Chapter 161 Target: Kwantung Army Headquarters (1)
The next day, the results of last night's battle were liquidated, and it was said that two battleships of the Third Fleet were sunk, one was slightly injured, and the other heavyweight battlecruiser Izumo was seriously injured, and it was precisely because it was not too far from the port that it escaped the fate of destruction, but it also dealt a heavy blow to the army, and this heavy loss immediately caused an uproar up and down the company, and the commander Nomura Kichizaburo turned pale, as the supreme commander of the battle and the commander of the Third Fleet, he knew how heavy this loss was.
Sure enough, the cabinet couldn't wait to remove him from his post and let the newly transferred commander of the Ninth Division, Ueda Kenkichi, take unified command of the battle in Shanghai. The number of combatants in the army instantly increased to 90,000.
When Yoshiko Kawashima delivered a piece of information to Kenkichi Ueda, the latter's lips trembled wildly, and he gritted his teeth and spat out a few words: "Yan, Huang, Jun".
"According to investigation, this operation was jointly planned by the Yanhuang Army's Assassin Soul Group and the Yanhuang Intelligence Bureau, and the top personnel of the two organizations, Xu Wenqiang and Yang Meiting, personally rushed to Shanghai to direct the operation," Yoshiko Kawashima said expressionlessly.
"Then what are you doing in the special high class, why did you only find out about the situation now, why don't you hurry up and arrest these two people for me, I want to see the corpse when I die, I want to see people in life, I will let Wei Chendong take a look, the revenge of this imperial army is not something he can afford", Ueda Kenkichi roared with a cold face.
Yoshiko Kawashima didn't say a word, and after giving a military salute to Kenyoshi Ueda, she took her henchmen and walked out.
"Xu Wenqiang, Yang Meiting, only you are qualified to be my opponent, let's fight on the beach first, see who kills the deer", Kawashima Yoshiko's eyes were full of war, and she walked out of the headquarters quickly and started her own conspiracy action.
Chen Bingnan personally made a speech in the northeast and commended 37 heroes, several of whom had performed well were given special military merits, and the others were given first-class military merits, and their names and deeds were hyped up by the Yan and Huang Army in their sphere of influence, and their names were quickly memorized by the people, and then spread throughout the country and even the world.
The people of Shanghai also held a [***] demonstration, singing the praises of the 19th Route Army and such loyal heroes as Zhang Zijiang, Zhang Haichang, Xie Changhe, and Mo Xinyan.
The British, French, American, and other consuls in the Shanghai Concession finally realized that the Chinese had already fought with fire, and in such an unequal situation, they could still hold out for so long and inflict such great losses on the enemy, and this suffering nation was really not so easy to conquer, and there were already many Chinese, and there were so many heroes who were not afraid of death, and they wanted to make China submit, and they only thought of one word, difficult.
"It's so fucking cool. Team Leader Xu, Director Yang, I really can't thank the Yan Huang Army for their support, you have so few personnel in Shanghai, you can still achieve such results, I admire the warriors, and I admire the great wisdom of the Yan and Huang Army", the command of the 19th Route Army, Jiang Guangnai, and Cai Tingkai held Xu Wenqiang and Yang Meiting's hands tightly and did not separate, and their gratitude was beyond words.
"Commander Cai, Commander Jiang, although the results of this battle are good, I will definitely jump over the wall in a hurry, and then carry out large-scale retaliation against the 19th Route Army and other anti-Japanese organizations, but we have brought trouble to the brother troops", Yang Meiting was happy at the same time, but she was also quite worried in her heart.
Cai Tingkai, Jiang Guangnai's eyes lit up when he heard this, and secretly said that this Yang Meiting doesn't look at her age, but she is cautious, calm and abnormal, and she is not complacent at all about the brilliant results, it seems that this Wei Chendong's vision of using people is good, and while daring to use young people vigorously, he is also willing to provide strong support for their thoughts, I believe that the success of this operation, Wei Chendong's shadow will definitely be inseparable, I am afraid that putting the two of them in this chaotic Shanghai Beach also wants to take the opportunity to temper them again.
"Hehe, Director Yang doesn't have to worry about us, the strong men of the Yan and Huang Army are not afraid of hardships and dangers to achieve such results, my 19th Route Army is not far behind, it's good that the little devil is here, let's sharpen the knife a little brighter, kill more, the feat of the heroes of the Assassin Soul Group, the soldiers of the 19th Route Army already know, they are also all brave to be the first, they don't want to fall behind, everyone is the descendants of Yan and Huang, and they don't want to fall behind the Yan and Huang Army too much", Cai Tingkai said in a loud voice, as a military commander, he naturally wants to bring his troops well, and it is a matter of admiring the Yan and Huang Army, But fighting bravely, the 19th Route Army did not want to fall behind anyone.
"Hehe, the 19th Route Army can achieve such results in terms of equipment and numbers that are weaker than the enemy, who dares to say that the 19th Route Army is not good, I, Yang Meiting, am the first to disagree", Yang Meiting did not hesitate to praise herself.
"Director Yang has won the award, in fact, we are not worried that there is another important reason for my revenge", Jiang Guangnai said mysteriously.
"Oh?" Xu Wenqiang and Yang Meiting glanced at each other, revealing a look of surprise.
"Reinforcements?" The two of them said uncertainly.
"Clever", Jiang Guangnai clapped his hands hahaha.
