"Why did you make an excuse secretly?" Zhang Zuolin asked, Zhang Zuoxiang murmured in his ear for a while, and Zhang Zuolin nodded again and again: "Okay, let's reply to the Wa people like this."

Chapter 6 Thirty

Akiyama Kogu soon received a reply from Zhang Zuolin, but this reply made him feel very uncomfortable.This time, borrowing from Zhang Zuolin, it can be said that it was a test for him by the Wa people, wanting to see if the most powerful warlord of the Northern Territory Army in Mingbei really has one heart with the Wa government.

But I didn't expect Zhang Zuolin to come up with such a method.Tomorrow morning, the 27th Division will go north to Changbai Mountain to suppress the bandits, leaving only one battalion in Mingjing City.

After the Wa Kingdom arrives in Fengtian, the battalion will go north after resisting for a while, and hand over Fengtian to the Wa Kingdom army.In this way, Zhang Zuolin was taken advantage of by the Wa people on the way to suppress the bandits. Although he was responsible for defending the land, the problem was not serious, and he could only blame the Wa people for being too cunning and dishonest.The people of the Japanese country won a big city like Fengtian, so they can naturally enter the army with peace of mind, and Zhang Zuolin can use the excuse of being outnumbered to avoid fighting against the Japanese again.

What Zhang Zuolin did was tantamount to finding a way with the least responsibility and handing over the entire Fengtian Province to the Japanese.It will be Zhao Shouhong and Yuan Kai's business to deal with the Wa people at that time, and it has nothing to do with him.

After thinking about it, Akiyama decided to agree to Zhang Zuolin's plan.After all, what Zhang Zuolin did this time has already expressed his loyalty to the Japanese people, just because of his reputation as a cover-up.What's more, Qiushan Haogu believed that with the strength of the imperial army, Zhang Zuolin would not dare to make mistakes.

The next morning, in the name of maintaining local stability, Zhang Zuolin led the main force of the 27th Division to the north to suppress bandits.This time the Feng army went north to suppress the bandits, which was a miracle throughout the ages. All the soldiers actually carried the burdens and pulled the carts, and many even used wheelbarrows to push the ammunition boxes forward.

Zhang Zuolin's belongings were all in Mingjing City, and he was reluctant to discard any of them, so he made such a decision.All the things here were taken by him to Changbai Mountain to suppress the bandits, so that his losses would be minimized and the Japanese people would not be unhappy.

On the second day when Zhang Zuolin went north, the Japanese army suddenly crossed the Yalu River and entered the territory of Fengtian Province.The second and fifth divisions were divided into two groups, like two sharp knives quickly cutting through the "line of defense" of the Fengtian Provincial Army.The garrison here was all emptied by Zhang Zuolin, and the Japanese army occupied many important places without encountering any resistance.Except for the fake fight in Mingjing City for a long time, the Japanese army occupied the whole province without even firing a gun, and the army went straight to Shanhaiguan.

Yuan Kai, who was fighting against the National Defense Army, was taken aback. He didn't know what the Wa people were going to do to occupy Fengtian Province without declaring war.He had no choice but to hastily dispatch the most elite Model Division and the Third Division back to defend Beihua City to avoid any accidents.As a result, because the elite of the Northern Territory Army was taken away, the situation on the front line suddenly became severe.

The National Defense Army won successive victories, and the Northern Region Army was helpless to fight back. Zhongnan was quickly lost, and the Northern Region Army was compressed to the front line of Qilu and Zhili.During this period of time, Chen Qimei also made frequent moves. After being forced to leave the field last time, he went to the country of Wa, and did not come back until the news subsided.Originally, he had lived in seclusion in Hangzhou and planned to live in an apartment.But after the War to Protect the Nation began, Chen Qimei seemed to come back to life again. He provoked uprisings in the surrounding provinces and beat the Northern Territory Army into a panic.

Annoyed and furious, Yuan Kai appointed Duan Ruiquan as Secretary of State and allowed him to form a new cabinet while stabilizing the internal affairs. At the same time, he bought Zhang Zongchang and assassinated Chen Qimei who was living in seclusion in Hangzhou.Although after the assassination of Chen Qimei, the upsurge of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations eased because the dragons had no leader, but these were of no avail.The authority of the Northern Territory government is growing day by day, and they can only support it hard, resisting the national defense army led by General Cai E, and that wave is like a wave of attacks.

