At the time of Yang Zhen's last attack on Jiamusi. Except for the west city wall, which was demolished by the Japanese when the railway station was built, the remaining three city walls except the north city wall were retained under the sincerity of the people because of their close proximity to the Songhua River. The rest of the east and south walls were blown up by Yang Zhen.

When the main force of the Fourth Division returned from the front line of Qunce Mountain and regained Jiamusi bloodlessly, because of the important geographical location of Jiamusi, it has always been an important military town in the Northeast Manchurian region, and Sawada Shigeru also planned to rebuild the wall of Jiamusi.

In Sawada Shigeru's view, Jiamusi and Jiangbei bandit areas are just a river away. Without the protection of the city wall, when the opponent is getting stronger and stronger, don't those people say that they will fight when they come?

Although the city wall is not a panacea, when the Imperial Japanese Army attacked the area within the Shina Pass, it had seen even the larger market towns have city walls. Although these walls have never been able to withstand the fierce advance of the Imperial Japanese Army. But for an army that lacks heavy weapons, it is tantamount to a natural barrier. One more wall is at least a little more protection, isn't it?

In view of the deteriorating bandit formation in the Northeast Manchurian region, and the geographical location of Jiamusi that was extremely important to the Kwantung Army. Regarding Sawada Shigeru's request for instructions to rebuild the Jiamusi city wall, the Kwantung Army Headquarters immediately gave an agreed reply.

Not only from the nearby materials for the construction of Fujin Fortress, a large amount of cement and steel bars were specially allocated for the Fourth Division. The funds for the construction of the city were also allocated as soon as possible. Even more than 10,000 people were transferred from the Fourth Division from among the laborers who were transferred from the Guannai.

The strength of the support of the Kwantung Army cannot but be said to be an all-out effort. In addition, adhering to the strict attitude of the Japanese, the materials and surveyors required for the project have always been allocated in full. However, most of the city wall has passed, but it has not been repaired for a long time, and the reason has to be found from within the Fourth Division itself.

During the construction of the city walls, Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada made an extremely strict mistake. He did not believe in those Manchurians, only in the Japanese. At a time when the Kwantung Army was building fortresses and fortifications everywhere, the number of engineers that could be sent was limited. In desperation, he could only hand over the project to the engineer wing and the baggage wing of the 4th Division.

It's just that he knows too much about the personalities of his subordinates, and he doesn't dare to completely delegate power. He ordered the baggage wing to keep the materials, and the engineer wing to escort the laborers to carry out the construction and supervise the work, as well as to do some technical work. I hope that the two wings can contain each other and not go too far. At least the superficial thing is done, that is, the city wall has to be repaired.

In order to ensure that the steel bars, cement, and city bricks that are currently in demand in the market transferred by the Kwantung Army Headquarters will not be stolen and sold out by their own bold subordinates. Shigeru Sawada even sent his own adjutant to supervise the entire project, and all the use of raw materials must be signed by this adjutant before it can be counted.

It's just that what Sawada Shigeru didn't expect was that if he handed over the materials and projects to the engineer wing, although he would also lose some materials, it would definitely not be so large. However, instead of stopping the two wings from stealing and selling materials, he used the method of separating the construction party from the supplier, but instead allowed the engineers and the baggage wing to work together to deceive and deceive the subordinates and sell more than half of all the materials allocated by the Eastern Army.

He didn't want to think that his subordinates dared to openly sell the new Type 38 rifles, crooked light machine guns, and even grenadiers and Type 92 infantry guns in the name of scrapping, not to mention these building materials such as cement and steel bars? Even before these materials were put into storage, the baggage team had already begun to pre-sell them at a clear price.

Thanks to the excellent pre-sale work of the Heavy Wing, and the good foundation laid by the whole people after the Fourth Division was transferred to Manchuria. The first batch of 25 tons of cement transferred from the Fujin Fortress Engineering Area was only less than half of it when it came to storage. And the truckload full of steel bars sent from Xinjing didn't even get off the train, and they were directly sold by these guys in the station freight yard.

The material supplier of the baggage wing did such a big fanfare, which naturally caused the dissatisfaction of the engineer wing of the construction party. Everyone knows what the price of steel and cement, which have always been strictly controlled by the Kwantung Army as strategic materials, on the black market. The Heavy Infantry Wing did this, so that the engineering wing, which adheres to the tradition of plucking the feathers of geese and counts on making a big profit from this project, will not be blushing.

