Everything was ready, and Ishihara Wanji immediately ordered the Seventh Army to march southward.
Although there is a railway from Harbin to Xinjing, in order to rush for time, Ishihara Wanji did not rely solely on railways to transport the huge heavy army group. Instead, it was divided into two routes. All heavy materials were transported by railway, two armored divisions and seven armored divisions.
An infantry division opened up a huge marching column and marched southward along the highway.
On the outskirts of Fuyu County, Ishihara Wanji and the Chief of Staff of the Seventh Army, Otonzaburo Yano, stood on a small dirt bag beside the road, holding sabers in their hands, watching the huge flow of traffic and people from the Seventh Army rolling southward from the road below.
, attack aircraft or fighter jets roared past in the sky overhead from time to time, giving off a chilling atmosphere.
Looking at the mighty torrent of steel beneath his feet, Ishihara Wanji couldn't help but feel in a good mood. He turned to Yano Otonzaburo and said, "Yano-kun, do you know the origin of the name Fuyu?"
"I think I've heard of it," Yano Otozaburo said, "Fuyu seems to be a tribe in ancient China, right?"
"That's right." Ishihara smiled and said, "Fuyu was a primitive fishery and animal husbandry force that lived in this area from the second century BC to the fourth hundred AD. Today, the city of Fuyu is still there, but the Fuyu tribe has long been conquered by the Han people.
This shows how powerful the Han nation’s ability to assimilate ethnic minorities is!”
Yano Otonzaburo said: "This is probably due to the strong vitality of Han culture."
"Yes, Han culture is the best culture in the world, bar none!" Ishihara Wanji nodded in agreement, and then said, "I didn't do this deliberately because Japanese culture is a branch of Han culture.
It’s because Chinese culture is indeed the best culture in the world.”
"Hai." Yano Otonzaburo paused and said, "I completely agree with the commander's point of view. The excellence of Chinese culture is fully reflected in the beauty and precise expression ability of Chinese characters. Compared with Chinese characters, the Latin characters of Western culture are simply
They are prehistoric writings with incomplete evolution, and the gap cannot be calculated at all."
"So I am actually very worried in my heart." Ishihara Wanji raised his head and looked in the direction of Fengtian, and said quietly, "If one day, the empire really annexes the land of China, it may not be a good thing! Maybe a few hundred years later, on this planet,
There will no longer be us and the human race, and we will probably be integrated into the Han race without a trace like the Fuyu people."
Yano Otonzaburo paused and said: "If such a day really comes, there is nothing we can do about it."
"Yes, if there is such a day, it will be a helpless thing." Ishihara Wanji nodded and said, "At least we cannot give up this Greater East Asia Holy War just because of such a possibility."
While they were talking, another large group of dozens of fighter jets roared past the heads of the two old devils.
Ishihara Wanji immediately asked: "Yano-kun, how many combat sorties have flown since this morning?"
Yano Otonzaburo thought about it carefully and replied: "From this morning to now, there must be hundreds of sorties at least, right?"
"Nani? Have there been hundreds of sorties already?" Ishihara Wanji frowned slightly and said, "It stands to reason that the fighter group of the Fifth Flying Regiment should have had an air battle with the fighters of the Chahar Independent Regiment long ago.
Right? Why hasn’t any air combat news been sent back until now?”
Yano Otonzaburo said in surprise: "It's really strange. I'll ask you now."
At that moment, Yano Otonzaburo got off the small soil bag, returned to the command vehicle parked on the roadside, and contacted a pilot aircraft through a high-power radio station. After asking, he got something that surprised Yano Otonzaburo.
According to the news, several fighter squadrons of the Fifth Flying Regiment have already flown over Siping, but they have not found a Chinese aircraft yet.
At that moment, Yano Otonzaburo interrupted the communication and hurriedly went to the small dirt bag on the roadside.
When he turned around and saw that it was Otonzaburo Yano who had returned, Ishihara smiled and asked, "Yano-kun, how are you?"
"Hai!" Yano Otozaburo paused, and then said, "Your Excellency, Commander, it's really weird. The two fighter squadrons of the Fifth Flying Regiment have arrived at Siping, but they haven't found even a single fighter from the Chahar Independent Regiment.
!It’s just that no fighter jets were found, not even a reconnaissance plane found one, which is very strange.”
"Nani?" Ishihara Wan'er couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, "Is there such a thing?"
Because Siping was captured by the Chahar Independent Regiment two days ago and already belongs to the opponent's sphere of influence. Now the aviation force of the Seventh Army has entered the airspace of the Chahar Independent Regiment, but the opponent has no response. This is indeed abnormal.
The key point is that this is seriously inconsistent with Xu Rui's usual style. When did Xu Rui become so easy to bully?
After a pause, Ishihara smiled and asked: "Yano-kun, what do you think?"
"Hai." Yano Otonzaburo nodded heavily and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, I think there is something fishy about this matter."
