Age of Conquest Reborn

Prince Zai Ren, Chief of General Staff of the Japanese Base Camp and Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Campaign, made a decision that was beyond common sense and an unexpected personnel appointment. The impact it had on a group of Japanese generals was undoubtedly huge. Of course, those divisions

The commanders of the Changhe Army are only envious and jealous, and they secretly hate themselves. Why don't they have such a chance to be so lucky? If they had known this, why not find an excuse in the conference room and fight against the guys who usually don't like it.

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Different from those officers, including General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, more or less saw some clues and had their own ideas, especially General Tanaka Shinichi, the commander of the Japanese and Korean garrison troops, who was wearing a

You can’t help but think more about the label of Koichi Minai’s faction!

In fact, General Tanaka was a little over-cautious. At least so far, Prince Zain has no intention of taking action against the North Korean garrison, including the Kwantung Army. Prince Zain, who is accustomed to playing tricks, knows that too much haste is not good.

He is well versed in this and will not make such a mistake. Anyway, it is all under his own hands. If he is not in a hurry, Xu Tuzhi will be in his pocket sooner or later!

Lieutenant General Ryūaki Shinno, Chief of Staff of the Far East Campaign Headquarters, had mixed feelings in his heart. A little-known Lieutenant General Haruhiko, his mother's ancestral graves were smoking, dog urine turned over, and turned into Ganoderma lucidum grass.

Deputy Division of the Far East Expeditionary Force

With the high position of commander, he will soon take over the position of commander. However, his dignified chief of staff of the headquarters will have to command the improvised rearguard battle group. After the battle, it is not necessarily known whether he will be able to come back alive.

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He was also a confidant of Prince Zairen, and he also grew up eating rice from the empire. How could his treatment be so different? Lieutenant General Shinno felt sad in his heart. At the same time, he was also very confused. If it was said that this was the impromptu decision of His Highness the Prince, he was beaten to death.

I don’t even believe that so many things were accomplished in just a few seconds? Didn’t you have a plan in advance?

"Could it be that His Highness, these unreasonable decisions were all made by that guy? I was away from the headquarters for long enough, and this guy became His Highness's confidant. According to the secret report of His Highness, His Highness the Prince quite obeyed this guy's words.

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I mean, find a reason to drive yourself out of the battle headquarters so that you can take over the position of chief of staff. It must be so!" Lieutenant General Ninye thought like this, with a sinister and malicious look in his eyes. But he stared at the headquarters fiercely.

Major General Yamada, Chief of the General Staff Headquarters.

Major General Yamada had the same dead face as always. No mood swings could be seen. In fact, he did not know at all about the series of unexpected decisions and personnel appointments made by His Highness the Prince beforehand, and he did not even hear about it at all.

Of course, these have nothing to do with him. From an ordinary senior staff officer, he suddenly rose to the third position of the Far East Campaign Headquarters. Major General Yamada is already very satisfied.

Major General Yamada knew the reason for acting too hastily as well as Prince Zairen. When Lieutenant General Shinno's eyes swept over him like a knife, Major General Yamada only glanced briefly and then looked away, completely ignoring the emotion in his eyes.

It has too many meanings. If you conflict with such a person on such an occasion, you will lose your identity and leave a complete laughing stock. Some people are not worthy of being called opponents. It is best to just ignore them.

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However, while looking away, Major General Yamada sneered secretly in his heart, "Stupid guy, a series of mistakes can ruin your future. This time you go out, it is a signal that His Highness the Prince is alienating you. It is best to stop Su

When we were in the army, this stupid guy who didn't know his own worth was crushed by the empire!"

No matter how many unexpected things happened during this military meeting, and no matter how many senior Japanese generals who attended the meeting had their own secrets, after the meeting, the Japanese generals returned to their troops as quickly as possible and followed the instructions of the military meeting.

Deployment, emergency action began. On the snow-covered Far East land, Japanese troops could be seen everywhere, long marching columns, and the Japanese soldiers were pumping as excitedly as chicken blood!

The deployment of encircling the Soviet Far East Front is being carried out step by step in accordance with the deployment of the Commander-in-Chief Prince Zai Ren. The rope around Zhukov's neck is getting tighter and tighter.

At this time, Zhukov could only wait impatiently. There was still no response to the emergency telegram sent to Moscow, but he did not want to send it again. In the telegram, he had already made it very clear about the dangerous situation of the Far East Front. I believe Stalin

Comrades and the General Staff will make a correct judgment. Emergency telegrams are sent one after another, as if they are in panic all day long. Zhukov disdains it!

Disdain is a kind of persistence in the heart of an arrogant person, but it has no effect on the current war situation. The Kwantung Army troops stopped their endless entanglement and left the battlefield, retreating more than fifty kilometers to establish a blocking line.

, after the Japanese troops on both wings continued to squeeze the battlefield space of the Far East Front, Zhukov knew clearly that the supreme commander of the Far East Japanese Army had completed the decisive layout of his troops.

