Age of Conquest Reborn

Prince Zain roared angrily. Another China Division with a strength of nearly one million troops landed in the northern and central area of ​​Honshu Island. This frightened him to the point where he even had a premonition of the end of the Japanese Empire.

The strategic layout of the Honshu Island battlefield was originally very unfavorable to the empire. All the available forces of the Home Defense Headquarters were used on the northwest battlefield and the northeast battlefield, so that they could withstand the China Division troops from both directions.

The attack launched barely maintained a delicate battle balance. The sudden change not only broke this delicate and fragile balance, but also caused the entire Honshu Island defense circle to collapse.

In such a critical and bad situation, how could Prince Zai Ren not get angry? He wanted to kill all his subordinates who were unable to fight, but he just thought about it.

Prince Zain's angry roars and accusations were not actually directed at the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Yoshioka. They were just an instinctive reaction after being hit by an unexpected blow. The Imperial Home Defense Headquarters, as the deputy commander-in-chief,

As for the commander-in-chief, General Yoshihiko Yokoyama, he is just a decoration. He has no power to interfere with anything and has gone home to retire.

Therefore, all the troop deployments and campaign plans for the defense of Honshu Island came from his own hands. Now there is such a big loophole, allowing nearly one million China Division soldiers to land in the northern and central areas of Honshu Island without any effort. Let’s take a closer look.

, the responsibility lies entirely with yourself.

Prince Zain's angry roar echoed in the war room. Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Yoshioka lowered his head, his face was gray, and he was silent. The other dozen senior staff officers were as silent as a chill, with fear on their faces, as if they were in disaster.

As if on the verge of death, I would steal glances at the mad Prince from time to time.

After venting his anger, Prince Zai Ren gasped, glared at Chief of Staff Yoshioka and a dozen senior staff officers, and walked quickly to the military map. He was too dazed to die. Losing his temper would not solve the problem. Now he is in a hurry.

What needs to be done is how to deal with this seemingly unsolvable crisis

After looking around on the map, Prince Zain's back was immediately soaked with cold sweat. His face was frighteningly pale. Judging from the battlefield situation, the China Division troops that landed in the northern and central area of ​​​​Honshu Island were pointed directly at the surroundings of Tokyo.

The strategic intentions are very obvious in areas such as Fukui and Gibu, Nagano and Toyama, Fukushima, Sendai and Yamagata.

The first is to form a strategic encirclement of Tokyo and completely separate the periphery of Tokyo. The second purpose is more sinister. With the China Division troops on the Yamaguchi line and in the direction of Hokkaido, the defense zone in the northwest of Honshu Island and

The troops in the Northeastern Defense Zone formed a pincer attack from the front and back, thereby isolating Tokyo.

This is almost an unsolvable dead end for the empire. According to the intelligence already obtained, the total strength of the China Division troops that have landed on Honshu Island has reached 2.3 million, which is equivalent to that of the empire on Honshu Island.

The strength of the two defense zone headquarters was almost the same. As for the gap in weapons, equipment and firepower of the ground forces, Prince Zain did not dare to think too much about the advantages of the navy and the air superiority of the aviation force.

The only way to resolve the crisis is to use the last strategic reserve heavy group, the more than 400,000 troops in the Tokyo Defense Circle, to attack the China Division troops that landed in the northern and central areas of Honshu Island from behind, and to coordinate the battlefields and battlefields in the northwest of Honshu Island.

The nearly two million Imperial Army troops on the battlefield in the northeast retreated to the areas surrounding Tokyo to avoid being attacked from both front and rear.

If it cannot be done, the fate of the last two heavy military groups of the empire is absolutely in danger. After analyzing the entire situation on the battlefield on Honshu Island, Prince Zai Ren had to admire the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli's military tactics, which were dangerous and deceitful.

There was no way, strategic deception was unprecedentedly successful, and they used heavily armed groups to launch large-scale offensives in the two farthest directions of Honshu Island, firmly attracting their own strength, energy, and attention.

Then, surprise troops made a surprise attack and landed on a large scale in the weakest defensive area. The troops were directed towards Tokyo, the capital of the empire. Suddenly, an ancient Chinese art of war allusion popped up in Prince Zai Ren's mind, "Build the plank road openly, secretly destroy the warehouse."

Yes, that Chinese devil Tang Qiuli used this trick, an absolutely fatal trick

In fact, even if the Home Defense General Headquarters has obtained the information that the China Division troops have landed in the northern and central areas of Honshu Island, what can they do? The two battlefields on the east and west of Honshu Island have contained all their forces, knowing and aware of it.

The Chinese military action cannot be stopped, which is the greatest tragedy.

Prince Zai Ren suppressed the fear in his heart and began to rack his brains to figure out how to solve the current crisis. His eyes searched carefully on the map, and once again felt powerless and helpless due to the geographical conditions of the territory of the Japanese Empire.

The geographical conditions of the empire's territory are too screwed up. Honshu Island is a long and narrow island with no battlefield space or strategic depth. Once Tokyo's Fukui, Gibu and Nagoya on the left and Fukushima, Sendai and Yamagata on the right are lost,

The more than two million Imperial Army troops in the northwest and northeast of Honshu Island had their retreat route cut off, and there was no possibility of even withdrawing to Tokyo.

