Chapter 17: Taking credit to greatness
In this way, the two sides fell into anxious waiting and confrontation.
Nearly twenty minutes passed before a burst of noisy footsteps came from the city. Huang Xiansheng hurried up to the city with more than a hundred soldiers.
The captain and company commander who was waiting at the top of the city quickly greeted him and saluted: {General, you are finally here.}
{How is the situation now?} Huang Xiansheng asked as he walked to the wall and looked outside the city.
{The two hundred officers and soldiers of the 7th Brigade outside the city gate said that the four to five hundred people who came just now were not the Japanese army, but the main force of the 3rd Battalion who went to sneak attack the Japanese army. They also said that the big explosion in the direction of the Japanese army's position was caused by them. However,
, just in case, I still haven’t let them in, I’ll wait for you to come and make a decision.} The captain and the company commander replied.
{Hmm.} Huang Xiansheng patted his shoulder and said approvingly: {Good job.}
Outside the city, Zhang Xinghan noticed a sudden crowd of people on top of the city. Knowing that reinforcements might have arrived in the city, he immediately stood up and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Brothers in the city, I wonder if the police chief, General Huang Xiansheng, agrees to let us go."
Entering the city?}
{Humph, what a bastard, I am Huang Xiansheng, who are you?} Huang Xiansheng heard Zhang Xinghan's question and asked coldly.
{General Huang, my humble position is Zhang Xinghan, commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 620th Regiment of the 7th Brigade of the Communist Party of China. Three hours ago, the Japanese army suddenly attacked Beida Camp. I was ordered to lead my troops to stop the attack. After the bloody battle of the entire battalion, the Japanese army was finally wiped out.
Hearing that Fengtian was in urgent need, Xinghante led all the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Battalion to rush over.
We took the opportunity to take over the command post and artillery position of the Japanese 29th Infantry Regiment. In a short time, the Japanese were unable to attack Fengtian City. However, our brothers fought fiercely in the middle of the night and were exhausted. In order to prevent the Japanese from pursuing them, we asked General Huang to hurry up.
Open the city gate and let us in.} Zhang Xinghan responded loudly.
{What? You wiped out all the Japanese troops who attacked Beida Camp? And took away the little Japanese’s headquarters and artillery positions?} Huang Xiansheng thought of the big explosion behind the Japanese position just now, and frowned in confusion as he pondered.
After a long time, Huang Xiansheng said to the outside of the city: "Captain Zhang, I'm really sorry. There are so many battalion and company commanders in the 7th brigade that I really don't dare to recognize you. How about this? General Wang Yizhe of your brigade should still be in the city. I am sending people
Ask him to come and verify your true identity. You can rest and wait outside the city.}
{General Huang?} Zhang Xinghan was anxious. Suddenly an idea flashed through his mind. He immediately turned around and ordered all the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Battalion: {Brothers, can everyone of us in the **7th Brigade still sing? I'll get up now.
Everyone, everyone sing with me.}
{I feel sorry for our nation, which has been repeatedly oppressed by powerful neighbors...}
{It hurts our nation, it has been repeatedly oppressed by strong neighbors, and the saddest thing is that the territory has been ceded to pay compensation, the sovereignty has been deprived, the great rivers and mountains have been shattered, and the innocent sons of China are half-adrift. Who can rise up to save the motherland, save the motherland!
I, the officers and soldiers of the 7th Brigade, get up quickly and take charge. We are willing to work together and work together. The Prime Minister will never forget the will, and the commander's will must be strict. We must ride the long wind and break thousands of miles of waves to save China!}
Under the leadership of Zhang Xinghan, more than 700 officers and soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, including Liu Guodong's troops outside the city gate, sang in unison, and the neat, high-pitched yet tragic singing resounded throughout the night sky across the north gate.
Feeling the solemnity and sorrow of the singing, all the defenders on the city were moved. Huang Xiansheng was stunned on the spot and lost his mind for a long time.
