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Chapter 728 The Kwantung Army is at the end of its rope (please subscribe!)

The Kwantung Army at the end of its rope

In the headquarters of the Kwantung Army, one bad news after another reached the ears of General Mitsuichiro through radio waves at the first time. For a time, as the supreme commander of the Kwantung Army, he unknowingly

He has become several years older.

As the Northeast Field Army took the initiative to stop the offensive, the enemy and our armies temporarily fell into a brief confrontation stage. The decadent commander, General Mitsuichiro, locked himself in the office for a full day before entering the headquarters. All senior officers expected

Under his eyes, he slowly walked out of the office...

Seeing the commander who still looked decadent and without any spirit in front of him, Lieutenant General Toshima Fuotaro, the chief of staff, mustered up his courage and said:

"Your Excellency, Commander, through the efforts of the Staff Department, all battle losses of various combat units of our Kwantung Army during the counterattack of the Northeast Field Army have been fully calculated..."

Seeing the commander in front of him nodding, Lieutenant General Toshima Botaro quickly took out a list and then spoke.

"After this battle, the entire Liaoning Province, half of southern Jilin, and half of southeastern Heilongjiang fell into the hands of the Northeast Field Army... At the same time, in the battle that lasted for more than a week, our Kwantung Army lost a total of field divisions

There are seven regiments, with a total strength of an astonishing 140,000 people...Currently, our Kwantung Army troops stationed in various places have changed strategic offense to strategic defense in accordance with the orders of the headquarters. At the same time, the entire army has entered a state of combat readiness.

, to prevent the Northeast Field Army from launching a new round of offensive..."

"Baga, a total of 140,000 elite imperial warriors were lost in this battle. Are the invincible Kwantung Army troops going to be lost in my hands? No, absolutely not...

Chief of Staff, take me to the war room immediately, I must change the current situation that is unfavorable to our Kwantung Army..." After an angry curse, General Mizubu Lang ordered with determination.

"Hayi..."

In the war room, against the huge combat sandbox in front of him, a combat staff officer, in the shortest possible time, detailed the latest troop deployments of both the enemy and ourselves in the three eastern provinces...

Seeing the sun flag representing the Imperial Army on the sand table in front of me, I don’t know when it started. Unknowingly, it was completely surrounded by red flags representing the Northeast Field Army, the Soviet Red Army, and the Suiyuan Eighth Route Army. General Mizuchi Lang

A look of distress immediately appeared on his face. After a brief reflection, he asked Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fuotaro, the chief of staff next to him.

"Chief of Staff, our Kwantung Army troops are currently surrounded by enemy forces, and the room for maneuver on the battlefield will become less and less... Please give us detailed statistics on the total strength of the Kwantung Army currently in our hands.

How many more are there, hurry up..."

In less than a few minutes, a list appeared in the hands of Toshima Fuotaro. Facing the division commander in front of him, Lieutenant General Toshima Fuotaro said directly:

"After statistics, the entire Kwantung Army currently has 13 Category A field divisions, 8 new divisions, and six independent field brigades, plus the corresponding armored units and artillery units. The total strength is 65

Thousands of people…”

Seeing the commander in front of him nodding silently, Lieutenant General Toshima Botaro continued: "In addition to these 650,000 field troops, there are also about 150,000 garrison troops in all areas controlled by our Kwantung Army.

As well as the Manchurian Army troops of about 200,000 people... However, due to the fall of Fengtian Arsenal, our Kwantung Army troops lost their only source of weapons, plus the formation of a new division. The defense of these 350,000 people

The troops and the Manchurian Army troops are almost not equipped with any heavy weapons, and their combat effectiveness is almost negligible..."

"Chief of Staff, that is to say, the total force we can use at present is only the 650,000 field troops. As for the remaining 350,000 troops, they can only serve as local security forces at most..." After a while

After the sneer, General Mitsu asked the chief of staff in front of him.

"Ha Yi...Your Excellency, Commander..."

Seeing that the commander in front of him fell into silence once again, Lieutenant General Toshima Botaro pointed to the combat sand table in front of him and continued to speak.

"Your Excellency, Commander, although we still have 650,000 field troops at our disposal. However, in addition to the 300,000 troops guarding the Soviet Red Army in the Far East, plus the hundreds of thousands of troops guarding the Suiyuan Eighth Route Army, we can truly deal with it.

The strength of the Northeast Field Army is less than 250,000...and these 250,000 troops have to defend a nearly 1,000-kilometer defense line starting from Xifengkou...So, based on this calculation, the mobility in our hands

The military strength is almost zero..."

"Bagh Ya Road, how is this possible? A year ago, our opponent the Northeast Field Army was tightly surrounded by my heroic Kwantung Army troops in the Mengshan area. In less than a year, our opponent actually surrendered us to

Surrounded... The balance of forces between the enemy and ourselves has also undergone earth-shaking changes. How is it possible, how can it be like this..." After hearing the facts in front of him in reality, Mitsu immediately looked at General Lang's face every time.

