Chapter 108: Calculation
The Japanese military headquarters, which received Matsui Daisa's telegram, immediately explained the current situation in Heilongjiang to Prime Minister Yamamoto Gonbei, and Yamamoto Gonbei also quickly gave instructions that Heilongjiang would definitely fall into the hands of the Wehrmacht.
The Japanese army in Jilin Province and Heilongjiang Province is very close to the army of only about 100,000, they are frantically attacking the Northeast Army at this time, after receiving the order, the Japanese army stopped the pace of attack, and after transferring 50,000 troops, they can no longer pose a big threat to the Northeast Army, and can only stalemate with the Northeast Army.
When the Japanese army learned that the Wehrmacht had entered Jilin Province and Heilongjiang Province, they immediately increased their efforts to increase their troops, and the next batch of 200,000 Japanese troops was preparing to be transported to Hunchun in Japan, while the other 200,000 troops also landed in Korea and were rushing towards the north of Korea.
The 500,000 troops of the Wehrmacht entered the northeast, and together with the Mukden army and the northeast army, the strength of the northeast at this time had exceeded 700,000. The Japanese plus reinforcements have about 600,000 troops, but if they want to occupy the entire northeast region, they need to invest more troops, so the Japanese army is constantly preparing to increase troops at any time in the country. The Japanese army knew that the Chinese Empire would definitely continue to increase its military investment in the Northeast, and the premise for them to occupy the entire Northeast was to defeat the Chinese Empire's army, and they also had to control the war situation to prevent the Chinese Empire from making a desperate bet and fighting to the end.
Japan couldn't afford to delay, and in the face of the blockade of the Entente and the Allies, Japan's resources were even more scarce, and the resources of the Chinese Empire were many times more than Japan's, so it really had to fight to the death Japan couldn't afford to drag it out, and kept thinking about controlling the belligerent situation and not letting it expand.
"Report to Commander Wu, the Japanese army is retreating, may I ask if our army has taken back those positions that have been occupied by the Japanese army?" An officer ran over and asked Wu Junsheng, who was in a daze.
Wu Junsheng was just thinking about what to do next, and now he still has less than 100,000 troops left to resist the Japanese army, and the supplies are getting less and less, in the final analysis, the Northeast Army is too little prepared, and no one thought that Japan, which had an entente with the empire before, would attack so quickly, to their surprise, the Northeast Army was not fully prepared, and it was defeated and retreated.
"What, the Japanese army retreated at this time, is there some conspiracy, I'll go out and see what the Japanese are doing?"
Suddenly hearing the news of the retreat of the Japanese army, Wu Junsheng couldn't believe it, the Japanese army obviously had an advantage, as long as he continued to attack for a few days, he would not be able to hold on, otherwise he would not retreat at this time, unless the Japanese army had some conspiracy, or the Japanese commander's head was caught in the door.
"Commander, the Japanese army is indeed retreating, the retreat is very clean, as if there is something urgent, as for whether there is a conspiracy, subordinates dare not conclude, and we have to wait for the people from the imperial intelligence department to investigate before we can draw a conclusion." The officer did not dare to guarantee whether it was a conspiracy of the Japanese army, because the situation was too strange.
Wu Junsheng walked outside the capital and looked at the Japanese position with a telescope, and at a glance, the Japanese soldiers who were still resting there before were all gone, and the artillery and the like were gone, and only a few tattered canvas tents were left in the Japanese camp.
"When did the Japanese retreat, why didn't anyone find out?" Wu Junsheng curiously asked the officer next to him who had just arrived to report the news.
"I found out ten minutes ago, at that time, the Japanese army had almost retreated, everyone was resting, and the Japanese army didn't make a big move, so the brothers didn't notice it."
"Contact the intelligence officers of the empire and ask them to investigate what the Japanese army meant, and at the same time send a platoon of people to track down the traces of the Japanese army, so that the soldiers don't rest, watch closely, maybe the Japanese army is playing some conspiracy." Wu Junsheng thought for a moment and ordered.
Soon Wu Junsheng's army sent a platoon to investigate the traces of the Japanese army, and the intelligence officers of the empire began to mobilize their own forces to investigate the retreat of the Japanese army, and Wu Junsheng also passed the news to Zhang Zuolin.
"Marshal, Commander Wu's telegram!" The adjutant rushed into Zhang Zuolin's office with a telegram.
Zhang Zuolin grabbed the telegram without saying a word and opened it and looked at it, after a while, Zhang Zuolin frowned and didn't know what he was thinking, he patted his head after thinking for a few minutes and said: "How did I forget this, the Wehrmacht is attacking Heilongjiang, Xu Lao Pifu must have asked the Japanese for help, and the closest to Heilongjiang is only the Japanese army in Mudanjiang, yes, that's it, eight or nine are not far from ten." ”
The adjutant was confused by what was on the telegram, he still understood a little bit about what was on the telegram, he had heard it not long ago, and he didn't know what to do with it.
"Go, send a telegram to Commander Wu, tell him not to worry, just tell him that the Japanese army may have rushed to support Xu Lanzhou, and there will be results soon." Zhang Zuolin said to his adjutant.
"Yes, Dashuai!"
