"One division is enough!" Terauchi Shou looked at the map for a long time, and finally focused on it. "Your Excellency General, at present, the Imperial Army is on the offensive, the strategic initiative is in my hands, and the Chinese Army is on the defensive passively. Xiaguan estimated that the main force of the Chinese army was now concentrating on the front line of the Hutou Fortress, and if the imperial army attacked there more rapidly, the more their attention and strength would be concentrated on the Hutou Fortress, and they would definitely not launch a counteroffensive elsewhere. He paused for a moment, and then added: "And tomorrow, the First Army will launch a campaign to force the crossing of Heilongjiang, and at that time, the Zhina Army will definitely be in chaos, and there will be absolutely no extra troops and energy to invest in the battle of the two cities." "Novel chapters are updated the fastest

At first glance, his words sound quite reasonable. Kawai Cao nodded slightly, and seemed to agree. The temple lightly pointed to the Tiger Head Fortress on the map, and said: "The victory in this war can only be achieved by attack, not by defense!" Our focus is on the west bank of the Ussuri River! Only by gathering the main forces of the Northeast Front on the west bank of the Ussuri River will it be possible for the empire to win the war! Win Manchuria! He turned around, faced Hehecao, snapped upright, and said loudly: "I implore Your Excellency to transfer the 9th Division and the 11th Division to the front line of Hutou Xin'antu!" ”

Kawai Cao seemed to be still hesitating, he Nagata Tieshan. "Nagata-kun, do you think it's impossible for the Zhina Army to plan an attack on the Twin Cities?" His eyes were fixed on the Twin Cities. "That's the seven inches of the entire Far Eastern Army, once it is lost...... But you're going to lose everything! """" Novel chapters are updated the fastest

"Your Excellency, you can't think like that." Nagata Tetsuyama's eyebrows tightened more and more. "The biggest dilemma of the empire now is that it is not enough to sustain itself. Therefore, the most aggressive offensive tactics must be adopted. If you think too much about defense," he said, pointing to the Far Eastern states and North Korea on the map, "there are holes everywhere." All the defense lines are very thin, it is impossible to be foolproof, even if all 20 divisions of the army are armed, it is not enough! Moreover, as the chief of staff of the temple said, it is impossible for the empire to win by defense, so the lower officials also supported the transfer of the 9th and 11th divisions to the front line of Hutou Xin'antu. Speaking of this, he suddenly took a deep breath and muttered: "It is better to use the six divisions in the country for the Manchurian battlefield in the Far East." The battle in Shanghai seems to have been a bit of a contribution...... Now the forces of the Manchurian operation are so tight. It is a bit ...... to also put five divisions in the country"

Kawai Cao smiled faintly: "Just fighting in Manchuria, the government of China will not sue for peace...... We broke the Manchurian army in China. Chang Ruiqing will not sue for peace, let alone be overthrown by his political enemies, and China will not fall into chaos...... Moreover, the Manchurian Army in China had already shown their defensive capabilities, and the four divisions of the Imperial Army did not break a single of their corps in three days! Even if the surprise attack of the First Army succeeds. The Korean army and five divisions of the country were thrown into Manchuria. I'm afraid it can only be a miserable result, right? Will we still have the strength to attack the Kannai of China at that time? I'm afraid I don't even have the strength to deal with the counterattack of the Shina army in Kannai, right? ”

"If the Manchurian army is destroyed, the Soviet Union will definitely join the war, and the empire will win!" Nagata said loudly. "The accession of the USSR was the only way for the empire to win, and to draw the USSR into the war, a decisive victory in Manchuria was necessary! Your Excellency, Commander, please give up the battle in Shanghai and concentrate your forces on Manchuria! ”

"Nagata-kun." Kawai's face was already on board. "The Shanghai operation is a decision made by His Excellency the Prime Minister and the Ministry of War, and we should not criticize it. Our responsibility is to use the forces we have. Win the Manchurian Campaign! He paused, and then said, "I have approved the transfer of the 9th Division and the 11th Division for the construction of the Hutou Xin'an Land Line. ”

Nagata Tetsuyama and Terauchi Shouichi glanced at each other, Nagata stepped forward and said loudly: "Your Excellency, General, then please ask Your Excellency to propose to the military headquarters to build a plan and let the Korean army attack north of the Yalu River!" ”

Kawai frowned. The Far Eastern Army and the North Korean Army are on the same level, and the commander of the Far East Army will give instructions to the actions of the North Korean Army, I am afraid that it will arouse the disgust of the North Korean Army, right? In addition, this time, in order to carry out the 'Qi' operation of Nagata Tieshan, three divisions have been transferred from the Korean Army, and now there are only four divisions left in the Korean Army. Moreover, the tasks of the North Korean army are also very arduous, on the one hand, they have to suppress the Korean localities, and on the other hand, they have to confront the Chinese army north of the Yalu River, and the use of troops is already stretched, and if they attack the north of the Yalu River, it is really beyond the ability of the North Korean army.

