Puhe Town, headquarters of the Japanese Seventh Army.
Because the four infantry regiments sent out to capture hostages for the first time did not go well, and even suffered heavy losses when they first started to separate into infantry groups and infantry squads, Ishihara Kanji was transferred from the other four divisions.
Four infantry regiments continue to strengthen the military strength of the hostage capture operation.
While waiting for the hostages, the Seventh Army also launched another fierce attack on the neighborhoods outside Fengtian City. However, without the protection of the hostages, the Japanese attack was met head-on by the officers and soldiers of the Chahar Independent Regiment. After a fierce battle throughout the afternoon, the Japanese not only failed
They were able to stand a few blocks outside Fengtian City, but suffered heavy casualties.
However, this also strengthened Ishihara Wanji's determination to capture the hostages.
However, what made Ishihara Wanji very annoyed was that there was no news until the evening. Not only did the four infantry regiments sent earlier have no news, but even the four additional infantry regiments dispatched at noon had no news at all.
, there is only one possibility, the operation to capture the hostages did not go smoothly.
This means that until now, the eight infantry regiments that have attacked have not captured any hostages.
As the sky gets darker and darker, the look on Ishihara Wanji's face becomes more and more embarrassing, extremely embarrassing!
Seeing that Ishihara Wan'er was in a bad mood, Koizumi Junzaburo advised: "Commander, don't worry too much. Before our Seventh Army approaches the city, the Chahar Independent Regiment only has time to move the people within fifty miles around Fengtian into the city.
The people who were further away had no time to move, so the imperial army didn't have to worry about having no one to catch."
Yano Otonzaburo said solemnly: "Manchukuo has a population of more than 30 million, and the Liaozhong Plain is a densely populated area. The imperial army does not have to worry about not having ordinary people to capture, but Mr. Koizumi, have you ever thought about it, we sent such a huge force?
, what impact will the mass arrest of people in the Liaozhong Plain have?"
Junzaburo Koizumi said coldly: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, I must admit that the Imperial Army's large-scale arrest of people in the Liaozhong Plain has indeed had a bad impact, but there is an old saying in China, whichever is the lesser of two evils is better.
The threat of the Chahar Independent Regiment is nothing compared to the resentment and even resistance of the people in central Liaoning."
"That's enough!" Seeing that the two people were about to quarrel again, Ishihara Wan'er could only stop it loudly, and then snorted coldly and said, "The question now is not which one poses a greater threat to the imperial army, but why it has not been caught for so long.
Got the hostages?" After a pause, he added, "Judging from the time, the attacking troops should have captured the hostages long ago!"
"There is only one possibility." Yano Otonzaburo analyzed, "that is, the people in all the villages within a hundred or even two hundred miles around Fengtian have been organized to inform each other, and the imperial army has to avoid ambushes on the way.
It operates as an infantry brigade, and the target is large, so it is easy to be discovered by the opponent's spies."
After a pause, Yano Otonzaburo continued: "In this way, when the imperial army surrounded the village, the people in the village had already moved away in advance. Therefore, the attacking imperial army could only escape again and again. Therefore, until now
, the eight infantry regiments that attacked have not yet succeeded in capturing even a single hostage!"
"This is impossible!" Junzaburo Koizumi said solemnly, "According to what the Chief of Staff said, the organization and discipline of the people in the villages around Fengtian are no less than that of the regular army. They are just a bunch of mud-legged people. How could they possibly
Having such strong organizational capabilities? This is completely illogical and impossible!”
Yano Otonzaburo said: "If it is just ordinary people, of course it is impossible to have such organization and discipline, but what if there are military cadres sent by the Chahar Independent Regiment? After all, organizing the transfer of ordinary people is not too complicated.
Military cadres with a little organizational ability are enough to do the job."
"This..." Junzaburo Koizumi was suddenly speechless.
Ishihara Wanji said: "Yano-kun, are you saying that the Chahar Independent Group participated in the transfer of people?"
"Hai!" Yano Otozaburo said after a heavy pause, "Your Excellency Commander, judging from the current situation, the Chahar Independent Regiment is probably not just participating in the transfer of people. If I guess correctly, there are many people around Fengtian before.
The rebellion of the Manchukuo Army in several counties may be traced back to the Chahar Independent Regiment!"
"Baga!" Ishihara Wan'er said, "But there are no troops breaking out from Fengtian City?"
Yano Otonzaburo said: "Maybe they left the city through the tunnel, maybe there were troops left outside, who knows?"
While the three of them were talking, a combat staff officer hurried into the lounge, paused and said: "Your Excellency, the Commander, Your Excellency, the Chief of Staff, and His Excellency, the Deputy Chief, please go and take a look."
Ishihara Kanji's heart suddenly shuddered, and he immediately returned to the war room with Yano Otozaburo and Koizumi Junzaburo. After entering the door, Ishihara Kanji subconsciously glanced at the large simulation sand table in the center of the war room, and then his whole body
I was immediately confused, what is going on? Why are there suddenly so many little blue flags?
