"Let's ...... Please let me ...... for the trouble"

In the corridor on the third floor of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, Toshio Nishimura, the head of the second section of the intelligence room, was trotting in a hurry. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Nishimura Toshio Nakasa hurriedly walked outside the battle hall and pushed open the door, Nishimura Toshio saw the commander General Umezu Mijiro following and the deputy chief of staff, Major General Junhisa Ikeda, bowing his head and saying something, he immediately ran towards the two of them quickly, and before he could run to him, he said loudly: "Your Excellency Commander, something is wrong!" ”

"Yaga!" Less than half a month after Junhisa Ikeda took office, it was just when the new official took office for three fires, and when he saw Nishimura Toshio like this, he couldn't help but be furious, and shouted angrily: "Nishimura-kun, look at what you look like, you don't have any imperial military appearance, haven't you studied military appearance courses at the Army University?" ”

"Hay!" Toshio Nishimura was also startled, and hurriedly stood up and saluted, "I'm really sorry, I was rude." I have just received an urgent telegram from Peiping, and I am anxious to send it to Commander Umezu, I beg your pardon! ”

"Oh, you mean I'm wrong about you?" When Major General Junhisa Ikeda heard this, he not only did not lose his breath, but even frowned, and his face began to darken.

Nishimura Toshio knew at a glance that it was bad, although the deputy chief of staff in front of him had just arrived, everyone in the headquarters knew his temper, he was not only a small belly but also very face-saving, and his words just now must have been mistaken by him for using the commander to pressure him. Needless to say, the taste of being remembered by the deputy chief of staff will definitely make people want to die.

Toshio Nishimura, whose face turned a little pale with fright, just wanted to apologize, but Umezu Mijiro spoke on the side. I saw him wave his hand, and Hu Ken said impatiently, "Okay, Ikeda-kun, Nishimura-kun didn't mean it, I think forget it." Nishimura-kun, what is it that makes you so flustered? ”

Seeing Umezu Mijiro speak, Junhisa Ikeda, who originally wanted to take the opportunity to attack, shut up stupidly. Toshio Nishimura also breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, Beiping and Jiangsu have sent urgent telegrams at the same time, and Beiping and Jiangsu have observed a large number of planes taking off from Hangzhou and Zhongtiao Mountain at the same time, and they are flying in the northeast direction across Beiping and Shanghai, and the intelligence department predicts that it is very likely that these planes are coming at us!" ”

"A large number of planes?"

"How many are they?"

Umezu Mijiro and Junhisa Ikeda looked at each other and asked in almost unison.

Nishimura Toshio swallowed his spit and said, "The intelligence department expects the number to be at least five...... Five hundred. ”

"Five hundred!"

Although Junhisa Ikeda usually pays attention to his personal appearance and military form, he can't help but shout out of shape when he hears this. Five hundred planes, if such a huge number of planes came towards Mukden, it would be enough to raze the entire Mukden to the ground, thinking of this, he couldn't help but shout: "Hurry up...... Immediately mobilize aviation and hurry up to intercept the group of planes in China! ”

The surrounding staff officers saw that Junhisa Ikeda was so out of shape, and although they didn't say anything, they couldn't help but feel a little contempt for the new chief of staff. On weekdays, he always shows the appearance of a military model, but as soon as there is a situation, he is the first to coax, such a person can only be called a wax-headed silver gun at best, and the role of a face.

Even Umezu Mijiro couldn't help but shake his head secretly, he thought for a while before shaking his head and said: "The target of the Chinese people's plane will not be us, it will not do them any good to blow up Mukden, their target should be the Ninth Division." ”

"The Ninth Division?"

"Hiss......"

Everyone couldn't help but gasp, now the Ninth Division is fighting fiercely with the troops led by Su Jin in Huludao, if it is suddenly attacked by hundreds of aircraft, even a fool knows what the consequences are, and the Ninth Division will really be unlucky.

