In the Kwantung Army Headquarters of the Kwantung Army, with one bad news after another, through electricity, it reached the ears of General Mitsu Ishiro at the first time. For a time, as the supreme commander of the Kwantung Army, he unknowingly became several years old all of a sudden.

As the Northeast Field Army took the initiative to stop the offensive and the enemy and our armies temporarily fell into a brief phase of confrontation, the stubborn-looking commander General Mitsu kept himself in his office for a full day before slowly walking out of the office under the expectant gaze of all the senior officers in the headquarters......

Seeing the commander in front of him, Lieutenant General Toshima Botaro, who still had a stubborn face and no spirit, as the chief of staff, plucked up his courage and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, through the efforts of the General Staff, in this counteroffensive of the Northeast Field Army, all the battle losses of various combat units of our Kwantung Army have been counted......"

Seeing that the commander in front of him nodded, Lieutenant General Toshima Fangtai quickly took out a list. Then he spoke.

"After this battle, the entire Liaoning Province, half of the southern part of Jilin, and half of the southeastern part of Heilongjiang fell into the hands of the Northeast Field Army, ......and at the same time, in the battle that lasted for more than a week, our Kwantung Army lost a total of seven field divisions, with a total strength of 140,000 people...... At present, the units of the Kwantung Army stationed in various localities have changed their strategic offensive to strategic defense in accordance with the orders of the headquarters. At the same time, the whole army has entered a state of combat readiness to prevent the Northeast Field Army from launching a new offensive ......",

"Baga, the entire 140,000 elite warriors of the imperial army, just like that, lost in this battle. Could it be that the invincible Kwantung Army troops in the world are about to be lost in my hands? No, absolutely not...... Chief of Staff, take me to the war room immediately, I must change the current situation that is unfavorable to my Kwantung Army......" After an angry scolding, General Mitsu ordered with a resolute face.

"Ha Yi ......"

In the war room, in contrast to the huge combat sand table, an operational staff officer told the latest troop deployment of the enemy and us in the three eastern provinces in the shortest possible time............

Seeing the sun flag representing the imperial army on the sand table in front of him, I don't know when it started, but unconsciously, it has been completely surrounded by the red flag representing the Northeast Field Army and the Suiyuan Eighth Route Army of the Soviet Red Army. Every time Mitsu had a look on General Lang's face, a trace of bitterness immediately appeared. After a short period of contemplation, he asked Lieutenant General Toshima Botaro, the chief of staff beside him.

"Chief of Staff, at present, our Kwantung Army troops have fallen into the heavy encirclement of the enemy, and the room for maneuver on the battlefield will become less and less...... You can make specific statistics, how much is the total strength of the Kwantung Army currently in our hands, and it should be ...... quickly",

In less than a few minutes, a list appeared in the hands of Botaro Toshima.

Facing the division commander in front of him, Lieutenant General Toshima Botaro said directly: "After statistics, there are still 13 A field divisions left in the entire Kwantung Army, 8

Newly formed divisional regiments, six separate field brigades, plus the corresponding armored units, artillery units.

The total number of troops is 650,000 ............",

Seeing that the commander in front of him nodded silently, Lieutenant General Toshima Fangtaro spoke: "In addition to these 650,000 field troops, in all the areas controlled by our Kwantung Army, there are about 150,000 garrison troops and about 200,000 Manchurian Army troops...... But

Because of the loss of the Mukden Arsenal, our Kwantung Army troops lost their only source of weapons, plus the reason for the formation of a new division regiment. The garrison of 350,000 men and the Manchurian Army were hardly equipped with any heavy weapons, and their combat effectiveness was almost negligible............"

"Chief of Staff, that is to say, the total number of troops we can use at the moment is only these 650,000 field troops. As for the remaining 350,000 troops, they can only serve as local garrison troops ...... at most," after a burst of sneering, General Mitsu asked rhetorically to the chief of staff in front of him.

"Ha Yi............ Your Excellency the Commander......"

Seeing the commander in front of him, once again falling into silence, Lieutenant General Toshima Botaro pointed to the combat sand table in front of him and continued to speak.

"Your Excellency, Commander, although we still have 650,000 troops at our disposal. However, excluding the 300,000 troops guarding against the Soviet Red Army in the Far East, plus the hundreds of thousands of troops guarding against the Suiyuan Eighth Route Army. The strength of the Northeast Field Army that can really deal with it is less than 250,000 people...... And these 250,000 troops also have to guard against a nearly 1,000-kilometer defense line starting from Xifeng Pass...... Therefore, in this way, the mobile forces in our hands can almost be called a ......", "Eight Grid Tooth Road, how is it possible." A year ago, our opponent, the Northeast Field Army, was surrounded by our heroic Kwantung Army troops in the Méng Mountains area.

In less than a year, our opponents surrounded us............ The comparison of forces between the enemy and us has also undergone earth-shaking changes, how is it possible, how can it be like this", "

Hearing the facts in front of him in reality, Mitsu immediately showed an incredible look on the face of General Lang, and couldn't help but ask.

