Age of Conquest Reborn

On April 9th, the battlefield in the Far East was bloody and bloody. The more than 1.8 million Japanese Kwantung Army troops commanded by General Nanjiro were on their way back to the Northeastern region. They were killed by the commander and political commissar of the Soviet Far East Front, the Far East Army.

General Zhukov, the commander-in-chief of the Soviet army, commanded more than 4.5 million troops of the Soviet Far East Front, Baikal Front, and Transkhinggan Front, and they were surrounded in the plains between the Burya Mountains and the Kukan Mountains.

General Gregariv, the commander and political commissar of the Soviet Baikal Front, commanded more than 500,000 troops and captured the two key points of Birobidzhan and Khabarovsk, cutting off the retreat route of the Kwantung Army's southern exit.

The gate for the Kwantung Army to return to the Northeast was closed.

Starting from April 5, General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, ordered the troops of the three armies of the Kwantung Army to attack Birobidzhan and Khabarovsk day and night, regardless of casualties, in an attempt to open a gap and deploy

The southern foothills of the plain between the Leya Mountains and the Kukan Mountains were under constant artillery fire all day long.

The soldiers of the Kwantung Army are indeed brave and not afraid of death, but the artillery of the Soviet Lake Baikal Front is not a display. The commander, General Gregariff, made up his mind not to take the initiative to attack, but to rely on solid fortifications and give full play to the power of artillery fire.

The charge route of the Kwantung Army soldiers exploded into a sea of ​​fire.

In the fierce fighting until April 8, the attacking Kwantung Army soldiers suffered more than 70,000 casualties. The frozen ground in front of the Soviet positions outside Robizhan and Khabarovsk was littered with the stiff corpses of Kwantung Army soldiers.

The withered yellow grassland was dyed a shocking dark red by the blood of the corpses of Kwantung Army soldiers. The Soviet troops who blocked the resistance also suffered more than 40,000 casualties, leaving so many corpses behind. The Kwantung Army even surrounded the edges of two key points.

, didn’t even touch it!

At the northern foot of the plain, the main force of the Soviet army commanded by General Zhukov was not in a hurry to advance. Instead, it adopted a steady and steady approach. Millions of Soviet troops were pressing forward like a rising tide.

When encountering a blocking line of the Kwantung Army, use superior force to cut and surround it in sections, and then eat them bite by bite. Zhukov's strategy is very clear, gradually consume the effective strength of the Kwantung Army. Wait until the battle is almost over.

, another fatal blow. Finally, the Japanese Kwantung Army was completely annihilated in the plain area between the two mountains.

Zhukov's command method was indeed sophisticated and ruthless. He slowly drained the blood of the Kwantung Army. If the attack was too fierce, the Kwantung Army would fight hard and break out towards the southern exit at all costs. The troops commanded by General Gregariff may not

If it can be blocked, the best result will be that some Japanese soldiers will run away. Soldiers controlled by survival instinct are terrifying. The combat effectiveness of Japanese Kwantung Army soldiers should not be underestimated.

Therefore, Zhukov adopted the method of boiling frogs in warm water and did not press tightly. He always gave General Nanjiro a glimmer of hope, making him feel that there was a chance to open the exit at the southern foot and retreat to Manchuria, instead of going all-out and killing a thousand enemies.

, Zhukov still understands the self-inflicted loss of 800. He has more than 4 million troops under his command, and some of his capital is wasted with the Kwantung Army. His own side is the main attack, which takes a great advantage.

As for the time, Comrade Stalin did not have any special requirements, and the time limit he set out was ten days. Now, only four or five days have passed, and Zhukov can already feel that the Kwantung Army's presence is getting weaker and weaker.

The number of Kwantung Army soldiers who were under the gunpoint of the Soviet soldiers was not more than 400,000 to 500,000, but about the same. The swamps on this plain and the ice were covered with a thick layer of dark red blood.

The logistics supply line from Chita to the battlefield continuously transported ammunition and materials to the frontline troops. There was sufficient ammunition and sufficient supplies. However, the Kwantung Army in the encirclement circle had no food and no reinforcements inside and outside. The battle situation was high and low.

Judgment, in two or three days, the final fatal blow is almost here!

Therefore, Zhukov at this time was full of confidence in victory. In contrast, General Nanjiro in the encirclement was as anxious as a beast trapped in a cage.

Ever since he was surrounded on the plain between two mountain ranges, General Nanjiro had a very bad premonition that the Kwantung Army would be crushed here. However, General Nanjiro did not despair, let alone risk everything.

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It would be easy for the whole army to be broken into pieces. All it takes is one order from him. More than one million Kwantung Army warriors will launch a desperate hand-to-hand charge against the Soviet army without hesitation. The land of the Far East will be stained with blood and they will also cause a certain amount of damage to the Soviet army. But the final result

Well, it ended with the Kwantung Army being completely annihilated. General Nanjiro was not so impulsive yet. He did not want the pride of the Japanese Army to end in his own hands. He was the sinner of the Japanese Empire.

General Nanjiro was also aware of the tactics adopted by Zhukov. Likewise, he also believed that this was the only opportunity. If Zhukov had adopted a desperate approach and launched a fierce attack across the board, this battle might have been over long ago.

