The Japanese and Manchurian regimes in Mukden and Shinkyo were shocked by the attacks on the Sixth National Border Position and the Seventh National Border troops in the North Manchurian region, and at the same time, the achievements of the Anti-Japanese Federation this time were also completely exposed to the upper echelons of the Kwantung Army. This made Umezu Mijiro have to pay attention.

This action of the Anti-Japanese Union made the Japanese Kwantung Army extremely nervous. For the purpose of this operational meeting, Commander General Umezu Yoshijiro summoned Major General Hirabayashi Morito, Supreme Adviser to the Manchurian State, Lieutenant General Akira Muto, Chief of Staff, who had just been transferred from Tokyo, Major General Saburo Endo, commander of the Air Corps, Major General Nehiro Nemoto, commander of the Military Police, Takushiro Hattori, chief of staff of the Imperial Office of the Manchurian State, Yasunao Daisa, director of the Special Service of the Kwantung Army, Tokumi Komai, and Hatsuhiko Saburo, director of the Harbin Special Service of the Kwantung Army, to discuss the strategic policy for this encirclement and suppression of the anti-coalition operation.

Akira Muto, who was transferred from the head of the Operations Division of the General Staff Headquarters, pointed to a huge map of Manchukuo and introduced the anti-Japanese activities in the North Manchurian region: "As the anti-Japanese activities in the Manchurian area gradually weakened in the early stage, some anti-Japanese forces were confined to the deep mountains and dense forests. We devoted our main energies to mainland operations in the Zhina Pass, and the four divisions and three brigades left in the northeast were mainly deployed against Russia, and the security of Manchuria basically relied on the Manchurian Imperial Army, resulting in insufficient internal deterrent forces and an empty large area outside the lines of communication. ”

So much so that the anti-Manchu forces in Manchuria were brought back to life and gradually grew, and now threatened the rule of the empire. Therefore, the Tokyo base camp gave us a death order, and asked us to destroy all anti-Manchu forces in Manchuria this time. ”

"Now the largest anti-Manchurian armed force in the whole of Manchuria is the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army led by GCD, and this bandit leader is the enemy of our empire, Meng Qingshan, under the leadership of this Meng Qingshan, successively Suibin, Luobei, Tangyuan, Foshan, Wuyun, Xunhe, Longzhen and other counties. Completely cut off the railway transportation in North Manchuria, and called it the anti-Japanese base area of North Manchuria. According to intelligence, the headquarters of the Anti-Japanese Union has a total of four divisions. According to the information obtained by our intelligence department, the Anti-Japanese Union Command has five military regions, one of which is in the vicinity of Hung Yen Province, one in Longjiang Province, and the remaining three in Sanjiang Province. ”

Looking at the surprise on the faces of their colleagues, it was obvious that they didn't expect that the people of China, whom they had always looked down on, would develop so quickly under their noses. They all looked at Umezu Mijiro and others, and Muto Zhang continued to introduce: "This anti-coalition force ambushed the imperial army all the way under the leadership of Meng Qingshan, and in just one year, several generals have died on the battlefield, and tens of thousands of imperial soldiers have broken jade. What shocked His Majesty the Emperor even more was that Unit 731, which the empire had trained with a lot of materials and money, was actually destroyed at the hands of this group of Shina. ”

"And through the scope of the activities of the Chinese people, a very wonderful pattern was discovered in the base camp." Muto said, drawing a red circle on the map on the wall.

"Fuji Zhang-kun, do you have any opinions?"

"Your Excellency, Commander, I have discovered that the area of activity of this group of armed forces is actually in the area of the Russians. They have destroyed several military fortresses in the Empire, and I have a strong suspicion that this is a force supported by the Russians, specially used against us, and not long ago they actually wanted to destroy the positions on the 6th and 7th borders. Although no damage was found, I am sure that this must have been a defensive measure for the Russians to reconnoiter our positions through them, and in order to prevent such a situation, we should destroy them in the shortest possible time. ”

"Chief of Staff Fujisho, why are you so sure that the Russians are behind the anti-Manchu forces?" A soldier who had just returned from the Kannai battlefield asked.

"You only see the surface of events, but not the essence. Let's ask if we were all beaten into the deep mountains and old forests. has lost their fighting spirit and is going to perish, what is it that makes them rekindle their fighting spirit. Why did they suddenly become stronger, with sufficient soldiers, weapons and equipment, and their military literacy? Although they are not as good as our imperial soldiers, they are constantly improving, and then under the economic blockade of the empire, what supports them to fight for a year and not be defeated, but gradually grow, who is behind him? ”

"Soviet Russia?" Or don't think about it at all, just say it.

"It's him, everyone knows that since the China Incident, Western countries have imposed embargoes on both sides and cut off arms support, but Soviet Russia has imported a large amount of weapons and ammunition from Xinjiang to China, including aircraft, tanks and artillery. At the same time, it is also possible that Soviet Russia also takes a fancy to the land of Manchukuo and wants to take advantage of the stalemate between us and the people in Guannai, and suddenly strike us in the back, knowing that Stalin, who has a strong tendency towards great power chauvinism, has the same almost obsessive desire for territorial expansion as previous tsars. ”

"So he supported a force here in Manchuria, that is, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army, as early as last year, under the instigation of a Soviet Russian instructor, this group of Maluda, who had been active near the mountains, actually dared to attack the important town of the empire, although it did not give the empire much loss, but in this short period of time, it actually made another anti-Japanese coalition stronger, and when the imperial army reacted, when the troops were sent to destroy them, Major General Sasaki and two wings of imperial soldiers were destroyed in their hands, In the meantime, they used a new weapon like a gasoline barrel, this new weapon is very destructive, how can the head of the Chinese people come up with this kind of weapon, and they simply don't have the ability to produce it, so I think these are all supported by the Russians to the Anti-Japanese Union, so that they can consume our strength here. ”

"Is it really in the interests of the Empire for Chief of Staff Fujisho to advance north? It's colder, more desolate, and sparsely populated than Manchuria, so what's the benefit? It is better to concentrate forces and take China, where there is a dense population, fertile land, and a large amount of coal and iron. Moreover, the government is weak and the army is weak, so it is completely possible to occupy all of China in one go, instead of seeking the near and far, not to mention that the Soviet Far Eastern Military District has at least 500,000 troops if it wants to take Manchukuo. Major General Seishiro Itagaki, the commander of the division who had just returned from the Kannai battlefield, asked, he insisted that attacking the government of China was the only option at present, and the people of China had no ability to fight back in the face of the imperial front, and the Far Eastern Military District of Soviet Russia deployed a full 200,000 troops, and the combat effectiveness of Soviet Russia in the battle of Nomenhan not long ago was unimaginable, and the casualties on both sides were 1:1. (To be continued.) )