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Chapter 735: Chasing and intercepting (please subscribe!)

chase and intercept

At the headquarters of the Northeast Field Army in Fengtian, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan rushed into the office panting with a telegram. Then, facing the commander-in-chief and political commissar in front of the battle map, he said anxiously: "Commander-in-Chief, political commissar, telegraph

The telegram my office just received is an urgent telegram from ***..."

"Say..." Upon hearing Chief of Staff Zuo Quan's answer, Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua quickly put down the pencil in his hand and spoke to Chief of Staff Zuo Quan in front of him.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, Political Commissar... *** called. The Chairman and others have adopted our opinions and sent our party's suggestions to Chongqing's Civil Affairs Bureau. At the same time, *** asked our Northeast Field Army to immediately

Mobilize heavy troops to carry out a powerful pursuit and interception of the Kwantung Army's breakout force. Delay the Kwantung Army's breakout speed as much as possible, and at the same time, greatly weaken the effective strength of the Kwantung Army's breakout force..." Chief of Staff Zuo Quan answered affirmatively.

"Okay, political commissar and chief of staff, since the central government has issued an order, we will start to mobilize our troops according to the original battle plan, and give the so-called elite Kwantung Army an unprecedented pursuit and interception... Chiang Kai-shek who was on the Long March will be

The tactics used to deal with us are used to deal with the elite Kwantung Army, the little Japs in front of us..." Liu Hua said with a smile on his face.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, I will immediately issue orders to the 2nd, 3rd, Heavy Artillery Division, 1st Armored Division, Guard Division, and Special Operations Division. Order all participating troops to rush to their combat areas within a week.

, be prepared to participate in the battle at any time..." Zuo Quan replied very definitely...

"Okay, you go ahead... In addition, order the intelligence department directly under the headquarters to report every move of the Kwantung Army in the three eastern provinces to the headquarters. At the same time, send a telegram back to the central government, hoping that the central government can also mobilize the intelligence department to investigate as much as possible

The movements of the Japanese combined fleet, find out the specific direction and route of the Kwantung Army's breakout force..." Liu Hua nodded and continued the order.

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

Although Siping City has experienced two wars, the entire Siping City has once again become lively with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army elites. General Mizubeiro, the commander-in-chief of the breakout force, is at this moment.

Surrounded by a group of generals, he stood on the tall city wall of Siping City, pointing at the densely packed troop camps outside the city...

"Gentlemen, I believe that with more than 300,000 elite Kwantung Army troops here outside Siping City, the honor of our Kwantung Army will be maintained forever... Everyone, our operational goals this time were stated in the last meeting.

I have already informed you. I hope you will continue to work hard in future battles, maintain the spirit of hard work of our Kwantung Army, and demonstrate the strong combat effectiveness of our Kwantung Army in front of our colleagues..." He quickly glanced at

In front of dozens of generals carrying gold stars on their shoulders, General Meizu ordered with a confident look.

"Ha Yi, Commander, please rest assured and promise to complete the mission..." All the generals replied in unison.

"Yo Xi, I believe that everyone will be able to complete the mission... Let's go to the conference room and inform everyone of the specific route and plan for this breakout..."

After saying that, General Lang was the first to step off the city wall and walked towards the temporary headquarters not far away...

However, just as he walked to the entrance of the general headquarters, a panting combat staff bumped into him. Then, he said with a look of panic.

"Your Excellency, Commander, there is an urgent message from the Chief of Staff who is staying in Changchun..."

"Nani, Chief of Staff...Did something happen in Changchun? Send me a telegram..." Mizu immediately frowned and asked with an unhappy look on his face.

"Ha Yi..." the combat staff officer quickly handed the telegram in his hand to the commander...

After reading the telegram in his hand, Meijin immediately twisted General Lang's brows into the word "Chuan". Then, facing the officers in front of him, he cursed loudly: "Baga, cunning Chinese, cunning

Northeast Field Army… What is the food for the extra high school students? Such important information has been leaked by them… Let’s go to the conference room immediately…”

Just after all the generals were inexplicably sitting in their seats. General Mizu, who looked angry, immediately slammed the telegram in his hand on the table in front of him. Then, he cursed loudly.

road.

"Bagh Ya Road, gentlemen, this is a telegram just forwarded by the Chief of Staff. Investigation by our Intelligence Department and the Air Force shows that since yesterday, our old rival, the Northeast Field Army, has begun large-scale military mobilization.

.According to preliminary statistics, the total strength of the Northeast Field Army's military mobilization has reached an astonishing 200,000 people... What's more important is that the mobilization goal of these troops has only one goal, which is to assemble hundreds of thousands of our army's elite troops.

Siping City…”

"Nani, Siping... How is it possible? How could the news of our army's breakout be leaked out so quickly? How is it possible... Your Excellency, Commander, why is this?" As soon as General Lang finished speaking, the entire conference room immediately changed.

There was a lot of excitement. But at this moment, a lieutenant general and division commander asked angrily...

