Glorious Mission 1937

On March 1941, 3, the Japanese garrison headquarters in Hailar was decorated with lanterns and festoons. The entire garrison headquarters was decorated in a festive manner, and there was an endless stream of people entering and leaving the garrison headquarters. It can be seen that today is definitely not an ordinary day.

This is indeed the case, as long as it is a wealthy businessman or a wealthy family in the city, it is known that today is the birthday of Lieutenant General Yano Yinsaburo, the commander of the Hailar Garrison and the head of the 23rd Division. People with dignity received invitations from the headquarters of the 23rd Division. In fact, all those who received the invitations understood that Yano Yinsaburo didn't value them very much, so it was completely against him to invite them to the birthday party. Come with a birthday gift.

This Yano Taikun has been in office for more than two years, and this kind of birthday party is held every year. The time is uncertain every year, sometimes it is earlier, sometimes it is later, but no matter whether it is sooner or later, those who receive the invitation must come Of course, people don't have to come, but the birthday ceremony must come, this is the rule!

Unlike the Chinese custom of having a banquet at noon, the Japanese like to hold a banquet in the afternoon or evening, and today's banquet is arranged in the afternoon.

With the appearance of Lieutenant General Yano, the banquet finally started. From the perspective of the banquet itself, it is still very good. At least the dishes are not fooling people. There are 16 dishes on each table. The wine is the best sake in Japan , In addition, there is a military band performing live, and of course, Japanese geisha are also indispensable for this occasion.

But for the Chinese, those Japanese singers who are neither human nor ghost are really off-putting.It runs counter to the Chinese aesthetics.

However, at the climax of the banquet, a major staff officer rushed into the banquet hall in a hurry.Then he whispered a few words in Yano Yinsaburo's ear, and then Yano Yinsaburo left in a hurry, leaving only a large group of guests in the banquet hall who didn't know what to do.

Garrison Command Operations Command Room.

As soon as Yano Yinsaburo entered the combat command room, he hurriedly climbed to the map and looked at it. After a while, he raised his head and asked, "Ono, is the news that the Chinese people suddenly gathered troops to the border area is accurate?" [

Major Ono hurriedly replied: "Reporting to your Excellency, the commander of the division, the news was sent back by the patrolling troops in the border area, so it should be accurate."

"Baga. What do you mean should be accurate? Check it immediately, quickly!" Lieutenant General Yano Yinsaburo shouted angrily.

"Hay!"

Soon, Major Ono came back, and when he saw Lieutenant General Yano Otonaburo, he immediately reported loudly: "Report to Your Excellency, Commander, the news has been verified, and the Chinese army is indeed gathering towards the border area!"

"Have you found out how many troops there are?" Yano Yinsaburo asked in a deep voice.

"According to the information sent back from Manzhouli, the Chinese army has no less than 2 infantry divisions, and follow-up troops are continuously gathering near Manzhouli. Why did our reconnaissance troops find the Chinese heavy artillery and tank troops! " Major Ono replied loudly.

"Baga, what are the Chinese people doing? Are they planning to launch an attack on the Imperial Japanese Army? What do you think, Mr. Tokou?"

The Toguchi-kun mentioned by Yano Yinsaburo refers to Lieutenant General Toguchi Jiichiro, the commander of the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army. The Ninth Division was sent by the Kwantung Army Command not long ago to strengthen the defense of the Hailar area.In addition to serving as the commander of the Ninth Division, Tomkou Jiichiro also served as the deputy commander of the Hailar Garrison Area.

Lieutenant General Toguchi Kiichiro looked at the map and said, "Yano-kun, the gathering of the Chinese army to the Manzhouli area is definitely not a conspiracy. It seems that the analysis of the Chief of Staff Okabe is correct. The Chinese people are attacking Hulunbeier. My idea, Yano-kun. We must be prepared to fight a big battle!"

"Hmph, the Chinese people underestimated our Japanese imperial army too much. Now that our army is strong and strong, how can we be afraid of their attack? Since these stupid Chinese people have come to our door, how can we let them go back, Mr. Tokou, Are you interested in annihilating this Chinese army?" Yano Yinsaburo asked loudly.

"Although there are some difficulties, I am willing to create this miracle with Yano-kun!"

"well!"

Then Lieutenant General Yano Yinsaburo said: "Since the Chinese continue to gather troops to the Manzhouli area, it means that the main attack direction of the Chinese is Manzhouli, and Manzhouli is indeed the city closest to the Chinese defense zone. I think it is necessary to send troops to Manzhouli. Send a reinforcement to the direction!"

"Yoxi, what Yano-kun said is very reasonable. There is only one infantry regiment of the Imperial Army and one cavalry division of the Imperial Association Army in Manzhouli. The strength is indeed a bit weak. We should send reinforcements there! In addition, if there is really As for the main attack direction of the Chinese army, then I think it is necessary to send a senior officer to take command, what do you think Yano-kun?"

