Chapter 38: A Grim Situation

"The commander of the 621st Regiment has left his post without permission and is relieved of his post as regimental commander. In view of the fact that the brigade commander Wang Yizhe had no news, Jiang Li, the commander of the 622nd Regiment, was appointed as the acting brigade commander and was fully responsible for the Fengtian war. Headquarters of the Northeast Frontier Staff. ”

Although this order is a bit nondescript, it is enough to bluff the soldiers below, and as for the upper echelons of the Northeast Army, Jiang Li did not plan to set up an archway in front of those people.

"Commander Wang, at this time, the overall situation in the Northeast is affecting the whole body, the situation in Jilin and Heilongjiang is worse than that of Fengtian, and the Kwantung Army is accumulating strength to fight back with all its might, and I am also trying to concentrate all the forces of Fengtian to resist the Kwantung Army as much as possible."

Jiang Li can ignore others, but for Wang Tiehan, Jiang Li feels the need to explain. Being able to lead a regiment and the 29th Wing to fight in Fengtian City still has a slight advantage, compared to those national * military divisions in history, Wang Tiehan is several levels stronger. Moreover, Wang Tiehan's ethics in the 7th Brigade itself is more respectable.

"I have to save it, what should I do about the war that follows? According to the reaction speed of the Japanese, the headquarters of the 15th Brigade and the 16th Infantry Wing of the Kwantung Army stationed in Liaoyang were able to arrive in Mukden at about 5 o'clock today. The regimental headquarters of the 2nd Division, the 30th Infantry Wing, and the Heavy Artillery Brigade stationed in the brigade company will be able to arrive in Mukden at noon today. Plus the 6th separate garrison brigade from Anshan, with soldiers in the township. That is to say, tomorrow the Mukden side will have to face at least the main force of the Kwantung Army, which has a strength of more than 8,000 troops. This does not include the independent garrison brigade of about 1,000 people reinforced from Tieling and Gongzhuling. ”

Wang Tiehan understood the seriousness of the matter, and also knew that with Jiang Li's personality, he would not think about fighting for power at this time, and the current crisis in Fengtian seemed to have passed, but in fact, the situation did not improve at all.

Jiang Li looked at the time, it was already 3:21 in the morning, and the Japanese army reinforced from Liaoyang was already close at hand.

Jiang Li was just about to speak, but the soldiers outside hurriedly reported, "Tuanzao, Commander Wang, Commander Huang of the Fengtian Garrison Department is here." ”

"Uncle, didn't he leave Fengtian Gu?" Jiang Li was overjoyed and walked to the door of the border staff headquarters, only to see Huang Xiansheng, Liu Wenbo, and a young man behind him striding over.

"Congwen, good boy, I can't imagine that you are usually silent, and suddenly do such a big thing, you did it so beautifully." Huang Guodong crossed Huang Xiansheng and punched Jiang Li directly in the chest, with an excitement that could not be concealed. Looking at Jiang Li's surprised eyes, he said dissatisfiedly, "Why, if you don't win a big battle, you won't recognize me as a cousin, right?" ”

"Where, I have caused a great disaster in this Fengtian, and I am afraid of causing trouble for you, so you will hide when you see me, where do you dare to deny you." Jiang Li smiled bitterly and said, this young man is also somewhat similar to Huang Xiansheng, he should be Huang Xiansheng's son.

"What is a big disaster, the young marshal gave an order, these tens of thousands of Northeast troops have become shrunken turtles, only cousin, you stand up and turn the tide, these things you do glorify your ancestors and win glory for the country, who dares to underestimate it, how can my father and I deny you." Huang Guodong said unhappily.

Jiang Li's heart warmed when he heard this, and Huang Guodong's attitude also explained Huang Xiansheng's views on this matter to a large extent.

"Guodong said it well, from the text, Shibei three days, impressive, your merits, 30 million people in the Northeast, 40,000 compatriots across the country are in the eyes, but I took 2,000 policemen and fled to Guojiatun without firing a single shot, in this matter, I am not as good as you." Huang Xiansheng admitted frankly, and there was also a look of shame on his face.

