Age of Conquest Reborn

The battle on the east bank of the Aldan River occurred suddenly and unexpectedly by the Soviet army. After receiving the telegram, Lieutenant General Asilov, commander of the 15th Army of the Soviet Far Eastern Front, suddenly felt alarm in his heart.

The thousands of Japanese advance troops who have crossed the Aldan River are nothing to worry about. What is scary is the main force of the Japanese army behind. According to Commander Zhukov's judgment, this is part of the Japanese army trying to encircle the Far East Front, and its strength will not be high.

If the Japanese army crosses the Aldan River and uses part of its force to attack its own troops, and the other force goes straight to the Far East battlefield where the main force of the front army is located, then the defensive campaign of the Fifteenth Group Army will become meaningless.

The Aldan River, in any case, should become a sudden barrier against the Japanese army. "Chief of Staff, convey the order. All units of the group army should immediately speed up their march. They must seize the area on the east bank of the Aldan River within an hour and establish establishments along the river."

Defense line, order, the leading division of the group army, completely annihilate the Japanese army in this unit!"

The small-scale encounter was basically over in just forty minutes. Under the attack of two regiments of Soviet infantry and artillery fire, the Japanese soldiers of the two brigades failed to complete Commander Haruhiko's order to block the Soviet army.

After half an hour, the more than 4,000 Japanese soldiers retreated to their original positions. Except for the more than 100 people who fled back, the rest became bloody and bloody corpses on the ground after nightfall.

's corpse.

In the first battle, the Soviet army won a great victory. After looking at the bodies of the Japanese soldiers, the commander of the leading division found the serial number of the almost annihilated Japanese unit from the blood-stained uniforms. Immediately, another telegram came

, flew into the hands of Army Group Commander Lieutenant General Asilov. At this moment, hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops were rushing towards the east bank of the Aldan River under the dim dusk.

"The Third Army of Japan's Far East Expeditionary Force?" Lieutenant General Asilov said to himself doubtfully. If this is really the case, then, in addition to the Japanese Kwantung Army, another Japanese army was discovered on the Far East battlefield.

, "The Japanese troops are pressing down on the border!" He sighed and ordered: "Immediately report this situation to the front army headquarters and order all units of the group army to rush to the east bank of the Aldan River as quickly as possible. - Be quick.

!" He almost yelled the last two words.

Far Eastern battlefield. In the headquarters of the Soviet Far Eastern Front. Commander Zhukov looked at the telegram from Lieutenant General Asilov, commander of the 15th Army. His brows knitted into a big knot. His judgment was one thing, but it was truly confirmed.

Another feeling.

Now, the situation of the Far East Front is by no means wonderful. The Kwantung Army risked their lives to attack. Two Japanese troops suddenly appeared from the Burya Mountains and the Kukan Mountains. They were like three vices, fighting to the death.

To suppress the other units of the Far East Front, even the three group armies that had evacuated the second echelon had to stop to deal with the Japanese attacks on both wings. Now, another Japanese unit appeared on the left wing of the retreat route.

, what about the right wing of the retreat route?

Zhukov did not believe that the top commander of the Japanese army on the Far East battlefield would miss a move and leave himself a gap to retreat. "This is a tolerant and cunning guy like a fox. Even the Kwantung Army is a unit under his command."

, then the supreme commander of the Japanese army

His status is certainly not low, but it is a pity that the Front Army Intelligence Department does not have any information on this person. If there is, they can analyze this person's personality and commanding methods, and formulate corresponding measures to deal with it!" Zhukov

Sad thought.

Since the Japanese troops were discovered on the left wing, the direction of the Eighteenth Army Group on the right wing must not be blank. "It is ordered that the Fifteenth Army Group on the left wing of the retreat channel must establish a solid defense line in the east bank of the Aldan River to ensure that the front army

To ensure the safety of the left wing of the army, the Eighteenth Army on the right wing is ordered to immediately seize the Akselegei line and establish a blocking position to ensure the safety of the right wing of the front army's retreat channel!"

Zhukov issued a series of orders, but what he was most worried about happened. The sudden appearance of Japanese troops had an obvious intention to cut off the Far East Front's passage to the other two fronts. "All deployments are passive.

I hope the 15th Group Army and the 18th Group Army can provide a barrier for the main force of the front army!" he thought gloomily.

The news that made him even more gloomy came about an hour later. The 18th Army on the right side of the retreat route reported, "Comrade Commander, in the Akselegei area where our army is scheduled to launch a campaign defense, we discovered that

A large number of Japanese troops. Now, our group army is engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese army. According to the symbols on the corpses of Japanese soldiers, it is found that the Japanese army’s designation is the Thirteenth Division of the Korean Garrison Army!"

