Age of Rebirth

Prince Zairen, Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army Base Camp and Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Campaign, made a decision beyond common sense and an unexpected appointment of personnel, which undoubtedly had a huge impact on the generals of the Japanese Army. Of course, those divisions Commanders of the Changhe Army, only envy and jealousy, and secretly hate themselves, why didn't they have such a chance to get shit luck, if I knew this, I might as well be in the conference room, find a fault, and fight against the guy who is usually not pleasing to the eye !

Different from those officers, including General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, they more or less saw some clues and had their own ideas. You have to think more about the label of Minnei Koichi faction!

In fact, General Tanaka was a little overwhelmed. At least so far, Prince Zairen has no intention of attacking the troops stationed in North Korea. Including the Kwantung Army, it is not good to act too hastily. Prince Zairen, who is used to playing tricks and tricks, knows that Yes, I know this way well, I will not make such a mistake, anyway, I am under my own hands, don't rush for a while, Xu Tuzhi, sooner or later, it will be in my pocket!

Lieutenant General Ryuzhao Shinno, Chief of Staff of the Far East Campaign Headquarters, had mixed feelings in his heart. An unknown Lieutenant General Haruhiko, his mother's ancestral grave smoked, dog urine moss turned over, turned into Ganoderma lucidum grass, climbed up The high position of the deputy commander of the Far East Expeditionary Army will take over the position of commander in a short time, while the chief of staff of his own headquarters will command the impromptu rear guard battle group. After a battle, will he be able to come back alive? , may not be known yet?

He is also a confidant of Prince Zai Ren, and he also grew up eating the rice of the empire. Why is the treatment so different? Lieutenant General Xin Ye felt sore.At the same time, he was also very puzzled, if it was said that this was an impromptu idea of ​​His Royal Highness, he would not believe it if he was beaten to death, so many things were done with a slap on the head?Didn't have a total in advance?

"Could it be His Royal Highness, these unreasonable decisions are all made by that guy. He has been away from the headquarters for long enough, and this guy has become His Royal Highness's confidant. According to his close friends, His Royal Highness is quite obedient to this guy. It means to find a reason to drive myself out of the campaign headquarters so that I can take over the position of chief of staff. It must be!" Lieutenant General Xinye thought like this, with a vicious look in his eyes.But he set his eyes on Major General Yamada, the head of the General Staff Headquarters.

Major General Yamada was as dead-faced as ever.I can't see any emotional fluctuations. In fact, I did not know anything about the series of unexpected decisions and personnel appointments made by His Royal Highness, even if I didn't hear anything.Of course, these have nothing to do with me. From an ordinary senior staff officer, he suddenly rose to the position of the third person in the Far East Campaign Headquarters.Major General Yamada was already very satisfied.

The reason for acting too hastily, Major General Yamada knows no less than Prince Zairen. When Lieutenant General Xinye's eyes swept over like a knife, Major General Yamada just glanced at him, then looked away, completely ignoring the eyes, bringing There are too many meanings, and if you conflict with such a person on such an occasion, you will lose your identity and leave a complete laughing stock. Some people are not worthy of being called opponents. It is best to ignore them directly. way!

However, while looking away, Major General Yamada sneered secretly in his heart, "Stupid guy, a series of mistakes is enough to ruin your future, and this time the release is a signal that His Royal Highness is alienating you. When I was in the army, this stupid guy who didn't know how much he was, was ruined for the empire!"

No matter how many unexpected things happened during the military meeting, and no matter how the senior Japanese generals who participated in the meeting had their own confidantes, after the meeting, the Japanese generals returned to the army as quickly as possible, according to the military meeting. Deploy, and start urgent action. On the snow-covered land of the Far East, Japanese troops can be seen everywhere. There are long marching columns, and the Japanese soldiers beat their footsteps like chicken blood!

The deployment of the encirclement of the Soviet Far East Front Army is proceeding step by step according to the deployment of the commander-in-chief Prince Zairen, and the rope around Zhukov's neck is getting tighter and tighter.

At this time, Zhukov could only wait anxiously. The urgent telegram sent to Moscow has not yet been answered, but he does not want to repeat it again. In the telegram, he has already made it very clear about the dangerous situation of the Far Eastern Front. Comrades and the General Staff will have a correct judgment, one emergency telegram after another, as if in constant panic, Zhukov disdains it!

Disdain is a kind of persistence in the heart of the proud, but it has no effect on the current battle situation. Stop the endless entanglement with the Kwantung Army troops, leave the battlefield, retreat more than [-] kilometers, and establish a blocking line , After the Japanese troops on both wings continuously squeezed the battlefield space of the Far East Front Army, Zhukov knew very clearly that the Supreme Commander of the Far East Japanese Army had completed the lore layout of his troops.

