Age of Rebirth

After nearly a year of careful planning and several changes during the period, the current battlefield pattern in the Northeast has been fixed and has the necessary conditions to fully recover the Northeast. After the establishment of two regional combat headquarters, the commander of the Independent Division Tang Qiuli , and issued a combat preorder to all the troops participating in the war, "All the troops participating in the war in the Northeast battlefield will take a week to rest and reorganize the battlefield, replenish ammunition and supplies, and adjust the deployment of troops. The general attack of the troops will officially begin at [-]:[-] a.m. on August [-]th!"

Another new day is coming. In mid-August, the East Mongolia area is the season of high autumn air and strong grass and strong horses. The ancients believed that this is a season that is conducive to fighting. Tang Qiuli is in Kailu County, the North China Field Corps left behind. , After eating the last breakfast, today, he will leave here with his three wives and all members of the division headquarters, rush to Jinzhou in western Liaoning, and go to the front to command the battle in person.

When I first arrived in Kailu, it was still early spring. On the edge of the Horqin sandy land in eastern Mengdong, there was no horseshoe in Asakusa. In the spring breeze at night, there was still a little chill from the Mongolian plateau. When I left, the sky was high and the clouds were clear. In the mid-autumn season, the pasture grass can reach knees. For a few months, I have lived in this small county town.

Tang Qiuli is a mediocre person, so he will naturally linger on the good times spent in Kailu for a few months, and he feels lost in his heart. After breakfast, the three women, Mei Ting, Mei Xue and Liu Xinlan, are busy packing their things. , Tang Qiuli couldn't get his hands in, so he stood aside, admiring the figures of the three wives, who were either slender, plump, or fit, with ups and downs in their movements.With a graceful figure, swaying like a flower, with her chin resting on her hand, she constantly clicked her tongue in admiration.

The three women, Mei Ting and Mei Xue, were used to her husband's aggressive face like a pig.After a long time, she didn't care about it, but Liu Xinlan was still a big girl with a yellow flower. After receiving Tang Qiuli's eyes, she touched Mei Xue's arm quietly and said in a low voice: "Sister Xue, look. His eyeballs are so fast. It fell to the ground!"

Mei Xue laughed happily, and lay beside Liu Xinlan's ear, muttering in a low voice: "Xinlan, you, you will get used to it sooner or later. "Mei Xue didn't say the following words, Liu Xinlan's face was already peachy, her face was burning hot, she gave Mei Xue a reproachful look, "Sister Xue, you know how to bully me!"

Mei Xue and Liu Xinlan muttered and let out bursts of coquettish laughter, but Mei Ting saw the different emotions in Tang Qiuli's eyes, so she put down what she was doing, walked up to him, and tidied things up for him carefully In military uniform, he said, "Why, when I left Kailu for the first time, what was there in my heart that I was reluctant to part with? Aren't we all used to it? Home is everywhere!"

Tang Qiuli stretched out his arm, wrapped around Mei Ting's slender waist, and said very solemnly: "I can't bear it, the most reluctant thing is Kailu's mutton. After arriving in Jinzhou, where can I eat such authentic prairie mutton?" Ah, what a loss for me!"

Mei Ting was so happy that she bent down, Mei Xue turned her head, glared at her husband, wrinkled her cute little nose, and said, "Hmph! You are a foodie, and it's not easy to want to eat mutton. You, Master Tang With one order, it will be done by sending planes back and forth!"

Tang Qiuli was speechless, and the three women burst into laughter. At this moment, Shanhu shouted outside the door: "Xiaoqiu, have you packed up? Everyone is waiting for you to go to the airport!"

Tang Qiuli took a last look at the room he had lived in for several months, and then left with his three wives. Dozens of cars drove into the Kailu Field Field Airport. Ten minutes later, four transport planes Under the escort of a squadron of fighter jets, we left Kailu Field Airport and flew towards Jinzhou. Looking down from the porthole of the transport plane, the autumn grassland in eastern Meng is like a verdant ink painting dotted with colorful wild flowers. , has been stretched to the distant horizon.

Tang Qiuli, the commander of the Independent Division, left Kailu, Mengdong, and rushed to the northeast front of Jinzhou with nostalgia, while Lieutenant General Kenjiro Matsuda, the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, left Xinjing to return to the headquarters of the Kwantung Army in Fengtian, full of panic and anxiety. A feeling of powerlessness and failure.

When he was in Xinjing, Chief of General Staff Matsuda received a telegram from the Military and Political Department of the base camp, informing him that General Nanjiro would once again assume the post of commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, and that he would act as the commander-in-chief until General Nanjiro assumed the post. .

After receiving the telegram from the base camp, Lieutenant General Matsuda breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that his ability was not enough to take on such an important task. During the period when General Umezu Yoshijiro disappeared, the Independent Division had not yet launched a large-scale attack. Already exhausted and struggling to deal with it, now it's all right, the old chief is in danger again, and he can finally let go of this unfortunate job!