After Umezu Mijiro finished speaking, he gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Someone, immediately notify the Ninth Division, immediately stop the attack, disengage from the Chinese army in Huludao, and then immediately hide!" ”

After giving this order, Umezu Mijiro couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I hope this order is not too late, and the Ninth Division can escape this catastrophe." ”

Umezu Mijiro's hunch was correct, and less than a few minutes after he gave the order, another urgent telegram from Huludao was delivered to him, this telegram was only a short sentence: "The China airfield has been repaired, our division has been strafed and bombed by China aircraft, and has suffered heavy losses, and now it is no longer possible to continue to attack the Su Jin Division, request urgent tactical guidance!" ”

Umezu Mijiro, who saw this telegram, fell into a stupor, and he held the telegram in his hand and said stupidly: "The Ninth Division is going to be defeated!"

Yes, the 9th Division was defeated, and it was still badly placed. After repairing the airfield, it has been stranded at the airfield for more than a week, and the two squadrons of shrewd fighters and P47 fighters that have long been out of their breath can't wait to rush into the sky, and the eagles loaded with ammunition have sprinkled all the gas they have received in the past few days towards the Ninth Division, and one after another heavy bombs mixed with incendiary bombs continue to fall on the heads of the Japanese troops, and the Ninth Division, which was still violently attacking the airfield, was almost wiped out.

"Boom ......"

Huge fireballs erupted, and rows of mules, horses, trucks, and material hoards were mercilessly torn apart and thrown at the temporary garrison of the Ninth Division, and the detonated ammunition caused even greater martyrdom, mixed with the cries and screams of countless people, the doctors and nurses of the field hospital in surprise.

Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi, who got the news, hurried up a hill under the escort of the guards and looked towards the explosion point, only to see a ball of fire rising into the sky with thick smoke, mixed with exclamations and screams, seeing a soldier running around and fleeing for his life being engulfed in flames, and finally turned into a ball of burning fire, the man struggled to the ground and finally turned into a charred corpse motionless, Higuchi Kiichiro's heart was like being twisted by a knife.

"What should I do? Your Excellency, Division Commander, what should we do? A staff officer on the side pulled Higuchi Kiichiro and cried bitterly.

"Smack!" A crisp sound sounded, and the staff officer was slapped by Yoshiyoshi Akiyama, the commander of the 6th Brigade, who had been silent.

"Yaga, you idiot. Is there a way for you to pull the division commander like this, now our biggest problem is not to rescue the wounded, but to immediately withdraw the troops in front, otherwise the 18th brigade in front will be finished! ”

As if waking up a person in a dream with a word, Kiichiro Higuchi also said loudly as if he had just woken up from a big dream: "Yes...... Yes, call Jing Shuxuanshi immediately and ask him to withdraw immediately, otherwise it will be too late! ”

Although Higuchi Jiichiro didn't explain what he meant by being too late, everyone knew the subtext of this sentence. If the group of planes in the sky is allowed to strafe and bomb like this, let alone take the airport, I am afraid that it will be a question of whether it can retreat in its entirety. The Chinese people on the opposite side were too ruthless, and the weapons they threw were all heavy bombs, and the lightest bombs were all 100 kilograms, not to mention that such bombs fell to the ground, and for soldiers who did not have good cover within a radius of 100 meters, there were absolutely no people and animals left.

Higuchi Jiichiro's order was issued in a timely manner, and when the 18th Brigade withdrew, which had suffered heavy losses, the troops of tens of thousands of people had already lost 30%, and when Jing Shuxuanshi withdrew under the escort of several guards, Higuchi Jiichiro could hardly bear him.

At this time, Jing Shuxuanshi has long since lost the high-spirited appearance when he set off this morning, the original neat military uniform has long since turned to earth gray, and his face is also full of dust, and the whole person is almost wilting and has to rely on the support of two soldiers to act, this appearance is as miserable as it gets. When he saw Higuchi Jiichiro, his eyes immediately turned red, and he said to Higuchi Jiichiro in a trembling voice. "Your Excellency, Division Commander, the airport of the people of China has been repaired, and we ...... We're defeated...... Woo woo...... "Speaking of this, Jing Shuxuan finally cried bitterly.

Seeing a man who was so proud on weekdays crying loudly in front of him, Higuchi Jiichiro and the staff officer next to him all felt a trace of compassion, but Higuchi Jiichiro, who had been in battle for a long time, did not soften because of this, and saw him say coldly: "Jing Shujun, the appearance of the Shina fighter is too sudden, which we did not expect in advance, but this does not become a reason for your defeat, although the airport of the Shina people has been repaired, you now hurry up and withdraw the troops for rest." Wait until after dark to launch an attack on the Shina position, and you must knock down the Shina airfield for me! ”

"Nani, attack tonight?"

