Age of Rebirth

Lieutenant General Ishihara Yangoro, the former deputy chief of the General Staff Department of the Japanese Army Headquarters, commanded the Kwantung Army's western front troops that strengthened four divisions and two heavy artillery brigades. The Tiehan troops fought back to Jinzhou. The next step should be to regain the Liaoxi area. Emperor Hirohito was excited, and all the senior generals in the base camp were excited. Unexpectedly, this guy Ishihara can fight so well. It turned out that he did not find out whether such a general can replace Ueda The position of the Supreme Commander of Kenji Kwantung Army?Such an idea has already been brewing in the hearts of Emperor Hirohito and the senior generals in the base camp.

Only Ishihara Yangoro knew in his heart that the Chinese army did not fight with him at all. The imperial army seemed aggressive and advanced all the way quickly, but in fact they didn't get any advantage at all. Let alone how many Chinese troops were wiped out, they were the Chinese soldiers. I didn't see any shadows, but my own troops did not eat less landmines and fried Y&grveo along the way. It is estimated that there will be two regiments with reduced personnel?

Shi Yuan couldn't be happy at all. He always felt that this was a plot by Tang Qiuli, the devil of China. Logically speaking, his opponent was not incapable of fighting, and he should be a formidable opponent, but he blindly retreated. It's weird inside, and it doesn't conform to the combat style of the North China Independent Division. As an important officer of the General Staff of the base camp, he has put in a lot of effort to study such examples of battles that have caused the Imperial Army troops to suffer greatly. Is there still less?

Ishihara's worry has become a reality, but it is not the Kwantung Army's western front troops commanded by him, but the Kwantung Army's troops fighting in the Far East commanded by Commander Ueda Kenkichi.

Kenkichi Ueda commanded the troops that surrounded Arsenyev, and chased after Timoshenko's breakout troops, but it was still more than a day's journey away. The distraught Commander of the Kwantung Army ordered the air force to bomb Timoshenko's breakout troops. The team, in the words of Kenkichi Ueda: "Blow me up hard, and we must keep these hateful Soviets in the Far East." [

The General Staff of the Soviet Army had been prepared to rescue Timoshenko's Second Army at any cost. This was the order of Comrade Supreme Commander Stalin. Who dares to slack off, the Japanese planes will take off immediately, and the Soviet Far East Air Force will take off immediately. A large number of fighter jets intercepted.

This is the second large-scale air battle in the Far East since the Arsenyev air battle. The air battle lasted for two days. Hundreds of Japanese and Soviet planes turned into burning firebirds. The Japanese and the Soviet Union No one had the absolute upper hand. In comparison, the Japanese air force suffered a bit. The bombers lost a lot and there was no air threat. Timoshenko broke through the encirclement and continued to retreat undisturbed. On November [-]th On the third day, the war situation in the Far East deteriorated. The First Kwantung Army, which was in charge of blocking the Soviet Transcaucasus Front Army, was smashed a big hole in the blocking defense line west of Khabarovsk under the fierce attack of the Soviet army.

Takashima, the commander of the First Army of the Kwantung Army, was shocked, and hurriedly put the reserve team in his hand into the battle to block the breakthrough, but it was still difficult to stop the Soviet soldiers pouring in like water. The problem was serious. The First Army Facing the danger of being attacked from both sides, it is still unknown whether the troops intercepting Timoshenko on the Bijin River line can block the more than 8 Soviet soldiers who killed the red-eyed.

Looking at the canine-toothed red and blue arrows on the map, Commander Takashima's eyes straightened. What kind of battle is this called? Khabarovsk is due west, and Kinsky's Transcaucasus Front Army is retained, showing a desperate posture. Constantly expanding the breakthrough, from the direction of Ussuriysk, Timoshenko's red-eyed troops were killed again. Behind Timoshenko, the 10,000+ troops commanded by His Excellency the Commander were chasing Timoshenko fiercely.

The battlefield is all lu&grven, but there is one thing Takashima knows very well, at least before the commander's pursuit troops reach Khabarovsk, his first army must be the Soviet army's pie, flanked by two sides Destiny cannot escape. Even if the First Army can keep it from being wiped out, it will lose its vitality. This battle is called lu&grven.

Withstood the attack of the Soviet Transcaucasus troops and blocked Timoshenko's escape route to the north. The entire battle situation was still under the control of the Imperial Army. The blocking defense line will definitely not be able to hold. In the city of Khabarovsk, a lot of Soviet artillery has been eaten, and within ten hours, the blocking defense line will completely collapse.

At the critical moment, Takashima took a clever but detrimental measure to the Kwantung Army's Far East war situation. He gave up the blocking line of defense, gathered the troops on the Khabarovsk line and the Bigin River line, and immediately went south to meet the commander's pursuit troops head-on. Go in, first surround Timoshenko's fleeing troops.

After the First Army started its operations, Takashima reported the specific deployment to Kenkichi Ueda. The army got rid of the fate of being annihilated, but more than 8 Soviet remnants were defeated. Compared with the more than [-] Kwantung Army soldiers of the First Army, Kenkichi Ueda still knew the importance of that end.

