Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen The Incredible War

Japanese adventurers are on the move. Ishihara Waner stayed in Lushun, waiting for the commander of the Kwantung Army Shigeru Honjo, who was out at the time and did not know the entire operation plan. Itagaki sits in the office building of the Shenyang Secret Service and commands the attack in a unified manner. Northeast on the evening of September 18: Tonight, no one will be able to sleep. The time is 10 o'clock at night.The Kawashima Squadron carried out blasting on the Wicker Lake railway section. To engage in blasting, there is a technical problem here, because that section of the railway belongs to Japan itself.

It hurts to blow up my own railway, but the most important thing is not to have any accidents. If the rails are broken and the train goes to the sky, but the Beidaying over there fails to capture it, it will really be a steal. up. Therefore, Ishihara specially invited blasting experts to make accurate calculations beforehand. First calculate a safe length, about one and a half meters long, and then stipulate the amount of explosives. In the "Huanggutun Incident", He Benguang dumped 120 kilograms of explosives, which needed to be packed in 30 big bags. There are currently 42 packs of dynamite in total.

Although the quantity is quite large, it is actually not many, because they are all small packages. 42 packs are particular, one less pack will not blow up the rails, and one more pack will overturn the train. The final effect it requires is: Although the rails are blown off, the high-speed train can be safe and sound, even if it shakes for a while, there is absolutely no problem in passing. Don't tell me, to get such precision, you really need to find an expert. To make the effect look more realistic, they buried the explosives in the ground so that if they exploded, they could create a smokey scene.

Due to less investment, no matter how hard it is, it still can't compare with the spectacular scene when Zhang Zuolin's train was bombed.Fortunately, it is not for others to see, as long as you know it yourself. Finally the rails exploded. Before applauding and celebrating, something happened that made their hearts beat endlessly. Don't come early, don't come late, a train from Changchun came roaring, and when it passed the explosion site, it swayed for a while. These guys almost didn't pick up in one breath. Fortunately, it passed. The train is fine. The Kawashima Squadron rushed towards the North Camp with strange screams.

A squadron is equivalent to a company, with a total of 105 people, 3 fewer than the 108 generals of the Water Margin, and this squadron belongs to the garrison, not a regular army of the Kwantung Army. Stationed in the Peking University Camp was Wang Yizhe's 7th Brigade. This brigade has more than 10,000 people, equipped with rifles, machine guns, and cannons, and belongs to the "ace unit" of the Northeast Army. 100 to 1.Even if you are not an elite, not an "ace", if you stand in a circle, you can be trampled to death if you step on it. Anyone can count.Obviously, the Japanese army 105 will break into it completely with the determination to die.To be pessimistic, I'm afraid even the will is ready.

Putting aside the position, I think this 105 will be considered a hero no matter what.Knowing that you will die, but still wanting to fly to the flame, it really requires a little determination and courage not to treat yourself as a human being, but only as cannon fodder. But when they rushed in with their eyes closed, when they opened their eyes, they realized that the situation was unexpected. Those 10,000 people were not warriors ready to fight with them, but more like 10,000 lambs waiting to be slaughtered. God Amaterasu, are you protecting us? What followed was a rare spectacle in the history of world wars.

More than a hundred people chased and killed more than 10,000 people, and they chased them passionately without any scruples. They are all soldiers, and they are also known as "aces". The other party is just looking at the garrison of the railway. How can there be such a big gap between being a soldier? An important reason is that there is no one commanding the Northeast Army. At this time, Wang Yizhe, the top military officer of the North Camp and commander of the 7th Brigade, was not in the camp. where it goes? It was neither a meeting nor a report on work, but to have fun.

The brigade commander is not here, isn't there still a regimental commander? Of the three heads, none of them were there. Where did you go? Also went to have fun. Fortunately, there is another responsible.It's just that the responsible person is irresponsible, because it is said that he does not know how to fight. The brother's position is the chief of staff of the brigade. I don't know how he got into it.It is a miracle in the world that the chief of staff does not know how to fight. He can't fight but can make a phone call, so he hastened to ask the bigger chief of staff—Rong Zhen, the chief of staff of the Northeast Army who is responsible for staying behind.

At the critical moment, he still thought of asking the leader for instructions first, which was not in vain as a staff officer. Rong Zhen was celebrating his father's birthday in those two days, so he was so busy that he didn't know how to answer the phone call.I had no choice but to deal with it with the similar diplomatic rhetoric instructions that Zhang Xueliang gave him a while ago: resistance is not allowed for the time being, wait for orders. Then he quickly called Shaoshuai Zhang in Beiping for instructions. Zhang Xueliang, who lives in Beiping, still has a rich night life. Like his generals, he is still looking for fun at such a late hour.

