Age of Conquest Reborn

The words of Lieutenant General Shin Yuuemon, the commander of the Japanese 107th Division, are a clear blow. He warned these senior staff officers, who have different backgrounds and represent various local forces, that the 107th Division

During the tour, please be honest with me. You are good, I am good, and everyone is good. When the time comes, I will let you all return home satisfied. Otherwise, you are asking for trouble. This is not Tokyo!

Japan's foreign aggression and expansion are monolithic. This nation is crazy about this goal. But internally, especially within the army, there are many factions. From a large perspective, there is a dispute between the army and the navy. From a small perspective,

In terms of leaders, there is the Constitutional Government Faction, the Imperial Zun Faction, and in terms of leaders, there is the Army Minister Koichi Yoneuchi's faction, the Chief of General Staff of the Base Camp Prince Zain's faction, the Navy Minister Anshin Tatsuo's faction, etc.

Each faction in the army wants to control as many front-line troops as possible, which is the expression of fighting with other factions. Naturally, no faction wants to let go of the Third Army that was separated from the Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Force and reorganized in the mainland.

Control the target. Therefore, these senior staff officers represent the interests of various factions. Speaking of which, they are all guys with very good backgrounds. Even if they are a small major staff officer, there will be a big boss in the imperial military circles standing behind them.

Whether it's gold plating or studying, Lieutenant General Shin Yuuemon has mastered this principle. During the 107th Division, senior staff officers from the base camp cannot interfere with their own command. They can make suggestions, but they are only suggestions.

That's all, if you want to use that big boss to pressure you, I'm sorry, please leave and correct your position!

The senior staff officers from the base camp were sneered at by Lieutenant General Shin Yuemon and were speechless. They had experienced the tyranny of the division commander. Think about it, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Umezu Yoshijiro, was not speechless.

There are no factions at all. The virtue of the division commander under his command is called deeds and deeds!

Lieutenant General Shin Yuuemon stood up, walked out of the tent, looked at the whitening sky in the east, and calculated the time for the bombardment in his mind. He must capture the independent division position on the front line of Phoenix Mountain before daybreak. Otherwise, he will be attacked by the independent division.

In response to the division aviation air strike, "order the division's artillery group to continue shelling. Thirty minutes later, the main force of the division began to launch a full-line attack. Within an hour, the first-line position at Phoenix Mountain must be completely occupied!" He gave the division's action order to the chief of staff.

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The Japanese artillery bombardment was still fierce. The 6th Brigade Heavy Artillery Regiment tried its best to suppress the Japanese artillery fire even though it was several times smaller than the Japanese artillery. However, under the Japanese counter-suppression, the artillery losses gradually increased. In this situation

Next, Colonel Meng Jianzhu, commander of the 1st Regiment of the 6th Brigade, led the 4th Battalion of the reserve team and the regimental guard company, braving the sky full of artillery fire and whizzing shrapnel, and rushed to the Phoenix Mountain position.

As soon as he jumped into the trench, Meng Jianzhu's eyes turned red. He saw a scene he never wanted to see. Japanese artillery shells roared down. In the trench, soldiers unable to move were lying everywhere, and the fire caused by the explosion of the shells

Here, the broken limbs of the soldiers were scattered everywhere. Under normal circumstances, this kind of shelling by the Japanese army would not cause any losses to the regiment.

But now, the soldiers could only be blasted by the Japanese artillery shells, and Meng Jianzhu was heartbroken. The fierce artillery fire dispersed most of the poisonous gas, which was equivalent to saving the lives of most of the soldiers and preventing further poisoning.

Meng Jianzhu took off his gas mask, and the choking smell of gunpowder smoke immediately flooded into his lungs. However, this smell felt familiar to him, "Send two companies of troops and immediately take over the defense of the position. Even if

Even if they are all out, I have to keep an eye on the position while the rest of the troops and the regimental security company rescue the wounded immediately!" He decisively gave an order to the battalion commander.

Although the brigade commander told himself that everything on the position could be abandoned and that rescuing people was more important, the experienced Meng Jianzhu knew that if the Japs launched an attack at this moment, not only would they not be able to save people, but they would also not be able to save the first battalion of the reserve team and the guards he brought with him.

The companies have to be on the main position. With limited manpower, it is impossible to rescue all the poisoned soldiers from the three battalions in a short period of time. Therefore, the strength of the two companies is to defend the position.

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At dawn, in Kailu County, eastern Mongolia, there was a small courtyard in the headquarters of the North China Field Corps of the Independent Division. The night had not completely passed, and a ray of dawn appeared in the east. Suddenly, outside the yard, there was a sudden and harsh sound of braking. The independent division's commander pointed out.

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, Major General, did not wait for the military jeep to stop, got out of the car, and strode into the yard. When they saw the special guard sentry, they immediately asked: "Commander, are you up?"

The special agents are familiar with the chief of staff. Unless there is an emergency, they will not disturb the division commander's rest at this time. Without waiting for the special agent to reply, Zhao Yuhe said hastily: "Quick! Wake up the division commander immediately. There is an emergency battle report from the Liaodong Peninsula.

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In his sleep, Tang Qiuli vaguely heard the voice calling him. He thought he was dreaming, but Mei Ting beside him suddenly woke up and listened carefully. Indeed, it was the special guard on duty outside, standing next to her.

She opened the door and called her husband.

Mei Ting moved her husband's arm tightly around her waist, gently shook his body, and whispered in her ear: "Qiu Li! Qiu Li! Wake up, Chief of Staff Zhao is here.