As the chief of the Liaoning Provincial Police and the chief of the Fengtian Police Department, he and Wang Yizhe are both colleagues and friends, so it is natural that he is not familiar with the 7th Brigade's song.
{Open the city gate and let them in quickly.} When the first wave of singing stopped and the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Battalion continued to sing repeatedly, Huang Xiansheng finally came to his senses.
{Yes!} The captain and company commander were also extremely excited and happily accepted the order and ran down to the city in person.
After Zhang Xinghan led his troops into the city, Huang Xiansheng was already waiting at the city gate with a group of guards.
Maybe the original Zhang Xinghan had met Huang Xiansheng, so Zhang Xinghan recognized him at a glance, and quickly led Liu Jianguo, Liu Guodong, Gao Chu and other subordinates to step forward and stand at attention and salute: {General Huang.}
{Brothers, you have worked hard.} Huang Xiansheng hurriedly returned the greeting, and then said with a solemn hand: {Let's go, quickly go to the city to rest.}
After entering the city, Zhang Xinghan ordered Gao Chu and Liu Guodong to lead the troops to find a place to rest and eat. He and Liu Jianguo followed Huang Xiansheng to the south gate of the main battlefield.
As soon as the group walked up to the top of the city, Wang Yicai, who was left behind to command, came up to him. When he saw Zhang Xinghan, he couldn't help being surprised: {Xinghan, why are you here?}
{How do you know each other?} Huang Xiansheng was a little surprised.
{Virgo, he is my best friend since childhood. We both grew up wearing crotchless pants together.} Wang Yicai explained excitedly.
{Oh?} Huang Xiansheng pointed at Zhang Xinghan and said: {Battle Commander Zhang led his troops to defend the Beida Camp, wipe out all the invading enemies, and then led his troops to rush to Fengtian. The big explosion in the direction of the Japanese position just now was their fault. They killed it.
The Japanese headquarters and artillery positions, and old boy Yukihiro Hirata may have also ascended to heaven.}
{No wonder!}Wang Yicai suddenly realized something.
{What?} Huang Xiansheng looked at him puzzled.
{After you went to the north gate, the Japanese army began to retreat. To this end, I also sent a reconnaissance team out of the city to investigate the situation and learned that the Japanese army had indeed withdrawn from all positions outside the city and was withdrawing towards its original station.} Wang Yicai said.
{Really? That's great. This way Fengtian City can be temporarily saved. I have to report to the young commander as soon as possible.} Huang Xiansheng said extremely excitedly.
{Yicai, you and Battalion Commander Zhang will stay here for the time being in case the Japanese army comes back. I'll go back to the headquarters first.} Huang Xiansheng said.
{Yes!} Wang Yicai and Zhang Xinghan stood at attention and responded at the same time.
Huang Xiansheng nodded and led the guards down to the city.
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Lushun Japanese Kwantung Army Headquarters.
Because he was concerned about launching an offensive against the Northeastern Army and seizing control of the Northeast by force, the current Kwantung Army Commander Shigeru Honjo never fell asleep. Instead, accompanied by several operational staff officers from the headquarters, he waited anxiously in the war room.
developments and news.
During the anxious waiting, a burst of rapid footsteps sounded in vain, and a Japanese communications adjutant ran into the war room with a panicked look and staggered steps.
Seeing the appearance of the communications adjutant, Shigeru Honjo's heart skipped a beat and he felt an ominous premonition.
{Sakamoto-kun, what’s going on?} A combat staff member came forward to ask.
{Your Excellency, Commander, no, it’s not good.} The Japanese communications adjutant named Sakamoto panicked and reported intermittently: {The 29th Infantry, United, United...}
{Baga, make it clear, don't be nervous!} Benzhuang Shige was very angry at his gaffe, and he slapped the table and shouted loudly.
