When General Matsui Iwane walked into the military intelligence analysis room with a livid face, Major General Mamoru Iinuma, chief of staff of the Shanghai Condemnation Force, was already waiting there with a solemn expression.
Seeing Matsui Iwane, Major General Mamoru Iinuma and the staff members quickly put their feet back and stood at attention.
Matsui Iwane waved his hand impatiently and said, "Iinuma-kun, what exactly is going on? Didn't Shigeru Watanabe call me last night and ask if the special operations brigade can resolve the battle before dawn?"
Mamoru Iinuma lowered his head and responded: "Your Excellency, General, Watanabe-kun's special operations brigade missed the target. The Baoshan Battalion had already been transferred in advance before the special operations brigade arrived at Yangcun!"
"Then does the General Staff know why this situation happened?" Matsui Iwane said angrily, "Could it be that the Chinese intelligence agency deciphered our communication code again?"
"Probably not." Iinuma Mamoru shook his head.
Matsui Iwane asked: "What's going on?"
Iinuma Mamoru replied: "There are only two explanations. One is that Yue Weihan was very cautious. He had already sensed some danger before the special operations brigade arrived, so he moved his troops in advance; the other explanation is that this
It was just a coincidence that the Baoshan Battalion originally wanted to attack the Kunshan Concentration Camp at night, so it happened to escape the hunt of the special operations brigade."
Matsui Iwane frowned and said: "The construction of the Kunshan concentration camp is highly classified. All the Chinese laborers who participated in the construction of the concentration camp have been secretly executed. How did Yue Weihan and the Baoshan camp know about it?"
"Well..." Mamoru Iinuma shook his head and said, "Maybe there are individual Chinese workers who slipped through the net."
"Baga!" Iwane Matsui said angrily, "The Baoshan Battalion has already taken the train to rush to Wuxi, but you sent the general staff of the Condemnation Army without even figuring out what the situation is. Trash, all trash!"
"Hai!" Major General Mamoru Iinuma suddenly put his feet down and lowered his head, and all the staff members also lowered their feet and lowered their heads.
"Immediately send a report to these two fools Nakagawa and Takahashi!" Matsui Iwane said still angry, "The 36th Regiment and the Military Police Brigade are given three days to catch up with the Baoshan Battalion and annihilate it, otherwise they will be prepared to commit seppuku.
Be the emperor!"
General Matsui Iwane was really angry this time, because it was impossible to conceal something as big as the assassination of Asaka Miya Hatohiko, and no one dared to hide it. Asaka Miya Hatuhiko's uncle, the Japanese Chief of General Staff Kanin Miyazahito
After learning the news, the prince quickly sent a stern message, instructing Matsui Iwane to hunt down the culprit!
Even Emperor Hirohito was alarmed by this incident, and he personally called and asked the Central China Front to restore the impact.
However, things have already happened, how easy is it to restore the impact? Reporters from American, British, French and other media in Shanghai are now exaggerating and reporting on this matter.
The most abominable thing is that the TASS reporter from the Red Soviet Union actually dared to openly write an article in the newspaper to ridicule the Imperial Army, saying that the Imperial Army could not even protect its own commander, and yet it dared to claim that the Army was invincible? He also threatened that if the Kwantung Army dared to attack Manchuria,
If they stir up trouble in the Mongolian border area, the heroic Soviet Red Army will definitely kill them all!
All in all, because of the two vicious events of the Sixing Warehouse War of Resistance and the assassination of Asaka Palace Kituhiko, the "invincible image" of the Imperial Japanese Army has been seriously damaged. This not only greatly encouraged the determination of the Chinese government forces to resist, but also
To a certain extent, it weakened the fighting spirit and morale of the imperial warriors.
And the initiator of all this is Yue Weihan, the cunning Chinese fox!
In view of this, it is not an exaggeration to say that Yue Weihan has become a thorn in the side of General Matsui Iwane. If it were not for the tight frontal battlefield and the front army's strength has been used to the limit, Matsui Iwane would even consider bringing back one or two infantrymen.
The brigade came to join in the hunt for this cunning China fox and his band of broken soldiers.
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Wuhan, travel camp.
