Age of Conquest Reborn

The suggestion of Ge Zhenzhuang, Director of the General Staff Office of the Independent Division, is quite tempting. If the border campaign in the northeast and northwest is launched as soon as possible, Sun Zhenbang's regiment can withdraw from the battlefield in advance and go to the Siping and Shuangliao front lines in Western Manchuria. Arrive an hour early, and the scenery

The Zhanqi troops suffered much less losses, and when Sun Zhenbang's regiment arrived in Western Manchuria, the more than 400,000 Kwantung Army soldiers who retreated from Western Manchuria had no chance of escaping!

Tang Qiuli was silent again. For a long time, he shook his head and said: "No need, let's proceed according to the planned plan. The battle of the Northeastern Border involves solving the problem of the last heavy group of the Kwantung Army. It cannot be completed without the direct troops.

Before the battle is deployed, launch an attack in a hurry, otherwise it will not be conducive to the next action!" After a pause, he added: "I believe in Jing Zhanqi, and I believe in all the officers and soldiers of the Western Manchu Interceptor Corps!"

When the division commander's call back arrived in the hands of Jingjing Zhanqi, he breathed a huge sigh of relief and said to Chief of Staff Wang Xujiang: "Chief of Staff, please immediately send the division commander's call back and inform all the troops. Although we have a small number of troops, we have

The aviation fleet provides round-the-clock air fire support. If the little devil wants to attack our position, he needs a good mouth!"

Immediately, Jing Zhanqi sighed again, "Chief of Staff, hold on from Siping to Shuangliao blocking line for five days and five nights. This job is not easy to do. The division commander told me that we must be mentally prepared to lose half of our troops.

But we can’t fight like this. We, Jing Zhanqi, have no right to sacrifice the lives of so many soldiers. We call back to the division commander and the Western Manchurian Interceptor Corps, and strive to complete the five-day and five-night mission of blocking the Kwantung Army in Western Manchuria with minimal casualties!”

As soon as he finished speaking, a staff officer quickly ran up to him. "Report to the brigade commander, I received a telegram from Brigadier Xu of the Second Brigade. The Second Brigade is already on fire with the leading troops of the Kwantung Army!"

"Did Brigadier Xu say in the telegram how many troops the Kwantung Army's vanguard force has?" Jing Zhanqi asked.

The staff officer replied: "Brigadier Xu said that there are at least two regiments. Now, a regiment of the second brigade is in a fierce battle with the Kwantung Army!"

Jing Zhanqi thought for a while and said: "Convey my order. The entire second brigade will attack immediately. We must wipe out these little devils in the shortest possible time. The heavy artillery can be used, as well as the attached tank regiments."

.We need to create an momentum of more than two brigades, and then quickly return to defense!"

"Brigadier, what do you mean...?" Chief of Staff Wang Xujiang didn't quite understand and asked in confusion.

Jing Zhanqi took a deep breath and said: "Our troops are small. The Japs' vanguard troops are also small. Eating them in one clean bite will at least have the following benefits, which will make the Kwantung Army commanders in this direction

, mistakenly thought that we deployed heavy troops on the Shuangliao front line, and the firepower was fierce, so we were well prepared!"

"In this way, the commander of the Little Devils will have doubts and will have to adjust his troops and launch an attack only after they are fully prepared. Invisibly, he has bought a few hours for the second brigade. Chief of Staff, don't

Forgot, the Second Brigade is just like us. On the one hand, it has to capture Shuangliao, and on the other hand, it has to build blocking fortifications. A few hours are precious! Not only for the Second Brigade, but also for all our troops!"

"Brigadier, this is a modern version of the empty city strategy!" Wang Xujiang nodded repeatedly and praised.

"The empty city strategy!" Jing Zhanqi smiled bitterly, "Chief of Staff, if I have more than a dozen brigades now, who would be talking about the empty city strategy? There is no way around it. Try to delay the Kwantung Army's attack!"

As soon as he finished speaking, fierce gunfire was heard from the direction of Siping behind him, and a group of attacks on Siping began. As soon as the attack was launched, there was a fierce bombardment. Large-caliber artillery shells continued to fall in the ring fortifications outside Siping.

The fortifications made of reinforced concrete were blown into pieces, causing pieces to fly everywhere.

In the direction of Shuangliao, Major General Xu Tingzhi, commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 29th Corps, who received the order from Jing Zhanqi, was slightly stunned, frowned, and rolled his eyes a few times, apparently digesting the order, and then

, then smiled. An officer who could serve as the commander of the field brigade of the independent division was a simple person. Xu Tingzhi instantly understood the meaning of Jing Zhanqi's order.

Since he wanted to build momentum, Xu Tingzhi was not polite. Not only did he put all the remaining two regiments of the second brigade into battle, but even a regiment of the temporarily assigned third brigade also went into the attack on the two regiments of the Kwantung Army.

In the middle, more than 20,000 people surrounded them in separate groups. The heavy artillery regiment also began to bombard, pouring out large-caliber shells continuously. Dozens of tank engines roared and rushed towards the Kwantung Army soldiers.

Such a formation frightened more than 3,000 Kwantung Army soldiers from two regiments. They retreated all the way from Western Manchuria. When they ran here, they never expected to be blocked by the Independent Division. These Chinese soldiers came from

Falling from the sky?

