Age of Rebirth

On the night of May 23, under the command of the commander, the Soviet soldiers who had been fighting all day dragged their tired bodies, set up a bonfire, boiled the snow, and poured snow water on the fortifications after cooling down. As soon as the cold wind blows, it immediately freezes into a solid ice wall.

During daytime battles, Soviet soldiers tasted the sweetness of fortification protection. Without these ice walls, they might be one of those corpses. During the whole process, political commissars at all levels were not even used to encourage them, nor did they need to be "forced" by officers. The actions of the soldiers carried a lot of self-consciousness. They had experienced the cruelty of fighting during the day. Soldiers know more about the importance of fortifications.

At this time, the Japanese troops who had been fighting all day and were battered and bleeding did not rest and were preparing for tomorrow's attack. Nearly 200 million Japanese soldiers did not know that their commander-in-chief Prince Guan Zairen, an urgent telegram has arrived at the headquarters. Don't even think about resting tonight.

General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, held the order from the headquarters in his hand, and his eyebrows were knit together. Although the Kwantung Army only dispatched five or four divisions in the battle during the day, from the rear of the Soviet position Therefore, the battle in this direction was far less intense than the frontal battlefield, but General Nanjiro was not idle either. The reinforcements from the Soviet army came, and he had a premonition that the Kwantung Army would soon be all overwhelmed.

Therefore, General Nanjiro sent all the staff of the headquarters to the main attack direction to observe the progress of the battle, and he himself, regardless of the danger, followed a wing and approached the Soviet position less than 1000 meters away. He carefully observed the defense situation of the Soviet army's position. General Nanjiro never dared to take it lightly for his old opponent Zhukov who had been fighting for several years.

When he saw that the ice and snow fortifications that had been erected almost overnight, stretched out along the vast snow field, like an ancient city wall, refracted and dazzled his eyes under the bright sunshine of the Far East When the sun was shining brightly, General Nanjiro couldn't help admiring Zhukov's military genius, who would use local materials, turn ordinary into magic, and use ice and snow to build an indestructible defense system.

General Nanjiro had a premonition that the Far East Dispatch Army and the North Korean Garrison troops might not be able to take advantage of today's main attack direction. The facts were as he expected. After paying 10,000+ casualties, even a Soviet army There was no breakthrough in the positions, and the direction of the Kwantung Army's attack also encountered the same problem. In front of the Soviet Army's ice and snow fortifications, the Kwantung Army's powerful artillery fire only exploded a few pieces of broken ice.

General Nanjiro was lying on the snow. When he saw that his soldiers rushed up like a tide, they fell on their backs in front of the icy fortifications, and then, under the heavy rain of Soviet troops, they turned After turning into bloody corpses, General Nanjiro decisively ordered the infantry to stop attacking, but continued to bombard the Soviet positions with artillery fire to attract Soviet troops.

It was not the main direction of attack, and the campaign headquarters did not require it. The Kwantung Army broke through the Soviet defensive positions, and General Nanjiro decisively stopped the attack. Therefore, compared with the two frontal attacking troops, the losses of the Kwantung Army were minimal. However, General Nanjiro was not happy. If Zhukov’s ice and snow defense line was not broken through in an effective way, the Imperial Army would come back at an astonishing price. Moreover, the campaign to encircle and annihilate the Soviet Far East Front Army would be greatly extended. With reinforcements from the two fronts of the Soviet Union overwhelmed, delaying the end of the battle would be very detrimental to the empire. [

At this time, General Nanjiro had already considered the overall situation from the perspective of the commander-in-chief of the campaign. He believed that Prince Zairen was undoubtedly an excellent commander, and he could be too inferior. Of course, It also implied the meaning of fighting for the Minneiguang faction. Before returning to the headquarters, he gave the following order to the artillery commander of the Kwantung Army: "All artillery groups affiliated to the Kwantung Army must continuously bombard the Soviet positions. , especially concentrated on one point, to reach the saturation level of artillery fire!"

General Nanjiro intends to look at the degree of damage caused by the artillery fire under the saturated bombardment to Zhukov's ice and snow defense system, so as to find a breakthrough. Therefore, the Kwantung Army did not worry about lack of medicine.

When it was dark, General Nanjiro was very frustrated with the phone call from the artillery commander, "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, according to your order, I have specially organized an artillery group with eighty 150mm caliber howitzers. A three-hour bombardment was conducted on one of the Soviet positions. The result was disappointing. The damage to the Soviet defense system was not ideal. Moreover, the broken ice blocks that were blown up became obstacles to the infantry's charge. obstacle."

