Puhe Town, the headquarters of the Japanese Seventh Army.
Yano Otozaburo walked into the war room with a livid face and reported to Ishihara Wanji: "Your Excellency, Commander, the Manchurian rebels in Montenegro County have also rebelled, and a military police team stationed in Montenegro County has been collectively shattered!"
"Baga!" Ishihara Wan'er's face suddenly became more and more embarrassed, "Heishan also rebelled?"
After finishing speaking, Ishihara Wanji looked down again and saw that the two combat officers of the general staff had taken out a small blue triangular flag and placed it on the simulated sand table that had just been made. Looking around again, he saw that Fengtian was surrounded by Within a hundred kilometers, including the counties of Haicheng, Xinbin, and Shuangliao, a total of thirteen counties have rebelled against Manchuria.
At first, when the news of the rebellion of the Manchurian rebels in Haicheng reached the headquarters, Ishihara Wan'er actually didn't care too much. Even later, the Manchurian rebels in Xinbin, Shuangliao and other counties also rebelled. Ishihara Wan'er still didn't care too much, because the total number of Manchu troops in these counties was only one division, which could support five thousand people to death.
The combat effectiveness of the Manchurian troops was pretty good, but Ishihara Wanji didn't take it seriously yet. A random infantry regiment from the Seventh Army could be used to defeat all the rebel Manchurian troops. Beat it to slag! But now, as the number of rebel Manchurians increases, Ishihara Wanji begins to feel pressure.
What puts even more pressure on Ishihara Wanji is that the rebellion of the Manchurian government seems to be getting stronger and stronger! This situation cannot but attract attention! Otherwise, if all the fifteen divisions of the Manchurian Army rebelled overnight, the situation would be serious. Although the Seventh Army may not be able to clean up the mess, there is no doubt that it will be devastated.
At present, Ishihara Wanji was dispatching troops from the Seventh Army to Haicheng, Xinbin, Shuangliao, Heishan and other counties and towns to suppress, but at the same time he asked Yano Otozaburo to call Yu Chencheng, who succeeded Yu Zhishan as the Minister of Public Security of the Puppet Manchuria Army, and asked him to Yu Chencheng strictly rectified the various military areas under the rule of the puppet Manchukuo to prevent further rebellion.
Ishihara Wanji still followed his usual thinking and did not connect the rebellion of the puppet Manchu rebels in Haicheng and other dozen counties with the Chahar Independent Regiment besieged in Fengtian. Therefore, his first reaction was to dispatch a small number of troops. In addition to suppressing the situation, the Japanese army also ordered the new Minister of Public Security of Manchukuo, Yu Chencheng, to step forward and clean up the situation.
This time, Ishihara Kanji made a huge miscalculation, and could even be said to have missed the last chance to save the situation!
By this time, a prairie fire sweeping across the three eastern provinces was basically unstoppable!
As soon as Ishihara Wanji finished sending the report to Yu Chencheng, the deputy chief of staff, Junzaburo Koizumi, hurriedly walked in, paused and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, we just received an urgent call from the 34th Division, and the hostages escorted to the front line suddenly suddenly The total rebellion caused heavy losses to the 34th Division, and nearly half of the block outside the east gate was lost!"
"Nani?" Ishihara Wan'er lost his voice, "The hostages also rebelled?"
After a pause, Ishihara frowned and said: "What's going on? The Manchurian government rebelled, and the hostages also rebelled. Is it possible that this is still contagious? Or are all these Chinese people crazy?"
As soon as Ishihara Wanji finished speaking, another communications staff member hurriedly walked in.
"Your Excellency, Commander!" the communications staff officer paused and said, "The Second Division received an urgent call. The hostages outside the north gate suddenly rebelled. The Chinese Army in the city took the opportunity to counterattack. The First Infantry Brigade of the Second Infantry Regiment was caught off guard. Suffering heavy losses, not only the entire block outside the north gate was lost, but the half-dug tunnel was also destroyed by the Chinese!"
"Nani?" Ishihara smiled and said dumbfounded, "The hostages outside the north gate also rebelled?"
Before he finished speaking, another communications staff member hurriedly walked in, paused and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"Wait!" Before the communications staff member could finish speaking, Ishihara Wanji hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him, "Let me guess first, whether the hostages in Ximen also rebelled, and then the 1st Infantry Regiment was caught off guard and was attacked. Seriously injured?"
"Hai!" The communications staff officer who came in at the end paused and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, you are aware of this."
"Baga, I didn't expect it to be like this!" Ishihara smiled and felt bad after hearing this. What's wrong? Why did the Manchurian citizens and Manchurian police, who were originally as docile as sheep, suddenly become so full of rebellious spirit? In a daze, Ishihara Wanji seemed to have returned to the years after the September 18th Incident, when soldiers and civilians in the entire three eastern provinces rebelled.
Yano Otonzaburo said: "Your Excellency Commander, it seems that the hostage trick is no longer effective. What should we do now?"
"Chief of Staff, what you said is wrong." Seeing Yano Otonzaburo questioning his tactics, Koizumi Junzaburo, who had just been promoted to deputy chief of staff of the Seventh Army, immediately became unhappy and stepped forward and said, "This time the hostages The betrayal is just an isolated incident, and we must not give up such a good strategy just because of a hostage's betrayal."
