Chapter 216: Japan's Reaction
A squadron of Japanese troops at the East Tower airfield had just attacked near the west gate of the airport, and first unluckily stepped on a few mines, and then for some reason detonated more than a dozen mines in the surrounding area. The unsuspecting Japanese troops were overturned on their backs by bombed men.
"Damn the intelligence officer, who told us that the East Tower airfield is surrounded by safe places. When did the mines at the East Tower Airport be planted? ”
Just when the attacking squadron leader gritted his teeth in hatred, and before his own team had time to treat these wounded, the Japanese troops suddenly burst into gunfire around them, and countless machine guns and rifles opened fire fiercely from all sides of the darkness.
"It turns out that the cunning Shina people have already set up an ambush at the airport." The squadron leader immediately lay down and thought while directing the surrounding Japanese troops to counterattack on the spot.
However, these ambushes in the surrounding area had strong firepower and rapid attacks, and the Japanese troops were suppressed and could not raise their heads, and they could not organize an effective counterattack at all.
Boom, hundreds of explosions sounded one after another among the Japanese troops, and then most of the Japanese troops fell on the way forward, and more Japanese soldiers were deaf and dizzy from the bombing.
Only a few lucky Japanese soldiers were not attacked by these bombs because they were well concealed, but these few intact Japanese soldiers did not dare to get up and fight back, for fear that they would be accidentally hit by bullets fired everywhere.
They were still wondering in their hearts, at this time, they could hardly see their fingers, but these ambush soldiers at the airport were not afraid of accidentally hurting their own people in the dark night, and they actually rushed into the Japanese army in the face of artillery fire.
Holding a repeating box cannon in one hand and a broadsword in the other, they quickly threw away their armor and hundreds of Japanese soldiers who were killed, and dozens of Japanese soldiers who were killed did not listen to the squadron leader's shouts at all, threw down their weapons and all heavy things, and ran away.
And this squadron leader led a few of the last Imperial warriors, all back to back, in a group, ready for the final battle of trapped beasts.
The squadron leader was already so mad that he hadn't even touched a shadow of the enemy until now, and the elite soldiers of a squadron went to see Amaterasu, and he didn't blink an eye.
He must fight to the last of his strength, he must fight to the end, and before he dies, he must see who the divine is ambushing them.
Because he knew that the defenders of the East Tower Airport had absolutely no such experience. Just when the squadron leader had just drawn his command knife and was about to lead the last few Japanese troops to a head-to-head confrontation with the enemy.
A few grenades were thrown at their feet with white smoke, and the squadron leader only had time to look down at the white smoke under his feet, and with a few loud bangs, the squadron leader and several soldiers around him were torn apart.
At the moment when the bomb exploded, the squadron leader was thinking that if there were fewer grenades under his feet, maybe he could kick them away.
Because he was the best defender on the college football team before he joined the army, and what he was best at was big feet. It's a pity that the squadron leader, who has already gone to see Amaterasu, has no chance to get an answer.
Eliminated the last of the rebellious enemies. The members of the 3rd Brigade of the Golden Tiger Rangers hastily cleaned up the battlefield and immediately knocked on the west gate of the airport.
Then they quickly took over the staff of Huaxing Airlines, who entered the airport first. Their mission was to repel the Japanese and they held out for twenty-four hours. They still have a fierce battle to fight.
And those Huaxing Airlines staff also have another task to complete, and their mission is to protect all the planes at the airport.
As soon as the sky dawned, the Dongta Airport had been completely occupied by the Third Brigade of the Golden Tiger, and the more than 100 Northeast Army troops were also released from the airport at dawn and let them escape.
At this time, it was the second day of 918, and the sky was just dawning. The four gates of Shenyang City were wide open, and a large number of people fled from the south gate and the west gate, while the north gate was blocked by a large number of Japanese troops, and the east gate was blocked by unknown armed forces.
At this time, a small group of Japanese troops guarding the east gate of Shenyang outside the east gate was suddenly attacked by an unknown group of armed forces at dawn, and almost before this group of Japanese troops could react, they were all wiped out.
Then, the group came to the east gate and opened the east gate, only to see nearly 300 cars driving out of the east gate in a row, and these cars lined up in a thin long line, all the way to the east.
The cars all had a red flag on the front, the rear compartment was covered with a camouflage cloth like a fishing net, and in addition to the driver, there were two machine gunners in the co-pilot, and the cab glass of the car had long been removed, and a machine gun poked out of the front of the co-pilot.
This convoy was so bold that it dared to escort these ordnance, gold and silver with such a small number of troops when the city outside Shenyang was full of Japanese soldiers. Aren't they afraid of the Japanese attack?
Sure enough, the spies of the Japanese army walking outside Shenyang City had already discovered this huge convoy, and they immediately sent the news to the Kwantung Army Headquarters, which was also shocked who was so desperate, although the troops attacking Shenyang City could not divide their forces to chase these cars, but they also had a cavalry wing of nearly 4,000 people.
Now the attacks in all parts of the Kwantung Army are very smooth, and the cavalry wing, as the general reserve, can complete this pursuit mission.
However, it seems that not so many cavalry are needed to pursue 300 cars, so Duomen Eryang only sent half a wing to pursue the cars that escaped from Shenyang City.
The other half of the wing was sent to a brigade to capture the East Tower airfield. Because it is the only important military target outside Shenyang that has not yet been breached. Soldiers who fled said that the attack there was not going well. There seemed to be thousands of defenders at the airport.
As for most of the other wings, Duomen Erlang simply expanded the results of the battle and sent them to attack Changchun, Jilin, so many Northeast Army troops in Shenyang surrendered without a fight, and maybe the defenders of Changchun, who were close at hand, also fled.
