Chapter 515 Defend Jinzhou Bay

Shinkyo (長chūn), the General Headquarters of the Kwantung Army.

Yoshimoto Sadachi, chief of the General Staff of the Kwantung Army, walked into Umezu Mijiro's office with a blushing face, and reported angrily before he could close his feet: "Your Excellency Marshal, the North Manchurian Garrison Command is in an emergency, and Manchuria has been attacked!" ”

"What?" Umezu Mijiro Huo Ran stood up and said in disbelief, "Manchuria is attacked!?" ”

"Hello." Yoshimoto Sadachi suddenly bowed his head and said, "The Shina Army has dispatched at least two divisions of airborne troops!" ”

"Yaga, Yaga, Yalu!" Umezu Mijiro slashed his saber viciously on the desk, and then gritted his teeth and roared, "Why didn't the Manchurian Garrison Headquarters report to the General Headquarters as soon as possible?" Why did two hours pass to report to the General Command? ”

"Your Excellency, Marshal!" Yoshimoto said miserably, "Before the large-scale airborne, a large plane of the Chinese army first flew over Manchuria, and it is likely that an electric interference system was installed on this large aircraft, which caused all the radio transmission systems in Manchuria to fail, and the telephone lines on the ground were cut off by the special forces of China who had been airborne on a small scale in advance, and it was not until not long ago that the cavalry correspondent sent the news to nearby Hailar, and the telegram was sent!" ”

Umezu Mijiro gasped in horror and said awe-inspiringly, "Yoshimoto-kun, what do you think?" ”

Yoshimoto Sadachi shook his head solemnly, and said gloomily: "The main forces of the Kwantung General Army have all been transferred to the South Manchurian region, and there are not many troops left in the entire North Manchuria, and there is only one garrison wing in Manchuria, while the Airborne Army in Manchuria has two divisions, and they are all the sharpest airborne troops, so ......"

Umezu Mijiro immediately picked up the microphone and wanted to call Okamura Ningji in Jinzhou, but after thinking about it, the situation in Jinzhou was the most tense moment, and Okamura Ningji may not be able to transfer troops back to help, and even if he transferred troops from South Manchuria to the north, he didn't know that it would be the Year of the Monkey when the reinforcements arrived in Manchuria, and at that time, the squadron had already run Manchuria as strong as an iron bucket.

At that moment, Umezu Mijiro strode to the wall, looked at the map on the wall, and said, "Yoshimoto-kun, how many regular troops are there in Northern Manchu right now?" And which unit was closest to Manchuria? ”

Yoshimoto Sadachi followed to the wall, pointed to the map, and said: "At present, there are only six infantry divisions stationed in North Manchuria, and the closest to Manchuria is the 177th Infantry Division stationed in Bogetu, however, due to the insufficient number of cars, the 177th Infantry Division has not been mechanized, and if you rush to Manchuria on foot, it will take at least five days!" ”

"Railway!" Umezu Mijiro said, "Isn't there a railway from Boketu to Manchuria?" Let the troops be reinforced by train! ”

"Your Excellency, the railroad has been destroyed." Yoshimoto said miserably, "Shortly before the emergency telegram for the attack on Manchuria arrived, several stations of the North Manchurian Railway Company called one after another, claiming that the railway facilities under its jurisdiction had been bombed by a large number of bombers from China, and that the North Manchurian Railway was ...... It's completely paralyzed. ”

Umezu Mijiro's face turned pale for a moment, but when his gaze moved north, it was suddenly like a drowning man discovering the straw floating on the water, and immediately said to Yoshimoto: "Russian army!" Isn't there still 20 infantry divisions and 2 tank divisions in the Far Eastern Military District? Immediately call the province of Waijiāo and send an urgent note to the Russian government, requesting the Russian army in the Far East to immediately move south to assist the imperial army in holding Manchuria! ”

Yoshimoto Sadachi shook his head and sighed: "Your Excellency Marshal, do you think that the bombers of the Shina Army will only bomb the railway facilities east of Manchuria?" No, the Chinese army will definitely take into account the possibility of the Russian army moving south, therefore, it will definitely send bombers to blow up the railway facilities west of Manchuria, and the road conditions at the border between Manchuria and the Russian army in the north, plus it is now a harsh winter, if it cannot rely on railway transportation, whether it is infantry or combat vehicles, it will be difficult to move an inch. ”

Umezu Mijiro's face suddenly became more and more pale, Yoshimoto Sadachi's analysis was undoubtedly correct, it was the middle of winter, the snow in North Manchu and the Far East was extremely thick, and it was a severe cold of more than 40 degrees Celsius below zero, the infantry marching in the field was simply suicidal, and it was impossible for the chariot to maneuver on the road.

"So what to do?" Mijiro said miserably, "If Manchuria cannot be quickly recaptured, the Chinese army will be able to establish an air transportation line between Manchuria and North China, and then the follow-up troops and equipment will be continuously transported to Manchuria, and it will be impossible for the imperial army to recapture Manchuria and open up the Trans-Siberian Railway." ”

"yes." Yoshimoto Zhen nodded and sighed again, "If the strategic Jiāo line of the Trans-Siberian Railway cannot be opened in time, then the crude oil transported from Kulen and the Far East will no longer be able to enter Manchuria, with Manchuria's crude oil reserves, within seven days, the refineries in Lushun and Yingkou will have no oil to refin, and then in ten days at most, our fighters, tanks and trucks will become a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron because of the exhaustion of fuel!" ”

"Damn the Shina people." Umezu Mijiro slumped back in his chair, his hands touching his face, ashamed, "How can I tell Okamura-kun about this?" The current decisive battle in South Manchuria is at a critical moment, and the North Manchuria, which I am in charge of, has made such a big mistake, I am really ashamed of Okamura-kun, ashamed of the Japanese Empire, and ashamed of His Majesty the Emperor......"

