After hearing this, Zhang Xinghan was overjoyed, and immediately instructed the signal soldiers: "Immediately send this commendation telegram to the soldiers of the whole city to encourage you!" ”

"Yes!" The signal corps saluted and left.

Zhang Xinghan lit a cigarette and smoked it beautifully, and the reason why he was happy was not because of Chairman Jiang's commendation telegram and letter of appointment.

Because even without these official recognitions given by Jiang Gong, Zhang Xinghan believed that there would be no change in his control of the remaining 5,000 city defense troops in the city.

He was happy that with the official appointment and recognition of the Nanjing Central Political Axe headed by Jiang Gong, it was not so easy for Zhang Xiaoliu to do something to himself.

At least not so brazenly and blatantly.

Of course, it is undeniable that the official appointment of the Nanjing political axe at least turned these city defense troops from the Northeast Army into a real Shenyang city defense army, a city defense force under the command of Zhang Xinghan.

In fact, Jiang Gong's public appointment and commendation did make Zhang Xiaoliu, who was in Beiping, angry.

After hastily dissolving the temporary meeting with a group of subordinates, Zhang Xiaoliu returned directly to his study, closed the door, and couldn't help but start roaring and scolding.

Just when Zhang Xiaoliu was angrily scolding Jiang Gong for being mediocre and incompetent, he played the piano indiscriminately.

There was a knock on the door outside the study.

Zhang Xiaoliu was angry, and immediately yelled outside the door: "Get out of here, I won't see anyone!" ”

"Han Qing, it's me." A pleasant female voice came from outside the door.

When Zhang Xiaoliu heard that the person who came was actually Miss Zhao, a confidante, his anger eased slightly, and he suppressed his anger and said, "Oh, it's Qixia, come in." ”

With a creak, the door of the study opened, and Miss Zhao, who was naturally beautiful, walked in.

"Han Qing, what's wrong with you? It's such a big fire. Miss Zhao asked with a concerned face.

"Nothing." Zhang Xiaoliu didn't want to bring her his troubles.

Miss Zhao was so smart, she nodded, didn't ask more, but said to him: "Everything is important to the body, and the anger hurts the body." ”

"Well, I know, you go first, I'll look for you when I'm done." Zhang Xiaoliu nodded and waved his hand.

After Miss Zhao left as she said, Zhang Xiaoliu immediately shouted outside the door, "Adjutant Chen." ”

"Young Marshal, are you looking for me?" Zhang Xiaoliu's chief adjutant Chen Dazhang entered in response.

"You go and inform Chief of Staff Rong and ask him to come and see me immediately." Zhang Xiaoliu said.

"Yes, the lowly post will go right away." Chen Dazhang saluted, turned around and left.

After a while, Rong Zhen, who was full of belly, and Rong Da Smoker rushed over.

As soon as he entered the study, Rong Zhen said: "Young marshal, Zhang Xinghan actually directly crossed the level to report to Nanjing Political Axe, and did not take you in his eyes at all, such a thing to eat inside and out, we must not keep him." ”

Zhang Xiaoliu immediately waved his hand to signal him to shut up, and said, "Okay, you don't need to say much about this, I know in my heart, I came to you, and I just handed it over to you to do something." ”

"What's the matter? Despite the command, the young marshal will go all out. Rong Zhen hurriedly said.

"Find a way to rescue Governor Zang and them, and then help me kill Zhang Xinghan, remember to do it cleanly and neatly, and there must be no clues." A hint of fierceness flashed in Zhang Xiaoliu's eyes, and he said coldly.

Rong Zhen was stunned at first, and then quickly nodded and said, "Please rest assured, the young marshal, I will definitely try my best to complete this matter." ”

"Well, you go down first." Zhang Xiaoliu nodded.

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At noon, Zhang Xinghan led 8,000 city defense troops to defeat the main force of the Kwantung Army in Shenyang, killing and wounding tens of thousands of soldiers, and the news made the headlines of major newspapers.

The streets and alleys of Beiping, Tianjin, and even Jinzhou, as well as Shanghai, Nanjing, Jinan, Guangzhou, and other large and medium-sized cities, were all news of the outbreak and victory of the September 18 Incident.

Zhang Xinghan's three words were like a hurricane, resounding at home and abroad within a day.

Countless Chinese people regard Zhang Xinghan as the greatest hero of national resistance at this moment, and Zhang Xinghan's prestige and fame have suddenly reached an unprecedented height.

Abroad, the European, American, and Western powers were all amazed when they heard the news, and they were certainly surprised that the army had brazenly launched a war of aggression.

It was even more incredible that this invasion had ended in failure.

News newspapers in various countries have published this news that shocked the world, and at the same time, the American Time Magazine, the British Times, the French Reuters News Agency, and other well-known news organizations have sent reporters to Shenyang in northeast China.

They were eager to get the inside story and process of the 918 incident.

The Western powers were surprised and incredible, and the reaction of the Western powers, as one of the countries concerned, cannot be described in words.

The first to learn of the crushing defeat of the Kwantung Army were the Army Ministry and the Native Operations Department of the General Staff.

When the heads of the two ministries learned of this shocking news, they did not immediately report it to His Majesty the Emperor for fear of triggering the impeachment of the anti-war forces led by Prime Minister Keisuke Okada.

These two major departments occupy an important position in this militarism.

For example, they were like the General Staff Headquarters and the Ministry of Defense of the later Republic.

Of course, under the special circumstances of the country at that time, the Ministry of War could not fully represent the Ministry of National Defense.

Because they also have the Ministry of the Navy, as we all know, the army and navy are also two factions in the political arena, and the clues can be seen from the fact that they each have their own aviation units.

Generally speaking, there are three main types of troops in a country: land, sea and air, as well as some other special arms.

However, the name of this era is rather special, and their navy and army have their own land-based and sea-based aviation units respectively.

In peacetime, they do not belong to each other, they are self-contained, and they will only fight together unless they encounter a major battle.

For example, later battles such as the Battle of Songhu.

And the right of these two institutions, they are able to mobilize a considerable number of troops for certain operations without appealing to the emperor.

In order to redeem the heavy losses of the Kwantung Army in Manchuria and to restore the reputation of the invincibility of the Great Empire, the authorities of the War Department of the General Staff Headquarters of the Army and the Ministry of War were in power.

He secretly mobilized the Kumamoto 6th Division to go to sea by boat and went to Manchuria, and at the same time ordered the 20th Division, which was far away in Korea, to also immediately march towards Manchuria.

In addition to the field divisions, the Ministry of War has also allocated two flying regiments to suppress the Northeast Army Air Force and cooperate with the ground forces.

It is said that the army province is ready to use the strong strength of three divisions and regiments to snow the humiliation of Shenyang's fiasco.

Those in power believed that as long as they won the war and occupied the rich Manchurian strip, they would not have much of a problem cutting first and then playing.