Age of Conquest Reborn

General Gregariff, commander of the Soviet Union's Trans-Hinggan Mountains Front, adjusted the offensive deployment. To put it simply, the original main breakthrough direction became a feint attack, continuing to attract the attention of the Japanese army. The real big killer was in the new area.

In the direction of the breakthrough, more than 600,000 rearguard soldiers, plus the more than 300,000 soldiers of the offensive troops, and more than 70% of the troops of the Outer Xing'anling Front were devoted to the new offensive direction.

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Moreover, more than 90% of the artillery and tanks are assigned to the new offensive direction. This will be General Gregariff's great weapon to penetrate the Japanese blocking line. "Everything should be over!" He said

Looking at the Japanese position opposite, hidden in the darkness, swallowing the lives of hundreds of thousands of his soldiers, he looked at the opposite side with bright eyes. After dawn tomorrow, the Japanese position on this blocking line will no longer exist!

"Comrade Commander, shall we report this attack plan to the headquarters? Seek approval from the headquarters?" the chief of staff of the front army reminded carefully. This is what it should be. In a sense, Waixing'an

The Ridge Front Army Headquarters no longer has the power to conduct campaign operations independently. Comrade Stalin is the supreme commander of the two front armies. From the command system, all campaign operations of the Outer Hinggan Ridge Front Army are

Moreover, such a breakthrough plan was a shocking blow to break the deadlock after being stubbornly blocked by the Japanese army for several days. The success rate was very high. It was even said that there was no suspense. It was necessary to let the headquarters and Comrade Stalin know about it.

, it is good for Comrade Commander, and for myself. After all, there is still the Baikal Front Army there to compare.

General Gregariff certainly understood the intention of the Chief of Staff, but he shook his head and said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, don't report it. The attack has not started yet, and the result is still unknown. After we arrive at the Far East battlefield, we will

Report it to the headquarters! We have suffered setbacks in the past few days. We cannot afford to fail again!"

Two simple words: "Low-key!" A series of blows, first drove the troops of the Independent Division almost crazy, and then the Japanese army's blocking line, hit their heads and blood, and the army of more than a million was milling around like a grinding machine.

In the small area between Chita and the Far East battlefield. Looking back on the past, General Gregariff did not dare to show off in any way. The so-called low-key was also a lesson learned from a series of failures!

Taking advantage of the darkness, the Soviet Union's Xing'anling Front completed its battle deployment. More than 1.2 million Soviet soldiers quietly entered the attack starting point and sharpened their bayonets in the dark, especially the troops who had been serving as rearguards.

The cat had been behind the battlefield for many days and entered the battlefield for the first time. Naturally, he was full of vigor. This was the main offensive force to break through the Japanese blocking line.

General Gregariff, the commander of the front army, breathed a long sigh of relief after receiving that all the troops had arrived at the designated positions. Although the night was deep, he was not sleepy at all, and his heart was dominated by an excited emotion.

There were still a few hours before the launch of the attack, so he simply sat on the canvas marching chair, staring at his watch, looking at the hour hand, and making a slight "ticking" sound unhurriedly.

On the opposite side of the Soviet army, Lieutenant General Haruhiko, the commander of the rearguard group of the Japanese Far East Campaign, also suffered from insomnia. With the intuition of a soldier, he couldn't help but feel that this unusually calm night hid unknown variables, but where did the variables come from?

However, there was no way of knowing that the more than 8,000 elite soldiers who had already set off sent back telegrams saying that they were progressing smoothly, without alerting the Soviet army, and were making a long-distance detour to the right wing of the Soviet position.

There is no way, the width of the Soviet army's frontal position is amazing. The small force that sneaks into the Soviet artillery position must take a detour and try to avoid the Soviet position. Otherwise, if the Soviet army is alarmed in one place, the plan will fail. Similarly, the small force will not be able to attack the Soviet artillery position.

Possibility of coming back.

After listening to the report of Major General Iijima, the head of the intelligence department, Lieutenant General Haruhiko did not comment, and the doubts in his heart did not diminish. He stood in the tent for a while, and then ordered the orderly to arrange a quiet place for himself in the shelter.

, order some incense and offer a portrait of His Majesty the Emperor. If it is not an urgent military situation, do not disturb him. Lieutenant General Haruhiko feels that his heart is a little restless and needs an atmosphere to seek some inspiration from His Majesty the Emperor!

At dawn that day, the wind from the Sea of ​​Okhotsk brought chilly water vapor to the land of the Far East, turning into biting coldness and tightly wrapping the bodies of nearly two million soldiers on both sides. The eastern sky,

A hint of fish-belly white was revealed, and the withered yellow sky and earth were tinged with a hint of the faint color of dawn.

When the time hand pointed to 5:30 in the morning, General Gregariff, who had been sitting with his back straight for several hours, suddenly opened his eyes, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. Behind him, dozens of staff officers were already there.

He sat nervously at his post and looked at the comrade commander intently.

The chief of staff of the front army stepped forward lightly and whispered: "Comrade Commander, it's time to attack!"

General Gregariff raised his right hand, slashed downwards like lightning, and said dryly: "Start!"

