Chapter Seventy-Nine
In the next few days, the Japanese troops were still rushing into the city like crazy, and they were not intimidated by the tragic street fighting in the city a few days ago, but entered the empty city of Shenyang with high morale.
In the same way, Zhao Heng once again sent troops to play the trick of attacking the half-city strategy with the Japanese army that came in, just like that, half of you come in, I will knock out half of it, and the two sides seem to have a mature tacit understanding.
With the emptying of supplies, ammunition and equipment, the situation of the fighting became more and more intense.
Showa 5 (1931) November 27 at 15 p.m. time
"Nani, why did the soldiers of Miyamoto and Oshima in front rush to the enemy's chariot like fools!! Which pig commanded me, I must slaughter him!! Captain Kato, who was the staff officer of the 1st Provisional Division, saw Seishiro Itagaki standing on the observation post made of wooden structures holding up the telescope with his funny doll-headed head and looking at it for a while, and he didn't know why the Japanese chief directly threw the telescope in his hand to the adjutant beside him, and suddenly turned around and said this to his subordinates like thunder.
"Kazuya-kun, come over here." The deputy of His Excellency Commander Itagaki (Provisional Generation) in front of Kato, Eichi Naotai, Nakasa, and Chief of Staff, looked up at the thunderous Itagaki Seishiro above, shook his head, and the four-eyed boy scanned his surroundings and found the idler Captain Kato Kazuya on the side, so he waved to Captain Kato, who was playing soy sauce on the side.
"Hai, what do you command, Chief of Staff?" Seeing that the Shangguan summoned him, Kato straightened his military uniform and walked a few steps quickly to stand up in front of Rong Zhitai Ichi Nakasa, who was obviously much higher than himself, and made a military salute, and then asked the chief of staff respectfully.
"Hehe, don't be restrained, just let me make small talk with you. Kato-kun, do you think those guys in the city (referring to the 2nd and 3rd Provisional Divisions) really have a way to force out all the opponents? Rong Naotai lifted the glasses in front of him and looked at Kato Kazuya for a long time, saying that it was not necessarily a small talk, she obviously wanted to test how this new staff officer thought of this problem.
Kato first froze for a moment, and then pretended to be unclear and said: "This, in the past, as long as our imperial army entered the opponent's territory on a large scale and was deterred by the indomitable strong advantage, the opponent should often give up the complete city defense advantage and open the city gate to welcome the imperial army when the general trend has gone, or simply go out of the city to surrender in formation, and in the worst case, we can't get out of our expectations and run out of the field decisive battle with us, and finally be wiped out by the most advantageous forces of the imperial country; However, the current situation is that I have not seen a single enemy come out of the city......" Kato paused here and did not continue, and if he continued, he would be slapping his own Imperial Japanese Army in the face.
Chief of Staff Rong Zhi Taiyi nodded noncommittally and said, "Yo Xi, that's a good point. He deserves to be the best staff officer in the staff of our Kwantung Army. The lenses of his glasses on the bridge of his nose reflected the sunlight reflected in the snow, but unfortunately this guy was so sophisticated that he could barely see any change in the expression of the paralyzed face like a 10,000-year-old iceberg.
While Kato and Einao were communicating, Seishiro Itagaki got down to the tall observation post with the help of his subordinates.
Itagaki, who was in a little unhappy mood, walked over, and after greeting Kato and Einao, he opened his mouth and gave an order to Einao: "Einao-kun, let's end this battle today, inform Miyamoto in the city that they withdraw." Tomorrow wait until the arrival of the Fourth Division to make plans. Can you destroy the opponent and attack Shenyang next time... It's just tomorrow's lates. ”
"Hai, Your Excellency Commander, I will do it immediately." Chief of Staff Eichi Taiichi bowed slightly, and looked at his boss Seishiro Itagaki.