Of course, you can face the enemy on both sides, fight to the death, and fight to the last man. Teito, who has been immersed in the spirit of bushido for many years, does not lack the courage and determination of Yusui, but after fighting all the enemies, Tokyo will be an isolated city. As a defender of Japan's mainland

The supreme commander, Prince Zain, did not want to use up all the remaining troops in his hands.

If he could pay a huge price to drive all the Chinese out of the imperial territory, he would not hesitate to order all the Japanese to be destroyed. But obviously this is not feasible now. Considering it from a strategic level, as long as Tokyo does not

If it falls, as long as the Emperor is still there, the Empire of Japan will exist.

Prince Zain is already considering adjusting the defense plan for Honshu Island. It is obviously unrealistic to continue to defend the enemy outside the country. He is planning to finally stick to Tokyo and use the surrounding areas of Kofu, Yokohama, Urawa, Chiba, etc. around Tokyo.

Relying on the ground, the more than two million troops scattered in the northwest battlefield and northeastern battlefield of Honshu Island were all shrunk to the periphery of Tokyo, forming a huge defense circle that concentrated the empire's existing forces. With the damn China devil Tang Qiuli's

The troops are attrition.

If you want to achieve the above goal, the first thing you need to do is to open the northwest battlefield and northeastern battlefield of Honshu Island, where nearly two million Imperial Army troops can retreat to Tokyo, and the China Division troops that landed in the northern and central part of Honshu Island,

It has become a top priority to compete for strategic locations such as Fukui, Gibu and Nagoya on Tokyo's left wing, and Fukushima, Sendai and Yamagata on the right wing.

"It seems that it is absolutely impossible not to mobilize the imperial troops in the areas around Tokyo." Zai Ren sighed and thought, since he served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Imperial Home Defense Headquarters, he has not been in the habit of consulting his subordinates when directing operations.

If you think maturely, you will give orders directly, and your bossy face will be exposed.

"Chief of Staff Yoshioka, record the following order." Prince Zain said coldly to Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Yoshioka: "Order, the Third Army and the Fifth Army under the Tokyo Defense District Headquarters to immediately reinforce Fukui, Gibu and Nagoya.

And repelled the attack launched by the China Division troops from the direction of Kanazawa, firmly controlling the above-mentioned areas."

"All the Sixth Army and the Ninth Army must immediately reinforce Fukushima, Sendai and Yamagata. They must repel the attack launched by the China Division troops from the direction of Xinwu and firmly control the above-mentioned areas. We must sternly warn the commanders of each army that if

If the above-mentioned areas are lost, officers of the army commander or below the rank of major general must commit suicide by disembowelment as apology.”

"Order, after receiving this order, the troops affiliated to the northwest defense zone headquarters of Honshu Island and the troops affiliated to the northeastern defense zone headquarters immediately broke away from the entanglement of the China Division troops, retreated to the surrounding areas of Tokyo as quickly as possible, and

For the time being, the four locations of Kofu, Yokohama, Urawa, and Chiba will be used as troop assembly areas."

Prince Zai Ren calculated that the total defense strength around Tokyo is more than 450,000. This time, more than 240,000 troops from the four armies are mobilized, divided into left and right wings to take the initiative, which will not affect Tokyo's defense strength.

, Moreover, this part of the force is only for the retreating troops to support the two passages and is mainly for defense. It should be enough.

After Chief of Staff Yoshioka recorded the order, he knew the intention of His Highness the Prince, but felt that it was inappropriate. Such a large number of troops were gathered in the area around Tokyo. They could eat and drink whatever they wanted. With the existing war material reserves of the empire, they could withstand such a huge amount.

I'm afraid that after a few months of persistence, we will run out of ammunition and food.

Out of his duties as Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Yoshioka had to remind Prince Zai Ren. Although he knew that his reminder might not be effective, he still solemnly said: "Your Majesty, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, I understand your intention, but I still want to remind you.

Excuse me, after abandoning the northwest and northeastern areas of Honshu Island, nearly two million imperial soldiers were concentrated in the areas around Tokyo. Together with the original more than 400,000 soldiers, the number reached 2.6 million."

"Coupled with the number of imperial subjects in Tokyo and Tokyo's surrounding areas, the number will be staggering. Our war material reserves cannot support long-term persistence and consumption. Without foreign aid, in a few months, only food will be needed

This is a huge difficulty. If this point cannot be solved, the consequences will be disastrous. Please consider it carefully and withdraw your order, Deputy Commander-in-Chief."

Prince Zai Ren's face suddenly turned livid. He hated it when his subordinates pointed fingers at his battle plan. How could a group of mediocre people understand his painstaking efforts and height? He was not an idiot. How could he not consider these issues? But other than that

Besides, is there a better way?

The answer is obviously no, "Chief of Staff Yoshioka, are you questioning my order?" Prince Zai Ren asked in a cold voice, with a fierce light in his eyes.

To be continued. To be continued. To be continued.

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