Chapter 390: War turns

In April 1939, just after the Qingming Festival, the streets of Guangzhou were still covered in misty rain. Pedestrians held umbrellas and rushed in the wet walkways. The calm and prosperous look was not infected by the atmosphere of war.

This is the rear of Hualian, thousands of kilometers away from the front line. The people living here are all lucky people, without suffering or parting, and without having to make difficult choices in the midst of sacrifice of justice and living a life of silence.

Chen Ze watched all this quietly, and he sat next to Zhong Yang. Today was the private tea party where the two of them made an appointment to travel, right in a small tea room on the Commercial Pedestrian Street.

The environment here is quiet, and it is indeed a pleasure to drink delicious tea leisurely.

"Yang, is Liu Shen's affairs too out of place? From the position of the ancient Chinese Society, I think there is really no need to help Wang Zhaoming. His character and talent are indeed flawless, but his negative attitude towards ancient Chinese culture is already our enemy."

Although Liu Shen’s affairs were very secret, Chen Ze still found out that he had great questions about Zhong Yang’s decision. For a long time, no matter what is right, the ** Party and the Ancient Chinese Society are naturally enemies of opposition.

It is not only because of the political stance, but also because they treat different ideas of ancient cultural heritage. **The Westernization of the Party is very serious. Although it still maintains a certain degree of ancient Chinese thoughts, it has been completely denied in its fundamental conceptual cognitive model.

"Don't worry, I have a sense of all these things, and you understand my character." After gently putting down the porcelain cup in my hand, Zhong Yang stretched his waist and retracted his eyes from the window. Looking at Chen Ze Aze, I have never doubted the relationship between history. To achieve hegemony, we must sacrifice. Although it is cruel, we must face such a reality. This is the fate of the superiors and cannot dominate choices because of emotions."

Whenever he talks about these things, Zhong Yang always feels a little sad. He sits at the fall of the country and the people are in a dilemma of life and death. As a Chinese, how can he not feel heartbroken?

But as he said, the rise of every nation requires a bloody price. The Chinese nation has been silent for too long, and the people have long forgotten their honor and disgrace, and just lived numbly.

Moreover, after Hualian expanded its territory again, it was trapped in the quagmire of internal affairs. The economic reforms in the newly occupied areas alone made the government worry. The recycling of legal currency, promulgation of restricted consumption policies, and the Civil Affairs Bureau has been interfering in local daily administrative affairs, etc., all of which require a lot of manpower and material resources.

Although the Hualian Army has a neat military appearance, it has been less than ten years since its establishment, and the accumulation of wealth and materials cannot be compared with Japan. Although it is full of energy on the battlefield at this time, if you really fight for it at all costs, you will only benefit from the Hongmen or the ** Party.

Zhong Yang has made up his mind and is not in a hurry to expand his territory, nor will he have a full-scale military conflict with Japan. Retaining strength is the first choice at present.

He was waiting for an opportunity, that is, the Battle of Nomenkan in history. This was the major battle that truly determined the direction of history in Asia, but like many truths, it was buried in an unknown corner of the pages.

Due to geopolitical conflicts, Japan and Russia had started wars many times in modern times. The two countries broke out in 1904 in Northeast China, and Japan won, and China's northeast fell into Japan's sphere of influence. Russia was also forced to ced the southern part of Sakhalin Island to Japan.

In 1921, China's Outer Mongolia announced the ** under the control of the Soviet Union and established the Mongolian People's Republic, which was obedient to the Soviet Union. In 1931, the Japanese Kwantung Army launched the September 18th Incident and occupied the three northeastern provinces of China. Later, in 1932, the puppet Manchukuo was established. The puppet Manchukuo was neighbors with Mongolia, and there were Japanese and Soviet troops respectively. The two sides had border disputes in many areas.

Since 1935, the Japanese Kwantung Army troops stationed in Hailar and the Xing'an cavalry units have used the "border" issue left over from history as an excuse to provoke the Sino-Mongolia border area to test the military strength of the Soviet Union and Mongolia. From January 1935 to October 1938, there were many military conflicts, and the scale gradually escalated.

On March 30, 1936, 1,500 detachments of the Japanese Kanto Army Shibu detachment were 50 cars, 12 armored vehicles and 4 tanks. They invaded the Adagdolan area in Mongolia and were defeated by the Soviet-Mongolian army. On March 12 of the same year, the Soviet-Mongolian army signed a mutual assistance agreement to continuously strengthen border defense.

