General Umezu Mijiro painstakingly built a fortification group that blocked the enemy's tank cluster in the first half of this year. After General Yamada Otozo took office, it was strengthened on a large scale. General Yamada Otomi transferred two-thirds of the troops in the engineer units directly under him to the battlefield on the central front.

Even the Kwantung Army allocated most of the cement reserves to the Central Line cluster to strengthen this defensive line. On the basis of the original fortifications, a certain amount of reinforcement has been made. In addition, a large number of revisions have been made to the second and third lines of defense, especially the junction of the two armies, in the light of the experience of previous operations.

Although not as well built as the fortress complexes in Northern Manchuria. However, even according to the standards of the German army in the Soviet-German battlefield, these permanent fortification groups, semi-permanent fortification groups and fortified areas were enough to hold out for more than half a year under the enemy's large-scale tank cluster offensive.

But at present, these permanent fortifications, which were pinned on by General Yamada Otosan, have been beaten into a beecomb by the enemy in such a short period of time. When did the enemy army be equipped with so many heavy artillery, the intelligence department of the Kwantung Army, but did not get any information.

What made Qin Yanzaburo even more depressed was that the two most powerful super heavy artillery pieces used by the enemy army in the middle line battlefield were actually made by the empire and transported to North Manchuria, which were originally intended to be used in the war against the Soviet Union. Now it's good, but it's being used against the enemy against him. The power of these 280 mm heavy howitzers, he Qin Yan Saburo still knows it. All the fortification groups of the entire central front battlefield, even if they are strong, cannot withstand a single bombardment of these super heavy artillery shells.

And until these heavy artillery clusters appeared on the battlefield, the intelligence department that once had no ability to make such super heavy artillery shells in the enemy army was under the guarantee of the Kwantung Army. Only then did I know that the enemy army had restored the combat effectiveness of these super heavy artillery.

Not only did they regain their combat effectiveness, but they also had to add a large number of howitzers with a caliber of more than 200 mm that they did not know from there. It was the addition of these super heavy artillery pieces that directly led to the defense line that had resisted the enemy's tank cluster assault in the first half of the year, and was completely broken through in a short period of time.

Judging by the intelligence received from the divisions and regiments of the front, it is clear that these large-caliber artillery pieces were used specifically to deal with concrete-sabotage shells of permanent fortification groups. And these large-caliber howitzers were not discovered until they were pulled to the battlefield. He Qin Yanzaburo has been the chief of intelligence collection for the Soviet Union in the General Staff Headquarters for many years, and he really doesn't know these Soviet-made 203 howitzers called Stalin's hammers?

In addition, at present, the enemy army is carrying out large-scale airborne operations on the second front of the Liaodong battlefield, and the intelligence department of the Kwantung Army has never obtained information on when these paratroopers of the enemy army were formed and how large the scale is. Even the enemy army has formed paratroopers and has actual combat capabilities, but it has never been figured out. Such a big intelligence mistake can be said to be a fundamental reason why the battle situation has eroded so quickly.

For the continuous mistakes of the intelligence department, Qin Yanzaburo was also quite angry. But compared to the thunderous jump, at this time, there is no longer a general's demeanor. He is now thinking more about how to close the loopholes that are currently on the front line. The most fundamental thing is what to do to contain the enemy's next offensive.

The center line cluster is now split behind by enemy forces and must be rescued. These two armies occupy half of the current Kwantung Army, and if you sit back and watch it be completely annihilated, then the Kwantung Army will also mean a complete defeat. But how to rescue, Qin Yan Saburo repeatedly checked the right, but he really couldn't find any reinforcements that could be mobilized.

The two divisions that were originally on the line from Gaiping to Dashiqiao have now all been transferred north. Except that the 7th Division is moving north at full speed and is trying to regain the Anshan line. Another division was advancing towards Liaozhong to meet and cooperate with the Fifth Army on the Xinmin front line to counterattack Shenyang.

