And those who he consciously stayed behind were deprived of their pastures and livestock, which for the Mongolians were a matter of life and property, and their belief in Lamaism was suppressed. Therefore, the Mongolians who ran away from Mongolia had an extreme hatred for communism. They will not let the Mongolian People's Army and the Anti-Japanese Alliance who enter their territory live too comfortably.
But before Kanji Nishihara could feel happy that his conspiracy to back him up was successful, on the first day of the retreat, the 23rd Division, which was concentrated on the front line of Hylar, suddenly started to massacre the people in Hylar City. As for that It was difficult for Nishihara Kanji to accept the two excuses for acting as staff officers in his name. What made him even more angry was that these two staff officers would affect the retreat safety of the 23rd Division. This extremely reckless move.
Originally, in Nishihara Kanji's view, it was no longer necessary to keep the secrets of the Hylar fortress group at present. Now that the Kwantung Army has decided to withdraw all the way south and abandon the Hylar front line, then this fortress group has lost what he was originally supposed to do. Have some effect.
Now that the front line of Hyrule has been abandoned, it is no longer necessary to cover up all the secrets. As long as Hyrule is not recovered for a day, the secrets of this fortress group will be discovered sooner or later. Why bother to completely anger the opponent? Make him so desperate.
What makes Kanji Nishihara most angry is that as the division commander, he was the last one to know about the massacre. It was not until the city remembered the intensive gunfire of the massacre that everything had been arranged, and he was holding his arms. Only then did Lieutenant General Nishihara Kanji, who was having fun with two local comfort women, realize that his subordinates had acted without his orders.
We will be evacuating Hailar tomorrow. To say that Lieutenant General Nishihara Kanji is really reluctant to leave here, it is not to say that Nishihara Kanji, who has just been transferred here for less than two months, is reluctant to leave this rather Mongolian-style city. A small town outside the Great Wall that appears abnormally prosperous for some reason.
He was somewhat reluctant to let go. After the 23rd Division deployed to defend Manchuria, several division commanders built this cozy home inside the division headquarters in order to alleviate the desolation and loneliness of Hailar, a borderland. Precisely because they were greedy for the luxury here, they sincerely After the deployment was completed, he handed over the task of evacuation of the entire division to the division's chief of staff, Colonel Kawagore Hito, and the division's senior adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Tachibana Keiichi.
And he was hugging two local comfort women who had just arrived in Hylar less than a month ago, stripping off their clothes and drinking and having fun in the division commander's official residence. Just as he was in the mood, Kanji Nishihara pinned down a comfort woman and was about to When he was picking up his gun and mounting his horse, intensive gunshots suddenly rang out in the city.
When he almost thought that the gunfire in the city was coming from the Mongolian army that was involved in his plan to lure wolves into the house, and was frightened to the point of impotence on the spot. When Kanji Nishihara knew the truth, although he was extremely angry, he wanted to stop the troops who had gone crazy. It's too late.
At this time, he had lost control. He had killed and raped the 23rd Division in Hyrule City. He could no longer stop if he wanted to. In desperation, Kanji Nishihara could only curse a few words before In addition to Colonel Kawagore Yuuto and Lieutenant Colonel Tachibana Keiichi who came to report, as well as the two staff officers who issued orders without authorization, they were extremely stupid. Facing the troops that had lost control, they could only let it go.
But afterwards, he was always enveloped by a strong feeling of uneasiness. The day after he left Hylar, he was chased and bombed by the Anti-Japanese Alliance while retreating, which confirmed the uneasiness in his heart. How much harm did these two guys who acted without authorization bring to the retreat of the 23rd Division?
There is no way. Ever since the former deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, the one who single-handedly brought about the September 18th Incident, Ishihara Kanji, who was also a staff officer, has become the idol of all staff officers in the Japanese army. From time to time, he does some earth-shattering things. This is already the dream of these staff officers.
In Nishihara Kanji's view, these guys who only care about making things bigger for themselves but never take responsibility for wiping their own butts are a group of guys who never use their heads to think about things. In their heads, they only stir up trouble and create opportunities for themselves to make contributions. They will not consider anything else, and they will not consider the consequences they will bear.
As for the audacious overreach of these two staff officers, Nishihara Kanji guessed that it was probably related to the fact that Kanji Nishihara returned to Manchuria from the Southern Army for vacation a few days ago. Hearing the news that the 23rd Division was about to retreat, he hurriedly rushed from Xinjing to risk being shot down. The danger, which arrived at Hailar in a small plane that day, was instigated by Colonel Qian Zhengxin, who had instigated the Nomenhan incident.
Although he has not had much contact with this staff officer of the 23rd Division, Kanji Nishihara has been familiar with his famous name since he took office in the 23rd Division. He just thought that this guy was assigned to the Southern Army and would not have the opportunity to point fingers at him. , but I didn’t expect that the first thing this guy did when he returned to Manchuria was to come to Hailar and bring himself such a big surprise.
