Dalian Lushun, known as the headquarters of the Kwantung Army.

Seishiro Itagaki strode into the war room, where Minamijiro and several division commanders were gathering in front of the map to discuss the battle plan.

"Report to the Commander." After Seishiro Itagaki entered the door, he suddenly closed his feet and stood up in salute.

"Itagaki-kun, you called before you came, saying that you had something important to report, and now the commanders of all divisions and regiments are here, please tell me." Minamijiro returned the salute and said solemnly.

"Hay!" Itagaki Seishiro bowed his head and walked over, came to the battle map, picked up a wooden command pole, looked around at the people present, pointed to Tongliao on the map and said: "Generals, at present, Zhang Xinghan, the commander of the Tongliao Reading Division, was successfully assassinated and killed by my agents. ”

"Itagaki-kun, is the news true?" Minamijiro asked in surprise.

"Yes, Your Excellency, this news has been confirmed to be true by the Imperial Ace Agents." Seishiro Itagaki nodded.

"Well, you go ahead." Minamijiro said with a solemn hand.

"The Reading Force is caught in an internal struggle for power, and the dragons are leaderless, which is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity for my Kwantung Army at present."

Before Itagaki finished speaking, the commander of the Third Division, Kawashima Yoshiyuki, interrupted him and said, "Itagaki-kun, you haven't made it clear, why did the deputy division commander and the chief of staff of the Reading Division compete for command?" As far as I know, the position of deputy division commander in the Chinese army is above the chief of staff, and if something happens to the division commander, the deputy division commander should replace the commander, and the chief of staff is only the rank of colonel, and his power is not as good as that of the deputy division commander, so how can he compete with the deputy division commander for command? ”

"General Kawashima, you don't know anything." Itagaki Seishiro said: "First of all, I want to briefly talk about the components of the Reading Division, their composition is composed of three parts, first, the Shenyang Garrison Brigade evolved from a reinforced battalion brought out by the division commander Zhang Xinghan from the Beida Battalion, and its garrison brigade is composed of this battalion and a large number of military, police, military and military police in Shenyang City, as well as a large number of students in the lecture hall.

Second, it is a group of cavalry troops brought by Huang Xiansheng, the former director of the Liaoning Police Department.

Thirdly, it was the two main regiments brought by Zhao Zhenfan, chief of staff of the 7th Brigade of Reading Force.

Since the Reading Force has only just been established, it has not yet achieved true integration.

When Zhang Xinghan was there, with his prestige and the support of Huang and Zhao, he was naturally able to exercise unified command over the troops.

And Zhang Xinghan has now been killed by us, although Zhao Zhenfan is only the chief of staff in his position, one level lower than Huang Xiansheng, but now two of the four main regiments of the Reading Division support him, so he has the ability to fight against Huang Xiansheng.

Most of the original garrison brigade is Huang Xiansheng's old unit, so the two are evenly matched, and it is difficult to distinguish the winner from defeat, such a situation is undoubtedly what we want to see the most. ”

Kawashima Yoshiyuki nodded when he heard this, and bowed his hand to Seishiro Itagaki and motioned for him to continue.

Itagaki Seishiro immediately pointed to the map and said: "At present, our agents have figured out the deployment of the strength of the Zhina Reading Division in Tongliao, and are more familiar with the terrain there, I suggest that we should immediately send two to three divisions to occupy Shenyang and Xinmin, and use Shenyang and Xinmin as the forward base to launch an attack on Tongliao, and strive to seize this opportunity to completely eliminate the Tongliao Reading Division, and avenge the shame of our entire Imperial Army!" ”

"However, the sea-based and land-based aviation forces have not yet arrived, the Dalian airport and the wharf have also been repaired, and the Shenyang airport has also been destroyed by the withdrawal coefficient of the reading division, if the imperial army cannot win the battle within a week, the logistics supply line will be interrupted, and the consequences will be unimaginable." Minamijiro was a little hesitant.

"Your Excellency, the Reading Division is now leaderless, and it doesn't take a week for the Imperial Army to defeat it, and we don't need to use too many troops, three divisions are enough as the main attacking force.

As for the food, we can plunder along the way, and a week's ammunition reserve is enough for us to break through the defense line of Qinglong Mountain of the Zhina Reading Division, and completely annihilate it. ”

"As for the wharf and airport, it can also be repaired within a week, and it can be put into use in half a month at most, when the imperial army reinforcements and materials will continue to go to the front line, and we can take advantage of the situation to attack and advance in Jinzhou, Changchun and other directions, and capture the entire three provinces of Manchuria in one fell swoop." Itagaki Seishiro said eagerly: "General, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the opportunity must not be missed, and it will not come again, please give the general an order." ”

Minamijiro fell into hesitation, and had to say that in the first few battles, the Kwantung Army had suffered too many defeats, which made him have to put away his previous arrogance and no one in his eyes.

Be cautious about the reader, although Zhang Xinghan is dead, but the tiger is dead.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhang Xinghan has caused a psychological shadow to Nanjiro, and he knows very well that during his tenure, the Kwantung Army must not be defeated again, otherwise not only will he be the commander of the end, but it is likely that his military career will end early, and he will be transferred to the reserve like his predecessor Honjo Shigeru, and he will die forever.

