Chapter 572: Good News from Europe in the Eastern Crusade (1)

This night is bound to be a sleepless night, whether it is a group of senior Japanese officers in the Changchun Air Force Command or Han Yunhua in the underground command room in Ulanhot, they are all paying attention to this battle, and even Chairman Chiang in Chongqing and Stalin in Moscow are also paying attention to this battle.

At 3 o'clock in the morning, under the orders of Morikawa Daisa, the last fighters broke away from the battle and returned to the base. The retreat of the Japanese fighters is not equal to the end of the battle, Wang Weizhou knows the importance of a blow, he did not let the troops rest, nor did he send people to clean up the battlefield, under such a degree of bombardment by the Japanese army, the entire town of Aldu was razed to the ground, so what else can be saved, it is meaningless to clean up the battlefield.

Wang Weizhou believed that taking advantage of the gap between the return of the Japanese planes, the troops should hurry up and rush to Shuangliaocheng, because in any case, Aldu is only an hour's distance from Shuangliaocheng, and if it is daylight tomorrow, the group of little devils will arrive again, and it will be difficult to act when the time comes, and the risk is too great.

"Ordered, Wang Zhifu's 1st Brigade and Ju Fei's 2nd Brigade immediately rushed to Shuangliao City, and immediately launched an attack after arriving. In addition, let the cavalry unit of the commander of the division of Charihubilig assist from the side, by the way, by the way, ask if the battle on their side is over? Wang Weizhou was still thinking about the more than 1,000 little devils who had escaped.

Soon Staff Officer Wang quickly ran over and said: "Division commander, Zhari Hubilig Division Commander reports that the cavalry division has successfully completed the task assigned by the division commander, they successfully intercepted the fleeing Japanese small troops in Shuanglongtan, killed 766 Japanese soldiers after an hour of fighting, and captured 639 people, including Yoshimura Yonghao Nakasa, chief of staff of the 14th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army, and the troops are preparing to return to Aldu, I have already asked them to rush to Shuangliao City immediately according to the order of the division commander. ”

"Very good, let them send a cavalry regiment to escort the prisoners to Tongliao first, and the large army will immediately rush to Shuangliao. By the way, inform Lin Yongxiang's kid and let his third brigade take a little rest, and then immediately rush to Shuangliao with the division headquarters. Wang Weizhou said.

"Yes"

At six o'clock in the morning, the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Division sent a telegram that after more than an hour of fighting, the 1st Brigade and the 2nd Brigade had conquered Shuangliaocheng, and the commander of the 14th Infantry Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Takamasa Iseki, led less than 500 men in the direction of Xinglong.

Shuangliao City was captured by the ** squadron, and the entire Kwantung Army was completely shocked, and General Yamada Otoyama angrily scolded Iseki Takamasa for being a bastard after receiving the news. However, when he heard the telegram that Lieutenant General Iseki Takamasa had fled to Xinglong, General Yamada Otozo breathed a sigh of relief. It would be a big deal to lose a Chinese county, even though the strategic location of this small county town is extraordinary and unfortunate. Yamada Otozo believes that whether it is the big men of the military department or Prime Minister Tojo, they should know a truth, that is, there will never be a general who always wins, and if he loses a small Shuangliao Castle, the base camp should not reprimand him.

But if you lose a lieutenant general's division commander, it will be different, since the beginning of the war, the imperial generals who have been lost in the hands of that branch have almost had a whole infantry squad, counting those adjutants, I am afraid that there will be an infantry wing, and now the nerves of many people in the empire have become extremely fragile, and they can no longer withstand the loss of a few lieutenant generals. In particular, a major general had already been killed in the first half of the night, and if he lost another lieutenant general in the second half of the night, even if Prime Minister Tojo favored him, he would probably not be able to escape the blame.

The safe evacuation of Lieutenant General Takamasa Iseki from Shuangliao City was good news for General Yamada Otozo and the entire Kwantung Army, but the loss of Shuangliao City had a huge negative impact on the entire defense system of the Kwantung Army. In addition to the strategic backwardness, there is another extremely important problem to be solved, that is, the nearly 50,000 troops on the front line of Shuangliao, Aduqin, Xiedai, and Baolongshan will face the fate of being surrounded and annihilated by the squadron, and we must think of a proper way to solve this problem. …,

"Yaga, Kasahara-kun, how is the Li Liangtun Bridge repaired, when will the reinforcements of the 5 divisions arrive?" General Yamada asked angrily.

"Your Excellency Commander, the remnants of the Liliangtun Bridge have been cleared, and the engineering troops have built a pontoon bridge in the original place, which can barely allow cars to pass, but the speed is extremely slow, at this speed, it will take five days for the five infantry divisions to pass through the Liliangtun Bridge, and it will probably take ten days for all of them to reach Changchun. However, the front troops have already passed Huide, and it is not far from Changchun. Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara replied quickly.

