Age of Rebirth

Tang Qiuli's eyes were on the military map, but a three-dimensional picture appeared in his mind. The situation of the entire Northeast battlefield was clearly displayed in front of him. The other directions were very clear. Only the Ximan area was still uncertain. , If at this moment, there is a force of more than ten brigades marching towards Siping and Shuangliao, I will not hesitate!

Colonel Ge Zhenzhuang, Chief of Staff, quietly walked into the division commander's office. He saw the division commander's back, shrouded in the afterglow of the setting sun, as if covered with a golden halo, and his eyes were fixed on the military map on the wall. Ge Zhenzhuang, who has followed Tang Qiuli for several years, knows that the teacher at this moment has encountered a problem that is difficult to decide, and he came here because he has some ideas and wants to report to the teacher, but at this time, it is absolutely inappropriate to disturb the teacher.

After a long time, Tang Qiuli was freed from deep thinking. He had already made a decision. Yuan Jinghao's North China Field Corps would not move for the time being. Intention, then, the North China Field Corps, with hundreds of thousands of troops, will immediately launch a thunderous attack, entangled more than 40 Kwantung Army in the Ximan area.

The enemy's move and our own move, but it's not a plan and then move, it's still a countermeasure to deal with it. Tang Qiuli was quite depressed in his heart, thinking that this Umezu Yoshijiro is an experienced veteran after all, who knows how to choose, and abandons the Liaodong Peninsula area. Tens of thousands of soldiers, with just one move, won the control of the battlefield rhythm. Of course, if he hadn't insisted on reclaiming the battlefield of the Northeast Campaign and fixing it on the front line of the Northeast and West, there would not be so many constraints and troubles!

Feng Jiwu Niangziguan Garrison Corps, Yuan Jinghao's North China Field Corps, Sun Zhenbang's Outer Mongolia Field Corps.Coupled with the directly affiliated corps, the four corps will come out together, with a strength of more than 150 million troops.With the frontal crushing, coupled with the side attack of more than 30 people from the [-] brigades commanded by Han Tie, the aviation troops of Liu Cuigang and Le Yiqin, and the armored troops of Battelle, both land and air, no matter what tricks Yoshijiro Umezu plays, it will not help!

"Are you asking for trouble! Maybe. I am too idealistic and rigid about the battle to regain the Northeast!" Tang Qiuli shook his head with a wry smile, but found out.Ge Zhenzhuang stood in the room with a solemn expression, "Oh! Director Ge, you've been here for a while, what's the matter?"

Ge Zhenzhuang bought Tang Qiuli a cup of tea.After a moment of hesitation, he said: "Teacher, you and Chief of Staff Zhao jointly formulated the overall plan for the recovery of the Northeast Campaign more than a month ago. Our staff office is responsible for the detailed work. It was originally very strict. However, in the past few days The situation on the battlefield has changed a lot. I have some ideas and I want to report them to the commander. But I’m afraid that it will disturb your overall thinking!"

Tang Qiuli smiled slightly and said: "Director Ge, Chief of Staff Zhao has gone to command the corps directly under him. You, the Chief of Staff, want to stand in the position of chief of staff to consider overall issues and act as chief of staff. Although there is no official appointment from the teacher, but the fact is true, if you have anything to say, speak up!"

Ge Zhenzhuang sorted out his thoughts and said: "Other aspects, I don't have any ideas. I have some opinions on the issue of the Outer Mongolian Field Corps alone. Commander, in your previous order, you ordered the directly subordinate Corps and the Outer Mongolian Field Corps. The border guards of the Kwantung Army will be encircled along the northwestern border, and then the corps directly under it will march northward to the Far East, and the task of annihilating the enemy will be handed over to the Outer Mongolian Field Corps!"

Tang Qiuli nodded and said, "Yes, this is my order, Director Ge, do you think there is anything wrong?"

Ge Zhenzhuang said slowly: "Commander, I think it's too early for the corps to attack the Far East. The current situation in the Far East battlefield is that Deputy Commander Liu's East Command troops control the rhythm of the battlefield. The Japanese Far East dispatched troops are just passive. Yingzhan, I understand your intentions, and I am worried that after we gather and annihilate the main force of the Kwantung Army, the Japanese troops in the Far East will retreat regardless of the cost!"

Tang Qiuli smiled and said, "Yes, you are right. This is exactly what I am worried about! The Japanese army in the Far East has nearly 60 troops. No matter which direction this force is used, it will definitely attack us. The overall strategy will have an immeasurable impact, and if it is withdrawn to Japan, it will have a huge impact on our future plans!"

Ge Zhenzhuang went on to say: "Teacher, in terms of the current battlefield situation in the Far East, the Japanese army in the Far East can't retreat at all, or reinforce any battlefield in other directions. That Zairen is too busy to take care of himself now, referring to the powerful attack power of the troops in the Far East." , Mastering the rhythm of the battlefield, Zai Ren dare not reduce his troops, otherwise, the Northeast and the Far East are close at hand, and Zai Ren can deploy 10,000+ troops to join the Northeast!"

Tang Qiuli looked at it in surprise. The chief of staff, who was usually quiet and reticent, savored his words and said with a smile: "Director Ge, don't try to persuade me, just tell me what you want. Thoughts, I am not a stubborn person, you should be very clear about this!"

