1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

Therefore, one soldier, with tears in his eyes, angrily retorted:

"You are wrong, Your Highness! My family is on the border! Everyone in my family was killed by the bandits! My mother and sister are both dead! Your Highness, please avenge me and my family!!"

Everyone looked at the soldier who spoke in astonishment and fell silent.

Fujiwara Kanezane nodded:

"I neglected it. I'm sorry. Even we have family members threatened by the bandit army..."

The other soldiers patted their comrades on the shoulders to show their comfort.

"I know that most of your family members are in or around major cities like Fengtian, Harbin, and Changchun, and are safe and sound, so you don't feel that pain, but..."

Fujiwara Kanezane raised his voice:

"But! Think about it! If we can't hurt these bandits, and if they dare to come back and invade our country again, can you guarantee that our families will not be harmed?"

silence.

No one can guarantee it.

As I've already said, the reason only the border areas suffered and some casualties were caused this time was mainly because the Nationalist government had no intention of fighting seriously and was only pretending.

But what about next time?

What if they were serious?

What if they penetrated deep into Manchuria?

Manchuria is so vast, who dares to say that there are no defense loopholes? "And you!"

Fujiwara Kanezane then pointed to the Japanese soldiers:

"How many of you have family members who have moved to Manchukuo? Will they be threatened by the bandit army? Or do you think the bandit army only kills Chinese and not Japanese?"

The Japanese soldiers also fell silent, obviously their pain was touched.

Although their time living in Northeast China was short, they were certain that the situation was a hundred times and a thousand times better than in Japan. For the first time, their starving brothers and sisters and their mother and sister who were forced to sell themselves for food had light in their eyes.

They don't want this light to disappear.

"If we can't defeat the bandits this time and stop them from attacking again, the next time they die, it might be our family members! It doesn't matter if you are Chinese or Japanese! To me, you are all Manchus!"

"Where do our military salaries come from?" "The people of Manchukuo!"

"Where does our food come from?" "The people of Manchukuo!"

"Where do the rifles in our hands, the boots on our feet, and the uniforms we wear come from?"

"The common people of Manchukuo!"

“Without them, there would be no us!”

"So, those killed by this group of Kuomintang bandits are not your family members, but they are better than your family members. They provided you with money and food to support you! They are your future family members! At least, they are your family's friends!"

"If we don't protect them, who will? If they can't be protected, how can they support us? How can they sincerely join us in building the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere and establishing a paradise on earth?"

"Therefore, I ask you to be angry! I ask you to protect the people of Manchukuo with the same attitude that you would protect your own family! I ask you to fight the enemy with the greatest courage!!"

"I demand of you! I demand that you strictly observe military discipline wherever you are, obey my demands, and turn more and more places into Manchuria! Let more and more people be willing to join us!"

A sense of crisis, anger, and mission surged. "Soldiers!"

Fujiwara Kanezane raised his right hand high and slammed it hard on his chest:

"Are you willing to come south with me to seek justice for the fallen people of Manchukuo and to showcase our world-class new army to the world?!"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!"

"Your Highness! Your Highness! Your Highness!" "Go south! Go south! Go south!"

A simple on-site speech can mobilize the soldiers' emotions, which is mainly supported by the efforts of more than half a year.

Divide land, reform the military system, improve treatment, arrange family arrangements, bind interests, swear allegiance...

The speech itself is never the most important thing. What is most important is whether the speaker and the listeners resonate with each other's emotions.

The Osaka Division, which still felt that their service was worth it after just a bite of white rice dumpling, or the 386th Brigade, which couldn't even get enough food, would definitely not have such a reaction.

Now that all the preliminary material preparations are completed, it is time to slowly instill faith in them.

This time, heading south, it's time to demonstrate our strength and establish our military prestige!

Fujiwara no Kanezane looked at the soldiers who were fanatical, angry, and expectant, and raised his right hand high, pointing 45 degrees toward the sky:

"Set off!!!"

"Go south! Go south! Go south!!"

At all times, "personality worship" is an important weapon to stimulate the epitome of powerful creatures - the human group - to burn themselves.

At the call of Fujiwara no Kanezane, the entire Manchukuo army rushed in all directions, taking the opportunity to clean up the former Northeast Army within, while starting to fight back against this "Northeastern Counteroffensive" that no one cared about at the beginning.