"Hayi, Your Excellency Commander, although it is incredible, it has become a fact. I humbly believe that the urgent thing we need to delay now is how to save the remaining 650,000 troops of our Kwantung Army from suffering any meaningful losses. otherwise

Our Kwantung Army troops will face the end of existential existence in name only......", although the face of the chief of staff also showed an unwilling expression. However, the wise chief of staff, Lieutenant General Toshima Botaro, "was still the first to open his mouth to persuade him."

"Well, the Chief of Staff is right, now is not the time to hold accountable. The urgency of the delay now is how to hold this line of defense and block the new offensive that the Northeast Field Army may launch............" General Mitsu said very approvingly after sighing helplessly.

"Chief of Staff, at present, the field forces in our hands, except for defense, do not have any mobile forces at all. It's very bad for us on the defensive side...... Therefore, is it possible to transfer more than two field divisions from various places "as mobile forces in our hands to reinforce the ...... of the attacked area at any time", after a short thought, General Mitsu asked the chief of staff in front of him......,

Lieutenant General Toshima Botaro didn't think about the idea of the commander in front of him, and vetoed it very affirmatively: "Your Excellency the commander, it is absolutely impossible. In order to cope with the counteroffensive of the Northeast Field Army, we have replaced all the several field divisions and regiments defending against the Soviet Red Army with new divisions and regiments that have been in the army for less than half a year. In this battle, almost all of the more than 100,000 troops lost were the most elite field divisions of the Kwantung Army. If more than two field divisions were to be drawn from the Far East, "we would not have enough strength to deal with the possible robbery of the Soviet Red Army." When the time comes, we will really find ourselves in a situation where we are in the back and the back............ Eight grid Yalu, the cunning Shina people, the cunning Northeast Field Army "......" another angry curse "roared out of the mouth of General Mitsu Ishiro."

The opinion was completely rejected, and General Mitsu, who had a headache, could only close his eyes again and think of another solution.

Time passed in this way, minute by second. Just when the eyes of dozens of combat staff officers in the entire war room were all focused on the commander.

Mitsu, who was closing his eyes, opened his eyes decisively. Then, facing the chief of staff in front of him, he continued to ask.

"Chief of Staff, as far as I know, there are still nearly a million expatriates in the area controlled by my Kwantung Grass. Is it possible to "once again transfer 100,000 trained young men from among these bridge people and reorganize the strength of the three divisions......" Facing the commander's expectant gaze, Lieutenant General Toshima Botaro, although he wanted to nod affirmatively,

Give the commander of the division in front of him a little hope. However, the facts were in front of him, and the chief of staff could not hesitate on any part, and after a short period of thought, Lieutenant General Toshima Botaro did not hesitate at all, and shook his head very decisively. Then, under the puzzled gaze of the commander in front of him, he spoke.

"Your Excellency, Commander, with the current capabilities of the Kwantung Army, we no longer have the ability to form even one field division...... Half a year ago, in order to form fifteen new divisions, we exhausted almost all the strategic reserves of the Kwantung Army. At present, the few small arsenals in our hands are only able to produce a small number of rifles and ammunition, and these outputs can only supply the daily consumption of the troops, and are simply not enough to support the reorganization of our troops...... So, we already have no extra weapons in our hands, and the formation of three divisions, especially heavy weapons, is practically ......",

For a moment, the entire war room, including the commander Mitsu every time General Lang, everyone's face was full of despair. The huge war room also fell into a deathly silence at this moment......

In the end, it was the chief of staff who spoke first, breaking the deadly atmosphere in the war room: "Your Excellency, commander, this is the specific situation. Next, what should we do "......" Facing the rhetorical question of the chief of staff in front of us, and facing the expectant eyes of the staff officers. General Mitsu Lang, who also had no clue, couldn't help but speak: "Eight Geya Road, is it true that the Kwantung Army of the Great Japanese Empire is at the end of its rope and is really going to be destroyed in the hands of my Mitsu Lang?" No, absolutely not, I will never allow such a thing to happen, Baga "......" saw the commander in front of him who had become categorical, and the faces of the staff officers immediately showed a hint of expectation. The chief of staff, Lieutenant General Toshima Botaro, also immediately held on to the last glimmer of hope, and hurriedly asked. "Your Excellency, what are we going to do next?" ”，

"Ladies and gentlemen, although our Kwantung Army currently has one million soldiers, there are only 650,000 elite soldiers who can fight. More importantly, these 650,000 elites are distributed over a very wide defensive line, resulting in the hands of the headquarters without any ...... of force, and such a scattered defense, as long as anyone with a little military acumen knows that it is very deadly, and can be called a trigger that moves the whole body. ”

Seeing the staff officers in front of him, they all nodded in agreement, and Mitsu continued to speak every time.

