"Your Excellency, the commander of the division, we have just received a report that the entire 14th Regiment was in pieces, and only one major escaped with the military flag. The captain of the 70th Regiment, Colonel Inoue Yu, was killed on the way to relieve the 14th Regiment.
Now the 70th Regiment is retreating to Tongliao City under the leadership of its chief of staff." An officer hurriedly ran into the division headquarters and reported to Lieutenant General Yamagang Daowu.
"How could Nani do such a thing?" Michio Yamaoka felt that his eyes were getting dark, and he quickly held on to the table to prevent him from falling.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, please take care of yourself." Seeing this, several staff officers quickly supported Yamaoka Michio.
"I'm fine." Michio Yamaoka sat on the stool with the support of his staff. He took a breath and took two sips of the boiling water handed over by the orderly. Then he stared at the staff and said hastily: "Lieutenant Colonel Nishiyama, you immediately order the four
The Tenth Regiment, don't order all the peripheral troops to withdraw to Tongliao City immediately, or it will be too late."
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"Also, you immediately send a report to the commander of Muranaka Kajiro's division, tell him our current situation, and ask him to evacuate to the city. I think although Muranaka-kun's fortifications are strong, they still cannot stop the Chinese army.
The artillery fire. The gain or loss of Tongliao City is of great importance. Please take care of yourself, Mr. Villager."
Having said this, Yamaoka Michio's spirit recovered a lot. He waved to Lieutenant Colonel Nishiyama, who understood.
Kajiro Muranaka of the Thirty-sixth Division Division Headquarters sat with a sullen face, and the danrenhu on his lips was trembling slightly.
"Chief of Staff, how is the situation at the core position?"
"It's very bad." The chief of staff frowned and replied: "Now the Chinese are using huge artillery to attack the core position. They don't fight with us at all. They just use huge artillery to knock down our bunkers one by one, and then send infantry."
Just go up and occupy the position. The bravery of our imperial soldiers has no place at all." There was a hint of sadness in the words of the chief of staff.
Murakajiro Kajiro let out a long sigh, stood up, paced back and forth a few steps, turned his head sharply and ordered: "Order, all troops withdraw to Tongliao City and meet with Mr. Yamaoka. I don't believe it. We
Two divisions cannot defend Tongliao City."
"Division commander, are you all going to evacuate?" the chief of staff asked in surprise.
"Yes, evacuate them all, leaving only one subordinate," Kajiro Muranaka said firmly.
"But division commander, then all our previous efforts will be in vain," a staff officer shouted sadly.
"Baga, you are not a human being," Kajiro Murakami angrily warned: "Since the fortifications we have worked so hard to build cannot withstand the heavy artillery of the Chinese, what is the use of these fortifications?"
At this point, Muranaka Kajiro slowed down his tone, "The Chinese have a saying that is good. If you are willing to give up, there is no gain. As long as we enter Tongliao City, the Chinese cannons and aircraft will be gone.
When the time comes, we can rely on the fortifications and buildings in the city to kill and injure the Chinese soldiers, you understand."
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The staff officer lowered his head sharply.
"Report"
A communications staff officer walked in quickly and handed the telegram to Muranaka Kajiro. Muranaka Kajiro took the message and looked at it with satisfaction.
"Yo Xi, Mr. Yamaoka also thought of joining me."
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A whistling sound like a train whistle passed through the air, and with a loud "boom", another bunker flew into the sky.
"Hahaha, good fight. I wonder if these little Japanese dare to hide their madness." Zhao Quanyou and his comrades could see how the bunkers kept flying into the sky and the Japanese army's stumps and broken arms were flying around.
They were enjoying themselves and kept clapping and applauding. The battle just now made their camp suffer enough, and now they feel really happy to see the Japanese army being bombed in such a mess. These guys simply sat on a big rock and watched.
Peep show.
"Hey, camp, look, those little devils are crawling out one after another."
A sharp-eyed soldier pointed at the Japanese army's position and shouted curiously.
Zheng Xiaoyou looked at it carefully, "Well, it's true, no, they want to escape. Shunzi, please report to the division headquarters immediately that the Japanese are trying to escape."
"Yes." Shunzi, the new correspondent who had just taken office less than two hours ago, began to fiddle with the starting phone.
"Yingzuo, your reaction just now was not slow. Didn't sister-in-law Lisa squeeze you dry?" Tang Guo, the company commander on the side, teased with a smile.
Not long after Zhao Quanyou arrived, the whole battalion and even the whole regiment heard that Zhao Quanyou had brought back a fairy-like Russian daughter-in-law from Siberia. She was now living in the division's family village. Although many people had never seen her, she
Everyone who has seen it is full of praise in unison.
"You're the only one who talks a lot." Zhao Quanyou glared at Tang Guo, who was still smiling and looking like a scoundrel.
"Sir, intelligence came from the front line. The 25th and 36th Divisions of the Japanese Army have retreated to the city. It seems that they are planning to occupy the city and defend it."
After hearing what the staff officer said, Su Tong smiled coldly. It seemed that the Japanese couldn't hold on anymore. They were afraid of the heavy artillery fire from our planes. They wanted to rely on the civilians in the city to make us use the enemy's weapons to delay the attack, but I couldn't do what he wanted.
