Chapter 47: The Battle of Mukden 1

"Your army blew up the Wicker Lake Railway first, besieged our independent 2nd Garrison Brigade, 29th Infantry Wing, ambushed the 5th, and 1st Garrison Brigade Garrison Brigade behind, resulting in more than 3,500 deaths and casualties of our emperor in the northeast of your country, and more than 2,000 overseas Chinese were killed and wounded in the northeast of your country.

The sky was already bright, and Zhang Xueliang was holding a press conference at this time, and in the face of the Japanese reporter's questioning, Zhang Xueliang also felt that the incident was a little tricky. There was no telegram from Fengtian's side in the morning, and the provincial governor Tibetan Yi communicated with him, but Tibetan Yi did not lead the army, and he did not know the results of the 7th Brigade at this time.

Because Ben Fanzhuang rushed to Fengtian by train from Lushun to prepare for a full-scale war, he had already ordered the 1st and 5th independent garrison brigades, and the two Japanese troops rushed to Fengtian City from Gongzhuling and Tieling respectively, and were beaten by 1,000 or more soldiers of the Dongda Battalion set up by Jiang Li to ambush in Wenguantun, and the two independent garrison brigades were almost blocked and annihilated in Wenguantun. In addition to the capture of some machine rifles, more than a thousand tons of white flour were additionally harvested, which was enough for a month's rations for the army in Mukden City, which was considered an unexpected harvest.

Zhang Xueliang pondered his words for a while, his face was relatively calm, and in the face of the enemy's attack, he said without blushing at all, "I have already ordered our soldiers to put their swords and guns into storage, yesterday your ** team attacked Changchun, our army basically did not resist, and the artillery regiment stationed in Nanling was also blown up by your army Dozens of cannons. ”

"Regardless of the matter of Changchun for the time being, since Commander Zhang is so peace-loving, why did he let the Fengtian defenders attack our ** team?" Japanese reporters are arrogant and unreasonable.

"For the Mukden defenders, I also gave orders several times last night not to resist, and then until this morning, I did not receive more specific telegrams and phone calls from the Mukden side, it is not clear for the time being, it should be the private actions of the Mukden defenders." Zhang Xueliang said, "On this point, the Nanjing government and I will deal with it seriously. ”

Leaving the press conference, Zhang Xueliang's face turned blue, he didn't expect that the situation on Fengtian's side would be beyond expectations.

"Immediately give me the border staff headquarters, I want to ask Zhang Haipeng and Wang Yizhe what they are eating, they can't even restrain the army, and now they have stabbed the basket, do you expect Lao Tzu to wipe their butts?"

"Hey, I'm Zhang Xueliang, where is Zhang Haipeng?" After the phone was connected, Zhang Xueliang asked directly.

"Young marshal, I'm Huang Xiansheng. Chief of Staff Zhang is now resting with an ear injury, and it is inconvenient to answer the phone for the time being, and now the military affairs of Fengtiancheng are handled by his junior post. Huang Xiansheng said.

"What happened to the three or four thousand Japanese soldiers killed and wounded in Mukden City? What about Wang Yizhe, who gave the battle order? Who is going against the will of the Central Committee and me? Zhang Xueliang asked.

"YOUNG MARSHAL, THE JAPANESE ARMY HAS CAPTURED CHANGCHUN CITY IN THE NORTH, AND THE JAPANESE INFANTRY 29TH WING HAS USED AN ARTILLERY GROUP INCLUDING 240MM MORTARS TO ATTACK BEIDAYING, IF THE 7TH BRIGADE DOES NOT RISE UP TO FIGHT BACK, THERE IS A DANGER THAT THE WHOLE ARMY WILL BE ANNIHILATED. The Japanese army entered the city of Mukden to burn and loot, and our army had to resist. Huang Xiansheng said in a deep voice, "The Kwantung Army can be defeated, young marshal, as long as you send reinforcements now and transfer garrisons from all over the northeast, you can expel the Kwantung Army from the Guanwai." ”

"Nonsense, who is responsible for causing a big war between the two countries, don't I know that the Kwantung Army only has 10,000 or 20,000 people, but behind the Kwantung Army stands the entire Japanese government. Now I order you to withdraw your troops from Mukden City at once! Zhang Xueliang said angrily, the resistance from within made Zhang Xueliang more angry than the Japanese invasion.

