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Chapter 1678 is the best policy

In the early hours of the morning, Tatarsk, theater of operations rooms. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Hu Jialin, who rushed back urgently, was listening to Huang Zhi explain the battle situation.

"At present, Xiao Wu's corps and Hu Jiyang's corps, all the way east from Barnaul, to the western foot of the Salaire Mountains, have occupied the town of Stepnoy in the west of Artaysk. Coincidentally, an independent brigade under the jurisdiction of the Seventh Army of the Japanese Army, which happened to be from east to west, was ready to deploy at the edge of the forest, but was beaten by Xiao Wubing's fierce punch and could not find the north.

"Yang Jiuxiao led the three group armies and the troops directly under his command, after crossing the Ob River, all the way north along the railway line, and has now reached Ozerki, so far, there has been no contact with the Japanese army;

"On the Kupino front, as early as three days ago, Dong Jinming, under the leadership of a local Kazakh guide, led the First Army of the Northern Military Region to the east, crossing Lake Chane and its two main tributaries, and has now entered the Yarki area, and no trace of Japanese troops has been found along the way.

"Finally, there was the general attack of the Li Jinlong Front on the Japanese defense line east of Tatarsk. In this battle, Li used all the tanks, coupled with the fierce assault of the four divisions of the Seventh Army, the Japanese army retreated on all fronts, and the rest retreated into the city of Karachi in Ozero, and the attack on the city is currently underway! ”

After hearing this, Hu Jialin asked a little strangely: "I knew about the reduction of the Japanese army's front-line strength long before I returned to Xufu, but the Japanese army always has three corps, a total of 12 divisions and a number of mixed brigades and independent brigades, so it shouldn't be so unreasonable, right?" I remember that in your battle plan, you only took on a feint attack on the front in order to attract the Japanese army to draw forces south and southeast of Novosibirsk and create conditions for victory on the eastern front, why can't the Japanese army withstand even our first wave of offensive now? ”

Huang Zhi shrugged: "I also feel strange that the Japanese army collapsed too quickly...... However, it is also possible that our air force has made a great contribution, when the shelling began today, the Japanese artillery fired back very hard, but after being bombed by our air force continuously, the Japanese artillery was dumb, and then later, no matter how we ***, they did not return fire, is it that the artillery was cleaned up by us? ”

Hu Jialin came to the map, and he couldn't get the essentials for a long time, when Chen Mingzhen, the director of the communications department, walked into the war room and handed Hu Jialin a telegram marked top secret.

After reading it, Hu Jialin looked strange. Huang Zhi was a little strange, walked over and took the telegram, looked around after reading it, and smiled dumbly:

"It turns out that little Japan will also empty the city, his grandmother's, we are facing only four divisions, I said why is it so unbeatable! The commander suggested that we go after it, and that was exactly what I wanted...... I don't know how the battle is going on the front line, if nothing else, the city of Ozerokarraci can be recovered tomorrow, and then we will follow the Trans-Siberian Railway all the way to the west without resting, chasing it and chasing it! ”

Hu Jialin said with emotion: "Xiao Yi's telegram came in time! If we had acted quickly, we might have been able to recover the loss of plant equipment in the Kmirovo-Temirtau region...... Lao Huang, do you think you have called Xiao, Hu and Yang Jiuxiao separately and asked them to speed up the march? ”

"I'm for it!"

Huang Zhimei said with a flying eyebrow: "Let's knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, so that it can't take care of the beginning and the end, after all, the transportation capacity of the Siberian railway is limited, and it is not so easy for them to rush to transport materials, coupled with the continuous harassment of our Mongolian Military Region, the Japanese army wants to transport those machinery and equipment to the Far East, and it is impossible without trains!" ”

Hu Jialin's eyes fell on the map of the large area of coal and iron mines and industrial areas in Kemirovo-Temirtau:

"If we can preserve this industrial area intact, I am confident that we can fight the Soviet Union and the Japanese army to the end with our own strength! Consider that there are more than 350 factories and enterprises in the region, covering almost all industrial sectors, especially the coal reserves of the Kuzbass and Minusinsk coalfields in the region, which are said to be larger than the reserves of the famous Donbas coal mines in the Soviet Union, plus the iron ore mines of Terbes and Abagen, you can imagine how rich that is. Therefore, for the regions under our control to develop greatly, the Kemirovo region must be in our hands! ”

"What if the Far Eastern Republic asks us?" Huang Zhi asked with some concern.

"Not yet!"

Hu Jialin said categorically: "Now the Far Eastern Army is under great pressure, they have at least two million Soviet troops in front of them, and the Far Eastern Army suffered the defeat in the Battle of Kirov, plus the loss of troops on the Eastern Front, the strength has shrunk to about 1.5 million, these troops have to guard the 1,000-kilometer hilly defense line from Kamyshin in the south to Yar in the north, and they also have to divide their troops to hold the industrial center cities such as Saratov, Ulyanovsk, Kazan, and Perm, and it is simply impossible to transfer troops to the Eastern Front to intercept the Japanese army."

