Age of Rebirth

Major General Han Tie, the commander of the Marine Corps, understood the gist of Tang Qiuli's order thoroughly. The more than [-] troops under his command will be a sharp knife inserted into the back of the Japanese army on the Liaodong Peninsula. Before the fire arrived, once the fire arrived, it was the killing blow that killed the little devil.

Therefore, during the two days of concealment and standby, Han Tie did not dare to slack off at all. He was very busy. On the one hand, the troops needed to replenish a large amount of supplies and ammunition. The logistics supply line from the port of Incheon to Dechuan was more than 200 kilometers long. Moreover, the road conditions were not good, so he exchanged many telegrams with Major General Zhou Yushan, the deputy director of the logistics department and the director of the Beiping Joint Service Department, and fought for the convenience of giving priority to supplies for his troops. .

On the other hand, in the Beidafeng area north of Tokugawa, you have to do your homework. The remaining thousands of little devils cannot be killed immediately, so as not to arouse the vigilance of the high-level Japanese army. The chief of staff of the battle detachment, Qi Hanzhi, sent a telegram telling him to encircle but not fight, and continue to create the illusion that 10,000+ troops are besieging the remaining Japanese troops. When to fight, wait for his own order.

Specifically speaking, it was waiting for the command of the division commander. For this reason, Han Tie also had another lawsuit with Chu Tian, ​​the captain of the special warfare detachment. He said that Qi Hanzhi was kept in charge of command, and Han Tie did not let Qi Hanzhi return to the team. , Chu Tian was not very satisfied, "I said, man! My chief of staff and more than 300 people have been at your disposal for more than ten days, so I should return it to me. I also need manpower here!" But Han Tie moved out the teacher's telegram.Chutian also resigned to his fate.

On the second day of hidden standby, the division pointed to the Intelligence Department and sent information to Han Tie. "It has been found out that General Yoshijiro Umezu, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Kwantung Army, has deployed two detachments with a strength of more than [-] troops in the border area between China and North Korea. Operation Frontier!" Behind the intelligence.Attached are the third and fourth detachments of the Kwantung Army, the specific deployment areas and locations.

The content of the information is concise and to the point, with this information.Han Tie was well aware of the deployment of the Kwantung Army troops, he clicked his mouth, and his eyes were filled with light waves.He said to Colonel Wang Dongshan, Chief of Staff: "It seems impossible to drive in secretly. The detour is too far, and we have to fight again!"

Wang Dongshan said: "The two detachments of less than [-] Kwantung Army troops are definitely not our opponents. The crux of the problem is that according to the content of the division's order, once our troops start to move, they will have to march one after another to seize Anton. All the main points on the front line to Gaizhou. Cut off the retreat route of the Japanese army on the Liaodong Peninsula, therefore. Can’t be entangled by this part of the Japanese army, not even delaying time!”

Said, Wang Dongshan walked to the military map, "Besides, if we want to quickly cross the border line between China and North Korea, there are several points that cannot be avoided, namely Jiulian City, Gulouzi, Taiping Bay, Hushan, Yizhou, Yongcheon and other places, and these six points, according to intelligence, are the key defensive areas of the Kwantung Army. Fighting must be fought, but how to fight will not affect the advancing speed of the troops, and can quickly open the passage. But it’s quite a nerve-wracking thing.”

Han Tie pondered for a while, and said to Wang Dongshan: "Chief of Staff, don't discuss it with us. I think a military meeting will be held immediately. All officers above the regiment level will come to participate and brainstorm!"

Before the military conference started, the communications director of the headquarters sent an urgent telegram directed by the division, "The blockade in the central part of the Liaodong Peninsula has been successfully concluded. The four divisions of the Japanese Third Army and the First and Second Kwantung Army The detachment, under my powerful artillery attack and air bombing, suffered heavy casualties and was routed to Anton and fled along the Gaizhou line. All the troops in my blocking line have already pursued. I order your department to set off immediately and seize the territory of Anton. All the main points on the front line of Gaizhou, blocking the retreat of the Japanese army!"

"Crack!" Han Tie slapped the table and said, "Chief of Staff, this battle is ready to be fought. It just so happens that a military meeting is to be held to directly deploy the battle plan and convey the orders of the division commander!"

Wang Dongshan narrowed his eyes and asked, "Commander, how are you going to fight?"

Han Tie smiled and said: "Our six brigades are divided into six routes, which correspond to the six main points of defense of the two detachments of the Kwantung Army on the border between China and North Korea. Fight the Kwantung Army blocking the way, and the rest of the troops, get rid of the little devils, and seize the key points on the line from Anton to Gaizhou. In this way, there will be no delay, and, in each attack direction, a local force advantage will be formed!"

Wang Dongshan agreed with Han Tie's battle plan, but he raised another question, "Commander, although this is thorough, there is a problem. Take out two brigades to attack the third and fourth detachments of the Kwantung Army. There are only four brigades left in the retreating troops of the Japanese army. The line from Gaizhou to Andong is nearly [-] kilometers wide. Are the strength of the four brigades a bit weak?"

