Age of Conquest Reborn

A memorial from the Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army, General Yoshijiro Umezu, was so frightening that General Mitsuichi Yoneuchi, the Minister of War, one of the top figures in the Japanese military, that he almost wet his pants. His first instinctive reaction was to kill someone.

Silence and let this memorial and messenger disappear completely from this world.

But a sudden thought made Koichi Mineuchi not immediately order the murder and silence, but remained silent. He believed that Umezu Yoshijiro was not stupid, let alone confused. Who could climb to the position of general of the Imperial Army? Which one is a fuel-efficient lamp?

Even this guy boasts that he never participates in politics!

General Minai Koichi changed his mind and said to the messenger calmly: "This memorial is of great importance. I will carefully consider how to present it to His Majesty the Emperor. In the next few days, you will

Stay in my house safely, don't show up without my permission, and you are not allowed to contact anyone. Once there is news, I will notify you immediately, remember!"

On someone else's territory, what else could the messenger say? He bowed deeply and said: "I'd like to ask the Mi Cabinet to leave. I also ask you to submit the memorial to His Majesty the Emperor as soon as possible. Commander-in-Chief Umezu needs a reply!"

Mineuchi hid the memorial in the pocket of his clothes, and left with a solemn expression. When he got outside, he waved his hand to call the captain of the guard over, and whispered: "Send more people to guard this person, and do not allow him to leave this room.

No one is allowed to approach here. If he wants to leave by force, deal with him on the spot without asking me for instructions!"

The guard captain had a ferocious look on his face, and he was the sworn confidant of General Mineuchi. Of course he knew what to do, not to mention similar things. He had dealt with similar things countless times, and he was familiar with the road. General Mineuchi had no intention of taking this job right away.

The memorial was presented to His Majesty the Emperor. This was a heavy bomb that could only be used to bomb political opponents. If it bombed oneself, it would be asking for trouble.

But now it seems that the possibility of being blown up is the greatest. Slow down and look at the specific situation of the Manchuria War before deciding whether to submit Umezu Yoshijiro's memorial to His Majesty the Emperor. Anyway, even the memorial and the messenger are under his control.

In fact, he had no proper way to turn this bomb into a weapon to blow up his political opponents!

The messenger of General Umezu Yoshijiro was actually under house arrest. The messenger knew this, but he fell into the hands of others. He could only resign himself to his fate in Fengtian, Northeast China. He knew what happened in Tokyo and his own memorial.

It is still in the hands of General Minai Guang, so even if he is extremely anxious, he has no choice but to wait, but the current war situation in Manchuria makes it impossible to wait.

"Alas!" General Umezu Yoshijiro sighed in dismay. He put away his troubled thoughts and returned to reality. The Kwantung Army troops in the Western Liaoning Corridor have already begun to take action. According to the report of the frontline commander, so far, it seems that there are still

The Feng Jiwu Corps of the Independent Division on the opposite side was not alarmed. However, it will take time for hundreds of thousands of soldiers to assemble. According to my own estimation, the retreating troops will be assembled in the early morning of tomorrow. The speed is already fast enough!

As for the Kwantung Army troops in Western Manchuria, General Meijin was still hesitating whether to issue an order to retreat. The reason for hesitation was that if the main forces of the Kwantung Army in western Liaoning and Western Manchuria retreated within the same time, it would be nearly

With a force of one million people and such a large movement, who can guarantee that it will not alert the independent division troops on the opposite side? At least, General Umezu himself cannot guarantee it.

Therefore, ordering the Kwantung Army troops in the direction of Western Manchuria to retreat was something that General Umezu had been struggling with. However, the retreat order was issued too late. Once the Kwantung Army troops in the Western Liaoning Corridor evacuated successfully, the Kwantung Army troops in the Western Manchuria area would be alone.

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Lieutenant General Matsuda, Chief of General Staff of the Kwantung Army, knocked on the door and entered General Umezu's office. His face also had a deep look of worry, "Commander-in-Chief, the staff has just received orders from the direction of Gaizhou on the Liaodong Peninsula. The Imperial Army

A telegram from the commander of the besieged troops asking for help! According to them, the Independent Division dispatched no less than 150,000 troops and besieged more than 40,000 imperial troops. The battle was very fierce!" He took out a telegram and spoke in a heavy tone.

said.

There are a few words that Chief of Staff Matsuda did not say, "The commander of the besieged troops, Commander of the Third Army, Lieutenant General Ono, said in the telegram that of the more than 40,000 Imperial Army troops, there are now less than 20,000 left.

, is compressed into a small area of ​​less than a hundred square kilometers, and if there is no foreign aid, it will not last until tomorrow morning!"

"Asking for reinforcements?" General Umezu Yoshijiro smiled bitterly, "Matsuda-kun, do we still have troops that can be used as reinforcements?"

"No, Commander-in-Chief!" Chief of Staff Matsuda replied truthfully.

"That China devil actually invested more than 150,000 troops for my more than 40,000 remnant troops. He really spent a lot of money!" General Umezu Yoshijiro muttered to himself, his mouth full of bitterness, "Matsuda-kun,

Send a telegram back to Lieutenant General Ono. The headquarters is actively organizing reinforcements, but it will take time. Your department must carry forward the spirit of the Samurai of the Japanese Empire, fight bravely, stand firm and wait for reinforcements, and persist for more than three days, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements!"

