Chapter 365: The Far East Adventure (Part 2)

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Through the secret telegrams deciphered by the intelligence department, Zhang Xuewu was very sure that the Japanese overall strategy might have made some adjustments. The Japanese seemed to intend to put pressure on the Soviet Union, because the Japanese stubbornly believed that as long as the Soviet Union stopped giving Zhang Xuewu the necessary aid, Zhang Xuewu's tenth war zone would become vulnerable.

The reason why the Japanese were unwilling to admit that they were defeated by Zhang Xuewu was that they always believed that the so-called Yamato nation was higher than the Chinese nation. The Japanese's pride made them cry and find various reasons and excuses in the face of a disastrous defeat. If it weren't for the Soviet artillery and artillery shells, and the fighter jets created by the Soviets to help Zhang Xuewu, Zhang Xuewu would never be able to defeat the powerful imperial Kanto Army.

Therefore, Umezu Mijiro and Ishihara Kanir decided to launch the Far East plan step by step, but the Kanto Army has always been characterized by Gunko and playing the piano randomly, so this time is no exception. Ishihara Kanir became a fortune by disobeying order Gunko and became famous. Therefore, the staff at all levels of the Kanto Army took Itagaki Seishiro and Ishihara Kanir as role models. Why are you allowed Ishihara Kanir and Itagaki Seishiro taking the opportunity to take the lead?

So there was a big problem in a place that Umetsu Mijiro and Ishihara Kanir could not imagine. This problem seemed to be what Zhang Xuewu had been looking forward to for a long time. In a place where Zhang Xuewu was familiar with but didn't care about the great changes in history, Zhang Gufeng, also known as Daoshan, is called "Zaozernaya" in Russian, which means the highland on the other side of the lake.

Its geographical location is in North Korea. There is a place that cannot be found on a military map of even one-fifty thousand at the junction of the Soviet Union and China. Its mountains originate from Tianchi, Changbai Mountain. The rolling Tumen River flows from the Hassan Lake and Zhanggufeng is a strategic location overlooking Vladivostok from the east. Vladivostok is the only unfreezing military port in the Soviet Union.

At the end of June 1938, three months after Zhang Xuewu defeated the large-scale attack of the Japanese Kanto Army, Japan's Kanto retreated in Jinzhou and had to be bombed. A small team of the Soviet army unexpectedly suddenly occupied Zhanggufeng and began to build fortifications on the mountain and lay out barbed wire.

The Japanese who have already classified the Northeast as the puppet Manchukuo and regarded North Korea as their colony no longer do it? The Japanese believe that the Soviet army occupied Zhang Gufeng and had a strategic location that could control North Korea and Northeast China. However, since the Japanese army was preparing to defend the attack of the Zhongzhao team in Xuzhou, and had to face the thunderous counterattack in the 10th War Zone of Zhang Xuewu in Manchuria and North China, the Japanese troops frequently mobilized. Judging from the deployment of troops, it is difficult to conflict with the Soviet army on a large scale in the short term.

Moreover, the actions of the Soviets also scared the Japanese, because if the Soviet Union's move was not a temptation, it would prove that the Soviet Union could not compromise with Japan, and the Soviet army might cooperate with Zhang Xuewu to recover the former land in the Northeast. Therefore, the Japanese side was eager to know whether the Soviet Union's true attitude was temptation or preparation before the attack. Although the difference between the two was not large, its true meaning was a slight mistake.

The Soviets were strong in the first move. The Japanese wartime base had to order the Japanese Kwantung Army to enter a first-level combat readiness state. At the same time, the cabinet instructed Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union to mediate with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union made it clear that it was impossible to withdraw from Zhang Gufeng. Therefore, Shigemitsu's diplomatic mediation fell into a deadlock, saying that Zhang Xuewu always believed that the so-called Yamato nation of the Japanese was actually a lowly species. He often took the initiative to talk to others and was slapped in the face. If you want to talk to him, then what awaited you was also slapped in the face. A nation that didn't even know etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame, would be good if it didn't eat raw meat and drink blood, and still hoped to be a civilized person? It was really too difficult!

Influenced by the surging patriotic movement in the country, the Japanese army's wartime base was determined to give the Soviets a warning to recapture Zhang Gufeng by force. At the same time, in order to avoid further expansion of the situation, the war was led to the northeast, thereby affecting the situation in Central China, which was a decisive battle with the Chinese team, the base camp ordered the Japanese troops stationed in Korea to complete this task.

On July 7, the Kwantung Army listened to the telegram from the Soviet Poshet security captain to Lieutenant General Sugolov in Khabarovsk, and judged that the Soviet army was trying to occupy the western highlands of Xiangshan Cave, more than ten kilometers northeast of Zhanggufeng. He immediately informed the Korean army. General Koisa Kojiki, commander of the Korean army, immediately ordered the Hunchun garrison team and the local secret agencies to conduct verification and investigation, and ordered the 19th Division of the Korean army and the Hunchun garrison team to pay attention to the security, and immediately the battle was densely covered with clouds on the border.

Almost all the Japanese moves in the Northeast cannot escape Zhang Xuewu's underground intelligence network. The intelligence network built by spending more than 10 million oceans and three million US dollars in three years summarizes the entire Northeast. Many senior puppet army officers are members of their organization. It can be said that Zhang Xuewu can understand every move of the Japanese army in the Northeast.

