Age of Conquest Reborn

Although he was commanding operations in the Far East, Zai Ren, as the chief of general staff of the base camp, received the daily battle status reports from the base camp's operations department verbatim. He knew the situation on the battlefield in Manchuria in detail.

Only in this way did Prince Zai Ren become worried. At present, the only people who can relieve the Manchurian Kwantung Army are the more than 500,000 troops in his own hands. As long as he sends his troops into Manchuria, the dangerous situation of the Kwantung Army in western Liaoning and Western Manchuria being surrounded will immediately disappear.

Solvable!

However, what troubled Prince Zai Ren was that Liu Tiehan, the commander of the independent division on the opposite side, adopted an almost rogue style of play. Although he clearly had the advantage in troops and firepower, he did not engage in a decisive battle, but resorted to small-scale

, wave-like attacks, small battles every day, tightly clinging to his more than 500,000 troops, but no big battles. Even the small-scale battles that happened every day almost drove him crazy!

Prince Zain did not have the confidence to initiate a decisive battle across the entire front. First of all, the troops were not as strong as the independent division. Secondly, the Far East Expeditionary Force was also at a disadvantage in terms of heavy equipment and firepower. The most important thing was that the Far East Expeditionary Force United Air Force was at a disadvantage in the iteration.

In the air battle, they were almost exhausted. Now, almost all the fighter planes flying in the Far East sky are independent division fighters. Having lost the air supremacy, Prince Zai Ren no longer has the courage and confidence to take the initiative to fight decisively!

He couldn't take the initiative to attack. He wanted to leave the battlefield, but he was tightly held by the East Command troops of the Independent Division. He couldn't walk away, and he didn't have the confidence to fight. There was no other way. Prince Zai Ren could only use it as he saw it.

On the battlefield in the vast area west of the Yashan Mountains, he passively accompanied Liu Tiehan in a war of attrition. Forget about this trouble!

Several months have passed since the battle with the East Point Force of the Independent Division in the Far East battlefield. Every day, Prince Zai Ren, who was exhausted and dizzy, faced the attacks of the Independent Division like playing piano, but he was still the first

The next time I had some free time, I sat down and looked at the troop casualty statistics compiled by the combat department.

No one knew it, but he was so startled that Prince Zai Ren almost screamed out in surprise. After several months of fighting, the casualties of the Far East Expeditionary Force actually reached an astonishing number of more than 67,000 people, exceeding

It accounted for more than one-tenth of the total strength, and there were more than three first-class divisions. In his impression, there had never been a large-scale battle in the Far East battlefield. At best, it was a regiment-scale battle. It was considered relatively large.

Yes. Why are there so many casualties?

Major General Yamaguchi, Chief of Staff of Japan's Far East Expeditionary Force, watched clearly from the side. His Royal Highness the Prince's eyebrows were raised, and he hurriedly explained: "Your Excellency, Commander, ever since the battle with the East Point Force of the Independent Division on the battlefield in the Far East, if

It’s just a confrontation between ground infantry, and the casualties of the imperial army will never be this huge!”

"Then tell me, what caused it?" Prince Zai Ren said with a cold face and a questioning tone.

Chief of Staff Yamaguchi sighed and said with some helplessness: "The gap in the firepower of heavy equipment, especially the change of air supremacy, is the main reason for the casualties of the Imperial Army soldiers. For example, in artillery battles, our artillery is not independent at all.

The opponent of the division artillery, therefore, was unable to suppress its attack. Furthermore, there was a serious asymmetry in the tank troops. The dispatched army only had two organic tank brigades. However, after several months of consumption,

There are less than a hundred chariots in stock now!”

"Our opponents have at least eight tank brigades and more than a thousand tanks, and the armor thickness and firepower of the tanks are superior to the imperial army's tank troops. We are soldiers and we still lack the necessary counterattack equipment.

Chariot equipment cannot effectively prevent the attack of independent division troops’ chariots!”

"Therefore, the independent division's tanks can be called a rampage on the battlefield, supplemented by ferocious artillery fire, causing maximum casualties to the imperial troops who rely on field fortifications for defense. What's more serious is the threat from the air.

After several months of fierce fighting, the Joint Air Force of the Expeditionary Forces can now dispatch less than eighty fighter planes. The above factors combined together have caused such heavy casualties to the Expeditionary Forces!"

Seeing that Prince Zain's face was getting more and more livid, Chief of Staff Yamaguchi suggested: "Your Excellency, Commander, we not only require the base camp to continue to send more infantry, but also to increase the number of artillery, especially large-caliber field artillery, to the dispatched army.

As well as no less than a thousand combat vehicles and five aviation wings of combat aircraft, otherwise, if the consumption continues like this, the dispatched troops may not be able to withstand such huge casualties!"

Prince Zai Ren was speechless. There was a fire in his heart, but he didn't know who to vent to. Yamaguchi told the truth. In fact, before Major General Yamaguchi thought of these serious situations, Prince Zai Ren sent multiple copies to the base camp.

Telegram requesting reinforcements.

The key to the problem is that when the telegrams are sent out, the answers they get are always, "The local recruits are intensifying their training and will not be able to go to the battlefield until three months at the earliest. In addition, the situation on the battlefield in Manchuria is not optimistic.