The first to suffer was Shen Honglie's Qingdao National Army Navy - as expected, they ran into the "retired navy" led by Kudo Shunsaku and Kimura Masafuku in the Bohai Bay. After having one warship and several small boats sunk, they simply got away.

To be able to serve in the navy, one must have some cultural knowledge, which means that they like to think more than ordinary people. After the massacre broke out, many naval officers and soldiers began to doubt the legitimacy of this trip, and the morale of the army had long been unstable.

In the northeast, Ma Zhanshan, who had received advance notice, faced a "huge" "powerful enemy" of 800 people, and his troops once again "collapsed at the first touch" and "escaped" to the mountains on the border between the Soviet Union and Manchukuo;

However, on their way to escape, they "incidentally" beat up Xie Wendong of Tulong Mountain, who had betrayed them, and killed and injured many of the 3 bandits they had finally gathered, making them so angry that they jumped up and cursed:

"My money! My money!"

This time, the two sides had completely formed a mortal feud, and they often fought each other, causing great unrest in the northeastern region of Manchukuo and the border with the Soviet Union.

Later, the commander of the Kwantung Army, Muto Nobuyoshi, asked Fujiwara Kanezane whether to deal with it, but Fujiwara Kanezane waved his hand:

"We have to suppress the bandits anyway. If we let the anti-Japanese troops help us, wouldn't we have to spend money or effort?"

"Your Highness is wise!" This is what happened later.

Next came Su Bingwen's troops in the northwest. Since they were too far away and the Nenjiang River had not yet frozen over, which was not conducive to the transportation of military supplies, and he was not the main force, Lord Fujiwara decided to ignore him for the time being.

The same is true for Yan Xishan's troops in Shanxi and Li Desheng's troops in Shaanxi - the political significance of waving flags and shouting slogans is far greater than the military significance.

Therefore, the real enemy forces that Fujiwara no Kanezane had to face on this trip were actually the National Army in Jinzhou area and the National Army in Rehe area.

The Kuomintang troops in Jinzhou were smart. When they found out that public opinion had become such a mess, they knew they had caused a big disaster and retreated back to the interior in a panic. Naturally, the counterattack was completely ruined.

Most of the 4th Division was assembled near Jinzhou, and with the support of the Manchukuo Navy, it monitored the Kuomintang army on the opposite side, attracting almost all attention.

Then, it was the turn of the 386th Brigade, the real main force and the only "national army" allowed to step out of the "Manchukuo border." (The Japanese army was nominally invited to "help with training")

Their target is Rehe.

Because Jinzhou had been a "buffer zone" for a long time, the people had already fled. The Kuomintang troops coming from Rehe were the main culprits of the "Northeast Massacre."

However, judging by the terrain, attacking Rehe from the northeast to the south is basically a plain attack on a mountainous area, which is extremely disadvantageous to the attacker. The only route is the Jinzhou-Qinhuangdao line.

If you want to take Rehe, you must first take Shanhaiguan, and then use a large army to attack from all sides and wipe out all the national troops outside Chengde - this is what the Japanese army did in history.

But that's history.

How could the great Lord Fujiwara take the ordinary path?

Looking at Fujiwara Kanezane who was sorting out his equipment, Chen Kui looked worried: "...Although I know you have played this many times..."

"What are you afraid of? When have I ever done anything without considering the consequences?"

Fujiwara Kanezane stretched out his arms with his back to Chen Kang. The agent checked the quality of his equipment and said nonchalantly:

"The better you fight and the faster you reach Rehe, the safer I will be!" "But..."

"Okay, don't worry. The Nationalist troops in Rehe are just a bunch of scum and trash. Maybe they'll surrender if you attack them?"

Fujiwara Kanezane turned around and said with a sly smile:

"Chen Ying, Chen Hui, you will become the first puppet army general in Chinese history to successfully invade North China."

Damn it, please make sure I write this part of the Party’s history in a big and detailed way.

It’s so fucking exciting.

It’s more exciting than climbing my wife’s peaks and exploring her valleys at night, and being beaten by her.

Hehehehehehehe..

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot to ask, who are the three captains under you now?"

"Oh, it's Zhao Qimin, Zhang Zongsun, and Li Da. They were all sent by the Party Central Committee. They don't know me... Also, Shaanxi recently sent someone named Xu Quanzhong. He's quite capable, and I plan to make him my..."

"Alright, alright, no need to report to me. I don't interfere with these trivial matters. I was just asking casually."