He showed an incredulous look and couldn't help but ask a question.

"Ha Yi, your Excellency Commander, although it is unbelievable, it has become a fact. I believe that our urgent priority now is how to preserve the remaining 650,000 troops of our Kwantung Army so that they will no longer suffer any significance.

Otherwise, our Kwantung Army will face the end of being in name only..." Although the face of the chief of staff also showed an expression of unwillingness. However, the wise chief of staff, Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fusutaro, still fought in the first place

Time, he opened his mouth to persuade.

"Well, the chief of staff is right, now is not the time to hold people responsible. The urgent delay now is how to hold this line of defense and block the new attack that the Northeast Field Army may launch..." General Mizuchiro was helpless.

After sighing, he spoke with great agreement.

"Chief of Staff, at present, the field forces in our hands, except for defense, do not have any mobile forces at all. This is very disadvantageous for us on the defensive side... So, is it possible to, from various places,

Deploy two or more field divisions as mobile forces in our hands to reinforce the areas under attack at any time..." After a brief thought, General Mitsu asked the chief of staff in front of him...

Regarding the commander's idea in front of him, Lieutenant General Toshima Botaro did not even think about it. He rejected it with absolute certainty: "Your Excellency, Commander, it is absolutely impossible. In order to deal with the counterattack of the Northeast Field Army, we have already sent several troops to defend against the Soviet Red Army.

All field divisions were replaced by new divisions that were formed less than half a year ago. In this battle, among the hundreds of thousands of troops lost, almost all of them were the most elite field divisions of the Kwantung Army. If we start from the Far East again,

If we deploy more than two field divisions, we will not have enough strength to deal with the possible robbery by the Soviet Red Army. By then, we will really be in a situation where we are attacked from behind..."

"Bagh Ya Road, the cunning Chinese people, the cunning Northeast Field Army..." Another angry curse came out of the mouth of General Mizuchiro.

The opinion was completely rejected. Mizu, who had a headache, could only close his eyes again and think of another solution.

Time, just like this, passed by second by second. Just when the eyes of dozens of combat staff in the entire war room were focused on the commander. General Mitsu, who had his eyes closed, opened his eyes decisively.

He opened his eyes. Then, he continued to ask the chief of staff in front of him.

"Chief of Staff, as far as I know, there are nearly one million expatriates from the Japanese Empire in the area controlled by our Kwantung Army. Is it possible to once again recruit 100,000 trained young adults from these bridge residents?

Reorganize the strength of three divisions..."

Facing the commander's expectant gaze, Lieutenant General Toshima Botaro wanted to nod affirmatively and give the division commander in front of him a little hope. However, the facts were in front of him and the chief of staff was not allowed to hesitate... After a brief thought,

Lieutenant General Toshima Botaro did not hesitate at all and shook his head very decisively. Then, he spoke under the puzzled gaze of the commander in front of him.

"Your Excellency, Commander, with the current capabilities of the Kwantung Army, we no longer have the ability to form even one field division... Six months ago, in order to form fifteen new divisions, we almost exhausted all the strategic reserves of the Kwantung Army. Now.

, the several small arsenals in our hands can only produce a small amount of rifles and ammunition, and these outputs can only supply the daily consumption of the troops, and are not enough to support us in reorganizing the troops... Therefore, we have no extra weapons in our hands.

The formation of three divisions, especially heavy weapons, is almost impossible..."

For a time, the faces of the entire war room, including the commander, General Mitsuichiro, showed a look of despair. The huge war room also fell into a deathly tranquility at this moment...

In the end, it was the chief of staff who spoke first, breaking the deadly atmosphere in the war room: "Your Excellency, Commander, this is the specific situation. What should we do next..."

Facing the rhetorical question of the chief of staff in front of him and the expectant gazes of all the staff officers, General Mitsu, who also had no clue, couldn't help but said: "Bagoya Road, is it true that the Kwantung Army of the Great *** Empire has already

At the end of the road, is it really going to be destroyed in the hands of me, Mitsubeiro? No, absolutely not, I will never allow such a thing to happen, Baga..."

Seeing the commander in front of him who had become decisive in his tone of voice, the faces of all the staff members immediately showed a look of expectancy. Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Toyoshima Fuotaro also immediately spoke with the last glimmer of hope.

asked.

"Your Majesty Commander, what are we going to do next?"

"Everyone, although our Kwantung Army currently has one million troops, it only has 650,000 elite troops that can fight. More importantly, these 650,000 elite troops are distributed over a very wide defense line, causing Commander

There is no agitating force in the hands of the troops... Such a dispersed defense, as long as anyone with a little military mind will know, is very fatal, it can be said that a single move can affect the whole body."

Seeing all the staff officers in front of them, they all nodded in agreement, and every time Meijin, General Lang continued to speak.

