Chapter 32: The Japanese Army's Response
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"Your Excellency Commander, Staff Officer of the Operational Staff of the Kwantung Army, Ishihara Waner. Seishiro Itagaki and Koji Miyake, Chief of Staff, request to meet the commander! In addition, there was a telegram sent by the head of the Tufeiyuan organ, saying that the Northeast Army of China had blown up the wicker lake section of the South Manchurian Railway and attacked the base of our army in Mukden, and was currently engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with our army. However, the Northeast Army of all walks of life is dispatching troops and sending generals, and his Excellency the commander is requested to send troops as soon as possible to support the fighting troops and horses of all departments. ”
The soldier said aloud, with a look of fanaticism on his face, and looking at his expression, he was eager to put on his wings and immediately fly to the place of battle to participate in this great war.
"It seems that the Wicker Lake Incident has been launched as originally planned, and the base camp has not agreed to this plan recently, and specially sent Jianchuan Miji over to end this plan and prevent the officers below from acting privately, but I didn't expect them to launch the incident in advance and bring them over!"
As early as the Sino-Japanese War, Japan had the heart of swallowing the Northeast, and the Treaty of Shimonoseki also mentioned the cession of the Liaodong Peninsula, if it were not for the intervention of Britain, the United States, Russia and other countries, and made a hindrance from it, even if it could not be fulfilled, half of the Liaodong Peninsula was also called stable. Later, in the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese army lost tens of thousands of casualties, paid the price of more than 100,000 wounds, and won the initiative in the Far East. In the past few decades, seeing that the northeast has become more and more fat, the Japanese top brass has long had the ambition to get involved in the northeast territory, but they are afraid of the interference of Britain and the United States and other countries, and there are still hundreds of thousands of northeast troops. If it were the previous Zhang Zuolin, Ben Fanzhuang would never agree to this reckless action.
As the guy from Ishihara Waner said, Zhang Xueliang, this kid smokes a lot and is lustful. Compared to his Lao Tzu, he is a few ranks worse. It is far from being able to crumple the Northeast into a ball, and Zhang Xueliang was broken in the Middle East Road War, and now he has no arrogance left, what is the use of such a person, how to resist the great Japanese Empire just like the rising sun?
"I've seen Your Excellency the Commander!" Seishiro Itagaki, Kenji Dohihara, and Miyake Mitsuji entered one after another and saluted Honjo.
"Well, I already understand your intentions, how sure are you about taking the Northeast?" Now is not the time to be polite, Shigeru Honjo is also a resolute person, and with every second of delay, events can change.
"Seventy percent sure, Your Excellency Commander, Zhang Xueliang is a spineless warlord, and he has no guts to fight against the Empire. There was also the chairman of the Nanjing Committee, according to the reliable information obtained by the empire, both the Nanjing side and Zhang Xueliang had issued an order to the troops stationed in Fengtian not to resist at this time. Ishihara smiled slightly.
"Up to now, the 29th Wing has attacked Fengtian City, and when our army attacked Beidaying, it received only light resistance, and according to time calculation, at this time, the Second Independent Garrison Brigade had captured Beidaying. The Northeast Army did not have the courage to resist the Empire, Your Excellency Commander, the base camp was too far away from Shina and was not familiar with the situation here, so he sent General Kenkawa Miji to end the operation. But there is no shortage of people in the base camp to expand the territory of the empire, our army has captured the provincial capital of Fengtian, as long as you add a little more force, the northeast of China is at your fingertips! ”
When the Second Independent Garrison Brigade began to attack Beidaying, it was cautious and found that the Northeast Army did not resist, so it believed that the orders issued by the Nanjing government and Zhang Xueliang were true, and these Northeast Army also carried out it seriously, and the Japanese army immediately sent people back to report the good news.
And Ishihara and Itagaki Seishiro were on their way to Lushun, carrying out the most crucial part of the whole plan, dragging Shigeru Honjo, the commander of the Kwantung Army, into this plan. Shigeru Honjo held the power to mobilize troops throughout the empire in Tohoku. No matter how much Ishihara and Itagaki Seishiro agitated, they would never be able to mobilize the entire Kwantung Army.
Only with the support of Ben Fanzhuang can all the forces of the empire in the northeast be mobilized, and then influence the base camp, and promote the top of the base camp to follow the path they have designed, as long as they can achieve enough results in the early stage, those in the base camp have no reason to stop them, after all, the victors should not be blamed, and the Baden-Baden group in the base camp is waiting for the opportunity to get rid of the rotten warlords of the Changchuan Domain.
Ishihara-kun was right when he said that the entire energy of the Nanjing government at this time was focused on suppressing the Communist Party and the newly established Nationalist Government of Guangzhou. He did not have the energy to take into account what was happening in the Northeast, and Zhang Xueliang was a cowardly warlord, the Nanjing government and he both issued orders not to resist, and the inaction of the upper echelons made the Northeast Army now the first to disobey the military order, even if a small part dared to disobey the military order, as long as His Excellency the Commander agreed, he quickly sent troops to give troops, and formed a substantial occupation of Mukden, Jilin, Heilongjiang and other large cities. By the time the Nanjing government and the League of Nations, on which Zhang Xueliang had high hopes, completed the investigation, the northeast of China was already in the pockets of the empire. Seishiro Itagaki added an analysis.
"Your Excellency Commander, there is an old saying in the people of China, it is called if you don't take it, but you will be blamed for it, so the best time to make contributions and expand the territory of the empire, if you miss it, it will be too late to regret it later." Ishihara said in an extremely demagogic voice.
"Your Excellency Commander, report in advance!" Soldiers knocked on the doorway outside.
"Come in, what's new in the situation over there in Mukden?" Sanguang Zhaiji couldn't wait to stand up at this time, picked up the telegram and glanced at it, his face was both surprised and happy.
"Your Excellency Commander, Ishihara-kun, Itagaki-kun, there is good news and bad news. The attack of the 2nd Brigade of the Japanese Independent Garrison that attacked Beidaying was blocked, but the 5th Brigade of the Independent Garrison set out from Tieling to support, and the 29th Wing had already broken through the outer city of Fengtian, but the regiment of soldiers who were responsible for cooperating with the hometown seemed to have been wiped out. ”
"You have already done it, then you can only win and not lose, and the national fortune of the Great Japanese Empire will fight here!" Hearing the news, Honjo Fan spat out these words.
"Staff officer, pass on my orders. The 2nd Division was ordered to immediately lead the main force of the division to concentrate on Mukden and attack the Chinese army there. The commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade commanded the 4th Infantry Wing and the 2nd Cavalry Wing to garrison Changchun, and issued guns to all the Japanese police, soldiers in the countryside, members of the Youth League, and members of the "Manchurian" Great Drone Hornet. The commander of the independent garrison led the 1st and 5th garrison brigades to advance towards Mukden. The 3rd Garrison Brigade captured Yingkou. The 4th Brigade of the garrison captured Phoenix and Anton. The 6th Garrison Brigade sent two squadrons to Mukden under the command of the commander of the 2nd Division. The other ministries are supporting each other and are striving to take control of the major cities in Tohoku within three days. ”
Still a little uneasy, Honjo Shigeru shouted again, "The staff officer will pick up the commander of the North Korean Army for me again and ask him to send reinforcements." “
"Next, I will lead the Kwantung Army organs and the 30th Infantry Wing and Heavy Artillery Brigade stationed in Lushun to rush to Shenyang, gentlemen, please." Honjo said solemnly.
"The empire has a long military fortune." The entire Kwantung Army began to function and threw itself into this unjust war.