Manchuria is the foundation of the empire and cannot be lost. Therefore, the newly formed local divisions will give priority to the battlefield in Manchuria! The base camp will take into account the actual situation of the Far East battlefield and replenish troops appropriately!"

Well, just such a call back made Prince Zai Ren very helpless. Although he suspected that this was the old guy Koichi Minai, taking advantage of his absence from the base camp to undermine himself behind the scenes, but he also knew that I am afraid that the telegram from the base camp said

This is the real situation. There are no reserve soldiers in the country. Even if we ask the Emperor, it is a skillful woman who cannot make a meal without rice, so she just does it in a dull way!

The Ordnance Bureau of the base camp was very happy to agree to the requested large-caliber field artillery, tanks and other equipment, but it has yet to arrive. Moreover, the attached artillery and tank crews are also difficult to deal with, and they are also hampered by the shortage of troops.

Troubled, as for increasing the aviation force of the Far East Expeditionary Force, that is basically a long way off. The issue of the location and location of field airports has made Prince Zain troubled.

Originally, the Far East Expeditionary Force was based on the field airports of the Kwantung Army in Manchuria. The flight radius of combat aircraft could cover the battlefield in the western part of the Burya Mountains. However, the current situation is that the field airports in Manchuria are almost independent.

The division's aviation arm was completely destroyed, and even the Kwantung Army's Combined Air Force was completely wiped out. Therefore, the Far East Expedition Army's field airports could only be located in Birobidzhan and Chegdomen.

Here comes the problem. The field airports are too concentrated and are attacked by independent division aircraft groups every day. Most of the combat aircraft of the Far East Expeditionary Force's Joint Air Force have been lost to non-stop air strikes, which cannot solve the problem of airports being attacked by air attacks. The base camp

The Army Aviation Department will not replenish extremely valuable fighter planes to the Far East Expedition Force in vain. Therefore, what Chief of Staff Yamaguchi said is the truth, but it is also nonsense!

Prince Zai Ren became impatient and interrupted the next words of Chief of Staff Yamaguchi, "No need to say it Mr. Yamaguchi, I know the situation better than you. As long as we maintain the current situation, there will be new changes in the Far East battlefield. In addition,

Besides, is there anything else important?"

In fact, when he said the last sentence, Prince Zain himself did not have much confidence. He climbed from a small senior staff officer to Major General Yamaguchi, the chief of staff of the Far East Expeditionary Force, among dozens of senior staff officers with the rank of colonel at the headquarters.

Among them, he stood out and became the confidant of Prince Zai Ren. He was naturally a person with a sharp mind and good at observing people's words. If he saw that Prince Zai Ren was not happy, he would not make the commander unhappy again.

Therefore, Chief of Staff Yamaguchi obediently changed the subject: "Commander, I just received from the base camp the minutes of the imperial military meeting held last night and personally chaired by His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Oh!" Prince Zai Ren was stunned, and then asked with concern: "What was the content and decision of the meeting?"

"The content of the meeting mainly discussed the situation of the Manchuria war situation. It was decided that General Minamijiro, the former commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army and currently the deputy military affairs officer of the base camp, would replace General Yoshijiro Umezu and take up the post of commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army again and be responsible for the cooperation with China.

The devil Tang Qiuli conducted negotiations, and the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister His Excellency Ito Masabumi suggested asking the Germans to come forward to mediate between the warring parties in Manchuria and reach a ceasefire agreement through negotiations!"

"Negotiate with that Chinese devil Tang Qiuli whose hands are stained with the blood of imperial soldiers?" Prince Zai Ren roared suddenly, "It's really ridiculous. Are the people in the base camp losing their minds? With the current bad situation of the Manchuria war situation, the independent division troops occupy

Even if we have the upper hand, that China devil Tang Qiu will negotiate, it is really a fantasy! The Germans? Can the Germans count on it? If it is not good for them, the Germans, who always care about their own interests, will intervene and risk offending Tang Qiu.

The risk of Qiu Li?"

What Prince Zai Ren said was the truth. Considering the current situation of the Manchuria war situation, Tang Qiuli would not be able to negotiate, and he would not be able to negotiate. Therefore, he could conclude that there was no possibility of success in the negotiation. Headquarters

, including my brother, the emperor, are all wishful thinking. As for placing hope on the Germans, it is even more unreliable!

"Since we want to negotiate, what price will the empire have to pay?" Although Prince Zai Ren was angry, he still asked the core question. He did not say it was the conditions, but the price. When the war situation in Manchuria was so bad, the empire could only pay the price.

, not conditions, this is reality!

Looking at the ferocious-looking Prince Zain, Chief of Staff Yamaguchi said cautiously: "The Kwantung Army has all withdrawn from Manchuria. The empire has announced that it has given up its sovereignty over Manchuria. The independent divisions have withdrawn from the Korean Peninsula and the Far East. The two sides have ceased war. In addition, in the future,

Half of the land in the Far East will belong to the Germans!"

"Huh huh! - huh huh huh!" Prince Zai Ren was so angry that his nose was like a boiler and he was breathing heavily. All he could do was sneer continuously. He didn't know what to say, but based on his instinct,

Instinctively, Prince Zai Ren knew that even though the Japanese Empire paid such a heavy price, that China devil Tang Qiuli would never give up!

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