Age of Rebirth

The temporary Supreme Commander of the Kwantung Army in Ximan, who was already in a desperate situation, and Lieutenant General Tosa, the commander of the Third Army, sent a telegram to General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army. The content was very simple, but the hatred contained in it was fully revealed. , "Report Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, the Ministry of Staff and more than 40 imperial soldiers are now in the independent division force, set up in the encirclement of the Nuluerhu Mountain in Ximan!"

"The ground was bombarded fiercely by thousands of artillery pieces from the Independent Division's artillery, and the sky was bombarded indiscriminately by more than a thousand planes from the Independent Division. The battlefield was full of artillery fire, and it was like hell on earth. The staff knew that there was no possibility of breaking through or being spared , but what I want to say is that, in line with the bounden duty of a soldier of the Imperial Japanese Empire, the Ministry led more than 40 soldiers of the Kwantung Army and faithfully executed your orders. For this alone, even if all the jade pieces are broken, they are worthy of the imperial soldiers honor!"

"It was Your Excellency's order to send more than 40 Kwantung Army soldiers in the Ximan area to Jedi and death! However, even so, Tosa will still fight to the death with all Kwantung Army officers and soldiers, until the last person, for It is the honor and vocation of every soldier of the Empire to be loyal to the Empire of Japan and His Majesty the Emperor, but the Ministry also implores Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, to reflect on what you have done, do you have a clear conscience?"

When the telegram arrived at the headquarters of the Kwantung Army in Fengtian, General Nanjiro looked at Lieutenant General Tosa's telegram, with no expression on his face, but felt severe pain in his heart. Resentment, but is all of this self-inflicted?

The Manchurian War has been fought so far, and it is no longer within the control of the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army. His Majesty the Emperor and the headquarters directly took over the command of the battlefield, and the order to order the Ximan Kwantung Army to break out in the direction of Liaoxi is His Majesty the Emperor. I personally ordered it, and I am just an executor!

General Nanjiro knows better, no matter who it is.Neither can save the fate of the Kwantung Army's fall, nor the fact that Manchuria has fallen, nor can His Majesty the Emperor. Since the German mediation failed and the negotiation with Tang Qiuli failed, the result has been doomed!

More than 40 Kwantung Army soldiers in the Ximan area were surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops from the Independent Division.And the Seventh Army of the Kwantung Army in the western Liaoning area went north to respond and seize the port of Huludao. corpse.Had to turn back and respond to the Ximan Kwantung Army's breakout operation, which failed completely.

The operation to break through the Jinzhou defense line of the Independent Division and seize Huludao has not yet begun, but General Nanjiro believes that there is absolutely no possibility of success.The direction of Jinzhou and Huludao is within the independent division, and the direction of the well-known Feng Jiwu Corps. The hundreds of thousands of well-equipped and well-trained troops will give such an opportunity to the Liaoxi Kwantung Army, otherwise, they will not There is today's siege!

At the beginning of the war in western Liaoning, 60 to [-] Kwantung Army troops were exhausted.Day and night fierce attacks, trying to break out of the siege, failed to break through the blockade of the Marine Corps and Hantie troops of the Independent Division with less than [-] troops. Today, the encirclement of the Liaoxi Independent Division has become unbreakable, and no effort can succeed!

There are two battlefields in western Liaoning and Ximanshan Mountains.It includes all the main forces of the Kwantung Army in Manchuria, but the situation on the battlefield is different. Battles in the western Liaoning battlefield occur frequently, but the intensity is not great.On the battlefield in the Ximan mountain area, blood and blood were flying everywhere, and the independent division troops had the intention of annihilating more than 40 Kwantung Army troops in Ximan in one fell swoop.

However, in the view of General Nanjiro, the results were the same, but why the independent division troops had the advantage of launching the final attack on the two battlefields, but adopted different tactics, which puzzled General Nanjiro. From my limited understanding of Tang Qiuli, this devil of China, who is as fierce as a wolf and as cunning as a fox, must have a bigger conspiracy to surround and not fight the Kwantung Army troops in the western Liaoning area?

But what kind of conspiracy is it? General Nanjiro can't figure it out. Is it to attract himself to send reinforcements to rescue the Kwantung Army troops in western Liaoning again? "Hehe!" He smiled bitterly, "The military potential of the Great Japanese Empire in Manchuria has been wiped out by Yoshijiro Umezu. Where can I send troops? It is the huge Fengtian City where the headquarters of the Kwantung Army is located. Counting it, the number of real imperial soldiers is no more than 3000, and among them there are more than [-] rear personnel who have never been on the battlefield!"

But that devil of China must have plans in western Liaoning. What is his plan?Playing cat and mouse?Impossible, that is a bloody battlefield!

"Report, Commander-in-Chief, General Matsuda, Chief of the General Staff, please see me!" The adjutant's report interrupted General Nanjiro's exhausted thinking, "Oh, please come in, Chief of the General Staff Matsuda!" His eyes were lost After receiving the order, I felt strange, it's not like this usually, Matsuda came to me and didn't need to report, what happened today, is there any bad news?