He was watching Mei Lanfang's "Universe Front". Upon learning of this situation, he hurried out of the theater and held a meeting of the military and political leaders of the Northeast overnight. The result of collective discussion is that there is no resistance. Can't resist, although there are only four words, but it contains a lot of meaning. The first is to judge the intention of the Japanese army to launch this attack. Zhang Xueliang's view is that the Kwantung Army just imitated the Soviet Army back then and wanted to demand more "privileges in South Manchuria" through a local war.

Is it local or overall, whether they want to claim the "privilege of southern Manchuria" or to obtain the entire Northeast.This is critical. If it is the former, war is nothing more than a means to promote negotiations. In the end, everyone will return to the negotiating table, so in the end the Kwantung Army should return to where or where to go. If it is the latter, then it is related to the home of the Northeast Army.Zhang Xueliang is not a fool.What do you rely on when you come out? One depends on the army, and the other depends on the territory, and the army has to rely on the territory to provide supplies. If there is no territory, how can Zhang Xueliang and the Northeast Army rely on it? Therefore, the former does not need to resist, while the latter must resist. Zhang Xueliang chose the former. There is no need to resist, that is to say, you can resist or not, so why must you choose not to resist? It has to be said that the Sino-Soviet War left a deep impression on Zhang Xueliang and his Northeast Army. One year I was bitten by a snake, and ten years I was afraid of well ropes. In that battle, the Northeast Army suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, and the entire navy was wiped out. According to Zhang Xueliang's thinking, the strength of the Kwantung Army is stronger than that of the Soviet Far East Red Army (it's not actually the case). If the Northeast Army fights against the Kwantung Army alone, it will inevitably lose a lot. Based on these complicated considerations, his reply to Rong Zhen was: To avoid expanding the conflict, do not shoot back. The order was passed to the Chief of Staff of the 7th Brigade, and it was clearly stated: the troops are not allowed to fire back, and they must immediately break through. After the tea party, the Northeast Army of the North Camp had already laid a large area on the ground. When bureaucracy is involved in this matter, it is really the same as ancient and modern, and it is a shame to lose face. Looking back, these "resistance" and "non-resistance" questions and answers are actually bullshit. Soldiers of the Peking University Camp, in this situation, do you need to ask for instructions and report? His bayonet was all up to his chest, and his first reaction was that even if he was bare-handed, he had to take off his white blade, otherwise he could still be called a soldier? You have a lot of people, more than 10,000 people.Even if the Japanese soldiers were eight-legged monsters with thorns all over their bodies, they were only about a hundred. No wonder since then, the soldiers of the Northeast Army can no longer raise their heads. Shame. Instructed by Rong Zhen, the officers and soldiers of the 7th Brigade pushed down the back wall of the barracks and ran away in case of an amnesty. On the night of September 18th, when gunshots broke out from the North Camp, the Kwantung Army Commander Ben Zhuangfan had already returned to Lushun. At this time, he received multiple telegrams from Banhuan, saying that the "tyrannical" Chinese army had blown up the "South Manchuria Railway", and another that they had launched a surprise attack on the Japanese army. Ben Zhuangfan didn't know what the hell Banhuan Shiyuan was doing. He suddenly received this kind of telegram, and naturally some monk Zhanger couldn't figure it out.It wasn't until Shi Yuan explained the matter clearly that he suddenly realized. But when Ishihara persuaded him to order a full-scale capture of Shenyang, he refused. Because as the leader of the Kwantung Army, he must weigh clearly what this bet means. After all, Shenyang is the base camp of the Northeast Army, and capturing Shenyang means declaring a full-scale war on the Northeast Army.If Shenyang is not captured, there is still room for maneuver.If we open fire on Shenyang, everything will be overwhelmed. When he was indecisive, Itagaki called again. The garrison had occupied the Beida Camp, and the Kwantung Army stationed in Shenyang had also launched an attack on Shenyang. That means, whether you agree with it or not, we're going to get to the end anyway. After Shigemoto received the report, he closed his eyes and meditated for a few minutes, and then said to Ishihara and the staff around him: I will take responsibility for this matter, let's do it! From the moment the "September 18th" gunshots fired, Zhang Xueliang's strategic judgment and decision-making in the Northeast had been completely wrong, and he could blame no one but himself. After all, the Northeast is the country handed down from his old Zhang's family (after the "change of flags and banners" it is only nominally counted as the Nanjing government).If you are not careful, do you still let others take care of you? The success of the Japanese blitz against the Northeast, in addition to the concealment and suddenness of Ishihara's "Manchurian Operation" plan, and the Japanese army's skillful offensive tactics, also had a considerable impact on Zhang Xueliang's negligence of precautions, misjudgment