Age of Conquest Reborn

Everything was going according to the predetermined plan. The Japanese Kwantung Army's counterattacks were all repelled without exception. After seven or eight days of fierce fighting, even Zhukov had to admire the Japanese's tenacity and cowhide.

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With such persistence, the Far Eastern Front Army still had a strength of over 1.3 million people, while the Japanese Kwantung Army suffered heavy losses. After fierce battles, its strength dropped sharply from the original strength of over 1.8 million people to

Less than 800,000 people...

With such a disparity in strength, the Kwantung Army actually took the initiative to attack. For a period of time, Zhukov believed that the Kwantung Army's counterattack was just for the sake of so-called face, seeing that the other two fronts of the Soviet Red Army had already withdrawn.

, thought there was an opportunity and wanted to take revenge. Perhaps, in two or three days, the Kwantung Army would no longer have the ability to counterattack and would naturally retreat to Manchuria.

However, after several days of fighting, Zhukov noticed something was wrong and blocked the Kwantung Army's retreat route. The Baikal Front troops in Birobidzhan and Khabarovsk had evacuated, and the door to Manchuria was already open.

, According to common sense, the Japanese Kwantung Army, which has been covered with bruises, lost too much blood, and is dying, should take advantage of this opportunity and leave the battlefield without hesitation. If it continues to fight, it will only be detrimental to the Japanese.

The Kwantung Army took the initiative to retreat, which was in line with Zhukov's wishes. His own troops could also withdraw without any worries. However, the development of the battle situation was not as Zhukov had judged. The Japanese Kwantung Army went crazy and knew full well about the counterattack.

It would have no effect, but General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, seemed to have spent all his money and launched ferocious attacks on the Soviet army with no less than five divisions every day.

The abnormal behavior of the Kwantung Army gave Zhukov the illusion that the initiative on the battlefield had changed hands. In order to deal with the counterattack of the Japanese Kwantung Army, the Soviet Outer Mongolia Front troops had to use about one-third of their strength to

Dealing with the Kwantung Army's attack gave Zhukov a headache. The order given to him by the General Staff was for the entire Far Eastern Front to return to the European battlefield.

However, the Japanese Kwantung Army is stalking them, and the Far East Front wants to leave, which is also a big trouble. He can't leave more than 400,000 troops and accompany the Kwantung Army to fight to the death. Zhukov has never thought of a safer way to fight.

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However, in the past few days, Zhukov's uneasy feeling has become more and more serious. It is not only the abnormal behavior of the Kwantung Army, but also for the other two front army units. The evacuation operation was so smooth, but he felt uneasy in his heart.

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The sound of artillery on the Far East front never stopped even at night. The Japanese Kwantung Army was very energetic and launched attacks day and night. Zhukov did not bring a staff officer or guard with him. He walked out of the tent of the headquarters alone, taking a deep breath.

In the cool air smelling of gunpowder smoke, this general in the Soviet Red Army, who was known as a brave general and a wise general, looked a little melancholy at this moment.

From Zhukov's current position, he could see that a fierce battle was going on on the front line. The fierce artillery fire reflected half of the night sky red, and there were faint roars. The artillery shells of his own troops fired back, dragging long tail flames, from overhead.

The night sky screamed, "The Japanese are really persistent! This nation has a crazy energy like gamblers in their bones!" He shook his head and thought to himself.

However, Zhukov's thoughts immediately turned from the battle in front of him to other things, "The matter of the Outer Mongolia Front Army is not his turn. That Vasilevsky is quite competing with him."

What I mean, I also know, his life is not very easy at the moment, that Chinese Tang Qiuli will bring endless trouble to the Outer Mongolia Front Army, he will definitely do it!" He thought to himself.

Zhukov knew very well that the Chinese who had defeated him and made him taste the feeling of being a prisoner for the first time in his life. How could Vasilevsky's troops in Outer Mongolia be able to severely damage the Reading Division troops? This left

This is a huge trouble in the future. I believe that the orders Vasilevsky received were as strict as his own. If Vasilevsky could not correctly view Tang Qiuli's ruthlessness and cunning, he would definitely be in trouble with this Chinese.

Suffering a big loss, although the Outer Mongolian Front Army has more than one million troops.

Originally, the position of the Outer Mongolian Front Army should have been close to Minusinsk and ready to cross the Ural Mountains. They should be the fastest troops to rush back to Europe. With more than one million troops, it is obviously not possible to repel the German army.

It is realistic, but at least an effective blocking defense line can be established on the front line of Moscow to temporarily block the crazy momentum of the German attack. If so, Zhukov can breathe a sigh of relief and not have to retreat like a desperate man.

It can also be solved calmly. The current excessive madness of the Japanese Kwantung Army. However, according to the recent battle report from the General Staff Headquarters, the Outer Mongolian Front Army is still wandering in the western region of Outer Mongolia. The marching speed is extremely slow, and it is also being read.

