On the second day, the Fengtian Guards had recruited nearly 30,000 new recruits, almost wiping out most of the young men in the city.
In order to quickly form a fighting force, Feng Yong had all the retired soldiers jump out to supplement Zhou Weiguo's 3rd Division. After all, the Tiger Head Mountain Independent Regiment's fighting will and fighting strength against Japan far exceeded the 7th Brigade.
The remaining 20,000 recruits filled the various units. In an instant, the number of guards reached more than 50,000, not including Gao Zhihang's air force and the newly established armored regiment.
Among them, Wang Tiehan's 1st Division was sent to the northeast of Fengtian by Feng Yong. There was only the independent 5th Brigade of the Japanese army there, and they could torture him.
Zhang Dabiao's 2nd division was also sent to Xinmin, forming a corner with Mukden to attack the Japanese Kwantung Army.
Of course, Zhou Weiguo's 3rd Division was not the only one left in the city. There was also a reconnaissance regiment and military police brigade that had already formed a combat force. In addition, a heavy artillery regiment was formed, equipped with 32 155mm howitzers and three 240mm heavy howitzers. Two of them were captured by the Japanese.
As a qualified leader, Feng Yong could not keep forces that he could not fully control by his side. In this way, the entire Fengtian had basically completed the change of dynasty. Everything was ready and they were just waiting for the Japanese army to attack.
At the same time, the pace of the Japanese army gradually accelerated. After the cavalry took down the lighthouse, they quickly advanced into Sujiatun, intending to cut off the attack on the Fengtian garrison.
In order to take down Mukden, Itagaki Seishiro did not hesitate to order the Japanese troops stationed in the towns along the South Manchurian railway to gather in the direction of the lighthouse.
If it wasn't for the fact that the Japanese army was a little far away from the city and was besieging Changchun, Ishihara would have transferred all of them over.
The last defeat led to the annihilation of the entire 29th regiment. The Japanese Kwantung Army headquarters was so angry that they were about to explode. If they could not take down Mukden this time, then as the commander, Honzhuang Shigeru and his two lackeys, Itagaki Seishiro and Ishihara Kanji, would have to commit suicide to appease the emperor.
At three o'clock in the afternoon that day, the Japanese troops from all over the country were all concentrated in Sujiatun, and the number of people reached nearly ten thousand.
In the command post, Itagaki Seishiro and Ishihara A Smile were very depressed. The latest news from Fengtian was that two troops were heading to Fengxi and Fengdong respectively.
"Ishihara-kun, could these two Chinese troops be a smokescreen released by Feng Yong to confuse us?”Itagaki Seishiro felt that the northeast army's movements were very confusing, so he asked Ishihara, who was beside him.
Logically speaking, the Imperial Army of Japan had concentrated all their forces to attack Fengtian. At this critical moment, shouldn't Feng Yong shrink the front line and concentrate his forces to defend Fengtian? Why would they suddenly send out two troops, and both of them had more than ten thousand people?
Ishihara, who was deep in thought, did not answer immediately. After a few minutes, he said,"Itawaki-kun, as the largest city in the northeast, Fengtian is prosperous both in terms of economy and population, so it can gather a large number of young and middle-aged laborers.”
"As far as I know, Feng Yong, the general of the garrison in the city, deliberately hid himself because his father, Feng Delin, was Zhang Zuolin's competitor. Therefore, those Northeast Army soldiers who obeyed Zhang Xueliang would not listen to him.”
With the combative nature of the Chinese, even if they knew that danger was coming, they would never place a potential threat by their side. Itagaki Seishiro immediately understood, so the soldiers loyal to Zhang Xueliang were chased out.
"If that's the case, why don't we attack the Northeastern Army?" he hurriedly suggested. This would weaken the power of the Chinese in Fengtian.”
"No, no, no!"
Ishihara A Smile was shocked by his words. If he really did this, the Northeast Army that should have escaped would turn around and fight the Japanese army to the death. At that time, not to mention taking down Fengtian, it would even be a problem if he could retreat safely.
"Itagaki, the Northeast Army is not an ordinary army. On the contrary, after decades of management by the Zhang father and son, whether in terms of equipment or fighting will, they are not inferior to our Imperial Army. The reason why they retreated was not because they were afraid of our army, but because of the orders of the Nanjing government and Zhang Xueliang.”
"Once our army attacks them, it will definitely arouse the strong resistance of the Northeast Army and erupt with patriotic passion. You have to know that there is also the ace elite unit of the 7th Brigade.”Ishihara explained anxiously.
Itagaki Seishiro, who had thought that he would be able to pick up a big bargain, was now silent. He had to admit that his strategic vision was not as good as his best friend.
Even the Imperial Road plan to swallow the northeast was carried out with the support of his good friend Ishihara A Smile.
" We should focus our attention on Fengtian City now," Ishihara said with a smile." The Northeastern Army that has already retreated is no threat at all, so we don't need to pay attention to them. On the contrary, Commander Feng Yong is very dangerous.”
"From past experiences, Feng Yong has no intention of retreating. He can see through our army's deployment, so he is naturally prepared. This battle for Fengtian will definitely become an unprecedented bloody battle.”
As he spoke, Ishihara's expression became extremely solemn. His eyes even revealed a heavy murderous aura, and there was also some excitement from meeting his match.
"Baga Yalu! Victory will definitely belong to our Great Japan Empire!”Itagaki Seishiro was not dejected at all. Instead, he stood up and roared loudly.
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The Japanese army was working hard to deploy the offensive, and Feng Yong did not have a moment of leisure. Even lunch was a pancake with plain water.
On the surface, he had an infantry division, a full reconnaissance regiment, a military police brigade, 24 Renault tanks, more than 30 armored vehicles, and an entire Northeast Air Force.
The Guandong Army had mobilized most of their forces, about 10,000 people, armed to the teeth. The neighboring North Korea was heavily guarded, but they could not be mobilized in a short period of time.
In terms of military strength, Feng Yong's 30,000 men were a few streets ahead of the Japanese army. However, the Kwantung Army was the most elite force in the entire Japanese Army's combat sequence, and most of his troops were fake. If they really fought, it was still unknown who would win!
However, what he was most worried about now was the domestic situation. Although the Japanese seemed to have occupied most of the territory in Fengtian Province and Jilin Province, in fact, Nanjing did not suffer any losses at all. They could not wait for the warlords to be eliminated by others!
However, after the Guards defeated the Japanese army, the entire northeast would become the target of everyone's fight. Zhang Xueliang was not the only one. There were also the Soviets and the Nanjing government. In the past, they did not make a move because the Zhang family's strength was deeply rooted. Now that most of the regions had been swept by the Japanese, they could completely re-establish their rule. How could they let it go!
At that time, the entire northeast would be in chaos. Feng Yong would probably have to rack his brains to deal with these hungry wolves.
Moreover, they could not rule out the possibility that the Japanese would fly into a rage out of humiliation and mobilize the entire country's strength to attack China in advance. If the pro-war faction came to power, it would not be a small matter.
It sounded crazy, but it was indeed the truth. In the original history, the Japanese, who were deeply mired in the war against China and had almost exhausted their national strength, dared to attack the world's largest behemoth, the United States. Then, what was impossible now?
After all, China had just finished the war in the Central Plains and had suffered a great loss. Even the number one boss, Baldy Jiang, had yet to complete his German Armament Unit. As for the others, if they were to start an all-out war with Japan, the outcome would definitely be worse than before.
"Motherf * cker! I don't believe it! With the system, who can stop me?”Feng Yong, who was having a headache thinking about it, simply slammed the table and ended it.
Let's fight, who's afraid of who!
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