Chapter 241 The End of the Kwantung Army (7)
News that the Northeast Army went to war against the Kwantung Army spread like wildfire in major Chinese cities as the Northeast Daily issued a number on various sites.
In Nanjing, the leader of the Zhili clan Cao Kun took the extracurricular letter from his subordinates and slapped the table before he finished reading it. "He Rui is really crazy! Send a telegram to Wu Ziyu from Wuhan and ask him to come to see me immediately!"
In Wuhan, Wu Peifu also took a letter, but fell into deep thought. He Rui's vocational coefficient has made a big name in foreigners over the years, and it is said that he has formed an army of hundreds of thousands. However, He Rui did not say a word on domestic affairs. No matter what the direct department had thought of sending a message to He Rui, he wanted to ask about He Rui's plans, but there was no progress.
Zhang Xiluan, who was given to He Rui in the Northeast, once commented on He Rui, "having a hill and a valley in his heart, calm and composed." In Wu Peifu's opinion, He Rui was simply like a sea of heart, and he could not understand He Rui's plan at all.
It was precisely because of He Rui's attitude that the direct department wanted to attack the Anhui faction several times, but in the end they were worried that He Rui would benefit from it, so they never dared to take action. Unexpectedly, He Rui had some movement and started a war with Japan. For a moment, Wu Peifu didn't know whether he should admire He Rui or laugh at He Rui for being arrogant.
In the capital, Yan Huiqing, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, was stunned after reading the account sent by his subordinates. Minister Yan Huiqing only felt that he had thousands of thoughts, but he could not confirm any thoughts. At this moment, his subordinate hurried in and said anxiously: "Minister, the British and French ministers to China must meet with the minister and ask the minister to explain the latest news."
Yan Huiqing regained her thinking ability when she heard this. Yan Huiqing wanted to explain He Rui's attack on Japan, but she had no idea what to explain. As the leader of the Fengtian clan, He Rui would not inform the central government in advance what he wanted to do.
This is what Foreign Minister Yan Huiqing took for granted. In the Prime Minister's Office, Duan Qirui finished reading the account and threw him on the table. Two hours ago, at around 10:30 in the morning, the head of the Northeast Government Office in Beijing arrived in front of Duan Qirui at the agreed time and informed Duan Qirui of the Northeast Army's attack on the Kwantung Army.
In addition to explaining the "whole story" of the matter, the head of the office also mentioned the old story a month ago and asked Duan Qirui to consider it.
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When the person in charge left, Duan Qirui asked someone to contact Deli's subordinate Xu Shuzheng, and he recalled the "old thing".
For several years, Duan Qirui has been trying to get Japan's support to unify China. The Japanese side likes to ignore it, but instead put forward many conditions. Recently, Japan suddenly changed its sexuality and gave generous support to the Anhui clan. Weapons, ammunition, and officer training, and the Japanese side's concern is almost meticulous. Duan Qirui felt that Japan was unhappy, so he asked his subordinates not to mention the issue of interests. The Japanese side did mention a few words, and saw that the Anhui clan members who were connected with them did not respond, but they did not mention it anymore, but just helped the Anhui clan.
After the equipment and the Japanese instructor arrived, Duan Qirui began to feel that the hint from Japan might be true. He Rui was going to march into the pass and unify China.
When he met He Rui at Shanhaiguan, the two parted in dissatisfaction and almost broke up. Duan Qirui began to prepare for war and prepared for war. Duan Qirui never expected that He Rui would take the initiative to attack Japan. The old story mentioned by the head of the Northeast Government Office in Beijing was He Rui when he parted with Shanhaiguan and Duan Qirui. If He Rui went to war with Japan, in order to defend against the Japanese raid, he would take over Shanhaiguan and establish a defense line from Tanggu to Shanhaiguan. He also had to establish a defensive investigation system from the capital to Tanggu.
At that time, Duan Qirui felt that He Rui was demonstrating and told Duan Qirui that even if Duan Qirui had Japanese support, He Rui was not afraid of Duan Qirui. However, he did not expect that what He Rui said was true.