However, the attack speed of these two divisions can be described as quite slow. As soon as the 7th Division crossed Haicheng, it encountered unusually stubborn resistance from the enemy. The two armies constantly engaged in a tug-of-war between Tanggangzi and Dacheng between Anshan and Haicheng. Despite the exhaustion of the 7th Division, all its offensives were largely futile under the constant tank onslaught of the enemy.

It was even led by the enemy's first division with tanks as the lead, breaking through the defense of the division from the left flank of the seventh division and almost entering Haicheng. And once Haicheng is occupied by the enemy, then the 7th Division will not only be unable to give any support to the middle line battlefield, but will also become one of the rescue targets.

An independent tank brigade that cooperated with the counteroffensive of the 7th Division was no match for the enemy's more powerful tanks. In just one day, this independent tank brigade, which was known to be not an opponent of the enemy's powerful tanks, but which had high hopes for the Kwantung Army, turned into more than a hundred piles of burning scrap metal.

The difference in the performance of the tanks of the two sides is too great, and the comparison between the 50-mm tank gun and the 75-mm and 76-mm tank guns is really not an opponent in terms of performance. Although some of the enemy's tanks were also destroyed, the losses inflicted on the Kwantung Army in this tank battle were irreparable. The 7th Division was blocked south of Anshan, and it was almost impossible to advance an inch at the moment.

The other one passed through Tai'an along the west bank of the Liao River, just like the division advancing in Liaozhong. From the beginning of Yingkou, it was besieged by enemy aviation all day. A large group of attack aircraft, like a swarm of locusts, circled over the head of the division all day. As long as there is the slightest movement on the ground, it is an overwhelming bombing and strafing.

The division was under the enemy's bomber group before it reached Liaozhong, losing nearly a third of its troops, as well as almost all of its heavy equipment and trucks. At present, the Third Army was killed by the enemy army in the Huanren Mountains, and it was entangled in the battlefield north of Benxi Lake on the Anbong Railway. Not to mention going to rescue other directions, it is also quite difficult to deal with the enemy forces in front of you.

The aviation units of the last two combat units of the Kwantung Army were also attacked by enemy fighter groups, and not only were they unable to bear the expectations of the Kwantung Army, but they also held up an air protection network for the front-line troops. Even the airfields of the front line, suppressed by the enemy's absolutely superior aviation, were repeatedly transferred.

The Japanese Empire, which was fighting on all sides, could no longer afford the enormous attrition of the war. The combat aircraft of the aviation of the Kwantung Army, replenishing with pilots is becoming increasingly difficult. The last remaining veteran pilots were all transferred back to their homeland to take charge of the bombed-up and battered local air defense operations. Those hastily cultivated rookies have almost no survivability, and some are even shot down as soon as they go to the sky.

After losing air supremacy, the days of the Kwantung Army were almost the same as the old lady's New Year, and every day was not as good as the day. The enemy's bomber group was even unscrupulous, directly breaking into the rear of the Kwantung Army, bombing wherever it wanted, attacking there if it wanted to, and attacking it wherever it wanted, and the aviation forces had no power to fight back at all.

In addition to the quality of pilots, it is far from meeting the needs of the battlefield. What puzzled the entire Kwantung Army was how the enemy observed its own combat aircraft group in such detail. All the fighters flew together, and the entire intelligence was mastered by the enemy. From the number of the driving force to the flight altitude and the direction of flight, it is as if you are always being watched.

Every time an air force unit that participated in a war was sent to the door to be beaten. Even if the aircraft is not bad in performance, it has repeatedly failed in air combat. The Kwantung Army Aviation Regiment, whose own strength has already sunset, is even less of an opponent in this situation.

According to Qin Yan Saburo's prediction, if the Kwantung Army wants to change the current decline, it will need to add at least three to five divisions and a large number of aviation troops, and this may be possible. But Qin Yan Saburo knew very well that there was a panic at the moment, and he had even begun to transfer troops from the base camp of the Kwantung Army, and it was impossible to add any divisions to the Kwantung Army.

