Five hundred pounds of explosives is actually not much. But concentrated on one point to detonate. That's enough power to raze a small building to the ground. With a few loud bangs, the wall that had swallowed the second regiment and an entire company, forcing Ma Fengqi to be almost helpless was blown into the sky.

In order to ensure the success of the one-time blasting, Ma Fengqi took out all the explosives on hand. Although each battalion was given an equal distribution of 500 pounds of explosives, he did not allow his three battalion commanders to also distribute it equally. According to his requirements, three battalions were selected, and each battalion chose a main tunnel and put 300 catties of explosives. The other two tunnels were used as auxiliaries, and only 100 catties of explosives were planted.

The power of 300 catties of explosives is obviously not small. The blasting of only one tunnel blew down most of the wall around Wang Duzitun. Not only was the wall almost completely blown up in the continuous blasting, but even the Japanese troops who had stubbornly resisted on the wall were killed or wounded. There are less than three or four out of ten that can be removed.

The ascent of the wall indicates that Sugino's resistance is about to come to an end. Although the remnants of the Japanese army experienced a brief period of shock, the resistance was still fierce and did not lose its resistance due to the violent explosion. But there is less than a hundred people left to resist, and it is only a dying struggle. No matter how tenacious their resistance is, they are powerless at this time.

Seeing the success of the blasting, Ma Fengqi couldn't care about celebrating. The three companies of the commander, who had already entered along the tunnel less than 100 meters from the starting position, and most of the men had changed into automatic firearms and had greatly reinforced the number of grenades, immediately rushed into the cantonment along the gap that had been blown up. The 90-millimeter mortar company directly under the 2nd Regiment also moved to the tunzi at Ma Fengqi's request to provide fire support for the attacking troops nearby.

At this time, most of the houses in the Northeast were still mainly adobe houses. Unlike the granite walls on the periphery, these adobe houses made of mud and straw are simple, inexpensive, and insulating. But the ability to resist blows is far less strong than that of brick houses. None of them could withstand the bombardment of a single 90-millimeter mortar shell.

Mortars, a large number of submachine guns, fast and slow machines, and a rain of grenades soon put to rest the resistance of the remnants of the Japanese army in the tunzi. The actual street fighting lasted less than an hour, and the resistance of the Japanese troops in the tunzi was completely broken. And the Sugino Yandasa, who personally led the team to make a final desperate fight after sending a farewell message to Major General Katayama, was beaten into honeycomb coal by a rain of bullets fired from more than a dozen submachine guns when he made a final counterattack with the last dozen subordinates.

Almost at the same time that the gunfire on the front line of Wang Duzitun completely fell, with the cooperation of Tao Jingfei, the 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment that launched a counterattack against the enemy in front of them from the front line of Fuguitun, under the command of the commander He Zhishan, also ended their own battle with Ma Fengqi in the time before and after.

Du Kaishan's estimate was correct, the Japanese troops on the front line of Fuguitun suffered a full one and a half battalion casualties after repeated hard battles with the first regiment, but they also suffered a great price of casualties. After a few days of fierce fighting, by the time Du Kaishan chose the time to counterattack, there were indeed only two squadrons left in the troops that still had combat effectiveness.

Knowing that the remaining combat strength of a regiment of the enemy in front of him was not much, Yang Zhen decisively selected the remaining independent regiment troops from Du Kaishan and transferred them to He Zhishan as a company unit.

In addition to replenishing the regiment with one and a half battalions of troops at this time as quickly as possible, a rocket artillery company was transferred to the regiment from the rocket artillery regiment that had already rushed to participate in the battle.

The Fuguitun line is a plain area, and compared with mountainous areas, this terrain is more suitable for rocket artillery, a weapon with wide firepower, to participate in the war. At the beginning, in order to facilitate the intersperse, when the first regiment forcibly interspersed with the front line of Fuguitun, it only carried a 90-mm mortar company belonging to the regiment.

The 120-mm heavy mortar company and the infantry artillery company remained at the brigade headquarters and did not carry them. This is also the main reason why the blocking battle of the first group in the past few days, after Major General Saburo Katayama Province's attention was diverted to Chai Shirong, faced with only four squadrons of the Japanese army, it was still fighting so hard.

After several days of fierce fighting, the Japanese army, accustomed to the fact that the opponent had only 90-millimeter mortars, and thought that it would be fine to withdraw their troops out of the effective range of these mortars, was caught off guard by this shelling. This rocket artillery company, which had been temporarily reinforced to a regiment, had wiped out half of the forces of a regiment of the enemy in front of it with just one salvo. and killed the captain of the 1st Brigade of the 29th Wing of the Japanese Army, Tsukasa Hojo.

