Spy Wars: I have space, but I choose to work alone

As the internal report on the Yasha incident circulated within the Japanese army, it caused widespread discussion within the army, with the most intense reaction coming from the Kwantung Army stationed in the Northeast.

They claimed to be the flowers of the Locust Army. On the one hand, they were furious that the Shanghai garrison compromised with the Yakshas who offended the dignity of the Locust Army. On the other hand, they were ready to take action against the Far Eastern Army, which had been eyeing them covetously, because of the Yakshas who were judged to have a Russian background.

On the Northeastern front line against the Russians, the commander of the 19th Division of the Kwantung Army and the commanders of several adjacent divisions in the defense zone gathered together for a drink.

As the geishas sang and played music, several division commanders each hugged a woman in a kimono whose face was painted as white as a ghost, and drank happily.

Only Lieutenant General Nagao Takake, commander of the 19th Division of the Kwantung Army, seemed a little depressed. He ignored the woman beside him and just drank alone.

At this time, a division commander noticed that Longwei Gaogui was unhappy, guessed the reason, and advised:

"Nagao-kun, relax. This is just a small provocation from the Russians. Once the order from the headquarters comes down, we will teach those hateful Russians a lesson and show the huge combat power of our Empire Flower."

Nagao Takaki glanced at the division commander who was speaking with dissatisfaction, then looked at the geishas in the room, frowned and waved his hand.

The geishas who had been observing the important man quickly and sensibly left the room with their instruments, and the last one even considerately closed the door.

After all the geishas had left and only their own people were left, Nagao Takaki revealed a secret:

"Everyone, an old classmate of mine who works at the base called me yesterday and told me that the base has rejected our plan to counterattack northwards again."

This unexpected bad news immediately caused shouts of "Baka" and "Ma deer" to resound throughout the room.

"Those cowards in the headquarters said earlier that the Kwantung Army should remain patient and defend the precious land of Northeast China during the conquest war in the south."

"We, the Kwantung Army, have endured it for the sake of the overall situation. But now the Russians have openly crossed the border to provoke us, and sent out Yakshas to challenge the dignity of our entire Locust Army. Do we still need to endure it at this time?" A division commander said angrily.

Another division commander also said:

"That's right. I think there are treacherous officials in the headquarters who are deliberately suppressing our invincible Kwantung Army. They watched the people from the South capture cities and territories and establish supreme merits, while leaving the mighty and elite Kwantung Army sitting on the bench."

At this time, the Russians were watching the Nationalist government suffer defeat after defeat. If the ongoing Battle of Ezhou failed again, the Nationalist government would basically be completely finished.

The Russians became anxious. Once the Japanese army completely defeated the Celestial Empire, they would concentrate their forces to the north at any time to launch a large-scale military attack on the Russians.

In order to tie down the Japanese troops, respond to the ongoing Battle of Ezhou, and show the attitude of the Russians.

At the same time, in order to test the Japanese military attitude towards the Far East, the Russians decided to carry out a certain degree of military provocation against the Kwantung Army.

So on July 1938, 7, the Russian Far East Army entered the disputed Zhanggufeng area and built fortifications on the main peak.

On the 15th, three Japanese military police disguised themselves as Korean farmers, found two Korean farmers as guides, and swaggered to the front of the Russian army position in Zhanggufeng for reconnaissance. As a result, the fierce Russians opened fire and one Japanese military police was shot dead.

After this incident, the Japanese army and the Manchu government protested to the Russian government and demanded that the Russians withdraw their troops, but no actual action was taken.

The Japanese army's actions made Maozi feel reassured. Combined with the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs contact code obtained from Ma Liang not long ago, the Japanese government strictly ordered the Kwantung Army to exercise restraint.

The Russians concluded that the Japanese army had no intention of advancing northward, and the matter would have ended like this.

However, the Kwantung Army, which always prided itself on being the most elite army in the world, finally suppressed its ambitions under the comfort of the headquarters when it saw the Southern Army making supreme achievements, and honestly defended the Northeast for the sake of the overall situation.

Now that the Russians have taken the initiative to provoke, the Kwantung Army has made a military plan to occupy the Far East overnight. Now the headquarters suddenly says to continue to exercise restraint?

"Nani?"

After a burst of random venting, the Japanese army's traditional blood of defeating the strong with the weak was awakened.

After complaining for a long time, several ambitious division commanders suddenly became quiet and looked at each other. They all had thought of it, but no one dared to take the lead.

After all, the Russians are not the obedient Chinese who are easy to bully. The Japanese army had fought with the Russians not long ago and knew very well that the Russians were not easy to mess with.

This time they were not wearing military uniforms and were conducting reconnaissance in disguise, but they were still beaten to death by the fierce Russians. If a real fight breaks out, no one can afford it.

The scene was a little awkward for a moment, and no one dared to be the first to speak out.

The 19th Division of the Japanese Army was stationed in the Zhanggufeng area and was the unit that was directly provoked by the Russians.

The military police killed by the Russians were from the 19th Division. Lieutenant General Nagao Takaki knew that he would be the only one to take the blame.

He took a sip of wine, picked up his sword with a resounding step, turned his back to the flag of long-lasting military luck, drew his saber and held it upright beside his face, saying with a solemn face:

"Then let my 19th Division create a new pattern for the proud Kwantung Army!"

Seeing someone taking the lead, the scene suddenly became intense again:

"Well done!"

"This is the true spirit of Bushido!"

"You didn't bring shame to our Kwantung Army!" After a classic set of three-piece fire-adding tactics, several division commanders also made substantive promises.

"As long as Nagao-kun's 19th Division comes into conflict with the Russian Far East Army, my division will immediately respond, rush into the Russian territory, and achieve supreme martial arts!"

"My division too!"

"My division is the same!"

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After the flattery and practical promises of several division commanders, the commander of the 19th Division, Nagao Takaki, immediately became full of confidence in this operation and had a premonition that he would become a world-famous general.

It can be seen that the Japanese army was so arrogant and conceited at that time that they did not take any country seriously at all.

"Let all the geishas in!" At this time, Changwei Gaogui suddenly became sexually aroused.

The next night, the 19th Division found an excuse to launch a surprise attack on the Russians in the "disputed" area.

Since it was a case of the underdog conquering the superior, and had not been authorized by the headquarters at all, the Russians were unable to find any clues even with the advanced code provided by Ma Liang, and were caught off guard.

The Russians reacted quickly and immediately deployed a large number of tanks, heavy artillery, aircraft and other modern weapons. The Japanese army's weak equipment looked inferior in comparison.

The several divisions that had previously promised to follow the 19th Division in the assault, looking at the overwhelming artillery fire and the torrent of steel, would rather watch the th Division get beaten than dare to send out planes and tanks to engage the Russians head-on.

The whole process quickly turned into a one-sided beating for the 19th Division!

However, when Ma Liang passed the news of the fight between the Japanese and Russians to the National Government, the whole government was extremely excited. They all hoped that the Russians would have a fierce battle with the Kwantung Army to alleviate the heavy military pressure on the Celestial Empire.