Even the North Korean Army, which was behind the Kwantung Army, was entangled in North Korea by the constant attacks of the enemy forces on the Korean Peninsula, and could not divide troops to reinforce the Kwantung Army. The most important thing is that the entire area controlled by the Japanese army on the Korean Peninsula, all railways and highways, have been bombed by the enemy on a large scale.

The Korean Army, whose main forces are in the south of Korea, wants to withdraw to reinforce the Kwantung Army, and there is basically no possibility in a short period of time. Moreover, in the case of enemy troops in Korea, neither the base camp nor the Korean army wanted to draw troops to support the Kwantung Army.

After thinking and calculating, Lieutenant General Qin Yanzaburo, who had no troops in his hand, set his eyes on the two armies on the battlefield in the middle line at the moment. After urgent consultation with General Yamada Otozo, Hatohiko Saburo, in his capacity as chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, gave successive orders to Lieutenant General Shimizu Nori and Lieutenant General Yoshio Hongo.

They were ordered to abandon all the equipment and materials that they could not carry, and take advantage of the relatively empty opportunities behind the entire Shenyang battlefield where the main forces of the enemy army were on the Xinmin front line and the south to Anshan and Liaoyang. Make every effort to break through to the mountainous areas south of the Zhongchang Railway. Immediately after the breakthrough, the whole army moved south and joined the main forces of the Third Army around Benxi Lake.

Order the Fourth Army of the Kwantung Army, which is currently on the front line of Jinzhou and Huludao, not to entangle with the enemy. Immediately abandon the line of Jinzhou and Beizhen, and retreat to Liaozhong with all their might. The original order to blow up all the factories in Jinzhou and Huludao when necessary was revoked, and the primary purpose was to safely withdraw the main force of the Fourth Army.

Immediately after withdrawing to Liaozhong, the whole army was dispatched to cooperate with the Fifth Army, to plan for the two armies on the central line to break through the encirclement, and to counterattack Shenyang with all their might. After the two armies completed the breakthrough, they retreated eastward through the coast of Liaodong Bay, and all of them withdrew to the line from Gaiping to Fengcheng. Lieutenant General Qin Yan Saburo's approach was obviously to completely abandon South Manchuria, and the main forces of the Kwantung Army retreated to southern Liaoning and the Liaodong Peninsula.

As for the Fourth Army and the Fifth Army's counterattack on Shenyang City, it was only a feint plan to cooperate with the two armies in the north to break through the encirclement. Qin Yan Saburo understands that the current situation of the entire battle situation is no longer allowing the Kwantung Army, and it is still here to care about the gains and losses of one city and one place. At present, for the Kwantung Army, the best choice is to go ahead of the 36 plans.

However, Vice Admiral Qin Yanzaburo resolutely rejected Vice Admiral Qin Yanzaburo's plan to transfer the garrison stationed on the line from Dalian to Gaiping to the north for reinforcements, to transfer the garrison from Lushun to Dalian to the navy, to station a special garrison in Lushun, and to transfer part of the Lushun Heavy Artillery Wing to the north to participate in the war.

Although it was not believed that the enemy army had the ability to cross the entire Liaodong Bay, the large number of ships that the enemy had previously concentrated in Tanggu Port and carried out a summer of landing exercises still became a mental illness for Lieutenant General Qin Yanzaburo. What kind of place is the Liaodong Peninsula, that is the foundation of the Kwantung Army, and Lushun is the spiritual symbol of the Imperial Army.

Once that direction is lost, it will have too great an impact on the morale of the entire Japanese Empire and the people. At present, after the 7th Division went north to reinforce and counterattack Anshan, the garrison of the entire Liaodong Peninsula was already quite empty. There are only 10,000 army and navy left, and there is basically no independent garrison of any heavy weapons. When troops are deployed, there are basically no troops to defend.