Without the blocking of the Kwantung Army troops, the Soviet Transcaucasus Front Army, like a fierce tiger, quickly passed through Khabarovsk without stopping, chasing the back of the Kwantung Army First Army.

Takashima's idea is good, and the deployment is correct. Timoshenko is not a vegetarian. When he arrived in the south of Khabarovsk, west of the Bigin River, and the Sikhote Mountains, he led the troops and suddenly turned due east, and went south. The Kwantung Army's First Army passed by, got rid of the fate of a head-on collision, and went straight to the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Timoshenko's move almost shocked Kenkichi Ueda and Takashima's jaws. They have always firmly believed that Timoshenko's remnant troops can only get rid of being completely wiped out by joining the Transcaucasus Front Army who came to rescue. Who knows, this hateful Soviet man played his cards out of common sense and took an unexpected direction.

The problem is not as simple as that. Timoshenko’s move put the Second Kwantung Army, which was fighting against the Soviet Kamchatka Front Army, into an extremely dangerous situation. The army became a lone army, facing the fate of being flanked by the Soviet army on both sides.

When Ueda Kenkichi and Takashima met, both sides were sullen, obviously angry, but they didn't know who to attack. In the temporary command post, the two looked at each other. The Kwantung Army troops led by Ueda Kenkichi had already chased after them. The incoming Soviet Transcaucasus Front troops were jostling, and the sound of fierce guns and artillery was one after another. From the very beginning, the battle was very fierce.

Takashima couldn't hold back anymore, stood up and said: "Your Excellency, judging by the current battlefield situation, it is impossible to wipe out Timoshenko's remaining troops. The Second Army will face the fate of being flanked. I have a suggestion." Kenkichi Ueda raised his heavy swollen eyes, his obviously lack of sleep eyes, and his eyes became more ruthless, which made Takashima's scalp tighten.

"Takashima-kun, if you have any suggestions, just say it," Kenkichi Ueda said in a low tone, "the only way now is to order the second army to withdraw from the direction of Kamchatka at any cost and move closer to us. , Our total strength of nearly 53 troops is under the unified command of His Excellency Commander, and then, if we firmly grasp the Soviet Transcaucasus Front Army, we may not be able to fight a beautiful encirclement battle like Arsenyev's."

Ueda Kenkichi's eyes lit up, and Takashima's words were very useful. In the Arsenyev campaign, Ueda Kenkichi always believed that if the base camp did not transfer 25 troops to return to Manchuria, Timoshenko would not be able to escape no matter what With the approval of his subordinates, Ueda Kenkichi's mood improved.

After carefully studying the next action plan with Takashima, Kenkichi Ueda gave the Kwantung Army Second Army an order to retreat. Three days later, the Kwantung Army Second Army approached in a state of embarrassment and brought a definite message. Xin Ge's breakout troops have already joined the Soviet Kamchatka Front Army, and then continue to retreat northward.

The corner of Kenkichi Ueda's mouth twitched a few times unconsciously. He tried his best to let Timoshenko escape. He was not reconciled, and at the same time, he was very disappointed. He vented all his anger on Kinski On the Transcaucasus Front Army commanded by the general.

More than 50 Kwantung Army troops were divided into three directions and launched a full-line attack on the Soviet Transcaucasus Front Army. What made Kenkichi Ueda almost crazy was that Kinski was not entangled with him at all, and the task of rescuing Timoshenko's troops It has been completed, and there is no need to fight desperately with the superior Kwantung Army troops in the Khabarovsk region. [

The Soviet army immediately withdrew, abandoning the Khabarovsk area, and the Kwantung Army troops were in hot pursuit. The retreat route of the Soviet Transcaucasus Front Army was very intriguing. It followed the route when it came, and went straight to the direction of Lake Baikal. Behind, followed closely There are more than 50 Kwantung Army troops that are like wolves and tigers.

The reconnaissance unit of the Outer M&euteng Frontier Army truthfully reported the movements of the Soviet and Japanese troops to the commander, Major General Sun Zhenbang. When Sun Zhenbang saw the information, he immediately felt that something was wrong. The area around Lake Baikal is now the Outer M&euteng Ancient Frontier Army The defense zone, the Kwantung Army came after the Soviet army, to fight or not to fight?

If we want to fight, the strength of the ancient border guards in the area around Lake Baikal is not enough to cover the Kwantung Army's teeth. huge threat.

The matter was urgent. In addition to ordering the frontier troops to prepare for battle and the reconnaissance troops to closely monitor the movements of the Soviet and Japanese troops, Sun Zhenbang immediately reported the situation to the division commander Tang Qiuli.

Tang Qiuli, who received Sun Zhenbang's telegram, was at home, enjoying the massage with Mei Xue's little hands comfortably. After reading the telegram, he smiled contemptuously. After gesturing on the map for a while, he said to Chen Feng, the communications director who was waiting by the side: "To Sun Zhenbang Call back, get out of the way, don't make any interception on which side, concentrate your forces on the front line of Kent Mountain to stand by."