Age of Conquest Reborn

Beginning in mid-summer July, Lieutenant General Liu Tiehan, deputy commander of the independent division, commanded an army of more than 700,000 people in the East Point. In the vast area west of the Breya Mountains in the Far East, he and the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Force commanded by Prince Zairen, five

More than 100,000 troops fought across the entire front, and more than a million soldiers from both sides engaged in a bloody battle in the vast mountains and plains.

More than 700,000 people versus more than 500,000 people. Even though they have the advantage in strength, it is extremely difficult for the East Point troops to devour the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Force in one go. Liu Tiehan also knows this very well. Therefore, the East Point troops' attack

The method is to conduct a face-to-face attack, but never engage in a comprehensive decisive battle. It only needs to firmly entangle the Japanese army in the Far East. The purpose is to prevent Japan's Far East dispatched troops from joining the Northeast battlefield, so as not to affect the war situation.

Obviously, Liu Tiehan accomplished this and beat Prince Zairen to the point where he couldn't stop, couldn't leave, and couldn't take care of himself. He still had the energy to take care of things on the Manchu battlefield, but Prince Zairen thought that he could still resist it, but since Zhao Yu

After he and the independent division directly under the command of the Corps, with more than 400,000 troops, ended the northeastern border battle, completely annihilated the Kwantung Army border garrison, and began to march to the Far East battlefield, everything changed.

Prince Zai Ren, who was cunning but not lacking in military qualities, had a premonition that something was going to happen. When faced with Liu Tiehan's East Command troops, he was breathless. In addition, the most elite direct troops under the command of the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli were also beaten.

More than 400,000

With elite troops and strong generals, the Far East Expeditionary Force was by no means a match for the independent divisions and was in a precarious situation. Therefore, Prince Zain began to order his troops to retreat across the board in a planned manner to avoid being surrounded by the vast areas on both sides of the Burya Mountains.

There are two retreat routes for the Far East Expeditionary Force. One route is the Temple Street at the eastern end of the Kukan Mountains in the Far East. It crosses the Tartar Strait and withdraws from Sakhalin Island to the mainland Hokkaido via the Soya Strait. This route is Prince Zain

The most preferred route is not only a short retreat, but also a division of the Far East Expeditionary Force and a logistics supply base on Sakhalin Island.

The other route is a backup route. Continue to retreat north from the Far East, cross the Zhugzhuul Mountains, and reach Magadan across the sea from the Kamchatka Peninsula. There is an important port for the Far Eastern Front of the Soviet Union. The troops left Magadan

Get on the ship, pass through the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, and return to the mainland. Prince Zain will never choose to take this route unless absolutely necessary.

Compared to Sakhalin Island, the journey is hundreds of kilometers longer. Along the way are uninhabited mountains, primeval forests, swamps, and crisscrossing rivers. I am afraid that the soldiers will not wait until Magadan to board the ship, and the number of non-combat troops will be reduced.

Scary.

This time, Prince Zai Ren did not ask for instructions from the base camp for the Far East Expeditionary Force's full retreat. It was entirely on his own initiative. Ever since he discovered traces of the regiments directly under the Independent Division and appeared in Jiamusi, Yichun and other places in Heilongjiang, Manchuria, Zai Ren, who was as cunning as a fox,

The prince had a premonition that something bad was going to happen. He knew very well that this elite regiment of the independent division was coming towards him. It was Liu Tiehan's troops who wanted to fight him head-on and encircle the Empire's Far East Expeditionary Force!

Therefore, Prince Zai Ren chose to retreat across the board. As for the concerns of his subordinate generals, Prince Zai Ren had his own ideas about whether he would be severely punished by the base camp if he abandoned the Far East and retreated without asking for instructions from the base camp.

As the chief of general staff of the base camp, Prince Zai Ren is well aware of the intensity of factional struggles and the seriousness of internal strife within the base camp. He is a master of conspiracy. If he asks for instructions, there will be endless arguments, heated debates, and weighing of interests.

, various factions compete, and when the order comes down, I am afraid it will take ten days and a half. By then, everything will be too late, and the Far East Expeditionary Force will be surrounded by independent division troops!

Of course, Prince Zai Ren is also confident. How is his identity obvious? Besides, it is within his authority to deal with the situation according to the battlefield situation. He can save the lives of more than 500,000 soldiers of the empire and save the lives of the Yamato nation.

Bringing the descendants back to the homeland, this alone is enough to offset various attacks from hostile factions within the base camp, and the Emperor will understand his painstaking efforts.

As for withdrawing to Manchuria, Prince Zairen was not even in the mood to consider it. Manchuria, which he wanted to leave, was more dangerous than the Far East. The Kwantung Army was divided and surrounded by nearly two million independent divisions at the border of Manchuria, Western Manchuria and Western Liaoning.

, the Clay Bodhisattva crossed the river and could not protect himself. The Far East sent troops to withdraw into Manchuria, which was almost like throwing himself into a trap.

The retreat was far from as smooth as Prince Zain imagined. Not long after the overnight evacuation of the front-line troops began, they were noticed by the independent division troops. Then, there was a full-line attack that was different from the past. The ferocity of the attack

, the density of firepower is definitely the most intense since the war began on the Far East battlefield.