In this way, the battle commanded by Miyamoto's division led by Miyamoto's big Roshan who broke into the city turned into a farce like a scorpion's tail, and under the "sandwich welcome" of the defenders of the city (in the case of a dense rain of bullets and cannons/shells falling in mid-air), the soldiers who began to break into the center of the city with joy and thought that they would be able to make a big profit, after being beaten and drunk, had to retreat from the city of Shenyang, which was like a death zone, like a wild dog with a tail between their legs.
Officers, including Kazuya Kato, were present at the time and saw many wounded soldiers and the war dead being carried out. Along the way, there were bloodstains that almost stained the snow-covered road. Strangely, the enemy army in the city did not seem to have any intention of exterminating these defeated dogs.
November 28th
Kazuya Kato had a hasty breakfast like the other Japanese officers, and as soon as he arrived at the assembly area, he found that the entire army of the 2nd and 34th Regiments, which had been defeated yesterday, was filled with a sad atmosphere. It turned out that Seishiro Itagaki was waiting for the arrival of the 4th Division, but the 4th Division, which was slowly twisting like a snail at a turtle speed, still did not come......
Itagaki frowned, and received a telegram from the other party, which caused a lot of anger, and tore this arrogantly worded telegram to pieces with one claw. However, he did not call and sternly asked why the Fourth Division was cowering in the current grim situation, etc... He knew why the commander of the Fourth Provisional Division, the commander of the Fourth Provisional Division, was so grinding, this guy did almost everything he could do without suffering losses and making a profit, and once he suffered a big loss and couldn't get a bargain, he decisively flashed people's behavior that made people speechless and had a headache, everyone knew that the commander of the Fourth Provisional Division and His Majesty the Emperor today are relatives and have a very good relationship. However, everyone is saying in private that this division commander is a cautious person and is even more eager to revenge, so no one dares to provoke him, and Seishiro Itagaki doesn't want to make a fuss with this person.
However, the fact that the 4th Provisional Division, which was fighting soy sauce, did not come does not mean that the scheming short devil of Itagaki did not take any action.
After waiting for another three hours, the Experimental Heavy Artillery Division, under the strict orders of Seishiro Itagaki, took turns shelling the city with 105-mm heavy guns for a whole day, during which there was sporadic artillery fire from the opposing side, and it was not until night that it stopped firing.
November 29th
Yesterday, although the shelling was a whole day, it did not create the situation that Seishiro Itagaki wanted. However, His Excellency the commander did not seem to be surprised, and today he still ordered the heavy artillery division to continue the shelling. Yesterday's scenario repeats itself again.
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November 30th
On the last day of November, there was no sign of the enemy in the city. Of course, in order to save precious shells, the 105-mm artillery of the heavy artillery division was gradually exhausted due to the very high bombardment yesterday, so it had to use 152-mm heavy artillery to bombard the city indiscriminately.
Unfortunately, the scout detachment sent out was driven back by the enemy in the city, and due to the problem of firing angle, the heavy artillery did not carry out effective shelling, and almost all the scouts who escaped out of the city alive were wounded, but only 2-3 people, most of whom were lost in the city.
The wing-commanders of the 2nd and 3rd Provisional Divisions were indignant and demanded that they lead their wings into the city again. Itachi, Seishiro Itagaki immediately refuted their "vexatiousness" (Seishiro Itagaki: Fight back? Fight back against your sister! The enemy's combat strength is strong, even if all three divisions are pressed, it will not help, do you want me to go to court-martial!?? He meant that an attack would never be allowed without the arrival of the Fourth Division, because the battle on the 27th lost 4 to 5,000 loyal men of the empire, and there were many losses in the battle, so the total strength fell to less than 90,000. Itagaki Seishiro was very sober-minded that the troops should not touch the strange Shenyang City in front of him without reaching 100,000 troops and without strong fire support, and it was best not to touch them.
There was no shelling all day today, no attack, not even the face of the enemy on the opposite side was revealed.