After the adjutant went out, Zhang Zuolin walked to the window and sighed, there are a lot of capable people in the national defense army, and the rebels in Heilongjiang who have divided part of the army to attack are simply killing two birds with one stone, which can not only reduce their own pressure, but also weaken Xu Lanzhou's strength, forcing Xu Lanzhou's calculation to fail, so calculated!
The Wehrmacht, which was rapidly approaching the capital of Jilin Province, Cai Ye was marching on a war horse, and a soldier rode to his side and said: "Commander-in-Chief Cai, General Zhang has sent a telegram that they have entered the territory of Heilongjiang and are rushing towards the provincial capital, and Count Han Ming is also marching from the Ussuri River to Heilongjiang. In addition, Commander-in-Chief Zhang of the Northeast Military Region also sent a telegram saying that the Japanese troops in Mudanjiang had retreated, and he thought that the Japanese army had rushed to support the rebels, so let's pay attention! ”
Cai Yi, who touched his beard, smiled and said: "It seems that the Japanese army has been fooled, Zhang Zuolin is not lazy, and he can still see something, you send a telegram to Commander Zhang and ask him to act according to the original plan." ”
"Yes, my subordinates will go right away!"
Cai Ng's plan is not so simple, what Zhang Zuolin sees is only a part of it, Cai Ng, who studied in Japan, does not dare to despise the Japanese army, and every step must be very cautious.
Jiang Long, the Governor's Mansion, Xu Lanzhou was slightly relieved after receiving the news that the Japanese army had come to support him, as long as he held out for a few days, the Japanese army could arrive, although you are only 50,000, but the Japanese army of 50,000 has already outbeaten him by 100,000, plus his own army, it is not impossible to hold on until the next batch of reinforcements arrive.
Xu Lanzhou, who was in a hurry, didn't notice that the marching speed of the Wehrmacht was surprisingly slow, and it didn't look like he was coming to fight at all, as if he was looking at the scenery.
After retreating, the Japanese army immediately dispatched 50,000 soldiers and hurried to Heilongjiang, they had to arrive there before the Wehrmacht reached Jianglong, and the tens of thousands of troops left behind would be reinforced.
"Report to the commander, the telegram sent by the marshal, the investigation results of the intelligence department have also come out, please take a look!" The soldier ran and brought two copies of the text.
Wu Junsheng took it and looked at it and understood what was going on, the marshal's telegram and the investigation results of the imperial intelligence department coincided, it turned out that the Wehrmacht annihilated the rebels who entered Jilin, and went all the way to the rebels' lair, and the Wehrmacht in Tsarist Russia also strangled the rebels from another direction, and the rebels no longer had enough strength to resist the attack of the Wehrmacht, and the Japanese army rushed to support.
After thinking about it for a while, Wu Junsheng immediately ordered the soldiers to rest assured to recover the positions occupied by the Japanese army before, and he also wanted to take advantage of the Japanese army to go to Heilongjiang to annihilate the remaining Japanese troops as much as possible.
"Report, the Japanese army crossed the Mudanjiang River and built a position near Tieling, and part of the Japanese army is missing, and the brothers are scouting!" The platoon commander who was sent out to reconnoiter the Japanese army immediately rushed to Wu Junsheng to report the situation as soon as he came back at this time.
Wu Junsheng did not arrive at the accident after hearing this, the proud Japanese army would not directly abandon the Mudanjiang area and leave, and it was not surprising that they were stationed in Tieling.
"Well, I know, let the brothers continue to watch the Japanese army, and report any actions of the Japanese army immediately!"
"Yes, Commander!"
The next day, Wu Junsheng summoned a group of officers to a meeting, and when all the senior officers had arrived, they were ready to attack the Japanese army in Tieling.
"The reason for the retreat of the Japanese army has been found out, the Wehrmacht attacked the rebels, and it was almost Jianglong, and some of the retreating Japanese troops rushed to support the rebels, and then we had to carry out a counteroffensive and annihilate the remaining Japanese troops in Tieling, which is a rare opportunity for us." Wu Junsheng briefly explained the reason for the retreat of the Japanese army, and then turned to the annihilated Japanese army in Tieling.
As soon as everyone heard it, they knew that this was the case, the Wehrmacht was too fierce, and it went directly to people's lair, and it really deserved to be the strongest army in the empire.
"Indeed, we have not won a single battle until now, and we have retreated again and again, and we are really disgraced, and we are all at the mercy of your orders, commander!" A bandit-turned-officer said with a big grin.
"That's right, Commander, fuck him, I've been suffocating like this for a long time, I must kill little Japan!" The other few who were a little angry shouted directly.
Everyone has no opinion on the Japanese army who went to attack Tieling, and such a good opportunity must be seized.
The northeastern army, which was originally cowering in the Mudanjiang area, is now pouring out and rushing towards the nearby Tieling. When they arrived at the Mudanjiang River, they found that the Japanese army had blown up the small bridge leading to Tieling, and the boats that the Japanese army had found to cross the river before had been blown up, which made Wu Junsheng very worried, he couldn't let the soldiers swim over, not to mention that there were Japanese soldiers on the other side to block it.
There is also a bridge under the Mudanjiang River, but what makes Wu Junsheng depressed is that the wind bridge there has also been blown up, and the Japanese army seems to have known that they would attack him.