The more Major General Nomura Kame Noboru thinks about it, the colder his heart becomes. At present, the only weapons he can use to defend Shenyang City are eight heavy machine guns in the inner and outer city of Shenyang. The Shenyang Independent Guard Force has more than 1,800 people.
As well as some armed police officers in various police stations who have no combat capabilities except bullying the common people, there are almost no soldiers. And with such a small number of troops, most of them are trapped in several important strongholds in the outer city. Within the area, more than half of it was already destroyed when the enemy captured the two industrial zones of Tiexi and Dadong.
The independent guard force is used to protect and guard the two major industrial zones in the east and west of Shenyang City, with two mobile squadrons stationed at the Tiexi training ground, an independent guard squadron at the railway station, two squadrons stationed at the Army Academy in the Dadong Industrial Zone, and one stationed at the Dongta Airport. The squadron's independent guard force had already been surrounded and annihilated when the enemy troops seized Tiexi and Dadong.
At present, the troops that can be gathered in the entire Shenyang inner city are not so much guards, but two squads guarding the puppet Manchukuo emperor. As well as a brigade that used to serve as guards. After the two squadrons were taken away by Harem Chun, The only remaining squadron of his own brigade's security force.
In addition, there are brigade engineers, part of the baggage team, plus the gendarmerie and Japanese armed police, as well as the independent guard force at various points in the inner city. The total strength is only more than 1,300 people. The total number of heavy machine guns is only six Well, there is no artillery, and there is not even enough ammunition.
It is also a big joke to guard Shenyang, the largest arsenal in Manchuria. The 80th independent mixed brigade that was finally left to guard Shenyang City did not even have enough ammunition. The ammunition from the Shenyang arsenal is currently shipped to Outside of the homeland, the remainder will be given priority to supply heavy troop groups in other directions.
The 80th independent mixed brigade was transferred to Shenyang City for defense. Because it is in the core area of defense, all ammunition supplies are always at the lowest level. The most critical thing is that the entire independent mixed brigade is stored in Sujiatun. The ammunition depot, along with the garrison there, had long since been wiped out.
If you want to contend with so many enemy forces with this small force, even if you have the buildings in Shenyang City as cover, you will not be able to successfully defend Shenyang City, even its inner city. Even according to the judgment of Major General Nomura Kame Noboru, such a If we have a small force to defend the inner city of Shenyang, we may not be able to defend it for even a day.
Faced with the poor strength of the troops in the city, Nomura Kamie Nomura knew that he was risking his life, but he could only order the infantry brigade currently trapped in Santaizi to return reinforcements to Shenyang City at full speed. Although he knew that this infantry brigade's move was tantamount to Moths fly to flames. But Major General Nomura Kame Noboru hopes that this brigade's counterattack can at least contain or disperse part of the enemy's forces, even if it is to buy a few hours for reinforcements to arrive.
On the one hand, I can only telegraph the commanders of the two armies in the front, as well as my former direct superior, Lieutenant General Keisaku Murakami, the commander of the Fifth Army, asking them to find a way to send troops back to Shenyang as soon as possible. Shenyang is the center of the two armies in the front, as well as Xinmin The supply base of the Fifth Army is also their last retreat. If Shenyang City is lost, all the retreat routes for these three armies will be cut off.
In fact, once Shenyang City is lost, everyone is very clear and understands the consequences. Whether it is Lieutenant General Qingshui Ruizhi who is currently unable to protect himself, or Lieutenant General Hongo Yoshio who is trapped on the line from Zhonggu to Chaihe Fort. Although They also know the consequences if Shenyang is lost, but they are already helpless, at least for now, they are unable to give him any, even the only assistance.
The entire defense system of the 30th Army has been overwhelmed and is now fighting on its own. Under the impact of the enemy tank clusters, each division has suffered extremely heavy losses. Although the 44th Army has shrunk into a ball, it is currently fighting alone. They have been surrounded from all sides. How can they have the energy and troops to rescue Shenyang City at this time? If they still had the ability, the two armies would have fought their way back.
