Age of Rebirth

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Tang Qiuli commanded the two main corps directly under the corps and the Niangziguan Garrison Corps. The counterattack across the board in the MacDonnell Mountains on the Australian battlefield completely crushed General Ito Yanzaburo, the commander of the Japanese Australian Front Army. The decisive battle was in the central Australian battlefield. The division blocked the troops, and then went straight to Adelaide, an important town in southern Australia, to end the Australian war plan.

Not only that, but several days after Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan corps blocked the [-] Japanese troops in the middle route in the northern part of the MacDonnell Mountains, they were exhausted and exhausted. The loss of troops in the previous attack immediately led to a complete defeat.

The two corps commanded by Tang Qiuli, with more than [-] troops, took advantage of the retreat of the Japanese army and pursued them. In about a week, the independent division with hundreds of thousands of troops not only swept across the central part of Australia, but also wiped out four Japanese troops one after another. There are more than [-] people, and the soldiers are pointing directly at the northern part of Australia.

At this time, the Central Route Army of the Japanese and Australian Front Army, aggressively attacking southward, was blocked in the northern part of the MacDonnell Mountains, and then encountered a strong counterattack from the Independent Division and the Elite Field Corps, and was chased and beaten. It has lost the power to fight back, Ito Under the fierce attack of the independent division troops, the several lines of defense that the general had built one after another collapsed one after another. Apart from the loss of troops, they had no effect.

By the end of September, the two corps of the Independent Division, which was on the offensive like a rainbow, had hundreds of thousands of soldiers.After the siege, the Gulf of Carpentaria can already be seen.Here is another important anchorage for the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy.The port of Borolula is on the west side of this bay that penetrates into the northern mainland of Australia.

At this point, it is not impossible for the counterattack troops in the middle to directly attack Huanglong. The most important anchorage of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, Darwin Port, is right in front of us, including Feng Jiwu, Commander of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, Zhao Yuhe, Chief of Staff of the Division Command, etc. Senior military officers included, are all concerned about the prospect of the central battlefield.very optimistic.

The reason is very simple. On the battlefield in the middle road, the comparison of the strength of the Japanese army and the troops of the independent division has undergone a fundamental reversal. The continuous fierce fighting has lasted for more than 50 days. The total force has dropped to less than [-] men and morale is low.

But Tang Qiuli's thoughts.It was not quite the same as the generals, but he became more and more cautious. His gaze covered the entire Australian battlefield.Judging from the situation on the battlefield, the counterattack force in the center is definitely intruding alone, while on the east and west battlefields.There are more than one million Japanese troops, as far as the situation in the entire Australian battlefield is concerned.The Corps directly under it and the Niangziguan Garrison Corps were attacked on three sides.

do not know why.Tang Qiuli felt that the independent division troops on the middle battlefield at this moment were very similar to the situation of the North Korean army at the beginning of the Korean War in history.

But Tang Qiuli knew that the more he went deep into northern Australia with the counterattack troops in the middle, the greater the difficulties and resistance he encountered. The first was the problem of the logistics supply line, from Adelaide to Windecar, Bodham, On the front line of Robin River, the army's logistics supply line extended thousands of kilometers, and because of the fierce battles with the Japanese army many times, the damage to the roads on the battlefield was quite serious, which hindered the speed of the Joint Logistics Department's supply of ammunition and supplies to the frontline troops.

Fortunately, Liu Cuigang's aviation unit held most of the air supremacy. The Japanese combat aircraft could not cut off the lifeline of hundreds of thousands of independent division soldiers. The logistical supply alone was enough to stop Tang Qiuli.

As the front moved northward and penetrated into the Japanese-occupied area, relying on the well-established defense system, the resistance of the Japanese troops became more and more tenacious, the casualties of the independent division troops also increased, and the speed of the attack also slowed down. After more than [-] days of continuous fierce fighting, the physical strength and energy of the soldiers were exhausted to the limit, and they were supported entirely by the aura of successive victories. Everything showed that it was time to stop the counterattack in the middle!

What worries Tang Qiuli is not only these, but he is also worried that once the more than one million Japanese troops on the east and west routes each draw about one-third of their troops and attack from the waists on both sides of the troops, what will happen to them? For one's own center counterattack force, it will be extremely passive.

In order to prevent this from happening, Tang Qiuli sent a telegram to the commander of the West Route Army, Lieutenant General Tang Qiusheng, the deputy division commander and commander of the Sulu Mobile Corps, to switch from the current blocking defense to a limited attack, and sent a telegram to the East Route Army Commander Han Tie, commander of the Marine Corps, Ma Chaoyang, commander of the Southeast Mobile Corps, and Jing Zhanqi, deputy commander of the No. 20 Ninth Corps, launched a large-scale attack on the Japanese troops in front of them.

