Chapter 551 The decision of the Kwantung Army Headquarters
Chapter 551: Decision of the Kwantung Army Headquarters
"I really don't know how the commander and thousands of advance detachment commanders did it. I really can't believe it. Forget it, let's forget about it for now. We will find out when the time comes. Baishan County, as the center of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops,
The logistics base, if nothing unexpected happens, has enough strategic materials stored in it to last us several years for the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Now that it is occupied by us, no matter what method is used, these materials must be transported back...
Guards, please immediately notify all commanders above the regiment level of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. There will be a meeting at the headquarters in ten minutes. Hurry up..." After a brief shock, Commander Yang Jingyu shouted loudly to the guards at the entrance of the headquarters...
Half an hour later, a convoy consisting of wheelbarrows, carriages, trucks, plus tens of thousands of anti-union fighters, militia troops, and ordinary people appeared on the road from Mengshan County to Baishan...
The mighty team, supported by the Second Brigade of the advance detachment outside the city, finally entered Baishan County, where the Japanese army had hoarded various strategic materials, after a long journey of several hours...
At this moment, Commander Liu Hua was standing at the gate of the city, welcoming the arrival of commanders at all levels of the Anti-Japanese Alliance...
"Commander, Yang Jingyu was ordered to come and report. Due to limited time, we only summoned more than 20,000 young and middle-aged people from the Changbai Mountain area, plus the Anti-Japanese Alliance and captured Manchurian Army troops, the total number is about 30,000. In addition,
, there are also more than 5,000 carriages and wheelbarrows of various kinds..." Walking into Baishan County, I saw mountains of various strategic materials piled up on both sides of the street. The eyes of almost everyone in the entire Anti-Japanese Alliance, including Commander-in-Chief Yang Jingyu,
Everyone showed a look of shock and excitement...
"Lao Yang, being able to summon so many young and middle-aged people in such a short period of time is beyond my expectation... However, because there are so many various materials in the county, it is difficult to
We haven’t figured out the specific quantity yet. Therefore, it’s still unknown whether the transportation can be completed in time.”
"If nothing else happens, the Japanese Army's High Command has already learned about the attack on Baishan County. If the Japanese Army sends reinforcements and the advance detachment outside the city blocks the fight, I can only give you one day and one night at most.
Moving..." Looking at the excited Yang Jingyu in front of him, Liu Hua smiled and said.
"Commander, don't worry. One day and one night is enough for everyone to carry it back and forth three times. With the assistance of various transport vehicles, we guarantee to complete the task and transport all these materials back to the base..." Yang Jingyu said
He replied confidently...
Immediately, tens of thousands of young and middle-aged people, under the guidance of the first brigade of the advance detachment and nearly a thousand special operations team members, began to transport the piles of strategic materials in the county...vehicles filled with various materials.
The carriage, dragged hard by mules and horses, slowly drove toward the Changbai Mountain area dozens of kilometers away... Young and middle-aged men carrying various weapons and ammunition on their shoulders, anti-Union fighters, and captured Manchurian Army soldiers, also
Very organized march towards the Changbai Mountain area where the Anti-Union Base Area is located...
In the dark night, teams of soldiers carrying supplies, young and middle-aged men, carriages and wheelbarrows filled with various supplies... quickly formed a continuous road on the road from Baishan County to Mengshan.
The transportation line...the entire fire dragon composed of torches continues to extend forward, eventually leading to the Changbai Mountain area where the Anti-Union Base Area is located...
Of course, at this moment, compared with the brightly lit Baishan County where tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were being transported in full swing, the Japanese Kwantung Army headquarters in Changchun City was also brightly lit.
One by one, the combat staff officers shuttled back and forth in the huge and busy headquarters. The telephones kept ringing loudly. As for the dozens of communications staff officers in the headquarters, they kept calling into the microphones in their hands.
What are you talking about... In short, the entire headquarters, at this moment, has been completely enveloped in an atmosphere of tension and chaos...
