Chapter Eighty-Eight: Major General of the Army

After the meeting was dismissed, Zhang Xinghan took Shen Xingye to Sujiatun and the airport, as well as to the regiments in Shenyang City, to visit and express condolences to the officers and men of the garrison brigade.

At this time, the garrison brigade was reduced by nearly half, and there were more than 3,000 wounded soldiers.

He immediately began to discuss with Liu Jianguo, Wang Yicai, and others about the reorganization of the troops.

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Nanjing, the residence of the Duke of Chiang.

Wang Shihe, the chief of Jiang Gong's guard, walked out of the communication room of the third chamber with a strange expression.

Looking down at the message he had just received in his hand, Wang Shihe couldn't help but get excited.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Wang Shihe walked down the corridor towards Jiang Gong's office.

After a short time, he came to Jiang Gong's office, although the door of the office was open.

But Wang Shihe still knocked lightly twice.

"Knock Knock ......"

"Who'......?" Jiang Gong's voice came from the office,

"Headmaster, it's me, Shihe." Wang Shihe replied respectfully.

"Oh, come in......."

Wang Shihe pushed the door in, only to see Jiang Chengcheng sitting behind his desk reviewing documents.

Seeing Wang Shihe come in, Jiang Gong put down the brush in his hand, raised his head and asked, "What's the matter with Shihe?" ”

Wang Shihe stood up and saluted, and said, "Commission, the Shenyang Garrison Brigade is calling." ”

"Oh? Bring it to me. Jiang Gong waved his hand with some expectation.

Wang Shihe stepped forward and handed the telegram to Jiang Gong respectfully.

Jiang Gong took it, opened it and took a quick look, slammed the table and got up and praised: "Okay!" That's great! Fight beautifully, this battle is long in my [***] people's majesty! ”

"Such a victory in a foreign war has never been achieved in China since the First Sino-Japanese War. Shihe, immediately in my name, I will send a telegram to commend Zhang Xinghan, promote Zhang Xinghan to major general, and reward Dayang with 10,000 yuan, and the rest of the officers at all levels of the garrison brigade will be rewarded according to their merits! Jiang Gong said excitedly.

"Yes!" Wang Shihe bowed his head and answered, but did not leave immediately, but said to Jiang Gong with concern: "Headmaster, I said that I have suffered a lot of losses outside Shenyang City one after another, and I think that they may not give up on this, and we need to make complete preparations as soon as possible." ”

Wang Shihe's words reminded Jiang Gong, and after a moment of silence, Jiang Gong frowned and said: "What you said is not unreasonable, with my own style of acting, it is impossible to be willing to suffer." ”

"The principal also thinks that they will remobilize heavy troops to attack Shenyang again?" Wang Shihe tentatively said.

"This is just one aspect, not to mention that I have suffered two defeats in a row, and when I need to mobilize troops again, even if I come to attack, Shenyang has Zhang Xinghan to defend it, and there is no need to worry about it in a short time, what I am most worried about is that I will put pressure on us through politics and diplomacy." Jiang Gong said with a worried face.

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I have to say that Jiang Gong's political sense is still quite keen.

At the same time, inside the command of the Kwantung Army in Lushun.

Ishihara Waner and Itagaki Seishiro, two good friends, have rushed back to Lushun overnight, and they are reporting the battle damage and pleading guilt to Honjo Shigeru.

The news of the Kwantung Army's defeat at Shenyang Castle was not concealed this time as it had been last time, and officials from the Ministry of the Navy reported the news to the headquarters and Emperor Hirohito.

Emperor Hirohito was naturally furious when he heard this news, and ordered the current Prime Minister Reijiro Wakatsuki to immediately hold some officials of the Kwantung Army and the General Staff Headquarters accountable for their negligence.

However, Emperor Hirohito was obviously a little overly optimistic, and now that militarism has completely prevailed, the emperor is naturally supreme.

However, the policies and practical actions that are conducive to the expansion of the Yamato nation are still very popular among the fanatical soldiers of the Young Zhuang faction.

