Age of Rebirth

The flames of war in the Liaodong Peninsula have subsided for three or four days. Although there is no news from Major General Katayama, who was the former chief of staff of the Seventh Army and later acted as the commander of the Seventh Army, General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, knows , I am afraid that Major General Pianshan will also be broken for the imperial jade, and the Liaodong Peninsula will definitely be lost.

The news that came in afterward confirmed my own judgment. Zhuanghe fell, Xiongyue fell, Gaizhou fell, Anton fell, and the independent division troops that landed from Lushunkou made such rapid progress, which greatly surpassed that of General Nanjiro In his opinion, the remnants of the Seventh Army and more than 8 members of the Manchurian Volunteer Team can at least block the landing of the Independent Division in the Liaodong Peninsula for more than a week!

However, the development of the battle situation was unexpected by General Nanjiro. In about four days, the soldiers of the independent division were approaching Fengtian, and the formation of the third line of defense south of Fengtian was still in secret. Among the mobilizations, the fastest is only a division plus an independent mixed brigade to reach the area south of Fengtian. General Nanjiro does not think that the independent division can be prevented from attacking Fengtian with only such a small force. .

Fengtian is the heart of Manchuria, and its military and economic value even exceeds that of the capital of Manchuria, Xinjing. If Fengtian falls, Manchuria will shake, and Manchuria will shake, which will affect the imperial army in the Far East. His Royal Highness Prince Zairen, personally commanded the battle, and General Nanjiro, who is familiar with the political insider, asked himself that he could not bear such a big responsibility. If Manchuria fell to the hands of the Chinese devil, a prince and more than half a million imperial soldiers would be killed. , buried in the Far East, even if I have eight heads, it is not enough for His Majesty the Emperor to chop off!

General Nanjiro has called Prince Zairen many times to make sincere suggestions.It is the best policy to immediately end the current stalemate in the Far East with Liu Tiehan's Eastern Command troops, and withdraw all the Imperial Far East troops to the territory of Manchuria. Together with the Kwantung Army, they will help defend Manchuria.

Prince Zairen's call back fully affirmed General Nanjiro's suggestion, and he also planned to return to Manchuria, but the crux of the matter is.Liu Tiehan, the deputy commander of the Independent Division, commanded an army of more than 60 troops, and tightly entangled the Far East Dispatch Army. Prince Zairen also fully understood the reason for the battle.The purpose of Liu Tiehan's East Pointing Army is to send troops to the Far East.Stuck in the Far East.

Although I understand in my heart.However, the Far East Dispatched Army has more than 60 troops, and it is impossible to escape from the Far East. I am afraid that once the order to retreat is issued, Liu Tiehan's troops will rush forward frantically.A big melee was inevitable, and even the retreat of the Far East dispatched army turned into a big retreat in which they were hunted down.If Liu Tiehan's [-] troops rushed into Manchuria, the Kwantung Army would be flanked by the independent division troops, and the result would be disastrous.

Even Prince Zairen planned to mobilize part of his troops, but he couldn't do it back to defend Manchuria. Although the full-line attack launched by the Dongzhi troops was not strong, it forced him to devote all his troops to counter the attack, which was hundreds of kilometers long. The battlefield in the west of the Brea Mountains is full of gunpowder and smoke all day long, and the sound of artillery is rumbling. If the troops are reduced at any point, they will face the danger of being broken by the independent division.

Prince Zairen didn't dare to take this risk, even though he knew that the situation of the Kwantung Army in Manchuria was not good. The Liaodong Peninsula was defeated one after another. The main force was in three directions, and the third independent division A field corps, watching deadly, unable to move, but can only be anxious, and in the call back to General Nanjiro, this point was also explained without hesitation.

After reading Prince Zairen's reply, the only thing left for General Nanjiro was to sigh. It seems that the Kwantung Army had to fight alone in the Manchurian War.The Far East Expeditionary Army is a very good strategic mobile corps, but now it has become a dead game in the Far East. Whose fault is this?

After confirming that the Liaodong Peninsula had fallen, General Nanjiro comprehensively analyzed the battle situation in Manchuria, stayed up for several nights, and sent a long telegram to the base camp and His Majesty the Emperor. In the telegram, he explained in detail In view of the dangers and difficulties the Kwantung Army is currently facing in Manchuria, he suggested: "In view of the inevitable battle of Manchuria and the dangerous situation faced by the Kwantung Army, in order to ensure that Manchuria will not fall, I implore the headquarters to give full consideration and increase the number of troops in Manchuria." Troop strength, and not less than 40 people!"

He also wrote, "Manchuria is the rear base of the Far East. At present, our Empire's Far East Front Army has more than 40 troops, and the Independent Division has more than [-] troops. The stalemate in the Far East is not a good phenomenon. Once the situation in Manchuria is critical , then it is necessary to send troops to the Far East to cut off the back road and increase the number of troops in Manchuria!" General Minamijiro, it can be said that he opened his mouth like a lion, and asked for [-] troops at once.