At this point, Duan Qirui thought about it for two hours and made a decision, that is, to wait and see what changes are.
Although I don’t know why He Rui did this, Duan Qirui believes that He Rui is definitely not trying to commit suicide. With Duan Qirui’s strength, he really cannot fight against Japan, nor does he have the strength to fight against He Rui.
Duan Qirui would never support He Rui, and the current situation could not support Japan. Otherwise, Duan Qirui would be unable to give an explanation to convince the public if he was a traitor. Therefore, watching the change became the only choice.
As for giving up Shanhaiguan and Tanggu, Duan Qirui decided to wait and see first. If He Rui can gain the upper hand now, Duan Qirui would have to give up even if he didn't want to.
At this moment, Colonel Tanaka, who was in charge of the Kanto border fortress, was carrying out his final stubborn resistance.
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In Colonel Tanaka's emergency plan, he wanted to gather troops from each fortress to destroy the Northeast Army's siege artillery. Colonel Tanaka had considered that due to distance, the Japanese army on the front line could not gather immediately, so they could only divide them into two parts, allowing the troops that arrived first to test the attack. Colonel Tanaka gathered the troops that met later to launch a general attack.
However, before the follow-up troops were assembled, the first wave of troops was annihilated by the Northeast Army. The few Japanese troops who fled back could no longer describe what happened tactically. They could only tell that the troops risked the increasingly fierce artillery attack of the Northeast Army, and every step forward had to pay a huge price. The defense line of the Northeast Army was like a huge trap, with artillery shells accurately blew up the Japanese army's march passage, and the Northeast Army's troops suddenly appeared on the flanks of the Japanese army, killing and injuring the Japanese army with fierce firepower.
Finally, the deputy garrison commander Inoue Nakasa, who led the team, felt that he could not continue like this, so he decided to disrupt the deployment of the Northeast Army with a decisive assault. He led the troops to attack.
Nearly a thousand Japanese army lost three or four hundred men during the process, and the remaining five or six hundred Japanese army chose a straight route to attack forward. A few minutes later, all the Japanese army exposed to the battlefield were covered by fierce artillery bombardment by the Northeast Army. There were very few Japanese troops who could escape back to the starting point. Even Satoshi Nakaguchi died gloriously.
At this moment, news that made Colonel Tanaka despair came, and the second-class fortresses were attacked by the Northeast Army. Since those forts were far less solid than the core fortresses, the Northeast Army directly sent infantry attacks and conquered most of the fortresses.
This can be seen from the appearance of the second-class fortress, and when the call is called, the Northeast Army disguised as a Japanese army can be confirmed.
Colonel Tanaka immediately ordered to launch a decisive attack on the Northeast Army's siege artillery troops again. This was not Colonel Tanaka's recklessness. He already understood that the Northeast Army, which had almost completely destroyed the fortresses, would never let him go. He Rui was in charge of Manchuria and Mongolia. What was the most famous Mongolian? It was the cavalry! As long as Colonel Tanaka retreated, the Northeast Army's cavalry would chase him.
If you stick to it, as long as one shell lands, the Japanese army within dozens of meters nearby will be smashed to pieces.
Of course, there is another option, which is to surrender when the situation is unfavorable. But Captain Tanaka would rather die than surrender to the Chinese. Therefore, Captain Tanaka chose to launch a decisive attack.
Before Colonel Tanaka organized the offensive troops, the Northeast Army's attack began. After the grenades fired by the 120mm artillery swept across the Japanese positions, the battle was no longer suspense. Although the surviving Japanese army used all the terrain to try to give the final blow to the infantry invaders of the Northeast Army.
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However, the Northeast Army used mortars to easily eliminate the Japanese firepower points and then attacked the Japanese position. The Northeast Army led by the Northeast Army was equipped with submachine guns, and dense bullets ruthlessly harvested the lives of the Japanese army in the trenches. In an instant, it broke through the Japanese defense line and then divided the Japanese position into two.
Colonel Tanaka no longer knew how to fight this battle. In history, the Japanese army found the weakness of the Chinese army, defeated the Chinese army in one fell swoop, and then began to chase and kill. Now the Chinese army directly defeated the Japanese army's solid defense and forced the Japanese army to be encircled.