Han Tie laughed and said: "The strength of the four brigades is enough to cut off the little devil's retreat. I only came up with this idea after seeing the order of the division commander. Listen, the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties and was already defeated. Fleeing across the board, ground artillery fire and aerial bombardment, how many people are left of the little devils now? What's more, our troops are still pursuing, as long as we block the little devils for a day and a night, it is enough!"

Wang Dongshan thought about it carefully, and this is really the case. In the telegram directed by the division, such a description appeared, which is rare. In fact, the casualties of the Japanese army may be more serious, "Yes, Commander, and our The troops are not arranged in a line, but can be relatively concentrated, blocking the only way for the Japanese army!" He also became happy and said.

After the military meeting began, Han Tie didn't talk nonsense, and said straight to the point: "After receiving the order from the division commander, the troops immediately left Dechuan and quickly occupied the line from Anton to Gaizhou. After two or three days, they kept holding back their strength! The troops are leaving immediately! Next, the chief of staff will announce the battle plan!"

Wang Dongshan concisely deployed the marching sequence and the plan to break through the obstruction of the Kwantung Army troops. Han Tie took over the conversation and said: "Time is tight, don't be wordy. All brigades stay to fight the Kwantung Army blocking regiments. I only ask for one thing. No matter how you fight, you must let these little devils not affect the main force's marching speed, of course, it is best to eat them in one bite, and you still have a chance to participate in the battle to break the back of the little devils!"

"If the battle is sticky and you can't blame others, just stay here honestly and deal with the little devil. If you are in charge of the battlefield, a little devil runs behind me, hehe! We have a score, Don’t be the commander of your regiment! After the meeting is over, all the troops will immediately organize and move in, and the headquarters will follow the first voyage of the Southeast Mobile Corps!”

The brigade commanders and regimental commanders below burst into laughter, but no one dared to take the commander's words as a joke, including the three brigade commanders and a dozen regiment commanders transferred from the Southeast Mobile Corps, the independent division's As a rule, the establishment of each field corps is fixed at ordinary times, and before a battle, according to the specific conditions of the battlefield, certain brigades will be organized and transferred to other corps, then the commander of the corps has the right to command and dispose, not because you For those who come over, let's make an exception!

Therefore, the six brigade commanders took out the regiment that they could fight the most and served as the vanguard troops. As dawn approached, the troops of the northern combat group on the Liaodong Peninsula had already approached the border between China and North Korea. In the faint morning light, Han Tie Jumping off the armored command vehicle, I looked at the Yalu River flowing like a silver belt, shrouded in a white morning mist. This is the border river between China and North Korea. The bunker is like a squatting beast.

This heavy fog brought great concealment to the march of the troops. The vanguard regiments of the brigades had already approached the Japanese army positions, but they were not noticed by the Japanese army. The first brigade of the Southeast Mobile Corps faced the Kwantung Army's first The three teams defended the first line of Jiulian City.

It was almost dawn, and there was a bright white in the east. The detachment leader, Major General Takashima, was still awake. He took the guards and accompanied by more than a dozen staff officers to check the preparations at the forward position. It wasn't that he didn't want to sleep, but that he couldn't sleep. Last night, I received an urgent telegram from the headquarters of the Kwantung Army, ordering the Kwantung Army units along the Sino-Korean border to immediately enter a state of first-level combat readiness. If the independent division troops in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula try to cross the Sino-Korean border Then stop at any cost!

The wording in the telegram was extremely severe. If the troops of the independent division in the northern part of the Korean peninsula passed through the defense zone of any commander, the commander of the defense zone would immediately disembowel himself as an apology. Major General Takashima was surprised that the telegram The signature of the Kwantung Army is Lieutenant General Matsuda, Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army, not General Meijin, the commander in chief.

Major General Takashima thought about it secretly, "Could it be that there has been a change in personnel at the headquarters? According to friends at the headquarters, the Third Army and the First and Second Detachments of the Kwantung Army fought extremely poorly on the battlefield of the Liaodong Peninsula. Say, now that we are forced to retreat across the board, could it be that Commander-in-Chief Umezu resigned for this reason? Chief of Staff Matsuda is acting as Commander-in-Chief?"

"If the personnel changes in the headquarters are so huge, my friends should have news?" The battle was so severe that the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army was replaced. According to Major General Takashima's judgment, it must have been extremely bad, and then think of the emergency order he received. , Major General Takashima had a premonition that the entire Manchurian war situation was not very good!

Under such circumstances, as the captain of the third detachment, Major General Takashima could not sleep without a heart and soul, so he changed his usual habits and took the guards and staff officers to the front line of Jiulian City. After wandering around, he was quite satisfied with what he saw. After all, it was the Kwantung Army troops, and the soldiers were in very good condition.

In a bunker with a commanding height with a wide view, Major General Takashima stood in front of the observation hole, facing the other side of the Yalu River, and raised his binoculars.

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