Chapter 86 Yang Zhen's new opponent
Yang Zhen heard the explosion sound from outside and rushed to the door in two steps. After taking the telescope handed over by Li Mingrui, he found that the explosion sounded like several Japanese light bombers who had arrived at some point were throwing bombs aimlessly at the surrounding mountains and forests.
After hearing the explosion, Li Yanping, who was rushing over, saw the Japanese planes in the sky throwing bombs, and was a little anxious. Li Yanping anxiously said to Li Mingrui who was standing beside Yang Zhen: "Go and notify the troops quickly, and withdraw all of them immediately and hide them. They are all squeezed together. As long as one bomb hits, the loss will be great."
Hearing Li Yanping's words, Yang Zhen, who had been holding the telescope and observing carefully, shook his head and said, "The landing point of the Japanese bomb is still far away from us, don't worry, let's see."
Yang Zhen put down his telescope and pointed to the flying trees on the mountain not far away and said, "Political Commissar, the bombs dropped by the Japanese planes are extremely scattered and there is no specific target. The Japanese are strolling around the edge of the explosion, probably because they want to use the tactic of driving snakes out of the hole, and want to drive us out of the hidden place to determine our specific location. Their reconnaissance planes are still hovering in the sky, so they may have already determined the target."
Li Yanping disagreed with Yang Zhen’s idea: “That’s not OK. Even if the Japanese are bombing in a random way, who can guarantee that the bomb will never fall here? The targets they bombed will not turn here?”
"The troops are now squeezing in MuLengzi with the company as a company. As long as one bomb hits a MuLengzi, we will lose at least one company. Let the troops withdraw and disperse and hide in the forest. Even if the Japanese bomb falls on the top of their heads, the loss will be much smaller."
Regarding Li Yanping's insistence, Yang Zhen couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Political Commissar, you see, the new bombers from the Japanese are all light aircraft and cannot carry many bombs. What really threatens us are those reconnaissance planes flying against the treetops."
"Once we withdraw, according to the current tactical capabilities of the troops, it is impossible for us to hide before the Japanese reconnaissance plane is discovered. The Japanese reconnaissance plane flew so low again, almost rubbing against the treetops. It is difficult for us to escape their thief's eyes with every move. Even if one person is discovered, it means that the secret camp has been exposed. If the secret camp is exposed, we can't stay in this mountain forest."
"Without the cover of the secret camp, how can we train the troops? It has now entered October, and the weather has gradually started to cool down. Without the supplies reserved by the secret camp, how can we survive this winter?"
"Now the bomb landing point is still on the other side of the mountain. The Japanese came with light bombers, so they couldn't bring many bombs, and now it's getting dark, so don't worry they can't blow us up. Besides, the Japanese are always stingy and will not be willing to waste too many bombs. I guess they should have withdrawn after these planes dropped the bombs."
After roughly explaining his opinion, Yang Zhen said to Li Mingrui beside him: "Go and notify the troops and stabilize your emotions. Tell them that the Japanese bombs are still far from us. As long as the bombs do not fall on the top of your head, no one is allowed to leave the hidden department. You are agile. With the Japanese reconnaissance plane flying so low, only you can quickly reach the hidden department without being discovered."
Regarding Yang Zhen's order, Li Mingrui nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, I'll go now. Commander, are you also evacuated with the political commissar, the chief of staff and others, and retreated to the woods behind to hide? No matter what, this place is still too dangerous."
"I don't go there, just stand here. I ordered the troops not to leave the hidden headquarters, but I evacuated myself. What do you think? Don't talk too much, do whatever you want you to do? Go quickly." Yang Zhen refused Li Mingrui's evacuation suggestion, so he refused.
After Li Mingrui left, Yang Zhen raised his telescope and observed the Japanese planes hovering in the sky for a while, his heart full of questions: "Does the Japanese really want to knock on the mountain and drive us out of the hidden parts? Or have they discovered something?"
"It is normal to send reconnaissance planes to find the opponent's trace before the target is determined. But in addition to the reconnaissance planes, the Japanese actually sent bombers to bomb everywhere, which is not like the usual style of the Japanese."
After a long silence, Yang Zhen turned his head to Wang Guangyu on the side, including all the people around him now, and said, "Old Wang, don't delay. You will leave after dinner later. Be sure to pay attention on the road and try to avoid encountering the Japanese. I guess since the Japanese have sent planes to reconnaissance and have invested so much money, it means that the Japanese's big sweep will not be far away."
"From the current actions of the Japanese, the Japanese should have suspected that we were hiding in this area if they were not done well. The Japanese will not be aimless. I think we should be ready for anti-sweeping now."
