Age of Conquest Reborn

As the sun sets in the west, the gorgeous sunset shines on this land at the junction of the southeastern border of Outer Mongolia and the northeastern and northwest border. The long grassland, like a green carpet, covers the field of vision, dotted with dots of small lakes, reflecting

With the colorful sunset and emitting gem-like light waves, a typical grassland river meanders towards the sky.

The undulating land stretches into the distance, the hot sunshine of the day disappears, and the evening breeze with the smell of pasture blows coolly. Undoubtedly, the beautiful scenery of the summer grassland and the sunset is the most intoxicating and addictive.

But Lieutenant General Yoshinaga Ochikawa, the commander of the Kwantung Army's northeastern border garrison in Manchuria, did not have such a leisurely mood. He even had an instinctive fear and disgust at the gradually falling night. The orderlies had already brought dinner to the general's tent, but

, but he had no appetite at all and stared at the sumptuous dinner in a daze.

Lieutenant General Yoshinaga, who was in an extremely heavy mood, walked out of the tent slowly and looked at the dusk-filled grassland. In the dim light, the grassland was like a bottomless huge whirlpool, empty and desolate. Lieutenant General Yoshinaga knew very well that in the

To the north of where he was, there was the Outer Mongolia Field Corps of the Independent Division with more than 300,000 well-trained and well-trained troops who were eyeing them and could pounce at any time.

Since he was stationed at the northeastern border of Manchuria, Sun Zhenbang, the commander of the Independent Division's Outer Mongolia Field Corps, has been his opponent. With the huge force under his command, the pressure on him is undoubtedly huge. Therefore, in more than a year,

Lieutenant General Yoshinaga tried his best to restrain the troops and not make any provocative moves. He maintained a delicate and fragile balance. He knew that once this balance was broken, the Kwantung Army Border Guards would be attacked by the Outer Mongolia Field Corps.

ferocious attack.

However, the good times did not last long, and this balance was still broken. The external force came from another independent division behind him - the most elite regiment under the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli. The current situation on the northeastern border of Manchuria is that the North

There are more than 300,000 troops in the Outer Mongolia Field Corps of the Independent Division. In the south, there are nearly 400,000 elite troops directly under the independent division. And our own border garrison is sandwiched between the opponent's nearly 800,000 troops, like meat.

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Lieutenant General Yoshinaga shudders every time he thinks of it. He believes in the combat effectiveness of the Kwantung Army soldiers of the Empire of Japan and their loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor. He also believes in the bravery and fearlessness of death in the spirit of the Yamato nation's bushido. However, when the disparity in military strength is too great,

, all of this is insignificant, not counting the differences in weapons and equipment.

To be fair, Lieutenant General Yoshinaga is a qualified imperial general. He is also an experienced commander. When he learned that the corps directly under the Independent Division appeared behind him, he completely understood that it was heading towards the Kwantung Army border garrison.

and,

He immediately came to the conclusion that there was absolutely no possibility of winning this battle. The reason was very simple. The Kwantung Army's Manchurian Border Guard was an isolated force and there would not be any reinforcements at the headquarters. The battlefields of western Liaoning and Western Manchuria had already involved the Kwantung Army to no end.

Most of the troops.

After coming to this conclusion, the first thing Lieutenant General Yoshinaga did was to warn the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Yoshijiro Umezu, and request the headquarters to allow the border garrison to withdraw immediately while the encirclement of the independent division had not yet closed.

Go to the hinterland of Manchuria to avoid the end of everyone being shattered.

But the call back from Commander-in-Chief Umezu made Lieutenant General Yoshinaga's heart completely cold. General Umezu's call back was simple but cold, "I have received all the calls. The only mission of the border guard is to prevent the Outer Mongolia Field Corps of the Independent Division from entering Manchuria.

Join any battlefield, and for this, even hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers, all of whom will be crushed, will not hesitate. As for the request to retreat, I don’t want to hear it again!”

"Jun Yoshiyong, at this critical moment of the war in Manchuria, the imperial soldiers need to make fearless sacrifices. You should know very well that once the Independent Division's Outer Mongolia Field Corps goes south and joins the Western Liaoning or Western Manchu battlefields, for these two directions,

What does it mean for the Kwantung Army troops? Once the independent division is directly under the corps and can pass through northeastern Manchuria unimpeded, will it affect the battlefield in the Far East?"

"At the cost of the lives of hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers, delaying, delaying, inflicting heavy damage on the two independent divisions, and buying as much time as possible for the headquarters to solve the war situation in Western Manchuria and Western Liaoning is the mission of Lord Yoshinaga, and it is also the mission of more than ten dozen people.

The mission of thousands of Kwantung Army officers and soldiers! Don’t let me down, Yoshinaga-kun! From now on, all the command authority of the Kwantung Army border garrison and the strategy against the enemy will be entrusted to Yoshinaga-kun. You can act cheaply without asking the headquarters for instructions!"

In a word, General Umezu has delegated power. You, Lieutenant General Yoshinaga, have the final say on how to fight. The headquarters will never interfere, but it cannot retreat. It will keep an eye on it. In other words, even if the border guard is superior, it will

The powerful independent division troops are attacking from both sides, knowing that they are outmatched, but they will fight to the death without retreating. There is no naked threat of "chiluo", and there is no high-sounding reason. They just tell Yoshinaga to die here!