"Baga, although the river in Li Liangtun is turbulent, but now the weather should not thaw the river, do you have to walk from the bridge?" Yamada Otozomichi.

Kasawara Yukio knew that His Excellency the Commander was in a hurry this time, and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Commander, due to the extremely abnormal weather this year, the water of the Liliangtun River has not completely frozen to death since last year, and there is still a large amount of water flowing in the dark below, and it is okay for the infantry to go up, but once the car of the imperial army goes up, the ice will completely collapse, so it is necessary to build a pontoon bridge." ”

"Bagaya Road, order the engineering troops to work overtime to build pontoon bridges, order the Manchurian government to fully assist the imperial army, I will see the 100,000 troops in five days, if you can't catch up, let their military commanders explain to His Majesty the Emperor themselves."

"Hay!"

"Kasawara-kun, where else do we have troops to mobilize now?" General Yamada Otosan's tone eased and asked, the current situation has endangered the survival of the Kwantung Army, so he can't afford not to pay attention to it.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, we have all the troops that can be mobilized on the front line of Xinjing, and now in addition to the two guards divisions of the Manchurian government, only the 109th Division of the Imperial Army stationed in Xinjing is left. However, now the defense of Xinjing has been extremely empty, and the main responsibility of the First Guards Division of the Manchurian government is to defend their imperial palace, even if the headquarters forces Pu Yi to govern, I am afraid that the guard division will not be able to move, which makes the Manchu nobles with big pigtails very insecure. In addition, Xinjing also has important strategic targets such as airports, arsenals, railway stations, and prisons that need to be stationed, so the 109th Division must not be mobilized. "Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara is still very clear about the garrison of the Kwantung Army, so he casually told the situation of the garrison in the area around Shinkyo.

Yamada Otozo didn't know what Yukio Kasawara said, but now the 50,000 troops are still on the front line in addition to the more than 13,000 people who were annihilated by the squadron, and if the headquarters does not take effective measures, I am afraid that even if the 3 days of karma cannot be supported, they will be swallowed by the squadron, and even the bones and dregs will not be left.

"Kasahara-kun, you should be very clear about the difficulties faced by the headquarters now, transfer troops and reinforcements, we have no way to retreat, the people of China are determined to open a gap from the Shuangliao line, their target should be Xinjing or Shenyang, but no matter where we are, we can't lose it, and we're afraid we won't even have a chance to cut my stomach if we lose these two cities, do you understand?" Yamada Otozo knew very well what Manchuria meant to Japan, and if Manchuria was lost, the empire would have already lost the war, and the result would be quite terrifying.

"Hai, the lowly position is clear. Now we have only one way, that is, to draw troops from Liaoyuan, Huinan, Fusong and other places to fight eastward. ”

"How many troops can be mobilized for battle?"

According to the information detected by the intelligence department, Han Yunhua's old partner dispatched more than 200,000 troops at once, and the three infantry divisions were only 50,000 people, plus the 30,000 people on the front line, it was only 80,000 people, and it still did not play a decisive role in the overall situation. Unless a part of the troops from South Manchuria is mobilized to the north, after all, there are more than a dozen divisions stationed there, nearly 300,000 troops, and more than 100,000 Manchurian defense forces. Yukio Kasahara said with a frown. …,

"No, the troops of South Manchu must not be mobilized, although there are many troops in South Manchuria, but their enemy is far more powerful than the troops of the first line of Shuangliao, their commander is the uncle of Han, his strategic level is extremely high, ranking 12th on the Imperial Special High-tech Nirvana, and that Shen Cai ranks 76th, the two cannot be compared at all. Gather the 3 infantry divisions first, although 50,000 people do not play a decisive role, but it can ensure that the troops on the Shuangliao front line will not be eaten by the people of China in a short period of time, and the 109th Division and the 2nd Manchurian Guards Division will also be sent over, in addition, the Manchurian government can also mobilize at least 2 mixed brigades and regiments on the periphery of Xinjing, and send them together, these troops add up to 85,000 people, and it should not be a problem to resist the large army of China for a period of time, and all the aviation units will be transferred to them, with these supports, It may not be easy for the people of China to eat these troops in a short period of time, as long as they hold on for 10 days, then after the reinforcements of those 5 divisions and regiments arrive, the people of China will not want to defeat us, and they will not want to make a breakthrough from here. "Yamada Otozomichi.

"Your Excellency the Commander is wise!" Yukio Kasawara said.

Although both Lieutenant General Yukio Kasawara and Otsuzo Yamada are aware of the drawbacks of doing so, this is the only way to do it at the moment, and there is no better way to rescue it.

"Kasahara-kun, pass the order, order that bastard of Jingguan Takasho to immediately go back to the front line of Shuangliao to command the battle, and withdraw all the remaining imperial troops to the front line of Shuangshan and Wang Ben to hold there, and never allow a step back. In addition, the defenders in the rear were immediately ordered to assemble at the headquarters"

"Hay!"

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