the interests of the party first, and the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression should end in more than a year. Lao Chiang has been active in the United States in the past few years, just to win the support of the United States and Britain and other big powers, while the Soviet Union has supported our party out of its own interests. If, because of a momentary whim, the Soviet Union does not support our party at that time, then we will be isolated in the international arena. ”

Qiao Xinyu also gloomed, and said in embarrassment: "As long as the Soviet Red Army enters our country, no matter what the purpose, the Kuomintang will definitely not let go of this opportunity to attack our party, and it is very likely that the new First Army and you will be pushed to the cusp, and the Party Central Committee will be in a dilemma at that time, and if it advances, it will offend the Soviet Union, and if it retreats, it will lose the hearts of the people in Northeast China." ”

"What a poisonous conspiracy!" After listening to Lin Junxiong and Qiao Xinyu's analysis, Shen Yushan sat down on the chair with unwillingness in his eyes.

Several people fell silent, thinking about how to solve this crisis, and after a long time, Lin Junxiong stood up and said: "The previous plan for the Eastern Expedition and the Western Expedition remains unchanged, first truthfully remit the situation to the Party Central Committee, as for whether the Soviet Union really sent troops regardless of morality, and then think of countermeasures, I believe that there will be a way before the car reaches the mountain, and we will definitely be able to think of a way." ”

Fang Yun and Zeng Lingshan, who had not said a word, shook their heads with a wry smile, and saw that Lin Junxiong seemed to have a countermeasure in his heart, and nodded firmly.

"Old Joe, the news that the Soviet Union may send troops to the northeast is temporarily closed, one is that after all, it has not happened yet, and the other is that this will hit the morale of the troops. Order all columns to be in place as soon as possible in accordance with the previous deployment, and fully launch the liquidation of the remnants of the Kwantung Army in the northeast on April 1! ”

On March 31, 1944, each column was deployed at the designated position in accordance with the plan of the Eastern Expedition and the Western Expedition, and the first and second columns arrived near Dehui County; The fourth vertical reaches Yilan County; The third column is stationed on the border between China and North Korea; The fifth vertical went all the way to the west and occupied Tieling County; the sixth column through Qingyuan County to capture Benxi County; The garrison headquarters was deployed north of Changchun to prevent a surprise attack by Japanese troops in the direction of Rehe.

The new first army attacked with all its might, and a big war was about to break out.

The defense of Shenyang was in charge of the Arthur Fortress Command, and the commander, Lieutenant General Taro Komanhara, immediately went to reinforcements with a division after receiving the discovery of abnormalities everywhere in the direction of Shenyang.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the intelligence shows that the fifth column of the new First Army has reached Tieling, and the sixth column of the new first army has also reached Benxi, our strength in Shenyang is only two divisions, I have ordered two divisions in Lushun and Dalian to rush to reinforcements, for the sake of the empire's rule in the northeast, I hope you will go all out!"

Komanhara Taro applauded and cheered for the officers on both sides, but in fact, he didn't have any confidence in his heart, in the pseudo-Tonghua Battle and the Changchun Offensive and Defensive Battle, the new army was inferior to the elite Kwantung Army, but they all won the victory. However, the Mizunuma Hongtai Division, which came from Lushun to reinforce it, was put together with reserve troops, and what made him even more worried was that the 60th Division that rushed from Dalian was the old department of Mizunuma Hongta, and he didn't know if there would be any accidents in the middle.

"Report, urgent information from the intelligence agencies!" A Japanese captain officer hurriedly ran in.

Komanhara Taro took the information, just look at it and his heart was cold, he crumpled the information in his hand, as soon as the news came out, it was estimated that the officers present would be completely desperate, he cheered for the officers again, and then ordered everyone to go out and prepare.

When everyone was finished, Komanhara Taro sat on his chair in despair, and the information just sent showed that the Chinese Kuomintang navy had quietly set out from Tianjin and was now marching in the direction of Dalian, and the Kuomintang army in the Hebei battlefield also had an advantage, and now the two group armies had driven straight to the vicinity of Jinzhou.

The Kuomintang army came from the west and tried to blockade the sea, considering that the imperial navy was almost all concentrated in the Pacific theater, if the Kuomintang navy blocked from the sea, the strength of the five divisions of the Arthur Chengsai headquarters would face an encirclement situation.

It is obviously unwise to survive in the cracks, and what the New First Army is best at is to win more with less, not to mention that this time there are many Kuomintang troops of nearly 200,000 behind it. Sow discord, let the CCP and Kuomintang troops pinch each other, and then sit back and reap the benefits of the fishermen?

