The next day, when Takeda received the news from the headquarters, he almost knelt down and called Kujoo Miyaki's father.

His failure in this operation was not only not subject to substantial punishment from the headquarters, but also allowed him to lead the team to annihilate the Chunjiang Hao Guerrillas.

And the headquarters has received the exact news that the Chunjiang Hao Guerrillas are operating in the forest west of Songyuan.

Moreover, due to the complex terrain of Songyuan area, the headquarters will draw troops from a mixed brigade from various places and an artillery corps to assist him in the battle.

Takeda felt that the head of the headquarters was so considerate, so who could he thank if he didn't thank Kujo Miyaki who was beside him?

At this time, Kujo Miyaki Kita naturally received the news. The amnesty for Takeda's negligence, including the transfer of so many troops to Takeda, was naturally because the headquarters considered his ideas.

Takeda thanked him at this time: "Kyujo, I really want to thank you this time, otherwise Uncle Takeda, I might be invited to the Military Law Office for tea. Hahaha!"

Kujo Miyaki said dismissively: "Uncle Takeda is too disgusting, it's just a simple task. So let's go?"

Takeda nodded and said, "Let's go to Matsubara first, and then figure out the local situation first. And even if we want to fight, we have to find talents first, right?"

Kujo Miyaki said proudly: "This is very easy. I brought the Shadow Wolf troops. You can leave it to them to collect information."

Takeda nodded again, and immediately ordered the troops to set off.

Although the two infantry brigades under Takeda were seriously injured after the battle of the Wugan Tribe, there is still a half-infantry brigade with a total number of more than 1,500 people.

Takeda simply formed them into an infantry brigade and took them to the direction of Songyuan.

Of course, Takeda's speed is not fast, because he is carrying a lot of food this time.

The food in Songyuan is already in short supply.

The Japanese in the city can only drink porridge every day now. If there are large-scale Japanese troops stationed in Songyuan, they may not even be able to eat their father.

Therefore, in order to solve the food crisis of the Imperial Army, Takeda brought a lot of food this time to prepare for the subsequent Japanese troops.

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At the same time, good news came from the Chunjiang Hao Guerrillas' garrison. With the full investigation of the party organization, Macrov's whereabouts were finally found.

Marklov was fighting at Zhanggufeng at this time, so he couldn't contact him.

And I also know about this battle Dragon Boat Festival.

On July 9, 1938, more than 10 Soviet soldiers came to Zhanggufeng, south of Hunchun County, Jilin Province to build fortifications. The Japanese Kwantung Army believed that the Soviet army had invaded the occupied territory of the Kwantung Army, so they reported to the headquarters, hoping to approve the use of force to expel the Soviet army.

The Soviet Union believed that according to the agreement of the Sino-Russian Hunchun border agreement, the Sino-Soviet border was on the top of Zhanggufeng, so the Soviet army had the right to enter Zhanggufeng.

In fact, Zhang Gufeng has always been China's territory. When Tsarist Russia signed the Treaty of Yuanhui with the Qing government in 1858, it deliberately used different texts of the treaty to secretly steal this area.

The Chinese text of the treaty shows that the demarcated national borders are east of Zhanggufeng, which itself is Chinese territory.

However, the Russian text of the treaty deliberately included the Zhanggufeng highland into Tsarist Russian territory.

But the Japanese in the headquarters believed that Zhang Gufeng was China's territory.

However, the Japanese headquarters considered that the Battle of Wuhan was in Central China and did not want a Japanese-Soviet conflict to occur immediately, so they replied to the Kwantung Army and the Japanese troops stationed in North Korea, asking them not to use force in Zhanggufeng and adhere to the principle of non-expansion of conflict.

But everything was not satisfactory. On July 15, a Japanese military policeman named Matsushima who was scouting near Zhanggufeng was discovered by the Soviet army and shot him dead on the spot.

The Japanese responded immediately and quickly transferred the two infantry brigades of the border troops and two artillery squadrons to Zhanggufeng.

Faced with the Japanese army's main transfer, the Soviet army also mobilized more troops to take the lead.

It was at that time that Marklov was transferred to Zhang Gufeng.

When Marklov arrived at Zhanggufeng, Zhanggufeng's preface position had been completed, and the total force reached three battalions.

At this time, Marklov discovered that Shacaoling, 2 kilometers north of Zhanggu Peak, had weak defense, so he sent an infantry platoon to build it.

But this scene was seen by the Japanese in charge of the investigation.

The Japanese scouts immediately reported to the headquarters, believing that the Soviet army was blatantly invading and challenging the patience of the Great Japanese Imperial Army, and the Great Japanese Imperial Army must react now.

Although the officers of the Japanese headquarters once again emphasized in the telegram that they should not expand conflicts at the Zhanggufeng border, they also vaguely stated in the telegram that the troops stationed in the border could be handled cheaply based on the on-site situation.

Such inconsistent telegrams encouraged the Japanese stationed in the border to act without authorization.

So, the Japanese troops stationed in the border immediately sent troops to attack the Soviet army on Zhang Gufeng, allowing the Soviets to taste the power of the Japanese army.

Of course, the Japanese were not fools. They knew that the Soviets were not easy to mess with, so before the attack, the Japanese officer issued an order: they could attack Zhang Gufeng and Sha Caofeng, but after the capture, they could only move to the defense on the spot and could not attack the Soviet Union.

So under the absolute firepower of three infantry brigades and four 150MM cannons, Marklov's troops suffered a great loss.

At this time, Marklov was a little worried. However, he was still surprised and happy when he heard the news of Dragon Boat Festival.

Surprised that he did not expect that the Dragon Boat Festival brothers could find themselves in this way. He was glad that he knew the ability of Dragon Boat Festival. As long as he came up with a casual idea, his position could be recaptured.

But when they received the telegram from Marklov, Dragon Boat Festival did not want to help because they were fighting for China's territory.

Ma Ping'an also frowned slightly, but although he didn't want to help, he analyzed: "Now we need Macrov to get advanced weapons and equipment for us. If he refutes his face, it will be very unfavorable for us to purchase weapons and equipment."

Duan Duan nodded and said, "Yes, we have fought the Japanese twice in a row, and the Japanese must have come to take revenge. So we are in urgent need of supplementary weapons and ammunition, and we are also short of soldiers."

So the Dragon Boat Festival thought for a while and said, "Then I won't give him any advice. Just say I'm thinking about countermeasures, and then tell him about the situation here. Just say that if we can restrain the Japanese in large quantities, it will be very helpful to his battles. At least the Japanese dare not attack with all their strength to ensure that the Japanese dare not go deep into the Soviet Union."
Chapter completed!