"Alright, that's it!" Seeing that Terauchi and Nagata still wanted to build a yì, Kawai Cao waved his hand impatiently: "This official will propose to the military department to build a yì, so now hurry up and make a plan for the transfer of the ninth and eleventh divisions." By the way, the defenses of Terauchi-kun, Shuangcheng and Shioura cannot be relaxed...... It is better to mobilize the pioneers and organize the young and strong people of Shuangcheng and Yanpu to make up for the lack of strength of the imperial army. ”

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And at this time, in the war room of the Military Commission in Tangshan, Nanjing. Chang Ruiqing, Bai Chongxi, and Zhao Zhen also gathered in front of the sand table to discuss the military situation.

"Something is wrong!" Chang Ruiqing crossed his waist and looked at the line of the Ussuri River on the electric sand table, and slowly muttered: "The Japanese fought with the 2nd Division north of the Tiger Head Fortress for two and a half days, but they have not really formed a breakthrough. Now the 67th and 69th regiments of the 2nd Division are still holding on to the original defensive line, but the defense line of the 6th regiment, which is farthest from the Hutou Fortress, has been broken through, and the resistance of the 6th regiment along the Linhai Highway is also very successful...... This is the combat power of six divisions of the Japanese army? In addition, the Far Eastern Army had eleven divisions, the Korean Army should have five or six divisions, and now only fierce battles have taken place on the front line of the Tiger Head Fortress, and the rest of the place is unusually calm, what are the Japanese pondering? Brother Jiansheng, Brother Lin, what is your opinion? ”

"The Japanese army's appearance is indeed a little weak," Bai Chongxi nodded, and seemed to feel the same way. "It's likely that what they're putting into Tiger Head Fortress isn't really the main force. According to the report of the First Army, the Japanese put into the preparation of artillery fire before the general offensive only 50 to 0 heavy guns of more than 00mm. Moreover, since the beginning of the fighting, there have been only three large-scale shellings. One of them was an hour. Both times it was half an hour, both for the shelling of the positions of the 6th Regiment. This kind of firepower really doesn't look like the main attack, Yaoru. I, the Japanese, shouldn't be like us, putting the main attack on the front line of the Shuangcheng Suifenhe, right? ”

Zhao Zhen looked at the map for a long time, his eyes were on the area of the Yalu River, frowning and thinking hard, and he said after a while: "The current battle is a battle of national fortunes between China and Japan!" Neither side should have reservations. There are twenty standing divisions in Japan! It stands to reason that they should all be involved. How could it be possible to let three or four divisions attack in the area of the Ussuri River, and the remaining sixteen or seventeen divisions sit in the scenery? Japan must be planning something bigger. He paused, and then said, "I guess the biggest possibility is the idea of fighting Liaodong." The Japanese have always been very persistent in Tohoku...... Brother Yaoru, Brother Jiansheng, do you think it is possible for the Japanese to feint on the front line of the Ussuri River. Attract the main forces of our army to the east. At the same time, secretly transferred part of the main forces of the Far Eastern Army to North Korea and prepared to fight Liaodong? Our troops in Liaodong are very empty! ”

"It's possible!" Chang Ruiqing's face also became solemn. "There are still five divisions in Japan that have not moved, and their navy has not moved, so they are preparing for copying our back road! Brother Jiansheng. Are you going to send two more armies to the Northeast? ”

"Where?"

"Shanghai. Nanking. ”

"What should I do if Little Japan comes to Shanghai to land?" Bai Chongxi asked rhetorically.

"Shanghai?" Chang Ruiqing's brows tightened. The current situation in China and Japan is that every family has a scripture that is difficult to read! China's weakness is its weak navy, and Japan can launch a landing operation at almost any point along the Chinese coast! Therefore, the strength of the entire 0 infantry corps is now pinned down in the coastal provinces and cannot move.