"Yoxi, Mr. Tomkou, I also have the same intention. How about it, please go if you can. I am a little worried about sending someone else!" Because the Ninth Division is just a unit that came to cooperate , is not a subordinate unit of the 23rd Division, Kiichiro Toguchi is also a lieutenant general of the army, and the Ninth Division is also a permanent division with the number in the top 20 of the Japanese Army, which is the legendary first-class division. It is more than one level higher than the post-built three-unit division of the 23rd Division, so Yano Yinsaburo is also very polite when speaking to Toguchi Jiichiro. [

"Hayi, let me take a trip. In view of the continuous increase of the Chinese army, the imperial army in Manchuria must remain around one division. In addition, the strength of the Balhu Left Banner and Right Banner should also increase accordingly to prevent the Chinese army from attacking. Attack the imperial army from the flank!" Lieutenant General Toguchi Kiichiro reminded.

"Yoxi, Mr. Tomkou, besides drawing two infantry regiments from the Ninth Division to reinforce Manchuria this time, I will also send a chariot regiment and artillery regiment under your command. In addition, the Barhu Left Banner I will also send an infantry brigade and a cavalry regiment of the Imperial Association Army to reinforce the Right Banner and the Right Banner. After you arrive in Manzhouli, you will immediately take over the command of Manzhouli. All imperial troops, including the Balhu Left Banner and Right Banner You command!"

"Hay!"

The news of the Japanese army's reinforcements in Manzhouli was quickly sent to the former enemy headquarters in Dongfang City. It was learned that the Japanese army only sent an infantry brigade and some technical arms to reinforce Manzhouli. There were still more than 2 defenders in the Hailar area. , which made Chen Feng extremely dissatisfied.

Immediately Chen Feng ordered Zhang Jingjun to add more fire to the Japanese army. Zhang Jingjun understood, and immediately sent an infantry division and an artillery brigade to Manzhouli, and advanced the defense line 5 kilometers to Manzhouli. Kilometers away, they had already entered the range of the Japanese army's field heavy artillery. Of course, the Manzhouli defenders had also entered the range of Chen Feng's heavy artillery.

Lieutenant General Toguchi Kiichiro was shocked when he learned that Chen Feng's troops outside the city of Manzhouli were as high as 3 infantry divisions, 2 artillery brigades and some chariot troops, with a total strength of more than 5. The defenders plus the more than 3 reinforcements he transferred this time are no more than 1 infantry regiments, 1 artillery regiment and 2 chariot regiment, plus the cavalry division of the Royal Association Army, the total But less than [-] people.

In addition, although Manzhouli is said to be a famous big city on the Hulunbuir Grassland, it is only a big city on the Hulunbuir Grassland. It is just a small county town in other places. Although there are city walls, they are all rammed with earth. Less than three meters wide and less than two meters wide, it collapsed after a few shots, and it was not considered a strong fortress at all.

Tomoguchi Jiichiro reckoned that if the combat power of the Chinese army was really as powerful as the imperial intelligence department said, the army in his hands was really no match for others, the most important thing was the cavalry division of the Imperial Association Army in his hand. Combat power is extremely distrustful.

It's no wonder that the Japanese army had always looked down on the puppet army, especially this puppet army was defeated by Chen Feng's troops. The last time Chen Feng's troops attacked Suidong, they not only wiped out the 12th Division of the Japanese army, but also The puppet regime of King Mengjiande was wiped out, and even the puppet Mongolian army was beaten to pieces, and a large number of senior officers, including the commander-in-chief Li Shouxin, were captured.

Only Wang Ying, who was lucky, was not in Tongliao City at the time, so he survived.After the war, Chen Feng's troops withdrew from Tongliao. In order to appease the puppet army, the Japanese army had no choice but to help Wang Ying to a high position. Now the puppet army in Suidong and Hulunbeier Grassland are all under Wang Ying's subordinates.

These are all secondary, the important thing is that most of the puppet troops were wiped out by Chen Feng's troops, and the remaining three or two kittens could not make a difference at all, so the Japanese army had no choice but to assist Wang Ying to continue recruiting troops on the grassland , and even did not hesitate to transport prisoners of war here from the Guannei battlefield. Now this puppet army is a recruit unit that was formed only in the past one or two years.

If you want to talk about the combat effectiveness, Wang Ying himself is blowing loudly, but the Japanese army doesn't believe it at all. When Tom Kou calculated the combat effectiveness, the cavalry division with a strength of 5000 was directly discounted to 2000. In this way, in the eyes of General Tom, he was going to use 5000 people to deal with more than 5 people under Chen Feng's troops, and his chances of winning were really slim.

Before Tom Kou could figure out how to deal with this matter, another bad news came over there. The Chinese cavalry were found on the outskirts of Balhu Left Banner and Right Banner. Although their strength was only a few thousand, But this still put a lot of pressure on Lieutenant General Tom Kou Jiichiro.

For Lieutenant General Tom Kou, this is not a good omen. This is a chariot and heavy artillery. It is completely a sign of a large-scale invasion by the Chinese army. As a last resort, Lieutenant General Tom Kou had to continue to send a report to Lieutenant General Yano Yinsaburo, requesting Hailar Continue to send more troops. (to be continued...)