Age of Conquest Reborn

The muzzles and muzzles of the tanks are not fake. The murderous eyes of the soldiers of the Independent Division are not illusory. The instinctive reaction in the mind of Major General Akutagawa, Chief of Staff of the Third Army of the Western Manchuria Kwantung Army, is "We are surrounded!"

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The guard captain next to Chief of Staff Akutagawa reacted very quickly and immediately shouted: "Get ready to fight!" The dozens of guards were also unambiguous and raised their guns to shoot, but a hail of bullets poured over them, and there were dozens more on the ground.

Bloody corpse.

"Put down your weapons and don't kill!" A shout in Japanese came. More than a dozen staff officers all looked at Chief of Staff Akutagawa. The Bushido spirit of the Yamato nation. When did that score? In the current situation, there is absolutely no trace of the Bushido spirit.

Bullets are powerful.

Chief of Staff Akutagawa did not have the courage to commit suicide by Lieutenant General Tosa, and he had no intention of sacrificing his life for the Empire of Japan and His Majesty the Emperor. Living was better than anything else. During the days of being surrounded, he had lost all his courage.

Otherwise, Lieutenant General Tosa would not have repeatedly recommended evacuation.

"Gentlemen, resistance is of no use, let's surrender!" He said calmly to a dozen panicked staff officers. He was the first to throw away his pistol, raised his hands, and shouted in Japanese: "We surrender.

, please treat us like prisoners of war!"

With the chief of staff as an example, the dozen or so staff officers did not want to die. They also threw down their pistols and raised their hands. An independent division officer with the rank of major came over with a cold look in his eyes and looked Akutagawa up and down.

The major general glanced at him and asked in proficient Japanese with murderous intent: "Tell me the number of your unit, your rank and position!"

Now that I have decided to surrender, things like the dignity of the Emperor of Japan are no longer important. He said respectfully: "Major General Akutagawa Ichiro, Chief of Staff of the Third Army of the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan, surrender to Your Excellency, please."

Abide by international conventions and treat me and my subordinates well!"

Upon hearing that the four major generals Akutagawa was the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, the major officer of the Independent Division immediately burst into laughter. He turned around and shouted to the soldiers, "What a big fish! The major general and chief of staff of the Kwantung Army will be here immediately."

Report to the group!"

According to post-war verification, this lucky major was Major Liu Guozhi, commander of the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the 8th Brigade of the North China Field Corps. Major General Akutagawa, who was captured by his 1st Battalion soldiers, was responsible for the Western Manchuria campaign.

Among them. The first senior officer above the rank of major general of the Kwantung Army to be captured.

Hearing the battalion commander's shout, a large group of soldiers immediately came and quickly surrounded the dozen Kwantung Army officers. Liu Guozhi looked at Major General Akutagawa with cold eyes and said disdainfully: "Akutagawa, don't say anything to me.

According to the international convention, if the division commander had not issued an order to spare the lives of you Japanese, I would have greeted you invaders with a hail of bullets. The military regulations of the independent division are: No Japanese prisoners of war will be left!"

Liu Guozhi walked around Major General Akutagawa and said with emotion: "Akutagawa, you just lost your life. I don't understand. What does the teacher mean? What's the use of leaving you guys behind?"

?" As he said that, Liu Guozhi pulled the trigger of the submachine gun in his hand in different ways, and it made a "click" sound.

Major General Akutagawa was frightened. On the battlefield where thousands of troops were fighting, one sentence from this independent division major could determine his life or death. He hurriedly approached, "Sir, you speak Japanese so well, you should be as good as Japan."

The empire has deep roots and should know my sincerity, otherwise, I will issue an order and resist until the end!"

"What! Origin? Resistance?" Liu Guozhi laughed, "I am from the Northeast. I was forced to learn Japanese when I was a child. I didn't expect it to come in handy today. You still want to resist. It just so happens that I have no excuse to kill you.

With a dozen other little devils, you reminded me that they resisted and refused to surrender! My brothers and I destroyed the enemy army in the battle!"

With a fierce smile on his face, Liu Guozhi opened the bolt of his submachine gun with a "crack". Seeing the battalion commander's actions, a dozen soldiers around him also raised their submachine guns at the same time. Major General Akutagawa was so frightened that his soul flew away.

He didn't expect that a few words to prop up the scene would lead to his own death. If he had known this, why would he talk so much?

"Report to the battalion commander. The regiment commander ordered that these prisoners be sent to the theater headquarters immediately!" The correspondent's report saved Major General Akutagawa's life. Liu Guozhi reluctantly put down his submachine gun and said: "Akutagawa,

It’s an advantage for you. Send a platoon of troops to send these little devils to the theater headquarters. If during the escort, the little devils try to escape and resist, shoot them on the spot!”

After daybreak, the battle in the Nuruerhu Mountain area continued. In addition to the more than 100,000 Kwantung Army soldiers who had gathered on the Qinglonggou front line, the Kwantung Army troops in other directions were independent divisions in the east, west, and north directions.

Under the fierce attack of the troops, they all fell apart. The night shelling basically disrupted the organization of these Kwantung Army troops and caused huge casualties.

Being surrounded for many days, lacking food and drink, the Kwantung Army soldiers were exhausted mentally and physically. Their will to fight was extremely low. It can be said that the soldiers had no fighting spirit and their morale was slack. They were like ripe melons that fall apart when touched.