Thinking that it was likely to occupy a large city in a provincial capital again, Lieutenant General Duomen Eryang also straightened his back. Whoever said that cavalry could not storm cities, perhaps he would create the first cavalry feat to capture a large city.
Domen Jiro believed that under the condition that the general situation of this military operation was basically decided, he could completely let the cavalry carry out this attack mission alone.
Therefore, after giving the order to pursue the cavalry, the generals of Domen Jiro and Dohihara walked to the front of the enemy situation map one after another, and seeing that the situation was very good, the Kwantung Army headquarters sounded from time to time with the sound of congratulations.
Affected by such a warm atmosphere, Domen Jiro could not contain the joy in his heart, and he raised his arms and shouted like all the soldiers in the headquarters, preparing for the coming glory of their Great Japanese Empire.
On this day of September 19, Japan unilaterally announced that the Northeast Army would attack the South Manchurian Railway, and the Japanese army, as the victim, launched a stubborn counterattack and defeated countless Northeast Army.
Now they are fighting back, and they are going to capture more cities to teach the Northeast Army a lesson. At the same time, the Kwantung Army asked for help from the country, although the country knew that the Kwantung Army was a thief and shouted to catch a thief, but seeing such a great result, the base camp of the Japanese War Department was also very excited.
You must know that although the Kwantung Army's invasion of the Northeast has been discussed in the base camp for a long time, the base camp has not yet approved this plan.
However, as the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Kwantung Army, Duomen Erlang actually launched this war with Tuhihara in private, and although he achieved great results, the base camp was also very angry.
Because this is a typical act of committing the following crimes, but the base camp cannot clearly expose its own shortcomings, so the base camp reported the Kwantung Army's action of reversing black and white to the inner wide without changing at all, and applied for immediate reinforcements to the northeast.
Originally, Uchikuo also had some concerns about what happened in the northeast, after all, starting a war with the squadron, as Japan, especially the Japanese cabinet, had not yet made very adequate preparations.
However, after hearing that more than 100,000 people of the Northeast Army had collapsed, and more than a dozen towns around the South Manchurian Railway had been occupied, and now they were attacking Changchun, Jilin. The opposition of the cabinet has also decreased a lot.
Regardless of the actual situation, it was the Japanese Kwantung Army that now emerged victorious. Regardless of the outcome of the investigation in the future, the most important thing is to support the Kwantung Army to achieve greater results and gain more bargaining chips for future negotiations between the two countries.
Moreover, the Kwantung Army is now in urgent need of replenishment of troops, with the current Kwantung Army of more than 20,000 plus more than 10,000 Japanese expatriates, there is more than enough to attack and not enough to occupy.
Therefore, the cabinet finally agreed with the opinion of the base camp to send a division to China again, so the commander of the 10th Division, Lieutenant General Shigeru Honjo, who was originally one of the masterminds behind the invasion of China, was sent to China.
And the base camp is a warning to the Duomen Erlang without the consent of the base camp and the squadron without authorization. At the same time, the base camp appointed Shigeru Honjo to take over the post of commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army of Tamen Niyo.
At the same time, in order to give the Kwantung Army a legal coat of aggression, the Japanese cabinet began to publicize 918 with great fanfare, condemning the bad behavior of the squadron ** taking the lead in attacking the Japanese army.
He also emphatically pointed out that today's Japanese army is only legitimate defense, and they not only want to severely punish the squadron, but also ask the Nationalist Government to give a reasonable explanation, and they will never give up without making specific compensation.
The day after the incident in the Northeast, Zhang Xueliang's condition finally improved, and when he knew that most of the Northeast Army fled to Jinzhou without firing a shot, Zhang Xueliang hurriedly announced that this was a misunderstanding.
At the same time, he sent a telegram to Commander Chiang, asking him to ask for help from the ministers of many countries, hoping that all countries would put pressure on Japan to peacefully resolve the Northeast issue.
Then he thought that as long as many countries came forward to mediate, he would soon return to Zhang Shaoshuai in Shenyang, take a special train to the northeast, and go to Jinzhou, the gateway to Liaoning.
In fact, when Zhang Shaoshuai went to Jinzhou, a convoy of nearly 300 vehicles had already left for Dandong City, where Li Tie had already prepared two 10,000-ton cargo ships to meet the huge convoy. Now it depends on whether Li Tie's convoy is running fast or the Japanese army is chasing fast.
The only cavalry wing of the Kwantung Army chased the convoy all the way from Shenyang City along the clear car wheel prints, and reported the direction of the convoy's escape to the Kwantung Army headquarters from time to time.
When the staff officers of the Kwantung Army headquarters learned that the convoy was in the direction of escape. The headquarters of the Kwantung Army immediately judged that the direction in which the convoy fled was Dandong.
Because it was the only place where the convoy could safely escape to the sea at the moment, because it was the only place that was not heavily defended by Japanese troops.
And if the convoy escaped from other seaports in Bohai Bay, they would inevitably be intercepted by the Imperial Navy, but they thought they would be able to escape in this way, and they were mistaken.
Because now behind them there was not only half a company of cavalry in pursuit. They still don't know that the Japanese Navy now happens to have a fleet of ships patrolling the Sino-Japanese waters, and even if the convoy escapes the pursuit of the cavalry wing this time, they will not be able to escape the pursuit at sea.
The Kwantung Army, which believed that it had won the victory, immediately telegraphed the Japanese Navy to send warships to the waters of China and North Korea to intercept the convoy that might have escaped. At the same time, several four naval ships of the Japanese Kwantung Army, located near Dalian, were also ordered to go north to Dandong to prepare for interception operations.