General Matsui Iwane, the commander of the Japanese Army's Central China Front, was in an extremely bad mood, but Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the national government, was in a very good mood. Yue Weihan's assassination of Asaka Palace Jiuhiko has caused widespread repercussions in all the concessions in Shanghai. I believe it won't be long before this happens.
The incident will spread throughout the Western world.
Coupled with the previous Sixing Warehouse War of Resistance, Yue Weihan and Baoshan Battalion are now well-known not only in mainland China, but also in Western countries, they are also famous!
Finance Minister Song Ziwen, who had flown to the United States to seek financial support, had just sent back a transoceanic telegram not long ago, saying that it was a reporter from the Associated Press, a young and beautiful American girl, who kept pestering him to ask about the anti-war deeds of Yue Weihan and the Baoshan Battalion.
It made him feel proud and annoyed.
Next to him, Wang Shihe, the chief guard of the national government, was also filled with emotion.
The committee has the respect of the leader of the party and the state, but it is so concerned about the safety of a mere battalion. It shows that the committee has regarded Yue Weihan and his Baoshan camp as a thorn in his side! It is no wonder that Yue Weihan was born in Huangpu and borrowed from Fenghua.
What? And this guy is so capable that he guarded Sihang Warehouse for more than twenty days and then killed a Japanese group army commander in a second hand!
Chairman Chiang had just received the business representatives gathered in Wuhan. The first thing he did when he returned to his official residence was to ask about the whereabouts of Yue Weihan and the Baoshan Battalion he led: "Shihe, where are Yue Weihan and the Baoshan Battalion now? Have they retreated towards Zhejiang?"
Did Gu Zhutong send troops to respond?"
Wang Shihe said with a strange expression: "Committee, Baoshan Battalion is taking a train to attack in the direction of Wuxi."
"What did you say?" Chairman Jiang frowned when he heard this and said, "Nang Xipi, what is Gu Zhutong doing? Why doesn't he let the Baoshan Battalion evacuate to Zhejiang? What does he want to do?"
Wang Shihe said: "Gu Zhutong hoped that Baoshan Camp could withdraw to Zhejiang, but Yue Weihan refused."
Having said this, Wang Shihe couldn't help but reveal an inexplicable look on his face. He thought that Yue Weihan was indeed capable and capable of tormenting, but his disobedience was getting worse. Since the last time he refused to be appointed to the rectification order,
After that, in just a short period of time, he had already disobeyed orders several times!
However, there was no embarrassment on Chairman Jiang's face, and he asked again: "What did Yue Weihan say?"
Wang Shihe then recited the message sent by Yue Weihan to Gu Zhutong verbatim. After hearing this, Chairman Chiang sighed and said: "This is a soldier, this is a real soldier. All generals of the party and state must be
If they are like Yue Weihan, how can the Japanese invaders have the right to run rampant in our land of China!"
After saying this, Chairman Chiang asked again: "How many men and guns are left in the Baoshan camp now?"
Wang Shidao: "Oh, there is one more thing I almost forgot. Last night, Baoshan Camp attacked the Japanese prisoner of war concentration camp in Kunshan and rescued more than a thousand prisoners of war. These prisoners of war were all veterans who had narrowly escaped death. Now Baoshan Camp's military strength
It has expanded to more than a thousand people, and Tang Shenzhi, commander of the Nanjing garrison, has ordered Baoshan Camp Fire to rush to Jingjiang."
Hearing that the strength of Baoshan Battalion had been expanded to more than a thousand men, Chairman Chiang immediately became excited. After a moment of reflection, he said to Wang Shihe: "Shihe, please send a report to Tang Shenzhi immediately: Baoshan Battalion will be expanded into Baoshan Regiment immediately. Yue Weihan will be appointed by Wang Shihe."
The battalion commander of the lieutenant colonel will be promoted to the colonel commander and awarded the Medal of Blue Sky and White Sun; the original officers of the Baoshan Battalion will all be promoted to two ranks and each will be rewarded with two hundred yuan; the original soldiers of the Baoshan Battalion will each be rewarded with two hundred yuan!"
After saying this, Chairman Chiang said with great interest: "Also, when the battle to defend Nanjing is over, let Yue Weihan lead the Baoshan Regiment to come to Wuhan to rest and recuperate, and I will personally award them with the regimental flag!"