Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 872 Soviet Army Breakthrough

The rapid and violent offensive launched by Liu Tiehan's East Point troops on the Liaodong Peninsula made Japan's top leaders feel an imminent threat. The strategic importance of the Northeast region to Japan is self-evident. In a word, Manchuria cannot be lost.

This can't be solved with just a few words. The Chinese devil Tang Qiuli is not scared. On the contrary, he is still a cunning, ruthless guy. We have to send troops to fight. Where will the soldiers come from? The only way to get the troops is from the siege iron.

Musingo Far East No.

The deployment of Kwantung Army troops from the Second Army made senior Japanese military officials, including Emperor Hirohito and Kwantung Army Commander General Ueda Kenkichi, extremely depressed. The well-planned Far East operational plan went awry at the last moment.

It is a taboo for military strategists to withdraw more than half of the troops from the ongoing battlefield, and it is the most critical moment of the battle. It is undoubtedly a chance for the opponent to take a breather. Emperor Hirohito also had no choice but to do it.

The mobilized troops gave Timoshenko's troops, who were on the verge of despair, a glimmer of hope.

Most of the Kwantung Army's troops were attracted back to the Liaodong Peninsula. This was the result Tang Qiuli wanted. The Soviets did not hide their traitors and played tricks, and the conditions they agreed to were not bad at all. This made Tang Qiuli quite satisfied, an opponent who respected the rules of the game.

, it is still respectable, and it can be regarded as fulfilling its promise in front of the Soviets. As for whether Timoshenko's troops can successfully break through, it is not a matter of concern to him.

The conditions have been created. As for how the Soviets take advantage of them, that is their own problem. The rest are the Japanese who never want to suffer losses, but want to take advantage and are bent on gaining benefits. As for the little tricks played by the Japanese, they have already

as expected.

Therefore, his order to Liu Tiehan was: "Continue to attack the Liaodong Peninsula, hit hard, hit hard. When the Kwantung Army's leading troops returning to the Liaodong Peninsula arrive, give them a head-on attack. Then, the entire army will withdraw to Fengtian and wait for the opportunity. Don't

Entangled by the main force of the Kwantung Army."

Tang Qiuli knew very well that the Japanese were not willing to give up 5,000 kilograms of gold. They were not willing to give them even the 3,000 sets of oil mining equipment and precision machine tools originally promised. They were just delaying until the Kwantung Army took the iron wood.

After the destruction of Xinge's troops, the Kwantung Army used all its strength to deal with itself head-on. In short, the Japanese are very smart.

Without spending a penny, he can monopolize all the benefits of the Far East. However, Tang Qiuli will not let the Japanese take advantage of him. He is waiting for an opportunity to let the Japanese obediently send over what he needs, and

In the Far East, a relatively stable strategic balance has been achieved, and I can rest assured when I visit Germany.

At midnight on November 8, in the Arsenyev region of the Far East, General Timoshenko, commander and political commissar of the Second Soviet Far East Army, who was struggling to support himself, received a top-secret telegram from the General Staff of the Soviet Red Army: "Temu

Comrade Xinge, China's Tang Qiuli troops have launched an offensive on the Liaodong Peninsula in accordance with the agreement. Your troops can organize a breakout in time and prepare a breakout plan.

There are two directions, one is in the direction of Khabarovsk, where it will join the Transcaucasian Front, and the second is in the direction of the Kamchatka Peninsula, where it will join the Kamchatka Front. In addition, the leading troops of Comrade Zhukov's Far Eastern Front will be on the line of the Ore River.

Attack forward and cover your troops' breakout. The specific time and direction can be determined by yourself. This order is the intention of the supreme leader."

After receiving the order from the General Staff to prepare for a breakout, Timoshenko looked up to the sky and sighed. A few turbid tears flowed down from his face blackened by gunpowder smoke. The Second Far East Army had only one breath left, and its life should not be cut off.

, the great Soviet and Comrade Stalin have never forgotten this lonely unit.

The intensity of the Kwantung Army's offensive that besieged his own troops was significantly weakened, and finally stopped completely. Timoshenko had already believed that what was said in the telegram from the General Staff was true. The Chinese *** Corps had taken action in the Northeast, which made him

Tang Qiuli, the top commander of the detachment, was full of curiosity.

Originally, the purpose of forming the Second Far East Army was to deal with Tang Qiuli, a Chinese unit. Now, it has become his savior. Timoshenko has an absurd feeling. However, how to deal with more than 90,000 soldiers at the moment?

It is a big problem to bring the troops who are exhausted and have fought bloody battles for more than two months out of the Kwantung Army's encirclement.

Moreover, there are more than 10,000 injured people with limited mobility. If it is a powerful force of more than 90,000 troops, with his superb command skills and excellent equipment, Timoshenko is absolutely confident that he can escape from this long and narrow area.

He fought out of the corridor, but right now, he didn't have the confidence.

There are no tanks, very few artillery, exhausted soldiers, little ammunition left, and a lot of wounded. This is the true portrayal of the Second Far East Army at the moment. What makes Timoshenko slightly gratified is that among the political commissars at all levels

With the encouragement of the enemy, the morale of the troops has not been low, especially after he has the hope of breaking out. This is his only hope of fighting.

