Age of Rebirth

The order from the General Staff Headquarters of the base camp was sent to the Kwantung Army General Headquarters in Mukden as quickly as possible. Nanjiro held the telegram, his face full of vicissitudes of bitterness, "Is the only option for the last battle?" Obviously, Nanjiro, who is well aware of the situation on the battlefield in Manchuria, is not optimistic about this order, otherwise, he would not be willing to take a huge risk. In the imperial meeting, he proposed the astonishing words of negotiating with Tang Qiuli on the condition of abandoning Manchuria up.

"Persist for more than two weeks!" Nanjiro looked at the order of the General Staff again, how difficult it is!Now, on the two major battlefields in western Manchuria, the strength of the independent division troops is in an absolute advantage, and they are surrounded on all sides.

To break the encirclement, the Kwantung Army will have to pay a heavy price. Even if the breakout is successful, the Kwantung Army troops in the Ximan area will still need to hold on to Huludao in western Liaoning for more than two weeks. The Huludao area is such a big turnaround In space, more than 100 million soldiers gathered together and lost the air supremacy. A bomb from the bomber of the Independent Division may kill hundreds of soldiers of the Kwantung Army!

It has to deal with nearly 200 million soldiers of the Independent Division who are besieged on three sides. During these two weeks, facing the direction of Liaodong Bay, there is almost no resistance. The attack of the Independent Division fleet from the sea will cause incalculable casualties to the troops. "After two weeks, I'm afraid the Kwantung Army will not have many people left!" Nanjiro is almost certain that this breakout, including the retreat to the Korean peninsula, will be covered with the blood and corpses of Kwantung Army soldiers.

Even if they finally reach the Korean peninsula, it is not a pure land. The main force of the Independent Division is attacking the troops of General Tanaka Shin, the North Korean garrison army. Can the scarred Kwantung Army troops be allowed to land on the west coast of the Korean peninsula?

must.When it landed, it was another bloody battle. If it was consumed again and again, the Kwantung Army soldiers who could finally set foot on the land of the Korean Peninsula.How many people will be left.Ten out of ten is the most optimistic outcome, very likely.The west coast of the Korean Peninsula will become the final burial place of the Kwantung Army!

And Nanjiro's deeper intuition is that it is very likely that the Kwantung Army will not be able to get out of the land of Manchuria.Tang Qiuli, the Chinese devil, spent nearly a year planning and weaving two huge nets. With his military command ability and ruthless and cunning personality, he could not take all possibilities into consideration. Inside?

Nanjiro didn't believe that Tang Qiuli would be negligent and would leave a way out for more than 100 million Kwantung Army soldiers.What's more, if the Kwantung Army troops in the Ximan area break out in the direction of Huludao in western Liaoning, they still need to break through the defense line of the independent division in Jinzhou.Liu Tiehan, the deputy commander of the Independent Division, has operated in Jinzhou for many years. The Jinzhou defense line is a hard bone that can break the front teeth!

Nanjiro was rather hopeless that he had no way to enter the earth. Considering it from another perspective, the Kwantung Army broke through from two battlefields at the same time and turned to the Korean peninsula by land. However, Nanjiro quickly denied his idea and broke the independence. It is impossible for the division troops to attack the Siping and Shuangliao blockade lines in Ximan, and the Panjin and Beining blockade lines in western Liaoning.

Before Yoshijiro Umezu cut himself open, the Kwantung Army troops facing the encirclement did not fail to break out of the encirclement. Facts have proved that there was nothing to be gained except bloodshed and tens of thousands of corpses. With the passage of time, the blocking line of the independent division has become stronger and stronger, and there is no way, Nanjiro told himself.

Traveling by land is impassable, and traveling by sea is dangerous and unpredictable, and there are actions with no possibility of success in sight, all of which are a dead end and a road of no return. For a while, Nanjiro felt dejected and hopeless.

Lieutenant General Kenjiro Matsuda, Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army, looked at the old officer with a sad face and deep worries, and felt panicked in his heart, "Commander-in-Chief, what should we do now? In the order of the General Staff, it is The Kwantung Army troops in the Ximan area, immediately break out to the west of Liaoning!" He reminded.

Nanjiro groaned silently. In fact, the order of the General Staff Headquarters followed the old path of the Ximan Kwantung Army's breakout plan formulated by Umezu Yoshijiro, who had already committed suicide after he was defeated and fled back to Fengtian. However, Nanjiro He is also not optimistic about this plan. He has been in Manchuria for many years, and he knows how difficult it is, but other than that, are there other options?

The answer is yes, no. Therefore, General Nanjiro felt very heavy, and said with a sad face: "Matsuda-kun, as the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, the battle is imminent. I should be with the troops at this moment, not far away." Fengtian headquarters on the battlefield, command the troops to fight!"

Matsuda Kenjiro was taken aback, and hurriedly dissuaded him: "Commander-in-Chief, please think twice! Now, both the Liaoxi battlefield and the Ximan battlefield are surrounded by independent division troops, and internal and external connections have been interrupted. As the commander-in-chief, How can it be dangerous to sit in the Fengtian headquarters to command the battle?