, Therefore, the attacking troops did not expend much effort in solving the problem.

After receiving the nearly last-minute telegram from Lieutenant General Tosa, Lieutenant General Takakura Isamu, commander of the Fifth Army of the Western Manchuria Kwantung Army, was really shocked. Although his personal relationship with Tosa was not harmonious, he was still sad for the death of a rabbit and the death of a fox.

The feeling is that it is very possible that Tosa's ending is his own fate.

The current battlefield situation has basically become clear. The Kwantung Army in Western Manchuria is unable to break out of the encirclement in Nuruerhu Mountain Area no matter what. It faces an iron wall-like blockage on one side and an unstoppable attack on three sides. Western Manchuria and Kanto

The fate of the remaining troops in the army can be imagined.

Due to attacks and oppression from three sides, the Kwantung Army troops gathered at the front line of Qinglonggou were packed into a small area like dumpling fillings. The other three army commanders also quickly contacted Lieutenant General Gao Cang

Let’s meet.

A frog meets a frog, a brother in trouble meets a brother in trouble. The situation faced by everyone is similar. The atmosphere of despair and panic is unabashedly displayed on the faces of these senior Kwantung Army generals. They took over the temporary command. Gao Cang

The lieutenant general has the responsibility to make decisions. He is impeaching

On the rainy battlefield, the three army commanders were called together for a meeting to study countermeasures. However, not only Lieutenant General Gao Cang knew it, but the other three army commanders also knew that the battle had reached this point.

Shang'er, no matter who it is, there is nothing you can do!

Lieutenant General Takakura spoke, "Gentlemen, I don't need to talk nonsense about the situation we are facing now! But what I want to say is that there is no possibility for the Japanese Emperor to surrender. As long as there is still one person, they must

Fight to the end and surrender to these inferior Chinese people is an insult to the honor of our emperor. Lord Tosa has set an example for us. Please command your troops, continue the attack, and fight to the end!"

In just ten minutes, the meeting ended. Lieutenant General Gao Cang made the decision to fight stubbornly. After that, the Fifth Army used all its forces to defeat the two soldiers of the Third Army who were almost annihilated.

The division was replaced and launched a desperate group charge towards the position defended by the Wang Qingshan Brigade of the Qinglonggou blocking force. Tens of thousands of Kwantung Army soldiers, as numb as moths throwing fire, rushed up against the overwhelming artillery shells!

What greeted the dying Kwantung Army soldiers was not only the artillery group of the 1st brigade, but also an extremely large number of artillery groups from the reinforcements. Now, the artillery group leader of the 1st brigade, Wu Xujiang, was becoming more majestic. When did he take command?

There are six heavy artillery regiments, five self-propelled artillery regiments, and a huge artillery group of more than a thousand artillery pieces!

More than a thousand large-caliber howitzers fired volleys, and the overwhelming shells, coupled with the raindrops of bombs from the aviation bombers, turned the Qinglonggou frontline battlefield like a furnace of boiling molten iron. The bloody corpses of Kwantung Army soldiers were covered with blood.

The battlefield is full.

Wang Qingshan lay down in front of the lookout hole of the brigade shelter with a relaxed expression, looking at the battlefield filled with artillery fire. He knew that his brigade would not suffer any major casualties. Under such fierce artillery fire, the little Japanese would not be able to survive at all.

Probably within two thousand meters of the forward position!

Just when the Qinglonggou battlefield was overwhelmed by the overwhelming artillery fire of the Independent Division's artillery, Lieutenant General Takakura Isamu, commander of the Fifth Army of the Western Manchuria Kwantung Army, together with three other lieutenant generals and commanders, cut open his stomach with a command knife and committed suicide.

Now, they know that sooner or later, the fate of the Jade Broken Division will not determine the situation on the battlefield, but it can also determine how they die. This can be regarded as saving the last dignity for His Majesty the Emperor, the Empire of Japan, and the Kwantung Army!

By about ten o'clock in the morning, the Kwantung Army troops on the front line of Qinglonggou no longer had the fighting spirit. Sun Zhenbang and Yuan Jinghao, the two commanders of the Western Manchuria Theater Command, felt that the heat was coming, so they ordered the troops to stop the attack and attack the remaining Kwantung troops.

Army troops, adopt an encircling posture!

In fact, neither Sun Zhenbang nor Yuan Jinghao expected that the annihilation battle would go so smoothly. The originally planned three-day siege and annihilation battle lasted most of the night and took half a day to reach the final stage. There were many factors involved. The Western Manchuria Theater participated in the battle.

troop strength and

equipment, had an overwhelming advantage, adopted encirclement tactics, consumed the fighting will of the Kwantung Army soldiers, and drove more than 400,000 Kwantung Army soldiers into the Nuruerhu Mountains, taking advantage of the favorable terrain conditions to carry out the final encirclement and annihilation.

What a stroke of genius!

But another major factor is the breakout plan formulated by Lieutenant General Tosa, the supreme commander of the Western Manchuria Kwantung Army and commander of the Third Army. If the more than 400,000 Kwantung Army troops stay put, it will take at least three days to end the battle.

time.

Furthermore, Sun Zhenbang and Yuan Jinghao, with extremely keen judgment, adopted a sudden large-scale artillery attack at night, which suddenly disrupted the Kwantung Army's breakout deployment. The Battle of Western Manchuria arrived about two days in advance.

The closing stage.

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