It’s not that Thirty-two Niangs and others didn’t work hard, they really didn’t expect that the Kwantung Army and the supporting North Korean garrison would all be concentrated on Shanhaiguan! Even the Kwantung Army’s bomber brigade, reconnaissance plane brigade and heavy artillery brigade were concentrated here.

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As for the fast-moving troops belonging to the Third Army that came this time, although they carried heavy artillery, after all, the firepower was simply not enough to cope with the Shanhaiguan guarded by more than 50,000 Japanese troops!

Therefore, although Thirty-two Niang and the others caught the Japanese army off guard when they first arrived, they were immediately met with a crazy counterattack by the Japanese army who had reacted! With the help of Shanhaiguan's geographical location, Thirty-two Niang and the others were unable to occupy the area for a while.

What a bargain!

If it weren't for the assistance of heavy artillery and armored troops, they might have been defeated! Fortunately, Thirty-two Niangs were also trained by the three artillery units. Although the cavalry was ineffective, he immediately began to build a position outside Shanhaiguan!

and stopped the Japanese counterattack.

At this time, the troops guarding Shanhaiguan were: Japanese 2nd Division, Division Commander Lieutenant General Domon Jiro. Under the jurisdiction of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, Brigade Major General Hasebe Terube's unit: 4th Infantry Regiment

Captain Rikutaro Oshima, Captain of the 29th Infantry Regiment Yukihiro Hirata.

The 15th Infantry Brigade, the brigade commander, Major General Rokuro Amano, is under the jurisdiction of: Colonel Kisaburo Hamamoto, commander of the 16th Infantry Regiment, and Colonel Yoshiaki Tsuboi, commander of the 30th Infantry Regiment.

The division is directly under the command of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, with its commander, Lieutenant Colonel Seiji Wakamatsu, the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, with its commander, Colonel Kawasai Keizo, and the 2nd Squadron of the 2nd Engineer Battalion, with its captain, Captain Kyonosuke Hanai.

Major General Tatsujiro Kamura, commander of the 39th mixed brigade of the North Korean garrison (invading Northeast China from North Korea), is under the jurisdiction of: 77th Infantry Regiment, Regiment Commander Tetsuzo Nakajima, 78th Infantry Regiment, Regiment Changshan Prefecture

Colonel Le Shui, the 2nd Squadron of the 28th Cavalry Regiment, Captain Gu Junzo, the captain of the 26th Field Artillery Regiment. Colonel Ikeno Matsuri, the commander of the 26th Field Artillery Regiment, and Captain Shi Yan and Lang, the captain of the 1st Squadron of the 20th Engineer Brigade.

The 4th mixed brigade of the North Korean garrison, the commander of the brigade, Major General Suzuki Mitichi, is under the jurisdiction of: 5th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion Captain, Major Ryoukichi Tsou'e, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion Captain, Major Suketomo Tanabe

, the 3rd largest infantry regiment of the 17th

Brigade, Major Hachiro Tagami, captain, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, Major Yokozawa Eijiro, captain, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, Captain Tatsuichi Kaeda, 1st Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment.

Captain Xiaojiu trusts Major Major.

The Air Force is the Army Flying Brigade, with the captain Ling Guoshu and the Lushun Heavy Artillery Battalion. In other words, in just one Shanhaiguan, the Japanese army directly mobilized more than 20,000 people, including a Class A standing division, in order to prevent the Northeast Army's counterattack.

He formed a mixed brigade with two policemen of more than 10,000 people, and together with the Flying Brigade and the Lushun Heavy Artillery Brigade, the total number exceeded 50,000!

The commander-in-chief of these troops is the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Shigeru Honjo, and the chief of staff, Major General Miyake Mitsuharu.

It’s no wonder that Thirty-two Niangs fought so hard. I really didn’t expect that the Japanese army would put their main troops on Shanhaiguan! But the cavalry troops were originally fast attack troops, not siege type, so they suffered a heavy loss!

However, Honjo Shige himself is not having a good time now! He has received a telegram from Kenji Doihara! He was furious when he learned that Fengtian City had been lost!

Immediately, he wanted to order the troops to attack directly from Shanhaiguan to recapture Fengtian City! He also called the commander of the North Korean Army, General Lin Xianjuro, for urgent help! He hoped that Lin Xianjuro could quickly mobilize the North Korean garrison from the Yalu River to attack Fengtian! And

The Kwantung Army took back Fengtian together!

Hayashi Jūjuro did not dare to neglect after receiving the telegram from Honjo Shige. Mengten City was his political capital! So Hayashi Jūjūrō immediately ordered the commander of the Japanese 20th Division of the North Korean garrison, Lieutenant General Kanetsuji Muro, to rush to the aid of the Kwantung Army.

!And directly marched to Fengtian, Manchuria, to regain the lost Fengtian City!

At this time, the 20th Division had the following jurisdictions: the 39th Infantry Regiment, the 40th Infantry Regiment, the 28th Cavalry Regiment, and the directly affiliated 26th Field Artillery Regiment and the 20th Engineer Regiment. Among them, the 39th Infantry Regiment was combined into a hybrid

The brigade was directly stationed at Shanhaiguan. Therefore, all that Muro Kaneji had left now was two infantry regiments, a field artillery regiment and an engineering regiment.

