Age of Rebirth

Sakai Sakai, Chief of the Operations Division of the Far East Campaign Headquarters of the Japanese Army, stared at Commander Haruhiko with wide eyes in astonishment. Will, now, the counterattacking infantry have been beaten to death by the Soviet soldiers, and urgently need artillery support?

"Your Excellency, the counterattacking infantry urgently needs artillery support. You should give orders to the artillery!" Sakai Sakai suggested respectfully but stubbornly.

Lieutenant General Haruhiko shook his head, and said indifferently: "Mr. Sakai, our artillery is too busy to take care of itself now, so how can we provide artillery support for the infantry!" As if to verify his words, the ground shook An unusual explosion sounded right above the shelter of the command headquarters, shaking the soil on the roof and falling down with a "crash", which landed on Haruhiko himself and Sakai Sakai's head and face.

Lieutenant General Haruyan didn't even have the mood to pat off the dirt on his body, and asked stubbornly, "Where is Chief of Staff Xinye?"

Sakai Sakai understood that it was not that the Commander did not want to support the infantry with artillery fire, but that he had no capital in his hands. Thinking of this, his face turned even paler, but the Commander's question still made him incomprehensible. Is that Xinye Chief of Staff so important?

"Your Excellency, Commander, just after the Soviet army began to attack, Chief of Staff Shinno left the headquarters in a car with a dozen guards. Afterwards, our combat department did not know his whereabouts!" Sakai Sakai remained honest. He replied that when Chief of Staff Xinye left, he didn't greet anyone!

"Running away! Coward, shame on the Japanese Emperor!" Lieutenant General Haruhiko did not get angry, but said softly with a bit of contempt. When Sakai Sakai said these words, He felt like a bright mirror in his heart, this bastard Xin Ye must have escaped!

"What?—Your Excellency, Commander, you mean that Lieutenant General Shinno, the Chief of Staff of the Campaign Headquarters, ran away?" Sakai Dazuo heard Lieutenant General Haruhiko's whisper, and said with wide-eyed eyes in disbelief.

Lieutenant General Haruhiko waved his hand, as if to chase away a fly in his eyes, and said, "Mr. Sakai, don't worry about him. The most important thing now is to grasp the situation on the battlefield immediately and issue an order that all troops stop counterattacking immediately and withdraw completely. Enter the fortifications and stick to it!" [

Before Colonel Sakai left, a senior staff officer rushed in, "Report to Your Excellency, the counterattack troops have retreated. Commander, there are too many casualties and corpses are scattered all over the place. Only five of the original soldiers can come back." One!" The senior staff officer said in a hoarse voice.

Lieutenant General Haruhiko closed his eyes in pain, suffering from heart-piercing pain. More than an hour after the battle started, more than 40 soldiers fell forever on the battlefield, from Irkutsk to Chita, The hundreds of kilometers long front line is covered with corpses of soldiers from the Great Japanese Empire. The mission of the rear guard group in the Far East campaign is over. There will be no survivors, including myself. Of course, Xinye who fled the battle Chief of Staff, not counting!

Lieutenant General Haruhiko's face was pale and frightening, but his expression was surprisingly calm, with a resolute indifference, "Sakai-kun, in the name of the headquarters of the rear guard group, I have issued an order that all units belonging to them must send all their troops to All put into the battle on the front line, including logistics troops, logistics troops, doctors and nurses in field hospitals, officers, staff officers, and communications personnel at all levels of headquarters!"

Lieutenant General Haruyan's order meant that the rear guard of the Japanese Far East Campaign, and all the soldiers in formation had to go to the battlefield, desperate and crazy, but his tone was as calm as a baby just waking up, as if he was about to It is an insignificant thing for more people to go to the battlefield of death, including this madness and disregard for life.

Sakai Dazuo started a cold war. The commander's order came from Taiwen. Lieutenant General Haruhiko's eyes were dimly lit. He knew that the order must not be violated. Said, he bowed deeply, with tears in the corners of his eyes, turned and left.

Lieutenant General Haruhiko picked up a steel helmet and put it on his head properly. Then, he pulled out his gun, inspected it carefully, and said to the captain of the guard beside him, "Yamazaki-kun, it's our turn. The guards must gather immediately. , Follow me to the battlefield!" The tone was as calm as a dead man.

Walking to the door of the radio room on the side of the shelter, Lieutenant General Haruyan suddenly stopped in his tracks and called to a female radio operator who had just run out of the radio room with the rank of second lieutenant and a nervous face holding a gun, "I'll give you an important The mission is to send this telegram in 10 minutes, and send it directly to His Royal Highness Prince Zairen, Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Campaign. Remember, no matter what happens, the telegram must be sent. I give special approval, and you don’t have to go to the front line! "

As Lieutenant General Haruyan spoke, he took out an envelope from the pocket of his military uniform, and handed it to the dizzy, horrified female radio operator, who subconsciously took it over, carrying the envelope warmed by the commander, and As if in a dream, he stood there in a daze, and for a moment, he even forgot what Lieutenant General Haruyan said?