"Hmm... Alas, it would be better if Chen Xilian and Wang Jinshan were here, they would be more convenient to use..."

"You are thinking..."

While we were talking, HK416 came in to report:

"Commander, the troops are ready." "OK."

Fujiwara no Kanezane made a gesture, strode out of the room, walked onto the runway, and looked at the 128 people standing in a neat row in front of him and saluting him.

The goggles on each person's head and the submachine gun in their hands sparkled, but their faces were hidden behind black masks, making it impossible to see their expressions. Only their eyes were burning with the flames of pride and loyalty.

This was a force he had carefully selected, including Japanese, Chinese, Koreans and Russians. The only thing they had in common was that they had all renounced their respective nationalities, joined the "Manchukuo", and could all speak Chinese.

This time, Fujiwara no Kanezane did not make any speech. He simply raised his head slightly and waved his hand:

"Manchukuo's First Airborne Combat Group! Depart!"

389 loses if you don't have one. Remember, don't speak Japanese!

“…Woo.”

In the evening, a shrill air raid sirens sounded over Chengde, the capital of Rehe Province in the Republic of China.

The civilians and soldiers in the city all looked up at the northeastern sky in astonishment. If there had been an air raid, it could only have come from there.

Sure enough, soon a terrifyingly large air force appeared in sight.

Well...actually there were only more than 60 aircraft in total, but for the Chinese side during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it was already an extremely terrifying number.

In the historical "Rehe War of Resistance", the Japanese army dispatched more than ten aircraft, which was called by the Nationalist government as "the first large-scale aircraft participation in combat in the history of the War of Resistance"!

Don't think that this is only the case in China. After the war, all major newspapers in poor imperialist Japan, without exception, put the pilots' photos on the front page as heroes.

To be honest, it is no wonder that countries like Britain and the United States looked down on the Agrarian Revolution, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, viewing them as a fight between weaklings and ignoring the warnings from New China.

Back to the point.

In history, more than ten planes were enough to make the national army suffer. Now more than 60 planes have come over Chengde, and the panic caused can be imagined.

After all, the Air Force is the "knight" of the new era, and even if the "farmers" with "dung forks" try their best, they can hardly hurt it.

So, does Chengde have an air defense force? The answer is yes and no.

According to Tang Jingwu, Tang Yulin's chief of staff, Tang had ordered the construction of suitable areas on high ground, such as the Yunshan Mountains surrounding the palace, the northern mountains of the city suburbs, and the mountains behind Jiuxian Temple. These areas were equipped with heavy machine guns and formed an anti-aircraft firing network.

But Tang emphasized that the main purpose of this measure was to demonstrate an active attitude of preparing for war and to boost the morale of the military and civilians, and its air defense purpose was secondary.

Weapons are controlled by people, and the Tang tribe in Rehe...

When the Manchukuo planes approached, the anti-aircraft troops grabbed their guns and fled without even looking back!

It should be emphasized that the so-called "own gun" does not refer to the heavy machine gun or standard pistol used for prevention and control, but the smoking gun.

In order to enjoy luxury, Tang Yulin amassed a fortune in Rehe Province. The most famous of his deeds was the cultivation of opium, which was even sold well in the country and was known as "Rehe soil". It once overshadowed southern products.

If the superiors are like this, it goes without saying how arrogant the soldiers are. Smoking opium has even become a fashion, and those who don't smoke are considered weird.

With so many planes, can we win?

It's impossible to win!

You know we don't have that ability! So what are we waiting for if we don't run away?

Are we waiting for a plane to drop a bomb and kill us?

Therefore, the Manchukuo Air Force successfully broke through the outer so-called "air defense network," leaving the city's defenders without any warning. When they saw the planes, they only had time to sound the alarm before they panicked and fled.

As usual, the next step is to drop bombs! With so many planes, the number of bombs must be terrifying! Brothers, run!

Tang Yulin was no exception. He led his personal guards and hurriedly hid in the basement, not even going to command the troops.

In the eyes of outsiders (including the Kwantung Army), the so-called "Tang Dahu, the bravest general of the Fengtian Army who resolutely resisted Japan" had actually long become a piece of rotten dog shit.

(Before the attack on Rehe, except for Zhang Xueliang and others who understood the situation, most Japanese and all of China believed that Tang Yulin, who had publicly rejected the Japanese puppet regime's attempts to recruit him, would fight to the death. However,...)