The first battle was defeated, but all the imperial warriors of the 20th Infantry Regiment, who were entrusted by His Majesty the Emperor and the officers of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, still fought bravely to defeat the enemy, captured the Lotus Mountain area of Huanghuachuan, and successfully forced the remnants of the Chinese Peasant Army into the mountains.
At the same time as the huge military exploits were reported to the Kwantung Army Headquarters, the serial numbers of some of the "captured" rifles and machine guns of the Chinese Peasant Resistance Army were reported to the Kwantung Army Headquarters.
The Kwantung Army headquarters was not stupid. After several battles between the Rehe garrison and Sun Yongqin's department, they had long been suspicious of the purely Japanese equipment in the hands of the Chinese Peasant Army. Through the seizure of the 20th Infantry Regiment, they checked the serial number and finally confirmed it.
All the firearms in the hands of this Chinese peasant resistance force came from the supplies warehouse of the Eighth Division that was attacked by Liu Lang's independent regiment two years ago.
When he thought that this peasant army was actually involved with the empire's biggest enemy during the Battle of the Great Wall, Neji Okamura, who had been betrayed by Liu Lang, had veins popping on his forehead. Fatty Liu of Baga was in trouble in the first battle.
The Eighth Division of the Kwantung Army was not enough. It even secretly handed the knife to the Kwantung Army behind its back.
This Rehe peasant resistance army must be eliminated. Okamura Neiji, with indescribable hatred for Liu Lang, issued a military order to continue hunting down the "remnants" of the Rehe peasant army to the end.
Moreover, facing the determination of the then Commander of the Fourth Division, His Royal Highness Prince Higashino Nomonuhiko, to avenge the death of the more than 300 Imperial warriors of the Fourth Division, the cunning Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army did not have any doubts at all.
The battle of the Fourth Division at Lianhua Mountain has proved to the Kwantung Army that they are not wimps. They are one of the seventeen permanent divisions of the empire. They are the real elite of the Japanese Empire. We must use the strength of the Chinese Peasant Resistance Army.
It is only natural that blood be used to commemorate the sacrifices of their fallen warriors and prove their valor.
Therefore, in view of the much more outstanding performance of the 20th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Division than that of the 1st Mixed Brigade in Jehol, and their determination to fight to the end for the empire, after emergency consultations with the Kwantung Army Headquarters, it was decided to use the 4th Infantry Regiment as a
The 20th Infantry Regiment of the Division established a new Jehol garrison.
The original mixed brigade stationed in Rehe was ineffective in suppressing bandits. The 1st Mixed Brigade led by Major General Susumu Fujita left one infantry regiment to continue to garrison in the northern part of Rehe bordering Liaoning to assist the 20th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Division in maintaining local security.
Various departments were stationed in Liaoning to assist the local garrison in wiping out the Chinese rebels in Liaoning.
In other words, the 20th Infantry Regiment led by Nagumo Zoji became a garrison in Rehe Province from the day the military order from the Kwantung Army Headquarters was issued. It turned out that it was suffering more and more losses due to continuous harassment by Sun Yongqin and Deng Wenbu.
The First Mixed Brigade, which had not been favored by the Kwantung Army headquarters early in the morning, was transferred to attack the Liaoning garrison.
The reason why one of their regiments is still in the northern mountainous area of Rehe is to save some face for Major General Susumu Fujita; secondly, the strength of the 20th Infantry Regiment is only over 3,000, which is slightly insufficient. But if the troops stationed in the 20th Infantry Regiment are
If one brigade of the Fourth Division is here, nearly 8,000 people would be a waste, but Rehe, which is 100,000 square kilometers, does not need that many troops. Then leave an infantry regiment of the First Mixed Brigade in the Rehe Mountains
That's good, after all, they still need to protect the logistical supplies shipped from the Northeast.
Of course, whether it was the merits of the 20th Infantry Regiment that played a role in becoming the Jehol Garrison, or the reputation of the commander of the Fourth Division, who is your Royal Highness, is more important. This can only be the case in Guandong.
Only then did the generals and lieutenant generals at the military headquarters understand.
Anyway, let alone the cunning Okamura Neiji, if a certain general can become the commander of an army, if he doesn't have water in his eyes, I'm afraid he will never be able to sit in that position in his life. In the army, if you want to have a prominent position
Positions, in addition to strategy and military exploits, also require connections. This phenomenon is by no means unique to the national army.
Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and in a certain island country, this is no exception.
When he received Xia Wenyun's secret message and learned that the 20th Infantry Regiment would become the Jehol garrison, Liu Lang's heart finally settled in his stomach. If nothing else happened, Sun Yongqin's life would have been much easier in the past two years.
Not only do new Japanese weapons arrive every month, but there is also no shortage of canned meat and white rice and noodles. Anyway, the 20th Infantry Regiment eats whatever they eat.
Although this point is not written in black and white, Liu Lang believes that under the temptation of the huge profit of 1.5 million yen per month, Nagumo Zoji will not commit suicide.
Of course, Sun Yongqin's troops are not saying that they will stay in the mountains and farm from now on. They still have a lot to do. With more weapons, they can continue to recruit troops and at the same time use the continuous mountains of Rehe as a barrier to build a more complete army.
The defense system must be prepared to deal with a larger-scale Japanese invasion in the future.
Two or three years later, as they continue to use the cover of the mountains to attack the long logistics line of the Japanese army that is fully invading China, they will inevitably encounter a siege by the Japanese army that far exceeds the current scale. They must build a more powerful force in this hundred-mile mountain.
Only a complete defense system can survive the more brutal battles more than two years later.
At the same time, they will continue to train and continue to fight against the Japanese invaders. The 20th Infantry Regiment is now a cooperative partner, so it is not easy to attack them all the time, but what about the 1st Mixed Brigade and an infantry regiment stationed in the mountainous area north of Rehe?
This old friend caused a lot of anger and resentment in Rehegan, and they were targeted in most military operations.
Besides, what about the local garrison in Liaoning, which borders Rehe? As long as you want to fight, there are plenty of little devils.
As for the strange phenomenon of why the 20th Infantry Regiment and the Chinese Peasant Army combatants still active in the mountains suffered so little loss, Liu Lang believed that "Doraemon" would have his own explanation. That guy, at first glance
It's not a good bird.
"The reason why our losses are small is because our Fourth Division is so famous. The remnants of the Chinese Peasant Resistance Army fled as soon as they heard about the name, and even did not dare to come out at all. As for the First Mixed Brigade group,
Idiots are frequently attacked by surprise. Do we need to explain the reason? There is an old Chinese saying: You have to pick up the weak persimmons." Nagumo Zoji said proudly when faced with the accusations from the First Mixed Brigade.
They almost suffocated everyone in the First Mixed Brigade to death.
However, there is nothing to be done about it. Even the headquarters of the Kwantung Army is the same. The Second Colonel Nagumo is right! Since they stationed in Rehe, the location where they garrisoned the army has rarely been visited by the Chinese peasant rebels, except for entering the mountains.
They lost a lot of weapons and food during the campaign, but they suffered little loss in personnel, which can be regarded as a model for the empire.
That is to say, the First Mixed Brigade was unlucky. The Chinese Peasant Resistance Army would attack them from time to time, and the loss of personnel and materials was no less than when they were fully stationed in Rehe. The 20th Infantry Regiment did not because
After the baggage under their jurisdiction was often damaged, it became very generous to sue them.
Is it possible that the Chinese are just pickers of weak persimmons?
In the end, even the members of the First Mixed Brigade began to believe this reason.
Of course, these are all things for later.
After handling the Rehe incident, Liu Lang left Sun Yongqin's department and returned to Qinglong Mountain half a month later. The special sulfonamide tablets supplied to the Fourth Division every month will be transported from Peiping to Qinglong Mountain, and then sent by Qinglong Mountain to the designated joints.
The location is only 10,000 pills, one person and one horse are enough.
But this time Liu Lang is not alone on the road. Cai Dadao, who has been in Rehe for almost two years, and three other people will return to the independent regiment with him. Two special forces who came back from the Northeast to report the news, Zeng Shui and the second-rate male general
Replace the three of them and stay in Rehe.
The four of them not only have to become instructors of Sun Yongqin's unit, but they also have to continue to survive on the brutal battlefield against the Japanese invaders until they return to the Independence Regiment at the end of the year.
Passing through 1935 and entering 1936, it will be a year when all members of the independent regiment change equipment and fight.