There is only one purpose for doing this, which is to make the more than [-] Japanese troops on the east road and the more than [-] Japanese troops on the west road unable to spare to support the Japanese troops in the middle road, entangle them on their respective battlefields, and avoid The worries on both sides of the counterattack force in the middle.

More importantly, Tang Qiuli had no extravagant hope. It was unrealistic to achieve all the goals of the Australian campaign by counterattacking in the middle. In the Australian battlefield, although the Japanese and Australian front forces were defeated in the middle, there were still more A huge force of [-] to [-] people, and hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops on the North American battlefield will also be thrown into the Australian battlefield one after another.

It is obviously not the right way to continue the attack. Tang Qiuli already has the idea of ​​​​stopping here, but it is not wrong to use all the troops directly under the Corps and the Niangziguan garrison to consolidate the current occupied area and form a confrontation with the Japanese army. The perfect strategy, on the one hand, wastes a large number of troops, and on the other hand, it is unwise to stand alone and be in a position where it is extremely easy to be besieged by the Japanese army on three sides.

The best way to expand the achievements of the central counterattack is for the directly subordinate troops to withdraw from the central battlefield and choose one of the east and west Japanese troops to attack. However, this requires the Niangziguan Garrison Corps to fight independently in northern Australia , The degree of danger is self-evident, Tang Qiuli is difficult to make a decision, and he also wants to hear the opinions of the frontline commanders.

Two days later, Tang Qiuli convened a small military meeting at the location of the Wokop division, hoping to hear the opinions of the commanders. The people who participated in the meeting included Feng Jiwu, commander of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, Zhang Hansheng, chief of staff, The division refers to Battelle, the commander of the armored forces, Zheng Yong, the commander of the artillery, Zhao Yuhe, the chief of staff of the division and the chief of staff of the corps directly under it, Ge Zhenzhuang, the chief of the staff department, and others.

The counterattack in the middle has been fought for more than [-] days. Except for Zhao Yuhe and Ge Zhenzhuang, the other commanders are on the front line commanding the troops to attack every day. After receiving the notice of the meeting, they returned to the division command from the front line under heavy artillery fire. , is not very applicable.

In an ordinary room, Tang Qiuli looked at the excited commanders who were all covered in gunpowder smoke and dust, and the first thing he said was, "The purpose of this temporary meeting is to pursue Everyone's opinions, will the troops continue to fight in northern Australia?"

"What?" Several front-line commanders were all stunned. They were obviously not psychologically prepared for the question raised by the division commander. Needless to say, the situation in the middle battlefield is obvious now, no matter in terms of the comparison of troops or the morale of the troops. It's all good for me!

Feng Jiwu is a veteran. He once served as the chief of staff of the division commander. He understands the division commander's temper and would not ask this question for no reason. He frowned slightly, thought for a while and said: "Mr. It’s a pity if we don’t continue to attack, our army is fully capable of severely injuring or even annihilating the remaining half a million Japanese troops on the central battlefield!”

"As far as my personal opinion is concerned, I support the continuation of the offensive. Commander, what are you worried about?" Several other commanders, although they didn't speak, looked at him intently. Obviously, their inner thoughts were similar to Feng Jiwu's. .

Tang Qiuli did not mince words, confessed all his worries, and finally said: "From Lambina to the McDonnell Mountains to counterattack, the troops have been fighting thousands of kilometers to the north of Australia, fighting fiercely for more than [-] days in a row. I have exhausted my physical strength and energy to the limit, it can be said that the attack spirit has been lost, is it the best way to continue to attack north?"

Everyone was silent. What the commander said was the truth. There were continuous fierce battles and a lot of troop reductions. The brigades are basically undersufficient and exhausted. "Teacher, what are your thoughts?" Or Feng Jiwu? He opened his mouth, although he was reluctant to let go of the current favorable battlefield situation, but he also clearly realized that the current situation of the troops was almost at the end of the battle. He really wanted to know, what was the division commander's plan?

Tang Qiuli said slowly: "My plan is divided into two parts. Follow your troops and continue to maintain the offensive posture of the Japanese army on the battlefield in the middle. It makes Ito Genzaburo think that we will continue to attack northern Australia, and then, The corps directly under it left the battlefield in concealment."

"There are two attack targets to choose from. The first is to attack the Japanese troops on the west route who are fighting fiercely with Deputy Division Commander Tang's troops from the west; The Japanese army, but the hard decision is how to choose one of the two!"

"There is another problem, that is, after your troops and the corps directly under you leave the battlefield, they will have to take on the task of attacking the battlefield alone. With a large number of troops, they will continue to attack the Japanese army in the middle, which has more troops than you. It is very difficult for me to make up my mind!" Seeing that the generals understood his thoughts, Tang Qiuli expressed his plan and frankly expressed his hesitation.

At this point, Feng Jiwu fully understood the commander's intention, and continued to attack north. It was a wise decision. Although he felt very regretful, his reason and the actual situation on the battlefield told him that the commander's decision was correct!

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