Age of Rebirth

Tang Qiuli's call back to Zhao Yuhe, the chief of staff of the division commander who was in command of the Corps directly under the Far East, obviously changed the decision at the time of the Northeast Border Campaign. All a dozen brigades, plus the six brigades of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, all joined the Far East battlefield, striving to form the greatest advantage over the Japanese Far East dispatched army in terms of strength.

However, the information about Xinjing from the intelligence department changed Tang Qiuli's decision. ** A total of five divisions formed the Ximan support group, intending to attack our army's blocking troops on the front line from Siping to Shuangliao, thinking that Ximan's besieged Kwantung Army troops would open the way to retreat to Xinjing! "

"The formation of this support group is the first and second divisions of the Xinjing Guard of the Puppet Manchukuo, the first and third garrison divisions stationed in Jilin, and the Royal Guards of the Manchukuo (division-level organization). The formation divisions of the Manchukuo Army are all relatively powerful troops in the Puppet Manchukuo Army. Japanese officers serve as commanders above the company commander. In addition, it is learned that the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army Kenjiro Matsuda has personally rushed to Mukden to supervise and preside over the operation of the West. Formation of the full support group!"

After reading the information from the intelligence department, Tang Qiuli couldn't help being surprised. He didn't understand, since the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Yoshijiro, was known as a famous Japanese general, how could he make the same mistakes one after another. The battle situation, now.The elite Puppet Manchurian Army from Xinjing was also deployed to use the same tactics in an attempt to attack the Ximan Blocking Corps on the Jingzhan Banner line from Siping to Shuangliao from behind.

Is Umezu Yoshijiro out of his head or with ulterior motives.It is still unknown, but Tang Qiuli is clear that Meizu Yoshijiro's actions are in line with his own wishes. He will regain the battlefield in the northeast, control it in the west of the northeast, and resolve the battle outside the big cities.It is the core content of his own plan to regain the Northeast Campaign. Originally, he did not expect it.Umezu Yoshijiro will follow his own rhythm, but now he appeared!

For this, Tang Qiuli naturally accepted it with a smile, and the five puppet Manchukuo elite teachers left Xinjing.It cannot be retracted again.Since then, the defense of the Kwantung Army in Xinjing will inevitably be empty, which undoubtedly opened the door to the recovery of Xinjing!

The three central cities in the Northeast, Fengtian, Xinjing and Harbin, among them, the potential military strength of the Fengtian Kwantung Army has been exhausted.Xinjing is also repeating the same mistakes, only Harbin.Because it is located in North Manchuria, it feels a bit out of reach. In addition, multiple battlefields have been opened up at the same time, and the use of troops by the independent division has reached its limit. Therefore, compared to Fengtian and Xinjing, Harbin is like a paradise.

And after Zhao Yu and his troops ended the Northeast Border Campaign, they became the largest mobile corps in the hands of the division commander Tang Qiuli. It just so happened that when they went to the Far East battlefield, they passed through Beiman, and there was a prerequisite for solving Harbin. All these things prompted Tang Qiuli to change his original plan and decide to face Harbin's opponents. Of course, he hoped that the Kwantung Army troops in Harbin would also take the initiative to go out of the city to fight like Fengtian and Xinjing.

Tang Qiuli's new order arrived in the hands of Zhao Yuhe, who was standing on the south bank of the Kelulun River, overlooking the depths of the Greater Khingan Mountains and the endless forest sea. Lieutenant Colonel Wu Zhengmin, the deputy director, asked, "Chief of Staff Wu, what do you think?"

Ever since Wu Zhengmin made his mark in the Northeast Border Campaign, Zhao Yuhe valued him even more. He would seek Wu Zhengmin's opinions on everything, and Wu Zhengmin did not disappoint him. Most of the opinions he gave were very appropriate and timely.

After reading the telegram, Wu Zhengmin thought for a while and said, "The chief of staff, this order from the division commander is nothing more than the following intention, following Fengtian's example, to transfer as many Kwantung Army garrison forces in the direction of Harbin out of the urban area as possible, and strive to be in the wild. Annihilating the enemy is in line with the core requirements of the division commander in the Northeast Campaign. My opinion is that the six brigades of the Outer Mongolian Field Corps should be reserved for the attack on Harbin. The strength of nearly 10 troops is enough no matter what.”

Zhao Yuhe smiled and said: "I thought about it together, and I will send a telegram to the division commander immediately. I plan to use the six brigades of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps in the direction of fighting against the Kwantung Army in Harbin. The cavalry unit commanded by Commander Liu Chun, except for the troops responsible for guarding the Bai-A line railway, the rest are all included in this combat unit, please give instructions to the division commander if it is correct!"

After receiving Zhao Yuhe's telegram, Tang Qiuli smiled. Zhao Yuhe was more and more able to understand his intentions. He said to Ge Zhenzhuang, chief of staff, "Call back to Chief of Staff Zhao to approve your plan. The six mechanized infantry brigades of the Outer Mongolia Field Forces who were originally scheduled to stay in the Outer Mongolia region were organized into the Northern Manchurian Combat Corps, and they were separated from the combat order of the directly subordinate regiments. You immediately order the troops to go south to Harbin!"

