Age of Rebirth

Major General Yamaguchi Ichiro, chief of staff of Japan's Far East Dispatch Army, is definitely a cunning and resourceful person, who considers issues very carefully. For this, Prince Zaijin, commander of the Far East Dispatch Army, is also quite satisfied, and he has a lot of praise for his suggestions. After discussing the big issue of the gradual retreat of the Far East Dispatched Army, seeing that Chief of Staff Yamaguchi seemed to have something to say, he said it with satisfaction, and looked at him inquiringly.

Chief of Staff Yamaguchi thought and thought, and said cautiously: "Commander, your retreat plan is perfect, and the more than [-] imperial soldiers dispatched to the Far East will also benefit from it, but have you considered it? The minutes of the imperial meeting came here, through negotiations, a ceasefire agreement was reached with Tang Qiuli, the devil of China, the Far East Dispatched Army will continue to stay in the Far East, and we retreated, are we going against the decision of the imperial meeting!"

"Your Excellency, Commander, it is very risky. After all, the negotiation with Tang Qiuli, the devil of China, was a decision made by His Majesty the Emperor at the imperial meeting. I mean, whether in the name of the Far East Expeditionary Army Command, Report our evacuation plan to His Majesty the Emperor and the base camp, and implement it after approval, the staff department is worried that without the evacuation order from the base camp, you will get into unnecessary trouble!"

If you don't talk about negotiations, Prince Zairen can't hold back his anger any longer. The veins popped up on his forehead, and he roared: "Mr. Yamaguchi, don't think about the decision of the imperial meeting. Doing nothing all day in Tokyo, away from the flames of war, only intrigues, wishful thinking, negotiations? Ridiculous ideas. Negotiations with that devil of China will not succeed, never!"

"Wait for the orders of those whimsical and misleading people in the base camp? I'm afraid there will be no orders. They are imagining peace. Even if there are orders, it will be too late. An elite corps of Tang Qiuli has already We have followed our path, personal honor and disgrace, and the future fate of the empire. Compared with the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers dispatched in the Far East, they are insignificant, and the facts will prove it. I did the right thing! their lives to show obedience!"

Major General Yamaguchi didn't dare to show his breath, and stood with his head bowed, listening to Prince Zairen's angry roar.echoed in the office.He couldn't intervene, and he didn't want to intervene. His Royal Highness could disobey orders and act on his own, but he didn't have the capital to do so.

After venting the anger in his heart, Prince Zairen seemed to feel better, looked at the trembling Major General Yamaguchi, and said in a slow tone: "Mr. Worried, the staff immediately began to formulate a detailed retreat plan. The general principle is that the troops on the front line should withdraw to the second position, and so on. Retreat!"

"In the retreat plan, the retreat routes and assembly points of the various troops must be strictly stipulated. A large retreat of more than 50 people will lead to a chaotic rout if the plan is not thorough, the arrangements are not detailed, and the command system is not in place. , In addition, to officers below the rank of regimental captain, do not convey orders to retreat, so as not to cause unnecessary panic!"

"Yamaguchi-san, please work hard for your staff department. I want the troops on the front line to take action after midnight tonight. Do you understand?"

"Hay! Please rest assured, Commander, Yamaguchi and all the staff in the staff department will definitely formulate your campaign intentions into a careful plan!" Major General Yamaguchi promised loudly, then turned and left.

Looking at the Far East in August, the afternoon sun and the wind blowing from the Sea of ​​Okhotsk already brought a little coolness. Thinking of evacuating the Far East, the grand plan I made at the beginning immediately became a bubble and a pain. The dream, even, will become the ridicule of the domestic political opponents, an excuse to attack, Prince Zairen's heart is very blocked.

Prince Zairen did not know that the former Kwantung Army Commander-in-Chief Umezu Yoshijiro, who had committed suicide by cutting himself apart, presented the memorial to Emperor Hirohito, which was quite predictable about the future situation of the Far East Dispatch Army. Even in the memorial, The route for the withdrawal of the Far East Dispatch Army from the Far East battlefield has been arranged. If Prince Zairen can see Meijin's memorial if he goes to the Kamchatka Peninsula, he will definitely be cited as a fellow traveler!

However, in Meijin’s memorial, the retreat route drawn for the Far East dispatched troops is different from that planned by Prince Zain. One is the Kamchatka Peninsula and the other is Sakhalin Island, but the purpose is the same, and Prince Zain The plan, more simple and direct!

The cool wind blew by, and Prince Zairen looked sad, "Brother, how can you believe that negotiating with Tang Qiuli, the devil of China, will achieve the goal of protecting the Kwantung Army, such a ridiculous thing?" He shook Thinking about it, then closed the window, blocking the cold wind blowing inside from the outside!

That night, the small actions of the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army on the front line could not be concealed from the eyes of the soldiers of the East Pointing Troop of the Independent Division who closely monitored the actions of the Japanese army. After receiving the report, Liu Tiehan stroked his bearded chin and meditated. The action was absolutely abnormal. The intensity of the Dongzhi troops' attack had not changed at all, but the Japanese army retreated from the front line, which seemed strange!

