Mukden, the headquarters of the Japanese Kwantung Army

Fengtian has many names, from Fangcheng in the earliest Spring and Autumn War Period to Houcheng in the Western Han Dynasty, from Shenzhou in the Tang Dynasty to Shenyang in the Ming Dynasty. Later, in the early Qing Dynasty, after Nurhachi snatched Shenyang from the weak Ming Dynasty, Nurhachi's son Huang Taiji renamed it Shengjing in order to show his achievements in conquering the surrounding ten miles and eight towns, and then after the death of Huang Taiji, his son Emperor Shunzhi suddenly felt that his own Lao Tzu was too uneducated to take the name too ugly, so he changed his name to Fengtian with a big brain, and it has continued until now. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As one of the most important cities in Northeast China, Mukden's development has been relatively slow. This is mainly due to the fact that the Manchurians were afraid that the Han people would come to their own capital to disturb the "stable" life of the Manchurians after they settled in the Central Plains, and under the pretext that Manchuria was a "land of dragon prosperity", they issued a very unreasonable decree that did not allow the Han people in the Guanwai to live and live outside the Guan.

It stands to reason that after hundreds of years of development, Mukden should be very prosperous, but the Manchurians made their home by hunting wild boars, and it is not ambiguous for you to let them kill people and set fire to them, but to let them build it is to kill them, so although it has been so long, Mukden is still no different from hundreds of years ago.

Later, at the end of the 19th century, the Russians and the Japanese invariably took a fancy to the fertile land of Manchuria, and the two countries fought in Manchuria without the consent of their masters. The Manchu court was anxious when it saw it, how could you rob me of my things, so I wanted to dissuade it, but I was slapped several times by the more unreasonable Russians and Japanese, and after the slap, the Manchu court was overturned to the ground and stepped on a few feet, and then spit a few mouthfuls in the face of the Manchu court, and then the Manchu court lost all face.

After being beaten, his nose and face were swollen and he was so angry that he cried, and immediately wanted to find someone to fight with the Russians. But at this time, they were shocked to find that there was no one. Thanks to the brain-opening policy of their ancestors, the population of the entire Manchuria at this time was less than one million, you must know that after the Manchus moved into the Central Plains, everyone who had a little ability went to the Central Plains to eat hardcore crops, and they were still willing to stay in this ice and snow to suffer.

Even elementary school students know that if they want to fight with someone, they have to have someone, and no one still farts, and the Manchu court, which was worried, finally opened the ban on Han people from outside the border. As soon as the ban was lifted, countless Han people in the pass flocked to it, and in just a few decades, more than 30 million Han people in the pass poured into the territory of Manchuria again, which is how the term "Guandong" came from.

After more than half a century of development, today's Fengtian has become a large city with a population of nearly one million, especially commendable that it also has a lot of heavy industries that are rare in China today, among which the arsenal built by Zhang Zuolin had more than 30,000 workers in its heyday, and its scale can be called the largest in the country, and the city is also regarded by the Japanese as the foundation of Japan in China.

Qiu Laogen was a shoe-mending and shoe-shiner at the lowest level in Fengtian City, and every morning he would pick up his family and even set up a stall on Taiping Street, north of Fengtian. Due to the proximity to the Fengtian Palace, so the flow of people here is very large, and the business of people coming and going every day is not bad, with the craft of mending shoes, Qiu Laogen has been pulling the only son in the family for more than ten years and letting them go to school, but what Qiu Disheng can't understand is that his son is becoming more and more resistant to going to school. Originally, Qiu Laogen wanted to find a time to train this bastard well, but the atmosphere in Fengtian City seemed to have suddenly become a little tense in the past few days, and even his business was affected, so he didn't care about it.

Today, as soon as Qiu Laogen came home from the stall, he saw his sixteen-year-old son Qiu Zesheng rushing in from outside like a whirlwind, and shouted loudly as soon as he entered the house: "Dad, have you heard?" The national army is about to fight...... Woowoo woo ......"

