Age of Rebirth

On the Mokpo battlefield on the Korean Peninsula, the Southeast Mobile Corps of the Independent Division launched wave after wave of attacks on the Japanese army on the second line of defense in Mokpo. The fighting was not very intense. At least, the rhythm of the battlefield was not like that of hundreds of thousands of soldiers on both sides. The fighting involved both offense and defense, but the Japanese commander, Lieutenant General Kaga, knew the pain in it.

On the Tokugawa battlefield in the northern part of the Korean peninsula, Marine Corps Commander Han Tie, three brigades of the command post, and three brigades of the Southeast Mobile Corps assigned to the Marine Corps combat sequence, with 10,000+ troops, participated in the Japanese No.40 On the outskirts of the Beidafeng Mountains where the remnants of the division were hiding, a tight encirclement was set up, and Lieutenant Colonel Qi Hanzhi, the chief of staff of the special operations detachment, led the team into the mountains to solve the remnants of the Tokugawa Battle. It was only a matter of time.

In the Liaoxi region of the northeast, Feng Jiwu's unit of the Niangziguan garrison of the Independent Division tightly pressed a part of the main force of the Kwantung Army and did not dare to act rashly. In the Ximan region of the northeast, Yuan Jinghao's troops of the North China Field Corps of the Independent Division Containing 10,000+ Kwantung Army troops, on the northwestern border of the Northeast, Sun Zhenbang's troops from the Outer Mongolian Field Corps of the Independent Division firmly suppressed the Kwantung Army's border guards.

In these three main confrontation areas, the Kwantung Army did not dare to make any major moves. In the Far East, Lieutenant General Liu Tiehan, the deputy commander of the Independent Division and the commander of the Northeast Advance Command, commanded more than [-] troops, and the Japanese army's headquarters. Chief of Staff and Commander of the Far East Campaign Headquarters, Prince Zain, commanded more than [-] troops, fighting inextricably on the west side of the Brea Mountains in the Far East. sky.

certainly.The Far East battlefield seems to be evenly matched, but in fact it is.Liu Tiehan did not try his best to launch a full-line attack on the Japanese Far East Dispatched Army, otherwise, the combat troops would always be in a stalemate, according to the request of the division commander Tang Qiuli.The East Pointing Army firmly tied the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army to the Far East, and was unable to divide troops to reinforce the Kwantung Army. It was a victory. Fighting such a battle was extremely easy for Liu Tiehan, who had the air supremacy and superior military strength!

The Liaodong Peninsula in the northeast has been completely recovered by the independent division.Under the leadership of Liu Hanzhang, head of the Northeast Working Group and vice chairman of the Military and Political Committee of the Dingbian Special Economic Zone, an orderly takeover has begun.

In the entire northern battlefield, it now appears that wars are still taking place on the Korean Peninsula. Moreover, without affecting the progress of the Northeast Campaign, they came from the Indochina Peninsula to reinforce the No.20 Ninth Corps Li Honggang's troops on the Korean Peninsula battlefield.They have already arrived in the Shandong Peninsula area one after another. It can be said that with the arrival of Li Honggang's corps.There is no need to be distracted on the Korean Peninsula battlefield. Tang Qiuli can launch a general attack to recover the Northeast Campaign.

But Tang Qiuli did not issue an order for a long time. Although Major General Yuan Jinghao, commander of the North China Field Corps, and Major General Sun Zhenbang, commander of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, came to call for battle in almost two days, and Sun Zhenbang was far away.It was just a telegram, and Yuan Jinghao was close at hand, and he often came to the door in person. Tang Qiuli was shocked and annoyed by his belligerent words. Later, he simply told Yuan Jinghao, "Yuan Jinghao, if you bother me again, the commander of the North China Field Corps If you want to be an officer, I will sit for you, and if you come to me as a combat staff officer, I can still keep my ears clean for a few days!"

After being so intimidated, Yuan Jinghao didn't dare to show up for a few days. Even if he came to the teacher's advice, he ran to the office of Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, muttering about what he was asking for. Tang Qiuli's ears were cleared. All the generals of the independent division don't know what the division commander's plan is.

Tang Qiuli was watching, watching the next move of the Japanese base camp. The six first-class divisions that were transferred back to Japan from the Southwest Pacific battlefield were the only heavy-armed groups in Japan that could be deployed on various battlefields. So far, the other The No.60 65rd, 69th, 73th, and 13rd divisions have nearly [-] troops, and the third army, which is composed of a large number of tank regiments and heavy artillery brigades, has landed and assembled in Vladivostok the day before yesterday. According to intelligence, this part of the Japanese army is still staying in Vladivostok.

The base camp of the Japanese army has [-] elite soldiers assembled in Vladivostok, but it is very meaningful. Going north can support the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army in the Far East. Going south can cut into the battlefield of the Korean Peninsula from the border between China and North Korea. Going west can support the Kwantung Army in western Liaoning. There is another possibility for the troops in the Ximan area, which is to attack the Liaodong Peninsula. It can be said that the Japanese Third Army is assembled in Vladivostok, which is a place where you can look around!

Tang Qiuli and the staff of the General Staff Department, based on the information from the Intelligence Department, studied repeatedly for several days and analyzed the possible course of action of the Japanese Third Army. They came to the conclusion that there were four possibilities. Can be thrown in either direction.

This increased the uncertainties of the northern campaign. Tang Qiuli didn't want to, after launching an all-out attack on the Kwantung Army, the Japanese Third Army's 13 heavy troops joined the battlefield, which would affect the progress of the battle. Similarly, for each battlefield, is an uncertain factor.

