Age of Rebirth

In Tang Qiuli's heart, he is more inclined to put more than 40 Kwantung Army troops in the Ximan area into the mountainous area leading to the west of Liaoning and fight again. The benefits of doing so are obvious, compared with the current four-sided Siege, to save a lot of troops, but also reduce the casualties of troops.

With a brigade of more than [-] troops in the southern part of the encirclement circle in the western Liaoning battlefield, retreat and set up a blocking line in the Qilaotushan Mountains and Nuluerhu Mountains. The rugged mountain roads and more than a dozen rivers will greatly delay Ge Zhenzhuang's analysis of Ximan's Kwantung Army's marching speed is correct. In order to avoid being bitten, the breakout Kwantung Army troops will inevitably discard all heavy equipment and march lightly, so that the speed can be fast!

After the Kwantung Army that put Ximan into the mountainous area, the north, west, and east are the troops in the same direction, and then the air force adopts an all-weather bombing method. In this way, Qilaotu Mountain and Nuluerhu Mountain are An excellent place to annihilate the enemy.

Just as Tang Qiuli was about to issue an order to Ge Zhenzhuang, the division pointed to Chen Feng, the director of the communications department, and walked into the headquarters, "Master, I received a message from Commander Feng Jiwu and Deputy Commander Han Tie from the Liaoxi Theater Command. The joint telegram stated that the Kwantung Army in the west of Liaoxi had an abnormal behavior, and its Seventh Army bypassed the frontal battlefield, turned to the junction in the northwest of our encirclement on the Liaoxi battlefield, and moved in the direction of the Nuluerhu mountain area!"

"Currently, the intention of the Kwantung Army troops is unclear. The two commanders Feng and Han asked for instructions whether to launch a partial attack with the troops in the west and north of the encirclement, and push back the Seventh Army of the Kwantung Army?"

"Hahaha!" Tang Qiuli laughed loudly, "The Kwantung Army units in the two encirclement circles all behaved abnormally, and their targets were concentrated in Qilaotu Mountain and Nulu'erhu Mountain. The Kwantung Army troops wanted to break out of the siege in the west of Liaoning, and the Seventh Army of the Kwantung Army in the west of Liaoning went north to try to meet them. It happened that Director Ge and Director Chen were both there. The two Kwantung Army troops combined totaled more than 130 million people. Where is the final foothold? Speak freely and express your opinions!"

Ge Zhenzhuang did his part, this was his job.Walking to the map, he said, "Master, according to the situation on the battlefield, no matter whether the two parts of the Kwantung Army can join together or not, the land route is inseparable. Then, there is only one possibility. Take the sea route. Jinzhou, Liaodong Bay coastline, There are two places in Huludao, you must choose one!"

"Also, since the direction of Ximan Kwantung Army's breakout is the west of Liaoning, then, assuming the breakout is successful, there must be a large number of transport ships to support it at sea. From this point of view, Huludao must be captured by it. Goal, compared to Jinzhou Port, Huludao's port location is better! Director Chen, what do you think?"

Ge Zhenzhuang said, and asked Chen Feng.Chen Feng has never been very involved in battlefield issues, and he also knows that he is a half layman, "Director Ge, you are rushing ducks to the shelves, but I agree with you. In terms of the geographical location of Huludao Port In other words, it is indeed much better than the Jinzhou Port. Commander and Director Ge, you see, the Jinzhou Port is more than ten kilometers deep into the land of the Liaoxi Corridor. If we put artillery on both sides, I am afraid that the Japanese transport ships entering the port will be entangled. fear!"

"The port of Huludao is different. Small-tonnage transport ships can dock in the shallows, and soldiers of the Kwantung Army can get on board by wading through the water. Don't forget, there are hundreds of thousands of pursuers behind us! Commander, I will Such a little opinion makes you laugh!" Chen Feng said with a smile.

Before Tang Qiuli could speak, Ge Zhenzhuang stretched out his thumb and praised, "Director Chen, you also said that you don't know anything about fighting. Just a few words are enough to drive the Kwantung Army in western Liaoning to a dead end. !"

Tang Qiuli joked with a smile: "Well! You two, it's better not to flatter each other. The Kwantung Army in western Liaoning has a lot of appetite. They want to seize a port. From the current battlefield position, they want to seize Huludao. We must break through our Jinzhou defense line, Feng Jiwu's troops, hundreds of thousands of troops are waiting in full battle, how can he be satisfied, so this adventure of the Kwantung Army is doomed to be fruitless!"

"Hey, Director Ge, you just said that if the Kwantung Army troops go by sea, there must be enough transport ships to meet them! Even if it is just to pick up more than 50 Kwantung Army soldiers from the western Liaoning area, it will probably take thousands of transport ships A boat?" Tang Qiuli suddenly asked with great interest.

Ge Zhenzhuang's brain reacted so quickly, he immediately understood the meaning of the teacher, "Master, did you plan to use the Japanese to transport merchant ships?"

"Wouldn't it be a pity if we didn't take the fat that was delivered to our mouths!" Tang Qiuli nodded, "So many merchant ships need to start from Japan, bypass the Korean Peninsula, pass through the Yellow Sea, enter the Bohai Sea, and then go to the Bohai Sea. To reach Huludao in Liaodong Bay, more than ten days is not enough, and besides, the Japanese will definitely have a fleet escort and a large number of fighter jets in the air escort, otherwise, what will come is a bunch of live targets!"