As for General Yoshijiro Umezu, the supreme commander of the Kwantung Army, shortly after he fell asleep, he had to be woken up from his warm bed by the chief of staff because of an urgent telegram that the headquarters had just received. Then, after the commander
Led by the chief of staff, he walked into the chaotic headquarters with a dark face...
"Baga... Chief of Staff, is there no news from Baishan County yet... Our communications department hasn't contacted Baishan County yet?" Looking at the huge combat sandbox in front of him, the commander, General Yoshijiro Umezu, asked with an angry face...
"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander. Ever since our headquarters received the request for help telegram from Baishan County, we have not received any news from Baishan County... Currently, the communications department is contacting the defenders of Baishan County through various communication channels.
Troops..." the chief of staff replied quietly...
"Asshole, what does the communications department do? It's been so long, and there's still no news...Immediately send a telegram to Mengshan Forward Command, Lieutenant General Heiyan, the commander of the 22nd Division, and ask about Baishan County.
The specific situation. It has been so long. Has Heiyan-Jun, the frontline commander, not received any news?" The commander clenched his fists and cursed loudly...
"Reporting to your Excellency, Commander, we have sent telegrams to the Mengshan Area Forward Command several times to inquire about the specific situation. But...but Lieutenant General Heiyan did not receive any response. If nothing else, we and the Forward Command will be equally lost.
Got in touch..." the chief of staff replied carefully...
"Nani? He has also lost contact with Lieutenant General Heiyan's headquarters. How is it possible... Absolutely impossible. Immediately contact the various infantry regiments under the 22nd Division to inquire about the specific situation. In a word, it must be within half an hour.
, understand all the situations. In addition, notify the intelligence department to immediately intervene in the investigation, and be sure to investigate the whole ins and outs of the whole matter. Otherwise, everyone will die..." He clenched his fist and hit it hard.
After putting it on the flash drive in front of him, the commander, General Yoshijiro Umezu, stared at a pair of eyes that could almost kill people, and roared loudly at the staff officers in the headquarters...
In the commander's angry-faced order, the entire headquarters department immediately started operating at its fastest speed. Sure enough, under such efficient operation, in less than half an hour, several letters were sent.
The telegram appeared in the hands of the chief of staff... After looking at the contents of the telegram in his hand, the red face of the chief of staff immediately turned pale. While shocked, without any hesitation, he quickly walked towards the commander Yoshijiro Umezu.
Walked past the general's office...
"Your Excellency, Commander, something happened. Something happened in the Mengshan area..." He just opened the door of the office and saw the commander standing in front of the map with a frown on his face. The chief of staff looked anxious and did not care about etiquette.
exclaimed loudly…
"Nani, something happened in the Mengshan area? Chief of Staff, what's the matter that makes you so anxious?" Looking at the hurried Chief of Staff, the commander seemed to realize something, quickly turned his head, frowned and asked
…
"Your Excellency, Commander, according to the news we just received from the intelligence department, just last night, our Shimenling position in the Mengshan area suddenly suffered a large-scale counterattack by the Anti-Japanese Alliance... There were nearly 10,000 defenders in the direction of our Shimenling area.
The troops were completely wiped out, and even the division headquarters of the 22nd Division, which was the forward headquarters, was attacked by unknown armed forces. The division commander, Lieutenant General Heiyan, was shattered, and the entire headquarters was completely destroyed..."
"In addition, according to intelligence reconnaissance, we learned that a few hours ago, there was a burst of intensive gunfire in Baishan County, and then a large-scale anti-union and Chinese people rushed into the county town to move our imperial army's hoards in Baishan County.
A large amount of military combat supplies in the county... If nothing happens, Baishan County has already fallen into the hands of the Anti-Japanese Alliance at this time..." Looking at the commander with a gloomy expression in front of him, the chief of staff continued with a trembling face...
"What, Lieutenant General Heiyan's jade was shattered and Baishan County was lost... It's impossible, absolutely impossible... There are nearly ten thousand troops on the Shimenling defense line. With the current strength of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, there is no way to launch a counterattack. It's absolutely impossible.