"Baga... Now is not the time to discuss this issue. The breakout plan has been determined, and no matter what, it must be implemented in accordance with the orders of His Majesty the Emperor. Therefore, our urgent delay now is to solve the problem of how to carry out a breakout.

When the Northeast Field Army already knew that our army was breaking out, it successfully completed the breakout mission at the minimum cost..." General Mizuchiro ordered with a firm look on his face...

"Hayi..."

"Tanaka-kun, the chief of staff is not here now. Now, I will appoint you as the temporary chief of staff of this breakout army. You will assist me in commanding more than 300,000 elite Kwantung Army troops to break out. Please tell us about yourself first.

Do you have any ideas?" Bojin Meijiro gave a decisive order to a lieutenant general division commander next to him.

"Hai, your Excellency, Commander..." Lieutenant General Tanaka, who was named, replied affirmatively,

Then, he looked at the military map in front of everyone and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I humbly believe that during the year-long battle with the Northeast Field Army, our elite Kwantung Army troops have been losing ground and their overall strength has been constantly suffering losses.

Among them, an important factor is that in every battle, the Northeast Field Army concentrated its superior troops and firepower to launch an attack on a small group of our Kwantung Army troops. In the end, it used several times its own strength to completely annihilate our army.

…Therefore, this time’s breakout will no longer allow the Northeast Field Army to find any opportunities to take advantage of it, allowing them to use these tactics to eliminate the effective strength of our army…”

"Tanaka-kun, your analysis is very correct. Then, please tell us all your specific thoughts..." General Mizuchiro nodded in agreement and said.

"Your Excellency, Commander, I think so. As long as the more than 300,000 elites of our Kwantung Army can unite together, plus the dozen or so field heavy artillery regiments, tank regiments, and aviation regiments of our Kwantung Army. Even if

The Northeast Field Army has mobilized all its elites, but they can't do anything to us. Therefore, I suggest that in the next action, as long as our army's more than 300,000 elites can stick together and advance slowly, there will be no danger..." Tanaka

The lieutenant general replied decisively.

"Tanaka-kun, this plan can be said to be foolproof. However, if 300,000 of our elites huddle together to form a large corps, it will definitely take a long time to pass through the hundreds of kilometers of defense lines formed by the Northeast Field Army.

Time... In terms of time, will we not have enough time..." As soon as Lieutenant General Tanaka finished speaking, another Lieutenant General, the division commander, asked with a worried look on his face.

"No..." Regarding the worries about the Lieutenant General's division commander, General Mizuchiro answered decisively.

"Everyone, according to His Majesty the Emperor's decree, as long as we can successfully rush to the seaside and join the combined fleet, the mission will be completed... Therefore, during the entire operation, we do not have any time limit. We only need to reduce the casualties of the troops.

To the lowest extent….”

"Ha Yi, your Excellency the Commander is wise..." At this time, after hearing the Commander's affirmative answer, the dozens of lieutenant generals and division commanders no longer hesitated. Their faces immediately showed

Smiling, he answered affirmatively.

In this way, in less than a week, more than 300,000 elite Kwantung Army troops were assembled. Under the personal command of General Mitsubeiro, they drove out of Siping City and set off for Yingkou, the nearest seaport to Siping. Prepare.

Board the ship from Yingkou to support the Japanese operations in the south of the Yangtze River...

"Commander-in-Chief, according to the Air Force reconnaissance and intelligence department investigations, the Kwantung Army assembled a total of 350,000 troops for this breakout, including 12 field divisions, two independent brigades, and five field heavy artillery regiments.

, four chariot regiments, and a cavalry brigade. They have set off from Siping City at eight o'clock this morning..." Chief of Staff Zuo Quan quickly rushed into the war room and faced Liu Hua and Luo Ronghuan in front of him.

Reported…..

"Um...Chief of Staff, the little devil has set off. We will implement the original battle plan immediately. You should be happy. Why don't you look excited at all on your face..." Looking at the person in front of you,

Chief of Staff Zuo Quan looked grave, and Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua asked in confusion.

"Commander-in-Chief, this time, we have underestimated our opponents. After a year of fighting, our opponents have completely figured out the operational thinking of our Northeast Field Army. According to investigation, there are more than 300,000 elite Japanese troops this time, and

Instead of dividing the troops into separate groups to give us the opportunity to defeat each other as usual, we instead huddled together and slowly advanced towards the Yingkou under the cover of a large number of heavy firearms and tanks. More importantly, for this breakout, Kantung

The army has mobilized almost all its air power. As long as the weather is suitable, aircraft can take off for combat. Above the heads of the hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army troops, there must be nearly a hundred combat aircraft to escort them..." Chief of Staff Zuo Quan explained

.

For a moment, the entire war room was immediately enveloped in a solemn atmosphere. Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua frowned and said to the political commissar and others around him: "I didn't expect that the little devil has learned to be smart. Look.

