Age of Conquest Reborn

The suggestion from Major General Iijima, Director of the Intelligence Department of the Japanese Far East Campaign Defender Group Command, was also based on urgency. What he just reported to the Commander, Lieutenant General Haruhiko, was only a search force directly under the Intelligence Department. According to the practice of the Japanese army, from the wing to the

At the division level, there are search forces established to undertake some special tasks such as reconnaissance, infiltration, and destruction, which are the prototype of special forces.

If calculated in this way, the entire battle rear guard cluster, hundreds of thousands of troops, and the number of search troops may reach tens of thousands. Therefore, Major General Iijima said: "Your Excellency, Commander, there is no need to worry about the lack of troops to implement the plan.

The ministry suggests that in addition to the three search brigades directly under the Ministry of Intelligence, a certain number of search troops can also be mobilized from various divisions to implement your plan!"

"Yoxi!" Lieutenant General Haruhiko shouted happily, and the problem that troubled him was solved. "Iijima-kun, I will leave this plan to you for specific execution, but you must remember one thing, the main purpose of the raid here is

Destroying the Soviet artillery positions, other than that, everything else is secondary. It must be strictly organized and carefully planned. Within three days, I want to see the results of the action!" He confessed seriously.

Lieutenant General Haruhiko was good at proposing the idea of ​​destroying the Soviet artillery positions. When it came to the specific implementation, Lieutenant General Haruhiko was self-aware. Compared with the rude farmer-like Major General Iijima in front of him, he was far behind.

This guy Iijima was born to be an intelligence expert, and he is very skilled in the art here.

Major General Iijima accepted the mission without humility, which was also his duty. "Your Excellency, Commander, without further ado, I will immediately organize the gathering of sneak attack troops. Within two hours, the specific plan for the operation will be

It will be delivered to you, and in three hours, the first batch of troops can set off. Maybe you don’t have to wait for three days, and you will hear the good news before ten o’clock tomorrow night at the latest!” He said with confidence!

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"Iijima-kun, please! The safety of hundreds of thousands of Imperial soldiers in our battle rear guard group is entrusted to Iijima-kun!" Lieutenant General Haruhiko said with flashing eyes. After speaking, he stood up and bowed deeply to Major General Iijima.

, the tone is sincere and sincere.

On the same night, on the Far Eastern battlefield, General Zhukov, the commander of the Soviet Far Eastern Front, stared blankly at the artillery fire outside the shelter, which reflected half of the sky. He did not turn around for a long time. The staff officers in the shelter were also silent. Only the radio

The ticking sound is monotonous and repetitive, making people upset.

Lieutenant General Godayav, Chief of Staff of the Far East Front, looked at the back of Comrade Commander silently. He knew that Zhukov was in a very bad mood at this moment. He should not have disturbed him at first, but some situations had reached a critical juncture and the Commander must be let go.

Comrade comrades know.

Chief of Staff Godaev considered for a while and then said: "Comrade Commander, the development of the war situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to us. Because the weather is getting warmer, our ice and snow defenses have been damaged in many places under the bombardment of Japanese artillery fire.

Collapse, all day today, in the face of the Japanese attack, the troops suffered more casualties than any other day, especially the southern battlefield defended by the 15th, 16th, and 19th Army, faced with the fierce attack of the Kwantung Army, many places were lost!

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Zhukov's back trembled slightly, but he did not turn his head. Chief of Staff Godayav continued: "Judging from the current battlefield situation, the most urgent and dangerous one is the southern direction. However, the other three directions

This direction is not optimistic either. It was under great pressure from the Japanese army and fought repeatedly with the Japanese army in several key areas. The troops suffered heavy casualties but were unable to repel the Japanese army. Comrade Commander..." His tone was very

It's so heavy that I can't talk anymore.

Zhukov turned around. Under the dim light, his face looked frighteningly haggard. In fact, since the Japanese army completed the encirclement and began their attack, he had almost no time to sleep. The solid ice and snow defense line could only block the Japanese army.

An army attack is temporary, but it cannot be effective forever, because weather is an invincible enemy.

According to Zhukov's prediction, before the weather gets warmer, he will use the ice and snow defense line to hold on for about ten days, and the returning foreign Xing'anling Front Army and the Baikal Lake Front Army will rush to the Far East battlefield. At that time, his troops will come to a central

It is not necessarily known that the Japanese army will blossom and counter-encircle and besiege itself. Therefore, all the defense plans of the Far East Front are designed and carried out around this basis.

However, as the Japanese army's offensive became more and more fierce, especially the first position in the south, it only lasted less than three days before being broken through by the Japanese Kwantung Army. This greatly exceeded Zhukov's expectations.

In addition, according to the defense plan, the first position should be held for at least five days. At that time, without the Japanese army attacking, Zhukov will order all units of the Far East Front to withdraw to the second line of defense.