Although the resistance of the Japanese troops on the front line of Fuguitun, who had lost their command, was still fierce, it did not lose strength due to their own heavy casualties and the death of their commanders. But as the saying goes, a good tiger can't stand a pack of wolves. In the face of superior forces, their firepower is not inferior to their opponents, and their strength is not maintained for a longer time than their comrades on the front line of Wang Duzitun.

If it weren't for He Zhishan being too cautious and not wanting to pay a senseless price, he would be very cautious and step-by-step. The Japanese army, which could only rely on the field fortifications constructed to resist on the front line of Fuguitun, could not even hold out as long as their comrades on the front line of Wang Duzitun.

As early as after receiving a telegram for help from Fuguitun and Wang Duzitun almost at the same time, and at the same time receiving a report that both of his wings had been broken through by the other party, and the opponent had formed a situation of encirclement against him. Whether it was in the face of Tao Jingfei's fierce counterattack, Major General Saburo Katayama Province, who was already beaten left and right, or Hattori Takushiro Nakasa, almost panicked at the first time.

After analyzing the already unfavorable battle situation as quickly as possible, Major General Saburo Katayama keenly realized that his best choice now was to retreat immediately. But for Major General Saburo Katayama, it was this analysis that put him in a dilemma.

Now there is no news of his division commander, and retreating means completely abandoning His Excellency, the division commander, who may still have a glimmer of life. And to lose the responsibility of a lieutenant general's division commander is something that he, a major general, and a brigade commander, absolutely cannot afford. If you don't retreat, the current situation is already very unfavorable to you. If you don't leave, I'm afraid you won't be able to protect yourself.

If the eight infantry brigades of the Second Division participated in the attack this time were all wiped out in the north of the Songhua River, they would not be able to bear this responsibility in any way. Major General Saburo Katayama, who has always thought that he was decisive in killing, hesitated for a long time, and rejected Hattori Takushiro's immediate retreat, and he didn't care about the problem of face.

Major General Saburo Katayama reported directly to the Kwantung Army Headquarters the current battle situation, and after truthfully reporting the news that division commander Toji Yasui had disappeared, he requested that at least a wing of reinforcements be provided to the second division within 24 hours. Otherwise, the 2nd Division would be in danger of total annihilation.

After receiving a telegram from Saburo Katayama asking for help, he had not yet been attacked from the Jiamusi Field Airport, and the nearly 100 planes mobilized by the Kwantung Army for this operation, as well as the storage in the Jiamusi Airport, he did not care about the blow of the loss of a large amount of aviation fuel and bombs that had been stolen from the Shina Dispatch Army on the Kannai battlefield, and he was once again beaten with gold stars in his eyes, and he sat down in his office chair for half a day, and did not recover for a long time.

The current chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, Lieutenant General Iimura, the deputy chief of staff, Major General Saburo Nagato, the senior staff officer of the Kwantung Army, Masao Terada, and the chief of staff of operations, Geno Nakayama, who had been on the bench for a long time since he was transferred to the Kwantung Army, and finally took office after Takushiro Hattori was sent to supervise the war, could not help but be surprised when he saw the contents of this urgent telegram.

The 2nd Division is a kind of unit, and several people know it very well. At present, this division, which is known as the strongest combat effectiveness in the Japanese army, has become like this. The main force of the divisions and regiments involved in the attack was almost completely wiped out, with a total of four wings and eight brigades, and now only one brigade is left that is about to face encirclement, and the whereabouts of the division commander are still unknown.

Is this unit that fought so miserably, still the second division of the imperial army, which has always been invincible and invincible in the past? How come the 25th Division, a little brother who has not been established for half a year, is not as good as it?

A few people were muttering about the outcome of the Second Division here, and the commander who had sworn to ensure that the opponent had lost his command ability, and the opponent could only be Takeshi Isomura, the intelligence director of the Kwantung Army, and Shunjiro Okubo of the Special Intelligence Department, whose faces were unusually pale.

I knew that the main reason why the Second Division was defeated this time and ended up in such a miserable situation was that there was a big problem with my own intelligence. Obviously, the opponent has successfully fooled himself by using a feint. Judging from the current battle situation, the so-called commander vomited blood and fell into a coma this time, which was obviously a trap that the opponent had already arranged for himself.

Not only did he jump in stupidly, but he also jumped in with the second division. This time, the Second Division ended up like this, and no matter whether the remnants could be rescued or not, the Kwantung Army needed to give an explanation to the Tokyo base camp. And his two culprits, plus that Hattori Zhuoshiro Nakasa, are the best candidates for this confession.