In the end, Prime Minister Reijiro Wakatsuki failed to make any decent punishment, but in order to appease the officials of the Ministry of the Navy, the current senior chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, Seishiro Itagaki was removed from his post, and at the same time, the commander of the Kwantung Army, Shigeru Honjo, was removed from the reserve, and the Minister of War Minamijiro took over.

The responsibility and negligence of concealing and not reporting the incident of the war without permission have been tacitly exposed by the top and bottom of the political axe.

However, with regard to the losses suffered by the 6th, 2nd, and 20th Divisions, it was said that the Emperor and all members of the Cabinet could not rest on their laurels.

It is the characteristic of the Yamato nation to repay the loss and refuse to suffer losses, not to mention that the current political axe, especially the army, is controlled by a group of fanatical young Zhuang officers and careerists.

As for how to retaliate, there were two voices in the base camp, and some officials led by the Prime Minister of the Navy Security Kiyoshi believed that the outbreak of a large-scale war should be avoided as much as possible, and put diplomatic pressure on the Chinese authorities and Zhang Xueliang, the de facto controller of Manchuria.

Strive to gain Shenyang in a non-combat form, forcing Zhang Xinghan's Shenyang Garrison Brigade and other resistance forces to withdraw from Shenyang, so that they will lose their base areas, especially the Shenyang Arsenal, the largest arsenal in Northeast Asia.

in the annihilation.

On the other hand, Kazunari Ugaki, Prime Minister of the Ministry of the Army, and Prince Zairen, Chief of Staff of the General Staff Headquarters, insisted on mobilizing heavy troops from within the country, seized Shenyang with absolute superiority in troops, and completely annihilated the Shenyang garrison brigade headed by Zhang Xinghan.

The shame of the defeat of the Snow Emperor Army in both battles.

Just kidding, the Imperial Army of this Empire, since the establishment of the Meiji Army, has not tasted a single defeat in the outside world, whether it is the Qing Empire or Tsarist Russia.

Now it has defeated Shenyang twice in a row, making the invincible reputation of the imperial army of the Great Empire a laughing stock all over the world.

This is absolutely intolerable to those in power.

Eventually, under the mediation of Emperor Hirohito, the navy and army reached an agreement, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately put pressure on Chiang Zhengaxe and Zhang Xueliang, the de facto general of the Northeast Army, to order the immediate withdrawal of all resistance forces in and around Shenyang.

Otherwise, it will be said that the empire will not rule out the use of force to carry out a large-scale invasion of China.

On the one hand, the Ministry of War and the General Staff Headquarters have actively mobilized troops to expand the existing permanent divisions and regiments in the country, called on a large number of reservists to re-enlist, and immediately resorted to the use of force against Manchuria to solve the problem if political and diplomatic efforts become ineffective.

In the Kwantung Army headquarters, Honjo Shigeru unexpectedly did not reprimand Seishiro Itagaki and Ishihara Waner.

After listening to the report of Itagaki Seishiro and the others, he calmly said to them: "Ishihara-kun, Itagaki-kun, in view of the failure of the second attack on Shenyang, the base camp has already had new orders and instructions, from now on, I am no longer in the post of commander of the Kwantung Army, but will be replaced by General Minamijiro, who has already set off from the mainland and is expected to arrive in three days, when I will return to China, so I have no right to inquire about your disposition, and everything will be planned after the arrival of the new commander, General Minamijiro." ”

Seishiro Itagaki and Ishihara Waner were shocked when they heard this, and looked at each other.

Ishihara said, "General, what is the attitude of the base camp now?" How to solve the dilemma in the face of the Manchurian Incident? ”

"Well, as far as I know, the War Department and the General Staff Headquarters have issued assembly orders for the divisions and regiments left behind in the country, and a large number of reservists are being demobilized and enlisted.

At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was also ready to put pressure on the political axe of the Chinese people, so it can be seen that the base camp is not ready to give up, and the imperial army will definitely capture Shenyang and avenge the more than 10,000 imperial warriors who died in battle. Honjo said in a flat tone.

Seishiro Itagaki and Ishihara were secretly happy when they heard this, as long as the base camp was determined to solve it by force, then for them, everything still had a chance.

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