Chapter 874: Abandoning Mukden

The Soviet Union and Japan, both sides invested more than one million troops, and fought in the Far East battlefield for more than two months, after Liu Tiehan commanded his troops and launched a rapid offensive against Mukden and the Liaodong Peninsula, fundamental changes took place, and the trend unfavorable to the Japanese became more and more obvious.

The 250,000 Kwantung Army troops who hurriedly rushed to the front line of Mukden from the Far East battlefield had time to catch their breath, but Liu Tiehan's troops ate up the strength of a division, and before they could gain a firm foothold, they launched an attack on the Kwantung Army troops with 210,000 troops in the east.

The Kwantung Army troops, who had suffered a bāng at the head, had to retreat to the Qingyuan line, and the Kwantung Army troops, who had come from afar and were already exhausted divisions, not only did not complete the scheduled task of expelling Tang Qiu's troops, but also lost their troops and retreated almost to the boundary between Liaoning and Jilin, preparing to regroup and make plans again.

Of course, Tang Qiuli was not in a hurry, he had time to entangle with the Japanese, so after the Dongzhi troops dealt a head-on blow to the Kwantung Army, they did not make an in-depth attack, but retreated to the front line of Mukden, built a defensive position, and took out a posture of occupying Mukden for a long time.

With the strength of 250,000 troops of the Kwantung Army, it is undoubtedly an unattainable task to repel the attack of Tang Qiuli's troops in one fell swoop and restore the front to its original posture with the current strength and combat effectiveness of the Kwantung Army troops and the level of equipment.

However, Ishihara still had some confidence, and before coming to Mukden, Emperor Hirohito summoned him, and in addition to some encouragement, he also promised him that from the newly formed first-class divisions in China, Chōu would transfer four divisions and two heavy artillery brigades to his command, with only one purpose, to drive Tang Qiu's troops back to their original defensive line and restore the original situation in the northeast region.

There is also a purpose, Hirohito did not say for the time being, if it is possible, it is best to drive the troops of the devil back to Shanhaiguan and recover the western Liaoxi region, Hirohito knows that this job is too difficult, and is afraid of scaring Ishihara Hikogoro, if he is given ten more first-class divisions, Ishihara Hikogoro may complete this task.

But not now, the imperial army was not formed for one Manchurian region, and the imperial army was attracted to Manchuria, and it was unable to launch an attack on other areas of China, who knows if this is another trick of the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli? For Tang Qiuli this person, Hirohito is definitely ten thousand careful.

Take this sudden offensive in Mukden and the Liaodong Peninsula as an example, it is a typical robbery and despicable villain who would do this, "I hope that Ueda Ken will do his best to end the war in the Far East, and then, concentrate his forces to deal with Tang Qiuli," Emperor Hirohito secretly thought to himself, this is also the best result he hoped for.

Tang Qiuli's troops stopped attacking other parts of Manchuria, and the Kwantung Army troops that returned to support stood firm, at least the situation in Manchuria had stabilized.

Liu Tiehan on the Fengtian front also detected the intelligence that the Kwantung Army had increased its troops from the mainland, and this was a new change in the northeast battlefield, did it mean that the Japanese had gained an advantage in the war in the Far East and turned all their forces against themselves? If this is the case, more than 200,000 troops will stay on the line of Mukden, which has no strong fortifications, and they will face pressure from the superior Japanese army.

Even if they can withstand the Japanese attack on Mukden, the casualties of the troops will exceed the unimaginable Cheng Dù, if all the troops of the Kwantung Army are pressed up, the Dongzhi troops can only retreat to the Shanhaiguan Pass, Liu Tiehan realized the change in the situation, and immediately telegraphed his judgment to Tang Qiuli.

Tang Qiuli, who is far away in Dingbian, has a very comfortable life recently, after Mei Ting is pregnant, she has difficulty moving, most of them are recuperating at home, Mei Xue is always by her side, this is the longest time Tang Qiuli has stayed in Dingbian.

It also gave him the opportunity to have an in-depth understanding of Dingbian, and enjoy life in his own territory, in addition to summoning different officials, in his spare time, he led Mei Xue, Shanhu and Ouyang Lan, took a dozen special guard members, drove deep into the ancient grassland of Inner Méng, hunting, picnics, and had a lot of fun.

At that time, the vast méng ancient grassland, not as much as the destruction of later generations, there are a lot of wild things, today's luck is good, hit two yellow sheep, the bonfire rises, peel and wash the yellow sheep, divided into a number of large pieces, set on the bonfire roast, after a while, on the empty field, there is a fragrance of mí people's ròu.

Mei Xue leaned on Tang Qiuli's side, watching her man constantly busy, she couldn't help but swallow saliva in her mouth, her face was greedy, and she couldn't help but hide her mouth and snicker, these days, Tang Qiuli is indeed very relaxed, there is no war in the country, in the northeast, Liu Tiehan's troops are just going to pick up cheap, don't have to be careful, he himself feels that this is a rare leisure time.

There is also a more important point, that is, to accompany Mei Xue as much as possible, a nv child who loves himself deeply, thrown to Dingbian for a few months, it is also bitter enough, if there is a chance, it is better to try to compensate back, the yellow sheep ròu has been roasted, and the mountain tiger was the first to pick up a piece of tuǐròu, but it was sent to Ouyang Lan.