Of course, the 13 Japanese troops did not make Tang Qiuli feel the pressure. He just thought that after the Japanese Third Army determined its direction, it would make local deployment adjustments and include them in the goal of annihilation. The Third Army is not moving in Vladivostok, nor is Tang Qiuli. This is an uninvited guest. In addition, there are two other first-class divisions of the Japanese Army stranded in Japan. Where will they go next?

According to the order of the division commander, the Intelligence Department stepped up its intelligence work on the Japanese Third Army. Every day, a large amount of intelligence was collected, and every move of the Japanese Third Army was under the surveillance of the agents of the Intelligence Department.

Near noon, the independent division chief of staff Zhao Yu and the major general walked into the office of the division commander Tang Qiuli. The sunshine at the end of June in eastern Mengdong scorched the earth with a heat like midsummer. After a soaking rain, the hot sun was blocked, and all kinds of plants grew lushly and densely. A few big trees in the yard blocked the wind from the wild. When I walked into the teacher's office, although several windows were wide open, But Zhao Yuhe still felt hot and stuffy.

Tang Qiuli was wearing a standard shirt with his sleeves rolled up. He was concentrating on looking at the military map on the wall. Zhao Yuhe wiped the sweat from his brow and said, "Master, it's quite hot in the room. Yesterday , Didn’t the logistics department find a house for you in the northwest corner of Kailu County? It’s next to the grassland outside the city, so it must be cooler than here, why don’t you move there?”

Tang Qiuli turned around and said with a smile: "I work alone in one place, and there are so many people coming and going every day. They are either major generals or colonels. Does that mean telling the Japanese secret agents that Tang Qiuli is in Kailu County, and there is no trace of the direct subordinate corps?" , Isn't it just about to come out, what's the point of our direct subordinate regiment hiding in Yuan Jinghao's army! I'm used to it, I don't feel the heat, by the way, Yuhe, what's the matter with you?"

Zhao Yuhe took out a telegram and said, "Oh, by the way, Commander, according to the latest information from the Intelligence Department, two divisions of the Japanese Third Army left Vladivostok this morning, and were transported by rail via Suifenhe, Mudanjiang, etc. Go north!"

"Oh?" Tang Qiuli's eyes narrowed, "Yuhe, where do you judge the final destination of the two divisions of the Japanese Third Army?"

Zhao Yuhe obviously thought about it, "Master, according to the judgment of the staff office, the destination of the Japanese army is very likely to be Harbin. Judging from the route of their deployment, this is the only possibility!"

"That is to say, is it possible for the Japanese troops of these two divisions to reinforce the Japanese Far East Dispatched Army?" Tang Qiuli asked as if enlightened.

Zhao Yuhe shook his head and disagreed with the commander's statement, "Master, I don't think so. Just two divisions with less than [-] troops joining the Far East battlefield will not change the inferiority of the Japanese army in terms of strength. On the Far East battlefield, Deputy Division Commander Liu's troops adopted a slow attack method. The Japanese Far East Dispatch Army under the command of Zai Ren was not obviously at a disadvantage, and there was no need to rush for reinforcements! Therefore, the move of the Japanese Third Army made the It's incomprehensible!"

Tang Qiuli walked to the map, drew a red line on it, put a big question mark on the position of Harbin, and said: "No matter what the ultimate purpose of the Japanese troops of these two divisions is, it is nothing more than our prediction One of the four possibilities, ordered Yu Deshui to set up intelligence offices in Harbin, Xinjing, Fengtian and other places to step up intelligence work on the mobilization of the Japanese army. By the way, Yuhe, the Kwantung Army in the western Liaoning and Ximan areas are still in the small Mobilize troops to the south of Fengtian on a large scale?"

Zhao Yuhe replied: "Yes, our reconnaissance troops have also confirmed this point, but the scale of the Kwantung Army's mobilization is quite small, and most of them are mobilized in brigades. That Nanjiro doesn't know what the hell is going on. ?”

Tang Qiuli smiled and said: "The Marine Corps has three brigades of nearly [-] troops on the front line of Anton and Gaizhou, which can directly threaten Fengtian. How dare Nanjiro let Fengtian be empty? Fengtian is the old nest of the Kwantung Army." It is expected that he would mobilize troops to strengthen the defense, he did not dare to deploy troops from western Liaoning and Western Manchuria on a large scale, for fear that we would take the opportunity to launch an attack, so that the defense line of the northeast border would completely collapse!"

Zhao Yuhe also laughed, and said, "Nanjiro is currently tearing down the east wall to make up the west wall, and his troops are stretched thin. He can only do such small tricks. Commander, do you have any orders for the deployment of the troops?"

Tang Qiuli thought for a while, and said: "Send a telegram to the Korean Peninsula Theater Command, ordering the three brigades of the Marine Corps to reinforce the Korean Peninsula battlefield, and immediately return to the Liaodong Peninsula according to the original plan, and deploy defenses on the line from Zhuanghe to Bayuquan. The No.20 Ninth Corps has arrived on the Shandong Peninsula one after another, and the Marine Corps' continued presence on the Mokpo battlefield is meaningless!"

Tang Qiuli was in Kailu, Mengdong, paying close attention to the movements of the Japanese army, but in Fengtian City in the northeast, at the headquarters of the Kwantung Army, an event of great impact happened.

(To be continued)