Lieutenant General Matsuda is very convinced of his old commander, General Nanjiro. This conviction comes from the skills he has learned during the course of working together for many years. The heart is also full of worries. The current situation in Manchuria has reached an irreversible level. Even if General Nanjiro has great talents and superb political skills, it may be difficult to reverse the overall situation.

At least in Lieutenant General Matsuda's mind, he believed that the Empire of Japan in Manchuria had already suffered a catastrophic defeat. He couldn't figure it out, but with the political wisdom of old Chief Minami Jiro and his penetrating insight, he couldn't see that the situation in Manchuria was precarious and the ship would sink soon. Why, under such circumstances, do you still have to come to Manchuria to take this muddy water? Does the old officer think that with his own ability, he can change the situation in Manchuria?Repel the army of the Chinese demon Tang Qiuli?

Impossible, Chief of Staff Matsuda shook his head and sighed, no matter which famous general in the empire, he is powerless to turn back the situation in Manchuria, even the old officer. If Chief of Staff Matsuda knew, General Nanjiro would definitely have no choice but to take over the mess in Manchuria With the inside story, he won't have these doubts!

There is another matter that Chief of Staff Matsuda didn't understand, let alone understand. In the telegram from the base camp, it was only said that Nanjiro was about to take up the post of commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army. Didn't mention it, and didn't explicitly dismiss him from his position. Was it vague? Although General Meijin's whereabouts are unknown, as long as there is no news that he was captured or died in battle for a day, then General Meijin may survive!

"I don't know what those bastards from the Intelligence Headquarters are doing these days? They haven't even got any news about General Meizu!" Thinking of this incident, Lieutenant General Matsuda sighed again. Compared with General Nanjiro, the old chief, the more he compared, the more he found that it was definitely a wrong decision to send Umezu Yoshijiro as the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army. It was General Umezu's series of self-willed decisions that directly led to the current crisis in Manchuria!

"Perhaps, after the old officer arrives in Manchuria, he can rely on his political wisdom and superb skills to retreat from Manchuria, right? He won't be buried in a foreign land!" Lieutenant General Matsuda was full of thoughts. In the middle of the night and a whole day of hurrying, we finally arrived at Fengtian. Fortunately, the journey was safe, and the tentacles of the independent division had not yet extended to the area between Fengtian and Xinjing.

This is due to the fact that the captain of the Kwantung Army Headquarters insisted on trying his best to avoid the dangerous area, and he did not hesitate to walk for more than ten hours. Otherwise, the way back to Fengtian happened to pass through the Ximan Assault Corps of the Kwantung Army, more than 8 Chief of Staff Matsuda did not take a plane on the battlefield where people turned against each other. He knew that the skies of Manchuria did not belong to the Empire of Japan.

After arriving in Fengtian, the sky was completely dark, the dim street lights shone on the bumpy road, there were only a few pedestrians on the street, even the brothels and wine shops that were usually crowded with people were deserted, and the sun flag was seen from time to time , in the evening wind of the city, fluttering feebly a few times, and then not moving dejectedly, all of this shows that Fengtian, the largest city in Manchuria and the center of the empire's rule in the northeast, is already dying, precarious and extinct. middle!

What he saw on Fengtian Street made Chief of Staff Matsuda, who was already in a bad mood, feel even more gloomy. The road was bumpy for more than a day. In order to avoid dangerous areas, he took remote mountain roads. Didn't break his body to pieces!

I should have returned to the official residence and had a good night's rest, but Chief of Staff Matsuda knew that there were countless matters and telegrams waiting to be dealt with in the Kwantung Army headquarters at the moment. Of course, there was nothing good for the teacher!

Therefore, when the captain of the guard asked whether to return to the mansion first, Chief of Staff Matsuda shook his head and said, "No, go directly to the headquarters!"

The exhausted Lieutenant General Matsuda staggered up the long steps of the Kwantung Army headquarters building with his sore body. Before he could enter the door, he saw an officer with the rank of Major at the entrance of the headquarters, stretching Long Neck looked around and saw Lieutenant General Matsuda appearing at the gate of the headquarters surrounded by guards and staff officers. This officer, as if seeing a relative, flew up to greet him.

This officer, Ushio Inada, is the director of the Operations Division of the Kwantung Army Headquarters and one of Chief of Staff Matsuda's confidantes, but his excitement made Chief of Staff Matsuda baffled, and at the same time, he was very dissatisfied. Under what circumstances, the military officers of the Great Japanese Empire should have a demeanor. What is it that does not change their face when Mount Tai collapses in front of them?

Ever since, Chief of Staff Matsuda waited for Ushio to arrive, and asked displeasedly: "Ushio-kun, what's the big deal, how can you be so flustered?"

(To be continued)