Just a few months ago, Cui Xinwu was the commander of the 17th Cavalry Brigade of the Northeast Army Tang Yulin, responsible for the defense of Kailu, an important town in Rebei.
When the Japanese army launched the Battle of Jehol, Cui Xinwu was notified by other anti-Japanese armed forces and found that a Japanese truck transport unit was driving in on the road more than 20 kilometers away from Kailu, and the escort force was less than one squadron.
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At that time, Cui Xinwu was the only one with thousands of cavalry in the nearby area. Several anti-Japanese volunteer armies asked Cui Xinwu to support some cavalry to attack the Japanese convoy.
However, Cui Xingwu, who had long been frightened by the Japanese, not only found various reasons to ignore them, but also refused to allow other anti-Japanese troops to enter the city for rest and replenishment. He even framed and killed the volunteer soldiers who came to report the news as Japanese spies.
A few days later, the Japanese army began to attack Kailu. Cui Xinwu heard that the Japanese army was still dozens of miles away, so he led more than 3,000 of his men to abandon the city and flee.
What's even more outrageous is that, despite his usual bullying and blackmailing of the people, he actually sent troops to loot several large houses in the city before escaping, and he even said in the euphemistic name: "Everyone has a responsibility to support the Anti-Japanese War."
This led to the bizarre sight of the common people in Kailu coming out to welcome the Japanese troops in the streets after they entered the city.
After he fled without a fight, Marshal Zhang did not do anything to deal with him. Instead, he sent people to appease and supplement his food and salary, and appointed him as the commander of Lindong, an important town on the northern line of Rehe.
When the Japanese army reached Lindong, Cui Xinwu stopped running and led more than 3,000 people in the brigade to surrender in Kaicheng. This caused the entire defense line north of Rehe to open, but the entire line collapsed within a few days.
It can be said that the Japanese army created the myth that the attack speed was equal to the marching speed in the Battle of Jehol, which was achieved with the cooperation of timid and cowardly Northeastern Army generals like Cui Xinwu.
For the Japanese, even if they looked down on and despised this kind of Chinese officer who surrendered without a fight, they still provided him with guns and men based on the idea of buying a horse's bones for a thousand dollars. In just two months,
It was reorganized into the 7th Brigade of the Puppet Manchu Army, and its number reached more than 4,000, including more than 1,000 cavalry.
Originally, such an unscrupulous force could not be of much use to the Japanese. At most, it could be placed in the rear to maintain public order and encircle and suppress the anti-Japanese volunteers.
However, as the current 6th Division continues to lose troops and generals, it can only recruit the 7th Brigade, which has not yet been reorganized, to replenish its strength.
In fact, the Japanese officers, including Sakamoto Masaemon, knew that expecting the 7th Brigade to eliminate the Chinese elite was like expecting a sow to climb a tree. But it could still be used to contain the Chinese army.
Apart from anything else, just putting 4,000 pigs in the mountains would be enough to keep the more than 1,000 Chinese troops busy for a while. As for the life and death of these cannon fodder, it is not a matter for the devils to consider.
Therefore, after receiving the order from Jiro Kawatani, Cui Xinwu did not think that this was a very difficult task. There were more than 1,000 Chinese troops scattered outside the customs. These stragglers who had no ammunition and food and grass support,
What is the difference between them and those poorly equipped anti-Japanese volunteers?
Of course, in order to maintain the confidence and enthusiasm of this newly surrendered unit, no one in the Japanese army told them how extraordinary this Chinese unit was.
Even the Japanese advisers assigned to the 7th Brigade were kept in the dark.
The Japanese military adviser was just a former reserve major officer. This middle-aged Japanese officer named Yai Kentaro was a retired member of the Kwantung Army recruited from the reserve.
For the Japanese army, retired officers must be mediocre in status and ability. If you are not mediocre, who will let you retire? If you are not mediocre, how can you reach the rank of major in middle age? Moreover, it is still a pre-retirement care.
The result of improving one level.
Therefore, in the Kwantung Army, the re-recruitment of retired officers like Kentaro Yai is just to let them use their residual energy, and it is impossible for them to be exposed to the latest military information.
But for Kentaro Yai, it was like another turning point in his already bleak and mediocre rest of his life. It was like a second spring, and his enthusiasm and desire for expression were naturally stronger.
As a result, the two leaders of the 7th Brigade, one eager to make meritorious service in front of his new master, and the other eager to write glory on his second military resume, hit it off.
Half an hour after receiving the order, these two Japanese and Second Japanese, who were full of longing and hope for the future, led their more than 1,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry to march westward in a mighty and arrogant manner.
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Guan Xiaoxi is a superior soldier in the 7th Brigade Cavalry Regiment. His family used to be a farmer who raised horses. He has been accustomed to making a living on horseback since he was a child. When the Northeast Army recruited cavalry, his family was eager for the military pay of serving as a soldier, so they sent him to Guan Xiaoxi.
He became a cavalryman under Marshal Zhang.
Guan Xiaoxi is good at riding, but has a dull personality. Besides, the country people don’t have much experience and culture. After serving in the army for three years, he is still a big soldier.
But for him, what he values is the three oceans of military pay he can receive every month.
In fact, according to Marshal Zhang's order, a newly enlisted soldier of the Northeast Army will receive a monthly salary of 5 yuan. Of course, this is only in name. After layers of deductions, the 5 yuan will be paid to only 2 Yuan Datou.
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But Guan Xiaoxi is also very satisfied. Anyway, there is no charge for food and clothing in the team. Sometimes when he encounters combat missions, he will be given a sailing fee of one or two oceans. These oceans are sent home through a trading company he is familiar with.
I also asked someone to tell him that if he saved enough, he would marry him a wife.
What he didn't know was that the military salary sent back in the first year gave his honest and honest eldest brother a new wife, and the Dayang sent back in the second year gave his second brother a new wife.
The third year... the third year was not good. First, the Japanese came. Guan Xiaoxi followed the team back to Rehe in confusion, saying that his hometown was under the control of the Japanese. What happened later?
Manchukuo.
Guan Xiaoxi didn't know anything about the country. She only knew that she hadn't been paid much for about half a year since she came to Rehe. What's more, she couldn't send money home now, and she didn't know that the young and old in her family were living under the hands of the Japanese.
How have you been?
Then at the beginning of this year, the Japanese invaded Rehe again.
Guan Xiaoxi had not fought in any battles in the three years since he had been a soldier, so he was naturally very frightened. Moreover, he heard that the Japanese were very powerful and had all kinds of aircraft and artillery. Even Marshal Zhang was no match for him, so he was even more panicked.
Fortunately, Cui Brigade knew the soldiers and knew that those who understand current affairs are heroes, so he did not let the brothers use their own flesh and blood bodies to fight against the steel of the Japanese soldiers. It was said that Marshal Tang and Marshal Zhang were sorry for the brothers and would not give them to the brothers.
If they want to pay the army, why not surrender to the Japanese, and then follow the Japanese to enjoy the hot and spicy food?