Age of Rebirth

Annihilating the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army in Temple Street. It is the best of course. Lieutenant General Liu Tiehan, the deputy commander in charge of commanding an army of more than one million troops on the Far East battlefield of the Independent Division, did not want to delay the battle for too long. The cold wind is becoming more and more biting every day. It will not be long before the Far East battlefield will be covered with ice and snow. It will be very difficult for the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army who is blocked on the front line of Temple Street.

But for more than one million independent division troops, it is also difficult. Heavy snow blocks mountains and roads, ammunition and supplies, and supplies will be more difficult. The daily consumption of more than one million troops is quite astonishing. The severe cold Far East battlefield, for For the Japanese army and the independent division troops, the same cruelty.

But Liu Tiehan knows that it is obviously unrealistic to swallow more than [-] troops from the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army in a short period of time, unless two more corps with more than [-] million troops are deployed to form an absolute force advantage. On the front line of Temple Street, weave an impenetrable net, otherwise, to eliminate more than [-] Japanese troops, it will inevitably be a protracted war of attrition, and Zai Ren's troops will be exhausted alive.

Liu Tiehan tends to make quick decisions. He once suggested to his division commander that he would transfer two corps from the Northeast battlefield to join the Far East battlefield, but he later dismissed this idea. The planning of troops, therefore, his campaign deployment was carried out around the idea of ​​blocking from the east and attacking from the west, gradually consuming the Japanese troops, and finally gathering and annihilating them in the Temple Street area.In this case, the East Pointing Force's attack on the Japanese Far East Dispatched Army needs to be controlled at a suitable speed, and it cannot be forced too tightly. The [-] troops directly under the Corps will attack in two counterattacks.Defeating more than [-] Japanese troops was a breeze, but what Liu Tiehan wanted was not defeat, but complete annihilation, on the ice and snow battlefield.Challenging the battle like chasing ducks.It was not what I wanted, so the Corps directly under it took a defensive position on the front line of Temple Street.

"Report to the deputy division commander. I just received a telegram from Chief of Staff Zhao, the acting commander of the directly subordinate corps!" Just as Liu Tiehan was meditating, Major General Yang Ketian, chief of staff of Dongzhi, came in with a cold breath and said with a telegram.

Liu Tiehan's brows couldn't help moving.Asked: "What is the content of the telegram?"

Yang Ketian said succinctly: "Chief of Staff Zhao's previous judgment has been confirmed!"

"So, Zairen sees that there is no way to go along Temple Street, so he changed to the direction of Magadan?" Liu Tiehan frowned and said, for himself, this is not very good news, the last thing he wants to see Condition.It still happened, the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Army did not stick to the front line of Temple Street, and the war of attrition turned into a pursuit war.

Yang Ketian nodded and said, "Yes, according to Chief of Staff Zhao's telegram. Two hours ago, the Japanese Far East dispatched troops to attack the blocking positions of the Corps directly under the front line of Temple Street, and suddenly weakened a lot. The firepower has been significantly reduced, and based on this, it can be judged that the old devil Zai Ren has gone in the direction of Magadan!" "Is the resistance of the Japanese army still so strong in the attack of Dongzhi?" Liu Tiehan asked again.

Yang Ketian answered succinctly: "Yes, Dongzhi's frontal offensive troops were fiercely resisted by the Japanese army, and the battle was very fierce. Of course, this is also the result of you not putting all the troops and heavy weapons of the Dongzhi troops into it. Otherwise, Japan's Far East The dispatched army can't stop us! With this skill, we can fight each other!"

Listening to Yang Ketian's words, he seemed to be complaining somewhat. Liu Tiehan smiled, and then asked, "What countermeasures did Chief of Staff Zhao take?"

"According to the changes in the enemy's situation, Chief of Staff Zhao dispatched six brigades of troops to deploy along the route from Temple Street to Magadan when the directly subordinate corps just arrived at the Temple Street line, preparing to block and delay the little devil's retreat. For Chief of Staff Zhao's deployment, the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army will go in the direction of Magadan, and there will be many difficulties along the way!" Yang Ketian still answered concisely.

Liu Tiehan pondered for a while, and said: "Ketian, give an order to all the troops of Dongzhi, and suddenly all troops will attack across the board, in order to annihilate the Japanese troops on the opposite side at the fastest speed, and then chase after the Japanese troops. Since Zairen wants to run , we can't let him go happily! Chasing and fighting all the way, even if Zairen arrives in Magadan, he can't escape without a large number of troop transports, and the Japanese can't produce too many troop transports now!"

"In addition, send a telegram to Chief of Staff Zhao that the corps directly under Temple Street immediately launched a full-line counterattack against the Japanese army, and then chased and attacked the retreating Japanese army, and told him that the blocking troops deployed along the direction from Temple Street to Magadan It is not necessary to block the retreating Japanese troops, but to slow down their retreating speed, and the next planned battlefield for annihilating the enemy is on the front line of Magadan!"

"Also, give an order to Meng Qingpeng, the commander of the Outer Mongolia Cruise Area of ​​the Air Force, that your department dispatch all fighter jets and bombers to carry out continuous bombing and air strikes day and night against the Japanese troops withdrawing to Magadan!"

