Age of Rebirth

Beginning in July in midsummer, Lieutenant General Liu Tiehan, the deputy commander of the Independent Division, commanded an army of more than 100 troops in the East, and in the vast area west of the Brea Mountains in the Far East, he and the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army commanded by Prince Zairen, five More than [-] troops fought across the board, and more than [-] million soldiers from both sides engaged in a bloody fight between the vast mountains and plains.

There are more than [-] to more than [-]. Although they have the advantage in military strength, it is extremely difficult for the East Pointing Forces to eat up the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army. Liu Tiehan is also well aware of this. The method is to attack face to face, but never conduct a full-scale decisive battle, as long as the Japanese army is firmly entangled in the Far East. The purpose is to prevent the Japanese Far East from sending troops to the Northeast battlefield, so as not to affect the battle situation.

Apparently, Liu Tiehan did this, and beat Prince Zairen so much that he couldn't stop, couldn't go away, and couldn't take care of himself. He still had the energy to take care of the affairs on the Manchurian battlefield, but Prince Zairen thought that he could still resist, but since Zhao Yu He commanded an independent division directly under the corps, with more than [-] troops, ended the Northeast Border Campaign, wiped out the Kwantung Army's border guards, and began to march on the Far East battlefield. Everything changed.

Prince Zairen, who is cunning but not lacking in military literacy, had a premonition that something bad was going to happen. Facing Liu Tiehan Dongzhi's army and his family, he was out of breath. With more than [-] elite soldiers and strong generals, the Far East Expeditionary Army is by no means an opponent of the independent division, and the situation is precarious. Therefore, Prince Zairen began to order his troops.There is a planned retreat across the board to avoid being encircled by the vast areas on both sides of the Brea Mountains.

There are two routes for the Far East Dispatch Army to retreat.One route is Temple Street at the eastern end of the Kukan Mountains in the Far East, crossing the Tatar Strait, and withdrawing from Sakhalin Island to Hokkaido, the mainland, through the Zongya Strait.This route is Prince Zairen's favorite route. Not only is the retreat distance very short, there is also a division of the Far East Expeditionary Army and a logistics supply base on Sakhalin Island.

The other route is an alternate route.Continue to retreat north from the Far East, cross the Jugjul Mountains, and reach Magadan across the sea from the Kamchatka Peninsula.There is an important port for the Far Eastern Front of the Far Soviet Union. The troops boarded the ship from Magadan, passed through the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, and returned to the mainland.As a last resort.Prince Zairen would never choose to take this route.

According to Sakhalin Island, the distance is several hundred kilometers longer, and there are uninhabited mountains, virgin forests, swamps all over the place, and crisscross rivers along the way. I am afraid that soldiers will not wait until Magadan to board the ship.Just scary.

This time the Far East Dispatched Army retreated across the board, and Prince Zairen did not ask the base camp for instructions.It's completely self-assessed. Ever since the traces of the corps directly under the independent division appeared in Jiamusi, Yichun and other places in Heilongjiang, Manchuria, Prince Zairen, who is as cunning as a fox, had a premonition that something was wrong. He knew very well that this independent army The division's elite corps is coming towards me, it is Liu Tiehan's troops who want to fight against me head-on, and encircle the Empire's Far East dispatch army!

Therefore, Prince Zairen chose to retreat across the board. As for what his generals were worried about, whether they would be severely punished by the base camp if they gave up retreating to the Far East without consulting the base camp, Prince Zain had his own ideas.

As the chief of the general staff of the base camp, Prince Zairen is well aware of the intensity of factional struggles and the seriousness of internal friction inside the base camp. He is a master of conspiracy. , various factions compete, and when the order comes down, it may take ten days and half a month. By then, it will be too late, and the Far East Expeditionary Army will be surrounded by independent division troops!

Of course, Prince Zairen also has confidence, where is his identity clearly? Besides, according to the situation on the battlefield, it is within the scope of his authority to deal with it on the fly. Bringing the descendants back to the mainland, this alone is enough to offset the various attacks of the hostile factions inside the base camp, and the emperor will understand his painstaking efforts.

As for withdrawing to Manchuria, Prince Zairen didn't even think about it. Manchuria, which wanted to leave, was more dangerous than the Far East. The Kwantung Army was surrounded by an independent division of nearly 200 million troops, divided and surrounded by the Manchurian border, West Manchuria and Western Liaoning. When the mud bodhisattva crosses the river, it is difficult to protect himself. The troops sent from the Far East to retreat to Manchuria are almost like throwing themselves into a trap.

The retreat was far from being as smooth as Prince Zairen imagined. Not long after the first-line troops evacuated overnight, they were noticed by the independent division troops. Afterwards, it was different from the previous full-line attack. The ferocity of the attack , The density of firepower is definitely the most intense since the start of the war on the Far East battlefield.