There’s an emergency!”

Tang Qiuli sat up suddenly, startling Mei Ting, and then jumped out of bed. The naked Mei Ting didn't even bother to put on her pajamas, let alone light a lamp, and hurriedly helped him put on his military uniform.

It only took two or three minutes to dress up neatly, hugged my wife, and without having time to experience the seductive feeling, whispered: "It's okay, Sister Ting, you can continue to sleep!" Then he ducked out of the room.

Mei Ting was still sleepy, and suddenly felt a chill on her body. Then she realized that she was completely naked. She hurriedly put on her military uniform and left the room. She knew that something important must have happened on the front line. Otherwise, Zhao Yuhe

He won't come to your door at this time.

Tang Qiu left the bedroom and saw Zhao Yuhe at a glance, anxiously walking back and forth in the outer room, and asked hurriedly: "Yuhe, what happened?"

Zhao Yuhe took the telegram and spoke quickly and urgently: "Division commander, I just received a report from Jiang Xianliang, commander of the 6th Marine Corps Brigade, that the 6th Brigade was attacked by the Japanese army at the Fenghuang Mountain position north of Andong.

Poison gas bombs were used, and most of the soldiers of the Sixth Brigade were poisoned and lost their combat effectiveness. Brigadier General Jiang asked for instructions on what to do next!"

Tang Qiuli's heart suddenly shook, he took the telegram without saying a word, read it quickly, and shouted angrily: "What does Jiang Xianliang do for food? Aren't gas masks distributed to all troops? He belongs to Jiang Xianliang

Don’t the troops have gas masks? Hmm!”

Zhao Yuhe explained: "Commander, there is a reason for the incident. The Japanese army adopted a tactic of launching a surprise attack with poison gas bombs first. Most of the soldiers of the Sixth Brigade were poisoned in their sleep. This is not Brigadier Chiang's responsibility!"

Tang Qiuli was furious. He disagreed with Zhao Yuhe's explanation, "What? The Japanese army raided! Isn't it the first day of the war for Jiang Xianliang? He doesn't even have this bit of common sense. Doesn't he know how to put sentries on the forward positions? Let him

The Japanese army was under my nose, and I think he, the brigade commander, is getting more and more confused the more he behaves!"

"Report!" From outside, another report came from Chen Feng, director of the division's communications department. Tang Qiuli and Zhao Yuhe looked at each other, and both had an ominous premonition in their hearts. I'm afraid it was another person from the Liaodong Peninsula battlefield.

Telegram, and the situation is similar to that of the Sixth Brigade?

"Come in!" Tang Qiuli shouted, and Chen Feng entered the room in a few steps. "Division commander and chief of staff, we have received urgent telegrams from Huang Wanshan, commander of the 4th Marine Corps Brigade in Liaodong Peninsula, and Cheng Shaoquan, commander of the 5th Marine Corps Brigade in Liaodong Peninsula.

At dawn today, the Japanese army launched a surprise attack on our position. They first attacked with poison gas bombs, and then launched a large-scale artillery bombardment. Most of our soldiers were poisoned and lost the ability to fight. Until the time of sending a telegram to the division commander, the Japanese army's shelling continued.

, please advise on the next step!”

"Hiss!" Tang Qiuli gasped. The three telegrams were all from the Marine Corps in the Liaodong Peninsula. In other words, from Gaizhou to Andong, they were all attacked by the Japanese army, and the tactics were exactly the same.

, all used poison gas bombs first, and then carried out artillery bombardment. Jiang Xianliang’s 6th Brigade was not a special case!

Most of the soldiers in the three brigades were poisoned and lost their combat effectiveness. The Liaodong Peninsula faced the Fengtian front-line position and was in danger. The strange thing is that the Kwantung Army troops that launched the attack should not have such a powerful attack capability?

According to the information from the Intelligence Office, the troops assembled by the Kwantung Army in the Fengtian area are only three and a half brigades with less than 40,000 troops. Moreover, they have no heavy weapons. Even if the Kwantung Army launches a surprise attack with poison gas bombs, what will happen to its commander?

Can you guarantee that our troops on the line from Gaizhou to Andong have completely lost their ability to fight?

Could it be that there is a loophole in a certain link? The Kwantung Army has assembled more troops south of Fengtian. Where did the additional troops come from? Why does the Intelligence Department have no information? Every move of the Kwantung Army in the western Liaoning and Western Manchuria areas is monitored.

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It is impossible to suddenly mobilize a large number of troops to Fengtian. "Two divisions of the Japanese Third Army heading north to Harbin - secretly planned Chen Cang! A combat deception! They fell into the trap!" Tang Qiuli was shocked, and he suddenly thought of this possibility.

, his face turned livid.

"Commander, the troops on the line from Gaizhou to Andong are still waiting for your order!" Zhao Yuhe saw the division commander's face suddenly turned livid, thinking that he had neglected to guard against the Japanese attack on the three brigades of the Marine Corps.

Angered by the poison gas bomb, he spoke out to remind him.

Tang Qiuli withdrew his thoughts, with burning flames in his eyes, and said: "Yuhe, order the 4th, 5th, and 6th Marine Brigades to immediately abandon their current positions and retreat to the line from Zhuanghe to Bayuquan.

Order Gaizhou, Anton and other places to receive the task force captains, abandon the above-mentioned areas, and all agencies to evacuate immediately!"

"Order Liu Cuigang to immediately dispatch bomber and fighter formations to cover the evacuation of troops and government agencies from Anton to Gaizhou!"

(To be continued)