"It should have been like this a long time ago! I really don't understand, what are you doing later?" Yang Ketian murmured.

"What did you say?" Liu Tiehan asked calmly, turning his head to look at Yang Ketian.

"No, deputy division commander, I didn't say anything, I went to convey your order immediately, you don't know, the brigade commanders of the seven or eight brigades who didn't go into battle didn't bother me to death! Calling all day long I dare not be with you, I have already called the staff office!" Yang Ketian said with a grin, and then left in a hurry.

In fact, Liu Tiehan had already heard what Yang Ketian said, "Could it be that I am too conservative? If the division commander commanded the Far East campaign, what kind of tactics would he adopt?" He smiled and shook his head thinking.

On Temple Street in the Far East, the blocking position of the corps directly under the Independent Division, in the dark night, the continuous artillery fire reflected half of the sky red, and the flames of explosions vaguely reflected the figures of Japanese soldiers charging, and the huge explosion sound echoed on the battlefield , The sea breeze from the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, with a biting coolness, blows over strongly, but it can't blow away the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood that permeates the night sky!

The Japanese Far East Dispatch Army is desperately attacking the blocking position of the directly subordinate corps on the front line of Temple Street. The chief of staff of the independent division and the acting commander of the directly subordinate corps Zhao Yuhe Major General, most of their bodies are exposed outside the armored command vehicle, holding binoculars, Carefully observe the situation on the battlefield, from time to time there are stray bullets with screaming sounds, passing from a distance, and the shells of the two warring parties intersect each other in the night sky above their heads.

Even through the telescopic lens, one could see the body of the Japanese soldier who was blown up into the air by the shell, directly under the headquarters of the corps, so close to the front line, it must be said that it was a risky move. For these, Zhao Yuhe completely He didn't realize it, but his guard captain was so nervous that he was sweating all over. In addition to Zhao Yuhe's armored command vehicle, there were more than a dozen communication vehicles and guard vehicles scattered around. These were Zhao Yuhe's armored vehicles. Mobile command organization, simple and capable!

The Japanese Far East Dispatch Army's attack on the Temple Street line began to weaken. Zhao Yuhe had already noticed it two hours ago. The Japanese attack could not be a means of throwing pawns to protect the car. They used part of their troops to maintain the offensive on the front line of Temple Street, and used the covered main force to withdraw from the Temple Street battlefield.

When we were heading to the Far East battlefield, the division commander sent a telegram to predict the possible evacuation route of the Japanese Far East dispatched troops. Temple Street and Magadan were the places to pass through. According to this, Zhao Yuhe placed the main force of the corps directly under Temple Street. On the front line, another six main brigades were dispatched to take advantage of the favorable terrain along the way from Temple Street to Magadan to carry out preventive deployment, because no matter from which point of view, if the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army wants to withdraw to the country, it must go to Temple Street to Sakhalin Island , are the best routes.

Zhao Yuhe had also considered sending troops to seize the Magadan port to completely block the other route of the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army, but after consulting the commander in chief of the Far East Campaign, Deputy Division Commander Liu Tiehan, he did not get approval.

Zhao Yuhe understood Liu Tiehan's worries. After all, the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army has a huge force of more than [-] people, and it is not enough to capture Magadan without more than seven or eight brigades. If Zairen does not leave Magadan, Instead, they walked along Temple Street and allocated about one-third of the troops directly under the corps. Facing the more than half a million Japanese troops desperately breaking through and fleeing with all their heart, one can imagine the pressure they endured.

Even if the Japanese Far East Dispatched Army is blocked, the casualties of the corps directly under it will be very huge. This is obviously not the situation that Liu Tiehan wants to see, "Chief of Staff, former Deputy Commander Liu is calling!" The director, Lieutenant Colonel Wu Zhenmin, acting chief of staff of the directly subordinate corps, interrupted Zhao Yuhe's thinking.

With a gust of cold wind, Wu Zhenmin got into the armored command vehicle. Zhao Yuhe retracted his body and asked, "What did Deputy Commander Liu say?" His eyes were shining brightly in the dark night.

Wu Zhenmin replied succinctly: "The Far East Campaign Headquarters issued an order that the directly subordinate corps immediately launched a full-line counterattack against the Japanese troops attacking the front line of Temple Street. The blocking forces deployed along the route from Temple Street to Magadan do not need to block the retreating Japanese troops, but only need to slow down their retreat speed, and the planned next battlefield for annihilating the enemy is on the front line of Magadan!"

"Magadan?" Zhao Yuhe's eyebrows trembled. He understood Liu Tiehan's intentions, and Dongzhi and the regiment directly under him chased after the retreating Japanese army. , I am afraid that in Magadan, Zairen will not have many troops left. This is a safe way of fighting, but Zhao Yuhe does not fully agree. He always believes that Deputy Division Commander Liu was too conservative when commanding the Far East campaign.

However, it is useless to say these things now, "Convey my order, the troops on the front line of Temple Street will start a counterattack across the board in three to ten minutes!" Zhao Yuhe said.

(To be continued)