Age of Conquest Reborn

On the Mokpo battlefield on the Korean Peninsula, the troops of the Southeast Mobile Corps of the Independent Division launched wave after wave of attacks against the Japanese troops on the second line of defense in Mokpo. The battle was not very fierce. At least, the rhythm of the battlefield was not like that of hundreds of thousands of soldiers on both sides.

The battle involved both offense and defense, but the Japanese commander Lieutenant General Kaga knew the pain in his heart.

On the Tokugawa battlefield in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, Marine Corps Commander Han Tie commanded three brigades at the headquarters and three brigades of the Southeast Mobile Corps that were assigned to the Marine Corps' combat order, with more than 100,000 troops, fighting against the Japanese Army's 40th Army.

A tight encirclement was set up outside the Beidafeng Mountains where the remnants of the Third Division were hiding. Lieutenant Colonel Qi Hanzhi, the special warfare detachment leader and chief of staff, led his team into the mountains to deal with the remaining enemies of the Tokugawa Battle. It was only a matter of time.

In the western Liaoning region of the northeast, Feng Jiwu's troops of the Niangziguan garrison of the Independent Division tightly suppressed part of the main force of the Kwantung Army and did not dare to act rashly. In the Western Manchuria region of the northeast, Yuan Jinghao's troops of the North China Field Corps of the Independent Division also

After containing hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army troops, on the northwestern border of Northeast China, Sun Zhenbang's troops of the Independent Division's Outer Mongolia Field Corps suppressed the Kwantung Army border garrison.

In these three main confrontation areas, the Kwantung Army did not dare to make any major moves. In the Far East, Lieutenant General Liu Tiehan, deputy commander of the independent division and commander of the Northeast Advance Command, commanded more than 600,000 troops, and the Japanese base camp commander

Prince Zai Ren, Chief of Staff and Commander of the Far East Campaign Headquarters, commanded more than 500,000 troops. They fought hard on the west side of the Burya Mountains in the Far East. The battlefield in the Far East was filled with the roar of artillery and the cry of killing all day long.

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Of course, the Far East battlefield seemed to be evenly matched, but in fact, Liu Tiehan did not use all his strength to launch a full-line attack on the Japanese Far East Expedition Force. Otherwise, the combat troops would always be in a stalemate. According to the request of division commander Tang Qiuli, the East Command troops dispatched the Japanese Far East Force

The army is firmly tied up in the Far East and cannot be divided to reinforce the Kwantung Army. Victory is a victory. Fighting such a battle is extremely easy for Liu Tiehan, who has control of the air and has an advantage in military strength!

The Liaodong Peninsula in the Northeast has been completely recovered by the independent division troops. Under the leadership of Liu Hanzhang, the head of the Northeast Reception Working Group and the vice chairman of the Military and Political Committee of the Dingbian Special Economic Zone, the orderly takeover work has begun.

The entire northern battlefield, it seems, is still fighting on the Korean Peninsula. Moreover, without affecting the progress of the campaign to regain the Northeast, Li Honggang's troops of the 29th Corps, which came from the Indochina Peninsula to reinforce the Korean Peninsula battlefield, have gradually arrived in the Shandong Peninsula.

In this area, it can be said that with the arrival of Li Honggang's regiment, there is no need to be distracted by the battlefield on the Korean Peninsula. Tang Qiuli can completely launch a general attack to regain the Northeast.

But Tang Qiuli did not issue the order for a long time. Although Major General Yuan Jinghao, commander of the North China Field Corps, and Major General Sun Zhenbang, commander of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, came to ask for battle almost two days later. Sun Zhenbang was far away and only sent a telegram. Yuan Jinghao was close at hand.

Every time he comes to the door in person, he

Tang Qiuli was repeatedly surprised and annoyed by his bellicose words. Later, he simply told Yuan Jinghao, "Yuan Jinghao, if you bother me again. I will take the position of commander of the North China Field Corps for you. Come to my side."

As a combat consultant, I can keep my ears clean for a few days!"

After such threats, Yuan Jinghao didn't dare to show his face for several days. Even if he came to give advice, he ran to the office of Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, muttering about something he was asking about. Tang Qiuli's ears became clear.

None of the generals of the independent division knew what the division commander was planning?

Tang Qiuli was watching, looking at the next move of the Japanese base camp. The six first-class divisions that had been transferred back to Japan from the southwest Pacific battlefield were the only groups in Japan that could devote heavy troops to various battlefields. So far, the other six

Sixty-three, sixty-five,

The Sixty-ninth and Seventy-third Divisions, with nearly 130,000 troops, equipped with a large number of tank regiments and heavy artillery brigades, have landed and assembled in Vladivostok the day before yesterday. So far, according to

Intelligence shows that this part of the Japanese army is still in Vladivostok.

The Japanese base camp allowed 100,000 elite troops to gather in Vladivostok, but it has a profound meaning. Going north can support the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Force in the Far East. Going south, it can cut into the battlefield of the Korean Peninsula from the border between China and North Korea. Going west, it can support the Kwantung Army in the western Liaoning region.

and the troops in Western Manchuria, there is another possibility, which is to attack the Liaodong Peninsula. It can be said that the Japanese Third Army is gathered in Vladivostok, a place where you can look around!