"Your Excellency, Marshal." Yoshimoto Sadachi perked up his spirit, "There is no other better way to do it now, on the one hand, we must urgently transfer the troops of Northern Manchuria to reinforce Manchuria, and on the other hand, we must also prepare for the worst, let Marshal Okamura find an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the Shina army as soon as possible, and do not let the war drag on for a long time." ”

Umezu Mijiro nodded blankly and said, "So far, it's just like this." ”

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Jinzhou Bay, the forward headquarters of the 8th Army.

Mr. Li is holding a pencil and sketching on the map, but he doesn't know what he is calculating?

In the sound of hurried footsteps, Chief of Staff Chen Dao hurriedly walked into the war room with a telegram, Chief of Staff Chen had irrepressible joy between his eyebrows, and immediately reported to General Li: "Commander, the headquarters is in an emergency, the airborne division has recovered Manchuria, and the two bomber squadrons have also blown up more than a dozen bridges and facilities at the east and west ends of Manchuria under the guidance of the special operations division!" ”

"Okay, great!" Mr. Li immediately slammed the pencil on the map, and said loudly, "Now that Manchuria has been taken, the strategic Jiāo line of the Trans-Siberian Railway will be cut off, and now, the throat of the two million Kwantung Army of Little Japan will be choked by us, as long as we hold out in Jinzhou for half a month, the Kwantung Army will definitely die!" ”

Chief of Staff Chen nodded excitedly, and then said worriedly: "But Commander, Okamura Ningji has already mobilized more than one million troops, more than 2,000 tanks and more than 3,000 mén heavy artillery on the eastern and western fronts, this Jinzhou is not easy to defend, do you ask the headquarters to send another 1 or 2 group armies to land in Jinzhou Bay to strengthen the defense line?" ”

"It doesn't have to be." Kuribe shook his head and said, "Jinzhou Bay is so big, and the next group army is already a little crowded, and if you transfer two more group armies, it will purely send cannon fodder to the little devil's heavy artillery group." After saying this, Mr. Li said confidently, "As for the heavy army cluster of the Kwantung Army, I have a way to deal with it." ”

"Oh?" Chief of Staff Chen excitedly said, "The commander already has a way to deal with it?" ”

"Hmm." General Li nodded, and immediately beckoned Chief of Staff Chen and more than a dozen division commanders and division chiefs to gather around him, then picked up a pencil and drew an arc on the map, explaining, "You see, I have ordered the engineer regiments directly under each division to dig an anti-tank trench around the entire defense area on the periphery of the defense area. ”

"With the interception of anti-tank trenches, it is no longer possible for the tank clusters of the Kwantung Army to directly assault our defense lines."

"Therefore, the duel between mechanized heavy army groups has become an anti-tank trench sabotage and counter-sabotage warfare, the number of tanks and heavy artillery of our group army is less than one-sixth of the Kwantung Army, but the short-range infantry suppression firepower equipped with each infantry division of our group army is superior to that of the Kwantung Army, especially the 8 72-tube vehicle-mounted rocket artillery battalions, which will play a vital blocking role!"

"Because the vehicle-mounted rocket artillery is highly maneuverable, it can run after fighting, and it can even run while fighting, so it is difficult for the Kwantung Army's heavy artillery group to implement effective artillery suppression, and if the Kwantung Army's tank group reaches the front of the close trench to provide fire support to the engineers, the army aviation division's armed helicopter group can strike at a low altitude."

"Although the number of armed helicopters of the army aviation division is small, its special attack method of hovering at low altitude is beyond the effective resistance of tanks, and if the Kwantung Army forcibly dispatches tank clusters or self-propelled guns to provide fire support to the engineers before filling the anti-tank trenches, then they will not only fill in the anti-tank trenches, but they will also lose the ability to continue the offensive because of the excessive loss of tanks or self-propelled guns!"

"In addition, when the Kwantung Army dispatched tank groups and self-propelled artillery groups to cover the infantry to forcibly break through the anti-tank trenches, the naval artillery groups of the 8th Heavy Artillery Division and the naval battleships and cruisers could also suppress the Japanese artillery fire, and the lethality of the naval guns needless to say is needless to say, even the German Tiger heavy tanks will definitely die if they are hit by a single shot."

"Of course, in the middle and late stages of the campaign, the air force will also participate in the battle and provide strong fire support to our group army, because compared with the aviation group of the Kwantung Army, our Siye Air Force occupies a considerable advantage, and as the air battle continues to deepen, it will be more and more difficult to replenish the losses of the Kwantung Army's air force, and the superiority of our air force will also become greater and greater."

"To sum up, my conclusion is that under the premise of the coordinated operation of the air force, navy and army aviation units, there is every chance to block the tank sea of the Kwantung Army by using infantry to cooperate with anti-tank trenches!"