Looking at the Japanese planes hovering over his head, he was always confused about the true intention of the Japanese army's move, but Yang Zhen knew that at almost the same time as Li Yanping and others were holding a combat summary meeting, in a secret room at the headquarters of the Fifth Independent Guard of Kwantung Army stationed in Harbin, Sasaki, who had just arrived in Harbin from the North China Front Command of Peking, was also having a secret talk with Major General Ishihara Kanir, who was commanding and attacking in Harbin.
Before the position of the commander of the military police of the Chinese garrison army, he was transferred back to the commander of the Kwantung Army's Independent Fifth Police Force, the former highest military adviser of the puppet Manchukuo, who had fabricated the so-called bandits and civilian separation policies such as the merger of the garrison army, which caused great losses to the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. In the last year's campaign to attack Nanjing, Sasaki was obviously dissatisfied with the order.
In the eyes of Sasaki to No. 1 Lieutenant General, he had made enough contributions to the so-called Manchu Empire. As a real soldier, he should now fight face to face with the regular army of the Chinese government on the battlefield and establish the merits that a warrior should have. Instead of returning to this damn Manchukuo, he would drill endlessly with bandits who were unwilling to surrender all day long.
Sasaki, who was holding a face without saying anything, was obviously not willing to buy it when facing the extremely enthusiastic Major General Ishihara Kanir. He kept telling Major General Ishihara Kanir, the initiator who was transferred back, that he was very unhappy with his kindness.
Looking at Sasaki who was having a donkey face, Major General Ishihara Kanir, who knew why he was dissatisfied with him, did not show any concern about his ugly face. Even the smile on his face did not decrease at all.
The two were silent for a long time, and Major General Ishihara Kanir was the first to break the deadlock. After all, they could not be so silent: "The courage and superhuman courage shown by Lord Sasaki in the Chinese incident last year and the capture of Nanjing, the Chinese capital, and the re-established martial arts are extremely admired."
"Hissauki Sasaki's courage is amazing. He has made many contributions not only in the Chinese dispatched troops, but also in the Kanto Army. It was under the vigorous rectification of the Manchu army that it became a regular, combat-capable armed force and able to independently assume the suppression of bandits. This move by His Sasaki preserved the lives of a large number of imperial soldiers for the empire, and he is truly a role model for us younger generations."
Listening to the compliments that made people feel a little stingy, Sasaki's face, which had been gloomy since getting off the plane, finally cleared up. As the saying goes, people don't hit people with smiles, since they are talking about this person, if they show their faces to others, it would be a bit unreasonable.
After all, everyone will have to make a living under one roof of the Kwantung Army for a period of time in the future. If you look down and look up, it will be too stiff. Especially the guy who planned the September 18th Incident in front of you is still very different from some upper-level people in the military. It is not easy for him to offend him too deeply.
Seeing that Sasaki Rakichi's face calmed down a little, Ishihara smiled and said, "This time, you have some unscrupulous reasons to transfer Lord Sasaki back from an important position of commander of the North China Front Army's military police. Is it true that you have to understand. Sasaki Rakichi served as the highest military advisor of Manchuria for many years, and isn't it strange to the Kwantung Army's epidemic prevention and water supply department?"
Hearing Major General Ishihara Kanir mentioning the Kanto Army's epidemic prevention and water supply department, Sasaki snorted softly and said with a disdainful tone: "Isn't it the place where the playboy doctor named Shiro Ishii was doing some bacterial war experiments? Why did they complete the huge base in the bungalow?"
As soon as Sasaki asked this question, he couldn't blame him. Because it was of great importance, the Kanto Army and the Tokyo Army strictly kept the matters that happened to the Kanto Army's epidemic prevention and water supply department. Except for a few people, not to mention the 1st Lieutenant General Sasaki Gang who had been transferred from the Kanto Army, even a few people involved in the upper class of the Kanto Army, most Kanto Army generals did not know about it.
When Sasaki was extremely contemptuous when he mentioned Shiro Ishii, Ishihara Kanir shook his head slightly, but said without refuting: "Shiro Ishii is dead. All the bacterial warfare experts in the entire epidemic prevention and water supply department, as well as all the experts sent to the bungalow to perform new chemical weapons experiments in the Kanto Army, have been killed. Now the epidemic prevention and water supply department has basically been paralyzed because all the scientists who have implemented this plan have been given a fuss."
Since being transferred to the commander of the 30th Brigade of the 16th Division last year, Sasaki, who rarely contacted the old Guards in the Kwantung Army, was stunned when he heard the news: "What kind of thing is that? The epidemic prevention and water supply department has extremely strict defenses, and the support of the Second Division stationed in Harbin and the Independent Fifth Guards, how could all the experts be easily killed? Can the Anti-Japanese United Army have such great capabilities?"
