Age of Conquest Reborn

The highest commander of the Kwantung Army in Western Liaoning, Lieutenant General Shiro Kashii, the commander of the First Army, was going crazy. From the day the Daling River defense line was broken through by the independent division troops, the Kwantung Army in Western Liaoning had hundreds of thousands of troops.

Live a good life.

There were pursuers behind and blockades in front. Hundreds of thousands of people were surrounded in the Liaoxi Corridor. He, the supreme commander, was under the greatest pressure. All available methods were used, such as strong breakthroughs and multiple breakthroughs.

Waiting for tactics, I and my staff used all the tricks they could think of, but they had no effect at all. Not only did they fail to consolidate the original position, but they were also attacked by the independent division troops in small-scale continuous attacks, gradually compressing the battlefield.

Living space.

Originally, Lieutenant General Kashii Shiro was still counting on uniting with the Kwantung Army troops in Nishiman, but a few days later, there was still no movement from the guy from Tosa. The Eighth Army, the response force he sent out,

, were beaten back as soon as they moved to their nests. Fortunately, Lieutenant General Guan Ye, the commander of the Eighth Army, saw the opportunity quickly and immediately retreated when something was wrong, thus avoiding the fate of being cut off, but he still lost nearly 10,000 people.

Until now, Lieutenant General Kashii did not know that the more than 400,000-strong Western Manchurian Kwantung Army in Tosa had been completely wiped out in the Nuruerhu Mountains. Tosa himself also committed suicide by caesarean section to serve His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire of Japan.

Despite his loyalty, at the headquarters of the Kwantung Army in Fengtian, the disheartened commander-in-chief, General Nanjiro, did not inform Lieutenant General Kashii Shiro of the crushing situation of the entire Western Manchuria Kwantung Army.

Regarding the order from the headquarters to seize the Huludao port in western Liaoning and this maritime retreat location, Lieutenant General Kashii could not even think about it. He had been confronting the independent division troops in the western Liaoning Corridor, separated by the Daling River defense line.

He knew how powerful his opponent was. Previously, he was Liu Tiehan, the deputy commander of the Independent Division. He had more than 700,000 troops under his command, which made him breathless!

Liu Tiehan's troops went to Outer Mongolia to fight the Soviets. It was time to breathe a sigh of relief. But then, another strong member of the Independent Division came and defeated the troops of Feng Jiwu, commander of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps.

There are also more than 400,000 troops. They are not easy to mess with. They are even more ruthless. They broke through the Dalinghe defense line that they had worked so hard to build and surrounded more than 500,000 Kwantung Army.

If you want to take Huludao, you must break through the Jinzhou defense line of the independent division. Otherwise, everything will be impossible. Jinzhou was captured so easily. Just thinking about it made Lieutenant General Kashii's scalp numb and his liver trembling!

What Lieutenant General Kashii couldn't understand was how the Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army, General Nanjiro, could issue such a ridiculous order. The battle to capture Huludao meant a full-line counterattack against the independent divisions. The Commander-in-Chief

Your Excellency, you may have forgotten, what kind of situation is the Kwantung Army in western Liaoning?

The two main corps of the independent division, a division of more than one million tigers and wolves, have their own troops sandwiched in the middle. It is lucky not to be eaten in one bite. It is really whimsical to have to counterattack from the front. Probably, the commander-in-chief is giving the order.

At that time, he was in an unconscious state, right?

Therefore, since the Eighth Army showed up and was beaten back, Lieutenant General Kashii did not want to engage in any operation to seize Huludao. He knew that even if he fought hard, it would be in vain and he would lose troops and generals, so

, he placed all his hopes on the troop transport fleet coming from the mainland to support the southward retreat of the Liaoxi Kwantung Army troops.

Based on the actual situation on the battlefield in western Liaoning, Lieutenant General Kashii sent telegrams with different contents to the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Nanjiro, and the general staff of the base camp. The telegram to the headquarters of the Kwantung Army emphasized the capture of

The degree of difficulty in Huludao and the serious consequences caused by it were emphasized in the telegram to the General Staff Headquarters of the base camp. Although they were surrounded by the independent division troops, the Kwantung Army troops in western Liaoning still firmly controlled a section of the territory.

coastline.

Lieutenant General Kashii also has his own plan. Although the army is surrounded, there are still more than 500,000 troops. It is not easy for the independent division troops outside the encirclement to eat him in one bite. According to his relatively optimistic estimate

, it is not a problem to stand firm and wait for reinforcements for a month. Therefore, he is not too anxious. He just orders the troops to build a large number of fortifications in the existing control area and assume a long-term posture.

However, in the past few days, Lieutenant General Kashii could no longer calm down. The independent division troops outside the encirclement, uncharacteristically, continued to attack their own defenses with multiple small groups of troops. The scale of the battle was not large, but they could not hold it back.

Frequently, after a few days, Lieutenant General Kashii was really surprised when he saw the statistics of troop casualties. In three or four days, the troop casualties exceeded more than 30,000 people.

Moreover, most of them fell under the artillery shells of the independent division. This means that the casualties of the independent division troops were minimal, because their own soldiers did not even see the shadow of the soldiers of the independent division, and there was no mention of it.

A true firefight.