"Ketian, what do you think about this matter?" Liu Tiehan suddenly raised his head and asked the chief of staff of Dongzhi Yang Ketian.

After receiving the report from the frontline troops, Yang Ketian analyzed the purpose of the Japanese army's abnormal actions, but he was limited to speculation. When the deputy division commander asked himself, he thought about it and replied: "Deputy division commander, according to my judgment, whether the Japanese army is carrying out illegal activities?" The purpose of the campaign contracted, or the appearance of the directly subordinate corps in the area of ​​North Manchuria, aiming at the battlefield in the Far East, aroused the vigilance of that old devil Zairen? The little devil wants to run away?"

Liu Tiehan smiled and said: "Well, there is progress! It seems that the direct subordinate corps surprised this old devil, okay, an army of more than 30 people swept all the way from Beiman, and everyone would be terrified. Heavens, report this situation and your analysis to the teacher immediately, and in addition, order the front-line troops not to take any action tonight, let the little devils make trouble first!"

After receiving Liu Tiehan's telegram from the Far East battlefield, Tang Qiuli was able to confirm at a glance that Liu Tiehan's judgment was correct. Zhao Yuhe's corps directly under his command had made so much noise in North Manchuria that it was impossible not to blame the Japanese army. The intelligence department knew that the intention of the corps directly under it was very obvious. Fearing that he would be ripped off, Zairen couldn't help but panic. He was preparing to retreat. This is for sure!

The only thing that cannot be determined now is that the final destination of the retreat of the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Force is there. Judging from the situation and terrain conditions of the Far East battlefield, retreating into the Northeast is the best route and choice, which is exactly what I hope As a result, since Sun Zhenbang's Outer Mongolia Field Corps arrived in Siping and Shuangliao in Ximan, it was not a problem to deploy a considerable part of its troops from the battlefield in western Liaoning or from the battlefield in Ximan.

If Zai Ren commanded the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army and really withdrew to the Northeast and entered the Beiman area from the direction of Khabarovsk, it would happen to crash into the arms of the corps directly under it. A battle limited to the scope of Beiman is in line with his own ideals. Imagine!

However, based on Tang Qiuli's understanding of Zai Ren, he would not be so stupid. What's more, the main force of the Kwantung Army in the Northeast was divided and surrounded in the Liaoxi and Ximan areas. Zai Ren entered the Northeast as a lone army. With the response of any Japanese army, the Northeast battlefield is imminent, and the independent division has gathered more than one million troops, and the decisive battle is already very obvious.

At this time, the Japanese Far East Dispatched Army will indeed change the pattern of the Northeast battlefield, but what will follow will be more than [-] troops from the East Point, and all the corps directly under it will enter the Northeast. In the final comparison of forces, the Japanese army will still At an absolute disadvantage, as smart and cunning as Zai Ren, he will not hit hard nails, and he will not be buried in the Northeast with the Kwantung Army, absolutely not!

Therefore, Tang Qiuli emphasized this point in his reply to Liu Tiehan, "Brother Tiehan, I have heard all the calls, and my judgment is extremely correct. The Japanese Far East dispatched troops will not withdraw into the Northeast. The current difficulty is , It is impossible to determine the retreat route and destination of the Japanese army, so the first task of my brother is to find out the true intention of the Japanese Far East dispatched troops!"

"Furthermore, according to my analysis, Zairen will not go northeast. In order to avoid being cut off by the corps directly under his command, he will inevitably retreat to the east of the Kukan Mountains. In this way, the direction of Kamchatka Peninsula and Sakhalin Island should be Zairen's first choice. Brother, you can start from these two places and formulate a specific battle plan! It seems that it is best for the directly subordinate corps to go east of the Kukan Mountains according to the original plan and cut off the retreat of the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Army. The key lies in the direct corps Intersperse speed!"

At the same time as the telegram was sent out, there was also an order from the division commander Tang Qiuli, "In order to meet the needs of the development of the situation in the Far East battlefield, a combat group in the Far East region was specially formed. Commander, the chief of staff of the independent division and the commander of the directly subordinate corps, Major General Zhao Yuhe, is the chief of staff of the combat group, and the chief of staff of the East Command, Major General Yang Ketian, is the deputy chief of staff. A regional combat group whose only goal is to fight against the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Force!"

The Dongzhi troops with the largest number of independent divisions and the directly affiliated corps with the most powerful combat effectiveness have a combined strength of more than 100 million people. The Northern Aviation Group of the Aviation Corps is fully cooperating in the Outer Mongolia patrol area, coupled with the command of veteran Liu Tiehan, supplemented by shrewd and capable Zhao Yuhe and Yang Ketian, who came to deal with Zairen's Japanese Far East Dispatch Army, could be said to be Tang Qiuli's strongest lineup.

Regarding the situation on the battlefield in the Far East, he can relax and be a hands-off shopkeeper without asking.

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