In fact, Zhang Xuewu checked the map many times. Zhang Gufeng is located at the southernmost end of Hunchun County, the puppet Manchukuo, facing the border between Tumen River and the Soviet coastal prefectures. Hunchun County is included in the defense capital of the Korean army, not under the jurisdiction of the Kwantung Army.

Lieutenant General Tatsuka Takagizang, the commander of the 19th Division of the Japanese Army, was called a general who was active and daring. The commanders of the subordinate regiments were also strong. After receiving the command of the command, the soldiers of the division were influenced by the Central Military Department's idea of ​​illegally crossing the border with strength, and were eager to make a comeback. They even had preparations but did not go to the court, and wanted to burn the war into the Soviet Union. The Kwantung Army was indeed beaten by Zhang Xuewu, but the troops stationed in Korea who were in good condition only transferred more than 70,000 Japanese Koreans to die. The troops stationed in Korea were still extremely despised as always, and believed that the Kwantung Army was not worthy of the flower of the Imperial Army!

According to the judgment of the Japanese General Staff Headquarters, the Soviet army suddenly sent troops to occupy Zhang Gufeng, which had been in frequent contact with many people for a long time, and firmly ensured the intention of the place. From a global perspective, it was not to fight against Japan seriously, but to restrain the Japanese army's battle in the Central China.

At the same time, it is also to prepare for the war against Japan, threatening the Japanese combat railway leading to North Korea and East Manchuria, and to reconnaise the Japanese military's preparations for combat against the Soviet Union. In addition, it is also possible that due to the recent incident of the National Political Security Minister General Liushkov fleeing in Northeast China and the demonstration tactical cooperation in order to regain the prestige of the Far East Red Army, the diplomatic negotiation policy of the Japanese wartime base camp was to demand the Soviet Union with withdrawal. In case of prevention, the high school general of the 19th Division of the Korean Army approaching this area was to quickly dispatch the troops to create an oppressive situation for the Soviet army. It should be noted that the division is permanently located in northern North Korea, and its mission is to prepare for possible provocations in the Soviet Union, rather than fighting against China.

However, the Japanese base camp suddenly changed its policy during the war, trying to test the Soviet Union's attitude, that is, it planned to play dangerous tricks. The Japanese base camp believed that in such a narrow area, neither side could send a large number of troops to fight decisively, and therefore would not lead to a large-scale war between Japan and the Soviet Union. Therefore, even if the entire division of the 19th Division was destroyed, it would be irrelevant. This was a great opportunity to show the Soviet Union's strength. However, the so-called wise decision of the Japanese base camp was unlucky.

To this end, the Military Advisory Department of the Puppet Manchukuo specially convened the captains of the border surveillance team to convene a top-secret military meeting. This meeting was a nature that excluded all traitors. Afterwards, the traitors who were under the Northern Advisors should be mentally prepared and pass the orders to the level of the security team, requiring two shrewd officials, preferably those who speak Manchu, require more ideological education, and for the first time, they can be selected from the palaces of ministers in Manchukuo, requiring further understanding of the thoughts of these people and that they can be used as screening work. The rest of the matters are handed over to the command of the First Consultant Palace, the First Consultant Palace, the Nagashima Consultant Palace.

Moreover, the Japanese can also prepare thousands of military uniforms of the puppet Manchukuo for the Kwantung Army and the North Korean army. It can be said that the Japanese are specialty of playing scoundrels in the club. In the name of Manchuria, they can play a role in deterring the Soviet Union and directly avoid direct confrontation between Japan and the Soviet Union. The Japanese are used to doing things to cover up their ears, so they don’t feel embarrassed at all.

The conflict between the Japanese and Soviet armies of Zhanggufeng was not large in scale, even smaller than in history. Only thousands of Japanese troops stationed in Korean and Kwantung were beaten by the Soviets. Compared with Nomenkan in history, Zhanggufeng was just a small appetizer for both Japan and the Soviet side.

On the one hand, he wanted to scare the other party, and on the other hand, he was always used to taking advantage of the situation. How could the Russians who like to take advantage of the chaos and give up the good opportunity of the Japanese being disregarded? Zhang Xuewu had only a meaning of dependence on the Soviet side but did not feel close to letting him go. The Soviets were very unhappy about this. Stalin did not like Zhang Xuewu, a very nationalist faction representative. With the help of the Soviet Union, the Tenth War Zone seemed very powerful, but in Stalin's view, this strength was like an ants and an elephant competing strength.

Although an ants can fight for a thousand pounds and lift something dozens of times larger than his body, an ant is an ant after all, and an elephant is an elephant. There is no comparison between the two!

The Japanese and the Soviets were testing each other. The Soviets took the opportunity to eat more, while the Japanese wanted to scare the Soviets, let the Soviets show some sincerity at the negotiating table and cut off the military aid to support Zhang Xuewu's troops in the 10th War Zone. However, the helpless thing was that the Imperial Japanese Army was too vulnerable and could not defeat the Soviets on land, so the Japanese had the idea of ​​the navy. Compared with the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Soviet Navy was indeed not an opponent of the same level.

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