In July 1938, the 23rd Division of the Japanese Kwantung Army entered Hailar. In October of the same year, the 57th Special Army of the Soviet-Mongolian Far Eastern Army entered Mongolia to garrison, and the two sides agreed to a peace agreement.

Unfortunately, this peace was not maintained for a long time. Due to the failure of two major battles in 1938, there was also a voice within the Japanese Army that it was about to change its offensive route.

The final result was that the war broke out in 1939 in the then border of Manchuria and Mongolia. Japan and Russia fought on behalf of the "Puppet Manchukuo" and "Mongolia". Among them, the Soviet-Mongolian coalition led by Marshal Zhukov of the Soviet Union and Marshal Qiaobashan of the Mongolian People's Republic, as well as the Japanese North China Expeditionary Force.

But both sides did not formally declare war on each other.

Chaoyang finally struggled to climb out of the horizon of the June grassland. The orange-red luster sticks to the green grass. The originally magnificent and quiet wilderness became weird and solemn because of thousands of Japanese troops ambushing in the grass.

The light armored vehicle lurked in the low-lying area in the middle of the undulating sand dunes. All the machine guns and vehicle-mounted machine guns were aimed at the front. Eighteen four-one mountain cannons, twelve Keshan cannons, twelve eighteen-2mm mortars and ten ninety-two infantry cannons, and from time to time, they actually advanced to the forefront without knowing their knowledge.

The morning dew wet the military uniforms of the 4,000 officers and soldiers of the Sixty-first Infantry Regiment. The flag-holding officer began to stretch the sun flag that had been rolled up all night, and when preparing to attack, it competed with the rising sun.

The commander of the 23rd Division of the Japanese Kanto Army, Daotaro Komatsuhara, squatted in the sand pit and re-examined the combat map on the ground. The division chief of staff Major General Yayinoth San lay on the sand pit and carefully observed the positions of the Soviet and Mongolian People's Republic teams in front with a telescope.

The success of crossing the Hara River at night was not only the supreme commander, but also the combat staff were very excited. With just a floating bridge, nearly 6,000 soldiers and armored artillery units were quietly transported to the west coast within four hours, which was a miracle.

The success of this operation shortened the attack distance between infantry and cavalry by 1,200 meters. In this grassland and sand dunes, in the face of the armored advantages of the Soviet Red Army, how much casualties were reduced.

They - including all the empires? The soldiers were unswervingly. In addition to their advantages in firearms, the Russians were far from rivals to Japanese soldiers in terms of morale and combat quality.

"Mr. Commander, the commander is more than ten kilometers opposite the commanding heights of this grassland. I seem to think that the heights are the Soviet army's heavy artillery position." The combat staff sent by the Changchun Command of the Kanto Army, Masato Tsuji, put down his telescope and said to Komatsuhara Dotaro worriedly.

"No, Masato Nobukun Tsuji is right." Chief of Staff Yayinomi said that the division commander, the Soviet army's 150 mm howitzer can cover all landing sites on both sides of the Halaha River, but our heavy artillery cannot hit their artillery positions."

As soon as these words were said, everyone became nervous, and everyone knew very well that if the Soviet army crossed the Halaha River and reached the west bank of the river, everything would collapse under the attack of the Soviet army's heavy artillery group.

Komatsuhara Daotaro glanced at several combat staff angrily. Although he did not scold him, all the combat staff had already understood his words from his angry expression: The elites of the Imperial people, this is a common sense mistake, a great mistake, which will ruin the lives of many soldiers. The staff members stood up in tact, ready to accept all punishments.

Chief of Staff Yayinozo looked very nervous and pondered for a moment, saying that this negligence cannot be entirely blamed on your staff. In the entire combat plan, we did not consider that the Soviet army's reaction was so fast. It was 750 kilometers from Borjiya, the nearest railway station in the Soviet Union. They transported heavy artillery here day and night. It was really unexpected, and it also proved their determination to intervene in Mongolia."

Yayinnosan looked at the division commander and said that he could only telegraph the Ninth Flight Brigade of Hailar and immediately sent bombers to bomb the Soviet heavy artillery positions on the west bank of Halaha. With air control, the Soviet heavy artillery lost its function, and we still have the initiative."

When all the Japanese staff members heard this, their eyes lit up, and they looked at Yayinnozo with gratitude and admiration, sincerely admiring this top student at the Imperial Army University.

Lieutenant General Komatsuhara looked at the blue sky and nodded and said that he had to do this, but once the air force crossed the border and bombed, our intentions were exposed and they would not have the effect of a surprise attack."

