Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

The next day, when Takeda received the news from the headquarters, he almost knelt down and called Kujo Miyakita "Dad".

His operation failed, but not only did he not receive any substantial punishment from his headquarters, he was still allowed to lead the team to annihilate the Chunjianghao guerrillas.

And the headquarters has received accurate information that the Chunjianghao guerrillas are active in the woods west of Songyuan.

And because of the complex terrain in the Songyuan area, the headquarters will draw a mixed brigade and an artillery regiment from various places to assist him in the battle.

Takeda felt that the superiors in the headquarters were so thoughtful, so who else could he thank except Kujo Miyakita?

At this time, Kujo Miyakita had naturally received the news. And pardoning Takeda for his dereliction of duty, including withdrawing so many troops to Takeda, was naturally taken into consideration by the headquarters.

At this time, Takeda thanked him: "Kujo-kun, I really have to thank you this time, otherwise I, Uncle Takeda, might be invited to the military court for tea. Hahaha!"

Kujo Miyakita said indifferently: "Uncle Takeda is too polite. It's just a small favor. Then let's go?"

Takeda nodded and said, "Let's go to Songyuan first and find out the local situation first. And even if we want to fight, we have to find talents first, right?"

Jiujo Gongbei said proudly: "This is easy. I brought the Shadow Wolf troops with me. The task of collecting intelligence can be left to them."

Takeda nodded again and immediately ordered the troops to march.

Although Takeda's two infantry battalions suffered heavy losses in the battle with the Ugan tribe, they still have the strength of one and a half infantry battalions, with a total number of more than 1,500 people.

Takeda simply organized them into an infantry battalion and led them straight towards Matsubara.

Of course, Takeda’s speed was not fast because he was carrying a large amount of food this time.

Food in Songyuan is already running out.

The Japanese in the city can only eat porridge every day. If another large-scale Japanese army enters Songyuan, they may not even have enough food to eat.

So in order to solve the food crisis of the Imperial Army, Takeda brought a large amount of food this time to prepare for the subsequent arrival of Japanese troops.

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At the same time, good news came from the Chunjianghao guerrilla base. After the party organization's full investigation, Markov's whereabouts were finally found.

Markov was fighting at Zhanggufeng at the time, so he could not be contacted.

Duanwu also knew about this battle.

On July 1938, 7, more than 9 Soviet soldiers came to Zhanggufeng, south of Hunchun County, Jilin Province, to build fortifications. The Japanese Kwantung Army believed that the Soviet army had invaded the Kwantung Army-occupied area, so they reported to the headquarters, hoping to be approved to use force to expel the Soviet army.

The Soviet side believed that according to the agreement of the Sino-Russian Hunchun Boundary Treaty, the Sino-Soviet border was at the top of Zhanggufeng Mountain, so the Soviet army had the right to enter Zhanggufeng Mountain.

In fact, Zhanggufeng has always been Chinese territory. When Tsarist Russia signed the Treaty of Aihui with the Qing government in 1858, it deliberately used different texts of the treaty to secretly steal this area.

The Chinese text of the treaty shows that the demarcated national boundary is east of Zhanggufeng, and Zhanggufeng itself is Chinese territory.

However, the Russian version of the treaty deliberately included Zhanggufeng Heights in the territory of Tsarist Russia. However, the Japanese in the headquarters believed that Zhanggufeng was Chinese territory.

However, the Japanese headquarters took into consideration that the Battle of Wuhan was going on in the central China battlefield and did not want an immediate conflict between Japan and the Soviet Union. Therefore, they replied to the Kwantung Army and the Japanese troops stationed in Korea, asking them not to use force at Zhanggufeng and to adhere to the principle of not expanding the conflict.

However, things did not go as planned. On July 7, Matsushima, a Japanese military police sergeant who was conducting reconnaissance near Zhanggufeng, was discovered by the Soviet army and shot dead on the spot.

The Japanese responded immediately and quickly transferred two infantry battalions and two artillery squadrons of the border stationed troops to Zhanggufeng.

Faced with the main force of the Japanese army being transferred forward, the Soviet army also responded by transferring more troops to Zhanggufeng.

It was at that time that Markov was transferred to Zhanggufeng.

When Markov arrived at Zhanggufeng, the forward position of Zhanggufeng had been completed and the total force had reached three battalions.

At this time, Markov discovered that the defense of Shacaoling, 2 kilometers north of Zhanggufeng, was weak, so he sent an infantry platoon to build it.

But this scene was seen by the Japanese soldiers in charge of reconnaissance.

The Japanese scouts immediately reported to the headquarters, believing that the Soviet army was blatantly invading and challenging the endurance of the Imperial Japanese Army, and that the Imperial Japanese Army must respond now.

Although the officers of the Japanese headquarters reiterated in the telegram that the conflict at the Zhanggufeng border should not be expanded, they also vaguely said in the telegram that the border troops could handle it at their convenience based on the local situation.

Such contradictory telegrams indirectly encouraged the Japanese stationed on the border to act on their own initiative.

Therefore, the Japanese border troops immediately sent troops to attack the Soviet troops on Zhanggufeng, letting the Soviets taste the power of the Japanese army.

Of course, the Japanese were not fools and knew that the Soviets were not easy to deal with, so before the attack, the Japanese officers issued an order: they could attack Zhanggufeng and Shacaofeng, but after capturing them they could only switch to defense on the spot and could not invade Soviet territory.

As a result, under the absolute fire suppression of three infantry battalions and four 3MM cannons, Markov's troops suffered heavy losses.

Markov was a little overwhelmed at this time, but he was still surprised and happy to hear the news about Duanwu.

He was surprised that Brother Duanwu could find him. But he was delighted because he knew Duanwu's ability. As long as he came up with an idea, he could regain his position.

But when Duanwu received Markov's telegram, he didn't want to help because they were fighting for Chinese territory.

Ma Ping'an also frowned slightly, but although he didn't want to help, he analyzed: "Now we need Markov to get advanced weapons and equipment for us. If we refuse his face, it will be very disadvantageous for us to purchase weapons and equipment."

Duanwu nodded and said, "Yes, we have fought the Japanese twice in a row, and the Japanese will definitely come to retaliate. So we are in urgent need of replenishment of weapons and ammunition, and we are also short of soldiers."

So Duanwu thought for a while and said, "Well, I won't give him any advice yet. You can just say that I'm thinking of a countermeasure, and then tell him about our situation. If we can tie down a large number of Japanese here, it will be very helpful for the battle on his side. At least the Japanese won't dare to attack with all their strength. We can ensure that the Japanese dare not go deep into Soviet territory."

Ma Pingan clapped his hands and laughed, "What a great idea! If he doesn't help us solve the problem of weapons and ammunition, why should we help him? Hahaha!" (End of this chapter)