"Liu Chun, who was ordered to stay in the area of ​​Baichengzi, and two cavalry brigades under his command, led by Liu Chun, immediately went north to Harbin and incorporated into the North Manchuria Combat Corps, and sent a telegram to Sun Zhenbang, indicating that the division planned to form the North Manchuria Combat Corps. Colonel Wang Jun, chief of staff of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, was specially transferred to serve as the commander of the corps, and Major General Liu Chun, the commander of the cavalry of the division, was appointed as the deputy commander.”

"Wang Jun and Liu Chun are jointly responsible for all combat matters against the Kwantung Army and the Puppet Manchurian Army in the North Manchuria area. Wang Jun got off at the nearest station and rushed to North Manchuria to accept the troops!"

Ge Zhenzhuang reminded: "Master, it is not suitable for the appointment of the commander of the North Manchurian Operation Corps. Major General Liu Chun refers to the highest commander of a single branch of the division, the rank of commander of the Corps, and Colonel Wang Jun is only the Chief of Staff of the Corps. The military ranks of the two people are also different, and I am worried, because the positions and military ranks are different, will there be unnecessary friction in command and coordination?"

Tang Qiuli waved his hand indifferently, and said, "There's no need to worry. Inside our independent division, we rely on our ability to eat. Those who are capable go up and those who are mediocre go down. If they don't play well, it is not uncommon for major generals to be commanded by colonels and lieutenant colonels." Some things, Liu Chun specializes in cavalry combat, and is a layman for commanding mechanized large corps to coordinate operations, but Wang Jun is different, he has enough command experience, I also believe that Liu Chun is an old man of the independent division , will not fail to understand this, don't worry!"

Seeing what the teacher said, Director Ge couldn't say anything more, so he went out to send a telegram.

The long military column passed through the vast forest in Daxing'an Mountains. The two railroad tracks were like two black silk threads, circling and entangled in the green forest. Urgent order, he read the telegram, handed it to Wang Jun, and said with emotion: "Old man, we are going to separate this time. The division commander transferred you to be the commander of the newly formed North Manchurian Combat Corps. The order requires you to go to the post immediately. Time is tight, Sauron Station is ahead, get off at Sauron!"

After thinking for a while, Sun Zhenbang continued: "The distance from here to Harbin is not very close, and safety is a big problem. In this way, I will bring you the guard regiment of the Corps, and a main regiment to strengthen the two artillery companies. The beards and bandits along the way, the local garrison of the Kwantung Army and the puppet Manchukuo garrison are enough!"

"I am very happy that you can command a corps alone. In fact, with your military commanding skills, you are already good enough to be the leader. Fortunately, you command all the troops of our corps, and the brigade commanders are familiar with it. , There is no running-in problem, Han Tie’s chief of staff, Wang Dongshan, is now alone commanding a corps to fight, and my chief of staff, Sun Zhenbang, is not bad! Ah, hahaha!” He laughed happily.

After reading the telegram, Wang Jun didn't think about these things. He said to Sun Zhenbang with some worries: "Commander, I have nothing to fear as the commander of the North Manchurian Combat Corps, but the division refers to the cavalry troops. Commander Liu, it is not suitable for me to be my deputy. Commander Liu is one of the veterans of our independent division and a senior officer at the commander level of the corps. I have a colonel commanding a major general. How awkward! I give He's more or less a deputy!"

Sun Zhenbang didn't like to hear it anymore, and said with his eyes wide open: "What about the major general and colonel, how the division commander arranged it must make sense. Besides, I understand Liu Chun. This old man is not someone who takes military rank and position very seriously. I will definitely cooperate with you, so you can do it boldly!"

The military column stopped at Solon Railway Station. The guard regiment of the Corps Headquarters and the First Regiment of the First Brigade got off the train quickly. Some trucks and equipment were also unloaded nervously. The troops lined up in a large open space outside the station. Sun Zhenbang insisted on sending Wang Jun off, but Wang Jun couldn't stop him, so he had to do as he wanted.

At that time, Sauron was still an important town in the depths of the Daxingan Mountains forest area, surrounded by mountains with dense pine forests and birches, surrounding the town, a dirt road built by the Japanese, passing through the town, winding and stretching to the northeast, from here Going out of the central part of the Greater Khingan Mountains, then crossing the Zalaite Grassland and crossing the Yalu River, the front of the soldiers could be directed at Qiqihar, the capital of the pseudo-Hejiang Province at that time, and Harbin would be threatened if they went south.

However, Sun Zhenbang didn't want to suggest that Wang Jun captured Qiqihar with two regiments. After walking out of the station, Sun Zhenbang said to the colonel of the Corps Guard Corps, "Listen well, the chief of staff's safety will be entrusted to you. If the chief of staff If you hurt a hair, don't come back, kid! Also, give my armored command vehicle to the chief of staff!"

The head of the guard regiment stood at attention with a "snap" and said, "Please rest assured, Commander, I dare to guarantee the safety of the chief of staff with my head, nothing will go wrong!"

After the troops got on the truck, Sun Zhenbang and Wang Jun hugged tightly, "Old man, take care!" Sun Zhenbang yelled, and then turned around and left. The military train started, and the Sauron station gradually disappeared into the sky. In the green forest.

"Why is my heart so empty!" Sun Zhenbang leaned on the seat and couldn't help muttering.

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