Two days later, Michutaro Komatsubara, who was sitting in the Hailar military camp, finally waited for news from the front line.
A Japanese cavalryman was ordered by the commander of the frontline garrison on the east bank of the Halaha River to report the latest battle report on the frontline to Lieutenant General Michutaro Komatsubara.
Before the Japanese soldier entered the military camp in the city, he was stopped by the officer of the guard squadron at the door.
"Sir, I humbly follow the orders of Colonel Toru Morita of the 71st Regiment on the front line. You must meet with the division commander to report the situation. Please understand, sir." The Japanese soldier said in a deep voice. It was obvious that the situation was extremely urgent.
When the officers on duty in the guard squadron heard this, they also knew that the situation was serious, because the commander of the Komatsubara Division also issued an order: All battle reports involving the Halaha River front line must be reported as soon as possible. Those who delay the battle report will be severely punished!
"Understood, but according to routine inspection procedures, we need to check your documents. After the inspection is completed, you go to the Adjutant's Office to find Adjutant Koizumi, and then Adjutant Koizumi will take you to find the division commander for a report. Do you understand?" The ensign tried to keep his voice calm.
"Understood, sir, please check it immediately!" With that said, the soldier handed over his soldier's ID card to the officer on duty for inspection.
After the officer on duty saw the certificate, he immediately let the soldier in.
Things went smoothly after that. The soldiers found Adjutant Koizumi, and Adjutant Koizumi took the soldiers to the division commander's office.
"Your Excellency, the commander of the division, urgent report from the Halaha River front line." Adjutant Koizumi reported immediately after seeing Lieutenant General Michutaro Komatsubara.
Michutaro Komatsubara saw the dusty appearance of the soldier in front of him, and his heart moved. He probably knew what was going on, but he could only pretend to be ignorant and said indifferently: "Let's report it immediately!"
At this time, the soldiers beside Adjutant Koizumi immediately stood at attention and saluted: "Your Excellency, the commander of the division, your subordinate is Senior Private Onizuka Michizaburo of the 71st Regiment Regiment Headquarters. By order of the Regiment Captain Toru Morita, I have come here. Report to your Excellency, the Division Commander. Currently, thousands of our troops stationed on the front line of the Halaha River have symptoms of poisoning. Please make your decision, Your Excellency, the Division Commander!"
After hearing the news, Michutaro Komatsubara immediately pretended to be shocked, and then said: "This must have been poisoned by the damn old Soviet guy! Damn it! How could I not have thought of this! In this way, Adjutant Koizumi, please immediately send me an order to send all military doctors to the front lines to treat poisoned officers and soldiers! In addition, the 71st Regiment’s positions will be withdrawn immediately!!”
"Hai!!" Adjutant Koizumi immediately lowered his head and responded. For him, the division commander is God and must be carried out to the end.
After issuing this order, Komatsubara Michutaro sat back in his office chair. He was thinking about how many people had died on the Soviet side - after all, more than a thousand people in the Japanese army fell ill. Not to mention they are old men drinking from the same river.
"Perhaps, the time has come to launch a counterattack." Komatsubara Michutaro thought quietly. For him, counterattack is just a matter of timing, and the time has not yet come.
Why do you say the time has not yet come? Because Michutaro Komatsubara knew very well what was going on with his subordinates. They got sick because they were poisoned by the poison he ordered to be poured into the river. Moreover, what they got was an epidemic. If it was not controlled, the entire division would be affected. All will lose their combat effectiveness.
Under this circumstance, the commander of Michutaro Komatsubara's division decided to order his 23rd Division, which had already suffered heavy casualties, to enter a state of rest. At the same time, he reported the situation to the Kwantung Army Commander Ueda Kenkichi, and poisoned the soldiers with this pot of filth. Water was poured over the heads of the Soviets.
Michutaro Komatsubara's move is not cruel, but at the same time it kills two birds with one stone - first, he can relieve the pressure on him from the base camp, and he has sufficient reasons to "prove" that he "fell into the Soviet Union's dirty trick" "That will lead to the current situation; secondly, to be able to complement Commander Ueda Kenkichi, he wants to restore his 23rd Division to its peak state!
I have to say that this trick of Komatsubara Michutaro is very useful.
The Japanese base camp also knows that the front line has evolved into a large-scale military war, and it is absolutely impossible to stop here. They have no choice but to deal with the "disgrace" of Michutaro Komatsubara, the only one who can hold up the main beam on the front line. It is the next order that "victory must be achieved in a short time".
Although this order seems to be of no use, and more like helplessness, it actually gives Komatsubara Michutaro a warning: the base camp does not want to fall into the quagmire of the Japanese-Soviet war again, and must fight quickly!
After Commander Ueda Kenkichi learned that the frontline troops "suffered heavy losses at the hands of the Soviet army", he immediately ordered Michutaro Komatsubara to withdraw the troops for rest, and he also sent a large number of reserve troops to supplement the 23rd Division. In addition to strengthening the strength of the regiment, the 7th Border Guard Corps and the 8th Border Guard Corps were also strengthened to the 23rd Division.
Although these two so-called "Border Guards" are only composed of brigades, if the two brigades are strengthened, there will be more than 2,200 people. This is only a three-team system for the 23rd Army. This is already very good for the division, especially since a search wing was strengthened for them before, which is already nearly five wings in size.
After receiving the reply from Commander Ueda Kenkichi and the base camp, Komatsubara Michutaro finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, Komatsubara Michutaro decided to take revenge, that is, artillery coverage!
Michutaro Komatsubara calculated it himself and found that in addition to the artillery regiment of the 23rd Division, he also had the field artillery regiment of the Kwantung Army. The artillery of the two regiments combined was enough for the Soviet-Mongolian coalition to drink. It's the pot.
As the current supreme commander of the Nomonkan Front, Michutaro Komatsubara has always done what he said - although his 23rd Division has been severely damaged in positional warfare and germ warfare, this does not mean that He must wait until his troops fully recover before taking action. He can still make some preparations now.
So, under the order of Michutaro Komatsubara, a hot air balloon slowly rose from the east bank of the Halaha River the next day.
Several Japanese officers on the hot air balloon were constantly looking for the Soviet artillery positions with high-powered telescopes. They wanted to destroy the Soviet artillery positions!
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