General Nanjiro put down the phone in a bad mood, and admired Zhukov very much. A defense system based on local materials actually made nearly 200 million troops of the Japanese Empire helpless. The troops attacking in the direction are not much better!

The staff officers who observed the attack of other troops confirmed this by calling back, and the casualties paid by the main attacking troops made General Nanjiro surprised for a long time, and then felt distressed. Although it was not his own troops, it was 10,000+ Imperial soldiers!

When it was time to eat dinner, General Nanjiro still didn't think of the solution. He locked himself in a tent and didn't even feel like eating dinner. The ice and snow defense line would bring huge casualties to the Kwantung Army. The Kwantung Army, which has been greatly injured, can no longer afford to toss!

General Nanjiro was walking anxiously in the tent, each method came to his mind, and then he was denied again. At this time, there was a voice of talking outside the tent, and the movement was quite loud, and he was disturbed General Nanjiro, who was thinking about it, was very displeased. He had already told the guards that no one should approach the tent within 200 meters. How could someone come over?

"Who is making noise outside?" General Nanjiro roared angrily towards the outside.

The curtain of the tent was lifted, and a lieutenant leading the squad came in, stood upright, and saw His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, with an expression of anger on his face, trembling with fright, he said, "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, is Yokota Maezan, the captain of the Forest Combat Team directly under the headquarters. Colonel, I have something important to ask to see you, we have told him your order, but Colonel Yokota insisted on seeing you, we stopped him, a quarrel broke out, and the rest of the commander-in-chief was interrupted, please deal with it!"

"Huh?" General Nanjiro rolled his eyes suspiciously. This Colonel Yokota Maeyama, I have some impression of this person, but he is not a very outstanding officer. There are a lot of them, and with only one commander, I can't get into my own eyes. The reason why I have some impression of this person is because Yokota has set up some kind of forest combat team.

This mountain forest combat team is still his predecessor. What Nobuyoshi Muto left behind was specially set up to deal with the [***] Anti-League. Nobuyoshi Muto was very concerned about this and took care of it in many ways. It is said that in an operation in the mountains of South Manchuria, he almost killed Tang Qiuli, the now famous and number one enemy of the Japanese Empire, the Chinese man Tang Qiuli.

However, General Nanjiro is not interested in this. It is strength that determines the outcome of a war. I don't believe it. What role can a forest combat team with only a few hundred people play on a battlefield where hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting? Well, General Nanjiro, who advocates fighting in large corps, naturally wouldn't take such a child's trick to heart. The reason why he didn't disband the forest combat team was all for the sake of his predecessor Nobuyoshi Muto.

He is also a member of the Mi cabinet, and has been in charge of the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army successively. It is not good for him to deny everything of his predecessor as worthless as soon as he takes office. That guy Muto is unlucky enough. He comes and goes, this mountain forest The battle team was actually retained. Of course, because the new commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army didn't want to see him, Yokota's forest battle team, from the previous darling, was reduced to an inconspicuous little role and was completely marginalized.

This Colonel Yokota is also a strange person. He doesn't pay much attention and doesn't complain. You will be dismissed from the base camp if you pass the side door, right?"

Originally, I was in a bad mood today. There was no need to see this unremarkable Yokota. I remembered this person because of the existence of the nondescript forest combat team. The head of the guard, drive that guy away, a guy who has never fought a regular battle, can have something important, General Nanjiro feels funny in his heart. [

"Tell him, I don't have time, what's the matter, go talk to the chief of staff!" The head of the guard stood at attention, and was about to go out, when suddenly, General Nanjiro's heart moved, "This Yokota, usually doesn't come to him, he is with the headquarters. The other officers in the army are not gregarious, just like a lone wolf, and now, they suddenly ask to see themselves, is there really something important?"

Thinking of this, General Nanjiro suddenly became interested in meeting Colonel Yokota, and ordered, "Let him in!"

As soon as the curtain of the tent opened, a tall and thin senior officer came in with steady steps, stood at attention with a "snap", and made a standard military salute, "Report to the commander in chief, Yokota Maeyama, captain of the forest combat team directly under the general headquarters of the Kwantung Army ask to see!"

With a steady voice and a loud tone, General Nanjiro looked at Yokota with great interest, but there was nothing surprising about it, but the guy's eyes were gloomy and scary, "Master Yokota, do you have something important to do? See me?" he asked.

((To be continued.)

〖∷Update fast∷∷Plain text∷〗