Behind the Soviet position, a loud thunder-like sound suddenly sounded. Thousands of large-caliber artillery pieces of the Soviet artillery roared at the same time. The shells roared in, piercing the pre-dawn air with a scream.

, flew towards the Japanese army's position. Countless sparks suddenly exploded on the Japanese army's position, mud and snow flew everywhere, gunpowder smoke immediately began to evaporate, and a huge explosion echoed in the open wilderness.

After the bombardment started, the tank cluster of the Soviet rear guard, covering hundreds of thousands of soldiers, appeared on the horizon, with their motors roaring and their tracks rolling up dirt. They roared and pressed towards the Japanese positions, lying down in the trenches.

Here, the Japanese soldiers, who had hardly slept a wink all night, raised their guns indifferently, pointing the black muzzles at the front of the position. For the Japanese soldiers, such a scene was not surprising.

In six or seven days, every day doesn't start like this. Next, it is shooting desperately until the sun sets and night falls on the earth. However, today the Soviet army's attack has been advanced much earlier. Moreover, in the past few days,

The Soviet tanks that did not appear appeared again. Of course, this was the intuitive feeling of the Japanese soldiers on the front line, but those Japanese officers with considerable combat experience smelled something different from it.

The trembling of the earth awakened Lieutenant General Haruhiko who was in a state of light hypnosis. He slowly opened his eyes and listened carefully to the sound of shelling outside, which was like continuous thunder. He frowned slightly, "Soviet attack

It started again, an hour earlier than before, and the scale of the bombardment seemed to be larger. But it doesn't matter. By tonight, eight thousand imperial warriors will turn the Soviet artillery into piles of scrap metal.

!" He thought to himself.

Facing the portrait of His Majesty the Emperor, surrounded by sandalwood and meditating for nearly a night, Lieutenant General Haruhiko's inner uneasiness has not dissipated. There are still many doubts and confusions in his mind that cannot be eliminated. He once again

He looked up at the portrait of His Majesty the Emperor. In the portrait, His Majesty the Emperor had gloomy eyes, as if looking at him. Lieutenant General Haruhiko knelt down deeply and paid the highest courtesy to his Majesty the Emperor.

"Bang bang bang!" A loud bang on the door interrupted Lieutenant General Haruhiko from this solemn ceremony. He felt annoyed. He had ordered that he should not be disturbed unless there was the most urgent military situation.

The Soviet army's routine attack was nothing more than a fiercer artillery fire. What's all the fuss about?

Lieutenant General Haruhiko shouted in displeasure, "Who is it? - What's the matter?"

An anxious voice came from outside the decorative door, "Your Excellency, Commander, I am Sakai Nakataka, Director of the Operations Division of the headquarters. Please forgive me for disturbing you. I have an urgent military intelligence report!"

Lieutenant General Haruhiko opened the door, and the sweaty-faced Commander of the Operations Division, Colonel Sakai, was staring at him anxiously. He didn't even have time to salute, so he hurriedly reported: "Commander, the situation is not good. We have received reports from the front line."

Report on this Soviet attack

, the scale was unprecedented. In addition to the original direction of the Soviet attack, other areas of the defense line were also attacked by the superior strength of the Soviet army. A rough calculation by the combat department showed that the strength of the Soviet army dispatched must reach the scale of the previous attack.

More than twice as much!”

"What?" Lieutenant General Haruhiko's eyes narrowed and he exclaimed in a low voice, "What else is going on?" he asked, feeling a sudden uneasy tremor in his heart.

Colonel Sakai replied: "Commander, according to reports from the frontline troops, the Soviet army has also dispatched a large number of tanks, and the number of artillery has also increased significantly. Many of our positions have been severely damaged by Soviet artillery fire! Several

In the key area, Soviet tanks have rushed to the front of our position!"

The situation has become serious. It is incomprehensible why, after six or seven days of fighting, the Soviet army suddenly more than doubled its assault force, and there will also be a large number of tanks and artillery. The only explanation is that the Soviet commander will use it to prevent China.

All the troops of the independent division were devoted to the offensive of the Imperial Army. Could it be that the Chinese and the Soviets had reached some agreement?

If this is true, the battle rear guard cluster is in danger, and the blocking line is in danger! Lieutenant General Haruhiko's body swayed, and his eyesight turned black, but he still asked with luck: "Sakai-kun, is this a separate offensive operation by the Soviet Union's Xing'anling Front Army?

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Colonel Sakai looked pale, shook his head and replied: "No, Commander, including the Sulu Baikal Front, our blocking line has been attacked with unprecedented violence!" Lieutenant General Haruhiko's head "bang", and the whole world

All have lost their original color.

While the Soviet Union's Trans-Hinggan Mountains Front was devoting all its strength to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese blocking line, General Kilganin, the equally experienced commander of the Baikal Front, after receiving a notification from the headquarters, took action with Gregariv

The general used the same strategy and put all his troops into the attack.

Coincidentally, he did not report the battle plan to the headquarters. Perhaps, after many days of stress, the two Soviet front commanders chose to keep a low profile!

(To be continued)