Whether it was Sawada Shigeru, Kobayashi Asaburo, or even Kenji Dohihara, who was angry at Yubara Prefecture at this time because of Sawada Shigeru's slow return of reinforcements, no one thought that Major General Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu would actually die on the night of the withdrawal of the Fourth Division. What is even more outrageous is that the commander of the 44th Wing of the 11th Division, Kawama Magataro, who survived the surprise attack, insisted that the person who attacked the major general was a member of the 4th Division.

Because they picked up the documents of the people of the 4th Division who had been left behind to assist Major General Kuroiwa in the battle at the scene of the attack. And the sentries on duty that night of the 44th Wing also insisted that the attackers who claimed to be the liaison staff officers of the 4th Division must be from the 4th Division. Because these officers wore at least three gold rings on their fingers, and they wore high-end hand-sewn military uniforms even when they were fighting at the front. put on a pretty rich and noble look.

Among the divisions of the Japanese army, only the officers of the 4th Division were so wealthy. In the past few days of cooperating with the Fourth Division, the officers and men of the 44th Wing have long been surprised by the wealth and arrogance of the people of the Fourth Division. Those poor and crazy anti-Manchurian anti-Japanese forces were not so generous to carry a few gold rings in one go. More critically, at the scene of the attack, the guards of the 44th Wing picked up a copy of the ID card of the 4th Division, which clearly identified the attacker.

After communicating with the personnel left behind by the Fourth Division to cooperate with the operation, there were indeed these people among the troops left behind by the Fourth Division. Moreover, these men were indeed sent to the 44th Wing to liaise with Major General Heiyan in order to coordinate the coordinated operations of the two armies. It was only the 4th Division that told the 44th Wing that these men had gone and never returned.

The death of Major General Kuroiwa caused a strict estrangement between the 44th Wing and the 4th Division, which was commanded by the commander of the 37th Wing, the so-called Hayashi Fang Detachment, which was commanded by the commander of the 37th Wing, Yoshitaro Hayashi. No matter how Yoshitaro Ren explains, he can't explain it. Under the current situation of the enemy, Kawama Majitaro Osa even specially dispatched a squadron to guard against the Hayashi Fang detachment.

Because in the eyes of Kawama Daisa, who was enraged by the death of Major General Kuroiwa, Major General Kuroiwa's death was a conspiracy of the Fourth Division. The Fourth Division's attack in the past few days was neither dead nor alive, and the extremely fast speed of the retreat has always fallen in the eyes of Kawama Daisa. In private, he was called the shame of the imperial army by Kawama Daisa.

In the opinion of Kawama Osa, who had served as a squadron leader in the 4th Division and knew these Osaka people well, after the main force of the 4th Division was withdrawn, these people who were left behind were absolutely unwilling to stay in the seemingly dangerous place of Gunce Mountain. The main force was still fighting lazily and half-dead. Now that the main forces of the division have withdrawn, I am afraid that these people will always have the idea of smearing oil under their feet.

In order to get rid of the fate of remaining on the battlefield as much as possible, these people can do anything. In Kawama's opinion, if killing Major General Kuroiwa can make them withdraw to Jiamusi, then these people can definitely do it. After all, the supreme commander was killed, and the withdrawal of the troops without unified command was a matter of course, and no one could deny it.

Some rude, even simple-minded Kawama Osa stubbornly believed that the people of the 4th Division were the culprits behind the death of Major General Kuroiwa. And according to their own ideas, the necessary precautions were taken against the Lin Fang detachment. Sawada Shigeru, who was on the way to retreat, could not turn on the radio because of the march, so the dispute between the two armies could not be properly resolved.

Kawama Maletaro's head is a little simple, but Yoshitaro Hayashi is not stupid. After knowing that Major General Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu had died in the hands of someone he had sent to communicate with him, he immediately understood that the person he was there must have been something wrong on the way and had been impersonated. Those who take out Major General Black Rock will definitely not be their own subordinates.

What is the personality of his subordinates, Yoshitaro Hayashi knows very well. He knew that his subordinates were greedy for money, and the ideal of being loyal to the emperor could not be said to be absent, but it was definitely not much. They may flee from the battle, and they may find all kinds of excuses to pretend to be sick to escape the battlefield, but they will never dare to assassinate a major general officer because of their cowardice. These people who pretend to be officers of the 4th Division will definitely not be from the 4th Division.

However, no matter how Yoshitaro Hayashi explained, Kawama Malletaro just didn't believe it. Because he didn't believe that those inferior Shina would disguise the officers of the Imperial Army like this, and that they could speak fluent Japanese with an Osaka accent. Originally, Kawama Daisa didn't believe that these assassins of Major General Kuroiwa were from the Fourth Division.