Although his combat power was greatly reduced, Muro Kaneji still believed that he could get a share of the pie in this incident! After all, the Kwantung Army had achieved such a shocking feat. Who wouldn’t be jealous?! You would be a fool not to take advantage of this opportunity!

Therefore, Muro Kanetsi patted the chest with Hayashi Jujuro without hesitation! Then he went down to organize the troops to kill towards the Yalu River with great ambition!

At this time, Tu Qianjun in Fengtian City was happy on the one hand, and had a headache on the other. Fortunately, the Kwantung Army not only left most of the strategic materials in Fengtian City, but also transported a large portion of them from North Korea.

House supplies are coming!

Judging from their posture, they never thought that Fengtian City would be captured. They probably regarded Fengtian City as a rear base! They would produce here and then support the possible war at Shanhaiguan.

But what I didn't expect was that all these preparations turned out to be cheap for Tu Qianjun! And the Japanese workers who Tu Qianjun and Zhang Xueliang invited from the United States and other places did not dare to move at all! They even honestly sent out several

Months' salary, even the more than 800,000 gold bars that were seized from Zhang Xueliang, they didn't even have time to send back home!

It's just that it was secretly sealed in the garrison's camp. After all, this is 800,000 gold bars! The wealth and brocade are touching people's hearts. If word gets out, there may be some trouble. And the Kwantung Army is actually also interested in getting it from

A little bit of it was taken out, so it has not yet been sent back to Japan.

Not to mention the nearly tens of millions of Guangyang, but fortunately, Zhang Xueliang still has part of the funds deposited in Citibank and HSBC, which can be regarded as avoiding losses. In this regard, Zhang Xueliang would have to thank Jun Zi, if not Jun Zi

He has so much contact with Americans that the U.S. government designated Citibank's Fengtian branch to facilitate payment collection. Perhaps Zhang Xueliang would not put part of his deposits there.

The British had also made such a decision, so Zhang Xueliang deposited his personal savings in these two banks for convenience and as a show of goodwill.

In fact, the Fengtian branch of Citibank in the United States was established in 1928. It mainly engaged in arms trade and settlement of military equipment purchases with the then-Anti-Japanese War. Later, after the relationship between the Army and the United States became harmonious, Citibank gradually took on the responsibility of providing security services to the United States.

Helping the United States settle the wages of workers in China.

The British HSBC opened a branch in Fengtian even earlier. HSBC had already opened a branch in Fengtian in 1917. Like Citibank, HSBC's main business at that time was to settle arms trade.

As Junzi expanded its business in the United States, HSBC also took on the business of project payment settlement and state loan issuance. When Zhang Xueliang and the Northeastern Army tragically withdrew from Manchuria, both banks were at a loss.

After all, Zhang Xueliang is their big benefactor! If it were normal, they would complain at most. But now the world is in economic crisis, and it is difficult to do business! The Japanese are destroying their jobs! Therefore, these two banks have no

Put less pressure on the country! Try to get Britain and the United States to intervene to get the Japanese out.

This was one of the things that gave Zhang Xueliang the confidence to allow the Japanese to withdraw from Manchuria. Unfortunately, after Japan announced that it would fully assume the agreement signed by Zhang Xueliang and launch broader cooperation, governments began to waver.

It's a pity that Zhang Xueliang and Chiang Zhongzhi still pinned their hopes on the League of Nations investigation team! But they didn't know that even if the investigation team made a ruling, Japan would still not give up the interests in Manchuria it had obtained! And it was even less likely that the League of Nations would send troops for Manchuria.

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This kind of referee is just a joke. In fact, this is what happened in the original history. The Lytton investigation team sent by the League of Nations went through a year of investigation and issued a report confirming Japan's aggression.

The report denied that Japan's actions were for self-defense, and pointed out that the establishment of Manchukuo was Japan's move to invade China. Japan's immediate response was shocking, and they chose to withdraw from the League of Nations!

To show that the League of Nations does not recognize Manchukuo's protest, and once Japan launches the League of Nations, the League of Nations' reports and referees will directly become useless paper. Japan will justifiably swallow up the land of Manchuria, and the Nanjing National Government will simply remain silent.

Word.

Later, the Nanjing government simply signed the extremely ugly "Ho-Mei Agreement" with the Japanese. According to the agreement, China no longer owned most of the sovereignty of Hebei and Chahar, and China was obliged to prohibit any Chinese from resisting the Japanese

Activity.

However, Tu Qianjun is back now! The consuls from the British and American countries are naturally relieved, at least their agreement will definitely be implemented. And this general is much better than that young marshal!

At least, he dares to shoot at the Japanese and drive them out, doesn't he?! As long as he dares to fight, then for the sake of the interests of Britain and the United States, these countries will naturally be on his side!

What Junzi is worried about now is that he did not expect that the Kwantung Army would put all its main forces at Shanhaiguan to prevent the Northeast Army from counterattacking. So now Thirty-two Niangs and others have called back that the Japanese army's weapons, equipment and troops are too strong! Without heavy weapons,

It was difficult to capture Shanhaiguan without the help of the enemy.

After looking at the map for a while, Junzi gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice to Shang Dinan beside him: "Assemble the troops! Go to the front line of Shanhaiguan and call Lan Yang, commander of the cavalry division! Tell him to build a temporary airport immediately! Tell him that we must

Withstand the Japanese attack! I will lead the main force and air force to support him!" (To be continued)
Chapter completed!