"Uncle Hugh wants to say this, you have come at the right time, I am discussing with Commander Wang how to resist the invasion of the Kwantung Army next, if my uncle joins this battle plan, my Northeast Army will be a little more sure of victory." Jiang Li was overjoyed to pull Huang Xiansheng in front of the battle map, and introduced Wang Tiehan to Huang Xiansheng and several people.

Huang Guodong was very excited when he heard this, he didn't expect that he could also hear such an exciting battle plan with his own ears, since the First Sino-Japanese War, the Kwantung Army has been parasitic in the northeast like a cancer, and now they have to discuss how to defeat the Kwantung Army.

"If you need your uncle's help, just say that the future is terrifying, I, who was an elder, became a deserter once, and I will never be a second time." Huang Xiansheng's tone was firm, in history, on the battlefield in Mukden, he was afraid of the military order and retreated to Jinzhou with the police, Zhang Xueliang was afraid of the Japanese army and still gave the order to retreat, but Huang Xiansheng was indignant and took the few remaining troops to raise the banner of resistance against the Japanese army in Jinzhou. Later, because of the Communist Party, Huang Xiansheng was arrested and killed by spies before liberation, which also made Huang Xiansheng leave the country he loved with regret, as well as the unfinished business.

Time was pressing, Jiang Li was no longer polite, and went directly back to the battle map and said:

"At present, all but one hundred prisoners of the Japanese army in Mukden City have been annihilated. After defeating the 2nd Independent Garrison Brigade of the Japanese Army, I asked Wang Sancang to lead the troops to requisition the people, and transfer explosives from the arsenal to prepare to blow up the railway. However, there was a bit of a fault in the train on the side of the arsenal, and there was no other wagon for a while, but two trains came from the south in the early hours of this morning, and they had been intercepted. Of the nearly 1,000 independent garrison Japanese troops reinforced from Tieling and Gongzhuling, I have asked Ren Jianguo to take more than 1,400 soldiers from the Eastern Battalion to set up an ambush in the civilian cantonment, and three additional artillery companies have been transferred. ”

"The Japanese troops who came from Gongzhuling and Tieling received orders to rush to Fengtian City as soon as possible, and the two armies must come in batches, not equipped with heavy weapons, and the recruits of the Dongda Battalion strengthened three artillery companies, and it is indeed no problem to stop this Japanese army." Huang Xiansheng previously collected reports on the movements of the Japanese army in the Northeast and reported it to Zhang Xueliang, and he was also well aware of the Japanese garrisons in the Northeast.

"Then what needs to be dealt with is the main force of the Kwantung Army from Liaoyang and Lushun, plus the attached independent garrison brigade, and the strength of the soldiers in the township will not be less than eight thousand, and it is likely to be more than nine thousand. If Liaoyang comes with all his might, he will almost be able to reach the periphery of Fengtian in two hours, and Lushun will not take the train north until noon today. Jiang Li's tone was very solemn.

"There is also a more worrying thing about the reinforcements transferred by the Japanese army from Korea, and the fact that the Japanese army sees that the situation is not right, it is very likely that the 3rd Brigade Headquarters, the Cavalry Wing and the 4th Infantry Wing stationed in Changchun will be transferred to Mukden. In other words, the actual size of the Japanese army that Mukden faced in these two days is likely to exceed 12,000 men. If those soldiers in the township are counted, there will be close to 20,000 people. ”

"The trouble lies in the fact that both Nanjing and the young marshal are resolutely practicing non-resistance, which means that except for the current army in Mukden, we are likely to have no reinforcements." Wang Tiehan, Huang Xiansheng and others could feel the seriousness of the problem at this time.

Even Huang Guodong, from the previous excitement, now his face has collapsed, and he said stupidly, "Could it be that the young marshal just watched Fengtian fight against the Japanese army independently?" ”

Liu Lanbo smiled bitterly, "With the style of the Nanjing side and the young marshal, he has emphasized several times that he will resolutely not resist, and at this time, Congwen jumped out to sing the opposite, and also played this kind of record, maybe he will be annoyed and angry, and it is good not to hold Congwen accountable for violating military orders, where will any reinforcements be sent." ”