"Then do it. Just take down the grassland and sand dunes of Bayiniang and gain a foothold. The next step will be arranged. Isn't it?" Wuzhuo didn't jump. Yayino Mi looked at the direction of the Soviet heavy artillery position in the distance and said confidently.

"Please order the commander to start the attack."

"Give an order, commander. Our fighter planes can fly here in twenty minutes. Now, before the Su-Mongolian coalition forces noticed it, they still have the effect of a surprise attack."

Several staff members urged the commander of the Komatsuhara Division.

Komatsuhara Daotaro raised his thick eyebrows and his cheeks bulged. Everyone was excited again. This was the commander's habitual action to make up his mind. Sure enough, Komatsuhara Daotaro used a sword to command the Soviet position on the north side, and ordered the artillery to concentrate fire and shoot for twenty minutes. The fourth and sixth light armored convoys covered the fourth and fifth brigades of infantry attacked."

The captain of the artillery regiment and the captain of the 61st infantry regiment, Colonel Morita, took the order and left.

Komatsuhara Motaro looked at the position of the Mongolian defenders on the south side, and looked to the commander of the cavalry regiment, and the commander of the 12th Cavalry Regiment of the Xing'an North Provincial Security Army of the Puppet Manchukuo, Delege ordered the 6th Mongolian Cavalry Division opposite to be equipped with only a mountain artillery battalion and twelve medium-sized armored vehicles. I will let a squadron of the heavy armored vehicles cooperate with you, and must destroy or defeat the 6th Mongolian Cavalry Division before noon and occupy the enemy's positions."

The deputy commander of the 12th Cavalry Regiment of Dongbabaizang and Xing'an North Provincial Cavalry Regiment, the Japanese Major Nomura stood at a glance and accepted the order. The only commander of the 12th Regiment Delege lowered his head and lit a cigarette, looking leisurely, as if he had not heard it.

Major Nomura glared at him and called out Delege from his teeth. Did you hear the command of the division commander?" Wu Zhuo didn't jump.

Komatsuhara Daotaro was also very angry, but he looked at the Mongolian officer who had good military achievements in surprise. When he had just led his troops to transfer defense from the country to Hailar, the former commander of the Hailar garrison and his friend from the Army University, Lieutenant General Yoshida, introduced Lieutenant Colonel Delege, who was an excellent Mongolian soldier and made military achievements during the Datong battle.

"You know what's the matter." Delege roughly summoned the cigarette butts from the exit of Nomura and reported to Komatsuhara Road that the division commander had put all the soldiers' pensions on their backs. We won't eat and fight."

All the Japanese and Mongolian soldiers present were shocked. Who could imagine that an officer from the puppet Manchukuo Army would dare to be so presumptuous to Japanese officers, especially on the battlefield.

Chief of Staff Yayinozo winked, and a Japanese Nakasa staff officer and a Mongolian officer persuaded Delege to leave.

More than forty field cannons and mountain cannons began to shoot.

Fireworks suddenly erupted on the Su Meng army's position, and the wheels of cannon trucks in a sandy slum exploded in mid-air.

Thirty light tanks and dozens of armored vehicles rushed out of the sand dunes and bushes more than a thousand meters ahead. It was obvious that the Soviet army had already realized the intention of the Japanese army and used the flat open land and the extremely hidden dune terrain to take the lead and use the armor advantages to rush up.

The flat-fire artillery fire of the tank and the machine guns on the armored vehicles swept towards the Japanese infantry positions like a wind. In the sun, the sand and dust rolled up from the tank chain rails rolled like a yellow dragon, covering the sky and the sun, and the roar was deafening.

More than a dozen light armored vehicles of the Japanese army came up, and within a moment, they were destroyed by Soviet tanks with fast speed, strong firepower, thick armor and strong mobility.

Although the Japanese rapid-fire gun destroyed several tanks, when more than a dozen Soviet heavy armored vehicles arrived, dense machine gun bullets swept over like water, and a squadron's rapid-fire gun soldiers were killed.

A major wielded his sword and shouted for meat bullet attacks. More than 20 Japanese soldiers rushed up with anti-tank grenades, holding their bags. Although most of them were killed by machine guns, they still blew up four or five tanks and repelled the tank's attack.

Immediately afterwards, the Soviet army's heavy artillery group on the west bank of the river began to shell. As one or two shells found the bullet point, dozens of heavy artillery shells hit like hail...

"Air Force, what about the Air Force to control air supremacy..."

Lieutenant General Komatsuhara roared, sweating profusely on his forehead.

"Second Commander..." Someone was calling him.

He woke up. Several staff officers standing around him swept down with the corners of his eyes, saying that it was Dongshan Fortress.

