016 The Great War is imminent

Lu Liangbiao raised his head helplessly and looked at Dongfang Yunming, he didn't say anything, last time he was rescued by Dongfang Yunming from the prison in Chengde and treated himself, but he sneaked away without saying a word of thanks, and tied up several soldiers of the Volunteer Army, which made him feel that he had no face in front of Dongfang Yunming and still returned to Zhang Yiping's men after escaping, and this battle was caught by Dongfang Yunming. Dongfang Yunming's question, he suddenly felt that it was better to be killed by a cannonball, so he just raised his head and looked at it, unable to say a word.

Dongfang Yunming saw that he didn't speak, and continued to ask, "Why, I feel faceless?" ”

When Lu Liangbiao heard this, an ugly expression immediately appeared on his face, and he said: "As a traitor, it falls into your hands, and you can dispose of it at will." ”

"You still know that you are a traitor, and someone like you who knows that he is still desperate to work for the Japanese should be called a hardcore traitor, right?" Chen Yingtian said on the side.

"Where's my eldest brother?" Lu Liangbiao suddenly asked as if he remembered something.

"Zhang Yiping has been blown up!" Feng Yi said.

"You ......" Lu Liangbiao's body trembled, and the broken ribs were suddenly involved, and the muscles on his face were immediately twisted because of the pain.

"What, doesn't Zhang Yiping deserve to die?" Dongfang Yunming asked expressionlessly.

"He is my eldest brother and saved my life and my mother's life!"

"So you're going to avenge her?"

"I ......"

Dongfang Yunming suddenly said with a gloomy face: "Lu Liangbiao, the reason why I didn't kill you before was because I saw that you had backbone, but I was confused for a while and took the wrong path, if you are still so obsessed and go down, I will never be soft." The last time you fought at the headquarters of the Reheat Army, you should know that you are no match for me, whether it is marksmanship or fighting. Zhang Yiping is a tiger fighter, he deserves to die! Then he ordered Feng San and them: "Take him down, or treat his wounds!" ”

"Yes!" Feng Yi said reluctantly.

Dongfang Yunming turned to Feng San and said: "After the troops have cleaned up the battlefield, camouflage the defensive position, and also arrange an additional fake position on the half-hillside on the left, otherwise when the devil's plane comes, we will be bombed." ”

"No problem." Feng San said with a smile that after more than a month of fighting life with Dongfang Yunming and them, Feng San and Feng Yihe and the entire third battalion have basically gotten rid of the habit of bandits and become like real soldiers.

After Dongfang Yunming arranged the affairs of the third battalion, it was already noon, he returned to Chengde, and Gao Wenfeng continued to stay on the front line to assist in command. At this time, the people in Xu Jinchuan's second battalion, Zhao Zhengwen's fourth battalion, and the Rongjia Chamber of Commerce in Chengde had almost done the preparations for street fighting, and Zhang He was still directing the logistics department to transport a large number of weapons, ammunition, and various machine tools and equipment in the arsenal to the secret base established in the past month or so by car to hide them, Dongfang Yunming gave Zhang He a suggestion, drive the car to Fengsan and hide it in their Baiyun Cave, and find out the cars in poor condition to dismantle, store the parts of these cars separately as spare parts, and dismantle a few engines and generators that are in good condition as a power supply for the arsenal, because more than a dozen machine tools were shipped out from the arsenal in Chengde, although these machine tools could not make guns, they could be used for the maintenance of weapons and the manufacture of wooden-handled grenades.