Sakamoto suddenly fell silent. After a cold response, he stood up and said: {Your Excellency, General, the 29th Infantry Regiment received an emergency call. Just now, the 29th Infantry Regiment headquarters and artillery position were successively attacked by the Northeast Army. The artillery
The entire army was wiped out and all artillery was destroyed, including
A number of senior officers, including Commander Yukihiro Hirata of the 29th Infantry Regiment, were also unfortunately killed. Now the command hub of the 29th Infantry Regiment has been severely damaged. In order to prevent the Northeast Army in the city from taking advantage of the opportunity to counterattack, the 29th Infantry Regiment is under the jurisdiction of
Each brigade voluntarily evacuated Fengtian and returned to its original station to stand by.}
{What?} Even though he was mentally prepared, Shigeru Honjo was still deeply shocked. The 29th Infantry Regiment actually failed? And even the headquarters and artillery were taken over. How is this possible?
However, misfortunes never come alone, and blessings never come together. Before Honjo Shige could recover from the shock, another Japanese communications lieutenant rushed over with a panicked look on his face.
{Your Excellency, General, we have just received the latest information. The 2nd Battalion of the South Manchuria Railway Garrison, which was ordered to attack Beida Camp, was completely wiped out during the attack on Beida Camp under the command of the captain Masaichi Shimamoto!} The communications lieutenant reported hurriedly
road.
{Nani?} Honjo Shigeru was completely stupid, and even the **Second Defense Brigade was wiped out? What on earth is going on? Didn't Itagaki Seishiro and Ishihara Wanji insist that this plan was foolproof, and Zhang Xueliang had already ordered the Northeast
Are the troops not allowed to resist?
So why does this happen again?
A series of questions appeared in Shigeru Honjo's mind one after another.
{Immediately report this information to Itagaki Seishiro and Ishihara Kanji, and ask them to come up with an emergency response plan immediately! Hurry up!} When Honjo Shige was confused, he thought of Ishihara Kanji and Itagaki, the specific controllers and planners of this incident.
Seishiro, if the incident of seizing Northeast China by force ended in failure, then I, as the commander of the Kwantung Army who had just taken office, would definitely not be able to escape his involvement.
As the actual initiators of this incident, Ishihara and Itagaki cannot escape the blame. Therefore, they will definitely try their best to save the situation until they win. Thinking of this, Honjo Shige, who is already mediocre in intelligence, immediately threw the problem like a ball.
Both of them.
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At the Fengtian Station of the South-Manchuria Railway, a large number of Japanese troops have already guarded the place.
After a long journey of more than ten hours, the good friends Ishihara Kanji and Itagaki Seishiro finally arrived at Nanman Station (ie Shenyang Station).
However, as soon as they got off the train, before the two of them could get into the car that had been prepared and headed to the frontline headquarters, an accompanying communications officer hurried over.
He suddenly put his feet back and stood at attention and reported to the two of them: {Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, sorry, the headquarters has just forwarded the latest battle report from the front line.}
{How is the situation?} Itagaki Seishiro and Ishihara Wanji looked at each other and asked anxiously with uneasiness in their hearts.
{The attacks of the 29th Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Guards Brigade of the South Manchuria Railway ended in failure. Shimamoto Masaichi's 2nd Guards Brigade was completely destroyed outside Beida Camp. The 29th Regiment headquarters and artillery
The position was destroyed, and Commander Hirata and a group of senior officers were also unfortunately destroyed.} The communications officer quickly reported.
{This? How is this possible?} Itagaki Seishiro's face was full of disbelief.
{Reporting to Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, this message was sent from Lushun Headquarters and is confirmed to be correct.} The communications officer replied.
{Bagaya Road, what the hell is going on?} Itagaki Seishiro was immediately furious. Ishihara Wanji on the side took advantage of the situation and grabbed him and whispered: {Go to the frontline headquarters first and ask about the situation before making a decision.}
Chapter completed!