Come on, we have carefully prepared the battlefield for more than a week, but it has lost its effectiveness... Chief of Staff, do you have any good ideas..."

"Commander-in-Chief, I haven't thought of a specific method yet. However, there is one thing we can complete now. In this way, we can at least slow down the march of the Kwantung Army..." Chief of Staff Zuo Quan shook his head. Then,

Face kindly reminded….

"Chief of Staff, you mean to destroy the highway... Now it seems that this is indeed the best way. This time the Japanese breakout group has assembled a large number of heavy troops, coupled with a large number of combat troops

Vehicles, artillery, and trucks. If the road in front of the Japanese army can be completely destroyed, their breakout troops will march very slowly... and as time goes on, the fighter planes we may find will be

There will be more and more..." Liu Hua replied affirmatively.

"Commander-in-Chief, since you have agreed, I will immediately issue an order to the combat troops. Request the troops to destroy all roads and bridges leading to Yingkou," the chief of staff replied.

After getting Liu Hua's consent, he quickly rushed out of the war room and ran towards the telecommunications room not far away...

With the continuous destruction of roads and bridges along the way, coupled with the ubiquitous landmines and cold guns on the roads, the combat corps composed of more than 300,000 elite Kwantung Army, like a giant snail, began to move around

On the road leading to Yingkou, proceed slowly.

He looked around him, stopping and walking. In a few days, the breakout regiment traveled less than 20 kilometers a day. The face of General Mizubeiro, the commander sitting in the car, had never really shown his face since the breakout.

than any smile….

"Bagoya Road, what's going on ahead? Why did the troops stop advancing..." Looking at the marching troops around him that suddenly stopped advancing, General Mitsu's face was immediately shrouded in a burst of unknown anger. He faced the side.

A combat staff officer roared loudly...

Before the combat staff could answer, a three-wheeled motorcycle quickly stopped next to the car. Immediately after, a communications staff officer rushed over and stood in front of him.

"Reporting to your Excellency, Commander, the vanguard division reported that a bridge fifteen kilometers ahead was completely blown up. Currently, the engineering troops are organizing emergency repairs. It is estimated that it will take three hours to repair and move forward..."

Seeing the frowning commander in front of him, the communications staff officer quickly replied.

"Baga, the cunning Chinese, the cunning Northeast Field Army..." Just as the communications staff member finished speaking, an angry curse quickly spat out from the mouth of General Mitsubeiro...

He looked at the exhausted soldiers around him, and then at the getting darker and darker sky. General Meizu Lang immediately ordered: "Forget it, it will be dark in two hours at most, and there is not enough time."

, let our army continue to advance... Order all troops to camp on the spot. At the same time, convene all division commanders and the highest commander of the troops directly under the headquarters to hold a meeting at the headquarters in an hour..."

"Ha Yi, your Excellency, Commander..." the communications staff officer quickly replied.

Over the past few days, the stop-and-go march has also left dozens of commanders wearing major generals and lieutenant generals with tired looks on their faces. After a quick glance at the dozens of generals in front of him, Mizu glanced at each other.

The general spoke first.

"Everyone, after several days of marching, we have all seen the serious problem faced by our Kwantung Army...Although His Majesty the Emperor did not set a specific time for us, we all know one fact, that is, the longer the time drags on,

, the morale of our Kwantung Army breakout force will be lower. So, no matter what, we must get rid of the current predicament..."

Seeing everyone's faces showing all they were thinking about, Mizu nodded with satisfaction, and then continued: "So, I hope that all of you here can give us all your thoughts at today's meeting.

Come up with a way to solve the current dilemma that our Kwantung Army is encountering..."

"Your Excellency, Commander, I think that we should change the current march plan and deploy a force of sufficient strength and composed of various types of arms from the army. They will march in a hurry and be responsible for the formation of troops directly in front of our corps.

The task of paving the bridge... I believe that only in this way can our main force be able to speed up the march..." Lieutenant General Tanaka was the first to answer.

"Yoshi, let's do this...order the 18th Cavalry Regiment of the Cavalry Brigade, the 31st Infantry Division of the Field Infantry Regiment, and the Engineer Regiment directly under the headquarters to form the forward corps of our army, with Lieutenant General Tanaka as the commander. Troops

Set off on time at five o'clock tomorrow morning to open up a path for the main force to advance..." General Mizuchiro immediately ordered.

"Ha Yi, your Excellency, Commander, is a wise man... He must live up to his humble position and open a way forward for the main force..." Lieutenant General Tanaka replied with confidence.

"Okay, let's arrange it like this. After you go back, immediately restrain your subordinates. At eight o'clock tomorrow morning, our army will set off on time..."

In this way, after several days of actions, a very advantageous fighter opportunity was finally placed in front of the Northeast Field Army. After receiving the news of the Japanese army's division of troops, Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua's face was immediately enveloped in a thick smile.

Immediately, they summoned Chief of Staff Zuo Quan and Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan to discuss specific tactics...

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