From the moment he received the telegram from the Kwantung Army headquarters, Lieutenant General Yoshinaga knew that the Kwantung Army border garrison had been ruthlessly abandoned and became an abandoned son. Its only mission was to bury the bones of hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers.

The desolate border area of ​​Manchuria, the broken jade is worthless, disappointment, boundless disappointment, not for the Japanese Empire, but for the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Umezu Yoshijiro!

Lieutenant General Yoshinaga was even very angry. No top official would ruthlessly abandon hundreds of thousands of elite Imperial Japanese soldiers to create so-called opportunities for the uncertain future of the Western Liaoning battlefield and the Western Manchu battlefield. General Umezu's ruthlessness

Ruthless, since he took office as the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, a series of stupid commands led to the corruption of the Manchuria war situation to the point of being beyond control, which made Lieutenant General Yoshinaga, who was heartbroken, revolted in the back of his mind and decided to disobey orders.

Disobeying orders is not rebellion. Lieutenant General Yoshinaga's actions are nothing more than finding a way out for the Kwantung Army border guards and hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers. This has nothing to do with the integrity and dignity of the Imperial Japanese soldiers. If you hold on, you will lose it.

To make unnecessary sacrifices for the uncertain future of the Manchuria War, at least, it was a stupid act. It was a wise move to preserve part of the strength of the Imperial Kwantung Army. Lieutenant General Yoshinaga found a high-sounding excuse for himself.

There is obviously no way to retreat to the hinterland of Manchuria. The corps directly under the Independent Division will open its mouth and swallow up the hundreds of thousands of border guards. Even if the passage to the hinterland of Manchuria is opened, the final direction is

there?

What's more, can the independent division troops retreat all the way and let the border guards escape? They will definitely be surrounded from all sides. Perhaps, the result will be worse than now, almost like falling into a trap. After several days of painful thinking, Yoshinaga

The general decided to do the opposite and take a surprise, first entering the territory of Outer Mongolia, then passing through Chita, turning to the Far East and defecting to Prince Zai Ren's Far East Expeditionary Force.

That is the only way out for the Kwantung Army Border Guard. Subconsciously, Lieutenant General Yoshinaga never wants to fight head-on with the regiment directly under the Independent Division. This notorious independent division is the most powerful and well-equipped veteran regiment. It is the devil of China.

A sharp sword in Tang Qiuli's hand, who knows how many elite divisions of the empire fell into his hands. In comparison, the Outer Mongolia Field Corps was established in a short time and does not have a bad reputation, so it is easier to deal with.

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This is in line with the common mentality of picking on soft persimmons. If Major General Sun Zhenbang, the commander of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, learns that his opponent regards him as a soft persimmon that is easy to pinch, he may be furious and immediately rush to kill him with his troops!

It was not easy to break through the frontal position of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps of the Independent Division. In order to achieve his goal, Lieutenant General Yoshinaga prepared a trick and ordered a brigade-sized independent garrison of more than 10,000 people under his command. After the battle began,

Desperately breaking out in the direction of Aershan and seizing Aershan Station, it created the illusion that the main force of the garrison was retreating south along the Bai-A railway line.

The order given by Lieutenant General Yoshinaga to the Major General Captain of the Independent Guard Corps was equally ruthless, "At any cost, we must open the passage to Aershan and control the train station for the main force of the garrison. For this reason, even if all of your troops are broken into pieces,

, no matter what!" In fact, this order is no different from the order given to him by General Umezu, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army. It is exactly the same.

Everything was ready. The Kwantung Army's border garrison, with more than 100,000 soldiers, was ready and waiting for the Independent Division to launch an attack from two opposite directions. Lieutenant General Yoshinaga wisely realized that the troops were at a disadvantage and could never take the initiative to attack.

, only when the opponent's attack begins, can you take advantage of the chaos on the battlefield to implement your plan to turn to the Far East!

Hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army soldiers, with tragic faces, squatted in the trenches that were burned by the summer sun, nervously waiting for the falling shells, and the independent division tanks roared and appeared in the distance of the grassland, like a tide.

The soldiers came over, but after one day, there was no movement on the battlefield. The Kwantung Army soldiers, who had been tense all day, continued to squat in the trenches tired and uneasy, not daring to relax at all!

In the grassland at night, darkness shrouded everything, and Lieutenant General Yoshinaga was even more uneasy. He didn't know why, but the independent division troops that had been prepared did not launch the expected attack. "Those Chinese commanders, they are

What to do? The unknown silence is more depressing and unsettling than the roar of cannons!" he thought irritably.

The tent of Major General Zhao Yuhe, chief of staff of the independent division and acting commander of the directly-affiliated corps, was still shining with candlelight. Wu Zhengmin, deputy director of the divisional staff office and chief of staff of the directly-affiliated corps, sent a telegram. It was the 10th directly-affiliated corps.

Ren Zhaoquan, commander of the 1st brigade, and Chen Han, commander of the 12th brigade, sent a simple sentence, "Our unit has arrived at the designated location and will be deployed overnight!"

"Okay!" Zhao Yuhe shouted excitedly. As the right-wing roundabout troops were in place, the encirclement of the Kwantung Army border garrison was officially closed, and the dawn attack would begin on time!

(To be continued)