Speaking of this, he served as the highest military adviser of the Manchukuo Army for many years and had commanded the so-called Manchukuo Army's Anti-Japanese United Army to carry out large-scale clearances. Sasaki, who had a deep understanding of the strength of the Anti-Japanese United Army, shook his head quickly: "No, whether it is Zhao Shangzhi from the Northern Manchuria, Zhou Baozhong from Jidong, or Yang Jingyu from the Southern Manchuria, they are not able to defeat a complete reinforced infantry squadron under the nose of the Imperial Army, and to capture this highly vigilant base, right?"
Ishihara Kanir, who had been puzzled by Sasaki's doubts, had also been puzzled by the reasons for the attack on the epidemic prevention and water supply department many times, couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It was not the anti-Manchurian anti-Japanese elements of the Anti-Japanese United Army. The reason why the entire army of the epidemic prevention and water supply department was destroyed was not because it encountered strong external enemies, but from the inside. It was the big road that was prepared for experiments, that is, the Chinese prisoners of war transported from the pass, held a riot, killed all the experts, and wiped out the guard squadron."
As Ishihara Kanir finished speaking, Sasaki's brows frowned tightly. The prisoners of war should have been unarmed when they arrived in Harbin. How could they kill a strengthening squadron's security forces and all the experts under heavy guard?
He participated in the Nanjing Battle and ordered the disposal of a large number of prisoners of war captured in Nanjing after occupying Nanjing. He thought he knew very well about the prisoners of war in the Chinese army. He did not think that once these prisoners of war were captured, they would become a group of sheep and be slaughtered. He would have the courage to resist.
At Sasaki's perspective, these Chinese prisoners of war were brave and tenacious when fighting, but once the commander died in battle or disappeared and left the army, he became a group of sheep. How could they have the courage to resist?
What's more, the weapons of these prisoners of war have long been confiscated and detained separately. The Kwantung Army's epidemic prevention and water supply department is on high alert. How could they have the chance to escape from the prison cell and even take a backlash? This seems a bit incredible to Sasaki to No. 1 MISS.
Looking at Sasaki's incredible expression from the 1st lieutenant General, Ishihara smiled and said, "I couldn't believe it at that time. But the conclusions drawn after the on-site investigation are indeed true. Lord Sasaki, you should know that the Imperial soldiers are not Chinese troops who deceive the superiors and subordinates, and all the conclusions are extremely rigorous. The results of the on-site investigation show that the attack came from the inside."
"These Chinese people used the means we still don't know, quietly killed all the guards and seized the guards' weapons. They even used the poison gas seized in the ad hoc prison to deal with accidents to remove the guards' guards' guards."
"They later used a large number of weapons and ammunition to eliminate the infantry squadrons who rushed to suppress the suppression and acted as the guard. They also used Shiro Ishii who was careless, perhaps because they wanted to deliberately conceal this matter, and the time difference caused by the untimely warning. After eliminating all the guards, they did not escape, but instead rushed to the residential area of the epidemic prevention and water supply department and killed all the experts there. Shiro Ishii was also killed in this attack, and the Chinese people attacked them extremely cruelly."
When I thought of seeing the corpse of Shiro Ishii, Ishihara Kanir said with lingering fear: "Shiro Ishii's death is extremely miserable. Even though I think I am an imperial soldier who is used to life and death, I can be considered a person with a serene heart. But when I think of Shiro Ishii's body, I can't help but feel a little scared."
Seeing the expression of lingering fear on the face of Ishihara Kanir, who had always claimed to be bold, Sasaki's brows were getting deeper and deeper. Although he felt shocked, he did not express any opinion for the time being, but just signaled Ishihara Kanir to continue.
Because he knew that the incident of the Ministry of Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply alone was not enough to make General Kenyo Ueda, the commander of the Kwantung Army, urgently transferred himself from the North China Front Army. Although he had made many achievements in the Kwantung Army, he was not an irreplaceable figure. There must be other hidden information in this.
Sure enough, Ishihara Kan's words below made him feel not only shock but angry. A dignified major general of the Imperial Army did not fire a few shots, and he didn't even understand the exact location of the enemy. He was bombed into the sky, along with thousands of imperial soldiers and elite Manchukuo Army.
The huge Kwantung Army was not only escaped from the nose, but also caused the army to eat an infantry squadron with his backhand and throw it away for a while. Even the deputy director of the police department of Binjiang Province was beaten to death. What's more serious is that an arms train that was docking at Weihe Station and a large number of equipment on the train were seized by others.
In the subsequent encirclement and suppression, the Kwantung Army suffered heavy losses. Not only did the encirclement be beaten up by others, but even his son-in-law Lu, who was the dragon-taking son-in-law, was buried in the hands of others. In the end, the people disappeared without a trace, and even the place where they might be hiding now was not found.
After hearing this, Sasaki fully understood why the Kwantung Army had moved him from the North China Front Army in a desperate situation. He was beaten up by a group of mobs and threw away a major general. This time the Kwantung Army was embarrassed.
Chapter completed!