The tactics of the independent division troops are also extremely abominable. Every time they send out tanks to cover the infantry and assume an offensive posture, when their own soldiers enter the trenches, they are greeted by a barrage of shells that blow up the position.

After the Kwantung Army soldiers suffered all their casualties, the tanks and infantry of the Independent Division gradually advanced to occupy this area.

In this regard, Lieutenant General Kashii was extremely annoyed and had nothing to do. He suppressed the artillery of the independent division and had only one artillery to deal with the artillery. At first, the Kwantung Army troops did the same thing. However, once a certain artillery position of the Kwantung Army opened fire, the result was absolutely tragic.

, it would attract several times or even more than ten times the artillery fire from the independent division's artillery. After a few days of tossing, the artillery of the Kwantung Army in western Liaoning was almost exhausted!

This does not include the independent division aviation that controls the air. If the independent division aviation group joins the battlefield in western Liaoning, Lieutenant General Kashii believes that he will have no available troops in less than a week. Lieutenant General Kashii cannot calm down.

, was completely anxious, sending a telegram almost every day, urging the base camp to order the evacuation fleet to arrive in the Liaodong Bay as soon as possible, otherwise, the fate of more than 500,000 Kwantung Army soldiers in the western Liaoning region would be worrying!

At this moment, the Japanese base camp has received the bad news of the annihilation of more than 400,000 Kwantung Army troops in Western Manchuria. The Kwantung Army commander-in-chief, General Nanjiro, can conceal the news from the troops below for fear of shaking the morale of the army, but he

We absolutely dare not hide it from the base camp. What’s more, the person directing the Battle of Manchuria is no longer General Nanjiro, but the General Staff of the base camp. To be precise, it is His Majesty the Emperor himself!

The sad news of the annihilation of the more than 400,000 Kwantung Army troops in Western Manchuria really shocked the base camp, or rather, it was unbelievable. More than 400,000 elite imperial soldiers killed the "Imperial Army" in the Far East battlefield, which terrified the Soviets.

The Kwantung Army troops were wiped out like this?

After listening to the secretary read the telegram from General Nanjiro, the acting chief of the general staff of the base camp and the minister of war, General Koichi Mineuchi, turned pale, opened his mouth so wide that he could stuff an egg into it, and fell down on his chair, almost

The child fainted.

After a long time, General Minai Koichi woke up, grabbed the telegram on the table, and rushed to His Majesty the Emperor's palace in a car as if it was on fire. It happened that Admiral Nagano Shuyama, the Minister of the Navy, was also here. Nagano

Admiral, I'm here to report to His Majesty the Emperor the good news that the naval task force, under the command of Commander Admiral Yamamoto Ohichi, once again severely damaged the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet in the eastern Pacific waters!

Emperor Hirohito was of course very happy after hearing this. He was not stingy with his praises and praised the navy. He also expressed with great interest that at the appropriate time, he would go to the Hawaiian Islands to personally inspect the Imperial Navy fleet to encourage him.

The morale of the Imperial Army and Navy officers did not last long. The Minister of War, General Koichi Minai, came in with a blue face and white lips and straight eyes.

Emperor Hirohito, who was filled with joy when he saw General Yoneuchi's virtue, immediately felt his heart sink and had a bad premonition, "My dear Yoneuchi, why are you so panicked?" Emperor Hirohito asked fearfully.

General Miuchi Yoneuchi tried his best to use a calm tone to tell the news that the more than 400,000 people of the Western Manchuria Kwantung Army on the battlefield in Manchuria were all in pieces. Emperor Hirohito felt at that time that there was a "buzzing" in his head, and the stars in front of his eyes were in chaos.

He ran away, felt dizzy for a while, and fell down on the dragon chair.

It took a long time for Emperor Hirohito to recover from this serious blow. His pale face was filled with a flush of expression. He stared at General Miuchi Yoneuchi with a ferocious face and said grimly: "It's a pity that our Empire of Japan

More than 400,000 loyal and brave soldiers! They were buried in a foreign country. Why? Whose fault? Whose fault? Who will bear the responsibility? Who can relieve the pain in my heart?"

The sinister tone and vicious eyes made General Minai Hikaru feel overwhelmed. He couldn't help but tremble in his heart. His Majesty the Emperor's words contained too many dangers. From what he meant, he was trying to find a scapegoat.

Me or Nanjiro?

General Minai Koichi did not dare to say a word and could not answer. Seeing Emperor Hirohito's face, there was a sign of the coming storm. However, Admiral Nagano Shuzan, the Navy Minister who had always been at odds with General Minai Koichi, came out to relieve the siege.

"Your Majesty, please put aside Long Yan's anger. Since what has happened has already happened and cannot be undone, now is not the time to hold people accountable. Instead, we should consider the issue of the Kwantung Army in western Liaoning!"

The words of General Nagano Shuzan were undoubtedly the first to pour cold water on Emperor Hirohito, who was almost losing his mind, and let him calm down. It is very right. At this time, dealing with you Koichi and Nanjiro will not help. Manchuria is now

On the battlefield, can we still change our generals in the face of battle?

No, it was impossible. Suppressing the anger in his heart, Emperor Hirohito looked at Koichi Minai and asked grimly: "Do you think you have any good strategies for the battlefield in western Manchuria and Liaoxi?"

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