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Despite the orders of the Emperor and the War Department, the Kwantung Army Headquarters took the plunge and sent the 8th Division deep into Rehe to attack the Chengde Villa.

This reckless act directly led to the destruction of the Eighth Division, which led to the sharp reduction of the original 17 first-class divisions of the Japanese army to 12 divisions.

The demise of the Fifth First Class Division shocked Japan!

This is not only the loss of the Japanese army, but more importantly, it has affected the morale of the entire Japanese army.

There was a kind of emotion in the Japanese army, and the soldiers of the army did not want to face the anti-Japanese volunteers in the north, and even went to the point of talking about the tiger's color.

The person directly responsible, General Wu Teng Nobuyoshi, commander of the Kwantung Army, committed suicide under pressure, and the fate of Japan's ace spy Yoshiko Kawashima was even more miserable.

After the Japanese army lost five first-class divisions, the Japanese emperor and the Japanese General Staff Headquarters had reformulated their strategy, determined not to engage the Northland Anti-Japanese Volunteers, and repeatedly and sternly reiterated this order.

The newly appointed commander of the Kwantung Army, General Ryokari Takashi, would never dare to look for bad luck again, and he didn't want to follow in the footsteps of Honsho Fan and General Wu Teng Nobuyoshi and take a great risk to provoke the sinister and cunning Fengtian.

The Japanese Kwantung Army is not stupid, the War Department is not stupid, and the Japanese emperor is not stupid, and he will definitely not continue to waste financial resources and troops on Fengtian.

So, the Kwantung Army is now learning to behave.

The Japanese can provoke others, but they can't provoke Fengtian.

Because, Fengtian has become synonymous with the shadow in the hearts of the entire Japanese army, the incarnation of demons, and the trap of death.

Unless the Japanese army exerts its national strength and invades the Northland Anti-Japanese Volunteers on a large scale, no one wants to fight with it alone.

However, the location of the Northland Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army was extremely desolate, and there was a large no-man's land in the middle, and it was extremely difficult to overcome to fight against it.

The important thing is that there is no benefit to fighting the Northland Anti-Japanese Volunteers, there are no resources there that Japan needs.

The Japanese Kwantung Army failed again, which made the Japanese War Department learn from the pain and decided to give up the entanglement with the Beidi Volunteers and return to the strategic intention of marching into Hebei.

Since the Japanese army occupied Jinzhou, the western Liaoning corridor has taken advantage of the trend, and the next target is obviously Shanhaiguan.

Nowadays, Shanhaiguan is the last pass for the Northeast Army to hold the gate of Hebei, once Shanhaiguan is lost, Hebei is under the iron heel of the Japanese.

After the September 18 Incident, the Japanese army occupied the three northeastern provinces, and then supported the Qing Dynasty to depose the emperor Pu Yi as a puppet emperor and established the so-called "Manchukuo".

The so-called Manchukuo openly drew a line with Shanhaiguan and regarded Shanhaiguan as the main "border gate" on the so-called "national border" of the puppet Manchukuo.

In addition, Manchukuo also set up its so-called "customs", "railway offices", and "police stations" at Shanhaiguan Station.

In fact, after Shanhaiguan was invaded by the Eight-Nation Coalition in 1900, it was no longer a pure defense area of the Chinese army.

In addition, after the "918" incident, the Japanese army stepped up its infiltration into Shanhaiguan and further strengthened the military strength of the Japanese garrison stationed at the railway station outside the south gate of Shanhaiguan.

After the Japanese Kwantung Army occupied Jinzhou, the army invaded all the way to the east gate of Yuguan City, and set up camp on the line from Weiyuan City to Wujialing, 1 km northeast of Shanhaiguan, that is, in the Second Zhifeng War, the main position of the Zhifeng Army to resist the Feng Army.

The terrain in that area is slightly higher than the Great Wall on which Shanhaiguan is based, and the Japanese Kwantung Army stationed there can be condescending and eyeing the city, which is enough to pose a great threat to the defense of Shanhaiguan City.

In this way, Shanhaiguan City, that is, the south gate and east gate of Linyu County, were under the strict supervision of the Japanese army, and the Chinese troops stationed at Shanhaiguan could only enter and exit freely at the north and west gates.

Since the Shanhaiguan Station is equipped with the so-called "Customs," "Railway Office," and "Police Substation" illegally set up by the puppet Manchukuo, there are still quite a few Japanese and South Korean expatriates engaged in intelligence work in the Shanhaiguan area.

Therefore, it is difficult for all the military actions of the Chinese army here to hide from the eyes and ears of the enemy.

There is another important factor, the Hebei garrison is Zhang Xueliang of the Northeast Army, this guy is purely a soft egg, coupled with the strategic location of Hebei and rich resources, why didn't the Japanese Kwantung Army clean him up?

Now the Kwantung Army is determined to deal with Zhang Xueliang, picking up soft persimmons and pinching them wholeheartedly, and eyeing Hebei.

Japan is an island country with an extreme lack of strategic resources, and the Japanese army originally planned to occupy the northeast and use a large area of land and resources in the northeast, but this plan failed, and the resources of the northeast could not be used.

The original factory equipment has been taken away by the anti-Japanese volunteers in the north, and the mineral resources around Mukden have been completely destroyed.

Originally, the Japanese cabinet had planned to emigrate to Tohoku in order to develop Tohoku's resources.

Unfortunately, the Kwantung Army provoked Fengtian, and after its retaliation, the airport under construction was destroyed again.

