The efficiency of the Japanese army was very high, and the commander of the Sixth Army, Seiichi Kita, made a telephone call to General Yamada Otozo at dawn on April 6, and by the time it was time for dinner, the battle orders of the Kwantung Army were issued to the participating units.

When Kita Makoto saw that the Kwantung Army Headquarters' operational order placed his Sixth Army under the command of Lieutenant General Iimura Sho, commander of the Fifth Army, he felt mixed feelings in his heart, such as feelings of loss and contempt. You must know that Kita Seiichi is a well-known big spy leader, a talent appreciated and valued by General Terauchi Shouichi, and in his mind, he should lead the Fifth Army and the Sixth Army to fight, regardless of seniority or contribution. But he never expected that the order of the Kwantung Army Headquarters was clear, and let him accept the command of Lieutenant General Iimura Xiang. Isn't that a distrust of his commanding ability?

Although Kita Chengyi is depressed in his heart, he is one of the demons who invade China, and he is scheming and cannot show it. The others were different, the chief of staff, Major General Noboru Sasaki, took the telegram and read it over and over again, and it took a long time for him to say to himself: "It seems that there is no such strong mechanized division as the 23rd Division in the Fifth Army!" ”

Although the Fifth Army did not have mechanized divisions, it had three divisions, one independent garrison, and three border garrisons. The 11th Division is a veteran permanent division with strong combat effectiveness, and also commands the 2nd Tank Brigade, the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, the 8th Artillery Command, which consists of four heavy artillery wings, one field heavy artillery wing, and two independent heavy artillery brigades, as well as the 12th Air Defense Command and the 1st Engineer Command. The strength of the Sixth Army is much stronger than that of the Sixth Army, which garrisons Outer Mongolia and undertakes the task of preparing for war against the Soviet Union, how can it be compared with only two divisions and one independent garrison of the Sixth Army?

The commander of the 23rd Division, Lieutenant General Nishihara Kanji, led the main force of the division and regiment just arrived at Angangxi and Kita Seichi to make peace, and after a long march, he was upset and couldn't do it, so he read the order of the Kwantung Army Headquarters. I wondered in my heart that this was called a nest of soldiers and a nest of generals, and Commander Kita had no actual combat experience, so the base camp and the Kwantung Army Headquarters would assign the Sixth Army to the command of the Fifth Army. It seems that if the 23rd Division wants to be famous in the world again, it must be proactive.

Lieutenant General Kanji Nishihara had this thought in his heart, so he ordered Kita Makoto to immediately carry out the order of the Kwantung Army Headquarters and quickly move south. Seize Shuangliao and establish the first work.

Lieutenant General Nishihara's reasoning was that the Sixth Army now had the 23rd Division, and the Army Replenishment Corps had four fully equipped supplementary brigades. In addition, the combat convoy and heavy artillery wing directly under the army have sufficient troops, powerful firepower, strong mobility ability, and large assault force, and are fully capable of quickly moving south to seize Shuangliao. As long as Shuangliao is captured, as soon as the main force of the Fifth Army arrives, it can directly attack Shenyang. Moreover, as long as the Shuangliao region is captured, it can command the independent garrisons of the Hung Yen provinces and the Manchurian Defense Army, which are under the command of the Fifth Army and the Sixth Army. The troops have been greatly strengthened, and they are not afraid of Liu Yimin's attack.

When Muto Akira drew up the battle plan, he used the Fifth Army and the Sixth Army as surprise assault groups with strong combat effectiveness, because the 23rd Division of the Sixth Army was a mechanized division, and the Fifth Army had the 2nd Tank Brigade and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, and these three units could form a rapid mobile force. Carry out a large-depth and roundabout outflanking attack on the Eighth Route Army. However, Muto Akira and Yamada Otozo never dreamed that the generals of the Sixth Army would compete for merit. If I had known this, I am afraid that Yamada Otozo and Muto Akira would have adjusted the formation of the troops.

Lieutenant General Nishihara Guanji is not unaware that his 23rd Division once suffered a big loss from the Eighth Route Army on the Jizhongde Stone Road, nor does he not know that the 23rd Division was almost completely wiped out in the Battle of Nomenhan, the problem is that the current 23rd Division was reorganized into a mechanized division after the Battle of Nomen, and it fought very well in the Japanese-Soviet War and had strong combat effectiveness.

After all, Kita Chengichi is a big spy leader, although he feels uncomfortable, but his mind is clear, he knows that he must not let the 23rd Division advance alone, which is equivalent to sending meat pies to Liu Yimin's mouth. Therefore, he stopped the chief of staff, Major General Noboru Sasaki, and the commander of the 23rd Division, Lieutenant General Kanji Nishihara, and told them to shut up and be sure to strictly implement the orders of the Kwantung Army Command and accept the command of Lieutenant General Iimura Xiang, commander of the Fifth Army.

The tradition of the Kwantung Army is to be bold and reckless, and to be accustomed to being subordinate. In particular, a group of staff officers who graduated from the Army University were extremely bold and reckless. This Chief of Staff of the Sixth Army, Major General Noboru Sasaki, is one such guy.

Seeing that Commander Kita Seiichi did not agree with the 23rd Division's rapid southward capture of Shuangliao, Major General Noboru Sasaki pondered it.