"Then send an army north! The First Army in the Pingjin area was transferred to Liaodong and Liaoxi. "Chang Ruiqing

After thinking about it, he said: "I will send another telegram to remind the Northeast Front Army, and ask them to strengthen the defense of the Yalu River, Liaodong, and Liaoxi fronts, and beware of the Japanese army launching a joint offensive by sea and land." ”

"Brother Yaoru," Zhao Zhen seemed to think of something. "What should we do if the Japanese army pretends to pass through the Soviet Union and goes around to the north of Heilongjiang to launch a surprise attack?"

Chang Ruiqing sneered: "Then thank God!" The Heilongjiang River is hundreds of kilometers away from the hinterland of the northeast, relying on the two laps of the Japanese. I can't get there for ten days and half a month. By then, the Twin Cities have already been defeated, and they will be waiting to be defeated by us! ”

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The Soviet Far East. Birobidzhan.

On the flagpole on the roof of the building of the Birobidzhan County Committee of the Communist Party of the United States of America, the bright red party flag was still flying high at this time. However, sitting in the office of the secretary of the Birobidzhan County Party Committee was Muto Nobuyoshi, a lieutenant general of the Japanese Army and commander of the First Army. According to the tacit agreement reached between Japan and the Soviet Union, the Japanese army that "forcibly" borrowed the road in Birobidzhan can be said to have committed no crime in the autumn! Even the furnishings in the office of the secretary of the county party committee have not changed at all, with portraits of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Trotsky hanging on the walls, and two small party flags planted on the desk that His Excellency the Lieutenant General is now using. The bookshelves in the office are neatly arranged in Russian editions of The Complete Works of Marx and Engels, Lenin's Selected Works, and Trotsky's Selected Works. Sitting in such an office, Muto Nobuyoshi was really uncomfortable.

"Report!" The voice of the head of the operations section of the First Army, Hayao Tada, rang out outside the office door.

"Come in."

Tada walked into the office with a copy of the document and placed it on Muto's desk with both hands, next to the Soviet GCD flag. "Your Excellency, Commander, this is the report of the 6th Division, and the reconnaissance detachments sent by their organization have returned safely. The deployment of the Chinese army in this area is very lax, there are only a few local security forces, and there is no fortification on the south bank of the Heilongjiang River. The nearest regular army was stationed in Tongjiang County and Sanjiangkou Fortress, and all the troops of the Ninth Fortress Brigade of the Zhina Army were stationed, with only 5,000 people at most. ”

"Sanjiangkou Fortress? Is it sturdy? Muto Nobuyoshi stood up and walked over to the military map hanging on the wall. Tada Jun also followed, pointing to the confluence of the Heilongjiang and Songhua rivers on the map and said: "This is the mouth of the three rivers, there is a fortress built by the Chinese army, but it is not as strong as the Tiger Head Fortress, according to the information provided by the Soviet side, the fortress is mainly equipped with 05mm cannons, which are used to deal with the Amur River Fleet of the Soviet Red Army." ”

"Has the situation of Fujin and Jiamusi been clarified?"

"Jiamusi has a division of the 0th Army of Zhina, and there is no defense of the Zhina Army in Fujin County." Tada's answer was also provided by Soviet intelligence.

Nobuyoshi Muto smiled with satisfaction. "It's so empty! The surprise attack has been successful. Order the 6th Division and the 1st Cavalry Group to cross the river tonight. The 6th Division surrounded the Sanjiangkou fortress with the strength of a brigade, and the main force of the division captured the county seat of Tongjiang. The 1st Cavalry Group rushed to Fujin County and must occupy it before 7 July. The main force of the army must also complete the crossing by July 7. My headquarters is located in Tongjiang County. ”

With Muto Nobuyoshi's order. Nearly 10,000 officers and men of the 6th Division and the 1st Cavalry Group of the Japanese Army, who had been waiting on the edge of the Heilongjiang River for a long time, took advantage of the darkness of the night to start forcibly crossing the Heilongjiang River. Unlike the forced crossing of the Ussuri River, the defense of the Sino-Soviet border is empty at present, and the south bank of the Heilongjiang River is not fortified. In just one night, the infantry of the 6th Division and the cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Group all crossed the Heilongjiang River, and the engineers of the 6th Division also erected three pontoon bridges on the Heilongjiang River about 5 kilometers from the Sanjiangkou fortress. Then the 30,000-strong army was divided into three routes according to Muto Nobuyoshi's orders. All the way to surround the fortress of Sanjiangkou. Rushing all the way to Tongjiang County, he occupied the county seat after annihilating the hundreds of Chinese infantry stationed in the city, and at the same time sent troops to sweep the Chinese towns on both sides of the Songhua River. All the way, it ran 7 or 0 kilometers away from Fujin County. Along the way, they defeated the resistance of the Chinese security forces and border police, and on the afternoon of July 6, they occupied the chaotic county town of Fujin. The next three Japanese divisions also crossed the Heilongjiang River and stepped into the Chinese territory!