Jing Shuxuan was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately realized Higuchi Jiichiro's plan. It is worthy of His Excellency the division commander, it was reflected so quickly, after the airport of the Chinese people was repaired, it became their home field during the day, as long as the Japanese army launched an attack, it would be bombed indiscriminately by the opponent's aircraft, and only at night could the best time to attack.

"Yo Xi!" Jing Shuxuan hurriedly bowed to Higuchi Jiichiro, and was about to go down to arrange things, but another staff officer hurriedly ran over and handed a telegram to Higuchi Jiichiro, Higuchi Jiichiro's pretended calm face could no longer be suppressed, and he threw the telegram on the ground and scolded: "Yaga, damn the Shina people, the incompetent army aviation, all damn it!" ”

Seeing that Kiichiro Higuchi suddenly became angry, the people around him were a little confused. Even Jing Shuxuanshi and Akiyama Yoshiyo, who are a little uneasy on weekdays, both glanced at each other, and both saw the doubts in each other's eyes. In the end, it was Jing Shuxuanshi who took the lead in bending down and picking up the telegram on the ground, but he was stunned when he saw it, and muttered: "Five...... Five hundred planes? ”

"What five hundred planes?" Akiyama Yoshiyoshi poked his head over suspiciously, but at a glance, his reaction was also as stunned as Jing Shuxuan, the content of this telegram was only one point, that is, the Kwantung Army Headquarters urgently notified that the Third Army had dispatched about 500 planes from Hangzhou, Zhongtiao Mountain and other areas to fly towards Manchuria, and it was estimated that the target was their Ninth Division, and after seeing this news, they were all stunned.

At this time, even Akiyama Yoshiyoshi was anxious: "Your Excellency the division commander, we can't continue to stay here, for the safety of the ninth division, we still have to follow the orders of the headquarters to retreat, otherwise we won't be able to leave even if we want to when the plane arrives!" ”

The surrounding staff officers also surrounded at this time, and when they saw this telegram, even the most stubborn people knew that it was impossible to continue to capture the airport. These 500 planes are certainly not only bombers and fighter planes, but must be mixed with a lot of transport planes, and when these transport planes bring in a steady stream of troops, but important material resources, the Ninth Division, no matter how brave it is, will not be able to defeat this unit with a steady stream of supplies, after all, this force has already proved its combat effectiveness to them in the past week.

"Retreat, you can't wait any longer, otherwise it will be too late to wait until the arrival of the brigade in China!" Although the Ninth Division was a rare unit with strong combat effectiveness in the Japanese army, but under the repeated bombing and strafing of dozens of fighters, the originally orderly retreat finally turned into a rout, and groups of Japanese troops began to scatter in the fields, and a piece of artillery and a pile of baggage were also randomly discarded on the side of the road.

Higuchi Kiichiro was stuffed into a sedan by the staff officers and guards, and then the sedan fled in the direction of Mukden with the rout, and Higuchi Kiichiro, who was sitting in the car, looked at the piles of corpses and fragments lying on both sides of the road on the side of the road, and even the puddles next to them were floating with broken corpses. From time to time, there were broken scraps from trucks, and gasoline in the fuel tanks was burning everywhere.

The puddles on both sides of the road were still churning in the burning gasoline, the scorching and suffocating scorching smell of rubber objects, the sky began to flutter with the slightest raindrops, falling on the water surface to form blisters, the broken glass slags all over the ground emitted a bright white light under the reflection of the firelight, and the red plasma liquid attached to the wreckage of the messy objects on the ground could be vaguely seen, and the gasoline in the puddles next to it was still burning enthusiastically, and the flames were fiddling with the night wind that swept across the water.

Looking at all this on the side of the road, Higuchi Jiichiro looked gloomy with resentment and unwillingness, this battle was really too bad, after four days of fighting, the Ninth Division not only suffered nearly half of the casualties, but also did not even take a position of the enemy on the opposite side, which can be called the most painful battle since entering China, and the worst thing is that after this battle, the Ninth Division does not know how long it will take to recover, which also means that during this period of time, the Ninth Division will disappear from the sequence of the main force for a long time.