Ge Zhenzhuang blushed slightly. The reason why he said so much was to persuade the teacher, but the teacher saw through his thoughts. In this case, he simply let go and said, "Master, then I will be blunt. Please think about it and change it." Let’s take a look at the follow-up combat missions of the Outer Mongolian Field Corps. After the encirclement, the directly subordinate corps will not go north for the time being, and will be responsible for annihilating the border guards of the Kwantung Army, while the Outer Mongolian Field Corps will go straight to the Shuangliao and Siping areas and join the five forces in the Liaodong Peninsula theater. Brigade troops, encircle and wipe out more than [-] Kwantung Army in the direction of Ximan!"

Tang Qiuli's heart suddenly moved. Ge Zhenzhuang's style of attack can be said to have fundamentally solved the problem he was most worried about. The field corps has more than 70 troops, and with two combined attacks, it can completely fight a battle of encirclement and annihilation. The nearly [-] troops freed up can sweep the entire Northeast!

Tang Qiuli had already agreed with Ge Zhenzhuang's style of play, and this plan was given up after he considered it because of too many difficult factors, but he still admired Ge Zhenzhuang's mind very much, so he said: "Before, I also considered it. Similar tactics, but there is one most difficult problem to solve, how can the more than 30 troops of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps go south quickly after completing the joint attack?"

"Don't forget, there is a distance of nearly 700 kilometers from the southeastern part of Outer Mongolia to the Ximan region. The northwest part of the Sino-Mongolian border is the Daxing'an Mountains. During the period, there are countless mountain peaks and dense virgin forests. The swampy area is a natural barrier to the advancement of the mechanized troops, if the Outer Mongolian Field Corps marches on foot, do you think it is necessary to go south to the Ximan area?"

It is indeed for this reason that Tang Qiuli gave up the plan to send the Outer Mongolian Field Corps directly south to the Ximan area. The distance of more than [-] kilometers requires climbing the mountains and primeval forests of the Greater Khingan Mountains. There is no road to go, and the mechanized The advantage of the Corps' rapid advance could not be brought into play at all. What's more, Sun Zhenbang's Outer Mongolian Field Corps had not yet reached the level of full mechanization!

Perhaps it was the teacher's attitude, which meant denying his own suggestion. Ge Zhenzhuang's face turned red, and he walked to the military map a few steps, and said: "Master, there are certainly difficult factors, but we can find another way and order the Outer Mongolia Garrison to be stationed." The three cavalry brigades in Saiyinshanda, under the command of Major General Liu Chun, the cavalry commander of the division, entered the Halaha River Basin from the Ujimqin Grassland to control Aershan in the northeast border, which is the Kanto In order to plunder the forestry of Daxing'an Mountains, the northern end of the Bai'an Railway was built by the army!"

"Then, the cavalry troops went south along the Bai-A line, controlled the railway stations along the line, occupied Baichengzi, and used Baichengzi as a transfer station. The railway can go directly to Siping, Shuangliao and other places. The Outer Mongolian Field Corps can take the railway. The transportation problem Solved, with a distance of more than 700 kilometers, the troops can reach the Ximan area in 24 hours!"

Tang Qiuli's eyes lit up. Ge Zhenzhuang's method was indeed a different way. He was no stranger to this Bai-A railway. After the incident, an unknown amount of high-quality timber from the Greater Khingan Mountains traveled through this railway to the Port of Lushun every year, where they were loaded onto ships and shipped back to Japan.

If you travel to Aershan in the eastern part of Inner Mongolia now, sit on the train and enter the hinterland of Daxinganling, you can still see "cutting roots" with a height of one person everywhere (the Japanese who occupied the Northeast at that time, in order to increase the speed of plundering the forest resources in the Northeast, The lumberjacks are forced to cut down the trees at a height of one person from the ground, and the stumps left behind are called "logging roots" by the locals. After decades of baptism, these stumps are almost decayed, standing silently in the In the depths of the forest sea in Daxing'an Mountains, telling the past!)

Tang Qiuli put aside the memories of cutting roots in his mind and returned to reality. If the Outer Mongolian Field Corps, after encircling the border guards of the Kwantung Army with the directly subordinate regiments and inflicting heavy damage on them, can be the fastest Ge Zhenzhuang's suggestion is absolutely feasible.

As long as the five brigades in Han Tie's hands stopped the retreating Kwantung Army troops on the front line of Ximan for two days, the Outer Mongolian Field Corps arrived in the Ximan area and flanked the North China Field Corps. It was another situation of encirclement and annihilation. The main force of the army is nearly 100 million people, surrounded by two battlefields, and the battle to regain the Northeast will be accomplished!

Tang Qiuli looked at Ge Zhenzhuang with admiration, and said, "Director Ge, I accept your suggestion and order the first, second, and third cavalry brigades of the Outer Mongolia Garrison to be under the command of the cavalry commander Liu Chun. Next, seize the line along the Bai’an-Azerbaijan Railway, and in addition, according to your suggestion, revise the order to the directly subordinate corps and the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, and issue it immediately!”

Seeing that the teacher accepted his suggestion, Ge Zhenzhuang blushed with excitement, and said loudly: "Yes, teacher! I will carry out your order immediately!" The movement was so loud that even he himself was startled.

Looking at the back of Ge Zhenzhuang hastily leaving, Tang Qiuli thought to himself, "He is another good candidate for the chief of staff. After some experience, it will be of great use!"

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