Several staff members in the combat class were playing chess. Chief of Staff Yayinomi sat on a chair and basked in the sun. He looked at Komatsuhara Dora and asked the division commander who was still fighting in his dream?"

This is the top of the Dongshan Fortress. Among the surrounding grasslands and trees, a row of Japanese-style bungalows are built on the top of the cave. Since it is a military restricted area and Chinese people are not allowed to approach it. Therefore, except for the laborers who built the fortress and Japanese engineering and technical personnel, the rest are bunkers and Japanese soldiers who serve as guards.

Komatsuharada opened his sleepy eyes, looked at the people around him, stretched his arms, and stretched his waist comfortably. Looking at Chief of Staff Yayinnosan, murmured Yayinjun, I always feel that Russians are not easy to deal with."

Yayinno San was stunned for a moment, holding his glasses with his hands, looking at Komatsuhara in confusion, and asked, "What is the division commander?"

"Russian" Komatsuhara Dora pointed his finger to the west and said that our tough opponent of the Kanto Army, this polar bear is different from decades ago. Yesterday I read the information introduction of the Major General Isori Yamamoto."

"Oh, did the division commander talk about the materials given by Major General Yamamoto from Manchuli a few years ago?" Wugu didn't jump. Yayin Nozo blinked and asked.

"Yes. That was Yamamoto-kun who returned from Europe and happened to watch a military exercise with military officers from various countries in the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union. If it was really like Yamamoto-kun said, the Soviet army's coordinated combat capability was very high, and in this way, it would conflict with other sources of our intelligence." Komamoto-kun stood up, and the early summer sunshine and the breath of the grassland made him feel particularly comfortable. He put his hands on his hips and looked into the distance from a high place.

In June, the Hulunbuir grassland is just green. Looking around, it looks like an endless green felt blanket leaking towards the horizon. The wind blows on the face, the birds sing, the sound of cuckoos in the forest, and the gurgling water of the Yimin River.

He looked at the small Hailar town under his feet, like a flagship in the thousands of miles of green ocean, sailing westward, towards the Mongolian Republic, and towards the Soviet Union. The mission he shouldered was the captain of this flagship.

He wanted to complete the innate great achievements of the Yamato nation and not to let down His Majesty the Emperor's trust. He first had to sink the small boat of the Mongolian People's Republic, and then sink the giant ship of Russia, so that the circle of prosperity for Greater East Asia could be expanded to the Far East, the entire Soviet Union, and the entire world.

What a glorious and sacred mission this is

This is the words of encouragement when he led the 23rd Division of the Army to march from the mainland to China, and Prince Zai Ren, the chief of the General Staff Headquarters, met.

"The division commander, frankly speaking, the differences between the empire's Navy and the Army Department are likely to affect the combat intentions of our Kanto Army." Yayinnozo approached him, worried.

"Yada-kun means"

"Our 23rd Division was transferred from the local area to China, and the strategic intention of the Army Department temporarily had the upper hand. However, one fact must be noted, that is, in the entire mainland of China, we have fallen into a quagmire, and dozens of divisions and brigades cannot withdraw. To be honest, if we really start war in the Far East, we obviously do not have this ability."

"Is Yada-kun talking about a full-scale war?" No one will jump to the word "no one" if you don't miss it.

"No, I mean the local. According to intelligence, the Soviet army has more than a dozen elite divisions, four tank brigades, three motorized divisions, and more than 500 combat aircraft in the Far East region of Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Chita, Outer Baikal, Mongolia. This is a large maneuvering force. We do not have a good grasp of the quality of Soviet commanders and soldiers, but the degree of mechanization and the equipment of firearms have exceeded ours. On this point, the Major General of Yamamoto Isori has made detailed statements."

Yayinno Misa said while paying attention to Komatsuhara's facial expression.

"Yayin-kun, what you said makes sense. I have worked in the Soviet Union for several years and have some understanding of their military strength. However, there is no denying that Stalin's purge helped us kill a large number of excellent middle and senior Soviet commanders. There are not many Red Army commanders who can fight wars and participated in actual combat. In contrast, our empire has trained a large number of excellent officers over the years, right?" Komatsuhara said leisurely.

"Of course, the division commander said nothing. In terms of command quality, the emperor has endured too much training." Yayino San echoed.

However, war does not completely compete for individual soldiers' qualities. On the battlefield in Hangzhou, the Imperial Man has interpreted this tragic fact with blood and tears. But Komatsuhara Dao is the commander of the division, and the three low-ranking ranks of Yayino, have no room for refutation or questioning.

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