This plan completely shattered Zhukov's last line and chance of a desperate counterattack. Just as Prince Zai Ren predicted, Zhukov was not a mediocre player. After confirming that Moscow would not order the Transkhinggan Mountains Front Army and the Baikal Lake Front Army to turn around and return reinforcements,

Later, there was indeed a plan. The content of the plan was very simple. It was to do the opposite. Concentrate all the troops of the Far Eastern Front to break through the positions of the Japanese Kwantung Army. Then, the entire army entered Manchuria and started fighting.

Although it is a plan that ends with the Far East Front being annihilated, it is better than being surrounded and killed by a large number of Japanese troops here. Zhukov has already made a cruel decision. Once Comrade Stalin does not approve the rescue, he will make a desperate move.

We must also carry out a massacre in Manchuria, which has been operated by the Japanese for many years. At the very least, we must inflict heavy losses on the Japanese before the entire Far East Front army is annihilated.

Zhukov rationally realized that continuing to implement the original plan to withdraw to the direction of Chita and rendezvous with the Outer Xing'anling Front Army would be a dead end. The heavy Japanese troops were concentrated in that direction, and the Far East Front Army in motion would be attacked by the Japanese army.

A head-on attack would lead to faster defeat. While anxiously waiting for a call back from Moscow, he himself began to formulate a plan to attack Manchuria.

This plan carries the final madness of all-or-nothing. If the Far Eastern Front forces use all their strength to fight south, the Kwantung Army will be unable to stop it with its current strength and strength. This is also the final swan song prepared by Zhukov for himself and the Far Eastern Front Army.

If there are no reinforcements, the swan song will be performed on time.

This plan also cost Zhukov a lot of effort. Amidst the roar of cannons, he locked himself in a tent and thought and weighed exhaustively. This plan of attacking Manchuria, which was destined to be a disaster, was to use more than one million troops from the Far East Front.

The lives of soldiers, burning out the last flame, can cause the most serious damage to Japan's largest overseas occupied area. This is the last contribution Zhukov can make to the Soviet and Comrade Stalin.

The premise of this plan was based on the absence of reinforcements. Moreover, Zhukov had an intuitive premonition that there would be no reinforcements. A burst of sadness and pain struck his heart, "Report to Comrade Commander, receive the message from the front line."

Emergency telegram from the troops!" Outside the tent, Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Godaev's sudden report interrupted his thoughts and drove away the sadness in his heart.

Zhukov, whose train of thought was interrupted, raised his blue-gray eyes that were full of red bloodshot eyes but still flashed brightly. He couldn't help but frown and looked at the tent curtains swinging in the wind. He quickly adjusted his mood and felt a little uneasy.

He shouted happily: "Comrade Godaev, come in!"

Chief of Staff Godayav opened the tent curtain, his face flushed by the cold wind from the Far East, and his face looked as haggard as Zhukov's, "Commander, the frontline troops sent a telegram reporting an abnormal situation. Japan, which has been maintaining an offensive posture,

The Kwantung Army suddenly broke away from the battle and withdrew its position more than fifty kilometers to the south. The frontline troops sent scouts to conduct reconnaissance and found that the Kwantung Army took advantage of the favorable terrain conditions to build a new blocking line in the retreated area!"

Zhukov received the telegram in silence, read it with a dull expression, raised his head, and looked outside the tent with a somewhat empty gaze. The wind in May was still strong, blowing the dark Far Eastern sky. He read the telegram again, and then looked haggard.

His tired face turned gray-white, and the brilliance in his eyes disappeared instantly.

Weakly sitting on the canvas marching chair, the telegram in Zhukov's hand fell quietly to the ground. After a long silence, under the worried eyes of Chief of Staff Godaev, he picked up the shell box and put it on the box, which took him several days of hard work.

The plan was torn into pieces page by page, with scraps of paper flying like snowflakes. From beginning to end, Chief of Staff Godayav was watching all of this in silence. He didn't know what to say?

"Alas!" A heavy and suppressed sigh came from Zhukov's chest, as if with endless helplessness and unwillingness, which made Chief of Staff Godaev tremble in his heart, "The supreme commander of the Japanese army is the one who controls the war situation.

A master, he judged any unfavorable situation that might arise and took preventive measures in advance, not even leaving me a chance to fight my opponent!" Zhukov said to himself.

Chief of Staff Godayav instantly understood what Comrade Commander was doing after he locked himself in the tent. His face was even grayer than Zhukov's. "Commander, your plan is that in case of no reinforcements, the Far East Front Army will go to

Attack south, a desperate attack on Manchuria? And the Kwantung Army suddenly left the battlefield and retreated, just to prevent us from doing the opposite?"

Zhukov smiled miserably, nodded, and said: "However, the Japanese did not even leave me this opportunity. What we are facing is a terrible opponent, but it is definitely not the Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army Nanjiro!"

"Chief of Staff, has Moscow responded to the telegram?" Zhukov suddenly asked.

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