The troops were in hot pursuit, fighting and retreating at the same time. In other words, Vasilevsky's troops were in big trouble.

Zhukov believed in his own judgment. Although it was not stated clearly in the General Staff's briefing, it must be like this. Originally, based on Zhukov's understanding of Tang Qiuli and his personal experience of the combat style of the Reading Division troops, he wanted to use his personal experience to

In the name of the government, he gave Vasilevsky some pertinent suggestions. However, he hesitated for a long time and did not make such a move. He could not explain the reason, but Zhukov himself knew that it might cause him big trouble?

In fact, from Zhukov's strategic perspective, although Outer Mongolia and the Far East belong to two different battlefields and have different combat goals, they are definitely a whole. No matter what happens on any battlefield, it will affect the other.

A unified command structure should be established on the battlefield instead of being artificially separated as it is now. But this idea cannot be discussed. Not even a word can be revealed.

Zhukov believed that even if Comrade Stalin agreed and the entire Politburo meeting passed it, General Vasilevsky would be the first to object, and he would even use the fiercest words to oppose and attack him.

Thoughts can only be buried deep in my heart.

However, Zhukov vaguely felt that Vasilevsky's evacuation from Outer Mongolia did not cause enough trouble. Tang Qiuli and the Soviet Union went through three large-scale Outer Mongolia wars, with more than one million soldiers on both sides.

Under the gunpoint of the other party, there was no room for reconciliation in the conflict between the Soviet Union and Tang Qiuli. With Tang Qiuli's style and personality, there was no reason to only cause Vasilevsky this little trouble?

Also, before the Politburo decided to send more troops to the east, where was the force-reading division unit that formed a triangular confrontation with its own troops, the Japanese Kwantung Army, in the Far East? Where is that force-reading division unit now?

A main force corps with a strength of five to six million people!

Since it was impossible for Tang Qiuli to make the march to Outer Mongolia go smoothly, there was no reason to only invest no more than a dozen divisions. Could it be that the powerful reading division unit was ambushing in an unknown area?

Is it aimed at the Outer Khingan Mountains Front Army and the Baikal Lake Front Army?

Zhukov couldn't help but shudder. If there really were hundreds of thousands of force readers, the two fronts waiting to retreat halfway would definitely be a big trouble. He had no reliable channel to confirm this judgment.

In Mongolia and the Far East, the Soviet army did not establish an effective intelligence network, which was Zhukov's weakness.

Strictly speaking, it is not that the Soviet reconnaissance system is incompetent, but that after Liu Tiehan commanded the troops to enter the line from Chita to Irkutsk, strict confidentiality measures were adopted. In addition, the vast area and sparsely populated area made it very difficult to

It is conducive to the concealment of nearly a million troops and the capture of Chita and other key points.

After wiping out a small number of remaining Soviet troops with lightning speed, the news was immediately sealed tightly. Therefore, the East Point and the North China Field Corps, as well as a section of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, entered the Chita area for more than ten days.

At that time, the Soviet command headquarters had not received any news.

Zhukov pondered for a while and then felt relieved. In any case, the combined strength of the Baikal Front Army and the Outer Xing'an Mountain Front Army exceeds two million. If Tang Qiuli really deploys troops to intercept, it will not be so easy to succeed.

, it will only slow down the retreat of the troops, but there is nothing that can be done about it. If the General Staff asks questions, it will be easier to answer.

However, Zhukov still decided to send a telegram to General Kilganin and General Gregariff to remind them of this. This matter was somewhat substantiated, but he did not feel any uneasiness in his heart at all.

Reduced, his mind returned to the current battle. After thinking about it, he came to the conclusion that the actions of the Japanese Kwantung Army were abnormal, very abnormal!

Behind the abnormality, what kind of purpose is hidden by the Japanese? No matter from which aspect it is analyzed, the Japanese Kwantung Army should not have such a crazy counterattack. Even a commander of his own army will know that the Japanese counterattack will not

If there is any effect, the half-broken army, exhausted from the long battle, takes the initiative to attack the Far Eastern Front Army with more than one million troops. In the eyes of other Soviet commanders, the Japanese's actions are almost like seeking death!

Although Zhukov thought so too, he thought deeper. General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, fought against him for two or three years, and the two sides fought many times. He was not a fool. On the contrary, he was

A guy as cunning as a fox and as ruthless as a poisonous snake, Zhukov didn't believe that Nanjiro would do such a stupid thing!

Thinking of this, Zhukov became even more uneasy. He seemed to feel that a large invisible net was covering the Far East Front. He hurriedly walked back to the headquarters tent, thinking to himself: "Some measures should be taken.

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((To be continued.)