But the vivid words that were learned by the sentinels made him believe the typical Osaka folk ninth-rate swear words. Having lived in Osaka for a while, he knows these swear words well. It is difficult to understand that these so-called slang words are actually typical Japanese swear words, and if you don't live in Osaka for a long time, and mix in the lower nine classes of people all day long.

In Kawama's opinion, there are many people in Shina who can speak Japanese. But there are no people who can speak Japanese with an Osaka accent fluently and know a lot about some of the obscene slang in Osaka. Most of the Japanese-speaking Shina ** are so-called advanced people studying in Japan, and they will never go to Osaka to learn those ninth-rate slang.

In fact, Yoshitaro Hayashi was not wrong in explaining that Major General Kuroiwa was indeed not killed by the people of the Fourth Division. He was killed by Li Mingrui, who was ordered to reconnoiter the enemy's situation and find out the movements of the Japanese army after the deployment and adjustment, and the second reconnaissance company led by him.

Li Mingrui is a bold lord, and although the second reconnaissance company he led was a graduate of the puppet Manchukuo High School who joined the army in Weihe, the company commander who was a bit of a second-pole was a master who dared to stab the sky. It would be strange for two bold lords to get together, and not to provoke something.

He was ordered to reconnoiter the movements of the Japanese army after adjusting its deployment, but because the Fourth Division was heavily guarded, in order to find an opportunity, he lay down in a bush near the front of the Japanese army for most of the night, and it was not until the main force of the Fourth Division withdrew that Li Mingrui, who found an opportunity, was lucky to catch several staff officers and their guards who were contacted by the 44th Wing sent by Lin Fangtaro.

Thinking that it was safe near their own position, these Japanese soldiers who were a little careless themselves were trained by Yang Zhen painstakingly, although because of time, they were not even half-baked in Yang Zhen's eyes, but they were also the opponents of the scouts who were beginning to take shape. Before he could make a sound, he called for help from the 44th Wing's alert position, which was already close at hand, and was knocked down.

With the style of these Osaka soldiers of the Fourth Division, these few people had not waited for Li Mingrui to come up with a few interrogation techniques that had been brewing in his heart. The happy confessions of these Japanese staff officers made Li Mingrui feel somewhat useless as a hero.

Although Li Mingrui has been learning Japanese, his progress is extremely limited due to time constraints. Not to mention fluent conversation, even listening is half-understood. Fortunately, his second company commander who graduated from the puppet Manchukuo High School spoke fluent Japanese because of the Japanese slavery education.

It's just that this guy is a little crooked, not only did he learn fluent Osaka-accented Japanese with his Osaka Japanese teacher, but he even learned some Osaka street slang very fluently. If you wear a kimono or a Japanese military uniform, judging from the accent alone, you can almost think that he is a Japanese living in Osaka.

After learning about the mission of these Japanese soldiers, the two bold guys muttered for a while and decided to take advantage of the night to sneak into the Japanese barracks to find out the situation. Reconnoitring, it is better to penetrate into the interior of the enemy and conduct thorough reconnaissance. Otherwise, what's the point.

In the eyes of these two guys, if they don't make good use of this opportunity, they will even be sorry for the Japanese military uniforms that they specially changed into when they came out to reconnoitre. Determined to fish in troubled waters, the two men took a few veterans who could at least understand simple conversations in Japanese, and without even changing their clothes, they picked up the documents found on these Japanese soldiers and swaggered into the position of the 44th Wing under the cover of night.

However, although he was wearing a Japanese military uniform, this company commander, who knew the habits of the Osaka people, persuaded Li Mingrui to change into the high-end hand-sewn military uniforms worn by those Japanese staff officers. He took off the gold rings on the hands of those Japanese officers, and chose the suitable ones for himself and Li Mingrui to bring respectively.

In his words, only by doing so can the upstart posture of the Osaka Division be embodied. Moreover, these gold rings can also be handed over as funds for the activities of the troops. You know, this gold is worth much more than the puppet currency. Once the troops are fighting on the outside line, these things are very useful.

The company commander's fluent Osaka accent of Japanese, combined with the cover of the night and genuine documents, made it almost impossible for a few people to get in. Although the photo on the ID is not his/her own, no one notices that the person in the photo is different when the lighting conditions at night are not ideal. In the eyes of the Japanese sentry, the accent has proven a qiē.

The two bold men took two scouts into the barracks of the 44th Wing, and under the leadership of a second lieutenant, they found the headquarters of Major General Kuroiwa without much effort. There is no way, people come to communicate about the command, and go to the command to be above board.