"What?" Chief of Staff Matsuda whispered, and he immediately guessed General Umezu's intention. He used 40,000 people to hold back the independent division for as long as possible, with more than 100,000 troops, forming the main force of the Kwantung Army in the western direction of Liaoning.

, retreating to Fengtian increases some insurance factors, but isn’t this a risky deception?

Regarding this, Chief of Staff Matsuda felt absolutely uncomfortable. After thinking about it, he said: "Commander-in-Chief, we have no reinforcements at all. There is no need to deceive the imperial soldiers who fought bloody battles. I personally think this is an insult to them! We should tell them

The true situation of the imperial soldiers who fought bloody battles!"

"Baga!" General Umezu Yoshijiro was furious. Chief of Staff Matsuda's words stabbed him in the heart. He scolded him for the first time, "Pedantic! There is no way that the more than 40,000 troops on the Gaizhou battlefield can break through.

Maybe, their final outcome is to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire of Japan, and they will all be shattered. Knowing that this is the outcome, why don't we give them a glimmer of hope and inspire the Imperial soldiers to fight the enemy risklessly!"

"Insult! It's ridiculous. Telling them that they have no reinforcements has weakened the morale and fighting spirit of the army. Are they killed one by one by those Chinese soldiers? Those Chinese soldiers will laugh at their corpses. This is what you want to see as the chief of staff.

The result? Their jade fragments are valuable, and they are for more imperial soldiers to survive!"

General Umezu Yoshijiro was panting with anger, his eyes flashing fiercely. It seemed that Chief of Staff Matsuda's words were a great insult to his own character. Chief of Staff Matsuda couldn't help but take a few steps back and dropped his head suddenly.

"Ha Yi! Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, please calm down. It's the Ministry's lies!"

The ferocious light in General Umezu Yoshijiro's eyes disappeared, but his tone was still cold and he said: "Chief of Staff Matsuda, I don't want to hear similar words again, and convey my order. The Kwantung Army's troops in the Western Manchuria area will be deployed at six o'clock tomorrow evening.

After that, they began to evacuate one after another, and the gathering place was Xinjing!"

"The method of retreat is that the troops on the first line will not move for the time being. The troops on the third line and the baggage troops will be the first to evacuate. After that, the second-line troops will begin to evacuate. Your staff department is responsible for formulating the specific retreat route, and you must warn all troops

Commander, organize a retreat as much as possible without disturbing the independent division troops on the opposite side!"

Chief of Staff Matsuda recorded the order of General Umezu. He came to General Umezu to inform him that the Kwantung Army troops in the western Liaoning Corridor direction had begun retreat operations. It was very dangerous to leave the Kwantung Army troops in the Western Manchuria area alone.

Well, it was easy to be flanked by both sides. Now, General Umezu finally spat out his words, and he had achieved his goal, even though he had been scolded just now.

There is another thing that must be reminded to Commander-in-Chief Umezu. Chief of Staff Matsuda said: "Commander-in-Chief, should the Kwantung Army border garrison also shrink across the board? The one facing it is the Independent Division's Outer Mongolia Field Corps, with a strength of

It has more than 300,000 soldiers, more than 100,000 people of the Imperial Army. Once the Kwantung Army’s troops in western Liaoning and Western Manchuria begin to retreat, will the border garrison become the next target of the independent division’s attack?”

General Umezu Yoshijiro was struggling in his heart. In the vast Manchuria region, there were many cities that needed to be defended, and troops were needed everywhere. The Kwantung Army's border garrison of more than 200,000 people could be sent to great use. Analyzed from this perspective

, and should also retreat simultaneously to avoid heavy losses.

However, General Meijin would never dare to let go of the border line in northwest Manchuria. The more than 300,000 soldiers of the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli would have marched straight in, southward to attack Xinjing, if not blocked by the border garrison, and then block the

What would it be like if the main force of the Kwantung Army in the Western Liaoning Corridor and the Western Manchuria area retreated, and then joined the independent division troops in the Liaodong Peninsula, Amaterasu, and nearly 700,000 independent division troops to block all the retreat channels.

consequences?

General Umezu knew it all too well, so he made a painful decision, "Chief of Staff Matsuda, the Kwantung Army border garrison cannot retreat, otherwise, the door to the border line in northwest Manchuria will be opened, and the Outer Mongolia Field Corps of the Independent Division will

, 300,000 soldiers will flood into Manchuria, and by then, Fengtian, Xinjing and even Harbin will be in emergency!"

Chief of Staff Matsuda was silent. He understood the considerations of Commander-in-Chief Umezu. The independent division troops in the direction of the Liaodong Peninsula have become a knife thrust into the back of the main force of the Kwantung Army in western Manchuria. Therefore, the independent divisions in Outer Mongolia must not be allowed to attack again.

The field corps became another knife inserted into the hinterland of Manchuria. The two knives were facing each other from the north to the south. It was a dead end. The main force of the Kwantung Army, which numbered more than one million, would be forced to fight the independent division in western Manchuria.

However, the capital for a decisive battle was not enough. Therefore, only the Kwantung Army's border garrison was fighting to the death to block the border area. The more than 200,000 troops were in a position with no retreat. Staff Matsuda accepted a series of orders.

The commander left with a heavy heart, leaving General Umezu Yoshijiro himself with an equally heavy heart.

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