This arrangement completely shattered Zhukov's last front line, and the opportunity for the Jedi to counterattack. Just as Prince Zairen predicted, Zhukov was not a mediocre player. After confirming that Moscow would not order the Waixing'anling Front Army and the Baikal Front Army, he turned around and returned to aid. After that, there was indeed this plan. The content of the plan was very simple. It was the opposite. All the troops of the Far Eastern Front Army were concentrated to break through the positions of the Japanese Kwantung Army. After that, the entire army entered Manchuria and fought.

Although it is a plan that the Far East Front Army will eventually be annihilated, it is better than the ending of being besieged and killed by a large number of Japanese troops here. Zhukov has already made up his mind. Once Comrade Stalin does not approve the rescue, he will put all his eggs in one basket. It is also necessary to kill the Japanese in Manchuria, which has been operated by the Japanese for many years. At the very least, it will cause heavy damage to the Japanese before the entire army in the Far East is wiped out.

Zhukov rationally realized that it would be a dead end to continue to implement the original plan to withdraw to the direction of Chita and join the Outer Xing'anling Front Army. The heavy Japanese troops were concentrated in that direction. Hit head-on and fall faster. While waiting anxiously for Moscow's call back, he himself began to formulate a plan to attack Manchuria.

This plan, with a desperate final madness, if the Far Eastern Front Army goes all out to fight south, the Kwantung Army's current strength and strength cannot stop it. This is Zhukov's final swan song prepared for himself and the Far Eastern Front Army. If there are no reinforcements, the swan song will be performed on time.

This plan also took Zhukov's painstaking efforts. Amidst the rumbling cannons, he shut himself in a tent, thinking and weighing with all his might. The lives of soldiers, burning out the last flame, can cause the most serious damage to Japan's largest overseas occupied area, which is the last bit of contribution Zhukov can make to the Soviet Union and Comrade Stalin.

The premise of this plan is based on the fact that there will be no reinforcements, and Zhukov intuitively felt that there will be no reinforcements. A burst of soreness and pain hit his heart, "report to Comrade Commander, and receive the An urgent telegram from the troops!" Outside the tent, Lieutenant General Godayav, the chief of staff, sounded the sudden report, interrupting his train of thought and driving away his inner sadness.

Zhukov, whose train of thought was interrupted, raised his blue-gray eyes, which were full of red blood but still shining brightly, and couldn't help frowning. He looked at the tent curtain swinging in the wind, and quickly adjusted his mood, feeling a little uncomfortable. Joyfully shouted: "Comrade Godaev, come in!"

Chief of Staff Godayav opened the curtain of the tent, his face was flushed by the cold wind from the Far East, and his face was as haggard as Zhukov, "Commander, the frontline troops sent a telegram, reporting an abnormal situation, Japan, which has been maintaining an offensive posture The Kwantung Army suddenly broke away from the battle and withdrew its position to the south for more than [-] kilometers, and the frontline troops sent scouts to investigate and found that the Kwantung Army took advantage of the favorable terrain conditions to build a new blocking line in the retreating place!"

Zhukov took the telegram silently, read it again with a dull expression, raised his head, and looked outside the tent with a somewhat empty gaze. The wind was still expected to be cold in May, and the Far East sky was blowing darkly. He read the telegram again, and then, haggard His tired face turned gray and white, and the brilliance in his eyes disappeared instantly.

Weakly placed on the canvas marching chair, the telegram in Zhukov's hand quietly fell to the ground, and he was silent for a long time. Under the worried eyes of Chief of Staff Godayav, he picked up the shell box and put it on the box. The plan was torn into shreds page by page, and the scraps of paper were scattered like snowflakes. From the beginning to the end, Chief of Staff Godayav was watching all this in silence. He didn't know what to say?

"Alas!" A heavy and depressing sigh came from Zhukov's chest, as if filled with endless helplessness and unwillingness, he heard Chief of Staff Godayav's heart tremble, "The supreme commander of the Japanese army is the one who controls the battle situation." Master, he judged any adverse situation that might arise, and took preventive measures in advance, not even giving me the chance to fight my opponent!" Zhukov said to himself.

Chief of Staff Godayav instantly understood what Comrade Commander was doing shutting himself in the tent, his face was even paler than Zhukov’s, “Commander, your plan is that if there is no reinforcements, the Far Eastern Front will go to South attack, a desperate attack on Manchuria? And the Kwantung Army suddenly left the battlefield and retreated, just to prevent us from doing the opposite?"

Zhukov smiled miserably, nodded, and said, "However, the Japanese didn't even give me this chance. What we are facing is a terrible opponent, but it is definitely not the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army Nanjiro!"

"Chief of Staff, has Moscow returned the telegram?" Zhukov asked suddenly.

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