Age of Rebirth

Prince Zairen, Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army Base Camp and Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Campaign, achieved his goal with a superb performance, and also fulfilled a senior staff officer named Yamada. Prince Zairen, who returned to the office, was absolutely in a calm mood. , It is not easy, the next move of the Soviet Far East Front Army weighs heavily on my heart.

He was waiting, waiting for a call back from General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army. From his inner feeling, Zairen believed that he could not completely control it. He had been operating in Manchuria for many years. It was not his own faction. Regarding his order, Nanjiro may have two reactions. One is that he feels that his order is definitely a murder with a knife, and directly stabs the matter to Koichi Minai.

Of course, just relying on Minai Koichi, he can't stop orders within his authority, but there is one person who can invalidate all his orders with one sentence, no bullshit, that person is his elder brother, Emperor Hirohito, who is afraid of Minai As soon as Guang agitated like a eloquent tongue, he asked his elder brother, the emperor, to retreat before the battle, and for himself, it would be a big trouble.

Zai Ren still understands the Emperor's elder brother. He is suspicious and self-willed by nature, but he is soft-hearted and lacks opinions. If Nanjiro insists on doing this, he has no choice but to take a risky move and dismiss Nanjiro as the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army. , replaced by Lieutenant General Tatsuaki Shinno, chief of staff of the campaign headquarters, so that his plan could be thoroughly implemented, but the sequelae were also very serious.

Furthermore, Tatsuaki Shinno had been at the headquarters of the Kwantung Army for some time, but according to his secret telegram, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Nanjiro, was a very difficult person for many years.The Kwantung Army was run up and down like an iron bucket, and water could not be poured in, so it was difficult for outsiders to get in. It was like an independent kingdom.He is very polite to himself, but in actual command, it doesn't work at all.

In other words, Tatsuaki Shinno, the chief of staff of the Lieutenant General of the General Command of the Campaign, was enshrined as a Buddha in the General Command of the Kwantung Army.Eat, drink, and entertain every day, just don’t get involved with the command of the Kwantung Army. They belong to the fancy but not useful type. Once Tatsuaki Shinno is replaced, I’m afraid it will be difficult to convince the public with Tatsuaki Shinno’s prestige and qualifications.I can't command those arrogant soldiers of the Kwantung Army, and my plan is still in vain.

What's more, Nanjiro can understand his painstaking efforts, analyze and consider his orders with the thinking of a commander of the imperial army with a strategic vision, and obey the overall situation of the battle.With the huge losses of the Kwantung Army, the Soviet Far East Front Army was delayed for two days to ensure the smooth progress of the Far East Campaign. If the command is excellent and the troops are used properly, the Kwantung Army may not be exhausted.

But the loss of soldiers will be certain, and no more than one-fifth of the soldiers can survive. Maybe they will be devastated because of this.Various possibilities were circling in Zai Ren's mind. There were periods of anxiety and excitement, and Prince Zai Ren, who had always been known for his calmness and demeanor as a general, burned.His heart felt like boiling, restless, he tore off the collar of his military uniform irritably, got up and walked forward.

The night was as dark as ink, without any stars, and the earth seemed to be held in a huge black pot, which was oppressive and depressing. The cold wind blowing from the Sea of ​​Okhotsk tore the branches of the trees outside, making a shrill scream. From Zairen's current position, there are only a few faint lights in the whole city, which are yellow and dim like will-o'-the-wisps, making this city in the Far East of the Soviet Union more and more desolate and depressed, without any vitality. [

At the gate of the headquarters, two sentries with [-]-type rifles were walking back and forth mechanically under the pale light, chatting and bewildered. Looking into the distance, it was pitch black, and Zai Ren was depressed. He retracted his gaze, pressed the electric bell fiercely, and a staff officer came in through the door cautiously, "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, what are your orders?"

Zai Ren gritted his teeth and said, "Notify the Confidential Office that all telegrams about the Kwantung Army will be sent to me as soon as possible, no matter how late it is!"

The staff officer agreed, stepped back and gently closed the door, Zairen turned off all the lights, then sat on a chair, buried himself in the darkness, closed his eyes, all he could do was wait, wait The commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Nanjiro, is waiting for a call back. What exactly is Zhukov doing?

In the Far East battlefield, even at night, the front line was still fiercely fought, with sparkling flames everywhere, and the sound of guns echoed in the open field. The fighting between the Japanese Kwantung Army and the Soviet Far East Front Army never stopped. However, whether Zhukov It was still Nanjiro, who maintained a certain degree of restraint and tried to avoid decisive battles. The fighting strength of both sides did not exceed 10,000+ people.

