War of Resistance

Chapter 1303 The Battle of Nomenkan ([-])
Two days later, Michitaro Komatsuhara, sitting in the Hailar barracks, finally waited for news from the front line.

A Japanese cavalry was ordered by the chief of the frontline garrison on the east bank of the Haraha River to report the latest battle report on the frontline to Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsuhara.

Before the Japanese soldier entered the barracks in the city, he was stopped by an officer of the guard squadron at the door.

"Reporting sir, under the orders of Toru Morita of No. 70 First Regiment on the front line, you must see the commander of the division to report the situation. Please understand, sir." The Japanese soldier said in a deep voice, apparently the situation was urgent.

The officer on duty of the guard squadron knew the seriousness of the situation when he heard it, because the head of the Komatsuhara Division had also issued an order: All battle reports involving the front line of the Halaha River must be reported as soon as possible, and those who delay the battle report will be severely punished!

"Understood, but according to the routine inspection procedures, we need to check your documents. After the inspection is completed, you went to the adjutant's office to find Adjutant Koizumi, and wait for Adjutant Koizumi to take you to the division chief for a report. Do you understand?" The second lieutenant tried to keep his voice as calm as possible.

"Understood, sir, please check it immediately!" After speaking, the soldier handed over his soldier card to the officer on duty for inspection.

After the officer on duty saw the documents, he immediately let the soldiers in.

Things went smoothly afterwards, the soldiers found Adjutant Koizumi, and Adjutant Koizumi brought the soldiers to the division chief's office.

"Reporting to your Excellency, Division Chief, an urgent report from the front line of the Haraha River." Lieutenant Koizumi reported immediately after seeing Lieutenant General Michitaro Komatsuhara.

When Michitaro Komatsuhara saw the dusty appearance of the soldier in front of him, his heart skipped a beat. He probably knew what was going on, but he could only pretend that he didn't know, and said indifferently, "Let's report right away!"

At this time, the soldiers around Adjutant Koizumi immediately stood up and saluted: "Your Excellency, Commander of the Reporting Division, under the post of Senior Soldier Michizaburo Onitsuka of the No. 70 [-]st Regiment Headquarters, under the orders of Regiment Commander Toru Morita, come here Report to Your Excellency, Division Chief. My troops stationed on the front line of the Haraha River have already shown symptoms of poisoning, so please judge them!"

After hearing the news, Komatsuhara Michitaro immediately pretended to be very shocked, and then said: "This must be poisoned by the damn Soviet old man! Damn it! How could I not have thought of this level! In this way, Lieutenant Koizumi, please send me an order to send all the military doctors to the front line to treat the poisoned officers and soldiers! Also, the No. 70 Regiment's position will be retreated immediately!!"

"Hay!!" Lieutenant Koizumi immediately bowed his head and responded. For him, the head of the division is the sky and must be carried out to the end.

After giving this order, Michitaro Komatsuhara sat back on his office chair. He was thinking about how many people died in the Soviet army—after all, more than 1000 people in the Japanese army fell ill. Not to mention the old men who drink from the same river.

"Perhaps, it's time to launch a counterattack." Michitaro Komatsuhara thought quietly. For him, the counterattack was just a matter of timing, and the time had not yet come.

Why do you say the time has not yet come?Because Komatsuhara Michitaro knew very well what was going on with his subordinates. They got sick only after being poisoned by the venom he ordered to pour into the river, and what they got was the disease. will lose their combat effectiveness.

Under such circumstances, the head of the Komatsuhara Michitaro Division decided to order his No.20 Third Division, which had already suffered heavy casualties, to enter a state of rest, and at the same time report the situation to the commander of the Kwantung Army, Ueda Kenkichi, and to kill the poisoned soldiers. Water was splashed on the heads of the Soviets.

Michitaro Komatsuhara's move is not without viciousness, but at the same time it kills two birds with one stone - first, he can relieve the pressure on him from the base camp, and he has sufficient reasons to "prove" that he has "fallen into the Soviets' tricks" "It will lead to the current situation; secondly, to be able to supplement with Commander Kenkichi Ueda, he wants to restore his No.20 Third Division to its peak state!
I have to say that Michitaro Komatsuhara's trick is very useful.

The Japanese base camp also knew that the current front line had turned into a large-scale military war, and there was absolutely no way to stop it. They had no choice but to deal with the "bad performance" of Komatsuhara Michitaro, the only one who could support the front line. It is the next order that "victory must be achieved in a short time".

Although this order seems to be useless and more helpless, it actually gave Komatsuhara Michitaro a warning: the base camp does not want to fall into the quagmire of the Japanese-Soviet war again, and must fight quickly!

Commander Kenkichi Ueda immediately ordered Michitaro Komatsuhara to withdraw the troops to rest after learning that the frontline troops "had suffered heavy losses from the black hands of the Soviet army", and he also sent a large number of reserves to supplement the No. In addition to the strength of the regiment, the No.20 Third Division has also strengthened the Seventh Border Defense Team and the Eighth Border Defense Team.

Although these two so-called "border defense teams" are only brigades, but if both brigades are strengthened, there will be more than 200 people. It is already very good for the regiment, especially a search wing was also strengthened for them before, which is already the size of nearly five wings.

After receiving the reply from Commander Ueda Kenkichi and the headquarters, Michitaro Komatsuhara finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, Michitaro Komatsuhara decided to take revenge, that is, artillery coverage!
Komatsuhara Michitaro calculated it himself. In addition to the artillery regiment of No.20 Third Division, he also has the field artillery regiment of the Kwantung Army. The artillery of the two regiments combined is enough for the Soviet and Mongolian allied forces to drink The pot is gone.

As the current supreme commander of the Nomenkan Front, Komatsuhara Michitaro has always done what he said - although his No.20 Third Division has been seriously injured in positional warfare and bacterial warfare, but this does not mean that He must wait until his troops fully recover their strength before acting, and he can still do some preparatory actions now.

Ever since, under the order of Michitaro Komatsuhara, a hot air balloon slowly rose from the east bank of the Haraha River the next day.

Several Japanese officers on the hot air balloon are constantly looking for the Soviet artillery positions with high-powered binoculars, and they want to destroy the Soviet artillery positions!

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