"The Great Japanese Empire's Locust Army's Great Victory at the Halaha River!"
"In the face of repeated provocations from the Mongolian army in the Halaha River, Lieutenant General Michutaro Komatsubara, commander of the 23rd Division of the Kwantung Army, decisively ordered the 64th Regiment to attack. Under the command of Colonel Takemitsu of Nagayama Prefecture, the Empire The Locust Army killed two thousand enemies, including a puppet commander of the Mongolian Army, and killed, wounded, and captured more than 700 unidentified armed men."
"Onboard!"
Kentaro Miyazaki, Yuichi Ohta, and Junji Ono stood up excitedly, raised their arms and cheered "Onboard."
Kawada Atsuto also happily kissed the geisha next to him and laughed.
Sakamoto Yoshino's eyes widened, "Gentlemen, where is the Halaha River?"
"Imperial Manchuria."
“Imperial territory despicably occupied by the Mongols.”
Cheng Qianfan and Ohta Yuichi blurted out almost at the same time, then they looked at each other, laughed, hugged each other, clinked glasses, drank together, and shouted "onboard".
The announcer on the radio vividly described the great victory achieved by the Imperial Locust Army at the Halaha River in an exciting tone.
After Japan launched the September 18th Incident, it occupied the three northeastern provinces, and the next year they established the puppet Manchukuo.
This directly led to Outer Mongolia and the puppet Manchukuo becoming neighbors.
The Puppet Manchukuo had constant friction with Outer Mongolia.
Behind Outer Mongolia was Soviet Russia, and behind Manchukuo was Japan.
Border conflicts broke out between them. In fact, behind them were things between the Soviet army and the Japanese army.
The main reason for the conflict was that the Japanese army continued to test the Soviet military's military power in the Far East. They wanted to know how much interest Soviet Russia had in the Far East. If they don't have many troops stationed, Japan can eat not only the three northeastern provinces, but also Outer Mongolia.
After all, Tsarist Russia was afraid of being beaten by the Japanese army!
Of course, the Japanese ambitions gradually expanded, and they even had the idea of attacking the Soviet Union with Germany and carving up the world.
Last July, the 'Locust Army' was planning the Wuhan Campaign, and the base camp was worried that the Soviet Union would take the opportunity to attack 'Manchuria'.
Therefore, the locust army tested the Soviet response in Zhanggufeng.
Unexpectedly, the 19th Division stationed in North Korea suffered a big loss in Zhanggufeng and paid a price of more than 1,400 people, while the Soviet army only suffered more than 800 casualties.
In the end, Japan and the Soviet Union signed an armistice agreement through diplomatic negotiations.
However, such a humiliating result was regarded as a shame by the Japanese military.
Especially in the eyes of the new lieutenant colonel of the Kwantung Army Staff Headquarters, it was simply a great shame and humiliation.
Since the North Korean army is incompetent, let the Soviets see the power of the Kwantung Army!
So Senmasanobu drafted the "Outline for Handling the Manchu-Soviet Border" in the name of General Kenkichi Ueda, the commander of the Kwantung Army.
In the outline, Qian Zhengxin ordered:
For areas where the national border is unknown, the defense commander must independently determine the national border and clearly indicate it to front-line troops.
As we all know, areas where the border between the two countries is unclear are often areas prone to conflict. Delegating power to division commanders in such areas is tantamount to encouraging the military to launch wars.
At this time, it was Lieutenant General Michutaro Komatsubara, commander of the 23rd Division, who was operating on the border between Soviet Union and Mongolia.
Komatsubara graduated from the Japanese Army University and was recognized as an elite member of the Japanese military.
Komatsubara once served as the military attache of the embassy in the Soviet Union. His purpose was to become familiar with Soviet Russia and grasp the reality of the Soviet army on the Soviet-Mongolian border.
After returning from Soviet Russia, Michutaro Komatsubara has been engaged in espionage work at the General Staff Headquarters. This is the first time he has been sent to the field army.
Michutaro Komatsubara has always wanted to build a miracle and show his ability. In this way, he coincides with Masanobu's ambition.
Michutaro Komatsubara dispatched a force consisting of the 64th Regiment and five squadrons. Under the leadership of Colonel Takemitsu of Nagayama Prefecture, troops were sent to the Haraha River.
"The warriors of the Japanese Locust Army chanted the slogan of dying for the Emperor, defeated the puppet Mongolian army with the invincible power of Kulaqiao, and killed the puppet Mongolian army commander."
Saito Squadron of the 63rd Regiment launched an attack from the flank and surrounded the unidentified armed forces.
"After four hours of fierce fighting, almost all the enemy forces were wiped out... The locust army only had a hundred people in pieces. Regrettably, the evil stray bullet hit Colonel Wuguang of Shan County..."