"In the face of such a bad situation, in order to preserve the vital strength of our Kwantung Army, there is only one way, and that is to shrink the defense. We will take the initiative to abandon some strongholds and counties of little strategic significance, and concentrate our limited forces on some large cities and major transportation routes to ensure the security of the remaining occupied areas. In this way, we will not only be able to concentrate more troops, but more importantly, we will be able to transfer more than two field divisions and regiments from the front line as our mobile force ......."

Seeing the commander talking slowly in front of him, these Kwantung Army officers, who have always boasted of being the best in the world, were very unconvinced. But seeing the terrible and huge face that the Kwantung Army is currently facing, I saw the resolute look on the face of the commander in front of him. In the end, he could only nod helplessly, and according to the commander's idea, he began to formulate a new round of strategic guidelines for the Kwantung Army............

The efficiency of the Kwantung Army, no matter what time it was, was second to none. Especially at this moment, in the face of life and death, the entire work efficiency can be said to have reached the fastest speed in history. Less than a day after General Mitsu's order was issued, a telegram of the dispatch order was transmitted to the commanders of the various units on the front line at the first time.

In the face of the operational order of the commander of the Kwantung Army, in the face of the Northeast Field Army, which had superior forces in front of him. These proud generals of the Kwantung Army had to bow their heads, creating a precedent for the Kwantung Army to take the initiative to abandon the occupied areas, and assemble at their destinations at the first time with their subordinates and all the strategic materials they could scavenge......

In less than a week, on the border of a military confrontation with the Northeast Field Army.

Dozens of county towns of all sizes were abandoned by the Kwantung Army one after another......

In Fengtian City, with the successful conclusion of the first phase of the strategic counteroffensive, the commander-in-chief Liu Hua had already returned to Fengtian City for the first time. After all, being at the headquarters, you can be the first to know the latest situation of various combat units.

In the war room of the headquarters, a communications staff officer rushed to Liu Hua out of breath and reported eagerly.

"Commander-in-Chief, Political Commissar Deputy Commander-in-Chief telegraphed ......", "including ......", glancing at the panting communications staff officer in front of him, Liu Hua knew that there must be something on the front line. So, without any hesitation, he ordered very decisively.

"Yes......, the scouts of our troops stationed in Liaoyuan have shown that the troops of the Kwantung Army, which are engaged in a confrontation with us, have begun to shrink their defenses since yesterday and abandon some unimportant towns and county seats. At present, directly in front of our army, there are at least five or more county towns, which have been abandoned by the Kwantung Army on its own initiative............

The deputy commander-in-chief asked whether the troops would immediately make a sortie and send a strong force to receive the ...... of these counties," the communications staff officer replied affirmatively.

Regarding Yang Jingyu's question, Liu Hua didn't think about it, and replied very affirmatively: "Of course I accept it." Immediately give an order to Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang, and immediately send powerful troops to take over these county towns. However, until the official order of the headquarters is received, all combat units, for any reason and by any means, are prohibited from actively provoking the current Kwantung Army troops ......",

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

Looking at the communications staff officer who was leaving quickly, the face of the political commissar next to him was immediately enveloped by a thick smile. Then, facing Liu Hua beside him, he spoke.

"Commander-in-Chief, I really didn't expect it.

A year ago, our Northeast Field Army, which had only more than 100,000 troops, has grown several times after a year of development. More importantly, at that time, we were surrounded by heavy Japanese troops, and there was not much room for military maneuver at all. And now, it's the other way around. For a long time, the Kwantung Army, which boasted of being the first in the world, invincible, and had millions of troops, was defeated and retreated by our Northeast Field Army. Until now, we have taken the initiative to shrink our defenses to defend against the "......" ...... that our Northeast Field Army may launch.

"Think about the changes since the beginning of the year, it's really a mess of the world, it turns out that the Kwantung Army surrounded us and attacked us. And now, we are surrounding the Kwantung Army and attacking their ......, which in the past,

It's unimaginable......"

Looking at the political commissar in front of him, Liu Hua also looked emotional.

After all, in his heart, if the Northeast Field Army wants to reach the current situation in the three eastern provinces, it will take at least two years of bloody fighting. Now, less than a year has passed, and the Northeast Field Army has taken advantage of one opportunity after another to win successive victories, and in the end, it has completely changed the current situation in the three eastern provinces......

Thinking of everything of this kind, Liu Hua's face also showed a hint of jī movement. Then, he said to the political commissar in front of him: "Political commissar, judging from the current situation, the situation in the entire three eastern provinces can be said to be greatly conducive to the development of our Northeast Field Army."

Although the Kwantung Army was constantly changing its strategic approach. However, in terms of the general trend, the Kwantung Army will never change. I can say with certainty that the current Kwantung Army, after being surrounded by us, has reached the point of desperation. As long as we have the determination and confidence to recover the entire three eastern provinces and completely annihilate all the troops of the Eastern Army in the three eastern provinces, we will not be far away......

Seeing the confident commander-in-chief Liu Hua in front of him, the political commissar who was his partner, Pregnant Ronghuan, did not speak, but nodded very approvingly......@.

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