And Lieutenant General Murakami Keisaku of Xinmin, just west of Shenyang, is unable to rescue Shenyang City even though he is quite close to Shenyang. Because his Fifth Army has become the cash machine of the Kwantung Army Headquarters. Before the battle even started, one division and two independent mixed brigades were transferred.
After the battle started, the 134th Brigade deployed on the far right was directly placed under the command of the 30th Army by the Kwantung Army Headquarters because it was close to the defense area of the 30th Army. Now there are only two divisions left in hand. The Fifth Army, which was also responsible for the front line from Fuxin to Xinminkuan, was really unable to rescue Shenyang.
Moreover, the enemy forces of the two divisions have seized the front line of the Fifth Army's flank and are launching an attack on the Xinmin line. A large number of enemy troops have also appeared on their own flanks. Not to mention turning around with all their strength to rescue Shenyang City, the Fifth Army The army itself is also in a dangerous situation.
Although the Fifth Army has given up on Fuxin and retreated to Xinmin without orders, there is no possibility at least for the moment of rescuing Shenyang City. It’s not that he doesn’t know the importance of Shenyang City, but His Fifth Army is really powerless right now. It wants to rescue but it simply doesn't have enough troops.
For his nominal subordinate, he sent telegrams asking for help one after another. After receiving telegrams from General Harem Chun, he organized some troops many times to try to break through the anti-Japanese resistance on the front line to block Shenyang to carry out rescue. However, Lieutenant General Murakami Keisaku, who all ended in failure, could only remain silent helplessly.
The three military commanders who kept silent in response to his requests for help made Major General Nomura Kame Noboru fall into anger and panic. Before he could wake up from his anger, he received an extremely unfortunate news. . His independent mixed eighth brigade only had one infantry brigade left, and it was crushed by a new enemy tank group in Santaizi outside Shenyang City.
The last infantry brigade was shattered outside Shenyang City. Major General Nomura Kame Noboru, who had completely cut off his last glimmer of hope, could only watch helplessly as the enemy troops that had already entered the city began to sweep through the few remaining troops in the city. And seize various key points in the city.
As for his remaining defense forces, which did not even have heavy weapons, even if the Resistance Alliance did not use heavy artillery, they still could not sustain it for thirty hours and were completely overwhelmed after receiving reinforcements. , during the offensive launched by Mu Changqiu.
After Du Kaishan's two divisions arrived, Mu Changqiu, who had more troops in hand, immediately launched a general attack on the entire city of Shenyang and all key points where the Japanese army existed. The troops themselves were not large, and they were never able to concentrate. , the entire Japanese army, which was too dispersed and had no heavy weapons, was defeated one by one.
In less than two days after taking office, he, the Shenyang garrison commander, turned into a polished commander. At 4 o'clock in the morning on the 26th, Major General Nomura Kame Noboru, who was trapped in the brigade headquarters and besieged, found himself in his own room. He shot himself in the office. On the morning of the 26th, there was no longer a single Japanese soldier in the entire city of Shenyang.
If we were not concerned about the common people in Shenyang City, and No. 1 personally commanded it, we would have wanted a complete Shenyang City instead of a battered Shenyang City. The troops who entered the city only used 14mm double-mounted anti-aircraft guns. Machine guns, as well as rocket launchers and recoilless guns, plus at most the 37mm tank gun of a light tank.
No artillery was used, and not even many explosive packs were used. I am afraid that Major General Nomura Kame Noboru and his only remaining subordinates can even hope to sustain for thirty hours. But even if it is a resistance force entering the city, The coalition forces only used light weapons, but the Japanese troops in the city still could not hold out for too long.
