Chapter 431 It's not that the imperial army is incompetent, but the opponent is too powerful
Both Chahar and Soviet Russia needed time to sort out their own affairs at home. With this common foundation, the agreement between the two parties was signed smoothly. In less than three days, the two parties signed the secret agreement. The reason why it was signed secretly was
Because the Soviet Union had to consider their face, the Soviet Russians, who had always been domineering, were beaten to the point of losing their temper by a local warlord this time, for fear of making others laugh.
Chahar, on the other hand, wanted to secretly mobilize its troops to the vicinity of the three northeastern provinces in order to surprise the Japanese. In this way, after the two sides secretly signed a ceasefire agreement, Motolov got on the plane and hurriedly flew back to Moscow.
Just when Su Tong received the report that Motolov had left Chahar territory, the former Japanese Army City Defense Headquarters in Jinzhou City was surrounded by densely packed Chahar troops. Hundreds of tanks, infantry
Chariots and infantry have surrounded the last Japanese base camp.
Hu Lian, who was in charge of commanding the battle of Jinzhou, was standing on a pile of rubble less than 600 meters away from the building. Next to him stood the commander of the 42nd Army, Luo Zhuoying, and a dozen stern-faced soldiers holding Suomi weapons.
Soldier with submachine gun.
Hu Lian put down the telescope and looked at the Kwantung Army's highest command organ in Jinzhou in front of him. His mind was filled with excitement. After several days of fierce attacks, Jinzhou was finally taken down. Now Isotani Rensuke was surrounded by himself in this building.
Here, as long as you want, you can send them to the west at any time.
At this time, a tank slowly drove less than 200 meters away from the building, and the loudspeaker on the tank sounded.
"Isotani Rensuke, you have been surrounded. There is no way out for stubborn resistance. As long as you put down your weapons, we will ensure your personal safety. Now we give you five minutes. When the time is up, we will launch an attack."
"Fuck!" a soldier not far away muttered: "Why is Chief Hu so polite to this old devil, Rensuke Isotani? Our tank can just push them straight through this dilapidated building and flatten them."
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"You're the only one who talks too much." A squad leader next to him put his head out of the bunker and looked at the building. The ointment flag on it hung down as dejectedly as a dead father and mother. There was no movement in the building, and the silence shone through.
A breath of death.
Five minutes passed quickly. Hu Lian raised his hand to check the time and was about to wave and order the troops to launch the final blow when a dull gunshot was heard from the Japanese Army City Defense Headquarters building not far away.
As if this was a signal, wild beast-like howls and scattered gunshots were heard from time to time in the building.
Without Hu Lian's orders, the soldiers rushed towards the Japanese army's city defense headquarters building at a sprint speed of 100 meters.
"Okay, now we don't have to do it ourselves, the little devils have all been dealt with by ourselves."
Hearing the constant gunfire and howling from the headquarters, Luo Zhuoying, who was standing next to Hu Lian, had a look on his face that seemed to be relieved or a little regretful.
Hu Lian turned around and said to Luo Zhuoying with a smile: "My old army commander, we should be happy when people take matters into their own hands. If everyone in Japan is as knowledgeable as Rensuke Isotani, it will save us a lot of trouble."
"Haha" Luo Zhuoying laughed.
News of the recapture of Jinzhou immediately reached Su Tong and the Kwantung Army headquarters. Everyone knew that the next goal of the Chahar army must be Fengtian.
The Shaanxi Socialist Workers' Party is holding a meeting of senior cadres. A large group of smokers are sitting in the conference room puffing away smoke, making the conference room filled with smoke.
The leader, Gu Yue, took a deep puff of the cigarette butt in his hand, then extinguished it on the sole of his shoe, exhaled a long puff of smoke, and said to everyone: "Let's all discuss it. Now Chahar's army has occupied Jinzhou.
, is approaching Fengtian. Their Baath Party’s reputation in the country is as good as the sky. How should we deal with the current situation?”
Vice Chairman Zhou Tiecheng on the side also said: "Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, our party's army has achieved good development in Shanxi, and the 115th Division has also established a large base after crossing the Yellow River, but there is no such thing in the north.
No matter what big development there is, everything there has become the sphere of influence of the Baath Party, which is very detrimental to our future strategic layout."
At this point, a trace of worry appeared on the faces of the participants. Now the Baath Party is at its peak. Their power has almost occupied one-third of China's territory, and they have become a domestic power that can openly challenge the Congress Party.
The largest opposition party, the Socialist Party is still wandering in these ravines. This is indeed a big blow to people like them.
Wang Yue on the side also shouted: "We also need to fight out and develop southward. We also need to have our own living space. The Baath Party can do it, and so can we."
Wang Yue's words made people roll their eyes. They have millions of troops, planes are bombing in the sky, and tanks are running on the ground. What do we have? If Su Tong hadn't sent us a batch of weapons last time, maybe the 115th Division wouldn't be like this.