Zhang Zuolin in Mingbei also miscalculated, because he forgot another attempt of the Wa people.Since Yuan Kui first proclaimed himself emperor, the Wa Kingdom hoped to support Mingbei's "Zongshe Party" in order to control Hualan after the restoration of the Jin Dynasty.Zhang Zuolin was very dissatisfied with the many petty actions of the Wa people, and he took the opportunity to suppress the Zongsha Party when he had real power, which made the Wa people very dissatisfied.It is precisely because of this contradiction that the Wa people decided to use assassination methods to get rid of him, making Mingbei the world of the "Zongshe Party".

He escaped the assassination last time, but this time he handed over Fengtian Province to Wa Kingdom, but let the Zongshe Party get what it wanted.The Zongshe Party led by Liangbi quickly took control of Mingjing City. With the full support of the Wa people, they first established a new Houjin government, and respected Puyi who was still in Beihuacheng to restore the throne.

The Zongsha Party established a decent small court in Mingjing City, and there is a tendency to rebuild the post-Jin Dynasty based on Fengtian Province, which is very anxious to Zhang Zuolin.But now that Zhang Zuolin is in Changbai Mountain, he has insufficient troops, so he has nothing to do about it, he can only wait for the opportunity.

For the war between Yuan Kui and the Huguo Army, the Wa people were too lazy to care about it. In their opinion, the more intense the Hualan people fought, the better.As long as the strength of the Hualan people is exhausted, they can easily occupy this fertile land, so the Wa people focus all their attention on the north, that is, the Western Special Zone, which is entangled with the Raksha people. body.

After the war between Rakshasa and Hualan, Sargaul and other important countries of the Allied Powers had already declared in advance.They claimed that the Hualuo War was a personal grievance between the two countries and had nothing to do with the cause of the Allied Powers, and the allies of the Allied Powers did not declare war on Hualan.The Wa people pretended not to know about the statement of the Sargaul and the two countries, and he sent troops on the grounds of supporting the allies.

After stationing a large force in Fengtian Province, the Japanese army ignored the repeated protests of the Yuan Kui government and suddenly sent three divisions across Yaonan Mansion to attack Kerelun.

As the rear base of the troops on the East Road, Kherlen was only guarded by Wu Luzhen's Huns garrison division.After receiving the news of the invasion of the Japanese army, they immediately built a position on the spot and stood firm, waiting for domestic reinforcements.

The Second Sendai Division of Japan, the Sixth Kumamoto Division, and the No.14 Kokura Division are all elite troops. The joint attack of the three elite divisions on Krulen is not something that a single garrison division can resist.Wu Luzhen could only strengthen the defense and report the situation to Xu Haiqing, while asking the staff headquarters for help.

Zhao Shouhong stood in front of the map table of the General Staff Headquarters with a livid face: "What's going on? Why hasn't the reinforcements arrived, and the Hun cavalry hasn't been formed yet."

"Probably because Li Jishen and Xiong Chengji were slow to move, that's why they didn't arrive. As for the issue of forming cavalry for the Xiongnu, the local government believes that economic development is the most important thing, and has been delaying the progress of deploying labor." Pang Bingxun replied in a low voice.

Chapter 631 Supporting You Alone

"I don't want to listen to any reason. The order has been issued for a week, but the reinforcements have not arrived. Could it be that our West Special Army has degenerated, like the Houjin Army?" Zhao Shouhong said angrily: "Besides In addition, there are more serious problems, the deployment of our battle with the Raksha army is strictly confidential, how does the Japanese army know where our army's weak points are."

"The Japanese have always attached great importance to the interests of the Huns, and it is normal for them to target the Huns." Pang Bingxun explained from the side.

Zhao Shouhong gave Pang Bingxun a deep look, and then said: "These things can be put aside for now. The important thing is to defend Kerelun. Even if we can't hold it, we can't leave anything useful to the Japanese. Send it immediately Order, and then draw four divisions from the temporary division to help Krulen. We must block the Japanese army's attack until we defeat the Rakshasa army's attack on the Ural Mountains. If the reinforcements cannot arrive within a week, I will shoot the chief officer .”

