Age of Conquest Reborn

Gloom and mist shrouded this dilapidated house. A telegram from the frontline troops had just been received. For all the senior officers of the Fifteenth Army Headquarters, it was like a bolt from the blue. "Two regiments of the vanguard were suddenly attacked.

We were surrounded by the independent divisions. According to the descriptions of the soldiers who escaped, the independent divisions in the Shuangliao area amounted to more than 50,000 people from two divisions, and there were also a large number of tanks and heavy artillery!"

The loss of two regiments of thousands of soldiers was not a shock to the officers at the Fifteenth Army Headquarters, but the facts behind the telegram were what worried these senior officers of the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan the most.

Yes, the fact is that on the front of the Fifteenth Army's retreat, more than 50,000 independent division troops rushed to the Shuangliao front line in advance to block it!

The Fifteenth Army was lucky. Among the four-way retreat of the Kwantung Army, only the Fifteenth Army ran the fastest and most smoothly. It was so smooth that it was able to get rid of the pursuing troops of the Independent Division. The Thirty-sixth Division was in Bao

Longshan's blockade bought more than five hours for the other three divisions of the 15th Army at the cost of more than 20,000 soldiers dying. Tens of thousands of imperial soldiers, when Gilgalang took a breath,

The other three groups of troops are under fierce attack from the independent division troops.

The simple house, the uncertain and depressing atmosphere, the non-stop retreat for several days, the huge pressure brought by hundreds of thousands of independent division soldiers behind them, from mental to physical exhaustion, each of the usually cold and resolute imperial officers

, they all looked sluggish and had no energy at all.

Lieutenant General Jiudao looked at these subordinates who had no fighting spirit and felt sad. He said: "Gentlemen, the problem before us is very simple. It is how to solve the problem of more than 50,000 independent divisions blocking the Shuangliao front line.

question!"

The officers were silent and looked at each other. It was indeed a very simple problem, but this simple problem was the most difficult to solve. In terms of military strength, the Fifteenth Army also had three full first-class divisions with more than 70,000 people.

With the pressure behind it, we can fight no matter what, but now it is not allowed. If we cannot break through the blockade of the Shuangliao front-line independent division troops within one day, we will wait for the fate of the 15th Army, which is to be encircled. The officers are very worried.

Be clear about this.

Seeing that the usually arrogant officers were as mute and said nothing. Lieutenant General Kushima sighed and said: "Since you guys have no good solution, we can only face the 15th Army.

If there is any danger, report it to the Kwantung Army headquarters and ask Commander-in-Chief Umezu to make a decision! However, you must still be prepared to attack!"

"We cannot sit idle until the order from headquarters arrives. Waiting passively, I ordered the 37th Division to immediately deploy 30 kilometers west of Jilgalang, preparing to block the pursuing independent division troops. The other two

Division, prepare to attack the independent division positions that block the Imperial Army!"

The officers of the 15th Army stood up listlessly and left with heavy steps without any objection. In fact, they had no better solution than Commander Kushima, especially the 37th Division.

Lieutenant General Nagakuriyama looked as if he had been sentenced to death, his face was ashen, "Fight to block! Is that a joke? That guy Eikura's army was so good at fighting, but all of them were smashed to pieces, so at least it was still possible."

There is Baolong Mountain you can use!"

"As for the Thirty-Seventh Division, thirty kilometers west of Gilgalang, it is an unobstructed sandy land with not even a small dirt bag. How can we stop it? Is Commander Jiudao confused?

?" Lieutenant General Kuriyama cursed secretly in his heart. He already had a premonition that the fate of the 37th Division may not be better than that of the 36th Division!

Lieutenant General Kushima was the only one left in the dilapidated house, and he was filled with bitterness, "This is the situation faced by the mighty Kwantung Army of the Imperial Japanese Empire. On the one hand, it has to block the pursuing independent division troops, and on the other hand,

Independent division formation with breakthrough blocking

Fighting on both sides is easier said than done!" Whether it was blocking or breaking through the blocking, Lieutenant General Kushima was not very sure. In fact, at this moment, Lieutenant General Kushima was already confused. Otherwise, he would not have thought of sending a telegram to ask for the commander-in-chief's instructions.

The commander is General Yoshijiro Umezu!

With a heavy heart, Lieutenant General Kushima personally dictated a long telegram to the commander-in-chief, General Umezu. In the telegram, Lieutenant General Kushima exaggeratedly explained the difficulties faced by the 15th Army. In a word, the danger

Extremely, "The staff is urgently awaiting instructions from His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief to determine the specific direction of action of the 15th Army!" This was the last paragraph of the telegram, which undoubtedly revealed Lieutenant General Hisashima's mood at the moment, six gods and no master!

Lieutenant General Jiudao, who was stunned by the fierce attack of Yuan Jinghao's North China Field Corps' more than 400,000 troops, had lost his most basic ability to judge. If he had known that the independent division in front of him was just a brigade.

With an additional regiment, a total of about 20,000 troops, if he wants to capture Shuangliao, he will not hesitate to use all his strength to launch an attack, break through the blockade, and escape!