Therefore, Minamijiro had to be cautious, he had to be cautious, he still had many ambitions that had not been realized, and he had to fill in his military career with a strong color.

That is to command the Kwantung Army to capture the entire Manchuria and expand the territory of the Great Empire.

Seeing Minamijiro's hesitation, Seishiro Itagaki gave Ishihara a look.

Ishihara Wan'er understood, and immediately said to Minamijiro: "Your Excellency, in war, the risk and the gain are directly proportional, or even exceeded, in the 37th year of the Meiji era (1904), if Oiwayama and Togo Heihachiro and Nogi Noshinori did not take risks, Manchuria and even the whole of Northeast Asia would not have a place in my empire.

Moreover, we now have an absolute superiority in troops, and the reason for our occasional defeats in the past was that we underestimated and underestimated the enemy army; now, after the lessons of the previous failures, the officers and men of the imperial army at all levels have become much more cautious than before, and the morale of the officers and men has also risen to an unprecedented high in order to take revenge for the shame.

Now the soul of the Reading Division, Zhang Xinghan is dead, the Reading Division has no leader, and there is no previous combat power, as long as the imperial army attacks, it will be able to win in one battle, humblingly I implore Your Excellency the General not to hesitate, please give an order, the honor of the empire is here to fight! ”

After Ishihara's very incendiary persuasion, Nanjiro finally made up his mind and said in a solemn voice: "Pass my order, the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 9th, and 14th divisions immediately advance to Shenyang and Xinmin, and the 14th division will be stationed in Tieling and Siping to guard the Changchun China Army.

Another 11th Division and 12th Division were sent west to Panjin to deter the main force of the Northeast Army in the Jinzhou area.

The 2nd, 20th, and 6th Divisions remained in Dalian, waiting for the 4th, 7th, 8th, and 10th Divisions to arrive, and then gradually put them into the battlefield after completing the replenishment.

This battle is about the international reputation of the empire, and I ask you to fight to the death, be loyal to the empire and His Majesty the Emperor, and expand the territory and living space of our Yamato nation. ”

"Hay!" A group of generals, including Yoshiyuki Kawashima, Seishiro Itagaki and others, bowed their heads and responded in unison.

As soon as Minamijiro's order was issued, the divisions and regiments naturally began to urgently mobilize and were busy without mentioning it.

…………………… Daoshan town in the east, Yu Zhishan mansion.

Nanzao Yunzi's flowery branch exhibition is holding a secret meeting with Yu Zhishan.

In the first battle of Shenyang, Yu Zhishan's four infantry regiments were completely annihilated, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to him.

However, in order to win him over and continue to be cannon fodder, he funded him with a lot of weapons and ammunition, which helped him rebuild a team of thousands of people during this time.

Nanzao Yunzi naturally came this time on the order of Kenji Tuhihara, and ordered Yu Zhishan to lead his troops to follow the imperial army to attack Tongliao as cannon fodder.

However, Yu Zhishan is not stupid, he has already suffered a big loss, and he is a little hesitant at this time.

Seeing that he hesitated, Nanzao Yunzi finally made a killer move, and took off his clothes in front of Yu Zhishan, revealing his seductive snow-white body.

After Nanzao Yunzi Meise was captured, Yu Zhishan immediately mobilized all the troops that could be concentrated and began to march towards Shenyang.

At the same time, the city of Taonan, north of Tongliao.

Zhang Haipeng, the town guard who also suffered a big loss in Tongliao and almost lost his life, was sighing and drinking sullen wine in his town guard mansion.

In the battle of Tongliao, his four cavalry regiments were wiped out, and many years of hard work were ruined, which made him heartbroken, and he also hated Zhang Xinghan and the reading master.

Suddenly, the adjutant walked in from outside and reported, "Commander, Miss Yoshiko Kawashima of the Bente High School has asked to see you." ”

"No, no, no one." Zhang Haipeng was already a little drunk, and waved his hand impatiently at the adjutant without thinking.

The adjutant was a little embarrassed, and at this time, Yoshiko Kawashima, who was dressed in men's clothes, walked in uninvited, and said with a smile: "Zhang Zhenshou has such a big temper." ”

Zhang Haipeng held back his anger, and he didn't move for a long time, which made him question his capture of the Northeast, and immediately slapped the table and scolded angrily: "Fuck it, who let you in?" ”

Yoshiko Kawashima held back her anger and still said with a smile: "Don't be angry, I'm here to tell you good news." ”

Zhang Haipeng also realized that his tone was a little tough, and he was afraid of offending himself because of this, so he slowed down and said, "What news?" ”

"Zhang Xinghan, the commander of the Tongliao Reading Division, is dead!"

"What? Zhang Xinghan is dead? Zhang Haipeng was taken aback: "Really fake? ”

"Yes, killed by our agents, it's true." Yoshiko Kawashima Road.

"Great, this bastard is dead, won't the readers be leaderless?" The depression in Zhang Haipeng's heart was swept away, and he said excitedly.

"Of course, now that the Imperial Army of this empire has gathered 300,000 troops, it is preparing to attack Tongliao, as long as the Tongliao Reading Division is eliminated, the entire northeast will be in the pocket of my Great Empire, I came to Taonan to discuss cooperation with Zhang Zhenshou and you." Yoshiko Kawashima said proudly.

(To be continued)