Thousands of Kwantung Army soldiers from the two regiments found out that they were about to be surrounded. They immediately turned around and ran back along the original road. But how could they run faster than the artillery shells and tanks? In less than an hour, they were less than two meters away from Shuangliao.

Ten kilometers away, they were eaten by Xu Tingzhi, and less than a hundred people were left. They managed to escape and ran back to report the news!

A small battle of annihilation was fought neatly, but Xu Tingzhi, the commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 29th Corps, was not excited at all. He knew very well that the Kwantung Army soldiers in the brigade were still behind, and the next step was to brutally block the attack.

At the beginning of the battle, "order the troops to return to defense immediately and seize the time to build fortifications!" he issued the order.

The small-scale annihilation battle in the western part of Shuangliao, in the battle between the Independent Division and the Kwantung Army in the Western Manchuria area with more than a million soldiers, was like an inconspicuous small wave, and was quickly submerged in the whirlpool of the battlefield. However, precisely because

This battle of annihilation subtly changed the course of the West Manchurian blockade.

However, the current commander of the Second Brigade, Major General Xu Tingzhi, had no intention of thinking about this. He was so annoyed with building fortifications. The geological conditions in the Western Manchuria area were the same for both warring parties. Kwantung Army soldiers

The soldiers of the independent division were also troubled by the inability to build strong fortifications.

In the black soil mixed with fine sand, it took only a few engineering shovels to dig out a single soldier bunker. Several adjacent soldiers worked for more than ten minutes, and a simple trench took shape. However, such

The fortifications will be blown up if they can't withstand a few shells.

What worries Xu Tingzhi is not the Shuangliao town he is attacking. That big place only has a garrison squadron and a police station of the Kwantung Army. He has sent a battalion of troops. He just received a report that they have penetrated into the center of the town.

To encircle and annihilate the Kwantung Army holding strongholds, it would take less than an hour to end the battle.

However, the geological conditions of Shuangliao made Xu Tingzhi very worried. In addition to troops and firepower, the most important thing in the blocking battle was fortifications. With strong fortifications, the casualties of the soldiers would be reduced to a minimum.

What's the point of a head-on blocking battle without complete and solid fortifications?

"But look at this bear place, you can't even find a stone as big as a fist. There is a vast expanse of cultivated land, and there are very few mature trees. If you dig deeper fortifications, you will probably be able to dig out water! Damn it!

Yes!" Xu Tingzhi cursed irritably.

Colonel Xiao Chenggen, the chief of staff of the second brigade, looked at the brigade commander's irritable expression and became anxious. With such fortifications, the Kwantung Army's artillerymen would be flattened by a shell. Even if the shells could not kill them, they would still be destroyed.

Buried alive with soil and fortifications were the biggest problem and weakness of the second brigade.

Xu Tingzhi and Xiao Chenggen walked to several places in a row, and the situation was similar. They followed his instructions. At the headquarters of the regiment, dozens of soldiers wanted to dig an underground shelter, but they had not dug four or five meters.

Deep in the ground, clear spring water emerged from the ground. Xu Ting was so angry that he gave a regimental commander a hard lesson, but the problem was still not solved.

Xiao Chenggen thought for a while and said: "Brigadier, this is not the solution. We can only demolish private houses, use the wood from private houses, strengthen the fortifications, build shelters and anti-blast holes, won't most of Shuangliao fall into our hands?"

Xu Tingzhi's eyes lit up, he stretched out his thumb and said: "Sure! You still have more clever ideas, so just do it like this. Immediately order the troops to go to Shuangliao Town to carry wood. Don't talk nonsense to the people. We don't have time to delay. Everything is over.

Let’s talk about the battle later!”

Seeing that the brigade commander had adopted his opinion, Xiao Chenggen was not happy at all and reminded: "Brigade commander, please think about it again. It is against discipline to demolish houses without the consent of local residents.

The crime is not small enough to warrant a military court. If the division commander knows about it, can he spare us?"

Xu Tingzhi waved his hand and said: "What are you afraid of? Extraordinary measures must be taken in emergency times. We are not using the people's wood in vain. We ordered the staff office to register in detail the use of the people's wood. No household will be left behind. Wait for the crackdown.

After the battle, we will pay compensation according to the price. At worst, our Second Brigade will not leave and help the people rebuild the demolished houses. I cannot watch my soldiers lose their lives because the fortifications are not strong. The division commander can also understand.

of!"

Major General Xu Tingzhi, commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 29th Corps, was troubled by the construction of fortifications. He even risked violating discipline and forcibly requisitioned wood from the residents of Shuangliao Town.

The next bloody battle will increase the insurance factor.

In Gilgalang, about 40 kilometers away from Shuangliao, a small Mongolian village on the edge of the Horqin Sandy Land, there is no one left in the village. The largest courtyard has become the Kwantung Army's Western Manchuria area.

The temporary headquarters of the 15th Army is located.

At this time, sitting around a table with a missing leg, a dozen veteran senior officers of the 15th Army looked at the commander of the Army, Kushima, who was also made like a little devil with pale faces.

Lieutenant General.

(To be continued)