"Now, the Far East has a relationship with us, and with the harvest of autumn grain, their logistics are gradually becoming dependent on us. In this case, the top brass of the Far Eastern Army will not make non-cent demands. Moreover, even if they mention it, Lao Tzu will block them back! ”

"That's it!"

Huang Zhi nodded solemnly: "Even if it is for the sake of future generations, we must occupy this coal and iron center, and no one can snatch it!" ”

......

Novosibirsk, conference room of the command of the Japanese Front.

Due to the frequent calls from the two generals Kazuki Kiyoji and Hata Shunroku, who were holding on to Ozerokarachi, Marshal Imotonomiya Morisho called an emergency meeting, and all the military commanders who were supervising the dismantling of the production line and machinery and equipment were all present.

As Hu Jialin predicted, due to the limitation of railway capacity, the Japanese army had just completed the dismantling of the factories and enterprises in Novosibirsk City, and so far only a small part of them had been transported, and the equipment in the Kemirovo Industrial Zone had not yet begun to be dismantled, let alone packed and transported.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the choice of the base camp against Siberia must be clear to everyone, originally we thought that the people of China would have to rest for at least a month or two before they could attack us and me, and we would have been able to retreat calmly. But judging from the current situation, if the enemy does not give us this opportunity, how should we deal with it next? ”

After King Rimoto Shosho finished speaking, he looked at the generals under his command expectantly.

The commander of the Fifth Army, General Yamada Oto, said solemnly: "Of course, it will be a bloody battle to the end, and we will never back down...... I don't believe it, if you concentrate the strength of my eight armies, you can't win the Anjia army......"

"Yamada-kun—"

General Yoshiyuki Kawashima, commander of the Seventh Army, stood up, bowed deeply, and then said bitterly: "It's not that I'm afraid of war, but since the end of last month, the base camp has not allocated us a box of ammunition or a grain of grain. In addition, in order to avoid unnecessary attrition, the Imperial Army Aviation had been completely evacuated a week ago, and the skies of Western Siberia were no longer owned by us.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I heard that in today's artillery battle, the First Army and the Third Army bombed each other's planes, and all the shells were exhausted, more than 200 artillery pieces were destroyed, and the artillery was also lost. Subsequently, the four divisions of the First and Third Armies placed on the front line were routed by the influx of tanks from the opposing side.

"Gentlemen, please listen to me, on the flat steppe, it is obviously unwise to confront mechanized troops with tanks and armored vehicles, our imperial warriors are not afraid of sacrifice, but sacrifice must be valuable, in the case of air supremacy owned by the other party, ammunition and food are not sufficient, rashly choose to fight with the other party, this is a consumption of the empire's national strength, so I do not agree with the other party at this time."

"Running away without a fight is the act of a coward! The reason why His Excellency Nogi Noshinori is known as the god of war is because of his spirit of not admitting defeat without fear of sacrifice and resolutely moving forward! If you don't want to bring shame on your family, just retreat! The commander of the Eighth Army, General Matsui Ishone, said coldly.

Yoshiyuki Kawashima raised his head: "I'd rather be treated as a coward than make a senseless sacrifice!" Matsui-kun, please don't forget who our current opponent is? If he was really willing to die and would not give in, who escaped with his troops in Shanghai in the first place? Why didn't you disembowelment at that time to thank His Majesty the Emperor for his kindness? ”

"You-"

Matsui Ishine stood up angrily, pointed at Kawashima Yoshiyuki, and was speechless for a long time.

"Bang Bang—"

General Koichi Ishikawa, chief of staff of the front army, clapped his hands and stood up, and said with a smile: "Matsui-kun might as well sit down and think about it calmly, I think that in Shanghai, Your Excellency's choice was extremely correct!" Although the empire has a population of nearly 100 million, there are only about 40 million men, and only about 10 million young and middle-aged people. Weapons and ammunition can be manufactured, once people pass away, they cannot be resurrected, especially experienced veterans, they are the most valuable wealth of the empire, once they are consumed needlessly, then the combat effectiveness of the emperor team will be seriously affected in the short term.

"All the kings here have the courage to fight the enemy to the death, but can they really compete with steel with just human flesh? Will our warriors be able to destroy the planes, artillery and tanks of the opposing side with the courage to die? If that's the case, Ishikawa doesn't mind being the first to die! But what are the facts? I don't think there's anything to praise other than adding glory to the opponent! We must put the safety of the Empire and His Majesty the Emperor above and leave our personal honor and face behind! Therefore, Ishikawa believes that today's plan, an orderly retreat is the best policy! ”

"But if you flee without a fight like this, it's not easy to explain in China, right?" The commander of the Fourth Army, General Kotaro Nakamura, said with some hesitation.