General Nanjiro's telegram indeed shocked the Japanese base camp, and even Emperor Hirohito, and aroused great attention from the Japanese ruling and opposition parties. In the end, the Southwest Pacific Deployment Army must ensure sufficient strength to maintain its superiority on the battlefield, otherwise, once the Allied Forces slow down, it will be a disaster!

This is the southern battlefield, but on the Korean peninsula battlefield, General Tanaka Shin, the commander of the North Korean garrison, sent several urgent telegrams to the base camp a day. The support of troops is even more needed. Five new divisions have been formed in the mainland, and they will soon go to the Korean Peninsula battlefield. In the consciousness of the decision-makers in the base camp, the importance of the Korean Peninsula is no less than that of Manchuria.

Soldiers are needed everywhere, but there are only so many local soldiers. Now, the age for enlisting civilians to serve in the military has been relaxed to the age of [-] to [-] for men, and a large number of women have been recruited to join the front-line combat troops. Now, almost all the people of the Great Japanese Empire are soldiers. Fighting on the north and south fronts, and facing Tang Qiuli's independent division and allied forces at the same time, Japan's national power has become increasingly tense, not only in terms of the source of troops, but also to support the war. The materials needed are also beyond our means.

What also worries Emperor Hirohito and the base camp is that the American naval fleet seems to have gradually recovered from the initial blow. In [-] alone, two new fleets were formed The aircraft carrier is the core fleet, one is the Eastern Pacific Fleet, and the other is the Western Pacific Fleet.

In the vast Pacific Ocean, the task force commanded by Admiral Yamamoto 56 can no longer run amok. In the last few naval battles, the Imperial Navy fleet and the US fleet were tied. Impossible, since the US Pacific Fleet was uprooted by the Imperial Navy Task Force twice in a row, American warships did not even dare to leave the port of San Francisco.

Once the Imperial Navy Task Force reverses its dominance in the Pacific Ocean, the impact on the Australian battlefield will be very serious, which means that the isolated Australian battlefield will reconnect with the mainland of the United States, and a large number of allied forces will Soldiers and equipment will continue to be added to the Australian battlefield, which will be a disaster for the Imperial Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Force.

The Empire of Japan needed soldiers and generals on several battlefields, and had to manufacture guns, cannons, ammunition, aircraft and warships. The national power was already overwhelmed. That hateful China devil chose this time to be in Manchuria and the Korean peninsula, Launching an attack on the empire, a faint fear shrouded the hearts of Emperor Hirohito and the senior officials of the base camp. Although no one showed it, it had already grown in their hearts.

Despite this, everyone knows the consequences of losing Manchuria. After discussing with the headquarters, Emperor Hirohito decided to transfer seven divisions from the troops defending the islands in the Southwest Pacific to rush to Manchuria and put them under the command of the Kwantung Army. , This means that the defense force of the Japanese army in Kalimantan Island, Sumatra Island, Luzon Island, Java Island, Irian Island and other places close to the Indochina Peninsula has shrunk to an extremely low level. There is no more than one division, and they are all newly formed third-rate divisions.

The so-called demolition of the east wall to make up for the west wall is nothing more than this. After receiving the call back from the General Staff of the base camp, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Nanjiro, did not show any response to the seven divisions that were about to rush to assist Manchuria, with more than 18 troops. Excessive excitement could not quench the near thirst. He knew this. Even if the reinforcements dispatched from the Southwest Pacific were dispatched to Manchuria at the fastest speed, it would take at least a month or more to arrive in place.

This is not considered the time for deployment after arriving in Manchuria. Can Tang Qiuli, the devil of China who is eyeing Manchuria and the Kwantung Army, give himself such a long time?The answer of General Nanjiro is no. The time for the Independent Division to attack Manchuria will not be too long. Perhaps, in the first ten days of July, Chen Bing's three corps of the Independent Division on the border of Manchuria will launch an attack. Perhaps, yes After the end of the war on the Korean peninsula?

No matter what the situation is, Tang Qiuli will not take too long to attack Manchuria. Thinking of this, General Nanjiro is full of understanding and sympathy for General Tanaka, who is also a brother-in-law. Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula could have been horns of each other. , but the strategy of the devil in China, the north and the south attacked at the same time, forcing the Kwantung Army and the North Korean Garrison to deal with fierce attacks, not to mention supporting each other, and keeping themselves is now a problem.

Facing the almost unsolvable crisis in Manchuria, General Nanjiro's political nature once again played a role. After sending a telegram about the situation in Manchuria to Emperor Hirohito and the base camp, less than a day later, General Nanjiro Send a telegram to base camp.

The content of the telegram turned out to be to ask for the approval of the headquarters, and to resign as the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army and the post of the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Empire of Japan in Manchuria.

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