If the materials are less than half, it is natural to make false accounts to deal with the superiors. But without the amount of consumables reported by the construction party of the engineer wing every day, this account cannot be done.

Under the strong protest of the engineer wing, and even the threat of stopping reporting the consumption and not paying for the baggage wing. Because I have always thought that since something is in my pocket, it is already my own thing, and letting them spit it out is tantamount to killing them. And the baggage wing, which was called the Fourth Division, which was not pulling out a dime and had to be stained with a hairy sugar rooster before leaving, finally lowered its head.

After some friendly negotiations that first scolded each other, then because of the uneven distribution of spoils, and even a big fight. Under the threat that you won't let me get rich, and I will jam your neck, it is a big deal to publish the accounts to the world, and everyone will die together, and no one can get it, the baggage wing and the engineer wing finally reached an agreement.

According to an officer of the engineer wing who was the only non-Osaka engineer who participated in the negotiations, when revealing the trigger for the complete defeat of the Kwantung Army in the Battle of Shimoe after the war, he described it as easy to think that he had entered the negotiation site of a large company if it were not for the fact that both sides were wearing military uniforms and only listening to their conversations. Or it is more vivid for the two underworld organizations to hold a meeting to divide the spoils.

After two full days of arduous negotiations of arguing, compromising, arguing, and compromising, the baggage wing and the engineer wing, which were fully responsible for the construction of the Jiamusi city wall, had reached an agreement that no one else knew except those present who participated in the negotiations. However, judging from the progress of this matter in the future, it is estimated that it is just four words: "equal opportunity." In other words, those who see it have a share.

After the agreement was reached, the two wings had almost reached the point of stealing and selling materials without scrupulousness, and a large number of cement and steel bars were stolen and sold on the spot in the name of damage. Not only did the managers of the two wings pull the buyers directly to the construction site to inspect the goods, but even in order to prove their good reputation, the baggage teams also carried out the shipment. After handing over the money with one hand and delivering the goods with the other, the laborers were directly loaded onto the military vehicles of the baggage wing and pulled away.

The adjutant sent by Shigeru Sawada, who was the contractor of the project, to supervise the construction site, had already been bribed by five percent of the cadres of the two wings and a few coquettish White Russian prostitutes. The supervision of the project accounts is only for show, and even the construction site is rarely visited, and the White Russian prostitutes are drunk and merry every day.

The engineering wing and the baggage wing worked together, and they were extremely happy to make money. A few months have passed, and a series of currencies, such as the Japanese yen, the Manchurian dollar, and even the current ocean, which have long been banned from circulation in the northeast, have flowed into the pockets of the officers and men of the two wings, and almost everyone has made a windfall.

It's just that after sixty percent of the materials were stolen and sold, the Jiamusi city defense fortifications, in addition to the deepening and widening of the moat, were completed on schedule with quality and quantity. However, the city wall was only built more than half a person high, and even the scale of the brick wall could not be reached.

Even if such a little thing was repaired, it was hastily built with the remnants of the stolen and sold city wall bricks and the remnants dug up after the moat was widened, and even a ton of cement was useless. Not to mention the seven-five-millimeter mountain artillery, even if it is a mortar, which is not suitable for dealing with strong fortifications, I am afraid that it will not be able to stand it.

Although Sawada Shigeru wanted to pursue it harshly several times, he even removed the adjutant who had followed him for many years. However, it was found that unless the two wings were demobilized on the spot, it would not be possible to trace them at all. When these Osaka people are making money, they also have infighting, and even when they are competing for interests, they also have times when they are fists and kicks. But externally, there is a surprising unity.

Although there are certain clues, the more you check Sawada Shigeru's scalp, the more you get worse. Not only the baggage wing and the engineer wing, but almost all the troops of the fourth division were involved. Even his own family members who are far away in Xinjing are also involved in it. Because at least half of the buyers behind the stolen cement were made by their wives and brothers.

In this incident, which is known as the largest smuggling case of the Fourth Division, his family acted as a second-hand dealer, which greatly embarrassed Shigeru Sawada, who has always prided himself on being an authentic samurai.

Sawada Shigeru, who basically considers himself a true believer in bushido, has not received the filial piety of his subordinates who seem to be various wings on the surface, but are actually no different from several companies since he took office. But that's all petty. The big ones never reach out.

