A few minutes later, Itagaki Seishiro and Ishihara Kanji, escorted by a large number of guards, arrived at Sujiatun near the Nanman-Manchurian Railway, which was the original location of the 29th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Division and the railway garrison.

When Seishiro Itagaki and Kanji Ishihara arrived at Sujiatun, the Japanese troops of the 29th Infantry Regiment had already withdrawn here under the leadership of their respective captains.

Upon learning of this situation, Ishihara and I immediately asked officers of the 29th Infantry Regiment to have officers above the second lieutenant level come to the headquarters for a meeting.

Not long after, the headquarters, which was not very spacious, became crowded with Japanese officers of all levels. However, except for Ishihara Kanji and Itagaki Seishiro, none of the Japanese officers present had a rank higher than that of Colonel, and the highest was Major.

When Ishihara Wanji saw this, although he had been mentally prepared, he couldn't help but gasped. The entire 29th Infantry Regiment, the best field regiment in the empire, had its command hub unexpectedly taken over by the Northeastern Army and the artillery unit.

Well, this is a huge shame for the Imperial Japanese Army, which prides itself on being invincible.

In contrast, what shocked and puzzled Ishihara Wanji even more: which unit of the Northeastern Army was responsible for all this?

According to his understanding of the Northeast Army in the Fengtian area, only Wang Yizhe's elite 7th Brigade of the Northeast Army had the ability to do so. But hadn't Zhang Xueliang and the Nanjing government headed by Chiang already given repeated orders not to resist?

How dare Wang Yizhe openly disobey orders and start a war with the imperial army?

Just when Ishihara Wanji was full of doubts, a member of the Special High School walked in quickly and delivered the latest detailed military information to Ishihara Wanji.

After Ishihara Wanji read it, his face was even more surprised. When Seishiro Itagaki saw this, he quickly asked: {Ishihara-kun, what’s wrong with you?}

{Itagaki-kun, take a look for yourself.} Ishihara Wanji handed the information to Itagaki and said: {According to the intelligence, the elite **7th Brigade of the Northeastern Army stationed in Beidaying gave up resistance and retreated to Dongshanzuizi at the beginning of the war.

In this area, less than half a regiment of troops were left to block the attack, and the Chinese Army holding firm in Fengtian City had almost no regular troops. Most of them were made up of retired soldiers and military police.}

{What? So, the 29th Infantry Regiment was defeated by a group of irregular troops?} Seishiro Itagaki looked at the intelligence in his hand in surprise, and then said: {That’s not right, the intelligence said that the Northeast Army

The 7th Brigade had less than half a regiment of troops left in Beida Camp, so how could Shimamoto Masaichi's **Second Garrison Brigade be completely wiped out outside Beida Camp? Could it be that the Northeast Army had less than half a regiment?}

Faced with the question raised by Itagaki Seishiro, Ishihara Wanji could not explain it. After pondering for a moment, he asked the accompanying communications adjutant: {How is the progress of other troops currently? Is the attack on Yingkou, Fushun, and Siping going smoothly?}

{Reporting to your Excellency, according to a report not long ago, the attacks by various ministries on the above-mentioned areas were very smooth. The Northeast Army defenders in various places were defeated at the first touch and fled without a fight. At present, the imperial army has basically controlled all the major towns along the South Manchuria Railway.

.}The communications adjutant replied.

{That’s not right. If Zhang Xueliang instructed all units of the Northeastern Army to resist resolutely, how could all the Northeastern Army defenders in the above-mentioned areas flee without a fight? How could the 7th Brigade easily abandon the strategically important Beida Camp?} Ishihara smiled.

He murmured to himself.

{Ishihara-kun, how do you explain the encounter between the 29th Infantry Regiment and the **2nd Garrison Brigade?} Itagaki Seishiro asked.

{This, I think, is that some Northeastern troops in the Fengtian area were unwilling to evacuate and give up, but refused to carry out Zhang Xueliang's order and acted spontaneously, just like Huang Xiansheng organized military police and retired soldiers to defend Fengtian City, but we are still there for the time being.

I can’t figure out who they are? To be able to completely annihilate the Shimamoto Battalion and severely damage the 29th Infantry Regiment is definitely not something that ordinary people can do.} Ishihara Kanji said meaningfully.

{Then what should we do next? Should we continue to attack Fengtian City?} Itagaki Seishiro asked.

{Attack, of course attack.} Ishihara Wanji turned around as he spoke, came to the wall where a giant combat map was hung, and pointed to the South Manchuria Railway line on the map: {Itagaki-kun, you see, currently, from Siping to

In addition to Fengtian City in Yingkou, more than a dozen important towns along the route have been controlled by us. Today, Fengtian City has become an isolated city. As long as we send cavalry troops to seize the new people quickly and cut off the retreat route of the Fengtian defenders to Jinzhou, then they will

He has become a turtle in a urn, unable to escape even if he has wings.}

{What does Ishihara-kun mean?} Itagaki Seishiro was eager to give it a try after Ishihara Wanji’s analysis.

{Immediately increase reinforcements to prepare for the siege of Fengtian City, and quickly dispatch cavalry troops to attack Xinmin. After dawn, our air force can take off to support the operation, and then launch another attack on Fengtian City. The defeat tonight is nothing. After dawn

That's when the show really starts!} Ishihara Wanji said confidently with a calm and strategizing expression.

{Yo Xi, just do as you say, Ishihara-kun.} After hearing this, Itagaki Seishiro nodded with great approval: {After daybreak, I will personally command the siege of Fengtian City, so that I can avoid the shame of tonight!}

……………………

At the same time that Ishihara Kanji and Itagaki Seishiro were mobilizing their troops to besiege Fengtian City, which had almost become an isolated city.

Inside the Fengtian City garrison headquarters.

Huang Xiansheng's face was particularly gloomy. Just now, he came to the headquarters full of excitement and was about to personally send a message to Marshal Zhang Xueliang who was far away in Beiping City to report that Zhang Xinghan led his troops to severely defeat the Japanese army and completely wipe out the Japanese army. However, he unexpectedly received a message from Siping.

Bad news from the defenders in Yingkou and other places.

Almost all the important towns along the South Manchuria Railway were attacked by the Japanese army in just a few hours. Due to the commander's order, all the defenders abandoned the city to avoid fighting. Therefore, more than a dozen important towns were destroyed.

fell into the hands of the Japanese invaders.

What this means to Fengtian City, Huang Xiansheng is extremely clear.

What made Huang Xiansheng even more angry was that when he called Zhang Xueliang with mixed emotions to report this happy and sad information, the attendant who answered the phone told him that Zhang Xueliang had gone to the theater and was not in the official residence.

The Northeastern Army has long been aware of the evil intentions of the Japanese. As the absolute commander-in-chief of the Northeastern Army, how could Zhang Xueliang still have the leisure to attend the show at such a critical moment?

At this moment, Huang Xiansheng couldn't help but feel very sad and a little frustrated. Since the Japanese army had captured all the important cities along the Nanman Railway except Fengtian City, Fengtian City had become an isolated city. Although Zhang Xinghan had a small victory tonight with a surprise attack.

However, it does not contribute to the overall strategic situation.

From Huang Xiansheng's point of view, Fengtian City might not be able to be saved. How could he not be disheartened from this?

PS: Thanks to Hu Fa for the big reward, and thanks to the brothers for voting and collecting, thank you!

This is the first update today, and the second update may be late again. After all, Qiu Feng couldn’t code this afternoon and was helping to make dumplings with his family. Anyway, I will definitely pay back what I owe, either tomorrow morning or after midnight.
Chapter completed!