Without the protection of air power, the Japanese cabinet felt that it would be difficult to develop the resources of Northeast China, and the anti-Japanese volunteers in the north would deal a devastating blow at any time, and the funds invested in it would also be in vain.

Therefore, the Cabinet resolutely terminated the plan.

But war requires weapons, and weapons cannot be made without resources.

Spending money to buy from overseas, the Japanese have no money, and the early military operations have made the Japanese government's economy more and more difficult, so the resources of Hebei are becoming more and more important, and the Japanese have listed this place as their first target.

After the Northeast Army retreated into Guannei, the Chinese army stationed at Shanhaiguan was the 9th Mixed Brigade of the Independent Infantry of the 57th Army with He Zhuguo as the brigade commander.

This unit was known for its courage and skill in fighting in the Northeast Army, and after it was stationed in Shanhaiguan, it scrupulously abided by its duties, exercised strict discipline, and was properly armed, thus effectively ensuring the defense and safety of Shanhaiguan.

In July 1932, in view of the increasingly severe threat of Japanese troops in the Shanhaiguan area, Zhang Xueliang handed over the responsibility of defending Shanhaiguan to his close subordinate, He Zhuguo, the commander of the Ninth Brigade.

Zhang Xueliang instructed He Guozhu face-to-face, saying: "The people want to resist the war, and we also want to recover the lost territory in the northeast, but Chairman Chiang does not let us clash with the Japanese army, and this contradiction is not easy to handle." "Zhang Xueliang's words are very beautiful, he wants to recover the Northeast, and the implication is that Chairman Jiang will not let him fight, and the Northeast Army will not resist, which has nothing to do with Zhang Xueliang.

As soon as Zhang Xueliang finished speaking, He Zhuguo was dumbfounded, what is this, not only to prevent the army from clashing with the Japanese army, but also to hold the Shanhaiguan, who has this kind of ability?

Indeed, this in itself is a contradiction, and He Guozhu simply cannot do it.

However, Zhang Xueliang said this, and he could only complain, saying: "I can't do this, I can't do it." I can't handle this contradiction, because I have to hold Shanhaiguan and not clash with the Japanese army, and I can't fight, make peace, or leave. Can the Japanese let me gain a foothold in Shanhaiguan? ”

Zhang Xueliang shook his head and said: "I know that you have difficulties, how can you not have any difficulties if you want to be a well-known anti-Japanese soldier under the non-resistance policy of the Nanjing government?" At the moment of national crisis, even if we military personnel encounter great difficulties, we must bravely shoulder them. There will always be a way, and the solution is something that people come up with, and it depends on your efforts. ”

He Zhuguo looked at Zhang Xueliang and sighed, what could he say?

In order to support He Zhuguo, Zhang Xueliang granted military power and strengthened the defense of Shanhaiguan, ordered the establishment of the Linyong Garrison Command, let He Zhuguo concurrently serve as the commander, and unified the 20th Infantry Brigade, the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, the 15th Regiment of the 7th Artillery Brigade and the 7th Engineer Battalion under the command of He Zhuguo.

The strength of He Zhuguo's troops increased sharply by three times, and his confidence in holding Shanhaiguan was greatly enhanced.

According to the topography of Shanhaiguan, he deployed the strength of nearly four brigades in echelons, one regiment was stationed at Shanhaiguan to be on guard, and the main force was maneuvering on the front line of Beidaihe.

According to He Guozhu's battle plan, once a fight with the Japanese army started, one regiment would be used to block the Japanese army first, and the rest of the troops would quickly surround the Japanese army on all sides and annihilate them one by one.

However, He Guozhu thought very well, but he did not base himself on fighting, but only passive defense.

Since Zhang Xueliang carried out Chairman Chiang's policy of not clashing with the Japanese army, and trapped his hands and feet before fighting, how could this kind of strategic thinking hold Shanhaiguan?

The Northeast Army could not take the initiative to have friction with the Japanese army, but if the Japanese took the initiative, what would they do at that time?

The leading ideology of the Northeast Army has been wrong, and it is simply wishful thinking to expect to hold Shanhaiguan.

In history, He Guozhu was a bloody man and was also very capable of fighting, but his boss was Zhang Xueliang, and the ending was self-explanatory.

In November 1932, the Japanese Kwantung Army began to move troops along the Beining Railway on a large scale, stationed heavy troops at various stations between Huanggutun and Shanhaiguan, and sent the Fifth Division to Jinzhou to make military preparations for the invasion of Shanhaiguan.

On the evening of 8 December, a railway armored train of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Jinzhou, under the pretext of pursuing the anti-Japanese armed forces in the northeast, drove along the Beining railway line to the gap in the Great Wall at the eastern end of Shanhaiguan Station, and brazenly fired as many as 38 shells into Shanhaiguan City.

For a time, the city of Shanhaiguan was suddenly filled with gunsmoke, flames soared into the sky, and several houses were destroyed.

After that, the Japanese Kwantung Army, on the one hand, forced the Chinese defenders to "apologize," and on the other hand, it successively dispatched troops and sent more than 3,000 infantry and more than 40 field artillery and heavy artillery pieces to the east of Shiheqiao, outside the South Gate, and in the area of Erlidian and Weiyuan City in the east of the city.

In addition, there are 3 ironclad vehicles and more than 20 tanks parked in the gap of the Nanshuiguan city wall, the station, and the Shihe Bridge. Japan's Tsuda Second Fleet stationed in Lushun also sent more than 10 destroyers to anchor in the waters of Shanhaiguan and Qinhuangdao to carry out demonstrations.

The Japanese army was approaching the city, and a major battle was about to break out. (To be continued.) )