Consumption, consumption in an intolerable time, General Nanjiro also felt that he had the capital to deal with the consumption, and the mainland and His Majesty the Emperor would never sit back and watch the Kwantung Army being wiped out by the Soviet army. The Empire of Japan could not afford this

of losses.

General Nanjiro's judgment was very accurate. Since the Kwantung Army was surrounded, the Japanese base camp took all possible measures to reinforce the besieged Kwantung Army, including the Far East Expedition Force, which was being formed domestically. Five of them had already formed combat effectiveness.

The divisions have more than 200,000 troops, including the six divisions of the North Korean garrison army with more than 250,000 troops. The local garrison forces in Manchuria have been patched together to make up three divisions with more than 100,000 troops.

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Altogether, there are nearly 600,000 troops. However, water from afar cannot quench the thirst for nearness. The five local divisions are being transferred to the Far East, but this will take time. The six divisions of North Korea's garrison army are still there.

On the road, some troops are still being assembled. They have not left the Korean Peninsula and there is no time of 17 or 18 days to reach the battlefield. But did the Soviets give the Kwantung Army so much time?

The answer is obviously no. The only force that can quickly reinforce the Kwantung Army is the three divisions put together by the Manchurian local garrison. However, their combat effectiveness is really not flattering. They usually bully the people of Manchuria and maintain local security.

If we go to the battlefield to fight, even Prince Zai Ren, the chief of the general staff of the base camp who issued the order, will not have confidence in himself, but he has such an emergency chess piece in his hand, and it can't be done without using it!

The Manchuria local garrison was originally a second-line force. How effective could such a force be when it was sent to the battlefield? The number was only over 100,000. However, Emperor Hirohito and the base camp were also sick and rushed to the hospital. On April 6, they ordered these

The temporarily formed troops launched attacks in Birobidzhan and Khabarovsk, aiming to seize key points, open the exit for the Kwantung Army's southward retreat, and support the Kwantung Army's southward retreat.

General Gregariv, the commander of the Soviet Lake Baikal Front, only sent more than 80,000 troops to face the Kwantung Army's reinforcements. Although the strength of the Soviet army was less than that of the Japanese reinforcements, the combat effectiveness and equipment level of the soldiers were not at the same level.

After two days of continuous attack, the Japanese army suffered a bloody blow. The soldiers of the Japanese Manchuria Garrison, who lacked actual battlefield experience, were drowned in the volcanic eruption of Soviet artillery fire. Their flesh and blood flew everywhere, and corpses were everywhere.

Two days later, the three Japanese divisions that reinforced the Kwantung Army suffered most of their casualties and lost the ability to attack again. General Gregariff took advantage of the situation and ordered the troops to launch a full-scale counterattack. After a fierce battle for a day and night, the three Japanese divisions that had been put together were in dire straits.

The Soviet army retreated across the board, and the Soviet army was driven all the way to the Jiamusi area in northern Heilongjiang. The Japanese army left tens of thousands of corpses behind.

If General Gregariff hadn't considered that his main task was to block the Kwantung Army's retreat, he would have ordered the troops to continue the pursuit. They could fight all the way to Fengtian and occupy the entire Northeast. At this moment, the Soviet army had this

The ability covers the entire northeastern part of the mountain.

At this time, the territory of Northeast China was extremely empty. Almost all the Japanese troops had been mobilized. As for the 300,000 national soldiers in Manchukuo, the Japanese had no hope at all. In terms of combat effectiveness, they were several times worse than these local garrisons.

Fortunately, the Soviet army retreated, otherwise Northeast China would have fallen. Emperor Hirohito broke out in a cold sweat after receiving the report, and hurriedly summoned the civil and military ministers for discussion, but no one could solve this problem. The troops in Manchuria would no longer be able to

If it can't be mobilized, it still has to be used to defend against the hundreds of thousands of troops of the independent division entrenched in western Liaoning.

That is another crouching beast that can rise up and hurt people at any time. Although there are only less than 100,000 local garrison troops left in Manchuria, they finally have some power to fight back. Of course, this is Hirohito

The Emperor consoled himself with the thought that once the Independent Division's East Command troops took advantage of the Kwantung Army being surrounded by the Soviet army and launched an attack, the less than 100,000 troops currently in Manchuria would be absolutely unable to withstand it!

Thinking of that terrible situation, Emperor Hirohito had trouble sleeping and eating, was restless, and had a very bad temper. The maids and attendants in the palace became the channels for His Majesty to vent his anger for no reason. Every day, people were covered with bruises.

The corpse was quietly pulled out of the palace. He was now so exhausted and stretched that he was a little psychopathic!

We can't just watch the Kwantung Army being eaten by the Soviet Army and have to rescue it, otherwise, the Empire of Japan will lose more than half of its overseas territory. No matter how smoothly Ito Yanzaburo fought on the battlefield in the Southwest Pacific, the gains outweighed the losses.

And bear’s paw, you have both!

The Army is still on the road of vomiting blood. It can't count on it for the time being. The only thing it can count on is troops with wings. So, the base camp gave an order, and the Army and Navy each sent out three aviation groups, with a total of more than 900 combat aircraft.

, form the Far East Flight Group, with Lieutenant General Minami Hashimoto, the Head of the Base Camp Aviation Department, as the commander, and then head to the battlefield to blast a passage for the Kwantung Army!

(To be continued) (To be continued..)