That night, Kita Seiichi had dinner with Nishihara Kanji, Noboru Sasaki and the commanders of the units directly under the army and the wings of the 23rd Division. The guards knew Kita Seiichi's hobbies, and they also knew how to find the flower girl, so they went directly to Hatoyama, the police chief of Angangxi. Hatoyama has been stationed in Angangxi for a long time, so he naturally knows whose girl is beautiful. It just so happened that the most beautiful White Russian girl in Angangxi was in his hands, and that was Semenov's daughter Katya. Hatoyama didn't have any difficulty at all, and directly stuffed Katya into the car and sent it to Kita Seiichi's temporary headquarters.

As soon as Kita Makoto drank the wine, he was dizzy, and when he saw Katya, it was like seeing a fairy, muttering "flower girl, flower girl" in his mouth, reaching out to tear Katya's clothes and pushing Katya to the bed. Unexpectedly, this girl has a strong temperament and does not obey, Kita Chengyi is short in stature, and she pushed and shoved in Katya's crying and scolding for a long time, but she couldn't get it. Kita Seiichi, who had a sperm worm in his brain, pulled out his pistol and hit Katya in the chest with a "bang".

At this moment, Kita Makoto woke up in shock, and the smell of alcohol all over his body ran away, staring at him in a daze.

At this time, the chief of staff, Major General Noboru Sasaki, heard the gunshots and ran to him, and when he saw that Kita Makoto had killed such a beautiful White Russian girl, he immediately suggested that the troops quickly move south according to the order of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, enter and occupy the northern area of Shuangliao, and leave the unfortunate Angangxi.

Kita Makoto agreed without thinking about it, and did not forget to ask Major General Noboru Sasaki to report to the commander of the Fifth Army, Lieutenant General Iimura Xiang, and asked the Fifth Army to speed up its march and catch up with the Sixth Army.

"The night gave me black eyes, but I used them to find the light."

This is a poem from Gu Cheng's masterpiece "One Generation", a representative poet of the Hazy School in later generations, but the words used to describe the scouts of the Northeast People's Anti-Japanese Democratic Alliance Army should be slightly modified and changed to "The night gave me black eyes, but I used them to find the enemy's traces", which is more appropriate.

After our troops landed at Huayuankou, Luo Yan's reconnaissance battalion was scattered in all directions, and with the cooperation of scouts from various units, they reconnoitred the enemy's situation. Luo Yan himself personally led a reconnaissance company, and when the first column captured Shenyang, he disguised himself as a Japanese skirmisher and advanced in the direction of Kaiyuan. At that time, many clever Japanese puppet police, Japanese expatriates, and spies in Shenyang were retreating northward, and no one paid attention to Luo Yan and them, who were wearing Japanese military uniforms. As a result, Luo Yan and they successfully mixed into Kaiyuan City, picked up the train to the north, divided the troops in Siping, Luo Yan led the three platoons to the direction of Gongzhuling, the first company commander Wei Zhen led the first platoon to pick up the train from Siping to Angangxi, and the instructor Chen Jinzhong led the second platoon to advance from Siping to Jilin.

After Wei Zhen left Siping, he put down a few scouts in every county, and when he arrived at the terminal Angangxi, only he and a reconnaissance team were left.

The Japanese puppet police in Angangxi were strictly managed, and Wei Zhen and the others could not enter the town, so they could only hide in the field and monitor the movements of Angangxi.

At this time, peach blossoms and apricot blossoms have already bloomed all over the south of the Yangtze River, and the willow leaves in Shenyang have begun to sprout, but the weather in Angangxi is still cold, and the investigators are hiding in the field and cannot make fires. But Wei Zhen knew that this place was too important, it was the railway junction point, and if the Japanese army reinforced Changchun from the direction of Mongolia, or rushed south to attack Shenyang, Angangxi was the place where the main force of the Japanese army must pass, and it must be guarded to the death. Therefore, Wei Zhen and the others endured the risk of freezing and catching a cold, and kept staring at it.

Wei Zhen hurriedly reported to the General Headquarters on the radio that the forward troops of the 23rd Division of the Japanese Army had entered Angangxi. The General Headquarters called back and closely monitored the movement on the spot.

That night, the Japanese Sixth Army suddenly moved south from Angangxi along the Taoang Railway. This scene did not escape Wei Zhen's eyes.

Wei Zhen sent vital information to the General Headquarters: the 23rd Division of the Japanese Army went south along the Taoang Railway, and all the divisions were mechanized, and artillery and infantry went south by train.

The General Headquarters replied: "Take advantage of the chaos to infiltrate Angangxi and continue to reconnoiter and monitor the movements of the Japanese army in situ." Whether there are follow-up troops, numbers, troops, and equipment must be reconnoitred in detail. ”

After receiving the telegram, Wei Zhen really led the reconnaissance team into Angangxi. Because at this time, there were not only the original Japanese, Japanese police and small garrison units, but also the troops and baggage troops left by the Sixth Army to meet the Fifth Army. The people standing guard and patrolling on the street are Japanese soldiers, and no one will come to examine what kind of troops Wei Zhen and they are.

It would be easy to do it after entering Angangxi, Wei Zhen and the others smashed open the door of a carriage shop owner in a decent manner, and told the shopkeeper that this carriage shop was requisitioned by the imperial army, and they were going to camp here, and quickly prepare for the work of chickens and ducks!