But at present, the three northeastern provinces are like a piece of fat, the CCP has occupied a large area, and the Kuomintang army must also want to occupy some favorable places, so as to enter a nail for the future battle in the northeast, and Shenyang has become an excellent place. Considering the current situation, the Kuomintang should not turn its face with the CCP for the time being, and will only make every effort to open the gap from the direction of Dalian and Lushun, so as to force the New First Army to retreat.

After much thought, Komanhara Taro decided to call the War Department, requesting that he withdraw from the north of Shenyang to Rehe Province and join forces with the Rehe garrison to defend with all his might. The War Department quickly telegraphed back, telling him that if the ports of Dalian and Arthur were lost, the garrisons in the northeast and Rehe would completely isolate the monument, and that he would hold out with all his might for ten days, and that the War Department was sending four divisions in Hokkaido to help.

Komanhara Taro was desperate, he proposed a strategy to retreat to Rehe, and he himself knew that it was to bring the troops into a heavy encirclement, but to retreat to the sea, one ship was not enough, and the other was very likely to fall into the mouth of the Kuomintang navy, and the only way to survive at the moment was to withdraw to Rehe.

Looking at the order of the War Department, he covered his head in pain and held on for ten days? Under the attack from both sides, it is estimated that it will not be able to hold on for three days, not to mention that Hokkaido has to pass the blockade of the Soviet Union and the Kuomintang Navy at sea, how easy it is to say, ten days is just a comfort, the Northeast has reached such a situation, and the empire still hopes for victory in the Pacific Theater and hopes to regain control of the Northeast.

He shook his head, rushing to his end to come, to stabilize his emotions, he sang war songs, sorted out his clothes, he was going to fight for the glory of the Imperial soldiers, the last battle!

On April 1, just as dawn dawned, the fortifications in the northeast of Shenyang's periphery were heavily attacked, followed by a heavy attack on the east.

Komanhara Taro sat in his office all night and didn't sleep all night, and when he heard the rumbling of artillery in the distance, he knew that the time had come to fight for the Empire, and when a call for help from the fortifications came, he got up and rushed to reinforcements with a division.

On the way forward, Komanhara Taro closed his eyes tightly, he even hoped that the first to attack was the Kuomintang army, so that he could attack with all his strength, and maybe there was hope of victory, but against the new First Army, he was not sure, a fifth column ate four elite divisions of the Kwantung Army in Weiyuan Fort, not to mention his current two divisions.

The car stopped suddenly, and Taro Komanhara opened his eyes, and the communications corps reported that the outer fortifications to the north and northeast had been lost, and the two defender wings were all shattered. Half an hour, the two wings held out for less than half an hour, what kind of troops are these two?

Komanhara Taro froze for a long time, and it was not until two huge explosions exploded at the front troops that he came back to his senses and hurriedly ordered the troops to immediately withdraw to the city of Shenyang.

Wang Bangzi took more than a dozen people to Shenyang City this time to connect with the underground party comrades in the city, and after getting the deployment map of the devils in the city, he and several underground party comrades wanted to find an opportunity to attack the devils' troops, so that the devils in the city were panicked.

The group was looking for a target everywhere, and accidentally found that the devil's army was marching outside the city, and when they heard the sound of artillery outside the city, Wang Bangzi knew that the army's attack had begun, so they immediately took a shortcut and went around to the front, and arranged two grenade explosions, wanting to stop the time for the devil's rescue.

Wang Bangzi waited for nearly ten minutes, and found that the devil stopped moving, thinking that the actions of himself and others were exposed, and then ordered to detonate, and then retreated with more than a dozen people, and after running dozens of meters, a soldier said strangely: "Hey, why did the devil hear the explosion and retreat frantically to the city?" ”

Wang Bangzi turned his head suspiciously, and found that the devil troops were really rushing towards the city, he stopped and thought about it, and suddenly laughed and said: "Haha, it must be the outer fortifications occupied by us, go, go back to the troops!" ”

Back in Shenyang City, the frightened Komanhara Taro called the signal soldier and asked him to ask where Mizunuma Kota and the 60th Division had arrived. Soon the communications sent the news that made him even more desperate, that Hirota Mizunuma had gone to the headquarters of Arthur City Fortress with the 60th Division, and hinted that the defeat of the empire was a foregone conclusion, and that he would no longer accept his orders.

Komanhara Taro was not angry, but muttered calmly: "The defeat of the empire is a foregone conclusion, you know, I don't know, but now, do we have a way out?" It's over, it's really over! ”