….Continue to contact me right away. I ask Lieutenant General Heiyan to call me right away. Right now..." The commander widened his eyes and said in disbelief...
"Hi, Commander, these contents have been confirmed and there is absolutely no doubt... Our investigators have discovered the body of Lieutenant General Heiyan in the forward command headquarters. Please calm down, Commander..."
"Baghya Road, how is it possible? How can the Anti-Japanese Alliance have such a strong strength? How can they counterattack... Chief of Staff, reinforcements, the Anti-Japanese Alliance must have received reinforcements, it must be... Immediately order the intelligence department, we must find out
All the things that happened in the Mengshan area last night will be immediately..." After receiving the confirmation, the commander, General Yoshijiro Umezu, could no longer suppress the shock and anger in his heart, and roared loudly at the chief of staff in front of him...
"Your Excellency, Commander, according to what the Manchurian soldiers who narrowly escaped from the battlefield said: Last night, a Chinese troop wearing the uniform of the Imperial Army indeed appeared at Shimen Ridge, the rear of our army's position, attacking from both inside and outside to reinforce Mongolia.
The anti-alliance forces in the mountainous area. According to his explanation, this Chinese force came from within the Pass, and its name was the advance detachment of the Northeast Field Army of the Eighth Route Army... If nothing unexpected happens, it will attack the forward headquarters of our Imperial Army and kill Lieutenant General Heiyan and
It was this advance detachment that attacked the Chinese *** team in Baishan County..." the chief of staff replied...
"The Northeast Field Army is impossible, absolutely impossible. Chief of Staff, you are not mistaken. According to our intelligence personnel's reconnaissance, it will take more than two months for the Northeast Field Army of the Eighth Route Army to enter the three northeastern provinces. Now, by
Hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army troops and Manchurian Army troops have laid an impenetrable dragnet for them in the Shanhaiguan area, waiting for their arrival. How can the Eighth Route Army appear in the Mengshan area now? It is absolutely impossible?" The commander immediately objected...
"Your Excellency, Commander, according to our intelligence, we learned that three months later, the Eighth Route Army that entered our Manchuria region was the main force of the Northeast Field Army, with a total strength of 100,000 troops and carrying a large amount of heavy equipment. And now, the Eighth Route Army that has appeared in Mongolia has
The one in the mountainous area is just the advance detachment of the Northeast Field Army, with a number of less than 10,000 people. This force, carrying only light weapons, took advantage of the favorable opening of the large-scale mobilization of the Imperial Japanese Army to quietly enter the three northeastern provinces to reinforce the people who were in danger.
Anti-Japanese Alliance. At present, the bad situation in the entire Mengshan area is almost entirely caused by this unit. Commander, please take a closer look..."
"Get down..." After receiving a positive answer from the Chief of Staff, he suddenly felt that he had been the commander of the Eighth Route Army. He slammed his fist on the wall in front of him and said with an angry face...
"Bageya Road, the cunning Eighth Route Army, the Chinese people are really cunning..."...
"Your Excellency, Commander, the urgent need now is to re-determine the highest commander of the headquarters in the Mengshan area. If the nearly 100,000-strong army encounters a sudden counterattack by the Anti-Japanese Alliance without anyone under its command, the troops will be
There will be heavy losses, especially the tens of thousands of Manchurian troops with low combat effectiveness..." Half a minute later, when the anger on the commander's face slowly calmed down, the chief of staff suggested in a low voice...
"Immediately send a report to the headquarters of the 24th Division. Order the commander of the 24th Division, Lieutenant General Sato, to take over the command of Lieutenant General Kuroiwa and command all the Imperial Army troops and Manchurian Army troops in the Mengshan area to continue the encirclement and suppression of Mengshan.
The anti-alliance forces in the area and the Eighth Route Army troops that have just entered our three northeastern provinces... tell Mr. Sato that I will give him one month. Within one month, he must eliminate all hostile armed forces in the territory. Otherwise, he will directly apologize to His Majesty the Emperor.
, don’t come back to see me..." the commander ordered loudly...
