Liangjiang Town, temporary headquarters of the New First Regiment.
He Shuya and Wang Husheng are anxiously waiting for the news.
Whose news are we waiting for? Of course, news about Xu Rui and the Langya Brigade!
Before the operation began, Xu Rui asked Shi Xiaoqian to send the last telegram to the regiment headquarters. Then the Langya Brigade entered radio silence, and then Wang Husheng and He Shuya began to wait.
The waiting time always passed very slowly. Every few minutes, Wang Husheng would look at his watch and found that the minute hand, which usually moved very fast, was moving at a snail's pace!
After finally suffering until dawn, Wang Husheng's heart immediately became anxious.
Because judging from the time, the Langya Brigade's raid on Wujiashan Fortress should have had results by this time. The results are nothing more than two, either it has succeeded or it has failed! As time passes little by little, the Langya Brigade's victory is revealed.
It was never sent, and Wang Husheng's heart sank little by little.
Could it be said that this operation has failed?
Wang Husheng suddenly began to worry about gains and losses. If the Langya Brigade's raid on Wujiashan Fortress failed, it would mean that Xu Rui's previous plan of moving to Hunchun and relying on Wujiashan Fortress as an anti-Japanese base area would be completely realized.
For the sake of nothing, this will put the new group into great passivity.
It is no exaggeration to say that the situation will become worse than ever before!
However, the situation that worried Wang Husheng the most did not occur after all!
Just when Wang Husheng was worrying about gains and losses, Liang Yixiao suddenly rushed over excitedly.
"Political Commissar!" Liang Yixiao first stood at attention and saluted Wang Husheng, then glanced at He Shuya affectionately, and then said, "I just received an urgent call from the Langya Brigade, and the raid on Wujiashan Fortress has ended successfully.
Already, the Langya Brigade has completely wiped out the Japanese garrison at Wujiashan Fortress!"
Wang Husheng was obviously a little distracted. He waved his hand and said, "I know, you can go back..."
The next moment, Wang Husheng's voice immediately paused, then turned around, stared at Liang Yixiao and asked: "Xiao Liang, what did you just say? What did you just say?"
Liang Yixiao added: "Langya Brigade has successfully captured Wujiashan Fortress!"
"Oh yeah!" Hearing this from Liang Yixiao again, Wang Husheng immediately clenched his fists hard, and his hanging heart fell back into his stomach. After calming down the emotions in his chest, he said to He Shuya,
"Shu Ya, Lao Xu and Lao Lao Lao have finished their work. Shouldn't we start taking action?"
He Shuya smiled and said: "The first battalion has been prepared for a long time, just waiting for your order."
"What are you waiting for me?" He Shuya said, "Now that you are the acting leader of the new regiment, you just give orders."
"Political Commissar, I won't be polite." He Shuya smiled slightly and turned to the ordering soldier behind him, "Send the order, and the company will attack immediately to eliminate the Japanese garrison in Liangjiang Town and seize the east dock!"
"Yes!" the ordering soldier agreed, and immediately raised two small flags and signaled to the Monk Company hidden in the valley ahead. After receiving the order from the regiment, Yao Lei immediately led more than 200 members of the Monk Company.
The officers and soldiers launched an overwhelming surprise attack on the Japanese garrison in Liangjiang Town.
…
In Liuhe, the headquarters of the Japanese Far Eastern Front.
"Baga, expand the search range for me!" Yamashita Fengwen's roar sounded in the war room. "If we don't find anything within twenty kilometers, we will expand the search range to fifty kilometers. If we still don't find anything within fifty kilometers, we will
Expand the search area to 100 kilometers. In short, we have to dig deep into the ground to find the new group!"
After a pause, Yamashita Fengwen roared loudly again: "I don't believe that a new group of seven or eight thousand people can turn into air and suddenly dissipate into nothingness!"
While he was roaring, Asaburo Kobayashi hurried into the war room.
Yamashita Fengwen immediately asked: "Mr. Xiaolin, are the divisions ambushing near Jilin ready?"
"Hai, everything is ready." Kobayashi Asaburo said after a pause, "As soon as the order from the headquarters is issued, they will immediately attack in the designated direction!"
"Where is the 57th Division?" Yamashita Fengwen asked again, "Has it stopped?"
"Hai! The 57th Division has also stopped." Asaburo Kobayashi paused heavily and continued, "Now we are just waiting for news from the aviation reconnaissance. Once the aviation reconnaissance discovers the whereabouts of the new regiment, the surrounding areas of Jilin
Several divisions can immediately launch a centripetal attack on the designated area! The 57th Division can also intercept first!"
After a pause, Asaburo Kobayashi continued: "But, when will there be news about the aviation force?"
"Come on, there will be news soon." Yamashita Fengwen snorted and added, "Actually, even if the aerial reconnaissance fails to discover the new regiment, it doesn't matter, because the imperial army has already established a new regiment outside the Changbai Mountain area.
A blockade, even if this blockade is not enough to stop the main force of the new group, it can still serve as an early warning."
Just as he was talking, a communications staff officer hurried into the war room, paused and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, the garrison in the direction of Liangjiang Town has been attacked by the Chinese Army, and a fierce battle is currently underway!"