Seeing Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu, the two of them were not polite. A major general, three combat staff officers, and two radio soldiers were all killed. For these people, Li Mingrui is still not willing to use a gun. He and the company commander who had been trained with two knives and two knives, and dealt with a few people lightly.

After sweeping through the classified documents such as operational maps and passwords in the headquarters, he told Major General Kuroiwa's guards that the major general was thinking about the problem and that no one was allowed to disturb him. By the time Kawama Matsutaro, who had returned from inspecting the position, found out that something was wrong, the two of them had already run away and couldn't even see their shadows.

Hearing the description of the sentry and the guards of His Excellency Major General, Kawama Maki Taro pointed the death of Major General Kuroiwa directly to the 4th Division. He never imagined that the initiator of this qiē was actually a student who was taught badly by a teacher from the bottom of Osaka. Not only him, but I am afraid that no one in the entire Kwantung Army would have thought that a Chinese would actually understand the lowest nine-rate slang in Osaka. Who would have thought that a teacher who should be highly regarded would open his mouth and close his mouth full of swearing? Or is it the lowest nine-rate kind?

While the two Japanese forces fighting together were busy arguing over who had killed Major General Kuroiwa, they didn't know that their opponents wouldn't leave them much time. Just when Kawama Maletaro forced Yoshitaro Hayashi to hand over the murderer, he didn't notice that their opponent had slowly approached them.

On the second day of the death of Major General Heiyan, Yang Zhen, who had carefully avoided the defense circle of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade in the northwest, had already attached the just-completed defense line of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade to the northwest, and secretly detoured to the Qunce Mountain, the flank of the main position of the 44th Wing, relying on the cover of the dense mountains and forests of the Xiaoxing'an Mountains at noon.

As soon as Sawada Shigeru's side retreated to the line of Miaoling Mountain, he was discovered by Dong Ping, who had been staring at them. Almost at the same time that Sawada Shigeru began to retreat, Yang Zhen almost did not hesitate at all, and immediately commanded the troops to launch a roundabout operation. Neither Sawada Shigeru nor Kyoken Ochisa, who commanded the advance force, noticed that there was an army running against them to the north of their retreat route less than ten miles away.

Although Sawada Shigeru transferred two squadrons from the 4th Cavalry Wing, he made up eight squadrons for the 3rd Cavalry Brigade. The independent cavalry regiment of the Seventh Military Region of the puppet Manchurian army was left behind, but the mountainous range to the north of the entire Qunce Mountain was too vast. The cavalry squadron, which is almost half less in number than the infantry squadron, is quite a few, but after some deployment, there is still a shortage of troops.

Under the strict order of Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada to ensure the northern flank of the 44th Wing, the commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade could not only leave the puppet Manchurian cavalry regiment, which was originally used as a search force, to take on the westernmost front-line guard. In his opinion, the most dangerous should be the line of Miaoling Mountain, because it is right behind the 44th Wing.

The cordon directly north of the 44th Wing was handed over to the cavalry regiment of the Seventh Military District of the Puppet Manchu Army and the two puppet Manchu military battalions that were transferred. However, although compared to the puppet army in Guannai, the control of the puppet Manchu army has always been the proudest thing for the Kwantung Army. However, as for the loyalty and reliability of the puppet Manchu army, neither the 44th Wing nor the 3rd Cavalry Brigade were completely assured. Behind the puppet Manchu army, two Japanese squadrons of the 44th Wing were also dispatched to monitor.

Whether it is according to the ideas of Sawada Shigeru or Kuroiwa before his death, even if there is a problem in this direction and the front-line position in charge of the puppet Manchu army is broken, the two Japanese squadrons in the rear are enough to support it for a while relying on the terrain. At least it can be supported until the entire 44th Wing completes the turn.

When Major General Kuroiwa and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade reported this plan, Sawada Shigeru, who had been urged by Kenji Dohihara and was about to get on fire, finally approved the battle plan after a short hesitation. In his opinion, although the plan made by the more stable Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu was not perfect, it was the best choice after the main force of the Fourth Division was withdrawn.

After all, even if the attack intensity is reduced, the main force of the 44th Wing still has to maintain the pressure on the front line of the group. Especially after the bloody encounters in the past few days, Sawada Shigeru remains very wary of this armed force, which is completely different from other anti-Manchu armed forces.

It's just that everyone didn't expect that Yang Zhen chose the assault port that did not choose the back of the 44th Wing, nor did he choose the southern line that was the most vulnerable to attack, but chose the direction due north of the 44th Wing. That is, the direction of defense undertaken by the puppet Manchu army. Because here, after breaking through the cordon established by the puppet Manchu army, it will have to fight hard with the 44th Wing.