Amidst the rumbling cannons, General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, listened to the staff read the latest order of Prince Zaihito with a dull face. After fighting for more than a month, General Nanjiro is definitely one of the Japanese generals. Among them, the one who slept the least, from his expression, it could be seen that he was extremely exhausted physically and mentally.

The eye sockets are sunken, the eyeballs are covered with red bloodshot eyes, the face is haggard, sallow in the darkness, the lips are cracked and red bloodshot, and the messy stubble on his face has not been taken care of for at least ten days. The general's uniform is crumpled and covered with dust, and the three gold stars on the collar badge are also dim. If you look at it from the outside, it looks like a defeated general who has lost a battle and is running desperately all the way!

Only General Nanjiro's gaze was still cold and resolute, as fierce as a wounded wolf. For more than a month, Nanjiro knew what kind of life he was living. Every day was a non-stop battle, and every order he issued was also Fighting, fighting with more than [-] million Soviet troops with great disparity in strength, fighting from the Waixing'an Mountains to the plains between the Brea Mountains and the Kukan Mountains. He was not killed by Zhukov, and he is already the god of Amaterasu Blessed!

What I hear every day is the deafening roar of guns, the nose is filled with the choking smell of gunpowder and the strong smell of blood, and what I see is bloody corpses everywhere, stumps and broken arms, From the color of the military uniforms, there are Soviet soldiers, but most of them are soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Empire. General Nanjiro has become numb to this, just as he is moved by the casualties reported by various divisions every day. .

He was chased and beaten by the Soviet army for more than a month, with more than 180 million troops of the Kwantung Army, and less than 80. Nanjiro was already exhausted, all because of a fierce spirit, and the big Japanese The pride of the generals of the empire was strong there.

In fact, the entire Kwantung Army unit is struggling to support it with one breath. Although the Kwantung Army's losses exceeded two-thirds, Nanjiro was never discouraged or discouraged in his heart. My own pride, in the case of more than 400 million Soviet troops surrounded on all sides, reinforcements are far away, is there a general of the Great Japanese Empire, can he not be completely wiped out by the Soviet army, can he do what he is doing now, and retain the vitality of the Kwantung Army?

General Nanjiro is confident that any general in the empire can do this. He may have been eaten by the Soviets as early as ten days ago, blocking the only passage for the Kwantung Army to retreat into Manchuria. The hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops in Khabarovsk and Khabarovsk suddenly withdrew, opening up a lifeline for the Kwantung Army who was suspected of being on the brink of extinction. When you are born, you can all retreat into Manchuria, lick your wounds, recuperate, and restore your vitality!

However, an order from the General Staff Headquarters of the base camp made the Kwantung Army's bruised and bruised Kwantung Army's eagerness to breathe a sigh of relief turned into a coldness in their hearts, but the military order cannot be violated, so they had no choice but to turn around and hold on to the weakness that had lost too much blood. With a bit of arrogance, he fought with the Soviet Far East Front Army.

However, the situation of the Kwantung Army is much better than it was in the past. The main throats entering Manchuria have been blocked, and the Soviet troops in Birobidzhan and Khabarovsk have been withdrawn. The gunpowder has been sent to the Kwantung Army troops in a steady stream, and the three divisions composed of local garrison troops with more than [-] troops have also been enriched into the troops. General Nanjiro, who has regained some vitality, is confident that he can persist for a few more months.

However, Prince Zairen, the chief of staff of the base camp and the commander-in-chief of the Far East Campaign, issued another order. Moreover, this order was so unexpected. All troops were invested and a full-line attack was launched. Army troops, to fight the Soviet Far East Front Army desperately!

Inside the tent, the faces of more than a dozen senior generals of the Kwantung Army showed undisguised expressions of anger, and inexplicable flames of grief and indignation appeared in their eyes. They were all generals who led troops to fight, and they did not know the order of Prince Zairen. The implication is that the exhausted Kwantung Army, with less than 80 troops, took the initiative to attack the Soviet Far East Front Army, which had more than 100 million troops and did not suffer too much loss. In the end, no one doubts that the Kwantung Army troops will be defeated in this disparity in strength. In the attack of unequal strength, exhausted! [

"Kill someone with a borrowed knife!——Prince Zairen wants to follow Zhukov's hand and destroy the Kwantung Army!" The generals of the Kwantung Army suddenly had such thoughts in their hearts, and the reason couldn't be more obvious. Prince Zairen is the head of another faction, and the two factions are fighting openly and secretly, even the generals of the Kwantung Army who have been fighting overseas are well aware of it.

The anger in the hearts of the generals of the Kwantung Army was completely burned, betrayal, despicable betrayal!A major general of the Kwantung Army in his 40s stepped out of the queue and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief..." But the following words could no longer be said.

(to be continued...)