August 12, 1936. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Shinkyo, Kwantung Army Command.

In order to test Japan's battle plan for attacking the Soviet army on the front line of Vladivostok, the Japanese army planned the Zhanggufeng conflict. The conflict is over. The conclusion is that the Soviets were prepared.

At present, the Zhang Gufeng incident has just ended, and the two sides have agreed to exchange prisoners and corpses tomorrow, and now, the Kwantung Army can focus on attacking Yichun.

The Kwantung Army analyzed the intelligence from various channels and determined that the head of Yichun was dead.

Before the reoccupation of Harbin on the 4th, the Kwantung Army Command had already detected that the troops that had captured Harbin were retreating, and the direction of the retreat was Yichun. Because intelligence showed that a large number of Japanese were also caught up in the retreating crowd, the bombing was canceled for the time being.

At that time, the Kwantung Army Command had already decided to continue to advance, and after occupying Harbin, prepare troops and materials, use troops against Yichun, and kill this Soviet internal force.

The change in Yichun strengthened the determination of the Kwantung Army Command.

Now, Yichun's bandit leader is dead, Yichun is bound to be chaotic, this is an opportunity, an opportunity to attack Yichun. More than 60,000 troops stationed in Harbin were divided into two routes, one to Suihua and the other to Jiamusi, attacking Yichun from the east and west.

The timing of the attack on Yichun needs to be chosen.

At present, after the previous period of mobilization, the financial resources of the Kwantung Army and even the entire Manchukuo have been greatly consumed, because the amount of grain harvested last year has dropped greatly, the Japanese army's grain is already insufficient, the military rations in Harbin alone are not enough for the army to eat for a week, and the Wuhan battlefield has urged Manchuria to transport grain and other materials.

If you want to fight Yichun, you must transport a large amount of supplies from the original military stations to Harbin and Jiamusi.

The Kwantung Army set the time for the attack on Yichun in early September. At this time, the autumn grain was not yet confiscated.

The Kwantung Army's huge killing machine began to operate urgently. All the machines of the puppet Manchurian were also running under the impetus of the Kwantung Army.

Chief of Staff Ryosuke Isoya and his staff headquarters are working on a battle plan. The commander of the Kwantung Army, Ueda Kenkichi, was concerned not only about the situation in Manchuria, but also about the situation in the Central Plains.

The Wuhan Raiders are currently progressing very slowly, which cannot be considered smooth, but it cannot be considered unsmooth.

The Battle of Xuzhou ended in May with the withdrawal of Chinese troops from the battlefield, and on 6 June, the Imperial Army occupied Kaifeng. On 9 June, Lao Chiang broke the flooded Yellow River, canceling the plan to advance on the Yanlonghai Road, and the army instead advanced from the Yangtze River to Wuhan.

On June 11, the Army, with naval support, captured Anqing, and the Botian detachment landed on July 23 in the east of Jiujiang City, followed by the 106th Division, and captured Jiujiang on July 26, and the Botian detachment advanced west along the Yangtze River and was currently preparing to attack Ruichang.

North of the Yangtze River, the Imperial Army crossed Taihu Lake from Anqing on 24 July, broke through the defensive lines of the Chinese 31st and 68th Armies, and captured Taihu County, Susong County, and Huangmei County on 3 August.

Wuhan is not far away.

Ueda Kenkichi felt that although the Chinese army had gathered millions of troops near Wuhan, their combat strength was limited, and if Wuhan was conquered by the end of August, the imperial army in central China would stabilize the situation as soon as possible, and the Kwantung Army would be able to concentrate its energy, financial and material resources to stabilize the situation in Manchuria. If Yichun can be eliminated before the onset of winter, the Kwantung Army can concentrate on preparing for the war against Soviet Russia and return to normal.

Ueda Kenkichi felt that Manchuria had had a lot of problems for more than a year, and the biggest problem was that the financial revenue had fallen very sharply, especially the output of the first country had dropped greatly, resulting in a serious shortage of military spending and the construction of several fortresses slowing down. In addition, there is a serious shortage of food, which used to send millions of tons of grain to the Japanese mainland, but now it is only half completed in the previous year, and it is estimated that it will decline this year.

The biggest reason for this situation is this dispatch army.

It turned out that the dispatched troops did not pay special attention to them, and Manchuria still arrested them according to the method of catching Soviet and Russian spies, not wanting to show these people far more effective than Soviet and Russian spies. Later, when they had armed forces, they cleared them up in the same way as the anti-Japanese coalition forces and bandits, and it turned out that they were not only very strong in combat, but also very good at intelligence. Not only has the advance army become more and more powerful, but it has also changed the economic situation and political landscape of the whole of Manchuria.

There is also a very bad influence, that is, the soldiers and even officers of the garrison army began to shake their confidence in the imperial army, and a large number of garrison troops did not fight seriously when fighting against the advance army, and after consuming a large amount of military expenses, a large number of soldiers actually became soldiers of the advance army.

If you don't hurry, you're in danger of being removed.

Kenkichi Ueda felt very uncomfortable when he thought of this. He is 63 years old this year, since he was 57 years old (1932) in Shanghai by the Korean Yoon Bong-gil was injured and lost his left leg, it is unlikely that he will become a marshal, but it is important not to have a record of failure before retirement, in this sense, it is a battle of honor.

Ryosuke Isoya's arrival woke him up from his thoughts.

