Age of Conquest Reborn

After Sun Zhenbang, the commander of the Western Manchuria battlefield, issued the order to gradually compress the battlefield space of the Kwantung Army troops in the encirclement with artillery as the main force, he smiled and said to Yuan Jinghao: "Commander Yuan, do you have any additional comments?"

Yuan Jinghao took a sip of milk tea and shook his head: "Commander Sun, you have already left out everything. What else can I add? The combat staff, please add a line in the order: Don't be stingy with shells and tell the artillery unit,

Use artillery fire to clear the way for the infantry!"

Tang Qiuli, who was far away at the Jinzhou headquarters, naturally did not know the private plans of the commanders of the two corps. Most of his thoughts were no longer on the battlefield, but he began to think about the reconstruction issues after regaining the Northeast, and also

Yes, the vast and sparsely populated Siberian land needs to be developed, but no one can do it. The Kwantung Army prisoners of war on the battlefield are the best free labor force!

Therefore, Tang Qiuli changed a rule that had been implemented since the beginning of the Blood Hand Group, but it was definitely not out of kindness. For the Japanese, there was no mercy at all. It was just that discovery was more valuable than killing.

Of course I will never kill Japanese prisoners of war like before!

Shortly after replying to the telegram to Sun Zhenbang and Yuan Jinghao, Feng Jiwu and Han Tie also jointly sent a telegram. The content was very simple, "The division pointed out that the Seventh Army of the Kwantung Army in western Liaoning, in response to the Kwantung Army's attempt to break through in Western Manchuria, has been

After being completely crushed, the Seventh Army of the Kwantung Army retreated to its original area within the encirclement after being severely damaged!"

Tang Qiuli pondered, now, the time to launch the general offensive on the Liaoxi battlefield must be adjusted, and it is also a bait to prevent the troop transport fleet sent from the Japanese base camp from shrinking. After all, thousands of

A merchant ship is a good starting capital for the establishment of maritime trade lines in the future. Shipbuilding is not as fast as snatching ships. If you don't take the business that comes to your door, wouldn't it be against Tianhe?

Immediately, Tang Qiuli called back to Feng Jiwu and Han Tie, "Commanders Feng and Han, after comprehensive consideration of the overall situation of the battlefield in western Liaoning, the division commander has carefully considered the time to launch a general offensive against the Kwantung Army troops in the encirclement.

Postponed, the specific time is to be determined, waiting for orders!"

"During this period, your troops can adopt limited offensive tactics to maintain a certain degree of pressure on the Kwantung Army troops in the encirclement. The main purpose is to kill their effective forces and compress their battlefield maneuver space, forcing them to concentrate on the small seaside.

In the area, create favorable conditions for the final mass annihilation. As for the scale of the period, Feng and Han can decide at their own discretion. It must be best to make the enemy troops panic and unable to protect themselves!"

At the end of the telegram, Tang Qiuli still added an order to persuade the remaining Kwantung Army troops in the encirclement of the western Liaoning battlefield to surrender. Feng Jiwu, who received the telegram, said to the Corps Chief of Staff, Colonel Zhang Hansheng: "The order of the Chief of Staff and Division Commander.

In that last paragraph, you changed your original intention! You actually wanted to keep the prisoners of the Kwantung Army, which is interesting!"

Zhang Hansheng thought for a while and said: "Commander, the division commander has changed the old rules of our independent division. I think about it. I'm afraid the division commander has other plans?"

Feng Jiwu smiled quietly, "Chief of Staff, the division commander's plan is probably to focus on those thousands of Japanese merchant ships! Let our troops in western Liaoning fight without destroying them. However, I still don't want to persuade the Japanese to surrender.

Great understanding!”

"By the way, Chief of Staff, please communicate with Commander Han and issue the order from the division commander to persuade the little Japanese in the encirclement to surrender to the commanders at all levels. Don't go to the general offensive to greet everyone and beat them to death."

Leftover!"

At this time, the battlefields in the Qilaotu Mountain Area of ​​Western Manchuria and the Nuruerhu Mountain Area Battlefield were already in turmoil. The main forces of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps and the North China Field Corps were advancing steadily from the east, west, and north directions, with powerful

Mainly artillery fire, supplemented by tanks and infantry, pushed across like huge walls, submerging the Kwantung Army's hastily constructed peripheral positions bit by bit.

Sun Zhenbang and Yuan Jinghao controlled the offensive rhythm of the troops, making phone calls to each brigade at any time to understand the progress of the battle. The infantry and tanks fought leisurely, but the artillery troops often had to set up a position.

After firing a few rounds of artillery shells, I received an order to immediately move the artillery position forward. Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of hard work. The artillery was mounted on the tractor, the artillery shells were reloaded, and then they hurried to the next artillery position!

By the afternoon of that day, the artillery commanders at all levels couldn't stand it anymore and called the theater headquarters one after another to complain, "Two commanders, the artillery positions moved forward frequently, and the soldiers' physical exertion was huge, making it difficult for them to adapt to such a high pace.

Such a battle will inevitably affect the effectiveness and efficiency of artillery. Please give appropriate consideration to the specific difficulties of the artillery!"

The call was answered by deputy commander Yuan Jinghao. After putting down the phone, he said to Sun Zhenbang: "Commander Sun, the artillery is complaining incessantly. The infantry and tanks are easy to talk to. We have to find a way. This can't continue like this. All the artillery is left."

