Age of Conquest Reborn

The order from the high command on the battlefield came very suddenly. The brigade commanders who were in high spirits were confused, and the soldiers were also confused. So, more than thirty brigade commanders from the participating troops called Zhao Yuhe one after another.

The headquarters, by implication, asked Commander Zhao why the attack suddenly stopped when the troops were fighting smoothly.

Zhao Yuhe refused to answer the calls from the brigade commanders. He just told the acting chief of staff Wu Zhengmin to reply to the brigade commanders, "No explanation, just execute the order!" The attitude of the headquarters was unquestionable. When night fell over the battlefield,

When the gunfire subsided, there were hundreds of thousands of independent division soldiers on the outside, and less than 20,000 desperate Kwantung Army soldiers inside the encirclement.

Zhao Yuhe has his own plan. There is no suspense about the outcome of the battle. There is no need to launch an attack at night and get mixed up with the Kwantung Army soldiers who are still struggling. There are so many artillery and tanks that are not used. Why fight at night?

The original time for increasing the casualties of the troops was forty-eight hours. It seemed that the battle could be resolved in thirty-six hours, so I was not in a hurry. After dawn tomorrow, artillery fire would cover the encirclement, and everything would be over.

Under the flickering candlelight, Zhao Yuhe wrote a battle report to division commander Tang Qiuli. The content was very simple, "Division Commander, in the battle of the Northeastern Border, our army achieved the expected victory at an extremely small cost. The Kwantung Army's border defense

The remaining 20,000 soldiers of the team are surrounded in a small area with a radius of less than 100 kilometers. I plan to launch the final attack on them early tomorrow morning to end the battle!"

"After that, the participating troops of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, except for the six remaining brigades, immediately took the train south via Aershan. Whether the directly affiliated corps will turn to the Far East battlefield according to the original plan, please ask the division commander for instructions!"

After receiving the telegram from Zhao Yuhe in Kailu, eastern Mongolia, Tang Qiuli was very happy. One of the three heavy military groups of the Kwantung Army in the northeastern region had been eliminated. After the direct-affiliated corps strengthened six brigades, the total strength has been

The number has reached more than 400,000. On the battlefield in the Northeast, which is full of wars, he has a powerful mobile corps in his hands. No matter which direction it is used, it will change the outcome of the war.

What made Tang Qiuli hesitate was that the Directly Affiliated Corps joined the Far East battlefield according to the original plan. They joined forces with Liu Tiehan's East Point Force to eat up the Japanese Far East Expedition Force commanded by Prince Zairen, leaving more than 500,000 Japanese soldiers behind.

In the land of the Far East, there are still

Taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the Kwantung Army was surrounded in the western part of the Northeast and the hinterland of the Northeast was almost defenseless, they took the opportunity to take Harbin directly and take another important town in the Northeast into their hands. Then, they swept across the northern and eastern Manchuria. They first recovered most of half of it.

northeast.

According to the original overall plan for the Northeast Campaign, the directly affiliated corps should go to the Far East battlefield. The target is the Japanese Far East Dispatch Force, but it is also very tempting to recover most of the Northeast first. It is a fish-and-bear's paw relationship. At the same time, it also involves

Troop issue.

Tang Qiuli also considered having the Outer Mongolia Field Corps and the six brigades assigned to Zhao Yuhe be formed into a separate combat corps to be responsible for capturing Harbin and recovering northern and eastern Manchuria. However, there was a key problem.

Eastern Manchuria and Northern Manchuria together constitute most of the Northeast. Six brigades with more than 100,000 troops are obviously not enough. If more than 100,000 people are scattered into such a large area, garrison troops need to be left in many places.

Not good, in the end it was an unfavorable situation of lack of troops everywhere.

Although the main force of the Kwantung Army is surrounded in the western part of Northeast China, the Japanese have been operating in the Northeast for many years and have a strong foundation. If they want to uproot them, it will not work without sufficient troops. However, once the war in the western part of Northeast China ends, the main force of the Kwantung Army will

After their entire army is wiped out and they realize that the situation is over, will the Japanese go crazy in the end and wreak havoc on industry and infrastructure everywhere?

Then there is a possibility of massacre and massacre of the city. According to the deep-rooted character of the Japanese, they can definitely do it. It was already dark, and Tang Qiuli was still weighing the direction in which direction the directly-affiliated corps should send troops to achieve greater results.

Big profit?

Mei Xue and Liu Xinlan brought supper, and saw Tang Qiuli sitting on the chair, staring at the map, deep in thought, not even raising his head when two charming beauties came in.

Without any interruption, the two of them put the midnight snack on the table and quietly exited the room.

When they got outside the house, Liu Xinlan said worriedly: "Sister Xue, did he encounter any problems? He didn't even respond to the midnight snacks we sent over! Otherwise, call Sister Ting over to persuade him. No matter what, he has to eat!"

Mei Xue smiled narrowly, "Girl, you know how to feel sorry for someone! Don't worry, this guy is just like that. I know him well, and nothing can trouble him!"

Tang Qiuli in the room naturally didn't know that the two women were whispering and worrying about him. He shook his head, which was paralyzed by thought, and sighed. You still can't have your cake and eat it too. If you let go of the Japanese Far East dispatch,

The return of the army's more than 500,000 troops to the Japanese mainland will bring great variables and difficulties to Japan's future operations in the mainland. Anyway, the Northeast is already in our hands, so we should let the directly-affiliated corps perform the established tasks and send out troops.

