Age of Rebirth

General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, after receiving the news that the attack was blocked by various attacking troops, said, "Is Zhukov finally willing to turn back?" Hearing it in the ears of several senior staff officers of the general headquarters, it was a bit inexplicable a feeling of.

This sentence has a lot of meaning. Judging from the current battle situation, there is almost no difference between the staff of the Kwantung Army General Headquarters and General Nanjiro himself. Taking advantage of the opportunity for most of the Soviet troops to withdraw from the battlefield, they adopted a surprise attack. The method, at the beginning, will definitely take advantage, but when Zhukov mobilizes troops to counterattack, the Kwantung Army's temporary advantage will collapse immediately. After all, the fact that the strength of the troops is obvious is obvious!

Moreover, except for General Nanjiro himself, no senior officer of the Kwantung Army is optimistic about this attack. The entire line of attack that gambled on the Kwantung Army's wealth and life, the worst expected result appeared. Next, the Kwantung Army blocked by the Soviet Army The various units of the army will face a fierce counterattack from the Soviet army. An ineffective attack will cost the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers in vain. What is the commander-in-chief's picture?

The situation on the battlefield began to turn unfavorable to the Kwantung Army. The calls and telegrams from various units, like a snowflake, flew to the headquarters, all of which were urgent news. The Soviet army began to counterattack. The eyes are fixed on General Nanjiro, the best way now is to stop the attack immediately, otherwise, you will suffer a big loss!

There was a smug smile on the corner of General Nanjiro's mouth, which seemed unfathomable. He turned a deaf ear to the sound of distress. Lieutenant General Matsuda Kenjiro, the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, couldn't bear it anymore. He walked up to General Nanjiro, bowed his head and whispered The reminder said: "Commander-in-Chief, the commanders of the frontline troops. I am still waiting for your order. The staff department suggests that the attack be stopped immediately and return to the original position!"

Seeing General Nanjiro's eyelids drooping and not making a sound, Chief of Staff Matsuda continued to suggest: "Commander-in-Chief, our offensive has achieved the desired effect and attracted a large number of Soviet troops to turn back. We will resolutely implement the order of the campaign headquarters. Now, we can also have an explanation for His Royal Highness Prince Zairen! Are you...? If we continue to fight, I am afraid that our casualties will be too heavy to be estimated!"

General Nanjiro opened his eyes.His gaze was full of beast-like sharpness.Huo Ran got up.Said: "Mr. Matsuda, immediately convey my order to all the attacking troops and retreat immediately, but be careful. Once the Soviet army stops counterattacking, resume the attack immediately. At the same time, order the second and third armies hidden in the second line And all of the Eighth Army. After receiving the order from the headquarters, immediately invest in the attack on the Soviet army!"

"This—?" Chief of Staff Matsuda was very confused and hiccupped. The commander-in-chief's order was a little hard to understand. The troops involved in the attack this time had more than [-] troops, involving more than a dozen divisions. How can it be easy to switch from retreat to attack, and the transition between offense and defense? Moreover, the three army units left on the second line are the last blood and bones of the Kwantung Army. Bener!

General Nanjiro saw that his chief of staff was puzzled, but he didn't scold him. After all, there are very few generals who can understand the situation of the battle and understand Prince Zainin's intentions, even in the Kwantung Army. , by himself, "Matsuda-kun, convey the order, and the result, sometimes, is not what it seems on the surface!" He said with an extremely gentle attitude.

Chief of Staff Matsuda Kenjiro, after saluting blankly but without hesitation, walked away quickly. The other senior staff members, seeing that the Chief of Staff had hit a soft nail, went to work on their own. The so-called busy work is nothing more than time. Just pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.

General Nanjiro closed his eyes halfway again, seemingly in deep thought, but in fact, in his heart, there were turbulent waves and the exhaustion after achieving his goal. Until now, General Nanjiro was the one who really admired Prince Zaihito General Nanjiro, who has always been self-confident and has high self-esteem, has never admired anyone so sincerely, not even his old boss and benefactor Mitsuko Mitsumi!

The strength of Prince Zairen lies in his precise grasp of the fighter planes. The time for the Kwantung Army to start its offensive coincided with the time when the Soviet Far East Front Army troops began to organize their withdrawal from the battlefield. Moreover, it was the Far East Dispatched Army and the North Korean Garrison Army. When the vanguard reached the periphery of the battlefield, the two combined to form an encirclement circle that had begun to take shape. Ordering the entire Kwantung Army to counterattack was a seemingly risky move, but it was actually an excellent move.

The Kwantung Army troops began to attack with all their strength. In order not to be copied and chased, Zhukov would inevitably invest more troops than the Kwantung Army troops to fight back. In this way, the goal of holding down the Soviet Far Eastern Front Army had been achieved. The current counterattack of the Kwantung Army has made the Kwantung Army's offensive troops, and the frontline brothers and feet, show signs of being unable to support it, but this was expected by General Nanjiro.