Seeing Lieutenant General Matsuda's pale face, General Nanjiro smiled wryly. He knew that this loyal old subordinate had misunderstood him, and that he had no intention of going to die, and wanted to enter the two encirclement circles by land. , That's throwing yourself into a trap, going into the air, that's sending a living target to the combat aircraft of the independent division that has air supremacy.

"Matsuda-kun, don't worry, I know it's impossible to be with the troops, but I just sent out my feelings, to convey my order to the troops in the Ximan area, with the third army as the forerunner, the fifth army As the rear guard, the other armies cover alternately in sequence, block each other, break out horizontally, and turn to the direction of Huludao in the west of Liaoxi. The breakout time will start at [-]:[-] tomorrow night!"

"Order the troops in the Ximan area to abandon all heavy equipment immediately after breaking through the encirclement of the Independent Division, and only carry ammunition and supplies that must be guaranteed for about ten days, and all advance lightly. From Ximan to Liaoxi, we must turn over the seven old pictures Mountains, Nuluerhu Mountain stretching for hundreds of kilometers of mountainous area, more than a dozen rivers, this road is not easy to walk, it will be stained with blood! It will leave the lives of countless Imperial Japanese soldiers!"

General Nanjiro's tone was empty and dry, as if it came from a distant place, full of blood and sadness, and Chief of Staff Matsuda couldn't help shivering, his face turned pale, and a cruel battlefield picture appeared in front of his eyes. The lives of countless Kwantung Army soldiers disappeared in the overwhelming artillery fire and were swallowed up by the continuous mountains!

Seeing Lieutenant General Matsuda's pale face, General Nanjiro sighed in his heart, and continued: "The Kwantung Army troops in the Ximan area cannot break through alone, and ordered the Seventh Army of the Kwantung Army in the western Liaoning area to go north to Qilao Tushan and Nulu In the direction of Erhu Mountain, open up and meet the breakout route of the Kwantung Army troops in the direction of Ximan!"

"The start of the operation of the Seventh Army in Western Liaoning should be eight hours later than the breakout operation of the Kwantung Army in the Ximan area, so as not to disturb the independent divisions outside the encirclement. Matsuda-kun, you are the chief of the general staff. Look at my order. Are there any omissions and oversights?"

"No, Commander-in-Chief, your arrangements are very thorough!" Chief of Staff Matsuda said without any compliments, speaking from his heart, the breakout plan arranged by General Nanjiro, especially the support of the Seventh Army in Western Liaoning, was a stroke of genius. The time that the breakout troops stayed in the Ximan mountain area was greatly reduced. The advantage of this is to avoid the chasing and chasing independent division troops, and to form a new encirclement in the Ximan mountain area!

Of course, the prerequisites for all this are based on whether the Kwantung Army troops in the Ximan area can break through the siege, otherwise, everything is empty talk. However, Chief of Staff Matsuda has one more important thing in mind. "Commander-in-Chief, how should we evacuate our headquarters and the imperial troops and agencies in Harbin, Xinjing, and Fengtian?"

The Kwantung Army troops with the largest combat power all fled in a panic, and the remaining agencies and non-combat departments continued to stay in Manchuria. There was no other way to go except to send a large group of prisoners to Tang Qiuli. The Great Japanese Empire After many years of operating in Manchuria, I have accumulated a huge family property and stalls. Once I give up Manchuria, it will be so difficult to deal with the aftermath!

General Nanjiro looked at the dark night sky in Mukden sadly, his face was full of pain, and said: "Matsuda-san, at such a critical moment, I can't take care of so much. The main thing is to ensure that the main force of the Kwantung Army breaks through!"

"The headquarters of the Kwantung Army will stay in Fengtian and will not leave. The government agencies in Harbin, Xinjing and Fengtian, the military police constitutional agencies, and the local garrison will not leave. They will stay in Manchuria until the last moment. Everything is for the sake of the overall situation! "

"The Kwantung Army headquarters stays in Fengtian to command the breakout, which will attract a considerable number of independent divisions. To a certain extent, it will also reduce the pressure on the breakout troops. I will not leave. A general of the Imperial Japanese Army, the Kwantung Army Commander-in-Chief Commander, if you stay in Fengtian, how can you attract Tang Qiuli's [-] troops!"

"No! Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, please think twice!" Chief of Staff Matsuda shouted in shock, "You are the supreme commander of the Kwantung Army, how can you be used as a bait? The Kwantung Army troops continue to fight on the battlefield on the Korean Peninsula?"

"Also, it is not the best policy for government agencies, military, police, constitutional agencies, and local garrison teams to stay in Manchuria. They will become the target of the Chinese demon Tang Qiuli and his soldiers to vent their anger, and they will be slaughtered! You can use the Kanto In the name of the Army Headquarters, order these institutions and local garrison to break through on their own and withdraw by land to the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, Commander-in-Chief, perhaps, this is a way out!"

"Shut up!" General Nanjiro yelled angrily, "It's nonsense, do these personnel in the rear have the ability to break through? They will stay with me in Manchuria and will undertake a glorious mission!"

"A glorious mission?" Chief of Staff Matsuda looked at him suspiciously. General Nanjiro, who was blushing because of his rage, didn't know what he meant by that.

(To be continued)