As soon as Zhang Quan finished speaking, he said to Deyang: "This is a good idea. We can sit in a group. I think it will work."
Others also agreed, and Du Xinyang slammed his palm on the drawn map and said: "Then what should we do? Immediately, the three battalions will come in turns. When the first battalion is carrying out the excavation operation, the second and third battalions will be responsible for covering it. , and so on.”
On the high ground, through the telescope, Ano Anli also saw the figure of Du Xinyang's regiment. "Why are the Chinese people here? Could it be an air drop?" he said to several officers around him, but he didn't pay too much attention to it. Du Xinyang's regiment was just like that. There were about a thousand people, and Ano Anli now had a total of more than 7,000 troops around him. Seven thousand to one thousand, and they occupied the advantageous terrain. It was no wonder that Ano acted so "careless", but soon he I felt something was wrong.
"The Chinese army is digging tunnels. Sir, I suspect that the Chinese want to conduct a tunnel assault." A squadron leader of his reconnaissance force reported to him.
"Tunnel assault." Aye thought for a while, then shouted: "The Chinese people are cunning and cunning. No, we must not let them dig in through tunnels."
A Ye was also a veteran, so how could he not see the power of this tunnel assault, so he immediately organized his troops to carry out a counterattack, hoping to stop the Du Xinyang regiment from continuing to dig tunnels. However, because Chang Taiyu dispatched a brigade of fighter planes to specifically To cover Du Xinyang's excavation, the 13th Independent Brigade's counter-assault was quite difficult. If the number of people was small, it would be impossible to break through. If the number of people was large, Chang Taiyu would let the air force harass their air defense positions. , after doing this again and again, Aye was exhausted and in an extremely bad mood.
At this time, he received a telegram from Changchun. Because of Tojo Hideki, Ano, like other regular army officers, was contemptuous and defensive about the local reinforcements.
The performance of Tojo Hideki during his administration was really poor, and because it was at that time that the Xuebing Army began to rise and began to comprehensively suppress the Japanese army, many people in the old and powerful forces like the Kwantung Army attributed the responsibility to Tojo Hideki believed that it was his inaction or even reckless behavior that led to the new situation between China and Japan today.
In private, when talking about Tojo Hideki's return to power, Ano once said: "Oh, it's that person. It's over, it's over. Now, I'm afraid all the hard work of Mr. Ishihara will be in vain."
In the sky, several Chinese golden eagles were roaring, and as these golden eagles completed their diving shots, another counterattack by the 13th Independent Brigade ended in failure. After all, this was already the 13th Independent Brigade. The fifth counterattack organized by the brigade was over, but apart from leaving more than a hundred corpses again in front of the tunnel dug by Du Xinyang's regiment, they still found nothing.
Du Xinyang's simple but effective combat method has caused panic among some of A Ye's men. They all know what it will mean to them once the tunnel is dug halfway up the mountain. A Ye also understands this. He had already been killed because of this matter. He was exhausted mentally and physically. The blow to him when Changchun sent another telegram like this can be imagined.
In desperation, he could only report the intelligence: "... If Changchun is handed over to the local reinforcements, our retreat will be gone. We may give it all here, yes, just call the harem commander. .”
About half an hour after Zhang Xuyun and the others entered Changchun, Harem Chun got the news.
The old Japanese's first reaction was similar to that of Ano Anri, and then he thought about it and made a decision, "Tell Mr. Itagaki that I can recognize his command status, but that will be when we defeat the China Army." After the attack, now, I demand the absolute command of the 163rd Division." He first ordered his communications staff to send such a telegram to Itagaki Seishiro, then hesitated, and then ordered to send a request for help to Yamada Otsuzo. telegraph.
In Changchun City, the 163rd Division, under the leadership of Gui Ma, first disarmed all the remaining Japanese soldiers of the 13th Independent Brigade and concentrated them in custody, and then began to send troops to occupy important strategic and military and political locations. After ensuring After completely controlling Changchun, Guima went to see Imagami and suggested that he call Itagaki Seishiro, saying that he had completely controlled Changchun. In view of the fierce battle between the Third Front Army and the China Army in Nong'an and the outcome was uncertain, he asked Itagaki Seishiro to come. Take charge of the overall situation.
"Do you think Itagaki will come?" Guima stepped back from his high position and went straight to Zhang Xuyun, and asked him after meeting him.
It was Zhang Xuyun who asked Guima to find Imagami and come to Changchun to catch Itagaki. Zhang Xuyun replied: "Then it depends on Itagaki's ambition. If he wants to become a great hero who saves Japan, he will definitely come."
Guima laughed when he heard this, because according to his understanding of Itagaki, Itagaki is really a person with a great hero complex. "What should we do next? Implement Plan B immediately."
The so-called Plan B is to develop members of the People's Liberation Army in the 163rd Division. After Zhang Xuyun was promoted to major general commander, he also had the power to recruit troops. Of course, this refers to the recruitment of surrendered Japanese troops.
Zhang Xuyun did not respond immediately to the question, and changed the subject: "I told you what Goro Matsumoto has said. Fujita and the others discovered him just now in the prison of the Military Police Brigade of the 123rd Division. Matsumoto strongly requested to join Fujita and the others. .”
"He knows Fujita's true identity."
"Matsumoto is very smart. Of course, it is possible that he was enlightened. I heard from Fujita that when they found Matsumoto, the little devil was no longer human. I didn't expect that this little devil was cruel to his enemies and even more cruel to his own people."
"What's your decision?"
"Of course I accept it. With Matsumoto's help, it will be easier for us to recruit the Japanese from the 1st, 23rd and 3rd Divisions."
"No way, Yamamoto of the 123rd Division is a die-hard, and his Japs are..."
Zhang Xuyun shook his head and interrupted him, saying: "If I had other choices, I would not make this big mistake, but, you know, there are too many enemy troops near Changchun, and the Japanese army is on the Sino-North Korean border We have also hoarded more troops. It is true that these Japanese soldiers have very poor combat power, but if there are too many ants, they can kill an elephant. We must be careful that once one of these Japanese soldiers has a commander-in-chief, it will create problems for us. What a trouble, we must not place our hopes on all the Japanese officers being mediocre like today, but should use all the forces at our disposal to resolve the Japanese army's numerical advantage as much as possible."
"You mean using Japanese to fight Japanese."
"Yes, don't you think it would be more efficient to eliminate the Japanese if you do this?"
Guima looked at the indifferent Zhang Xuyun seriously, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. Zhang Xuyun said, no matter how likely it is to succeed, it is undeniable that this is indeed a plan that is extremely poisonous.