The Northland Volunteer Army Garrison Brigade ended the battle and quickly sent a regiment of troops forward to monitor and delay the troops behind the Kwantung Army. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because, following behind the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade, a second division of the Kwantung Army was moving towards this side, probably less than a dozen miles away.

The Northland Volunteers need time to clean up the battlefield and clean up these traces.

Why?

It was nothing more than a way to cover up the extermination of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade of the Kwantung Army, causing them to mysteriously disappear.

Yes, to create a sense of mystery for the Kwantung Army and increase their fear.

The 1st Independent Mixed Brigade was wiped out so quickly that there was no time to send a report, and the outside world had no way of knowing how they were wiped out.

Nima, it's so insidious!

Yes, because it is a mountainous area, it is not conducive to the operation of large corps, and the Kwantung Army is worried about the cunning of Fengtian, so it will send an independent mixed brigade to open the way in front, and once the war breaks out, the Kwantung Army will decide on tactics according to the situation.

Don't you know that Fengtian is more difficult to deal with than they expected.

The Northland Volunteers had a great appetite and hoped to continue to expand their gains and wait for the follow-up Kwantung Army to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Unfortunately, this wish was unexpectedly interrupted.

Because the 3rd Brigade of the Kwantung Army was blocked and could not advance, the commander of the Kwantung Army Command, General Minamijiro, pinned his hopes on the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade Army, hoping that they would open up a channel for advancement.

This morning, the commander of the Kwantung Army Command, General Minamijiro, sent a telegram urging Major General Yoshino, commander of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade, to order him to speed up his advance, open a breakthrough as soon as possible, and open the way for the follow-up troops of the Kwantung Army to break through the Rehe defense line.

Less than two hours later, the Kwantung Army Headquarters once again sent a report inquiring about the advance of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade.

However, there was no response from the 1st Separate Mixed Brigade.

When this situation arose, the Kwantung Army Command, Senior General Minamijiro, was extremely nervous and ordered to continue to contact the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade. However, regardless of the contact of the Kwantung Army command, the 1st Separate Mixed Brigade seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth.

At this time, in the Kwantung Army Headquarters, the commander, General Minamijiro, was pacing back and forth in the room, and his mood was extremely restless.

"Continue to contact the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade and ask them to report the situation as soon as possible."

"Hi"

There is still no response, and all efforts are useless.

An ominous feeling came over him, and General Minamijiro had a premonition that the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade would be unlucky.

Major General Seisishiro Ban, deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, said suspiciously: "Could it be that the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade has been ambushed?" But you shouldn't fail to reply to the telegram, unless it's been wiped out now. ”

Saka Heng Seishiro's speculation is actually the worry of General Minamijiro.

Thinking of the ferocity of sealing the sky in the past, the commander General Minamijiro felt a chill in his heart, and he was shocked.

A thought flashed through General Minamijiro's mind, making him feel cold all over his body, like falling into an ice cave.

Perhaps, the 1st Separate Mixed Brigade no longer exists.

The Twentieth Division, the Fourteenth Division, the Sixth Division, and even the Eighth Division of the Kwantung Army, everything in the past was completely wiped out, and there was not a single scum left.

General Minamijiro had not personally comprehended the decision to seal the heavens before, but that didn't mean that he didn't know about previous battles.

Butcher, Feng Tian is indeed a butcher!

General Minamijiro is probably going to personally understand the butcher's methods of Fengtian this time, and there is no news of the First Independent Mixed Brigade, so behind the First Independent Mixed Brigade, there are still two divisions and regiments that are advancing one after another, will they also follow in the footsteps?

Not daring to hesitate any longer, the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Minamijiro, finally stopped and shouted: "Order, all troops on the front line of Rehe immediately stop advancing and quickly move closer to prevent the attack of the Northern Volunteers." The headquarters immediately contacted the various armies, gathered intelligence, and studied the details of the strategy. ”

This order of the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Minamijiro, undoubtedly saved the fate of the subsequent division, otherwise, if we continued to move forward, we would definitely fall into the same fate as the first independent mixed brigade.

Because, the Northland Volunteer Army will clean up the battlefield, just as there is no war here, and the Kwantung Army, which does not know the inside story, will be like the first independent mixed brigade, and will repeat the same mistakes again.

After a while, Lieutenant General Nishio Toshizo, chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, said solemnly: "I also have a bad feeling that the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade is not very good. Rehe is a mountainous area, if Feng Tian wants to make some articles in the Rehe Mountains, it is still more convenient, the first independent mixed brigade suddenly lost contact, it must be in a desperate situation, otherwise, there will not even be time to send a telegram. However, if you can beat the strength of a brigade and regiment, you don't even have time to send a report, what kind of ambush is this? ”

Without being there in person, whether it was General Minamijiro or Major General Seishiro Ban Heng, it was difficult to imagine what kind of attack Feng Tian would adopt to eliminate the First Independent Mixed Brigade in a very short period of time.

"Report, I still can't contact the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade, and there is no news."