After Zhao Shouhong left these words, he turned his head and left the staff headquarters, leaving the room full of staring officers. "It seems that we have to make a good plan this time. The people from the Japanese country are not kind." Jiang Fang, who had never spoken, sighed. This time he was in big trouble.

"Qian Zhuangfei, I suspect that there are Japanese spies in the upper echelons of the government and military. You can investigate thoroughly for me. But don't say anything, and make sure the other party is not alerted." Zhao Shouhong returned to his study, and first gave money to the director of the General Intelligence Bureau. Zhuang Fei hung up the phone.Zhao Shouhong is very confident in the history of the king of red agents, as long as he takes action, the problem of spies will soon be cleared up.

"Master, why do you look so ugly today." Seeing Zhao Shouhong's face was livid, Hong Ju asked with concern.

"It's nothing, there are some things that don't go well, but they have been resolved." Zhao Shouhong didn't want his family to worry, so he just took the problem lightly.

"Could it be that the battle situation is unfavorable?" Shen Ruoxue frowned slightly. She originally disagreed with this battle against Luocha, because it would seriously affect the efforts of the industry in the Western Special Zone to dump goods to the Western Continent during this window period.

"We have withstood the fiercest attack of the Raksha people. But the problem now is that the Japanese have joined the war and they are attacking the Xiongnu." Zhao Shouhong sighed.

"What?" All the girls cried out in shock.

"Are we going to be attacked on both sides? Or two great powers?" Shen Ruoxue took a breath.

Sun Yuting's face changed when she heard this: "Can we stand it?"

Zhao Shouhong narrowed his eyes slightly: "Of course I can withstand it. The so-called wealth and wealth are in danger, and this time I will make love with them. Could it be that my ten years of preparation, Zhao Shouhong, is not enough to defeat these two second-rate powers?" All the girls except Shen Ruoxue were a little surprised. They didn't know where Zhao Shouhong got the courage to dare to shake the two great powers alone.

The defense of the Xiongnu garrison is very difficult, even with Wu Luzhen's ability, it is impossible to imagine.As a garrison, each division is not equipped with a howitzer regiment like the field troops, which greatly weakens the firepower of the garrison, and even the strength of the troops is reduced to just over [-].

With [-] infantry lacking artillery, it is simply impossible to stop the three most elite divisions of the Japanese kingdom.Although he knew that there was nothing to be done, Wu Luzhen still tried his best to block the Japanese army's attacks one after another.

Kerelun is the logistics base of the Eastern Route Army. The ammunition here is quite sufficient. The garrison division uses machine gun fire to block the front line regardless of consumption, so that it can temporarily resist the attack of the Japanese army.

"According to the information from the General Staff Headquarters, the reinforcements from the Hualan people will only take seven days at most to arrive. We can't waste any time." Lieutenant General Hanoi Rezang, the newly appointed commander of the Second Division, said worriedly.

"Yes, His Majesty entrusted us with such a glorious task, and we must complete it. I propose that starting tomorrow, each division will attack in rotation, and we will charge across the board to defeat the opponent's will." Lieutenant General Kurita Naohachiro spoke, He was also the division commander of the Ogura Division.

"Kurita-kun, don't be impulsive. The firepower of the Hualan army is not what it used to be. Isn't today's battle not obvious enough? We must be careful and make no mistakes." Akashi Motojiro, the head of the sixth division, said in a deep voice Said.

"Hmph, Akashi Yuan-kun is probably scared out of his wits by the Hualan people. Even if the Hualan people have more machine guns, they will still be crushed by the spirit of my Japanese warriors." Lieutenant General Kurita Naohachiro A war madman, his mind is full of Nogi Xidian's reckless style of play.

Hearing Kurita Naohachiro's ridicule, Akashi Genjiro stood up suddenly and glared at him.Akashi Genjiro has a very high reputation in the Japanese military circles, otherwise he would not be allowed to be the commander-in-chief of this attack.Seeing the other party's angry eyes, Kurita Naohachiro knew that he had said something wrong, so he immediately shut up and stopped speaking.

