Chapter 361: The Wind Rises!
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It's not that Thirty-two Niang didn't work hard, but they really didn't expect that the Kwantung Army and the supporting Korean garrison would all be concentrated on Shanhaiguan! And stopped the counterattack of the Japanese army.
At this time, the troops guarding Shanhaiguan were: the 2nd Division of the Japanese Army, and the division commander was Lieutenant General Jiro Tamon. Under the jurisdiction of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, the brigade commander Major General Hasebe Terube belongs to the troops: Wing Commander of the 4th Infantry Wing Rikutaro Oshima and Wing Commander of the 29th Infantry Wing Yukihiro Hirata.
The 15th Infantry Brigade, under the command of the brigade commander, Major General Rokuro Amano: Wing Commander of the 16th Infantry Wing Kizaburo Hamamoto and Wing Commander of the 30th Infantry Wing Yoshiaki Tsuboi.
The division is directly under the 2nd Cavalry Wing, Wing Commander Wakamatsu Harusa Nakasa, Field Artillery 2nd Wing, Wing Commander Kei Kawazuka, 2nd Engineer Brigade 2nd Squadron, Squadron Leader Kyonosuke Hanai.
Major General Tatsujiro Kamura, commander of the 39th Brigade of the Korean Garrison, is under the command of: the 77th Infantry Wing, Wing Commander Nakajima Tiezo Daisa, the 78th Infantry Wing, Wing Commander Yama County Rakusui Daisa, the 28th Cavalry Wing 2nd Squadron, Squadron Leader Gu Shunzo, and the 26th Field Artillery Wing. Wing Commander Matsuji Ikeno Daisa, Captain Ishiyan and Captain Lang of the 1st Squadron of the 20th Engineer Brigade.
The Korean garrison was mixed into the 4th Brigade, and the brigade commander was under the command of Major General Mitsu Suzuki: the 5th Infantry Wing, the 2nd Brigade Captain Ryoyoshi Tsuga, the 31st Infantry Wing, the 2nd Brigade Captain Tanabe Suketomo Shaosa, the 17th Infantry Wing 3rd Brigade, the Captain Tanakami Hachiro Shosa, the 32nd Infantry Wing 2nd Brigade, the Captain Yokosawa Eijiro Shosa, the 2nd Brigade Captain of the 8th Cavalry Wing, and the 1st Brigade of the 8th Field Artillery Wing. Captain Kodo, good letter Shaozuo.
The Air Force is also the Army Flying Brigade, and the Brigade Commander Changling Guisuke Dazuo and the Lushun Heavy Artillery Brigade are also the brigade. That is to say, in just one Shanhaiguan Pass, in order to prevent the counteroffensive of the Northeast Army, the Japanese army directly mobilized more than 20,000 people, including a Class A standing division and more than 10,000 people in two independent mixed brigades, plus the flight brigade and the Lushun heavy artillery brigade, a total of more than 50,000 people!
And the commander-in-chief of these troops was the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Shigeru Honjo, and the chief of staff, Major General Miyake Koji.
It's no wonder that Thirty-two Niang fought so hard. I really didn't expect that the Japanese army would put its main force on Shanhaiguan! However, the cavalry unit originally belonged to a rapid attack force, not a siege type to suffer a loss!
It's just secretly sealed in the garrison's camp, after all, it's 800,000 gold bars! The wealth is moving, and if it spreads, it may cause some turmoil. And the Kwantung Army is actually interested in wanting to deduct a little bit from it, but it has not been sent back to Japan until now.
Not to mention the nearly 10 million Guangyang, but fortunately, Zhang Xueliang still has some funds deposited in Citibank and HSBC, which can be regarded as avoiding losses. If it weren't for the fact that the military had so close ties with the Americans that the U.S. government had designated Citibank to handle it in the Fengtian branch for the convenience of collecting money, perhaps Zhang Xueliang would not have put some of his savings in it.
The British also made such a decision, because Zhang Xueliang deposited his private deposits in these two banks for convenience and goodwill.
In fact, the Mukden branch of Citibank was established in 1928, mainly to carry out the settlement business of arms trade and military equipment purchase with the then An**. Later, after the relationship between the military and the United States became harmonious, Citibank gradually took on the business of helping the United States settle the wages of workers in China.
The British HSBC opened a branch in Mukden even earlier, and HSBC had already opened a branch in Mukden in 1917. Like Citibank's function, HSBC's main business at the time was to settle arms trade.
With the expansion of Junzi's business in the United States, HSBC has also taken on the settlement of construction funds and the issuance of national loans. When Zhang Xueliang and the Northeast Army withdrew from Manchuria tragically, the two banks were a little dazed and at a loss.
After all, Zhang Xueliang is their big benefactor! In normal times, the most they would have complained about would be. But now that the world is in an economic crisis, it is rare to have a business to do! The Japanese are breaking their jobs! Therefore, these two banks have put pressure on the country! Trying to get the Anglo-American intervention to get the Japanese out.
This is also one of Zhang Xueliang's confidence that the Japanese will withdraw from Manchuria, but unfortunately, after Japan announced that it would fully undertake the agreement signed by Zhang Xueliang and carry out more extensive cooperation, the governments of various governments began to waver