Age of Rebirth

what to do?The No.11 Brigade and the No.12 Brigade directly under the Corps fell into the same situation. Brothers and sisters, Ren Zhaoquan was asked by Chen Han's words. No matter who the remaining ones are, they will not be too anxious. With the combat effectiveness and equipment level of the mechanized brigades directly under the corps, they will only defend but not attack, and stop tens of thousands or even 10,000+ people of the Kwantung Army for a day. , is still sure.

But the problem now is that the two brigades are stuck in the swamp, and Ren Zhaoquan was so anxious that he was dying, and suddenly remembered the words of Chief of Staff Fu Dechun, "... When necessary, the troops can temporarily abandon these Heavy equipment, light equipment forward!"

Thinking of this, Ren Zhaoquan gritted his teeth, put away his joking heart, and solemnly said to Chen Han: "Brigade Commander Chen, we are facing the same predicament, and we cannot do without an army on the right wing. The equipment is temporarily abandoned, and the troops advance lightly, so that they can reach the designated location on time, our brigade decided to do this, Brigadier Chen, what are you going to do with the [-]th Brigade?"

Chen Han thought for a while, and there was no other way. Although there was no heavy equipment, the troops would suffer in a fight, but it was better than not having a single soldier on the right wing, so he replied: "Brigade Commander, what we are responsible for is For the same mission, it is natural to coordinate actions, so do it according to your method. In addition, I will send the engineering unit of our brigade to you with all the equipment, and combine two engineering battalions. Bring some of the heavy equipment to the front line!"

"Okay!" Ren Zhaoquan was not hypocritical, "Let's do it like this. Although we don't have heavy equipment, our light and heavy machine guns, mortars, rocket launchers, and recoilless guns are enough for a little devil to chew on for a while!"

In Kailu, Mengdong, the former headquarters of the North China Field Corps seemed empty. Yuan Jinghao took the headquarters to the front line, and only the division commander's capable command system remained here. holding a telegram.He hurriedly walked to the room of the division commander Tang Qiuli, and the officers he saw along the way all felt nervous when they saw the director's expression.

Since the Battle of Liaoxi and Ximan began, everything went according to the predetermined plan. It can be said that the battle situation is quite smooth.Everyone felt a lot more relaxed, but what happened today, Director Ge's complexion is not right?Could it be that something unexpected happened on that battlefield?

Ge Zhenzhuang didn't care to watch the reaction of the officers. After receiving the urgent telegram from Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, he didn't dare to delay for a minute, and transferred the Outer Mongolian Field Corps southward.Joining the Ximan battlefield was my own suggestion to the division commander, but according to what Chief of Staff Zhao said, so.It also caused a huge loophole in the entire campaign plan.Ge Zhenzhuang believed that he hadn't thought carefully enough to interfere with the teacher's overall thinking.

Ge Zhenzhuang's heart was full of self-blame. When he made the suggestion, he thought that he had considered it very carefully, but now it seems that he was still affected by his experience and vision. While thinking, he walked to the teacher's door , he stabilized his mood, and reported loudly: "Report to the division commander, and received an urgent telegram from Chief of Staff Zhao!"

"Come in!" came a peaceful voice from inside the house.

Ge Zhenzhuang opened the door and went in. Tang Qiuli looked away from the map, looked at him and asked with a smile, "It's the northeast border battlefield. Something unexpected happened?"

"Yes, Commander, this is an urgent telegram from Chief of Staff Zhao!" Ge Zhenzhuang handed over the telegram, standing upright in a military posture, and he was already mentally prepared to bear the anger of the division commander.

After reading the telegram, Tang Qiuli frowned and fell silent. Seeing this, Ge Zhenzhuang said: "Master, I will review. Because of my suggestion, the transfer of the Outer Mongolian Field Corps to the south caused a huge loophole in the campaign plan. Please Master punish me!"

Tang Qiuli raised his head, and in an instant, what Ge Zhenzhuang saw was warm eyes, without blame or complaint, "Director Ge, I don't need you to review, and it is me, the teacher, who makes the final decision. Didn't you see it! You just fulfilled your duty as the acting chief of staff, not to mention that the so-called loophole is only possible, it didn't cause any substantial harm, and there is still room for remediation!" He said calmly .

"But, teacher, I...!" Ge Zhenzhuang's next words were stopped by Tang Qiuli.

"Now it's not a question of who should be held accountable. Now that the loopholes have been discovered, it's enough to make up for them. Now, from Siping to Shuangliao, because Yuan Jinghao's troops have been strengthened to the blocking line, the strength has reached nine mechanized infantry brigades, three There are three tank brigades, nine heavy artillery regiments, and dozens of self-propelled artillery regiments, almost as many troops as Han Tie has, and with the cooperation of the aviation fleet, there is no problem in blocking the Ximan Kwantung Army troops!"

"The Outer Mongolian Field Corps went south urgently to join the Ximan battlefield. It is not an imminent priority. Cooperating with the directly subordinate corps to fight this battle and then go south will not affect the overall situation...!" Tang Qiuli said thinking .