It's just that this guy has now slipped back to the Southern Army, but he and the 23rd Division have been deceived by him and the two staff officers who were bewitched by him. But now that the matter has come to this, he can only Being able to get angry at his chief of staff and senior adjutant.
Facing Kanji Nishihara's outburst for who knows how many times since he evacuated from Hylar on the second day, the 23rd Division Chief of Staff Kawagoreito Colonel, who was also in a state of embarrassment, although he used the enemy's tactics against the division commander, The reason why a large number of aviation forces intercepted the retreat of the 23rd Division was entirely due to the fact that the 23rd Division did not pay attention to the massacre of Hylar.
But facing Lieutenant General Nishihara Kanji who was in trouble, Colonel Kawagore Yuhito wisely kept his mouth shut until Lieutenant General Nishihara Kanji and the enemy planes arrived and left at the same time. The anger was as big as The duration is directly proportional to the air raids suffered by the division.
Now that the anger had subsided as the group of enemy planes that attacked the 23rd Division had left, Colonel Chuanwu Xiongren said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, our top priority now is not to consider whether we should be held accountable, or whether we should be held responsible. The question of who should be held responsible is how we can get rid of the current situation of being chased and bombed by enemy planes."
"According to the current daily casualty figures, if the current situation continues, the 23rd Division will completely lose its combat effectiveness before reaching the Wangye Temple. The troops are now unable to escape the enemy's bombing, and the new weapons used by the enemy Under the damage caused by incendiary bombs, even if our army gets out of the way of the road, it cannot escape the threat of enemy aircraft. This situation is extremely detrimental to our army's operations."
"Now the Kwantung Army Headquarters can hardly provide us with any support, and our contact with the Kwantung Army Headquarters is also intermittent. Under the current situation, I think we should speed up the march and no longer care about it. With no air strikes from enemy planes overhead, we headed towards the Aershan front line with all our strength."
"According to our current day's march time, most of it will be wasted on avoiding air attacks, and it is very likely to be overtaken by the enemy who reacted. Moreover, under the current situation, the casualties we have paid are not as high as You won’t go there unless you avoid air strikes, so I think we should ignore the enemy’s air strikes and forcefully advance toward the Aershan line.”
"As long as we reach the Aershan line, we can not only replenish some supplies there, but also use the Bai-A railway to retreat to the Wangye Temple line, the designated assembly point of the Kwantung Army. Not only can we greatly speed up our march, but we can also get cover from other troops. .”
"Our current location is only a few dozen kilometers away from the Aershan front line. According to our current marching speed, it is already very good that we can reach Aershan even tomorrow night. But if we ignore the enemy's air attack and march towards the Aershan front line, If we force the march, we can arrive at midnight today at the most."
"Although the Aershan region does not have the same fortress group as Hailar, it does have a relatively complete border fortification area to rely on. Although the Aershan garrison there does not have many troops, it is also a support and response for us. Rather than being passively bombed on the highway, it is better to pay the same price and forcefully retreat to the Aershan front line."
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, judging from our current daily losses, this casualty ratio is still very suitable for us. If we delay it for another day, we don't know how many casualties there will be. When we reach Aershan, we finally have fortifications to rely on. Even if we don’t retreat south, it’s still better than being exposed on this bare plain and being bombed.”
Kanji Nishihara had also thought about Colonel Kawagore's suggestion of forcibly retreating to Aershan despite the air raids of the Anti-Alliance Air Force, but for him, this determination was difficult to make, although he also knew that instead of paying the same amount of effort, The cost of being bombed on the highway is that it would be better to evacuate to Aershan regardless of casualties.
But after all, he is the division commander, and he has far more things to consider than Colonel Kawago Hiroto, who is the chief of staff. According to the advice of Colonel Kawago Hiroto, the more than 2,000 troops currently carried by the division have not received any military training. Under the circumstances of the army, it was simply impossible for the expatriates to keep up with the retreating sequence.
Of the thousands of expatriates of the empire in Hylar, only two thousand or so were lost along the way. Most of them were men and women in their prime. As for the old, weak, women and children, they had already been lost during the march in the previous two days. If there were any left, The more than 2,000 overseas Chinese who were here were lost. Not only the Kwantung Army headquarters, I am afraid that even the base camp will not be able to spare me.
I am not one of those who was born with a silver spoon in my mouth and has a prominent family background such as a father or father-in-law who is a senior general in the army to rely on. Even if something big happens, someone will protect me. If I lose everything, The expatriates may be directly transferred to the reserve force.
For Lieutenant General Kanji Nishihara, whose father was only a captain in the army and could be considered a civilian. For their family, which traces back dozens of generations to an ordinary family, he, the lieutenant general, is already a member of the entire family. The most promising person among them would be very unwilling to retreat in despair.
Tens of thousands of Manchus died in Hylar, and the empire's treatment of him would not be too serious. But if thousands of imperial citizens were lost, he had to rely on his own efforts to reach his current position step by step. There would be no one above to take care of him, let alone anything too important. For Kanji Nishihara, who has the ability to take care of the background, this is definitely a disaster.