Prince Zairen commanded the troops of the Far East Dispatch Army, and retreated while fighting, but still could not get rid of the entanglement of the East Command troops of the Independent Division. During this period, they got bad news one after another. Soldiers, Yu Sui, and then, the more than 10,000 Kwantung Army troops on the Ximan battlefield, the entire army was wiped out, followed by more than [-] troops of the Liaoxi Kwantung Army, all Yu Sui.

A series of bad news made Prince Zairen terrified, and he became more and more convinced that his decision was correct and wise. The Far East Dispatched Army and the Independent Division East Pointing Force fought endlessly for hundreds of kilometers. Prince Zairen lost More than 7 soldiers finally saw the temple street next to the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, but they could no longer walk.

The corps directly under the independent division, which made Prince Zairen look like a sharp-edged man, occupied the front line of Temple Street at an incredible speed before dispatching troops from the Far East, and built fortifications, lying in front of him, guarding Temple Street A brigade of the Chinese Far East Expeditionary Army, all members of the brigade, passed through Sakhalin Island, and the nearest route to the mainland was cut off!

Prince Zairen was naturally not reconciled. He commanded the troops and launched a ferocious attack. However, after fighting for two days, the position of the independent division directly under the regiment remained motionless, while the East Pointing troops of the independent division chasing after them broke through the Far East. Layer upon layer of blocking forces from the dispatched army's rear guards were approaching. Now, Prince Zairen could not help himself if he did not want to follow Magadan's route.

At night, the front line of Temple Street in the Far East is still roaring with cannons. Now, the situation faced by the Far East Dispatch Army is quite dangerous. The fierce attack of the East Command of the Independent Division and the deep anxiety shrouded the hearts of all the senior generals of the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Army.

Under such circumstances, Prince Zain held a military meeting. At the meeting, he did not deny the dangerous situation faced by the dispatched troops in the Far East. "My lords, the current battle situation is very unfavorable to us. There are chasing soldiers. Judging from the situation of attacking Temple Street for two consecutive days, the damn independent division is directly under the corps position, and it is impossible to break through. Gentlemen present, who can tell me that the damn Chinese army has more than 40 troops? Man, how did you get ahead of us and appear on the front line of Temple Street?"

No one can answer Prince Zairen's question. Even he himself can't figure out that such a huge army marched hundreds of kilometers from the Manchurian-Mongolian border in the northwestern part of Manchuria, across the entire North Manchurian area. , Turned over the virgin forest of the Xiaoxing'an Mountains, like a divine soldier descending from heaven, inserted into the front line of Temple Street, and cut off his retreat to the back of Sakhalin Island?

What is even more incomprehensible is that on the front line of Temple Street, the independent division that blocked him was directly under the corps. The light infantry was easy to understand, but there were all kinds of large-caliber artillery and tanks. The firepower was unbelievable. Zai Ren wondered Now, how did those large-caliber heavy artillery and tanks come here? They walked fast and slow, but they were still cut off.

Hidden in a larch forest is the headquarters of the dispatched army. The largest of the dozens of military tents is the meeting place. Outside, the sound of rumbling cannons can be heard endlessly. Inside, several candles were flickering with dim yellow light, reflecting Prince Zairen's livid face. He looked fiercely at more than 30 senior officers of the Far East Dispatch Army, and these senior officers were silent.

Others can keep quiet, but Major General Yamada, the chief of staff of the Far East Dispatch Army, has to say, "Your Excellency, Commander, the reason is that the Ministry of Staff believes that it is the East Pointing Force of the Independent Division behind us who is chasing too fiercely and biting too hard. According to statistics from the staff department, since the retreat began, our troops have traveled less than [-] kilometers a day, and it took seventeen days to retreat from the battlefield west of the Brea Mountains to the vicinity of Temple Street!"

"More than half a month is enough for the independent division directly under the corps to rush ahead of us, occupy Temple Street, and block the dispatched troops from the Far East. Your Excellency, what needs to be done now is to come up with a solution as soon as possible. If the troops continue to stagnate in the Temple Street area, the consequences will be disastrous!"

"The staff department also received some bad news. It was learned through the General Administration of Military Intelligence in the base camp and my classmates. The new commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Nanjiro, had committed suicide at Fengtian headquarters and died for the country. Fengtian and Xinjing have already fallen, and Vladivostok has fallen. In addition, most of the Independent Division's Outer Mongolian Field Corps is now stationed in the Heilongjiang border area, and the Independent Division's North China Field Corps is now stationed in the Boli area. There are more than five in total. More than [-] troops can be deployed to the Far East battlefield at any time, and Khabarovsk is not too far from Temple Street!"

What Chief of Staff Yamada said brought more serious fear and worry to the dozens of senior generals of the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army. The independent division of the dispatched army has more than 170 million troops, so the area around Temple Street will definitely become the burial place of the Far East dispatched army!

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