Ge Zhenzhuang was relieved. If there was an unexpected change in the battle to annihilate the border guards of the Kwantung Army due to a huge loophole in his plan, he would blame himself for the rest of his life. Now, the division commander decided to make up for this hole, "Mr. , Do you mean that the Outer Mongolia Field Corps will go south after finishing the battle on the northeast border!" He tentatively asked.

"No!" Tang Qiuli shook his head and said.

"Ah...?" Ge Zhenzhuang was stunned, his face full of confusion.

Tang Qiuli continued: "Sun Zhenbang has more than 30 troops, all of which are spent on the 10,000+ Kwantung Army. Isn't it a waste? Director Ge, please immediately convey my order to Zhao Yuhe about the Northeast Border Campaign The launch time, the Division Commander decided to be dawn tomorrow, and Sun Zhenbang, commander of the Outer Mongolia Corps, received the order to leave six brigades behind and deploy them on the front line in the southeast of Outer Mongolia to prevent the Kwantung Army troops from rushing into Outer Mongolia!"

"Continue to carry out the frontal assault mission with the remaining troops. The specific time to launch the attack is to follow Chief of Staff Zhao's order. After that, your department will continue to carry out the established mission of going south to join the Ximan battlefield. The remaining six brigades , placed under the command of Chief of Staff Zhao!"

"Master, since you think that the Ximan battlefield has been stabilized, why do you need to divide the Outer Mongolia Field Corps into two? Is it necessary?" Ge Zhenzhuang was not in a hurry to convey the order, but asked puzzled.

Tang Qiuli smiled gently and explained: "Director Ge, the focus of our campaign is still in the western Liaoning and Ximan areas. First, we must deal with the more than 40 Kwantung Army troops in the Ximan area. All the troops should be pushed to the west of Liaoning to eliminate another heavy group of the Kwantung Army, and then divide the troops to recover the entire Northeast, so it is necessary to gather a considerable number of troops!"

"There is a saying in the art of war, 'encircle them five times, wipe them out ten times!' Now, our troops in the Ximan area are only more than 40 people from Yuan Jinghao's North China Field Corps, plus the Jingzhan Banner of the Ximan Blocking Corps. There are more than [-] people in a brigade, not to mention ten times, less than five times, but to gather as many troops as possible to form an advantage on the local battlefield, this is the significance of the Sun Zhenbang Corps continuing to go south!"

Following Tang Qiuli's words, a wider picture unfolded in front of Ge Zhenzhuang. He admired the commander's foresight, "Master, I understand, immediately convey your order to Chief of Staff Zhao and Commander Sun! ’ He stood at attention, saluted, and left.

Tang Qiuli's latest orders arrived in the hands of Zhao Yuhe and Sun Zhenbang one after another. Zhao Yuhe breathed a sigh of relief, and the pressure in his heart dropped suddenly. At least, the division commander's order can be used by troops directly under the regiment's two wings, especially the left wing. The No.11 Brigade and No.12 Brigade have more preparation time and are surrounded more tightly on three sides. In particular, the Outer Mongolia Field Corps left six brigades, which solved my biggest worry.

As for postponing the start of the attack, it would not have any impact on the troops. It would just allow the border guards of the Kwantung Army to live an extra night. At this moment, Zhao Yuhe was in a relaxed and joyful mood.

After Sun Zhenbang received the order, he was not very happy. He postponed the start of the attack until dawn tomorrow, which would have little impact on himself and the troops. What made him unhappy was that the division commander set aside six of his brigades. This made me feel distressed, but that's a small 10 horses!

"Chief of staff, do you think the division commander is biased, why did he take a fancy to our family? Good guy, take away one-third of the troops at once, and the army directly under him is strong and strong, with nearly 40 horses, which is not enough. We have six brigades? Alas, depressed! Where is this going to make sense? Why don’t we go south after killing the little devil in front of us!” Sun Zhenbang sat on a rock that burned his ass, smoking a cigarette, talking to the staff sullenly Chang Wang Jun complained.

"Puchi!" Wang Jun laughed, and said, "Commander, don't be so full of complaints. According to me, this is a good thing!"

"Huh! How can you see that?" Sun Zhenbang asked in puzzlement as he looked at Wang Jun with sideways eyes.

Wang Jun handed Sun Zhenbang a military water bottle, watched him take a few sips of water comfortably, and then said: "The Kwantung Army troops opposite us only have a total of 10,000+ people, and the corps directly under it plus our corps has about 80 horses. Typical There are more wolves and less meat, and it is our corps' turn to talk about how many Kwantung Army troops!"

"In terms of equipment and combat effectiveness, our corps is not as good as the gangsters directly under the corps? Our corps is gone with one blow, but the Ximan battlefield is different. There are more than 40 Kwantung troops. What a mess, what's the matter? , can also eat a piece of fat! You said, which is more enjoyable to take a bite or eat it?"

The words of Chief of Staff Wang Jun made Sun Zhenbang grinned happily, "That's right! That's the reason, we don't want to compete with those directly under the Corps! Chief of Staff, immediately call the brigade commanders over for a meeting and tell them I understand, so I can save myself from nagging!"

(To be continued)