"Order the troops to surround Tongliao City and launch an attack immediately."
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Just when Su Tong commanded the army to completely surround 30% of the third floor of Tongliao City, Umezu Yoshijiro, who was sitting at the Kwantung Army Headquarters, also received a joint message from the two division commanders Yamaoka Michio and Muranaka Kajiro.
A telegram for help came.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the Chinese have surrounded Tongliao. Should we quickly mobilize a division of Wu Zhang's troops to support them?"
Seeing the new commander's gloomy look, Chief of Staff Hideki Tojo felt a little disdainful, but he still had to show concern on the surface. After all, appearances still need to be done.
Umezu Yoshijiro raised his head and glanced at Tojo Hideki, and said calmly: "No, our troops have not yet been assembled. What if Takeaki's troops attack and the Chinese take the opportunity to occupy Takeaki's command village?"
Nakajiro and Yamaoka Michio must guard Tongliao for ten days and wait for reinforcements to arrive."
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After hearing this, Tojo Hideki walked out. Although he didn't say anything, the disdainful look in his eyes was still caught by Umezu Mijiro.
"Huh, this superior soldier, once Vladivostok is captured, I will drive him away from the Kwantung Army." Looking at Tojo Hideki's back, Umezu Yoshijiro thought secretly and cruelly.
The geographical location of Tongliao City is very important, but the population is not very large. There are about more than 100,000 people, most of whom are scattered in the villages around Tongliao. Now Su Tong is commanding five divisions with nearly 100,000 troops, and the place is completely surrounded.
Wu Jilong's Second Armored Division took the vanguard and advanced toward Liaoyuan along the railway. As long as Liaoyuan was captured, the western part of Liaoning Province would fall into the hands of the Seventh Theater.
At the train station in Tongliao, Muranaka Kajiro and Yamaoka Michio finally met. Seeing each other's embarrassed appearance, they both looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
"Munaka-kun, you are the defense expert here. I will leave the command of Tongliao to you. I will listen to you." As soon as they met, Yamaoka Michio offered to hand over the command to Muranaka Kajiro. This was unexpected.
It was unexpected by Kajiro Muranaka. When will Yamaoka Michio surrender?
In fact, Michio Yamaoka did this out of necessity. Most of his three infantry regiments of the 25th Division had been lost. Now there are only more than 4,000 people. A pair of three regiment captains have also died. The situation is stronger than the men.
It's better to be honest and give in first.
Muranaka Kajiro was reserved and not polite for a while, and said: "Yamaoka-kun, I'm not polite. I'll redeploy Tongliao's defense first. You can point out what's wrong after you see it, and we'll discuss it together."
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The two of them discussed the city defense issue based on the map.
"Mr. Shan Gang, you think we can put the cavalry regiment in Shilipu. The terrain here is open and there is a small river in front. It is not easy for Chinese chariots to come over."
While Kajiro Muraka and Michio Yamaoka were discussing the defense of the city, the forward battalion of the 10th Infantry Division was still leading the first battalion towards Shilipu Town in the west of Tongliao. However, they just encountered a Japanese army.
The army's cavalry brigade was caught off guard and had an encounter with the Japanese cavalry. More than two thousand cavalry rushed towards the first battalion fiercely. They still had to lead the troops with them on the undefended grassland.
We fought and retreated at the same time, and after an hour of hard fighting, we finally got rid of the Japanese army. However, when we counted the number of people, we found that more than a hundred brothers had been lost, and a class of brothers had also become separated from the army. I had never suffered such a heavy meal.
The loser Ren Ran was so angry that he cursed loudly.
The one who had an encounter with Ren Ran's first battalion was the cavalry regiment of the Thirty-sixth Division of the Japanese Army, which was assembled in Shilipu under the order of Kajiro Murakami. They were led by Colonel Miyamoto Kiyoshi, the commander of the regiment.
Encountered Ren Ran's battalion on the way down. The infantry encountered cavalry on the flat grassland and it was really a big loss. Under the command of Colonel Miyamoto Kiyoshi, more than 2,000 Japanese cavalry took turns to attack, causing damage to Ren Ran.
However, due to their fierce firepower, after an hour of fierce attack, seeing the fierce firepower of the enemy, they did not immediately collapse as expected. Colonel Miyamoto Kiyoshi had to order the troops to retreat angrily.
Prepare to rush to Shilipu to gather and stand by.
"Reporting to your Majesty Colonel, we found a group of Chinese soldiers escaping into the woods ahead. Major Hikaru Aoki asked you whether to attack." A communications soldier ran over to ask for instructions.
"Yo Xi, order Aoki Guang to eliminate them immediately, and then come to Shilipu to meet me. Remember, if you can capture the best ones alive, I will personally chop off their heads." Gong left the ground in one breath.
Colonel Benqing immediately ordered.
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The small unit that fled into the grove at this time was none other than Wu Chengfeng. He led twelve brothers from the third squad and got separated from the camp. He was forced to retreat to the grove with his brothers while fighting. Unexpectedly, he was captured by the Japanese.
The army chased them like hungry wolves after smelling the smell of blood. They would face a severe test.