Tang Qiuli said with a smile: "Huzi, I really see sè forget your friends, I remember that you weren't like this before, the first piece was given to me first," the mountain tiger was embarrassed, Ouyang Lan's fair face, a touch of blush flew up, and he slapped the back of the mountain tiger's hand in disgust, and the mountain tiger's face also turned red, holding a piece of yellow sheep ròu, I don't know what to do.

Mei Xue stopped doing it, came up and pinched Tang Qiuli, and said in her mouth: "You are not allowed to bully Sister Ouyang," the little girl is also very open now, Tang Qiuli hurriedly picked up a piece of yellow sheep ròu, handed it to Mei Xue, and at the same time, squeezed his eyes towards the mountain tiger, and for a while, the laughter of the green chūn floated on the ancient prairie of Inner Méng in winter.

The mountain tiger can have today's happiness, Tang Qiuli is happy in his heart, and the rest of the guards are barbecuing another yellow sheep on the side, the delicious roast yellow sheep ròu entrance, Tang Qiuli can't care about laughing, feasting, busy, and the accompanying staff officer sent a telegram.

Wiping the oil-stained mouth, Tang Qiuli took the telegram and looked at it, and couldn't help but smile, even the scars on his face were beating, he seemed to be very happy, and muttered in his mouth, "Brother Tie Han can't hold his breath." ”

He sent a telegram back to Deputy Division Commander Liu of Dongzhi, "Brother Tiehan, the Japanese increase in troops is expected, if the Kwantung Army launches an attack on Mukden and the intention of recovering Mukden is very obvious, the troops can abandon Mukden and retreat to the area of Liaozhong to avoid large-scale battles with it, so as to attract this part of the Kwantung Army as the first priority, two or three days later, the situation in the northeast will inevitably undergo major changes, and at that time, it will be the time for the Kwantung Army to receive the Japanese equipment and gold, and we must not be soft." ”

Liu Tiehan received a call back from Tang Qiuli, although he didn't fully understand the meaning, he also figured out some mén words, his young division commander, never did a loss-making business, and fought a decisive battle with the main force of the Kwantung Army, Liu Tiehan was not prepared, such an order happened to be in line with his wishes.

A day later, the reinforcements of four divisions and two heavy artillery brigades of the Kwantung Army arrived at Qingyuan, and the commander of the Western Front of the Kwantung Army, Lieutenant General Ishihara Hikogoro, immediately ordered the troops to launch a full-scale attack on Mukden.

Pulling off the stance, first a heavy artillery bombardment, the walls of Fengtian were beaten to the ground and stone, and the positions on the periphery of Fengtian were shrouded in a sea of fire, and then, the infantry of the brigade rushed into Fengtian City with shouts.

I didn't even see the figure of the Chinese defenders, the soldiers of the Kwantung Army who were originally going to fight lost their desperate goal, and in Mukden City, there was no intention of resisting at all, and the Chinese army fled? After the troops of the Kwantung Army reoccupied Mukden City, they dared to confirm this fact, and the city resounded with a wild cry of "half load, half load".

The taste, only Ishihara Hikogoro knows in his heart that more than 300,000 Kwantung Army Jīng sharp troops, with all their strength, did not hit the opponent, that feeling of detachment, made Ishihara almost vomit blood in depression, the Chinese army is not with the imperial army at all, Fengtian is still that Fengtian, according to the plan, back to the hands of the empire.

But in fact, Mukden was almost hollowed out by the Shina army, all Japanese property was confiscated, the machinery and equipment of the factories and enterprises were emptied, and the whole city was looted by bandits.

Ishihara really guessed correctly, since Liu Tiehan took Fengtian, the most excited was Colonel Zhou Yishan, commander of the transportation command of the independent division and deputy director of the division's logistics department, the day after the troops entered the city, he sent the well-known automobile unit of the whole army.

After their looting, Fengtian City immediately went bankrupt, and the most complete bankruptcy was still those Japanese-funded enterprises, Han Jiān enterprises and Japanese, thousands of trucks, day and night to transport the things they needed to the Guannai, looking at the usually arrogant Japanese, like lost dogs, were driven out of the deep house compound, and the Chinese people in Fengtian City relieved their hatred.

There is no doubt that Ishihara Hikogoro recovered a bankrupt city, just look at the lost Japanese businessmen on the street, Ishihara did not have a trace of excitement in his heart, but Emperor Hirohito did not think so, and the recovery of Mukden meant that the imperial army had occupied the strategic initiative, and the inexplicable conditions proposed by Tang Qiuli could be completely ignored.

Moreover, from the battle to recover Mukden, he saw the hope of recovering Liaoxi, so his order to Ishihara was to continue the offensive, recover Liaoxi, and completely drive the troops of the devil Tang Qiuli out of Manchuria.

Ishihara Hikogoro commanded more than 300,000 heavy troops and went straight to Liaozhong, Liu Tiehan's troops did not fight with them at all, and withdrew to Jinzhou at once, Emperor Hirohito became excited again, but an urgent telegram threw him to the bottom, and in the Far East, the troops under the command of General Ueda Kenkichi, the commander of the Kwantung Army, were almost unable to withstand it.