The cunning General Nanjiro, how can he not stay behind? The order he just issued is a magnetic tactic. When the Soviet Army counterattacks, the Kwantung Army troops will retreat. The Soviet Army counterattack stops, and the Kwantung Army troops resume their offensive. It's like brown sugar, clinging to the Soviet army tightly, and, once the three army units remaining on the second line are put on the battlefield, Zhukov will be forced to increase his troops again and fight back.

The purpose of holding the Soviet Far East Front Army firmly in place has initially achieved results. As for Chief of Staff Matsuda’s concerns, General Minamijiro did not take it seriously. The division heads of the Kwantung Army are all veterans of the battlefield, and they are all dedicated to them. The confidantes of the cultivated direct line have far more understanding and comprehension of their own orders than the staff of the general headquarters. They can naturally grasp the scale between offensive and defensive transitions. This is also the reason why the division does not have specific orders. !

Allowing the heads of each division to grasp the timing of retreat and attack by themselves will reduce the casualties of the troops. General Nanjiro was completely impressed by Prince Zaijin's strategy, and for the first time, he was the emperor's younger brother, and at the same time, The chief of staff of the headquarter of the leader of the hostile faction, had a subtle feeling in his heart that he would be able to use his talents better by fighting with such a commander!

General Nanjiro thought about it carefully, and felt that the way Prince Zaijin commanded the battle was strikingly similar to his own. Of course, it was just an idea. For this matter, he changed his court and joined Prince Zairen's sect. However, Prince Zairen's painstaking efforts to make Nanjiro have such a psychological change are undoubtedly a success!

On the current battlefield, there are already fireworks and blood flying everywhere. On all fronts, the soldiers of the Soviet Army and the soldiers of the Kwantung Army have reached the level of hand-to-hand combat. The artillery of both sides has lost the role of exerting its power. Generally speaking, the current Kwantung Army is at a disadvantage, although the Bushido spirit of the Yamato nation is vividly reflected in the soldiers of the Kwantung Army.

However, the bravery of the soldiers of the Kwantung Army could not make up for the gap in strength. The soldiers of the Soviet Army surged up endlessly like a wild wave. Bayonets were flying everywhere on the front hundreds of kilometers long. Intertwined with Japanese soldiers, the gleaming bayonet pierced each other's chest without hesitation under the gloomy sky in the Far East. When it comes to fighting bayonets, one-on-one, Soviet soldiers are definitely not soldiers of the Kwantung Army opponent.

The [-]-style rifle with a bayonet has an advantage in length. In addition, the soldiers of the Kwantung Army advocated blade charge and paid attention to the training of fighting and stabbing. As soon as they fought, the Soviet soldiers screamed and fell to the ground under the bayonet.

The Soviet soldiers who suffered a loss were stabbed so that they turned their backs and splashed blood. However, the Soviet soldiers who were beaten dizzy quickly found an effective weapon against the soldiers of the Kwantung Army. That is the standard equipment of the Soviet soldiers Engineer shovels, most of the military products of the Soviet Union at that time, were not flattering, crude and heavy. It is said that the engineer shovels were not light and heavy. Usually, when they carried them on their backs, the Soviet soldiers added five or six catties of weight out of thin air. .

For this reason, the Soviet soldiers complained quite a bit, but they dared not discard them. They dug fortifications in the field and relied on iron guys to save their lives. Function, the heavy shovel head is made of excellent steel, just like a small axe. In order to match the tall and burly soldiers, the wooden shovel handle is more than one meter long, and it is in the hands of a strong Soviet soldier. , Swing it up and breathe out the wind.

When the soldiers of the Kwantung Army were holding their heads in suspense, stabbing them fiercely with [-]-gun bayonets, the Soviet soldiers took out new weapons and slashed at them. The [-]th gun was almost cut off, and then, with the sound of the wind, the engineer shovel slashed down again. Mars appeared on the helmet of the Kwantung Army soldier, and there was a scream, and bright red blood gushed from the head under the helmet.

On the front line, there are clanging sounds of iron objects everywhere, the sound of bayonets entering the body, screams of dying soldiers, howling like wolves of soldiers on both sides, and splashes of blood from time to time. , the "da da" sound of the submachine gun firing shortly, the Kwantung Army soldiers rang the grenades on their bodies, and the loud "bang" sound of the Soviet soldiers dying together, bloody corpses everywhere, bright red blood, hell-like.

On the battlefield at this moment, there is no sound of rumbling artillery, but it is becoming more and more cruel, which is more shocking than the continuous artillery fire. Both the Soviet Army and the Kwantung Army have invested nearly one million troops, fighting on the hundreds of kilometers long front. On the ground, a desperate fight was going on, and the strong smell of blood could not be blown away even by the strong cold wind blowing from the Sea of ​​Okhotsk!

After fighting for more than an hour, the Soviet soldiers used engineering shovels, coupled with the superiority in numbers, to cut down the attacking Kwantung Army troops, turned around and retreated. After reporting the situation on the front line to the Far East Front Army Command, Commander Zhukov The general asked back in disbelief, "Has the Kwantung Army really retreated?"

(to be continued) (to be continued..)