While Mu Changqiu was clearing out the last remnants of the enemy in Shenyang City, a battalion of the Ministry of Social Affairs that followed Mu Changqiu into the city immediately began to attack the so-called Manchuria that had been established under the bayonet of the Kwantung Army after the loss of Xinjing. In Shenyang City, the capital of the empire, various puppet Manchukuo gangsters, large and small, were arrested.
However, the arrest work did not go very smoothly. The so-called Manchu officials were okay. But not many Japanese officials could be captured alive. As early as the first time the Anti-Japanese Alliance invaded Shenyang City, the actual grasp The Puppet Manchukuo court had great power, and the Kwantung Army specially arranged to monitor and control the Puppet Manchukuo emperor.
In the small imperial court of the Puppet Manchukuo, Lieutenant General Yoshioka Yasuo, who rose from the rank of lieutenant general to lieutenant general, knew that once he fell into the hands of the Chinese, there would be nothing good to gain. The so-called imperial official, Lieutenant General Yoshioka Yasuo, did not wait for the arrival of the Anti-Alliance arrest troops. After learning that the situation was irreversible, he immediately committed suicide by shooting himself.
Originally, this man wanted to force the Puppet Manchukuo Emperor to commit suicide and die for his country, but the Puppet Manchukuo Emperor, who had been wary of his actions for a long time, hid at the first opportunity. And his troops in the Anti-Alliance Alliance had already charged. After entering the palace, there was not much time left for him to search through the entire pseudo-imperial palace to find out who had the skills to hide him, so the old man had no choice but to give up his original idea.
In order to prevent himself from falling into the hands of the Chinese alive, this man who had never been on any battlefield and relied solely on his control over the Puppet Manchukuo Emperor rose all the way up, becoming a member of the Puppet Manchukuo Emperor's royal family from a lieutenant to a lieutenant general. He also captured soldiers in the Anti-Japanese Alliance. When his hand had already touched the door handle of his office, he took out the pistol, put it in his mouth and pulled the trigger.
Also committing suicide like him was Masahiko Amakasu, who was called the Puppet Manchu Night Emperor and was serving as the president of Manchuria at the time. This guy, who was known as the Manchu Night Emperor, when the Anti-Alliance arrest troops rushed into his office, He has committed suicide by swallowing a large amount of highly toxic potassium cyanide. It can be said that he cannot die again.
However, although it was somewhat regrettable that they were not able to capture these two people named by the Ministry of Social Affairs alive. However, the arresting force was at the residence of the State Council of the Puppet Manchukuo and captured Wubu Liuzang, the General Secretary of the State Council who holds the political power of the Puppet Manchukuo, and the General Affairs Secretary Deputy Director of the Agency Tadayuki Furumi.
It can be said that catching these two brothers who are the actual operators of the entire Puppet Manchukuo is much more valuable than catching almost all other high-level traitors of the Puppet Manchukuo. From the two people of Wubu Liuzang and Kokai Tadayuki , you can find out a lot of secret things.
As for the other Japanese deputy ministers who held the actual power of various ministries of the puppet Manchukuo, some committed suicide when faced with the anti-alliance forces that rushed into the city, and some were captured without mercy. And those with the same tablets basically received their salary and did nothing, big or small. The so-called Manchukuo
A Puppet Manchukuo official with a Chinese background would rather go to jail in the Anti-Japanese League than commit suicide.
The biggest gain of the arresting troops was in the ditch of the boiler room of the Commander's Mansion built by the former Fengtian Fengtian warlord leader who temporarily served as the imperial palace after the Kwantung Army moved the capital to Fengtian.
Where were the captured and hidden emperor of the Puppet Manchukuo and his wealthy people, as well as the Crown Prince's family, several of his sisters and brothers-in-law who were in the Puppet Manchukuo.
All the personnel in the entire Puppet Manchukuo Imperial Palace, as well as the so-called royal personnel, including the empress who was found in a room and was now skinny and not human-like, escaped the net. A large number of Puppet Manchukuo royal personnel were arrested and turned over.
Later, in accordance with the order of the superior of the arresting unit, he was immediately protected.