For such a project as the construction of the city wall, which attracted the attention of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, he would never use any crooked brains. After all, the promotion is imminent, and for a little money, it is not worth it to take your own future, at least in the eyes of Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru. What's more, although the salaries of the lower-level officers and soldiers of the Japanese army were extremely meager, they could even be said to be pitiful.

But high-ranking officers, especially those above the rank of major general, earn a lot of money. It's enough to easily let the family live a pretty rich life. His annual salary as a lieutenant general is seven times that of a lieutenant. So for Sawada Shigeru, it's not that the money can't be collected, but what the situation is.

But Sawada Shigeru didn't expect that his subordinates couldn't win him over, so he turned his attention to his family. As for the ability to win people into the water, these officers and men of the Fourth Division, who have lived in Osaka since childhood, have been extremely proficient in doing so. It didn't take long to pull down the adjutant, who had not only followed the division commander for many years and had always trusted him. He also dragged the wife of the division commander and his brother, the retired army captain, into the water.

Shigeru Sawada, who couldn't find it halfway through, had no choice but to give up the idea of pursuing it to the end. He can't take himself to court-martial. The boss may not be too accountable for the affairs of the officers below. But something happened to me, the chief officer, and I am afraid that he will chase it to the end.

Shigeru Sawada gave up the investigation, and the construction of the city wall was delayed again and again. The amount of cement and other materials required for the project is increasing day by day, and the height of the city wall is not growing.

Even when Yang Zhen had already defeated the northbound troops of the Second Division and was already close to Jiamusi, he did not let these guys stop.

I don't know if those Osaka soldiers went crazy, or they didn't think about defending Jiamusi at all, or they thought that the opponent was not capable of fighting the Songhua River. On the day when Yang Zhen surrounded and annihilated the last remnants of the northbound troops of the Second Division led by Saburo in Pianshan Province, the bricks on the half-man-high wall that had barely been built were gone. Only one earthen wall remained, and it was washed away by an autumn rain.

Without the protection of the city wall, all kinds of fortifications built before were blown up by Yang Zhen when he entered Jiamusi. At this time, Jiamusi, under the situation that the Japanese army was insufficient and could only defend the important places in the city, was already naked and unobstructed like a girl who had been stripped naked.

Not only did Li Mingrui, who had received professional special training, directly subordinate the reconnaissance battalion, easily touch Jiamusi, which almost did not have many troops. Even Wang Guangyu's brigade entered the Jiamusi city without much effort after crossing the river.

In the face of Yang Zhen's headquarters, which was almost swarming into the city, he could only concentrate his limited forces and retreat to the division and regiment headquarters, and Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru, who was the only one in the entire Jiamusi City with some decent fortifications in the city, in addition to issuing weapons to all the staff officers, guards, and even handymen of the division headquarters to fight against the opponents who had already hit the edge of the division headquarters.

It's like going crazy, except for a telegram every ten minutes asking for reinforcements from the Kwantung Army Command. is to desperately call to his subordinates, let them give up all positions, and immediately move closer to Jiamusi with all their might.

But even if the troops of the Fourth Division, which are distributed from Yilan in the west to the mouth of the Songhua River in the east, have wings and can fly back to Jiamusi, it will take time. No matter how fast the Japanese army moves, it will take at least a day or even a few days to concentrate the troops deployed in the form of brigades or even squadrons.

Sawada Shigeru, who was still trapped here, sent a distress telegram in ten minutes, and Umezu Mijiro, who received Sawada Shigeru's telegram for help, was taken aback. The northbound detachment of the Fourth Division, which crossed the river and went north to fight in response to the Second Division, was wiped out without firing a single shot. The hateful anti-Manchu forces not only ate up all the troops of the Second Division going north, but also crossed the Songhua River, and Jiamusi was also in danger.

Umezu Mijiro, who knew what Jiamusi meant to the Kwantung Army, did not get as angry as he used to after receiving a telegram from Shigeru Sawada asking for help. He knew that it was useless to get angry at this time, and the most important thing at the moment was to rescue the bitter Sawada Shigeru from Jiamusi.

Umezu Mijiro calmly ordered the Kwantung Army Air Force to immediately dispatch a small plane that could take off and land on the wide boulevard in the courtyard of the Fourth Division's headquarters from the nearest airport to Jiamusi, and select the best pilot to go to Jiamusi, which was already in danger, to pick up Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada.

In Umezu Mijiro's opinion, since the fire has burned the eyebrows, the eyebrows can only be treated first. As for the butt, let's wait until the fire burns.