"Hi, Your Excellency Commander... Baishan County has been occupied by the enemy. If various strategic materials in Baishan County are lost, our nearly 100,000 troops on the front line will lose the supplies of various materials and ammunition, and the entire army will fall into our trap.
To avoid the danger as much as possible, Commander, please make an early decision..." the Chief of Staff continued to remind...
"Chief of Staff, even if the Anti-Japanese Alliance can occupy the entire Baishan County, they do not have enough ability to move all the county's supplies in one day. Immediately issue the latest order to Lieutenant General Sato and ask him to do so in the shortest possible time.
Within a day, a strong force must be mobilized to reach Baishan County within one day. To recapture the entire Baishan County from the hands of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and all the strategic materials that should belong to the Imperial Japanese Army..." At this moment, we have to
The commander, who knew that the reinforcements amounted to less than 10,000 people, once again regained his confidence and gave a loud order to the chief of staff in front of him...
"Hi, Commander...I'll go give the order right away..."
In the Mengshan area, within the headquarters of the 24th Division, it was learned that the forward headquarters had been attacked, and the commander, Lieutenant General Heiyan Yuchi. The nearly 10,000 troops hoarded in the direction of Shimenling, under the counterattack of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, also all troops
After the news of the destruction, Lieutenant General Sato was shocked and immediately issued an order to strengthen vigilance to his troops...
At this moment, Lieutenant General Sato was standing in front of a huge combat sandbox, looking at the combat sandbox in front of him without blinking. And several combat staff officers were deducing on the sandbox that the forward headquarters would be attacked.
After the entire Shimenling garrison was destroyed, the development of the war situation in the Mengshan area...
"Division Commander, there is a call from the Kwantung Army's Supreme Headquarters. Your Excellency, the Commander, appointed you as the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Frontier, responsible for commanding all the Imperial Army troops in the Mengshan area and the Manchurian Army troops. At the same time, Your Excellency, the Commander, ordered us to immediately dispatch a team of
A powerful force to reinforce Baishan County and retake the entire Baishan County from the enemy's hands..." Just when Lieutenant General Sato was worried about the increasingly bad situation in the Mengshan area, the division chief of staff hurried in.
, said…
"Nani? Reinforce Baishan County, Chief of Staff, what happened to Baishan County? Did Baishan County also fall?" After the brief surprise, Lieutenant General Sato's face immediately showed a worried look...
After all, Baishan County is the logistics base of your own troops, which is also your home base. If even your home base is taken away, then what conditions do you have to continue fighting against the Anti-Japanese Alliance here...
"Reporting to the division commander, according to the telegram from the headquarters, just tonight, Baishan County was attacked by large-scale hostile armed forces. If nothing else, the county was attacked by the advance detachment of the Northeast Field Army that entered the Manchuria area, and has now changed hands.
The commander's order requires our troops to retake the county seat in the shortest possible time and snatch back all the strategic materials looted by the enemy from the hands of the enemy..." the chief of staff replied...
"Baga, the Eighth Route Army is really cunning. Baishan County serves as the logistics base for our 100,000-strong army. If all the supplies are transported away, then the 100,000-strong army in the Mengshan area will be in danger of running out of ammunition and food.
The encirclement and suppression operations will also fail without attack. It seems that the commander of this sudden reinforcement force is very cunning..." the division commander said...
"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander, Beizhong thinks so too. However, Beizhong thinks that this might not be an opportunity for us. At present, with the fall of Baishan County, the Eighth Route Army reinforcements and the main force of the Anti-Japanese Alliance are basically gathered in Baishan County.
area, rushing to transport various strategic materials. If we can take this opportunity to send heavy troops to surround the entire Baishan County... Then we can completely change the initiative on the entire battlefield. From the mountainous area that is unfavorable to the imperial army, we can
The change has been to the plains and hilly areas that are beneficial to the imperial army. As long as we enter the plains and hilly areas, our army can use its air superiority and artillery superiority to completely annihilate the enemy..." The chief of staff nodded in agreement...