The sudden change disrupted Zhukov's plan to steadily defend, gradually retreat, and wait for reinforcements. Giving up the first line of defense was not proactive. If the troops on the first line of defense were not decisively withdrawn, the Japanese army would be defeated.

Divide and surround, eat in one bite.

Although he was passive, Zhukov still had enough confidence to persist until the reinforcements arrived. However, the ruthless facts dealt a series of blows to the famous Soviet general. It only took five or six days for the reinforcements to reach the periphery of the Far East battlefield.

The army blocked the attack hundreds of kilometers away from the battlefield and made no progress for five days. Of course, only myself and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Godaev, knew about this bad news for the time being.

The commander of the Japanese army should have felt that there had been an unexpected change in the battle situation and increased the intensity of the attack on the Far East Front. Judging from the battles and troop casualties in the past two days, this has been undoubtedly confirmed. The reinforcements have been delayed, said

As the army's offensive intensified, his own troops suffered huge casualties, serious consumption of ammunition and supplies, the weather became warmer, and the fortifications gradually lost their original function. Several serious problems that could not be avoided were placed in front of Zhukov.

Regarding these, Zhukov had nothing to do. His originally firm heart actually gave birth to a feeling of despair. He seemed to feel the result of the complete annihilation of the Far East Front Army, and he knew more clearly the determination of the supreme commander of the Japanese Army in the Far East battlefield to annihilate the Far East Front Army. Regarding the foreseeable results,

But he was unable to change it, and Zhukov's mood was extremely bad.

However, he did not dare to reveal anything in front of his subordinates. He only inadvertently revealed a little bit in the telegrams exchanged with his old friend General Gregariff, the commander of the Outer Khingan Range Army.

Reinforcements will arrive soon, and if you hold on with this breath, once the reinforcements are blocked, the news that rescue cannot be carried out in a short period of time spreads among the troops, and all the defense lines of the Far East Front will completely collapse in an instant.

Chief of Staff Godayav, the troop casualties reported by Zhukov did not stir up a stir in Zhukov's heart. He had seen and heard too many things. Faced with the Japanese army's siege from all sides, the Far East Front Army had to sacrifice a lot that day.

The cost was tens of thousands of casualties, but today’s casualties were larger.

Seeing that Zhukov turned around but still didn't speak and looked lost, Chief of Staff Godaev couldn't help but said: "Comrade Commander, we must come up with a solution to the problem of the southern defense direction, otherwise,

It will affect the entire front. I suggest that the Ninth Army and the Fourteenth Army be mobilized to launch a local counterattack against the Japanese Kwantung Army and recapture several key areas!"

There was a slight fluctuation in Zhukov's eyes. He looked at Chief of Staff Godaev and said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, given the current situation of the army, do you think it is still capable of organizing a local counterattack?"

Without waiting for Chief of Staff Godaev to answer, Zhukov himself said: "Now, each army group has suffered heavy casualties. The physical strength and energy of the soldiers are almost at their limit. We still have ammunition and supplies. We cannot organize a counterattack. Let's order all the troops to fight back."

Troops, take advantage of the cessation of the Japanese offensive to shrink the defense scope again and give up the fight for some key points. We must maintain sufficient strength!"

Chief of Staff Godayav hesitantly reminded: "Comrade Commander, we have retracted our position again. The space on the battlefield has shrunk to the point where we cannot turn around. Moreover, without the depth of defense, once the Japanese army breaks through, the situation will be irreversible. Or

Please consider it carefully?"

Zhukov looked at his chief of staff, his eyes unchanged, and said: "Execute it!" After saying that, without looking at anyone, he walked straight into the depths of the shelter. Chief of Staff Godaev sighed and began to issue orders to each group army.

Zhukov's heart felt even heavier. The order just now was actually the last resort. Although there was not much defense depth, it increased the thickness of the troops in each defense direction. This was also the last step to resist the Japanese attack.

Zhao, the Far East Front and himself had no way out. "Old friend, what happened there? Could it be that with more than one million troops, it is still impossible to break through the Japanese army's blockade?" Zhukov thought to himself.

In Zhukov's heart, he has no intention of blaming his old friend, the commander of the Outer Khingan Mountains, General Gregariff. Zhukov knows that his old friend will definitely try his best. There is no doubt about this. If Baikal

General Kilganin, the commander of the Lake Front Army, may not be so active. Zhukov believes that it is precisely because of this that he is puzzled that the reinforcements have not moved an inch for five days despite the Japanese army's blockage!

General Zhukov, the commander of the Soviet Far Eastern Front, had desperate thoughts in his heart. In the Far East city of Khabarovsk, in the Japanese Far Eastern Campaign Headquarters, Prince Zai Ren, who was commanding the troops to storm the Soviet army, was also in the office, roaring angrily,

There was only one reason why he lost his temper. The attack of all the troops was progressing too slowly. It was so slow that Prince Zai Ren had the urge to kill.