August 23, 1941, Yichun, headquarters. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The staff officers sent telegrams one after another, some of which were deciphered Japanese telegrams, some were deciphered Soviet spy telegrams, some were telegrams sent by our people, and some were communication telegrams of military training.

Lan Yundong drafted a telegram to the Soviet Far East, and after skimming through it, it was a telegram warning the Japanese army to attack the Far East. The telegram also compiled information on the possibility that the Japanese might send spies into the Soviet Far East to carry out sabotage.

Xiaolu added three stars to the telegram, meaning 100,000 urgent, and it was issued immediately.

The entire Yichun headquarters was in a state of tension, and Xiao Lu sat on a chair looking at the ceiling like an old monk. Every time a telegram came, it was signed, and he didn't say a word, and his face was expressionless.

Finally, a telegram came, it was Wang Santai's: "The training has ended successfully, and all the staff are returning." ”

Xiaolu was still expressionless, and after a while, Lin Tian called: "The training is over, one person is injured and is returning." ”

The trail thumped and stood up.

The staff officer next to him was startled, and Lan Yundong said: "What's wrong?" ”

Xiao Lu regained his expressionless appearance, sat down, and said: "Lin Tian is not like words, 'one person is injured', it is estimated that it is not a minor injury, it is not like words." ”

Lan Yundong said: "You're too demanding, aren't you?" ”

Xiaolu said: "We put so much energy into training, it should be zero casualties." ”

Lan Yun Dong: "Do we need to act immediately?" I mean against the Japanese army. ”

Xiaolu said: "No. It is necessary to monitor the movements of the Japanese army. I want to take a break, and there is a change in the movement of the Japanese army calling me. ”

August 23, 1941, Aihui, Japanese Battery.

A staff officer arrived at the battery.

The staff officer is a major, that is, a major advocate. He shook hands with everyone one by one with a serious face, and was silent for a long time. The Japanese soldiers didn't know why, and suddenly Shao Zuo roared loudly: "Look, this is the soldier of the Empire." In the face of provocations from the opposite side, we did not say a word, not a single shot. Look at the soldiers killed in the explosion below, they died in vain! ”

Several of the lower batteries below were shattered by heavy artillery, and all the soldiers inside died. It was a rare sight for 10 heavy artillery shells to explode on the pillbox as if they had been fired within a hundred meters.

In addition, several large-caliber artillery shots were fired in the north of one fortress, more than a dozen river fortifications were bombed, and three military camps along the river were bombed.

In the morning, the officers and soldiers of the battery carried the corpses to the headquarters to petition for a return fire, but the commander of the headquarters said that he was waiting for orders.

So, everyone just waited.

It seems that several staff officers came, and they went to each fort to agitate the soldiers.

Finally, the Japanese soldiers with three batteries could not hold back, one battery fired at the opposite bank, and the other two also opened fire. Soon, the other batteries couldn't help it, and when they saw that the three batteries kept firing their guns, they joined the bombardment.

After a few shots, the fortifications on the opposite side were blown up.

Soon, Soviet units began to counterattack. The troops of the USSR were also large-caliber artillery, as well as long-range artillery, which was much more powerful.

The Soviet counterattack caused more Japanese troops to join the artillery bombardment, and soon, there were casualties on both sides, and batteries and forts were destroyed by the other side. Soviet artillery was powerful, and barracks at a certain distance from the river bank were hit.

A large number of shells fell into the Heihe and Hailan Pao districts, several houses were blown up, and smoke billowed from several places.

This time the border clashes lasted for a day, and the Japanese army achieved great results. According to reconnaissance, the Soviet troops, although they suffered losses, did not mobilize their troops.

Both sides seemed to be very restrained, firing stopped after firing more than a hundred shells each.

In the evening, there was a chorus of joy in the Japanese position.

The news of the expansion of the border conflict immediately reached Sun Wu and reached Xinjing. Commander Umezu was very surprised, learned what had happened, felt that it was not good to punish the Japanese soldiers who opened the artillery, and was afraid of provoking a mutiny, so he asked Sun Wu for the real reason.