Sure enough, just when the two of them were wondering if General Umezu Mijiro would push the two of them out, Umezu Mijiro's cold voice had already come: "You two have neglected this time, and the huge losses caused to the empire, even if you go to a military court a hundred times, you can't make up for it." ”

"For the sake of your contribution to the Empire and the Holy War, I give you a chance to apologize in the tradition of the samurai. You two cut your own stomach to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor. But as a punishment, I won't allow anyone to make a mistake for you. ”

Looking at the two sabers handed over by Adjutant General Umezu Mijiro, the two of them did not make any defenses, picked up the saber in front of them that was about to end their lives, and silently followed the adjutant of the general to the next room. There is already a qiē ready for them.

Umezu Mijiro's ruthlessness made the other Japanese generals feel a chill in their hearts. The mistakes of these two men brought huge losses to the Imperial and Kwantung Army, and it was not a surprise that they were made to apologize for their crimes, which was not a surprise in the hearts of these Japanese generals who pursued bushido.

Committing suicide and apologizing, for these Japanese generals who pursue bushido, it is always more decent than going to a military court. Moreover, judging from the serious mistakes made by the two people this time, and the losses that have only been brought to the Kwantung Army so far, it may not be difficult to escape heavy punishment in the military court.

But when seppuku, there is no help from the wrong person, and the death of the seppuku person will be unusually painful. Usually a person who has a seppuku will be killed to death with a sober look before the blood runs dry. Although they all considered themselves samurai and had the highest belief in the pursuit of bushido, for these Japanese generals, it only meant that they could ignore death. It does not mean that they are willing to bear the great pain of death.

If they were to feel the pain of being hurt to death without any mistakes, it seems that these people would choose to commit suicide with a pistol. At least it would die cleanly and cleanly, without much pain.

In the eyes of these generals, especially the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Iimura, who has been involved in this matter, it is not enough to kill people. The fact that the Second Division suffered such a miserable defeat this time was certainly related to the misjudgment of the superiors due to the chaotic intelligence.

But as the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Umezu Mijiro also has an unshirkable responsibility. At least he trusts Hattori Zhuoshiro too much, even to the point of almost obeying his words, which is also an important reason for the failure of the director's attack.

Since Takera Isomura and Shunjiro Okubo have decided to take full responsibility, why should you, General Umezu Mijiro, be so desperate to kill them all again. Isn't it better to give people a happy solution, which better reflects the mind you should have as a commander? It's just that Lieutenant General Iimura said these things in his heart, and he would never dare to say them in the open.

After Isomura Takeryo and Okubo Shunjiro were led out by Umezu Mijiro's adjutant, they turned around and looked at the faces of almost all the high-ranking figures of the Kwantung Army, who were almost all the high-ranking figures of the Kwantung Army, with some disappreciative expressions, and even some sad expressions on their faces, and Umezu Mijiro, who knew what these guys were thinking in their hearts, said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the fact that the Second Division suffered such a crushing defeat this time is really the heaviest blow to our Kwantung Army since its formation. ”

"What kind of responsibility do I bear, I will apologize to His Majesty the Emperor and the Tokyo Base Camp afterwards. As for what kind of punishment His Majesty the Emperor will give me, I won't bother with you. The most important thing at the moment is how to rescue the remnants of the 2nd Division trapped and find Lieutenant General Toji Yasui. I would now like to invite you to express your opinions. ”

Umezu Mijiro's voice fell, but for a long time he didn't see anyone stand up and answer him. In the face of the thorny battle situation in front of him, whether it is the chief of staff Iimura or others, they are almost helpless. It is clear that the only way to solve this endgame now is to increase the number of troops. And the increase in the number of troops to be made is not a small amount.

However, the tense situation on the Manchu-Soviet border has not been completely eased, and the Soviet Far Eastern Military District is still under the so-called situation of hundreds of thousands of troops on the Manchu-Soviet border, and everyone knows that it is almost impossible to increase troops on a large scale. Unless the Kwantung Army dared to risk weakening the defenses of the Manchu-Soviet border, it would be difficult to draw a large number of troops to rescue the 2nd Division.

Unless there are two options, one is to urgently transfer troops from the Guannechina dispatch army to the nearest place. The other was to use the 14th Division, which had just arrived in Manchuria as a mobile division of the Kwantung Army, to participate in the war. It's just that these two options are not good choices for the Kwantung Army.

Asking for help from the Japanese army in Kannai not only had to pass through the Tokyo base camp, but also meant that the face of the Kwantung Army, which had always supported the Japanese army in Kannai, would be lost. The 14th Division is currently the only mobile division of the Kwantung Army, and if there is another problem, the Kwantung Army will no longer have any troops available.

Since the only two options are not a good way, everyone here who can't think of another way is silent about General Umezu Mijiro's question. No one dared to answer Umezu Mijiro's question.