"Facing such a bad situation, in order to preserve the effective strength of our Kwantung Army, there is only one way, and that is to shrink the defense. Take the initiative to abandon some strongholds and counties with little strategic significance, and concentrate our limited forces in some big cities and transportation areas.

On the main roads, ensure the security of the remaining occupied areas. In this way, we can not only concentrate more troops, but more importantly, we can also mobilize more than two field divisions from the front line as mobile forces in our hands..."

Seeing the commander talking slowly in front of them, these officers of the Kwantung Army, who have always claimed to be the best in the world, were very unconvinced. However, seeing the terrible huge amount of money currently faced by the Kwantung Army, they were looking at

Seeing the resolute look on the face of the commander in front of me, in the end, I could only nod helplessly, and started to formulate a new strategic policy for the Kwantung Army according to the commander's ideas...

The Kwantung Army's work efficiency is second to none at any time. Especially at this moment, in the face of life and death, the entire work efficiency can be said to have reached the fastest speed in history. Every time Mizu's order from General Lang has just

Less than a day after it was issued, a telegram of transfer orders was immediately transmitted through the radio waves to the hands of the commanders of various front-line units.

Facing the combat orders from the commander of the Kwantung Army and the Northeast Field Army with superior strength in front of them, these proud Kwantung Army generals had to lower their heads and set the precedent for the Kwantung Army to voluntarily abandon the occupied areas. With their subordinates and themselves

All the strategic materials that can be collected will be gathered at their destination as soon as possible...

In less than a week, the Kwantung Army took the initiative to abandon dozens of county towns on the border with the Northeast Field Army one after another...

In Fengtian City, with the successful conclusion of the first phase of the strategic counterattack, Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua has returned to Fengtian City as soon as possible. After all, being at the headquarters allows him to learn the latest situation of each combat unit at the first time

.

In the headquarters war room, a communications staff officer panted and rushed to Liu Hua, reporting eagerly.

"Commander-in-Chief, Political Commissar, Deputy Commander-in-Chief telegram..."

"Read..." Glancing at the panting communications staff officer in front of him, Liu Hua knew that there must be something going on at the front line. So, without any hesitation, he ordered very decisively.

"Yes... The reconnaissance of our troops stationed in Liaoyuan showed that the Kwantung Army troops that were confronting our army began to shrink their defenses yesterday and abandoned some unimportant towns and counties. At present, at least in front of our army,

There are more than five county towns that were voluntarily abandoned by the Kwantung Army... The deputy commander-in-chief asked if the troops would immediately launch an attack and send powerful troops to take over these counties..." the communications staff member replied affirmatively.

Regarding Yang Jingyu's question, Liu Hua didn't even think about it and answered with certainty: "Of course I will accept it. Immediately issue an order to Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang and immediately dispatch powerful troops to take over these counties. However, before receiving the official announcement from the headquarters,

Prior to the order, all combat troops are prohibited from actively provoking the current Kwantung Army troops for any reason or in any way..."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief..."

Looking at the communications staff officer leaving quickly, the face of the political commissar next to him was immediately enveloped in a thick smile. Then, he spoke to Liu Hua beside him.

"Commander-in-Chief, I really didn't expect that a year ago, our Northeast Field Army only had more than 100,000 people. After a year of development, it actually doubled several times. What's more important is that at that time, we were heavily surrounded by Japanese troops.

, there is not much room for military maneuver at all. But now, it has turned out to be the other way around. The Kwantung Army, which has always claimed to be the best in the world, invincible, and has millions of troops, has been defeated by our Northeast Field Army.

.Until now, we have been actively shrinking our defenses to defend against possible attacks by our Northeast Field Army..."

"Thinking about the changes in the past year, it's really funny... It used to be that the Kwantung Army surrounded us and attacked us. But now, we surround the Kwantung Army and attack them... This was something that was simply unimaginable before.

…..”

Looking at the excited political commissar in front of him, Liu Hua also expressed emotion.

After all, in his mind, it would take at least two years of bloody fighting for the Northeast Field Army to reach its current situation in the three northeastern provinces. But now, less than a year later, the Northeast Field Army is taking advantage of one opportunity after another.

, won consecutive victories, and finally completely changed the current situation in the three eastern provinces...

Thinking of all this, Liu Hua also showed a look of excitement on his face. Then, he said to the political commissar in front of him: "Political commissar, judging from the current situation, the situation in the entire three eastern provinces can be said to be very promising.

It will be beneficial to the development of our Northeast Field Army..."

"In order to concentrate limited forces and prepare for possible surprise attacks by our Northeast Field Army, the Kwantung Army troops are constantly changing their strategic policies. However, in general, the Kwantung Army will never change. I can say with certainty that,

The current Kwantung Army has reached the end of its rope after being surrounded by us. As long as we have the determination and confidence to regain the entire three eastern provinces and completely annihilate all the Kwantung Army troops in the three eastern provinces, we are not far away...

..”

Seeing the confident Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua in front of him, and his partner Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan, they did not speak, but nodded in agreement...

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