Hearing this, General Minamijiro waved his hand in frustration and asked the staff officer to go down.

At this time, General Minamijiro was already convinced that the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade was finished.

Nima, it's just too fast.

This time there was only a two-hour interval between the last one. Subtracting the time spent on the advance of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade, the entire battle probably did not take more than an hour.

If the 1st Separate Mixed Brigade did not send back a telegram, the battle could have been shorter.

Being able to destroy an independent brigade composed of veterans in one fell swoop, it is difficult for General Minamijiro to imagine what kind of ambush this is.

Originally, it was planned to break through the defenses of the Northland Volunteers from the nearest path in the Rehe Mountains, but now it seems that this road is not easy to walk.

"Report to the commander, at the same time as the order was issued, I received a battle report from Major General Toshio Yokoki, commander of the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade, saying that this morning, the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade organized rock climbers to blast the bunker of the Northland Volunteers, but was shot and killed by the Northland Volunteers, and the climbing plan failed.

After that, the 3rd Mixed Brigade organized another strong attack, due to the large number of Northland Volunteer Bunkers, the firepower was strong, the attack failed, and the casualties were heavy. The 3rd Separate Mixed Brigade could not pass through the pass and asked for guidance. ”

This staff officer's report immediately reminded Lieutenant General Nishio Toshizo, chief of the General Staff of the Kwantung Army, and suddenly said: "Yes, it must be like this, what I said just now reminded me that the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade must have fallen into the bunker group set up by the Northland Volunteers, so that it was destroyed in a short time. Yesterday the 3rd Separate Mixed Brigade mentioned the issue of the Bunker, which we all ignored. ”

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, this Fengtian is very cunning, and it has long been expected that the Imperial Army will attack from Rehe. It is impossible for these bunkers to be built in a short period of time, at least more than a year. The commander, General Minamijiro, did it with a very aggrieved expression.

Major General Saka Tsunei Seishiro, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Kwantung Army, said: "The commander's judgment is very correct, probably Fengtian has been prepared for a long time, and judged that the imperial army will march to Rehe, and build a defense of Rehe in advance.

Feng Tian was too difficult to deal with, and almost everyone who fought against him suffered a big loss.

At the beginning, more than 20,000 troops of the Eighth Division of the Imperial Kwantung Army were also ambushed by the Beidi Volunteers in the Rehe Mountains, and in a very short period of time, they were completely wiped out, and none of them were spared.

This closed sky to fight, and if you don't fight, it will be very ferocious.

Now it seems that the choice of the Rehe Mountains this time is not a wise move, although the path is the closest, it is the most dangerous road.

Obviously, Feng Tian had already made full preparations in the Rehe Mountains, and this time the Kwantung Army was unable to achieve results in Rehe.

The advantage of the imperial army belongs to the large corps of battles, but the mountain battle is the advantage of the Northland volunteers.

I suggest that the military operations in the Rehe Mountains be stopped and revised into an operational strategy to contain the forces of the Northland Volunteers. And the Northeast Theater is more conducive to the Kwantung Army's cluster operations, at least it will not be easily calculated by the heavens. ”

Obviously, the words of Major General Saka Heng Seishiro spoke to the heart of General Minamijiro.

Just now, Chief of General Staff Nishio Toshizo mentioned the Bunker Group, and General Minamijiro already felt that Rehe had no hope, and the scene of the soldiers of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade being slaughtered in the Bunker Group had already appeared in his mind.

How many dark forts did Feng Tian build in Rehe to ambush the Kwantung Army, God knows, the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Minami Jiro, knew that he could not continue to take risks, and he must not repeat the mistakes of the past again.

Senior General Minamijiro nodded and said, "Well, immediately revise the battle plan and report it to the War Department for approval." ”

General Minamijiro was not as confused as his predecessor, and he disobeyed military orders at every turn, and finally failed in his plan and committed suicide in fear of crime.

Therefore, following the procedure is the right way.

Undoubtedly, the decision of the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Minamijiro, was correct, and the Kwantung Army avoided the Kwantung Army from losing more troops and frustrated the hopes of the Northern Volunteers to further destroy the Kwantung Army.

Otherwise, the two divisions behind the Western Route Army of the Kwantung Army would inevitably suffer the same fate as the First Independent Mixed Brigade.

He Lizhong, commander of the Rehe Defense Area of the Beidi Volunteer Army, was cautious, commanded the battle in a proper manner, and strictly abided by the formulated operational strategy.

If the Beidi Volunteer Army sends the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade through the pass, the target is the follow-up troops of the Kwantung Army, and at the same time destroys the Kwantung Army troops passing through the pass, it gathers forces to destroy other armies that have penetrated deep into the interior, and it is possible to wipe out the Kwantung Army on the Rehe West Road.

However, this is only if, He Lizhong is not Fengtian, and he does not have this kind of courage.

From He Lizhong's standpoint, his task was to prevent the Kwantung Army from entering the depths of the Rehe River and prevent the Kwantung Army from threatening the depths of the Northland Volunteers. (To be continued.) )