Yano Otonzaburo said: "Koizumi-kun, the facts have proven that the hostage tactics you proposed are indeed a good tactics, but the problem is that the number of hostages is not much now. What is even more worrying is that there are already 100 hostages who have been captured. There are no signs of resistance, so whether we can continue to use this tactic is already debatable."
"This is nothing to discuss. Since it is a good tactic, of course it must continue to be used!" Junzaburo Koizumi said confidently with the support of Ishihara Wanji. "As for the shortage of hostages, it is not impossible to solve. According to me As we know, in the vast countryside around Fengtian, there are still a large number of people who are unwilling to respond to the call of the Chahar Independence Regiment and move into Fengtian. The imperial army can arrest the nearby people."
After a pause, Junzaburo Koizumi said proudly: "With so many civilians guarding Fengtian, do the imperial army still have to worry about not being able to find enough hostages?"
Yano Otonzaburo then turned his gaze to Ishihara Wanji and asked in a deep voice: "What do you mean, Commander?"
"Mr. Koizumi is right. You have to worry about not finding enough hostages when you are guarding so many people?" A fierce light flashed across Ishihara's eyes. In his heart, this old devil is actually a beast and has no regard for China. Human lives matter, even though the three eastern provinces have now become the so-called Manchukuo under Japanese protection, the old Japanese have no sympathy.
After a pause, Ishihara smiled and said: "I don't believe it anymore. The hostages captured this time will still resist!"
Seeing that Ishihara Wanji had made up his mind, Yano Otonzaburo sighed lightly and said nothing more.
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it's dark.
When Xu Rui brought Zhuoligetu to North Street, six Il-Fifteen fighter jets were already waiting on the street.
Most of the fighter jets of the Independent Flying Group had already withdrawn to the underground bunker of Vladivostok Fortress overnight before the Japanese Seventh Army invaded the border. Only the six Il-Fifteen fighter jets of the First Flying Squadron remained in Fengtian. These six fighter jets were specially kept by Xu Rui for emergency use.
Last time Xu Rui planned to carry out a beheading battle against Ishihara Kanji's headquarters, he almost used the Il-Fifteen fighter jet.
Unexpectedly, instead of using fighter jets in the beheading battle, they were first used to distribute leaflets to towns around Fengtian.
When Xu Rui arrived, the other five pilots from Lai Guangdong had already boarded the cockpit, and bundles of leaflets had also been loaded into the cockpit. They only waited for Xu Rui's order, and they could immediately fly the fighter jet. The flyers carried on the plane were distributed over hundreds of villages around Fengtian.
Facing the eyes of Lai Guangdong and the other six pilots, Xu Rui said loudly: "Are you all ready?"
Lai Guangdong and the other six pilots immediately gave Xu Rui a thumbs up and said loudly: "Ready!"
"Very good." Xu Rui nodded, slowly raised his right hand and waved forward vigorously, shouting, "Let's go!"
The ground crew immediately moved away the obstacle blocking the front wheel of Lai Guangdong's plane. The Il-Fifteen fighter piloted by Lai Guangdong immediately slid forward along the straight and wide Central Street. After gliding for tens of meters, Lai Guangdong suddenly With a sudden pull on the joystick, the fighter jet immediately jumped upwards and took off into the sky.
Immediately afterwards, a second fighter jet took off.
In just a moment, all six fighter jets took off.
At this time, Wang Husheng arrived out of breath.
Xu Rui asked: "Old Wang, have the officers and soldiers of the 10th Battalion and the comrades from the Propaganda Department left the city?"
"Out of the city." Wang Husheng nodded and gasped, "This time the Propaganda Department came out in full force. Even the minister Liang Yixiao also left the city, and the comrades of the Propaganda Department also brought a large amount of propaganda materials with them. In addition, The leaflets dropped from the sky by the First Flying Squadron were enough to expose the various atrocities committed by the little devils."
At this time, Zhuo Ligetu asked: "Commander, distribute leaflets to expose the atrocities of the Japs, and through this, encourage the people around Fengtian to rise up against the Japs. I understand this, but why do you still want to send out the Tenth Battalion? After all, the Tenth Battalion only We have just experienced the fierce battle in Santaitun, and we are in urgent need of rest."
"I'm afraid there is no time for the officers and soldiers of the 10th Battalion to rest." Xu Rui sighed softly, and then said, "Because it is not enough just to expose the various atrocities committed by the Japs and inspire the people around Fengtian to rise up to resist. A large number of people with combat experience are also required. The veterans of the 10th Battalion lead them to fight against the Japanese, and most of the officers and soldiers of the 10th Battalion are locals from Fengtian. Compared with the officers and soldiers of the other battalions, the officers and soldiers of the 10th Battalion can more easily gain the trust of the people around them, so we can only work hard for the officers and soldiers of the 10th Battalion."
"That's right." Zhuoligetu nodded and said, "Now I understand."
Wang Husheng sighed softly and said quietly: "I don't know if it will work?"
Xu Rui said: "This move must be effective. Just watch, Old Wang. By tomorrow, hundreds of villages around Fengtian will rise up and fire the first shot against the little devils, and then this hurricane wave will It quickly spread to Jilin and Heilongjiang, and eventually turned into a prairie fire that swept through the entire three northeastern provinces!"