Otozaburo Yano and Junzaburo Koizumi were also dumbfounded. They left the war room and went to the lounge next door to discuss the war situation. They were exhausted for only an hour. As a result, in just half an hour, the number of small blue flags on the sand table doubled? This
What's going on? This shows that the Manchukuo Army's rebellion is accelerating towards the periphery!
Just for a moment, a bright light flashed in Ishihara Wan'er's mind, and he suddenly understood!
"Baga!" Ishihara Wanji glanced at Yano Otozaburo and Koizumi Junzaburo's faces and said in a deep voice, "Yano-kun, and Koizumi-kun, you may have done the stupidest thing!"
"Nani?" Yano Otonzaburo and Koizumi Junzaburo looked at each other.
"We shouldn't have taken hostages!" Ishihara Wanji said regretfully, "The Kwantung Army spent nine years to suppress the various resistance forces in Manchukuo, but now, we are allowed to act rashly
His behavior has ignited this huge powder keg again. It’s trouble, now it’s trouble.”
Junzaburo Koizumi still harbored illusions and insisted: "Your Excellency, Commander, the matter is not that bad. At best, the people affected at the moment are only a dozen counties and three to five hundred villages in Fengtian. We can't retreat for ten thousand yuan."
Speaking of which, even if these dozen counties and three to five hundred villages rebelled, it would not be a big deal. At that time, it would be nothing more than dispatching an infantry division from the Fengtian battlefield to suppress it, and the rebelling Manchurians could be wiped out in minutes.
The national army and the common people were wiped out."
After a pause, Junzaburo Koizumi added: "The top priority, or the biggest threat to the Seventh Army, is Xu Rui's Chahar Independent Regiment. Therefore, I still think that I should continue to capture the hostages in order to
Drive the Chahar Independent Regiment out of Fengtian City as soon as possible and then annihilate it..."
"Bagagaru." Before Koizumi Junzaburo finished speaking, he was rudely interrupted by Yano Otonzaburo.
After interrupting Koizumi Junzaburo, Yano Otonzaburo roared loudly: "Koizumi-kun, how long will you continue to mislead the Commander? Because of your advice, the situation around Fengtian has become very passive. If you continue to listen to you,
If you make any suggestions, I’m afraid the whole of Liaoning and even the whole of Manchukuo will be in flames soon!”
Ishihara waved his hand and said faintly: "Yano-kun, you are wrong, not because of fear, but because of the fact. In fact, we have ignited the huge gunpowder pole in Manchukuo, and the entire Manchukuo will soon be in flames.
, Baga, we really shouldn’t have captured hostages, but now we are in big trouble.”
It must be admitted that the old devil Ishihara Kanji is still very powerful. Because of his lack of strategic vision, he did not expect that the bad behavior of capturing hostages on a small scale might affect the people of the three eastern provinces. However, once he reacted, this old devil would
Immediately, we had a very sober prediction of the future situation.
Koizumi Junzaburo didn't realize the seriousness of the problem until this moment, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Junzaburo Koizumi said in a trembling voice: "Your Excellency, Commander, if the problem is really that serious, then we may have to send troops to suppress it immediately. Fortunately, this time the reinforcement of our Seventh Army is the whole division's return, and the base camp is still there.
The First Division, the 34th Division and the 35th Infantry Regiment have been given to us, and now we have sufficient strength."
However, after hearing this, Ishihara Wanyun shook his head and said, "Koizumi-kun, if we really do this, it will be wrong again."
After a pause, Ishihara Wanji continued: "Now the powder keg in the three eastern provinces has been ignited by us, but it will still be some time before it finally explodes. It is not a good time to send troops to suppress it at this time, because these rebels are scattered in
In various counties and villages, if the imperial army went to suppress them with small forces, they would be wiped out by them, but if they suppressed them with large forces, they would not be able to handle it at all."
"Sodesna." Yano Otonzaburo nodded and said, "What do you think, Commander?"
A ferocious look flashed across Ishihara's eyes, and he said: "Although Mr. Koizumi's suggestion about capturing hostages is wrong, what he said just now is very reasonable! For our Seventh Army and even the entire Empire of Japan,
Generally speaking, the threat of the Chahar Independent Regiment is much greater than that of the rebels in Manchukuo. As long as we annihilate the Chahar Independent Regiment, these rebels will not become a threat at all. Therefore, the top priority is that we still have to annihilate Chahar as soon as possible.
Your independent group!"
"Soga!" Yano Otozaburo said with deep conviction, "What the Commander said is absolutely true, so what should we do?"
There was an inexplicable fierce light in Ishihara's eyes, and he said in a ferocious voice: "Order the First Division, the Second Division, and the Thirty-fourth Division to immediately attack the blocks outside Fengtian's west gate, north gate, and east gate.
Launch a strong attack and tell the division commanders that the blocks outside Fengtian City must be captured before dark today!"