Tang Qiuli and the staff of the General Staff Department studied repeatedly for several days based on the intelligence from the Intelligence Department, and analyzed the possible action routes of the Japanese Third Army. They concluded that there were four possibilities, and the Japanese Third Army

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This increased the uncertainties of the northern campaign. Tang Qiuli did not want to think that after launching a full-line offensive against the Kwantung Army, the 130,000-strong Japanese Third Army would join the battlefield, which would affect the course of the campaign. Likewise, for every battlefield

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Of course, these 130,000 Japanese troops did not make Tang Qiuli feel any pressure. He just wanted to make local deployment adjustments after the Japanese Third Army determined its direction and include them in the goal of annihilation.

The Japanese Third Army cannot move in Vladivostok, and Tang Qiuli cannot move either. This is an uninvited guest. In addition, there are two other Japanese first-class divisions stranded in Japan. Where will they go next?

According to the order of the division commander, the Intelligence Division stepped up its intelligence work on the Japanese Third Army. Every day, a large amount of intelligence was collected. Every move of the Japanese Third Army was under the surveillance of the Intelligence Division agents.

Near noon, Major General Zhao Yuhe, chief of staff of the independent division, walked into the office of division commander Tang Qiuli. The sunshine at the end of June in eastern Mongolia was scorching the earth with heat like midsummer. The weather of the previous two days

A drenching rain blocked the scorching sunshine, and various plants grew lush and dense. Several big trees in the yard blocked the wind from the wild. When I walked into the teacher's office, even though several windows were wide open,

But Zhao Yuhe still felt a sweltering feeling.

Tang Qiuli was wearing a standard shirt with his sleeves rolled up. He was looking at the military map on the wall attentively. Zhao Yuhe wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "Sir, the room was very hot yesterday.

, didn’t the Logistics Department find a house for you in the northwest corner of Kailu County? It’s next to the grassland outside the city and it’s definitely cooler than here. Why don’t you move there?”

Tang Qiuli turned around and said with a smile: "Working alone in one place, with so many people coming and going every day, either major generals or colonels, doesn't that mean telling the Japanese spies that Tang Qiuli is in Kailu County and there is no trace of the directly affiliated corps?

, isn’t it ready to come out? What’s the point of our directly affiliated corps hiding in Yuan Jinghao’s troops! I’m used to it and don’t feel the heat. By the way, Yuhe, what’s the matter with you coming?”

Zhao Yuhe took out a telegram and said: "Oh, by the way, division commander, the latest information from the Intelligence Office is that two divisions of the Japanese Third Army left Vladivostok this morning and were transported by railway via Suifenhe, Mudanjiang, etc.

Go north!"

"Oh?" Tang Qiuli's eyes narrowed, "Yuhe, what do you think is the final destination of the two divisions of the Japanese Third Army?"

Zhao Yuhe had obviously considered it, "Division commander, according to the judgment of the staff office, the Japanese army's destination is most likely Harbin. Judging from its mobilization route, this is the only possibility!"

"In other words, it is possible for the Japanese troops from these two divisions to reinforce the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Force?" Tang Qiuli asked inspiredly.

Zhao Yuhe shook his head and disagreed with the division commander's statement, "Commander, I don't think so. Two mere divisions with less than 60,000 troops joining the Far East battlefield will not change the Japanese army's military disadvantage. Moreover, in

On the Far East battlefield, Deputy Division Commander Liu's troops adopted a slow-attack strategy. The Japanese Far East Expeditionary Force commanded by Zai Ren was not at an obvious disadvantage and did not need to rush for reinforcements! Therefore, the move of the Japanese Third Army caused

It’s hard to understand!”

Tang Qiuli walked to the map, drew a red line on it, put a big question mark on the location of Harbin, and said: "No matter what the final purpose of the Japanese troops in these two divisions is, it is nothing more than our prediction

four possibilities

One, ordered Yu Deshui and the intelligence offices in Harbin, Xinjing, Fengtian and other places to step up intelligence work on the mobilization of Japanese troops. As for the Kwantung Army in Yuhe, western Liaoning and Western Manchuria, they were still moving to Fengtian and beyond on a small scale.

Mobilize troops from the south?"

Zhao Yuhe replied: "Yes, our reconnaissance force has also confirmed this. However, the scale of the Kwantung Army's mobilization is quite small, and most of them are mobilized in brigades. That Nanjiro, I don't know what he is doing.

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Tang Qiuli smiled and said: "The Marine Corps has three brigades with nearly 50,000 troops on the Andong and Gaizhou front lines, which can directly threaten Fengtian. How dare Nanjiro leave Fengtian empty? Fengtian is the home base of the Kwantung Army.

It was expected that he would mobilize troops to strengthen defense. He did not dare to mobilize troops from western Liaoning and Western Manchuria on a large scale, fearing that we would take the opportunity to launch an attack, causing the northeastern border defense line to completely collapse!"

Zhao Yuhe also smiled and said: "Nanjiro is now demolishing the east wall to repair the west wall. His troops are stretched thin, so he can only make such small moves. Division commander, do you have any other orders for the deployment of the troops?"

Tang Qiuli thought for a while and said: "Send a telegram to the Korean Peninsula Theater Command, ordering the three Marine Corps brigades to reinforce the Korean Peninsula battlefield to immediately return to the Liaodong Peninsula according to the original plan and set up defenses from Zhuanghe to Bayuquan.

! Troops of the 29th Corps have arrived in Shandong Peninsula one after another. It is meaningless for Marine Corps troops to continue to stay on the Mokpo battlefield!"

Tang Qiuli was in Kailu, eastern Mongolia, paying close attention to the movements of the Japanese army. However, in Fengtian City in the northeast, within the headquarters of the Kwantung Army, something of great impact happened.

(To be continued)