in emergencies, and blind preservation of strength. relation. But so far, he has not lost all. In the Northeast, Zhang Xueliang and his Northeast Army still have enough chances to come back. It is meaningless to say who wins and who loses until the last moment. Even Zhang Xueliang's misjudgment of the Japanese army's actions earlier is justifiable.After all, politicians and military strategists are human beings, and human beings are not sages.As sophisticated as Stalin, didn't he believe that the Germans would never attack his Moscow until the eve of the German attack? It's just that you can't be wrong all the time. At this time, the intention of the Japanese army was already clear: the war was not local, but the overall situation; the purpose was not the amount of "privileges in southern Manchuria", but to occupy the entire territory of Northeast China. There is no point in not resisting. What Zhang Xueliang had to do at this time was to quickly adjust his strategy and order the troops to resist immediately on the spot. Moreover, at this time, the elite of the Northeast Army has not been fundamentally weakened, and the combined forces inside and outside the pass still greatly exceed the Kwantung Army, and they have the capital and strength to concentrate their forces on a major counterattack. From the opponent's point of view, although Japan appeared to gain power for a while, it was actually only a temporary military victory.Still far from success. The Kwantung Army's act of braving the world's disgrace, not to mention that it will inevitably cause domestic and international interference, but from the perspective of strategy and tactics, it will no longer have any lightning effect, which will inevitably make it lose its strategic initiative. Go passive. Once the three armies are ordered to let the Northeast Army fight back with their lives, it is really enough for the Japanese to drink a pot. It's a pity that Young Marshal Zhang didn't do this. He still chose the ostrich tactic that made him unlucky - non-resistance. In the early morning of September 19, the Japanese army occupied Shenyang City. Prior to this, the Kwantung Army had conducted many attack drills on Beidaying and Shenyang City. No one thought that the actual combat would be much easier than the drills. The reason is naturally inseparable from the "non-resistance" command. Rong Zhen, chief of staff of the Northeast Army, was the first to escape in disguise. Zang Shiyi, chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Government, was a civil servant who could not even fire a gun. . The leader behaved like this, and the various units of the Northeast Army below followed suit. Most of them chose to obey orders and obey the command, and did not do any decent resistance, so they dropped their supplies and equipment, and desperately "broke through" each. Where is the "breakthrough" going?Run to Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan, nest there, and then continue to wait for orders from superiors. All important military and civilian targets in Shenyang were taken over by the Japanese army, and even Zhang Xueliang's home was copied by the Kwantung Army. The worst thing is that the Shenyang Arsenal and Dongta Airport also belonged to the Japanese.The Japanese army happily received about 110 aircraft on the airfield.Now, the so-called Northeast Air Force has not fired a single bomb, and after the Northeast Navy, the entire army has been wiped out. The whole world was shocked. Not only was he shocked by the audacity of Japan's little nose, but he was also shocked by the inaction of the Northeast Army. You know, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was corrupt and incompetent at last, but the Opium War and the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War were still fought to the point where they could not be fought. Although the recent "Jinan Incident" of the Northern Expedition Army and the Sino-Soviet Tongjiang Battle were defeated without exception, at least they went up and made gestures with swords and guns. Only this time, "September 18th", no one thought that the Northeast Army would run away without any resistance at all. Unheard, unseen. Like toppled dominoes, in just three days, the entire northeast of Jinzhou, except Heilongjiang, fell into enemy hands. The Kwantung Army continued to attack Heilongjiang. The Kwantung Army at that time had not yet reached the scale it would later have, and consisted of only one division, the 2nd Division from Sendai. Sendai is where Lu Xun studied medicine with Fujino.It is similar to the Northeast in terms of geographical and climatic characteristics. According to Lu Xun, "the early winter is quite cold." Soldiers who came out of here are naturally more cold-resistant and can quickly adapt to the climate of the Northeast. It can be said that since "September 18th", this veteran Japanese division has almost crossed the Northeast. However, Lieutenant General Domen Erlang, the head of the division, did not want to fight. I don't want to fight, it means I don't want to spend my strength to fight, it doesn't mean I really don't want to attack the city. When arriving at a place called Taonan in Jilin, Duomen suddenly ordered the vanguard to stop advancing. Taonan was originally under the jurisdiction of Heilongjiang Province, and was known as the southern gate of Heilongjiang. There is a railway that can directly lead to the suburbs of Qiqihar City, so its location is extremely prominent. The strange thing is that the Taonan defenders not only did not fire a single shot, they