Hearing this, Cheng Qianfan, Ohta Yuichi and others bowed their heads in silence, mourning this fallen imperial commander.
(With the strength of a regiment, and at the cost of only more than a hundred people, 2,000 puppet Mongolian troops and 700 Soviet troops were wiped out. Colonel Yamagata Takemitsu created a military miracle. "Ohta Yuichi said with a sad expression."
Although the imperial broadcast referred to that group of troops as "unidentified militants," in fact everyone knew that they were Soviet troops stationed in Outer Mongolia.
"Yes, Colonel Wu Guang of Shanxian County has the qualifications of a famous general. It's a pity." As he said that, Cheng Qianfan shook his head and sighed with emotion, "The flower of a famous general is withering by the Halaha River."
"Well done." Cheng Qianfan's face was flushed, and his eyes were filled with excitement. "This battle not only avenged last year's revenge, but also revealed the reality of the Soviets. This red... The polar bear is extremely weak now and is simply vulnerable to the locust army warriors."
"The North Korean garrison did a lot of harm to people." Yuichi Ohta snorted coldly, "It almost ruined the empire's national destiny."
The Japanese military formed the "Northern Movement Faction" and the "Southern Movement Faction", which have actually affected all aspects of the military.
The "Northern Movement Faction" is dominated by the army and advocates developing towards the Far East and fighting against Soviet Russia.
Ohta Yuichi is naturally a supporter of the "Northern Movement Sect". Last year, the North Korean garrison Zhang Gufeng was defeated by the Soviet Union, which made the military department quite fearful of Soviet Russia's military capabilities. Some senior officials even began to think about the strategy of the Northern Movement. Is it feasible? Now, the Kwantung Army, led by Masanobu Masanobu, has crushed the Soviet army and annihilated it. This has made army officers including Yuichi Ohta regain their confidence.
"Cheers to His Excellency Qian Masanobu!" Cheng Qianfan hugged the geisha with one hand and raised the wine glass with the other hand, shouting excitedly.
"Cheers to His Excellency Qian Zhengxin." Everyone cheered and raised their glasses.
Although this unprecedented victory was achieved by the 64th Regiment of the 23rd Division, both the heroic Colonel Takemitsu Yamagata of the 64th Regiment and the commander of the 23rd Division Michutaro Komatsubara were naturally It is an outstanding achievement.
However, in the minds of Kentaro Miyazaki, Yuichi Ohta and others, including Atsuto Kawada and others, the first credit for this great victory belongs to the manipulator and strategist behind the scenes, Nobu Masanobu!
There is a very special group among the Japanese army. Their military ranks are generally not high, but they have extremely high privileges. Not only do they often 'forge' orders from their superiors, they even command troops beyond their level.
In the battle meeting, they, who were just lieutenants and colonels, dared to point their fingers at the general's nose and yell, but the general who was insulted by them had nothing to do with them.
This is the Japanese army's staff officer.
The staff system is a very special system of the Japanese army. The staff of the Japanese army does not belong to the management of its own chief officer, but to the staff management of the upper level. Therefore, although a small staff officer generally has a low military rank, he has a very important role. Earth power.
The most famous among all the staff officers of the Japanese army are Kanji Ishihara, Masanobu Sen and Ryuzo Soshima, known as the "Three Great Staff Officers of Showa".
In October of the 35th year of the Meiji period, Jean Masanobu was born in a carbon farmer's family in Shi'er County.
At that time, Japan was a country with a very strict social hierarchy, and carbon farmers were almost at the bottom of the country.
Due to his poor family, in order to continue his studies after elementary school, Qianzhengxin was admitted to the Army Infant School. On the one hand, Qianzhengxin wanted to join the army, and on the other hand, because only the military school did not charge tuition at all.
What was unexpected was that after arriving at the Army Academy, Zheng Zhengxin would shine so brightly.
From the Army Infantry School to the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, Qian Zhengxin graduated with the best grades. When he graduated from the Army University, he was ranked third at the time and received a saber from Emperor Tian.
This is the highest honor coveted by Army University graduates:
Only the top six graduates each year can get it. Among all officers from military academies, people like Qian Zhengxin are called the "saber group" and they belong to the elite of the elite.
Senmasanobu has never been a person with impressive talents. He is not a military genius like Ishihara Kanji. His outstanding achievements are entirely due to his superhuman perseverance.
Whenever others are resting or having fun, Qian Zhengxin is studying with all his strength. For this reason, he often stays up all night and only sleeps two or three hours on the table every day.
It can be said that for the grassroots officers of the Japanese army with civilian backgrounds, Masanobu is the best inspirational role model!
Even for a guy like Kentaro Miyazaki who is greedy for money and afraid of death, at this moment, his eyes seem to be shining, indicating how much he admires Masanobu.