Zhukov sat slumped on the canvas chair. At this point, the factors that had always made him uneasy came to the surface. Around the Far East battlefield, in addition to the old rival Kwantung Army, two more Japanese troops appeared, and there were still many troops.

,Japanese military command

The official's battle intention is also coming out. He will use two battle cluster-sized troops to approach the Far East battlefield in a concealed manner. He will use the Kwantung Army troops to hold back the Far East Front Army in a tight spot, and then send out surprise troops from both wings. The purpose is to encircle the Far East battlefield on the Far East battlefield.

Front Army.

The situation on the battlefield in the Far East suddenly became clear. However, the almost transparent battlefield situation was of no help to Zhukov. He could only watch helplessly. After careful planning, Prince Zai Ren had already arrived in the Far East.

area

, weaving a huge net for himself and the Far Eastern Front's more than one million soldiers. Now, this big net began to tighten, and gradually choked Zhukov.

God is another story!

There are hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army troops behind, entangled like desperadoes. On the left and right wings, there are two more Japanese troops that suddenly appeared. In front of the planned evacuation route, there are two newly discovered Japanese battle groups. Zhukov sadly discovered that the Far East

The current situation of the front army is like a big fish nailed to the ground by five sharp knives. It can only struggle in place but has no ability to break free.

With a long sigh, "The current dangerous situation of the Far East Front should be reported to the General Staff and Comrade Stalin, and Comrade Stalin's permission should be requested. The Outer Khingan Range Army and the Baikal Front Army should suspend their return to support the European battlefield, and turn around and pull the Far East

A front force!" Zhukov thought sadly.

What I was least willing to do, I finally had to do, "Comrade Godaev, immediately record the contents of my following message and send it to the General Staff in the most urgent military way, and also send it directly to Comrade Stalin.

One portion!" As if he had aged a lot in an instant, Zhukov's voice was hoarse and his eyes were full of exhaustion and helplessness. He called over to the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Godaev, and ordered.

Zhukov's voice was hollow and dry, as if it came from another time and space, with an unreal mist. After the telegram was dictated, neither of them spoke. In the tent of the front army headquarters, the silence was oppressive. Outside, there was a burst of silence.

It was like a burst of gunfire, roaring in my ears like a solid.

For a long time, Chief of Staff Godaev's face twitched in pain, "Comrade Commander, do we have to do this? Is the war situation really so bad that it is irreversible?" He said in a more painful voice, with a hint of unwillingness.

asked.

Not hearing General Zhukov's answer, Chief of Staff Godaev saw that Comrade Commander, whom he had always admired, buried his head deeply between his arms, motionless like a statue that had been stained with vicissitudes of life and lost by reality.

On the east bank of the Aldan River, in the shelter of the headquarters of the Third Army of Japan's Far East Expeditionary Force, Commander Lieutenant General Haruhiko, after listening to a staff officer's report, there was a slight fluctuation in his calm face, "Hani? Two brigades?

The entire army was almost wiped out in less than forty minutes, and only about 130 people were withdrawn?" He widened his eyes in surprise, and then asked, "What is the specific reason?"

"Commander, according to the reports of the soldiers who retreated, the main reason was that the Soviet artillery fire was too fierce! Most of the casualties of the soldiers in the two brigades were caused by this!" the staff officer replied cautiously.

Of course, for Lieutenant General Haruhiko, who lost nearly two brigades of soldiers, there was no emotion in his heart. "Artillery fire? - Very good!" Two unrelated words came out of his mouth,

The staff officer was puzzled, "What are the main forces of the Soviet Fifteenth Army doing?" Lieutenant General Haruhiko asked abruptly.

The staff officer woke up from his dazed state and hurriedly replied: "According to the report of our search force, after being blocked by the imperial army on the east bank of the Aldan River, the main force of the Soviet Fifteenth Group Army sped up.

The marching speed is coming towards this area!"

"Yo Xi!" Lieutenant General Haruhiko shouted excitedly.

About an hour later, the main force of the 15th Group Army of the Soviet Far East Front, which hurried over, with more than 100,000 troops, arrived at the east bank of the Aldan River. Before the troops had time to deploy, their forward troops were suddenly attacked by the Japanese army.

The fierce shelling of artillery fire and the overwhelming shells exploded into balls of orange-red fire in the hazy night, covering the ranks of Soviet soldiers.

The shells tore apart the bodies of Soviet soldiers, mixed with mud and snow, and flew into the air. The explosions roared and echoed in the open grassland. The assembly area of ​​the First Army, which belonged to the 15th Army, was covered by Japanese artillery fire.

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The situation report was reported to the group army commander Lieutenant General Asilov. His head swelled up with a "bang". His first reaction was that the main force of the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Force had already crossed the Aldan River and was in the procession.

Positions were preset on the east coast, which meant that the Fifteenth Army's defensive campaign became meaningless and it would have to engage in a frontal battle with the Japanese army.

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