When the Northeast Army approached the Japanese temporary command post, they did not attack immediately. Instead, they hid using the terrain and used artillery cannons to blow the command post up. Several machine guns and machine gunners were blown to the sky.
Colonel Tanaka had already understood that he was doomed. Seeing this last moment coming, he summoned his last subordinates and said loudly: "Everyone, I know Kukuansaka!"
The remaining troops also understood the situation at this time and shouted: "Kyuu Duan Saka!"
Colonel Tanaka drew out the saber. Although this was not the imperially-given sabers of the saber group, Colonel Tanaka was also the Tianbao money group who graduated from the Army University. At this moment, Colonel Tanaka was not afraid. It was a pity that he had no shame to lose to the top Japanese Army University like He Rui. However, his cowardly death was an ending that Colonel Tanaka would never accept.
The Northeast Army also launched an attack at this time. Colonel Tanaka jumped out of the trench and rushed straight to the Northeast Army soldiers. The distance between the two sides was very close, and Colonel Tanaka held up his sword and waved it hard.
The Northeast Army soldier in front raised his bayonet rifle and quickly picked up. Colonel Tanaka felt that the other party was very strong and his technique was quite skillful. With the sound of metal collision, the Northeast Army soldier actually held the saber. Another Northeast Army soldier following behind had already raised the bayonet and stabbed it. Colonel Tanaka felt a chill in his chest and the bayonet directly pierced his chest.
Am I going to die? When the Northeast Army soldiers pulled out the bayonet, this thought came to Colonel Tanaka's heart. At this moment, he suddenly remembered that beautiful figure, not the Yasukuni Shrine in Kyudansaka, but the dearest person.
His body fell softly. Colonel Tanaka wanted to call out the name, but blood surged, blocking his throat. Although the name echoed repeatedly in his mind, it could not be called out.
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Colonel Tanaka wanted to take a breath, but was choked. As his consciousness quickly dissipated in suffocation, Colonel Tanaka shouted in his heart. "Fonko..."
When the Japanese officers and soldiers following the colonel saw that the chief officer was killed, they all turned red and rushed over frantically. However, their luck was not good, or better, the troops that followed the Northeast Army had already set up machine guns and knocked them down like bullets and sickles. The Northeast Army officers and soldiers rushed to the command post, which was planted with the Japanese flag. The Northeast Army soldiers pulled out the Japanese flag, broke the flagpole, and threw their flag to the ground.
The photographer who accompanied the army happened to capture this scene. As the camera clattered one after another, the camera recorded more comprehensively the precious scene of Northeast Army soldiers throwing down the military flag and inserting the Northeast Army's flag into the Japanese command post.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the 14th Army troops began to cross the battlefield and marched along the railway road towards the Jinzhou Isthmus.
Zheng Silang, commander of the First Army, finally sent the first telegram to the Military Commission after the war began, "After five hours of fierce fighting, the First Army has destroyed the Japanese border fortress in Kanto Prefecture and completed the first phase of the mission. The battle situation is progressing smoothly, and our army has suffered very little casualties..."
After receiving the telegram, He Rui just looked at it and then put it down. He raised his head to look at Hu Xiushan in front of him. He Rui asked, "Comrade Xiushan, are you ready?"
Hu Xiushan immediately replied: "Preparation is complete."
There were only He Rui and Hu Xiushan in the house. In the entire military plan, Hu Xiushan's Second Army undertook the task of the top secret plan. Even in the Military Commission, only He Rui, Commander-in-Chief Xu Chengfeng, and Chief of Staff Cheng Ruofan knew about the top secret plan. Every time He Rui discussed with Hu Xiushan, there were only two of them.
"You are in command of the army, air force and water forces in the Yalu River direction." He Rui said, walked to Hu Xiushan, handed the order to him, and then extended his hand to Hu Xiushan.
Hu Xiushan's hand held He Rui's hand, "Chairman, I will definitely succeed."
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He Rui nodded, "Xiushan, I believe you will succeed. So, I will just say one thing, take care of yourself."
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