As soon as these arrangements were made, Rong Shi and Suo Jie hurriedly walked in and said to Dongfang Yunming: "Dongfang, our people have sent news that just now, more than 7,000 people from two infantry wings and an artillery brigade of the Japanese army have set off from the front line of the Great Wall and are heading straight to Chengde. ”

Hearing this news, Dongfang Yunming was also quite surprised, could it be that the Great Wall War of Resistance ended a few days early? Because he occupied Chengde, he forced Muto Nobuyoshi to sign an armistice agreement with He Yingqin, the representative of the Nationalist Government, in a hurry, and then go all out to deal with the Volunteers? However, there is no news that China and Japan have ceased war. So Dongfang Yunming asked Rong Shi: "In addition to these two wings, are there other devils and puppet troops rushing to Chengde?" ”

Suo Jie said: "No, there are only these two wings, the captains are called Tetsuto Takayoshi and Kobayashi Naosaburo respectively, and the subordinates of Junichi Takeki, these two wings are the main force of the Takeki Brigade. ”

Zhang He interjected: "It seems that Muto Nobuyoshi's face can't be hung up, we arrested Junichi Takeki and captured their brigade flag, this is to take revenge." Even if there is a wing, we are probably not an opponent, this is a field unit of the 33rd mixed brigade, and its combat effectiveness is not comparable to those second- and third-rate logistics baggage teams and then gendarmerie in Chengde City. ”

Dongfang Yunming thought for a while and said: "We really don't have any advantage, but with those dozens of howitzers, we can also fight with the devils, and in addition to these two wings, the Japanese army can't send other troops to surround us, the preparations for the street battle are almost there, Rongshi, now your people continue to finish the rest of the work in Chengde, the second and fourth battalions immediately rushed to the south of the city to assist the third battalion and the artillery battalion to stop the devils, I just rebelled against more than 900 puppet troops there, and it can be organized into five infantry battalions." There has been no movement on the side of the first battalion, but it must not let up. The troops must pay attention to air defense, and the Japanese troops at the wing level can call for aircraft support at any time, as long as they hold out until dark. The political commissar hurried to transport the supplies out of the city, and some Japanese-style weapons could be abandoned, but those equipment from the arsenal must be taken away! ”

"Yes!" Rong Shi and Zhang He replied.

"Wait a minute!" Suo Jie said, "The devils of these two wings and a brigade are subordinates of Junichi Takeki, Junichi Takeki is in our hands, can we use this as a threat to make the devils dare not act rashly." ”

Dongfang Yunming shook his head and said: "I'm afraid not, the Japanese army dispatched two field wings to deal with us is not just because we occupied Chengde, the Kwantung Army is now secretly negotiating peace with the Nationalist Government, there is no need for Muto Nobuyoshi to use two field wings and an artillery brigade for the sake of our regiment of volunteers." ”

"What is this ......, little devil," asked Sojie.

"It should be because we eliminated the Takeki Brigade, each combat unit of the Japanese army has its own military flag, once this military flag is captured by the enemy on the battlefield, it means that the number of this unit is canceled, and now we have captured Chengde, although Muto Nobuyoshi is not sure whether we have captured the brigade flag of the 33rd Brigade, nor is it uncertain about the situation of Junichi Takeki, but for the sake of Japan's face, they will kill us at all costs, so even if we carry Junichi Takeki out, it will have no effect." Dongfang Yunming said.

Dongfang Yunming then asked, "By the way, how is Junichi Takeki now?" ”

Zhang He replied: "Oh, after you met him, I sent Kujo Yoshio to his side, this Kujou Yoshio was the first Japanese we captured after the fall of Heling, a second lieutenant squad leader, and now he has completely realized what the Japanese army is doing in China, and he is a person we can trust." ”

Rong Shi smiled: "It's annoying by your nagging mouth, it's powerful enough, the Japanese can rebel!" ”

"What am I, just a second lieutenant, the commander of the Eastern Regiment is powerful, I was stunned to say that I moved a major general, and more than 30 years in the army are considered to be in vain!" Zhang He said.

"Hey, Junichi Takeki hasn't let go yet, how can I say it."

"It's okay, if you add more fire, it's not a problem to rebel against Zhumu." Zhang He quipped.

"Not a problem? Okay, go give it a try! ”

"I can't, it's you."

