Although Yamashita Fengfumi had given an order to let the 38th Division maintain pressure on Tonghua County, the commander of the 38th Division, Furukawa Shinnosuke, still wanted to perform in the Battle of Tonghua.
Try to win the recognition of Yamashita Fengfumi as much as possible, so that you can hope to be promoted to general in the future.
Because there are rumors that Yamashita Tomofumi will soon be promoted from army general to field marshal. If this is true, he will become the second active field marshal of the Japanese army after Kanin Miyazaihito! If there can be an active field marshal to replace him
Furukawa Shinnosuke said, there is still hope for promotion to general.
Don't be promoted to general, it's too difficult.
That's why Furukawa Shinnosuke thought hard about digging a tunnel and had high hopes for it.
At this moment, Furukawa Shinnosuke was anxiously waiting for the latest news from the Engineer Regiment in his temporary headquarters, because two of the four tunnels dug by the Engineer Regiment were almost reaching the foot of the solitary peak outside the city.
Dig forward about twenty meters to bury explosives and blast.
However, at this moment, the chief of staff of the 38th Division, Jin Kui, suddenly walked into the headquarters with a livid face, and angrily said to Furukawa Shinnosuke: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, the China Army just used large-caliber heavy artillery to attack Gu
The base at the foot of the mountain on the west side of the peak was shelled, causing serious damage to three of our tunnel fortifications, and dozens of engineers were buried alive!"
"Nani?" Shinnosuke Furukawa said in shock, "Where did the China Army get its heavy artillery?"
"Hai!" Dajinkui said after a heavy pause, "This is really puzzling, because according to the intelligence of the secret service, the Chinese Army had blown up all the large-caliber heavy artillery before evacuating Fengtian, and only brought a small number of mortars and
Rocket launchers, so there should be no heavy artillery, but it is an indisputable fact that our tunnel positions were bombarded by heavy artillery!"
"Baga!" Shinnosuke Furukawa said in a deep voice, "What on earth is going on? This is completely illogical!"
Da Jinkui thought for a while and suddenly said: "Division commander, I have a classmate who once sent the Condemnation Army as a staff officer in Central China. I heard him mention it at a gathering that when they were sweeping Damei Mountain, Xu Rui's troops used
He built a large-caliber heavy artillery, a heavy weapon made of gasoline barrels similar to a mortar. It is extremely powerful, but its range is only a few hundred meters!"
"A mortar made of gasoline barrels?" Furukawa Shinnosuke said angrily, "The Chinese people are so cunning and cunning!"
Otsukui said: "Division commander, if the Chinese have this kind of mortar, it will be difficult for the engineers to dig tunnels and blast the solitary peak. Otherwise, why don't we ask the engineers to stop?"
Furukawa Shinnosuke sighed and nodded helplessly.
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Tonghua County, Fourth Battalion Headquarters.
Pan Yong, commander of the 12th company, rushed into the headquarters and reported to Lin Wei: "Battalion Commander, Lao Jin just called and said that the Japanese have stopped digging tunnels."
Yu Qi next to him immediately said: "It seems that our flying thunder has worked."
"This is an undoubted result!" Lin Wei chuckled and said, "Although the range of flying thunder is short, it is very useful for dealing with Japanese infantry and destroying tunnels like this!"
After a pause, Lin Wei said again: "I want to see what kind of offensive tactics the little devil can come up with after failing to dig the tunnel?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a signal soldier came in and reported: "Batalion Commander, there is an urgent call from the regiment headquarters!"
"An urgent call from the regiment headquarters?" Lin Wei hummed, waved his hand and said, "Read it!"
"Yes!" the Signal Corps agreed, unfolded the telegram and read, "Fourth Battalion: Your unit has successfully completed the cover mission and will evacuate from Tonghua immediately. The Fifth Battalion will take over your role as rearguard and regimental headquarters in Sandaojiang!"
"Got it." Lin Wei waved his hand and said to Pan Yong, "Old Pan, call Lao Jin immediately and ask the 10th Company to abandon the Gufeng position immediately and return to the city to meet up with the main force of the battalion!"
"Yes!" Pan Yong agreed and left.
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Liuhe, headquarters of the Japanese Far Eastern Army.
Asaburo Kobayashi was reporting to Yamashita Fengwen the latest progress of the Far Eastern Army's Left Route Army: "Your Excellency, Commander, one part of the Left Route Army has passed Zijin Pass, and the other has also passed Juyong Pass, and is attacking from the north and south in the direction of Beiping.
, In addition, the Marine Corps also landed from Dagukou and is heading towards Tianjin to attack."
Yamashita Fengwen said: "It seems that the situation in North China will be restored soon."
"Hai!" Asaburo Kobayashi paused and said, "However, when the other leg of the Left Route Army attacked in the direction of Hetao, it was stubbornly blocked by the Eighth Route Army. The Yellow River failed several times."
"This is something we expected." Yamashita Fengwen nodded and added, "Because the Hetao is the gateway to Shaanxi. Once the Hetao is lost, the CCP's home base in northern Shaanxi will be completely exposed to the imperial army.