Sun Wu reported the detailed process and reported a reason: preliminary judgment that the Soviet army was provoking and took the initiative to shell. Details are under investigation.

The telegram provoked strong repercussions in other border areas.

The Japanese troops in various places have been instilled by the trail for two years, especially recently, news has come from various sources that if the Japanese army cooperates with Germany to attack the Soviet Union, then Japan will gain all the territory of the Asian part of the Soviet Union, especially the Soviet Union, which has hundreds of billions of dollars in mineral resources, why not attack the Soviet Union.

Now, the Japanese army did not attack, and the Soviet Union provoked on the contrary, and it was simply looking for death. You know, now that Germany is on its way to Moscow, the situation has changed.

The persimmons are almost ripe.

Soon, the Hailar area, the Dongning area, and the Suifenhe area began shelling one after another, and the entire northeast, west, and three sides, there were constant conflicts.

The Soviet side was very restrained and did not have a great counterattack, but the counterattack was very efficient, and many Japanese soldiers died. However, the Japanese side unleashed artillery and took the initiative.

The General Staff of the Kwantung Army, in accordance with Umezu's instructions, compiled the summarized situation into a report and sent it to the base camp.

The base camp was furious, and two telegrams came, one of which asked in a reprimanding tone: Did the disobedient staff officers do it? Soon, a second telegram demanded that they investigate the matter.

Soon, more telegrams of border clashes arrived at the base camp. The base camp looked at it and knew that the entire Manchurian Soviet border was fighting. Although no large forces were sent, there was constant shelling every day.

August 24th. There was encouraging news from the direction of Manchuria.

In the morning, several units of the Japanese army attacked the Soviet army opposite Manchuria, and both sides advanced and retreated.

A Japanese squadron was punished by an officer for initiating the conflict in the first place, and all their officers above the rank of officer were imprisoned. The officer refused and told the soldiers to release them that night. More than 100 people attacked privately, made a detour of more than 10 kilometers, crossed the border through the Soviet defense line with air raids, and launched an attack behind it during the day. The Soviet army was in chaos and defeated, and the Soviet defense line in Manchuria was easily torn open a gap of several hundred meters, and several small Japanese troops entered the territory of the Soviet Union, rampaging for several miles, rushing left and right, and returning with a great victory.

Later, a report to the Kwantung Army command reported that the small Japanese troops that entered the territory of the USSR numbered about 800 people, and almost all of them returned, only three were killed and more than 10 wounded. The Kwantung Army Command immediately forwarded the report to Tokyo. A few hours later, it was deliberately leaked by someone with a heart.

The news quickly spread throughout Tokyo.

From the first day of the conflict, Yichun's radio to Japan stopped almost all normal radio programs, rolling live coverage of the conflict on the border between Manchuria and the Soviet Union. The deaths of the Japanese soldiers were described in such detail that newspapers and broadcasts in Tokyo were banned by the Japanese government, but news continued to come from Iharu to Japan.

Beginning the next day, starting from Tokyo, a large number of people marched in the streets, hundreds of organizations organized ordinary people to march in the streets, and dozens of officers cut off their little fingers, packed them in small wooden boxes, lined them up, and placed them at the gate of the General Staff Headquarters.

Every day, the Japanese soldiers in Tokyo had dozens of newly added nine-cents. What does nine cents mean? Just look at the story of Yamamoto Isoroku. I'll sell it first.

Two more hours after the protest took place, Radio Yichun began to report.

Soon, all the Japanese troops in China knew about it. The officers and staff officers of the unit were able to find radios, and soon news of the protests on the Japanese mainland spread to every corner of the barracks.

One of Sun Wu's Zhongzuo staff officers was shot in the street. This staff officer was a faithful executor of the policy of southward expansion, resolutely opposed private clashes with the Soviet troops, and eloquently spoke at meetings, demanding that the troops obey the orders of their superiors and exercise self-restraint.