Before Qiu Zesheng finished speaking, he was covered by Qiu Laogen, "You bastard, you dare to openly spread rumors, and if you hear it from the imperial army, you will be beheaded!" ”

Qiu Zesheng broke free of his own Lao Tzu's palm, and said unconvinced: "Dad, I didn't spread rumors, this is true, it has been spread all over our school in private!" Our classmates have all said that the national army that came this time is the Third Army led by Commander Su Jin, you know Commander Su, he is our Huaxia this! Qiu Zesheng stretched out a thumbs up as he spoke, "You don't know, it is said that every time he fights with Ri himself, he will cut off their heads and then build them into a Jingguan, so the little devil is most afraid of him......"

"Smack......

Before Qiu Zesheng finished speaking, he slapped Qiu Laogen, and Qiu Laogen, who was so frightened that his face turned pale, pointed at his son tremblingly and scolded: "You rebel, don't you want to die?" You dare to say this kind of thing, you want to kill our whole family? ”

"Daddy...... I just don't talk nonsense! ”

"You ......"

Qiu Laogen, who was trembling with anger, raised his arm again and was ready to hit someone, but seeing his son's stubborn look, his heart suddenly softened. It's just that this time Qiu Zesheng's words are too scary, if it gets out, the lives of the two fathers and sons will be in jeopardy.

Seeing his own Lao Tzu trembling with anger, Qiu Zesheng also regretted it a little, he knelt down with a puff, and said to Qiu Laogen: "Dad, it's your son who is not filial, and he makes you angry, if you are still angry, you can beat your son again." ”

"Alas......"

Seeing Qiu Zesheng's appearance, how could Qiu Laogen still be able to do it. He sighed, walked to the only chair in the middle of the room and sat down, he looked at Qiu Zesheng, who was still standing in front of him with his head held high, and said: "Child, your mother died early, and it was not easy for your father to pull you with a handful of and urine, and I finally saw that you were a little promising, and in recent years, I have also gone to the school to study, and when you finish reading, you can also go to the business bank to find a job in settling accounts, but what about you?" There is such a good opportunity but I don't know how to cherish it, and I still ask about those messy things all day long, do you know that if this is known by the day I himself, I will cut off my head! ”

Seeing Qiu Laogen's angry look, Qiu Zesheng was also anxious, and said with his neck even more up: "Dad, you don't know." What did I teach in those days? We are obviously Chinese, why are we called Chengzhou citizens by them? In school, we are not even allowed to speak Chinese, and all we are taught in school are Japanese and Japanese, and we can't even sing our Han songs, you tell me, why is this? ”

"This ......"

How could Qiu Laogen, who didn't know a single word, know these truths, and was asked by his son for a while. After a long time, he said in a whisper; "Anyway, I don't care, I just know that if you don't study, you won't be productive in the future, and if you don't have any interest, you will only be a shoeshine for the rest of your life like your father, is it possible that you also want to follow your father's old path?"

"Daddy......" Qiu Ze was anxious, he was about to continue to distinguish, but was stopped by Qiu Laogen, only to see Qiu Laogen say in an unquestionable tone: "Listen, from tomorrow, you must go to school every day, if you dare not go, see that I don't break your legs!" After speaking, Qiu Laogen walked quickly to his house.

The matter of Qiu Laogen's family is nothing more than a small matter in Mukden City, which has millions of people, but now a big thing is beginning to weigh on Umezu Mijiro's head.

The news of the dismal attack of the 9th Division, the 119th Division, and the 135th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade spread quickly, and the Kwantung Army Headquarters that received the news was as if it was overpowered by dark clouds, and the whole atmosphere almost froze. Two divisions and a mixed brigade were severely damaged, this is still the biggest loss suffered by the Kwantung Army since its creation, this loss even exceeds the Battle of Nomenkan, and the most important thing is that Jinzhou is only more than 200 kilometers away from Fengtian, if Su Jin wants to, it only takes two days to lead the army to Fengtian, if Fengtian is lost, the consequences will be too serious.

Since receiving the news of the total defeat of his troops, Umezu Mijiro has been standing in front of the wall and staring at the map for more than five hours, but he has no intention of sitting down. On the desk behind him was a food box, which had been heated several times by the orderlies, but there was still no sign of it.

The Deputy Chief of Staff, Major General Junhisa Ikeda, and several staff officers stood behind Umezu Mijiro and wanted to say something, but they did not dare to say anything. They all know that the current Umezu Mijiro is a powder keg that will explode at a moment, and no one wants to go up and touch this mold.