Dongfang Yunming's guess about Muto Nobuyoshi's mind was basically correct, and after the remnants of the 4th Brigade of the puppet army fled back, Lieutenant General Nishiyichi immediately reported to the chief of staff, Koiso Kuniaki, and Koiso Kuniaki also immediately reported to the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Muto Nobuyoshi. Muto Nobuyoshi, who received the report from Koiso Kuniaki, had a "buzzing" turn, because the report mentioned that the volunteers in Chengde had a large number of artillery, which should have been captured from the arsenal in Chengde, and the 4th Brigade of the Rea Army suffered heavy damage, and the brigade commander Zhang Yiping was killed.

"Yaga, Junichi Takeki, this waste." Muto Nobuyoshi smashed the teacup on the table, "Send a report to Chief of Staff Koiso, send all the remaining troops of the original 33rd Mixed Brigade Regiment, take Chengde at all costs, eliminate this group of people who don't know whether they are alive or dead, and tell the soldiers of the 33rd Brigade that if they can't eliminate these people, then they can all be broken for the Emperor." ”

"Hey!" The Signal Soldier replied immediately.

After receiving the telegram, Koiso Kuniaki asked Xiyi to assemble the two field wings and artillery brigades of the 74th and 75th under the command of the 33rd Brigade and the 75th Brigade, and a wing of the 8th Division immediately attacked Chengde.

It is impossible for the actions of two infantry wings and an artillery brigade to hide the eyes of the Rong family all over Rehe, in the Rehe and Chahar areas, the power of the Rong family is extremely strong, and the strength of the special service of the Lixing Society in these areas cannot be compared with them, so as soon as the thousands of people here are pulled, Rong Shi of Chengde and his housekeeper Suo Jie received a report from his subordinates, and then immediately reported to Dongfang Yunming and Zhang He.

After Dongfang Yunming made arrangements, he went to the café to talk to Junichi Takeki. He walked in the door and saw that Yoshio Kujo was also there, and said, "Mr. Kujo, I'll talk to General Takeki alone, you can go out first!" ”

Kujo Yoshio bowed to Dongfang Yunming and Junichi Takeki respectively, and then went out, Dongfang Yunming sat down and said, "General Takeki, it's been a long time, how are you thinking about it?" ”

Junichi Takeki didn't directly answer Dongfang Yunming's question: "I heard the sound of artillery outside the city before, and Your Excellency fought another big victory." ”

"It's not a big victory, it's just a bunch of spineless traitors."

"Actually, I also look down on them, a group of people who can even betray their own motherland, they are despised, do you think I will be such a person?" Junichi Takeki looked at Dongfang Yunming and said.

Dongfang Yunming laughed: "I can't imagine that such a smart person as General Zhumu will not even be able to see through this, I didn't ask you to betray your country, what I want you to betray is a Japanese soldier, I think you should know how this battle started, it was your low-level officers in the Kwantung Army who for their own promotion, for their own military exploits, regardless of the ability of the Japanese people to bear it, this is the 918, do you think this is the national righteousness?" No, this is just a war for the selfish interests of Seishiro Itagaki and his bastard officers, and this war will plunge the whole of Japan into the abyss of destruction. ”

Junichi Takeki felt a little uneasy in his heart, but he still pretended to be a bamboo in his chest, and said with a smile: "The commander of the Eastern Regiment is too optimistic, although the Japanese army is small, but the combat effectiveness and fighting will are very strong, and the weapons and equipment are not comparable to the weak squadron. My 33rd Brigade has already caused tens of thousands of casualties to Song Zheyuan's 29th Army at the cost of hundreds of casualties on the Great Wall front, and the casualty ratio of the Kwantung Army and the squadron ** on the entire battlefield is 1:10, and we only suffered 6,000 casualties, but He Yingqin's troops already have at least 50,000 casualties, according to this ratio, Japan only needs 40 million people to wipe out all the Chinese, isn't it? ”

"Why don't you count the proportion of casualties in the battle with our independent regiment? Since Quyang Valley robbed your first batch of armaments, we began to develop troops, and now in more than a month, we have wiped out almost 1,000 of you like ants gnawing on elephants, but our own casualties are only a few dozen. ”

"Although you have a regiment of troops, it is just a group of guerrillas, no matter how good the record is, it has no effect on the frontal battlefield, your government is not good, Chiang Kai-shek has millions of troops, but he only dares to attack the GCD, and after the peace talks between China and Japan, the enemy you will face will not only be us, I am afraid there is also Chiang Kai-shek's gun!"