This surprise attack by the Japanese army seems to have achieved complete results and succeeded.

And at the same time. The Soviet government in Moscow also issued a solemn statement. Strongly protest against the Japanese army without permission. The operation to force the passage of Guò into Soviet territory and demand that the Japanese troops withdraw completely within 24 hours, and that compensation be made for the resulting losses......

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Shenyang Beidaying, the General Headquarters of the Northeast Front Army.

When the news of the Japanese army's raid on Tongjiang through the Soviet Union was sent by telegram to the defenders of the Sanjiangkou fortress. The first reaction of all the officers in this headquarters, including General Guo Songling, commander-in-chief of the Northeast Front Army, and General Wei Gang, the French adviser, was extremely surprised!

The senior generals gathered in the war room and repeatedly deduced the flags on the map sand table in an attempt to find out the purpose of the Japanese army's move. Of course, these people also realized that the Japanese attack north of the Tiger Head Fortress might be a feint. However, in the inference of these people, the real target of the Japanese attack should be the Suifen River or the Sino-Korean border. Even if the navy was used to transport a few divisions to attack Shanghai, it was possible. No one would have thought that the Soviet Union and Japan would be so shameless and colluded to play the trick of sneak attack!

But what was the purpose of the Japanese army's sneak attack on Tongjiang?

To attack Harbin? The straight-line distance from Tongjiang to there is 500 kilometers! The Japanese army didn't have much mechanization, so how long did it take to march on two legs? And even if they take down Harbin, what can it do? Waiting for the squadron to surround them? This is obviously impossible.

Or from the Tongjiang River to the south. Passing through the great meadows and vast forests of the Great Northern Wilderness, directly inserting into the back of the Tiger Head Fortress, and attacking the Japanese army facing the Tiger Head Fortress head-on? This is a slight possibility, but the forest sea in the northwest of the Tiger Head Fortress is not so easy to get through. They are all primeval forests that have not been cut down for hundreds of years, and there is no road from the north to the south, and such forests are not easy for large armies to enter and exit.

Therefore, a vote of Chinese and foreign military experts deduced that the most reliable route for the Japanese army to march should be to first fight west along the Songhua River to Jiamusi, and then turn back to the south to lay down the Qitai River. Cut off the connection between the Tiger Head Fortress and the Eastern Railway, and it is even possible to continue to attack the Mudanjiang River in the south and cut off all the rear roads of the Eastern Front Squadron!

"Hehe," as the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Front Army, General Guo Songling, who was in charge of the overall situation of the war in the Northeast, actually showed a relaxed smile after roughly understanding the movements of the Japanese army, and he looked at the expressionless French General Wei Gang below and said: "There are about four Japanese divisions on the front line of the Tiger Head Fortress, and now there are three or four divisions of Japanese troops around Tongjiang, and there are at least four divisions in Korea...... These are twelve divisions, and according to intelligence, there are still five divisions in Japan that have not moved. That is, on the front line of Twin Cities and Vladivostok, there are at most three divisions. There was a glint of excitement in his eyes: "Mr. Admiral, your plan has been successful!" ”

"There are also five divisions...... Where are their goals? ”

Chang Ruiqing gently put down the urgent telegram he had just received from the Northeast Front Army, rubbed his slightly swollen temples and muttered to himself.

"Commission, do you want to invite Chief of Staff Bai and Minister Zhao over?" When Chang Ruiqing's face was hesitant, the new adjutant Chen Cheng asked for instructions in a low voice.

Chang Ruiqing was silent for a while, but still shook his head and said, "No need, let's ask Minister Cheng of the Navy and Colonel Cunningham, the Chief Adviser of the Navy, to come over." He smiled slightly, as if to say to himself, "I also have a surprise mission to be arranged." (To be continued.) )