Let’s move forward!”

Sun Zhenbang touched his chin, thought for a while and said: "Commander Yuan, otherwise, it is not the time of the general attack anyway. All the heavy artillery units will temporarily stay in place and use highly mobile tanks and self-propelled artillery to carry out assaults."

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The mortars of the battalion are enough to give the little devils in the encirclement a pot. After two days, there will be little battlefield space left for the little devils. The infantry has also fought to the bottom, and then the heavy artillery troops will be pulled up.

, let’s conduct a concentrated bombardment to resolve the battle!”

Yuan Jinghao smiled, nodded and said: "I think it is possible, and it will avoid problems with infantry and artillery coordination. Commander Sun, don't worry, the aviation fleet has defeated the Kwantung Army in the encirclement. There is not much left. Let's start the general offensive."

After that, it was time to clean up the battlefield. They spent a lot of money on more than 1,500 fighter jets and bombers, what a huge array!"

Sun Zhenbang smiled helplessly, "It's not like you don't understand the tempers of Commander Yuan, Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang. They are all masters who will risk their lives for their own advantages and won't let go when caught. As for Feng Jiwu and Han Tie, for the time being,

There is no need for aviation troops, no, all the energy is used on us! Forget it, he bombs his, we attack ours, Liu Cuigang and Le Yiqin's soldiers can't jump out of the plane to capture prisoners, right?

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"Okay!" Seeing Sun Zhenbang's helpless look, Yuan Jinghao was happy, "I still have to go to the Joint Communications Office to check the situation of ground and air communication. The troops are attacking in many directions and the progress is uneven. The Kwantung Army lost its front foot.

The position will be occupied immediately, but don't let the aviation bombs be thrown on the heads of our soldiers, it will be great fun!"

The strong oppression and fierce artillery bombardment of the participating troops in Western Manchuria blew up the temporary positions built by the Kwantung Army soldiers several times, forcing the troops of the five Kwantung Army armies to retreat step by step, and had to gradually shrink the defensive circle.

, more than 400,000 people are crowded into a small area of ​​less than 100 kilometers in radius. The density of troops is unprecedentedly huge, but the losses caused by this have also increased exponentially.

A falling artillery shell or bomb can take away the lives of a dozen or even dozens of Kwantung Army soldiers. The two armies that were advancing in the direction of Qilaotu Mountain could not bear the pressure and were driven to Nuruerhu.

In the direction of the mountainous area, the troops attacking in the south direction were even beaten to a bloody head. The six brigades of the Independent Division gave full play to the advantages of artillery fire and turned a ravine into a sea of ​​flames. The Kwantung Army

The corpses of soldiers were piled up in the ravine!

Including Lieutenant General Tosa, the temporary supreme commander of the Kwantung Army in Western Manchuria, and the commanders of the other four armies, they all knew that the Nuruerhu Mountain Area was the burial place of more than 400,000 Kwantung Army soldiers in Western Manchuria.

land!

The peripheral independent division troops, ferocious artillery fire, and steady attacks forced the Kwantung Army troops of the five armies to form a back-to-back ring defense system. They relied on temporarily excavated field fortifications to desperately support the battlefield maneuver space to avoid being suffocated. But these only

The fortification, which could be regarded as a ditch, was vulnerable to the intensive artillery fire. Every hilltop and every ravine was left with the mutilated corpses of Kwantung Army soldiers.

More than 400,000 Kwantung Army soldiers are like an isolated island with loose soil. The hundreds of thousands of troops from the North China Field Corps and Outer Mongolia Field Corps on the periphery are like a surging torrent, roaring and carrying huge impact, washing away the island every time.

A huge wave surged and the island shrank a little.

In the sky, the mixed fleet of aviation forces had already begun a second round of ferocious bombing. The area occupied by the Kwantung Army troops was like a boiling pot. Heavy aviation bombs fell to the ground, triggering a series of skyrocketing torrents.

earth pillar, low

Bushes, patches of forest, and waist-deep wormwood have all become hiding places for Kwantung Army soldiers. However, a "bobo" bomb fell, destroying the vegetation on the surface, along with the hidden Kwantung Army soldiers.

It exploded to the sky.

The Nuruer Tiger Mountain Area is not a mountainous area with rugged rocks, crisscrossed ravines, and dense caves. It has neither tall peaks nor natural barriers for concealment. The ground artillery fire and aerial bombardment of the independent division troops formed a double fire net, roaring

The whirling shrapnel strangled all life within the coverage area, and tall trees fell suddenly, taking away the lives of several Kwantung Army soldiers.

"Jedi! Death!" Lieutenant General Tosa, the temporary supreme commander of the Western Manchuria Kwantung Army and commander of the Third Army, muttered to himself with a pale face. Under the protection of more than a dozen guards and staff, he hid on a protruding rock.

Down below, it was safe for the time being. He looked straight at the battlefield filled with artillery fire and raining bombs. His soldiers' bodies were torn to pieces amidst the explosions like volcanic eruptions.

The previous encirclement of Western Manchuria was mostly in plain areas, and there was no possibility of breaking through. Now, more than 400,000 soldiers have been driven into the mountains, and there is no hope of breaking out. Lieutenant General Tosa sent a message to the commander-in-chief, General Nanjiro.

The last telegram.

(To be continued)