even lined up out of the city to meet the Japanese army.The tone is like the two families are visiting relatives. Duomen now believes in "soldiers who surrender without fighting", so he is very interested in traitors and generals. Moreover, he is also very clear that Heilongjiang is different from Liao and Kyrgyzstan provinces. There are not enough railway garrison teams in the territory to respond and cooperate. It is difficult for the Japanese army to attack overnight. Where will the rebel generals descend? Right in front of you. The Taonan guard is called Zhang Haipeng.Since he had smallpox when he was a child, he had a face full of peas, so he got a nickname: Zhang Mazi. When the "September 18th" incident happened, Zhang Mazi was over 60 years old.His position is the guard envoy of Taoliao. If it were someone else, it might be reasonable to get mixed up like this.But if you want to know Zhang Mazi's past experience, you will understand that this old guy is really bad. Do you still remember the old master Aoki in Doihara? During the Russo-Japanese War, he recruited a group of horse thieves and formed the "Manchuria Rebel Army", which was dedicated to making trouble behind the Russian army. Among the gang of horse thieves was Zhang Mazi, who was still a junior at the time. Later, he served as a secretary to Wu Junsheng, who was then the guard envoy of Taoliao, and followed Wu Datong. When Big Tongue got promoted, he left his position to Zhang Mazi. What Zhang Mazi didn't expect was that this Zhima official had been working for more than ten years, and he almost sat through his ass. When Zhang Zuolin was alive, he didn't dare to speak out. When the old commander and Wu Junsheng were both killed by the Japanese, he would have new hope. This hope is to be able to become the chairman of Heilongjiang Province just like Wu Datong who promoted him.But the young Mr. Zhang didn't even look him in the eye, and it was Wan Fulin he was looking for. Zhang Mazi didn't say anything, but he was ten thousand dissatisfied in his heart. You said that you want to pick a high-level talent, even if you have been abroad, you can forget about it. They are educated, and we are big bosses, so there is no way to compare. But there is no difference between Wan Fulin and Zhang Haipeng. In terms of background, they both have beards. Anyway, they are all caught blind, why not let me, Zhang, come to catch him? What made him even more angry was that Wan Fulin was not in Heilongjiang at all.He ate, drank and had fun with Zhang Xueliang in Beiping, but the provincial chairman did not miss it, and his son Wan Guobin was in charge of handling anything. What does a young child in his twenties know! You yourself are not at home, and you still refuse to give up your seat to me to have fun, you really don't treat me as a human being. Zhang Mazi didn't show his expression on the surface, but secretly he gritted his teeth loudly. Since you are unkind to me, don't blame me for being unrighteous. Flies don't bite seamless eggs.Zhang Mazi was bitten by the Japanese just like that. The one who dragged Zhang Mazi into the water was Major Lin Yixiu, head of the Japanese Secret Service in Qiqihar. The Japanese spy didn't intend to save Zhang Mazi any face from the very beginning, he just poked at the other side wherever it hurt him: Your Excellency is a veteran of the Northeast Army, how did you get along so badly? The sour bubble in Zhang Mazi's stomach kept turning up, so he could only say haha: I'm old, I don't care about this. Upon hearing this, Lin Yixiu was not happy: Qu Cai, the Imperial Japanese Army does not allow this kind of action, we will be your general Zhang's Bole. After two or three bowls of misty soup, Zhang Mazi fainted. This Lin Yixiu's level of fooling is not much worse than his predecessor Doihara.He told Zhang Mazi directly: Japan supports you as the chairman of Heilongjiang Province. What are you waiting for Zhang Xueliang and Li Xueliang to seal it, we say you are the chairman, you are. Like many Northeast generals, Zhang Mazi is also fond of superstition. Before the "September 18th" incident, a blind fortune teller gave him a divination, saying that after Bailu this year, he would have good luck and become a great official in the frontier. When the "September 18th" incident happened, it happened to be close to Bailu. When Zhang Mazi compared it, he felt that Lin Yixiu's words were reliable. God finally stopped treating himself as an outsider this time. So as soon as Duomen led his troops to show up outside the city gate, Zhang Mazi personally brought people to greet him. In order for the "imperial army" to eat, drink and have fun, he not only arranged Duomen to stay in his private house, but also accompanied him to visit and play everywhere. Don't mention how happy Duomen was, wouldn't fighting like this be like going shopping in the street? Since Zhang Mazi likes to be a high-ranking official, Duomen immediately wrote a bad check as soon as he was happy, officially conferring the promised Chairman of Heilongjiang Province to him. With the support of the Kwantung Army, Zhang Mazi suddenly became arrogant, and in front of Duomen, he expressed that he must "expedition" to Heilongjiang someday. There is no impenetrable wall in the world.Zhang Mazi lined up to welcome the Kwantung Army, and all the common people around saw it. Someone brought the news to the provincial capital, and Wan Guobin, the son of a high-ranking cadre acting in charge of military administration, was in a hurry, not knowing what to do. Thankfully he has a good chief of staff.