However, Jing Zhanqi's empty city strategy and ecstasy formation caused Lieutenant General Jiudao to completely misjudge the situation in the Shuangliao area. His hesitation and hesitation gave the Second Brigade of the Independent Division's West Manchu Interceptor Corps an opportunity.

Enough time to reinforce the fortifications.

Xu Tingzhi, commander of the 2nd Brigade, looked at the fortifications, firepower points, anti-blast holes and shelters supported by door panels, beams and other wood, and nodded with satisfaction. Given the geological conditions like Shuangliao, the blocking fortifications can achieve this.

He was already very satisfied, but the town of Shuangliao behind him also paid a price. The town was almost in ruins, with ruins everywhere.

"Chief of Staff, order the troops to immediately enter the fortifications, artillery and tanks, and enter the position. I'm afraid the Japs will start fighting soon!" He said to Chief of Staff Xiao Chenggen. With the blocking fortifications beginning to take shape, Xu Tingzhi is confident that he can fight with tens of thousands of Japs.

The devils have a fight, not to mention, there are aviation aircraft!

An hour and a half later, there was still no movement on the Second Brigade position. Xu Tingzhi looked at his watch in confusion and said to Xiao Chenggen: "Chief of Staff, what's going on? The little devil is less than 20 kilometers away from us, more than one

There hasn't been any movement since the hour, isn't there some trick?"

"It's abnormal. It's less than twenty kilometers away. The Kwantung Army can arrive in less than an hour. At least, its vanguard should have appeared. Brigadier, have you sent out a reconnaissance unit to get a feel for the situation?" Xiao Chenggen

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Xu Tingzhi said without hesitation: "Order each regiment to send out reconnaissance teams and approach the little devils to see what these bastards are doing?"

What was the Fifteenth Army of the Kwantung Army doing? Following the orders of the commander-in-chief General Umezu, more than 70,000 Kwantung Army soldiers stayed in the unobstructed Gilgalang area, wasting time in vain. Soon, the army

Commander Lieutenant General Kushima will pay a heavy price for his actions.

It had been more than an hour since the telegram was sent, but there had been no response from the headquarters. Lieutenant General Hisashima was so anxious that he was circling back and forth in the simple house, like a donkey on a mill road.

It was unlucky for Lieutenant General Gaijima, and the telegram soon reached the Kwantung Army headquarters in Fengtian. However, the commander-in-chief, General Yoshijiro Umezu, was not at the headquarters. He went to the Kwantung Army's Western Manchuria Assault Corps, which was being formed. This was able to solve the problem.

General Umezu was very concerned about the only key issue in the Liaoxi war situation. Although Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Matsuda had been keeping an eye on it, he was still worried and wanted to see it with his own eyes.

Neither the commander-in-chief nor the chief of general staff were at the headquarters, and no one at the Kwantung Army headquarters knew the specific whereabouts of the two bosses. After the telegram from the Fifteenth Army arrived, the combat staff officer took the telegram and stayed at Meijin.

In front of the commander-in-chief's office, his feet were jumping anxiously and he was sweating profusely.

More than two hours later, General Umezu came back. However, his mood was obviously bad, and his face was so gloomy that he was almost dripping with water. The combat staff rushed to greet him, "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, I have received a report from the 15th Army of Western Manchuria.

Urgent telegram, the blocking troops of the Independent Division were found on the Shuangliao front line!" He said and handed over the telegram.

"Honey?" General Umezu was shocked. He snatched it and looked at it quickly. His face immediately turned purple and his eyes were fierce. He raised his hand and received a big slap from his pocket, "Pah!" hard!

hit the combat staff in the face

, the poor major staff officer, his mouth immediately started to bleed, and his eyes were filled with stars. Before he could recover, he heard a thunderous curse: "Baga! Zhutou, why didn't you send such an urgent telegram over immediately? It's a waste of time.

Military aircraft, you are dead!"

Staff Major feels aggrieved. I am not in a hurry, but I can't find you at the headquarters, and I don't know where you are. How can I send you here? I have been waiting for more than two hours, and I am so anxious that I almost cry.

I felt aggrieved, but how could I dare to argue? I heard the Commander-in-Chief say that it was a dead end to work, and I felt completely discouraged. Well, my life has been told, and the Commander-in-Chief killed his own major, and he didn't even say it.

So easy?

The major staff officer, who stretched his neck to wait for death, closed his eyes and accepted his fate. He was still wondering whether he should ask the military police to shoot him, or whether the commander-in-chief should chop him with a sword. However, after waiting for a while, no military police came over with a menacing look.

There was no blade slashing at his neck. After calming down, he found that the Commander-in-Chief had left, and he was the only one standing stupidly in the empty corridor.

The major staff officer rushed out in just a few steps as if he was saving his life. Now General Umezu, how can he have the mind to argue with a big-ass combat staff officer? Even that mouthful is not because the telegram was sent late, but

He was so angry at Lieutenant General Kushima, the commander of the 15th Army, that he was so angry that his heart trembled.

General Umezu did not expect that Kushima, as the commander of more than 100,000 Kwantung Army troops, would be so stupid. When he thought of this, his heart was on fire, and he wanted to kill that stupid pig Kushima with a knife.

(To be continued)