A sound of footsteps sounded, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadachi, walked in, and saw that Junhisa Ikeda and the others were just standing behind Mijiro Umezu in a daze, and no one dared to say anything, his brows couldn't help but frown secretly, he walked up to Junhisa Ikeda and the others and asked solemnly, "What's the matter with you, why hasn't Your Excellency the Commander eaten yet?" ”

A staff officer said with a ashamed face: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, we have already persuaded you, but Your Excellency the Commander is not too late, and we have no choice!" ”

"Incompetent!"

Yoshimoto Sadachi snorted coldly, and then walked behind Umezu Mijiro and said loudly: "Your Excellency Commander, there is news from the Ninth Division and the 119th Division!" ”

"What?"

Hearing this, Umezu Mijiro, who had been standing for several hours, suddenly turned his head to look at Yoshimoto Sadachi, and his eyes seemed to shoot a fine light: "Yoshimoto-kun, how are the 9th Division and the 119th Division now?" ”

Seeing that the commander who hadn't spoken for several hours turned around because of Yoshimoto's words, the staff officers behind him couldn't help but secretly admire, worthy of being the chief of staff.

Yoshimoto Sadachi said respectfully: "Your Excellency, the Ninth Division has now withdrawn to Panjin, while the 119th Division has withdrawn to Liaoyang. Higuchi Jiichiro (commander of the 90th Regiment) and Shiozawa Kiyonobu (commander of the 119th Division) were both fine, but the losses of their troops were very large, especially the 119th Division, which continued to lose all its baggage and artillery, and even the number of people was less than 3,000 left, and the 9th Division was better, but there were less than 10,000 people left. As for the mixed 135th Brigade, there is no news so far. ”

"Bang!" A thud sounded, and Umezu Mijiro slammed his fist on the table.

"Bagaya deer, incompetent...... Waste, two divisions plus a brigade, adding up to 50,000 or 60,000 troops, can't even defeat the two divisions of the Zhiren, why don't the bastards Jiichiro Higuchi and Kiyonobu Shiozawa go to disembowelment? ”

Seeing that the commander was furious, the staff officers next to him were silent and did not dare to speak, Yoshimoto Sadachi and Ikeda Junhisa were pretending to be dead dogs, after Yoshijiu Umezu Mijiro's anger gradually subsided, reason returned to him, he thought for a long time before saying: "The Ninth Division, the 119th Division and the mixed 135th Brigade have been defeated one after another, which is extremely unfavorable to us, I estimate that Su Jin's next goal must be Mukden, I want to ask you, if Su Jin leads the army to attack Mukden, what should we do?" ”

When Ikeda Junhisa heard this, he was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, Commander, Mukden is the foundation of the empire in Manchuria, and we must not afford to lose it, I suggest that we immediately mobilize troops from Heilongjiang, Jilin, and even Rehe Province, and we must destroy this Su Jin, otherwise we will be even more passive when their reinforcements arrive." ”

"No, now our main force is confronting the Soviets in the Hulunbuir area, what if too many troops are transferred back and the Soviets take the opportunity to launch a counteroffensive?" Immediately, a staff officer questioned this.

"Don't worry about that." It seems that Junhisa Ikeda has done his homework, and he confidently says: "Now that the Soviets are fighting the Germans, and although they won the Battle of Moscow, it was only a disastrous victory at best, and it is said that the Germans have now received new reinforcements and are preparing to continue the attack on the Soviets. ”

"Hmm!"

Hearing this, Umezu Mijiro also nodded, Ikeda's words are indeed reasonable, don't look at the previous Kwantung Army and the Soviet Army fought to the death at Nomenkan, but once there are common interests, these two countries can definitely let go of their previous grievances, this has nothing to do with emotions, only interests.

"Good!" Umezu Mijiro nodded heavily: "I will immediately send a report to the base camp and ask him to immediately send someone to contact the Soviets, and the two sides will sign a non-aggression pact, even if it is only for a year or two, it will be good, and we can take the opportunity to free up our hands to eliminate this Su Jin!" ”

"Hay!"