Prince Zai Ren commanded the Far East Expeditionary Force, fighting and retreating at the same time, but could not get rid of the entanglement of the East Point troops of the Independent Division. During this period, bad news was received one after another. First, the Kwantung Army's Manchuria Border Guards had hundreds of thousands of troops.

The imperial soldiers were shattered. Then, the Kwantung Army's more than 400,000 troops on the Western Manchu battlefield were wiped out. Following that, the Kwantung Army's more than 500,000 troops in western Liaoning were all shattered.

A series of bad news made Prince Zai Ren frightened, and he became more and more convinced that his decision was correct and wise. The Far East Expeditionary Force and the East Point Force of the Independent Division fought endlessly for hundreds of kilometers. Prince Zai Ren lost his life.

More than 70,000 soldiers finally saw Temple Street next to the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, but they could no longer walk.

The regiment directly under the independent division, which gave Prince Zai Ren a sharp edge, used incredible speed to seize the front line of Temple Street ahead of the troops dispatched to the Far East, and built fortifications across the street to guard Temple Street.

A brigade of the Far East Expeditionary Force, all members of which were in pieces, passed through Sakhalin Island and retreated to the mainland. The nearest route was cut off!

Prince Zai Ren was naturally unwilling to give in. He commanded the troops and launched a ferocious attack. However, after two days of fighting, the positions of the corps directly under the Independent Division remained motionless, while the East Point troops of the Independent Division chasing after them broke through the Far East.

The layers of resistance from the Japanese Expeditionary Army's rearguard units are approaching. Now, if Prince Zain doesn't want to take the Magadan route, he has no choice but to do it himself.

At night, the front line of Temple Street in the Far East is still roaring with artillery. Now, the situation facing the Far East Expeditionary Force is quite dangerous. On the one hand, the Imperial Army must storm the blocking positions of the independent division on the front line of Temple Street, and there are also those who are chasing after them.

The ferocious attack by the East Command troops of the Independent Division and deep anxiety shrouded the hearts of all senior generals of the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Force.

Under such circumstances, Prince Zai Ren convened a military meeting. At the meeting, he did not mince words about the dangerous situation faced by the troops dispatched to the Far East. "Gentlemen, the current war situation is very unfavorable to us. There is a blockade in the front, and there is a blockage in the back."

There were pursuers, and they passed for two consecutive days

Judging from the situation of the attack on Temple Street, it is impossible to break through the positions of the corps directly under the independent division. Everyone here, can anyone tell me how the damn Chinese troops, with more than 400,000 people, managed to get ahead of us?

In front, on the front line of Temple Street?"

No one could answer this question for Prince Zai Ren. Even he himself could not figure out how such a huge force marched hundreds of kilometers from the Manchuria-Mongolia border in northwest Manchuria across the entire North Manchuria region.

, climbed over the primeval forest of Xiaoxing'an Mountains, like a divine soldier descending from heaven, inserted into the front line of Temple Street, cutting off his retreat to Sakhalin Island?

What was even more difficult to understand was that the troops directly under the independent division that blocked him on the front line of Temple Street, the light infantry were easy to understand, but they had large-caliber artillery, tanks and vehicles, and the firepower was so fierce that Zai Ren was puzzled.

How did those large-caliber heavy artillery and tanks get here? I walked tight and slowly, but I was still cut off from the retreat.

Hidden in a larch forest is the headquarters of the Expeditionary Forces. The largest of the dozens of military tents is the meeting place. Outside, the roar of artillery can be heard continuously, and the fire of exploding artillery shells reflects the night sky red. The tents

Inside, a few candles swayed with dim light, reflecting the livid complexion of Prince Zain. He looked fiercely at more than thirty senior officers of the Far East Expeditionary Force, who remained silent.

Others may remain silent, but Major General Yamada, Chief of Staff of the Far East Expeditionary Force, cannot remain silent, "Your Excellency, Commander, the reason is that the Ministry of Staff believes that the East Command troops of the Independent Division behind us were chasing too fiercely and biting too hard.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Staff, since the retreat began, our troops have marched less than twenty kilometers every day. It took seventeen days to withdraw from the battlefield west of the Breya Mountains to near Temple Street!"

"More than half a month is enough for the troops of the independent division directly under the corps to get ahead of us, occupy Temple Street, and block the troops dispatched to the Far East. Your Excellency, commander, what needs to be done now is to come up with a solution as soon as possible.

If the troops continue to stagnate in the Temple Street area, the consequences will be disastrous!"

"The staff department also received some bad news. It was learned through the Military Intelligence Bureau of the base camp and my classmates that the new commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Nanjiro, had committed suicide by caesarean section at the Fengtian headquarters and died for the country.

Fengtian and Xinjing have been lost, and Vladivostok has been lost. In addition,

Most of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps of the Independent Division is currently deployed in the Heilongjiang border area, and the North China Field Corps of the Independent Division is currently deployed in the Khabarovsk area. Together, there are more than 500,000 troops, ready to be deployed on the battlefield in the Far East at any time.

Come on, Khabarovsk is not too far from Temple Street!"

Chief of Staff Yamada’s words brought even deeper fear and worry to dozens of senior generals of Japan’s Far East Expeditionary Force. If what Chief of Staff Yamada said was true, the North China Field Corps of the Independent Division would join the Far East battlefield and besiege the Far East.

The Independent Division of the Expeditionary Forces has more than 1.7 million troops, so the Temple Street area will definitely become the burial place of the Far East Expeditionary Forces!

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