"Baga!" Ishihara Wan'er said angrily, "You don't have to say this, pigs know that there must be something fishy. What I'm asking now is what's fishy? What exactly does Xu Rui want to do?"
"This..." Yano Otonzaburo said bitterly, "I really can't guess the low position."
Not only Yano Otonzaburo couldn't guess it, but Ishihara Kanji couldn't guess it either. After thinking for a long time, Ishihara Kanji still couldn't figure it out at all. Then he said to Yano Otonzaburo: "Yano-kun, order the Fifth Flying Group to continue south to Tieling.
If the aviation force of the Chahar Independent Regiment is still missing, go directly to Fengtian!"
After a pause, Ishihara Wan'er said again: "I don't believe it anymore. Xu Rui will let our fighter group conduct aerial reconnaissance on Fengtian and surrounding towns! At that time, he will definitely send out aviation troops to expel them, and then
The large fleet of the Fifth Flying Regiment can take the opportunity to dispatch and launch a large-scale air battle."
"Hai!" Yano Otozaburo said, "After that, Xu Rui's aviation unit will be uprooted. After all, the Fifth Flying Regiment has fifty squadrons, thousands of fighter jets and more than 800 aircraft.
Attack aircraft, however, Xu Rui’s aviation force only has more than 200 fighter jets, more than half of which are old IL-15 fighter jets.”
"Yoshi." Ishihara Wanji nodded happily, "Yano-kun, convey the order to the flying group."
"Hai!" Yano Otonzaburo nodded heavily, then turned around and hurriedly got off the small bag.
…
At the same time, in Siping.
First Battalion Commander He Guangming is directing the troops to load all supplies into trucks.
"First company commander, I just saw a dozen bags of cement in the railway station warehouse. Have they been transported back?"
"Third platoon leader, when we evacuated the Japanese military police just now, I found that there were still remaining telephone lines. You and a squad should go back and cut all the telephone lines back."
"Fourth company commander, what are you doing? Didn't you see that the grain bag was torn? All the rice was spilled, what a waste!"
"Fifth squad leader, why haven't the second companies come back yet? You take two people over to urge them, and hold on tight for me. The Japs' heavy army is about to arrive!"
"Hey fellow, sir, why are you back again?"
"Hurry up, folks, the little devil is about to come back."
While He Guangming was busy, he suddenly heard the roar of a motorcycle behind him.
Looking back quickly, he saw a three-wheeler speeding towards him. After seeing clearly the figure sitting in the sidecar, He Guangming hurriedly came up to meet him.
The three-wheeler screeched to a halt on the side of the road.
He Guangming stood at attention, raised his hand and saluted: "Captain!"
The person who came was none other than Xu Rui. Xu Rui stepped down to fight in one step, pulled on his military uniform and said, "What time is it already? Why haven't the evacuation been completed yet?"
He Guangming said: "Captain, there are a lot of supplies, especially cement and grain."
Xu Rui said: "Then you have to pay attention to the time, you have been delaying here for too long!"
The reason why Xu Rui ordered the main battalions to patrol the surrounding areas with the cooperation of the tank battalions was not because he really wanted to expand the control territory of the Chahar Independent Regiment, because he knew that this was false. Once the Japs' heavy army group returned to Fengtian in a large scale,
No matter how much territory you occupy, you will eventually have to spit it out.
The reason why Xu Rui ordered the main battalions to attack the surrounding areas was to raise combat supplies.
In particular, cement and grain will be the most scarce materials in the Fengtian Defense War! Because cement can be used to build permanent fortifications. As for grain, needless to say, the Chahar Independent Regiment has now expanded to 50,000 people.
, 50,000 people open their mouths to eat, and the rations consumed every day are not a small number.
He Guangming said: "You can't throw it away, right? These are all trophies captured from the little devils."
Xu Rui glanced at the people in Siping who were evacuating, and said: "All the cement has been thrown away, and all the food has been divided! The remaining supplies should be transported back to Fengtian as soon as possible! Lao He, don't delay any longer."
While they were talking, another batch of Japanese fighter jets roared past the two of them.
"Donkey day!" He Guangming immediately cursed, "This is the sixth group! Are you crazy?"
"So, you have to hurry up." Xu Rui said angrily, "What's coming now are just fighter jets, and what's coming in a while will be attack jets. It will be enough for you by then."
He Guangming said: "Captain, where are our fighter jets? Why don't they come out to fight? Just let the Japanese planes be arrogant?"
"Why are you asking so much?" Xu Rui glared at He Guangming, and then sighed, "Old He, do you think our independent flying brigade can defeat the Japs? This time, the reinforcements came from the Japs' heavy group.
The information provided by the underground party in Harbin shows that there are thousands of combat aircraft of various types alone!"
He Guangming said: "Even if you can't do it, you still have to do it. You can't hide, right?"
"Why can't you hide?" Xu Rui said coldly, "Good steel should be used on the blade!"
"Well, good steel is used on the blade?" He Guangming was awe-inspiring when he heard this and said nothing more.