Seeing Kentaro Miyazaki propose a toast to Masanobu Miyazaki, and seeing the light of excited admiration in Kentaro Miyazaki's eyes, Yuichi Ohta had a better impression of Kentaro Miyazaki.
He is a crazy admirer and follower of Jean Masanobu.
Seeing that Kentaro Miyazaki also admired and respected Masanobu Sen so much, he even felt like a confidant at this moment.
Kawada Atsuto held the geisha's hand up and down, watching all this with interest. He didn't know if his friend Kentaro Miyazaki really admired Masanobu as he showed, but he was happy to see Ohta Yuichi and The relationship between Kentaro Miyazaki is even further.
After working at the Military Police Headquarters for more than half a year, Kawada Atsuto began to realize the advantages and disadvantages that his status as a noble child brought to him.
Li, the identity of the youngest son of House of Lords member Kawada Yuto can win him the respect of everyone.
However, this kind of respect is more often treated as "at arm's length".
Atsuto Kawada realized that there seemed to be some gap between himself and his colleagues, and the depressed prince found his friend Kentaro Miyazaki to complain.
Kentaro Miyazaki's advice to him was to make friends.
This is good advice, but Kawada has trouble doing it well.
It is a bit difficult for a proud young nobleman to put down his airs.
Under this situation, Kawada Atsuhito looked at the frowning Kentaro Miyazaki, but his eyes lit up:
The task of making friends fell to Kentaro Miyazaki.
Kentaro Miyazaki made friends on behalf of Kawada Atsuto, and through this indirect relationship, he gained the recognition of Kawada Atsuto from middle-level officers.
Kawada Atsuto remembers that he once mentioned to Miyazaki Kentaro that Ohta Yuichi was an admirer and follower of Masanobu.
Miyazaki-kun is a thoughtful person.
It's obvious that Miyazaki-kun has kept this incident in mind and knows how to make reasonable use of this information.
Kawada Atsuto knew that Kentaro Miyazaki was most interested in money and women, but now he took the initiative to befriend Ohta Yuichi, naturally to help him build relationships and gain a foothold in the military.
Miyazaki-kun is a true friend.
Because it coincided with the empire's exciting victory at the Halaha River, several people were quite excited and returned home happily.
Cheng Qianfan drunkenly watched Kawada Atsushi and Sakamoto Yoshino get into the car, and told Jun Ono, who was driving, to pay attention to safety on the road.
He stretched and burped.
"Miyazaki-kun, I know a good place to drink tea and relieve your hangover." Ohta Yuichi sent an invitation.
"Ota-kun invites you, so I will accompany you." Cheng Qianfan smiled heartily.
He had planned to send Kawada Atsushi and Sakamoto Yoshino back in person, but Ono Junji took the initiative to escort them, and Cheng Qianfan guessed that Ohta Yuichi had something to ask him.
Cheng Qianfan waved his hand and motioned for Li Hao to follow him, and he got directly into Ohta Yuichi's car.
Not too far.
Arrived very quickly.
Cheng Qianfan took a look at Ohta Yuichi's residence and couldn't help but sigh, "Ota-kun, this place looks simple but actually there is something wonderful inside."
This is a small building on the second floor. From the outside, the exterior walls of the building are mottled, and there are even bullet marks on the walls, which are the marks left by the war.
However, the interior of the house is completely new. It has obviously been renovated, and the utensils and furniture are quite luxurious.
"The original owner of this house is said to be a wealthy Chinese businessman family." Ohta Yuichi said with a smile, "The empire entered Shanghai, and this family encountered misfortune during the war."
"I see." Cheng Qianfan nodded slightly. He noticed that Yuichi Ohta used the word 'unfortunate'.
He secretly kept this detail in mind.
Ohta Yuichi clapped his hands, and a servant came to serve tea.
"North Korean?" Cheng Qianfan glanced at the woman who was skillfully playing with the tea set and asked with interest.
"Miyazaki-kun has a good eye." Yuichi Ohta praised.
Cheng Qianfan smiled proudly, but he was thinking in his heart, Ohta Yuichi's attitude was too low today, does he seem to be asking for something?
After the maid leaves.
The two drank tea and chatted.
After Cheng Qianfan drank a cup of hot tea, he felt that the pores all over his body were ironed and comfortable, and he couldn't help but sigh in comfort.
Ohta Yuichi picked up the teapot and filled it for him.
"Ota-kun, you and I are good friends, and there is nothing that cannot be said between friends." "Cheng Qianfan looked at Ohta Yuichi, why don't you speak up if you have something?"
When Ohta Yuichi heard this, he put his hands on his hands and said with a smile, "Miyazaki-kun is right, I am too out-of-touch. There is indeed something I want to ask Miyazaki-kun."
"It's okay to ask," Cheng Qianfan said.
"Miyazaki-kun." Ohta Yuichi's expression turned serious, "Do you have any contact with the New Fourth Army?"
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