The report said that he went shopping on the street after the meeting and was shot and killed by a soldier with a pistol. The soldier fired eight shots at him. After the incident, the soldier who shot turned himself in. He was a guard at the headquarters, confessed that he was a guard at the meeting, heard the officer's point of view, was furious, found a pistol full of bullets, followed him into the street, and killed him.

The report said that after the soldier was taken into custody, there were constant protests by officers and soldiers, causing the troops to dare not try him.

The news spread quickly with the broadcast. The Japanese officers on the border did not dare to forcefully suppress the soldiers to participate in the border conflict, for fear that the angry junior officers would shoot black guns.

The conflict gradually escalated.

After three days of clashes, the Kwantung Army was pleased to discover that the Soviet troops in the Far East had no desire to expand the conflict at all, and intelligence showed that the Soviet troops did not transfer troops from Novosibirsk.

During the three days of the beginning of the conflict, the Japanese headquarters and cabinet met daily to study and discuss the situation in Manchuria. On the same day, the German ambassador to Japan approached the Japanese foreign minister and reiterated Germany's position.

The Tojo cabinet was set on fire, although they knew that the more than 1.2 million Soviet troops in the Far East had already gone nearly 900,000.

At present, the entire Japanese Navy and Army are preparing for a major campaign to advance southward, and several fleets of the Navy have been mobilized and are being prepared. The movement of the army was even greater, and after a large number of new recruits were transferred to Manchuria, more old troops were transported out of Manchuria.

At present, the large army has arrived in Kanto Prefecture and Shanghai, and will soon be transported to Taiwan. The Japanese mainland is transporting troops in Taiwan, and Taiwan is ready to move troops southward immediately.

The giant ship has started and wants to turn around? It's too late. If there is a two-front battle, it will lead to annihilation.

At this time, the Germans came, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Liebentrop.

On August 26, Liebentrop arrived in Tokyo by special plane, where he immediately met with Tojo and other ministers, and had secret talks with Tojo. In the evening, he paid a visit to the Emperor.

Liebentrop brought with him a personal letter from Hitler to His Majesty. There is nothing new in the content of the letter, except that it reiterates the previous conditions, but the words are sincere.

Hitler hoped that the emperor would facilitate a two-sided attack on the Soviet Union and crush it in the short term. The letter also stressed that the Soviet Far East currently has less than 300,000 troops, and the supplies are insufficient, and they are all very weak troops, which are not the same as the Battle of Nomenkan a few years ago. The terrain of the Far East is along a line of railways, which is very easy to break through.

In addition to the scene, the emperor only asked about the current situation: "When will your army reach Moscow?" ”

The meeting with the Emperor was brief, and then Liebentrop asked to continue his meeting with Tojo.

Tojo said: "It is clear that the situation in the Soviet Union is not clear, and we plan to attack the south in January. ”

Liebentrop said, "What do you want? Except for what we promised? ”

Tojo Michi: "Regarding the division of territories, we have already felt the sincerity of your head of state, and it is only necessary to see the progress of the Soviet battlefield in order to decide our actions. We judge that if your army continues to attack Moscow, it will be a great blow to the confidence of Soviet Russia. In that case, we can send troops. ”

Liebentrop said: "Moscow does not have many troops, and attacking Moscow will not destroy the forces of the Soviet Union. ”

"We believe that attacking Moscow will break the will of the Soviets to resist. That's the only condition we have. You should understand what we are worried about and what our plans are, and if we do not win with a small number of troops in the short term, we will be in a passive situation. ”

Liebentrop said: "In that case, I will immediately ask the Führer. ”

Tojo said: "Our Eastern philosophy believes that attacking the heart is the first. The soldiers who surrender without a fight, and the good ones are also good. In addition, I have intelligence about Moscow. An early attack would be advantageous. We believe that the disorganized command of the Soviet capital is the key to the victory of the Soviet Union on the battlefield. Break through their central government, so that the political and political bureaus cannot give orders, and there will be a smooth situation in which your army has just entered the Soviet Union. ”