Isoya is a military leader who is proficient in politics, he has been in southern China for a long time, mixed in the political arena, because of his deep contacts with Sun Wen, Liao Zhongkai, Wang Jingwei, Xu Chongzhi, Wang Kemin, Lao Jiang and other Chinese, he has a lot of ideas in politics, especially his attitude towards China.

Unlike other Japanese generals, he believed that the war against China was wrong and that it was necessary to use political means to solve the problem.

However, after he really became a general and fought, he looked extremely arrogant, knowing that he had entered the encirclement of the Chinese army and still bravely did not retreat, but was defeated. Seeing that he actually had a good record, the base camp appointed him as the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army. Who knows, before he could save people, he began a battle to raise the mountain fortress, losing tens of thousands of officers and soldiers.

Because the style of play of this battle was recognized from top to bottom, and Isoya was the only one who revised the plan and reduced the losses, therefore, Isoya Ryosuke did not gain any bad influence, although Harbin also lost once, but the battle was not over yet, and Tokyo did not want to move them.

Therefore, the next battle, no matter how long it takes, must be won.

Ryosuke Isoya saw that Kenkichi Ueda was pondering, and said, "General, are you thinking about the battle situation?" ”

Kenkichi Ueda: "You may be seated. I was thinking about the relationship between the Wuhan war and the Manchurian war. ”

Ryosuke Isoya: "General, can you tell us your opinion?" ”

Kenkichi Ueda: "If the war situation in Wuhan does not end as soon as possible, then it is necessary to concentrate the forces of the whole country, all of Manchuria, all of Korea, and all of Taiwan to ensure the victory of Wuhan, so how can the current bad situation in Manchuria be solved?" The conflict at Zhang Gufeng has just ended, and the military strength in that area needs to be strengthened. We don't have enough military strength and we don't have enough financial resources to support this war. ”

Ryosuke Isoya: "General, your thinking is very close to what General Terauchi said. ”

Kenkichi Ueda: "Really? ”

Ryosuke Isoya: "General Terauchi Shouichi has been thinking about the future of the empire behind closed doors since he was frightened in Beiping last time. Quite a few people came to ask for advice, and he also said something similar to you, General. In fact, I also believe that the cost of war is the highest, and if you can, try not to use it. ”

Kenkichi Ueda: "Maybe we're all old, and those young people don't accept what we say. However, with the strength of Manchuria, it was impossible to raise more troops. ”

Ryosuke Isoya: "What if the colonization plan is implemented as soon as possible?" ”

Kenkichi Ueda: "Maybe it's better. Let the food produced by the colonial peasants be supplied directly to the army. Now, apart from this advance army, colonization may not be so easy. This advance army is very good at fighting economic wars, and our economic losses are more terrible than military losses. ”

Ryosuke Isoya: "I'm afraid that increasing troops in Kanto is the trend of the times. ”

Kenkichi Ueda: "Don't talk about that. Did you come to me this time to talk about the battle plan? ”

Ryosuke Isoya: "Yes. This time, on the question of the bombing of Yichun. More than 50,000 of our expatriates and retired soldiers in Harbin have been captured, and if we bomb Yichun, we may be bombed by the Japanese. So, it's worth rethinking. ”

Kenkichi Ueda: "First prepare for the bombing, continue reconnaissance, and step up intelligence gathering. We only have three weeks to prepare for the campaign. During these three weeks, we must do a good job in gathering intelligence. ”

At this time, a staff officer came in with a telegram, and his expression was a little flustered.

Ryosuke Isoya sent a telegram, looked at it, his eyes widened all of a sudden, looked at it again, and handed it to Kenkichi Ueda.

Ueda Kenkichi looked at it and said, "Why did the advance army fight in Bei'an Town." And large-caliber heavy artillery? It's hell off. ”

Ryosuke Isoya: "This means that our opponent is still alive. He's not dead. We were fooled. ”

Kenkichi Ueda: "Catch that piranha for me!" Trial! ”

The troops attacking Bei'an Town, Yichun came with 15,000 people, three troops, led by Zhu Chi Wanquan Celuo Cequn. Luo Cequn had already handed over the troops and was ready to concentrate on equipment, but the battle was too big and there was a lack of generals, so Luo Cequn took the initiative to ask for help and fight another battle. In addition, according to his suggestion, the 5,000 men under his original command will continue to serve as a field army, and the troops engaged in equipment can be used as a unit formed by some prisoners of war.

For the sake of secrecy, the fifteen thousand men did not set out at night until the 7th, after all the retreating troops and all the retreating captives had entered Yichun, and went to the mainland on the west side of the mountains, but they did not enter any towns at all, rested during the day, marched at night, and after leaving Qing'an, they began to have small troops to feed them. It was not until the 11th that it reached the vicinity of Bei'an.

In addition, there are Li Fanglin, Xia Kuiwu, Zhu Yuting, Wei Xilin near Bei'an, four troops, now, they have developed to tens of thousands of people, the population here is relatively sparse, the development has encountered a certain bottleneck, a few days ago the enemy was busy transporting, several families worked together to blow up the train several times, and the days were better.

A large force arrived, and according to the plan, several units joined forces to launch an attack on the town of Bei'an.

After the attack began, Xiaolu asked Zhang Yongxing to collect the net in Yichun, and Boss Wang, his men, and the eight people were all arrested.