On November 9, Timoshenko held a meeting of the group army commanders at division level and above and the political committee to determine the breakout time and plan. Looking at his subordinates who were covered in gunpowder smoke, most of them were wrapped in bandages, many of his troops were missing.

Familiar faces all disappeared in the brutal battle, and Timoshenko felt complicated.

After more than two months of fighting, facing the overwhelming artillery fire of the Kwantung Army and the Kwantung Army soldiers swarming up like locusts, he, the supreme commander of the group army, was always facing the threat of death. When the Arsenyev line of defense was at its most dangerous,

The division commanders and corps commanders below all picked up

With guns, only one half of those who went to the front line survived. Since the founding of the Soviet Red Army, this was the first time that such a large number of commanders at the corps and division levels had been killed. Timoshenko felt guilty and committed suicide.

At the same time, he was furious at the erroneous command of the General Staff.

"Comrades, the General Staff ordered us to break out of the encirclement. This is the only way to escape the annihilation of the entire army. The comrades who survived the brutal battle for more than two months are all strong Bolshevik fighters. The current situation of the army we all know

We all know that breaking through and

It is not an easy task, so I request that all party members and Communist Youth League members should consciously stand on the front line, form a commando team, and be the first to break the Japanese encirclement. This is the only guarantee for us to break out of the encirclement."

Timoshenko said in a solemn tone.

After more than two months of fighting, Timoshenko established an unparalleled status and prestige in the group army. After all, under the siege of hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army, he could fight alone to ensure that the army was not wiped out.

A severe test for the supreme commander. Facts have proved that Timoshenko is a qualified commander and the soul and core of this army.

No one questioned Timoshenko's order. The remaining troops of the Second Army began to prepare for a breakout according to the plan, but his mood was not relaxed. The biggest problem facing him was the more than 10,000 wounded.

Deal with it this way?

It is obviously impossible to bring all the wounded with them. Even if they break through the encirclement of the Kwantung Army, these wounded will slow down the marching speed of the troops. They will be surrounded by the Kwantung Army before they can go far. Once they leave the Arsenyev area, the solid

The fortress was surrounded in the wild, and the fate awaiting the group army was the annihilation of the entire army.

In the end, Timoshenko made a cruel but absolutely necessary decision to stay with all the wounded to block the pursuing Kwantung Army troops. He knew very well what this decision meant. Among the more than 10,000 wounded Red Army soldiers, there would not be a single one.

After making this decision, Timoshenko felt a sharp pain in his heart.

When they arrived at the rear hospital, these wounded people already knew the fate they were about to face. It should be the political commissars who had already arranged the work of the wounded in advance. These wounded people silently wiped the weapons in their hands. Silence was the biggest language, iron.

Faced with these wounded soldiers, Brother Mu Xing solemnly saluted as a military salute.

No one looked up at him, but in the silence, Timoshenko clearly felt a surge of fighting spirit. This should not be the momentum possessed by wounded soldiers. This famous Soviet general turned around and left resolutely.

He didn't need to say anything, he understood the meaning from the soldiers' bodies.

At two o'clock in the morning on November 10th, in the Arsenyev region of the Far East, the night was dark, the cold wind blew across the empty land, and a few cold stars seemed to be shining in the distant night sky as if they were high up in the cold, and there was silence all around.

, after more than two months of bloody battles, both the Kwantung Army soldiers and the Soviet Red Army soldiers were tired.

Directly north of Arsenyev, outside the Kwantung Army encirclement, there were several bonfires. In the cold night, they could not bring much heat. The Kwantung Army soldiers were wrapped in coats and huddled beside the fires, cursing the weather.

He wrapped his coat tightly to resist the all-pervasive cold wind, stretched out his hands like ice cubes, and approached the bonfire, trying to warm his stiff body.

Dozens of black shadows crawled to the bonfire with difficulty, and then disappeared as if melting into the cold earth. Suddenly, violent explosions resounded in the silent night sky, and countless orange-red firelights appeared in the dark night.

It was extremely unexpected, shrapnel blew up the bonfire, and the Kwantung Army soldiers sitting in a group fell down screaming.

The encirclement composed of hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army seemed very weak. Before the explosions dissipated, fierce gunshots rang out again. Countless black shadows rushed out like a tide. The gunshots and explosions broke the tranquility of the night.

Fierce fighting broke out everywhere on a front that was dozens of kilometers wide, and Timoshenko's troops began a breakout operation.

General Kenkichi Ueda, the commander of the Kwantung Army, who was sleeping soundly. After receiving the report, he pushed away Miss Sadako who was wrapped around him like a snake, and hurried out of the tent. In the night, the sound of gunfire and explosions rang out.

Suddenly, Ueda Kenkichi's heart sank. The Soviets began to break out?

Without him having to guess, the operational staff officer ran over and said, "Report to your Excellency, Commander, that a fierce battle occurred due north of Arsenyev. According to reports from troops in that direction, the Soviets have begun to break out, and the target should be in the direction of Khabarovsk."

"Baga, the Soviets acted so quickly. They conveyed my order and encircled the troops to block the Soviet army. The troops from the other three directions immediately moved closer."

Ueda Kenji smiled ferociously, Timoshenko left the strong fortress, so let’s destroy them in the wild.

(To be continued)