Seeing Kurita Naohachiro shutting up, Akashi Genjiro didn't want to pursue it too much. He looked at the battle map and said: "I think the most urgent task now is to gather the cavalry regiments of the three divisions and send scout cavalry north and west. The reinforcements from the Hualan people caught us off guard. Even if the Hualan people put all their attention on the Raksha people, we can't take it lightly."

"Hayi." The other two division heads nodded in agreement.Akashi Motojiro said: "From tomorrow, the Second Division will feint to attack Kerelun, and the Sixth and No. 14 Divisions will attack on the two wings. Let's follow Nerchinsk's rear route."

Wu Luzhen never slept. He looked at the map worriedly, but he couldn't find a way to win.One day's battle reduced the number of the garrison division by more than 2000 people. If the fight continues like this, he will become a polished commander in a few days.In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, Wu Luzhen has ordered engineers to install explosives in each warehouse, ready to die together at any time.

In order to boost morale, Wu Luzhen personally went to the front line to command the battle, lying in the trenches to boost morale.This is the second hard battle for the Xiongnu garrison since it formed an army, and this time it is even more difficult than the last time it dealt with Li Chun.If it weren't for the Japanese army and the lack of large-caliber artillery, the defense line of the garrison division would have collapsed long ago.

On the second day's attack, the Japanese became even more crazy. Although only the second division was left to attack, when the sixth and No.14 divisions left, they both left their field artillery units to strengthen The siege firepower of the Second Division.Without Akashi Genjiro's restraint, Lieutenant General Hanoi Lizang also let go of his hands and feet.The artillery of the Japanese army began to bombard the positions of the West Special Army non-stop, vowing to wipe them off the earth.

Chapter 632 Forced to retreat

Explosions and smoke sounded one after another on the position, because there were too few artillery pieces on one's own side, and it was difficult to suppress the shelling of the Japanese army.In just half a day, the two-meter-deep trench was cut by nearly half a meter.The land that had been frozen hard is now steaming loose soil.

Once again evading a shelling by the Japanese army, Wu Luzhen, who was buried in the soil, tried her best to get out.Looking at the messy position and the dejected soldiers on the ground, he picked up an engineering shovel and said, "Brothers, it's time to compete with the Japanese. They want to destroy our defense line, so let's rebuild it." The Wa people use expensive shells, we only need to work hard, and this deal is a good deal.”

Wu Luzhen's words caused a burst of laughter among the soldiers. Seeing the division commander digging the trench himself, everyone started to move.The trenches were quickly deepened and reinforced, and with the high enthusiasm of the soldiers, the positions were repaired. The Japanese army commanders were so angry that they jumped and scolded their mothers, but there was nothing they could do.

On the battlefield of the Western Continent, the armies of various countries concentrate thousands of large-caliber artillery pieces at a time to carry out uninterrupted coverage shooting.Only the repeated bombardment of large-caliber artillery can completely destroy the fortifications of civil structures.But here, there are only a few hundred artillery pieces in Japan, with a caliber of only 75 mm, which is not enough to bombard the positions.Every time the Japanese artillery gritted their teeth and used one or two basic shells, when the infantry rushed up to the Hualan army's firepower, Lieutenant General Hanoi Lizang was completely lost.

"Master, according to the latest information from the detective cavalry, the main force of the Japanese is divided into two groups, encircling us and cutting off the retreat of the main force." The guard brought a copy of the latest telegram.

"What?" Wu Luzhen's expression changed immediately. Once Kerelen's back route was copied, it would be meaningless for him to stick to his position. "Immediately send a report to the large army and ask for instructions on the next battle strategy."

In the headquarters that received this telegram, a fierce debate was going on. "We finally got here, how can we go back." Tian Songyao opposed the retreat. It is the ideal of every soldier to expand the territory in foreign wars. Now they have invaded the territory of Luocha Kingdom and occupied the land ceded back then. If you go back, all your previous efforts will be for naught.

"If we don't retreat, it will be troublesome once the back road is cut off." Xu Haiqing sighed: "At least I think we have to go back to the country to use the railway line to get supplies."

"I also agree to withdraw to the country. It will never be good for the Japanese army to attack suddenly. I think we have to deal with the Japanese army's attack first, and then raise the issue of attacking the Raksha country." Qi Xieyuan, who came with the team as the artillery commander, also Support Xu Haiqing's idea.

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