Below, so for the CCP or the Eighth Route Army, this is completely a battle for survival, and they will definitely do it at any cost."
"Hai!" Asaburo Kobayashi said, "Not only the Eighth Route Army, but also the Chinese government troops and Yan Xishan's Jin troops also participated in the Yellow River defense battle. It was precisely because the Chinese government troops and Yan Xishan's Jin troops attacked the imperial army's flanks.
The threat caused the imperial army to be unable to devote all its forces to the intense battle of the Yellow River, otherwise the imperial army would still have hope to break through the natural dangers of the Yellow River."
Yamashita Fengwen said: "This is also reasonable. When faced with the survival crisis of the nation and the country again, the Chinese people will definitely unite again. However, this time they really overestimated the empire and the imperial army, because now
At this stage, the imperial army barely managed to restore the situation in North China and was unable to seize the Hetao. It is impossible to launch a large-scale offensive into the hinterland of Shaanxi!"
"Hai!" Asaburo Kobayashi said with regret, "It's a pity that the empire's finances can no longer support it, otherwise our Far Eastern Front army would have a chance to wipe out China in one fell swoop!"
"But this is temporary." Yamashita Fengwen waved his hand and said with great ambition, "Now our Far East Front has won the Far East Battle, not only eliminating the threat from the Soviet Union, but also seizing almost the entire Far East and most of Siberia.
The empire's external security environment has been greatly improved, and its war potential has also been greatly improved. In three to five years, when these war potentials are transformed into solid manpower and material resources, the empire will be able to deal with it again.
China launches a large-scale offensive and the destruction of China is a certainty!"
"Hai!" Asaburo Kobayashi paused and said, "I am very much looking forward to that day."
When the two old Japanese soldiers were looking forward to the bright future, a communications consultant suddenly walked in.
The communications staff officer quickly walked up to Yamashita Fengwen, paused and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, we just received a report from the 38th Division that the China Army in Tonghua suddenly withdrew."
"Nani?" Asaburo Kobayashi said in surprise, "The Chinese troops in Tonghua suddenly withdrew?"
"Hai." The communications staff officer said after a heavy pause, "The Chinese Army in Tonghua has indeed withdrawn."
"Baga, this is strange." Asaburo Kobayashi glanced at Yamashita Fengfumi and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, why did the China Army suddenly abandon Tonghua? At least in a short period of time, the 38th Division
There is no way to break the Gufeng Fortress. As long as the Gufeng Fortress is not lost, Tonghua County will be as stable as a rock. Why did the Chinese Army give up all of a sudden?"
Yamashita Fengwen's brows also tightened, and he walked to the wall and looked at the map in silence.
Asaburo Kobayashi followed him to the big map and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, is there a conspiracy in this? I heard that Xu Rui is very good at using conspiracies."
Speaking of this, Asaburo Kobayashi suddenly gave a frightened voice and said: "In Shanghai back then, Xu Rui burned down the Guards Division with a single fire. Could he be trying to repeat his old trick and use a torch to burn down the Third Guards Division?"
Is the 18th Division also burned?" After saying that, he turned to the communications staff and ordered, "Order, the 38th Division cannot easily enter Tonghua City!"
"Hai!" the communications staff officer said loudly, turned around and left in a hurry.
At this time, Yamashita Fengwen suddenly raised his eyebrows and said, "No, Xu Rui is trying to escape!"
"Nani?" Asaburo Kobayashi said in surprise, "Run away? Xu Rui's remnants just fled from Fengtian to Changbai Mountain. They haven't even got their feet firmly on their feet, and now they have to run away again? What's more, if they stay in Changbai Mountain
If you can't stand in the district, where can you run to?" Obviously, Asaburo Kobayashi didn't think Xu Rui would run away.
Yamashita Fengwen shook his head and said: "Xu Rui's troops are definitely going to run away from the Changbai Mountain area!"
Seeing Yamashita Fengwen's certainty, Kobayashi Asaburo couldn't help but not believe it, and said solemnly: "Your Excellency, Commander, if Xu Rui's troops really want to escape from the Changbai Mountain Area, which direction will they go? Towards the northeast.
Enter the Yanbian Mountains, or fight your way back to the Liaodong Plain? Or simply cross the Songnen Plain and head to the Xing'anling Mountains?"
After a pause at this point, Asaburo Kobayashi continued: "It seems possible to go south to North Korea."
"It's hard to say, everything is possible!" Yamashita Fengwen shook his head and continued, "The good news is that our Far East Front Army has already deployed heavy troops at various intersections leading to the outside world in the Changbai Mountains. Xu
It will not be easy for Rui to break through the encirclement and interception of our Far Eastern Front Army and escape from the Changbai Mountains!"
"Hai!" Asaburo Kobayashi said after a pause, "In Jilin, Mudanjiang and Yanbian, heavy troops of our Far East Front Army have already been stationed. As long as the blockade ditch surrounding Changbai Mountain is built, the entire Changbai Mountain area will be
Being surrounded by the imperial army, it will be impossible for Xu Rui's troops to break out from the Changbai Mountains!"