Lieutenant General Matsuda, the Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army, pushed the door open and came in, his face was a little swollen from the heat, and he had dark circles under his eyes from severe lack of sleep. During this time, he had worked harder than the commander-in-chief, General Nanjiro. Except for important matters, he had to ask for instructions In addition, I have pushed all the details to myself. The precarious Manchuria and the Kwantung Army are facing the fate of annihilation. What good news is there? Fatigue is serious!

"Matsuda-kun, just tell me what's going on, anyway, I'm used to it, Manchuria, what's so comforting!" General Nanjiro said with a self-deprecating smile.

Chief of the General Staff Matsuda took out a telegram from the folder, handed it to General Nanjiro, and said: "Commander-in-Chief, just received a notification from the Chief of the General Staff of the base camp, and came to Manchuria to meet the Kwantung Army's evacuated ship. The team, under the cover of an escort fleet composed of 48 warships of the navy, and an escort fleet composed of five air teams, set off from the Miyazaki port on the mainland island of Kyushu one day ago!"

"At present, the troop carrier fleet has arrived in the South Yellow Sea, and it is expected to arrive in the waters near Huludao in Liaodong Bay in a week. The General Staff of the headquarters ordered that the Kwantung Army in the western Liaoning area must stick to it for more than a week and seize Huludao, use this place as a place to evacuate the troops of the Kwantung Army!"

"What?" General Nanjiro burst into fury suddenly, "Take Huludao? Did the people from the General Staff hide in their offices and give orders to the map? Do they know the actual situation on the battlefield in western Liaoning? Is the Kwantung Army in the region facing many crises? The independent division has more than a million troops, surrounded more than 50 Kwantung Army soldiers, and failed to break through repeatedly. What kind of Huludao is there to capture?"

"It is simply unreasonable to seize Huludao as a place to evacuate the Kwantung Army troops. Chief of Staff, immediately call back the General Staff Headquarters of the headquarters. The Kwantung Army headquarters in western Liaoning can hold on to the spot for a week. , is an absolutely impossible task!"

Seeing the ferocious anger of General Nanjiro, Chief of Staff Matsuda sighed in his heart. His Excellency, the always calm General, finally lost his composure. Again, I am afraid that the decision was made only after His Majesty the Emperor's strict order, so I am afraid that it is inappropriate for you to call back like this?" He reminded as tactfully as possible.

"What's wrong? I can't just watch countless imperial soldiers make unnecessary sacrifices!" General Nanjiro continued to growl, "Go, send my words to the general staff of the base camp without changing them, so that Those guys sitting in the office giving orders, wake up and see the actual situation on the battlefield in western Liaoning!"

Seeing General Minamijiro's distorted face with anger, Chief of Staff Matsuda had no choice but to turn around in silence and was about to leave, "Wait, Matsuda-kun!" General Minamijiro suddenly stopped him.

Chief of Staff Matsuda thought that the Commander-in-Chief had changed his mind, and hurriedly turned around, but was horrified to see that General Nanjiro's face was as ugly as ashes, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead!

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, are you uncomfortable there? I'll call the military doctor right away!" Chief of Staff Matsuda thought that General Nanjiro had a sudden heart attack, so he hurriedly shouted in panic and was about to run out.

"Matsuda-kun!" General Nanjiro stopped him with difficulty, and then he said to himself: "Understood, I finally understand, obviously has the conditions to attack, why did that Chinese devil attack the Kwantung Army troops in the western Liaoning area, It really is a good plan to encircle but not fight!"

Chief of Staff Matsuda was confused. He didn't know what the General was muttering to himself, "Commander-in-Chief, what are you talking about?" he asked.

General Nanjiro suddenly rushed to Chief of Staff Matsuda with extremely agile movements, with a ghostly light in his eyes, gritted his teeth and said: "Chief of Staff Matsuda, the content of the telegram just now is invalid, you record the following telegram, Kwantung Army Commander-in-Chief Nanjiro, in his capacity as the supreme commander of the Manchurian battlefield, hereby present His Majesty the Emperor, and I am horrified to know that the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli has hidden a huge conspiracy in the Liaoxi area of ​​Manchuria!"

"The goal of the conspiracy is to use the more than [-] soldiers of the Kwantung Army of the Great Japanese Empire in the western Liaoning area as bait to lure the local troop carrier formations, escort fleets, and aircraft fleets into the waters of Liaodong Bay. Taking advantage of the right time and place, they intend to encircle and annihilate our troop carrier formation, escort fleet and escort fleet!"

"With extreme anxiety, I implore His Majesty the Emperor to immediately issue an order for the troop carrier formation, escort fleet, and escort fleet to return to the mainland immediately, otherwise, the empire will not be able to bear such a heavy loss!"

Seeing that Lieutenant General Matsuda was stunned by what he said just now, General Nanjiro shouted: "Matsuda, wake up! You personally supervise the confidential room, and immediately send this telegram directly to His Majesty the Emperor, hurry up! "

(To be continued)