After communicating with Guo Bingxun, especially after receiving the information provided by Li Mingrui, and knowing that after the withdrawal of the Fourth Division, Major General Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu, the supreme commander of the Japanese army on the entire front line of Qunce Mountain, was killed by Li Mingrui, he immediately began to prepare for a counterattack without the slightest hesitation.

After finally determining the breakthrough, Yang Zhen did not rush into action. Regarding the details of the operation, especially the coordination with the other two regiments commanded by Guo Bingxun, Yang Zhen still needs to discuss further with Guo Bingxun. The troops were resting, but Yang Zhen was calculating the next battle plan with Ma Chunsheng and Liu Changshun, and at the same time communicating with Guo Bingxun on the radio on the counterattack.

After finalizing the battle plan, Yang Zhen looked at the sky, and after sending Ma Chunsheng and Liu Changshun back to rest, he checked the changes in the enemy situation on the front line of Qunce Mountain sent by Guo Bingxun, compared the map and the battle plan, and verified it again and again.

By the time the battle plan was finally perfected, the sky was already dark. Rubbing his sleepless eyes, a little sour, listening to the hurried footsteps of the troops when they gathered and prepared to leave, Yang Zhen took a deep breath of the air that was still slightly cool in the early morning of Xiaoxinganling, and made himself sober.

Looking at Yang Zhen's red eyes because of staying up late, Zhang Ting, who came to look for his questions, said with some distress after handing him breakfast: "Why don't you rest for a while?" Look at your look, it's been another sleepless night, right? How can your body stand it if it goes on like this? ”

Listening to Zhang Ting's somewhat distressed tone, Yang Zhen shook his head after a few mouthfuls of food and said, "I also want to rest for a while." I'm not an iron man, I don't know how to be tired? But this shape shì doesn't wait for someone that? Even if it is a small negligence on the part of us as commanders, how much more senseless blood do the officers and soldiers below pay? A problem that cannot be considered has to be compensated for with the lives of the soldiers. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen looked at Zhang Ting, who had deep concern in his eyes, and smiled: "Don't worry, I will find a chance to rest for a while, after all, I am not iron-clad." ”

After appeasing Zhang Ting, Yang Zhen turned his head to the little tiger behind him and said, "Huzi, you go find a rope and tie me to the horse when you march." I'll take the opportunity of the march to rest for a while. I don't have the skills to sleep on horseback, so I'd better tie it up. It's ugly, it's ugly, and you can finally take a break. ”

"But I'm going to have to trouble you to help me lead the horse. You've got to show me, don't send Lao Tzu to the little devil. My horse was an Oriental horse given to me by Dong Ping. Don't come when the time comes, while Lao Tzu is asleep, come to a fellow to see a fellow countryman, I will be miserable. This time, Jiamusi has captured so many horses, and now my horse should be returned to its original owner. ”

In his later life, Yang Zhen trained how to fall asleep as quickly as possible at a possible time and place. In Yang Zhen's opinion, the marching route and plan have been formulated, and there is almost no need to worry about it before arriving at the predetermined battlefield. If Liu Changshun still can't cope with the small emergencies encountered on the march, then he, the regiment commander, will not do it.

After the troops set off, Yang Zhen only explained that unless there was something special on the road, everything was handled by Liu Changshun and Ma Chunsheng. As for whether or not to wake himself up, it was up to Ma Chunsheng to decide, and he fell into a light sleep on horseback.

Of course, he can only be said to know the art of riding. There is absolutely no ability for those who have lived on horseback since childhood, and people can sleep on horses. In order to prevent him from falling off the horse and getting injured, several of his guards, under the command of Xiaohuzi, tied him to the horse's back with ropes.

Looking at the scene of being tied to a horse like a dumpling, people who don't know think that the people on horseback are bandits who have been caught, but no one laughs. They all knew how tired their commanders were right now, and that the fatigue that came out of their bones was not something they could pretend.

Although it wasn't long last night, almost everyone except Yang Zhen got a certain amount of rest. Even Liu Changshun and Ma Chunsheng also slept for more than an hour. Even Xiaohuzi, who had always followed Yang Zhen closely, was driven back by Yang Zhen and slept for a long time. Only their commanders, who were busy almost all night.

Looking at Yang Zhen, who was snoring slightly within a few minutes of getting on the horse, Liu Changshun and Ma Chunsheng glanced at each other, looked at each other helplessly and smiled bitterly, and then waved their hands to lead the team to set off. During the march, Liu Changshun personally passed down the order, all the horses should be chewed, and the march should try not to make a big move.

But many times things don't develop according to people's wishes. Less than two hours after the departure, Liu Changshun received a report from the alert troops that he found the Japanese marching brigade advancing eastward more than ten miles south of him. Judging by the size, the strength is at least two wings or more.