"Liangjiang Town!" Yamashita Fengwen said, "Where is Liangjiang Town?!"
Asaburo Kobayashi quickly found the direction of Liangjiang Town from the sand table and pointed it out to Fengwen Yamashita.
After clearly seeing the location of Liangjiang Town, Yamashita Fengwen immediately showed a cruel smile on his face and said: "It's too late, we still have enough time to intercept! Because the main force of the new regiment carries a lot of baggage and wounded people, it can't move fast at all.
Order the 57th Division to immediately attack in the direction of Antu County, and telegraph Mr. Miura that at any cost, even if all the officers and soldiers of the division are killed, they must arrive at Yanji before the new regiment.
! We must completely block the passage for the new regiment to enter Hunchun County! If he cannot do it, let him commit seppuku to express his apology to His Majesty the Emperor!"
"Hai!" Asaburo Kobayashi paused heavily, turned around and hurried towards the communications office.
…
Yanming Lake.
According to legend, geese returning from the north once stopped to rest on the edge of the lake, hence the name.
The scenery of Yanming Lake is still very beautiful, but at this moment, the lakeside is full of yellow Japs soldiers. More than 18,000 Japs from the 57th Division are sitting by Yanming Lake to rest.
Miura Takayuki, commander of the 57th Division, was drinking tea with Chief of Staff Tsunoda Asahi.
The surname Miura is considered aristocratic in Japan, and Takayuki Miura is one of the daimyo in the early Edo period. He is a direct descendant of Anji Miura. Because he was born into a noble family, he has developed aristocratic habits that cannot be changed, even during the march.
, and be sure to have the orderlies carry a set of tea sets with them so that they can drink from them wherever they go.
Taking a sip of the freshly brewed tea, Miura Takayuki said leisurely: "The water of Yanming Lake is really clear, and the tea brewed with Yanming Lake water is also particularly fragrant. It is better than the tea brewed with well water in my hometown.
Drank too much."
"Hai." Tsunoda Asahi didn't understand the tea ceremony because he was born in a poor family, but he still pretended to take a sip of the tea that seemed to him bland and tasteless, and falsely praised, "This tea is indeed delicious."
Miura Takayuki saw that Asahi Tsunoda was perfunctory, but he didn't care much.
At that moment, Miura Takayuki brought the topic back to Tsunoda Asahi's answer: "Kakuda-kun, what do you mean by Commander-in-Chief? One moment he told us to move forward at full speed, and the next moment he told us to stop? This Dunhua will eventually go away.
not going?"
"Hai!" Tsunoda Asahi paused and said, "Perhaps even the headquarters has not determined where the main force of Xu Rui's new regiment is, so he issued contradictory orders."
Miura Takayuki smiled slightly and then asked: "Kakuda-kun, in your opinion, where will the new group be?"
"Um..." Tsunoda Asahi said, aren't you making things difficult for me? Then he shook his head and said, "I can't guess."
Miura Takayuki raised the tea cup and took another sip, and then said: "I heard that the Kwantung Army actually failed to wipe out all the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and many remnants were still transferred to the Soviet Union, so I think Xu Rui's
The new regiment is also very likely to move into Hunchun County and head to the Amur Peninsula to seek asylum from the Soviet Red Army."
"Can't you?" Tsunoda Asahi said, "The empire has just signed a non-aggression treaty with the Soviet Union. According to the treaty, the Soviet Red Army on the Amur Peninsula is not allowed to host Chinese anti-Japanese armed forces. Otherwise, the imperial army will have an excuse to attack Vladivostok.
The Soviet Union will no longer be able to protect the only port in the Far East!"
Miura Takayuki sighed slightly and said, "Isn't a treaty meant to be torn up?"
It must be admitted that Miura Takayuki, an old devil, actually has a bit of imagination.
While he was talking, a communications staff officer hurried over with a folder in his arms. After walking in front of Miura Takayuki, he suddenly put his feet back and stood at attention. He paused and said: "Division Commander, there is an urgent call from the headquarters!"
Miura Takayuki drank another cup of tea in one gulp, waved his hand and said, "Read it!"
"Hai!" the communications staff officer paused heavily, opened the telegram and read, "The 57th Division: Order your troops to advance at full speed in the direction of Yanji immediately. You must arrive at Yanji County before noon tomorrow! If you fail to arrive after the deadline,
Punished as a crime of delaying military aircraft! Far Eastern Front Commander Yamashita Tomofumi!"
"Get to Yanji County before noon tomorrow?" Tsunoda Asahi said in shock, "It's two hundred miles from Yanming Lake to Yanji!"
Miura Takayuki didn't care too much about this. As a noble, he would not care about the hard work and life and death of grassroots officers and soldiers.
At that moment, Miura Takayuki issued an order: "Order all infantry, artillery, cavalry, engineers, baggage regiments and troops directly under the division and regiment headquarters to immediately attack and advance in the direction of Yanji!"
"Hai!" The communications staff officer nodded heavily, turned and walked away.
Miura Takayuki drank the last cup of tea, stood up and said, "Kakuda-kun, it's time for us to leave."
"Hai!" Asahi Tsunoda stood up and followed Takashi Miura up onto the horse.