"Young Marshal, if you want to withdraw the Northeast Army into the pass, we who are subordinates can't stop it, but now that the Japanese army wants to swallow up the entire Northeast, I, as a soldier, have a reason to resist, and the defenders of Mukden can't retreat."

Huang Xiansheng said in a firm tone, then hung up the phone and muttered to himself, "It really made Jiang Li's kid fall for it, Zhang Xueliang didn't have the backbone to resist the Japanese." ”

At the end, Huang Xiansheng raised the phone again, "Hey, Governor of Tibet, I am Huang Xiansheng, informing the major newspapers in Fengtian, vigorously reporting the evil deeds of the Japanese army in Fengtian, and calling on the people of the whole country to resist Japan. ”

"Bastard!" Zhang Xueliang was so angry that he almost didn't break the phone. Walking to the window, there was a large group of students marching outside. Before Huang Xiansheng launched the public opinion war, the huge changes in Fengtian had already reached Beiping.

"The Japanese army invaded the three eastern provinces on a large scale and sent troops to attack Changchun, Fengtian and other cities. Zhang Xueliang, commander of the Northeast Frontier, ordered the troops to withdraw from Mukden and not to resist. At present, Changchun has fallen, and the defenders of Fengtian have fought back, still defending themselves, and are anxious for the support of the whole country! ”

"Down with Japanese imperialism and severely punish the acts of surrender and treason!"

The shouts of the students penetrated the space of dozens of meters and drilled into Zhang Xueliang's ears. Zhang Xueliang punched on the railing, from the bottom of his heart Zhang Xueliang was unwilling to clash with the Japanese army, because of the fiasco on the Middle East Road, he was too jealous of the foreign powers, and tried his best to avoid war with the Japanese army, but also wanted to save the Northeast Army, this army has the capital to settle down, but now there are voices in the Northeast Army that oppose his order, and now he is at the risk of being scolded by the whole country if he orders not to resist, if he does it against Huang Xiansheng and others who counterattack the Japanese army in Fengtian, this kind of behavior is no different from a traitor, what should I do?

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Zhang Xueliang was in a struggle, Jiang Li naturally didn't care about this, before the artillery from the arsenal arrived, compared to the main force of the Second Division of the Kwantung Army, Jiang Li's firepower was superior. Huang Xiansheng has already called from his side, and the first batch of 27 pilots has already sent troops to escort them to the Dongta airfield, and if there is any more support from air firepower, it is very possible to inflict heavy damage on the main force of the Kwantung Army before the arrival of the Japanese and Korean garrisons.

The first strike is strong, and the second strike suffers. Jiang Li naturally didn't want to be pressed and beaten by the Japanese, and in the face of the 16th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, the 3rd Brigade Headquarters, which had arrived in Qianjin Village, Ma Zongtun and other places one after another, Jiang Li led the main force of the 7th Brigade to cross the Hunhe Railway Bridge and rushed all the way to the main force of the Kwantung Army.

"Dididi..." The telegram of the 15th Brigade Headquarters of the Japanese Army resounded.

"Report, Your Excellency the Brigade, traces of the Mukdenchina Army have been found in the direction of Qianjin Village. In the direction of Ma Zongtun, the Chinese army has already exchanged fire with our army sporadically! The Reader quickly reported the movements of the front line to Rokuro Amano.

"What, the Zhina army dared to take the initiative to attack the emperor's ** team, are they crazy?" Rokuro Amano looked incredible. It stands to reason that the Northeast Army is fighting back in Mukden City, but now it is a bit unbelievable that they have taken the initiative to attack the Japanese army out of the city, could it be that their commander has already understood the strategy of the imperial base camp? No, it can't be.