It’s time to establish a foothold north of the Yellow River.
Fu Fu also complained: "I heard that the Ba'ath Party is running a social security plan in Chahar so that farmers can enjoy the minimum security. This has won the hearts of many people. When our organization wanted to develop in Chahar, it turned out that
It's difficult to move even an inch. Moreover, the 115th Division came to report, and now they are very short of food in the base area, so they must find a way."
After listening to the discussions and complaints from the participants, Gu Yue waved her hand, "I don't think this is nothing. Is it wrong to give benefits to the people? Since the north is not feasible, we can develop to the south. We need to telegraph immediately."
Division 115, let them take a bigger step forward, don’t be timid, resolutely attack the Japanese invaders, fully mobilize the people in the base area to carry out production and save themselves, our prospects are also promising."
After dinner at the official residence of the leader of Chongqing, Chairman Chiang and his wife were walking in the back garden together. The Chairman suddenly sighed and said in a confused way: "The Japanese in the Northeast are going to be in bad luck."
Mrs. Jiang glanced at her husband and said coquettishly: "Darling, you are not happy that the Japanese in the Northeast are unlucky. This way, the pressure on our frontal battlefield can be reduced a lot."
The Chairman smiled bitterly, "It is a good thing that the power of the Japanese has been damaged, but the power of the Baath Party has grown stronger. At the end of this year, they will attack us at the Congress."
Mrs. Chiang knew that her husband was worried that the power of the Congress Party would be greatly squeezed out, which would in turn affect the prestige of the Congress Party in the country.
However, Mrs. Chiang, who had lived in the United States for a long time and was deeply influenced by Americans, was not very surprised by this. She said casually: "What does it mean? It would be good to have one more opponent, and it would also let those in our party who are indifferent people know that if we don't
If you step up your efforts, you will be in danger of being ousted. Even if our National Congress Party is really ousted, it is not necessarily a bad thing. We can also make a comeback. We can't let us take care of all the good things in this world."
After hearing what his wife said, Chairman Chiang was startled for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "Madam, our national conditions in China are different from those in the United States. The United States pursues the separation of powers, but if we in China are like the United States, we will definitely cause trouble.
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After hearing this, the wife secretly shook her head and said nothing. She did not agree with her husband's words very much, but from the standpoint of a wife, she could not say anything. She just gently held her husband's hand and walked forward slowly.
The news that the Seventh War Zone had recaptured Jinzhou and was preparing to march to Fengtian also shocked China. Intellectuals were greatly encouraged in both the occupied areas and the Kuomintang-controlled areas. What people are most concerned about now is when the troops of the Seventh War Zone will march to Fengtian.
When Fengtian marched, some students at school even chanted the slogan of marching to Fengtian and regaining the entire Northeast. Various patriotic movements also became popular in full swing.
Unlike the rejoicing Chinese people, the Japanese army in China felt great pressure at this time. The Kwantung Army in Manchuria has always been established as Japan's strategic reserve force, and its combat effectiveness is also the strongest among the Japanese army.
The Kwantung Army, now Japan's strategic reserve force, was defeated again and again by Chahar, and cities were lost one after another. This made the Japanese army on the battlefield inside the Guanhua Territory begin to feel a little panic and uneasiness.
North China Expedition Army Headquarters Japanese Second Division Commander Okamura Neiji and Commander-in-Chief of the Expedition Army Gen. Gen. Sugiyama were playing Go. A big dragon with black stones on the chessboard was tightly surrounded by white characters. The black stones rushed around desperately.
I wanted to rush out of the sky, but I was still tightly surrounded by Bai Zi. In the end, I had no choice but to stop this useless effort.
Sugiyama Gen helplessly threw the chess pieces in his hand on the chessboard, "Oh, no. It seems that I am really no match for Okamura-kun. I don't dare to invite you to play chess this time."
Okamura Neiji said respectfully: "Commander, your mind is just not on the chessboard. If you can hit the mark, you will definitely not be your opponent in this humble position."
Sugiyama Gen smiled and waved his hand: "Okamura-kun, please don't flatter me. I still know my own strength. No one else can match your chess skills except Wanji Ishihara in Manchuria."
"Ishihara-kun?" Neji Okamura sighed in confusion, "Ishihara-kun is not having a good time right now."
Sugiyama Gen snorted, "These Chinese people are so arrogant. They dare to challenge Fengtian's 600,000-strong army with more than 200,000 troops. Moreover, the Kwantung Army is really disappointing and has no advantage."
It's really outrageous that our troops are defeated one after another."
Okamura next to him shook his head gently and defended the Kwantung Army: "Ishihara-kun and the others also have difficulties."
Sugiyama Gen stopped chewing after hearing this. The senior generals all understood the difficulties of Ishihara Kanji and Umezu Meijiro. To paraphrase later generations, it is not that the imperial army is incompetent, but that the opponent is too powerful.