"The Yan and Huang Army have achieved such results with such a few people in Shanghai, coupled with the high sentiment of resistance in the country, and said that I have just suffered the defeat of the Yan and Huang Army in the Northeast, this kind may make Lao Jiang very faceless, and the several victories of the Chinese [***] team may also slightly increase some of the confidence in his heart to resist, General Zhang Zhizhong timely proposed to ask for battle, in this way, Lao Jiang finally agreed, the Fifth Army is on the way to Shanghai, and it can be reached without saying it", the two told the two of them the reason for the incident without concealing it.
"Wow, our Yanhuang Army is too far away from here, I can't wait to grow wings and fly here, now Lao Jiang promises to resist, no matter what I thought of him before, I Yang Meiting admires him."
Several people nodded when they heard this, and now it seems that Lao Jiang is not exactly a surrender faction, and there is still salvation.
"Commander Cai, Commander Jiang, now the resistance is becoming more and more difficult, we are both friendly troops, what is the use of us, please just give orders, we will do our best to cooperate", the two sides chatted for a while, and Xu Wenqiang spoke out at the right time.
"Team Leader Xu is polite, the Yan and Huang Army have helped us a lot, but we will not be polite to you, if we need the help of the Yan and Huang Army, we will definitely ask for help, but then again, in the future, the Yan and Huang Army will be able to use our Nineteenth Route Army, as long as we can do it, we will not hesitate", Cai Tingkai and Jiang Guangnai both said in vibrating.
Several people nodded solemnly, their hands clasped together, and this simple alliance was further strengthened.
The news of the battle in Shanghai also spread to the northeast as soon as possible, although it was not the Kwantung Army Command that commanded it, but the Kwantung Army agencies also participated, and the operation was unfavorable at this time, which also made them lose face.
Since the Meiji Restoration, in addition to some troubles encountered in the Russo-Russian War, the Imperial Army is still relatively smooth, but I didn't expect that since September 18 last year, it has been bad luck, and the equipment and quality of the [***] team are obviously much weaker than the army, why can they win battles one by one? Is it really just a matter of not being afraid of death? Obviously not, otherwise, China is not invincible.
After nearly half a year of analysis and observation, Honjo finally saw a key point of the problem, he felt that the current situation of the Kwantung Army was similar to that of the Qing soldiers at the beginning, and the Manchus were only so little, and how did they rule the whole of China? It is not entirely by fighting, no matter how they fight, it is impossible for the Manchus to defeat so many Han people, and the smart Manchus have thought of a way, to control the Han with Han, to rule the Han people with the Han people, to adopt the Manchu and Han families, to encourage the Manchu and Han to intermarry, the Manchus to learn Han culture, etc., so that the two ethnic groups can fully integrate and eliminate hostility, so that they can coexist and prosper.
Although he wants to learn the Manchu set, but Honzhuang Fan does not want to copy it all, there are some things he is not allowed to exist, such as encouraging himself to marry with the Chinese, learning Chinese culture, etc., in his heart, the Great Yue Empire is the supreme, let the inferior Chinese and the fine varieties of the Great Yue Ben intermarry, that is impossible, Chinese culture is broad and profound, but the Great Yue Empire with a "splendid" culture also disdains to learn, however, the so-called "Zhongyu goodwill" policy can be vigorously promoted, to reduce the hostility of the Chinese.
Honjo knows that there must be a premise for the realization of the above, that is, a Chinese regime, and the control of this regime is essentially in the hands of Yue himself, so he must first form a Chinese puppet regime.
Just do what you say, and the special high class immediately started to act.
Shenyang, the core location of the Japanese army, is located where the headquarters of the Kwantung Army is located. On this day, several plainly dressed young men were inspected by the guards of the city gate, and finally entered the city safely. A few people seemed to have come to the city from the countryside to catch the market, carrying large bags of things, tired and panting all the way, and from time to time they were urged by the impatient army, which made them even more hurried.
"Uncle, uncle, okay, I haven't eaten for a few days, give me something to eat", suddenly a beggar on the side of the road rushed forward and stopped them.
"Go, go, go, we're all starving to death," said one of them, impatiently chasing the beggar.
"Uncle, for everyone's Chinese sake, give less", the beggar begged weakly.
One of the young men in a black cloth shirt thought for a moment, sighed and said: "Huazi, it's not easy for everyone these days, let's share some of our dry food with him, maybe we can save his life, in this way, we can also do it steadily."
Huazi thought for a while, muttered, reluctantly took down a package, and carefully opened it, and several large cakes were revealed, and the beggar looked at it pitifully. Huazi glanced at the beggar, took out one of the large cakes, broke off a small piece and stuffed it into the beggar's hand, and then quickly put the rest away. The beggar was stunned, took a small piece of bread and walked away.
Such a scene is not unusual in the eyes of others, so no one cares.
"Brother Chen, I'm hungry, why don't we find a restaurant to eat?" The group of four walked for a while, and Huazi said embarrassedly, obviously they were walking together all the way, and it was the black-clothed young man who had just spoken out to give the beggar bread to eat.
"Isn't there dry food?" Brother Chen raised his eyebrows.
"I eat this dry food every day, and I have long been tired of eating it", Huazi muttered quietly, looking very reluctant.
"Brother Chen, it's getting dark anyway, we have to find a place to stay, or find a small hotel, and eat there by the way, so that everyone can improve their food," a taller young man whispered.
Brother Chen frowned when he heard this, thought for a while, and said, "Okay."
Huazi cheered when he heard this, his mouth also shook, and he could drink two more glasses.
A group of four people found a cheap hotel to live in in a remote place and asked for two rooms. Everyone seemed to be tired, and after eating and drinking, they fell asleep early.
(To be continued)