Marshal Rimoto Palace Shosho and Ishikawa Koichi glanced at each other, and then asked the guards to take out a telegram and raise it in their hands: "Gentlemen, this is the order that the base camp issued as soon as they heard that the An Jiajun had launched an attack on me. The base camp decided that the preservation of the army would be the first priority, and as soon as we withdrew to the area east of Lake Baikal, it would be safe! The mountains and roads are difficult to navigate, and the Empire has built permanent fortifications and stockpiled plenty of food and ammunition to keep us going. As for the machinery and equipment in the areas under our control, we will take them away if they can be taken away, and if they are not taken away, they will be blasted and destroyed, and they must not be left to the An Jiajun! ”

The reason why King Morimasa of Rihongu did not read out the order at the first time was that there has always been a tradition of subordination in the Japanese army, and only after full debate can these unruly generals sort out the pros and cons of the pros and cons that they can accept it rationally, otherwise the meeting will be turned upside down from the very beginning.

The generals exchanged heads and whispered, all of them were surprised that the base camp had made a decision so quickly.

Yamada Otozo sneered and said: "I'm afraid this is the plan made by Ishihara Waner's puppet, first to give up the Western Siberia at his fingertips, and now even the western part of Eastern Siberia has to be ceded to the enemy, I can't believe that this is a decision that the supreme commander of the empire can make!" ”

"Enough!"

Koichi Ishikawa stood up and changed color: "Yamada-senpai, please don't forget that it was under the leadership of Ishihara-kun that the empire went from one victory to another!" Now that Germany has won a decisive victory over Poland, the next step will be to turn the spearhead at France, and if Germany dominates the continent as their Führer claims, the British rule in Asia will also be devastated! Ishihara-kun's farsightedness and resolute abandonment of the Siberian region, which would occupy a large number of our troops, and the accumulation of troops in Lanyin, is a sign of great wisdom and courage.

"Senior Yamada, you have served as the principal of the Army Cavalry School, the Army Communications School and the Army Non-commissioned Officer School for a long time, and you must be more adept at choosing the overall strategic situation than Ishikawa. Although Siberia is rich in mineral deposits, how much manpower and material resources are needed to develop it? How many troops will we need to send to hold it? And Australia, India, Myanmar and other places, in terms of mineral deposits are not inferior to Siberia, in terms of the degree of development is a hundred times that of Siberia, coupled with endless human resources, is it not a hundred times stronger than the current empty treasure vain sigh? ”

Yamada Otozo's face changed, and after a while, he suddenly stood up, and just when everyone thought that the veteran army general was roaring back at Koichi Ishikawa, he suddenly bowed ninety degrees:

"Your Excellency, thank you for your kind words. I'm ashamed, Yamada Rongma has been a whole life, but he still can't let go of his son, and he is ashamed to serve under his juniors! Just now, you drank it in the head, so that Yamada came to his senses in time...... Ishihara-kun's vision was indeed beyond Yamada's reach, and his series of layouts allowed the empire to avoid getting bogged down in the war in China, and in time to move south to occupy the Lanyin Islands, and later regain the Far East, turning the Sea of Japan into the Empire's inland sea..... Yamada asked himself if he didn't have such insight, and he would never dare to criticize it in the future! ”

Koichi Ishikawa hurriedly stretched out his hand and held Yamada Otozo: "The seniors are polite, I think the right advice, Chief of Staff Ishihara will still listen, now the international situation is in an era of change, as long as I don't make mistakes in the strategic decision-making of the Empire of Japan, and create a prosperous empire that belongs to the great power and nation, the sun never sets, no problem, please ask the seniors to encourage Ishikawa!" ”

Seeing that this farce ended in a comedy, there was warm applause in the conference room.

Subsequently, the meeting made a decision that the 1st and 3rd armies would urgently retreat to the city of Barabinsk at night, join up with the four divisions there, and continue to delay the advance of the squadron by relying on the defensive line constructed in advance, and the 4th Army would build fortifications in Kargat and Churem respectively to block the attack of the Anjia army. The 2nd, 5th, 6th, and 7th armies abandoned the dismantling of machinery and equipment and moved eastward, while the 8th Army remained responsible for blasting factories, enterprises, and mines, while blocking the gap south of Novosibirsk to cover the retreat of the whole army.

At this time, due to the rapid collapse of an independent brigade sent by the Japanese army to Altaiysk, the front command had not yet discovered the eastward advance of the Anjia army, which created the conditions for the Anyi group to completely bring Kemirovo-Temirtau under its control.

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