Dongfang Yunming understands this, in history, the anti-Japanese volunteer army led by Ji Hongchang was forced to disband under the strong pressure of the Nanjing government, but he is not Ji Hongchang, and he is not ready to fight behind enemy lines in the northeast like this, on the contrary, he is also ready to borrow the power of Chiang Kai-shek to move into the southwest region, so there is no need to worry about this, so he said to Zhumu: "I know this better than General Zhumu, but it is not difficult for me, but you Japan will not be satisfied with the status quo, even if this time the peace is temporarily maintained, If there is an opportunity in the future, the war will still be expanded, won't it? On the contrary, in order to deal with the guerrillas emerging in the four eastern provinces, the Kwantung Army must maintain at least 700,000 regular troops in the northeast, and the daily consumption of these 700,000 people is very staggering, and at the same time, if you start a full-scale war with China, how many people do you need to occupy millions of square kilometers of Chinese land south of the Great Wall? Therefore, in order to obtain oil resources and ensure that Japan can continue to fight, the Tokyo General Staff Headquarters will certainly invade Southeast Asia and even take risks to start a war with the United States within the next 10 years. ”

Junichi Takeki was stunned when he heard this, and the expression on his face could no longer hide his psychological changes, he was an army officer, although he basically did not understand the strategy and tactics of the navy, but with his knowledge and understanding of the Japanese government and army, he believed that the situation that Dongfang Yunming said was by no means a fantasy, Emperor Hirohito and his staff definitely had the courage to attack the United States, if that was the case, Japan would really be finished, in the morning he still didn't believe Dongfang Yunming's prediction that Japan would be the enemy of the whole world, and now he completely believed it, The occupation of the four eastern provinces is indeed unable to obtain the oil needed for cars and airplanes, and has to import oil from Southeast Asia and the Americas, not to mention that he does not know, that is, the whole world does not know that Northeast China has rich oil resources, and Dongfang Yunming certainly cannot let Zhumu know that there is oil in Daqing, in that case, the Pacific War is likely to be gone, and China's independent war of resistance may not be able to defeat Japan before the end of World War II.

After a long time, Junichi Takeki calmed down and said, "What can I do for you?" His belief in the emperor and his infinite loyalty to Japan had completely collapsed, and he now seemed to have forgotten that the young man in front of him was only the head of the guerrillas, not the top of the squadron.

Hearing Junichi Takeki's words, Dongfang Yunming understood that Junichi Takeki had been "rebelled", so he said: "It's not for us to do something, but for Japan, what do you have to do." ”

Zhumu was stunned for a moment and asked, "What am I going to do?" ”

Dongfang Yunming said with a smile: "We don't need you to do anything for the time being, but we will need it later, if you don't mind, please take off this military uniform of yours and join us, of course I won't let you do anything to the Japanese, and I won't ask you to be a staff officer for us and come up with ideas to fight, I need you to return to Japan at the right time, organize a political party, and overthrow the emperor's rule." Originally, Dongfang Yunming planned to negotiate with the Chinese and Japanese sides that had already ceased war as Major General Junichi Takeki, and give his troops an official number of the Nationalist Government and return to Guannai, but now it seems that he doesn't need it, because he has found another more valuable "letter of surrender" - Unit 731, as long as this force is destroyed, and then this information is made public to the world as a threat, Muto Nobuyoshi doesn't dare to do anything with himself, and he can use this credit to get at least one major general under Chiang Kai-shek's hands, anyway** The major general is not worth much!