"Baga! Hurry up and go back to the radio room, and send a report to the headquarters in 10 minutes! You have delayed the commander's military affairs, so do your work!" The guard captain behind Lieutenant General Chunyan was dissatisfied. With a violent drink, he opened his mouth and cursed.

Lieutenant General Haruyan waved his hand to stop the captain of the guard from yelling, and bowed deeply to the sluggish female operator, "Miss, please!" With the loud explosion, the figure of Lieutenant General Haruyan was submerged in gunpowder smoke. Only then did the second lieutenant operator react, turned around and rushed into the radio room,

The Japanese army's stupid white-bladed charge and counterattack, under the joint attack of the Soviet army's long-prepared tanks and infantry, suffered unprecedented huge losses, blood flowed into rivers, and corpses littered the field. With a lot of resistance and time, the Japanese troops retreating in the trenches could no longer organize the dense defense system as before. Many sections of the trenches used to be the defensive area of ​​a squadron. Now, there can only barely be a small squadron of Japanese troops. The soldiers defended, and the Japanese army, which had lost too much blood, could no longer resist the Soviet army's attack.

During the several hours of artillery battle, the artillery of the rear group of the Japanese Far East Campaign was completely destroyed by the powerful fire of the Soviet artillery, and the tenacious counterattack of the Japanese artillery also caused great damage to the Soviet artillery. The loss, but the Japanese artillery lost everything. The Soviet artillery lost a leg at most, which did not affect their power. The Japanese positions that lost the cover of artillery fire completely became the target of the Soviet artillery.

Swarms of cannons whizzed over, blowing up the Japanese army as if they were boiling. The Soviet tanks that slaughtered the Japanese soldiers charged with white blades roared again, crushing the blood stains everywhere, covering the infantry to resume their attack. The low-level cannons blasted the Japanese army's firepower into the sky one by one.

"Comrade Commander, the No. 18 Army Group has reported that they have broken through the Japanese position, are expanding the breakthrough, and are developing towards the two wings! The Japanese resistance is weak!" A staff officer reported excitedly and loudly while holding the phone.

The battle ended around two o'clock in the afternoon, and finally there was good news that the No.18 Army in the new attack direction broke through the Japanese positions first. Of course, this was only the beginning, and it was expected. More good news came. [

However, this news was enough to make General Gregarif, the commander of the Soviet Outer Xing'anling Front Army, blushed with excitement. In six or seven days, the Japanese army's blockade line was like a steel plate. He was bloodied and unable to move forward. Now, this steel plate is finally broken, and there is no possibility of repairing it forever. From this moment on, there will no longer be any obstacles on the road to the Far East battlefield!

"Good!—Great! Miracle, order, within the entire front army, order the No.18 Army to be rewarded! And order the army to continue to expand and hold the breakthrough, covering the passage of other troops!" General Gregarif shouted excitedly Arrived, the fist slammed the cannon box!

"Immediately report the breakthrough of the Japanese army's blockade to the command headquarters, order the troops close to the breakthrough, and then turn in, don't stay, and rush to the Far East battlefield as fast as possible!" In the face of the great ecstasy, he still kept a calm head. This order is absolutely necessary. As long as the No.18 Army keeps the breakthrough, even if there is no breakthrough in other directions, it will not affect the overall situation!

Rubbing his swollen temples, General Gregariff tried to calm down, "Old friend, my troops are about to go to the battlefield in the Far East. How are you doing there? Hold on!" He Whispered, feeling more urgent than ever.

"Communications staff officer! - Communications staff officer! Immediately send a report to Comrade Zhukov, the commander of the Far East Front Army. Our troops from the Xing'anling Front Army have broken through the Japanese army's blockade line, and will arrive at the periphery of the Far East battlefield in three days at the latest! - To Send it with a clear code!" General Gregarif said succinctly, this news must be let Zhukov know, for old friends who are in extreme difficulties, what is more important than this news?

As soon as this remark came out, Lei turned over almost all the officers in the headquarters, their eyes widened in disbelief, and they sent a clear telegram?Isn't Comrade Commander confused with joy?

The communications director of the major general of the headquarters reminded: "Comrade commander, if you send a telegram in plain code, it will definitely be intercepted by the Japanese army. Wouldn't the whereabouts of our troops be exposed? In case the Japanese army sets up an ambush halfway, we will How should we respond? It will inevitably delay our rescue of the Far East Army, please consider carefully!"

General Gregariff didn't explain for a while, but just said: "Execute the order!"

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