"It's also thanks to the Japanese that they can come up with such a risky way, it's really hard for them!" Tang Qiuli shook his head and sighed.

Ge Zhenzhuang said in disbelief: "Master, it's hard to understand that the Japanese will make such a decision. No matter how large the Japanese escort fleet and aircraft fleet are, as long as they enter the Bohai Sea, they will inevitably be in our Liaodong Peninsula and Shandong Peninsula. , the surrounding areas around the Bohai Sea, the land-based aviation force's fierce attack, I am really in a hurry to die!"

"Also, our fleet on the west coast of the Korean Peninsula will not sit back and watch its transport fleet enter the Bohai Sea smoothly. In a word, the Japanese are crazy, which is equivalent to going deep into the hinterland of our army and taking away hundreds of thousands of Kanto Army soldiers, how could they succeed!"

Tang Qiuli did understand why the Japanese military base camp made such a risky move, because the Japanese thinking cannot be understood by normal people's thinking. This nation is born with the characteristics of gamblers fighting for their lives. Behavior is not surprising.

Now, Tang Qiuli has shaken the idea just now. In Qilaotu Mountain and Nuluerhu Mountain, he arranged a big pocket for Ximan's more than 40 Kwantung Army trying to break through. The troops of the Kwantung Army were put in the west of Liaoning, and then the port of Huludao was given up. Then, several main attacking regiments gathered together and pressed more than 100 million Kwantung Army troops to fight by the sea. What would the result be?

Tang Qiuli couldn't help being taken aback by his bold idea. It seems that the thousands of Japanese merchant ships made him lose his way. If he really did this, there might be uncertain variables in the entire Northeast battlefield. The meeting of two parts of the Kwantung Army troops is not just a simple matter of one plus one equals two. Fundamental changes will take place in the soldiers of the Kwantung Army from morale to morale.

The soldiers of the Kwantung Army who were surrounded believed that they had the ability to break through the encirclement encircled by the army of the ** Division. In addition, they still had the hope of survival, and their inner will to fight and desire to survive would be greatly stimulated. Encirclement and annihilation battles will increase the difficulty, and the casualties of the troops will also increase a lot. Fighting exhausted soldiers and fighting trapped beasts are two concepts of battle!

Tang Qiuli shook his head vigilantly, "I'm a little greedy! An overly smooth battlefield situation can easily lead people astray in the right direction! The Northeast Campaign was still fought according to the established plan. However, the plan to wipe out the enemy in the Ximan mountain area , it’s doable!” He secretly thought to himself.

"Thousands of Japanese merchant ships are indeed a piece of oily fat, but with him or without him, we will celebrate the New Year! If we can eat it, it is a bonus. If we can't eat it, we don't regret it!" Tang Qiuli restrained Containing his own thoughts, he shook his head and said, "Director Ge and Director Chen are both here, record the following order, Sun Zhenbang, Yuan Jinghao, a brigade unit in the south of the Ximan battlefield encirclement, make way, and immediately retreat to Qilao Tushan area and Nuluerhushan area, establish a blocking line!"

"For the remaining troops in the three directions, after the Kwantung Army troops in the encirclement start to break through, they will immediately follow and compress, and will annihilate their battlefields. They will be located in the Ximan mountain area, and the total attack time will remain unchanged!"

"Commander Feng Jiwu and Deputy Commander Han Tie of the Liaoxi Battlefield Headquarters must repel the Seventh Army of the Kwantung Army that is trying to meet the enemy's breakout in the Ximan area. Refers to the judgment that it is trying to seize the port of Huludao. You should be prepared to strictly limit the battlefield of annihilating the enemy in western Liaoning to the existing area. You can oppress the besieged Kwantung Army troops in western Liaoning to the sea, but it must not The port area is conducive to our army's concentration of troops to attack!"

Ge Zhenzhuang said a little unwillingly: "Master, after the general attack is launched, there will be a thunderbolt. According to the estimates of the staff office, the battle on the two battlefields will definitely end within ten days. At that time, the Kwantung Army will retreat. Will the Japanese fleet continue to go deep into the waters of Liaodong Bay after learning that the target fleet has been wiped out? Didn’t we scare away a large piece of oily fat!”

Tang Qiuli said with a smile: "It's a pleasure to get it, and it's not annoyed to lose it! However, as long as the Japanese transport fleet and escort fleet cross the Korean Strait and enter the Yellow Sea, it may not be so easy to retreat. Already!"

"Send a telegram to Commander Tang of the Navy Fleet, ordering that, judging by various circumstances, the Japanese have assembled a troop fleet of about several thousand merchant ships and an unknown number of escort fleets in the mainland, trying to rush to Liaodong In the waters of the Gulf of South China Sea, respond to the besieged Kwantung Army troops to break through and withdraw from the sea to the Japanese mainland. The mission of your fleet is to do everything possible to capture this troop carrier formation!"

After recording the order, Chen Feng frowned and reminded: "Master, the order given to Commander Tang of the Navy is too general!"

Tang Qiuli shook his head and said: "We are all laymen in commanding naval battles. We just need to tell Commander Tang what the master wants. He knows exactly how to fight!"

(To be continued)