Far East!

Tang Qiuli thought with regret that after making the decision, he relaxed and shouted: "Communications staff officer!" Turning his face, he saw the supper on the table, a bowl of yellow and orange millet porridge, two peeled rice porridge,

Boiled eggs in the shell, soaked in the fragrant porridge, and a plate of sauced meat that he could never get enough of. It was simple but enough to whet his appetite. He couldn't help but smile, and a warm atmosphere filled his heart.

In eastern Mongolia, if you want to eat meat, that’s no problem. Beef and mutton are enough. If you want to eat dairy products, that’s no problem. Mongolian milk tea shops can be found everywhere in Kailu County.

However, if you want to eat eggs, it is very difficult

It’s difficult. The local herdsmen don’t raise chickens. It’s still hundreds of miles away from the gathering place of the Han people. It’s not as convenient as the circulation of goods in later generations. If you want to eat Lingnan lychees in the ice and snow of Daxinganling, you only need to carry a bag in your pocket.

There are enough banknotes, no problem!

Therefore, in Kailu County, if you want to eat fresh eggs, there is no way. Tang Qiuli suddenly remembered that a few days ago, Mei Ting took Liu Xinlan back to Peking to do some official business. When she came back, she was careful

He brought back several boxes of eggs and laughed at the three of them for being greedy. Unexpectedly, they were specially prepared for him!

With a warm smile, Tang Qiuli served millet porridge. At this time, the communications staff officer on duty shouted a report at the door. After coming in, Tang Qiuli ordered: "Call Chief of Staff Zhao back immediately. After the Northeast Border Battle is over,

, the directly-affiliated corps and the attached troops will continue to implement the original plan to march into the Far East, but they must work out several routes, repeatedly weigh the pros and cons, compare the pros and cons, and report the results to the division commander!"

"Send a telegram to the leader of the special operations detachment, Chu Tian, ​​and order the entire special operations detachment to immediately sneak into various cities and major towns in northern and eastern Manchuria. After getting in touch with the intelligence office, cameras will be on standby. Chu Tian has formulated the specific lurking plan.

After that, report to the division headquarters!

"Order, Deputy Division Commander Tang of the Sulu Mobile Regiment and Commander Jiang Yanming of the Songhu Garrison Corps, to mobilize the reconnaissance troops of your brigades to go north immediately and assemble in the Seoul area. The troops will be mobilized and placed under the command of Chu Tian, ​​the leader of the special operations detachment!"

"Send a copy of this telegram to the Chutian detachment leader at the same time, and he will understand what to do!" Tang Qiuli warned again, this is considered a rainy day, as there is no time to spare to capture Northern and Eastern Manchuria, so he sent

Lurking troops can still do it. At least, they can play a certain role when the Japanese are hysterical and about to go crazy. Of course, this is also a solution.

The communications staff officer went out to send a telegram, but before finishing the bowl of porridge, Ge Zhenzhuang, director of the divisional staff department, and Chen Feng, director of the communications office, came hand in hand. As soon as they entered the room, they hesitated when they saw the division commander having a midnight snack.

After a while, "I'm here so late, there must be something important. It doesn't matter, just tell me!" Tang Qiuli saw the hesitation of the two people and said with a smile.

Chen Feng took out a telegram from the folder and said: "Commander, I further received information from the Intelligence Office that the Kwantung Army Commander-in-Chief Umezu Yoshijiro has recruited about 50,000 people in Fengtian and the surrounding areas.

The unit, designated as the Kwantung Army Liaoxi Assault Corps, intends to use this force to break through the blockade of our Liaoxi combat troops from Siping to Shuangliao, and open the passage to Fengtian!"

"Oh!" Tang Qiuli was surprised for a moment, then smiled and said: "That Umezu Yoshijiro is really capable. Fortunately, the four brigades from the Shandong Garrison District I transferred have already landed in Andong. I came ashore early.

Be prepared!”

After a pause, Tang Qiuli seemed to remember something, "When did the Intelligence Department discover this situation?" he asked with a serious face.

Ge Zhenzhuang took over and said: "According to the telegram from the Director of the Intelligence Division, the Intelligence Division's agents in Fengtian discovered this situation about a week ago!"

"A week ago?" Tang Qiuli looked ugly and said in a stern tone: "Then why didn't you report it immediately and delay it until today? This is very important information!"

Ge Zhenzhuang explained: "Regarding this matter, Director Yu sent a special telegram to explain it. Because he was not sure before and was afraid that the information would be wrong, he further verified it. You also know that the Kwantung Army once did something like this in and around Fengtian.

One time, it was the newly formed First and Second Corps of the Kwantung Army. According to the potential of the Kwantung Army’s soldiers, it seemed that they were not that great, so Director Yu ordered Fengtian’s agents to conduct multiple verifications to ensure that they were correct, so as not to mislead the division commander’s judgment!”

"It was not until this evening that it was confirmed that this was indeed the case, and that the so-called Kwantung Army Liaoxi Assault Corps had begun to gather in Fengtian, and the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Umezu Yoshijiro, personally served as the commander-in-chief!

"

"Oh!" Tang Qiuli was stunned. Umezu Yoshijiro went into battle shirtless. It seems that this Kwantung Army Liaoxi Assault Corps is about to leave Fengtian.

(To be continued)